1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to corrections; providing for a shorter processing time to reimburse sheriff 
1.3 	expenses to transport convicted or adjudicated persons; amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2016, section 243.17, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 243.17, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Allowed expenses. The necessary expenses of sheriffs and other peace 
1.8 	officers commissioner of management and budget shall pay out of the state treasury to the 
1.9 	commissioner of corrections each fiscal year the amount necessary to offset expenses
1.10 	incurred in conveying to convey convicted persons and children adjudicated delinquent and 
1.11 	committed to the custody of the commissioner of corrections to the appropriate adult or 
1.12 	juvenile correctional facility as designated by the commissioner of corrections, including 
1.13 	per diem and expenses of correctional officers, shall be allowed by the commissioner of 
1.14 	management and budget and paid out of the state treasury. The commissioner of management 
1.15 	and budget may allow and pay for the necessary expenses incurred by the sheriff, deputy, 
1.16 	or other peace officer in going to and returning from the correctional facility and $10 per 
1.17 	day for each correctional officer. Not more than one correctional officer shall be allowed 
1.18 	for one prisoner, but one additional correctional officer shall be allowed for every two 
1.19 	additional prisoners. All bills shall be in writing, fully itemized, verified, and accompanied 
1.20 	by the receipt of the chief executive officer of the facility for the delivery of the convicted 
1.21 	or adjudicated persons, in a form prescribed by the commissioner of management and 
1.22 	budget. The total amount of payments shall not exceed $500,000 each fiscal year. Payments 
1.23 	shall be made one or two times each fiscal year based on a fee schedule agreed to by the 
1.24 	Department of Corrections and the Minnesota Sheriffs' Association.