TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURF: OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFF:IT, HOMELAND SECURITY AND JUSTICE BILL NO. An Act amending Chapter 86 of Title 14 of the Virgin Islands Code to expand the laws of this Territory regarding the monitoring and tracking of sex offenders within this jurisdiction with the purpose of affording greater protection for the members of this Territory from sexual exploitation and violent crime, preventing child abuse and child pornography. promoting interim safety and educating the community about sex offenders. BE IT ENACTED by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands: SECTION 1. Section 1721 of Title 14 of the Virgin Islands Code is amended in the following instances: (1) Subsection 1721(h) is replaced with the following language: (b) The term "sex offense" as used in this code includes those offenses contained in 42 U.S.C. 13 16911(5) and those offenses enumerated in Sections 1721A and 172113 of this chapter or any other covered offense under Virgin Islands law except as limited by subparagraphs 1 or 2: (1) An offense involving consensual sexual conduct is not a sex offense for the purposes of this chapter if the victim: (a) was an adult, unless the adult was under the custodial authority of the offender at the time of the offense; or (b) was at least thirteen (13) years old and the offender was not more than four (4) years older than the victim. (2) A foreign conviction is not a sex offense for the purposes of this chapter unless it was obtained either: (i) under the laws of Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia. New Zealand, or under the laws of any foreign country or jurisdiction within the Caribbean, which include but is not limited to: Jamaica, Ilaiti. Trinidad & Tobago. St. Lucia, Grenada, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Antigua & 13arhuda, St. Kitts, Nevis, Dominica, the Netherlands Antilles, Belize, the Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guyana and Barbados. or (ii) under the laws of any foreign