as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
A bill for an act
relating to public safety; appropriating money for the courts, public defenders,
public safety, corrections, and other criminal justice agencies; modifying fees;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 363A.06, subdivision 1; 403.11,
subdivision 1; 403.31, subdivision 1; 609.3457, subdivision 4; repealing
Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 403.31, subdivision 6.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1. new text begin SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.
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The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made
in this article.
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2008 new text end |
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2009 new text end |
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Total new text end |
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General new text end |
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$ new text end |
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914,319,000 new text end |
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$ new text end |
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951,677,000 new text end |
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$ new text end |
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1,865,996,000 new text end |
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State Government Special Revenue new text end |
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55,688,000 new text end |
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50,392,000 new text end |
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106,080,000 new text end |
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Environmental Fund new text end |
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69,000 new text end |
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71,000 new text end |
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140,000 new text end |
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Special Revenue Fund new text end |
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8,588,000 new text end |
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13,207,000 new text end |
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21,795,000 new text end |
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Trunk Highway new text end |
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367,000 new text end |
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374,000 new text end |
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741,000 new text end |
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Total new text end |
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$ new text end |
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979,031,000 new text end |
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$ new text end |
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1,015,721,000 new text end |
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$ new text end |
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1,994,752,000 new text end |
Sec. 2. new text begin PUBLIC SAFETY APPROPRIATIONS.
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The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the
agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the
general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated
for each purpose. The figures "2008" and "2009" used in this article mean that the
appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, or
June 30, 2009, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2008. "The second year" is fiscal
year 2009. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2008 and 2009. Appropriations for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 2007, are effective the day following final enactment.
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APPROPRIATIONS new text end |
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Available for the Year new text end |
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Ending June 30 new text end |
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2008 new text end |
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2009 new text end |
Sec. 3. new text begin SUPREME COURT
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Total Appropriation
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$ new text end |
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43,858,000 new text end |
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$ new text end |
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45,612,000 new text end |
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The amounts that may be spent for each
purpose are specified in the following
subdivisions.
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Judicial Branch Increase
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1,687,000 new text end |
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3,441,000 new text end |
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This amount may be transferred to either or
both appropriations in subdivisions 3 and 4.
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Supreme Court Operations
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29,851,000 new text end |
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29,851,000 new text end |
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Civil Legal Services
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12,320,000 new text end |
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12,320,000 new text end |
Sec. 4. new text begin COURT OF APPEALS
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$ new text end |
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8,517,000 new text end |
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$ new text end |
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8,857,000 new text end |
Sec. 5. new text begin TRIAL COURTS
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$ new text end |
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240,503,000 new text end |
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$ new text end |
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250,123,000 new text end |
Sec. 6. new text begin TAX COURT
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$ new text end |
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788,000 new text end |
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$ new text end |
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812,000 new text end |
Sec. 7. new text begin UNIFORM LAWS COMMISSION
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$ new text end |
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58,000 new text end |
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$ new text end |
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52,000 new text end |
Sec. 8. new text begin BOARD ON JUDICIAL STANDARDS
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$ new text end |
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448,000 new text end |
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$ new text end |
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455,000 new text end |
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$125,000 each year is for special
investigative and hearing costs for major
disciplinary actions undertaken by the
board. This appropriation does not cancel.
Any encumbered and unspent balances
remain available for these expenditures in
subsequent fiscal years.
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Sec. 9. new text begin BOARD OF PUBLIC DEFENSE
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$ new text end |
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64,273,000 new text end |
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$ new text end |
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66,844,000 new text end |
Sec. 10. new text begin PUBLIC SAFETY
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Total Appropriation
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$ new text end |
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149,210,000 new text end |
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$ new text end |
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152,956,000 new text end |
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Appropriations by Fund new text end |
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2008 new text end |
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2009 new text end |
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General new text end |
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89,625,000 new text end |
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94,062,000 new text end |
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Special Revenue new text end |
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3,461,000 new text end |
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8,057,000 new text end |
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State Government Special Revenue new text end |
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55,688,000 new text end |
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50,392,000 new text end |
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Environmental new text end |
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69,000 new text end |
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71,000 new text end |
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Trunk Highway new text end |
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367,000 new text end |
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374,000 new text end |
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The amounts that may be spent for each
purpose are specified in the following
subdivisions.
