HF 1878

as introduced - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to criminal justice; providing for community 
  1.3             notification of the release of certain high risk 
  1.4             juvenile sex offenders; requiring end-of-confinement 
  1.5             review committees to assess risk for sexual reoffense 
  1.6             and assign juvenile sex offenders to low and high risk 
  1.7             levels; specifying sexual risk reoffense factors; 
  1.8             providing guidelines to structure law enforcement 
  1.9             agency disclosure of juvenile sex offender release 
  1.10            information; requiring commissioner of corrections to 
  1.11            send written notice to law enforcement agencies and 
  1.12            certain other individuals before certain juvenile sex 
  1.13            offenders are released; requiring the peace officer 
  1.14            standards and training board to develop a model policy 
  1.15            for law enforcement agencies to follow when disclosing 
  1.16            information on juvenile sex offenders; requiring local 
  1.17            law enforcement agencies to adopt a disclosure policy 
  1.18            substantially similar to the model policy; proposing 
  1.19            coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 244. 
  1.20  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.21     Section 1.  [LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.] 
  1.22     The legislature finds that if members of the public, 
  1.23  including parents, are provided adequate notice and information 
  1.24  about a high risk juvenile sex offender who has been or is about 
  1.25  to be released from secure confinement and who lives or will 
  1.26  live in or near their neighborhood, the community can develop 
  1.27  constructive plans to prepare themselves and their children for 
  1.28  the offender's release.  
  1.29     Sec. 2.  [244.054] [JUVENILE SEX OFFENDERS; NOTICE.] 
  1.30     Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITIONS.] (a) The terms defined in 
  1.31  this subdivision have the meanings given them. 
  1.32     (b) "Juvenile sex offender" or "offender" means a juvenile 
  2.1   under the age of 18 years who has been adjudicated delinquent of 
  2.2   an offense for which registration under section 243.166 is 
  2.3   required and for whom a juvenile court dispositional order 
  2.4   required sex offender treatment in secure confinement. 
  2.5      (c) "Law enforcement agency" means the law enforcement 
  2.6   agency having primary jurisdiction over the location where the 
  2.7   juvenile sex offender is expected to reside upon release. 
  2.8      (d) "Secure confinement" means: 
  2.9      (1) confinement within a secure facility or unit in a state 
  2.10  juvenile correctional facility under section 242.195; or 
  2.11     (2) confinement within a secure program that is a 
  2.12  state-operated sex offender treatment program not operated in 
  2.13  state or local correctional facilities. 
  2.14     (e) "Secure program" means a residential program offered in 
  2.15  a building or part of a building secured by locks or other 
  2.16  physical plant characteristics intended to prevent the resident 
  2.17  from leaving the program without authorization. 
  2.18     (f) "Sex offender treatment" means a comprehensive set of 
  2.19  planned and organized services, therapeutic experiences, and 
  2.20  interventions that are intended to improve the prognosis, 
  2.21  function, or outcome of residents by reducing the risk of sexual 
  2.22  reoffense and other aggressive behavior and assist the resident 
  2.23  to adjust to, and deal more effectively with, life situations. 
  2.24     Subd. 2.  [RISK ASSESSMENT SCALE.] By January 1, 2000, the 
  2.25  commissioner of corrections shall develop a risk assessment 
  2.26  scale which assigns weights to the various risk factors listed 
  2.27  in subdivision 3, paragraph (g), and specifies the risk level to 
  2.28  which juvenile sex offenders with various risk assessment scores 
  2.29  shall be assigned.  In developing this scale, the commissioner 
  2.30  shall consult with county attorneys, treatment professionals, 
  2.31  law enforcement officials, and probation officers. 
