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SENATE BILL NO. 1524, As Amended – Drug pusher registration

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S1524aa..............................................by JUDICIARY AND RULES
DRUG PUSHER REGISTRATION - Adds to and amends existing law to provide the
"Drug Pusher Registration Notification and Community Right to Know Act" to
require those individuals convicted of pushing drugs to register with local
law enforcement agencies.
                                                                        
02/24    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/25    Rpt prt - to Jud
03/07    Rpt out - to 14th Ord
03/15    Rpt out amen - to engros
03/16    Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/17    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/21    3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 35-0-0
      AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
      Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
      Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King-Barrutia, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh,
      Parry, Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner,
      Stennett, Thorne, Wheeler, Whitworth, Williams
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- None
    Floor Sponsor - Sandy
    Title apvd - to House
03/22    House intro - 1st rdg as amen - to Jud
04/04    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg as amen
04/05    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen

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 S1524
                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-fifth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2000
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                              SENATE BILL NO. 1524, As Amended
                                                                        
                              BY JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO DRUG PUSHER REGISTRATION NOTIFICATION AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW;
  3        AMENDING TITLE 18, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW CHAPTER 90,  TITLE
  4        18, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE A SHORT TITLE, TO PROVIDE A STATEMENT OF LEGIS-
  5        LATIVE FINDINGS, TO DEFINE TERMS, TO SPECIFY THE APPLICATION OF THE PROVI-
  6        SIONS  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  TO ESTABLISH A CENTRAL DRUG PUSHER REGISTRY AND
  7        PROVIDE AGENCY RESPONSIBILITY, TO REQUIRE NOTICE OF THE DUTY TO  REGISTER,
  8        TO  REQUIRE  LOCAL  AND  ANNUAL  REGISTRATION,  TO REQUIRE NOTIFICATION OF
  9        CHANGE OF ADDRESS OR NAME, TO GOVERN RELEASE  FROM  REGISTRATION  REQUIRE-
 10        MENTS  AND  EXPUNGEMENT FROM THE REGISTRY, TO PROVIDE PENALTIES, TO GOVERN
 11        PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE DRUG PUSHER OFFENDER REGISTRY INFORMATION, TO  GOVERN
 12        THE DISSEMINATION OF REGISTRY INFORMATION, TO PROVIDE EXEMPTION FROM CIVIL
 13        LIABILITY  AND  TO  PROVIDE  PENALTIES  FOR VIGILANTISM OR OTHER MISUSE OF
 14        INFORMATION OBTAINED UNDER THIS CHAPTER; AND AMENDING SECTION 7-805, IDAHO
 15        CODE, TO GOVERN CHANGE OF NAME FOR CONVICTED DRUG PUSHERS REQUIRED TO REG-
 16        ISTER.
                                                                        
 17    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 18        SECTION 1.  That Title 18, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby  amended
 19    by  the addition thereto of a NEW CHAPTER, to be known and designated as Chap-
 20    ter 90, Title 18, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 21                                      CHAPTER 90
 22                      DRUG PUSHER REGISTRATION NOTIFICATION AND
 23                             COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT
                                                                        
 24        18-9001.  SHORT TITLE. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the
 25    "Drug Pusher Registration Notification and Community Right-to-Know Act."
                                                                        
 26        18-9002.  FINDINGS. The legislature finds that drug pushers present a sig-
 27    nificant risk of reoffense and that efforts of  law  enforcement  agencies  to
 28    protect  their  communities,  conduct  investigations  and  quickly  apprehend
 29    offenders  who  commit the crime of sales of drugs in violation of the uniform
 30    controlled substances act  are impaired by the  lack  of  current  information
 31    available  about  individuals who have been convicted of selling illegal drugs
 32    who live within their jurisdiction. The legislature further finds that provid-
 33    ing public access to certain information about convicted drug pushers  assists
 34    parents  in  the  protection of their children. Such access further provides a
 35    means for organizations that work with youth or other  vulnerable  populations
 36    to  prevent  drug  pushers from threatening those served by the organizations.
 37    Finally, public access assists the community in being observant  of  convicted
 38    drug  pushers  in order to prevent them from recommitting crimes involving the
 39    sale of illegal controlled substances. Therefore, this state's  policy  is  to
 40    assist  efforts  of  local  law enforcement agencies to protect communities by
 41    requiring convicted drug pushers to register with local law enforcement  agen-
                                                                        
