1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; appropriating money to fund implementation of an 
1.3 	integrated domestic violence response framework.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; INTEGRATED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 
1.6 	RESPONSE FRAMEWORK.
 1.7 	(a) $500,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of public 
1.8 	safety for a grant to the city of St. Paul to implement an integrated domestic violence 
1.9 	response framework. The project must focus on: developing policies, procedures, and 
1.10 	quality assurance for domestic violence responses from 911 operators, law enforcement, 
1.11 	prosecutors, probation, district court, victim advocates, social service providers, and other 
1.12 	identified interveners; developing an information gathering and dissemination plan for 
1.13 	interveners; and developing training curricula for interveners. The project must develop a 
1.14 	statewide model for a domestic violence response framework that may be used by local 
1.15 	criminal justice agencies and advocacy programs throughout the state. The city of St. 
1.16 	Paul may contract with outside organizations to assist with the duties to be performed 
1.17 	under this section. All such contracts, regardless of the monetary limit or nature of the 
1.18 	contract, shall be subject to municipal bidding procedures or be awarded through the city's 
1.19 	request for proposal (RFP) process. This is a onetime appropriation and is available 
1.20 	for the biennium ending June 30, 2009.
1.21 	(b) By February 1, 2010, the city of St. Paul shall report to the chairs and ranking 
1.22 	minority members of the senate and house committees having jurisdiction over criminal 
1.23 	justice funding and policy on the results of the project.