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Sec. 6. 34-A MRSA §11221, sub-§6, as amended by PL 2003, c. 711, Pt. C,
§19 and affected by Pt. D, §2, is further amended to read:

 
6. Distribution of information to department and law
enforcement agencies. The bureau shall distribute information
described in subsection 1 to the department and law enforcement
agencies having jurisdiction over the address and location of the
registrant's domicile, residence, place of employment and college
or school being attended.

 
Sec. 7. 34-A MRSA §11221, sub-§11 is enacted to read:

 
11.__Maintenance by bureau.__Only the bureau may maintain a
sex offender registry on the Internet for purposes of public
access as described in subsection 9.__Law enforcement agencies
may maintain their own sex offender registries for internal use
only by those agencies and may provide a link to the bureau's
Internet sex offender registry.

 
Sec. 8. 34-A MRSA §11222, sub-§4, ¶A, as amended by PL 2003, c. 711,
Pt. C, §21 and affected by Pt. D, §2, is further amended to read:

 
A. At least 10 days prior to the required verification
date, the bureau shall mail a nonforwardable verification
form to the last reported mailing address of the registrant.
The verification form is deemed received 3 days after
mailing unless returned by postal authorities.

 
Sec. 9. 34-A MRSA §11222, sub-§5, last ¶, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 437,
§2, is repealed.

 
Sec. 10. 34-A MRSA §11223, as amended by PL 2003, c. 711, Pt. C, §22
and affected by Pt. D, §2, is further amended to read:

 
§11223. Duty of person establishing domicile or residence to

 
register

 
A person convicted and sentenced for an offense that includes
the essential elements of a sex offense or sexually violent
offense in a jurisdiction other than Maine and required under
another that jurisdiction to register pursuant to that
jurisdiction's sex offender registration statute or, if not so
required, who has been convicted and sentenced for an offense
that includes the essential elements of a sex offense or sexually
violent offense shall register as a 10-year registrant or
lifetime registrant, whichever is applicable, within 5 days and
shall notify the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction with


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