1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; providing bonus payments to local correctional officers 
1.3 	and 911 dispatchers; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; BONUS PAYMENTS TO LOCAL CORRECTIONAL 
1.6 	OFFICERS AND 911 DISPATCHERS.
 1.7 	(a) As used in this section, "public safety employee" includes local correctional officers 
1.8 	and 911 dispatchers.
1.9 	(b) $....... in fiscal year 2023 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.10 	of public safety to distribute a onetime bonus payment to each public safety employee 
1.11 	employed in that capacity as of July 1, 2022. The bonus payment must be $1,500 for 
1.12 	employees under the age of 50 as of July 1, 2022, and $5,000 for employees aged 55 or 
1.13 	over as of July 1, 2022. For an employee aged 50 to 54 as of July 1, 2022, the bonus payment 
1.14 	is $1,500. However, the employee must be paid an additional $3,500 bonus upon reaching 
1.15 	55 years of age if the person is still employed as a public safety employee or upon working 
1.16 	an additional two years as a public safety employee, whichever occurs first. The department 
1.17 	may use up to 3.5 percent of this appropriation for administrative expenses related to making 
1.18 	the payments. This appropriation is available until expended.