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1st Engrossment - 82nd Legislature, 2001 1st Special Session (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to legislative enactments; correcting 
  1.3             miscellaneous oversights, inconsistencies, 
  1.4             ambiguities, unintended results, and technical errors; 
  1.5             amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 122A.06, by 
  1.6             adding a subdivision; 122A.09, subdivision 4; 122A.18, 
  1.7             subdivision 2a, by adding a subdivision; 124D.80, 
  1.8             subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 297A.70, subdivision 10, as 
  1.9             amended; 297B.09, subdivision 1, as amended; 473.608, 
  1.10            by adding a subdivision; 2001 First Special Session, 
  1.11            H.F. No. 1, article 15, section 3; 2001 First Special 
  1.12            Session, H.F. No. 2, article 2, section 77, 
  1.13            subdivisions 2, 25, 28, by adding subdivisions; 2001 
  1.14            First Special Session, H.F. No. 2, article 6, section 
  1.15            1; 2001 First Special Session, H.F. No. 2, article 7, 
  1.16            section 13, subdivision 2; 2001 First Special Session, 
  1.17            S.F. No. 7, article 4, section 4; proposing coding for 
  1.18            new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 120B. 
  1.19  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.20     Section 1.  [CORRECTION 1.] H.F. No. 1, article 15, section 
  1.21  3, the effective date, if enacted by the First Special Session 
  1.22  of the 2001 legislature, is amended to read: 
  1.23     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective for loans and 
  1.24  advances made after July 31, 2001, and to districts with 
  1.25  requests for certification made after July 31, 1979.  Interfund 
  1.26  loans and advances made before August 1, 2001, are ratified and 
  1.27  approved, subject to the following restrictions:  (1) the 
  1.28  interest accrued or paid after July 31, 2001, may not exceed the 
  1.29  limit in this Minnesota Statutes, section 469.178, subdivision 
  1.30  7, and (2) if there is no resolution or other document created 
  1.31  contemporaneously with the making of the loan or advance that 
  1.32  specifies the principal amount of the loan or advance, the 
  2.1   principal amount of the loan or advance is limited to a maximum 
  2.2   amount equal to the largest negative cash balance that existed 
  2.3   at any time in the fund that received the undocumented loan or 
  2.4   advance.  An authority or municipality may modify the terms of 
  2.5   an interfund loan or advance made before August 1, 2001, to 
  2.6   comply with any of the requirements of this section as the 
  2.7   authority or municipality deems appropriate. 
  2.8      Sec. 2.  [CORRECTION 2A.] Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 
  2.9   122A.06, is amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  2.10     Subd. 4.  [COMPREHENSIVE, SCIENTIFICALLY BASED READING 
  2.11  INSTRUCTION.] "Comprehensive, scientifically based reading 
  2.12  instruction" includes instruction and practice in phonemic 
  2.13  awareness, phonics and other word-recognition skills, and guided 
  2.14  oral reading for beginning readers, as well as extensive silent 
  2.15  reading, vocabulary instruction, instruction in comprehension, 
  2.16  and instruction that fosters understanding and higher-order 
  2.17  thinking for readers of all ages and proficiency levels. 
  2.18     Sec. 3.  [CORRECTION 2B.] Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 
  2.19  122A.09, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  2.20     Subd. 4.  [LICENSE AND RULES.] (a) The board must adopt 
  2.21  rules to license public school teachers and interns subject to 
  2.22  chapter 14. 
  2.23     (b) The board must adopt rules requiring a person to 
  2.24  successfully complete a skills examination in reading, writing, 
  2.25  and mathematics as a requirement for initial teacher licensure.  
  2.26  Such rules must require college and universities offering a 
  2.27  board approved teacher preparation program to provide remedial 
  2.28  assistance to persons who did not achieve a qualifying score on 
  2.29  the skills examination, including those for whom English is a 
  2.30  second language. 
