1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; appropriating money for the courts, public defenders, 
1.3 	public safety, corrections, and other criminal justice agencies; modifying fees; 
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 363A.06, subdivision 1; 403.11, 
1.5 	subdivision 1; 403.31, subdivision 1; 609.3457, subdivision 4; repealing 
1.6 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 403.31, subdivision 6.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	ARTICLE 1
1.9 	APPROPRIATION

1.10	Section 1.  SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.11 	The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made 
1.12 	in this article.

1.13			2008
		2009
		Total
	
1.14	General
	$
	914,319,000
	$
	951,677,000
	$
	1,865,996,000
	
1.15
1.16	State Government Special 
Revenue
		55,688,000
		50,392,000
		106,080,000
	
1.17	Environmental Fund
		69,000
		71,000
		140,000
	
1.18	Special Revenue Fund
		8,588,000
		13,207,000
		21,795,000
	
1.19	Trunk Highway
		367,000
		374,000
		741,000
	
1.20	Total
	$
	979,031,000
	$
	1,015,721,000
	$
	1,994,752,000

1.21	Sec. 2. PUBLIC SAFETY APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.22 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the 
1.23 	agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the 
1.24 	general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated 
1.25 	for each purpose. The figures "2008" and "2009" used in this article mean that the 
2.1 	appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, or 
2.2 	June 30, 2009, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2008. "The second year" is fiscal 
2.3 	year 2009. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2008 and 2009. Appropriations for the fiscal 
2.4 	year ending June 30, 2007, are effective the day following final enactment.

2.5				APPROPRIATIONS
	
2.6				Available for the Year
	
2.7				Ending June 30
	
2.8					2008
		2009

2.9	Sec. 3. SUPREME COURT

2.10	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	43,858,000
	$
	45,612,000
	
2.11 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
2.12 	purpose are specified in the following 
2.13 	subdivisions.

2.14	Subd. 2.Judicial Branch Increase
 		1,687,000
		3,441,000
	
2.15 	This amount may be transferred to either or 
2.16 	both appropriations in subdivisions 3 and 4.

2.17	Subd. 3.Supreme Court Operations
 		29,851,000
		29,851,000

2.18	Subd. 4.Civil Legal Services
 		12,320,000
		12,320,000

2.19	Sec. 4. COURT OF APPEALS
 	$
	8,517,000
	$
	8,857,000

2.20	Sec. 5. TRIAL COURTS
 	$
	240,503,000
	$
	250,123,000

2.21	Sec. 6. TAX COURT
 	$
	788,000
	$
	812,000

2.22	Sec. 7. UNIFORM LAWS COMMISSION
 	$
	58,000
	$
	52,000

2.23	Sec. 8. BOARD ON JUDICIAL STANDARDS
 	$
	448,000
	$
	455,000
	
2.24 	$125,000 each year is for special 
2.25 	investigative and hearing costs for major 
2.26 	disciplinary actions undertaken by the 
2.27 	board. This appropriation does not cancel. 
2.28 	Any encumbered and unspent balances 
2.29 	remain available for these expenditures in 
2.30 	subsequent fiscal years.

3.1	Sec. 9. BOARD OF PUBLIC DEFENSE
 	$
	64,273,000
	$
	66,844,000

3.2	Sec. 10. PUBLIC SAFETY

3.3	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	149,210,000
	$
	152,956,000

3.4	Appropriations by Fund
	
3.5		2008
	2009
	
3.6	General
	89,625,000
	94,062,000
	
3.7	Special Revenue
	3,461,000
	8,057,000
	
3.8
3.9	State Government 
Special Revenue
	55,688,000
	50,392,000
	
3.10	Environmental
	69,000
	71,000
	
3.11	Trunk Highway
	367,000
	374,000
	
3.12 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
3.13 	purpose are specified in the following 
3.14 	subdivisions.

