HF 2812

as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to appropriations; changing and reducing 
  1.3             appropriations made for transportation, public safety, 
  1.4             criminal justice, and other agencies and activities; 
  1.5             reducing law enforcement and community grants; 
  1.6             authorizing bonding; providing for fees; making 
  1.7             clarifying changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, 
  1.8             sections 168A.29, subdivision 1; 168A.40, subdivision 
  1.9             4; 299F.011, by adding a subdivision; 299L.02, 
  1.10            subdivision 7; 299L.07, subdivision 5; Minnesota 
  1.11            Statutes 2001 Supplement, sections 171.29, subdivision 
  1.12            2; 299A.75, subdivision 1; 357.021, subdivision 7; 
  1.13            Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 8, article 4, 
  1.14            section 10, subdivisions 1, 7; Laws 2001, First 
  1.15            Special Session chapter 8, article 4, section 11; 
  1.16            repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 115A.908, 
  1.17            subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 2001 Supplement, 
  1.18            section 115A.908, subdivision 1. 
  1.19  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.20                             ARTICLE 1 
  1.21                   TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC SAFETY, 
  1.22                         AND OTHER AGENCIES 
  1.23                           APPROPRIATIONS 
  1.24  Section 1.  [TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 
  1.25  AND REDUCTIONS.] 
  1.26     The dollar amounts in the columns under "APPROPRIATIONS" 
  1.27  are added to or, if shown in parentheses, subtracted from the 
  1.28  appropriations in Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 8, 
  1.29  article 1, or other law to the specified agencies.  The 
  1.30  appropriations are from the general fund or other named fund and 
  1.31  are available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.  
  1.32  The figure "2002" or "2003" means that the addition to or 
  2.1   subtraction from the appropriations listed under the figure are 
  2.2   for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, or June 30, 2003, 
  2.3   respectively.  
  2.4   FEE REVENUE                         $    -0-        $ 3,000,000 
  2.5   APPROPRIATION CHANGES                244,840,000     16,421,000 
  2.6   CANCELLATIONS                        245,240,000        -0- 
  2.7                           SUMMARY BY FUND
  2.8                             2002          2003          
  2.9   General              $   (400,000)   $16,421,000               
  2.10  Trunk Highway Bond
  2.11  Proceeds Account      245,240,000        -0-               
  2.12                                         APPROPRIATIONS CHANGES 
  2.13                                            2002         2003 
  2.14  Sec. 2.  TRANSPORTATION
  2.15  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner
  2.16  of transportation for the
  2.17  purposes specified in this   
  2.18  section                           $  245,240,000 $   14,621,000
  2.19                Summary by Fund
  2.20  Trunk Highway Bond
  2.21  Proceeds Account    245,240,000          -0-    
  2.22  Trunk Highway
  2.23  Fund                    -0-        (2,500,000)
  2.24  General Fund            -0-        17,121,000
  2.25  The appropriations in this section are 
  2.26  from the trunk highway fund, except 
  2.27  when another fund is named. 
  2.28  Subd. 2.  Trunk Highway
  2.29  Construction                         245,240,000        -0-     
  2.30  This appropriation is from the bond 
  2.31  proceeds account in the trunk highway 
  2.32  fund. 
  2.33  This appropriation is available for 
  2.34  expenditure beginning the day following 
  2.35  final enactment. 
  2.36  This appropriation is for the same 
  2.37  purposes as specified in Laws 2000, 
  2.38  chapter 479, article 1, section 2, 
  2.39  subdivision 3. 
  2.40  Of the appropriation in Laws 2000, 
  2.41  chapter 479, article 1, section 2, 
  2.42  subdivision 3, $245,240,000 cancels to 
  2.43  the general fund.  This cancellation is 
  2.44  effective the day following final 
  2.45  enactment. 
  2.46  Subd. 3.  Trunk Highway
  2.47  Debt Service                             -0-         17,121,000
  3.1   This appropriation is from the general 
  3.2   fund and is for transfer to the trunk 
  3.3   highway fund for the purposes of paying 
  3.4   debt service on trunk highway bonds.  
  3.5   The base for this appropriation is 
  3.6   $16,528,000 for the fiscal year 
  3.7   beginning July 1, 2003, and zero for 
  3.8   the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004. 
  3.9   Subd. 4.  State Roads                    -0-           (750,000)
  3.10  $(400,000) the second year is from 
  3.11  central engineering services. 
  3.12  $(350,000) the second year is from 
  3.13  state road operations. 
  3.14  Subd. 5.  General Support                -0-         (1,750,000) 
  3.15  $(1,100,000) the second year is from 
  3.16  general management. 
  3.17  $(650,000) the second year is from 
  3.18  general services. 
