HF 4634

as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 05/13/2020 04:42pm

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; extending the deadline for the task force on missing and
murdered indigenous women to submit a final report; appropriating money for the
task force on missing and murdered indigenous women; amending Laws 2019,
First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 12, subdivisions 1, 7; article 2,
section 28, subdivisions 4, 5.

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

Section 1.

Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 12, subdivision
1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1. Total Appropriation

$

199,198,000

$

deleted text begin 198,864,000 deleted text end new text begin 199,190,000 new text end

Appropriations by Fund
	2020	2021
General	104,829,000	deleted text begin 104,565,000 deleted text end new text begin 104,898,000 new text end
Special Revenue	13,926,000	13,926,000
State Government Special Revenue	103,000	103,000
Environmental	73,000	73,000
Trunk Highway	2,429,000	2,429,000
911 Fund	77,838,000	77,768,000

The amounts that may be spent for each
purpose are specified in the following
subdivisions.

Sec. 2.

Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 12, subdivision 7, is
amended to read:

Subd. 7. Office of Justice Programs

40,147,000

deleted text begin 40,082,000 deleted text end new text begin 40,408,000 new text end

Appropriations by Fund
General	40,051,000	deleted text begin 39,986,000 deleted text end new text begin 40,312,000 new text end
State Government Special Revenue	96,000	96,000

(a) Base Adjustment

To account for the base adjustments provided
in Laws 2018, chapter 211, article 21, section
1, paragraph (a), the general fund base is
increased by $2,000 in fiscal years 2022 and
2023.

(b) 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.

(c) Indigenous Women Task Force

$105,000 the first year and deleted text begin $45,000 deleted text end new text begin $371,000 new text end
the second year are for expenses related to the
task force on missing and murdered
indigenous women. new text begin This appropriation is
available until June 30, 2022. new text end These are
onetime appropriations.

(d) Domestic Abuse Prevention Grants

$200,000 each year is for a grant to a domestic
abuse prevention program that provides
interdisciplinary, trauma-informed treatment
and evidence-informed intervention for
veterans and current or former service
members and their whole families affected by
domestic violence. The grantee must offer a
combination of services for perpetrators of
domestic violence and their families, including
individual and group therapy, evaluation and
research of programming, and short- and
long-term case management services to ensure
stabilization and increase in their overall
mental health functioning and well-being.
These appropriations are onetime.

(e) Criminal Sexual Conduct Statutory
Reform Working Group

$20,000 the first year and $14,000 the second
year are to convene, administer, and
implement the criminal sexual conduct
statutory reform working group. These
appropriations are onetime.

Sec. 3.

Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 28, subdivision 4, is
amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Report.

The task force shall report to the chairs and ranking minority members
of the legislative committees and divisions with jurisdiction over public safety, human
services, and state government on the work of the task force, including but not limited to
the issues to be examined in subdivision 1, and shall include in the report institutional
policies and practices or proposed institutional policies and practices that are effective in
reducing gender violence and increasing the safety of indigenous women and girls. The
report shall include recommendations to reduce and end violence against indigenous women
and girls and help victims and communities heal from gender violence and violence against
indigenous women and girls. deleted text begin The deleted text end new text begin A new text end report shall be submitted to the legislative committees
by December 15, 2020 new text begin , and a final report shall be submitted by June 30, 2022 new text end .

Sec. 4.

Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 28, subdivision 5, is
amended to read:

Subd. 5.

Expiration.

Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 15.059, the task force
expires deleted text begin December 31, 2020 deleted text end new text begin June 30, 2022 new text end .