HF 3005

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; making a technical correction to the sex offender
assessment reimbursement grant appropriation; amending Laws 2005, chapter
136, article 1, section 13, subdivision 3.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Laws 2005, chapter 136, article 1, section 13, subdivision 3, is amended to
read:

Subd. 3. Community Services

103,556,000

103,369,000

Summary by Fund
General Fund	103,456,000	103,269,000
Special Revenue	100,000	100,000

SHORT-TERM OFFENDERS. $1,207,000
each year is for costs associated with the
housing and care of short-term offenders.
The commissioner may use up to 20 percent
of the total amount of the appropriation
for inpatient medical care for short-term
offenders with less than six months to
serve as affected by the changes made to
Minnesota Statutes, section 609.105, in
2003. All funds remaining at the end of
the fiscal year not expended for inpatient
medical care shall be added to and distributed
with the housing funds. These funds shall
be distributed proportionately based on the
total number of days short-term offenders are
placed locally, not to exceed $70 per day.
Short-term offenders may be housed in a
state correctional facility at the discretion of
the commissioner.

The Department of Corrections is exempt
from the state contracting process for the
purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section
609.105, as amended by Laws 2003, First
Special Session chapter 2, article 5, sections
7 to 9.

GPS MONITORING OF SEX
OFFENDERS. $500,000 the first
year and $162,000 the second year are for the
acquisition and service of bracelets equipped
with tracking devices designed to track
and monitor the movement and location of
criminal offenders. The commissioner shall
use the bracelets to monitor high-risk sex
offenders who are on supervised release,
conditional release, parole, or probation to
help ensure that the offenders do not violate
conditions of their release or probation.

END OF CONFINEMENT REVIEWS.
$94,000 each year is for end of confinement
reviews.

COMMUNITY SURVEILLANCE AND
SUPERVISION. $1,370,000 each year is
to provide housing options to maximize
community surveillance and supervision.

INCREASE IN INTENSIVE
SUPERVISED RELEASE SERVICES.
$1,800,000 each year is to increase intensive
supervised release services.

SEX OFFENDER ASSESSMENT
REIMBURSEMENTS. $350,000 each year
is to provide grants to counties new text begin or courts new text end for
reimbursements for sex offender assessments
as required under Minnesota Statutes, section
609.3452, subdivision 1, which is being
renumbered as section 609.3457.

SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT AND
POLYGRAPHS. $1,250,000 each year
is to provide treatment for sex offenders
on community supervision and to pay for
polygraph testing.

INCREASED SUPERVISION OF SEX
OFFENDERS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
OFFENDERS, AND OTHER VIOLENT
OFFENDERS. $1,500,000 each year is for
the increased supervision of sex offenders
and other violent offenders, including
those convicted of domestic abuse. These
appropriations may not be used to supplant
existing state or county probation officer
positions.

The commissioner shall distribute $1,050,000
in grants each year to Community Corrections
Act counties and $450,000 each year to the
Department of Corrections Probation and
Supervised Release Unit. The commissioner
shall distribute the funds to the Community
Corrections Act counties according to the
formula contained in Minnesota Statutes,
section 401.10.

Prior to the distribution of these funds, each
Community Corrections Act jurisdiction and
the Department of Corrections Probation
and Supervised Release Unit shall submit
to the commissioner an analysis of need
along with a plan to meet their needs and
reduce the number of sex offenders and other
violent offenders, including domestic abuse
offenders, on probation officer caseloads.

COUNTY PROBATION OFFICERS.
$500,000 each year is to increase county
probation officer reimbursements.

INTENSIVE SUPERVISION AND
AFTERCARE FOR CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCES OFFENDERS; REPORT.
$600,000 each year is for intensive
supervision and aftercare services for
controlled substances offenders released
from prison under Minnesota Statutes,
section 244.055. These appropriations are
not added to the department's base budget.
By January 15, 2008, the commissioner
shall report to the chairs and ranking
minority members of the senate and house
of representatives committees and divisions
having jurisdiction over criminal justice
policy and funding on how this appropriation
was spent.

REPORT ON ELECTRONIC
MONITORING OF SEX OFFENDERS.
By March 1, 2006, the commissioner shall
report to the chairs and ranking minority
members of the senate and house of
representatives committees and divisions
having jurisdiction over criminal justice
policy and funding on implementing an
electronic monitoring system for sex
offenders who are under community
supervision. The report must address the
following:

(1) the advantages and disadvantages in
implementing this system, including the
impact on public safety;

(2) the types of sex offenders who should be
subject to the monitoring;

(3) the time period that offenders should be
subject to the monitoring;

(4) the financial costs associated with the
monitoring and who should be responsible
for these costs; and

(5) the technology available for the
monitoring.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective retroactively from July 1, 2005.
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