  2.31     (c) The board must adopt rules to approve teacher 
  2.32  preparation programs.  The board, upon the request of a 
  2.33  post-secondary student preparing for teacher licensure or a 
  2.34  licensed graduate of a teacher preparation program, shall assist 
  2.35  in resolving a dispute between the person and a post-secondary 
  2.36  institution providing a teacher preparation program when the 
  3.1   dispute involves an institution's recommendation for licensure 
  3.2   affecting the person or the person's credentials.  At the 
  3.3   board's discretion, assistance may include the application of 
  3.4   chapter 14. 
  3.5      (d) The board must provide the leadership and shall adopt 
  3.6   rules for the redesign of teacher education programs to 
  3.7   implement a research based, results-oriented curriculum that 
  3.8   focuses on the skills teachers need in order to be effective.  
  3.9   The board shall implement new systems of teacher preparation 
  3.10  program evaluation to assure program effectiveness based on 
  3.11  proficiency of graduates in demonstrating attainment of program 
  3.12  outcomes. 
  3.13     (e) The board must adopt rules requiring successful 
  3.14  completion of an examination of general pedagogical knowledge 
  3.15  and examinations of licensure-specific teaching skills.  The 
  3.16  rules shall be effective on the dates determined by the board, 
  3.17  but not later than September 1, 2001.  
  3.18     (f) The board must adopt rules requiring teacher educators 
  3.19  to work directly with elementary or secondary school teachers in 
  3.20  elementary or secondary schools to obtain periodic exposure to 
  3.21  the elementary or secondary teaching environment. 
  3.22     (g) The board must grant licenses to interns and to 
  3.23  candidates for initial licenses. 
  3.24     (h) The board must design and implement an assessment 
  3.25  system which requires a candidate for an initial license and 
  3.26  first continuing license to demonstrate the abilities necessary 
  3.27  to perform selected, representative teaching tasks at 
  3.28  appropriate levels. 
  3.29     (i) The board must receive recommendations from local 
  3.30  committees as established by the board for the renewal of 
  3.31  teaching licenses. 
  3.32     (j) The board must grant life licenses to those who qualify 
  3.33  according to requirements established by the board, and suspend 
  3.34  or revoke licenses pursuant to sections 122A.20 and 214.10.  The 
  3.35  board must not establish any expiration date for application for 
  3.36  life licenses.  
  4.1      (k) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed 
  4.2   teachers who are renewing their continuing license to include in 
  4.3   their renewal requirements further preparation in the areas of 
  4.4   using positive behavior interventions and in accommodating, 
  4.5   modifying, and adapting curricula, materials, and strategies to 
  4.6   appropriately meet the needs of individual students and ensure 
  4.7   adequate progress toward the state's graduation rule.  The rules 
  4.8   adopted under this paragraph apply to teachers who renew their 
  4.9   licenses in year 2001 and later. 
  4.10     (l) In adopting rules to license public school teachers who 
  4.11  provide health-related services for disabled children, the board 
  4.12  shall adopt rules consistent with license or registration 
  4.13  requirements of the commissioner of health and the 
  4.14  health-related boards who license personnel who perform similar 
  4.15  services outside of the school. 
  4.16     (m) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed 
  4.17  teachers who are renewing their continuing license to include in 
  4.18  their renewal requirements further reading preparation, 
  4.19  consistent with section 122A.06, subdivision 4.  The rules do 
  4.20  not take effect until they are approved by law.  
  4.21     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective for teachers 
  4.22  who renew their licenses in year 2004 and later. 
  4.23     Sec. 4. [CORRECTION 2C.] Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 
  4.24  122A.18, subdivision 2a, is amended to read: 
  4.25     Subd. 2a.  [READING STRATEGIES.] (a) All colleges and 
  4.26  universities approved by the board of teaching to prepare 
  4.27  persons for classroom teacher licensure must include in their 
  4.28  teacher preparation programs reading best practices that enable 
  4.29  classroom teacher licensure candidates to know how to teach 
  4.30  reading, such as phonics or other research-based best practices. 
