SENATE BILL NO. 1296

2008 Legislation

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SENATE BILL NO. 1296<br /> – Sex offender treatment, escort, who

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S1296..........................................................by SCHROEDER
SEX OFFENDERS - Amends existing law to provide requirements for escorting
sex offenders and juvenile sex offenders who are attending counseling while
in custody.

01/18    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/21    Rpt prt - to Jud

Bill Text




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

                                                                       

                                       IN THE SENATE

                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1296

                                        BY SCHROEDER

  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO SEX OFFENDERS; AMENDING CHAPTER 25, TITLE 19, IDAHO CODE,  BY  THE
  3        ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 19-2525, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR
  4        ESCORTING SEX OFFENDERS AND JUVENILE SEX OFFENDERS TO COUNSELING.

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

  6        SECTION  1.  That  Chapter  25,  Title 19, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
  7    hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and  des-
  8    ignated as Section 19-2525, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:

  9        19-2525.  SEX  OFFENDERS  RECEIVING TREATMENT. Any person convicted, found
 10    guilty or who has received a withheld judgment for a crime enumerated in  sec-
 11    tion  18-8304,  Idaho  Code,  and who is residing in a prison, county jail, or
 12    halfway house, or any juvenile committed to the custody of the  department  of
 13    juvenile  corrections  for  a crime enumerated in section 18-8304, Idaho Code,
 14    and residing in a facility under the jurisdiction of the department  of  juve-
 15    nile  corrections,  may  only  go  to counseling for the sex offense under the
 16    supervision of an employee or contractor of the department of correction,  the
 17    commission for pardons and parole, a county jail or the department of juvenile
 18    corrections. A family member may not take the offender to counseling.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 17544

This legislation provides that sex offenders and juvenile sex
offenders in state custody may not be transported to counseling
by family members.


                           FISCAL NOTE

Some slight expense may be incurred by the requirement that the
public must provide transportation for sex offenders.




Contact
Name: Roger Falen
Phone: 208-285-1116
516 N. Laurel
Genesee, Idaho 83832


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                        S 1296