1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; modifying residency provisions for certain level III 
1.3 	predatory offenders;amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 244.052, 
1.4 	subdivision 4a.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 244.052, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 4a.Level III offenders; location of residence. (a) When an offender assigned 
1.8 	to risk level III is released from confinement or a residential facility to reside in the 
1.9 	community or changes residence while on supervised or conditional release, the agency 
1.10 	responsible for the offender's supervision shall:
1.11 	(1) take into consideration the proximity of the offender's residence to that of other level 
1.12 	III offenders and if the proximity presents a risk of reoffending;
1.13 	(2) take into consideration the proximity to of the offender's residence to the following 
1.14 	locations if the locations present a risk of reoffending:
1.15 	(i) schools;
1.16 	(ii) child care facilities or family or group family day care programs;
1.17 	(iii) licensed residences for vulnerable adults;
1.18 	(iv) attractions within public parks that are regularly used by minors, including but not 
1.19 	limited to playgrounds or athletic fields; and
2.1 	(v) community centers and recreation centers that are regularly used in youth athletic 
2.2 	activities or offer regularly scheduled indoor playtimes or access to gymnasiums and other 
2.3 	facilities that are restricted to minors; and,
2.4 	(3) to the greatest extent feasible, shall mitigate the concentration of level III offenders 
2.5 	and concentration of level III offenders near schools the locations listed in clause (2) when 
2.6 	the concentration presents a risk of reoffending.
2.7 	(b) If the owner or property manager of a hotel, motel, lodging establishment, or 
2.8 	apartment building has an agreement with an agency that arranges or provides shelter for 
2.9 	victims of domestic abuse, the owner or property manager may not knowingly rent rooms 
2.10 	to both level III offenders and victims of domestic abuse at the same time. If the owner or 
2.11 	property manager has an agreement with an agency to provide housing to domestic abuse 
2.12 	victims and discovers or is informed that a tenant is a level III offender after signing a lease 
2.13 	or otherwise renting to the offender, the owner or property manager may evict the offender.