SF 899

as introduced - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to crime; authorizing community custody as an 
  1.3             alternative to a jail term; amending Minnesota 
  1.4             Statutes 1998, section 609.11, by adding a subdivision.
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 609.11, is 
  1.7   amended by adding a subdivision read: 
  1.8      Subd. 11.  [COMMUNITY CUSTODY.] Whenever the court 
  1.9   determines that an offender, convicted of an offense for which a 
  1.10  mandatory minimum sentence is required by this section, would 
  1.11  not be a public safety risk if sentenced to highly intensive 
  1.12  surveillance and programming intervention, the court may 
  1.13  sentence the offender to serve a mandatory minimum sentence in 
  1.14  community custody.  Any community custody sentence must include 
  1.15  one or more of the following elements:  hourly surveillance, 
  1.16  electronic monitoring, urinalysis, quick response to violations, 
  1.17  mandatory school or employment attendance, correctional 
  1.18  programming, and the use of community mentors. 
  1.19     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.20     Section 1 is effective August 1, 1999, and applies to 
  1.21  crimes committed on or after that date.