1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; providing funding for pathway to policing reimbursement 
1.3 	grants; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. PATHWAY TO POLICING; APPROPRIATIONS.
 1.6 	$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.7 	of public safety for reimbursement grants to local units of government that operate pathway 
1.8 	to policing programs intended to bring persons with nontraditional backgrounds into law 
1.9 	enforcement. Applicants for reimbursement grants may receive up to 50 percent of the cost 
1.10 	of compensating and training pathway to policing participants. Reimbursement grants shall 
1.11 	be proportionally allocated based on the number of grant applications approved by the 
1.12 	commissioner.