1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; appropriating money for grants to law enforcement 
1.3 	agencies to acquire portable recording systems.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. PORTABLE RECORDING SYSTEM GRANTS.
 1.6 	$....... in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of 
1.7 	public safety for grants to any law enforcement agency that does not currently use a portable 
1.8 	recording system for the cost of acquiring a portable recording system for use by uniformed 
1.9 	patrol officers. As used in this section, "law enforcement agency" has the meaning given 
1.10 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 626.84, subdivision 1, paragraph (f), and "portable recording 
1.11 	system" has the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes, section 13.825, subdivision 1. This 
1.12 	is a onetime appropriation.