1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; appropriating money for public safety and corrections 
1.3 	initiatives; creating grant programs;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 
1.4 	297I.06, subdivision 3; 363A.06, subdivision 1; 403.11, subdivision 1; 403.31, 
1.5 	subdivision 1; 609.3457, subdivision 4; 609.52, subdivision 3; 609.535, 
1.6 	subdivision 2a; 609.595, subdivisions 1, 2; proposing coding for new law in 
1.7 	Minnesota Statutes, chapters 241; 626; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, 
1.8 	section 403.31, subdivision 6.
1.9 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.10 	ARTICLE 1
1.11 	PUBLIC SAFETY APPROPRIATIONS

1.12	Section 1.  SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.13 	The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made 
1.14 	in this act.

1.15			2008
		2009
		Total
	
1.16	General
	$
	 546,816,000
	$
	 561,921,000
	$
	1,108,737,000
	
1.17
1.18	State Government Special 
Revenue
		55,688,000
		50,392,000
		106,080,000
	
1.19	Environmental Fund
		69,000
		71,000
		140,000
	
1.20	Special Revenue Fund
		 12,288,000
		 15,474,000
		27,762,000
	
1.21	Trunk Highway
		367,000
		374,000
		741,000
	
1.22	911 Revenue Bond Proceeds
		0
		186,000,000
		186,000,000
	
1.23	Total
	$
	 615,228,000
	$
	 814,232,000
	$
	1,429,460,000

1.24	Sec. 2. PUBLIC SAFETY APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.25 	(a) General. The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are 
1.26 	appropriated to the agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The 
2.1 	appropriations are from the general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the 
2.2 	fiscal years indicated for each purpose. The figures "2008" and "2009" used in this article 
2.3 	mean that the appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 
2.4 	30, 2008, or June 30, 2009, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2008. "The second 
2.5 	year" is fiscal year 2009. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2008 and 2009. Appropriations 
2.6 	for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, are effective the day following final enactment.
2.7 	(b) Compensation. These appropriations, and any statutory appropriations from 
2.8 	which state employee compensation is paid from any fund, include an amount sufficient to 
2.9 	fund compensation increases of at least 3.25 percent of the 2007 compensation base for 
2.10 	the first year, compounded at the rate of 3.25 percent for the second year. This amount 
2.11 	must be used for that purpose and no other.

2.12				APPROPRIATIONS
	
2.13				Available for the Year
	
2.14				Ending June 30
	
2.15					2008
		2009

2.16	Sec. 3. PUBLIC SAFETY

2.17	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	 147,356,000
	$
	333,443,000

2.18	Appropriations by Fund
	
2.19		2008
	2009
	
2.20	General
	84,407,000
	86,638,000
	
2.21	Special Revenue
	 6,825,000
	 9,968,000
	
2.22
2.23	State Government 
Special Revenue
	55,688,000
	50,392,000
	
2.24	Environmental
	69,000
	71,000
	
2.25	Trunk Highway
	367,000
	374,000
	
2.26	911 Revenue Bonds
	0
	186,000,000
	
2.27 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
2.28 	purpose are specified in the following 
2.29 	subdivisions.

2.30	Subd. 2.Emergency Management
 		2,614,000
		2,626,000

2.31	Appropriations by Fund
	
2.32	General
	2,545,000
	2,555,000
	
2.33	Environmental
	69,000
	71,000

2.34	Subd. 3.Criminal Apprehension
 		42,625,000
		44,481,000

2.35	Appropriations by Fund
	
2.36	General
	41,806,000
	43,639,000
	
3.1	Special Revenue
	445,000
	461,000
	
3.2
3.3	State Government 
Special Revenue
	7,000
	7,000
	
3.4	Trunk Highway
	367,000
	374,000
	
3.5 	Cooperative Investigation of 
3.6 	Cross-Jurisdictional Criminal Activity.
3.7 	$93,000 each year is appropriated from the 
3.8 	Bureau of Criminal Apprehension account in 
3.9 	the special revenue fund for grants to local 
3.10 	officials for the cooperative investigation of 
3.11 	cross-jurisdictional criminal activity. Any 
3.12 	unencumbered balance remaining in the first 
3.13 	year does not cancel but is available for the 
3.14 	second year.
3.15 	Laboratory Activities. $352,000 the first 
3.16 	year and $368,000 the second year are 
3.17 	appropriated from the Bureau of Criminal 
3.18 	Apprehension account in the special revenue 
3.19 	fund for laboratory activities.
3.20 	DWI Lab Analysis. Notwithstanding 
3.21 	Minnesota Statutes, section 161.20, 
3.22 	subdivision 3, $367,000 the first year and 
3.23 	$374,000 the second year are appropriated 
3.24 	from the trunk highway fund for laboratory 
3.25 	analysis related to driving-while-impaired 
3.26 	cases.
3.27 	Forensic Scientists. $1,018,000 the first 
3.28 	year and $1,871,000 the second year are for 
3.29 	20 new forensic scientists in the Bureau of 
3.30 	Criminal Apprehension Forensic Science 
3.31 	Laboratory.

3.32	Subd. 4.Fire Marshal
 		 6,230,000
		9,354,000
	
3.33 	This appropriation is from the fire safety 
3.34 	account in the special revenue fund. 
4.1 	Of this amount, $3,330,000 the first year and 
4.2 	$6,300,000 the second year are for activities 
4.3 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 299F.012.

