1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to corrections; authorizing the commissioner 
  1.3             of corrections to contract with counties for placing 
  1.4             juveniles in the serious/chronic program, PREPARE; 
  1.5             amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 242.32, 
  1.6             subdivision 1. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 242.32, 
  1.9   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subdivision 1.  [COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMMING.] The 
  1.11  commissioner of corrections shall be charged with the duty of 
  1.12  developing constructive programs for the prevention and decrease 
  1.13  of delinquency and crime among youth.  To that end, the 
  1.14  commissioner shall cooperate with counties and existing agencies 
  1.15  to encourage the establishment of new programming, both local 
  1.16  and statewide, to provide a continuum of services for serious 
  1.17  and repeat juvenile offenders who do not require secure 
  1.18  placement.  The commissioner shall work jointly with the 
  1.19  commissioner of human services and counties and municipalities 
  1.20  to develop and provide community-based services for residential 
  1.21  placement of juvenile offenders and community-based services for 
  1.22  nonresidential programming for juvenile offenders and their 
  1.23  families.  
  1.24     Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commissioner 
  1.25  of corrections is authorized to contract with counties placing 
  1.26  juveniles in the serious/chronic program, PREPARE, at the 
  2.1   Minnesota Correctional Facility-Red Wing to provide necessary 
  2.2   extended community transition programming.  Funds resulting from 
  2.3   the contracts shall be deposited in the state treasury and are 
  2.4   appropriated to the commissioner of corrections for juvenile 
  2.5   correctional purposes. 
  2.6      Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.7      Section 1 is effective the day after final enactment.