(ii) Within 10 days of receipt of an initial
registration from an offender or repeat offender for the
offender's or repeat offender's current place of
residence, contacting every residence, school, humane
society, animal shelter and any other business within a
half-mile radius of the offender's or repeat offender's
residence or location and providing them with the
registration information of the offender or repeat
offender except for the Social Security number.
(2) The Pennsylvania State Police shall establish and
maintain a central registry of offenders and repeat offenders
required to register under this section to be known as the
central animal abuse registry. Information contained in the
central animal abuse registry of offenders and repeat
offenders shall be made available to the public through the
Internet, by telephone and written access and in person. All
of the information contained in an offender's or repeat
offender's registration, with the exception of the Social
Security number or any other information protected by law,
shall be made available to the public. Records of each
registration shall be maintained for the 10-year period that
an offender is required to be registered. Records of each
registration shall be maintained during the period that a
repeat offender is required to be registered.
(3) (i) It is hereby declared to be the finding of the
General Assembly that the health and safety of animals
that are at risk of abuse will be enhanced by making
information about offenders and repeat offenders
available to the public through the Internet, by
telephone and written access and in person. Knowledge of
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