Sex offender registry

A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 23-3-430, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY AND OFFENSES THAT REQUIRE PERSONS TO BE PLACED ON THE REGISTRY, SO AS TO CREATE THREE TIERS OF OFFENSES WITHIN THE REGISTRY; BY ADDING SECTION 23-3-436 SO AS TO PROVIDE CHILDREN FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER WHO HAVE BEEN ADJUDICATED DELINQUENT FOR COMMITTING CERTAIN OFFENSES MUST REGISTER AS SEX OFFENDERS; TO AMEND SECTION 23-3-460, RELATING TO LIFETIME BIANNUAL REGISTRATION FOR SEX OFFENDERS, SO AS TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS TO THIS REQUIREMENT AND TO PROVIDE OFFENDERS MUST REGISTER IN EACH COUNTY WITHIN THREE BUSINESS DAYS OF BEGINNING EMPLOYMENT AT ANY SCHOOL; BY ADDING SECTION 23-3-462 SO AS TO PROVIDE THE PROCEDURE FOR CERTAIN PERSONS TO HAVE THEIR NAMES REMOVED FROM THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY BY THE STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION; BY ADDING SECTION 23-3-463 SO AS TO PROVIDE THE PROCEDURE FOR CERTAIN PERSONS TO HAVE THEIR NAMES REMOVED FROM THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY BY THE GENERAL SESSIONS COURT; AND TO AMEND SECTION 23-3-490, RELATING TO THE PUBLIC'S ACCESS TO INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY, SO AS TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION MAY BE MADE AVAILABLE BY ELECTRONIC MEANS, TO DELETE THE PROVISIONS THAT REQUIRE SHERIFFS PROVIDE A LISTING OF THE REGISTRY TO A LOCAL NEWSPAPER AND PERSONS PROVIDE SLED THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF INDIVIDUALS WHOSE REGISTRY INFORMATION IS BEING SOUGHT, AND TO REVISE THE OFFENSES COMMITTED BY PERSONS ADJUDICATED DELINQUENT THAT REQUIRE CERTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT THE PERSONS TO BE RELEASED TO CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.