2006 Ohio Revised Code - 2950.13. Duties of attorney general.

§ 2950.13. Duties of attorney general.
 

(A)  The attorney general shall do all of the following: 

(1) No later than July 1, 1997, establish and maintain a state registry of sex offenders and child-victim offenders that is housed at the bureau of criminal identification and investigation and that contains all of the registration, change of residence, school, institution of higher education, or place of employment address, and verification information the bureau receives pursuant to sections 2950.04, 2950.041 [2950.04.1], 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the Revised Code regarding a person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to, or has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to, either a sexually oriented offense that is not a registration-exempt sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented offense or a person who is adjudicated a delinquent child for committing either a sexually oriented offense that is not a registration-exempt sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented offense and is classified a juvenile offender registrant or is an out-of-state juvenile offender registrant based on that adjudication, and all of the information the bureau receives pursuant to section 2950.14 of the Revised Code. For a person who was convicted of or pleaded guilty to the sexually oriented offense or child-victim related offense, the registry also shall indicate whether the person was convicted of or pleaded guilty to the offense in a criminal prosecution or in a serious youthful offender case. 

(2) In consultation with local law enforcement representatives and no later than July 1, 1997, adopt rules that contain guidelines necessary for the implementation of this chapter; 

(3) In consultation with local law enforcement representatives, adopt rules for the implementation and administration of the provisions contained in section 2950.11 of the Revised Code that pertain to the notification of neighbors of an offender or a delinquent child who has committed a sexually oriented offense that is not a registration-exempt sexually oriented offense and has been adjudicated a sexual predator or determined to be a habitual sex offender, an offender who has committed an aggravated sexually oriented offense, or an offender or delinquent child who has committed a child-victim oriented offense and has been adjudicated a child-victim predator or determined to be a habitual child-victim offender, and rules that prescribe a manner in which victims of either a sexually oriented offense that is not a registration-exempt sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented offense committed by an offender or a delinquent child who has been adjudicated a sexual predator or determined to be a habitual sex offender, an offender who has committed an aggravated sexually oriented offense, or an offender or delinquent child who has committed a child-victim oriented offense and has been adjudicated a child-victim predator or determined to be a habitual child-victim offender may make a request that specifies that the victim would like to be provided the notices described in divisions (A)(1) and (2) of section 2950.10 of the Revised Code; 

(4) In consultation with local law enforcement representatives and through the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, prescribe the forms to be used by judges and officials pursuant to section 2950.03 of the Revised Code to advise offenders and delinquent children of their duties of filing a notice of intent to reside, registration, notification of a change of residence, school, institution of higher education, or place of employment address and registration of the new, school, institution of higher education, or place of employment address, as applicable, and address verification under sections 2950.04, 2950.041 [2950.04.1], 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the Revised Code, and prescribe the forms to be used by sheriffs relative to those duties of filing a notice of intent to reside, registration, change of residence, school, institution of higher education, or place of employment address notification, and address verification; 

(5) Make copies of the forms prescribed under division (A)(4) of this section available to judges, officials, and sheriffs; 

(6) Through the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, provide the notifications, the information, and the documents that the bureau is required to provide to appropriate law enforcement officials and to the federal bureau of investigation pursuant to sections 2950.04, 2950.041 [2950.04.1], 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the Revised Code; 

(7) Through the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, maintain the verification forms returned under the address verification mechanism set forth in section 2950.06 of the Revised Code; 

(8) In consultation with representatives of the officials, judges, and sheriffs, adopt procedures for officials, judges, and sheriffs to use to forward information, photographs, and fingerprints to the bureau of criminal identification and investigation pursuant to the requirements of sections 2950.03, 2950.04, 2950.041 [2950.04.1], 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the Revised Code; 

(9) In consultation with the director of education, the director of job and family services, and the director of rehabilitation and correction, adopt rules that contain guidelines to be followed by boards of education of a school district, chartered nonpublic schools or other schools not operated by a board of education, preschool programs, child day-care centers, type A family day-care homes, certified type B family day-care homes, and institutions of higher education regarding the proper use and administration of information received pursuant to section 2950.11 of the Revised Code relative to an offender or delinquent child who has been adjudicated a sexual predator or child-victim predator or determined to be a habitual sex offender or habitual child-victim offender, or an offender who has committed an aggravated sexually oriented offense; 

