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HF 785

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 01/25/2023 12:44pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

Current Version - as introduced

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A bill for an act
relating to public safety; increasing the amount available for supplemental nonprofit
security grants; providing ongoing funding for supplemental nonprofit security
grants; establishing a security training grant; appropriating money; amending Laws
2021, First Special Session chapter 11, article 1, section 14, subdivisions 1, 2.

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

Section 1.

Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 11, article 1, section 14, subdivision
1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Total
Appropriation

$
1,439,000
$
214,167,000
$
deleted text begin 213,005,000
deleted text end new text begin 213,230,000
new text end
General
1,439,000
128,764,000
deleted text begin 127,621,000
deleted text end new text begin 127,846,000
new text end
Special Revenue
14,901,000
14,891,000
State Government
Special Revenue
103,000
103,000
Environmental
73,000
73,000
Trunk Highway
2,429,000
2,429,000
911 Fund
67,897,000
67,888,000

The amounts that may be spent for each
purpose are specified in the following
subdivisions.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective retroactively from June 30, 2022.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 11, article 1, section 14, subdivision 2,
is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Emergency Management

3,000,000
deleted text begin 3,156,000 deleted text end new text begin
3,381,000
new text end
Appropriations by Fund
General
2,927,000
deleted text begin 3,083,000 deleted text end new text begin
3,308,000
new text end
Environmental
73,000
73,000

(a) Supplemental Nonprofit Security Grants

$225,000 deleted text begin eachdeleted text end new text begin the firstnew text end year deleted text begin isdeleted text end new text begin and $450,000
the second year are
new text end for supplemental nonprofit
security grants under this paragraph.

Nonprofit organizations whose applications
for funding through the Federal Emergency
Management Agency's nonprofit security grant
program have been approved by the Division
of Homeland Security and Emergency
Management are eligible for grants under this
paragraph. No additional application shall be
required for grants under this paragraph, and
an application for a grant from the federal
program is also an application for funding
from the state supplemental program.

Eligible organizations may receive grants of
up to $75,000, except that the total received
by any individual from both the federal
nonprofit security grant program and the state
supplemental nonprofit security grant program
shall not exceed $75,000. Grants shall be
awarded in an order consistent with the
ranking given to applicants for the federal
nonprofit security grant program. No grants
under the state supplemental nonprofit security
grant program shall be awarded until the
announcement of the recipients and the
amount of the grants awarded under the federal
nonprofit security grant program.

The commissioner may use up to one percent
of the appropriation received under this
paragraph to pay costs incurred by the
department in administering the supplemental
nonprofit security grant program. deleted text begin These
appropriations are onetime.
deleted text end

(b) School Safety Center

$250,000 each year is for two school safety
specialists at the Minnesota School Safety
Center.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 3. new text begin SECURITY TRAINING GRANT.
new text end

new text begin $50,000 in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
of public safety for a grant to a nonprofit organization with experience promoting the security
of nonprofit and interfaith organizations. The grant recipient shall work with faith-based
institutions, including churches, synagogues, and mosques, to provide training to address
emergency situations that involve an immediate threat to the lives or safety of individuals
at those faith-based institutions. Money shall be used exclusively to contract with one or
more experts to provide the training, and the training shall be provided at no additional cost
to the faith-based institutions.
new text end