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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 377
BY SENATOR GARY SMITH
SEX OFFENSES. Provides for reporting changes of name, address, and other information
by certain offenders required to register with law enforcement officials. (8/1/12)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 15:542.1.2(A)(4), relative to sex offender registration and2
notification laws; to provide for reporting changes of name, address, and other3
information by certain offenders required to register with law enforcement officials;4
and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 15:542.1.2(A)(4) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as7
follows: 8
ยง542.1.2. Duty of offenders to notify law enforcement of change of address,9
residence, or other registration information10
A. Those persons required to register pursuant to the provisions of this11
Chapter shall appear in person at the sheriff's office in the parish of residence, or the12
police department in the case of a municipality with a population in excess of three13
hundred thousand, where the offender is currently registered to update information14
within three business days of establishing a new or additional physical residential15
address or of changes in information previously provided when any of the following16
occur:17 SB NO. 377
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(4) The offender has a change in name, place of employment, or enrollment2
any information previously provided pursuant to R.S. 15:542(C).3
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Angela L. De Jean.
DIGEST
Present law, relative to sex offenders, provides that those persons required to register
pursuant to present law shall appear in person at the sheriff's office in the parish of residence,
or the police department in the case of a municipality with a population in excess of 300,000,
where the offender is currently registered to update information within three business days
of establishing a new or additional physical residential address or of changes in information
previously provided when any of the following occur:
(1)The offender changes his place of residence or establishes a new or additional
residence; or
(2)When the offender has vacated his current address of registration with the intent not
to return; or
(3)When the offender has been absent from his current address of registration for more
than 30 consecutive days or an aggregate of 30 days or more per calendar year and
is physically present at another address during that same time period; or
(4)The offender has a change in name, place of employment, or enrollment.
Proposed law retains present law but expands to include any change in any information
previously provided pursuant to present law.
Effective August 1, 2012.
(Amends R.S. 15:542.1.2(A)(4))