3.15	Subd. 2.Emergency Management
 		3,964,000
		3,972,000

3.16	Appropriations by Fund
	
3.17	General
	3,895,000
	3,901,000
	
3.18	Environmental
	69,000
	71,000
	
3.19 	$250,000 each year is additional funding 
3.20 	to provide state match for federal disaster 
3.21 	assistance.
3.22 	$1,100,000 each year is for state coordination 
3.23 	and local assistance to increase readiness for 
3.24 	a pandemic event.

3.25	Subd. 3.Criminal Apprehension
 		48,325,000
		51,405,000

3.26	Appropriations by Fund
	
3.27	General
	48,325,000
	51,405,000
	
3.28	Special Revenue
	445,000
	461,000
	
3.29
3.30	State Government 
Special Revenue
	7,000
	7,000
	
3.31	Trunk Highway
	367,000
	374,000

3.32
3.33	(a) Cooperative Investigation of 
Cross-Jurisdictional Criminal Activity
					
3.34 	$93,000 the first year and $93,000 the second 
3.35 	year are appropriated from the Bureau 
4.1 	of Criminal Apprehension account in the 
4.2 	special revenue fund for grants to local 
4.3 	officials for the cooperative investigation of 
4.4 	cross-jurisdictional criminal activity. Any 
4.5 	unencumbered balance remaining in the first 
4.6 	year does not cancel but is available for the 
4.7 	second year.

4.8	(b) Laboratory Activities
					
4.9 	$352,000 the first year and $368,000 the 
4.10 	second year are appropriated from the Bureau 
4.11 	of Criminal Apprehension account in the 
4.12 	special revenue fund for laboratory activities.

4.13	(c) DWI Lab Analysis; Trunk Highway Fund
					
4.14 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
4.15 	section 161.20, subdivision 3, $367,000 
4.16 	the first year and $374,000 the second year 
4.17 	are appropriated from the trunk highway 
4.18 	fund for laboratory analysis related to 
4.19 	driving-while-impaired cases.

4.20	(d) CriMNet Justice Information Integration
					
4.21 	$6,955,000 the first year and $8,584,000 the 
4.22 	second year are for statewide information 
4.23 	integration priorities. The base for this 
4.24 	appropriation in fiscal year 2010 shall be 
4.25 	$2,032,000.

4.26	(e) Forensic Scientists
					
4.27 	$1,018,000 the first year and $1,871,000 the 
4.28 	second year are for 20 new forensic scientists 
4.29 	in the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension 
4.30 	Forensic Science Laboratory.

4.31	Subd. 4.Fire Marshal
 		2,866,000
		7,443,000
	
4.32 	This appropriation is from the fire safety 
4.33 	account in the special revenue fund. 
5.1 	Of this amount, $4,500,000 in the second 
5.2 	year is for activities under Minnesota 
5.3 	Statutes, section 299F.012.

5.4	Subd. 5.Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement
 		1,785,000
		1,817,000

5.5	Appropriations by Fund
	
5.6	General
	1,635,000
	1,664,000
	
5.7	Special Revenue
	150,000
	153,000

5.8	Subd. 6.Office of Justice Programs
 		35,770,000
		37,092,000

5.9	(a) Gang and Drug Task Force
					
5.10 	$600,000 the first year and $1,900,000 the 
5.11 	second year are for grants to the Gang and 
5.12 	Drug Task Force.

5.13	(b) Crime Victim Reparations 
					
5.14 	$250,000 each year is to increase the amount 
5.15 	of funding for crime victim reparations. 

5.16	(c) School Safety Centers
					
5.17 	$200,000 each year is to create an interagency 
5.18 	school safety center.

5.19	(d) Victim Notification System
					
5.20 	$455,000 each year is for the continuation 
5.21 	of the victim information and notification 
5.22 	everyday (VINE) service.

5.23	(e) Administration Costs
					
5.24 	Up to 2.5 percent of the grant funds 
5.25 	appropriated in this subdivision may be used 
5.26 	to administer the grant program.

