Bill Text: PA HB1581 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for information made available on the Internet.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 42-19)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-08-11 - Referred to JUDICIARY [HB1581 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB1581-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 4134
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1581 Session of2010
INTRODUCED BY HELM, OBERLANDER, SAYLOR, CALTAGIRONE, BAKER, BEAR, BEYER, BOBACK, BRADFORD, BRIGGS, BROOKS, BROWN, CLYMER, DEASY, DENLINGER, J. EVANS, FARRY, GEIST, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GROVE, GRUCELA, HARHART, HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN, KAUFFMAN, M. KELLER, KILLION, KNOWLES, KOTIK, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANN, MELIO, MICOZZIE, MILLER, MILNE, MOUL, MURT, PAYNE, PEIFER, PICKETT, PYLE, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROCK, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, STERN, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TRUE, TURZAI, VULAKOVICH, WAGNER, WATSON AND YOUNGBLOOD, AUGUST 11, 2010
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, AUGUST 11, 2010
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
information made available on the Internet.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 9798.1(c)(1)(vi) of Title 42 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended, subsection (c) is
amended by adding a paragraph and the section is amended by
adding a subsection to read:
§ 9798.1. Information made available on the Internet.
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(c) Information permitted to be disclosed regarding
individuals.--Notwithstanding 18 Pa.C.S. Ch. 91 (relating to
criminal history record information), the Internet website shall
contain the following information on each individual:
(1) For sexually violent predators, the following
information shall be posted on the Internet website:
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(vi) [a photograph] multiple frontal and profile
view color photographs of the offender, which shall be
updated not less than annually, the specific date each
photograph was taken and, for comparative purposes, the
most current and the most recent previously posted
frontal photographs taken of the offender;
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(3) (i) If an offender fails to appear within 370 days
after his required annual residence verification or a
sexually violent predator fails to appear within 95 days
after his required quarterly residence verification, the
Internet website shall include:
(A) A statement near or under the address
verification date that the offender or predator is
current or not current with the residence
verification requirements of this chapter.
(B) An identification of whether the offender or
predator has absconded or is missing.
(ii) For the purposes of this paragraph, the term
"address verification date" shall mean the most recent
required annual verification of the residence of an
offender under section 9796(b) (relating to verification
of residence) or the most recent required quarterly
verification of a sexually violent predator under section
9796(a).
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(e) Electronic mail notification option.--The Pennsylvania
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State Police shall develop and implement an electronic mail
notification option on the Internet website which allows members
of the public to receive immediate electronic mail notification
when any registered offender moves into or out of a user-
selected area.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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