  3.19  Sec. 3.  METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
  3.20  TRANSIT                                 (400,000)      (700,000)
  3.21  The base for metropolitan council 
  3.22  transit is reduced by $885,000 for the 
  3.23  fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003. 
  3.24     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 168A.29, 
  3.25  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  3.26     Subdivision 1.  [AMOUNTS.] (a) The department shall must be 
  3.27  paid the following fees fee specified for the following 
  3.28  activities: 
  3.29     (1) for filing an application for and the issuance of an 
  3.30  original a certificate of title or title transfer, the sum 
  3.31  of $2 $13; 
  3.32     (2) for each security interest when first noted upon a 
  3.33  certificate of title, including the concurrent notation of any 
  3.34  assignment thereof and its subsequent release or satisfaction, 
  3.35  the sum of $2, except that no fee is due for if a security 
  3.36  interest is filed by a public authority under section 168A.05, 
  3.37  subdivision 8, or if a lien is listed in clause (1); 
  3.38     (3) for the transfer of the interest of an owner and the 
  3.39  issuance of a new certificate of title, the sum of $2; 
  3.40     (4) for each assignment of a security interest when first 
  3.41  noted on a certificate of title, unless noted concurrently with 
  3.42  the security interest, the sum of $1; 
  3.43     (5) (4) for issuing a duplicate certificate of title, the 
  4.1   sum of $4.  
  4.2      (b) After June 30, 1994, in addition to each From the 
  4.3   proceeds of the fees fee required under paragraph (a), clauses 
  4.4   clause (1) and (3), the department shall be paid 
  4.5   credit $3.50.  The additional fee collected under this paragraph 
  4.6   must be deposited in the special revenue fund and credited for 
  4.7   each title transaction to the public safety motor vehicle 
  4.8   account established in section 299A.70 and the motor vehicle 
  4.9   registrar shall credit $3.32 on each title application or 
  4.10  transfer to the motor vehicle transfer account in the 
  4.11  environmental fund. 
  4.12     Sec. 5.  [BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.] 
  4.13     To provide the money appropriated in this act from the 
  4.14  trunk highway bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance 
  4.15  shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to 
  4.16  $245,240,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect 
  4.17  prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 167.50 to 167.52, and 
  4.18  by the Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, section 11, at the 
  4.19  times and in the amount requested by the commissioner of 
  4.20  transportation.  The proceeds of the bonds, except accrued 
  4.21  interest and any premium received on the sale of the bonds, must 
  4.22  be credited to a bond proceeds account in the trunk highway fund.
  4.23     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 
  4.24  following final enactment. 
  4.25     Sec. 6.  Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 8, 
  4.26  article 4, section 10, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  4.27  Subdivision 1.  Total 
  4.28  Appropriation                         88,001,000     84,299,000 
  4.29                                        87,851,000     84,149,000 
  4.30                Summary by Fund
  4.31                          2002          2003
  4.32  General             84,919,000    81,195,000 
  4.33                      84,769,000    81,045,000 
  4.34  Special Revenue      2,674,000     2,687,000 
  4.35  State Government 
  4.36  Special Revenue          7,000         7,000  
  4.37  Environmental           47,000        49,000  
  5.1   Trunk Highway          354,000       361,000   
  5.2   [APPROPRIATIONS FOR PROGRAMS.] The 
  5.3   amounts that may be spent from this 
  5.4   appropriation for each program are 
  5.5   specified in the following subdivisions.
  5.6   [DWI PENALTY FUNDS.] The commissioners 
  5.7   of public safety and transportation 
  5.8   must jointly report annually to the 
  5.9   chairs and ranking minority members of 
  5.10  the house of representatives and senate 
  5.11  committees having jurisdiction over 
  5.12  transportation and public safety 
  5.13  finance issues on the expenditure of 
  5.14  any federal funds available under the 
  5.15  repeat offender transfer program, 
  5.16  Public Law Number 105-206, section 164. 
  5.17     Sec. 7.  Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 8, 
  5.18  article 4, section 10, subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
  5.19  Subd. 7.  Law Enforcement 
  5.20  and Community Grants
  5.21                Summary by Fund
  5.22  General               6,942,000     6,136,000
  5.23                        6,792,000     5,986,000
  5.24  Special Revenue       2,130,000     2,130,000
  5.25  [UNENCUMBERED BALANCES.] Any 
  5.26  unencumbered balances remaining in the 
  5.27  first year do not cancel but are 
  5.28  available for the second year. 
  5.29  [ENCUMBERED BALANCES.] Notwithstanding 
  5.30  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, 
  5.31  appropriations encumbered under 
  5.32  contract on or before June 30 each year 
  5.33  are available until the following June 
  5.34  30. 
