SF 3308

1st Engrossment - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 09/28/2023 11:36am

A bill for an act
relating to claims against the state; providing for the settlement of certain claims;
appropriating money.

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

Section 1. new text begin EXONERATION AWARDS.
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new text begin The amounts in this section are appropriated in fiscal year 2024 from the general fund
to the commissioner of management and budget for full payment of awards of damages
under the Imprisonment and Exoneration Remedies Act, Minnesota Statutes, sections
611.362 to 611.368. This appropriation is available until June 30, 2024, for payment to:
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new text begin (1) Terrell James Buechner, $810,431.86;
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new text begin (2) Ronald James Fairbanks, $56,008.26; and
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new text begin (3) Joe Maria Vento, $240,000.
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Sec. 2. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; APPROPRIATIONS.
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new text begin (a) The amounts in this paragraph are appropriated from the general fund to the
commissioner of corrections in fiscal year 2024 for full and final payment under Minnesota
Statutes, sections 3.738 and 3.739, of claims against the state for losses suffered while
incarcerated in a state correctional facility or for injuries suffered by and medical services
provided to persons injured while performing community service or sentence-to-service
work for correctional purposes or while incarcerated in a state correctional facility. This
appropriation is available until June 30, 2024:
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new text begin (1) for community service and sentence-to-service work claims under $7,000 and other
claims already paid by the department, $2,968.12; and
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new text begin (2) for payment to Nicholas Edwards for permanent injuries to his right index finger
while performing assigned duties at Minnesota Correctional Facility - Moose Lake, $3,940;
and
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new text begin (3) for payment to Jeron Faulkner for permanent injuries to his left thumb while
performing assigned duties at Minnesota Correctional Facility - Stillwater, $520.08.
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new text begin (b) $43,200 in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
of corrections for a minimum ascertainable partial permanent disability award under
Minnesota Statutes, section 3.738, of the claim against the state for injuries suffered by
James Vandevender while performing assigned duties at Minnesota Correctional Facility -
Rush City. Any award for full and final payment of this claim must deduct the amount in
this paragraph from the required final payment. This appropriation is available until June
30, 2024.
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