SEX OFFENDER RESIDENCE

Creates the Sex Offender Residency Act. Requires the Department of Corrections, in consultation with the Prisoner Review Board, to adopt rules establishing criteria to be considered in determining the permanent residence requirements for a sex offender released on mandatory supervised release or parole. Provides that the Department shall include in the rules: (1) a general prohibition against allowing a sex offender to reside near locations where children are the primary occupants or users; (2) the bases upon which exceptions to the general prohibition are authorized; and (3) a process that allows communities that would be affected by a decision about the location of a sex offender's residence to be informed of the decision-making process before the offender is released. Effective immediately.