1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to crime prevention; requiring inmates 
  1.3             convicted of sex offenses to provide a biological 
  1.4             specimen for DNA analysis at the beginning of their 
  1.5             terms of imprisonment; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.6             1998, section 609.3461, subdivision 2. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 609.3461, 
  1.9   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 2.  [~~BEFORE RELEASE~~ UPON ARRIVAL AT A STATE OR LOCAL 
  1.11  CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.] If a person convicted of violating or 
  1.12  attempting to violate section 609.185, clause (2), 609.342, 
  1.13  609.343, 609.344, 609.345, or 617.23, subdivision 3, clause (2), 
  1.14  or initially charged with violating one of those sections and 
  1.15  convicted of another offense arising out of the same set of 
  1.16  circumstances, or sentenced as a patterned sex offender under 
  1.17  section 609.108, and committed to the custody of the 
  1.18  commissioner of corrections, or serving a term of imprisonment 
  1.19  in this state under a reciprocal agreement although convicted in 
  1.20  another state of an offense described in this subdivision or a 
  1.21  similar law of the United States or any other state, has not 
  1.22  provided a biological specimen for the purpose of DNA analysis, 
  1.23  the commissioner of corrections or local corrections authority 
  1.24  shall order the person to provide a biological specimen for the 
  1.25  purpose of DNA analysis ~~before completion~~ at the beginning of 
  1.26  the person's term of imprisonment.  The commissioner of 
  2.1   corrections or local corrections authority shall forward the 
  2.2   sample to the bureau of criminal apprehension.