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 if the proximity presents a risk of reoffending;
1.13 (2) take into consideration the proximity to of the offender's residence to the following
1.14locations if the locations present a risk of reoffending:
1.15 (i) schools;
1.16 (ii) child care facilities or family or group family day care programs;
1.17 (iii) licensed residences for vulnerable adults;
1.18 (iv) attractions within public parks that are regularly used by minors, including but not
1.19limited to playgrounds or athletic fields; and
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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
Adoption of Report: Placed on the General Register as Amended04/02/2024
Read for the Second Time 2.1 (v) community centers and recreation centers that are regularly used in youth athletic
2.2activities or offer regularly scheduled indoor playtimes or access to gymnasiums and other
2.3facilities that are restricted to minors; and,
2.4 (3) to the greatest extent feasible, shall mitigate the concentration of level III offenders
2.5and concentration of level III offenders near schools the locations listed in clause (2) when
2.6the concentration presents a risk of reoffending.
2.7 (b) If the owner or property manager of a hotel, motel, lodging establishment, or
2.8apartment building has an agreement with an agency that arranges or provides shelter for
2.9victims of domestic abuse, the owner or property manager may not knowingly rent rooms
2.10to both level III offenders and victims of domestic abuse at the same time. If the owner or
2.11property manager has an agreement with an agency to provide housing to domestic abuse
2.12victims and discovers or is informed that a tenant is a level III offender after signing a lease
2.13or otherwise renting to the offender, the owner or property manager may evict the offender.
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