4.4	Subd. 5.Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement
 		1,795,000
		1,845,000

4.5	Appropriations by Fund
	
4.6	General
	1,645,000
	1,692,000
	
4.7	Special Revenue
	150,000
	153,000

4.8	Subd. 6.Office of Justice Programs
 		38,411,000
		38,752,000
	
4.9 	Gang and Drug Task Force. $600,000 the 
4.10 	first year and $1,900,000 the second year are 
4.11 	for grants to the Gang and Drug Task Force.
4.12 	Victim Notification System. $225,000 
4.13 	each year is for the continuation of the 
4.14 	victim information and notification everyday 
4.15 	(VINE) service.
4.16 	Squad Car Cameras. $1,000,000 the 
4.17 	first year is for grants to enable local law 
4.18 	enforcement agencies to make squad car 
4.19 	camera technology upgrades or acquisitions. 
4.20 	Of this amount, $500,000 is for a onetime 
4.21 	grant to the city of Minneapolis.
4.22 	To be eligible for an acquisition grant, law 
4.23 	enforcement agencies shall provide a 25 
4.24 	percent match.
4.25 	The base budget for these grants is $500,000 
4.26 	in fiscal year 2010 and $500,000 in fiscal 
4.27 	year 2011.
4.28 	Peace Officer Overtime. $1,250,000 each 
4.29 	year is for grants for peace officer overtime 
4.30 	pay under Minnesota Statutes, section 
4.31 	299A.62, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause 
4.32 	(2). 
4.33 	The commissioner shall award these grants 
4.34 	as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
5.1 	299A.62. However, the commissioner shall 
5.2 	prioritize by awarding grants to assist law 
5.3 	enforcement agencies with the greatest needs 
5.4 	in terms of personnel demands and crime 
5.5 	rates. This is a onetime appropriation.
5.6 	Youth Intervention Programs. $500,000 
5.7 	each year is for youth intervention programs 
5.8 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.73. 
5.9 	The commissioner shall use this money to 
5.10 	make grants to help existing programs serve 
5.11 	unmet needs in their communities and to 
5.12 	fund new programs in underserved areas of 
5.13 	the state.
5.14 	Crime Victim Support Grant. $175,000 
5.15 	each year is for a grant to a nonprofit 
5.16 	organization dedicated to providing 
5.17 	immediate and long-term emotional support 
5.18 	and practical help for the families and friends 
5.19 	of individuals who have died by homicide, 
5.20 	suicide, or accident. 
5.21 	Sexual Violence. $192,000 the first year 
5.22 	and $195,000 the second year are to increase 
5.23 	funding for crime victim services grants to 
5.24 	victims of sexual violence.
5.25 	Domestic Violence. $193,000 the first year 
5.26 	and $195,000 the second year are to increase 
5.27 	funding for crime victim services grants for 
5.28 	victims of domestic violence.
5.29 	Administration Costs. Up to 2.5 percent 
5.30 	of the grant funds appropriated in this 
5.31 	subdivision may be used to administer the 
5.32 	grant program.

5.33	Subd. 7.911 Emergency Services/ARMER
 		55,681,000
		50,385,000
	
6.1 	This appropriation is from the state 
6.2 	government special revenue fund for 911 
6.3 	emergency telecommunications services.
6.4 	Public Safety Answering Points.
6.5 	$13,664,000 each year is to be distributed 
6.6 	as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
6.7 	403.113, subdivision 2.
6.8 	Medical Resource Communication 
6.9 	Centers. $683,000 each year is for grants 
6.10 	to the Minnesota Emergency Medical 
6.11 	Services Regulatory Board for the Metro 
6.12 	East and Metro West Medical Resource 
6.13 	Communication Centers that were in 
6.14 	operation before January 1, 2000.
6.15 	ARMER Debt Service. $6,149,000 the 
6.16 	first year and $11,853,000 the second year 
6.17 	are to the commissioner of finance to pay 
6.18 	debt service on revenue bonds issued under 
6.19 	Minnesota Statutes, section 403.275.
6.20 	Any portion of this appropriation not needed 
6.21 	to pay debt service in a fiscal year may be 
6.22 	used by the commissioner of public safety to 
6.23 	pay cash for any of the capital improvements 
6.24 	for which bond proceeds were appropriated 
6.25 	by Laws 2005, chapter 136, article 1, section 
6.26 	9, subdivision 8; or in subdivision 8.
6.27 	The base for this appropriation is $17,557,000 
6.28 	in fiscal year 2010 and $23,261,000 in fiscal 
6.29 	year 2011.
6.30 	Metropolitan Council Debt Service.
6.31 	$1,410,000 each year is to the commissioner 
6.32 	of finance for payment to the Metropolitan 
6.33 	Council for debt service on bonds issued 
6.34 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 403.27.
7.1 	ARMER Improvements. $1,000,000 each 
7.2 	year is for the Statewide Radio Board for 
7.3 	costs of design, construction, maintenance 
7.4 	of, and improvements to those elements 
7.5 	of the statewide public safety radio and 
7.6 	communication system that support mutual 
7.7 	aid communications and emergency medical 
7.8 	services or provide interim enhancement of 
7.9 	public safety communication interoperability 
7.10 	in those areas of the state where the statewide 
7.11 	public safety radio and communication 
7.12 	system is not yet implemented.
7.13 	ARMER Interoperability Planning.
7.14 	$323,000 each year is to provide funding 
7.15 	to coordinate and plan for communication 
7.16 	interoperability between public safety 
7.17 	entities.
7.18 	ARMER State Backbone Operating Costs.
7.19 	$3,110,000 each year is to the commissioner 
7.20 	of transportation for costs of maintaining and 
7.21 	operating the first and third phases of the 
7.22 	statewide radio system backbone. The base 
7.23 	for this appropriation is $5,060,000 in fiscal 
7.24 	year 2010 and $5,060,000 in fiscal year 2011 
7.25 	to provide funding to operate one additional 
7.26 	phase of the system.
7.27 	Zone Controller. $5,400,000 the first year 
7.28 	is a onetime appropriation to upgrade zone 
7.29 	controllers and network elements in phases 
7.30 	one and two of the statewide radio system.
7.31 	Advance Project Development. $3,750,000 
7.32 	the first year is a onetime appropriation for 
7.33 	site acquisition and site development work 
7.34 	for the remaining phases of the statewide 
7.35 	radio system. This appropriation is available 
8.1 	until June 30, 2010. This appropriation is to 
8.2 	the commissioner of public safety for transfer 
8.3 	to the commissioner of transportation.
8.4 	System Design. $1,850,000 the first year is a 
8.5 	onetime appropriation to complete detailed 
8.6 	design and planning of the remaining 
8.7 	phases of the statewide radio system. 
8.8 	The commissioner of public safety and 
8.9 	the commissioner of transportation shall 
8.10 	determine the scope of the study, after 
8.11 	consulting with the Statewide Radio Board, 
8.12 	the commissioner of administration, and the 
8.13 	state chief information officer. The study 
8.14 	must address the system design for the 
8.15 	state backbone and implications for local 
8.16 	coverage, how data can be integrated, and 
8.17 	whether other public safety communication 
8.18 	networks can be integrated with the state 
8.19 	backbone. The study must estimate the 
8.20 	full cost of completing the state backbone 
8.21 	to specified standards, the cost of local 
8.22 	subsystems, and the potential advantages 
8.23 	of using a request for proposal approach 
8.24 	to solicit private sector participation in the 
8.25 	project. The study must include a financial 
8.26 	analysis of whether the estimated revenue 
8.27 	from increasing the 911 fee by up to 30 
8.28 	cents will cover the estimated debt service 
8.29 	of revenue bonds issued to finance the cost 
8.30 	of completing the statewide radio system 
8.31 	and a portion of the cost up to 50 percent 
8.32 	for local subsystems. The study must also 
8.33 	review the project organizational structure 
8.34 	and governance.

