HF 346

1st Engrossment - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 02/22/2017 02:36pm

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; requiring peace officers to receive training in crisis
response, conflict management, and cultural diversity; reforming and increasing
funding for peace officer training reimbursement; providing reimbursement grants
for pathway to policing programs; appropriating money; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2016, sections 171.20, subdivision 4; 357.021, subdivision 7; 626.8432,
subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 626.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 171.20, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Reinstatement fee.

(a) Before the license is reinstated, (1) an individual whose
driver's license has been suspended under section 171.16, subdivisions 2 and 3; 171.175;
171.18; or 171.182, or who has been disqualified from holding a commercial driver's license
under section 171.165, and (2) an individual whose driver's license has been suspended
under section 171.186 and who is not exempt from such a fee, must pay a fee of $20.

(b) Before the license is reinstated, an individual whose license has been suspended
under sections 169.791 to 169.798 must pay a $20 reinstatement fee.

(c) When fees are collected by a licensing agent appointed under section 171.061, a
handling charge is imposed in the amount specified under section 171.061, subdivision 4.
The reinstatement fee and surcharge must be deposited in an approved state depository as
directed under section 171.061, subdivision 4.

(d) Reinstatement fees collected under paragraph (a) for suspensions under sections
171.16, subdivision 3, and 171.18, subdivision 1, clause (10), must be deposited in the
deleted text begin special revenue fund and are appropriated to the Peace Officer Standards and Training Board
for peace officer training reimbursement to local units of government deleted text end new text begin general fund new text end .

(e) A suspension may be rescinded without fee for good cause.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 357.021, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

Subd. 7.

Disbursement of surcharges by commissioner of management and budget.

(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d), the commissioner of management
and budget shall disburse surcharges received under subdivision 6 and section 97A.065,
subdivision 2, as follows:

(1) one percent shall be credited to the peace officer training account in the game and
fish fund to provide peace officer training for employees of the Department of Natural
Resources who are licensed under sections 626.84 to 626.863, and who possess peace officer
authority for the purpose of enforcing game and fish laws; new text begin and
new text end

(2) deleted text begin 39 percent shall be credited deleted text end new text begin the remainder shall be credited as follows:
new text end

new text begin (i) the first $....... new text end to the peace officers training account in the special revenue fund new text begin to
fund the operations of the Peace Officer Standards and Training Board new text end ; and

new text begin (ii) any remaining receipts to the general fund.
new text end

deleted text begin (3) 60 percent shall be credited to the general fund.
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(b) The commissioner of management and budget shall credit $3 of each surcharge
received under subdivision 6 and section 97A.065, subdivision 2, to the general fund.

(c) In addition to any amounts credited under paragraph (a), the commissioner of
management and budget shall credit $47 of each surcharge received under subdivision 6
and section 97A.065, subdivision 2, and the $12 parking surcharge, to the general fund.

(d) If the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners authorizes imposition of the additional
$1 surcharge provided for in subdivision 6, paragraph (a), the court administrator in the
Second Judicial District shall transmit the surcharge to the commissioner of management
and budget. The $1 special surcharge is deposited in a Ramsey County surcharge account
in the special revenue fund and amounts in the account are appropriated to the trial courts
for the administration of the petty misdemeanor diversion program operated by the Second
Judicial District Ramsey County Violations Bureau.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 626.8432, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Grounds for revocation, suspension, or denial.

(a) The board may
refuse to issue, refuse to renew, refuse to reinstate, suspend, revoke eligibility for licensure,
or revoke a peace officer or part-time peace officer license for any of the following causes:

(1) fraud or misrepresentation in obtaining a license;

(2) failure to meet licensure requirements; deleted text begin or
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(3) a violation of the standards of conduct set forth in Minnesota Rules, chapter 6700 new text begin ;
or
new text end

new text begin (4) failure to provide information in response to a request from the board made pursuant
to section 626.845, subdivision 1, clause (12) new text end .

(b) Unless otherwise provided by the board, a revocation or suspension applies to each
license, renewal, or reinstatement privilege held by the individual at the time final action
is taken by the board. A person whose license or renewal privilege has been suspended or
revoked shall be ineligible to be issued any other license by the board during the pendency
of the suspension or revocation.

Sec. 4.

new text begin [626.8469] TRAINING IN CRISIS RESPONSE, CONFLICT MANAGEMENT,
AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin In-service training required. new text end

new text begin Beginning July 1, 2018, the chief law
enforcement officer of every state and local law enforcement agency shall provide in-service
training in crisis intervention and mental illness crises; conflict management and mediation;
and recognizing and valuing community diversity and cultural differences to every peace
officer and part-time peace officer employed by the agency. The training shall comply with
learning objectives developed and approved by the board and shall meet board requirements
for board-approved continuing education credit. The training shall consist of at least 16
continuing education credits within an officer's three-year licensing cycle. Each peace officer
with a license renewal date after June 30, 2018, is not required to complete this training
until the officer's next full three-year licensing cycle.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Record keeping required. new text end

new text begin The head of every local and state law enforcement
agency shall maintain written records of the agency's compliance with the requirements of
subdivision 1. The documentation is subject to periodic review by the board, and shall be
made available to the board at its request.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Licensing sanctions; injunctive relief. new text end

new text begin The board may impose licensing
sanctions and seek injunctive relief under section 214.11 for failure to comply with the
requirements of this section.
new text end

Sec. 5. new text begin APPROPRIATION; PEACE OFFICER TRAINING REIMBURSEMENT
GRANTS.
new text end

new text begin $10,000,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $10,000,000 in fiscal year 2019 are appropriated
from the general fund to the Peace Officer Standards and Training Board for peace officer
training reimbursement to local governments. This is an ongoing appropriation that is part
of the base budget.
new text end

Sec. 6. new text begin APPROPRIATION; PATHWAY TO POLICING REIMBURSEMENT
GRANTS.
new text end

new text begin $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2019 are appropriated from
the general fund to the commissioner of public safety for reimbursement grants to local
units of government that operate pathway to policing programs intended to bring persons
with nontraditional backgrounds into law enforcement. Applicants for reimbursement grants
may receive up to 50 percent of the cost of compensating and training pathway to policing
participants. Reimbursement grants shall be proportionally allocated based on the number
of grant applications approved by the commissioner.
new text end