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AZ HB2200
Bill
Status
4/4/2017
Primary Sponsor
Heather Carter
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AI Summary
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Amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 13-3825 to require that community notification for level two and level three sex offenders be disseminated in nonelectronic format to neighborhoods, schools, community groups, and prospective employers.
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Adds new subsection H allowing law enforcement agencies to establish electronic notification processes, but only for individuals who affirmatively choose to receive notifications electronically; electronic notification supplements but does not replace required nonelectronic notification.
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Maintains existing requirements that notifications include the offender's photograph, exact address, and summary of criminal background, with press releases distributed to local electronic and print media.
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Preserves law enforcement authority to provide additional community notices about circumstances or persons posing danger to the community beyond the statutory sex offender notification requirements.
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Retains existing provisions regarding notification timelines, risk assessments, sheriff and local law enforcement responsibilities, and exceptions for juvenile offenders and pre-1996 convictions pending risk assessment completion.
Legislative Description
Community notification; form of notice
Criminal Code
Last Action
Chapter 135
4/4/2017