HF 2650

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

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to crime prevention; removing the 
  1.3             appropriation for computer controlled driving 
  1.4             simulator grants; amending Laws 1999, chapter 216, 
  1.5             article 1, sections 7, subdivision 6; and 18.  
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Laws 1999, chapter 216, article 1, section 7, 
  1.8   subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
  1.9   Subd. 6.  Law Enforcement and Community Grants
  1.10      10,290,000      7,583,000 
  1.11  $1,000,000 the first year is for grants 
  1.12  to pay the costs of developing or 
  1.13  implementing a criminal justice 
  1.14  information integration plan as 
  1.15  described in Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.16  section 299C.65, subdivision 6 or 7.  
  1.17  The commissioner shall make a minimum 
  1.18  of two grants from this appropriation. 
  1.19  This is a one-time appropriation. 
  1.20  The commissioner of public safety shall 
  1.21  consider using a portion of federal 
  1.22  Byrne grant funds for costs related to 
  1.23  developing or implementing a criminal 
  1.24  justice information system integration 
  1.25  plan as described in Minnesota 
  1.26  Statutes, section 299C.65, subdivision 
  1.27  6 or 7. 
  1.28  $400,000 the first year is for a grant 
  1.29  to the city of Marshall to construct, 
  1.30  furnish, and equip a regional emergency 
  1.31  response training center.  The balance, 
  1.32  if any, does not cancel but is 
  1.33  available for the fiscal year ending 
  1.34  June 30, 2001. 
  1.35  $10,000 the first year is for the 
  1.36  commissioner of public safety to 
  1.37  reconvene the task force that developed 
  2.1   the statewide master plan for fire and 
  2.2   law enforcement training facilities 
  2.3   under Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 
  2.4   21, subdivision 3, for the purpose of 
  2.5   developing specific recommendations 
  2.6   concerning the siting, financing and 
  2.7   use of these training facilities.  The 
  2.8   commissioner's report shall include 
  2.9   detailed recommendations concerning the 
  2.10  following issues: 
  2.11  (1) the specific cities, counties, or 
  2.12  regions of the state where training 
  2.13  facilities should be located; 
  2.14  (2) the reasons why a training facility 
  2.15  should be sited in the recommended 
  2.16  location, including a description of 
  2.17  the public safety training needs in 
  2.18  that part of the state; 
  2.19  (3) the extent to which neighboring 
  2.20  cities and counties should be required 
  2.21  to collaborate in funding and operating 
  2.22  the recommended training facilities; 
  2.23  (4) an appropriate amount for a local 
  2.24  funding match (up to 50 percent) for 
  2.25  cities and counties using the training 
  2.26  facility to contribute in money or 
  2.27  other resources to build, expand, or 
  2.28  operate the facility; 
  2.29  (5) the feasibility of providing 
  2.30  training at one or more of the 
  2.31  recommended facilities for both law 
  2.32  enforcement and fire safety personnel; 
  2.33  (6) whether the regional or statewide 
  2.34  need for increased public safety 
  2.35  training resources can be met through 
  2.36  the expansion of existing training 
  2.37  facilities rather than the creation of 
  2.38  new facilities and, if so, which 
  2.39  facilities should be expanded; and 
  2.40  (7) any other issues the task force 
  2.41  deems relevant. 
  2.42  By January 15, 2000, the commissioner 
  2.43  shall submit the report to the chairs 
  2.44  and ranking minority members of the 
  2.45  house and senate committees and 
  2.46  divisions with jurisdiction over 
  2.47  capital investment issues and criminal 
  2.48  justice funding and policy. 
  2.49  $746,000 the first year and $766,000 
  2.50  the second year are for personnel and 
  2.51  administrative costs for the criminal 
  2.52  gang oversight council and strike force 
  2.53  described in Minnesota Statutes, 
  2.54  section 299A.64. 
  2.55  $1,171,000 the first year and 
  2.56  $2,412,000 are for the grants 
  2.57  authorized under Minnesota Statutes, 
  2.58  section 299A.66, subdivisions 1 and 2.  
  2.59  Of this appropriation, $1,595,000 each 
  2.60  year shall be included in the 2002-2003 
  2.61  biennial base budget. 
  3.1   By January 15, 2000, the criminal gang 
  3.2   oversight council shall submit a report 
  3.3   to the chairs and ranking minority 
  3.4   members of the senate and house 
  3.5   committees and divisions with 
  3.6   jurisdiction over criminal justice 
  3.7   funding and policy describing the 
  3.8   following: 
  3.9   (1) the types of crimes on which the 
  3.10  oversight council and strike force have 
  3.11  primarily focused their investigative 
  3.12  efforts since their inception; 
  3.13  (2) a detailed accounting of how the 
  3.14  oversight council and strike force have 
  3.15  spent all funds and donations they have 
  3.16  received since their inception, 
  3.17  including donations of goods and 
  3.18  services; 
  3.19  (3) the extent to which the activities 
  3.20  of the oversight council and strike 
  3.21  force overlap or duplicate the 
  3.22  activities of the fugitive task force 
  3.23  or the activities of any federal, 
  3.24  state, or local task forces that 
  3.25  investigate interjurisdictional 
  3.26  criminal activity; and 
  3.27  (4) the long-term goals that the 
  3.28  criminal gang oversight council and 
  3.29  strike force hope to achieve. 