  4.31     (b) Board-approved teacher preparation programs for 
  4.32  teachers of elementary education must require instruction in the 
  4.33  application of comprehensive, scientifically based, and balanced 
  4.34  reading instruction programs. 
  4.35     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective for candidates 
  4.36  for initial licensure in year 2004 and later. 
  5.1      Sec. 5.  [CORRECTION 2D.] Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 
  5.2   122A.18, is amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  5.3      Subd. 2b.  [READING SPECIALIST.] Not later than July 1, 
  5.4   2002, the board of teaching must adopt rules providing for the 
  5.5   licensure of teachers of reading. 
  5.6      Sec. 6.  [CORRECTION 2E.] 2001 First Special Session, H.F. 
  5.7   No. 2, article 2, section 77, subdivision 28, if enacted, is 
  5.8   amended to read: 
  5.9      Subd. 28.  [LABORATORY SCHOOL STUDY; INNOVATIVE TEACHING 
  5.10  TECHNIQUES.] For a grant to independent school district No. 482, 
  5.11  Little Falls, to conduct a study for a laboratory school for 
  5.12  innovative teaching techniques in the Randall area: 
  5.13       $10,000        .....     2002 
  5.14     Sec. 7.  [CORRECTION 2F.] 2001 First Special Session, H.F. 
  5.15  No. 2, article 2, section 77, if enacted, is amended by adding a 
  5.16  subdivision to read: 
  5.17     Subd. 32.  [7TH GRADE TESTING.] For the development of the 
  5.18  7th grade test under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.30, 
  5.19  subdivision 1: 
  5.20       $2,500,000     .....     2003 
  5.21     Sec. 8.  [CORRECTION 2G.] 2001 First Special Session, H.F. 
  5.22  No. 2, article 6, section 1, if enacted, is amended by adding an 
  5.23  effective date to read: 
  5.24     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective June 30, 2001.  
  5.25  The department of children, families, and learning may make any 
  5.26  necessary adjustments and may make payments with the fiscal year 
  5.27  2001 money after June 30, 2001. 
  5.28     Sec. 9.  [CORRECTION 2H.] Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 
  5.29  124D.80, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  5.30     Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT.] The commissioner of 
  5.31  children, families, and learning shall create one or more an 
  5.32  18-member American Indian education committees committee.  The 
  5.33  commissioner must appoint members with the assistance of the 
  5.34  Indian affairs council as provided under section 3.922, 
  5.35  subdivision 6, and the higher education services office.  
  5.36  Members must include representatives of tribal bodies, community 
  6.1   groups, parents of children eligible to be served by the 
  6.2   programs, American Indian administrators and teachers, persons 
  6.3   experienced in the training of teachers for American Indian 
  6.4   education programs, persons involved in programs for American 
  6.5   Indian children in American Indian schools, and persons 
  6.6   knowledgeable in the field of American Indian education.  
  6.7   Members shall be appointed so as to be representative of 
  6.8   significant segments of the population of American Indians, with 
  6.9   membership consisting of representatives from the 11 
  6.10  reservations and the Minnesota Chippewa tribe, the chair of the 
  6.11  Minnesota Indian affairs council, urban advisory council, and 
  6.12  five urban at-large representatives, two of which reside in the 
  6.13  metropolitan area, one of which resides in the Duluth area, one 
  6.14  of which resides in the Bemidji area, and one of which resides 
  6.15  in the southern region of the state.  
  6.16     Sec. 10.  [CORRECTION 2I.] Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 
  6.17  124D.80, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  6.18     Subd. 2.  [COMMITTEE TO ADVISE COMMISSIONER.] Each The 
  6.19  committee on American Indian education programs shall advise the 
  6.20  commissioner in the administration of the commissioner's duties 
  6.21  under sections 124D.71 to 124D.82 and other programs for the 
  6.22  education of American Indian people, as determined by the 
  6.23  commissioner.  The committee shall also provide advice to the 
  6.24  commissioner in awarding scholarships to eligible American 
  6.25  Indian students and in administering the commissioner's duties 
  6.26  regarding awarding of American Indian post-secondary preparation 
  6.27  grants to school districts.  The committee may work in multiple 
  6.28  subcommittees focused on general Indian education issues and 
  6.29  scholarship-related issues. 
