SF 2127

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

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; requiring the commissioner
of health to develop methamphetamine offender
education materials; requiring sheriffs to provide
inmates with methamphetamine education materials;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
chapters 144; 387.

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

Section 1.

new text begin [144.0506] METHAMPHETAMINE OFFENDER EDUCATION
MATERIALS.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner of health shall develop materials for use
by sheriffs in educating county jail inmates on the health
hazards of methamphetamine use and manufacture.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2005.
new text end

Sec. 2.

new text begin [387.115] METHAMPHETAMINE OFFENDER EDUCATION.
new text end

new text begin At least once a week, the sheriff shall provide all persons
incarcerated in the county jail for violating a law prohibiting
the manufacture, sale, or possession of methamphetamine with
educational materials on the hazards of methamphetamine use and
manufacture. At a minimum, the sheriff shall require
methamphetamine offenders to watch an audiovisual recording and
distribute written materials detailing the health hazards
created by methamphetamine use and manufacture. The
commissioner of health shall create standard materials for the
sheriff to use in satisfying this requirement pursuant to
section 144.0506. The sheriff is authorized to supplement the
materials provided by the commissioner as the sheriff deems
necessary.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2005.
new text end