1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to crime victims and battered women's
1.3 	shelters; appropriating money to the commissioner of
1.4 	public safety for crime victim service programs and
1.5 	battered women's shelters.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.8 		Subdivision 1.Crime victim services. $1,200,000 in
1.9 	fiscal year 2006 and $1,200,000 in fiscal year 2007 are
1.10 	appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of public
1.11 	safety to be used for the funding of crime victim services for
1.12 	abused children, sexual assault, battered women, and general
1.13 	crime victims within the Office of Justice Programs.  This
1.14 	appropriation shall become part of the base level funding for
1.15 	the 2008-2009 fiscal biennium.
1.16 	Subd. 2.[BATTERED WOMEN'S SHELTERS.] $2,600,000 in fiscal
1.17 	year 2006 and $2,600,000 in fiscal year 2007 are appropriated
1.18 	from the general fund to the commissioner of public safety for
1.19 	grant funding for battered women's shelters under Minnesota
1.20 	Statutes, section 611A.32, and for safe homes.  This
1.21 	appropriation shall become part of the base level funding for
1.22 	the 2008-2009 fiscal biennium.