SF 3456

as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to crime; clarifying that registration time period of predatory offender
restarts after conviction of a new crime; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006,
section 243.166, subdivision 6.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 243.166, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6.

Registration period.

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section
609.165, subdivision 1, and except as provided in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d), a person
required to register under this section shall continue to comply with this section until ten
years have elapsed since the person initially registered in connection with the offense, or
until the probation, supervised release, or conditional release period expires, whichever
occurs later. For a person required to register under this section who is committed under
section 253B.18 or 253B.185, the ten-year registration period does not include the period
of commitment.

(b) If a person required to register under this section fails to provide the person's
primary address as required by subdivision 3, paragraph (b), fails to comply with the
requirements of subdivision 3a, fails to provide information as required by subdivision
4a, or fails to return the verification form referenced in subdivision 4 within ten days,
the commissioner of public safety may require the person to continue to register for an
additional period of five years. This five-year period is added to the end of the offender's
registration period.

(c) If a person required to register under this section is deleted text begin subsequently incarcerated
following a conviction deleted text end new text begin arrested for any new offenses or any probation or parole violations
prior to the end of the person's registration period and is convicted of and incarcerated new text end for
deleted text begin a deleted text end new text begin any new text end new offense or deleted text begin following deleted text end new text begin is incarcerated for new text end a revocation of probation, supervised
release, or conditional release for any offense, the person shall continue to register until
ten years have elapsed since the person was last released from incarceration or until the
person's probation, supervised release, or conditional release period expires, whichever
occurs later. new text begin For the purposes of this section, incarceration includes credit for time served
prior to the conviction or revocation.
new text end

(d) A person shall continue to comply with this section for the life of that person:

(1) if the person is convicted of or adjudicated delinquent for any offense for which
registration is required under subdivision 1b, or any offense from another state or any
federal offense similar to the offenses described in subdivision 1b, and the person has a
prior conviction or adjudication for an offense for which registration was or would have
been required under subdivision 1b, or an offense from another state or a federal offense
similar to an offense described in subdivision 1b;

(2) if the person is required to register based upon a conviction or delinquency
adjudication for an offense under section 609.185, clause (2), or a similar statute from
another state or the United States;

(3) if the person is required to register based upon a conviction for an offense under
section 609.342, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), (c), (d), (e), (f), or (h); 609.343, subdivision
1, paragraph (a), (c), (d), (e), (f), or (h); 609.344, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), (c), or (g);
or 609.345, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), (c), or (g); or a statute from another state or the
United States similar to the offenses described in this clause; or

(4) if the person is required to register under subdivision 1b, paragraph (c), following
commitment pursuant to a court commitment under section 253B.185 or a similar law of
another state or the United States.

(e) A person described in subdivision 1b, paragraph (b), who is required to register
under the laws of a state in which the person has been previously convicted or adjudicated
delinquent, shall register under this section for the time period required by the state of
conviction or adjudication unless a longer time period is required elsewhere in this section.