as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to the Minnesota sentencing guidelines 1.3 commission; requiring legislative approval of 1.4 sentencing guideline modifications; amending Minnesota 1.5 Statutes 2000, section 244.09, subdivision 11. 1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 244.09, 1.8 subdivision 11, is amended to read: 1.9 Subd. 11. [MODIFICATION.] The commission shall meet as 1.10 necessary for the purpose of modifying and improving the 1.11 guidelines. Any modificationwhich amends the sentencing1.12guidelines grid, including severity levels and criminal history1.13scores, or which would result in the reduction of any sentence1.14or in the early release of any inmate, with the exception of a 1.15 modification mandated or authorized by the legislature or 1.16 relating to a crime created or amended by the legislature in the 1.17 preceding session, shall be submitted to the legislature by 1.18 January 1 of any year in which the commission wishes to make the 1.19 change and shall be effective on August 1 of that year, unless1.20the legislature by law provides otherwise. All other1.21modifications shall take effect according to the procedural1.22rules of the commissionif approved by the legislature. Failure 1.23 or refusal by the legislature to act upon the proposed change 1.24 shall be considered a negative legislative action. On or before 1.25 January 1 of each year, the commission shall submit a written 2.1 report to the committees of the senate and the house of 2.2 representatives with jurisdiction over criminal justice policy 2.3 that identifies and explains all modifications made during the 2.4 preceding 12 months and all proposed modifications that are 2.5 being submitted to the legislature that year.