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HF 2688 House Long Description

hf2688FIFTH ENGROSSMENTOmnibus crime prevention and judiciary finance bill.ARTICLE 1 APPROPRIATIONSSection 1: criminal justice appropriations provided. Sec. 2: department of corrections appropriations provided. Sec. 3: public safety appropriations provided for criminal justice technology, and criminal apprehension positions, including interface with the national sex offender registry. Sec. 4: sentencing guidelines commission appropriated money for a pilot project in Ramsey county to ensure uniform charging on criminal complaints. Sec. 5: supreme court appropriation provided to redevelop court information system used by counties.ARTICLE 2 PREDATORY OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION PROVISIONS Sec. 1: predatory offenders registration expanded to include violations pursuant to court martial; and persons entering the state to reside, work or attend school; and persons committing similar violations of another states law or of United States law. Sec. 2: information made public concerning persons who fail to register. Sec. 3: registration requirements provided for persons attending school, and for persons working or attending school outside the state; requiring registration in the state where the person works or attends school. Sec. 4: registration contents expanded to include history of admission or residence in a treatment facility, documentation of treatment received, and verification of address form requirements specified. Sec. 5: predatory offender registration requirements provided, including residences, property, locations of employment, and vehicle information. Sec. 6: felony criminal penalty provided for violating registration provisions. Sec. 7: duration of registration clarified relating to new offenses or violations, and lifetime registration required for specified offenders. Sec. 8: registration data classified as private and use limited to law enforcement, and exceptions provided. Sec. 9: information on offenders who are out of compliance with registration law made available to public. Sec. 10: registration application defined. Sec. 11: crime against the person defined, and registration requirements applied retroactively to previous offenders. Sec. 12: replacing sex offender with predatory offender, commissioner of corrections informed of information disclosure to the public, and website created and maintained with level III offenders information. Sec. 13: clarification provided regarding notice on information regarding predatory offenders. Sec. 14: predatory offenders database created and maintained by bureau of criminal apprehension. Sec. 15: criminal justice funding report required. Sec. 16: effective dates.ARTICLE 3 NAME CHANGE PROVISIONS Sec. 1: name change application denial specified. Sec. 2: criminal penalties provided for convicted felons who use different surname upon marriage. Sec. 3: convicted felon name change procedure specified. Sec. 4-5: marriage license application felony information requirements specified. Sec. 6: marriage dissolution decree name change provisions clarified. Sec. 7: effective date.ARTICLE 4 CRIMINAL AND EXPUNGEMENT PROVISIONS Sec. 1: criminal sexual conduct offenses treatment authorized as crimes punishable under different provisions. Sec. 2: criminal sexual conduct in the first degree mandatory minimum sentence imposed. Sec. 3: definition of solicit expanded to include conduct by telephone, letter, or electronic means. Sec. 4: felony penalties provided for soliciting someone the person reasonable believes is a child. Sec. 5: criminal sexual conduct and soliciting of children offenses prosecution allowed in any jurisdiction in which violation originates or terminates. Sec. 6-7: harassment crime definition extended to delivery of electronic messages. Sec. 8: expunged records or DNA samples not to be returned to subject of record, notice of expungment orders to other jurisdictions required, and automatic stay of expungement orders provided. Sec. 9: statute of limitations removed for crimes resulting in death, for kidnapping, and for criminal sexual conduct offenses where physical DNA evidence is collected. Sec. 10: effective dates.ARTICLE 5 CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND INTEGRATION Sec. 1: criminal and juvenile justice information policy group membership increased to include commissioner of administration, commissioner of finance, and four members of the judicial branch. Sec. 2: policy group reports required annually. Sec. 3: criminal and juvenile justice information policy group grant local match requirements modified. Sec. 4: criminal justice technology infrastructure improvement provided. Sec. 5: criminal justice policy and funding reports required on technology infrastructure improvement grants, court information system, and Ramsey county pilot project. Sec. 6: proposed effectiveness measurement standards and sanctions developed and report required. Sec. 7: effective date.ARTICLE 6 DATA PRACTICES PROVISIONS Sec.1-2: agencies allowed to disclose address data to law enforcement officers of persons required to register as predatory offenders but not living at registered address, and law enforcement provided access to data maintained. Sec. 3: law enforcement allowed access to workers compensation addresses of persons registered as predatory offenders but living at different addresses. cth