  5.35  [SPECIAL REVENUE; RACIAL PROFILING.] 
  5.36  The appropriation from the special 
  5.37  revenue account must be spent according 
  5.38  to article 7, section 14. 
  5.39  [FUNDING TO COMBAT METHAMPHETAMINE 
  5.40  TRAFFICKING AND PRODUCTION.] $471,000 
  5.41  the first year is a onetime 
  5.42  appropriation for grants under 
  5.43  Minnesota Statutes, section 299C.065, 
  5.44  subdivision 1, clause (1), including 
  5.45  grants to the bureau of criminal 
  5.46  apprehension for increased law 
  5.47  enforcement costs relating to 
  5.48  methamphetamine trafficking and 
  5.49  production.  Grant recipients must be 
  5.50  chosen by the office of drug policy and 
  5.51  violence prevention after consulting 
  5.52  with the narcotics enforcement 
  5.53  coordinating committee.  Grants to drug 
  5.54  task force agencies must be allocated 
  5.55  in a balanced manner among rural, 
  5.56  suburban, and urban agencies.  Grants 
  5.57  may be awarded and used for the 
  5.58  following items relating to clandestine 
  6.1   methamphetamine labs: 
  6.2   (1) increased general law enforcement 
  6.3   costs; 
  6.4   (2) training materials and public 
  6.5   awareness publications; 
  6.6   (3) peace officer training courses, 
  6.7   certification, and equipment; and 
  6.8   (4) reimbursements to law enforcement 
  6.9   agencies for extraordinary or unusual 
  6.10  overtime and investigative expenses. 
  6.11  Grants must not be used for 
  6.12  methamphetamine lab site cleanup or 
  6.13  disposal of seized equipment or 
  6.14  chemicals.  Additionally, grants must 
  6.15  not supplant current local spending or 
  6.16  other state or federal grants allocated 
  6.17  by the commissioner for similar 
  6.18  purposes. 
  6.19  [GANG STRIKE FORCE GRANTS.] $750,000 
  6.20  the first year and $750,000 the second 
  6.21  year are onetime appropriations for 
  6.22  criminal gang strike force grants under 
  6.23  Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.66.  
  6.24  The commissioner of public safety must 
  6.25  provide direct administrative and 
  6.26  fiscal oversight for all grants awarded 
  6.27  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  6.28  299A.66. 
  6.29  [USE OF BYRNE GRANTS.] The commissioner 
  6.30  must consider using a portion of 
  6.31  federal Byrne grant funds for grants to:
  6.32  (1) the center for reducing rural 
  6.33  violence; 
  6.34  (2) organizations or agencies that 
  6.35  provide gang prevention services, such 
  6.36  as the boys and girls club, the youth 
  6.37  experiencing alternatives (YEA) 
  6.38  program, the police athletic league, 
  6.39  agencies eligible for Asian-American 
  6.40  juvenile crime intervention and 
  6.41  prevention grants under Minnesota 
  6.42  Statutes, section 299A.2994, 
  6.43  subdivision 3, clause (2), or other 
  6.44  similar organizations; and 
  6.45  (3) continue funding the pilot project 
  6.46  to provide neighborhood-based services 
  6.47  to crime victims and witnesses funded 
  6.48  in Laws 1999, chapter 216, article 1, 
  6.49  section 8, subdivision 3, and described 
  6.50  in Laws 1999, chapter 216, article 2, 
  6.51  section 23. 
  6.52  [JOINT DOMESTIC ABUSE PROSECUTION 
  6.53  UNIT.] $197,000 the first year is a 
  6.54  onetime appropriation for a grant to 
  6.55  the Ramsey county attorney's office to 
  6.56  continue funding the joint domestic 
  6.57  abuse prosecution unit.  This 
  6.58  appropriation is available until June 
  6.59  30, 2003. 
  7.1   The Ramsey county attorney's office and 
  7.2   the St. Paul city attorney's office 
  7.3   shall continue the joint domestic abuse 
  7.4   prosecution unit pilot project 
  7.5   established by the legislature under 
  7.6   Laws 2000, chapters 471, section 3; and 
  7.7   488, article 6, section 10.  The 
  7.8   appropriation must be used to continue 
  7.9   the pilot project beyond its first year 
  7.10  of operation and allow a meaningful 
  7.11  evaluation that will benefit other 
  7.12  jurisdictions in Minnesota.  The unit 
  7.13  has authority to prosecute 
  7.14  misdemeanors, gross misdemeanors, and 
  7.15  felonies.  The unit shall also 
  7.16  coordinate efforts with child 
  7.17  protection attorneys.  The unit may 
  7.18  include four cross-deputized assistant 
  7.19  city attorneys and assistant county 
  7.20  attorneys and a police investigator.  A 
  7.21  victim/witness advocate, a law clerk, a 
  7.22  paralegal, and a secretary may provide 
  7.23  support.  