  6.30     Sec. 11.  [CORRECTION 2J.] Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 
  6.31  124D.80, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  6.32     Subd. 3.  [EXPENSES; EXPIRATION.] Each The committee must 
  6.33  be reimbursed for expenses according to section 15.059, 
  6.34  subdivision 6.  The commissioner must determine the membership 
  6.35  terms and the duration of each the committee, which shall expire 
  6.36  no later than June 30, 2001 2003. 
  7.1      Sec. 12.  [CORRECTION 2K.] [120B.12] [READING 
  7.2   INTERVENTION.] 
  7.3      Subdivision 1.  [LITERACY GOAL.] The legislature seeks to 
  7.4   have Minnesota's children able to read no later than the end of 
  7.5   second grade. 
  7.6      Subd. 2.  [IDENTIFICATION.] For the 2002-2003 school year 
  7.7   and later, each school district shall identify before the end of 
  7.8   first grade students who are at risk of not learning to read 
  7.9   before the end of second grade.  The district must use a locally 
  7.10  adopted assessment method. 
  7.11     Subd. 3.  [INTERVENTION.] For each student identified under 
  7.12  subdivision 2, the district shall provide a reading intervention 
  7.13  method or program to assist the student in reaching the goal of 
  7.14  learning to read no later than the end of second grade.  
  7.15  District intervention methods shall encourage parental 
  7.16  involvement and, where possible, collaboration with appropriate 
  7.17  school and community programs.  Intervention methods may 
  7.18  include, but are not limited to, requiring attendance in summer 
  7.19  school and intensified reading instruction that may require that 
  7.20  the student be removed from the regular classroom for part of 
  7.21  the school day. 
  7.22     Subd. 4.  [STAFF DEVELOPMENT.] Each district shall identify 
  7.23  the staff development needs to ensure that: 
  7.24     (1) elementary teachers are able to implement 
  7.25  comprehensive, scientifically based, and balanced reading 
  7.26  instruction programs that have resulted in improved student 
  7.27  performance; 
  7.28     (2) elementary teachers who are instructing students 
  7.29  identified under subdivision 2 are prepared to teach using the 
  7.30  intervention methods or programs selected by the district for 
  7.31  the identified students; and 
  7.32     (3) all licensed teachers employed by the district have 
  7.33  regular opportunities to improve reading instruction. 
  7.34     Subd. 5.  [COMMISSIONER.] The commissioner shall recommend 
  7.35  to districts multiple assessment tools that will assist 
  7.36  districts and teachers with identifying students under 
  8.1   subdivision 2.  The commissioner shall also make available to 
  8.2   districts examples of nationally recognized and research-based 
  8.3   instructional methods or programs that districts may use to 
  8.4   provide reading intervention according to this section. 
  8.5      Sec. 13.  [CORRECTION 2L.] 2001 First Special Session, H.F. 
  8.6   No. 2, article 2, section 77, subdivision 2, if enacted, is 
  8.7   amended to read: 
  8.8      Subd. 27.  [READING COMPETENCY GRANTS.] For reading 
  8.9   competency grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.12 70: 
  8.10         $100,000     .....     2002 
  8.11         $100,000     .....     2003 
  8.12     The commissioner must award one grant to the St. Croix 
  8.13  river education district by July 1, 2001. 
  8.14     Sec. 14.  [CORRECTION 2M.] 2001 First Special Session, H.F. 
  8.15  No. 2, article 2, section 77, subdivision 25, if enacted, is 
  8.16  amended to read: 
  8.17     Subd. 25.  [SCHOOL EVALUATION SERVICES.] For contracting 
  8.18  with an independent school evaluation services contractor to 
  8.19  evaluate and report on school districts' academic and financial 
  8.20  performance under section 64:  
  8.21       $2,500,000     .....     2002 
  8.22     Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is 
  8.23  available in the second year. 
