1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; amending the jurisdiction of the Mille Lacs band's 
1.3 	police power;amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 626.90, subdivision 2.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 626.90, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 2.Law enforcement agency. (a) The band has the powers of a law 
1.7 	enforcement agency, as defined in section  626.84, subdivision 1, paragraph (h), if all of 
1.8 	the requirements of clauses (1) to (4) are met: 
1.9 	(1) the band agrees to be subject to liability for its torts and those of its officers, 
1.10 	employees, and agents acting within the scope of their employment or duties arising out 
1.11 	of a law enforcement agency function conferred by this section, to the same extent as a 
1.12 	municipality under chapter 466, and the band further agrees, notwithstanding section  
1.13 	16C.05, subdivision 7, to waive its sovereign immunity for purposes of claims of this 
1.14 	liability; 
1.15 	(2) the band files with the Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training a bond 
1.16 	or certificate of insurance for liability coverage with the maximum single occurrence 
1.17 	amounts set forth in section  466.04 and an annual cap for all occurrences within a year of 
1.18 	three times the single occurrence amount; 
1.19 	(3) the band files with the Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training a certificate 
1.20 	of insurance for liability of its law enforcement officers, employees, and agents for 
1.21 	lawsuits under the United States Constitution; and
1.22 	(4) the band agrees to be subject to section  13.82 and any other laws of the state 
1.23 	relating to data practices of law enforcement agencies. 
2.1 	(b) The band shall enter into mutual aid/cooperative agreements with the Mille 
2.2 	Lacs County sheriff under section  471.59 to define and regulate the provision of law 
2.3 	enforcement services under this section. The agreements must define the trust property 
2.4 	involved in the joint powers agreement. 
2.5 	(c) The band shall have concurrent jurisdictional authority under this section with 
2.6 	the Mille Lacs County Sheriff's Department only, if the requirements of paragraph (a) are 
2.7 	met, and under the following circumstances:
2.8 	(1) over all persons in the geographical boundaries of the property held by the 
2.9 	United States in trust for the Mille Lacs Band or the Minnesota Chippewa tribe;.
2.10 	(2) over all Minnesota Chippewa tribal members within the boundaries of the Treaty 
2.11 	of February 22, 1855, 10 Stat. 1165, in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota; and
2.12 	(3) concurrent jurisdiction over any person who commits or attempts to commit a 
2.13 	crime in the presence of an appointed band peace officer within the boundaries of the 
2.14 	Treaty of February 22, 1855, 10 Stat. 1165, in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota.