1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; requiring an additional gang strike force; amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 299A.641, subdivision 3.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 299A.641, subdivision 3, 
1.6 	is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 3.Oversight council's duties. The oversight council shall develop an overall 
1.8 	strategy to ameliorate the harm caused to the public by gang and drug crime within 
1.9 	the state of Minnesota. This strategy may include the development of protocols and 
1.10 	procedures to investigate gang and drug crime and a structure for best addressing these 
1.11 	issues in a multijurisdictional manner. Additionally, the oversight council shall:
1.12 	(1) identify and recommend a candidate or candidates for statewide coordinator to 
1.13 	the commissioner of public safety;
1.14 	(2) establish multijurisdictional task forces and strike forces to combat gang and 
1.15 	drug crime, to include a metro gang strike force  and a gang strike force located in the St. 
1.16 	Cloud metropolitan area;
1.17 	(3) assist the Department of Public Safety in developing an objective grant review 
1.18 	application process that is free from conflicts of interest;
1.19 	(4) make funding recommendations to the commissioner of public safety on grants 
1.20 	to support efforts to combat gang and drug crime;
1.21 	(5) assist in developing a process to collect and share information to improve the 
1.22 	investigation and prosecution of drug offenses;
1.23 	(6) develop and approve an operational budget for the office of the statewide 
1.24 	coordinator and the oversight council; and
2.1 	(7) adopt criteria and identifying characteristics for use in determining whether 
2.2 	individuals are or may be members of gangs involved in criminal activity.

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