Legislative Session number- 84

Bill Name: SF2738

1E Relating to public safety

ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL CRIMINAL AND SENTENCING
PROVISIONS

Modifying certain provisions providing for the sentencing of career
offenders; modifying certain restrictions on ownership and possession of
regulated animals; requiring preparation of address or location change notice
forms by the Minnesota animal control association and approval by the board of
animal health; prescribing criminal penalties for certain violations; modifying
the distribution of Hennepin county fines; creating enhanced penalties for the
crime of violating a domestic abuse no contact order, assault in the fifth
degree, domestic assault, violating a harassment restraining order and
harassment and stalking; adding the crime of violating a domestic abuse no
contact order to the list of qualified domestic violence related offenses;
providing for enforcement of domestic abuse foreign protective orders; adding
the crime of violating a domestic abuse no contact order to the list of
qualified domestic violence related offenses; expanding the penalty for
misdemeanor level crimes relating to manufacture or delivery of drug
paraphernalia, advertisement of drug paraphernalia, loitering with intent to
participate in prostitution, motor vehicle tampering, damage to property,
dangerous weapons and trespass; increasing penalties for certain assaults on
animal control officers; enhancing penalties for labor trafficking crimes and
unlawful conduct with respect to documents in furtherance of labor or sex
trafficking involving minors; providing a mandatory sentence for certain
engrained offenders under certain conditions; providing for venue for the crime
of aiding an offender; modifying penalties for theft, issuance of dishonored
checks and damage to property; creating the crime of unlawful conduct relating
to telephone records; defining certain terms; specifying certain exceptions;
penalty; expanding prosecutor notification requirements to include notifying a
victim of a criminal sexual conduct offense upon decision of not to prosecute or
the dismissal of charges; defining criminal sexual conduct; imposing conditional
release terms on child pornography offenders released from prison; creating a
collateral consequences committee to study collateral consequences of adult
conviction and juvenile adjudications, requiring a report to the legislature by
a certain date; adopting certain modifications recommended by the sentencing
guidelines commission

ARTICLE 2 - CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, DWI AND TRAFFIC
SAFETY PROVISIONS

Modifying the drug paraphernalia crime to change the mental
state requirement and to specifically address sales of drug paraphernalia;
imposing criminal penalties for sales to minors; prohibiting the possession of
certain items associated with controlled substance use, defining certain terms,
imposing criminal penalties; requiring participation in diversionary programs
for certain persons convicted of certain controlled substance offenses; creating
a felony penalty for DWI (driving while impaired) following a prior conviction
for criminal vehicular homicide involving impaired driving; authorizing the
court to order an assessment based on the belief of the existence of a chemical
dependency problem; prohibiting the commissioner from suspending drivers license
of an individual for failure to appear in court or failure to pay a
fine

ARTICLE 3 - PUBLIC SAFETY POLICY

Authorizing the office of the governor
to request background checks on candidates for positions within the governors
residence or appointment by the governor; classifying facility security plans
data; modifying certain definitions and defining certain terms relating to
facilities controlling hazardous substances; specifying the duty of owners or
operators of vessels or facilities transporting storing or handling hazardous
substances to take reasonable security measurers to prevent unauthorized access
of persons to the facilities or the control mechanisms of facilities, specifying
certain security measures and plans; specifying timing requirements; providing
for review of security plans; classifying data; defining a peace officer as an
emergency medical services person under certain conditions; modifying certain
public safety peer counseling and debriefing procedures; clarifying registration
requirements for predatory offenders; providing for continued registration for
predatory offenders required to be registered in any other state; requiring the
department of public safety to provide information and publication or training
publications available to local law enforcement agencies and officers relating
to the best practices for handling death scene investigations; modifying certain
duties of the bureau of criminal apprehension (BCA) for DNA data and disposal
requirements; requiring the arrestee to request destruction of a biological
specimen for DNA analysis upon acquittal of a felony; establishing the forensic
laboratory advisory board, specifying membership and duties; authorizing access
to data in the comprehensive incident based reporting system (CIBRS) by the
department of corrections fugitive apprehension unit; allowing the BCA to employ
a subscription service to enhance officer safety during tactical operations;
clarifying responsibility for receiving missing persons reports; giving local
law enforcement in the area where a person has been missing jurisdiction over
taking missing persons report; modifying membership of the criminal and juvenile
justice information policy group; modifying certain appeal provisions relating
to the uniform fire code; requiring the installation of certain approved and
operational carbon monoxide alarms in single and multifamily dwellings,
specifying certain duties of multifamily dwelling owners and occupants;
prohibiting battery removal; providing for enforcement; providing for appeal of
the state fire marshal decision to suspend, revoke or refuse fireworks operator
permit; requiring the superintendent of the BCA in consultation with the
sheriffs association and the chiefs of police association to develop a model
policy to address law enforcement efforts and duties regarding missing adults
and to provide training to local law enforcement agencies, requiring a report to
the legislature by a certain date; requiring the post officer standards and
training board (POST) to conduct a training audit of practitioners, training
topics to include immigrant community and racial profiling

