SF 881

as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to public safety; requiring the commissioner 
  1.3             of corrections to collaborate with the federal Bureau 
  1.4             of Prisons to develop a community notification plan 
  1.5             for certain federal prisoners who will reside in 
  1.6             Minnesota upon release; requiring a report to the 
  1.7             legislature. 
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  [COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION CONCERNING SEX 
  1.10  OFFENDERS CONFINED IN FEDERAL PRISONS; PLAN AND REPORT 
  1.11  REQUIRED.] 
  1.12     Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITIONS.] As used in this section: 
  1.13     (1) "community notification" means the public disclosure of 
  1.14  information about sex offenders by local law enforcement 
  1.15  agencies under Minnesota Statutes, section 244.052; 
  1.16     (2) "federal prison" means a correctional facility 
  1.17  administered by the federal Bureau of Prisons in which sex 
  1.18  offenders are or may be confined; and 
  1.19     (3) "sex offender" means a person who has been convicted of 
  1.20  a federal offense for which registration under Minnesota 
  1.21  Statutes, section 243.166, is required. 
  1.22     Subd. 2.  [DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN.] The commissioner of 
  1.23  corrections shall collaborate with the federal Bureau of Prisons 
  1.24  and the chief executive officer of any federal prison located in 
  1.25  this state in developing a community notification plan 
  1.26  concerning sex offenders confined in federal prisons in 
  2.1   Minnesota who intend to reside in this state upon release.  The 
  2.2   plan shall address the following matters: 
  2.3      (1) the membership and operation of the end-of-confinement 
  2.4   review committees that will operate in the federal prisons to 
  2.5   conduct risk assessments on sex offenders who intend to reside 
  2.6   in Minnesota upon release; 
  2.7      (2) the classification and use of data on sex offenders 
  2.8   that are collected or maintained by the committees; 
  2.9      (3) the procedures governing the sex offender's 
  2.10  participation in the committee's meetings; 
  2.11     (4) the process for a sex offender to seek review of the 
  2.12  committee's risk assessment determination; and 
  2.13     (5) any other matters deemed important by the commissioner 
  2.14  and the federal authorities. 
  2.15     Subd. 3.  [REPORT TO LEGISLATURE.] On or before February 1, 
  2.16  1998, the commissioner of corrections shall file a report with 
  2.17  the chairs of the house judiciary committee and the senate crime 
  2.18  prevention committee.  The report shall summarize the community 
  2.19  notification plan agreed to by the commissioner and the federal 
  2.20  Bureau of Prisons and shall specify the statutory changes needed 
  2.21  to accomplish that plan.