By Representative Golden of Lowell and Senator Panagiotakos, joint petition (accompanied by bill, 1474) of Thomas A. Golden, Jr., and others relative to victim notification in actions regarding sex offenders. The Judiciary.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

 

Thomas A. Golden, Jr.

Scott P. Brown

Kevin J. Murphy

Steven C. Panagiotakos

Anthony J. Verga

David M. Nangle

Patrick M. Natale

Edward M. Augustus, Jr.

Matthew C. Patrick

Barbara A. L'Italien

Geraldo Alicea

Joseph R. Driscoll

Richard J. Ross

James E. Vallee

Karyn E. Polito

James B. Eldridge

 

 

 

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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 An Act relative to victim notification.

 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

 

SECTION 1.

 

                Section 178K of Chapter 6 of the Massachusetts General Laws are hereby amended by and inserting the following section at the end there of:-

 

(4) For victims, to be notified by the prosecutor that they have the right to provide the sex offender registry board with a written impact statement for inclusion in the convicted sex offender’s classification determination pursuant to section 178K(1)(k) of chapter 6. Upon the specific request of the victim to the sex offender registry board, the board shall inform the victim of the sex offender’s (i) registration and classification status and (ii) the addresses of where the sex offender lives, works, and attends an institution of higher learning regardless of the classification level and registration status of the offender;

 

SECTION 2. Section 2 of Chapter 139 of the Acts of 2006 in item 8000-0125, is hereby amended by striking words after the words “General Fund” and inserting the following at the end there of:-

 

“; into a new retained revenue account hereby established under the executive office of public safety and directed to the sex offender registry board to be used to expand the victim services unit; provided that no less than $150,000 be used for said victim service, and all additional revenues be used for the operation of the sex offender registry board.”