Connick (HB 697) Act No. 339
Existing 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 existing law or any
person with a prior conviction or adjudication for an offense which requires
registration pursuant to existing 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 existing 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 existing law shall update his
registration in person annually from the date of initial registration.
New law retains existing 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.
New 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 days with
each sheriff of those parishes.
If an offender no longer plans to reside without a fixed residence in a particular parish, new
law requires him to give notice, in person, to the sheriff of the parish in which he intends to
no longer reside.
Provides that the failure to comply with new law shall be a violation of, and shall be subject
to the penalties provided in, the existing law provision regarding the failure to register and
notify as a sex offender or child predator.
New law provides that for purposes of existing 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.
Effective Aug. 1, 2014.
(Adds R.S. 15:542.1.1(A)(4))