  3.30  The commissioner of public safety shall 
  3.31  consider using a portion of federal 
  3.32  Byrne grant funds for criminal gang 
  3.33  prevention and intervention activities 
  3.34  to (1) help gang members separate 
  3.35  themselves, or remain separated, from 
  3.36  gangs; and (2) prevent individuals from 
  3.37  becoming affiliated with gangs. 
  3.38  $50,000 the first year is for a grant 
  3.39  to the Minnesota Safety Council to 
  3.40  continue the crosswalk safety awareness 
  3.41  campaign.  The Minnesota Safety Council 
  3.42  shall work with the department of 
  3.43  transportation to develop a long range 
  3.44  plan to continue the crosswalk safety 
  3.45  awareness campaign. 
  3.46  $500,000 the first year is for grants 
  3.47  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  3.48  299A.62, subdivision 1. These grants 
  3.49  shall be distributed as provided in 
  3.50  Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.62, 
  3.51  subdivision 2.  This is a one-time 
  3.52  appropriation. 
  3.53  Up to $30,000 of the appropriation for 
  3.54  grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
  3.55  section 299A.62, is for grants to 
  3.56  requesting local law enforcement 
  3.57  agencies to purchase dogs trained to 
  3.58  detect or locate controlled substances 
  3.59  by scent.  Grants are limited to one 
  3.60  dog per county. 
  3.61  $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
  3.62  second year are for grants to the 
  4.1   northwest Hennepin human services 
  4.2   council to administer the northwest 
  4.3   community law enforcement project, to 
  4.4   be available until June 30, 2001.  This 
  4.5   is a one-time appropriation. 
  4.6   $30,000 the first year is to assist 
  4.7   volunteer ambulance services, licensed 
  4.8   under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144E, 
  4.9   in purchasing automatic external 
  4.10  defibrillators.  Ambulance services are 
  4.11  eligible for a grant under this 
  4.12  provision if they do not already 
  4.13  possess an automatic external 
  4.14  defibrillator and if they provide a 25 
  4.15  percent match in nonstate funds.  This 
  4.16  is a one-time appropriation. 
  4.17  $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
  4.18  second year are for grants under 
  4.19  Minnesota Statutes, section 119A.31, 
  4.20  subdivision 1, clause (12), to 
  4.21  organizations that focus on 
  4.22  intervention and prevention of teenage 
  4.23  prostitution. 
  4.24  The commissioner of public safety shall 
  4.25  administer a program to distribute tire 
  4.26  deflators to local or state law 
  4.27  enforcement agencies selected by the 
  4.28  commissioner of public safety and to 
  4.29  distribute or otherwise make available 
  4.30  a computer-controlled driving simulator 
  4.31  to local or state law enforcement 
  4.32  agencies or POST-certified skills 
  4.33  programs selected by the commissioner 
  4.34  of public safety. 
  4.35  Before any decisions are made on which 
  4.36  law enforcement agencies will receive 
  4.37  tire deflators or the driving 
  4.38  simulator, a committee consisting of a 
  4.39  representative from the Minnesota 
  4.40  chiefs of police association, a 
  4.41  representative from the Minnesota 
  4.42  sheriffs association, a representative 
  4.43  from the state patrol, and a 
  4.44  representative from the Minnesota 
  4.45  police and peace officers association 
  4.46  shall evaluate the applications.  The 
  4.47  commissioner shall consult with the 
  4.48  committee concerning its evaluation and 
  4.49  recommendations on distribution 
  4.50  proposals prior to making a final 
  4.51  decision on distribution.  
  4.52  Law enforcement agencies that receive 
  4.53  tire deflators under this section 
  4.54  must:  (i) provide any necessary 
  4.55  training to their employees concerning 
  4.56  use of the tire deflators; (ii) compile 
  4.57  statistics on use of the tire deflators 
  4.58  and the results; (iii) provide a 
  4.59  one-to-one match in nonstate funds; and 
  4.60  (iv) report this information to the 
  4.61  commissioner as required. 
  4.62  Law enforcement agencies or 
  4.63  POST-certified skills programs that 
  4.64  receive a computer-controlled driving 
  4.65  simulator under this section must: 
  5.1   (1) provide necessary training to their 
  5.2   employees in emergency vehicle 
  5.3   operations and in the conduct of police 
  5.4   pursuits; 
  5.5   (2) provide a five-year plan for 
  5.6   maintaining the hardware necessary to 
  5.7   operate the driving simulator; 
  5.8   (3) provide a five-year plan to update 
  5.9   software necessary to operate the 
  5.10  driving simulator; 
  5.11  (4) provide a plan to make the driving 
  5.12  simulator available at a reasonable 
  5.13  cost and with reasonable availability 
  5.14  to other law enforcement agencies to 
  5.15  train their officers; and 
  5.16  (5) provide an estimate of the 
  5.17  availability of the driving simulator 
  5.18  for use by other law enforcement 
  5.19  agencies. 
