HF 3767

as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; permitting written verification of predatory offender
residence in another state; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 243.166,
subdivision 3.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 243.166, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Registration procedure.

(a) Except as provided in subdivision 3a, a person
required to register under this section shall register with the corrections agent as soon as
the agent is assigned to the person. If the person does not have an assigned corrections
agent or is unable to locate the assigned corrections agent, the person shall register with the
law enforcement authority that has jurisdiction in the area of the person's primary address.

(b) Except as provided in subdivision 3a, at least five days before the person starts
living at a new primary address, including living in another state, the person shall give
written notice of the new primary address to the assigned corrections agent or to the law
enforcement authority with which the person currently is registered. If the person will be
living in a new state and that state has a registration requirement, the person shall also give
written notice of the new address to the designated registration agency in the new state. A
person required to register under this section shall also give written notice to the assigned
corrections agent or to the law enforcement authority that has jurisdiction in the area of
the person's primary address that the person is no longer living or staying at an address,
immediately after the person is no longer living or staying at that address. The corrections
agent or law enforcement authority shall, within two business days after receipt of this
information, forward it to the bureau. The bureau shall, if it has not already been done,
notify the law enforcement authority having primary jurisdiction in the community where
the person will live of the new address. If the person is leaving the state, the bureau
shall notify the registration authority in the new state of the new address. The person's
registration requirements under this section terminate after the person begins living in the
new state and the bureau has confirmed the address in the other state through the annual
verification process on at least one occasion new text begin or the bureau has confirmed the location of
the person through written verification from a law enforcement or corrections official in
the state where the person has been located new text end .

(c) A person required to register under subdivision 1b, paragraph (b), because the
person is working or attending school in Minnesota shall register with the law enforcement
authority that has jurisdiction in the area where the person works or attends school. In
addition to other information required by this section, the person shall provide the address
of the school or of the location where the person is employed. A person shall comply with
this paragraph within five days of beginning employment or school. A person's obligation
to register under this paragraph terminates when the person is no longer working or
attending school in Minnesota.

(d) A person required to register under this section who works or attends school
outside of Minnesota shall register as a predatory offender in the state where the person
works or attends school. The person's corrections agent, or if the person does not have an
assigned corrections agent, the law enforcement authority that has jurisdiction in the area
of the person's primary address shall notify the person of this requirement.