  8.24     Sec. 15.  [CORRECTION 2N.] 2001 First Special Session, H.F. 
  8.25  No. 2, article 7, section 13, subdivision 2, if enacted, is 
  8.26  amended to read: 
  8.27     Subd. 2.  [DEPARTMENT.] (a) For the department of children, 
  8.28  families, and learning: 
  8.29       $31,530,000    .....     2002
  8.30       $31,748,000    .....     2003 
  8.31     Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is 
  8.32  available in the second year. 
  8.33     (b) $684,000 in 2002 and $690,000 in 2003 are for the board 
  8.34  of teaching. 
  8.35     (c) $165,000 each year is for the board of school 
  8.36  administrators. 
  9.1      (d) $400,000 in fiscal year 2002 and $400,000 in fiscal 
  9.2   year 2003 are for the office of educational accountability under 
  9.3   Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.31, subdivision 3. 
  9.4      (e) $500,000 in 2002 and $250,000 in 2003 and thereafter 
  9.5   are for the Minnesota Academic Excellence Foundation.  
  9.6      (f) (e) $260,000 each year is for the Minnesota Children's 
  9.7   Museum; $50,000 in fiscal year 2002 is for the Duluth Children's 
  9.8   Museum. 
  9.9      (g) (f) The expenditures of federal grants and aids as 
  9.10  shown in the biennial budget document and its supplements are 
  9.11  approved and appropriated and shall be spent as indicated. 
  9.12     (h) (g) In preparing the department budget for fiscal years 
  9.13  2004-2005, the department shall shift all administrative funding 
  9.14  from aids appropriations into the appropriation for the 
  9.15  department. 
  9.16     Sec. 16.  [CORRECTION 5.] Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 
  9.17  297A.70, subdivision 10, as amended by H.F. No. 1, article 12, 
  9.18  section 62, if enacted by the First Special Session of the 2001 
  9.19  legislature, is amended to read: 
  9.20     Subd. 10.  [NONPROFIT TICKETS OR ADMISSIONS.] (a) Tickets 
  9.21  or admissions to an event are exempt if all the gross receipts 
  9.22  are recorded as such, in accordance with generally accepted 
  9.23  accounting principles, on the books of one or more organizations 
  9.24  that provide an opportunity for citizens of the state to 
  9.25  participate in the creation, performance, or appreciation of the 
  9.26  arts, and provided that each organization is either:  
  9.27     (1) an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the 
  9.28  Internal Revenue Code in which voluntary contributions make up 
  9.29  at least the following percent of the organization's annual 
  9.30  revenue in its most recently completed 12-month fiscal year, or 
  9.31  in the current year if the organization has not completed a 
  9.32  12-month fiscal year: 
  9.33     (i) for a fiscal year completed in calendar year 2000, 
  9.34  three percent; 
  9.35     (ii) for a fiscal year completed in calendar year 2001, 
  9.36  four percent; and 
 10.1      (iii) for a fiscal year completed in calendar year 2002 or 
 10.2   thereafter, five percent; or 
 10.3      (i) for sales made after July 31, 2001, and before July 1, 
 10.4   2002, for the organization's fiscal year completed in calendar 
 10.5   year 2000, three percent; 
 10.6      (ii) for sales made on or after July 1, 2002, and on or 
 10.7   before June 30, 2003, for the organization's fiscal year 
 10.8   completed in calendar year 2001, three percent; 
 10.9      (iii) for sales made on or after July 1, 2003, and on or 
 10.10  before June 30, 2004, for the organization's fiscal year 
 10.11  completed in calendar year 2002, four percent; and 
 10.12     (iv) for sales made in each 12-month period, beginning on 
 10.13  July 1, 2004, and each subsequent year, for the organization's 
 10.14  fiscal year completed in the preceding calendar year, five 
 10.15  percent; or 
 10.16     (2) a municipal board that promotes cultural and arts 
 10.17  activities.  
