1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to crime; appropriating money for grants for 
  1.3             gang prevention and intervention. 
  1.4   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.5      Section 1.  [GANG PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION PROGRAM.] 
  1.6      Subdivision 1.  [GANG PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION.] The 
  1.7   commissioner of corrections shall develop and administer a gang 
  1.8   prevention and intervention program to provide services (1) to 
  1.9   young people who are at risk for criminal gang involvement; and 
  1.10  (2) to young people who are interested in terminating their gang 
  1.11  affiliation. 
  1.12     Subd. 2.  [GRANT APPLICATION.] The department of 
  1.13  corrections, in consultation with the department of public 
  1.14  safety, office of drug policy and violence prevention, the 
  1.15  criminal gang strike force, one or more representatives of 
  1.16  community-based programs that have conducted research on street 
  1.17  gang culture, and one or more individuals having direct 
  1.18  experience in gang life, shall develop a grant application that 
  1.19  specifies the eligibility criteria for receiving grants.  A 
  1.20  committee elected by this group also must evaluate applications 
  1.21  received by the commissioner of corrections for grants and make 
  1.22  recommendations to the commissioner of corrections on the 
  1.23  awarding of grants. 
  1.24     Subd. 3.  [ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS.] A local organization 
  2.1   must meet the following criteria to be eligible for a grant 
  2.2   under the program: 
  2.3      (1) it must be a private, nonprofit organization or local 
  2.4   public agency; and 
  2.5      (2) it must offer and provide services to young people to 
  2.6   prevent gang involvement or to intervene in and end gang 
  2.7   involvement, including, but not limited to, after-school 
  2.8   activities, educational opportunities, job skill development, 
  2.9   community service, life skills, medical services, social 
  2.10  services, and counseling. 
  2.11     Subd. 4.  [ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICES.] A person who is 
  2.12  eligible for services must be at least seven years old and not 
  2.13  more than 25 years old, at the time the person first receives 
  2.14  services, unless the organization receiving a grant receives 
  2.15  advance approval from the commissioner of corrections to provide 
  2.16  services outside of this age range. 
  2.17     Subd. 5.  [REPORT TO LEGISLATURE.] On or before February 1, 
  2.18  1999, the commissioner of corrections shall submit a report to 
  2.19  the chairs of the senate and house divisions having jurisdiction 
  2.20  over criminal justice funding on the grants issued under this 
  2.21  section. 
  2.22     Sec. 2.  [APPROPRIATION; COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONS.] 
  2.23     $....... is appropriated from the general fund to the 
  2.24  commissioner of corrections to develop and administer the gang 
  2.25  prevention and intervention program established in section 1.  
  2.26  This appropriation is available until June 30, 1999.