1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; authorizing the Metropolitan Airports Commission to 
1.3 	receive pathway to policing grants;amending Laws 2017, chapter 95, article 1, 
1.4 	section 11, subdivision 7.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Laws 2017, chapter 95, article 1, section 11, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

1.7	Subd. 7.Office of Justice Programs
 		39,580,000
		40,036,000

1.8	Appropriations by Fund
	
1.9	General
	39,484,000
	39,940,000
	
1.10
1.11	State Government 
Special Revenue
	96,000
	96,000

1.12	(a) OJP Administration Costs
					
1.13 	Up to 2.5 percent of the grant funds 
1.14 	appropriated in this subdivision may be used 
1.15 	by the commissioner to administer the grant 
1.16 	program.

1.17	(b) Combating Terrorism Recruitment
					
1.18 	$250,000 each year is for grants to local law 
1.19 	enforcement agencies to develop strategies 
1.20 	and make efforts to combat the recruitment of 
1.21 	Minnesota residents by terrorist organizations 
1.22 	such as ISIS and al-Shabaab. This is a onetime 
1.23 	appropriation.

2.1	(c) Sex Trafficking Prevention Grants
					
2.2 	$180,000 each year is for grants to state and 
2.3 	local units of government for the following 
2.4 	purposes:
2.5 	(1) to support new or existing 
2.6 	multijurisdictional entities to investigate sex 
2.7 	trafficking crimes; and
2.8 	(2) to provide technical assistance, including 
2.9 	training and case consultation, to law 
2.10 	enforcement agencies statewide.

2.11	(d) Pathway to Policing Reimbursement Grants
					
2.12 	$400,000 the second year is for reimbursement 
2.13 	grants to the Metropolitan Airports 
2.14 	Commission and local units of government 
2.15 	that operate pathway to policing programs 
2.16 	intended to bring persons with nontraditional 
2.17 	backgrounds into law enforcement. Applicants 
2.18 	for reimbursement grants may receive up to 
2.19 	50 percent of the cost of compensating and 
2.20 	training pathway to policing participants. 
2.21 	Reimbursement grants shall be proportionally 
2.22 	allocated based on the number of grant 
2.23 	applications approved by the commissioner.

2.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.