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  1    cies and to make certain information about convicted drug pushers available to
  2    the public as provided in this chapter.
                                                                        
  3        18-9003.  DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter:
  4        (1)  "Central  registry"  means  the  registry  of  convicted drug pushers
  5    maintained by the Idaho department of law enforcement pursuant to  this  chap-
  6    ter.
  7        (2)  "Department" means the Idaho department of law enforcement.
  8        (3)  "Incarceration"  means  committed to the custody of the Idaho depart-
  9    ment of correction, but excluding cases where the court has retained jurisdic-
 10    tion.
 11        (4)  "Offender" or "drug pusher"  means  an  individual  convicted  of  an
 12    offense  listed  and  described  in section 18-9004, Idaho Code, or a substan-
 13    tially similar offense under the laws of another state or in a federal, tribal
 14    or military court or the court of another country.
 15        (5)  "Offense" means an offense listed in section 18-9004, Idaho Code.
 16        (6)  "Residence" means the offender's present place of abode.
                                                                        
 17        18-9004.  APPLICATION OF CHAPTER. (1) The provisions of this chapter shall
 18    apply to any person who:
 19        (a)  On or after July 1, 2001, is convicted of a felony  violation   under
 20        section  37-2732(a)(1)(A) (manufacture or deliver a schedule I narcotic or
 21        manufacture or  deliver  a  schedule  II  controlled  substance),  section
 22        37-2732(a)(1)(B)  (manufacture  or  deliver  a nonnarcotic schedule I con-
 23        trolled substance or manufacture or deliver a schedule III controlled sub-
 24        stance),  section 37-2732(a)(1)(C) (manufacture or deliver a  schedule  IV
 25        controlled  substance),  section  37-2732B (trafficking), section 37-2734B
 26        (deliver, possess with intent to deliver, or manufacture  with  intent  to
 27        deliver  drug  paraphernalia),  section  37-2737  (distribution to persons
 28        under age eighteen) or section 37-2737A (manufacture or delivery  of  con-
 29        trolled  substance  where  children  are  present),  Idaho  Code,   or any
 30        attempt, racketeering, conspiracy or aiding or abetting any of  the  above
 31        offenses  and such person has been  convicted of a felony violation of the
 32        above offenses in this state on  a prior occasion or has been convicted of
 33        a felony violation of any  substantially  equivalent  offense  in  another
 34        state, territory, commonwealth or other jurisdiction of the United States,
 35        including tribal courts and military courts;
 36        (b)  Enters the state on or after July 1, 2001, and who has been convicted
 37        on  or  after  July  1,  2001,  of  two  (2)  or  more  crimes,  attempts,
 38        solicitations  or  conspiracies to commit a crime in another state, terri-
 39        tory, commonwealth, or other jurisdiction of the United States,  including
 40        tribal courts and military courts, that is substantially equivalent to the
 41        offenses listed in subsection (1)(a) of this section;
 42        (c)  Pleads  guilty  to or has been found guilty of two (2) or more crimes
 43        covered in this section prior to July 1, 2001, and the person, as a result
 44        of the offense, is incarcerated in a  county  jail  facility  or  a  penal
 45        facility  or is under probation or parole supervision, on or after July 1,
 46        2001.
 47        (2)  The provisions of this chapter shall not apply  to  any  such  person
 48    while  the person is incarcerated in a correctional institution of the depart-
 49    ment of correction, a county jail facility or committed  to  a  mental  health
 50    institution of the department of health and welfare.
 51        (3)  A  conviction  for purposes of this chapter means that the person has
 52    pled guilty or has been found guilty, notwithstanding the form of the judgment
 53    or withheld judgment.
                                                                        
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  1        (4)  For purposes of this section, any person who pleads guilty to  or  is
  2    found guilty of a violation of the applicable  sections of the Idaho Code enu-
  3    merated  in  subsection (1)(a) of this section or any substantially conforming
  4    criminal violations, notwithstanding the form of the judgment(s)  or  withheld
  5    judgment(s), shall be deemed to be a conviction or convictions.
                                                                        
