SF 2000

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; modifying the membership of
the Criminal Justice and Juvenile Information Policy
Group; requiring an annual report; providing grant
requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004,
section 299C.65, subdivisions 1, 2, 5, by adding a
subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004,
section 299C.65, subdivisions 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 8a, 9.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 299C.65,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Membership, duties.

(a) The Criminal and
Juvenile Justice Information Policy Group consists of the
commissioner of corrections, the commissioner of public safety,
the commissioner of administration, the commissioner of finance,
deleted text begin and deleted text end four members of the judicial branch appointed by the chief
justice of the Supreme Court new text begin , and the chair and first vice chair
of the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Information Task Force new text end .
The policy group may appoint additional, nonvoting members as
necessary from time to time.

(b) The commissioner of public safety is designated as the
chair of the policy group. The commissioner and the policy
group have overall responsibility for the successful completion
of statewide criminal justice information system integration
(CriMNet). The policy group may hire deleted text begin a program manager deleted text end new text begin an
executive director new text end to manage the CriMNet projects and to be
responsible for the day-to-day operations of CriMNet. new text begin The
executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the policy
group in unclassified service. new text end The policy group must ensure
that generally accepted project management techniques are
utilized for each CriMNet project, including:

(1) clear sponsorship;

(2) scope management;

(3) project planning, control, and execution;

(4) continuous risk assessment and mitigation;

(5) cost management;

(6) quality management reviews;

(7) communications management; deleted text begin and
deleted text end

(8) proven methodology new text begin ; and
new text end

new text begin (9) education and training new text end .

(c) Products and services for CriMNet project management,
system design, implementation, and application hosting must be
acquired using an appropriate procurement process, which
includes:

(1) a determination of required products and services;

(2) a request for proposal development and identification
of potential sources;

(3) competitive bid solicitation, evaluation, and
selection; and

(4) contract administration and close-out.

(d) The policy group shall study and make recommendations
to the governor, the Supreme Court, and the legislature on:

(1) a framework for integrated criminal justice information
systems, including the development and maintenance of a
community data model for state, county, and local criminal
justice information;

(2) the responsibilities of each entity within the criminal
and juvenile justice systems concerning the collection,
maintenance, dissemination, and sharing of criminal justice
information with one another;

(3) actions necessary to ensure that information maintained
in the criminal justice information systems is accurate and
up-to-date;

(4) the development of an information system containing
criminal justice information on gross misdemeanor-level and
felony-level juvenile offenders that is part of the integrated
criminal justice information system framework;

(5) the development of an information system containing
criminal justice information on misdemeanor arrests,
prosecutions, and convictions that is part of the integrated
criminal justice information system framework;

(6) comprehensive training programs and requirements for
all individuals in criminal justice agencies to ensure the
quality and accuracy of information in those systems;

(7) continuing education requirements for individuals in
criminal justice agencies who are responsible for the
collection, maintenance, dissemination, and sharing of criminal
justice data;

(8) a periodic audit process to ensure the quality and
accuracy of information contained in the criminal justice
information systems;

(9) the equipment, training, and funding needs of the state
and local agencies that participate in the criminal justice
information systems;

(10) the impact of integrated criminal justice information
systems on individual privacy rights;

(11) the impact of proposed legislation on the criminal
justice system, including any fiscal impact, need for training,
changes in information systems, and changes in processes;

(12) the collection of data on race and ethnicity in
criminal justice information systems;

(13) the development of a tracking system for domestic
abuse orders for protection;

(14) processes for expungement, correction of inaccurate
records, destruction of records, and other matters relating to
the privacy interests of individuals; and

(15) the development of a database for extended
jurisdiction juvenile records and whether the records should be
public or private and how long they should be retained.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 299C.65,
subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

deleted text begin report, deleted text end task force.

deleted text begin (a) The policy group shall
file an annual report with the governor, Supreme Court, and
chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house
committees and divisions with jurisdiction over criminal justice
funding and policy by December 1 of each year.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (b) The report must make recommendations concerning any
legislative changes or appropriations that are needed to ensure
that the criminal justice information systems operate accurately
and efficiently. To assist them in developing their
recommendations, deleted text end The policy group shall appoint a task force
deleted text begin consisting deleted text end new text begin to assist them in their duties. The task force shall
monitor, review, and report to the policy group on
CriMNet-related projects and provide oversight to ongoing
operations as directed by the policy group. The task force
shall consist new text end of deleted text begin its members or their designees and deleted text end the
following deleted text begin additional deleted text end members:

(1) deleted text begin the director of the Office of Strategic and Long-Range
Planning;
deleted text end

deleted text begin (2) deleted text end two sheriffs recommended by the Minnesota Sheriffs
Association;

deleted text begin (3) deleted text end new text begin (2) new text end two police chiefs recommended by the Minnesota
Chiefs of Police Association;

deleted text begin (4) deleted text end new text begin (3) new text end two county attorneys recommended by the Minnesota
County Attorneys Association;

deleted text begin (5) deleted text end new text begin (4) new text end two city attorneys recommended by the Minnesota
League of Cities;

deleted text begin (6) deleted text end new text begin (5) new text end two public defenders appointed by the Board of
Public Defense;

deleted text begin (7) deleted text end new text begin (6) new text end two district judges appointed by the Conference of
Chief Judges, one of whom is currently assigned to the juvenile
court;

