An Act To Create the Sex Offender Management and Risk Assessment Advisory Commission
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §12004-I, sub-§4-C is enacted to read:
| Corrections | Sex Offender Management and Risk Assessment Advisory Commission | Not Authorized | 34-A MRSA §11401 |
Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §12004-I, sub-§74-G, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 663, §1, is repealed.
Sec. 3. 17-A MRSA c. 57, as amended, is repealed.
Sec. 4. 34-A MRSA c. 19 is enacted to read:
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SEX OFFENDER MANAGEMENT AND RISK ASSESSMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION
§ 11401. Establishment
The Sex Offender Management and Risk Assessment Advisory Commission, referred to in this chapter as "the commission," established by Title 5, section 12004-I, subsection 4-C, is created for the purpose of conducting a continuing study of methods that may be used to predict the risk of recidivism by a sex offender and to develop a method that may be used for such purposes. For purposes of this chapter, "sex offender" has the same meaning as "offender" in section 11273, subsection 10. For purposes of this chapter, "registrant" has the same meaning as in section 11273, subsection 11.
§ 11402. Membership; terms; vacancies
§ 11403. Duties; powers
§ 11404. Organization; meetings
The Attorney General shall notify all members of the commission of the time and place of the first meeting of the commission. At that meeting, the commission shall elect a chair, vice-chair and secretary-treasurer and adopt provisions regarding the administration of the commission and its affairs. The commission may meet as frequently as the commission determines necessary.
§ 11405. Expenses
Members of the commission may not be compensated for expenses incurred or related to the activities of the commission.
Sec. 5. Transition. The Sex Offender Management and Risk Assessment Advisory Commission created pursuant to this Act is the successor in every way to the powers, duties and functions of the Sex Offender Risk Assessment Advisory Commission established pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 12004-I, former subsection 74-G and set out in Title 17-A, former chapter 57, and members of the Sex Offender Risk Assessment Advisory Commission on the effective date of this Act continue as members of the Sex Offender Management and Risk Assessment Advisory Commission until the expiration of their terms pursuant to Title 17-A, former section 1402.
summary
This bill moves the law establishing the Sex Offender Risk Assessment Advisory Commission from the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 17-A to Title 34-A and changes the name of the commission to the Sex Offender Management and Risk Assessment Advisory Commission. The bill also makes changes to the provisions of law regarding the commission's powers and duties by requiring the commission to study and offer amendments to the sex offender registration and notification laws and by allowing the commission to accept funding.