SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1420 FILED ON: 1/18/2013
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 802
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Bruce E. Tarr
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to out of state sex offenders.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
Bruce E. Tarr | First Essex and Middlesex |
Bruce J. Ayers | 1st Norfolk |
John P. Fresolo | 16th Worcester |
Randy Hunt | 5th Barnstable |
F. Jay Barrows | 1st Bristol |
Christine E. Canavan | 10th Plymouth |
Colleen M. Garry | 36th Middlesex |
James J. Lyons, Jr. | 18th Essex |
Ann-Margaret Ferrante | 5th Essex |
Geoff Diehl | 7th Plymouth |
Barry R. Finegold | Second Essex and Middlesex |
Bradley H. Jones, Jr. | 20th Middlesex |
Michael R. Knapik | Second Hampden and Hampshire |
Ryan C. Fattman | 18th Worcester |
Joseph DiPietro, the President of Protect Mass Children | 1150 Walnut Street, Newton, MA |
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1420 FILED ON: 1/18/2013
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 802
By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 802) of Bruce E. Tarr, Bruce J. Ayers, John P. Fresolo, Randy Hunt and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to out of state sex offenders. The Judiciary. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen
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An Act relative to out of state sex offenders.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 1. Section 178E of Chapter 6 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking subsection (g) and inserting in place thereof the following:-
(g) A sex offender who moves into the commonwealth from another jurisdiction shall, within two days of moving into the commonwealth, register by mailing to the board on a form approved by the board and signed under the pains and penalties of perjury, the sex offender’s name, date of birth, home address or intended home address, any secondary addresses or intended secondary addresses, work address or intended work address, places where the sex offender lives, abides, lodges, or resides for a period of 14 or more days in the aggregate during any calendar year and which is not a sex offender’s primary address; or a place where a sex offender routinely lives, abides, lodges, or resides for a period of 4 or more consecutive or nonconsecutive days in any month and which is not a sex offender’s permanent address, including any out-of-state address, and, if the sex offender is or intends to become a pert-time or full-time employee of an institution of higher learning, the name and address of the institution.
The board shall transmit the registration data to the police department in the municipality where such sex offender intends to live and work and, if the sex offender intends to work at or become a student at an institution of higher learning, to the police departments in the municipalities where the sex offender will work or attend such institution and shall transmit the same to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In the event an out of state sex offender is granted a hearing challenging his or her classification, the sex offender registry board will continue to transmit the most current registration and classification data to the police department in the municipality where such sex offender intends to live and work and, if the sex offender intends to work at or become a student at an institution of higher learning, to the police departments in the municipalities where the sex offender will work or attend such institution and shall transmit the same to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.