  2.32     Subd. 3.  [END-OF-CONFINEMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE.] (a) The 
  2.33  commissioner of corrections shall establish and administer 
  2.34  end-of-confinement review committees at the state juvenile 
  2.35  correctional facility that provides sex offender treatment and 
  2.36  at each state-operated sex offender treatment program not 
  3.1   operated in state or local correctional facilities.  The 
  3.2   committees shall assess on a case-by-case basis the public risk 
  3.3   posed by juvenile sex offenders who are about to be released 
  3.4   from confinement. 
  3.5      (b) Each committee shall be a standing committee and shall 
  3.6   consist of the following members appointed by the commissioner: 
  3.7      (1) the chief executive officer or head of the juvenile 
  3.8   correctional sex offender treatment facility or the head of the 
  3.9   state-operated residential program offering sex offender 
  3.10  treatment to juvenile sex offenders where the offender is 
  3.11  currently confined or that person's designee; 
  3.12     (2) a law enforcement officer; 
  3.13     (3) a treatment professional who is trained in the 
  3.14  assessment of sex offenders; 
  3.15     (4) a caseworker experienced in supervising sex offenders; 
  3.16  and 
  3.17     (5) a victim's services professional. 
  3.18     Members of the committee, other than the facility's chief 
  3.19  executive officer or head, shall be appointed by the 
  3.20  commissioner to two-year terms.  The chief executive officer, 
  3.21  head of the facility or designee, or head of the residential 
  3.22  program or designee shall act as chair of the committee and 
  3.23  shall use the facility's staff, as needed, to administer the 
  3.24  committee, obtain necessary information from outside sources, 
  3.25  and prepare risk assessment reports on offenders. 
  3.26     (c) The committee shall have access to the following data 
  3.27  on a juvenile sex offender only for the purposes of its 
  3.28  assessment and to defend the committee's risk assessment 
  3.29  determination upon administrative review under this section: 
  3.30     (1) private medical data under section 13.42 or 144.335, or 
  3.31  welfare data under section 13.46 that relate to medical 
  3.32  treatment of the offender; 
  3.33     (2) private and confidential court services data under 
  3.34  section 13.84; 
  3.35     (3) private and confidential corrections data under section 
  3.36  13.85; and 
  4.1      (4) private criminal history data under section 13.87. 
  4.2      Data collected and maintained by the committee under this 
  4.3   paragraph may not be disclosed outside the committee, except as 
  4.4   provided under section 13.05, subdivision 3 or 4.  The juvenile 
  4.5   sex offender has access to data on the offender collected and 
  4.6   maintained by the committee, unless the data are confidential 
  4.7   data received under this paragraph. 
  4.8      (d)(1) Except as otherwise provided in clause (2), at least 
  4.9   90 days before a juvenile sex offender is to be released from 
  4.10  secure confinement, the commissioner of corrections shall 
  4.11  convene the appropriate end-of-confinement review committee for 
  4.12  the purpose of assessing the risk presented by the offender and 
  4.13  determining the risk level to which the offender shall be 
  4.14  assigned under paragraph (e).  The offender and the law 
  4.15  enforcement agency that was responsible for the charge resulting 
  4.16  in secure confinement shall be notified of the time and place of 
  4.17  the committee's meeting.  The offender has a right to be present 
  4.18  and be heard at the meeting.  The law enforcement agency may 
  4.19  provide material in writing that is relevant to the juvenile sex 
  4.20  offender's risk level to the chair of the committee.  The 
  4.21  committee shall use the risk factors described in paragraph (g) 
  4.22  and the risk assessment scale developed under subdivision 2 to 
  4.23  determine the offender's risk assessment score and risk level.  
  4.24  Offenders scheduled for release from confinement shall be 
  4.25  assessed by the committee established at the facility from which 
  4.26  the offender is to be released.  
  4.27     (2) If an offender is received for secure confinement in a 
  4.28  facility with less than 90 days remaining in the offender's term 
  4.29  of confinement, the offender's risk shall be assessed at the 
  4.30  first regularly scheduled end-of-confinement review committee 
  4.31  that convenes after the appropriate documentation for the risk 
  4.32  assessment is assembled by the committee.  The commissioner 
  4.33  shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that offender's risk is 
  4.34  assessed and a risk level is assigned or reassigned at least 30 
  4.35  days before the offender's release date. 
