The bill amends Section 11-37.1-10 of the General Laws regarding penalties for sexual offenders. It establishes that any person required to register as a sex offender who knowingly resides within three hundred feet (300) of a school, as defined in 11-37.1-2, will be guilty of a felony. The distance is to be measured in a straight line, without regard for intervening structures or objects, from the nearest portion of the property on which the person resides to the nearest property line of the premises of any school.

The penalties for this offense include imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both. The act will take effect upon passage.

Statutes affected:
8065: 11-37.1-10