2015 -- H 6025

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES

     

     Introduced By: Representatives McNamara, Solomon, Corvese, Lancia, and Azzinaro

     Date Introduced: April 02, 2015

     Referred To: House Judiciary

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 11-37.1-10 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-37.1 entitled "Sexual

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Offender Registration and Community Notification" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     11-37.1-10. Penalties. -- (a) Any person who is required to register or verify his or her

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address or give notice of a change of address or residence, who knowingly fails to do so, shall be

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guilty of a felony and upon conviction be imprisoned not more than ten (10) years, or fined not

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more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.

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      (b) Any person who is required to register or verify his or her address or give notice of a

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change of address or residence, who knowingly fails to do so, shall be in violation of the terms of

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his or her release, regardless of whether or not the term was a special condition of his or her

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release on probation, parole or home confinement or other form of supervised release.

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      (c) Any person who is required to register or verify his or her address, who knowingly

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resides within three hundred feet (300') one thousand feet (1,000') of any school, public or

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private, shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction may be imprisoned not more than five (5)

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years, or fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or both.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES

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     This act would prohibit a person required to register as a sex offender from residing

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within one thousand feet (1,000') from a school. The previous distance was three hundred feet

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(300').

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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