1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; appropriating money for the Central Minnesota Sex 
1.3 	Trafficking Task Force.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. CENTRAL MINNESOTA SEX TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE.
 1.6 	(a) $600,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of public safety 
1.7 	for a grant to the Stearns County Attorney's Office to coordinate and expand targeted law 
1.8 	enforcement, prosecutorial, and victim advocacy resources of the Central Minnesota Sex 
1.9 	Trafficking Task Force for sex trafficking investigation, enforcement, prosecution, and 
1.10 	victim advocacy services. This appropriation is available through June 30, 2019.
1.11 	(b) By February 1, 2018, and February 1, 2019, the Stearns County Attorney's Office 
1.12 	shall submit a written report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the committees 
1.13 	of the house of representatives and senate with jurisdiction over criminal justice on the 
1.14 	status of the use of the appropriation and the implementation of the provisions under 
1.15 	paragraph (a), including, at a minimum:
1.16 	(1) number of investigative hours and results of investigative hours;
1.17 	(2) number of trafficked persons encountered, and number and type of services provided 
1.18 	to trafficked persons;
1.19 	(3) measurement of the scope of the demand for commercial sex services in central 
1.20 	Minnesota as a result of the enforcement and intervention effort; and
1.21 	(4) number and results of criminal prosecutions generated by trafficking and other crimes 
1.22 	encountered as a result of trafficking investigations.