as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 03/04/2020 03:38pm
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Introduction | Posted on 03/04/2020 |
A bill for an act
relating to public safety; authorizing the Metropolitan Airports Commission to
receive pathway to policing grants; amending Laws 2017, chapter 95, article 1,
section 11, subdivision 7.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Laws 2017, chapter 95, article 1, section 11, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
Subd. 7.Office of Justice Programs
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39,580,000 |
40,036,000 |
Appropriations by Fund |
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General |
39,484,000 |
39,940,000 |
State Government Special Revenue |
96,000 |
96,000 |
(a) OJP Administration Costs |
Up to 2.5 percent of the grant funds
appropriated in this subdivision may be used
by the commissioner to administer the grant
program.
(b) Combating Terrorism Recruitment |
$250,000 each year is for grants to local law
enforcement agencies to develop strategies
and make efforts to combat the recruitment of
Minnesota residents by terrorist organizations
such as ISIS and al-Shabaab. This is a onetime
appropriation.
(c) Sex Trafficking Prevention Grants |
$180,000 each year is for grants to state and
local units of government for the following
purposes:
(1) to support new or existing
multijurisdictional entities to investigate sex
trafficking crimes; and
(2) to provide technical assistance, including
training and case consultation, to law
enforcement agencies statewide.
(d) Pathway to Policing Reimbursement Grants |
$400,000 the second year is for reimbursement
grants to new text begin the Metropolitan Airports
Commission and new text end local units of government
that operate pathway to policing programs
intended to bring persons with nontraditional
backgrounds into law enforcement. Applicants
for reimbursement grants may receive up to
50 percent of the cost of compensating and
training pathway to policing participants.
Reimbursement grants shall be proportionally
allocated based on the number of grant
applications approved by the commissioner.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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