Sex offenders-residence near child care facilities.

WORKING DRAFT
2013
STATE OF
WYOMING
13LSO-0272

HOUSE BILL
NO.

HB0074

Sex offenders-residence near child care facilities.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Eklund

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
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320(
a) by creating a new paragraph (v) and (e) by creating a new paragraph (iii) is amended to read:

6
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2
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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
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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, 2013 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
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101 through 14
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4
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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
which provides
care for children at the request of the parents, legal guardians or an agency responsible for the children.

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2013.

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