1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to public safety; authorizing use of the 
  1.3             criminal justice data communications network for 
  1.4             determining if civil commitment petitions of proposed 
  1.5             patient as sexual psychopathic or sexually dangerous 
  1.6             person should be filed; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.7             2000, section 299C.46, subdivision 3. 
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 299C.46, 
  1.10  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  1.11     Subd. 3.  [AUTHORIZED USE, FEE.] (a) The criminal justice 
  1.12  data communications network shall be used exclusively by: 
  1.13     (1) criminal justice agencies in connection with the 
  1.14  performance of duties required by law; 
  1.15     (2) agencies investigating federal security clearances of 
  1.16  individuals for assignment or retention in federal employment 
  1.17  with duties related to national security, as required by Public 
  1.18  Law Number 99-1691; 
  1.19     (3) other agencies to the extent necessary to provide for 
  1.20  protection of the public or property in an emergency or disaster 
  1.21  situation; 
  1.22     (4) noncriminal justice agencies statutorily mandated, by 
  1.23  state or national law, to conduct checks into state databases 
  1.24  prior to disbursing licenses or providing benefits; 
  1.25     (5) the public authority responsible for child support 
  1.26  enforcement in connection with the performance of its duties; 
  2.1   and 
  2.2      (6) the public defender, as provided in section 611.272; 
  2.3   and 
  2.4      (7) a county attorney or the attorney general, as the 
  2.5   county attorney's designee, for the purpose of determining 
  2.6   whether a petition for the civil commitment of a proposed 
  2.7   patient as a sexual psychopathic personality or as a sexually 
  2.8   dangerous person should be filed, and during the pendency of the 
  2.9   commitment proceedings. 
  2.10     (b) The commissioner of public safety shall establish a 
  2.11  monthly network access charge to be paid by each participating 
  2.12  criminal justice agency.  The network access charge shall be a 
  2.13  standard fee established for each terminal, computer, or other 
  2.14  equipment directly addressable by the data communications 
  2.15  network, as follows:  January 1, 1984 to December 31, 1984, $40 
  2.16  connect fee per month; January 1, 1985 and thereafter, $50 
  2.17  connect fee per month.  
  2.18     (c) The commissioner of public safety is authorized to 
  2.19  arrange for the connection of the data communications network 
  2.20  with the criminal justice information system of the federal 
  2.21  government, any adjacent state, or Canada.