Parole: placement at release: registration.

Existing law requires that an inmate released on parole be returned to the county of last legal residence and requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to provide specified items of information to local law enforcement agencies regarding an inmate paroled in their jurisdiction. Existing law also provides that the department shall not return to prison, place a parole hold on, or report any parole violation to the Board of Parole Hearings regarding any person to whom all of specified criteria apply, including that the person is not required to register as a sex offender pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act. This bill would exempt inmates placed on parole, to whom the above-referenced criteria apply, from the provision that requires inmates released on parole to be returned to the county of last legal residence. The bill would instead require these inmates, if they reside in this state, to register a residential address with the sheriff of the county in which they reside within 10 days of establishing residence or changing residence, including changes of residence within the same county. The bill would make failure to register a misdemeanor. Because this bill would impose additional duties on local sheriff departments and create a new crime, it would create 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.