1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; modifying requirements of eligibility based on military 
1.3 	experience for reciprocity examination for a peace officer;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2008, section 626.8517.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 626.8517, is amended to read:
1.7 	626.8517 ELIGIBILITY FOR RECIPROCITY EXAMINATION BASED ON 
1.8 	RELEVANT MILITARY EXPERIENCE.
1.9 	(a) For purposes of this section, "relevant military experience" means five years of 
1.10 	active duty military police service.:
1.11 	(1) five years' active service experience in a military law enforcement occupational 
1.12 	specialty;
1.13 	(2) three years' active service experience in a military law enforcement occupational 
1.14 	specialty, and completion of a two-year or more degree from a regionally accredited 
1.15 	postsecondary education institution; or
1.16 	(3) five years' cumulative experience as a full-time peace officer in another state 
1.17 	combined with active service experience in a military law enforcement occupational 
1.18 	specialty.
1.19 	(b) A person who has relevant military experience under paragraph (a) and who 
1.20 	has been honorably discharged from the military active service as evidenced by a form 
1.21 	DD-214 is eligible to take the reciprocity examination. "Active service" has the meaning 
1.22 	given in section 190.05, subdivision 5.