4. Report findings to the joint standing committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services and criminal justice and public safety matters no later than January 30, 2005.

Sec. C-2. Review and report of registerable sex offenses. The Criminal Law Advisory Commission, established under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 17-A, chapter 55, shall:

1. Review the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act of 1999, as amended, to identify all crimes of gross sexual assault and unlawful sexual contact that currently do not require any registration;

2. Assess whether the current Maine crimes listed as sex offenses and sexually violent offenses are appropriate under the federal guidelines for the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act, 42 United States Code, Section 14071, as amended; and

3. Report its findings and any proposed changes to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over criminal justice and public safety matters.

Sec. C-3. Retroactivity. Those sections of this Act that amend the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 34-A apply retroactively to June 30, 1992.

SUMMARY

This bill implements the recommendations of the Commission to Improve Community Safety and Sex Offender Accountability, which was created pursuant to Resolve 2003, chapter 75. The commission was established to provide a legislative forum to review criminal sentencing laws for sex crimes and to review sex offender registration and notification laws and policies. The purpose of this commission's review was to take a thoughtful and comprehensive look at Maine's sex offender laws and to identify areas in which immediate legislative and policy change is necessary to increase community safety. The bill does the following.

1. It raises the classification of sex crimes committed against children who have not attained 12 years of age. Without imposing new minimum mandatory sentences, the commission