HOUSE BILL 270
52nd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2015
INTRODUCED BY
Yvette Herrell
AN ACT
RELATING TO SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION; AMENDING DEFINITIONS OF SEX OFFENSES; ADDING SEX OFFENSES FOR WHICH A PERSON HAS TO REGISTER, FOR WHICH REGISTRATION INFORMATION WILL BE RETAINED AND THAT WILL BE PLACED ON THE SEX OFFENDER PUBLIC WEB SITE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. Section 29-11A-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1995, Chapter 106, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:
"29-11A-3. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act:
A. "business day" means a day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a state holiday;
B. "conviction" means a conviction in any court of competent jurisdiction and includes a deferred sentence, but does not include a conditional discharge;
C. "department" means the department of public safety;
D. "institution of higher education" means a:
(1) private or public post-secondary educational institution;
(2) trade school; or
(3) professional school;
E. "habitually lives" means any place where a sex offender lives for at least thirty days in any three-hundred-sixty-five-day period;
F. "out-of-state registrant" means any person who establishes a residence in New Mexico while the person is required to register as a sex offender in another state or territory;
G. "registration requirement" means any requirement set forth in Section 29-11A-4 NMSA 1978 that requires a sex offender to register; provide information, including a DNA sample; renew, revise or change registration information; or provide written notice or disclosure regarding the sex offender's status as a sex offender;
H. "sex offender" means a person who:
(1) is a resident of New Mexico who is convicted of a sex offense pursuant to state, federal, tribal or military law;
(2) changes residence to New Mexico, when that person has been convicted of a sex offense pursuant to state, federal, tribal or military law;
(3) does not have an established residence in New Mexico, but lives in a shelter, halfway house or transitional living facility or stays in multiple locations in New Mexico and who has been convicted of a sex offense pursuant to state, federal, tribal or military law; or
(4) is a resident of another state and who has been convicted of a sex offense pursuant to state, federal, tribal or military law, but who is:
(a) employed full time or part time in New Mexico for a period of time exceeding fourteen days or for an aggregate period of time exceeding thirty days during any calendar year, including any employment or vocation, whether financially compensated, volunteered or for the purpose of government or educational benefit; or
(b) enrolled on a full-time or part-time basis in a private or public school or an institution of higher education in New Mexico;
I. "sex offense" means any of the following offenses or their equivalents in any other jurisdiction:
(1) aggravated criminal sexual penetration or criminal sexual penetration in the first, second, third or fourth degree, as provided in Section 30-9-11 NMSA 1978;
(2) criminal sexual contact in the fourth degree, as provided in Section 30-9-12 NMSA 1978;
(3) criminal sexual contact of a minor in the second, third or fourth degree, as provided in Section 30-9-13 NMSA 1978;
(4) sexual exploitation of children, as provided in Section 30-6A-3 NMSA 1978;
(5) sexual exploitation of children by prostitution, as provided in Section 30-6A-4 NMSA 1978;
(6) kidnapping, as provided in Section 30-4-1 NMSA 1978, when committed with the intent to inflict a sexual offense;
(7) false imprisonment, as provided in Section 30-4-3 NMSA 1978, when committed with the intent to inflict a sexual offense;
(8) aggravated indecent exposure, as provided in Section 30-9-14.3 NMSA 1978;
(9) enticement of child, as provided in Section 30-9-1 NMSA 1978;
(10) incest, as provided in Section 30-10-3 NMSA 1978, when the victim is younger than eighteen years of age;
(11) child solicitation by electronic communication device, as provided in Section 30-37-3.2 NMSA 1978, for convictions occurring on or after July 1, 2013;
(12) solicitation to commit criminal sexual contact of a minor in the second, third or fourth degree, as provided in Sections 30-9-13 and 30-28-3 NMSA 1978; [or]
(13) patronizing prostitutes, as provided in Subsection B of Section 30-9-3 NMSA 1978, when the person believed to be a prostitute is less than eighteen years of age;
(14) promoting prostitution, as provided in Section 30-9-4 NMSA 1978, when the victim is less than eighteen years of age;
(15) accepting earnings of a prostitute, as provided in Section 30-9-4.1 NMSA 1978, from a person engaged in prostitution who is less than eighteen years of age;
(16) voyeurism, as provided in Section 30-9-20 NMSA 1978;
(17) human trafficking, as provided in Section 30-52-1 NMSA 1978, for a sexual purpose, when the victim is under sixteen years of age;
[(13)] (18) attempt to commit any of the sex offenses set forth in Paragraphs (1) through [(11)] (17) of this subsection, as provided in Section 30-28-1 NMSA 1978; [and] or
(19) conspiracy to commit any of the sex offenses set forth in Paragraphs (1) through (17) of this subsection, as provided in Section 30-28-2 NMSA 1978; and
J. "social networking site" means an internet web site that facilitates online social interaction by offering a mechanism for communication with other users, where such users are likely to include a substantial number of minors under the age of sixteen, and allowing users, through the creation of web pages, profiles or other means, to provide information about themselves that is available to the public or to other users."