  4.36     (e) The committee shall assign to low risk level I a sex 
  5.1   offender whose risk assessment score indicates a low risk of 
  5.2   reoffense.  The committee shall assign to high risk level II an 
  5.3   offender whose risk assessment score indicates a high risk of 
  5.4   reoffense. 
  5.5      (f) Before the juvenile sex offender is released from 
  5.6   secure confinement, the committee shall prepare a risk 
  5.7   assessment report which specifies the risk level to which the 
  5.8   offender has been assigned and the reasons underlying the 
  5.9   committee's risk assessment decision.  The committee shall give 
  5.10  the report to the offender and to the law enforcement agency at 
  5.11  least 60 days before an offender is released from secure 
  5.12  confinement.  If the risk assessment is performed under the 
  5.13  circumstances described in paragraph (d), clause (2), the report 
  5.14  shall be given to the offender and the law enforcement agency as 
  5.15  soon as it is available.  The committee also shall inform the 
  5.16  offender of the availability of review under subdivision 6. 
  5.17     (g) As used in this subdivision, "risk factors" include, 
  5.18  but are not limited to, the following factors: 
  5.19     (1) the seriousness of the adjudication or conviction 
  5.20  offense should the offender reoffend.  This factor includes 
  5.21  consideration of the following:  
  5.22     (i) the degree of likely force or harm; 
  5.23     (ii) the degree of likely physical contact; and 
  5.24     (iii) the age of the likely victim; 
  5.25     (2) the offender's prior adjudication or conviction offense 
  5.26  history.  This factor includes consideration of the following: 
  5.27     (i) the relationship of prior victims to the offender; 
  5.28     (ii) the number of prior adjudication or conviction 
  5.29  offenses or victims; 
  5.30     (iii) the duration of the offender's prior offense history; 
  5.31     (iv) the length of time since the offender's last prior 
  5.32  offense while the offender was at risk to commit offenses; and 
  5.33     (v) the offender's prior history of other antisocial acts; 
  5.34     (3) the offender's characteristics.  This factor includes 
  5.35  consideration of the following:  
  5.36     (i) the offender's response to prior sex offender treatment 
  6.1   efforts; 
  6.2      (ii) the offender's history of substance abuse; and 
  6.3      (iii) the offender's history of perpetration of sexually 
  6.4   abusive and criminal sexual behavior; 
  6.5      (4) the availability of community supports to the offender. 
  6.6   This factor includes consideration of the following: 
  6.7      (i) the nature and adequacy of the offender's reoffense 
  6.8   prevention plan and aftercare and community reentry plans; 
  6.9      (ii) the availability and likelihood that the offender will 
  6.10  be involved in therapeutic treatment; 
  6.11     (iii) the availability of residential supports to the 
  6.12  offender such as a stable and supervised living arrangement in 
  6.13  an appropriate location; 
  6.14     (iv) the offender's familial and social relationships, 
  6.15  including the nature and length of these relationships and the 
  6.16  level of support that the offender may receive from these 
  6.17  persons; and 
  6.18     (v) the offender's lack of education or employment 
  6.19  stability; 
  6.20     (5) whether the offender has indicated or credible evidence 
  6.21  in the record indicates that the offender will reoffend if 
  6.22  released into the community; and 
  6.23     (6) whether the offender demonstrates a physical condition 
  6.24  that minimizes the risk of reoffense including, but not limited 
  6.25  to, advanced age or a debilitating illness or physical condition.
  6.26  If the risk factor specified in clause (3), item (i), includes 
  6.27  the juvenile sex offender's failure to successfully complete a 
  6.28  sex offender treatment program that the offender was required to 
  6.29  participate in as a result of his adjudication or conviction, 
  6.30  then the end-of-confinement review committee shall assign the 
  6.31  offender to the high risk level II. 