  7.24  The goals of this pilot project are to: 
  7.25  (1) recognize children as both victims 
  7.26  and witnesses in domestic abuse 
  7.27  situations; 
  7.28  (2) recognize and respect the interests 
  7.29  of children in the prosecution of 
  7.30  domestic abuse; and 
  7.31  (3) reduce the exposure to domestic 
  7.32  violence for both adult and child 
  7.33  victims. 
  7.34  By January 15, 2002, the Ramsey county 
  7.35  attorney's office and the St. Paul city 
  7.36  attorney's office shall report to the 
  7.37  chairs and ranking minority members of 
  7.38  the senate and house of representatives 
  7.39  committees and divisions having 
  7.40  jurisdiction over criminal justice 
  7.41  policy and funding on the pilot 
  7.42  project.  The report may include the 
  7.43  number and types of cases referred, the 
  7.44  number of cases charged, the outcome of 
  7.45  cases, and other relevant outcome 
  7.46  measures. 
  7.47  [COPS, HEAT, AND FINANCIAL CRIMES 
  7.48  INVESTIGATION UNIT GRANTS.] $250,000 
  7.49  the first year and $250,000 the second 
  7.50  year are onetime appropriations for 
  7.51  grants under either Minnesota Statutes, 
  7.52  section 299A.62 or 299A.68.  Grants 
  7.53  awarded from this appropriation under 
  7.54  Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.62, 
  7.55  are for overtime for peace officers.  
  7.56  Of the total grants awarded from this 
  7.57  appropriation under Minnesota Statutes, 
  7.58  section 299A.62, 50 percent must go to 
  7.59  the St. Paul and Minneapolis police 
  7.60  departments and 50 percent must go to 
  7.61  other law enforcement agencies 
  7.62  statewide.  Any amounts from this 
  7.63  appropriation awarded to the St. Paul 
  7.64  police department must be used to 
  7.65  increase the current degree of 
  8.1   implementation of the HEAT law 
  8.2   enforcement strategy.  The HEAT law 
  8.3   enforcement strategy must be a 
  8.4   community-driven strategic initiative 
  8.5   that is used to target criminal conduct 
  8.6   in specific areas of St. Paul with 
  8.7   higher crime rates than the city 
  8.8   average.  It must target offenders 
  8.9   based upon their criminal behavior and 
  8.10  not other factors and be planned and 
  8.11  implemented taking into consideration 
  8.12  the wishes of the targeted communities. 
  8.13  Grants awarded under Minnesota 
  8.14  Statutes, section 299A.68, may be used 
  8.15  to cover costs for salaries, equipment, 
  8.16  office space, and other necessary 
  8.17  services or expenses of a financial 
  8.18  crimes investigation task force.  The 
  8.19  commissioner must distribute the grants 
  8.20  in a manner designed to be equitable to 
  8.21  the grantees given their contributions 
  8.22  to the investigation task force and to 
  8.23  encourage their continued participation.
  8.24  Participating local units of government 
  8.25  must provide a 25 percent match from 
  8.26  nonstate funds or in-kind contributions 
  8.27  either directly from their budgets or 
  8.28  from businesses directly donating 
  8.29  support in order for the financial 
  8.30  crimes investigation task force to 
  8.31  obtain any grant funding under 
  8.32  Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.68.  
  8.33  This appropriation is available until 
  8.34  June 30, 2003. 
  8.35  [MODEL POLICING PROGRAM; MENTAL ILLNESS 
  8.36  CALLS.] $150,000 the first year is a 
  8.37  onetime appropriation for developing 
  8.38  and implementing up to four model 
  8.39  policing program pilot projects 
  8.40  required under Minnesota Statutes, 
  8.41  section 626.8441, subdivision 1, and to 
  8.42  produce required reports.  
  8.43  [AUTOMOBILE THEFT PREVENTION GRANTS.] 
  8.44  The commissioner may make grants under 
  8.45  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 
  8.46  299A.75, to past grantees during the 
  8.47  time period before which the changes 
  8.48  made to that section in article 5, 
  8.49  sections 6 to 8, become operational. 
  8.50  [ADMINISTRATION COSTS.] Up to 2.5 
  8.51  percent of the grant funds appropriated 
  8.52  in this subdivision may be used to 
  8.53  administer the grant programs. 
  8.54     Sec. 8.  [REPEALER.] 
  8.55     Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 115A.908, subdivision 2, 
  8.56  and Minnesota Statutes 2001 Supplement, section 115A.908, 
  8.57  subdivision 1, are repealed. 
