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HF 3260

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/30/2016 12:35pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

Bill Text Versions

Engrossments
Introduction Posted on 03/17/2016

Current Version - as introduced

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A bill for an act
relating to criminal justice; allowing local governmental units to regulate the
residency of level III sex offenders; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section
244.052, subdivision 4a.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 244.052, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:


Subd. 4a.

Level III offenders; location of residence.

(a) When an offender
assigned to risk level III is released from confinement or a residential facility to reside
in the community or changes residence while on supervised or conditional release,
the agency responsible for the offender's supervision shall take into consideration the
proximity of the offender's residence to that of other level III offenders and proximity to
schools and, to the greatest extent feasible, shall mitigate the concentration of level III
offenders and concentration of level III offenders near schoolsnew text begin , parks, and other locations
frequented by children
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(b) If the owner or property manager of a hotel, motel, lodging establishment, or
apartment building has an agreement with an agency that arranges or provides shelter for
victims of domestic abuse, the owner or property manager may not knowingly rent rooms
to both level III offenders and victims of domestic abuse at the same time. If the owner or
property manager has an agreement with an agency to provide housing to domestic abuse
victims and discovers or is informed that a tenant is a level III offender after signing a lease
or otherwise renting to the offender, the owner or property manager may evict the offender.

new text begin (c) Counties, home rule charter and statutory cities, and towns may enact more
restrictive ordinances regulating the proximity of the residence of level III offenders to
other level III offenders, and to schools, parks, and other locations frequented by children.
new text end