  6.32     (h) The commissioner shall establish an end-of-confinement 
  6.33  review committee to assign a risk level to juvenile sex 
  6.34  offenders who are released from a juvenile correctional facility 
  6.35  in another state and who intend to reside in Minnesota. 
  6.36     Subd. 4.  [LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY; DISCLOSURE OF 
  7.1   INFORMATION TO PUBLIC.] (a) The law enforcement agency in the 
  7.2   area where the juvenile sex offender resides with or not with 
  7.3   the offender's family, expects to reside, goes to school, is 
  7.4   employed, or is regularly found, shall disclose to the public 
  7.5   any information regarding the offender contained in the report 
  7.6   forwarded to the agency under subdivision 3, paragraph (f), if 
  7.7   the agency determines that disclosure of the information is 
  7.8   relevant and necessary to protect the public and to counteract 
  7.9   the offender's dangerousness.  If the offender has been assigned 
  7.10  to low risk level I, no disclosure may be made under this 
  7.11  section.  If an offender has been assigned to high risk level 
  7.12  II, the extent of the information disclosed and the community to 
  7.13  whom disclosure is made must relate to the level of danger posed 
  7.14  by the offender, to the offender's pattern of offending 
  7.15  behavior, and to the need of community members for information 
  7.16  to enhance their individual and collective safety.  
  7.17     (b) The law enforcement agency shall consider the following 
  7.18  guidelines in determining the scope of disclosure made under 
  7.19  this subdivision if the offender is assigned to high risk level 
  7.20  II: 
  7.21     (1) the agency may maintain information regarding the 
  7.22  offender within the agency and may disclose it to other law 
  7.23  enforcement agencies.  Additionally, the agency may disclose the 
  7.24  information to any victims of or witnesses to the offense 
  7.25  committed by the offender.  The agency shall disclose the 
  7.26  information to victims of the offense committed by the offender 
  7.27  who have requested disclosure; and 
  7.28     (2) the agency also may disclose the information to 
  7.29  agencies and groups that the offender is likely to encounter for 
  7.30  the purpose of securing those institutions and protecting 
  7.31  individuals in their care while they are on or near the premises 
  7.32  of the institution.  These agencies and groups include the staff 
  7.33  members of public and private educational institutions, day care 
  7.34  establishments, and establishments and organizations that 
  7.35  primarily serve individuals likely to be victimized by the 
  7.36  offender.  The agency also may disclose the information to 
  8.1   individuals the agency believes are likely to be victimized by 
  8.2   the offender.  The agency's belief shall be based on the 
  8.3   offender's pattern of offending or victim preference as 
  8.4   documented in the information provided by the department of 
  8.5   corrections or human services.  The recommended scope of 
  8.6   disclosure for juvenile sex offenders assigned to high risk 
  8.7   level II may include using the juvenile's name and address. 
  8.8      (c) If the offender is assigned to high risk level II, the 
  8.9   agency also may disclose information to other members of the 
  8.10  community whom the offender is likely to encounter, including 
  8.11  disclosure of the juvenile's name and address. 
