1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to crime victims; authorizing grants; appropriating money to the 
1.3 	commissioner of public safety for crime victims service programs and crime 
1.4 	prevention.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. CRIME VICTIMS SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF SEXUAL 
1.7 	VIOLENCE.
 1.8 		Subdivision 1.Grants for services for victims of sexual violence. $1,468,946 for 
1.9 	the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, and $1,608,449 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1.10 	2009, are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of public safety to make 
1.11 	grants to existing programs for crime victims services for victims of sexual violence under 
1.12 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 611A.201 to 611A.221. The commissioner must use the base 
1.13 	funding increase of $134,137 in 2008 and the base funding increase of $139,503 in 2009 
1.14 	to increase grants to existing programs in an equal percent of their combined total of 
1.15 	state general fund and federal dollars. The appropriations in this subdivision are added 
1.16 	to the department's base budget.
1.17 		Subd. 2.Supplemental general awareness and prevention grants. $432,357 for 
1.18 	the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, and $449,651 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1.19 	2009, are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of public safety to make 
1.20 	grants to existing programs for crime victims services for victims of sexual violence under 
1.21 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 611A.201 to 611A.221. The commissioner must use the 
1.22 	funds for community education, outreach, and prevention services and must distribute the 
1.23 	funds as supplemental increases of ten percent to existing grants.
2.1 		Subd. 3.Expansion of service to all counties and reservations. $836,000 for 
2.2 	the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, and $869,440 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
2.3 	2009, are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of public safety to 
2.4 	establish crime victims services for victims of sexual violence under Minnesota Statutes, 
2.5 	sections 611A.201 to 611A.221. The commissioner must use this money to make grants to 
2.6 	counties, nonprofit, or reservation programs to create new programs in 13 counties and 
2.7 	six reservations that currently do not have state-supported sexual assault services. The 
2.8 	appropriations in this subdivision are added to the department's base budget.

2.9 	Sec. 2. GENERAL CRIME VICTIM SERVICES.
 2.10 		Subdivision 1.Grants for general crime victim services. $897,479 for the fiscal 
2.11 	year ending June 30, 2008, and $1,004,928 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, are 
2.12 	appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of public safety to make grants 
2.13 	to existing programs for victims of crime under Minnesota Statutes, section 611A.361. 
2.14 	The commissioner must use the base funding increase of $103,316 in 2008 and the 
2.15 	base funding increase of $107,449 in 2009 to increase grants to existing programs in 
2.16 	an equal percent of their combined total of state general fund and federal dollars. The 
2.17 	appropriations in this subdivision are added to the department's base budget.
2.18 		Subd. 2.Supplemental general awareness and prevention grants. $290,621 for 
2.19 	the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, and $302,246 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
2.20 	2009, are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of public safety to 
2.21 	make grants to existing programs for victims of crime under Minnesota Statutes, section 
2.22 	611A.361. The commissioner must use the funds for community education, outreach, 
2.23 	and prevention services and must distribute the funds as supplemental increases of ten 
2.24 	percent to existing grants.
2.25 		Subd. 3.Expansion of service to additional counties. $220,000 for the fiscal 
2.26 	year ending June 30, 2008, and $228,800 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, are 
2.27 	appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of public safety to make grants to 
2.28 	establish programs for victims of crime under Minnesota Statutes, section 611A.361. The 
2.29 	commissioner must use this money to make grants to counties or nonprofit programs to 
2.30 	create new programs in five counties that currently do not have state-supported general 
2.31 	crime services. The appropriations in this subdivision are added to the department's base 
2.32 	budget.

2.33 	Sec. 3. BATTERED WOMEN'S COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES.
 3.1 		Subdivision 1.Grants for battered women's community-based services.
 3.2 	$4,388,845 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, and $4,611,215 for the fiscal year 
3.3 	ending June 30, 2009, are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of 
3.4 	public safety to make grants to existing programs for crime victims services for prevention 
3.5 	and services for victims of domestic violence under Minnesota Statutes, section 611A.32. 
3.6 	The commissioner must use the base funding increase of $213,817 in 2008 and the 
3.7 	base funding increase of $222,370 in 2009 to increase grants to existing programs in 
3.8 	an equal percent of their combined total of state general fund and federal dollars. The 
3.9 	appropriations in this subdivision are added to the department's base budget.
3.10 		Subd. 2.Supplemental general awareness and prevention grants. $555,925 for 
3.11 	the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, and $578,162 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, 
3.12 	are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of public safety to make grants 
3.13 	to existing programs for crime victims services for prevention and services for victims 
3.14 	of domestic violence under Minnesota Statutes, section 611A.32. The commissioner 
3.15 	must use the funds for community education, outreach, and prevention services and must 
3.16 	distribute the funds as supplemental increases of ten percent to existing grants.

