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IA - Lawmakers consider changes for sex offender law

View the article here 02/11/2009 By Matt Kelley Iowa lawmakers are considering extensive changes to the state's sex offender laws to get the state into compliance with federal rules. As part of the re-write, some lawmakers want to scrap the restriction on where sex offenders live and instead, limit where they can go during the day. Iowa has until July of 2010 to comply, or face losing $450,000 a year in drug and crime fighting grants. Ross Loder, the Department of Public Safety's legislative liason, says there are other compelling reasons why Iowa should conform with the National Sex Offender Registry. - So besides money, what are these  compelling reasons to comply?  It's going to cost more to implement the laws, than to not. Loder says, "We potentially could face a situation where Iowa's much more attractive to sex offenders who want to remain outside of a integrated national system...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on February 11, 2009 (boomark / email).