1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; authorizing a legal advocacy trafficking victims grant; 
1.3 	appropriating money;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.4 	chapter 299A.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [299A.786] LEGAL ADVOCACY TRAFFICKING VICTIMS; GRANT.
1.7 	(a) The commissioner of public safety shall award a grant for ten weekly 
1.8 	international trafficking screening clinics that are staffed by attorneys from a nonprofit 
1.9 	organization that provides free legal, medical, dental, mental health, shelter, and vocational 
1.10 	counseling services and English language classes to trafficking victims in the state.
1.11 	(b) The grant applicant shall prepare and submit to the commissioner of public 
1.12 	safety a written grant proposal detailing the screening clinic free services, including 
1.13 	components of the services offered.

1.14 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 1.15 	$300,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of public safety 
1.16 	for fiscal year 2008 to distribute to the grantees described in section 1. The appropriation 
1.17 	in this section is added to the department's base budget.