  8.58                             ARTICLE 2 
  8.59                  CRIMINAL JUSTICE APPROPRIATIONS 
  8.60  Section 1.  APPROPRIATIONS/REDUCTIONS 
  9.1      The dollar amounts in the columns under "APPROPRIATIONS" 
  9.2   are added to or, if shown in parentheses, are subtracted from 
  9.3   the appropriations in Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 
  9.4   8, article 4, or other law to the specified agencies.  The 
  9.5   appropriations are from the general fund or other named fund and 
  9.6   are available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.  
  9.7   The figure "2002" or "2003" means that the addition to or 
  9.8   subtraction from the appropriations listed under the figure are 
  9.9   for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, or June 30, 2003, 
  9.10  respectively. 
  9.11                                          2002           2003 
  9.12  TRANSFERS FROM OTHER FUNDS        $    3,086,000 $    1,772,000
  9.13  APPROPRIATION REDUCTIONS              (4,287,000)   (12,252,000)
  9.14  FEE REVENUE                              -0-            767,000
  9.15                          SUMMARY BY FUND
  9.16                                          2002           2003 
  9.17  General                           $   (3,818,000)$  (11,780,000)
  9.18  Special Revenue                         (469,000)      (472,000)
  9.19                                             APPROPRIATIONS 
  9.20                                          2002           2003
  9.21  Section 1.  SUPREME COURT               -0-        (1,995,000)
  9.22  The base for fiscal year 2004 shall be 
  9.23  reduced by $2,107,000 and for fiscal 
  9.24  year 2005 by $1,880,000. 
  9.25  Sec. 2.  COURT OF APPEALS               -0-          (406,000)
  9.26  Sec. 3.  DISTRICT COURTS                -0-        (6,877,000)
  9.27  The base for fiscal year 2004 shall be 
  9.28  reduced by $9,030,000 and for fiscal 
  9.29  year 2005 by $10,002,000.  These 
  9.30  appropriation reductions may also be 
  9.31  applied to the appropriations to the 
  9.32  trial courts as amended in Laws 2001, 
  9.33  First Special Session chapter 8, 
  9.34  article 5, section 23. 
  9.35  Sec. 4.  HUMAN RIGHTS                   -0-          (207,000)
  9.36  Sec. 5.  PUBLIC SAFETY
  9.37  Subdivision 1.  Total 
  9.38  Appropriation Reductions             (3,818,000)     (2,295,000)
  9.39  Subd. 2.  Emergency Management       (1,200,000)        -0-
  9.40  Subd. 3.  Fire Marshal                  -0-          (168,000)
  9.41  Subd. 4.  Alcohol and Gambling
  9.42  Enforcement                             -0-             -0-
 10.1   The fee charged by the alcohol and 
 10.2   gambling division to Indian tribal 
 10.3   governments for investigations and 
 10.4   background checks under Minnesota 
 10.5   Statutes, section 3.9221, is increased 
 10.6   from $8 to $15, effective July 1, 2002. 
 10.7   The fee charged by the alcohol and 
 10.8   gambling division to manufacturers and 
 10.9   distributors of gambling devices for 
 10.10  background checks under Minnesota 
 10.11  Statutes, section 299L.07, subdivision 
 10.12  5, is increased from $8 to $15, 
 10.13  effective July 1, 2002. 
 10.14  Subd. 5.  Crime Victims
 10.15  Services Center                        (984,000)   (1,368,000)
 10.16  $600,000 the first year and $600,000 
 10.17  the second year are onetime reductions 
 10.18  in per diem funding for shelters. 
 10.19  $384,000 the first year and $768,000 
 10.20  the second year are reductions for 
 10.21  crime victims services grants.  Base 
 10.22  funding for crime victims services 
 10.23  grants is reduced by $576,000 per year 
 10.24  for the 2004-2005 biennium. 
 10.25  Subd. 6.  Law Enforcement
 10.26  and Community Grants                 (1,634,000)     (759,000)
 10.27  $1,292,000 the first year and $142,000 
 10.28  the second year are to reduce drug 
 10.29  policy and violence prevention grants. 
 10.30  $150,000 the first year is to eliminate 
 10.31  the onetime appropriation for the model 
 10.32  policing program mental illness calls. 
 10.33  $175,000 the second year is to reduce 
 10.34  the appropriation for the Camp Ripley 
 10.35  weekend camp.  The base for this 
 10.36  program shall be $0 for the fiscal year 
 10.37  beginning July 1, 2003. 
 10.38  $250,000 the second year is to reduce 
 10.39  the onetime appropriation for COPS, 
 10.40  HEAT, and financial crimes 
 10.41  investigation unit grants. 