  6        18-9005.  CENTRAL REGISTRY -- NOTICE TO AGENCIES. (1) The department shall
  7    establish  and  maintain  a  central  drug pusher registry separate from other
  8    records maintained by the department. The registry shall include, but  is  not
  9    limited  to,  fingerprints,  photographs, and other information collected from
 10    submitted forms and other communications relating to notice of duty to  regis-
 11    ter, drug pusher registration and notice of address change.
 12        (2)  Upon  receipt of information pursuant to section 18-9007, Idaho Code,
 13    the department shall notify the law enforcement agencies  having  jurisdiction
 14    where  the  offender  resides or will reside, enter information in the central
 15    registry, and transmit the appropriate information as required by the  federal
 16    bureau  of investigation for inclusion in a national drug pusher registry when
 17    one exists. Upon receipt of a notice of  an  offender  changing  residence  to
 18    another  state,  the department shall notify the central registry of the state
 19    to which the offender is moving if a registry  exists.  The  department  shall
 20    adopt rules relating to providing notice of address changes to law enforcement
 21    agencies, developing forms, operating the central registry, reviewing and cor-
 22    recting records, and expunging records of persons who are deceased, whose con-
 23    victions  have  been reversed or who have been pardoned, and those for whom an
 24    order of expungement or relief from registration has been entered pursuant  to
 25    section 18-9009, Idaho Code.
 26        (3)  The  department  shall develop and distribute to appropriate agencies
 27    the standardized forms necessary for the administration of  the  registry  and
 28    shall  provide  appropriate agencies with instructions for completing and sub-
 29    mitting the forms. The attorney general shall approve the forms  and  instruc-
 30    tions prior to distribution.
                                                                        
 31        18-9006.  NOTICE  OF DUTY TO REGISTER AND INITIAL REGISTRATION. (1) When a
 32    person is sentenced for an offense identified in section 18-9004, Idaho  Code,
 33    the prosecuting attorney shall seek and the court shall order a designated law
 34    enforcement  agency  to  immediately fingerprint that person unless the person
 35    has been fingerprinted and  photographed  previously  for  the  same  offense.
 36    Fingerprints and photographs may be taken at the jail or correctional facility
 37    to which the person is remanded or sentenced. The fingerprints and photographs
 38    taken pursuant to this subsection shall be submitted to the department as pro-
 39    vided  in  section 67-3004, Idaho Code. A fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) shall
 40    be charged the person for the fingerprinting and used by the sheriff to defray
 41    administration of this chapter.
 42        (2)  A person convicted of a felony offense identified in section 18-9004,
 43    Idaho Code, and released on probation without a sentence of incarceration in a
 44    county jail or correctional facility, including release pursuant to a withheld
 45    judgment or a committment to any mental institution, shall be notified by  the
 46    sentencing  court  of  the duty to register pursuant to the provisions of this
 47    chapter. The court or the court's designee shall ensure that the written noti-
 48    fication shall be completed on a form provided by the department and  approved
 49    by  the attorney general and shall be signed by the defendant. The court shall
 50    retain one (1) copy, provide one (1) copy to the offender, and submit one  (1)
 51    copy to the central registry within three (3) working days of release.
 52        (3)  With respect to an offender convicted of a drug offense identified in
 53    section  18-9004,  Idaho Code, and sentenced to a period of incarceration in a
                                                                        
