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SF 1274 Senate Long Description

E Providing for an aggressive and integrated initiative against prostitution and other crimes; requiring presentence investigations of defendants convicted of prostitution, firearms or controlled substance offenses; reducing the number of prior convictions required for imposition of increased penalties for misdemeanor prostitution, motor vehicle tampering, property damage or dangerous weapons violations; imposing a mandatory minimum sentence for conviction of prostitution solicitation in a public place, requiring consecutive sentences under certain conditions; imposing mandatory consecutive penalties for conviction of prostitution in residential zones, defining residential zone; establishing a pilot project to develop a joint prostitution prosecution unit to be administered by the offices of the Ramsey county attorney and the St. Paul city attorney to reduce the number of prostitution offenses in the city of St. Paul, requiring progress reports to the legislature by certain dates and the sharing of results with the state and other counties and cities; appropriating money to the commissioner of public safety for grants to the St. Paul police department and the offices of the city attorney, Ramsey county attorney and second judicial district public defender to increase the current degree of implementation of the HEAT law enforcement strategy, for the joint prostitution prosecution unit and for increased public defender costs, for grants to organizations and local government units to provide outreach and support services to assist individuals leaving prostitution and to educate patrons on harmful effects; specifying certain HEAT law enforcement strategy and public awareness campaign requirements (ra, ja)