0001|                            SENATE BILL 98
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                           PATRICK H. LYONS
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0009|     
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF SEX OFFENDERS; AMENDING SECTION
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0012|     29-11A-4 NMSA 1978 (BEING LAWS 1995, CHAPTER 106, SECTION 4).
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0013|     
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0014|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015|          Section 1.  Section 29-11A-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1995,
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0016|     Chapter 106, Section 4) is amended to read:
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0017|          "29-11A-4.  REGISTRATION OF SEX OFFENDERS--INFORMATION
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0018|     REQUIRED--CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.--
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0019|               A.  A sex offender residing in this state shall
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0020|     register with the county sheriff for the county in which the
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0021|     sex offender resides.  
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0022|               B.  A sex offender who is a current resident of New
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0023|     Mexico shall register with the county sheriff no later than
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0024|     <s>[thirty]</s> <u>seven</u> days after being released from the custody
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0025|     of the corrections department or being placed on probation or
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0001|     parole.  A sex offender who changes his residence to New Mexico
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0002|     shall register with the county sheriff no later than <s>[forty-
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<s></s>0003| <s>    five]</s> <u>seven</u> days after establishing residence in this state. 
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0004|     When a sex offender registers with the county sheriff, he shall
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0005|     provide the following information:
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0006|                    (1)  his legal name and any other names or
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0007|     aliases that <s>[the sex offender]</s> <u>he</u> is using or has used;
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0008|                    (2)  his date of birth;
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0009|                    (3)  his social security number;
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0010|                    (4)  his current address;
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0011|                    (5)  his place of employment;
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0012|                    (6)  the sex offense for which he was
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0013|     convicted; and
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0014|                    (7)  the date and place of his sex offense
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0015|     conviction.
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0016|               C.  When a sex offender registers with a county
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0017|     sheriff, the sheriff shall obtain:
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0018|                    (1)  a photograph of the sex offender and a
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0019|     complete set of the sex offender's fingerprints; and
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0020|                    (2)  a description of any tattoos, scars or
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0021|     other distinguishing features on the sex offender's body that
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0022|     would assist in identifying the sex offender.          
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0023|               D.  When a sex offender who is registered changes
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0024|     his residence within the same county, the sex offender shall
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0025|     send written notice of his change of address to the county
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0001|     sheriff no later than ten days after establishing his new
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0002|     residence.  
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0003|               E.  When a sex offender who is registered changes
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0004|     his residence to a new county in New Mexico, the sex offender
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0005|     shall register with the county sheriff of the new county no
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0006|     later than ten days after establishing his new residence.  The
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0007|     sex offender shall also send written notice of the change in
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0008|     residence to the county sheriff with whom he last registered no
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0009|     later than ten days after establishing his new residence.
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0010|               F.  A sex offender who willfully fails to comply
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0011|     with the registration requirements set forth in this section is
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0012|     guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment
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0013|     for a definite term less than one year or a fine of not more
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0014|     than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or both.
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0015|               G.  A sex offender who provides false information
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0016|     when complying with the registration requirements set forth in
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0017|     this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished
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0018|     by imprisonment for a definite term less than one year or a
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0019|     fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or both."
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