TITLE XII
PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE

CHAPTER 170-G
SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES

General Provisions

Section 170-G:8-b

    170-G:8-b Informational Materials. –
I. The department shall acquire or prepare informational materials relating to missing children issues and matters. These issues and matters include, but are not limited to, the following:
(a) Offenses under federal law that could relate to missing children and other provisions of federal law that focus on missing children.
(b) Statutory offenses that could relate to missing children, including, but not limited to, kidnapping, unlawful restraint, child stealing, interference with custody, endangering the welfare of a child, domestic violence, abuse of a child, neglect, delinquency of a child, sexual offenses, drug offenses, prostitution offenses, obscenity offenses, and other provision of law that could relate to missing children.
(c) Legislation being considered by the general court, legislatures of other states, the Congress of the United States, and political subdivisions in this and other states to address missing children issues.
(d) Sources of information on missing children issues.
(e) State, local, federal, and private systems for locating and identifying missing children.
(f) Law enforcement agency programs, responsibilities, and investigative techniques in missing children matters.
(g) Efforts on the community level in this and other states, concerning missing children issues and matters, by governmental entities and private organizations.
(h) The identification of private organizations that, among their primary objectives, address missing children issues and matters, and any toll free numbers offered by these organizations.
II. The department shall provide, upon request and subject to paragraph III, a copy of any informational material to another person or entity.
III. The commissioner shall by rule establish a reasonable fee for a copy of any informational material acquired or prepared pursuant to paragraph I, to be provided to a person or entity other than a law enforcement agency in this or other states or of the federal government, a board of education of a school district in this state, a nonpublic school in this state, a governmental entity in this state, or a library in this state. The fee shall be collected by the department prior to sending or giving any informational material to such a person or entity. Fees collected pursuant to this paragraph shall be deposited monthly in the general fund.
IV. [Repealed.]

Source. 1985, 318:13. 1995, 310:175, 183, eff. Nov. 1, 1995. 2021, 122:54, eff. July 9, 2021.