§ 16-13-901 — Legislative declaration

The general assembly hereby finds that
persons who are convicted of offenses involving unlawful sexual behavior and who
are identified as sexually violent predators pose a high enough level of risk to the
community that persons in the community should receive notification concerning
the identity of these sexually violent predators. The general assembly also
recognizes the high potential for vigilantism that often results from community
notification and the dangerous potential that the fear of such vigilantism will drive a
sex offender to disappear and attempt to live without supervision. The general
assembly therefore finds that sex offender notification should only occur in cases
involving a high degree of risk to the community and should only occur under
carefully controlled circumstances that include providing additional information
and education to the community concerning supervision and treatment of sex
offenders.

Legislative History

Source: L. 99: Entire part added, p. 1151, � 17, effective July 1. L. 2006: Entire section amended, p. 1311, � 1, effective May 30.