1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to local government aid; eliminating aid payments when a city with a 
1.3 	regional or statewide sports or entertainment facility fails to detail an adequate 
1.4 	number of peace offers to protect visitors to the facility; proposing coding for new 
1.5 	law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 477A.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. [477A.0176] AID ELIMINATION FOR FAILING TO PROTECT 
1.8 	VISITORS TO REGIONAL OR STATEWIDE SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT 
1.9 	FACILITIES.
1.10 		Subdivision 1.Requirement; standards. (a) By June 1, 2020, a city where a regional 
1.11 	or statewide sports or entertainment facility is located must detail an adequate number of 
1.12 	peace officers to protect the safety of visitors to the facility when the facility is hosting an 
1.13 	event. When a chief law enforcement officer deploys the city's law enforcement assets, the 
1.14 	chief must account for the safety of visitors while parking, dining, and traveling within the 
1.15 	city in conjunction with their visit to a facility designated under paragraph (b).
1.16 	(b) By May 1, 2020, the commissioner of public safety shall identify a list of regional 
1.17 	and statewide sports or entertainment facilities in the state and establish peace officer staffing 
1.18 	standards for the protection of visitors to the designated facilities, including while visitors 
1.19 	are parking, dining and traveling within the city in conjunction with their visit.
1.20 		Subd. 2.Penalty; loss of aid. Beginning on June 1, 2020, if a city fails to comply with 
1.21 	the peace officer staffing standards established by the commissioner of public safety pursuant 
1.22 	to subdivision 1 for any event in a regional or state sports or entertainment facility, its first 
1.23 	aid payment under sections 477A.011 to 477A.03 made during the seven-month period 
2.1 	beginning on the first of the month following the month in which the noncompliance at the 
2.2 	event occurs, is reduced to zero.