Centralized record system – Reporting – Violations – Confidentiality of certain registration information – Immunity from liability – Public information regarding offenders

(a) Using information received or collected pursuant to this part, the TBI shall establish, maintain and update a centralized record system of offender registration, verification and tracking information. The TBI may receive information from any credible source and may forward the information to the appropriate law enforcement agency for investigation and verification. The TBI shall promptly report current sexual offender registration, verification and tracking information to the identification division of the federal bureau of investigation. Ask a legal question, get an answer ASAP!(A) Community college. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202Offender: means sexual offender, violent sexual offender and violent juvenile sexual offender, unless otherwise designated. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202Offender against children: means any sexual offender, violent sexual offender or violent juvenile sexual offender if the victim in one (1) or more of the offender's crimes was a child of twelve (12) years of age or less. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105Register: means the initial registration of an offender, or the re-registration of an offender after deletion or termination from the SOR. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202Report: means appearance before the proper designated law enforcement agency for any of the purposes set out in this part. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202sex: means a person's immutable biological sex as determined by anatomy and genetics existing at the time of birth and evidence of a person's biological sex. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105Sexual offender: means a person who has been convicted in this state of committing a sexual offense or has another qualifying conviction. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202Sexual offense: means : (A) The commission of any act that, on or after November 1, 1989, constitutes the criminal offense of: (i) Sexual battery, under §. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202SOR: means the TBI's centralized record system of offender registration, verification and tracking information. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105Student: means a person who is enrolled on a full-time or part-time basis in any public or private educational institution, including any secondary school, trade or professional institution or institution of higher learning. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202TBI: means the Tennessee bureau of investigation. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202Violent juvenile sexual offender: means a person who is adjudicated delinquent in this state for any act that constitutes a violent juvenile sexual offense. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202Violent juvenile sexual offense: means an adjudication of delinquency, for any act committed on or after July 1, 2011, that, if committed by an adult, constitutes the criminal offense of: (i) Aggravated rape, under §. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202Violent sexual offense: means the commission of any act that constitutes the criminal offense of: (A) Aggravated rape, under [former] §. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202(b) Whenever there is a factual basis to believe that an offender has not complied with this part, pursuant to the powers enumerated in subsection (e), the TBI shall make the information available through the SOR to the district attorney general, designated law enforcement agencies and the probation officer, parole officer or other public officer or employee assigned responsibility for the offender’s supervised release. (c) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, officers and employees of the TBI, local law enforcement, law enforcement agencies of institutions of higher education, courts, probation and parole, the district attorneys general and their employees and other public officers and employees assigned responsibility for offenders’ supervised release into the community shall be immune from liability relative to their good faith actions, omissions and conduct pursuant to this part. (d) For any offender convicted in this state of a sexual offense or violent sexual offense, as defined by this part, that requires the offender to register pursuant to this part, the information concerning the registered offender set out in subdivisions (d)(1)-(16) shall be considered public information. If an offender from another state establishes a residence in this state and is required to register in this state pursuant to § 40-39-203, the information concerning the registered offender set out in subdivisions (d)(1)-(16) shall be considered public information regardless of the date of conviction of the of