An Act To Improve Maine's Sex Offender Notification Laws
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 0390
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Sponsors: MARLEY, DAVIS, VAUGHAN, ANDREWS, RINES, SAMPSON, WHEELER
Amends: 34-A MRSA §11227, 34-A MRSA §11229, 34-A MRSA §11255

Legislative Document 
No. 390 
H.P.292 
House of Representatives, January 25, 2005 
An Act To Improve Maine's Sex Offender Notification Laws 
Reference to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered 
printed. 
Presented by Representative MARLEY of Portland. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Cosponsored by Representatives: DAVIS of Falmouth, VAUGHAN of Durham, Senator 
ANDREWS of York and Representatives: DAVIS of Augusta, RINES of Wiscasset, 
SAMPSON of Auburn, WHEELER of Kittery. 
Printed on recycled paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 34-A MRS A §11202, as repealed and replaced by PL 
2003, c. 711, Pt. C, §5 and affected by Pt. D, §2, is amended to 
read: 
§11202. App1ication 
This chapter applies 
to 
a 
person defined 
as 
a 
10-year 
registrant or lifetime registrant 
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Sec. 2. 34-A MRS A §11227, sub-§I-A is enacted to read: 
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Fai1urfLj.Q--.Xggisj;,g~QL-.1J'pdate; notice of duty~ 
registrant 
who 
fails 
to 
register 
or 
update 
the 
information 
required under this chapter and who had been informed of the duty 
to register pursuant to section 11222, subsection 2 commits a 
Class C crime. 
Sec. 3. 34-A MRSA §11227, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2003, c. 
711, Pt. C, §25 and affected by Pt. D, §2, is further amended to 
read: 
2. 
Fai1ure to register or update information; 2nd offense. 
A registrant who has one prior conviction for failure to register 
or update the information required under this chapter commits a 
Class g ~ crime. 
Sec. 4. 34-A MRSA §11229 is enacted to read: 
§11229. 
Residgnce restrictions 
A person required to register under this chapter may not 
reside within 1,000 feet of a school, child care facility or 
recreational facility where minors congregate. 
A registrant who 
violates this section commits a Class C crime. 
Sec. 5. 34-A MRSA §11255. sub-§2. as amended by PL 2003, c. 
711, Pt. C, §28 and affected by Pt. D, §2, is further amended to 
read: 
2. 
Law 
enforcement 
agencies. 
Upon 
receipt 
of 
the 
information concerning the conviction of a person for a sexually 
violent offense or the conditional release or discharge of 
a 
registrant 
pursuant 
to 
section 
11254, 
subsection 
2, 
a 
law 
enforcement agency shall notify members of a municipality that 
the 
law 
enforcement 
agency 
determines 
appropriate 
to 
ensure 
public safety. 
SUMMARY 
This 
bill 
amends 
the 
Sex 
Offender 
Registration 
and 
Notification Act of 1999 by: 
eliminating the time period cut-off 
in which a conviction must have occurred; creating a Class C 
crime 
for 
a 
registrant's 
failure 
to 
register 
or 
update 
information after being notified of the duty to do so; upgrading 
from a Class D crime to a Class B crime a subsequent violation 
for failing to register or update information; 
requiring law 
enforcement officials to notify the public upon the conviction of 
a person for a sexually violent act; and forbidding a registrant 
from residing within 1,000 feet of a school, child care facility 
or recreational facility where minors congregate, 
which is 
a 
Class C crime.