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An Act To Increase the Maximum Distance from a School within Which a Sex Offender May Not Reside That May Be Set by Municipal Ordinance
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §3014, sub-§2, ¶B, as reallocated by RR 2009, c. 1, §21, is amended to read:
 
B. A municipality may prohibit residence by a sex offender up to a maximum distance of 7502,500 feet surrounding the real property comprising a public or private elementary, middle or secondary school or up to a maximum distance of 7502,500 feet surrounding the real property comprising a municipally owned property where children are the primary users.
 
SUMMARY
Current law allows a municipality to prohibit certain sex offenders from residing up to 750 feet from a school or a municipally owned property where children are the primary users. This bill increases that distance to 2,500 feet.