 10.42  $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
 10.43  second year are to reduce the grants to 
 10.44  the violence prevention council.  The 
 10.45  base for this program shall be $0 for 
 10.46  the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003. 
 10.47  $117,000 the first year and $117,000 
 10.48  the second year are to reduce the 
 10.49  appropriation for gang strike force 
 10.50  grants.  The base for this program 
 10.51  shall be $1,515,000 for the fiscal year 
 10.52  beginning July 1, 2003. 
 10.53  By June 30, 2002, the commissioner of 
 10.54  finance shall transfer the available 
 10.55  unencumbered balance from the 
 10.56  automobile theft prevention account in 
 10.57  the special revenue fund to the general 
 10.58  fund.  Minnesota Statutes, section 
 11.1   168A.40, subdivision 4, does not apply 
 11.2   to money transferred to the general 
 11.3   fund under this paragraph. 
 11.4      Sec. 6.  Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 8, 
 11.5   article 4, section 11, is amended to read: 
 11.6   Sec. 11.  BOARD OF PEACE OFFICER 
 11.7   STANDARDS AND TRAINING                 4,692,000      4,724,000
 11.8                                          4,223,000      4,252,000
 11.9   [PEACE OFFICER TRAINING ACCOUNT.] This 
 11.10  appropriation is from the peace officer 
 11.11  training account in the special revenue 
 11.12  fund.  Any receipts credited to the 
 11.13  peace officer training account in the 
 11.14  special revenue fund in the first year 
 11.15  in excess of $4,692,000 $4,223,000 must 
 11.16  be transferred and credited to the 
 11.17  general fund.  Any receipts credited to 
 11.18  the peace officer training account in 
 11.19  the special revenue fund in the second 
 11.20  year in excess of $4,724,000 $4,252,000 
 11.21  must be transferred and credited to the 
 11.22  general fund. 
 11.23     Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 168A.40, 
 11.24  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 11.25     Subd. 4.  [AUTOMOBILE THEFT PREVENTION ACCOUNT.] A special 
 11.26  revenue account is created in the state treasury to be credited 
 11.27  with the proceeds of the surcharge imposed under subdivision 3.  
 11.28  Of the revenue in the account, $1,300,000 each year shall be 
 11.29  transferred to the general fund.  Revenues in excess of 
 11.30  $1,300,000 each year may be used only for the automobile theft 
 11.31  prevention program described in section 299A.75. 
 11.32     Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 2001 Supplement, section 
 11.33  171.29, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 11.34     Subd. 2.  [REINSTATEMENT FEES AND SURCHARGES, ALLOCATION.] 
 11.35  (a) A person whose driver's license has been revoked as provided 
 11.36  in subdivision 1, except under section 169A.52, 169A.54, or 
 11.37  609.21, shall pay a $30 fee before the driver's license is 
 11.38  reinstated. 
 11.39     (b) A person whose driver's license has been revoked as 
 11.40  provided in subdivision 1 under section 169A.52, 169A.54, or 
 11.41  609.21, shall pay a $250 fee plus a $40 surcharge before the 
 11.42  driver's license is reinstated.  Beginning July 1, 2002, the 
 11.43  surcharge is $145.  Beginning July 1, 2003, the surcharge is 
 11.44  $380.  The $250 fee is to be credited as follows: 
 12.1      (1) Twenty percent must be credited to the trunk highway 
 12.2   fund. 
 12.3      (2) Fifty-five Sixty-seven percent must be credited to the 
 12.4   general fund. 
 12.5      (3) Eight percent must be credited to a separate account to 
 12.6   be known as the bureau of criminal apprehension account.  Money 
 12.7   in this account may be appropriated to the commissioner of 
 12.8   public safety and the appropriated amount must be apportioned 80 
 12.9   percent for laboratory costs and 20 percent for carrying out the 
 12.10  provisions of section 299C.065. 
 12.11     (4) Twelve percent must be credited to a separate account 
 12.12  to be known as the alcohol-impaired driver education account.  
 12.13  Money in the account is appropriated as follows: 
 12.14     (i) in fiscal year 2002: 
 12.15     (A) the first $200,000 to the commissioner of children, 
 12.16  families, and learning for programs for elementary and secondary 
 12.17  school students; and 
 12.18     (B) the remainder credited to the commissioner of public 
 12.19  safety to be spent as grants through March 31, 2002, to the 
 12.20  Minnesota highway safety center at St. Cloud State University 
 12.21  for programs relating to alcohol and highway safety education in 
 12.22  elementary and secondary schools and then from April 1, 2002, 
 12.23  through June 30, 2002, for programs described in item (ii); and 
 12.24     (ii) after June 30, 2002, to the commissioner of public 
 12.25  safety for grants for programs relating to alcohol and highway 
 12.26  safety education in elementary and secondary schools. 
