HF 1394

as introduced - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to public safety; establishing a grant 
  1.3             program for cities for teams to contain, clean-up, and 
  1.4             preserve evidence at clandestine methamphetamine labs; 
  1.5             requiring a local match; appropriating money; 
  1.6             proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.7             chapter 299A. 
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  [299A.55] [METH LAB CONTAINMENT TEAMS.] 
  1.10     Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT.] A grant program is 
  1.11  established under the administration of the commissioner of 
  1.12  public safety to assist local communities in their efforts to 
  1.13  contain and clean-up clandestine methamphetamine laboratories 
  1.14  and to preserve evidence for criminal trials. 
  1.15     Subd. 2.  [AWARDING GRANT.] The commissioner of public 
  1.16  safety is the fiscal agent for the grant program and is 
  1.17  responsible for receiving applications for grants and awarding 
  1.18  grants under this section.  Priority must be given to applicants 
  1.19  with high incidences of methamphetamine lab operations in the 
  1.20  applicant's narcotics task force area relative to the area's 
  1.21  population. 
  1.22     Subd. 3.  [GRANT PROCESS; REQUIREMENTS; USES.] (a) A city 
  1.23  may apply for a grant under this section by submitting an 
  1.24  application to the commissioner of public safety on a form 
  1.25  prescribed by the commissioner. 
  1.26     (b) To be eligible for a grant under this section, a city 
  2.1   must: 
  2.2      (1) be a member of a multijurisdictional narcotics task 
  2.3   force; 
  2.4      (2) have a full-time fire and police service; 
  2.5      (3) have on staff at least two peace officers trained by 
  2.6   the federal Drug Enforcement Agency in methamphetamine lab 
  2.7   containment and evidence collection.  If a city does not have 
  2.8   two officers with the training, it must agree to get the 
  2.9   training for at least two officers; and 
  2.10     (4) submit a plan for use of the grant funds that is 
  2.11  prepared in consultation with the other members of the city's 
  2.12  narcotics task force and that addresses how the city will 
  2.13  evaluate and report on the activities of the methamphetamine lab 
  2.14  containment team. 
  2.15     (c) A methamphetamine lab containment team established by a 
  2.16  city must: 
  2.17     (1) be comprised of at least one peace officer and one 
  2.18  firefighter and may utilize additional members and select a 
  2.19  captain or commander; and 
  2.20     (2) provide services throughout the area of the 
  2.21  multijurisdictional narcotics task force, including equipment 
  2.22  disbursement. 
  2.23     (d) A grant awarded under this section may be used for any 
  2.24  methamphetamine lab containment team activities or expenditures 
  2.25  including personnel costs, equipment, travel, and training. 
  2.26     Subd. 4.  [METH LAB CONTAINMENT TEAM POWERS.] A 
  2.27  methamphetamine lab containment team has the same 
  2.28  interjurisdictional authority as its corresponding narcotics 
  2.29  task force.  In addition to methamphetamine lab containment, 
  2.30  clean-up, and evidence collection, the teams may also be used to 
  2.31  secure areas, investigate, and gather evidence of other crimes 
  2.32  involving the use, or suspected or alleged use, of harmful or 
  2.33  volatile substances.  A methamphetamine lab containment team 
  2.34  must coordinate its efforts with a chemical assessment team if 
  2.35  that team also provides services for an incident.  
  2.36     Subd. 5.  [LOCAL MATCH.] A city that receives a grant under 
  3.1   this section must provide a 50 percent match from nonstate 
  3.2   sources.  Of the match amount, up to 50 percent may be from 
  3.3   in-kind contributions including asset contributions or personnel 
  3.4   costs. 
  3.5      [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective July 1, 2003. 
  3.6      Sec. 2.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
  3.7      $....... is appropriated in fiscal year 2004 and $....... 
  3.8   is appropriated in fiscal year 2005 from the general fund to the 
  3.9   commissioner of public safety for grants under section 1. 
  3.10     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective July 1, 2003.