5.27	Subd. 7.911 Emergency Services/ARMER
 		55,681,000
		50,385,000
	
5.28 	This appropriation is from the state 
5.29 	government special revenue fund for 911 
5.30 	emergency telecommunications services.

5.31	(a) Public Safety Answering Points
					
6.1 	$13,664,000 the first year and $13,664,000 
6.2 	the second year are to be distributed as 
6.3 	provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
6.4 	403.113, subdivision 2.

6.5	(b) Medical Resource Communication Centers
					
6.6 	$683,000 the first year and $683,000 the 
6.7 	second year are for grants to the Minnesota 
6.8 	Emergency Medical Services Regulatory 
6.9 	Board for the Metro East and Metro West 
6.10 	Medical Resource Communication Centers 
6.11 	that were in operation before January 1, 
6.12 	2000.

6.13	(c) ARMER Debt Service
					
6.14 	$6,149,000 the first year and $11,853,000 
6.15 	the second year are to the commissioner of 
6.16 	finance to pay debt service on revenue bonds 
6.17 	issued under Minnesota Statutes, section 
6.18 	403.275 and authorized by Laws 2005, 
6.19 	chapter 136, article 1, section 9, subdivision 
6.20 	8; or in subdivision 8.
6.21 	Any portion of this appropriation not needed 
6.22 	to pay debt service in a fiscal year may be 
6.23 	used by the commissioner of public safety to 
6.24 	pay cash for any of the capital improvements 
6.25 	for which bond proceeds were appropriated 
6.26 	by Laws 2005, chapter 136, article 1, section 
6.27 	9, subdivision 8; or in subdivision 8.
6.28 	The base for this appropriation is $18,002,000 
6.29 	in fiscal year 2010 and $23,261,000 in fiscal 
6.30 	year 2011.

6.31	(d) Metropolitan Council Debt Service
					
6.32 	$1,410,000 the first year and $1,410,000 
6.33 	the second year are to the commissioner 
6.34 	of finance for payment to the Metropolitan 
7.1 	Council for debt service on bonds issued 
7.2 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 403.27.

7.3	(e) ARMER Improvements
					
7.4 	$1,000,000 each year is for the Statewide 
7.5 	Radio Board for costs of design, construction, 
7.6 	maintenance of, and improvements to those 
7.7 	elements of the statewide public safety 
7.8 	radio and communication system that 
7.9 	support mutual aid communications and 
7.10 	emergency medical services or provide 
7.11 	interim enhancement of public safety 
7.12 	communication interoperability in those 
7.13 	areas of the state where the statewide public 
7.14 	safety radio and communication system is 
7.15 	not yet implemented.

7.16	(f) ARMER Interoperability Planning
					
7.17 	$323,000 each year is to provide funding 
7.18 	to coordinate and plan for communication 
7.19 	interoperability between public safety 
7.20 	entities.

7.21	(g) ARMER State Backbone Operating Costs
					
7.22 	$3,110,000 each year is to the commissioner 
7.23 	of transportation for costs of maintaining and 
7.24 	operating the first and third phases of the 
7.25 	statewide radio system backbone. The base 
7.26 	for this appropriation will be $5,060,000 
7.27 	in fiscal year 2010 and $5,060,000 in fiscal 
7.28 	year 2011 to provide funding to operate one 
7.29 	additional phase of the system.

7.30	(h) Zone Controller
					
7.31 	$5,400,000 in the first year is a onetime 
7.32 	appropriation to upgrade zone controllers 
7.33 	and network elements in phase one and two 
7.34 	of the statewide radio system.

8.1	(i) Advance Project Development
					
8.2 	$3,750,000 the first year is a onetime 
8.3 	appropriation for site acquisition and 
8.4 	site development work for the remaining 
8.5 	phases of the statewide radio system. This 
8.6 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2010. 
8.7 	This appropriation is to the commissioner of 
8.8 	public safety for transfer to the Department 
8.9 	of Transportation.

