HF 33

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 02/22/2018 04:53pm

A bill for an act
relating to sentencing; requiring legislative approval for sentencing guidelines
modifications; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 244.09, subdivision
11.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 244.09, subdivision 11, is amended to read:

Subd. 11.

Modification.

The commission shall meet as necessary for the purpose of
modifying and improving the guidelines. Any modification which amends the Sentencing
Guidelines grid, including severity levels and criminal history scores, or which would result
in the reduction of any sentence or in the early release of any inmate, with the exception of
a modification mandated or authorized by the legislature or relating to a crime created or
amended by the legislature in the preceding session, shall be submitted to the legislature by
January 15 of any year in which the commission wishes to make the change and deleted text begin shall be deleted text end new text begin ,
if approved by the legislature by law, becomes new text end effective on August 1 of that year deleted text begin , unless
the legislature by law provides otherwise deleted text end . All other modifications shall take effect according
to the procedural rules of the commission. On or before January 15 of each year, the
commission shall submit a written report to the committees of the senate and the house of
representatives with jurisdiction over criminal justice policy that identifies and explains all
modifications made during the preceding 12 months and all proposed modifications that
are being submitted to the legislature that year.

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new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment and
applies to any pending or future proposed modifications.
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