8.35	Subd. 8.ARMER Public Safety
 				186,000,000
	
9.1 	Radio and Communication System. The 
9.2 	appropriations in this subdivision are from 
9.3 	the 911 revenue bond proceeds account 
9.4 	for the purposes indicated, to be available 
9.5 	until the project is completed or abandoned, 
9.6 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
9.7 	16A.642.
9.8 	The appropriations are to the commissioner 
9.9 	of public safety for transfer to the 
9.10 	commissioner of transportation to construct 
9.11 	the system backbone of the public safety 
9.12 	radio and communication system plan under 
9.13 	Minnesota Statutes, section 403.36.
9.14 	$62,000,000 of this appropriation is for 
9.15 	the second year. $62,000,000 of this 
9.16 	appropriation is available on or after July 1, 
9.17 	2009. $62,000,000 of this appropriation is 
9.18 	available on or after July 1, 2010.
9.19 	The commissioner of public safety and the 
9.20 	commissioner of transportation shall certify 
9.21 	to the chairs of the house Public Safety 
9.22 	Finance Division of the Finance Committee 
9.23 	and the senate Public Safety Budget Division 
9.24 	of the Finance Committee that the detailed 
9.25 	design has been completed and that the 
9.26 	financial analysis finds that sufficient revenue 
9.27 	will be generated by proposed changes in the 
9.28 	911 fee to cover all estimated debt service 
9.29 	on revenue bonds proposed to be issued to 
9.30 	complete the system before the appropriation 
9.31 	is made available. The commissioner of 
9.32 	finance shall not approve any fee increase 
9.33 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 403.11, 
9.34 	subdivision 1, paragraph (c), until this 
9.35 	certification is made.
10.1 	Bond Sale Authorization. To provide the 
10.2 	money appropriated in this subdivision, 
10.3 	the commissioner of finance shall sell and 
10.4 	issue bonds of the state in an amount up to 
10.5 	$186,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, 
10.6 	and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota 
10.7 	Statutes, section 403.275.

10.8
10.9	Sec. 4. PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND 
TRAINING (POST) BOARD
 	$
	4,573,000
	$
	4,616,000
	
10.10 	Excess Amounts Transferred. This 
10.11 	appropriation is from the peace officer 
10.12 	training account in the special revenue fund. 
10.13 	Any new receipts credited to that account in 
10.14 	the first year in excess of $4,573,000 must be 
10.15 	transferred and credited to the general fund. 
10.16 	Any new receipts credited to that account in 
10.17 	the second year in excess of $4,616,000 must 
10.18 	be transferred and credited to the general 
10.19 	fund.
10.20 	Peace Officer Training Reimbursements.
10.21 	$3,234,000 the first year and $3,242,000 
10.22 	the second year are for reimbursements to 
10.23 	local governments for peace officer training 
10.24 	costs. Of these amounts, the board may use 
10.25 	up to $50,000 the first year to  comply with 
10.26 	Minnesota Statutes, section 626.8444.

10.27
10.28	Sec. 5. BOARD OF PRIVATE DETECTIVES 
AND PROTECTIVE AGENT SERVICES
 	$
	129,000
	$
	133,000

10.29	Sec. 6. HUMAN RIGHTS
 	$
	4,993,000
	$
	3,749,000
	
10.30 	Management Information System.
10.31 	$1,403,000 the first year and $55,000 the 
10.32 	second year are for the replacement of 
10.33 	the department's tracking and compliance 
11.1 	databases with a management information 
11.2 	system.

11.3	Sec. 7. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

11.4	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	 457,472,000
	$
	471,680,000

11.5	Appropriations by Fund
	
11.6		2008
	2009
	
11.7	General
	 456,582,000
	470,790,000
	
11.8	Special Revenue
	890,000
	890,000
	
11.9 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
11.10 	purpose are specified in the following 
11.11 	subdivisions.

11.12	Subd. 2.Correctional Institutions
 		 321,881,000
		334,406,000

11.13	Appropriations by Fund
	
11.14	General
	 321,301,000
	333,826,000
	
11.15	Special Revenue
	580,000
	580,000
	
11.16 	Contracts for Beds at Rush City. If the 
11.17 	commissioner contracts with other states, 
11.18 	local units of government, or the federal 
11.19 	government to rent beds in the Rush City 
11.20 	Correctional Facility, the commissioner shall 
11.21 	charge a per diem under the contract, to the 
11.22 	extent possible, that is equal to or greater 
11.23 	than the per diem cost of housing Minnesota 
11.24 	inmates in the facility.
11.25 	Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the 
11.26 	commissioner may use per diems collected 
11.27 	under contracts for beds at MCF-Rush City 
11.28 	to operate the state correctional system.
11.29 	Offender Reentry Services. $400,000 
11.30 	each year is for increased funding for 
11.31 	expansion of offender reentry services in the 
11.32 	institutions and staffing for the Department 
11.33 	of Corrections MCORP program.

