HF 2936

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 04/01/2025 11:24 a.m.

A bill for an act
relating to corrections; requiring the commissioner of
corrections to submit certain proposed rules for legislative approval prior to
implementation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 241.021, by adding
a subdivision.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 241.021, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 1j. new text end

new text begin Legislative approval required. new text end

new text begin (a) When the commissioner adopts a new or
amends an existing rule pursuant to the authority granted in subdivision 1, the commissioner
must determine if the cost of complying with the rule in the first year after the rule takes
effect will exceed $25,000 for a jail, lockup, or workhouse. The commissioner must make
the determination required under this paragraph before the close of the hearing record, or
before the commissioner submits the record to the administrative law judge if there is no
hearing. The administrative law judge must review and approve or disapprove the agency
determination under this section.
new text end

new text begin (b) If the commissioner determines that the cost exceeds the threshold in paragraph (a),
or if the administrative law judge disapproves the agency's determination that the cost does
not exceed the threshold in paragraph (a), any jail, lockup, or workhouse may file a written
statement with the commissioner claiming a temporary exemption from the rules. Upon
filing of the statement with the commissioner, the rules do not apply to that jail, lockup, or
workhouse until the rules are approved by a law enacted after the commissioner's
determination or administrative law judge's disapproval.
new text end