SF 2636

1st Engrossment - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 03/09/2010 11:53am

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; authorizing a pilot project to allow judges to order
electronic monitoring for domestic abuse offenders on pretrial release; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 629.72, subdivision 2a.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 629.72, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:

Subd. 2a.

Electronic monitoring; condition of pretrial release.

(a) Until the
commissioner of corrections has adopted standards governing electronic monitoring
devices used to protect victims of domestic abuse, the court, as a condition of release, may
not order a person arrested for a crime described in section 609.135, subdivision 5a,
paragraph (b), to use an electronic monitoring device to protect a victim's safety.

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), deleted text begin district courts in the Tenth deleted text end new text begin a new text end judicial district
may new text begin establish a pilot project to allow courts in the district to new text end order, as a condition
of a release, a person arrested on a charge of a crime described in section 609.135,
subdivision 5a, paragraph (b), to use an electronic monitoring device to protect the
victim's safety. new text begin The chief judge of a judicial district conducting a pilot project under
this paragraph shall convene an advisory group consisting of representatives from law
enforcement, prosecutors, defense attorneys, court administrators, judges, and battered
women's organizations. A judicial district must develop standards for the use of
electronic monitoring devices to protect victims of domestic abuse and for evaluating the
effectiveness of electronic monitoring. new text end The deleted text begin courts deleted text end new text begin judicial district new text end shall make data on the
use of electronic monitoring devices to protect a victim's safety deleted text begin in the Tenth Judicial
District deleted text end available to the commissioner of corrections to evaluate and to aid in development
of standards for the use of devices to protect victims of domestic abuse. new text begin A district shall
report information on the pilot project to the state court administrator's office as directed
by that office. By January 15, 2013, the state court administrator shall report by electronic
means to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house committees
having jurisdiction over criminal justice policy on the experience of any pilot projects
established under this paragraph.
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new text begin SUNSET. new text end

new text begin The amendments to this section expire on January 15, 2013.
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