1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to public safety; modifying residency provisions for certain level III
1.3 predatory offenders; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 244.052,
1.4 subdivision 4a.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 244.052, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 4a.Level III offenders; location of residence.(a) When an offender assigned
1.8to risk level III is released from confinement or a residential facility to reside in the
1.9community or changes residence while on supervised or conditional release, the agency
1.10responsible for the offender's supervision shall:
1.11 (1) take into consideration the proximity of the offender's residence to that of other level
1.12III offenders and;
1.13 (2) take into consideration the proximity of the offender's residence to schools, day care
1.14centers, residences for vulnerable adults, and locations where children commonly gather;
1.15and,
1.16 (3) to the greatest extent feasible, shall mitigate the concentration of level III offenders
1.17and concentration of level III offenders near schools, day care centers, residences for
1.18vulnerable adults, and locations where children commonly gather.
1.19 (b) If the owner or property manager of a hotel, motel, lodging establishment, or
1.20apartment building has an agreement with an agency that arranges or provides shelter for
1.21victims of domestic abuse, the owner or property manager may not knowingly rent rooms
1.22to both level III offenders and victims of domestic abuse at the same time. If the owner or
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H. F. No. 310
NINETY-THIRD SESSION
Authored by Nash, Hudella, Wiens, Backer, Engen and others01/11/2023
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy 2.1property manager has an agreement with an agency to provide housing to domestic abuse
2.2victims and discovers or is informed that a tenant is a level III offender after signing a lease
2.3or otherwise renting to the offender, the owner or property manager may evict the offender.
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