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  1    jail or correctional facility and subsequently released, placed on  probation,
  2    or  paroled,  the  department  of  correction  or jail shall provide, prior to
  3    release from confinement, written notification of the duty  to  register.  The
  4    written  notification  shall  be  on  a  form  provided  by the department and
  5    approved by the attorney general and shall be  signed  by  the  offender.  The
  6    department  of  correction  or jail shall retain one (1) copy, provide one (1)
  7    copy to the offender, and submit one (1) copy  to the central registry  within
  8    three (3) working days of release.
  9        (4)  The  sheriff  of each county shall provide written notification, on a
 10    form provided by the department of transportation and approved by the attorney
 11    general, of the registration requirements of this chapter to  any  person  who
 12    enters  this  state  from  another jurisdiction and makes an application for a
 13    license to operate a motor vehicle in this state. The form shall include  lan-
 14    guage  that  the  offender  has  read  the form before signing it. The written
 15    notice shall be signed by the person and one (1) copy shall  be  sent  by  the
 16    sheriff's  office  to the central repository of the department of law enforce-
 17    ment and one (1) copy shall be provided to the person.
 18        (5)  Notification of the duty to register as set forth in subsections  (2)
 19    and  (3) of this section shall constitute an initial registration for the pur-
 20    pose of establishing a record in the central registry.
 21        (6)  The notification form provided by the department and approved by  the
 22    attorney general shall:
 23        (a)  Explain the duty to register, the procedure for registration and pen-
 24        alty for failure to comply with registration requirements;
 25        (b)  Inform  the  offender  of  the  requirement  to provide notice of any
 26        change of address within Idaho or to another state within five (5) days of
 27        such change;
 28        (c)  Inform the offender of the requirement to register  in  a  new  state
 29        within ten (10) days of changing residence to that state; and
 30        (d)  Obtain  from  the  offender and agency or court, information required
 31        for initial registration in the central registry, as prescribed  by  rules
 32        promulgated by the department.
 33        (7)  The  official  conducting  the  notice and initial registration shall
 34    ensure that the notification form is complete, that the  offender  has  signed
 35    the  form  verifying  that he has read it, and that a copy is forwarded to the
 36    central repository within the required time period.
 37        (8)  Information required for initial registration in the central registry
 38    shall include, but is not limited to: name and aliases of the offender; social
 39    security number; physical descriptors; current address or physical description
 40    of current residence; offense for which convicted, sentence and conditions  of
 41    release; treatment or counseling received; and risk assessment or special cat-
 42    egory of offender.
 43        (9)  No  person  subject  to registration shall willfully furnish false or
 44    misleading information  when  complying  with  registration  and  notification
 45    requirements of this chapter.
                                                                        
 46        18-9007.  LOCAL  AND ANNUAL REGISTRATION. (1) Within ten (10) days of com-
 47    ing into any county to establish residence or temporary domicile, an  offender
 48    shall  register  with the sheriff of the county. The offender thereafter shall
 49    update the registration annually. If the offender intends to reside in another
 50    state, the offender shall register in the other state within ten (10) days  of
 51    moving to that state.
 52        (2)  Annual registration shall be conducted as follows:
 53        (a)  On  or  about  the  first day of the month containing the anniversary
 54        date of the  initial  registration,  the  department  shall  mail  a  non-
                                                                        
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  1        forwardable  notice of annual registration to the offender's last reported
  2        address;
  3        (b)  Within ten (10) days of the mailing date of the notice, the  offender
  4        shall  appear in person at the office of the sheriff with jurisdiction for
  5        the purpose of completing the registration process;
  6        (c)  If the notice is returned to the department  as  not  delivered,  the
  7        department shall inform the sheriff with whom the offender last registered
  8        of the returned notice.
  9        (3)  Registration, whether initial or annual, shall consist of a form pro-
 10    vided  by  the department and approved by the attorney general, which shall be
 11    signed by the offender and shall require the following information  about  the
 12    offender:
 13        (a)  Name  and  all  aliases  which the person has used or under which the
 14        person has been known;
 15        (b)  A complete description of the person including the date of birth  and
 16        social security number;
 17        (c)  Name  of  each  offense enumerated in section 18-9004, Idaho Code, of
 18        which the person was convicted, where each offense  was  committed,  where
 19        the  person  was  convicted  of each offense, and the name under which the
 20        person was convicted of each offense;
 21        (d)  The name and location of each hospital, jail or penal institution  to
 22        which  the  person was committed for each offense covered under this chap-
 23        ter;
 24        (e)  School or college enrollment; and
 25        (f)  Address or physical description of current  residence  and  place  of
 26        employment.
 27        (4)  At  the  time  of registration, the sheriff shall obtain a photograph
 28    and fingerprints, in a manner approved by the department, and may require  the
 29    offender  to  provide  full  palm  print impressions of each hand. An offender
 30    shall pay a fee of forty dollars ($40.00) to the sheriff at the time  of  each
 31    registration. The fees collected under this section shall be used by the sher-
 32    iff to defray the costs of drug pusher registration.
 33        (5)  The  sheriff  shall forward the completed and signed form, photograph
 34    and fingerprints to the department within three (3) working days of the regis-
 35    tration.
 36        (6)  The official conducting the initial registration  shall  ensure  that
 37    the  notification  form  is complete and that the offender has signed the form
 38    verifying that he has read it.
 39        (7)  No person subject to registration shall furnish false  or  misleading
 40    information  when complying with registration and notification requirements of
 41    this chapter.
 42        (8)  The sheriff, or appointed deputies, may visit the residence of a reg-
 43    istered drug pusher within the county at any reasonable  time  to  verify  the
 44    address provided at the time of registration.
                                                                        
