SF 936

as introduced - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/09/2010 02:17am

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; requiring Department of Corrections to annually report
on felony DWI offenders; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 244.

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

Section 1.

new text begin [244.085] FELONY DWI REPORT.
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new text begin By January 15 of each year, the commissioner shall report to the chairs and
ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees having
jurisdiction over criminal justice policy and funding on the implementation and effects of
the felony level driving while impaired offense. The report must include the following
information on felony level driving while impaired offenses:
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new text begin (1) the number of persons convicted;
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new text begin (2) the month and county of conviction;
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new text begin (3) the offenders' ages and gender;
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new text begin (4) the offenders' prior impaired driving histories and prior criminal histories;
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new text begin (5) the number of trials taken to verdict, separating out cases tried to a judge versus
cases tried to a jury, and the number of convictions for each;
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new text begin (6) the number of offenders:
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new text begin (i) incarcerated locally and the term of incarceration;
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new text begin (ii) placed on probation and the length of the probation;
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new text begin (iii) for whom probation is revoked, the reasons for revocation, and the consequences
imposed;
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new text begin (iv) given an executed prison sentence upon conviction and the length of the
sentence;
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new text begin (v) given an executed prison sentence upon revocation of probation and the length of
sentence;
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new text begin (vi) who successfully complete treatment in prison;
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new text begin (vii) placed on intensive supervision following release from incarceration;
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new text begin (viii) placed in the challenge incarceration program, the number of offenders
released from prison under this program, and the number of these offenders who violate
their release conditions and the consequences imposed; and
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new text begin (ix) who violate supervised release and the consequences imposed;
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new text begin (7) per diem costs, including treatment costs, for offenders incarcerated under the
felony sentence provisions; and
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new text begin (8) any other information the commissioner deems relevant to estimating future
costs.
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