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Emergency Management
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3,964,000 new text end |
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3,972,000 new text end |
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Appropriations by Fund new text end |
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General new text end |
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3,895,000 new text end |
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3,901,000 new text end |
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Environmental new text end |
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69,000 new text end |
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71,000 new text end |
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$250,000 each year is additional funding
to provide state match for federal disaster
assistance.
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$1,100,000 each year is for state coordination
and local assistance to increase readiness for
a pandemic event.
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Criminal Apprehension
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48,325,000 new text end |
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51,405,000 new text end |
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General new text end |
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48,325,000 new text end |
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51,405,000 new text end |
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Special Revenue new text end |
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445,000 new text end |
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461,000 new text end |
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State Government Special Revenue new text end |
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7,000 new text end |
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7,000 new text end |
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Trunk Highway new text end |
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367,000 new text end |
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374,000 new text end |
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(a)
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Cooperative Investigation of Cross-Jurisdictional Criminal Activity new text end |
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$93,000 the first year and $93,000 the second
year are appropriated from the Bureau
of Criminal Apprehension account in the
special revenue fund for grants to local
officials for the cooperative investigation of
cross-jurisdictional criminal activity. Any
unencumbered balance remaining in the first
year does not cancel but is available for the
second year.
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(b)
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Laboratory Activities new text end |
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$352,000 the first year and $368,000 the
second year are appropriated from the Bureau
of Criminal Apprehension account in the
special revenue fund for laboratory activities.
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(c)
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DWI Lab Analysis; Trunk Highway Fund new text end |
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Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes,
section 161.20, subdivision 3, $367,000
the first year and $374,000 the second year
are appropriated from the trunk highway
fund for laboratory analysis related to
driving-while-impaired cases.
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(d)
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CriMNet Justice Information Integration new text end |
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$6,955,000 the first year and $8,584,000 the
second year are for statewide information
integration priorities. The base for this
appropriation in fiscal year 2010 shall be
$2,032,000.
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(e)
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Forensic Scientists new text end |
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$1,018,000 the first year and $1,871,000 the
second year are for 20 new forensic scientists
in the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Forensic Science Laboratory.
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Fire Marshal
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2,866,000 new text end |
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7,443,000 new text end |
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This appropriation is from the fire safety
account in the special revenue fund.
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Of this amount, $4,500,000 in the second
year is for activities under Minnesota
Statutes, section 299F.012.
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Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement
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1,785,000 new text end |
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1,817,000 new text end |
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Appropriations by Fund new text end |
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General new text end |
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1,635,000 new text end |
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1,664,000 new text end |
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Special Revenue new text end |
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150,000 new text end |
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153,000 new text end |
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Office of Justice Programs
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35,770,000 new text end |
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37,092,000 new text end |
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(a)
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Gang and Drug Task Force new text end |
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$600,000 the first year and $1,900,000 the
second year are for grants to the Gang and
Drug Task Force.
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(b)
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Crime Victim Reparations new text end |
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$250,000 each year is to increase the amount
of funding for crime victim reparations.
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(c) new text begin School Safety Centers new text end new text end |
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$200,000 each year is to create an interagency
school safety center.
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(d) new text begin Victim Notification System new text end new text end |
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$455,000 each year is for the continuation
of the victim information and notification
everyday (VINE) service.
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(e)
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Administration Costs new text end |
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Up to 2.5 percent of the grant funds
appropriated in this subdivision may be used
to administer the grant program.
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911 Emergency Services/ARMER
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55,681,000 new text end |
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50,385,000 new text end |
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This appropriation is from the state
government special revenue fund for 911
emergency telecommunications services.
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(a) Public Safety Answering Points new text end |
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$13,664,000 the first year and $13,664,000
the second year are to be distributed as
provided in Minnesota Statutes, section
403.113, subdivision 2.
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(b) Medical Resource Communication Centers new text end |
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$683,000 the first year and $683,000 the
second year are for grants to the Minnesota
Emergency Medical Services Regulatory
Board for the Metro East and Metro West
Medical Resource Communication Centers
that were in operation before January 1,
2000.
