1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to sheriffs; authorizing sheriffs to expend 
  1.3             money from the sheriff's contingent fund for 
  1.4             investigating DWI-related violations; amending 
  1.5             Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 387.213. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 387.213, is 
  1.8   amended to read: 
  1.9      387.213 [SHERIFF'S CONTINGENT FUND FOR DRUG ~~AND~~, ALCOHOL, 
  1.10  AND DWI-RELATED INVESTIGATIONS.] 
  1.11     A sheriff's contingent fund is created in each county to be 
  1.12  kept by the county treasurer as all other county funds.  
  1.13  One-fourth of all money paid into the county treasury on account 
  1.14  of fines imposed for violation of the provisions of chapter 152 
  1.15  or 340A shall be credited to this contingent fund.  The sheriff 
  1.16  may expend money from this fund for the purpose of investigating 
  1.17  and securing evidence of violations of chapters 152 ~~and~~, 340A, 
  1.18  and the DWI-related provisions of chapter 169.  Money may be 
  1.19  withdrawn from the fund by the sheriff upon the order of the 
  1.20  district court after application.  At the close of the fiscal 
  1.21  year any money in the fund in excess of $5,000 shall be 
  1.22  transferred into the general fund.