(10) In consultation with local law enforcement representatives and no later than July 1, 1997, adopt rules that designate a geographic area or areas within which the notice described in division (B) of section 2950.11 of the Revised Code must be given to the persons identified in divisions (A)(2) to (8) of that section; 

(11) Through the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, not later than January 1, 2004, establish and operate on the internet a sex offender and child-victim offender database that contains information for every offender who has committed either a sexually oriented offense that is not a registration-exempt sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented offense and who registers in any county in this state pursuant to section 2950.04 or 2950.041 [2950.04.1] of the Revised Code. The bureau shall determine the information to be provided on the database for each offender and shall obtain that information from the information contained in the state registry of sex offenders and child-victim offenders described in division (A)(1) of this section, which information, while in the possession of the sheriff who provided it, is a public record open for inspection as described in section 2950.081 [2950.08.1] of the Revised Code. The information provided for each offender shall include at least the information set forth in division (B) of section 2950.11 of the Revised Code. The database is a public record open for inspection under section 149.43 of the Revised Code, and it shall be searchable by offender name, by county, by zip code, and by school district. The database shall provide a link to the web site of each sheriff who has established and operates on the internet a sex offender and child-victim offender database that contains information for offenders who register in that county pursuant to section 2950.04 or 2950.041 [2950.04.1] of the Revised Code, with the link being a direct link to the sex offender and child-victim offender database for the sheriff. 

(12) Upon the request of any sheriff, provide technical guidance to the requesting sheriff in establishing on the internet a sex offender and child-victim offender database for the public dissemination of some or all of the materials described in division (A) of section 2950.081 [2950.08.1] of the Revised Code that are public records under that division and that pertain to offenders who register in that county pursuant to section 2950.04 or 2950.041 [2950.04.1] of the Revised Code; 

(13) Through the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, not later than January 1, 2004, establish and operate on the internet a database that enables local law enforcement representatives to remotely search by electronic means the state registry of sex offenders and child-victim offenders described in division (A)(1) of this section and any information the bureau receives pursuant to sections 2950.04, 2950.041 [2950.04.1], 2950.05, 2950.06, and 2950.14 of the Revised Code. The database shall enable local law enforcement representatives to obtain detailed information regarding each offender and delinquent child who is included in the registry, including, but not limited to the offender's or delinquent child's name, residence address, place of employment if applicable, motor vehicle license plate number if applicable, victim preference if available, date of most recent release from confinement if applicable, fingerprints, and other identification parameters the bureau considers appropriate. The database is not a public record open for inspection under section 149.43 of the Revised Code and shall be available only to law enforcement representatives as described in this division. Information obtained by local law enforcement representatives through use of this database is not open to inspection by the public or by any person other than a person identified in division (A) of section 2950.08 of the Revised Code. 

(B)  The attorney general in consultation with local law enforcement representatives, may adopt rules that establish one or more categories of neighbors of an offender or delinquent child who, in addition to the occupants of residential premises and other persons specified in division (A)(1) of section 2950.11 of the Revised Code, must be given the notice described in division (B) of that section. 

(C)  No person, other than a local law enforcement representative, shall knowingly do any of the following: 

(1) Gain or attempt to gain access to the database established and operated by the attorney general, through the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, pursuant to division (A)(13) of this section. 

(2) Permit any person to inspect any information obtained through use of the database described in division (C)(1) of this section, other than as permitted under that division. 

(D)  As used in this section, "local law enforcement representatives" means representatives of the sheriffs of this state, representatives of the municipal chiefs of police and marshals of this state, and representatives of the township constables and chiefs of police of the township police departments or police district police forces of this state. 
 

HISTORY: 146 v H 180 (Eff 7-1-97); 146 v H 72 (Eff 7-1-97); 148 v H 471 (Eff 7-1-2000); 149 v S 3 (Eff 1-1-2002); 149 v H 485. Eff 6-13-2002; 150 v S 5, § 1, Eff 7-31-03.

 

Effect of Amendments

S.B. 5, Acts 2003, effective July 31, 2003, rewrote the section. 

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