HF 135

as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to crime prevention; requesting the 
  1.3             legislative audit commission to conduct a study of the 
  1.4             direct and indirect costs of crime on communities. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [COST OF CRIME STUDY.] 
  1.7      The legislative audit commission is requested to direct the 
  1.8   legislative auditor to conduct a study of the costs that 
  1.9   criminal activity places on the state and local communities.  
  1.10  The study shall include not only the direct costs to state and 
  1.11  local governments of responding to, prosecuting, and punishing 
  1.12  criminal offenders, but also the indirect economic and social 
  1.13  costs that criminal activity places on local communities and 
  1.14  their residents. 
  1.15     If the commission directs the auditor to conduct this 
  1.16  study, the auditor shall report findings to the chairs of the 
  1.17  senate crime prevention and house judiciary committees by 
  1.18  February 15, 1998.