1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; requiring level III sex offenders to wear GPS tracking 
1.3 	system devices; appropriating money;proposing coding for new law in 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 244.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [244.0501] TRACKING AND MONITORING LEVEL III SEX 
1.7 	OFFENDERS; GPS SYSTEM.
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Application. The commissioner shall require all sex offenders 
1.9 	assigned to risk level III and placed on supervised or conditional release to be monitored 
1.10 	with the global positioning system (GPS) electronic monitoring device. The commissioner 
1.11 	shall develop GPS tracking system specifications and place purchase of the devices up 
1.12 	for bid.
1.13 		Subd. 2.Costs. The commissioner of corrections may assess all or any portion of 
1.14 	the cost of the tracking and monitoring device to the offender based on the offender's 
1.15 	ability to pay, as determined by the commissioner.
1.16 		Subd. 3.Duties of the commissioner; system requirements. The commissioner of 
1.17 	corrections shall implement and operate a system to supervise offenders required to wear 
1.18 	tracking and monitoring devices.

1.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and 
1.20 	applies to offenders currently incarcerated and offenders sentenced on or after that date.

1.21 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 1.22 	$....... is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of corrections to 
1.23 	implement section 1. The appropriation is available for the biennium ending June 30, 2007.