8.10	(j) System Design
					
8.11 	$1,850,000 the first year is a onetime 
8.12 	appropriation to complete detailed design 
8.13 	and planning of the remaining phases of the 
8.14 	statewide radio system. The commissioner 
8.15 	of public safety and the commissioner of 
8.16 	transportation shall determine the scope 
8.17 	of the study, after consulting with the 
8.18 	Statewide Radio Board, the commissioner 
8.19 	of administration, and the state chief 
8.20 	information officer. The study shall address 
8.21 	the system design for the state backbone 
8.22 	and implications for local coverage, how 
8.23 	data can be integrated, and whether other 
8.24 	public safety communication networks 
8.25 	can be integrated with the state backbone. 
8.26 	The study shall estimate the full cost of 
8.27 	completing the state backbone to specified 
8.28 	standards, the cost of local subsystems, and 
8.29 	the potential advantages of using a request 
8.30 	for proposal approach to solicit private sector 
8.31 	participation in the project. The study shall 
8.32 	include a financial analysis of whether the 
8.33 	estimated revenue from increasing the 911 
8.34 	fee by up to 30 cents will cover the estimated 
8.35 	debt service of revenue bonds issued to 
9.1 	finance the cost of completing the statewide 
9.2 	radio system and a portion of the cost up to 
9.3 	50 percent for local subsystems. The study 
9.4 	shall also review the project organizational 
9.5 	structure and governance.

9.6	Subd. 8.ARMER Public Safety

9.7	(a) Radio and Communication System
				186,000,000
	
9.8 	The appropriations in this subdivision are 
9.9 	from the 911 revenue bond proceeds account 
9.10 	for the purposes indicated, to be available 
9.11 	until the project is completed or abandoned, 
9.12 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
9.13 	16A.642.
9.14 	To the commissioner of public safety for 
9.15 	transfer to the Department of Transportation 
9.16 	to construct the system backbone of the 
9.17 	public safety radio and communication 
9.18 	system plan under Minnesota Statutes, 
9.19 	section 403.36.
9.20 	$62,000,000 of this appropriation is for 
9.21 	the second year. $62,000,000 of this 
9.22 	appropriation is available on or after July 1, 
9.23 	2009. $62,000,000 of this appropriation is 
9.24 	available on or after July 1, 2010.
9.25 	The commissioner of public safety and the 
9.26 	commissioner of transportation shall certify 
9.27 	to the chairs of the House Public Safety 
9.28 	Finance Division of the Finance Committee 
9.29 	and the Senate Public Safety Budget Division 
9.30 	of the Finance Committee that the detailed 
9.31 	design has been completed and that the 
9.32 	financial analysis finds that sufficient revenue 
9.33 	will be generated by proposed changes in the 
9.34 	911 fee to cover all estimated debt service 
9.35 	on revenue bonds proposed to be issued to 
10.1 	complete the system before the appropriation 
10.2 	is made available. The commissioner of 
10.3 	finance shall not approve any fee increase 
10.4 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 403.11, 
10.5 	subdivision 1, paragraph (c), until this 
10.6 	certification is made.

10.7	(b) Bond Sale Authorization
					
10.8 	To provide the money appropriated in this 
10.9 	subdivision, the commissioner of finance 
10.10 	shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an 
10.11 	amount up to $186,000,000 in the manner, 
10.12 	upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed 
10.13 	by Minnesota Statutes, section 403.275.

10.14
10.15	Sec. 11. PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS 
AND TRAINING BOARD (POST)
 	$
	4,237,000
	$
	4,260,000
	
10.16 	This appropriation is from the peace officer 
10.17 	training account in the special revenue fund. 
10.18 	Any new receipts credited to that account in 
10.19 	the first year in excess of $4,237,000 must be 
10.20 	transferred and credited to the general fund. 
10.21 	Any new receipts credited to that account in 
10.22 	the second year in excess of $4,260,000 must 
10.23 	be transferred and credited to the general 
10.24 	fund.
10.25 	$2,909,000 the first year and $2,909,000 the 
10.26 	second year are for reimbursements to local 
10.27 	governments for peace officer training costs.

