1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; establishing a statewide public safety radio communication 
1.3 	system equipment grant program; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. SQUAD CAR RADIO COMPLIANCE; APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$....... in fiscal year 2023 is appropriated from the 911 emergency telecommunications 
1.7 	service account established under Minnesota Statutes, section 403.11, subdivision 1, 
1.8 	paragraph (d), to the commissioner of public safety for grants to local law enforcement 
1.9 	agencies. The grants must be used to purchase portable radios, radios for squad cars, and 
1.10 	related equipment to comply with Federal Bureau of Investigation encryption requirements 
1.11 	for receiving federal criminal justice information system data. The director of the Emergency 
1.12 	Communications Networks division must administer the grant. This is a onetime 
1.13 	appropriation.