1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; reauthorizing that certain short term commitments to 
1.3 	the commissioner of corrections be served in county jails;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2010, section 609.105, subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 609.105, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Sentence to more than one year 180 days or less. In a felony 
1.8 	sentence to imprisonment for more than one year shall commit, when the remaining term 
1.9 	of imprisonment is for 180 days or less, the defendant shall be committed to the custody of 
1.10 	the commissioner of corrections and must serve the remaining term of imprisonment at a 
1.11 	workhouse, work farm, county jail, or other place authorized by law.

1.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2011.

1.13 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 609.105, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.14 	to read:
1.15 		Subd. 1c.Sentence to more than 180 days. A felony sentence to imprisonment 
1.16 	when the warrant of commitment has a remaining term of imprisonment for more than 180 
1.17 	days shall commit the defendant to the custody of the commissioner of corrections.

1.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2011.

1.19 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 609.105, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.20 	to read:
2.1 		Subd. 4.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section the terms in this 
2.2 	subdivision have the meanings given them.
2.3 	(b) "Remaining term of imprisonment" as applied to inmates whose crimes were 
2.4 	committed before August 1, 1993, is the period of time for which an inmate is committed 
2.5 	to the custody of the commissioner of corrections minus earned good time and jail credit, 
2.6 	if any. 
2.7 	(c) "Remaining term of imprisonment" as applied to inmates whose crimes were 
2.8 	committed on or after August 1, 1993, is the period of time equal to two-thirds of the 
2.9 	inmate's executed sentence, minus jail credit, if any.

2.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2011.