Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §3014, sub-§2, ¶B, as reallocated by RR 2009, c. 1, §21, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
B.
A municipality may prohibit residence by a sex offender:
(1) If the municipality has a police chief, up to a maximum distance of 750 feet surrounding the real property comprising a public or private elementary, middle or secondary school or up to a maximum distance of 750 feet surrounding the real property comprising a municipally owned property where children are the primary users; or
(2) If the municipality has no police chief, up to a maximum distance of 2,500 feet surrounding the real property comprising a public or private elementary, middle or secondary school or up to a maximum distance of 2,500 feet surrounding the real property comprising a municipally owned property where children are the primary users.
Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §3014, sub-§2, ¶C, as reallocated by RR 2009, c. 1, §21, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
C. A restriction may not apply to a residence established prior to the effective date of the ordinance.
Sec. 3. 30-A MRSA §7501, sub-§8, as amended by PL 1999, c. 106, §2, is further amended to read:
Sec. 4. 30-A MRSA §7501, sub-§9, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 106, §3, is amended to read:
Sec. 5. 30-A MRSA §7501, sub-§10 is enacted to read:
This amendment is the minority report of the Joint Standing Committee of Criminal Justice and Public Safety. The amendment authorizes a municipality that has no police chief or the county commissioners for an unorganized territory to adopt an ordinance to prohibit residence by certain sex offenders up to a maximum distance of 2,500 feet surrounding the real property comprising a public or private elementary, middle or secondary school or up to a maximum distance of 2,500 feet surrounding the real property comprising a municipally owned property or a publicly owned property in an unorganized territory where children are the primary users. For municipalities with a police chief, the existing distance requirement of 750 feet in current law remains applicable. The amendment also clarifies the current law that any restriction may not apply to a residence established prior to the effective date of the ordinance.