Relating to controlled substance crimes; exempting gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) and 1,4-butanediol (BDO) from controlled substance regulation under certain conditions; imposing a surcharge for violations of the controlled substance law for crediting to the methamphetamine awareness and educational account; modifying certain provisions regulating the sale of methamphetamine precursor drugs; increasing the penalties for possession of chemical reagents or precursors with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine; requiring the payment of restitution to public entities for emergency responses to controlled substance or precursor manufacture crimes; placing certain restrictions on the use of property or motor vehicles used in the methamphetamine manufacture process, defining clandestine lab site and certain other terms, specifying certain removal and remediation requirements and certain duties of the commissioner of health; defining and regulating over the counter sales of methamphetamine precursor drugs, imposing criminal penalties for violation and requiring the reporting of suspicious transactions, liability immunity provision; specifying certain prohibited conduct relating to anhydrous ammonia, imposing criminal penalties for violation; specifying certain methamphetamine related crimes involving children and vulnerable adults, prescribing criminal penalties and providing for multiple sentences and protective custody, reporting requirements; establishing the methamphetamine awareness and educational account in the special revenue fund to be used by the commissioner of public safety to support projects relating to educating retailers and the public on the dangers of methamphetamines and methamphetamine precursor drugs and the laws and regulations governing use including an educational initiative entitled Minnesota meth watch; requiring the public facilities authority to establish a methamphetamine laboratory cleanup revolving fund to provide loans to counties and cities to remediate clandestine lab sites, specifying application requirements and loan eligibility, regulating use, requiring reimbursement to the local government unit by the property owner for the costs of remediation, providing for award and disbursement of loan funds and specifying conditions and terms of the loans; expanding the definition of violent crime to include methamphetamine related crimes involving children and vulnerable adults; requesting the legislative audit commission to direct the legislative auditor to study and issue a report on the efficacy of controlled substance treatment programs for criminal offenders, requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date; appropriating money to the commissioner of corrections and to the state court administrator for increased costs associated with the requirements, to the board of public defense for increased caseloads and for a methamphetamine trial team, to the commissioner of human services for grants to counties to fund a certain number of methamphetamine treatment program pilot projects for offenders convicted of methamphetamine related crimes and to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) to carry out the duties of the public facilities authority relating to the methamphetamine laboratory cleanup revolving fund; repealing certain provisions prohibiting certain fertilizer activities involving anhydrous ammonia
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