Sponsored by:
Senator CHRISTOPHER J. CONNORS
District 9 (Atlantic, Burlington and Ocean)
Senator JAMES BEACH
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
SYNOPSIS
Requires use of email for certain community notification under Megans Law.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning community notification and supplementing Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The Attorney General shall provide a means for email notification to any person who requests to be notified pursuant to subsection b. of this section when a sex offender, whose registration information is posted on the Internet pursuant to P.L.2001, c.167 (C.2C:7-12 et seq.), registers a new address in a different county or zip code from the offenders previous address or when any other information concerning that sex offender is updated on the registry.
b. A person may request to receive notification by email pursuant to subsection a. of this section for updated information for not more than three counties or zip codes.
c. The Attorney General shall promulgate guidelines to effectuate the provisions of this act.
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the seventh month after enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Attorney General, upon request, to provide a means for email notification when a sex offender listed on the Internet registry registers a new address in a different county or zip code from the offenders previous address or when any other information concerning that sex offender is updated on the registry.
Under the bill, members of the public may request to receive this information by email for up to three counties or zip codes. The notification by email provided under this bill supplements the current methods of notification.