City of Baltimore - File #: 08-0090R

• File #: 08-0090R
• Version: 0
• Name: Request for State Legislation - Sex Offenders - Prohibition Against Living Near Locations Where Children Congregate
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 11/17/2008
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 11/17/2008
• Title: Request for State Legislation - Sex Offenders - Prohibition Against Living Near Locations Where Children Congregate FOR the purpose of respectfully requesting the Honorable Chairs and Members of the Baltimore City Senate and House Delegations to the 2009 Session of the Maryland General Assembly to sponsor legislation to prohibit registered sex offenders from residing within 2,000 feet of a school, child care facility, or location where children congregate.
• Sponsors: Warren Branch, President Young, Sharon Green Middleton, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Bill Henry, Rochelle Spector, Helen L. Holton, Robert Curran, Belinda Conaway, Edward Reisinger, Agnes Welch, Mary Pat Clarke
• Indexes: Resolution, Sex Offenders

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/17/2008	0	City Council	Introduced
11/17/2008	0	City Council	Advanced to 2nd Reader on same day
11/17/2008	0	City Council	Adopted

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Branch

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
Request for State Legislation - Sex Offenders - Prohibition Against Living Near Locations Where Children Congregate

FOR the purpose of respectfully requesting the Honorable Chairs and Members of the Baltimore City Senate and House Delegations to the 2009 Session of the Maryland General Assembly to sponsor legislation to prohibit registered sex offenders from residing within 2,000 feet of a school, child care facility, or location where children congregate.
Body
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According to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, prior to 1994, few states required sex offenders to register their addresses with local law enforcement. As recognition of the severity of this problem grew, Congress passed the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Act, requiring state implementation of a sex offender registration program or a 10% forfeiture of federal funds for state and local law enforcement under the Byrne Grant Program of the U.S. Department of Justice.

There are currently more than ½ million registered sex offenders in the United States. In Baltimore City, the Maryland State Police officials at the Department of Public Safety and Correction’s Sexual Offender Registry Unit reported the number to be 1264, in October 2008. These persons pose an enormous challenge for policy make...