H.B. 342

VETOES

(iii) [A local law enforcement agency] THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES shall keep records of all written requests
received under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph.

(IV) THE DEPARTMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL
SERVICES SHALL RELEASE INFORMATION CONCERNING REGISTRATION STATEMENTS TO
THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

[(5)](6) An elected public official, public employee, or public agency is
immune from civil liability for damages arising out of any action relating to the provisions
of this subsection, unless it is shown that the official, employee, or agency acted with gross
negligence or in bad faith.

(h) (1) If a child sexual offender changes residences, the offender shall send
written notice of the change within 7 days after the change occurs to the [local law
enforcement agency with whom the offender last registered] DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES.

(2) As soon as possible and in no event later than [3] 5 working days after
receipt of the notice, [the local law enforcement agency shall give notice of the change
to] the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services SHALL GIVE NOTICE OF
THE CHANGE TO THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OF THE COUNTY, and if
the new residence is in a different jurisdiction, to the local law enforcement agency] in
whose jurisdiction the new residence is located.

(i) (1) A child sexual offender shall register IN PERSON with [a local law
enforcement agency] THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL
SERVICES annually for 10 years after:

(1) (I) The last date of release;

(2) (II) The offender is granted probation before judgment, probation
after judgment, or a suspended sentence; or

(3) (III) The offender receives a sentence that does not include a term of
imprisonment.

(2) A LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SHALL SEND NOTICE OF THE
ANNUAL REGISTRATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL
SERVICES.

(i) If a child sexual offender will reside after release in a municipal corporation
that has a police department, or, in the case where a child sexual offender escapes from
a facility and the offender resided, before the offender was committed to the custody of
a supervising authority, in a municipal corporation that has a police department, fa local
law enforcement agency with which a child sexual offender registers or sends a change in
registration under this section] THE DEPARTMENT Or PUBLIC SAFETY AND
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES shall send a copy of the registration statement or change in
registration to the police department of the municipal corporation.

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