10.28	Sec. 12. PRIVATE DETECTIVE BOARD
 	$
	128,000
	$
	130,000

10.29	Sec. 13. HUMAN RIGHTS
 	$
	4,955,000
	$
	3,670,000
	
10.30 	$1,403,000 the first year and $55,000 the 
10.31 	second year are for the replacement of 
10.32 	the department's tracking and compliance 
11.1 	databases with a management information 
11.2 	system.

11.3	Sec. 14. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

11.4	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	461,456,000
	$
	481,350,000

11.5	Appropriations by Fund
	
11.6		2008
	2009
	
11.7	General
	460,566,000
	480,460,000
	
11.8	Special Revenue
	890,000
	890,000
	
11.9 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
11.10 	purpose are specified in the following 
11.11 	subdivisions.

11.12	Subd. 2.Correctional Institutions
 		323,974,000
		339,021,000

11.13	Appropriations by Fund
	
11.14	General
	323,394,000
	338,441,000
	
11.15	Special Revenue
	580,000
	580,000

11.16	(a) Contracts for beds at Rush City
					
11.17 	If the commissioner contracts with other 
11.18 	states, local units of government, or the 
11.19 	federal government to rent beds in the Rush 
11.20 	City Correctional Facility, the commissioner 
11.21 	shall charge a per diem under the contract, to 
11.22 	the extent possible, that is equal to or greater 
11.23 	than the per diem cost of housing Minnesota 
11.24 	inmates in the facility.
11.25 	Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the 
11.26 	commissioner may use per diems collected 
11.27 	under contracts for beds at MCF-Rush City 
11.28 	to operate the state correctional system.

11.29	(b) Retirement insurance costs
					
11.30 	$500,000 each year is for increased funding 
11.31 	for retiree insurance costs for employees 
11.32 	from the correctional early retirement plan.

11.33	(c) Offender reentry services
					
12.1 	$400,000 each year is for increased 
12.2 	funding for expansion of offender reentry 
12.3 	services in the institutions and staffing for 
12.4 	the Department of Corrections MCORP 
12.5 	program.