deleted text begin (8) deleted text end new text begin (7) new text end two community corrections administrators
recommended by the Minnesota Association of Counties, one of
whom represents a community corrections act county;

deleted text begin (9) deleted text end new text begin (8) new text end two probation officers;

deleted text begin (10) deleted text end new text begin (9) new text end four public members, one of whom has been a victim
of crime, and two who are representatives of the private
business community who have expertise in integrated information
systems;

deleted text begin (11) deleted text end new text begin (10) new text end two court administrators;

deleted text begin (12) deleted text end new text begin (11) new text end one member of the house of representatives
appointed by the speaker of the house;

deleted text begin (13) deleted text end new text begin (12) new text end one member of the senate appointed by the
majority leader;

deleted text begin (14) deleted text end new text begin (13) new text end the attorney general or a designee;

deleted text begin (15) the commissioner of administration or a designee;
deleted text end

deleted text begin (16) deleted text end new text begin (14) new text end an individual recommended by the Minnesota League
of Cities; deleted text begin and
deleted text end

deleted text begin (17) deleted text end new text begin (15) new text end an individual recommended by the Minnesota
Association of Counties new text begin ;
new text end

new text begin (16) the director of the Sentencing Guidelines Commission;
new text end

new text begin (17) one member appointed by the commissioner of public
safety;
new text end

new text begin (18) one member appointed by the commissioner of
corrections;
new text end

new text begin (19) one member appointed by the commissioner of
administration; and
new text end

new text begin (20) one member appointed by the chief justice of the
Supreme Court new text end .

In making these appointments, the appointing authority shall
select members with expertise in integrated data systems or best
practices.

deleted text begin (c) deleted text end The commissioner of public safety may appoint
additional, nonvoting members to the task force as necessary
from time to time.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 299C.65, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:

new text begin Subd. 3a. new text end

new text begin Report. new text end

new text begin The policy group, with the assistance
of the task force, shall file an annual report with the
governor, Supreme Court, and chairs and ranking minority members
of the senate and house committees and divisions with
jurisdiction over criminal justice funding and policy by January
15 of each year. The report must provide the following:
new text end

new text begin (a) status and review of current integration efforts and
projects;
new text end

new text begin (b) recommendations concerning any legislative changes or
appropriations that are needed to ensure that the criminal
justice information systems operate accurately and efficiently;
and
new text end

new text begin (c) summary of the activities of the policy group and task
force.
new text end

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 299C.65,
subdivision 5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5.

Review of funding and grant requests.

(a) The
Criminal and Juvenile Justice Information Policy Group shall
review the funding requests for criminal justice information
systems from state, county, and municipal government agencies.
The policy group shall review the requests for compatibility to
statewide criminal justice information system standards. The
review shall be forwarded to the chairs and ranking minority
members of the house and senate committees and divisions with
jurisdiction over criminal justice funding and policy.

(b) The deleted text begin policy group shall also review funding requests for
criminal justice information systems grants to be made by the
commissioner of public safety as provided in this section.
Within the limits of available appropriations, the commissioner
of public safety shall make grants for projects that have been
approved by the policy group. deleted text end new text begin CriMNet program office, in
consultation with the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Information
Task Force and with the approval of the policy group, shall
create the requirements for any grant request and determine the
integration priorities for the grant period. The CriMNet
program office shall also review the requests submitted for
compatibility to statewide criminal justice information systems
standards.
new text end

(c) deleted text begin If a funding request is for development of a
comprehensive criminal justice information integration plan, the
policy group shall ensure that the request contains the
components specified in subdivision 6. If a funding request is
for implementation of a plan or other criminal justice
information systems project, the policy group shall ensure that:
deleted text end

deleted text begin (1) the government agency has adopted a comprehensive plan
that complies with subdivision 6;
deleted text end

deleted text begin (2) the request contains the components specified in
subdivision 7; and
deleted text end

deleted text begin (3) the request demonstrates that it is consistent with the
government agency's comprehensive plan. deleted text end new text begin The task force shall
review funding requests for criminal justice information systems
grants and make recommendations to the policy group. The policy
group shall review the recommendations of the task force and
shall make a final recommendation for criminal justice
information systems grants to be made by the commissioner of
public safety. Within the limits of available state
appropriations and federal grants, the commissioner of public
safety shall make grants for projects that have been recommended
by the policy group.
new text end

new text begin (d) The policy group may approve grants only if the
applicant provides an appropriate share of matching funds as
determined by the policy group to help pay up to one-half of the
costs of the grant request. The matching requirement must be
constant for all counties. The policy group shall adopt
policies concerning the use of in-kind resources to satisfy the
match requirement and the sources from which matching funds may
be obtained. Local operational or technology staffing costs may
be considered as meeting this match requirement. Each grant
recipient shall certify to the policy group that it has not
reduced funds from local, county, federal, or other sources
which, in the absence of the grant, would have been made
available to the grant recipient to improve or integrate
criminal justice technology.
new text end

new text begin (e) All grant recipients shall submit to the CriMNet
program office all requested documentation including grant
status, financial reports, and a final report evaluating how the
grant funds improved the agency's criminal justice integration
priorities. The CriMNet program office shall establish the
recipient's reporting dates at the time funds are awarded.
new text end

Sec. 5. new text begin REPEALER.
new text end

new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 299C.65, subdivisions 3,
4, 6, 7, 8, 8a, and 9, are repealed.
new text end