ENTITLED, An Act to
require the state's participation in the National Sex Offender Public
Registry and to provide for the posting of a state internet sex registry site.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section
1.
That chapter
22-24B
be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as
follows:
The Division of Criminal Investigation shall post and maintain on an internet site sex offender
registration information including offender name, physical description and photograph, address,
type of sex crime convicted of, previous convictions requiring registration as defined in
§
22-24B-
1, dates of commission and the dates of conviction of any sex crime committed, community safety
zone restrictions, offense description, and the offender's status as an inmate, parolee, or person who
has completed their correctional placement.
The division shall update sex offender registration information on the internet site within five
days of receipt from the registering agency. The division and the registering agency are not civilly
or criminally liable for good faith conduct under this Act.
Section
2.
That
§
22-24B-11
be amended to read as follows:
22-24B-11.
The Division of Criminal Investigation may make the file available to any regional
or national registry of sex offenders
and shall participate in the National Sex Offender Public
Registry maintained by the United States Department of Justice
. The division shall accept files
from any regional or national registry of sex offenders and shall make such files available when
requested pursuant to §§ 22-24B-1 to 22-24B-14, inclusive.