Bill 29-0239 Proposed amendments: Section 6, (amending Section 1724 of Title 14 of the VI Code), Section 6, Sub-section (b)(4) (revision to 1724(b) by deletion and replacement) (4). All sex offenders required to register in this jurisdiction shall notify the Department of Justice in writing at least twenty-one (21) calendar days prior to any intended travel outside the United States , and provide information about their intended travel as provided in Section 1726; provided, however, that a sex offender who provides reasonable and reliable proof satisfactory to the Department of Justice, that he travels outside the United States frequently for work or other legitimate purposes, and a sex offender who travels outside the United States for emergency situations, shall notify the Department of Justice prior to departure, by telephone or in writing, of travel outside the United States for periods of forty-eight (48) hours or less, and shall notify the Department of Justice in writing at least twenty four (24) hours before traveling outside of the United States for periods of more than forty forty-eight (48) hours, and, in any such case, shall notify the Department of Justice in writing upon the sex offender's return to this jurisdiction; and provided further, that the Attorney General may at his discretion reduce the twenty-one (21) day notice requirement if a sex offender requests such a reduction and provides information in support of the request, satisfactory to the Department of Justice: Section 6, Sub-section 9(16) and (19) (revision to 1726 by deletion and replacement): (16) Within twenty-one (21) days prior to travel away from the Virgin Islands, the sex offender shall provide the information set forth below in writing to the Department of Justice, provided, however, that a sex offender who provides reasonable and reliable proof satisfactory to the Department of Justice that he travels frequently for work or other legitimate purposes, and a se