HF 146

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

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to criminal justice; providing that the 
  1.3             bureau of criminal apprehension and local law 
  1.4             enforcement agencies collect crime data utilizing the 
  1.5             uniform offense codes; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.6             2002, sections 299C.05; 299C.06. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 299C.05, is 
  1.9   amended to read: 
  1.10     299C.05 [DIVISION OF CRIMINAL STATISTICS.] 
  1.11     There is hereby established within the bureau a division of 
  1.12  criminal statistics, and the superintendent, within the limits 
  1.13  of membership herein prescribed, shall appoint a qualified 
  1.14  statistician and one assistant to be in charge thereof.  It 
  1.15  shall be the duty of this division to collect, and preserve as a 
  1.16  record of the bureau, information concerning the number and 
  1.17  nature of offenses known to have been committed in the state, of 
  1.18  the legal steps taken in connection therewith from the inception 
  1.19  of the complaint to the final discharge of the defendant, and 
  1.20  such other information as may be useful in the study of crime 
  1.21  and the administration of justice.  The information so collected 
  1.22  and preserved shall include such data as may be requested by the 
  1.23  United States department of justice, at Washington, under its 
  1.24  national system of crime reporting.  To the extent possible, the 
  1.25  superintendent must utilize a nationally recognized system or 
  1.26  standard to collect and preserve crime data. 
  2.1      [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective August 1, 2003. 
  2.2      Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 299C.06, is 
  2.3   amended to read: 
  2.4      299C.06 [DIVISION POWERS AND DUTIES; COOPERATION.] 
  2.5      It shall be the duty of all sheriffs, chiefs of police, 
  2.6   city marshals, constables, prison wardens, superintendents of 
  2.7   insane hospitals, reformatories and correctional schools, 
  2.8   probation and parole officers, school attendance officers, 
  2.9   coroners, county attorneys, court clerks, the commissioner of 
  2.10  public safety, the commissioner of transportation, and the state 
  2.11  fire marshal to furnish to the division statistics and 
  2.12  information regarding the number of crimes reported and 
  2.13  discovered, arrests made, complaints, informations, and 
  2.14  indictments, filed and the disposition made of same, pleas, 
  2.15  convictions, acquittals, probations granted or denied, 
  2.16  conditional release information, receipts, transfers, and 
  2.17  discharges to and from prisons, reformatories, correctional 
  2.18  schools, and other institutions, paroles granted and revoked, 
  2.19  commutation of sentences and pardons granted and rescinded, and 
  2.20  all other data useful in determining the cause and amount of 
  2.21  crime in this state and to form a basis for the study of crime, 
  2.22  police methods, court procedure, and penal problems. Such 
  2.23  statistics and information shall be furnished upon the request 
  2.24  of the division and upon such forms as may be prescribed and 
  2.25  furnished by it.  Unless otherwise required or permitted by the 
  2.26  superintendent of the bureau of criminal apprehension, an agency 
  2.27  or person furnishing information under this section must utilize 
  2.28  a nationally recognized system or standard for reporting 
  2.29  statistics and information.  The division shall have the power 
  2.30  to inspect and prescribe the form and substance of the records 
  2.31  kept by those officials from which the information is so 
  2.32  furnished. 
  2.33     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective August 1, 2003.