1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to corrections; prohibiting sex offenders who 
  1.3             are classified in risk level III under the community 
  1.4             notification law from residing within 500 feet of 
  1.5             another level III offender after release from 
  1.6             confinement; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 
  1.7             244.052, by adding a subdivision. 
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 244.052, is 
  1.10  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.11     Subd. 4a.  [LEVEL III OFFENDERS; LIMITATION ON APPROVED 
  1.12  RELEASE PLAN.] When an offender assigned to risk level III is 
  1.13  released from confinement or from a licensed residential 
  1.14  facility to reside in the community, the offender's approved 
  1.15  release plan must prohibit the offender from residing within 500 
  1.16  feet of another offender assigned to risk level III. 
  1.17     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.18     Section 1 is effective August 1, 1999, and applies to 
  1.19  offenders released from confinement or licensed residential 
  1.20  facilities on or after that date, and to changes of residence by 
  1.21  offenders after that date.