12.6	Subd. 3.Community services
 		119,958,000
		124,575,000

12.7	Appropriations by Fund
	
12.8	General
	119,858,000
	124,475,000
	
12.9	Special Revenue
	100,000
	100,000
	
12.10 	$600,000 the first year and $1,000,000 the 
12.11 	second year are for intensive supervised 
12.12 	release agents for the challenge incarceration 
12.13 	program.
12.14 	$600,000 each year is for intensive 
12.15 	supervised release agents for the conditional 
12.16 	release program.
12.17 	$225,000 each year is for increased costs 
12.18 	based on changes made to the Interstate 
12.19 	Compact for Adult Offender Supervision, 
12.20 	Minnesota Statutes, section 243.1605.
12.21 	$350,000 each year is to fund a legal 
12.22 	representative for civil commitments and to 
12.23 	manage and track sex offenders.
12.24 	$2,800,000 each year is added to the 
12.25 	Community Corrections Act subsidy, 
12.26 	Minnesota Statutes, section 401.14.
12.27 	$600,000 each year is added to the county 
12.28 	probation officers reimbursement.
12.29 	$600,000 each year is for the Department of 
12.30 	Corrections probation and supervised release 
12.31 	unit.
12.32 	$1,800,000 the first year and $3,600,000 the 
12.33 	second year are for adult felon sex offender 
13.1 	management to be distributed statewide by 
13.2 	the Community Corrections Act formula.
13.3 	$200,000 the first year and $400,000 the 
13.4 	second year are for juvenile sex offender 
13.5 	management to be distributed statewide by 
13.6 	the Community Corrections Act formula.
13.7 	$500,000 the first year and $1,000,000 the 
13.8 	second year are to increase funding for 
13.9 	providing treatment for sex offenders on 
13.10 	community supervision.
13.11 	$500,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
13.12 	the second year are for research and 
13.13 	evaluation of sex offender management 
13.14 	(supervision, treatment, and polygraphs) and 
13.15 	for developing and monitoring standards of 
13.16 	supervision and treatment.
13.17 	$75,000 each year is to increase funding to 
13.18 	reimburse counties or their designees, or 
13.19 	courts, for sex offender assessments under 
13.20 	Minnesota Statutes, section 609.3457.
13.21 	$600,000 each year is to increase funding 
13.22 	for sentencing to service activities such as 
13.23 	highway litter cleanup.
13.24 	$2,190,000 each year is to increase funding 
13.25 	for the costs associated with the housing 
13.26 	and care of short-term offenders. The 
13.27 	commissioner may use up to 20 percent 
13.28 	of the total amount of the appropriation 
13.29 	for inpatient medical care for short-term 
13.30 	offenders. All funds remaining at the end 
13.31 	of the fiscal year not expended for inpatient 
13.32 	medical care shall be added to and distributed 
13.33 	with the housing funds. These funds shall 
13.34 	be distributed proportionately based on the 
14.1 	total number of days short-term offenders are 
14.2 	placed locally, not to exceed $70 per day.
14.3 	The Department of Corrections is exempt 
14.4 	from the state contracting process for the 
14.5 	purposes of paying short-term offender 
14.6 	costs relating to Minnesota Statutes, section 
14.7 	609.105.
14.8 	$1,100,000 each year is for offender 
14.9 	job seeking services, the development 
14.10 	of a training academy for mentors, 
14.11 	evidence-based research, expansion of 
14.12 	reentry services specific to juveniles, 
14.13 	and funding to local units of government 
14.14 	participating in MCORP to provide reentry 
14.15 	programming to offenders.