11.34	Subd. 3.Community Services
 		 118,046,000
		119,287,000

12.1	Appropriations by Fund
	
12.2	General
	 117,946,000
	119,187,000
	
12.3	Special Revenue
	100,000
	100,000
	
12.4 	ISR Agents, Challenge Incarceration 
12.5 	Program. $600,000 the first year and 
12.6 	$1,000,000 the second year are for intensive 
12.7 	supervised release agents for the challenge 
12.8 	incarceration program.
12.9 	ISR Agents, Conditional Release Program.
12.10 	$300,000 each year is for intensive supervised 
12.11 	release agents for the conditional release 
12.12 	program. This is a onetime appropriation.
12.13 	Sex Offenders, Civil Commitment and 
12.14 	Tracking. $200,000 each year is to fund a 
12.15 	legal representative for civil commitments 
12.16 	and to manage and track sex offenders.
12.17 	Probation Supervision, CCA System.
12.18 	$2,800,000 each year is added to the 
12.19 	Community Corrections Act subsidy, 
12.20 	Minnesota Statutes, section 401.14.
12.21 	Probation Supervision, CPO System.
12.22 	$600,000 each year is added to the county 
12.23 	probation officers reimbursement base.
12.24 	Probation Supervision, DOC System.
12.25 	$600,000 each year is for the Department of 
12.26 	Corrections probation and supervised release 
12.27 	unit.
12.28 	Sex Offender Management and Treatment.
12.29 	$1,000,000 each year is for adult felon and 
12.30 	juvenile sex offender management to be 
12.31 	distributed statewide by the Community 
12.32 	Corrections Act formula under Minnesota 
12.33 	Statutes, section 401.10, and to increase 
13.1 	funding for providing treatment for sex 
13.2 	offenders on community supervision.
13.3 	Sex Offender Assessments. $75,000 each 
13.4 	year is to increase funding to reimburse 
13.5 	counties or their designees, or courts, for 
13.6 	sex offender assessments under Minnesota 
13.7 	Statutes, section 609.3457.
13.8 	Sentencing to Service. $300,000 each 
13.9 	year is to increase funding for sentencing 
13.10 	to service activities such as highway litter 
13.11 	cleanup.
13.12 	Short-term Offenders. $2,500,000 each 
13.13 	year is to increase funding for the costs 
13.14 	associated with the housing and care of 
13.15 	short-term offenders. The commissioner may 
13.16 	use up to 20 percent of the total amount of the 
13.17 	appropriation for inpatient medical care for 
13.18 	short-term offenders. All funds remaining at 
13.19 	the end of the fiscal year not expended for 
13.20 	inpatient medical care must be added to and 
13.21 	distributed with the housing funds. These 
13.22 	funds must be distributed proportionately 
13.23 	based on the total number of days short-term 
13.24 	offenders are placed locally, not to exceed 
13.25 	$70 per day.
13.26 	The department is exempt from the state 
13.27 	contracting process for the purposes of 
13.28 	paying short-term offender costs relating to 
13.29 	Minnesota Statutes, section 609.105.
13.30 	Offender Reentry Service. $950,000 each 
13.31 	year is for offender job-seeking services, 
13.32 	evidence-based research, expansion of 
13.33 	reentry services specific to juveniles, 
13.34 	and funding to local units of government 
14.1 	participating in MCORP to provide reentry 
14.2 	programming to offenders.
14.3 	Offender Reentry Grants. $650,000 each 
14.4 	year is for grants to nonprofit organizations 
14.5 	to provide reentry services to offenders being 
14.6 	released from incarceration.
14.7 	Employment Services for Ex-offenders.
14.8 	$238,000 the first year and $237,000 the 
14.9 	second year are for grants to a nonprofit 
14.10 	organization to establish a pilot project to 
14.11 	provide employment services to ex-criminal 
14.12 	offenders living in the North Minneapolis 
14.13 	community. The pilot project must 
14.14 	provide the ex-offender participants with 
14.15 	a continuum of employment services that 
14.16 	identifies their needs; intervenes with 
14.17 	them through case management if they 
14.18 	are struggling; and provides them with 
14.19 	work readiness, skill training, chemical and 
14.20 	mental health referrals, housing support, 
14.21 	job placement, work experience, and job 
14.22 	retention support. The pilot project shall 
14.23 	work with community corrections officials, 
14.24 	faith-based organizations, and businesses to 
14.25 	create an array of support opportunities for 
14.26 	the participants.
14.27 	By January 15, 2010, the commissioner 
14.28 	shall report to the chairs and ranking 
14.29 	minority members of the senate and 
14.30 	house of representatives committees and 
14.31 	divisions having jurisdiction over criminal 
14.32 	justice policy and funding on the activities 
14.33 	conducted by the grant recipient and the 
14.34 	effectiveness of the pilot project.
15.1 	Mentoring Grants. $500,000 each year 
15.2 	is for mentoring grants under Minnesota 
15.3 	Statutes, section 241.90. The grant recipient 
15.4 	shall collaborate with the parks and 
15.5 	recreation departments of the cities of St. 
15.6 	Paul and Minneapolis and may reimburse the 
15.7 	departments for the use of their facilities by 
15.8 	the grant recipient.

15.9	Subd. 4.Operations Support
 		 17,545,000
		17,987,000

15.10	Appropriations by Fund
	
15.11	General
	 17,335,000
	17,777,000
	
15.12	Special Revenue
	210,000
	210,000

15.13	Sec. 8. SENTENCING GUIDELINES
 	$
	705,000
	$
	611,000
	
15.14 	Collateral Sanctions Committee. $100,000 
15.15 	the first year is for the Collateral Sanctions 
15.16 	Committee described in article 2, section 
15.17 	13. This money must be used for staffing, 
15.18 	conducting research, conducting public 
15.19 	hearings, reimbursing committee members 
15.20 	for reasonable expenses, and for the required 
15.21 	report.
15.22 	Changes to Grid for Controlled Substance 
15.23 	Offenses. The commission shall propose 
15.24 	changes to the sentencing guidelines 
15.25 	grid for controlled substance offenses. 
15.26 	The proposal must make presumptive 
15.27 	sentences for controlled substance offenses 
15.28 	proportional with similarly severe offenses 
15.29 	in Minnesota and proportional with similar 
15.30 	controlled substance offenses from the 
15.31 	federal government and other states in the 
15.32 	Upper Midwest, including Iowa, North 
15.33 	Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. The 
15.34 	commission shall include the proposed 
15.35 	changes in its 2008 report to the legislature.

16.1 	ARTICLE 2
16.2 	GENERAL PROVISIONS

16.3 	Section 1. [241.90] MENTORING GRANT FOR CHILDREN OF 
16.4 	INCARCERATED PARENTS.
16.5 		Subdivision 1.Mentoring grant. The commissioner of corrections may award a 
16.6 	grant to a nonprofit organization that is located in the greater Twin Cities area and provides 
16.7 	one-to-one mentoring relationships to youth enrolled between the ages of seven to 13 
16.8 	whose parent or other significant family member is incarcerated in a county workhouse, 
16.9 	county jail, state prison, or other type of correctional facility or is subject to correctional 
16.10 	supervision. The intent of the grant is to provide children with adult mentors to strengthen 
16.11 	developmental outcomes, including enhanced self-confidence and esteem; improved 
16.12 	academic performance; and improved relationships with peers, family, and other adults 
16.13 	that may prevent them from entering the juvenile justice system.
16.14 		Subd. 2.Grant criteria. As a condition of receiving the grant, the grant recipient 
16.15 	shall do the following:
16.16 	(1) collaborate with other organizations that have a demonstrated history of 
16.17 	providing services to youth and families in disadvantaged situations; 
16.18 	(2) implement procedures to ensure that 100 percent of the mentors pose no safety 
16.19 	risk to the child and have the skills to participate in a mentoring relationship;
16.20 	(3) provide enhanced training to mentors focusing on asset building and family 
16.21 	dynamics when a parent is incarcerated; and 
16.22 	(4) provide an individual family plan and aftercare.
16.23 		Subd. 3.Program evaluation. The grant recipient shall submit an evaluation plan 
16.24 	to the commissioner delineating the program and student outcome goals and activities 
16.25 	implemented to achieve the stated outcomes. The goals must be clearly stated and 
16.26 	measurable. The grant recipient shall collect, analyze, and report on participation and 
16.27 	outcome data that enable the department to verify that the program goals were met.

16.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2007.

