By Mr. Koutoujian of Waltham, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1549) of Peter J. Koutoujian and others relative to the sex offender registry in the commonwealth.  The Judiciary.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

Peter J. Koutoujian

James B. Eldridge

Michael E. Festa

James E. Timilty

Jennifer M. Callahan

Geraldo Alicea

Rachel Kaprielian

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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An Act relative to improving the sex offender registry in the commonwealth.

    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 171 of Chapter 6 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof, the following:-

The board shall promulgate regulations requiring sexual offender registry information to be included on the criminal offender record information.

SECTION 2. Chapter 27 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following after section 4:-

Section 4A. The Parole Board shall establish in each region an intensive parole sex offenders program. Such programs shall be established subject to appropriation, and shall be modeled upon the current program operated by the parole board in Middlesex County, and shall include unannounced visits, counseling, electronic monitoring, random drug testing, polygraph testing and other aspects of intensive supervision.