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HF 750 Senate Long Description

Relating to the organization, operation and financing of state +government; providing for the financing of corrections, public safety, the +judiciary and certain other agencies and activitiesARTICLE 1 � APPROPRIATIONSAppropriating money to the supreme court for legal services to low +income clients in family law matters, to the court of appeals and district +and tax courts, to the uniform laws commission, to the judicial standards and+ public defense boards, to the commissioner of public safety for emergency +management, for criminal apprehension activities, for the fire marshal, for +alcohol and gambling enforcement, for crime victims services center and for law +enforcement and community grants, to the peace officers standards and training +(POST) and private detective and protective agent services boards, to the +commissioner of human rights, to the commissioner of corrections for correctional +institutions, for juvenile and community services and for operations support, to +the sentencing guidelines commission, to the commissioner of human +services and to the judicial standards board for deficiency in the funding of certain+ special hearing costs; requiring a reduction in the budget for civil legal +services; providing for funding of court reporter software and equipment; +prohibiting the relocation of chemical assessment team equipment housed or stored in +Duluth; providing for nonprofit and faith based organizations antiterrorism +grants; requiring the commissioner of corrections to work with certain law +enforcement associations to review capacities at local correctional facilities +and determine the feasibility of double bunking; requiring the charging +of a per diem under contracts to rent beds in the Rush City correctional +facility for use to renovate the facility at Faribault; requiring the sentencing +guidelines commission in consultation with the commissioner to prepare a report +on drug offender sentencing; sunsetting uncodified language ARTICLE 2 � COURT POLICY Clarifying the process for the employment of additional counsel in +the office of the attorney general; modifying the requirement for creation of +paper transcripts of sentencing proceedings in criminal cases; increasing +certain court filing fees; requiring the commissioner of human rights to +collect a fee for the issuance of certificate of compliance with contractor +affirmative action requirements; modifying the time limit for the filing of +judicial decisions; limiting the amount of appeal bonds necessary to stay +execution of money judgments; modifying the deadline for annual adoption of a +certain fine schedules by the conference of chief judges; making optional the +requirement for the court to order presentence investigations in certain criminal+ cases; repealing certain reporting requirements relating to interception of +certain communications ARTICLE 3 � PUBLIC DEFENSESpecifying certain copayment requirements of applicants for public defender services and providing for collection of the copayments +under the revenue recapture act; exempting prevailing government units from the requirement for the payment of attorney fees and costs incurred by +defendants in certain appeals; authorizing the state public defender to decline +to represent persons in postconviction remedy cases under certain +conditions; prohibiting district public defenders from serving as advisory +counsel in juvenile cases; clarifying the authority of public defenders to +access the Internet without charge ARTICLE 4 � PUBLIC SAFETYEstablishing a grant program under the administration of the +commissioner of public safety to assist local communities in efforts to contain and +clean up clandestine methamphetamine laboratories and to preserve evidence for+ criminal trials, specifying eligibility and certain methamphetamine lab +containment team requirements; requiring the superintendent of the bureau of criminal apprehension in collecting and preserving criminal statistics and +local law enforcement agencies reporting the statistics for collection and +preservation purposes to use a nationally recognized system or standard approved +by the federal bureau of investigation for collecting and reporting the +information; requiring the superintendent of the BCA to collect an additional +handing fee for FBI background fingerprint checks and authorizing a fee for +fingerprinting for employment or licensing purposes, requiring use by the +commissioner of public safety to maintain and improve the criminal record system; +requiring the commissioner to impose certain fees to provide secure dial up or +Internet access for criminal and noncriminal justice agencies and authorizing+ the charging of hotels for fire inspections; requiring and providing for +state fire marshal development of a plan to periodically inspect public and +charter school facilities; requiring and providing for the licensing of multipurpose+ potable water piping system contractors and certification of system +installers by the commissioner of public safety; delaying the requirement for the +court, the commissioner of corrections or local corrections agencies to order +certain felony offenders to provide additional biological specimens for +future DNA analysisARTICLE 5 � CORRECTIONS POLICY PROVISIONSChanging the annual legislative performance report requirement of the department of corrections to a biennial report requirement; providing for multiple occupancy of prison cells at custody level +five state correctional facilities, removing the prohibition on the double +bunking of inmates; regulating the frequency of meals provided to inmates in +state correctional facilities; providing for a private nonprofit faith +based institution program for certain inmates; providing for mandatory +local incarceration for certain short term felony offenders; providing for +multiple occupancy of county and regional jail cells; authorizing county +boards to authorize sheriffs to contract with private prisons for the care, +custody and rehabilitation of offenders in cases of insufficient county or +regional