HF 1118

as introduced - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to criminal justice information; adding 
  1.3             members to the criminal and juvenile justice 
  1.4             information task force; requiring the criminal and 
  1.5             juvenile justice information policy group to review 
  1.6             plans for creating and implementing integrated 
  1.7             criminal justice information systems in counties 
  1.8             statewide; authorizing the commissioner of public 
  1.9             safety to award grants to local agencies to develop 
  1.10            and implement these integration plans; appropriating 
  1.11            money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 
  1.12            299C.65, subdivisions 2 and 5. 
  1.13  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.14     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 299C.65, 
  1.15  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.16     Subd. 2.  [REPORT, TASK FORCE.] The policy group shall file 
  1.17  an annual report with the governor, supreme court, and 
  1.18  legislature by December 1 of each even-numbered year.  
  1.19     The report must make recommendations concerning any 
  1.20  legislative changes or appropriations that are needed to ensure 
  1.21  that the criminal justice information systems operate accurately 
  1.22  and efficiently.  To assist them in developing their 
  1.23  recommendations, the chair, the commissioners, and the 
  1.24  administrator shall appoint a task force consisting of the 
  1.25  members of the criminal and juvenile justice information policy 
  1.26  group or their designees and the following additional members:  
  1.27     (1) the director of the office of strategic and long-range 
  1.28  planning; 
  1.29     (2) two sheriffs recommended by the Minnesota sheriffs 
  2.1   association; 
  2.2      (3) two police chiefs recommended by the Minnesota chiefs 
  2.3   of police association; 
  2.4      (4) two county attorneys recommended by the Minnesota 
  2.5   county attorneys association; 
  2.6      (5) two city attorneys recommended by the Minnesota league 
  2.7   of cities; 
  2.8      (6) two public defenders appointed by the board of public 
  2.9   defense; 
  2.10     (7) two district judges appointed by the conference of 
  2.11  chief judges, one of whom is currently assigned to the juvenile 
  2.12  court; 
  2.13     (8) two community corrections administrators recommended by 
  2.14  the Minnesota association of counties, one of whom represents a 
  2.15  community corrections act county; 
  2.16     (9) two probation officers; 
  2.17     (10) two four public members, one of whom has been a victim 
  2.18  of crime, and two who are representatives of the private 
  2.19  business community who have expertise in integrated information 
  2.20  systems; 
  2.21     (11) two court administrators; 
  2.22     (12) two members of the house of representatives appointed 
  2.23  by the speaker of the house; and 
  2.24     (13) two members of the senate appointed by the majority 
  2.25  leader.; and 
  2.26     (14) the attorney general or a designee. 
  2.27  In making these appointments, the appointing authority shall 
  2.28  select members with expertise in integrated data systems or best 
  2.29  practices.  
  2.30     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 299C.65, 
  2.31  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  2.32     Subd. 5.  [REVIEW OF FUNDING REQUEST.] (a) The criminal and 
  2.33  juvenile justice information policy group shall review the 
  2.34  funding requests for criminal justice information systems from 
  2.35  state, county, and municipal government agencies.  The policy 
  2.36  group shall review the requests for compatibility to statewide 
  3.1   criminal justice information systems.  The review shall be 
  3.2   forwarded to the chairs of the house judiciary committee and 
  3.3   judiciary finance division, and the chairs of the senate crime 
  3.4   prevention committee and crime prevention and judiciary finance 
  3.5   division. 
