Sex offenders-residence near child care facilities.

WORKING DRAFT
2012
STATE OF
WYOMING
12LSO-0159

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0030

Sex
offenders
-residence near child care facilities
.

Sponsored by:

Representative(s) Petersen, Pedersen and Semlek and Senator(s) Hicks and Martin

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
crimes and offenses; prohibiting sex offenders from residing near
child care
facilities;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.
W.S. 6
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2
‑
320(a) by creating a new paragraph (v)
and (e) by creating a new paragraph (iii)
is
a
mended to read:

6
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2
‑
320.

Prohibited access to school
and child care

facilities by adult sex offenders; exceptions; penalties; definitions.

(a)

Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no person who is eighteen (18) years of age or
older who is required to register as a sex offender pursuant to W.S. 7
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19
‑
302 shall:

(v
)

Reside within one thousand (1,000) feet of the property on which a
child
care facility is located, measured from the nearest point of the exterior wall of the registered
offender's dwelling unit to the child
care facility's property line, except that this paragraph shall not apply if the registered offender's residence was esta
blished
prior to July 1, 2012 or
prior to the date on which the child care facility was established
at the location
.

(e
)

As used in this section:

(iii)

"
Child
care facility" means
:

(A)

A building at which a
n individual or facility licensed
or certified
under the provisions of W.S. 14
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4
‑
101 through 14
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4
‑
111
provides child care
; or

(B)

A
facility which is administered or supervised by a governmental entity, including the state, local governments or school districts,
and
w
hich provides
care fo
r children at the request of the
parents, legal guardians or an agency responsible for the children
.

Section 2.
This act is effective July 1, 2012.

(END)

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