House File 2318 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  SCHICKEL


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act establishing sex offender exclusion zones in lieu of sex
  2    offender residency restrictions and providing a penalty.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5063HH 82
  5 jm/rj/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 692A.2A, Code 2007, is amended by
  1  2 striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof the
  1  3 following:
  1  4    692A.2A  EXCLUSIONARY ZONES.
  1  5    1.  As used in this section:
  1  6    a.  "Child sex offender" means a person required to
  1  7 register under this chapter and who has been convicted of a
  1  8 criminal offense against a minor.
  1  9    b.  "Exclusionary zone" means a designated park or
  1 10 playground, municipal pool, or the immediate area in or around
  1 11 a public or nonpublic school bus stop.
  1 12    2.  A child sex offender rated a medium or high risk to
  1 13 reoffend pursuant to the assessment of risk performed under
  1 14 section 692A.13A shall not be present on the real property
  1 15 comprising an exclusionary zone.
  1 16    3.  A child sex offender rated a low risk to reoffend or
  1 17 not assessed under section 692A.13A shall not be present on
  1 18 the real property comprising an exclusionary zone other than a
  1 19 designated park.
  1 20    4.  A person who violates this section commits an
  1 21 aggravated misdemeanor.
  1 22    Sec. 2.  Section 692A.5, subsection 1, paragraph h, Code
  1 23 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1 24    h.  Inform the person, if the person's residency is
  1 25 restricted of the exclusionary zones under section 692A.2A,
  1 26 that the person shall not reside within two thousand feet of
  1 27 the real property comprising a public or nonpublic elementary
  1 28 or secondary school, or a child care facility.
  1 29                           EXPLANATION
  1 30    This bill strikes sex offender residency restrictions and
  1 31 establishes sex offender exclusion zones.
  1 32    The bill provides that a child sex offender who has been
  1 33 convicted of a criminal offense against a minor and who is
  1 34 rated a medium or high risk to reoffend shall not be present
  1 35 on the real property comprising a designated park or
  2  1 playground, municipal pool, or the immediate area in or around
  2  2 a public or nonpublic school bus stop.
  2  3    The bill provides that a child sex offender who has been
  2  4 convicted of a criminal offense against a minor and who is
  2  5 rated a low risk to reoffend or who has not been assessed
  2  6 shall not be present on the real property which is a
  2  7 designated playground, municipal pool, or the immediate area
  2  8 in or around a public or nonpublic school bus stop.
  2  9    A child sex offender under the bill means a person required
  2 10 to register as a sex offender and who has been convicted of a
  2 11 criminal offense against a minor.  Criminal offense against a
  2 12 minor is defined in Code section 692A.1.
  2 13    A person who violates the bill commits an aggravated
  2 14 misdemeanor.  An aggravated misdemeanor is punishable by
  2 15 confinement for no more than two years and a fine of at least
  2 16 $625 but not more than $6,250.
  2 17 LSB 5063HH 82
  2 18 jm/rj/8.1