HF 3615

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 02/13/2024 03:52pm

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; establishing a pilot program to issue grants to local law
enforcement agencies to purchase equipment to respond to active shooters in
schools; appropriating money.

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

Section 1. new text begin ACTIVE SHOOTER RESPONSE EQUIPMENT PILOT PROGRAM.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Pilot program establishment. new text end

new text begin The commissioner of public safety must
establish and administer an active shooter response equipment pilot program to award grants
to eligible law enforcement agencies under this section.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Eligibility; grant awards; maximums. new text end

new text begin Each local law enforcement agency
that does not have, or that has an insufficient quantity of, equipment needed to respond to
active shooter incidents at the public schools located in the agency's jurisdiction may apply
for a grant. Grant funds must be used to purchase equipment needed to respond to active
shooter incidents within schools. In awarding grants, the commissioner must give priority
to agencies that do not have active shooter response equipment. A grant under the pilot
program must not exceed a total of $....... per agency.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Application. new text end

new text begin An applicant shall submit a completed form prepared and provided
by the commissioner of public safety. In addition to any other information required by the
commissioner, each application must identify the schools in the agency's jurisdiction by the
grades enrolled at the school, the number of students attending the school, and the specific
challenges the school's location and design present in responding to an active shooter
incident. An application must also include a plan to store the active shooter response
equipment in a location that maximizes rapid access to the equipment during an active
shooter incident at public schools within the applicant's jurisdiction. The proposed equipment
storage plan of an applicant must assess the feasibility of storing active shooter response
equipment in secure locations within public schools.
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Sec. 2. new text begin ACTIVE SHOOTER RESPONSE EQUIPMENT PILOT PROGRAM;
APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin $....... in fiscal year 2025 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
public safety to establish and operate the active shooter response equipment pilot program.
This is a onetime appropriation.
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