HF 2044

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/19/2015 01:46pm

A bill for an act
relating to corrections; modifying base funding amount of community corrections
aid formula; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 401.10, subdivision 1.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 401.10, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Aid calculations.

To determine the community corrections aid
amount to be paid to each participating county, the commissioner of corrections must
apply the following formula:

(1) For each of the 87 counties in the state, a percent score must be calculated for
each of the following five factors:

(i) percent of the total state population aged ten to 24 residing within the county
according to the most recent federal census, and, in the intervening years between the
taking of the federal census, according to the most recent estimate of the state demographer;

(ii) percent of the statewide total number of felony case filings occurring within the
county, as determined by the state court administrator;

(iii) percent of the statewide total number of juvenile case filings occurring within
the county, as determined by the state court administrator;

(iv) percent of the statewide total number of gross misdemeanor case filings
occurring within the county, as determined by the state court administrator; and

(v) percent of the total statewide number of convicted felony offenders who did
not receive an executed prison sentence, as monitored and reported by the Sentencing
Guidelines Commission.

The percents in items (ii) to (v) must be calculated by combining the most recent
three-year period of available data. The percents in items (i) to (v) each must sum to 100
percent across the 87 counties.

(2) For each of the 87 counties, the county's percents in clause (1), items (i) to (v),
must be weighted, summed, and divided by the sum of the weights to yield an average
percent for each county, referred to as the county's "composite need percent." When
performing this calculation, the weight for each of the percents in clause (1), items (i) to
(v), is 1.0. The composite need percent must sum to 100 percent across the 87 counties.

(3) For each of the 87 counties, the county's "adjusted net tax capacity percent" is
the county's adjusted net tax capacity amount, defined in the same manner as it is defined
for cities in section 477A.011, subdivision 20, divided by the statewide total adjusted net
tax capacity amount. The adjusted net tax capacity percent must sum to 100 percent
across the 87 counties.

(4) For each of the 87 counties, the county's composite need percent must be divided
by the county's adjusted net tax capacity percent to produce a ratio that, when multiplied
by the county's composite need percent, results in the county's "tax base adjusted need
percent."

(5) For each of the 87 counties, the county's tax base adjusted need percent must
be added to twice the composite need percent, and the sum must be divided by 3, to
yield the county's "weighted need percent."

(6) Each participating county's weighted need percent must be added to the weighted
need percent of each other participating county to yield the "total weighted need percent
for participating counties."

(7) Each participating county's weighted need percent must be divided by the total
weighted need percent for participating counties to yield the county's "share percent." The
share percents for participating counties must sum to 100 percent.

(8) Each participating county's "base funding amount" is the aid amount that the
county received under this section for fiscal year 1995 new text begin plus the amount received in
caseload or workload reduction, felony caseload reduction, and sex offender supervision
grants in fiscal year 2015 new text end , as reported by the commissioner of corrections. In fiscal year
1997 and thereafter, no county's aid amount under this section may be less than its base
funding amount, provided that the total amount appropriated for this purpose is at least as
much as the aggregate base funding amount defined in clause (9).

(9) The "aggregate base funding amount" is equal to the sum of the base funding
amounts for all participating counties. If a county that participated under this section
during fiscal year 1995 chooses not to participate in any given year, then the aggregate
base funding amount must be reduced by that county's base funding amount. If a county
that did not participate under this section in fiscal year 1995 chooses to participate in any
given year, then the aggregate base funding amount must be increased by the amount
of aid that the county would have received had it participated in fiscal year 1995 new text begin plus
the estimated amount it would have received in caseload or workload reduction, felony
caseload reduction, and sex offender supervision grants in fiscal year 2015 new text end , as reported
by the commissioner of corrections, and the amount of increase shall be that county's
base funding amount.

(10) In any given year, the total amount appropriated for this purpose first must be
allocated to participating counties in accordance with each county's base funding amount.
Then, any remaining amount in excess of the aggregate base funding amount must be
allocated to participating counties in proportion to each county's share percent, and is
referred to as the county's "formula amount."

Each participating county's "community corrections aid amount" equals the sum of
(i) the county's base funding amount, and (ii) the county's formula amount.

(11) However, if in any year the total amount appropriated for the purpose of this
section is less than the aggregate base funding amount, then each participating county's
community corrections aid amount is the product of (i) the county's base funding amount
multiplied by (ii) the ratio of the total amount appropriated to the aggregate base funding
amount.

For each participating county, the county's community corrections aid amount
calculated in this subdivision is the total amount of subsidy to which the county is entitled
under sections 401.01 to 401.16.