HF 2864

1st Committee Engrossment - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010)

Posted on 03/19/2013 07:29 p.m.

1.1A bill for an act 1.2relating to public safety; authorizing a pilot project to allow judges to order 1.3electronic monitoring for domestic abuse offenders on pretrial release;amending 1.4Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 629.72, subdivision 2a. 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.6    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 629.72, subdivision 2a, is amended to read: 1.7    Subd. 2a. Electronic monitoring; condition of pretrial release. (a) Until the 1.8commissioner of corrections has adopted standards governing electronic monitoring 1.9devices used to protect victims of domestic abuse, the court, as a condition of release, may 1.10not order a person arrested for a crime described in section 609.135, subdivision 5a, 1.11paragraph (b), to use an electronic monitoring device to protect a victim's safety. 1.12(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), district courts in the Tenth new text begin a new text end judicial district 1.13may new text begin establish a pilot project to allow courts in the district to new text end order, as a condition 1.14of a release, a person arrested on a charge of a crime described in section 609.135, 1.15subdivision 5a , paragraph (b), to use an electronic monitoring device to protect the 1.16victim's safety. new text begin The chief judge of a judicial district conducting a pilot project under new text end 1.17 new text begin this paragraph shall convene an advisory group consisting of representatives from law new text end 1.18 new text begin enforcement, prosecutors, defense attorneys, court administrators, judges, and battered new text end 1.19 new text begin women's organizations. A judicial district must develop standards for the use of electronic new text end 1.20 new text begin monitoring devices to protect victims of domestic abuse, to ensure that electronic new text end 1.21 new text begin monitoring data are only used to protect victims, and for evaluating the effectiveness of new text end 1.22 new text begin electronic monitoring. new text end The courts new text begin judicial district new text end shall make data on the use of electronic 1.23monitoring devices to protect a victim's safety in the Tenth Judicial District available to 1.24the commissioner of corrections to evaluate and to aid in development of standards for the 2.1use of devices to protect victims of domestic abuse. new text begin A district shall report information new text end 2.2 new text begin on the pilot project to the state court administrator's office as directed by that office. new text end 2.3 new text begin By January 15, 2013, the state court administrator shall report by electronic means to new text end 2.4 new text begin the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house committees having new text end 2.5 new text begin jurisdiction over criminal justice policy on the experience of any pilot projects established new text end 2.6 new text begin under this paragraph. new text end 2.7 new text begin SUNSET. new text end new text begin The amendments to this section expire on January 15, 2013. new text end