HF 2953

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; appropriating money to allow courts to better address
alcohol and other drug addicted offenders.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin $750,000 is appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, from the general
fund to the chief justice of the Supreme Court. Of this amount:
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new text begin (1) $....... is for training multidisciplinary teams on the problem-solving approach
for alcohol and other drug addicted offenders;
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new text begin (2) $....... is for a study to recommend a more uniform and cost-effective structure
for creating statewide applications of the problem-solving court model;
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new text begin (3) $....... is to augment treatment services for problem-solving courts; and
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new text begin (4) $....... is for development of a multicounty pilot problem-solving court.
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