HF 2290

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

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to sentencing; adding the commissioner of 
  1.3             public safety to the Sentencing Guidelines Commission; 
  1.4             amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 244.09, 
  1.5             subdivisions 1, 2. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 244.09, 
  1.8   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subdivision 1.  [COMMISSION; ESTABLISHMENT.] There is 
  1.10  hereby established the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines 
  1.11  Commission which shall be comprised of 11 12 members. 
  1.12     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 244.09, 
  1.13  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.14     Subd. 2.  [MEMBERS.] The Sentencing Guidelines Commission 
  1.15  shall consist of the following: 
  1.16     (1) the chief justice of the Supreme Court or a designee; 
  1.17     (2) one judge of the Court of Appeals, appointed by the 
  1.18  chief justice of the Supreme Court; 
  1.19     (3) one district court judge appointed by the chief justice 
  1.20  of the Supreme Court; 
  1.21     (4) one public defender appointed by the governor upon 
  1.22  recommendation of the state public defender; 
  1.23     (5) one county attorney appointed by the governor upon 
  1.24  recommendation of the board of directors of the Minnesota County 
  1.25  Attorneys Association; 
  2.1      (6) the commissioner of corrections or a designee; 
  2.2      (7) the commissioner of public safety or a designee; 
  2.3      (7) (8) one peace officer as defined in section 626.84 
  2.4   appointed by the governor; 
  2.5      (8) (9) one probation officer or parole officer appointed 
  2.6   by the governor; and 
  2.7      (9) (10) three public members appointed by the governor, 
  2.8   one of whom shall be a victim of a crime defined as a felony. 
  2.9      When an appointing authority selects individuals for 
  2.10  membership on the commission, the authority shall make 
  2.11  reasonable efforts to appoint qualified members of protected 
  2.12  groups, as defined in section 43A.02, subdivision 33. 
  2.13     One of the members shall be designated by the governor as 
  2.14  chair of the commission. 
  2.15     Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.16     The term of the member added in section 2 shall begin the 
  2.17  day after final enactment.