Bill Text: CT SB00432 | 2014 | General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: An Act Providing Notice To The Chief Executive Officer Of A Municipality Upon The Release Of A Registered Sexual Offender Into Such Municipality.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2014-06-13 - Signed by the Governor [SB00432 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2014-SB00432-Chaptered.html
AN ACT CONCERNING NOTICE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS OR CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF A MUNICIPALITY UPON RELEASE OR RELOCATION OF A REGISTERED SEXUAL OFFENDER INTO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR MUNICIPALITY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 54-258 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2014):
(2) (A) Any state agency, the Judicial Department, any state police troop or any local police department may, at its discretion, notify any government agency, private organization or individual of registration information when such agency, said department, such troop or such local police department, as the case may be, believes such notification is necessary to protect the public or any individual in any jurisdiction from any person who is subject to registration under section 54-251, 54-252, 54-253 or 54-254.
(B) (1) Whenever a registrant is released into the community, or whenever a registrant changes such registrant's address and notifies the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection of such change pursuant to section 54-251, 54-252, 54-253 or 54-254, the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall, by electronic mail, notify the superintendent of schools for the school district in which the registrant resides, or plans to reside, of such release or new address, and provide such superintendent with the same registry information for such registrant that the department makes available to the public through the Internet under subdivision (1) of this subsection.
(2) Whenever a registrant is released into the community, or whenever a registrant changes such registrant's address and notifies the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection of such change pursuant to section 54-251, 54-252, 54-253 or 54-254, the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall, by electronic mail, notify the chief executive officer of the municipality in which the registrant resides, or plans to reside, of such release or new address, and provide such chief executive officer with the same registry information for such registrant that the department makes available to the public through the Internet under subdivision (1) of this subsection.