BILL NUMBER: AB 1695	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cook

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2012

   An act to add Section 290.035 to the Penal Code, relating to sex
offenders.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1695, as introduced, Cook. Sex offenders: identification.
   Existing law, the Sex Offender Registration Act, requires persons
who have been convicted of specified sex offenses to register with
local law enforcement. Existing law requires that the registration
include the person's address, fingerprints, current photograph, and
license plate number. Existing law requires the registrant to update
his or her registration annually, upon moving, or upon changing his
or her name. Under existing law, failure to register is a crime.
Existing law, as amended by Proposition 83 of the November 7, 2006,
statewide general election, prohibits any person who is required to
register pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act from residing
within 2,000 feet of any public or private school, or park where
children regularly gather.
   This bill would make it a misdemeanor for any person convicted of
a crime committed against a minor under the age of 14 who, because of
that conviction, is required to register as a sex offender pursuant
to the Sex Offender Registration Act to be outside his or her
domicile without a state-issued identification card, as defined.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 290.035 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   290.035.  (a) Any person convicted of a crime committed against a
minor under the age of 14 who, because of that conviction, is
required to register as a sex offender pursuant to the Sex Offender
Registration Act shall carry a state-issued identification card at
all times when he or she is outside of his or her domicile. For
purposes of this section, a "state-issued identification card" shall
mean any identification card issued by a state department or agency,
including a driver's license.
   (b) A violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor.
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.