Senate Bill No. 649
Senate Bill No. 649
PUBLIC ACT NO. 97-183
AN ACT CONCERNING THE REGISTRATION OF SEXUAL
OFFENDERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 54-102r of the general
statutes is repealed and the following is
substituted in lieu thereof:
(a) For the purposes of this section: (1)
"Sexual assault" means (A) a violation of
subdivision (2) of section 53-21, section 53a-70,
53a-70a, 53a-70b, 53a-71, 53a-72a or 53a-72b or
(B) any crime committed in any other state or
jurisdiction the essential elements of which are
substantially the same as any of the crimes
enumerated in subparagraph (A) of this
subdivision; (2) "sentence termination date" means
the scheduled date of release from the
correctional system if the convicted person served
the maximum term or terms for which he was
sentenced, without being released on parole,
receiving a reduction in such sentence for good
conduct and obedience to rules or receipt of an
outstandingly meritorious performance award, or on
account of any other early release provision; (3)
"probation termination date" means the date that
supervision by the Office of Adult Probation ends
for a person sentenced to a period of probation.
(b) Whenever a person who has been convicted
of sexual assault or has been found not guilty of
sexual assault by reason of mental disease or
defect pursuant to section 53a-13 [on or after
January 1, 1995,] is to be released from the
supervision of the Office of Adult Probation upon
completion or termination of a sentence of
probation or is to be released from a correctional
facility in this state either by the Board of
Parole prior to his sentence termination date or
by the Department of Correction upon the
completion of the maximum term or terms of the
sentence, or is to be conditionally released by
the Psychiatric Security Review Board pursuant to
section 17a-588 or upon the termination of
commitment to the Psychiatric Security Review
Board, said office, board or department, as the
case may be, shall, not later than five days prior
to such release or termination of commitment to
the Psychiatric Security Review Board, register
such person with the chief of police of the police
department or resident state trooper for the
municipality in which such person will reside.
(c) Whenever a person who has been convicted
of sexual assault [on or after January 1, 1995,]
and has been released on probation in any other
state or jurisdiction or has been released from a
correctional facility in any other state or
jurisdiction, whether on parole or upon completion
of the maximum term or terms to which he was
sentenced, establishes residence in this state
prior to a date that is ten years after his
probation termination date or sentence termination
date, as the case may be, such person shall
register with the chief of police of the police
department or resident state trooper for the
municipality in which he resides not later than
five days after establishing residency in this
state. Any person who violates the provisions of
this subsection shall be guilty of a class A
misdemeanor.
(d) Any person subject to the registration
provisions of subsection (b) or (c) of this
section who, prior to the date that is ten years
after his probation termination date or sentence
termination date, as the case may be, changes his
or her residence address within this state shall,
not later than five days after such change,
register with the chief of police of the police
department or resident state trooper for the
municipality of his new address. Any person who
violates the provisions of this subsection shall
be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(e) The registration required by subsections
(b) to (d), inclusive, of this section shall be in
a form prescribed by the Department of Public
Safety and shall include the following information
about the person being registered, where
applicable: (1) Name, including all aliases used,
(2) address, (3) social security number, (4)
inmate number, (5) crime for which convicted or
found not guilty by reason of mental disease or
defect, (6) date and place of conviction or
finding of not guilty by reason of mental disease
or defect, (7) probation termination date or
sentence termination date or date of termination
of commitment to the Psychiatric Security Review
Board, as the case may be, and (8) a complete
description of the person including photograph and
fingerprints.
(f) A law enforcement agency shall maintain a
registration on a person for ten years after such
person's probation termination date or sentence
termination date and shall destroy such
registration at that time unless such person has
been convicted of a subsequent sexual assault
since his release.
[(g) Notwithstanding the provisions of
sections 1-15, 1-19, 1-19a and 1-19b, the
information compiled pursuant to subsections (e)
and (f) of this section shall be confidential and
not subject to disclosure to any person or agency
other than to law enforcement agencies for law
enforcement purposes or governmental agencies
conducting confidential background checks or to
any specific person if such disclosure is deemed
necessary by the chief of police of the police
department or resident state trooper of the
municipality to protect said person from any
person subject to the registration provisions of
subsection (b) or (c) of this section. Any person
who discloses such information in violation of
this subsection shall be guilty of a class C
misdemeanor.]
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect from its
passage, except that the penalty provisions of
subsections (c) and (d) of section 1 shall take
effect October 1, 1997, with respect to persons
convicted of sexual assault prior to January 1,
1995.
Approved June 26, 1997