HOUSE BILL 769
48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2007
INTRODUCED BY
Jimmie C. Hall
AN ACT
RELATING TO SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION; REQUIRING PERSONS CONVICTED OF STALKING A VICTIM UNDER SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE TO REGISTER AS SEX OFFENDERS; CLARIFYING A DEFINITION.
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. "conviction" means a conviction in any court of competent jurisdiction and includes a deferred sentence, but does not include a conditional discharge;
B. "institution of higher education" means a:
(1) private or public post-secondary educational institution;
(2) trade school; or
(3) professional school;
C. "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 [his] registration information or provide written notice or disclosure regarding [his] the sex offender's status as a sex offender;
D. "sex offender" means a person who:
(1) is a resident of New Mexico who is convicted of a sex offense [in New Mexico] pursuant to state, federal, tribal or military law;
(2) changes [his] residence to New Mexico, when that person has been convicted of a sex offense [in another state] pursuant to state, federal, tribal or military law;
[(3) is a resident of New Mexico who is convicted of a sex offense pursuant to federal, tribal or military law;
(4)] (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 [in New Mexico or any other state] pursuant to state, federal, tribal or military law; or
[(5)] (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; and
E. "sex offense" means:
(1) 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 the victim is less than eighteen years of age and the offender is not a parent of the victim;
(7) 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;
(8) aggravated stalking when the victim is less than sixteen years of age, as provided in Section
30-3A-3.1 NMSA 1978;
[(8)] (9) aggravated indecent exposure, as provided in Section 30-9-14.3 NMSA 1978;
[(9)] (10) enticement of child, as provided in Section 30-9-1 NMSA 1978;
[(10)] (11) incest, as provided in Section
30-10-3 NMSA 1978, when the victim is less than eighteen years of age;
[(11)] (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
[(12)] (13) attempt to commit any of the sex offenses set forth in Paragraphs (1) through [(10)] (11) of this subsection, as provided in Section 30-28-1 NMSA 1978."
Section 2. Section 29-11A-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1995, Chapter 106, Section 5, as amended) 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 [his] 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 [his] the sex offender's natural life:
(1) 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;
(5) criminal sexual contact in the fourth degree, as provided in Section 30-9-12 NMSA 1978; or
(6) attempt to commit any of the sex offenses set forth in Paragraphs (1) through (5) of this subsection, as provided in Section 30-28-1 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;
(4) aggravated stalking when the victim is less than sixteen years of age, as provided in Section
30-3A-3.1 NMSA 1978;
[(4)] (5) aggravated indecent exposure, as provided in Section 30-9-14.3 NMSA 1978;
[(5)] (6) enticement of child, as provided in Section 30-9-1 NMSA 1978;
[(6)] (7) incest, as provided in Section 30-10-3 NMSA 1978, when the victim is less than eighteen years of age;
[(7)] (8) 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
[(8)] (9) attempt to commit any of the sex offenses set forth in Paragraphs (1) through [(6)] (7) 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. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2007.
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