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(c) ARMER Debt Service new text end |
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$6,149,000 the first year and $11,853,000
the second year are to the commissioner of
finance to pay debt service on revenue bonds
issued under Minnesota Statutes, section
403.275 and authorized by Laws 2005,
chapter 136, article 1, section 9, subdivision
8; or in subdivision 8.
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Any portion of this appropriation not needed
to pay debt service in a fiscal year may be
used by the commissioner of public safety to
pay cash for any of the capital improvements
for which bond proceeds were appropriated
by Laws 2005, chapter 136, article 1, section
9, subdivision 8; or in subdivision 8.
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The base for this appropriation is $18,002,000
in fiscal year 2010 and $23,261,000 in fiscal
year 2011.
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(d) Metropolitan Council Debt Service new text end |
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$1,410,000 the first year and $1,410,000
the second year are to the commissioner
of finance for payment to the Metropolitan
Council for debt service on bonds issued
under Minnesota Statutes, section 403.27.
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(e) new text begin ARMER Improvements new text end new text end |
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$1,000,000 each year is for the Statewide
Radio Board for costs of design, construction,
maintenance of, and improvements to those
elements of the statewide public safety
radio and communication system that
support mutual aid communications and
emergency medical services or provide
interim enhancement of public safety
communication interoperability in those
areas of the state where the statewide public
safety radio and communication system is
not yet implemented.
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(f) ARMER Interoperability Planning new text end |
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$323,000 each year is to provide funding
to coordinate and plan for communication
interoperability between public safety
entities.
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(g) new text begin ARMER State Backbone Operating Costs new text end new text end |
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$3,110,000 each year is to the commissioner
of transportation for costs of maintaining and
operating the first and third phases of the
statewide radio system backbone. The base
for this appropriation will be $5,060,000
in fiscal year 2010 and $5,060,000 in fiscal
year 2011 to provide funding to operate one
additional phase of the system.
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(h) Zone Controller new text end |
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$5,400,000 in the first year is a onetime
appropriation to upgrade zone controllers
and network elements in phase one and two
of the statewide radio system.
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$3,750,000 the first year is a onetime
appropriation for site acquisition and
site development work for the remaining
phases of the statewide radio system. This
appropriation is available until June 30, 2010.
This appropriation is to the commissioner of
public safety for transfer to the Department
of Transportation.
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(j) System Design new text end |
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$1,850,000 the first year is a onetime
appropriation to complete detailed design
and planning of the remaining phases of the
statewide radio system. The commissioner
of public safety and the commissioner of
transportation shall determine the scope
of the study, after consulting with the
Statewide Radio Board, the commissioner
of administration, and the state chief
information officer. The study shall address
the system design for the state backbone
and implications for local coverage, how
data can be integrated, and whether other
public safety communication networks
can be integrated with the state backbone.
The study shall estimate the full cost of
completing the state backbone to specified
standards, the cost of local subsystems, and
the potential advantages of using a request
for proposal approach to solicit private sector
participation in the project. The study shall
include a financial analysis of whether the
estimated revenue from increasing the 911
fee by up to 30 cents will cover the estimated
debt service of revenue bonds issued to
finance the cost of completing the statewide
radio system and a portion of the cost up to
50 percent for local subsystems. The study
shall also review the project organizational
structure and governance.
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ARMER Public Safety
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(a) Radio and Communication System new text end |
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186,000,000 new text end |
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The appropriations in this subdivision are
from the 911 revenue bond proceeds account
for the purposes indicated, to be available
until the project is completed or abandoned,
subject to Minnesota Statutes, section
16A.642.
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To the commissioner of public safety for
transfer to the Department of Transportation
to construct the system backbone of the
public safety radio and communication
system plan under Minnesota Statutes,
section 403.36.
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$62,000,000 of this appropriation is for
the second year. $62,000,000 of this
appropriation is available on or after July 1,
2009. $62,000,000 of this appropriation is
available on or after July 1, 2010.
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The commissioner of public safety and the
commissioner of transportation shall certify
to the chairs of the House Public Safety
Finance Division of the Finance Committee
and the Senate Public Safety Budget Division
of the Finance Committee that the detailed
design has been completed and that the
financial analysis finds that sufficient revenue
will be generated by proposed changes in the
911 fee to cover all estimated debt service
on revenue bonds proposed to be issued to
complete the system before the appropriation
is made available. The commissioner of
finance shall not approve any fee increase
under Minnesota Statutes, section 403.11,
subdivision 1, paragraph (c), until this
certification is made.