14.16	Subd. 4.Operations Support
 		17,524,000
		17,754,000

14.17	Appropriations by Fund
	
14.18	General
	17,314,000
	17,544,000
	
14.19	Special Revenue
	210,000
	210,000

14.20	Sec. 15. SENTENCING GUIDELINES
 	$
	600,000
	$
	600,000

14.21 	ARTICLE 2
14.22 	GENERAL PROVISIONS

14.23 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 363A.06, subdivision 1, is amended to 
14.24 	read:
14.25 		Subdivision 1.Formulation of policies. (a) The commissioner shall formulate 
14.26 	policies to effectuate the purposes of this chapter and shall:
14.27 	(1) exercise leadership under the direction of the governor in the development of 
14.28 	human rights policies and programs, and make recommendations to the governor and the 
14.29 	legislature for their consideration and implementation;
14.30 	(2) establish and maintain a principal office in St. Paul, and any other necessary 
14.31 	branch offices at any location within the state;
14.32 	(3) meet and function at any place within the state;
15.1 	(4) employ attorneys, clerks, and other employees and agents as the commissioner 
15.2 	may deem necessary and prescribe their duties;
15.3 	(5) to the extent permitted by federal law and regulation, utilize the records of the 
15.4 	Department of Employment and Economic Development of the state when necessary 
15.5 	to effectuate the purposes of this chapter;
15.6 	(6) obtain upon request and utilize the services of all state governmental departments 
15.7 	and agencies;
15.8 	(7) adopt suitable rules for effectuating the purposes of this chapter;
15.9 	(8) issue complaints, receive and investigate charges alleging unfair discriminatory 
15.10 	practices, and determine whether or not probable cause exists for hearing;
15.11 	(9) subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, take testimony, and require the production 
15.12 	for examination of any books or papers relative to any matter under investigation or in 
15.13 	question as the commissioner deems appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter;
15.14 	(10) attempt, by means of education, conference, conciliation, and persuasion to 
15.15 	eliminate unfair discriminatory practices as being contrary to the public policy of the state;
15.16 	(11) develop and conduct programs of formal and informal education designed to 
15.17 	eliminate discrimination and intergroup conflict by use of educational techniques and 
15.18 	programs the commissioner deems necessary;
15.19 	(12) make a written report of the activities of the commissioner to the governor 
15.20 	each year;
15.21 	(13) accept gifts, bequests, grants, or other payments public and private to help 
15.22 	finance the activities of the department;
15.23 	(14) create such local and statewide advisory committees as will in the 
15.24 	commissioner's judgment aid in effectuating the purposes of the Department of Human 
15.25 	Rights;
15.26 	(15) develop such programs as will aid in determining the compliance throughout 
15.27 	the state with the provisions of this chapter, and in the furtherance of such duties, conduct 
15.28 	research and study discriminatory practices based upon race, color, creed, religion, 
15.29 	national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, 
15.30 	familial status, sexual orientation, or other factors and develop accurate data on the nature 
15.31 	and extent of discrimination and other matters as they may affect housing, employment, 
15.32 	public accommodations, schools, and other areas of public life;
15.33 	(16) develop and disseminate technical assistance to persons subject to the provisions 
15.34 	of this chapter, and to agencies and officers of governmental and private agencies;
15.35 	(17) provide staff services to such advisory committees as may be created in aid of 
15.36 	the functions of the Department of Human Rights;
16.1 	(18) make grants in aid to the extent that appropriations are made available for that 
16.2 	purpose in aid of carrying out duties and responsibilities; and
16.3 	(19) cooperate and consult with the commissioner of labor and industry regarding 
16.4 	the investigation of violations of, and resolution of complaints regarding section 363A.08, 
16.5 	subdivision 7. 
16.6 	In performing these duties, the commissioner shall give priority to those duties in 
16.7 	clauses (8), (9), and (10) and to the duties in section 363A.36. 
16.8 	(b) All gifts, bequests, grants, or other payments, public and private, accepted under 
16.9 	paragraph (a), clause (13), must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to a special 
16.10 	account. Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner of human rights to 
16.11 	help finance activities of the department.

