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,:
1.10 	(1) "active service" has the meaning given in section 190.05, subdivision 5; and
1.11 	(2) "relevant military experience" means five years of active duty military police 
1.12 	service.:
1.13 	(i) successful graduation from a military service law enforcement academy, and five 
1.14 	years' active service experience in a military law enforcement occupational specialty;
1.15 	(ii) successful graduation from a military service law enforcement academy, three 
1.16 	years' active service experience in a military law enforcement occupational specialty, and 
1.17 	completion of a two-year or more degree from a regionally accredited postsecondary 
1.18 	education institution; or
1.19 	(iii) five years' cumulative experience as a full-time peace officer in another state 
1.20 	combined with active service experience in a military law enforcement occupational 
1.21 	specialty.
1.22 	(b) A person who has relevant military experience and who has been honorably 
1.23 	discharged from the military active service as evidenced by a form DD-214 is eligible to 
1.24 	take the reciprocity examination.