SF 1799

1st Engrossment - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; requiring orders for protection and no contact orders
to be included in the criminal justice data network; requiring photographs to
be included with no contact orders in certain cases; providing for minimum
requirements for in-service training for peace officers in issues related to
domestic abuse; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 299C.46, by adding
a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 626.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 299C.46, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Orders for protection and no contact orders. new text end

new text begin The data communications
network must include orders for protection issued under section 518B.01 and no
contact orders issued under section 629.715, subdivision 4. A no contact order must be
accompanied by a photograph of the offender for the purpose of enforcement of the order,
if a photograph is available and verified by the court to be an image of the defendant.
new text end

Sec. 2.

new text begin [626.8444] DOMESTIC ABUSE IN-SERVICE TRAINING; MINIMUM
REQUIREMENTS.
new text end

new text begin (a) The board shall analyze the issuance and enforcement of domestic abuse no
contact orders between July 1, 2006, and June 30, 2007. Taking into account this analysis,
the board shall determine the items that, at a minimum, must be addressed in in-service
training courses that instruct peace officers in issues relating to domestic abuse. At a
minimum, the courses must provide instruction in the laws relating to domestic abuse no
contact orders and address how best to coordinate law enforcement resources relating
to them.
new text end

new text begin (b) Beginning on January 1, 2008, the board may not approve an in-service training
course relating to domestic abuse that does not comply with this section.
new text end