ARTICLE 4 -
CORRECTIONS

Authorizing the commissioner of corrections to order inmates to be
screened for certain health conditions; requiring the commissioner of
corrections to report certain information relating to prison based mental health
programs to the legislature; requiring the commissioner of corrections to report
separate recidivism rates for adult and juvenile facilities with chemically
dependent offenders committing new offenses relative to completion of treatment
programs; authorizing the commissioner to enter into contracts with counties or
county groups to house inmates in newly constructed county or regional jail
facilities providing access to chemical dependency treatment programs; requiring
the commissioner to provide substance abuse information to supervising
corrections agency for offenders released from prison; requiring periodic
independent reviews of prison based substance abuse assessment activities;
requiring the commissioner to cooperate with community based corrections
agencies for determination of best method to address substance abuse treatment
needs of offenders released from prison; requiring the commissioner to keep
adequate records regarding inmate participation in substance abuse treatment
programs; authorizing the medical director of the department of corrections to
make health care decisions for inmates under certain conditions; modifying
certain prosecuting authority or court comment provisions relating to controlled
substance offenders release; extending the sunset of conditional release of
nonviolent controlled substance offenders provision; modifying terms of
conditional release for sex offenders; prohibiting the charging of fees for
inmate participation in employment under certain conditions; modifying certain
county board requirements for withdrawal of a county from a regional jail
system; making a technical correction to the sex offender assessment
reimbursement grant appropriation; requiring the commissioner to make
recommendations to improve the availability of prison based substance abuse
treatment programming and improve post prison release outcomes

ARTICLE 5 -
CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS

Relating to coroners and medical examiners;
modifying and updating certain provisions; modifying certain medical examiner
and coroner qualifications; specifying the procedure for Hennepin county medical
examiner selection; requiring the coroner or medical examiner to be included in
the bond held by the county for all appointed and elected county officials;
providing for the office of the coroner or medical examiner to be an independent
agency of the county; providing for the jurisdiction of the coroner or medical
examiner over a person pronounced dead, providing for transfer of jurisdiction
under certain conditions; modifying medical examiner or coroner staff
provisions; requiring every county to have a system or process for receiving,
storing and releasing dead bodies; requiring all sudden and unexpected deaths to
be promptly reported to the coroner or medical examiner, specifying reportable
deaths; providing for county boards to be responsible for compensation of
coroner, medical examiner, assistants, investigators and other medical
specialists; specifying certain county board compensation requirements for a
coroner, medical examiner, investigators and medical specialists; authorizing
certain medical examiner fees; authorizing coroner or medical examiner
facilitation of organ and tissue donations; providing for cremation approval;
modifying disposition of bodies procedures; establishing procedures for use of
property of deceased; modifying death records provisions; modifying procedures
for attempting to identity deceased persons, specifying certain reporting
requirements; providing for request for examinations; authorizing county boards
to contract to perform coroner or medical examiner services with other units of
government; repealing certain provisions
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