Sec. 1. 34-A MRSA §11103, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 680, §13, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

5.__Sex offender.__"Sex offender" means:

A.__For persons sentenced to or placed in institutional confinement under Title 15, section 103 on or after September 1, 1996 and before September 1, 1999, an individual convicted of gross sexual assault if the victim had not in fact attained 16 years of age at the time of the crime or an individual found not criminally responsible for committing gross sexual assault by reason of mental disease or defect if the victim had not in fact attained 16 years of age at the time of the crime; and

B.__For persons sentenced to or placed in institutional confinement under Title 15, section 103 on or after September 1, 1999, an individual convicted of any of the following crimes or an individual found not criminally responsible for committing any of the following crimes by reason of mental disease or defect:

(1)__Title 17, section 2922;

(2)__Title 17-A, section 253;

(3)__A Class C crime under Title 17-A, section 254; or

(4)__Title 17-A, section 255, subsection 1, paragraph C, G or H; or

Sec. 2. 34-A MRSA §11142, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 680, §13, is amended to read:

The department, the county sheriffs and the Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of Identification are governed by the following notice provisions when a sex offender is conditionally released or discharged.

Sec. 3. 34-A MRSA §11142, sub-§1-A is enacted to read:

1-A.__Duties of the county sheriffs.__County sheriffs shall give the Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of Identification notice of the following:

A.__The address where the sex offender will reside;

B.__The address where the sex offender will work, if applicable;