SF 1030

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 08/09/2017 10:36am

A bill for an act
relating to corrections; providing for a shorter processing time to reimburse sheriff
expenses to transport convicted or adjudicated persons; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2016, section 243.17, subdivision 1.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 243.17, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Allowed expenses.

The necessary expenses of sheriffs and other peace
officers commissioner of management and budget shall pay out of the state treasury to the
commissioner of corrections each fiscal year the amount necessary to offset expenses
incurred in conveying to convey convicted persons and children adjudicated delinquent and
committed to the custody of the commissioner of corrections to the appropriate adult or
juvenile correctional facility as designated by the commissioner of corrections, including
per diem and expenses of correctional officers, shall be allowed by the commissioner of
management and budget and paid out of the state treasury. The commissioner of management
and budget may allow and pay for the necessary expenses incurred by the sheriff, deputy,
or other peace officer in going to and returning from the correctional facility and $10 per
day for each correctional officer. Not more than one correctional officer shall be allowed
for one prisoner, but one additional correctional officer shall be allowed for every two
additional prisoners. All bills shall be in writing, fully itemized, verified, and accompanied
by the receipt of the chief executive officer of the facility for the delivery of the convicted
or adjudicated persons, in a form prescribed by the commissioner of management and
budget. The total amount of payments shall not exceed $500,000 each fiscal year. Payments
shall be made one or two times each fiscal year based on a fee schedule agreed to by the
Department of Corrections and the Minnesota Sheriffs' Association.