§15-20A-42. Collection and dissemination of information by Department of Public Safety.

(a) Any jurisdiction or agency responsible for registering a sex offender shall immediately forward all required registration information and any changes to the required registration information received to the Department of Public Safety in a manner determined by the director of the department and promulgated in rule by the director upon recommendation of an advisory board consisting of representatives of the office of the Attorney General, District Attorneys Association, Chiefs of Police Association, Sheriffs Association, and the Department of Public Safety. The advisory board members shall not receive any compensation or reimbursement for serving on the advisory board.

(b) Upon notification or discovery of the death of a sex offender, the registering agency shall immediately notify the Department of Public Safety.

(c) The Department of Public Safety shall immediately enter all registration information received into its sex offender database.

(d) All information received by the Department of Public Safety shall be immediately forwarded to the following by the Department of Public Safety:

(1) The Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center, who will in turn provide any information received to the National Criminal Information Center or any other law enforcement agency for any lawful criminal justice purpose.

(2) The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act Exchange Portal.

(3) The National Sex Offender Registry.

(4) Each county and municipality where the sex offender resides, is an employee, or is a student.

(5) Each county and municipality from or to which a change of residence, employment, or student status occurs.

(6) The campus police in each county or jurisdiction where the sex offender is a student.

(7) The United States Marshals Service, if the sex offender is terminating residence in a jurisdiction to relocate to a foreign country.

(8) The Attorney General's Office of Victim Assistance.

(e) Upon request, all registration information shall be available to all federal, state, county, and municipal law enforcement agencies, prosecuting attorneys, probation officers, and any National Child Protection Act agencies in electronic form.

(f) No existing state laws, including, but not limited to, statutes that would otherwise make juvenile and youthful offender records confidential, shall preclude the disclosure of any information requested by a responsible agency, a law enforcement officer, a criminal justice agency, the Office of the Attorney General, or a prosecuting attorney for purposes of administering, implementing, or enforcing this chapter.

(g) The sheriff of each county shall maintain a register or roster of the names of all persons registered by him or her pursuant to this chapter. The information contained in the register or roster shall be made available, upon request, to all federal, state, county, and municipal law enforcement agencies, prosecuting attorneys, or probation officers for the administration, implementation, or enforcement of this chapter.

(Act 2011-640, p. 1569, §42.)