1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; appropriating money for local units of government to 
1.3 	hire peace officers and to pay overtime for peace officers.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.
 1.6 	(a) $2,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, and $2,500,000 for the fiscal 
1.7 	year ending June 30, 2009, are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.8 	of public safety for grants to hire new peace officers under Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.9 	299A.62, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (1). Appropriations in this paragraph are 
1.10 	added to the department's base budget.
1.11 	(b) $2,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, and $2,500,000 for the fiscal 
1.12 	year ending June 30, 2009, are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of 
1.13 	public safety for grants for peace officer overtime pay under Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.14 	299A.62, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (2). Appropriations in this paragraph are 
1.15 	onetime appropriations.