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Local Law Enforcment - Sex Offender Registration (language only)

Item 391 #1c

Item 391 #1c

Public Safety
Department of Criminal Justice Services

Language
Page 349, after line 21, insert:
“E. Effective July 1, 2015, the Director of the Department of Criminal Justice Services is authorized to withhold reimbursements due to a locality under Title 9.1, Chapter 1, Article 8, Code of Virginia, upon notification from the Superintendent of State Police that there is reason to believe the police department within a locality is not registering sex offenders as required in § 9.1-903, Code of Virginia. Upon subsequent notification by the Superintendent that the local law enforcement agency is compliant with the requirements of § 9.1-903, Code of Virginia, the Director shall make reimbursement of withheld funding due to the locality in the same fiscal year in which the local law enforcement agency comes into compliance.”


Explanation
(This amendment authorizes the Department of Criminal Justice Services to withhold state aid to localities with police departments (House Bill 599 funding) from a locality if the Superintendent of State Police provides notification that the police department of that locality is not complying with the requirements of transmittal of information to the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry.)