 45        18-9008.  CHANGE OF ADDRESS OR NAME. (1) If an offender changes address or
 46    actual residence, the offender shall provide written notice of the new address
 47    within  five  (5) days after the change to the sheriff of the county where the
 48    offender is required to register and to the department. The notice shall be on
 49    a form provided by the department. Within three (3) working days after receipt
 50    of the notice, the sheriff shall forward a copy of the notice to  the  depart-
 51    ment.
 52        (2)  If  an  offender changes address to another state, the offender shall
 53    provide written notice of the new address  within  five  (5)  days  after  the
 54    change  to  the department and to the sheriff of the county where the offender
                                                                        
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  1    is required to register.
  2        (3)  An offender whose legal name is changed by marriage,  judicial  order
  3    or  any  other  means  shall  provide written notice of the name change to the
  4    sheriff and the department within five (5) days of the order, event  or  other
  5    occurrence.
  6        (4)  The  sheriff may charge a fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) for process-
  7    ing the change in address, residence or name.
                                                                        
  8        18-9009.  RELEASE FROM REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS -- EXPUNGEMENT.  (1)  Any
  9    person,    may,  after a period of ten (10) years from the date the person was
 10    released from incarceration or placed on parole, supervised release or  proba-
 11    tion, whichever is greater, petition the district court for a show cause hear-
 12    ing  to determine whether the person shall be exempted from the duty to regis-
 13    ter under this chapter. In the petition the petitioner shall:
 14        (a)  Provide clear and convincing evidence that the petitioner is  not  at
 15        risk  to  commit a new violation for any violent crime or crime identified
 16        in section 18-9004, Idaho Code;
 17        (b)  Provide an affidavit indicating that the petitioner does not  have  a
 18        criminal  charge  pending  nor  is the petitioner knowingly under criminal
 19        investigation for  any  violent  crime  or  crime  identified  in  section
 20        18-9004, Idaho Code;
 21        (c)  Provide proof of service of such petition upon the county prosecuting
 22        attorney for the county in which the application is made; and
 23        (d)  Provide  a  certified copy of the judgment of conviction which caused
 24        the petitioner to report as a drug pusher.
 25        The district court may grant a hearing if it finds that  the  petition  is
 26    sufficient.  The  court shall provide at least sixty (60) days prior notice of
 27    the hearing to the petitioner and the county prosecuting attorney.
 28        The court may exempt the petitioner from the  reporting  requirement  only
 29    after a hearing on the petition in open court and only upon proof by clear and
 30    convincing  evidence that the petitioner is not at risk to commit a new viola-
 31    tion for any violent crime or crime identified in section 18-9004, Idaho Code.
 32        (2)  Concurrent with the entry of any order exempting the petitioner  from
 33    the  reporting  requirement,  the court may further order that any information
 34    regarding the petitioner be expunged from the central registry.
                                                                        
 35        18-9010.  PENALTIES. (1) An offender subject to registration who fails  to
 36    register  or provide any notice as required by this chapter shall be guilty of
 37    a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison system  for
 38    a  period  not to exceed five (5) years and by a fine not to exceed five thou-
 39    sand dollars ($5,000). If the offender is on  probation  or  other  supervised
 40    release  or  suspension  from  incarceration at the time of the violation, the
 41    probation or supervised release or suspension shall be revoked and the penalty
 42    for violating this chapter shall be served  consecutively  to  the  offender's
 43    original sentence.
 44        (2)  An offender subject to registration under this chapter, who willfully
 45    provides  false  or misleading information in the registration required, shall
 46    be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in a state  prison
 47    for  a period not to exceed five (5) years and a fine not to exceed five thou-
 48    sand dollars ($5,000).
                                                                        
