SF 2717

as introduced - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to crime prevention; establishing a one-year 
  1.3             pilot project in the tenth judicial district to allow 
  1.4             the detention of certain juveniles in county jails for 
  1.5             up to eight days; requiring a report. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  [PILOT PROJECT FOR DETENTION OF JUVENILES IN 
  1.8   COUNTY JAILS FOR UP TO EIGHT DAYS.] 
  1.9      Subdivision 1.  [PILOT PROJECT ESTABLISHED.] 
  1.10  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 260.171 and 
  1.11  260.173, but subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 641.14, the 
  1.12  chief judge of the tenth judicial district shall establish a 
  1.13  one-year pilot project to allow sheriffs in counties within the 
  1.14  district to detain juveniles aged 16 and 17 in county jails for 
  1.15  up to eight days.  The chief judge shall supervise participating 
  1.16  counties to ensure that juveniles confined in jails are properly 
  1.17  separated from other inmates as required in Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.18  section 641.14, and that the detention does not adversely impact 
  1.19  detained juveniles. 
  1.20     Subd. 2.  [REPORT REQUIRED.] By January 15, 1998, the chief 
  1.21  judge shall report to the chairs of the senate crime prevention 
  1.22  and house of representatives judiciary committees on the results 
  1.23  of the pilot project.  The report must include a recommendation 
  1.24  on whether to continue the pilot project.