HB340 (2007) Detail

Restricting sex offenders from residing within a certain distance from schools and child-oriented organizations.


HB 340 – AS INTRODUCED

2007 SESSION

07-0974

04/05

HOUSE BILL 340

AN ACT restricting sex offenders from residing within a certain distance from schools and child-oriented organizations.

SPONSORS: Rep. Infantine, Hills 13

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits sexual offenders and offenders against children from living within 1,000 feet of any school, child care facility, playground, park, child-oriented organization, or any place where minors regularly congregate.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

07-0974

04/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven

AN ACT restricting sex offenders from residing within a certain distance from schools and child-oriented organizations.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Section; Registration of Criminal Offenders; Residency Restrictions. Amend RSA 651-B by inserting after section 5 the following new section:

651-B:5-a Residency Restrictions.

I. No person who is required to register under this chapter shall reside within 1,000 feet of the real property comprising any school, child care facility, playground, park, child-oriented organization, or any place where minors regularly congregate.

II. This section shall not apply to:

(a) An offender who is incarcerated at a state or county correctional facility or a juvenile facility, or who is involuntarily committed to any such facility.

(b) An offender required to register under this chapter who has established a residence prior to July 1, 2007.

(c) An offender who is already living at his or her residence at time when a new school, child care facility, park, playground, or child-oriented organization is proposed or built at a location that would otherwise be restricted under this section.

(d) The person is a minor or a ward under a guardianship.

2 New Paragraph; Registration of Criminal Offenders; Penalties. Amend RSA 651-B:9 by inserting after paragraph VII the following new paragraph:

VIII. Any person required to be registered under this chapter who violates the provisions of RSA 651-B:5-a shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2008.