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HF 407

as introduced - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

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

Bill Text Versions

Engrossments
Introduction Posted on 02/01/1999

Current Version - as introduced

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to crime; establishing a misdemeanor 
  1.3             prosecution pilot grant program; appropriating money. 
  1.4   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.5      Section 1.  [MISDEMEANOR PROSECUTION; PILOT GRANT PROGRAM.] 
  1.6      Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT.] The supreme court is 
  1.7   requested to develop and administer a misdemeanor prosecution 
  1.8   pilot grant program to make grants to one or more Minnesota law 
  1.9   schools to enhance education and training in misdemeanor 
  1.10  prosecution through an internship or clinical program. 
  1.11     Subd. 2.  [ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS.] To be eligible for a 
  1.12  grant under the program, a law school must: 
  1.13     (1) be a Minnesota law school accredited by the American 
  1.14  Bar Association; 
  1.15     (2) be in compliance, and have a plan for staying in 
  1.16  compliance, with the Minnesota student practice rules; 
  1.17     (3) develop a curriculum for a criminal prosecution 
  1.18  internship or clinical program that includes a classroom 
  1.19  component and a skills-based component; and 
  1.20     (4) agree to provide 3,000 student hours of service to a 
  1.21  city attorney's office each academic year. 
  1.22     A law school may use a portion of the grant money it 
  1.23  receives to provide students a stipend for the work they perform 
  1.24  for city attorney's offices, as long as this payment complies 
  2.1   with Minnesota law and American Bar Association standards for 
  2.2   law schools. 
  2.3      Subd. 3.  [STUDENT ELIGIBILITY.] A law student must meet 
  2.4   the following criteria to be eligible for the internship or 
  2.5   clinical program: 
  2.6      (1) the student must be a law student in good standing, as 
  2.7   determined by the law school's standards; 
  2.8      (2) the student must submit an application to the law 
  2.9   school for consideration in the program; and 
  2.10     (3) the student must be selected by the law school to 
  2.11  participate in the program. 
  2.12     Subd. 4.  [REPORT.] At the end of the program, the supreme 
  2.13  court is requested to submit a report to the chairs of the house 
  2.14  and senate committees and divisions having jurisdiction over 
  2.15  criminal justice funding evaluating the operation of the pilot 
  2.16  grant program established in this section. 
  2.17     Sec. 2.  [APPROPRIATION; SUPREME COURT.] 
  2.18     $....... is a one-time appropriation, for the fiscal 
  2.19  biennium ending June 30, 2001, to the supreme court to make one 
  2.20  or more grants under section 1.