16.29 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 297I.06, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
16.30 		Subd. 3.Fire safety account, annual transfers, allocation. A special account, to 
16.31 	be known as the fire safety account, is created in the state treasury. The account consists of 
16.32 	the proceeds under subdivisions 1 and 2. $468,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $2,268,000 in 
16.33 	each year thereafter is transferred from the fire safety account in the special revenue fund 
17.1 	to the general fund to offset the loss of revenue caused by the repeal of the one-half of one 
17.2 	percent tax on fire insurance premiums. The general fund base appropriation for the fire 
17.3 	marshal program is reduced by $2,832,000 in fiscal year 2008 and each year thereafter. 
17.4 	The base funding for the fire marshal program from the fire safety account in the special 
17.5 	revenue fund shall be $2,832,000 in fiscal year 2008 and each year thereafter.

17.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2007.

17.7 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 363A.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
17.8 		Subdivision 1.Formulation of policies. (a) The commissioner shall formulate 
17.9 	policies to effectuate the purposes of this chapter and shall do the following:
17.10 	(1) exercise leadership under the direction of the governor in the development of 
17.11 	human rights policies and programs, and make recommendations to the governor and the 
17.12 	legislature for their consideration and implementation;
17.13 	(2) establish and maintain a principal office in St. Paul, and any other necessary 
17.14 	branch offices at any location within the state;
17.15 	(3) meet and function at any place within the state;
17.16 	(4) employ attorneys, clerks, and other employees and agents as the commissioner 
17.17 	may deem necessary and prescribe their duties;
17.18 	(5) to the extent permitted by federal law and regulation, utilize the records of the 
17.19 	Department of Employment and Economic Development of the state when necessary 
17.20 	to effectuate the purposes of this chapter;
17.21 	(6) obtain upon request and utilize the services of all state governmental departments 
17.22 	and agencies;
17.23 	(7) adopt suitable rules for effectuating the purposes of this chapter;
17.24 	(8) issue complaints, receive and investigate charges alleging unfair discriminatory 
17.25 	practices, and determine whether or not probable cause exists for hearing;
17.26 	(9) subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, take testimony, and require the production 
17.27 	for examination of any books or papers relative to any matter under investigation or in 
17.28 	question as the commissioner deems appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter;
17.29 	(10) attempt, by means of education, conference, conciliation, and persuasion to 
17.30 	eliminate unfair discriminatory practices as being contrary to the public policy of the state;
17.31 	(11) develop and conduct programs of formal and informal education designed to 
17.32 	eliminate discrimination and intergroup conflict by use of educational techniques and 
17.33 	programs the commissioner deems necessary;
17.34 	(12) make a written report of the activities of the commissioner to the governor 
17.35 	each year;
18.1 	(13) accept gifts, bequests, grants, or other payments public and private to help 
18.2 	finance the activities of the department;
18.3 	(14) create such local and statewide advisory committees as will in the 
18.4 	commissioner's judgment aid in effectuating the purposes of the Department of Human 
18.5 	Rights;
18.6 	(15) develop such programs as will aid in determining the compliance throughout 
18.7 	the state with the provisions of this chapter, and in the furtherance of such duties, conduct 
18.8 	research and study discriminatory practices based upon race, color, creed, religion, 
18.9 	national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, 
18.10 	familial status, sexual orientation, or other factors and develop accurate data on the nature 
18.11 	and extent of discrimination and other matters as they may affect housing, employment, 
18.12 	public accommodations, schools, and other areas of public life;
18.13 	(16) develop and disseminate technical assistance to persons subject to the provisions 
18.14 	of this chapter, and to agencies and officers of governmental and private agencies;
18.15 	(17) provide staff services to such advisory committees as may be created in aid of 
18.16 	the functions of the Department of Human Rights;
18.17 	(18) make grants in aid to the extent that appropriations are made available for that 
18.18 	purpose in aid of carrying out duties and responsibilities; and
18.19 	(19) cooperate and consult with the commissioner of labor and industry regarding 
18.20 	the investigation of violations of, and resolution of complaints regarding section 363A.08, 
18.21 	subdivision 7. 
18.22 	In performing these duties, the commissioner shall give priority to those duties in 
18.23 	clauses (8), (9), and (10) and to the duties in section 363A.36. 
18.24 	(b) All gifts, bequests, grants, or other payments, public and private, accepted under 
18.25 	paragraph (a), clause (13), must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to a special 
18.26 	account. Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner of human rights to 
18.27 	help finance activities of the department.

18.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2007.

18.29 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 403.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
18.30 		Subdivision 1.Emergency telecommunications service fee; account. (a) Each 
18.31 	customer of a wireless or wire-line switched or packet-based telecommunications service 
18.32 	provider connected to the public switched telephone network that furnishes service capable 
18.33 	of originating a 911 emergency telephone call is assessed a fee based upon the number 
18.34 	of wired or wireless telephone lines, or their equivalent, to cover the costs of ongoing 
18.35 	maintenance and related improvements for trunking and central office switching equipment 
19.1 	for 911 emergency telecommunications service, to offset administrative and staffing costs 
19.2 	of the commissioner related to managing the 911 emergency telecommunications service 
19.3 	program, to make distributions provided for in section 403.113, and to offset the costs, 
19.4 	including administrative and staffing costs, incurred by the State Patrol Division of the 
19.5 	Department of Public Safety in handling 911 emergency calls made from wireless phones.
19.6 	(b) Money remaining in the 911 emergency telecommunications service account 
19.7 	after all other obligations are paid must not cancel and is carried forward to subsequent 
19.8 	years and may be appropriated from time to time to the commissioner to provide financial 
19.9 	assistance to counties for the improvement of local emergency telecommunications 
19.10 	services. The improvements may include providing access to 911 service for 
19.11 	telecommunications service subscribers currently without access and upgrading existing 
19.12 	911 service to include automatic number identification, local location identification, 
19.13 	automatic location identification, and other improvements specified in revised county 
19.14 	911 plans approved by the commissioner.
19.15 	(c) The fee may not be less than eight cents nor more than 65 cents a month until 
19.16 	June 30, 2008, not less than eight cents nor more than 75 cents a month until June 30, 
19.17 	2009, not less than eight cents nor more than 85 cents a month until June 30, 2010, and 
19.18 	not less than eight cents nor more than 95 cents a month on or after July 1, 2010, for 
19.19 	each customer access line or other basic access service, including trunk equivalents as 
19.20 	designated by the Public Utilities Commission for access charge purposes and including 
19.21 	wireless telecommunications services. With the approval of the commissioner of finance, 
19.22 	the commissioner of public safety shall establish the amount of the fee within the limits 
19.23 	specified and inform the companies and carriers of the amount to be collected. When the 
19.24 	revenue bonds authorized under section 403.27, subdivision 1, have been fully paid or 
19.25 	defeased, the commissioner shall reduce the fee to reflect that debt service on the bonds is 
19.26 	no longer needed. The commissioner shall provide companies and carriers a minimum of 
19.27 	45 days' notice of each fee change. The fee must be the same for all customers.
19.28 	(d) The fee must be collected by each wireless or wire-line telecommunications 
19.29 	service provider subject to the fee. Fees are payable to and must be submitted to the 
19.30 	commissioner monthly before the 25th of each month following the month of collection, 
19.31 	except that fees may be submitted quarterly if less than $250 a month is due, or annually if 
19.32 	less than $25 a month is due. Receipts must be deposited in the state treasury and credited 
19.33 	to a 911 emergency telecommunications service account in the special revenue fund. The 
19.34 	money in the account may only be used for 911 telecommunications services.
19.35 	(e) This subdivision does not apply to customers of interexchange carriers.
20.1 	(f) The installation and recurring charges for integrating wireless 911 calls into 
20.2 	enhanced 911 systems are eligible for payment by the commissioner if the 911 service 
20.3 	provider is included in the statewide design plan and the charges are made pursuant to 
20.4 	contract.
20.5 	(g) Competitive local exchanges carriers holding certificates of authority from the 
20.6 	Public Utilities Commission are eligible to receive payment for recurring 911 services.