 10.18  The exemption only applies if the entire proceeds, after 
 10.19  reasonable expenses, are used solely to provide opportunities 
 10.20  for citizens of the state to participate in the creation, 
 10.21  performance, or appreciation of the arts. 
 10.22     (b) Tickets or admissions to the premises of the Minnesota 
 10.23  zoological garden are exempt, provided that the exemption under 
 10.24  this paragraph does not apply to tickets or admissions to 
 10.25  performances or events held on the premises unless the 
 10.26  performance or event is sponsored and conducted exclusively by 
 10.27  the Minnesota zoological board or employees of the Minnesota 
 10.28  zoological garden. 
 10.29     Sec. 17.  [CORRECTION 6.] Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 
 10.30  473.608, is amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 10.31     Subd. 2a.  [COLDWATER SPRINGS PROPERTY.] (a) The 
 10.32  metropolitan airports commission may acquire property, 
 10.33  consisting of approximately 27 acres in and around Coldwater 
 10.34  Springs in Hennepin county, from the Secretary of the Interior 
 10.35  of the United States or any other federal official or agency 
 10.36  authorized to transfer the property.  If the commission acquires 
 11.1   the property, the commission may convey all of its interest in 
 11.2   the property, other than the interest permitted to be retained 
 11.3   under paragraph (b), to the commissioner of natural resources 
 11.4   for park, green space, or similar uses. 
 11.5      (b) To preserve its ability to conduct current or future 
 11.6   aviation operations at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International 
 11.7   Airport and to protect the commission from potential liability 
 11.8   for those aviation operations, the commission may: 
 11.9      (1) retain an easement permitting overflight or another 
 11.10  similar property interest in the property; or 
 11.11     (2) impose restrictions on the transferred property's use 
 11.12  that would be inconsistent with or may create conflicts with 
 11.13  aviation operations. 
 11.14     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section applies in the counties of 
 11.15  Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington 
 11.16  and is effective the day following its final enactment. 
 11.17     Sec. 18.  [CORRECTION 7.] 2001 First Special Session, S.F. 
 11.18  No. 7, article 4, section 4, if enacted, is amended to read:  
 11.19  Sec. 4.  DISTRICT COURTS              118,470,000    128,842,000
 11.20  [CARLTON COUNTY EXTRAORDINARY 
 11.21  EXPENSES.] $300,000 the first year is 
 11.22  to reimburse Carlton county for 
 11.23  extraordinary expenses related to 
 11.24  homicide trials.  This is a onetime 
 11.25  appropriation. 
 11.26  [NEW JUDGE UNITS.] $774,000 the first 
 11.27  year and $1,504,000 the second year are 
 11.28  for an increase in judgeship units, 
 11.29  including one trial court judge unit 
 11.30  beginning October 1, 2001, in the tenth 
 11.31  judicial district, one trial court 
 11.32  judge unit beginning April 1, 2002, in 
 11.33  the third judicial district, one trial 
 11.34  court judge unit beginning July 1, 
 11.35  2002, in the tenth judicial district, 
 11.36  one trial court judge unit beginning 
 11.37  January 1, 2003, in the seventh 
 11.38  judicial district, and one trial court 
 11.39  judge unit beginning January 1, 2003, 
 11.40  in the first judicial district.  Each 
 11.41  judge unit consists of a judge, law 
 11.42  clerk, and court reporter. 
 11.43  [ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION 
 11.44  PROGRAMS.] A portion of this 
 11.45  appropriation may be used for the 
 11.46  alternative dispute resolution programs 
 11.47  authorized by article 5, section 18.  
 11.48  [SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FOR CERTAIN 
 11.49  MANDATED COSTS.] $4,533,000 the first 
 12.1   year and $6,032,000 the second year are 
 12.2   to supplement funding for guardians ad 
 12.3   litem, interpreters, rule 20 and civil 
 12.4   commitment examinations, and in forma 
 12.5   pauperis costs in the fifth, seventh, 
 12.6   eighth, and ninth judicial districts. 