 12.27     (5) Five percent must be credited to a separate account to 
 12.28  be known as the traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury 
 12.29  account.  The money in the account is annually appropriated to 
 12.30  the commissioner of health to be used as follows:  35 percent 
 12.31  for a contract with a qualified community-based organization to 
 12.32  provide information, resources, and support to assist persons 
 12.33  with traumatic brain injury and their families to access 
 12.34  services, and 65 percent to maintain the traumatic brain injury 
 12.35  and spinal cord injury registry created in section 144.662.  For 
 12.36  the purposes of this clause, a "qualified community-based 
 13.1   organization" is a private, not-for-profit organization of 
 13.2   consumers of traumatic brain injury services and their family 
 13.3   members.  The organization must be registered with the United 
 13.4   States Internal Revenue Service under section 501(c)(3) as a 
 13.5   tax-exempt organization and must have as its purposes:  
 13.6      (i) the promotion of public, family, survivor, and 
 13.7   professional awareness of the incidence and consequences of 
 13.8   traumatic brain injury; 
 13.9      (ii) the provision of a network of support for persons with 
 13.10  traumatic brain injury, their families, and friends; 
 13.11     (iii) the development and support of programs and services 
 13.12  to prevent traumatic brain injury; 
 13.13     (iv) the establishment of education programs for persons 
 13.14  with traumatic brain injury; and 
 13.15     (v) the empowerment of persons with traumatic brain injury 
 13.16  through participation in its governance. 
 13.17  No patient's name, identifying information or identifiable 
 13.18  medical data will be disclosed to the organization without the 
 13.19  informed voluntary written consent of the patient or patient's 
 13.20  guardian, or if the patient is a minor, of the parent or 
 13.21  guardian of the patient. 
 13.22     (c) The surcharge must be credited to a separate account to 
 13.23  be known as the remote electronic alcohol monitoring program 
 13.24  account.  The commissioner shall transfer the balance of this 
 13.25  account to the commissioner of finance on a monthly basis for 
 13.26  deposit in the general fund. 
 13.27     (d) When these fees are collected by a licensing agent, 
 13.28  appointed under section 171.061, a handling charge is imposed in 
 13.29  the amount specified under section 171.061, subdivision 4.  The 
 13.30  reinstatement fees and surcharge must be deposited in an 
 13.31  approved state depository as directed under section 171.061, 
 13.32  subdivision 4. 
 13.33     Sec. 9.  Minnesota Statutes 2001 Supplement, section 
 13.34  299A.75, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 13.35     Subdivision 1.  [PROGRAM DESCRIBED; COMMISSIONER'S DUTIES.] 
 13.36  (a) The commissioner of public safety shall: 
 14.1      (1) develop and sponsor the implementation of statewide 
 14.2   plans, programs, and strategies to combat automobile theft, 
 14.3   improve the administration of the automobile theft laws, and 
 14.4   provide a forum for identification of critical problems for 
 14.5   those persons dealing with automobile theft; 
 14.6      (2) coordinate the development, adoption, and 
 14.7   implementation of plans, programs, and strategies relating to 
 14.8   interagency and intergovernmental cooperation with respect to 
 14.9   automobile theft enforcement; 
 14.10     (3) annually audit the plans and programs that have been 
 14.11  funded in whole or in part to evaluate the effectiveness of the 
 14.12  plans and programs and withdraw funding should the commissioner 
 14.13  determine that a plan or program is ineffective or is no longer 
 14.14  in need of further financial support from the fund; 
 14.15     (4) develop a plan of operation including: 
 14.16     (i) an assessment of the scope of the problem of automobile 
 14.17  theft, including areas of the state where the problem is 
 14.18  greatest; 
 14.19     (ii) an analysis of various methods of combating the 
 14.20  problem of automobile theft; 
 14.21     (iii) a plan for providing financial support to combat 
 14.22  automobile theft; 
 14.23     (iv) a plan for eliminating car hijacking; and 
 14.24     (v) an estimate of the funds required to implement the 
 14.25  plan; and 
 14.26     (5) distribute money pursuant to subdivision 3 from the 
 14.27  automobile theft prevention special revenue account for 
 14.28  automobile theft prevention activities, including: 
 14.29     (i) paying the administrative costs of the program; 
 14.30     (ii) providing financial support to the state patrol and 
 14.31  local law enforcement agencies for automobile theft enforcement 
 14.32  teams; 
 14.33     (iii) providing financial support to state or local law 
 14.34  enforcement agencies for programs designed to reduce the 
 14.35  incidence of automobile theft and for improved equipment and 
 14.36  techniques for responding to automobile thefts; 
 15.1      (iv) providing financial support to local prosecutors for 
 15.2   programs designed to reduce the incidence of automobile theft; 
 15.3      (v) providing financial support to judicial agencies for 
 15.4   programs designed to reduce the incidence of automobile theft; 
 15.5      (vi) providing financial support for neighborhood or 
 15.6   community organizations or business organizations for programs 
 15.7   designed to reduce the incidence of automobile theft and to 
 15.8   educate people about the common methods of automobile theft, the 
 15.9   models of automobiles most likely to be stolen, and the times 
 15.10  and places automobile theft is most likely to occur; and 
 15.11     (vii) providing financial support for automobile theft 
 15.12  educational and training programs for state and local law 
 15.13  enforcement officials, driver and vehicle services exam and 
 15.14  inspections staff, and members of the judiciary. 
