DIGEST
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the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Johnson HB No. 1216
Abstract: Amends the crime of unlawful presence of a sex offender relative to a former victim
relative to persons convicted, released from incarceration, or who establish a new
residence on or after Aug. 1, 2014.
Present law prohibits a person convicted of a sex offense as defined by present law from
establishing a residence or physically residing within three miles of the victim of the offense for
which he was convicted, and further provides criminal penalties for a violation of this
prohibition.
Provides that any person who violates the provisions of present law shall be punished by a fine of
up to $1,000, imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
Proposed law retains present law as it relates to persons not provided for in proposed law.
Proposed law provides that for the following persons, it shall be unlawful to establish a residence
or physically reside within seven miles of the victim of the offense for which the person was
convicted:
(1)Any person who is convicted of a sex offense as defined by present law on or after Aug.
1, 2014, and who is not sentenced to a term of imprisonment for the conviction.
(2)Any person who is convicted of a sex offense as defined by present law and who is
released from incarceration for the offense on or after Aug. 1, 2014, regardless of the date
of conviction.
(3)Any person subject to the three-mile restriction as provided for in present law prior to
Aug. 1, 2014, who establishes a new residence on or after Aug. 1, 2014.
Proposed law subjects any person who violates the provisions of proposed law to the same
penalties provided by present law.
(Amends R.S. 14:91.9)