A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to require a sex offender who moves from one county in this state to another to report in person to the sheriff of the county to which the offender is moving as well as to the sheriff of the county that the offender is leaving and provide the offender's new address.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 14‑208.9(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	If a person required to register changes address, the person shall report in person and provide written notice of the new address not later than the tenth day after the change to the sheriff of the county with whom the person had last registered. If the person moves to another county, the person shall also report in person to the sheriff of the new county and provide written notice of the person's address not later than the tenth day after the change of address. Upon receipt of the notice, the sheriff shall immediately forward this information to the Division. When the Division receives notice from a sheriff that a person required to register is moving to another county in the State, the Division shall inform the sheriff of the new county of the person's new residence."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2007.