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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 697
BY REPRESENTATIVE CONNICK
SEX OFFENSE/REGISTRY: Provides relative to the in-person periodic renewals of
persons who are required to register but do not have a fixed residence address
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 15:542.1.1(A)(4), relative to sex offender registration and notification2
requirements; to provide relative to the in-person periodic renewals of registration3
by persons who are required to register as a sex offender or child predator; to provide4
for the frequency of in-person periodic renewals of persons who are homeless or5
without a fixed residence; to provide for definitions; and to provide for related6
matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. R.S. 15:542.1.1(A)(4) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 9
ยง542.1.1. In-person periodic renewal of registration by offenders10
A.11
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(4)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, any person13
required to register as a sex offender or child predator pursuant to the provisions of14
this Chapter who does not have a fixed place of residence, or who is homeless, shall15
renew and update his registration with the sheriff of the parish in which he is16
homeless, or is living without a fixed residence, in person every fourteen days from17
the date on which the offender initially appeared to register with the sheriff of that18
parish pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter. If the offender regularly resides19
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register with the sheriff of each parish in which he regularly resides and shall renew1
and update his registration every fourteen days with each sheriff of those parishes.2
Before an offender plans to no longer reside without a fixed residence in a particular3
parish, he shall give notice, in person, to the sheriff of the parish in which he intends4
to no longer reside. Failure to update or to give notice of change of residence5
pursuant to the provisions of this Paragraph shall be a violation of R.S. 15:542.1.4.6
(b) For purposes of this Section, the "parish of residence" for such offenders7
shall be the parish in which the offender is living homeless or without a fixed8
residence address.9
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Connick HB No. 697
Abstract: Provides relative to the in-person periodic renewals of persons who are required
to register and who are homeless or do not have a fixed residence address.
Present law provides that any person who is required to register as a sex offender or child
predator shall periodically renew their registration as follows:
(1)Any person convicted of an "aggravated offense" as defined by present law or any
person with a prior conviction or adjudication for an offense which requires
registration pursuant to present law and who is subsequently convicted of or
adjudicated for an offense which requires registration, shall renew and update his
registration in person every three months from the date of initial registration.
(2)Any person convicted of a "sexual offense against a victim who is a minor" as
defined by present law shall renew and update his registration in person every six
months from the date of initial registration.
(3)Any other person required to register pursuant to present law shall update his
registration in person annually from the date of initial registration.
Proposed law retains present law and provides that if the person is homeless, or is without
a fixed residence, he shall appear in person to renew and update his registration with the
sheriff of the parish in which he is homeless, or is living without a fixed residence, every 14
days from the date on which he initially appeared to register with the sheriff of that parish.
Proposed law further provides that if the offender regularly resides homeless, or without a
fixed place of residence, in more than one parish, he shall register with the sheriff of each
parish in which he regularly resides and shall renew and update his registration every 14
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Before an offender plans to no longer reside without a fixed residence in a particular parish,
proposed law requires him to give notice, in person, to the sheriff of the parish in which he
intends to no longer reside.
Proposed law provides that the failure to comply with proposed law shall be a violation of,
and shall be subject to the penalties provided in, the present law provision regarding the
failure to register and notify as a sex offender or child predator.
Proposed law provides that for purposes of present law provisions regarding in-person
periodic renewals, the "parish of residence" for such offenders shall be the parish in which
the offender is living homeless or without a fixed residence address.
(Adds R.S. 15:542.1.1(A)(4))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal
Justice to the original bill.
1. Changed the frequency of in-person periodic renewals in proposed law from
every 10 days to every 14 days.