  5.20  By January 15, 2001, the commissioner 
  5.21  shall report to the chairs and ranking 
  5.22  minority members of the house and 
  5.23  senate committees and divisions having 
  5.24  jurisdiction over criminal justice 
  5.25  matters on the tire deflators and the 
  5.26  driving simulator distributed under 
  5.27  this section. 
  5.28  $285,000 the first year is for a 
  5.29  one-time grant to the city of 
  5.30  Minneapolis to implement a coordinated 
  5.31  criminal justice system response to the 
  5.32  CODEFOR (Computer Optimized 
  5.33  Development-Focus on Results) law 
  5.34  enforcement strategy.  This 
  5.35  appropriation is available until 
  5.36  expended. 
  5.37  $795,000 the first year is for a 
  5.38  one-time grant to Hennepin county to 
  5.39  implement a coordinated criminal 
  5.40  justice system response to the CODEFOR 
  5.41  (Computer Optimized Development-Focus 
  5.42  on Results) law enforcement strategy.  
  5.43  This appropriation is available until 
  5.44  expended. 
  5.45  $420,000 the first year is for a 
  5.46  one-time grant to the fourth judicial 
  5.47  district public defender's office to 
  5.48  accommodate the CODEFOR (Computer 
  5.49  Optimized Development-Focus on Results) 
  5.50  law enforcement strategy.  This 
  5.51  appropriation is available until 
  5.52  expended. 
  5.53  $150,000 the first year and $150,000 
  5.54  the second year are for weed and seed 
  5.55  grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
  5.56  section 299A.63.  Money not expended 
  5.57  the first year is available for grants 
  5.58  during the second year.  This is a 
  5.59  one-time appropriation. 
  5.60  $200,000 each year is a one-time 
  5.61  appropriation for a grant to the center 
  6.1   for reducing rural violence to continue 
  6.2   the technical assistance and related 
  6.3   rural violence prevention services the 
  6.4   center offers to rural communities.  
  6.5   $500,000 the first year and $500,000 
  6.6   the second year are to operate the 
  6.7   weekend camp program at Camp Ripley 
  6.8   described in Laws 1997, chapter 239, 
  6.9   article 1, section 12, subdivision 3, 
  6.10  as amended by Laws 1998, chapter 367, 
  6.11  article 10, section 13.  The powers and 
  6.12  duties of the department of corrections 
  6.13  with respect to the weekend program are 
  6.14  transferred to the department of public 
  6.15  safety under Minnesota Statutes, 
  6.16  section 15.039.  The commissioner shall 
  6.17  attempt to expand the program to serve 
  6.18  500 juveniles per year within this 
  6.19  appropriation. 
  6.20  An additional $125,000 the first year 
  6.21  and $125,000 the second year are for 
  6.22  the weekend camp program at Camp Ripley.
  6.23  $500,000 the first year and $500,000 
  6.24  the second year are for Asian-American 
  6.25  juvenile crime intervention and 
  6.26  prevention grants under Minnesota 
  6.27  Statutes, section 256.486.  The powers 
  6.28  and duties of the department of human 
  6.29  services, with respect to that program, 
  6.30  are transferred to the department of 
  6.31  public safety under Minnesota Statutes, 
  6.32  section 15.039.  This is a one-time 
  6.33  appropriation. 
  6.34     Sec. 2.  Laws 1999, chapter 216, article 1, section 18, is 
  6.35  amended to read: 
  6.36  Sec. 18.  AUTOMOBILE THEFT PREVENTION 
  6.37  BOARD                                  2,277,000      1,886,000 
  6.38  This appropriation is from the 
  6.39  automobile theft prevention account in 
  6.40  the special revenue fund. 
  6.41  Of this appropriation, up to $400,000 
  6.42  the first year is transferred to the 
  6.43  commissioner of public safety for the 
  6.44  purchase and distribution of tire 
  6.45  deflators to local or state law 
  6.46  enforcement agencies and for the 
  6.47  purchase of a computer-controlled 
  6.48  driving simulator.  Any amount not 
  6.49  spent by the commissioner of public 
  6.50  safety for this purpose shall be 
  6.51  returned to the automobile theft 
  6.52  prevention account in the special 
  6.53  revenue fund and may be used for other 
  6.54  automobile theft prevention activities. 
  6.55  The automobile theft prevention board 
  6.56  may not spend any money it receives 
  6.57  from surcharges in the fiscal year 
  6.58  2000-2001 biennium, unless the 
  6.59  legislature approves the spending. 
  6.60  The executive director of the 
  6.61  automobile theft prevention board may 
  7.1   not sit on the automobile theft 
  7.2   prevention board.