HF 2228

1st Engrossment - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to crime prevention; authorizing grants to 
  1.3             Hennepin, Ramsey, and Washington counties to construct 
  1.4             law enforcement training facilities; requiring the 
  1.5             counties to submit detailed plans relating to the 
  1.6             facilities; appropriating money. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  [GRANTS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING FACILITIES 
  1.9   IN HENNEPIN, RAMSEY, AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES.] 
  1.10     Subdivision 1.  [APPROPRIATION.] $7,500,000 is appropriated 
  1.11  from the general fund to the commissioner of public safety for 
  1.12  the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, for grants to Hennepin, 
  1.13  Ramsey, and Washington counties to construct law enforcement 
  1.14  training facilities.  Of this amount, $2,500,000 is for a grant 
  1.15  to Hennepin county, $2,500,000 is for a grant to Ramsey county, 
  1.16  and $2,500,000 is for a grant to Washington county.  Each county 
  1.17  must provide a match of at least an equal amount in nonstate 
  1.18  sources.  To the greatest extent possible, the facilities should 
  1.19  be multipurpose in nature and collaboratively owned and operated 
  1.20  by various entities, including local, state, and federal 
  1.21  agencies and private-sector organizations. 
  1.22     Subd. 2.  [REQUIRED PLANS.] Before awarding grants under 
  1.23  this section, the commissioner shall require each of Hennepin, 
  1.24  Ramsey, and Washington counties to submit plans concerning their 
  1.25  proposed facilities.  At a minimum, with regard to the facility, 
  1.26  the plan must specify the entities that are collaborating on its 
  2.1   planning, construction, and operation; its location; how its 
  2.2   operating expenses will be paid and whether a continuing state 
  2.3   subsidy is envisioned; the type of training that will be offered 
  2.4   at it; the extent to which it will be available for use by 
  2.5   entities other than those collaborating on its planning, 
  2.6   construction, and operation; and its proposed governing 
  2.7   structure, including how management and operational decisions 
  2.8   will be made and how it will be staffed. 
  2.9      Subd. 3.  [REQUIRED REPORTS.] (a) By January 15, 2000, the 
  2.10  commissioner shall report to the chairs and ranking minority 
  2.11  members of the senate and house committees and divisions having 
  2.12  jurisdiction over criminal justice funding on the grants made 
  2.13  under this section.  The report must include the plans required 
  2.14  under subdivision 2. 
  2.15     (b) By January 15, 2000, and January 15, 2001, Hennepin, 
  2.16  Ramsey, and Washington counties shall report to the chairs and 
  2.17  ranking minority members described in paragraph (a) on the 
  2.18  status of the law enforcement training facilities funded in 
  2.19  subdivision 1.