jail space; requiring and providing for the commissioner of administration+ in consultation with the commissioner of corrections by certain dates to+ issue a request for proposals and authorize vendors to provide for private +correctional facilities, services and supervision for certain persons committed to+ the commissioner of corrections, specifying certain request for +proposals, capacity limits determination and commissioner consultation and factors +consideration requirements; requiring the commissioner of corrections to convene an+ advisory committee to review and make recommendations on prison privatization +proposals and to report to the legislature by a certain date on the cost +effectiveness of using private facilities for the care and custody of above capacity +medium and minimum security offenders; requiring the sentencing guidelines +commission to convene a work group of criminal justice professionals to study and +make recommendations to the legislature by a certain date on the equitable+ use of pretrial diversion to accomplish certain goals; repealing a certain +provision requiring the commissioner of administration to issue a request for +proposals for incarcerating felony level DWI offenders in private prisons and +the office of ombudsman for corrections ARTICLE 6 � PROBATIONCreating a sanctions conference procedure to allow county probation officers to impose sanctions for technical probation +violations with district court confirmation, defining technical violation, probation +violation sanction and sanctions conference ARTICLE 7 � JUVENILE LAW POLICY Removing the venue option for certain juvenile proceedings in the +county of residence and modifying certain hearing requirements, authorizing the+ court after hearing and decision to transfer the case to the juvenile court+ in the county of residence for disposition; eliminating the extended +jurisdiction juvenile prosecution for crimes charged or delinquency petitions +filed after a certain date; eliminating the requirement for the court to appoint +guardians ad litem in runaway or habitual truant cases ARTICLE 8 � CRIMINAL JUSTICEDefining the crime of attempted manufacture of methamphetamine, +prescribing penalties; temporarily increasing the surcharge on criminal and +traffic offenders collected by district court administrators for use with game and fish fines, requiring deposit of money received in the general fund; expanding +the crime of murder in the first degree relating to a past pattern; increasing the+ criminal penalties for the crime of identity theft; authorizing licensed peace+ officers to use firearm silencers for certain tactical emergency response +operations, requiring chief law enforcement officers to establish and enforce +written policies governing the use of silencing devices and authorizing +federally licensed firearms dealers to possess silencing devices for sale to +licensed peace officers and for demonstration purposes; eliminating a certain +obsolete prohibition on the manufacturer or sale of slungshots or sand clubs; +reducing certain misdemeanor penalties to petty misdemeanors; eliminating the +time limit on hearings in harassment cases; requiring the sentencing guidelines +commission by a certain date to modify a certain section of the sentencing +guidelines to add identity theft to the list of aggravating factors used in +sentencing departures; repealing a certain provision prohibiting the possession +of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine or phenylpropanolamine for illicit +purposes ARTICLE 9 � DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED PROVISIONSClarifying the definition of prior impaired driving related loss of +license and defining control analysis for driving while impaired purposes; +clarifying legislative intent relating to previousrecodification of implied consent statutes; clarifying the crime of +refusal to consent to chemical testing under the implied consent law; enhancing +penalties for refusing to submit to chemical testing under certain DWI +violations provisions; providing for staggered sentencing of certain DWI +offenders; expanding the custodial arrest authority of peace officers; modifying+ the conditions for conditional release and certain breath test analysis requirements, requiring a control analysis; eliminating certain time +limits relating to implied consent hearing provisions; modifying certain +exceptions from the application of implied consent drivers license revocation +and the time periods for issuance of special motor vehicle registration plates and+ for reissuance of regular registration plates; creating the offense of +aiding and abetting an impaired driving offense; modifying the maximum +sentencing stay period for certain criminal vehicular homicide and injury offensesARTICLE 10 � PROSTITUTIONAuthorizing the aggregation of certain prostitution offense +prosecutions, providing for venue for offenses occurring in more than one county; +modifying certain provisions prohibiting prostitution under the criminal code; transferring the appropriation of penalty assessments from the +commissioner of corrections to the commissioner of public safety; requiring the +Hennepin and Ramsey county attorneys and sheriffs and the Minneapolis and St. Paul+ city attorneys and chiefs of police to oversee the collection of +information on the investigation and prosecution of prostitution crimes committed within+ the respective jurisdictions, specifying certain information inclusion requirements, requiring preparation of a summary and report for +presentation to the legislature and filing with the legislative reference library +(LRL) by a certain date; requiring the commissioner of public safety to report +to the legislature by a certain date on the amount of penalty assessments +appropriated retroactive to a certain fiscal year, specifying certain +determination and commissioner of corrections cooperation requirements; requesting the +supreme court to report to the legislature by a certain date on the use of +money collected since the same fiscal year from penalty assessments +including use for juvenile prostitution outreach programs (ra)