<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>electronic monitoring for domestic abuse offenders on pretrial release;amending <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 629.72, subdivision 2a.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 629.72, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>    Subd. 2a. <b>Electronic monitoring; condition of pretrial release.</b> (a) Until the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>commissioner of corrections has adopted standards governing electronic monitoring <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>devices used to protect victims of domestic abuse, the court, as a condition of release, may <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>not order a person arrested for a crime described in section 
         <statute_ref>609.135, subdivision 5a</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>paragraph (b), to use an electronic monitoring device to protect a victim's safety. <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), district courts in the Tenth a judicial district <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>may establish a pilot project to allow courts in the district to order, as a condition <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>of a release, a person arrested on a charge of a crime described in section 
         <statute_ref>609.135, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>subdivision 5a
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (b), to use an electronic monitoring device to protect the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>victim's safety. The chief judge of a judicial district conducting a pilot project under <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>this paragraph shall convene an advisory group consisting of representatives from law <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>enforcement, prosecutors, defense attorneys, court administrators, judges, and battered <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>women's organizations. A judicial district must develop standards for the use of electronic <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>monitoring devices to protect victims of domestic abuse, to ensure that electronic <br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>monitoring data are only used to protect victims, and for evaluating the effectiveness of <br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>electronic monitoring. The courts judicial district shall make data on the use of electronic <br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>monitoring devices to protect a victim's safety in the Tenth Judicial District available to <br/>
<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>the commissioner of corrections to evaluate and to aid in development of standards for the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>use of devices to protect victims of domestic abuse. A district shall report information <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>on the pilot project to the state court administrator's office as directed by that office. <br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>By January 15, 2013, the state court administrator shall report by electronic means to <br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house committees having <br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>jurisdiction over criminal justice policy on the experience of any pilot projects established <br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>under this paragraph.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var><b>SUNSET.</b>The amendments to this section expire on January 15, 2013.<br/>