Minnesota Session Laws - 2001, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 167-S.F.No. 846 
                  An act relating to public safety; authorizing use of 
                  the criminal justice data communications network for 
                  determining if civil commitment petitions of proposed 
                  patient as sexual psychopathic or sexually dangerous 
                  person should be filed; amending Minnesota Statutes 
                  2000, section 299C.46, subdivision 3. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 299C.46, 
        subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
           Subd. 3.  [AUTHORIZED USE, FEE.] (a) The criminal justice 
        data communications network shall be used exclusively by: 
           (1) criminal justice agencies in connection with the 
        performance of duties required by law; 
           (2) agencies investigating federal security clearances of 
        individuals for assignment or retention in federal employment 
        with duties related to national security, as required by Public 
        Law Number 99-1691; 
           (3) other agencies to the extent necessary to provide for 
        protection of the public or property in an emergency or disaster 
        situation; 
           (4) noncriminal justice agencies statutorily mandated, by 
        state or national law, to conduct checks into state databases 
        prior to disbursing licenses or providing benefits; 
           (5) the public authority responsible for child support 
        enforcement in connection with the performance of its duties; 
        and 
           (6) the public defender, as provided in section 611.272; 
        and 
           (7) a county attorney or the attorney general, as the 
        county attorney's designee, for the purpose of determining 
        whether a petition for the civil commitment of a proposed 
        patient as a sexual psychopathic personality or as a sexually 
        dangerous person should be filed, and during the pendency of the 
        commitment proceedings. 
           (b) The commissioner of public safety shall establish a 
        monthly network access charge to be paid by each participating 
        criminal justice agency.  The network access charge shall be a 
        standard fee established for each terminal, computer, or other 
        equipment directly addressable by the data communications 
        network, as follows:  January 1, 1984 to December 31, 1984, $40 
        connect fee per month; January 1, 1985 and thereafter, $50 
        connect fee per month.  
           (c) The commissioner of public safety is authorized to 
        arrange for the connection of the data communications network 
        with the criminal justice information system of the federal 
        government, any adjacent state, or Canada. 
           Presented to the governor May 21, 2001 
           Signed by the governor May 24, 2001, 1:46 p.m.