1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; modifying fee for booking a person for confinement at 
1.3 	a county or regional jail;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 641.12, 
1.4 	subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 641.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Fee. A county board may require that each person who is booked for 
1.8 	confinement at a county or regional jail, and not released upon completion of the booking 
1.9 	process, pay a fee of up to $10 to the sheriff's department of the county in which the jail 
1.10 	is located to cover costs incurred by the county in the booking of that person. The fee 
1.11 	is payable immediately from any money then possessed by the person being booked, or 
1.12 	any money deposited with the sheriff's department on the person's behalf. If the person 
1.13 	has no funds at the time of booking or during the period of any incarceration, the sheriff 
1.14 	shall notify the district court in the county where the charges related to the booking are 
1.15 	pending, and shall request the assessment of the fee. Notwithstanding section 609.10 or 
1.16 	609.125, upon notification from the sheriff, the district court must order the fee paid to the 
1.17 	sheriff's department as part of any sentence or disposition imposed. If the person is not 
1.18 	charged, is acquitted, or if the charges are dismissed, the sheriff shall return the fee to the 
1.19 	person at the last known address listed in the booking records.  

1.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2009.