Minnesota Legislature
SF 2299
as introduced - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026) Posted on 03/31/2025 01:45pm
Current Version - as introduced
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A bill for an act
relating to public safety; including children's advocacy centers as a victim assistance
program entitled to a portion of certain fines; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024,
section 609.101, subdivision 2.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.101, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2.
Minimum fines.
Notwithstanding any other law, when a court sentences a
person convicted of violating section 609.221, 609.222, 609.223, 609.2231, 609.224,
609.2242, 609.267, 609.2671, 609.2672, 609.342, 609.343, 609.344, or 609.345, it must
impose a fine of not less than 30 percent of the maximum fine authorized by law nor more
than the maximum fine authorized by law.
The court shall collect the portion of the fine mandated by this subdivision and forward
70 percent of it to a local victim assistance program that provides services locally in the
county in which the crime was committed. The court shall forward the remaining 30 percent
to the commissioner of management and budget to be credited to the general fund. If more
than one victim assistance program serves the county in which the crime was committed,
the court may designate on a case-by-case basis which program will receive the fine proceeds,
giving consideration to the nature of the crime committed, the types of victims served by
the program, and the funding needs of the program. If no victim assistance program serves
that county, the court shall forward 100 percent of the fine proceeds to the commissioner
of management and budget to be credited to the general fund. Fine proceeds received by a
local victim assistance program must be used to provide direct services to crime victims.
The minimum fine required by this subdivision is in addition to the surcharge or
assessment required by section 357.021, subdivision 6, and is in addition to any sentence
of imprisonment or restitution imposed or ordered by the court.
As used in this subdivision, "victim assistance program" means victim witness programs
within county attorney offices or any of the following programs: crime victim crisis centers,
victim-witness programs, battered women shelters and nonshelter programs, deleted text begin anddeleted text end sexual
assault programsnew text begin , and children's advocacy centers as defined in section 260E.02, subdivision
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