SENATE, No. 1066

By Ms. Walsh, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1066) of Marian Walsh for legislation relative to the housing of sex offenders. The Judiciary

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

In the Year Two Thousand and Five.


AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE HOUSING OF SEX OFFENDERS

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1.

Subsection (2) of section 178K of chapter 6 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by section 20 of chapter 77 of the acts of 2003, is hereby further amended by adding the following section:--(e) No sex offender designated as a level 2 or level 3 offender shall establish living conditions within, be placed in, or be transferred to any state-owned, operated or funded housing or any facility contracted with the state that is either occupied by children, occupied by mentally challenged adults, within 1 ½ miles of the property on which any public or private school, licensed day care center, or any other child care facility is located, or any residence occupied by at least 1 minor.