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HOUSE BILL NO. 383

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H0383................................by JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION
SEX OFFENDERS - Adds to existing law to provide a penalty for third party
assistance to sexual offenders attempting to avoid sexual offender
registration requirements; and to provide an exception.

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-ninth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2008

                                                                       

                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 383

                      BY JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE

  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO SEXUAL OFFENDERS; AMENDING CHAPTER 83, TITLE 18,  IDAHO  CODE,  BY
  3        THE  ADDITION  OF  A NEW SECTION 18-8330, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE A PENALTY
  4        FOR THIRD PARTY ASSISTANCE TO SEXUAL OFFENDERS ATTEMPTING TO AVOID  SEXUAL
  5        OFFENDER REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS AND TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION.

  6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

  7        SECTION  1.  That  Chapter  83,  Title 18, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
  8    hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and  des-
  9    ignated as Section 18-8330, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:

 10        18-8330.  THIRD PARTY ASSISTANCE TO SEXUAL OFFENDERS REQUIRED TO BE REGIS-
 11    TERED  --  EXCEPTION.  (1)  It  is  a  felony for any person who has reason to
 12    believe that a violent sexual predator is not complying, or has  not  complied
 13    with,  the requirements of this chapter and who, with the intent to assist the
 14    violent sexual predator in eluding a law enforcement agency that is seeking to
 15    find the violent sexual predator to question or arrest him because of  noncom-
 16    pliance, to:
 17        (a)  Withhold  information from a law enforcement agency about the violent
 18        sexual predator's noncompliance and, if known, withhold the whereabouts of
 19        the violent sexual predator;
 20        (b)  Harbor, or attempt to harbor, or assist another person  in  harboring
 21        or attempting to harbor, the violent sexual predator;
 22        (c)  Conceal,  or attempt to conceal, or assist another person in conceal-
 23        ing or attempting to conceal, the violent sexual predator; or
 24        (d)  Provide information to a law enforcement agency regarding the violent
 25        sexual predator which the person knows to be false information.
 26        (2)  The provisions of this section do not apply  if  the  violent  sexual
 27    predator  is incarcerated in a federal, state or private correctional facility
 28    or in a county jail.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 17609

This proposed legislation will add Idaho Code Section 18-8330 for
the purpose of penalizing and deterring people from assisting
individuals required to register as sex offenders from avoiding
the registration requirements.


                           FISCAL NOTE

None.




Contact
Name: Representative Jim Clark 
Phone: 332-1000
Name: Senator Denton Darrington
Phone: 332-1000


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                         H 383