1997 Minnesota Statutes

     260.1735 Extension of detention period. 

    Subdivision 1.    Detention.  Before July 1, 1999, and 
 pursuant to a request from an eight-day temporary holdover 
 facility, as defined in section 241.0221, the commissioner of 
 corrections, or the commissioner's designee, may grant a 
 one-time extension per child to the eight-day limit on detention 
 under this chapter.  This extension may allow such a facility to 
 detain a child for up to 30 days including weekends and 
 holidays.  Upon the expiration of the extension, the child may 
 not be transferred to another eight-day temporary holdover 
 facility.  The commissioner shall develop criteria for granting 
 extensions under this section.  These criteria must ensure that 
 the child be transferred to a long-term juvenile detention 
 facility as soon as such a transfer is possible.  Nothing in 
 this section changes the requirements in section 260.172 
 regarding the necessity of detention hearings to determine 
 whether continued detention of the child is proper. 

    Subd. 2.    Continued detention.  (a) A delay not to 
 exceed 48 hours may be made if the facility in which the child 
 is detained is located where conditions of distance to be 
 traveled or other ground transportation do not allow for court 
 appearances within 24 hours. 

    (b) A delay may be made if the facility is located where 
 conditions of safety exist.  Time for an appearance may be 
 delayed until 24 hours after the time that conditions allow for 
 reasonably safe travel.  "Conditions of safety" include adverse 
 life-threatening weather conditions that do not allow for 
 reasonably safe travel. 

    The continued detention of a child under paragraph (a) or 
 (b) must be reported to the commissioner of corrections. 

    HIST: 1995 c 226 art 3 s 27; 1997 c 239 art 9 s 31