SORA:  STUDENT SAFETY ZONES                                                            S.B. 354 (S-1):

                                                                                                      FLOOR SUMMARY

Senate Bill 354 (Substitute S-1 as reported by the Committee of the Whole)          (as passed by the Senate)

Sponsor:  Senator Rick Jones

Committee:  Judiciary

CONTENT

The bill would amend the Sex Offenders Registration Act (SORA) to revise an exception to the prohibition against a registrant living within a "student safety zone" (i.e., the area within 1,000 feet of school property).

Under SORA, except as otherwise provided, an individual required to be registered under the Act may not live within a student safety zone.  One of the exceptions is for a person who was living within a student safety zone on January 1, 2006 (the effective date of the provision that added the prohibition).  Under the bill, this exception would apply to a person who was living within that zone on that date, who had continued to live at the same address in that zone since that date, and who had not subsequently been convicted of an offense for which he or she was required to be registered under the Act.

The bill would take effect on July 1, 2011.

MCL 28.735                                                            Legislative Analyst:  Patrick Affholter

FISCAL IMPACT

The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.

Date Completed:  6-9-11                                             Fiscal Analyst:  Matthew Grabowski

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.