1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; extending authorization for pilot projects using GPS 
1.3 	to monitor domestic violence offenders;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, 
1.4 	sections 609.135, subdivision 5a; 629.72, by adding a subdivision; repealing 
1.5 	Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 629.72, subdivision 2a.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 609.135, subdivision 5a, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 5a.Domestic abuse victims; electronic monitoring. (a) ~~Until the~~ 
1.9 	~~commissioner of corrections has adopted standards governing electronic monitoring~~ 
1.10 	~~devices used to protect victims of domestic abuse~~ Except as provided in paragraph (c), the 
1.11 	court, as a condition of a stay of imposition or execution of a sentence, may not order an 
1.12 	offender convicted of a crime described in paragraph (b) to use an electronic monitoring 
1.13 	device to protect a victim's safety.
1.14 	(b) This subdivision applies to the following crimes, if committed by the defendant 
1.15 	against a family or household member as defined in section 518B.01, subdivision 2:
1.16 	(1) violations of orders for protection issued under chapter 518B;
1.17 	(2) assault in the first, second, third, or fifth degree under section 609.221, 609.222, 
1.18 	609.223, or 609.224; or domestic assault under section 609.2242;
1.19 	(3) criminal damage to property under section 609.595;
1.20 	(4) disorderly conduct under section 609.72;
1.21 	(5) harassing telephone calls under section 609.79;
1.22 	(6) burglary under section 609.582;
1.23 	(7) trespass under section 609.605;
1.24 	(8) criminal sexual conduct in the first, second, third, fourth, or fifth degree under 
1.25 	section 609.342, 609.343, 609.344, 609.345, or 609.3451; and
2.1 	(9) terroristic threats under section 609.713.
2.2 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), ~~the judges in the Tenth Judicial District~~ a 
2.3 	judge in a judicial district conducting a pilot project under section 629.72, subdivision 
2.4 	2b, may order, as a condition of a stay of imposition or execution of a sentence, a 
2.5 	defendant convicted of a crime described in paragraph (b), to use an electronic monitoring 
2.6 	device to protect the victim's safety. ~~The judges shall make data on the use of electronic~~ 
2.7 	~~monitoring devices to protect a victim's safety in the Tenth Judicial District available to~~ 
2.8 	~~the commissioner of corrections to evaluate and to aid in development of standards for~~ 
2.9 	~~the use of devices to protect victims of domestic abuse.~~

2.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

2.11 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 629.72, is amended by adding a subdivision 
2.12 	to read:
2.13 		Subd. 2b.Electronic monitoring; condition of pretrial release. (a) In a judicial 
2.14 	district conducting a pilot project under paragraph (b), a judge, as a condition of release, 
2.15 	may order a person arrested for a crime described in section 609.135, subdivision 5a, 
2.16 	paragraph (b), to use an electronic monitoring device to protect a victim's safety.
2.17 	(b) The chief judge of a judicial district may appoint and convene an advisory group 
2.18 	comprised of representatives from law enforcement, prosecutors, defense attorneys, 
2.19 	corrections, court administrators, judges, and battered women's organizations to develop 
2.20 	standards for the use of electronic monitoring and global positioning system devices 
2.21 	to protect victims of domestic abuse and for evaluating the effectiveness of electronic 
2.22 	monitoring. After the advisory group does this, the chief judge, in consultation with 
2.23 	the advisory group, may conduct a pilot project for implementation of the electronic 
2.24 	monitoring standards. A judicial district that conducts a pilot project shall report on the 
2.25 	standards and the pilot project to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate 
2.26 	and house of representatives committees having jurisdiction over criminal justice policy 
2.27 	and the state court administrator's office.

2.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

2.29 	Sec. 3.  REPEALER.
 2.30 	Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 629.72, subdivision 2a, is repealed.

2.31 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.