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(b) Bond Sale Authorization new text end |
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To provide the money appropriated in this
subdivision, the commissioner of finance
shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an
amount up to $186,000,000 in the manner,
upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed
by Minnesota Statutes, section 403.275.
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Sec. 11. new text begin PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS
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$ new text end |
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4,237,000 new text end |
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$ new text end |
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4,260,000 new text end |
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This appropriation is from the peace officer
training account in the special revenue fund.
Any new receipts credited to that account in
the first year in excess of $4,237,000 must be
transferred and credited to the general fund.
Any new receipts credited to that account in
the second year in excess of $4,260,000 must
be transferred and credited to the general
fund.
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$2,909,000 the first year and $2,909,000 the
second year are for reimbursements to local
governments for peace officer training costs.
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Sec. 12. new text begin PRIVATE DETECTIVE BOARD
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$ new text end |
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128,000 new text end |
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$ new text end |
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130,000 new text end |
Sec. 13. new text begin HUMAN RIGHTS
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$ new text end |
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4,955,000 new text end |
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$ new text end |
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3,670,000 new text end |
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$1,403,000 the first year and $55,000 the
second year are for the replacement of
the department's tracking and compliance
databases with a management information
system.
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Sec. 14. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
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Total Appropriation
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$ new text end |
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461,456,000 new text end |
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$ new text end |
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481,350,000 new text end |
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Appropriations by Fund new text end |
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2008 new text end |
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2009 new text end |
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General new text end |
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460,566,000 new text end |
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480,460,000 new text end |
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Special Revenue new text end |
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890,000 new text end |
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890,000 new text end |
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The amounts that may be spent for each
purpose are specified in the following
subdivisions.
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Correctional Institutions
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323,974,000 new text end |
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339,021,000 new text end |
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General new text end |
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323,394,000 new text end |
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338,441,000 new text end |
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Special Revenue new text end |
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580,000 new text end |
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580,000 new text end |
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(a)
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Contracts for beds at Rush City new text end |
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If the commissioner contracts with other
states, local units of government, or the
federal government to rent beds in the Rush
City Correctional Facility, the commissioner
shall charge a per diem under the contract, to
the extent possible, that is equal to or greater
than the per diem cost of housing Minnesota
inmates in the facility.
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Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the
commissioner may use per diems collected
under contracts for beds at MCF-Rush City
to operate the state correctional system.
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(b)
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Retirement insurance costs new text end |
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$500,000 each year is for increased funding
for retiree insurance costs for employees
from the correctional early retirement plan.
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(c)
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Offender reentry services new text end |
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$400,000 each year is for increased
funding for expansion of offender reentry
services in the institutions and staffing for
the Department of Corrections MCORP
program.
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Community services
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119,958,000 new text end |
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124,575,000 new text end |
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Appropriations by Fund new text end |
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General new text end |
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119,858,000 new text end |
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124,475,000 new text end |
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Special Revenue new text end |
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100,000 new text end |
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100,000 new text end |
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$600,000 the first year and $1,000,000 the
second year are for intensive supervised
release agents for the challenge incarceration
program.
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$600,000 each year is for intensive
supervised release agents for the conditional
release program.
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$225,000 each year is for increased costs
based on changes made to the Interstate
Compact for Adult Offender Supervision,
Minnesota Statutes, section 243.1605.
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$350,000 each year is to fund a legal
representative for civil commitments and to
manage and track sex offenders.
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$2,800,000 each year is added to the
Community Corrections Act subsidy,
Minnesota Statutes, section 401.14.
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$600,000 each year is added to the county
probation officers reimbursement.
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$600,000 each year is for the Department of
Corrections probation and supervised release
unit.
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$1,800,000 the first year and $3,600,000 the
second year are for adult felon sex offender
management to be distributed statewide by
the Community Corrections Act formula.
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$200,000 the first year and $400,000 the
second year are for juvenile sex offender
management to be distributed statewide by
the Community Corrections Act formula.
