SF 2606

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

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; creating a matching-grant pilot program to assist
communities in providing safe transportation for intoxicated persons; requiring
a report; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 169A.

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

Section 1.

new text begin [169A.741] SAFE CABS PROGRAM.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Definitions. new text end

new text begin (a) The terms used in this section have the meanings
given them in this subdivision.
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new text begin (b) "Eligible community" means any political subdivision of the state or regional
unit of government within the state that has established a program to provide taxi or
other comparable transportation services for the purpose of safely transporting eligible
individuals home.
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new text begin (c) "Eligible individual" means a person who has been consuming alcohol in an
alcohol-serving establishment, whom the server believes to be too alcohol impaired at
the time of leaving the establishment to drive home safely.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Programs established. new text end

new text begin (a) The commissioner of public safety shall
establish a program to make matching grants to the principal governing authority in each
selected eligible community for the purpose of providing taxi service to safely transport
eligible individuals home from alcohol-serving establishments within the community or
immediately surrounding area. The program must have procedures for soliciting grant
applications from all eligible communities in Minnesota, and for ensuring that the grants
will be widely geographically distributed throughout the state. Each application must
specify the expected proportion of funding to be derived from the state grant, local
governmental sources, participating alcohol-serving establishments, eligible individuals,
and any other source.
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new text begin (b) For any participating eligible community in any year, the state grant may
comprise no more than one-half of the full operating cost, including marketing costs,
of the program. Funding from local governmental and nongovernmental sources must
comprise at least one-half of the full operating cost of the program.
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new text begin This section is not intended to limit in any way the proportion or amount of program
funding from either eligible individuals, participating alcohol-serving establishments, or
other nongovernmental sources.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Report required. new text end

new text begin By February 15, 2009, the commissioner of public safety
shall report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house of representatives
and senate committees and divisions having jurisdiction over criminal justice policy and
funding regarding implementation and use of the program and distribution of the state
funding. The report must include information on:
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new text begin (1) the number and proportion of participating alcohol-serving establishments in
each participating eligible community, and the proportion and amount of funding each
contributes to the program;
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new text begin (2) the number of taxi rides provided and individuals served under the program
within each community and the average cost and cost range for those rides; and
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new text begin (3) a breakdown by funding source of the cost sharing within each participating
eligible community.
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Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin $100,000 in fiscal year 2009 is appropriated from the general fund to the
commissioner of public safety for the purpose of making grants to eligible communities in
accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 169A.741, and preparing the report required
under that section. Any amount of the appropriation remaining from fiscal year 2009 does
not expire and is available for use in fiscal year 2010.
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Sec. 3. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.
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new text begin Sections 1 and 2 are effective July 1, 2008.
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