HB991: Sex Offender & Crimes Against Minors Registry; revocation of probation of those not registered.

HOUSE BILL NO. 991
Offered January 11, 2006
Prefiled January 11, 2006
A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-472.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to revocation of probation or parole of registered sex offenders who fail to register or reregister.
Patron-- Shannon

Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 18.2-472.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 18.2-472.1. Providing false information or failing to provide registration information; penalty; prima facie evidence.

Any person subject to Chapter 9 (§ 9.1-900 et seq.) of Title 9.1, other than a person convicted of a sexually violent offense, who knowingly fails to register or reregister, or who knowingly provides materially false information to the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. However, any person convicted of a sexually violent offense, as defined in § 9.1-902, who knowingly fails to register or reregister, or who knowingly provides materially false information to the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Additionally, the court shall revoke the probation or parole, as applicable, of any person convicted hereunder.

A prosecution pursuant to this section shall be brought in the city or county where the offender can be found or where the offender last registered or reregistered or, if the offender failed to comply with the duty to register, where the offender was last convicted of an offense for which registration or reregistration is required.

At any trial pursuant to this section, an affidavit from the State Police issued as required in § 9.1-907 shall be admitted into evidence as prima facie evidence of the failure to comply with the duty to register or reregister and a copy of such affidavit shall be provided to the registrant or his counsel seven days prior to hearing or trial by the attorney for the Commonwealth.

2. That the provisions of this act may result in a net increase in periods of imprisonment or commitment.  Pursuant to § 30-19.1:4, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation cannot be determined for periods of imprisonment in state adult correctional facilities and is $0 for periods of commitment to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.