SF 1159

as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; appropriating money to fund implementation of an
integrated domestic violence response framework.

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

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION; INTEGRATED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
RESPONSE FRAMEWORK.
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new text begin (a) $500,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of public
safety for a grant to the city of St. Paul to implement an integrated domestic violence
response framework. The project must focus on: developing policies, procedures, and
quality assurance for domestic violence responses from 911 operators, law enforcement,
prosecutors, probation, district court, victim advocates, social service providers, and other
identified interveners; developing an information gathering and dissemination plan for
interveners; and developing training curricula for interveners. The project must develop a
statewide model for a domestic violence response framework that may be used by local
criminal justice agencies and advocacy programs throughout the state. The city of St.
Paul may contract with outside organizations to assist with the duties to be performed
under this section. All such contracts, regardless of the monetary limit or nature of the
contract, shall be subject to municipal bidding procedures or be awarded through the city's
request for proposal (RFP) process. This is a onetime appropriation and is available
for the biennium ending June 30, 2009.
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new text begin (b) By February 1, 2010, the city of St. Paul shall report to the chairs and ranking
minority members of the senate and house committees having jurisdiction over criminal
justice funding and policy on the results of the project.
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