SECTION 2. Section 29-11A-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1995, Chapter 106, Section 5, as amended by Laws 2007, Chapter 68, Section 2 and by Laws 2007, Chapter 69, Section 6) is amended to read:
"29-11A-5. LOCAL REGISTRY--CENTRAL REGISTRY--ADMINISTRATION BY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY--PARTICIPATION IN THE NATIONAL SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY--RULES.--
A. A county sheriff shall maintain a local registry of sex offenders in the sheriff's jurisdiction required to register pursuant to the provisions of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act.
B. The county sheriff shall forward:
(1) registration information obtained from sex offenders to the department of public safety. The initial registration information and any new registration information subsequently obtained from a sex offender shall be forwarded by the county sheriff no later than ten working days after the information is obtained from a sex offender. If the department of public safety receives information regarding a sex offender from a governmental entity other than a county sheriff, the department shall send that information to the sheriff for the county in which the sex offender resides; and
(2) samples of DNA obtained from sex offenders to the administrative center for the sex offender DNA identification system pursuant to the provisions of the DNA Identification Act.
C. The department of public safety shall maintain a central registry of sex offenders required to register pursuant to the provisions of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act. The department shall participate in the national sex offender registry administered by the United States department of justice. The department shall send conviction information and fingerprints for all sex offenders registered in New Mexico to the national sex offender registry administered by the United States department of justice and to the federal bureau of investigation.
D. The department of public safety shall retain registration information regarding a sex offender convicted for any of the following sex offenses for the entirety of the sex offender's natural life:
(1) aggravated criminal sexual penetration or criminal sexual penetration in the first, second or third degree, as provided in Section 30-9-11 NMSA 1978;
(2) criminal sexual contact of a minor in the second, third or fourth degree, as provided in Section
30-9-13 NMSA 1978;
(3) sexual exploitation of children, as provided in Section 30-6A-3 NMSA 1978;
(4) kidnapping, as provided in Section
30-4-1 NMSA 1978, when [the victim is less than eighteen years of age and the offender is not a parent of the victim] committed with the intent to commit a sex offense;
(5) criminal sexual contact in the fourth degree, as provided in Section 30-9-12 NMSA 1978; [or]
(6) patronizing prostitutes, as provided in Subsection B of Section 30-9-3 NMSA 1978, when the person believed to be a prostitute is less than eighteen years of age;
(7) promoting prostitution, as provided in Section 30-9-4 NMSA 1978, when the victim is less than eighteen years of age;
(8) accepting earnings of a prostitute, as provided in Section 30-9-4.1 NMSA 1978, from a person engaged in prostitution who is less than eighteen years of age;
(9) voyeurism, as provided in Section 30-9-20 NMSA 1978;
(10) human trafficking, as provided in Section 30-52-1 NMSA 1978, for a sexual purpose, when the victim is under sixteen years of age;
[(6)] (11) attempt to commit any of the sex offenses set forth in Paragraphs (1) through [(5)] (10) of this subsection, as provided in Section 30-28-1 NMSA 1978; or
(12) conspiracy to commit any of the sex offenses set forth in Paragraphs (1) through (10) of this subsection, as provided in Section 30-28-2 NMSA 1978.
E. The department of public safety shall retain registration information regarding a sex offender convicted for the following offenses for a period of ten years following the sex offender's conviction, release from prison or release from probation or parole, whichever occurs later:
(1) criminal sexual penetration in the fourth degree, as provided in Section 30-9-11 NMSA 1978;
(2) sexual exploitation of children by prostitution, as provided in Section 30-6A-4 NMSA 1978;
(3) false imprisonment, as provided in Section 30-4-3 NMSA 1978, when [the victim is less than eighteen years of age and the offender is not a parent of the victim] committed with the intent to commit a sex offense;
(4) aggravated indecent exposure, as provided in Section 30-9-14.3 NMSA 1978;
(5) enticement of child, as provided in Section 30-9-1 NMSA 1978;
(6) incest, as provided in Section 30-10-3 NMSA 1978, when the victim is less than eighteen years of age;
(7) solicitation to commit criminal sexual contact of a minor in the second, third or fourth degree, as provided in Sections 30-9-13 and 30-28-3 NMSA 1978;
(8) child solicitation by electronic communication device, as provided in Section 30-37-3.2 NMSA 1978; or
(9) attempt to commit any of the sex offenses set forth in Paragraphs (1) through [(6)] (8) of this subsection, as provided in Section 30-28-1 NMSA 1978.
F. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection E of this section, if a sex offender is convicted a second or subsequent time for a sex offense set forth in that subsection, the department of public safety shall retain information regarding the sex offender for the entirety of the sex offender's natural life.
G. The department of public safety shall adopt rules necessary to carry out the provisions of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act. Rules necessary for the collection of DNA samples and the administration and operation of the sex offender DNA identification system shall be adopted by the DNA identification system oversight committee pursuant to the provisions of the DNA Identification Act."
SECTION 3. Section 29-11A-5.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1999, Chapter 19, Section 8, as amended) is amended to read:
"29-11A-5.1. PUBLIC ACCESS TO INFORMATION REGARDING CERTAIN REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS--ACTIVE COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION--INTERNET WEB SITE.--
A. If a sex offender is convicted of one of the following sex offenses, the county sheriff shall forward registration information obtained from the sex offender to the district attorney for the judicial district in which the sex offender resides and, if the sex offender is a resident of a municipality, the chief law enforcement officer for the municipality in which the sex offender resides:
(1) aggravated criminal sexual penetration or criminal sexual penetration in the first, second or third degree, as provided in Section 30-9-11 NMSA 1978;
(2) criminal sexual contact of a minor in the second, third or fourth degree, as provided in Section
30-9-13 NMSA 1978;
(3) sexual exploitation of children, as provided in Section 30-6A-3 NMSA 1978;
(4) sexual exploitation of children by prostitution, as provided in Section 30-6A-4 NMSA 1978; [or]
(5) patronizing prostitutes, as provided in Subsection B of Section 30-9-3 NMSA 1978, when the person believed to be a prostitute is less than eighteen years of age;
(6) promoting prostitution, as provided in Section 30-9-4 NMSA 1978, when the victim is less than eighteen years of age;
(7) accepting earnings of a prostitute, as provided in Section 30-9-4.1 NMSA 1978, from a person engaged in prostitution who is less than eighteen years of age;
(8) human trafficking, as provided in Section 30-52-1 NMSA 1978, for a sexual purpose, when the victim is under sixteen years of age;
[(5)] (9) attempt to commit any of the sex offenses set forth in Paragraphs (1) through [(4)] (8) of this subsection, as provided in Section 30-28-1 NMSA 1978; or
(10) conspiracy to commit any of the sex offenses set forth in Paragraphs (1) through (8) of this subsection, as provided in Section 30-28-2 NMSA 1978.
B. A person who wants to obtain registration information regarding sex offenders described in Subsection A of this section may request that information from the:
(1) sheriff for the county in which the sex offenders reside;
(2) chief law enforcement officer for the municipality in which the sex offenders reside;
(3) district attorney for the judicial district in which the sex offenders reside; or
(4) secretary of public safety.
C. Upon receiving a request for registration information regarding sex offenders described in Subsection A of this section, the county sheriff, chief municipal law enforcement officer, district attorney or secretary of public safety shall provide that registration information, with the exception of a sex offender's social security number and DNA information, within a reasonable period of time, and no later than seven days after receiving the request.
D. Within seven days of receiving registration information from a sex offender described in Subsection A of this section, the county sheriff shall contact every licensed daycare center, elementary school, middle school and high school within a one-mile radius of the sex offender's residence and provide them with the sex offender's registration information, with the exception of the sex offender's social security number and DNA information.
E. The department shall establish and manage an internet web site that provides the public with registration information regarding sex offenders described in Subsection A of this section, except that the department shall not provide registration information on the internet web site regarding a sex offender who was less than eighteen years of age when the sex offender committed the sex offense for which the sex offender was convicted as a youthful offender, as provided in Section 32A-2-3 NMSA 1978, unless at the time of sentencing, the court made a finding that the sex offender is not amenable to treatment and is a danger to the community. The registration information provided to the public pursuant to this subsection shall not include a sex offender's social security number or DNA information or the identity of a sex offender's place of employment, unless the sex offender's employment requires the sex offender to have direct contact with children. The internet web site shall provide only the following registration information:
(1) the sex offender's legal name and any other names or aliases that the sex offender is using or has used;
(2) the sex offender's current address and the address of every place where the sex offender habitually lives;
(3) if the sex offender's employment involves direct contact with children, the sex offender's place of employment;
(4) the sex offenses for which the sex offender has been convicted;
(5) a photograph of the sex offender;
(6) the sex offender's date of birth;
(7) a physical description, including a description of any tattoos, scars or other distinguishing features on the sex offender's body that would assist in identifying the sex offender; and
(8) a link that will pinpoint the location of the sex offender's place of employment if the sex offender has direct contact with children."
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