20.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2007.

20.8 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 403.31, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
20.9 		Subdivision 1.Allocation of operating costs. The current costs of the board 
20.10 	in implementing the regionwide public safety radio communication plan system and 
20.11 	the first and second phase systems shall be allocated among and paid by the following 
20.12 	users, all in accordance with the regionwide public safety radio system communication 
20.13 	plan adopted by the board:
20.14 	(1) the state of Minnesota for its operations using the system in the metropolitan 
20.15 	counties;
20.16 	(2) all local government units using the system; and
20.17 	(3) other eligible users of the system. (a) The ongoing costs of the commissioner 
20.18 	not otherwise appropriated in operating the statewide public safety radio communication 
20.19 	system shall be allocated among and paid by the following users, all in accordance with 
20.20 	the statewide public safety radio communication system plan under section 403.36:
20.21 	(1) the state of Minnesota for its operations using the system;
20.22 	(2) all local government units using the system; and
20.23 	(3) other eligible users of the system.
20.24 	(b) Each local government and other eligible users of the system shall pay to 
20.25 	the commissioner all sums charged under this section, at the times and in the manner 
20.26 	determined by the commissioner. The governing body of each local government shall 
20.27 	take all action necessary to provide the money required for these payments and to make 
20.28 	the payments when due.

20.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2007.

20.30 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 609.3457, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
20.31 		Subd. 4.Definition. As used in this section, "sex offense" means a violation 
20.32 	of section 609.294; 609.322, subdivision 1; 609.324, subdivision 1;609.342; 609.343; 
20.33 	609.344; 609.345; 609.3451; 609.3453; 609.3455; 609.352; 609.365;609.746, subdivision 
21.1 	1; 609.79; or617.23; 617.246; or 617.247; or another offense arising out of a charge 
21.2 	based on one or more of those sections.

21.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2007, and applies to crimes 
21.4 	committed on or after that date.

21.5 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 609.52, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
21.6 		Subd. 3.Sentence. Whoever commits theft may be sentenced as follows:
21.7 	(1) to imprisonment for not more than 20 years or to payment of a fine of not more 
21.8 	than $100,000, or both, if the property is a firearm, or the value of the property or services 
21.9 	stolen is more than $35,000 and the conviction is for a violation of subdivision 2, clause 
21.10 	(3), (4), (15), or (16); or
21.11 	(2) to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more 
21.12 	than $20,000, or both, if the value of the property or services stolen exceeds $2,500
21.13 	$5,000, or if the property stolen was an article representing a trade secret, an explosive or 
21.14 	incendiary device, or a controlled substance listed in schedule I or II pursuant to section 
21.15 	152.02 with the exception of marijuana; or 
21.16 	(3) to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more 
21.17 	than $10,000, or both, if any of the following circumstances exist:
21.18 	(a) the value of the property or services stolen is more than $500 $1,000 but not 
21.19 	more than $2,500 $5,000; or
21.20 	(b) the property stolen was a controlled substance listed in schedule III, IV, or V 
21.21 	pursuant to section 152.02; or 
21.22 	(c) the value of the property or services stolen is more than $250 $500 but not more 
21.23 	than $500 $1,000 and the person has been convicted within the preceding five years for an 
21.24 	offense under this section, section 256.98; 268.182; 609.24; 609.245; 609.53; 609.582, 
21.25 	subdivision 1, 2, or 3; 609.625; 609.63; 609.631; or 609.821, or a statute from another 
21.26 	state, the United States, or a foreign jurisdiction, in conformity with any of those sections, 
21.27 	and the person received a felony or gross misdemeanor sentence for the offense, or a 
21.28 	sentence that was stayed under section 609.135 if the offense to which a plea was entered 
21.29 	would allow imposition of a felony or gross misdemeanor sentence; or 
21.30 	(d) the value of the property or services stolen is not more than $500 $1,000, and 
21.31 	any of the following circumstances exist:
21.32 	(i) the property is taken from the person of another or from a corpse, or grave or 
21.33 	coffin containing a corpse; or
22.1 	(ii) the property is a record of a court or officer, or a writing, instrument or record 
22.2 	kept, filed or deposited according to law with or in the keeping of any public officer or 
22.3 	office; or
22.4 	(iii) the property is taken from a burning, abandoned, or vacant building or upon its 
22.5 	removal therefrom, or from an area of destruction caused by civil disaster, riot, bombing, 
22.6 	or the proximity of battle; or
22.7 	(iv) the property consists of public funds belonging to the state or to any political 
22.8 	subdivision or agency thereof; or
22.9 	(v) the property stolen is a motor vehicle; or
22.10 	(4) to imprisonment for not more than one year or to payment of a fine of not more 
22.11 	than $3,000, or both, if the value of the property or services stolen is more than $250 $500
22.12 	but not more than $500 $1,000; or
22.13 	(5) in all other cases where the value of the property or services stolen is $250
22.14 	$500 or less, to imprisonment for not more than 90 days or to payment of a fine of not 
22.15 	more than $1,000, or both, provided, however, in any prosecution under subdivision 2, 
22.16 	clauses (1), (2), (3), (4), and (13), the value of the money or property or services received 
22.17 	by the defendant in violation of any one or more of the above provisions within any 
22.18 	six-month period may be aggregated and the defendant charged accordingly in applying 
22.19 	the provisions of this subdivision; provided that when two or more offenses are committed 
22.20 	by the same person in two or more counties, the accused may be prosecuted in any county 
22.21 	in which one of the offenses was committed for all of the offenses aggregated under 
22.22 	this paragraph.

