1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; establishing a Crimes Against Children Team; 
1.3 	specifying the team's duties and membership; authorizing memorandums of 
1.4 	understanding with federal agencies, the Internet Crimes Against Children Task 
1.5 	Force, local government, and law enforcement; appropriating money; proposing 
1.6 	coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299A.
1.7 	 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. [299A.79] INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN TASK 
1.9 	FORCE; MEMBERSHIP; DUTIES; GRANTS; REPORTS.
1.10 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms 
1.11 	have the meanings given them.
1.12 	(b) "ICAC" means the Minnesota Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
1.13 	(c) "Team" means the crimes against children team.
1.14 		Subd. 2.Internet crimes against children team. The commissioner of public 
1.15 	safety shall convene a crimes against children team to investigate technology-facilitated 
1.16 	crimes against children, including the solicitation of minors for sexual purposes and 
1.17 	the possession or distribution of child pornography. The team shall consist of Bureau 
1.18 	of Criminal Apprehension agents, analysts, clerical support, and computer/technology 
1.19 	support.
1.20 		Subd. 3.Team duties. (a) The team shall serve as a statewide source of prevention, 
1.21 	education, and investigative expertise to provide assistance to parents, teachers, law 
1.22 	enforcement, and other professionals working on child victimization issues. The team 
1.23 	shall investigate criminal activity involving the possession or distribution of child 
1.24 	pornography and criminal activity involving the exploitation or solicitation of a minor 
1.25 	for sexual purposes.
2.1 	(b) The team shall assist in implementing a statewide "NetSmartz" and other 
2.2 	educational programs designed to enhance safety awareness for children and to prevent 
2.3 	crimes against children.
2.4 		Subd. 4.Memorandum of understanding; federal agencies. The commissioner of 
2.5 	public safety has the authority to enter into memorandums of understanding with federal 
2.6 	agencies in the United States Departments of Justice, Treasury, and Homeland Security. 
2.7 	The memorandums may authorize state law enforcement officers to enforce federal laws.
2.8 		Subd. 5.Memorandum of understanding; ICAC; local government and 
2.9 	law enforcement. The commissioner of public safety has the authority to enter into 
2.10 	memorandums of understanding with the ICAC Task Force, state law enforcement 
2.11 	agencies, city police departments, county sheriff's departments, and local government 
2.12 	units. These memorandums of understanding may authorize city and county law 
2.13 	enforcement officers to have statewide authority to conduct criminal investigations and 
2.14 	to possess the same powers of arrest as those of a sheriff.
2.15 		Subd. 6.Cooperation. The team shall cooperate fully with existing prosecutorial 
2.16 	offices and law enforcement agencies including county attorney's offices, the Minnesota 
2.17 	Attorney General's office, the United States Attorney's Office, the ICAC Task Force, 
2.18 	federal law enforcement agencies, city and county law enforcement agencies, and other 
2.19 	state law enforcement agencies.

2.20 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 2.21 	$1,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of public 
2.22 	safety to fund the activities of the crimes against children team. The appropriation is 
2.23 	available for the biennium ending June 30, 2007.