1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; creating a committee to study and recommend adjusting 
1.3 	collateral consequences of adult criminal convictions and juvenile adjudications.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCES COMMITTEE.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Establishment; duties. A collateral consequences committee 
1.7 	is established to study collateral consequences of adult convictions and juvenile 
1.8 	adjudications. The committee shall identify the uses of collateral consequences of 
1.9 	convictions and adjudications and recommend any proposed changes to the legislature on 
1.10 	collateral consequences.
1.11 		Subd. 2.Resources. The Department of Corrections shall provide technical 
1.12 	assistance to the committee on request, with the assistance of the commissioner of public 
1.13 	safety and the Sentencing Guidelines Commission.
1.14 		Subd. 3.Membership. The committee consists of:
1.15 	(1) one representative from each of the following groups:
1.16 	(i) crime victim advocates, appointed by the commissioner of public safety;
1.17 	(ii) county attorneys, appointed by the Minnesota County Attorneys Association;
1.18 	(iii) city attorneys, appointed by the League of Minnesota Cities;
1.19 	(iv) district court judges, appointed by the Judicial Council;
1.20 	(v) private criminal defense attorneys, appointed by the Minnesota Association of 
1.21 	Criminal Defense Lawyers;
1.22 	(vi) probation officers, appointed by the Minnesota Association of County Probation 
1.23 	Officers; and
1.24 	(vii) the state public defender or a designee; and
2.1 	(2) the commissioner of public safety, or a designee, who shall chair the group.
2.2 		Subd. 4.Report and recommendations. The committee shall present the 
2.3 	legislature with its report and recommendations no later than January 15, 2007. The 
2.4 	report must be presented to the chairs of the senate Crime Prevention and Public Safety 
2.5 	Committee and the house Public Safety and Finance Committee.