 12.7   [TRIAL COURT INFRASTRUCTURE STAFF.] 
 12.8   $684,000 the first year and $925,000 
 12.9   the second year are for infrastructure 
 12.10  staff.  
 12.11  [COURT EFFECTIVENESS INITIATIVES; 
 12.12  COMMUNITY COURTS AND SCREENER 
 12.13  COLLECTORS.] $835,000 the first year 
 12.14  and $765,000 the second year are for 
 12.15  court effectiveness initiatives.  Of 
 12.16  this amount, $125,000 each year is for 
 12.17  continued funding of the community 
 12.18  court in the fourth judicial district 
 12.19  and $125,000 each year is for continued 
 12.20  funding of the community court in the 
 12.21  second judicial district.  These are 
 12.22  onetime appropriations. 
 12.23  The second judicial district and fourth 
 12.24  judicial district shall each report 
 12.25  quarterly to the chairs and ranking 
 12.26  minority members of the legislative 
 12.27  committees and divisions with 
 12.28  jurisdiction over criminal justice 
 12.29  funding on: 
 12.30  (1) how money appropriated for this 
 12.31  initiative was spent; and 
 12.32  (2) the cooperation of other criminal 
 12.33  justice agencies and county units of 
 12.34  government in the community courts' 
 12.35  efforts. 
 12.36  The first report is due on October 1, 
 12.37  2001.  None of this appropriation may 
 12.38  be used for the purpose of complying 
 12.39  with these reporting requirements.  
 12.40  Of this amount, $585,000 the first year 
 12.41  and $515,000 the second year are for 
 12.42  screener collector programs. 
 12.43  The fifth, seventh, and ninth judicial 
 12.44  district courts shall implement 
 12.45  screener collector programs to enhance 
 12.46  the collection of overdue fine revenue 
 12.47  by at least ten percent in each 
 12.48  location serviced by a screener 
 12.49  collector.  By August 15, 2002, and 
 12.50  annually thereafter, the state court 
 12.51  administrator shall report to the 
 12.52  chairs and ranking minority members of 
 12.53  the house of representatives and senate 
 12.54  committees with jurisdiction over 
 12.55  criminal justice policy and funding 
 12.56  issues on the total amount of fines 
 12.57  collected, the amount of overdue fines 
 12.58  collected for the two preceding fiscal 
 12.59  years, and the expenditures associated 
 12.60  with the screener collector program. 
 12.61  [NINTH DISTRICT CUSTODY AND SUPPORT 
 12.62  PILOT PROJECTS.] Up to $99,000 each 
 13.1   year may be used for the ninth judicial 
 13.2   district to implement the pilot 
 13.3   projects on the six-month review of 
 13.4   child custody, parenting time, and 
 13.5   support orders, and on the accounting 
 13.6   for child support by obligees. 
 13.7      Sec. 19.  [CORRECTION 8.] Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 
 13.8   297B.09, subdivision 1, as amended by S.F. No. 7, article 2, 
 13.9   section 64, if enacted by the First Special Session of the 2001 
 13.10  legislature, is amended to read: 
 13.11     Subdivision 1.  [DEPOSIT OF REVENUES.] (a) Money collected 
 13.12  and received under this chapter must be deposited as provided in 
 13.13  this subdivision.  
 13.14     (b) From July 1, 2001, to June 30, 2002, 30.86 percent of 
 13.15  the money collected and received must be deposited in the 
 13.16  highway user tax distribution fund, and the remaining money must 
 13.17  be deposited in the general fund.  
 13.18     (c) On and after June 30, 2003 July 1, 2002, 32 percent of 
 13.19  the money collected and received must be deposited in the 
 13.20  highway user tax distribution fund, and the remaining money must 
 13.21  be deposited in the general fund. 
 13.22     Sec. 20.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 13.23     Unless provided otherwise, each section of this act takes 
 13.24  effect at the time the provision being corrected takes effect.