22.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2007, and applies to crimes 
22.24 	committed on or after that date.

22.25 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 609.535, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
22.26 		Subd. 2a.Penalties. (a) A person who is convicted of issuing a dishonored check 
22.27 	under subdivision 2 may be sentenced as follows:
22.28 	(1) to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more 
22.29 	than $10,000, or both, if the value of the dishonored check, or checks aggregated under 
22.30 	paragraph (b), is more than $500 $1,000;
22.31 	(2) to imprisonment for not more than one year or to payment of a fine of not more 
22.32 	than $3,000, or both, if the value of the dishonored check, or checks aggregated under 
22.33 	paragraph (b), is more than $250 $500 but not more than $500 $1,000; or
23.1 	(3) to imprisonment for not more than 90 days or to payment of a fine of not more 
23.2 	than $1,000, or both, if the value of the dishonored check, or checks aggregated under 
23.3 	paragraph (b), is not more than $250 $500.
23.4 	(b) In a prosecution under this subdivision, the value of dishonored checks issued 
23.5 	by the defendant in violation of this subdivision within any six-month period may be 
23.6 	aggregated and the defendant charged accordingly in applying this section. When two or 
23.7 	more offenses are committed by the same person in two or more counties, the accused 
23.8 	may be prosecuted in any county in which one of the dishonored checks was issued for all 
23.9 	of the offenses aggregated under this paragraph.

23.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2007, and applies to crimes 
23.11 	committed on or after that date.

23.12 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 609.595, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
23.13 		Subdivision 1.Criminal damage to property in the first degree. Whoever 
23.14 	intentionally causes damage to physical property of another without the latter's consent 
23.15 	may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of 
23.16 	not more than $10,000, or both, if any of the following circumstances exist:
23.17 	(1) the damage to the property caused a reasonably foreseeable risk of bodily 
23.18 	harm; or
23.19 	(2) the property damaged belongs to a common carrier and the damage impairs the 
23.20 	service to the public rendered by the carrier; or
23.21 	(3) the damage reduces the value of the property by more than $500 $1,000 measured 
23.22 	by the cost of repair and replacement; or
23.23 	(4) the damage reduces the value of the property by more than $250 $500 measured 
23.24 	by the cost of repair and replacement and the defendant has been convicted within the 
23.25 	preceding three years of an offense under this subdivision or subdivision 2.
23.26 	In any prosecution under clause (3), the value of any property damaged by the 
23.27 	defendant in violation of that clause within any six-month period may be aggregated and 
23.28 	the defendant charged accordingly in applying the provisions of this section; provided that 
23.29 	when two or more offenses are committed by the same person in two or more counties, the 
23.30 	accused may be prosecuted in any county in which one of the offenses was committed for 
23.31 	all of the offenses aggregated under this paragraph.

23.32 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2007, and applies to crimes 
23.33 	committed on or after that date.

24.1 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 609.595, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
24.2 		Subd. 2.Criminal damage to property in the third degree. (a) Except as 
24.3 	otherwise provided in subdivision 1a, whoever intentionally causes damage to another 
24.4 	person's physical property without the other person's consent may be sentenced to 
24.5 	imprisonment for not more than one year or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, 
24.6 	or both, if the damage reduces the value of the property by more than $250 $500 but not 
24.7 	more than $500 $1,000 as measured by the cost of repair and replacement.
24.8 	(b) Whoever intentionally causes damage to another person's physical property 
24.9 	without the other person's consent because of the property owner's or another's actual or 
24.10 	perceived race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability as defined in section 
24.11 	363A.03, age, or national origin may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one 
24.12 	year or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both, if the damage reduces the 
24.13 	value of the property by not more than $250 $500. 
24.14 	(c) In any prosecution under paragraph (a), the value of property damaged by the 
24.15 	defendant in violation of that paragraph within any six-month period may be aggregated 
24.16 	and the defendant charged accordingly in applying this section. When two or more 
24.17 	offenses are committed by the same person in two or more counties, the accused may 
24.18 	be prosecuted in any county in which one of the offenses was committed for all of the 
24.19 	offenses aggregated under this paragraph.

24.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2007, and applies to crimes 
24.21 	committed on or after that date.

24.22 	Sec. 11. [626.8444] DOMESTIC ABUSE IN-SERVICE TRAINING; MINIMUM 
24.23 	REQUIREMENTS.
24.24 	(a) The board shall analyze the issuance and enforcement of domestic abuse no 
24.25 	contact orders between July 1, 2006, and June 30, 2007. Taking into account this analysis, 
24.26 	the board shall determine the items that, at a minimum, must be addressed in in-service 
24.27 	training courses that instruct peace officers in issues relating to domestic abuse. At a 
24.28 	minimum, the courses must provide instruction in the laws relating to domestic abuse no 
24.29 	contact orders and address how best to coordinate law enforcement resources relating 
24.30 	to them. 
24.31 	(b) Beginning on January 1, 2008, the board may not approve an in-service training 
24.32 	course relating to domestic abuse that does not comply with this section.

24.33 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2007.

