SF 4258
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 03/10/2026 09:38 a.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to public safety; establishing the public safety radio account; increasing
the criminal justice data communications network fee; requiring a report;
appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299C.46,
subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 403.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299C.46, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3.
Authorized use, fee.
(a) The criminal justice data communications network
shall be used exclusively by:
(1) criminal justice agencies in connection with the performance of duties required by
law;
(2) agencies investigating federal security clearances of individuals for assignment or
retention in federal employment with duties related to national security, as required by
United States Code, title 5, section 9101;
(3) other agencies to the extent necessary to provide for protection of the public or
property in a declared emergency or disaster situation;
(4) noncriminal justice agencies statutorily mandated, by state or national law, to conduct
checks into state databases prior to disbursing licenses or providing benefits;
(5) the public authority responsible for child support enforcement in connection with
the performance of its duties;
(6) the public defender, as provided in section 611.272;
(7) a county attorney or the attorney general, as the county attorney's designee, for the
purpose of determining whether a petition for the civil commitment of a proposed patient
as a sexual psychopathic personality or as a sexually dangerous person should be filed, and
during the pendency of the commitment proceedings;
(8) an agency of the state or a political subdivision whose access to systems or services
provided from or through the bureau is specifically authorized by federal law or regulation
or state statute;
(9) a court for access to data as authorized by federal law or regulation or state statute
and related to the disposition of a pending case; and
(10) a coroner or medical examiner to identify a deceased person as required by section
390.25.
(b) The commissioner of public safety shall establish a monthly network access charge
to be paid by each participating criminal justice agency. The network access charge deleted text begin shall
be a standard fee establisheddeleted text end new text begin is a fee of $100 per monthnew text end for each terminal, computer, or
other equipment directly addressable by the data communications networkdeleted text begin , as follows:
January 1, 1984 to December 31, 1984, $40 connect fee per month; January 1, 1985 and
thereafter, $50 connect fee per monthdeleted text end .new text begin Of this amount, the commissioner shall deposit $50
into the public safety radio account in the special revenue fund.
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(c) The commissioner of public safety is authorized to arrange for the connection of the
data communications network with the criminal justice information system of the federal
government, any state, or country for the secure exchange of information for any of the
purposes authorized in paragraph (a), clauses (1), (2), (3), (8) and (9).
(d) Prior to establishing a secure connection, a criminal justice agency that is not part
of the Minnesota judicial branch must:
(1) agree to comply with all applicable policies governing access to, submission of or
use of the data and Minnesota law governing the classification of the data;
(2) meet the bureau's security requirements;
(3) agree to pay any required fees; and
(4) conduct fingerprint-based state and national background checks on its employees
and contractors as required by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(e) Prior to establishing a secure connection, a criminal justice agency that is part of the
Minnesota judicial branch must:
(1) agree to comply with all applicable policies governing access to, submission of or
use of the data and Minnesota law governing the classification of the data to the extent
applicable and with the Rules of Public Access to Records of the Judicial Branch promulgated
by the Minnesota Supreme Court;
(2) meet the bureau's security requirements;
(3) agree to pay any required fees; and
(4) conduct fingerprint-based state and national background checks on its employees
and contractors as required by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(f) Prior to establishing a secure connection, a noncriminal justice agency must:
(1) agree to comply with all applicable policies governing access to, submission of or
use of the data and Minnesota law governing the classification of the data;
(2) meet the bureau's security requirements;
(3) agree to pay any required fees; and
(4) conduct fingerprint-based state and national background checks on its employees
and contractors.
(g) Those noncriminal justice agencies that do not have a secure network connection
yet receive data either retrieved over the secure network by an authorized criminal justice
agency or as a result of a state or federal criminal history records check shall conduct a
background check as provided in paragraph (h) on those individuals who receive and review
the data to determine another individual's eligibility for employment, housing, a license, or
another legal right dependent on a statutorily mandated background check and on any
contractor with access to the results of a federal criminal history records check.
(h) The background check required by paragraph (f) or (g) is accomplished by submitting
a request to the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension that includes a
signed, written consent for the Minnesota and national criminal history records check,
fingerprints, and the required fee. The superintendent may exchange the fingerprints with
the Federal Bureau of Investigation for purposes of obtaining the individual's national
criminal history record information.
The superintendent shall return the results of the national criminal history records check to
the noncriminal justice agency to determine if the individual is qualified to have access to
state and federal criminal history record information or the secure network. An individual
is disqualified when the state and federal criminal history record information show any of
the disqualifiers that the individual will apply to the records of others.
When the individual is to have access to the secure network, the noncriminal justice agency
shall review the criminal history of each employee or contractor with the Criminal Justice
Information Services systems officer at the bureau, or the officer's designee, to determine
if the employee or contractor qualifies for access to the secure network. The Criminal Justice
Information Services systems officer or the designee shall make the access determination
based on Federal Bureau of Investigation policy and Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
policy.
Sec. 2.
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[403.111] PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO ACCOUNT.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end
new text begin Account established. new text end
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The public safety radio account is established in
the special revenue fund.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end
new text begin Source of funds. new text end
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The account consists of money deposited in the account from
the fee imposed under section 299C.46, subdivision 3, and any interest or earnings of the
account.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end
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Appropriation; statewide public safety radio communication system
equipment grants.
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Money in the public safety radio account is appropriated to the
commissioner for grants to local government units, federally recognized Tribal entities, and
state agencies participating in the statewide Allied Radio Matrix for Emergency Response
(ARMER) public safety radio communication system established under section 403.36,
subdivision 1e. The grants must be used to purchase or upgrade portable radios, mobile
radios, and related equipment that are interoperable with the ARMER system. Grants for
nonstate agencies are contingent upon a match of at least five percent from nonstate funds.
The director of the Department of Public Safety Emergency Communication Networks
Division, in consultation with the Statewide Emergency Communications Board, must
administer the grant program. Notwithstanding section 16B.98, subdivision 14, up to two
percent of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
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new text begin Subd. 4. new text end
new text begin Reporting. new text end
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By January 15, 2027, and each year thereafter, the commissioner
must submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees
with jurisdiction over public safety policy and finance on the account established under
subdivision 1. The report must provide detailed information on the money deposited in the
account and grants awarded under subdivision 3.
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