An Act To Require Sex Offenders To Complete Their Full Time on the Sex Offender Registry

Sec. 1. 34-A MRSA §11225-A, sub-§5-A  is enacted to read:

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This bill specifies that during any period in which a person subject to the 10-year registrant requirements under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act of 1999, as amended, fails to comply with verification requirements, the Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of Identification, pursuant to any rules the bureau may adopt, shall toll the registration period for the duration of the time that the registrant is not in compliance. Once the registrant is in compliance, the 10-year period resumes at the point at which it was tolled. During the period when the registrant is not in compliance, the bureau is required to continue to maintain the registrant's information on the Internet.