  3.6      (b) If the request is for matching funds to develop a 
  3.7   criminal justice information integration plan, the policy group 
  3.8   shall ensure that the request contains the following components: 
  3.9      (1) an integration plan that addresses the six major 
  3.10  business functions of the criminal justice community, including 
  3.11  incident reporting, investigation, arrest, detention, 
  3.12  adjudication, and disposition, including postsentence 
  3.13  supervision and treatment.  The plan shall include offenses 
  3.14  committed by adults and juveniles and civil actions and 
  3.15  proceedings related to these offenses; 
  3.16     (2) a statement of the mission and goals of an integrated 
  3.17  criminal justice information system; 
  3.18     (3) an identification of current barriers to the 
  3.19  implementation of an integrated criminal justice system within 
  3.20  the requesting agency's jurisdiction, including barriers 
  3.21  resulting from current law, rules, or data policy; 
  3.22     (4) an identification of current gaps and overlaps in the 
  3.23  collection and dissemination of criminal justice information in 
  3.24  the requesting agency's jurisdiction; 
  3.25     (5) an identification of best practices, procedures, and 
  3.26  processes for operating the criminal justice system as a 
  3.27  precursor to developing an integrated criminal justice 
  3.28  information system in a county, its municipalities, and the 
  3.29  state, and similar systems in other counties; 
  3.30     (6) an evaluation of the range of alternatives for 
  3.31  implementing the integrated criminal justice information in a 
  3.32  county, its municipalities, and the state, ranging from simple 
  3.33  modifications of existing systems to the complete replacement of 
  3.34  these systems; 
  3.35     (7) an estimate of the resources needed to develop, 
  3.36  implement, and operate the system in a county and its 
  4.1   municipalities, including but not limited to, financial, 
  4.2   personnel, technology, and training resources; 
  4.3      (8) reasonable time lines for implementing the system; and 
  4.4      (9) any other matters the policy group deems necessary to 
  4.5   successful implementation of the integrated system. 
  4.6   To the extent possible, the requesting agencies shall 
  4.7   demonstrate that they have consulted with individuals involved 
  4.8   in the day-to-day use and operation of current criminal justice 
  4.9   information systems so as to identify barriers and gaps in these 
  4.10  systems and develop best practices, procedures, and processes 
  4.11  for an integrated system. 
  4.12     (c) If the request is for matching funds to implement an 
  4.13  integration plan, the requesting agency must submit the 
  4.14  following to the policy group: 
  4.15     (1) an integration plan containing the components described 
  4.16  in paragraph (b); 
  4.17     (2) a description of how implementation of the integration 
  4.18  plan will improve operation of the criminal justice system in 
  4.19  the requesting agency's jurisdiction; 
  4.20     (3) an identification of how the applicant will satisfy the 
  4.21  match requirement in paragraph (e); and 
  4.22     (4) a means for evaluating outcomes of the plan's 
  4.23  implementation. 
  4.24     (d) An agency may submit an interim integration plan to the 
  4.25  policy group if it identifies high priority integration tasks 
  4.26  during the development of the integration plan.  The interim 
  4.27  plan shall identify the tasks and the business case for 
  4.28  completing these tasks in advance of completing the entire plan. 
  4.29     (e) The policy group may award funds to an applicant only 
  4.30  if the applicant provides matching funds to pay one-half of the 
  4.31  costs of developing or implementing the integration plan.  The 
  4.32  policy group shall adopt policies concerning the use of in kind 
  4.33  resources to satisfy a portion of the match requirement and 
  4.34  concerning the sources from which matching funds may be obtained.
  4.35     (f) Every recipient of matching funds to implement an 
  4.36  integration plan shall submit a report to the policy group 
  5.1   evaluating whether and how implementation of the integration 
  5.2   plan improved the operation of the criminal justice system in 
  5.3   the county or district.  The policy group shall establish the 
  5.4   recipient's reporting date at the time the funds are awarded.  
  5.5      Sec. 3.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
  5.6      $1,200,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
  5.7   commissioner of public safety to be used as grants to pay the 
  5.8   costs of developing a criminal justice information system 
  5.9   integration plan as described in Minnesota Statutes, section 
  5.10  299C.65, subdivision 5, paragraph (b).  Of this appropriation, 
  5.11  up to $200,000 may be used as aid to pay the costs, if any, of 
  5.12  completing the integration tasks identified in an interim plan 
  5.13  submitted under Minnesota Statutes, section 299C.65, subdivision 
  5.14  5, paragraph (d).