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An Act To Expand and Clarify the Areas Subject to Municipal Residency Restrictions for Sex Offenders
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §3014, sub-§2, ¶B, as amended by PL 2013, c. 161, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
 
B.  A municipality may prohibit residence by a sex offender up to a maximum distance of 750 feet surrounding the real property comprising:
 
(1) A public or private elementary, middle or secondary school;
 
(2) A municipally owned or state-owned park, athletic field or recreational facility that is open to the public where children are the primary users; or
 
(3) A municipally owned or state-owned property leased to a nonprofit organization for purposes of a park, athletic field or recreational facility that is open to the public where children are the primary users.
 
Effective 90 days following adjournment of the 128th Legislature, Second Regular Session, unless otherwise indicated.