1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to crimes; providing grants for
1.3 	methamphetamine treatment; appropriating money;
1.4 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
1.5 	chapter 152.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. [152.0274] METHAMPHETAMINE TREATMENT AID;
1.8 	GRANTS.
1.9 		Subdivision 1.Grants. The commissioner of corrections
1.10 	shall distribute grants to counties to fund the development and
1.11 	implementation of community-based methamphetamine specific
1.12 	treatment for offenders who are not committed to the custody of
1.13 	the commissioner of corrections.  Counties may also use the
1.14 	grant funds to enhance existing treatment programs.
1.15 		Subd. 2.Formula. The commissioner shall distribute the
1.16 	grants based on a formula of 20 percent on a per capita basis
1.17 	and 80 percent on the number of individuals in the county
1.18 	convicted of crimes involving methamphetamine but who are not
1.19 	committed to the custody of the commissioner of corrections over
1.20 	the two years prior to the distribution of the grants.
1.21 		Subd. 3.Local plans. Each county must develop a plan
1.22 	for use of the funds based on the county's local needs.  Each
1.23 	plan must incorporate best practices for treating
1.24 	methamphetamine addicts.
1.25 		Subd. 4.Practice protocol. The commissioner shall
2.1 	establish a best practices treatment protocol after consultation
2.2 	with county correctional and treatment professionals who have
2.3 	training and experience supervising and treating methamphetamine
2.4 	addicts.

2.5 	Sec. 2. [152.0275] METHAMPHETAMINE ENFORCEMENT AND
2.6 	SUPERVISION AID; GRANTS.
2.7 		Subdivision 1.Grants. The commissioner of corrections
2.8 	shall distribute grants to counties to fund, in part, the
2.9 	prosecution, law enforcement, and corrections expenses
2.10 	associated with crimes involving methamphetamine.
2.11 		Subd. 2.Formula. The commissioner shall distribute the
2.12 	grants based on a formula of the probation caseload reduction
2.13 	funding and the number of individuals in the county convicted of
2.14 	crimes involving methamphetamine but who are not committed to
2.15 	the custody of the commissioner of corrections over the two
2.16 	years prior to the distribution of the grants.
2.17 		Subd. 3.Local plan. Each county must develop a plan for
2.18 	use of the funds based on the county's local needs.  Each plan
2.19 	must incorporate best practices for use of correctional and law
2.20 	enforcement resources to solve crimes involving methamphetamine.
2.21 		Subd. 4.Practice protocol. The commissioner shall
2.22 	establish a best practices law enforcement and supervision
2.23 	protocol after consultation with county attorneys, law
2.24 	enforcement officers, and correctional professionals who have
2.25 	experience with crimes involving methamphetamine.

2.26 	Sec. 3. APPROPRIATIONS.
 2.27 	(a) $....... is appropriated from the general fund to the
2.28 	commissioner of corrections in 2006 and 2007 to fund the grant
2.29 	program established in section 1.
2.30 	(b) $.......  is appropriated from the general fund to the
2.31 	commissioner of corrections in 2006 and 2007 to fund the grant
2.32 	program established in section 2.