  8.12     (d) Notwithstanding the assignment of a sex offender to 
  8.13  risk level II, a law enforcement agency may not make the 
  8.14  disclosures permitted by paragraph (b) or (c) if the offender is 
  8.15  placed or resides in a residential facility that is licensed as 
  8.16  a residential program, as defined in section 245A.02, 
  8.17  subdivision 14, by the commissioner of human services under 
  8.18  chapter 254A, or the commissioner of corrections under section 
  8.19  241.021, and the facility and its staff are trained in the 
  8.20  supervision of sex offenders.  However, if an offender is placed 
  8.21  or resides in a licensed facility, the offender and the head of 
  8.22  the facility shall designate the offender's likely residence 
  8.23  upon release from the facility and the head of the facility 
  8.24  shall notify the commissioner of corrections or the commissioner 
  8.25  of human services of the offender's likely residence at least 14 
  8.26  days before the offender's scheduled release date.  The 
  8.27  commissioner shall give this information to the law enforcement 
  8.28  agency having jurisdiction over the offender's likely 
  8.29  residence.  The head of the facility also shall notify the 
  8.30  commissioner of corrections or human services within 48 hours 
  8.31  after finalizing the offender's approved relocation plan to a 
  8.32  permanent residence.  Within five days after receiving this 
  8.33  notification, the appropriate commissioner shall give to the 
  8.34  appropriate law enforcement agency all relevant information the 
  8.35  commissioner has concerning the offender, subject to paragraphs 
  8.36  (b) and (c), including information on the risk factors in the 
  9.1   offender's history and the risk level to which the offender was 
  9.2   assigned.  After receiving this information, the law enforcement 
  9.3   agency may make the disclosures permitted by paragraph (b) or 
  9.4   (c), as appropriate. 
  9.5      (e) As used in paragraphs (b) and (c), "likely to encounter"
  9.6   means that:  
  9.7      (1) the organizations or community members are in a 
  9.8   location or in close proximity to a location where the juvenile 
  9.9   sex offender lives or is employed, or which the offender visits 
  9.10  or is likely to visit on a regular basis, other than the 
  9.11  location of the offender's outpatient treatment program; and 
  9.12     (2) the types of interaction which ordinarily occur at that 
  9.13  location and other circumstances indicate that contact with the 
  9.14  offender is reasonably certain. 
  9.15     (f) Subject to the disclosure restrictions of paragraph 
  9.16  (c), a law enforcement agency or official who decides to 
  9.17  disclose information under this subdivision shall make a good 
  9.18  faith effort to make the notification within 14 days of receipt 
  9.19  of a confirmed address from the department of corrections 
  9.20  indicating that the offender will be, or has been, released from 
  9.21  confinement, or accepted for supervision, or has moved to a new 
  9.22  address and the general proximity of where the offender will 
  9.23  reside as required under paragraph (c).  If a change occurs in 
  9.24  the release plan, this notification provision does not require 
  9.25  an extension of the release date.  
  9.26     (g) A law enforcement agency or official that decides to 
  9.27  disclose information under this subdivision must not disclose 
  9.28  the identity of the victims of or witnesses to the offender's 
  9.29  offenses. 
  9.30     (h) A law enforcement agency may continue to disclose 
  9.31  information on an offender under this subdivision for as long as 
  9.32  the offender is required to register under section 243.166. 
  9.33     Subd. 5.  [RELEVANT INFORMATION PROVIDED TO LAW 
  9.34  ENFORCEMENT.] At least 60 days before a juvenile sex offender 
  9.35  who has been assigned to high risk level II is released from 
  9.36  confinement, the department of corrections shall give to the law 
 10.1   enforcement agency that investigated the juvenile offender's 
 10.2   crime of adjudication or conviction or, where relevant, the law 
 10.3   enforcement agency having primary jurisdiction where the 
 10.4   juvenile sex offender was committed to the commissioner of 
 10.5   corrections, all relevant information that the departments have 
 10.6   concerning the offender, including information on risk factors 
 10.7   in the offender's history.  Within five days after receiving the 
 10.8   notice of the juvenile offender's discharge from sex offender 
 10.9   treatment, the appropriate department shall give to the law 
 10.10  enforcement agency having primary jurisdiction where the 
 10.11  juvenile sex offender plans to reside all relevant information 
 10.12  the department has concerning the offender, including 
 10.13  information on risk factors in the offender's history and that 
 10.14  the offender has been assigned to high risk level II.  If the 
 10.15  offender's risk level was assigned under the circumstances 
 10.16  described in subdivision 3, paragraph (d), clause (2), the 
 10.17  appropriate department shall give the law enforcement agency all 
 10.18  relevant information that the department has concerning the 
 10.19  offender, including information on the risk factors in the 
 10.20  offender's history and the offender's risk level within five 
 10.21  days of the risk level assignment or reassignment. 