 15.15     (b) The commissioner may not spend in any fiscal year more 
 15.16  than ten percent of the money in the fund for the program's 
 15.17  administrative and operating costs.  The commissioner is 
 15.18  annually appropriated and must distribute the full amount of the 
 15.19  proceeds credited to the automobile theft prevention special 
 15.20  revenue account each year, less the transfer of $1,300,000 each 
 15.21  year to the general fund described in section 168A.40, 
 15.22  subdivision 4. 
 15.23     Sec. 10.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 299F.011, is 
 15.24  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 15.25     Subd. 7.  [FEES.] A fee of $100 shall be charged by the 
 15.26  state fire marshal for each plan review involving: 
 15.27     (1) flammable liquids under Minnesota Rules, part 
 15.28  7510.3650; 
 15.29     (2) motor vehicle fuel-dispensing stations under Minnesota 
 15.30  Rules, part 7510.3610; or 
 15.31     (3) liquefied petroleum gases under Minnesota Rules, part 
 15.32  7510.3670. 
 15.33     Sec. 11.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 299L.02, 
 15.34  subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
 15.35     Subd. 7.  [REVOLVING ACCOUNT.] The director shall deposit 
 15.36  in a separate account in the state treasury all money received 
 16.1   from Indian tribal governments for charges for investigations 
 16.2   and background checks under compacts negotiated under section 
 16.3   3.9221, except for $7 from each charge that shall be deposited 
 16.4   in the general fund.  Money in the account is appropriated to 
 16.5   the director for the purpose of carrying out the director's 
 16.6   powers and duties under those compacts. 
 16.7      Sec. 12.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 299L.07, 
 16.8   subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 16.9      Subd. 5.  [INVESTIGATION.] Before a license under this 
 16.10  section is granted, the director may conduct a background and 
 16.11  financial investigation of the applicant, including the 
 16.12  applicant's sources of financing.  The director may, or shall 
 16.13  when required by law, require that fingerprints be taken and the 
 16.14  director may forward the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of 
 16.15  Investigation for a national criminal history check.  The 
 16.16  director may charge an investigation fee to cover the cost of 
 16.17  the investigation.  Of this fee, $7 from each charge shall be 
 16.18  deposited in the general fund. 
 16.19     Sec. 13.  Minnesota Statutes 2001 Supplement, section 
 16.20  357.021, subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
 16.21     Subd. 7.  [DISBURSEMENT OF SURCHARGES BY STATE TREASURER.] 
 16.22  (a) Except as provided in paragraphs paragraph (b) and (c), the 
 16.23  state treasurer shall disburse surcharges received under 
 16.24  subdivision 6 and section 97A.065, subdivision 2, as follows: 
 16.25     (1) one percent shall be credited to the game and fish fund 
 16.26  to provide peace officer training for employees of the 
 16.27  department of natural resources who are licensed under sections 
 16.28  626.84 to 626.863, and who possess peace officer authority for 
 16.29  the purpose of enforcing game and fish laws; 
 16.30     (2) 39 percent shall be credited to the peace officers 
 16.31  training account in the special revenue fund; and 
 16.32     (3) 60 percent shall be credited to the general fund.  
 16.33     (b) The state treasurer shall credit $3 of each surcharge 
 16.34  received under subdivision 6 and section 97A.065, subdivision 2, 
 16.35  to a criminal justice special projects account in the special 
 16.36  revenue fund.  This account is available for appropriation to 
 17.1   the commissioner of public safety for grants to law enforcement 
 17.2   agencies and for other purposes authorized by the legislature. 
 17.3      (c) In addition to any amounts credited under paragraph 
 17.4   (a), the state treasurer shall credit $7 $10 of each surcharge 
 17.5   received under subdivision 6 and section 97A.065, subdivision 2, 
 17.6   to the general fund. 
 17.7      [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective July 1, 2003.