HF 2606

as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to crime; requiring certain cities to collect 
  1.3             and maintain information on the occurrence and 
  1.4             disposition of crimes within their jurisdictions; 
  1.5             requiring periodic reports; proposing coding for new 
  1.6             law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 626. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  [626.515] [CRIME REPORTS BY CERTAIN CITIES 
  1.9   REQUIRED.] 
  1.10     Subdivision 1.  [TITLE.] This section may be cited as the 
  1.11  "Community Right to Know Act." 
  1.12     Subd. 2.  [DEFINITIONS.] (a) As used in this section, the 
  1.13  terms in this subdivision have the meanings given them. 
  1.14     (b) "City" means:  
  1.15     (1) a city of the first class; and 
  1.16     (2) any city of the second class that had a crime rate per 
  1.17  10,000 population in 1996 in excess of any of the following 
  1.18  numbers:  
  1.19     (i) 35 part I violent crimes; 
  1.20     (ii) 500 part I property crimes; or 
  1.21     (iii) 1,000 total part II crimes. 
  1.22     (c) "Neighborhood" means:  
  1.23     (1) a neighborhood as defined for the purposes of the 
  1.24  neighborhood revitalization program under section 469.1831, if 
  1.25  applicable; or 
  1.26     (2) a planning district as identified and mapped for city 
  2.1   district planning purposes. 
  2.2      Subd. 3.  [INFORMATION REQUIRED.] Beginning January 1, 
  2.3   1999, each city shall collect and maintain the following 
  2.4   information on crimes occurring within their jurisdictions: 
  2.5      (1) the number and types of crimes reported to local law 
  2.6   enforcement agencies; 
  2.7      (2) the number and types of crimes resulting in an arrest 
  2.8   or the issuance of a citation; 
  2.9      (3) the number and types of crimes that are diverted by the 
  2.10  prosecuting authority before trial by means of a continuance for 
  2.11  dismissal or otherwise; 
  2.12     (4) the number and types of crimes resulting in the 
  2.13  issuance of a criminal complaint or indictment; 
  2.14     (5) the disposition of the criminal cases accepted by the 
  2.15  prosecuting authority for prosecution, including the number and 
  2.16  types of cases resulting in a guilty plea, a finding of guilt 
  2.17  following trial, a stay of adjudication, or a verdict of 
  2.18  acquittal; 
  2.19     (6) for those cases resulting in a conviction, a finding of 
  2.20  guilt, or a stay of adjudication, the specific sentences or 
  2.21  other dispositions ordered by the court, including the number 
  2.22  and types of cases resulting in incarceration and the length of 
  2.23  incarceration ordered, probation, restitution orders, community 
  2.24  work service, fines, and court-ordered treatment; and 
  2.25     (7) where available, relevant demographic and personal 
  2.26  information on the criminal suspects and defendants who are the 
  2.27  subject of these crime reports, including, but not limited to, 
  2.28  their gender, age, race or ethnic background, chemical 
  2.29  dependency status, marital status, parental status, and 
  2.30  employment. 
  2.31     Subd. 4.  [FORMAT; CASE TRACKING.] The information 
  2.32  submitted by cities of the first class under subdivision 3 shall 
  2.33  be stratified geographically by neighborhood.  The information 
  2.34  submitted by cities of the second class under subdivision 3 
  2.35  shall be reported in any manner the city deems useful.  Where 
  2.36  possible, the city's information system shall track individual 
  3.1   cases as they proceed through the stages of the criminal justice 
  3.2   system and shall indicate the amount of time that has elapsed 
  3.3   since the crime was first reported or the case was otherwise 
  3.4   initiated. 
  3.5      Subd. 5.  [SEMIANNUAL REPORTS.] Beginning July 1, 1999, and 
  3.6   every six months after that, each city required to collect and 
  3.7   maintain information under subdivision 3 shall publish a report 
  3.8   describing the information collected during the preceding six 
  3.9   months.  The report also shall contain information on the 
  3.10  current status of criminal cases that were referenced in 
  3.11  previous reports and have not yet resulted in a disposition.  
  3.12  The report shall be written in a manner that is understandable 
  3.13  by the general public.  The report shall be accessible to the 
  3.14  public as provided in section 13.03, subdivision 3, and shall be 
  3.15  submitted to the chairs of the house and senate committees 
  3.16  having jurisdiction over criminal justice policy and funding. 
  3.17     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  3.18     Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.