 49        18-9011.  PUBLIC ACCESS TO  DRUG  PUSHER  OFFENDER  REGISTRY  INFORMATION.
 50    Information  within  the  drug  pusher offender registry collected pursuant to
 51    this chapter is subject to release only as provided by this section.
 52        (1)  The department or sheriff shall provide public access to  information
                                                                        
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  1    contained  in  the  central  drug  pusher offender registry by written request
  2    only. The department, after consultation with and input from sheriffs  of  the
  3    state, shall promulgate rules defining the processes for providing information
  4    to  the  public  and  the requirements for retention of inquiry records by the
  5    department and sheriff.
  6        (2)  The department and sheriff will respond to requests for  drug  pusher
  7    offender  registry  information within ten (10) working days of receipt of the
  8    written request.
  9        (a)  Any person may inquire about a  named  individual  by  submitting  an
 10        information  request  form  obtained  from  the department or sheriff. The
 11        department shall promulgate rules outlining the methods and means of  sub-
 12        mitting  requests.  Information  required  for  inquiry  shall include the
 13        individual's full name and address, or full name and date  of  birth.  The
 14        requester shall provide his full name, street address and driver's license
 15        or social security number.
 16        (b)  Any  person  may  request  a  list of registered drug pushers by geo-
 17        graphic area, such as by county or by zip  code  area,  as  determined  by
 18        rule,  by submitting an information request form obtained from the depart-
 19        ment. The requester shall  provide  his  full  name,  street  address  and
 20        driver's license, social security number, or state identification number.
 21        (c)  Schools or organizations working with youth or other vulnerable popu-
 22        lations  may  request  a statewide list or lists by geographic area within
 23        the state.
 24        (d)  The department and sheriff may collect a fee of five dollars  ($5.00)
 25        for each inquiry response.
 26        (e)  Information to be provided includes the offender's name, address, any
 27        aliases  or  prior  names, date of birth, the crime of conviction, and the
 28        place of conviction.
 29        (f)  Identity of the offender's employer or educational  institution  cur-
 30        rently attended will not be provided for any registered drug pusher.
 31        (g)  Information  identifying  any person related to, living with, working
 32        for, employing or otherwise associated with a registered drug pusher shall
 33        be excluded from release.
 34        (3)  The department shall provide to any person, upon written request  and
 35    at a reasonable cost, determined by the department, a photograph of any regis-
 36    tered  drug  pusher  which the department maintains in its central drug pusher
 37    offender registry. The department shall respond to  requests  for  photographs
 38    within fifteen (15) working days of receipt.
 39        (4)  Fees  received  by  the  department pursuant to this section shall be
 40    deposited in the department's miscellaneous revenue fund and used  to  support
 41    the  operation  of the central registry. Fees received by the sheriff pursuant
 42    to this section shall be used to defray the cost of drug pusher offender  reg-
 43    istration.
 44        (5)  The  department shall include a cautionary statement relating to com-
 45    pleteness, accuracy and use of registry information when releasing information
 46    to the public or noncriminal justice agencies as well as a statement  concern-
 47    ing  the penalties provided in section 18-9014, Idaho Code, for misuse of reg-
 48    istry information.
 49        (6)  Information released pursuant to this section may be  used  only  for
 50    the protection of the public.
 51        (7)  Further dissemination of registry information by any person or entity
 52    shall  include  the  cautionary  statements required in subsection (5) of this
 53    section.
                                                                        
 54        18-9012.  DISSEMINATION OF REGISTRY INFORMATION. (1) The department  shall
                                                                        
