HOUSE BILL No. 4920

 

July 2, 2003, Introduced by Reps. Julian, McConico, Hummel, Voorhees and Kooiman and referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1994 PA 295, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Sex offenders registration act,"                                           

                                                                                

    by amending sections 5 and 8 (MCL 28.725 and 28.728), as amended            

                                                                                

    by 2002 PA 542, and by adding section 8c.                                   

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 5.  (1) Within 10 days after any of the following                      

                                                                                

2   occur, an individual required to be registered under this act               

                                                                                

3   shall notify the local law enforcement agency or sheriff's                  

                                                                                

4   department having jurisdiction where his or her new residence or            

                                                                                

5   domicile is located or the department post of the individual's              

                                                                                

6   new residence or domicile:                                                  

                                                                                

7       (a) The individual changes his or her residence, domicile, or               

                                                                                

8   place of work or education, including any change required to be             

                                                                                

9   reported under section 4a.                                                  

                                                                                

10      (b) The individual is paroled.                                              

                                                                                


                                                                                

1       (c) Final release of the individual from the jurisdiction of                

                                                                                

2   the department of corrections.                                              

                                                                                

3       (2) Within 10 days after either of the following occurs, the                

                                                                                

4   department of corrections shall notify the local law enforcement            

                                                                                

5   agency or sheriff's department having jurisdiction over the area            

                                                                                

6   to which the individual is transferred or the department post of            

                                                                                

7   the transferred residence or domicile of an individual required             

                                                                                

8   to be registered under this act:                                            

                                                                                

9       (a) The individual is transferred to a community residential                

                                                                                

10  program.                                                                    

                                                                                

11      (b) The individual is transferred into a minimum custody                    

                                                                                

12  correctional facility of any kind, including a correctional camp            

                                                                                

13  or work camp.                                                               

                                                                                

14      (3) An individual required to be registered under this act                  

                                                                                

15  shall notify the department on a form prescribed by the                     

                                                                                

16  department not later than 10 days before he or she changes his or           

                                                                                

17  her domicile or residence to another state.  The individual shall           

                                                                                

18  indicate the new state and, if known, the new address.  The                 

                                                                                

19  department shall update the registration and compilation                    

                                                                                

20  databases and promptly notify the appropriate law enforcement               

                                                                                

21  agency and any applicable sex or child offender registration                

                                                                                

22  authority in the new state.                                                 

                                                                                

23      (4) If the probation or parole of an individual required to                 

                                                                                

24  be registered under this act is transferred to another state or             

                                                                                

25  an individual required to be registered under this act is                   

                                                                                

26  transferred from a state correctional facility to any                       

                                                                                

27  correctional facility or probation or parole in another state,              


                                                                                

1   the department of corrections shall promptly notify the                     

                                                                                

2   department and the appropriate law enforcement agency and any               

                                                                                

3   applicable sex or child offender registration authority in the              

                                                                                

4   new state.  The department shall update the registration and                

                                                                                

5   compilation databases.                                                      

                                                                                

6       (5) An individual registered under this act shall comply with               

                                                                                

7   the verification procedures and proof of residence procedures               

                                                                                

8   prescribed in sections 4a and 5a.                                           

                                                                                

9       (6) Except as provided in  subsection (7)  subsections (7),                 

                                                                                

10  (8), and (9), an individual shall comply with this section for 25           

                                                                                

11  years after the date of initially registering or, if the                    

                                                                                

12  individual is in a state correctional facility, for 10 years                

                                                                                

13  after release from the state correctional facility, whichever is            

                                                                                

14  longer.                                                                     

                                                                                

15      (7)  An  Except as provided in subsection (9), an individual                

                                                                                

16  shall comply with this section for life if the individual is                

                                                                                

17  convicted of any of the following or a substantially similar                

                                                                                

18  offense under a law of the United States, any state, or any                 

                                                                                

19  country or under tribal or military law:                                    

                                                                                

20      (a) A violation of section 520b of the Michigan penal code,                 

                                                                                

21  1931 PA 328, MCL 750.520b.                                                  

                                                                                

22      (b) A violation of section 520c(1)(a) of the Michigan penal                 

                                                                                

23  code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.520c.                                            

                                                                                

24      (c) A violation of section 349 of the Michigan penal code,                  

                                                                                

25  1931 PA 328, MCL 750.349, if the victim is less than 18 years of            

                                                                                

26  age.                                                                        

                                                                                

27      (d) A violation of section 350 of the Michigan penal code,                  


                                                                                

1   1931 PA 328, MCL 750.350.                                                   

                                                                                

2       (e) A violation of section 145c(2) or (3) of the Michigan                   

                                                                                

3   penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.145c.                                      

                                                                                

4       (f) An attempt or conspiracy to commit an offense described                 

                                                                                

5   in subdivisions (a) to (e).                                                 

                                                                                

6       (g) Except as provided in this subdivision, a second or                     

                                                                                

7   subsequent listed offense after October 1, 1995 regardless of               

                                                                                

8   when any earlier listed offense was committed.  An individual is            

                                                                                

9   not required to comply with this section for life if his or her             

                                                                                

10  first or second listed offense is for a conviction on or before             

                                                                                

11  September 1, 1999 for an offense that was added on September 1,             

                                                                                

12  1999 to the definition of listed offense, unless he or she is               

                                                                                

13  convicted of a subsequent listed offense after September 1,                 

                                                                                

14  1999.                                                                       

                                                                                

15      (8) An individual shall comply with this section for 10 years               

                                                                                

16  if the individual is convicted as a juvenile for committing or              

                                                                                

17  attempting to commit a violation of section 520d(1)(a) or section           

                                                                                

18  520e of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.520d and              

                                                                                

19  750.520e.                                                                   

                                                                                

20      (9) An individual shall comply with this section for 10 years               

                                                                                

21  after the individual is assigned to youthful trainee status under           

                                                                                

22  sections 11 to 15 of chapter II of the code of criminal                     

                                                                                

23  procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 762.11 to 762.15, for a listed                  

                                                                                

24  offense, unless the individual fails to successfully complete               

                                                                                

25  that youthful trainee status, in which case the individual shall            

                                                                                

26  comply with this section as otherwise provided in subsections (6)           

                                                                                

27  and (7).                                                                    


                                                                                

1       Sec. 8.  (1) The department shall maintain a computerized                   

                                                                                

2   data base of registrations and notices required under this act.             

