Sex offenders: disorderly conduct.

Existing law, the Sex Offender Registration Act, requires persons convicted of specified sex offenses to register with local authorities for life while residing, located, attending school, or working in California. Willful failure to register, as required, is a misdemeanor, or felony, depending on the underlying offense. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to use a concealed camcorder, motion picture camera, or photographic camera of any type to secretly videotape, film, photograph, or record by electronic means, another, identifiable person under or through the person's clothing, without the person's consent or knowledge, with specified intent, and invade the privacy of that other person, under circumstances in which the other person has a reasonable expectation of privacy. This bill would require persons convicted of the above-mentioned misdemeanor to register pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act. Because this bill would create a new crime, and because additional persons would have to be registered as sex offenders by local officials, it would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.