1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; providing for a standard form for the issuance of orders 
1.3 	for protection and no contact orders; requiring photographs to be connected 
1.4 	with orders in certain cases; requiring preservice and in-service training for 
1.5 	peace officers in issues related to domestic abuse orders for protection and 
1.6 	no contact orders;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 299C.46, by 
1.7 	adding a subdivision; 518B.01, by adding a subdivision; 629.715, subdivision 4; 
1.8 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 626.
1.9 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.10 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 299C.46, is amended by adding a 
1.11 	subdivision to read:
1.12 		Subd. 6.Orders for protection and no contact orders. The data communications 
1.13 	network must include orders for protection issued under section 518B.01 and no contact 
1.14 	orders issued under section 629.715, subdivision 4. If identification data provided under 
1.15 	section 299C.10 include a photograph of the person to whom the order is directed, the 
1.16 	network must include a means for connecting the order with the photograph.

1.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2007.

1.18 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 518B.01, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.19 	to read:
1.20 		Subd. 7a.Form. The state court administrator shall develop a standard form to be 
1.21 	used by courts for the issuance of an order for protection under this section. The form 
1.22 	must be designed to facilitate entry of the order into the CriMNet data system in a timely 
1.23 	and accurate manner.

1.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2007.

2.1 	Sec. 3. [626.8444] DOMESTIC ABUSE ORDERS FOR PROTECTION AND NO 
2.2 	CONTACT ORDERS; MANDATORY TRAINING.
2.3 	(a) By January 1, 2008, the board shall prepare learning objectives for preservice 
2.4 	and in-service training to instruct peace officers in issues relating to domestic abuse orders 
2.5 	for protection and no contact orders. At a minimum, the training must provide instruction 
2.6 	in the laws relating to these orders, address how best to coordinate law enforcement 
2.7 	resources relating to them, and attempt to increase peace officer empathy for victims of 
2.8 	domestic violence.
2.9 	(b) An individual is not eligible to take the peace officer licensing examination or 
2.10 	the part-time peace officer licensing examination on or after January 1, 2008, unless the 
2.11 	individual has received the preservice training described in paragraph (a).
2.12 	(c) The board shall evaluate and monitor in-service training courses to ensure that 
2.13 	they satisfy the learning objectives prepared under paragraph (a). The board shall require 
2.14 	all peace officers to take an in-service training course complying with this paragraph.

2.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2007.

2.16 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 629.715, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
2.17 		Subd. 4.No contact order; form. (a) If the judge imposes as a condition of release a 
2.18 	requirement that the person have no contact with the victim of the alleged crime, the judge 
2.19 	may also, on its own motion or that of the prosecutor or on request of the victim, issue an 
2.20 	ex parte temporary restraining order under section 609.748, subdivision 4, or an ex parte 
2.21 	temporary order for protection under section 518B.01, subdivision 7. Notwithstanding 
2.22 	section 518B.01, subdivision 7, paragraph (b), or 609.748, subdivision 4, paragraph (c), 
2.23 	the temporary order is effective until the defendant is convicted or acquitted, or the charge 
2.24 	is dismissed, provided that upon request the defendant is entitled to a full hearing on the 
2.25 	restraining order under section 609.748, subdivision 5, or on the order for protection under 
2.26 	section 518B.01. The hearing must be held within seven days of the defendant's request. 
2.27 	(b) The state court administrator shall develop a standard form to be used by courts 
2.28 	for the issuance of a no contact order under paragraph (a). The form must be designed to 
2.29 	facilitate entry of the order into the CriMNet data system in a timely and accurate manner.

2.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2007.