25.1 	Sec. 12. STUDY ON AUTOMATICALLY SEALING ARREST RECORDS.
 25.2 		Subdivision 1.Study. The Criminal and Juvenile Justice Information Policy Group 
25.3 	described in Minnesota Statutes, section 299C.65, subdivision 1, shall study the issues 
25.4 	involved with the automatic sealing of arrest records for persons who are not subsequently 
25.5 	convicted of an offense related to the arrest. The policy group shall use the following 
25.6 	framework. The policy group shall assume that arrest records of individuals who are not 
25.7 	subsequently convicted of an offense relating to the arrest should be automatically sealed. 
25.8 	The policy group shall address issues related to implementing this concept under the 
25.9 	framework below:
25.10 	(1) arrest data not leading to a referral for prosecution shall be sealed by the arresting 
25.11 	law enforcement agency on the expiration of 180 days from the date of the arrest. The 
25.12 	arresting agency shall also notify all other criminal justice agencies to which it has 
25.13 	transmitted the data that the data in their possession shall be sealed;
25.14 	(2) upon a declination of charges or upon successful completion of a precharge 
25.15 	diversion program, arrest and prosecution data shall thereafter be sealed. It shall be the 
25.16 	responsibility of the prosecuting agency to seal the prosecution data pertaining to the 
25.17 	action and to notify the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, and the 
25.18 	heads of all appropriate law enforcement agencies that the records related to the action 
25.19 	shall be sealed;
25.20 	(3)(i) upon a favorable resolution as defined below all criminal justice agency and 
25.21 	court records pertaining to the action shall thereafter be sealed. A favorable resolution 
25.22 	means the following:
25.23 	(A) charges against a person were dismissed without a plea of guilt;
25.24 	(B) the person was acquitted;
25.25 	(C) charges against the person were dismissed pursuant to a continuance for 
25.26 	dismissal or a stay of adjudication;
25.27 	(D) charges against the person were dismissed upon successful completion of a 
25.28 	pretrial diversion program with or without a plea of guilt; and
25.29 	(E) upon the dismissal and discharge of proceedings against a person under 
25.30 	Minnesota Statutes, section 152.18; and
25.31 	(ii) it shall be the responsibility of the clerk of courts to seal the judicial records 
25.32 	pertaining to the action, and to notify the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal 
25.33 	Apprehension, the Department of Corrections, the prosecuting attorney, and the heads of 
25.34 	all appropriate law enforcement agencies that the criminal justice agency records related 
25.35 	to the action shall be sealed;
26.1 	(4) automatically sealed data shall be transmittable between criminal justice agencies 
26.2 	and the courts. Sealed records shall be available to evaluate a prospective employee in a 
26.3 	criminal justice agency;
26.4 	(5) data relating to arrests, charges, or convictions for the following crimes shall not 
26.5 	be automatically sealed:
26.6 	(i) domestic abuse data, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 13.82, subdivision 
26.7 	5, and to court and prosecution data related to a domestic abuse charge;
26.8 	(ii) data for crime victims as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 13.82, 
26.9 	subdivision 13; and
26.10 	(iii) arrests or charges for crimes listed in Minnesota Statutes, section 364.09, 
26.11 	paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (3); and
26.12 	(6) the provisions of an automatic sealing statute shall not affect or repeal Minnesota 
26.13 	Statutes, chapter 609A, or Minnesota Statutes, section 299C.11.
26.14 	The policy group shall review how other states address the sealing of arrest records and 
26.15 	determine best practices in this area. The policy group may make recommendations on 
26.16 	changes to the policy framework set out above that are deemed advisable, including 
26.17 	compromise proposals. The policy group shall specifically address technical and 
26.18 	institutional roadblocks, if any, to implement the framework set out above and propose 
26.19 	solutions to these roadblocks. In addition, the policy group shall estimate the state and 
26.20 	local fiscal costs, if any, of automatically sealing these records.
26.21 		Subd. 2.Consultation. The policy group shall consult with and seek advice from 
26.22 	the individuals associated with the background checks and expungements delivery team, 
26.23 	the Collateral Consequences Committee, and the Council on Crime and Justice.
26.24 		Subd. 3.Definition. As used in this section, "arrest records" include all records 
26.25 	relating to an arrest, including law enforcement, court, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, 
26.26 	and prosecution records.
26.27 		Subd. 4.Report. By January 15, 2008, the policy group shall report its findings and 
26.28 	recommendations to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of 
26.29 	representatives committees having jurisdiction over criminal justice policy. The report 
26.30 	must include recommended statutory language to best implement the intent of the policy 
26.31 	framework set out above, a summary of the practices of other states on the sealing of 
26.32 	arrest records, and a finding on best practices in this area.

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

26.34 	Sec. 13. COLLATERAL SANCTIONS COMMITTEE.
 27.1 		Subdivision 1.Establishment; duties. The Collateral Sanctions Committee shall 
27.2 	study issues related to collateral sanctions. Specifically, the committee shall study how 
27.3 	collateral sanctions are addressed in other states and determine best practices on this. 
27.4 	In addition, the committee shall study issues relating to how criminal convictions and 
27.5 	adjudications affect an individual's employment and professional licensing opportunities 
27.6 	in Minnesota. The committee shall consider the policy implications of providing a 
27.7 	process to allow individuals currently prohibited from certain types of employment or 
27.8 	professional licensing because of a criminal record to seek a waiver. The committee shall 
27.9 	make recommendations on changes in law and policy it deems appropriate in this area. 
27.10 	By January 15, 2008, the committee shall report its findings and recommendations to the 
27.11 	chairs and ranking minority members of the committees having jurisdiction over criminal 
27.12 	justice policy in the senate and house of representatives.
27.13 		Subd. 2.Resources. The Sentencing Guidelines Commission shall provide technical 
27.14 	and research assistance to the committee, with the assistance of the commissioner of 
27.15 	public safety and the commissioner of corrections.
27.16 		Subd. 3.Membership. The committee consists of the following:
27.17 	(1) the executive director of the Sentencing Guidelines Commission, who shall serve 
27.18 	as the committee's chair and convening authority;
27.19 	(2) the commissioner of public safety, or designee;
27.20 	(3) the commissioner of corrections, or designee;
27.21 	(4) the attorney general, or designee;
27.22 	(5) the state public defender, or designee;
27.23 	(6) a crime victim's advocate, appointed by the commissioner of public safety;
27.24 	(7) a county attorney, appointed by the Minnesota County Attorneys Association;
27.25 	(8) a city attorney, appointed by the League of Minnesota Cities;
27.26 	(9) a district court judge, appointed by the Judicial Council;
27.27 	(10) a private criminal defense attorney, appointed by the Minnesota Association of 
27.28 	Criminal Defense Lawyers;
27.29 	(11) a probation officer, appointed by the Minnesota Association of County 
27.30 	Probation Officers;
27.31 	(12) two peace officers, one appointed by the Minnesota Sheriffs' Association and 
27.32 	the other appointed by the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association;
27.33 	(13) two members with knowledge of housing issues, one of whom is a landlord and 
27.34 	the other a tenant, appointed by the commissioner of public safety;
27.35 	(14) a member from the employment industry, appointed by the commissioner of 
27.36 	public safety;
28.1 	(15) a member from a community crime prevention organization, appointed by the 
28.2 	commissioner of public safety;
28.3 	(16) a member from a community of color, appointed by the commissioner of 
28.4 	public safety;
28.5 	(17) a member who is an ex-criminal offender, appointed by the commissioner of 
28.6 	public safety; and
28.7 	(18) a member from an agency that provides reentry services to offenders being 
28.8 	released from incarceration, appointed by the commissioner of public safety.
28.9 		Subd. 4.Expenses; expiration. The provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 
28.10 	15.059, apply to the committee. The committee expires on January 15, 2008.
28.11 		Subd. 5.Definition. As used in this section, "collateral sanctions" has the meaning 
28.12 	given in Minnesota Statutes, section 609B.050, subdivision 1.

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

28.14 	Sec. 14.  REPEALER.
 28.15 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 403.31, subdivision 6, is repealed.

28.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2007.