Sex offenders: social networking prohibition: online address notification requirement.

Existing law requires persons who have been convicted of specified crimes, and other persons as required by a court, to register as a sex offender. Existing law sets forth the procedure for doing so and provides that a violation of the sex offender registration law is a crime, punishable as specified. The bill would require a person who is required to register as a sex offender to inform the law enforcement agency with which he or she last registered of all of his or her online addresses, e-mail addresses, and instant messaging user names no later than December 31, 2011, and, thereafter, at the time of original registration and within 30 days of establishing a new online account, and would make it a misdemeanor to fail to do so. This bill would permit information received pursuant to these provisions to be shared with the Department of Justice and other law enforcement agencies, upon request. By creating new crimes, this bill 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.