3.17 	Sec. 4. BATTERED WOMEN'S SHELTER SERVICES.
 3.18 		Subdivision 1.Grants for battered women's shelter services. $16,513,720 for 
3.19 	the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, and $17,277,829 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
3.20 	2009, are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of public safety to 
3.21 	make grants to existing programs that provide shelter services for victims of domestic 
3.22 	violence under Minnesota Statutes, sections 611A.37 to 611A.373. The commissioner 
3.23 	must use the base funding increase of $734,720 in 2008 and the base funding increase 
3.24 	of $764,109 in 2009 to increase grants to existing programs in an equal percent of their 
3.25 	combined total of state general fund and federal dollars. The appropriations in this 
3.26 	subdivision are added to the base budget.
3.27 		Subd. 2.Supplemental general awareness and prevention grants. $1,910,272 for 
3.28 	the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, and $1,986,683 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
3.29 	2009, are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of public safety to make 
3.30 	grants to existing programs that provide shelter services for victims of domestic violence 
3.31 	under Minnesota Statutes, sections 611A.37 to 611A.373. The commissioner must use the 
3.32 	funds for community education, outreach, and prevention services and must distribute the 
3.33 	funds as supplemental increases of ten percent to existing grants.

3.34 	Sec. 5. ABUSED CHILDREN'S SERVICES.
 4.1 		Subdivision 1.Grants for abused children's services. $1,005,972 for the fiscal 
4.2 	year ending June 30, 2008, and $1,069,384 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, 
4.3 	are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of public safety to make 
4.4 	grants to existing programs for abused children services under Minnesota Statutes, section 
4.5 	119A.04. The commissioner must use the base funding increase of $60,972 in 2008 and 
4.6 	the base funding increase of $63,411 in 2009 to increase grants to existing programs in 
4.7 	an equal percent of their combined total of state general fund and federal dollars. The 
4.8 	appropriations in this subdivision are added to the department's base budget.
4.9 		Subd. 2.Supplemental general awareness and prevention grants. $158,528 for 
4.10 	the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, and $164,870 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
4.11 	2009, are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of public safety to make 
4.12 	grants to existing programs for abused children services under Minnesota Statutes, section 
4.13 	119A.04. The commissioner must use the funds for community education, outreach, 
4.14 	and prevention services and must distribute the funds as supplemental increases of ten 
4.15 	percent to existing grants.

4.16 	Sec. 6. PARENTING TIME CENTERS.
 4.17 		Subdivision 1.Grants for parenting time centers. $99,840 for the fiscal year 
4.18 	ending June 30, 2008, and $103,834 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, are 
4.19 	appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of public safety to make grants 
4.20 	to existing programs for parenting time centers under Minnesota Statutes, section 
4.21 	119A.37. The commissioner must use the base funding increase of $3,840 in 2008 and 
4.22 	the base funding increase of $3,994 in 2009 to increase grants to existing programs in 
4.23 	an equal percent of their combined total of state general fund and federal dollars. The 
4.24 	appropriations in this subdivision are added to the department's base budget.
4.25 		Subd. 2.Supplemental general awareness and prevention grants. $9,984 for the 
4.26 	fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, and $10,383 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, 
4.27 	are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of public safety to make 
4.28 	grants to existing programs for parenting time centers under Minnesota Statutes, section 
4.29 	119A.37. The commissioner must use the funds for community education, outreach, 
4.30 	and prevention services and must distribute the funds as supplemental increases of ten 
4.31 	percent to existing grants.

4.32 	Sec. 7. GENERAL AWARENESS AND PREVENTION GRANTS.
 4.33 	$1,700,000 is appropriated from the general fund for the biennium ending June 
4.34 	30, 2009, to the commissioner of public safety to be used for grants to support general 
5.1 	awareness and prevention services. The commissioner must use the funds to distribute 
5.2 	grants on a competitive basis to county, nonprofit, and reservation programs that provide 
5.3 	services described in sections 1 to 6 and do not receive funds distributed through sections 
5.4 	1 to 6.