However, Ray is pleased with the addition of the other crimes because he believes it furthers public safety.

Other changes in the law require considerably more information from a convicted person, although only limited material will go on the public Web site.

Among the new requirement provisions: Internet information (detailing addresses and passwords for sites the individual frequents except for personal finance or work matters), primary and secondary addresses, a copy of one's passport, a copy of INS paperwork, any volunteer organizations the person assists, DNA information, all phone numbers and professional licenses.

Those on the registry also must provide their Social Security numbers (which will not be made public), and list the license and VINs for of all cars the person uses regularly, even if the convicted individual does not own the car.

Ingle also cited another new provision that is aimed at helping police — listing employer information.

Police ran into difficulties seeking out registered sex offenders as they searched a South Salt Lake neighborhood for 7-year-old Hser Ner Moo in March because offenders at that time did not have to list where they work.

The girl was found raped, strangled and beaten to death. A 20-year-old man is charged with aggravated murder and child kidnapping in connection with the case.

There also is another court case involving the registry revisions in federal court. A Weber County man is challenging a narrow aspect of the registry changes in federal court, saying it violates his constitutional rights to have to provide computer passwords.

The man, identified in court documents as "John Doe," was convicted of carnal knowledge and sodomy on a minor in a military court in 2005 and served time in a military prison. He contends that he was never under the jurisdiction of the Utah Department of Corrections but was required to register as a sex offender here.

The federal lawsuit is still pending.

Rep. Jim Bird, R-West Jordan, who created the bill that addressed only the Internet aspects of the registry, said he believes the state is on firm legal ground here.

"We've run this thing through the Attorney General's Office and several other lawyers," he said.

The passwords will never be made public, but these will be available to law enforcement.

"The idea is very simple: If one of your daughters came up missing and the last known person (to have communicated with her) was contacted on MySpace .Com or Facebook.com, wouldn't you want to know who that individual was?" Bird said. "We just need to know that information for criminal investigation purposes."

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