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HF 310

1st Engrossment - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 04/02/2024 12:27pm

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

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A bill for an act
relating to public safety; modifying residency provisions for certain level III
predatory offenders; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 244.052,
subdivision 4a.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, 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 shallnew text begin :
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new text begin (1)new text end take into consideration the proximity of the offender's residence to that of other level
III offenders deleted text begin anddeleted text end new text begin if the proximity presents a risk of reoffending;
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new text begin (2) take into consideration thenew text end proximity deleted text begin todeleted text end new text begin of the offender's residence to the following
locations if the locations present a risk of reoffending:
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new text begin (i) new text end schoolsnew text begin ;
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new text begin (ii) child care facilities or family or group family day care programs;
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new text begin (iii) licensed residences for vulnerable adults;
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new text begin (iv) attractions within public parks that are regularly used by minors, including but not
limited to playgrounds or athletic fields; and
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new text begin (v) community centers and recreation centers that are regularly used in youth athletic
activities or offer regularly scheduled indoor playtimes or access to gymnasiums and other
facilities that are restricted to minors;
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new text begin (3)new text end to the greatest extent feasible, deleted text begin shalldeleted text end mitigate the concentration of level III offenders
and concentration of level III offenders near deleted text begin schoolsdeleted text end new text begin the locations listed in clause (2) when
the concentration presents a risk of reoffending
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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.