Chapter 219

2015 -- S 0754 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 07/10/2015

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RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES

Introduced By: Senators McCaffrey, Lynch, and Walaska

Date Introduced: March 24, 2015

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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

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

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

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

so, so shall be guilty of a felony and and, upon conviction conviction, be imprisoned not more

than ten (10) years, or fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.

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

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

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

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

release.

(c) Except in the case of a level-three (3) sex offender, any Any person who is required

to register or verify his or her address, who knowingly resides within three hundred feet (300') of

any school, public or private, shall be guilty of a felony and and, upon conviction conviction,

may be imprisoned not more than five (5) years, or fined not more than five thousand dollars

($5,000) (5,000), or both.

(d) Any level-three (3) sex offender who knowingly resides within one thousand feet

(1,000') of any school, public or private, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, may be

imprisoned for not more than five (5) years, or fined not more than five thousand dollars

($5,000), or both.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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