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HF 25

1st Engrossment - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 02/20/2023 07:17pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

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A bill for an act
relating to public safety; establishing a violent crime reduction and clearance
support account to support violent crime reduction strategies; establishing grants
for crime and violence prevention; establishing grants for evidence-processing
technology and crisis response teams; providing supplemental funding for the
force investigations unit; establishing special revenue accounts; requiring a report;
transferring money; appropriating money; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022,
section 299C.80, subdivision 7.

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

Section 1. new text begin VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION AND CLEARANCE SUPPORT;
SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNT; APPROPRIATION.
new text end

new text begin (a) The violent crime reduction and clearance support account is created in the special
revenue fund consisting of money deposited, donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise
provided to the account. Of the amount in the account, $15,000,000 each year is appropriated
to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to support violent crime reduction strategies. This
includes funding for staff and supplies to enhance forensic, analytical, and investigations
capacity, and financially support investigative partnerships with other law enforcement
agencies to conduct forensic and investigatory work to expedite clearance rates.
new text end

new text begin (b) Funds allocated shall be used where there is the most acute need for supplemental
resources based on the rate of violent crime and the need to improve clearance rates for
violent crime investigations. The superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
shall prioritize allocating resources to political subdivisions that have recorded at least three
violent crimes in the previous fiscal year and that rank in the 20 highest per capita crime
rates among Minnesota political subdivisions in the previous fiscal year based on the Uniform
Crime Reports or National Incident Based Reporting System. As a condition of receiving
investigatory assistance from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension from this account, the
local unit of government must enter a joint powers agreement with the commissioner of
Public Safety and the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
new text end

new text begin (c) By December 15 of each calendar year, the commissioner shall report to the chairs
and ranking minority members of the legislative committees and divisions with jurisdiction
over public safety finance and policy on how funds in the violent crime reduction and
clearance support account were used. Each report must, at a minimum, summarize the
expenditures made, indicate the purpose of those expenditures, and provide an overview of
the criminal cases where funds from the account were used, including a summary of the
cases that identifies each case's disposition or outcome.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 2. new text begin VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION AND CLEARANCE SUPPORT
ACCOUNT; TRANSFER.
new text end

new text begin $75,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 is transferred from the general fund to the violent crime
reduction and clearance support account in the special revenue fund. The base for this
appropriation is $0 in fiscal year 2024 and thereafter.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 3. new text begin COMMUNITY CRIME AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION GRANTS;
SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNT; APPROPRIATION.
new text end

new text begin (a) The community crime and violence prevention account is created in the special
revenue fund consisting of money deposited, donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise
provided to the account. Of the amount in the account, up to $30,000,000 each year is
appropriated to the commissioner of public safety for grants administered by the Office of
Justice Programs to be awarded to community violence prevention and intervention programs.
new text end

new text begin (b) Grants may be awarded to community-based nonprofit organizations, local
governments, or the governing bodies of federally recognized Indian Tribes. Applicants
that are nonprofit organizations must demonstrate the support of the local government or
Indian Tribe where the nonprofit will be offering services. Support may be demonstrated
by partnerships with the local government or Indian Tribe, or letters or other affirmations
of support.
new text end

new text begin (c) Grant recipients must operate crime or violence prevention programs with an
established record of providing direct services to community members. Programs must be
culturally competent and identify specific outcomes that can be tracked and measured to
demonstrate the impact the program has on community crime and violence. Crime or violence
prevention programs may include but are not limited to:
new text end

new text begin (1) victim services programs;
new text end

new text begin (2) re-entry programs that provide support and reintegration services to recently
incarcerated individuals;
new text end

new text begin (3) homelessness assistance programs;
new text end

new text begin (4) restorative justice programs;
new text end

new text begin (5) programs that intervene in volatile situations to mediate disputes before they become
violent; and
new text end

new text begin (6) juvenile diversion programs.
new text end

new text begin (d) As part of the narrative and statistical progress reports provided to the Office of
Justice Programs, grant recipients must report on the specific outcomes identified pursuant
to paragraph (c).
new text end

new text begin (e) The Office of Justice Programs may use up to 2.5 percent of the annual appropriation
to administer the grants.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 4. new text begin COMMUNITY CRIME AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACCOUNT;
TRANSFER.
new text end

new text begin $150,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 is transferred from the general fund to the community
crime and violence prevention account in the special revenue fund. The base for this
appropriation is $0 in fiscal year 2024 and thereafter.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 5. new text begin CRISIS RESPONSE AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION GRANTS;
SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNT; APPROPRIATION.
new text end

new text begin (a) The crisis response and criminal investigation account is created in the special revenue
fund consisting of money deposited, donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise provided
to the account. Of the amount in the account, $25,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 and
$15,000,000 each year thereafter are appropriated to the commissioner of public safety for
grants administered by the Office of Justice Programs to be awarded to local law enforcement
agencies or local governments to improve responses to situations involving individuals
experiencing a mental health crisis and to improve criminal investigations.
new text end

new text begin (b) Of the amount appropriated in fiscal year 2023, $10,000,000 is for grants to local
law enforcement agencies to acquire, upgrade, or replace technology or equipment used to
investigate crimes.
new text end

new text begin (c) $15,000,000 each year is for grants to local law enforcement agencies and local
governments to maintain or expand crisis response teams in which social workers or mental
health providers are sent as first responders when calls for service indicate that an individual
is having a mental health crisis.
new text end

new text begin (d) The Office of Justice Programs may use up to 2.5 percent of the annual appropriation
to administer the grants.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 6. new text begin CRISIS RESPONSE AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION ACCOUNT;
TRANSFER.
new text end

new text begin $55,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 is transferred from the general fund to the crisis response
and criminal investigation account in the special revenue fund. The base for this appropriation
is $0 in fiscal year 2024 and thereafter.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 7. new text begin BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION; INDEPENDENT USE OF
FORCE INVESTIGATIONS UNIT; APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 are appropriated from
the general fund to the commissioner of public safety to increase funding for the Bureau of
Criminal Apprehension's independent Use of Force Investigations Unit, created under
Minnesota Statutes, section 299C.80. This appropriation is in addition to the funds
appropriated for this purpose in Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 11, article 1,
section 14, subdivision 3.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 8. new text begin REPEALER.
new text end

new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 299C.80, subdivision 7, new text end new text begin is repealed.
new text end

APPENDIX

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: H0025-1

299C.80 INDEPENDENT USE OF FORCE INVESTIGATIONS UNIT.

Subd. 7.

Expiration.

The independent Use of Force Investigations Unit expires August 1, 2024.