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  1    disseminate any registration information collected under this chapter, includ-
  2    ing  change  of address notification, to criminal justice agencies through the
  3    telecommunications system established in section 19-5202, Idaho Code. Registry
  4    information provided under this section shall be used only for the administra-
  5    tion of criminal justice or for the protection of the public as  permitted  by
  6    this chapter.
  7        (2)  The  department shall provide quarterly to the superintendent of pub-
  8    lic instruction and to the director of the department of health and welfare  a
  9    list of all  offenders required to register with the central registry together
 10    with  the  address,  date  of  birth and crime of conviction for each offender
 11    listed. The superintendent may further distribute the list or portions thereof
 12    to school districts or to schools.
 13        (3)  The department shall release  quarterly  to  the  public  a  list  of
 14    offenders  thirty  (30) days or more delinquent in maintaining registration or
 15    address verification. Offenders subject to being listed include those who have
 16    failed:
 17        (a)  To register with a sheriff after initial registration  under  section
 18        18-9007, Idaho Code; and
 19        (b)  To register annually as required in section 18-9007, Idaho Code.
 20        (4)  The  department shall include a cautionary statement relating to com-
 21    pleteness, accuracy and use of registry information when releasing information
 22    to the public or noncriminal justice agencies as well as a statement  concern-
 23    ing  the penalties provided in section 18-9014, Idaho Code, for misuse of reg-
 24    istry information.
 25        (5)  Information released pursuant to this section may be  used  only  for
 26    the protection of the public.
 27        (6)  Further dissemination of registry information by any person or entity
 28    shall  include  the  cautionary  statements required in subsection (4) of this
 29    section.
                                                                        
 30        18-9013.  EXEMPTION FROM CIVIL LIABILITY. No person or governmental entity
 31    may be held civilly or criminally liable for actions or omissions in the  per-
 32    formance  of the duties of his office under the provisions of this chapter, if
 33    the person or governmental entity acts in good faith and without malice.
                                                                        
 34        18-9014.  PENALTIES  FOR  VIGILANTISM  OR  OTHER  MISUSE  OF   INFORMATION
 35    OBTAINED UNDER THIS CHAPTER. Any person who uses information obtained pursuant
 36    to  this  chapter to commit a crime or to cause physical harm to any person or
 37    damage to property shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, in  addition  to  any
 38    other  punishment,  be subject to imprisonment in the county jail for a period
 39    not to exceed one (1) year, or by a fine not to exceed  one  thousand  dollars
 40    ($1,000) or both.
                                                                        
 41        SECTION  2.  That  Section  7-805,  Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 42    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 43        7-805.  RESTRICTIONS ON NAME CHANGES FOR  CONVICTED  SEXUAL  OFFENDERS  OR
 44    CONVICTED  DRUG  PUSHERS  --  NOTIFICATION OF NAME CHANGES OF CONVICTED SEXUAL
 45    OFFENDERS OR DRUG PUSHERS. (1) No person shall apply for a change of name with
 46    the intent or purpose of avoiding registration as a convicted sexual  offender
 47    pursuant  to  chapter 83, title 18, Idaho Code, or a convicted drug pusher, as
 48    defined in section 18-9003, Idaho Code, required to register pursuant to chap-
 49    ter 90, title 18, Idaho Code. No name change shall be granted to any person if
 50    the name change would have the effect of relieving the person of the  duty  to
 51    register  as  a  convicted  sexual  offender under chapter 83, title 18, Idaho
                                                                        
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  1    Code, or as a convicted drug pusher, as  defined  in  section  18-9003,  Idaho
  2    Code,  required  to  register pursuant to chapter 90, title 18, Idaho Code, or
  3    under the provisions of similar laws enacted by another state.
  4        (2)  The court granting a name change to any individual required to regis-
  5    ter as a convicted sexual offender pursuant to the provisions of  chapter  83,
  6    title  18,  Idaho  Code,  or as a convicted drug pusher, as defined in section
  7    18-9003, Idaho Code, required to register pursuant to the provisions of  chap-
  8    ter  90,  title 18, Idaho Code, shall provide notice of the name change to the
  9    Idaho department of law enforcement, central sexual offender registry or  cen-
 10    tral  drug pusher offender registry.  This notice shall include the offender's
 11    name prior to change, new name, social security number, date of birth and last
 12    known address.

