as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to courts; providing a state match for a 1.3 federal grant received by a nonprofit organization for 1.4 the acquisition and use of interactive multimedia 1.5 equipment for courtroom presentations in complex 1.6 homicide and child fatality cases; appropriating money. 1.7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.8 Section 1. [APPROPRIATION.] 1.9 $....... is appropriated from the general fund to the 1.10 commissioner of public safety for the fiscal year ending June 1.11 30, 1998. The commissioner shall transfer the money to a 1.12 nonprofit organization for use as a state match if the 1.13 organization receives federal funding to: 1.14 (1) acquire interactive multimedia equipment for courtroom 1.15 presentations to aid in the prosecution of complex homicide and 1.16 child fatality cases; and 1.17 (2) retain a forensic pathologist skilled in interactive 1.18 multimedia courtroom presentations to serve for one year as a 1.19 consultant to prosecutors statewide.