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2001 SESSION

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04/10

HOUSE BILL 315-FN

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

ANALYSIS

This bill requires nonresident criminal offenders employed in this state for a certain period of time to register in New Hampshire as an offender.

This bill is a request of a department of justice.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

26june01...1724CofC

6/12/01...1587S

01-0467

04/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

233:1 Registration of Criminal Offenders; Duty to Report; Nonresident Reporting. Amend RSA 651-B:4, I to read as follows:

I.(a) Any person required to be registered under this chapter shall be required to report such person's current mailing address and place of residence or temporary domicile to the local law enforcement agency within 30 days after the person's release from custody following conviction, or within 30 days after the person's date of establishment of residence in New Hampshire if convicted elsewhere. Such report shall also be made annually within 30 days after each anniversary of the person's date of birth, and additionally within 30 days after any change of address or place of residence.

(b) Any nonresident sexual offender or offender against children who enters this state for the purpose of employment, with or without compensation, or to attend any public or private educational institution for a period exceeding 14 consecutive days or for an aggregate period of time exceeding 30 days during any calendar year is required to report to the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the place of employment or school within 10 days of the nonresident offender entering the state for employment or schooling, and additionally within 10 days after any change of place of employment or schooling. In the event a nonresident offender required to register under this paragraph does not have a principal place of employment, the offender shall register with the department in Concord. Upon the nonresident offender's initial registration, the local law enforcement agency or the department shall notify the offender of the offender's duty to report under this chapter. The offender shall report the address of the offender's place of employment or schooling while in the state, the address where the offender resides out of state, and other information required by department rules adopted in accordance with RSA 651-B:8. Such report shall also be made annually within 30 days after each anniversary of the person's date of birth, and additionally within 10 days after any change of address or place of employment or schooling.

(c) Forms for reporting shall be provided by the department to each municipal police and county sheriff department, and shall include a copy to be receipted and returned to the person filing the report and a copy to be forwarded to the division. The division shall include such address report information in the LENS system, and shall also use the information to maintain a current address in the person's criminal record as maintained under RSA 106-B:14.

233:2 Registration of Criminal Offenders; Change of Name or Alias. Amend RSA 651-B:5 to read as follows:

651-B:5 Change of Name or Alias, or Address; Duty to Inform.

I. When any person required to be registered under [this chapter] RSA 651-B:4, I(a) changes residence, or their name or alias, the person shall give written notification of the person's new address, name, or alias to the local law enforcement agency to which he or she last reported under RSA 651-B:4 within 10 days of such change of residence, name, or alias. Such notice shall not relieve the person of the duty to report under RSA 651-B:4 at the new place of residence. The local law enforcement agency receiving such notice shall forward a copy to the division within 3 days after receipt. The division shall notify the local law enforcement agency at the new place of residence, or the appropriate out-of-state law enforcement agency if the new place of residence is outside New Hampshire, and shall include such change-of-address or change-of-name information in the LENS system.

II. When any nonresident person required to be registered under RSA 651-B:4, I(b) changes residence, place of employment or schooling, or their name or alias, the person shall give written notification of the person's new address, place of employment or schooling, name, or alias to the local law enforcement agency to which he or she last reported under RSA 651-B:4 within 10 days of such change of residence, place of employment or schooling, name, or alias. Such notice shall not relieve the person of the duty to report under RSA 651-B:4 at the new place of residence. The local law enforcement agency receiving such notice shall forward a copy to the division within 3 days after receipt. The division shall notify the local law enforcement agency at the new place of residence, or the appropriate out-of-state law enforcement agency if the new place of residence is outside New Hampshire, and shall include such change-of-address or change-of-name information in the LENS system.

233:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2002.

(Approved: July 13, 2001)

(Effective Date: January 1, 2002)