Iowa's new get-tough law restricting where sex offenders can live is raising concerns in Nebraska. Some are worried that the Iowa crackdown will force child molesters across the river.

One border town has taken action. South Sioux City, Nebraska passed an ordinance similar to the Iowa law restricting where offenders can live.

Now, with the law about to be enforced in Council Bluffs, the focus shifts to Omaha.

The Iowa law prohibits sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a school or day care.

The law, passed five years ago, has been tied up in court battles but the statute has survived legal challenges so now more communities are planning on enforcement.

Rose Hill-Wallace runs a day care facility in Omaha on the same block where a high-risk sex offender lives and she says that concerns her.

The operators of Rose's Day Care says, "If I wasn't watching them or something, anything could happen, especially when I have one so close. In fact I have several around me. Like I say, I have a list of where they are around here and it's like almost every block around here."

She understands why Iowa would want to keep sex offenders from living near day cares and schools but she's fearful of the affect on Omaha.

Pottawattamie County authorities have drawn a map indicating areas in Council Bluffs that are 2,000 feet from day cares and schools so the law can be enforced. What they've found is it that this, for the most part, covers the entire city.

State sex offender registries show there are currently 209 high-risk offenders in Omaha and 130 in Council Bluffs.

The new law only impacts convicted child molesters. The question is whether those in Council Bluffs will relocate to Omaha.

"Of course," says Rose Hill-Wallace. "There's going to be way more here because they have to move. And since the law's not here, that means they can come across the bridge and live here and then we have to worry about it here."

There's no discussion of restricting where offenders can live in Omaha but Rose believes that there should be.

"Ii think the law saying sex offenders shouldn't live around day cares and schools is a good thing and I think they should have one here in Omaha too."

Once notified, offenders in Council Bluffs will have 30 days to move out.

The city attorney's office questions whether the Iowa law could pass constitutional muster in Nebraska. Officials say such a move would be better addressed by the legislature and not individual municipalities.