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$500,000 the first year and $1,000,000 the
second year are to increase funding for
providing treatment for sex offenders on
community supervision.
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$500,000 the first year and $1,000,000
the second year are for research and
evaluation of sex offender management
(supervision, treatment, and polygraphs) and
for developing and monitoring standards of
supervision and treatment.
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$75,000 each year is to increase funding to
reimburse counties or their designees, or
courts, for sex offender assessments under
Minnesota Statutes, section 609.3457.
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$600,000 each year is to increase funding
for sentencing to service activities such as
highway litter cleanup.
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$2,190,000 each year is to increase funding
for the 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. 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.
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The Department of Corrections is exempt
from the state contracting process for the
purposes of paying short-term offender
costs relating to Minnesota Statutes, section
609.105.
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$1,100,000 each year is for offender
job seeking services, the development
of a training academy for mentors,
evidence-based research, expansion of
reentry services specific to juveniles,
and funding to local units of government
participating in MCORP to provide reentry
programming to offenders.
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Operations Support
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17,524,000 new text end |
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17,754,000 new text end |
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Appropriations by Fund new text end |
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Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 363A.06, subdivision 1, is amended to
read:
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policies to effectuate the purposes of this chapter and shall:
(1) exercise leadership under the direction of the governor in the development of
human rights policies and programs, and make recommendations to the governor and the
legislature for their consideration and implementation;
(2) establish and maintain a principal office in St. Paul, and any other necessary
branch offices at any location within the state;
(3) meet and function at any place within the state;
(4) employ attorneys, clerks, and other employees and agents as the commissioner
may deem necessary and prescribe their duties;
(5) to the extent permitted by federal law and regulation, utilize the records of the
Department of Employment and Economic Development of the state when necessary
to effectuate the purposes of this chapter;
(6) obtain upon request and utilize the services of all state governmental departments
and agencies;
(7) adopt suitable rules for effectuating the purposes of this chapter;
(8) issue complaints, receive and investigate charges alleging unfair discriminatory
practices, and determine whether or not probable cause exists for hearing;
(9) subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, take testimony, and require the production
for examination of any books or papers relative to any matter under investigation or in
question as the commissioner deems appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter;
(10) attempt, by means of education, conference, conciliation, and persuasion to
eliminate unfair discriminatory practices as being contrary to the public policy of the state;
(11) develop and conduct programs of formal and informal education designed to
eliminate discrimination and intergroup conflict by use of educational techniques and
programs the commissioner deems necessary;
(12) make a written report of the activities of the commissioner to the governor
each year;
(13) accept gifts, bequests, grants, or other payments public and private to help
finance the activities of the department;
(14) create such local and statewide advisory committees as will in the
commissioner's judgment aid in effectuating the purposes of the Department of Human
Rights;
(15) develop such programs as will aid in determining the compliance throughout
the state with the provisions of this chapter, and in the furtherance of such duties, conduct
research and study discriminatory practices based upon race, color, creed, religion,
national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, status with regard to public assistance,
familial status, sexual orientation, or other factors and develop accurate data on the nature
and extent of discrimination and other matters as they may affect housing, employment,
public accommodations, schools, and other areas of public life;
(16) develop and disseminate technical assistance to persons subject to the provisions
of this chapter, and to agencies and officers of governmental and private agencies;
(17) provide staff services to such advisory committees as may be created in aid of
the functions of the Department of Human Rights;
(18) make grants in aid to the extent that appropriations are made available for that
purpose in aid of carrying out duties and responsibilities; and
(19) cooperate and consult with the commissioner of labor and industry regarding
the investigation of violations of, and resolution of complaints regarding section 363A.08,
subdivision 7.
In performing these duties, the commissioner shall give priority to those duties in
clauses (8), (9), and (10) and to the duties in section 363A.36.
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(b) All gifts, bequests, grants, or other payments, public and private, accepted under
paragraph (a), clause (13), must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to a special
account. Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner of human rights to
help finance activities of the department.
