HF 1339

Introduction - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996)

Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00 a.m.

  1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to corrections; requiring the commissioner of 
  1.3             corrections to collect and report data on individuals 
  1.4             transferred under the interstate compact for the 
  1.5             supervision of parolees and probationers; proposing 
  1.6             coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 243. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  [243.161] [INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR SUPERVISION 
  1.9   OF PAROLEES AND PROBATIONERS; DATA COLLECTION.] 
  1.10     Subdivision 1.  [DATA COLLECTION REQUIRED.] The 
  1.11  commissioner of corrections shall collect, maintain, and analyze 
  1.12  background and recidivism data on all individuals received by or 
  1.13  sent from Minnesota under section 243.16, the interstate compact 
  1.14  for the supervision of parolees and probationers. 
  1.15     Subd. 2.  [SCOPE OF DATA.] (a) The data collected shall 
  1.16  include: 
  1.17     (1) the number of individuals the commissioner is requested 
  1.18  to receive from each state, the number of individuals which the 
  1.19  commissioner agrees to receive from each state, and the basis of 
  1.20  the commissioner's decision to receive or reject an individual; 
  1.21  and 
  1.22     (2) the number of individuals the commissioner requests 
  1.23  each state to receive, the number of individuals each state 
  1.24  agrees to receive, and the basis of the commissioner's decision 
  1.25  to request another state to receive an individual. 
  1.26     (b) For each individual transferred or received by the 
  2.1   commissioner, the commissioner shall collect the following data: 
  2.2      (1) the initial and ongoing costs incurred by Minnesota 
  2.3   resulting from the individual's transfer; 
  2.4      (2) the amount of money Minnesota receives from the sending 
  2.5   state to reimburse Minnesota for these costs; 
  2.6      (3) the individual's criminal record; 
  2.7      (4) whether the individual violates the terms of probation 
  2.8   or parole; and 
  2.9      (5) if the individual violates the terms of probation or 
  2.10  parole and commits a new offense in Minnesota, whether the 
  2.11  individual is arrested, convicted, incarcerated in Minnesota, or 
  2.12  returned to the sending state. 
  2.13     Subd. 3.  [REPORTS.] The commissioner of corrections shall 
  2.14  collect the data required under subdivision 2 for all years 
  2.15  beginning in 1985.  The commissioner shall report to the 
  2.16  legislature by February 15, 1996, the data collected for years 
  2.17  1985 to 1995.  The commissioner shall report data collected for 
  2.18  each subsequent year to the legislature by January 15 of each 
  2.19  odd-numbered year.