1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; reforming the CriMNet
1.3 	policy group; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004,
1.4 	section 299C.65, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 299C.65,
1.7 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Membership, duties.  (a) The Criminal and
1.9 	Juvenile Justice Information Policy Group consists of the
1.10 	commissioner of corrections, the commissioner of public safety,
1.11 	the commissioner of administration, the commissioner of finance,
1.12 	and four three members of the judicial branch appointed by the
1.13 	chief justice of the Supreme Court, and three members appointed
1.14 	by the governor.  The members appointed by the governor must be
1.15 	employees or elected officials of local governmental units and
1.16 	selected only after consultation with the Minnesota Sheriffs
1.17 	Association, the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association, the
1.18 	Minnesota County Attorneys Association, the League of Minnesota
1.19 	Cities, the Minnesota Association of Counties, the Metropolitan
1.20 	Inter-County Association, and the Minnesota Association of
1.21 	Community Corrections Act Counties.  The policy group may
1.22 	appoint additional, nonvoting members as necessary from time to
1.23 	time.
1.24 	(b) The commissioner of public safety is designated as the
1.25 	chair of the policy group.  The commissioner and the policy
2.1 	group have overall responsibility for the successful completion
2.2 	of statewide criminal justice information system integration
2.3 	(CriMNet).  The policy group may hire a program manager to
2.4 	manage the CriMNet projects and to be responsible for the
2.5 	day-to-day operations of CriMNet.  The policy group must ensure
2.6 	that generally accepted project management techniques are
2.7 	utilized for each CriMNet project, including:
2.8 	(1) clear sponsorship;
2.9 	(2) scope management;
2.10 	(3) project planning, control, and execution;
2.11 	(4) continuous risk assessment and mitigation;
2.12 	(5) cost management;
2.13 	(6) quality management reviews;
2.14 	(7) communications management; and
2.15 	(8) proven methodology.
2.16 	(c) Products and services for CriMNet project management,
2.17 	system design, implementation, and application hosting must be
2.18 	acquired using an appropriate procurement process, which
2.19 	includes:
2.20 	(1) a determination of required products and services;
2.21 	(2) a request for proposal development and identification
2.22 	of potential sources;
2.23 	(3) competitive bid solicitation, evaluation, and
2.24 	selection; and
2.25 	(4) contract administration and close-out.
2.26 	(d) The policy group shall study and make recommendations
2.27 	to the governor, the Supreme Court, and the legislature on:
2.28 	(1) a framework for integrated criminal justice information
2.29 	systems, including the development and maintenance of a
2.30 	community data model for state, county, and local criminal
2.31 	justice information;
2.32 	(2) the responsibilities of each entity within the criminal
2.33 	and juvenile justice systems concerning the collection,
2.34 	maintenance, dissemination, and sharing of criminal justice
2.35 	information with one another;
2.36 	(3) actions necessary to ensure that information maintained
3.1 	in the criminal justice information systems is accurate and
3.2 	up-to-date;
3.3 	(4) the development of an information system containing
3.4 	criminal justice information on gross misdemeanor-level and
3.5 	felony-level juvenile offenders that is part of the integrated
3.6 	criminal justice information system framework;
3.7 	(5) the development of an information system containing
3.8 	criminal justice information on misdemeanor arrests,
3.9 	prosecutions, and convictions that is part of the integrated
3.10 	criminal justice information system framework;
3.11 	(6) comprehensive training programs and requirements for
3.12 	all individuals in criminal justice agencies to ensure the
3.13 	quality and accuracy of information in those systems;
3.14 	(7) continuing education requirements for individuals in
3.15 	criminal justice agencies who are responsible for the
3.16 	collection, maintenance, dissemination, and sharing of criminal
3.17 	justice data;
3.18 	(8) a periodic audit process to ensure the quality and
3.19 	accuracy of information contained in the criminal justice
3.20 	information systems;
3.21 	(9) the equipment, training, and funding needs of the state
3.22 	and local agencies that participate in the criminal justice
3.23 	information systems;
3.24 	(10) the impact of integrated criminal justice information
3.25 	systems on individual privacy rights;
3.26 	(11) the impact of proposed legislation on the criminal
3.27 	justice system, including any fiscal impact, need for training,
3.28 	changes in information systems, and changes in processes;
3.29 	(12) the collection of data on race and ethnicity in
3.30 	criminal justice information systems;
3.31 	(13) the development of a tracking system for domestic
3.32 	abuse orders for protection;
3.33 	(14) processes for expungement, correction of inaccurate
3.34 	records, destruction of records, and other matters relating to
3.35 	the privacy interests of individuals; and
3.36 	(15) the development of a database for extended
4.1 	jurisdiction juvenile records and whether the records should be
4.2 	public or private and how long they should be retained.
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EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2005.