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Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 403.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
(a) Each
customer of a wireless or wire-line switched or packet-based telecommunications service
provider connected to the public switched telephone network that furnishes service capable
of originating a 911 emergency telephone call is assessed a fee based upon the number
of wired or wireless telephone lines, or their equivalent, to cover the costs of ongoing
maintenance and related improvements for trunking and central office switching equipment
for 911 emergency telecommunications service, to offset administrative and staffing costs
of the commissioner related to managing the 911 emergency telecommunications service
program, to make distributions provided for in section 403.113, and to offset the costs,
including administrative and staffing costs, incurred by the State Patrol Division of the
Department of Public Safety in handling 911 emergency calls made from wireless phones.
(b) Money remaining in the 911 emergency telecommunications service account
after all other obligations are paid must not cancel and is carried forward to subsequent
years and may be appropriated from time to time to the commissioner to provide financial
assistance to counties for the improvement of local emergency telecommunications
services. The improvements may include providing access to 911 service for
telecommunications service subscribers currently without access and upgrading existing
911 service to include automatic number identification, local location identification,
automatic location identification, and other improvements specified in revised county
911 plans approved by the commissioner.
(c) The fee may not be less than eight cents nor more than 65 cents a month new text begin until
June 30, 2008, not less than eight cents nor more than 75 cents a month until June 30,
2009, not less than eight cents nor more than 85 cents a month until June 30, 2010, and
not less than eight cents nor more than 95 cents a month on or after July 1, 2010, new text end for
each customer access line or other basic access service, including trunk equivalents as
designated by the Public Utilities Commission for access charge purposes and including
wireless telecommunications services. With the approval of the commissioner of finance,
the commissioner of public safety shall establish the amount of the fee within the limits
specified and inform the companies and carriers of the amount to be collected. When the
revenue bonds authorized under section 403.27, subdivision 1, have been fully paid or
defeased, the commissioner shall reduce the fee to reflect that debt service on the bonds is
no longer needed. The commissioner shall provide companies and carriers a minimum of
45 days' notice of each fee change. The fee must be the same for all customers.
(d) The fee must be collected by each wireless or wire-line telecommunications
service provider subject to the fee. Fees are payable to and must be submitted to the
commissioner monthly before the 25th of each month following the month of collection,
except that fees may be submitted quarterly if less than $250 a month is due, or annually if
less than $25 a month is due. Receipts must be deposited in the state treasury and credited
to a 911 emergency telecommunications service account in the special revenue fund. The
money in the account may only be used for 911 telecommunications services.
(e) This subdivision does not apply to customers of interexchange carriers.
(f) The installation and recurring charges for integrating wireless 911 calls into
enhanced 911 systems are eligible for payment by the commissioner if the 911 service
provider is included in the statewide design plan and the charges are made pursuant to
contract.
(g) Competitive local exchanges carriers holding certificates of authority from the
Public Utilities Commission are eligible to receive payment for recurring 911 services.
Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 403.31, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
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The current costs of the board
in implementing the regionwide public safety radio communication plan system and
the first and second phase systems shall be allocated among and paid by the following
users, all in accordance with the regionwide public safety radio system communication
plan adopted by the board:
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(1) the state of Minnesota for its operations using the system in the metropolitan
counties;
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(2) all local government units using the system; and
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(3) other eligible users of the system.
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(a) The ongoing costs of the commissioner
not otherwise appropriated in operating the statewide public safety radio communication
system shall be allocated among and paid by the following users, all in accordance with
the statewide public safety radio communication system plan under section 403.36:
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(1) the state of Minnesota for its operations using the system;
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(2) all local government units using the system; and
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(3) other eligible users of the system.
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(b) Each local government and other eligible users of the system shall pay to
the commissioner all sums charged under this section, at the times and in the manner
determined by the commissioner. The governing body of each local government shall
take all action necessary to provide the funds required for these payments and to make
the payments when due.
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Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 609.3457, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
As used in this section, "sex offense" means a violation
of sectionnew text begin 609.294; 609.322; 609.324;new text end 609.342; 609.343; 609.344; 609.345; 609.3451;new text begin
609.3453; 609.3455; 609.352; 609.365;new text end 609.746, subdivision 1; 609.79; deleted text begin ordeleted text end 617.23;
new text begin 617.246; or 617.247; new text end or another offense arising out of a charge based on one or more of
those sections.
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Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 403.31, subdivision 6,
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is repealed.
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