1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; establishing predatory offender registration requirements 
1.3 	for certain predatory offenders who reside on Indian reservations;amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 243.166, by adding subdivisions.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 243.166, is amended by 
1.7 	adding a subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 2a.Hearing. When a person who is required to register under this section 
1.9 	refuses to do so because the person is an enrolled member of an Indian tribe whose 
1.10 	primary address is on the person's reservation of enrollment, the prosecuting authority 
1.11 	may bring a motion before the sentencing court to establish the person's tribal membership 
1.12 	and primary address. If the person fails to appear at the motion hearing or if the person 
1.13 	fails to prove by clear and convincing evidence that the person is an enrolled member of 
1.14 	an Indian tribe whose primary address is on the person's reservation of enrollment, the 
1.15 	court shall order the person to comply with all registration requirements applicable to 
1.16 	Minnesota residents. If the court rules that the offender is not obligated to register under 
1.17 	this section, the court must: 
1.18 	(1) notify the person of the travel prohibition established in subdivision 3b; and 
1.19 	(2) send a copy of the order to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension where the 
1.20 	superintendent shall file the order in the person's criminal record and add the person's 
1.21 	name and status to the predatory offender registry.

1.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
1.23 	and applies to persons subject to predatory offender registration on or after that date.

2.1 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 243.166, is amended by adding a 
2.2 	subdivision to read:
2.3 		Subd. 3b.Travel prohibition; waiver. (a) A person who is required to register 
2.4 	under this section, but who is excused from doing so because the person is an enrolled 
2.5 	member of an Indian tribe whose primary address is on the person's reservation of 
2.6 	enrollment, may not leave the person's reservation and enter Minnesota without signing a 
2.7 	waiver of the right to avoid predatory offender registration in the state. The Bureau of 
2.8 	Criminal Apprehension shall prepare the standard waiver form. The form shall: 
2.9 	(1) require the signatory to permanently waive the right to avoid predatory offender 
2.10 	registration while on the person's reservation of enrollment as a precondition to leaving 
2.11 	the reservation of enrollment and entering Minnesota; and 
2.12 	(2) require the signatory to agree to comply with all registration requirements in this 
2.13 	section applicable to Minnesota residents. 

2.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
2.15 	and applies to persons subject to predatory offender registration on or after that date.