Amend CSSB 1952 by adding the following appropriately 
numbered ARTICLE and renumbering subsequent articles of the bill 
accordingly:
	ARTICLE ____.  INTERIM STUDY OF THE
CLUSTERING OF SEX OFFENDERS
	SECTION ____.01.  (a)  The Senate Committee on Criminal 
Justice shall study the phenomenon of the clustering of sex 
offenders in certain areas of the state.
	(b)  Not later than January 1, 2005, the committee shall 
submit a report giving details of the study's finding to the 
lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of 
representatives.  The finding of the study must include:
		(1)  an assessment of where sex offenders tend to 
reside and the relationship of those residences to certain 
geographic areas of the state; and
		(2)  recommendations for potential legislation that 
will address sex offenders and where sex offenders tend to reside.