Amendment


 AS1524
                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-fifth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2000
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                     Moved by    Sandy               
                                                                        
                                                     Seconded by Darrington          
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                             SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. NO. 1524
                                                                        
  1                               AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 1
  2        On page 2 of the printed bill, delete lines 8  through  10;  in  line  11,
  3    delete "(4)" and insert: "(3)"; in line 14, delete "(5)" and insert: "(4)" and
  4    also  in  line  14, following ""Offender"" insert: "or "drug pusher""; in line
  5    18, delete "(6)" and insert: "(5)"; in  line  19,  delete  "(7)"  and  insert:
  6    "(6)"; delete lines 22 through 25 and insert:
  7        "(a)  On  or after July 1, 2001, is convicted of a felony violation  under
  8        section 37-2732(a)(1)(A) (manufacture or deliver a schedule I narcotic  or
  9        manufacture  or  deliver  a  schedule  II  controlled  substance), section
 10        37-2732(a)(1)(B) (manufacture or deliver a  nonnarcotic  schedule  I  con-
 11        trolled substance or manufacture or deliver a schedule III controlled sub-
 12        stance),   section  37-2732(a)(1)(C) (manufacture or deliver a schedule IV
 13        controlled substance), section 37-2732B  (trafficking),  section  37-2734B
 14        (deliver,  possess  with  intent to deliver, or manufacture with intent to
 15        deliver drug paraphernalia),  section  37-2737  (distribution  to  persons
 16        under  age  eighteen) or section 37-2737A (manufacture or delivery of con-
 17        trolled substance  where  children  are  present),  Idaho  Code,   or  any
 18        attempt,  racketeering,  conspiracy or aiding or abetting any of the above
 19        offenses and such person has been  convicted of a felony violation of  the
 20        above offenses in this state on  a prior occasion or has been convicted of
 21        a  felony  violation  of  any  substantially equivalent offense in another
 22        state, territory, commonwealth or other jurisdiction of the United States,
 23        including tribal courts and military courts;";
 24    in line 26, delete "2000" and insert: "2001" and also in  line  26,  following
 25    "convicted"  insert: "on or after July 1, 2001,"; in line 33, delete "chapter"
 26    and insert: "section" and also in line 33, delete "2000" and  insert:  "2001";
 27    in line 36, delete "2000" and insert: "2001"; and following line 43, insert:
 28        "(4)  For  purposes of this section, any person who pleads guilty to or is
 29    found guilty of a violation of the applicable  sections of the Idaho Code enu-
 30    merated in subsection (1)(a) of this section or any  substantially  conforming
 31    criminal  violations,  notwithstanding the form of the judgment(s) or withheld
 32    judgment(s), shall be deemed to be a conviction or convictions.".
 33        On page 3, in line 28, delete "an" and insert: "a  felony";  in  line  31,
 34    delete  "release  from" and insert: "a commitment to"; and delete lines 33 and
 35    34 and insert: "ter. The court or the court's designee shall ensure  that  the
 36    written  notification  shall be completed on a form provided by the department
 37    and approved by the attorney general and shall be  signed  by  the  defendant.
 38    The".
 39        On  page  7,  in  line  9,  delete "twenty dollars" and in line 10, delete
 40    "($20.00)" and insert: "five dollars ($5.00)".
                                                                        
 41                               AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 2
 42        On page 8, in line 31, following "pusher" insert: ", as defined in section
 43    18-9003, Idaho Code,"; in line 35, following "pusher" insert: ", as defined in
                                                                        
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  1    section 18-9003, Idaho Code,"; and in line 40, delete "offender"  and  insert:
  2    ", as defined in section 18-9003, Idaho Code".

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


          
     
                 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                       RS09231C1
                           
          This proposed legislation relates to drug pusher registration notification
     and community right-to-know by amending Title 18, Idaho Code and adding a
     new Chapter 90. To require local and annual registration, notification of change of
     address or name, relating to individuals with repeat felony drug convictions to be
     kept in a Central Registry and to allow public access of such records. 
     
     
     
                           
                    FISCAL IMPACT 
     
     No fiscal impact until at least the 2002 budget year. This will give the Department
     of Law Enforcement time to assess specific anticipated needs. 
     
     
     
     Contact 
     
     Name:         Senator John Sandy
     Phone:        (208) 332-1305 
     
     
     
     
     
     
                                                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                  S 1524