SMART Office has yet to declare VI compliant though.6-30-2012 Virgin Islands:
ST. THOMAS - Legislation to update the territory's sex offender registry laws passed the 29th Legislature on Thursday.
The bill would bring the territory into compliance with federal regulations and qualify the territory for some federal law enforcement funding.
The legislation amends the V.I. Sexual Offender Registration and Community Protection Act of 1997 to increase reporting requirements for convicted sex offenders.
Gov. John deJongh Jr. submitted the bill to the Legislature last year.
The measure requires all sex offenders to register with the V.I. government within three days of coming to the territory or changing residences within the territory. Reporting requirements vary depending on the crime for which the offender was convicted.
The bill also expands the requirements of who must register. Currently, anyone who has been convicted of a sexual crime anywhere in the United States or by a court of another "competent jurisdiction" must register.
The proposed law would establish a three-tiered classification system, requiring offenders convicted of crimes of varying severity to register for 15 years, 25 years or life. Currently, the law requires sexual offenders to register for either 15 years or life.
The territory already has lost about $92,000 in federal law enforcement funding this year and stands to lose a similar amount for each year that the territory is not in compliance with the mandates required by the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act of 2006.
V.I. Attorney General Vincent Frazer said 34 states also have failed to meet the requirements. ..Source.. by ALDETH LEWIN
no long registered in illinois as my ten years have been fullfilled. if i visit st thomas i must register for 15 years within 3 days of arriving with my family?
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