1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; requiring the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to 
1.3 	oversee efforts to reduce the record keeping backlog for missing persons and 
1.4 	unidentified bodies cases; clarifying responsibility for receiving missing persons 
1.5 	reports; requiring a model policy relating to missing adults; requiring reports; 
1.6 	appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.7 	chapter 299C.
1.8 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.9 	Section 1. [299C.565] MISSING PERSON REPORT.
1.10 	The local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the location where a 
1.11 	person has gone missing or was last seen has the responsibility to take a missing person 
1.12 	report from an interested party. If this location cannot be clearly and easily established, 
1.13 	the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the last verified location where 
1.14 	the missing person last resided has the responsibility to take the report. 

1.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2006.

1.16 	Sec. 2. MISSING PERSONS, UNIDENTIFIED BODIES; RECORDS AND DATA 
1.17 	ENTERING BACKLOG; APPROPRIATION.
 1.18 		Subdivision 1.Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to address backlog. The 
1.19 	superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension shall coordinate with federal and 
1.20 	local units of government; federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies; medical 
1.21 	examiners; coroners; odontologists; and other entities to reduce the state's reporting, data 
1.22 	entry, and record keeping backlog relating to missing persons and unidentified bodies. To 
1.23 	the degree feasible, the superintendent shall ensure that all necessary data and samples, 
2.1 	including, but not limited to, DNA samples and dental records get entered into all relevant 
2.2 	federal and state databases.
2.3 		Subd. 2.Report to legislature.  By February 1, 2007, the superintendent shall 
2.4 	report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house committees and 
2.5 	divisions having jurisdiction over criminal justice policy and funding on the efforts under 
2.6 	subdivision 1 to reduce the state's backlog. The report must give detailed information on 
2.7 	how the appropriation in subdivision 3 was spent and how this affected the backlog. 
2.8 	In addition, the report must make recommendations for changes to state law, including 
2.9 	suggested legislative language, to improve reporting, data entry, and record keeping 
2.10 	relating to future cases involving missing persons and unidentified bodies. 
2.11 		Subd. 3.Appropriation.  $....... is appropriated to the superintendent of the Bureau 
2.12 	of Criminal Apprehension from the general fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, 
2.13 	to implement this section. This is a onetime appropriation. 

2.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

2.15 	Sec. 3. MODEL POLICY; REPORT.
 2.16 		Subdivision 1.Model policy.  The superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal 
2.17 	Apprehension, in consultation with the Minnesota Sheriffs Association and the Minnesota 
2.18 	Chiefs of Police Association, shall develop a model policy to address law enforcement 
2.19 	efforts and duties regarding missing adults and provide training to local law enforcement 
2.20 	agencies on this model policy. 
2.21 		Subd. 2.Report.  By February 1, 2007, the superintendent shall report to the chairs 
2.22 	and ranking minority members of the senate and house committees and divisions having 
2.23 	jurisdiction over criminal justice policy and funding on the model policy and training 
2.24 	described in subdivision 1. 

2.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.