 10.22     Subd. 6.  [IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY.] A state or local 
 10.23  agency or official, or a private organization or individual 
 10.24  authorized to act on behalf of a state or local agency or 
 10.25  official, is not civilly or criminally liable for disclosing or 
 10.26  failing to disclose information as permitted by this section.  
 10.27     Subd. 7.  [LIMITATION ON SCOPE.] Nothing in this section 
 10.28  imposes a duty upon a person licensed under chapter 82, or an 
 10.29  employee of the person, to disclose information regarding an 
 10.30  offender who is required to register under section 243.166, or 
 10.31  about whom notification is made under this section. 
 10.32     Subd. 8.  [NOTICE OF IMPENDING RELEASE.] At least 60 days 
 10.33  before the discharge or release of any juvenile sex offender 
 10.34  adjudicated or convicted of an offense requiring registration 
 10.35  under section 243.166 and who is assigned to high risk level II, 
 10.36  the commissioner of corrections shall send written notice of the 
 11.1   impending release to the sheriff of the county and the police 
 11.2   chief of the general proximity in which the juvenile sex 
 11.3   offender will reside in accordance with subdivision 4, paragraph 
 11.4   (b).  The sheriff of the county where the offender was convicted 
 11.5   also shall be notified of the offender's impending release. 
 11.6      Subd. 9.  [ADDITIONAL NOTICE.] The same notice shall be 
 11.7   sent to the following persons concerning a specific juvenile sex 
 11.8   offender adjudicated or convicted of an offense requiring 
 11.9   registration under section 243.166 and who is assigned to high 
 11.10  risk level II: 
 11.11     (1) the victim of the crime for which the inmate was 
 11.12  adjudicated or convicted or a deceased victim's next of kin if 
 11.13  the victim or deceased victim's next of kin requests the notice 
 11.14  in writing; and 
 11.15     (2) any witnesses who testified against the offender in any 
 11.16  court proceedings involving the offense, if the witness requests 
 11.17  the notice in writing. 
 11.18     The notice sent to victims under clause (1) must inform the 
 11.19  person that the person has the right to request and receive 
 11.20  information about the offender authorized for disclosure under 
 11.21  the community notification provisions of this section. 
 11.22     If the victim or witness is under age 16, the notice 
 11.23  required by this section shall be sent to the parent or parents 
 11.24  or legal guardian of the child.  The commissioner shall send the 
 11.25  notices required by this provision to the last address provided 
 11.26  to the commissioner by the requesting party.  The requesting 
 11.27  party shall furnish the commissioner with a current address.  
 11.28  Information regarding witnesses requesting the notice and the 
 11.29  notice are private data on individuals, as defined in section 
 11.30  13.02, subdivision 12, and are not available to the offender. 
 11.31     The notice to victims provided under this subdivision does 
 11.32  not limit the victim's right to request notice of release under 
 11.33  section 611A.06. 
 11.34     Subd. 10.  [NO EXTENSION OF RELEASE DATE.] The existence of 
 11.35  the notice requirements contained in this section shall in no 
 11.36  event require an extension of the release date. 
 12.1      Sec. 3.  [COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION ABOUT JUVENILE SEX 
 12.2   OFFENDERS; POLICY AND INSTRUCTION.] 
 12.3      Subdivision 1.  [MODEL POLICY.] (a) By August 1, 1999, the 
 12.4   peace officer standards and training board shall develop a model 
 12.5   policy for law enforcement agencies to follow when they disclose 
 12.6   information on high risk juvenile sex offenders to the public 
 12.7   under Minnesota Statutes, section 244.054, subdivision 4.  The 
 12.8   model policy shall be designed to further the objectives of 
 12.9   providing adequate notice to the community concerning high risk 
 12.10  juvenile sex offenders who are or will be residing in the 
 12.11  neighborhood and of helping community members develop 
 12.12  constructive plans to prepare themselves and their children for 
 12.13  residing near these juvenile sex offenders.  In developing the 
 12.14  policy, the board shall consult with representatives of the 
 12.15  bureau of criminal apprehension, the Minnesota chiefs of police 
 12.16  association, the Minnesota sheriffs association, the Minnesota 
 12.17  association of women police, the Minnesota sex crimes 
 12.18  investigators association, the Minnesota police and peace 
 12.19  officers association, the Minnesota institute of community 
 12.20  policing, the county attorneys association, the Minnesota 
 12.21  corrections association, the Minnesota association of county 
 12.22  probation officers, the commissioner of corrections, local 
 12.23  corrections agencies, the state public defender, sex offender 
 12.24  treatment professionals, victims groups, and interested members 
 12.25  of the public. 
 12.26     (b) The model policy shall, at a minimum, address the 
 12.27  following matters: 
 12.28     (1) recommended contents and form of community notification 
 12.29  documents, including recommended ways of protecting the privacy 
 12.30  of victims of the offender's crime; 
 12.31     (2) recommended scope of disclosure for juvenile sex 
 12.32  offenders classified at high risk levels, including:  (i) 
 12.33  specific factors, if any, that would justify a law enforcement 
 12.34  agency in engaging in broader disclosure than that recommended 
 12.35  in the policy; and (ii) methods to ensure that the scope of 
 12.36  disclosure is closely tailored to the risk level posed by the 
 13.1   offender; 
 13.2      (3) recommended method or methods of distributing community 
 13.3   notification documents; 
 13.4      (4) recommended methods of providing follow-up 
 13.5   notifications to community residents at specified intervals and 
 13.6   of disclosing information about juvenile sex offenders to law 
 13.7   enforcement agencies in other jurisdictions when necessary to 
 13.8   protect the public; 
 13.9      (5) recommended methods of educating community residents at 
 13.10  public meetings on how they can use the information in the 
 13.11  notification document in a reasonable manner to enhance their 
 13.12  individual and collective safety; 
 13.13     (6) procedures for ensuring that community members are 
 13.14  educated regarding the right of juvenile sex offenders not to be 
 13.15  subjected to harassment or criminal acts because of the 
 13.16  notification process; 
 13.17     (7) recommended ways of educating high risk juvenile sex 
 13.18  offenders and their families before the offenders are released 
 13.19  from secured confinement on the nature and scope of the 
 13.20  notification process, the likely reaction of community residents 
 13.21  to their presence in the community, and their right to be free 
 13.22  from harassment or criminal acts committed by community 
 13.23  residents because of the notification process; and 
 13.24     (8) other matters that the board deems necessary to ensure 
 13.25  the effective and fair administration of the community 
 13.26  notification law. 
 13.27     Subd. 2.  [LOCAL POLICY.] By January 1, 2000, all chief law 
 13.28  enforcement officers shall establish and implement a written 
 13.29  policy governing the public disclosure of information on high 
 13.30  risk juvenile sex offenders under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 13.31  244.054, subdivision 4.  A chief law enforcement officer shall 
 13.32  adopt a policy that is identical or substantially similar to the 
 13.33  model policy developed by the board under subdivision 1. 
 13.34     Sec. 4.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 13.35     Sections 1 and 2 are effective January 1, 2000, and apply 
 13.36  to juveniles released from secure confinement, as defined in 
 14.1   Minnesota Statutes, section 244.054, subdivision 1, on or after 
 14.2   that date, who are under supervision as of that date, or who 
 14.3   enter this state after that date. 
 14.4      Section 3 is effective the day after final enactment.