Sec. 14. 34-A MRSA §11225, sub-§5 is enacted to read:

5.__Credit for time registered in another jurisdiction.__A 10- year registrant may apply to the bureau for credit for time registered in another jurisdiction.__The bureau may grant credit upon a registrant's providing documentation in accordance with rules adopted by the bureau.

SUMMARY

This bill amends the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act of 1999. Specifically, the bill does the following.

1. It clarifies that the Act applies to persons sentenced at any time in jurisdictions other than Maine if those persons were required to register or would have been required to register in those other jurisdictions if they had remained there.

2. It clarifies that "prior conviction" means a conviction that occurred at any time. It specifies that convictions that result from or are connected with the same act or result from offenses committed at the same time are considered one conviction unless the offenses were committed against more than one victim. More than one prior conviction may have occurred on the same day.

3. It repeals language made unnecessary by Public Law 2003, chapter 711, which redefined "sex offense" and defined the terms "another state" and "jurisdiction."

4. It gives the Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of Identification authority to adopt routine technical rules necessary to implement registration and notification practices.

5. It adds the duty of a registrant to give notification of the registrant's residence in Maine.

6. It specifies that only the State Bureau of Identification may maintain a sex offender registry on the