Bill Text: MS HB1238 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Sex offenders; revise reregistration for those who desire to leave the state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee [HB1238 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2019-HB1238-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2019 Regular Session
To: Judiciary B
By: Representatives Kinkade, Hale
House Bill 1238
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 45-33-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE REREGISTRATION AND ELECTRONIC MONITORING OF SEX OFFENDERS WHO DESIRE TO LEAVE THE STATE WHILE STILL BEING ELECTRONICALLY MONITORED; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 45-33-31, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
45-33-31. (1) * * *
Registrants are required to personally appear at a
Department of Public Safety Driver's License Station to reregister every ninety
(90) days.
(2) Reregistration includes the submission of current information and photograph to the department and the verification of registration information, including the street address and telephone number of the registrant; name, street address and telephone number of the registrant's employment or status at a school, along with any other registration information that may need to be verified and the payment of any required fees.
(3) A person who fails to reregister and obtain a renewal sex offender registration card as required by this section commits a violation of this chapter. The Department of Public Safety will immediately notify any sheriff or other jurisdiction of any changes in information including residence address, employment and status at a school if that jurisdiction, county or municipality is affected by the change.
(4) An eligible registrant may leave the state only after informing and receiving approval from both the Mississippi Department of Corrections and the Department of Public Safety. A registrant who leaves the state is still required to follow all the rules and regulations of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, the Department of Public Safety, and the rules of the receiving state. Once the registrant is no longer under the supervision of the Mississippi Department of Corrections and they leave the state, the Department of Corrections is no longer responsible for the electronic monitoring.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2019.
