1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to corrections; changing occupancy 
  1.3             requirements applicable to state prisons; amending 
  1.4             Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 243.53, subdivision 
  1.5             1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 243.53, 
  1.6             subdivision 2. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 243.53, 
  1.9   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subdivision 1.  [SEPARATE CELLS.] When there are cells 
  1.11  sufficient, each convict inmate shall be confined in a separate 
  1.12  cell.  Each inmate shall be confined in a separate cell 
  1.13  in close, maximum, and high security facilities, including St. 
  1.14  Cloud, Stillwater, and Oak Park Heights correctional 
  1.15  institutions classified by the commissioner as custody level 
  1.16  five and six institutions, but not including geriatric or honor 
  1.17  dormitory-type facilities.  Correctional institutions classified 
  1.18  by the commissioner as custody level one, two, three, or four 
  1.19  institutions must permit double celling to the greatest extent 
  1.20  possible and include a maximum capacity figure.  The 
  1.21  commissioner shall annually publish a list of the custody levels 
  1.22  of all correctional institutions.  
  1.23     Sec. 2.  [REPEALER.] 
  1.24     Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 243.53, subdivision 2, is 
  1.25  repealed. 
  1.26     Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.1      Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final 
  2.2   enactment.