Pennsylvania § 9799.67 - Duties of Pennsylvania State Police.

§ 9799.67. Duties of Pennsylvania State Police.

The Pennsylvania State Police shall:

(1) Create and maintain a State registry of offenders and sexually violent predators required to register under this subchapter. The registry shall be incorporated as part of the registry established under Subchapter H (relating to registration of sexual offenders).

(2) In consultation with the Department of Corrections, the Office of Attorney General and the chairperson and the minority chairperson of the Judiciary Committee of the Senate and the chairperson and the minority chairperson of the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives, promulgate guidelines necessary for the general administration of this subchapter. These guidelines shall establish procedures to allow an individual subject to the requirements of sections 9799.55 (relating to registration) and 9799.60 (relating to verification of residence) to fulfill these requirements at approved registration sites throughout this Commonwealth. This paragraph includes the duty to establish procedures to allow an individual who has a residence as defined in paragraph (2) of the definition of "residence" in section 9799.53 (relating to definitions) to fulfill the requirements regarding registration at approved registration sites throughout this Commonwealth. The Pennsylvania State Police shall publish a list of approved registration sites in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and provide a list of approved registration sites in any notices sent to individuals required to register under section 9799.55. An approved registration site shall be capable of submitting fingerprints, photographs and other information required electronically to the Pennsylvania State Police. The Pennsylvania State Police shall require that approved registration sites submit fingerprints utilizing the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System or in another manner and in the form as the Pennsylvania State Police shall require. The Pennsylvania State Police shall require that approved registration sites submit photographs utilizing the Commonwealth Photo Imaging Network or in another manner and in the form as the Pennsylvania State Police shall require. Approved registration sites shall not be limited to sites managed by the Pennsylvania State Police and shall include sites managed by local law enforcement agencies that meet the criteria for approved registration sites specified in this paragraph.

(3) Write regulations regarding neighbor notification of the current residence of sexually violent predators.

(4) Notify, within five business days of receiving the offender's or the sexually violent predator's registration, the chief law enforcement officers of the police departments having primary jurisdiction of the municipalities in which an offender or sexually violent predator has a residence, is employed or enrolled as a student of the fact that the offender or sexually violent predator has been registered with the Pennsylvania State Police under sections 9799.56 (relating to registration procedures and applicability) and 9799.60.

(5) In consultation with the Department of Education and the Department of Corrections, promulgate guidelines directing licensed day-care centers, licensed preschool programs, schools, universities and colleges, including community colleges, on the proper use and administration of information received under section 9799.62 (relating to other notification).

(6) Immediately transfer the information received from the Department of Corrections under section 9799.68(2) and (3) (relating to duties of Department of Corrections) and the fingerprints of a sexually violent predator to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

(7) Notify individuals of the requirements under this subchapter, as specified in section 9799.54 (relating to applicability).

(June 12, 2018, P.L.140, No.29, eff. imd.; June 30, 2021, P.L.260, No.59, eff. imd.)

2021 Amendment. Act 59 amended pars. (2), (5) and (6).

2018 Amendment. Act 29 reenacted section 9799.67.

Cross References. Section 9799.67 is referred to in section 9799.53 of this title.