16.12 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 403.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
16.13 		Subdivision 1.Emergency telecommunications service fee; account. (a) Each 
16.14 	customer of a wireless or wire-line switched or packet-based telecommunications service 
16.15 	provider connected to the public switched telephone network that furnishes service capable 
16.16 	of originating a 911 emergency telephone call is assessed a fee based upon the number 
16.17 	of wired or wireless telephone lines, or their equivalent, to cover the costs of ongoing 
16.18 	maintenance and related improvements for trunking and central office switching equipment 
16.19 	for 911 emergency telecommunications service, to offset administrative and staffing costs 
16.20 	of the commissioner related to managing the 911 emergency telecommunications service 
16.21 	program, to make distributions provided for in section 403.113, and to offset the costs, 
16.22 	including administrative and staffing costs, incurred by the State Patrol Division of the 
16.23 	Department of Public Safety in handling 911 emergency calls made from wireless phones.
16.24 	(b) Money remaining in the 911 emergency telecommunications service account 
16.25 	after all other obligations are paid must not cancel and is carried forward to subsequent 
16.26 	years and may be appropriated from time to time to the commissioner to provide financial 
16.27 	assistance to counties for the improvement of local emergency telecommunications 
16.28 	services. The improvements may include providing access to 911 service for 
16.29 	telecommunications service subscribers currently without access and upgrading existing 
16.30 	911 service to include automatic number identification, local location identification, 
16.31 	automatic location identification, and other improvements specified in revised county 
16.32 	911 plans approved by the commissioner.
16.33 	(c) The fee may not be less than eight cents nor more than 65 cents a month until 
16.34 	June 30, 2008, not less than eight cents nor more than 75 cents a month until June 30, 
16.35 	2009, not less than eight cents nor more than 85 cents a month until June 30, 2010, and 
17.1 	not less than eight cents nor more than 95 cents a month on or after July 1, 2010, for 
17.2 	each customer access line or other basic access service, including trunk equivalents as 
17.3 	designated by the Public Utilities Commission for access charge purposes and including 
17.4 	wireless telecommunications services. With the approval of the commissioner of finance, 
17.5 	the commissioner of public safety shall establish the amount of the fee within the limits 
17.6 	specified and inform the companies and carriers of the amount to be collected. When the 
17.7 	revenue bonds authorized under section 403.27, subdivision 1, have been fully paid or 
17.8 	defeased, the commissioner shall reduce the fee to reflect that debt service on the bonds is 
17.9 	no longer needed. The commissioner shall provide companies and carriers a minimum of 
17.10 	45 days' notice of each fee change. The fee must be the same for all customers.
17.11 	(d) The fee must be collected by each wireless or wire-line telecommunications 
17.12 	service provider subject to the fee. Fees are payable to and must be submitted to the 
17.13 	commissioner monthly before the 25th of each month following the month of collection, 
17.14 	except that fees may be submitted quarterly if less than $250 a month is due, or annually if 
17.15 	less than $25 a month is due. Receipts must be deposited in the state treasury and credited 
17.16 	to a 911 emergency telecommunications service account in the special revenue fund. The 
17.17 	money in the account may only be used for 911 telecommunications services.
17.18 	(e) This subdivision does not apply to customers of interexchange carriers.
17.19 	(f) The installation and recurring charges for integrating wireless 911 calls into 
17.20 	enhanced 911 systems are eligible for payment by the commissioner if the 911 service 
17.21 	provider is included in the statewide design plan and the charges are made pursuant to 
17.22 	contract.
17.23 	(g) Competitive local exchanges carriers holding certificates of authority from the 
17.24 	Public Utilities Commission are eligible to receive payment for recurring 911 services.

17.25 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 403.31, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
17.26 		Subdivision 1.Allocation of operating costs. The current costs of the board 
17.27 	in implementing the regionwide public safety radio communication plan system and 
17.28 	the first and second phase systems shall be allocated among and paid by the following 
17.29 	users, all in accordance with the regionwide public safety radio system communication 
17.30 	plan adopted by the board:
17.31 	(1) the state of Minnesota for its operations using the system in the metropolitan 
17.32 	counties;
17.33 	(2) all local government units using the system; and
17.34 	(3) other eligible users of the system. (a) The ongoing costs of the commissioner 
17.35 	not otherwise appropriated in operating the statewide public safety radio communication 
18.1 	system shall be allocated among and paid by the following users, all in accordance with 
18.2 	the statewide public safety radio communication system plan under section 403.36:
18.3 	(1) the state of Minnesota for its operations using the system;
18.4 	(2) all local government units using the system; and
18.5 	(3) other eligible users of the system.
18.6 	(b) Each local government and other eligible users of the system shall pay to 
18.7 	the commissioner all sums charged under this section, at the times and in the manner 
18.8 	determined by the commissioner. The governing body of each local government shall 
18.9 	take all action necessary to provide the funds required for these payments and to make 
18.10 	the payments when due.

18.11 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 609.3457, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
18.12 		Subd. 4.Definition. As used in this section, "sex offense" means a violation 
18.13 	of section 609.294; 609.322; 609.324;609.342; 609.343; 609.344; 609.345; 609.3451;
18.14 	609.3453; 609.3455; 609.352; 609.365;609.746, subdivision 1; 609.79; or617.23; 
18.15 	617.246; or 617.247; or another offense arising out of a charge based on one or more of 
18.16 	those sections.

18.17 	Sec. 5.  REPEALER.
 18.18 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 403.31, subdivision 6, is repealed.