                                                                                

3       (2) The department shall maintain a computerized data base                  

                                                                                

4   separate from that described in subsection (1) to implement                 

                                                                                

5   section 10(2) and (3).  The data base shall consist of a                    

                                                                                

6   compilation of individuals registered under this act, but except            

                                                                                

7   as provided in this subsection, shall not include  any  either of           

                                                                                

8   the following:                                                              

                                                                                

9       (a) An individual registered solely because he or she had 1                 

                                                                                

10  or more dispositions for a listed offense entered under section             

                                                                                

11  18 of chapter XIIA of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL            

                                                                                

12  712A.18, in a case that was not designated as a case in which the           

                                                                                

13  individual was to be tried in the same manner as an adult under             

                                                                                

14  section 2d of chapter XIIA of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA             

                                                                                

15  288, MCL 712A.2d.  The exclusion for juvenile dispositions does             

                                                                                

16  not apply to a disposition for a violation of section 520b or               

                                                                                

17  520c of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.520b and              

                                                                                

18  750.520c, after the individual becomes 18 years of age.                     

                                                                                

19      (b) An individual registered solely because he or she is                    

                                                                                

20  assigned to youthful trainee status under sections 11 to 15 of              

                                                                                

21  chapter II of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL              

                                                                                

22  762.11 to 762.15, for committing a listed offense unless the                

                                                                                

23  individual has failed to successfully complete that youthful                

                                                                                

24  trainee status.                                                             

                                                                                

25      (3) The compilation of individuals shall be indexed                         

                                                                                

26  numerically by zip code area.  Within each zip code area, the               

                                                                                

27  compilation shall contain all of the following information:                 


                                                                                

1       (a) The name and aliases, address, physical description, and                

                                                                                

2   birth date of each individual registered under this act who is              

                                                                                

3   included in the compilation and who resides in that zip code area           

                                                                                

4   and any listed offense of which the individual has been                     

                                                                                

5   convicted.                                                                  

                                                                                

6       (b) The name and campus location of each institution of                     

                                                                                

7   higher education to which the individual is required to report              

                                                                                

8   under section 4a.                                                           

                                                                                

9       (4) The department shall update the compilation with new                    

                                                                                

10  registrations, deletions from registrations, and address changes            

                                                                                

11  at the same time those changes are made to the data base                    

                                                                                

12  described in subsection (1).  The department shall make the                 

                                                                                

13  compilation available to each department post, local law                    

                                                                                

14  enforcement agency, and sheriff's department by the law                     

                                                                                

15  enforcement information network.  Upon request by a department              

                                                                                

16  post, local law enforcement agency, or sheriff's department, the            

                                                                                

17  department shall provide to that post, agency, or sheriff's                 

                                                                                

18  department the information from the compilation in printed form             

                                                                                

19  for the zip code areas located in whole or in part within the               

                                                                                

20  post's, agency's, or sheriff's department's jurisdiction.  The              

                                                                                

21  department shall provide the ability to conduct a computerized              

                                                                                

22  search of the compilation based upon the name and campus location           

                                                                                

23  of an institution of higher education described in subsection               

                                                                                

24  (3)(b).                                                                     

                                                                                

25      (5) The department shall make the compilation or information                

                                                                                

26  from the compilation available to a department post, local law              

                                                                                

27  enforcement agency, sheriff's department, and the public by                 


                                                                                

1   electronic, computerized, or other similar means accessible to              

                                                                                

2   the post, agency, or sheriff's department.  The electronic,                 

                                                                                

3   computerized, or other similar means shall provide for both a               

                                                                                

4   search by name and by zip code.                                             

                                                                                

5       (6) If a court determines that the public availability under                

                                                                                

6   section 10 of any information concerning individuals registered             

                                                                                

7   under this act, including names and aliases, addresses, physical            

                                                                                

8   descriptions, or dates of birth, violates the constitution of the           

                                                                                

9   United States or this state, the department shall revise the                

                                                                                

10  compilation in subsection (2) so that it does not contain that              

                                                                                

11  information.                                                                

                                                                                

12      Sec. 8c.  (1) An individual who was convicted of an offense                 

                                                                                

13  for which registration is required under section 5(8) or (9)                

                                                                                

14  before the effective date of the amendatory act that added this             

                                                                                

15  section and who has been registered as required for 10 years or             

                                                                                

16  more may petition the court for an order exempting him or her               

                                                                                

17  from registration under this act.  The individual shall provide a           

                                                                                

18  copy of the petition to the prosecuting attorney not less than 30           

                                                                                

19  days before a hearing is held on the petition.                              

                                                                                

20      (2) If an individual properly petitions the court under                     

                                                                                

21  subsection (1) and the court determines that the individual has             

                                                                                

22  met the requirements of that subsection, the court may, with the            

                                                                                

23  consent of the prosecuting attorney, issue an order exempting the           

                                                                                

24  individual from registering under this act for that violation and           

                                                                                

25  requiring the department to remove the individual's registration            

                                                                                

26  information from the compilations required under sections 5 and             

                                                                                

27  8.