1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to claims against the state; providing for the settlement of certain claims; 
1.3 	appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. EXONERATION AWARDS.
 1.6 	$108,684.65 in fiscal year 2022 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.7 	of management and budget for full payment of awards of damages under the Imprisonment 
1.8 	and Exoneration Remedies Act, Minnesota Statutes, sections 611.362 to 611.368, to Nicholas 
1.9 	Mark Peterson. This appropriation is available until June 30, 2022.

1.10 	Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; APPROPRIATION.
 1.11 	(a) The amounts in this paragraph are appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.12 	commissioner of corrections in fiscal year 2022 for full and final payment under Minnesota 
1.13 	Statutes, sections 3.738 and 3.739, of claims against the state for losses suffered while 
1.14 	incarcerated in a state correctional facility or for injuries suffered by and medical services 
1.15 	provided to persons injured while performing community service or sentence-to-service 
1.16 	work for correctional purposes or while incarcerated in a state correctional facility. This 
1.17 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2022:
1.18 	(1) for sentence-to-service and community work service claims under $7,000 and other 
1.19 	claims already paid by the department, $1,180.63;
1.20 	(2) for payment to Nicholas Edwards for permanent injuries to his right index finger 
1.21 	while performing assigned duties at Minnesota Correctional Facility - Moose Lake, $3,940;
2.1 	(3) for payment to Steven Kulkay for permanent injuries to his left index, middle, ring, 
2.2 	and little fingers while performing assigned duties at Minnesota Correctional Facility - 
2.3 	Faribault, compensation for loss of income, and refunding of his claim fee, $85,751; and
2.4 	(4) for payment to Michael Schmidt for fractures to two vertebrae while performing 
2.5 	assigned duties at Minnesota Correctional Facility - Rush City, $5,600.
2.6 	(b) $43,200 in fiscal year 2022 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
2.7 	of corrections for a minimum ascertainable partial permanent disability award under 
2.8 	Minnesota Statutes, section 3.738, of the claim against the state for injuries suffered by 
2.9 	James Vandevender while performing assigned duties at Minnesota Correctional Facility - 
2.10 	Rush City. Any award for full and final payment of this claim must deduct the amount in 
2.11 	this paragraph from the required final payment. This appropriation is available until June 
2.12 	30, 2022.