Registered sex offenders: rental housing: consumer information booklet.

Existing law requires a person who has been convicted of specified crimes to register as a sex offender and establishes the procedures for registration. Existing law also requires leases and rental agreements for residential real property to contain a notice regarding information about specified registered sex offenders made available to the public via an Internet Web site maintained by the Department of Justice. This bill would require the Department of Justice to make available to the public a consumer information booklet providing federal and state law regarding sex offender registration as it relates to the lease or rental of real property and would require the department to consult with the Department of Consumer Affairs and other interested organizations in developing the consumer information booklet. The bill would also provide that if the consumer information booklet is delivered to a prospective or current resident by the owner or owner's agent in connection with the lease or rental of residential real property, the owner or owner's agent is not required to provide additional information on this subject, as specified. The bill would create the Megan's Law Disclosure Booklet for Landlords and Tenants Fund, would continuously appropriate voluntary contributions or donations received into the fund to the department to pay for the costs directly associated with the consumer information booklet, and would provide that the department may delay incurring any cost associated with the provisions of this bill until sufficient contributions to the fund have been deposited.