1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to school boards; a person convicted of a sex 
  1.3             offense who is required to be registered under the 
  1.4             predatory offender law is not eligible to be a 
  1.5             candidate for the office of school board member; 
  1.6             amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 123B.09, by 
  1.7             adding a subdivision; and 205A.06, by adding a 
  1.8             subdivision. 
  1.9   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.10     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 123B.09, is 
  1.11  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.12     Subd. 1a.  [SEX OFFENDER SCHOOL BOARD INELIGIBILITY.] A sex 
  1.13  offender who has been convicted of an offense for which 
  1.14  registration under section 243.166 is required is ineligible to 
  1.15  become a candidate for the office of school board member, as 
  1.16  defined in subdivision 1.  Ineligibility is determined by the 
  1.17  registration requirements in effect at the time the offender 
  1.18  files for office, not by the registration requirements, if any, 
  1.19  that were in effect at the time the offender was convicted. 
  1.20     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 205A.06, is 
  1.21  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.22     Subd. 1b.  [SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER; SEX OFFENDER; INELIGIBLE 
  1.23  TO FILE AFFIDAVIT OF CANDIDACY.] A sex offender who has been 
  1.24  convicted of an offense for which registration is required under 
  1.25  section 243.166 is ineligible to become a candidate for the 
  1.26  office of school board member and may not file an affidavit of 
  1.27  candidacy for that office.  Ineligibility is determined by the 
  2.1   registration requirements in effect at the time the offender 
  2.2   files for office, not by the registration requirements, if any, 
  2.3   that were in effect at the time the offender was convicted.