1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; appropriating money for a Ramsey County pilot project 
1.3 	to address the needs of sexually exploited youth.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; SAFE HARBOR FOR SEXUALLY EXPLOITED 
1.6 	YOUTH; PILOT PROJECT.
 1.7 	(a) $100,000 in fiscal year 2007 is appropriated from the general fund to Ramsey 
1.8 	County for implementation of the safe harbor for sexually exploited youth pilot project. 
1.9 	The project shall develop a victim services model to address the needs of sexually exploited 
1.10 	youth. The project must focus on intervention and prevention methods; training for law 
1.11 	enforcement, educators, social services providers, health care workers, advocates, court 
1.12 	officials, prosecutors, and public defenders; and programs promoting positive outcomes 
1.13 	for victims. The project must include development and implementation of a statewide 
1.14 	model protocol for intervention and response methods for professionals, individuals, and 
1.15 	agencies that may encounter sexually exploited youth. "Sexually exploited youth" include 
1.16 	juvenile runaways, truants, and victims of criminal sexual conduct, prostitution, labor 
1.17 	trafficking, sex trafficking, domestic abuse, and assault. This is a onetime appropriation. 
1.18 	(b) By January 15, 2008, Ramsey County shall report to the chairs and ranking 
1.19 	minority members of the senate and house divisions having jurisdiction over criminal 
1.20 	justice funding and policy on the results of the pilot project.

1.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2006.