| Chapter 233 |
| 2017 -- H 5207 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 07/18/2017 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION |
| Introduced By: Representatives Lancia, Lima, Jacquard, Hull, and Nunes |
| Date Introduced: January 26, 2017 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Chapter 11-37.1 of the General Laws entitled "Sexual Offender Registration |
| and Community Notification" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
| 11-37.1-21. Duty of shelters and homeless shelters to notify law enforcement of the |
| presence of sex offenders. |
| (a) If any person convicted of any offense that requires sex offender registration pursuant |
| to this title, or otherwise has a duty to register their his or her address with the law enforcement |
| agency in the municipality in which they reside, is provided residence in any homeless shelter, |
| that person shall be required to inform the shelter of their his or her status and duty to register |
| and to provide their his or her name and date of birth to each shelter or homeless shelter where |
| they he or she resides overnight. |
| (b) The obligation of the sex offender to provide the information required in subsection |
| (a) of this section, shall be on a continuing daily and nightly basis and they he or she shall |
| provide said information to each and every shelter or homeless shelter at which they he or she |
| takes up temporary residence regardless of the length of time they he or she stays at such shelter. |
| (c) The homeless shelter that receives information from any sex offender shall be |
| required to transmit that information to the local law enforcement agency and if there be none, to |
| the closest Rhode Island state police barracks before midnight of that day of the offender |
| registering or signing in for the day, night, or any portion of a day. |
| (d) Any homeless shelter that violates the provisions of this section shall upon a first |
| violation, be fined a civil penalty of up to five hundred dollars ($500),; for a second violation, by |
| a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000); and for a third or subsequent violation, by a |
| civil penalty of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000). |
| (e) Jurisdiction over any violation by a homeless shelter shall be in the Ddistrict Ccourt |
| in the county in which the shelter is physically located. |
| (f) Any sex offender who fails to disclose information as required by this chapter shall be |
| subject to the same penalties as set forth in ยง11-37.1-10. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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