Legislative Session number- 84

Bill Name: SF0049

Relating to controlled substance crimes; exempting gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) and
1,4-butanediol (BDO) from controlled substance regulation under certain
conditions; imposing a surcharge for violations of the controlled substance law
for crediting to the methamphetamine awareness and educational account;
modifying certain provisions regulating the sale of methamphetamine precursor
drugs; increasing the penalties for possession of chemical reagents or
precursors with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine; requiring the payment
of restitution to public entities for emergency responses to controlled
substance or precursor manufacture crimes; placing certain restrictions on the
use of property or motor vehicles used in the methamphetamine manufacture
process, defining clandestine lab site and certain other terms, specifying
certain removal and remediation requirements and certain duties of the
commissioner of health; defining and regulating over the counter sales of
methamphetamine precursor drugs, imposing criminal penalties for violation and
requiring the reporting of suspicious transactions, liability immunity
provision; specifying certain prohibited conduct relating to anhydrous ammonia,
imposing criminal penalties for violation; specifying certain methamphetamine
related crimes involving children and vulnerable adults, prescribing criminal
penalties and providing for multiple sentences and protective custody,
reporting requirements; establishing the methamphetamine awareness and
educational account in the special revenue fund to be used by the commissioner
of public safety to support projects relating to educating retailers and the
public on the dangers of methamphetamines and methamphetamine precursor drugs
and the laws and regulations governing use including an educational initiative
entitled Minnesota meth watch; requiring the public facilities authority to
establish a methamphetamine laboratory cleanup revolving fund to provide loans
to counties and cities to remediate clandestine lab sites, specifying
application requirements and loan eligibility, regulating use, requiring
reimbursement to the local government unit by the property owner for the costs
of remediation, providing for award and disbursement of loan funds and
specifying conditions and terms of the loans; expanding the definition of
violent crime to include methamphetamine related crimes involving children and
vulnerable adults; requesting the legislative audit commission to direct the
legislative auditor to study and issue a report on the efficacy of controlled
substance treatment programs for criminal offenders, requiring a report to the
legislature by a certain date; appropriating money to the commissioner of
corrections and to the state court administrator for increased costs associated
with the requirements, to the board of public defense for increased caseloads
and for a methamphetamine trial team, to the commissioner of human services for
grants to counties to fund a certain number of methamphetamine treatment program
pilot projects for offenders convicted of methamphetamine related crimes and to
the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) to carry out the
duties of the public facilities authority relating to the methamphetamine
laboratory cleanup revolving fund; repealing certain provisions prohibiting
certain fertilizer activities involving anhydrous ammonia
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