1998 Minnesota Statutes

     299C.65 Criminal and juvenile justice information policy 
  group. 

    Subdivision 1.    Membership, duties.  The criminal and 
 juvenile information policy group consists of the chair of the 
 sentencing guidelines commission, the commissioner of 
 corrections, the commissioner of public safety, and the state 
 court administrator.  

    The policy group shall study and make recommendations to 
 the governor, the supreme court, and the legislature on:  

    (1) a framework for integrated criminal justice information 
 systems, including the development and maintenance of a 
 community data model for state, county, and local criminal 
 justice information; 

    (2) the responsibilities of each entity within the criminal 
 and juvenile justice systems concerning the collection, 
 maintenance, dissemination, and sharing of criminal justice 
 information with one another; 

    (3) actions necessary to ensure that information maintained 
 in the criminal justice information systems is accurate and 
 up-to-date; 

    (4) the development of an information system containing 
 criminal justice information on gross misdemeanor-level and 
 felony-level juvenile offenders that is part of the integrated 
 criminal justice information system framework; 

    (5) the development of an information system containing 
 criminal justice information on misdemeanor arrests, 
 prosecutions, and convictions that is part of the integrated 
 criminal justice information system framework; 

    (6) comprehensive training programs and requirements for 
 all individuals in criminal justice agencies to ensure the 
 quality and accuracy of information in those systems; 

    (7) continuing education requirements for individuals in 
 criminal justice agencies who are responsible for the 
 collection, maintenance, dissemination, and sharing of criminal 
 justice data; 

    (8) a periodic audit process to ensure the quality and 
 accuracy of information contained in the criminal justice 
 information systems; 

    (9) the equipment, training, and funding needs of the state 
 and local agencies that participate in the criminal justice 
 information systems; 

    (10) the impact of integrated criminal justice information 
 systems on individual privacy rights; 

    (11) the impact of proposed legislation on the criminal 
 justice system, including any fiscal impact, need for training, 
 changes in information systems, and changes in processes; 

    (12) the collection of data on race and ethnicity in 
 criminal justice information systems; 

    (13) the development of a tracking system for domestic 
 abuse orders for protection; 

    (14) processes for expungement, correction of inaccurate 
 records, destruction of records, and other matters relating to 
 the privacy interests of individuals; and 

    (15) the development of a database for extended 
 jurisdiction juvenile records and whether the records should be 
 public or private and how long they should be retained.  

    Subd. 2.    Report, task force.  The policy group shall 
 file an annual report with the governor, supreme court, and 
 legislature by December 1 of each even-numbered year.  

    The report must make recommendations concerning any 
 legislative changes or appropriations that are needed to ensure 
 that the criminal justice information systems operate accurately 
 and efficiently.  To assist them in developing their 
 recommendations, the chair, the commissioners, and the 
 administrator shall appoint a task force consisting of the 
 members of the criminal and juvenile justice information policy 
 group or their designees and the following additional members:  

    (1) the director of the office of strategic and long-range 
 planning; 

    (2) two sheriffs recommended by the Minnesota sheriffs 
 association; 

    (3) two police chiefs recommended by the Minnesota chiefs 
 of police association; 

    (4) two county attorneys recommended by the Minnesota 
 county attorneys association; 

    (5) two city attorneys recommended by the Minnesota league 
 of cities; 

    (6) two public defenders appointed by the board of public 
 defense; 

    (7) two district judges appointed by the conference of 
 chief judges, one of whom is currently assigned to the juvenile 
 court; 

    (8) two community corrections administrators recommended by 
 the Minnesota association of counties, one of whom represents a 
 community corrections act county; 

    (9) two probation officers; 

    (10) two public members, one of whom has been a victim of 
 crime; 

    (11) two court administrators; 

    (12) two members of the house of representatives appointed 
 by the speaker of the house; and 

    (13) two members of the senate appointed by the majority 
 leader.  

    Subd. 3.    Continuing education program.  The criminal 
 and juvenile information policy group shall explore the 
 feasibility of developing and implementing a continuing 
 education program for state, county, and local criminal justice 
 information agencies.  The policy group shall consult with 
 representatives of public and private post-secondary 
 institutions in determining the most effective manner in which 
 the training shall be provided.  The policy group shall include 
 recommendations in the 1994 report to the legislature.  

    Subd. 4.    Criminal Code numbering scheme.  The policy 
 group shall study and make recommendations on a structured 
 numbering scheme for the Criminal Code to facilitate 
 identification of the offense and the elements of the crime and 
 shall include recommendations in the 1994 report to the 
 legislature. 

    Subd. 5.    Review of funding request.  The criminal and 
 juvenile justice information policy group shall review the 
 funding requests for criminal justice information systems from 
 state, county, and municipal government agencies.  The policy 
 group shall review the requests for compatibility to statewide 
 criminal justice information systems.  The review shall be 
 forwarded to the chairs of the house judiciary committee and 
 judiciary finance division, and the chairs of the senate crime 
 prevention committee and crime prevention and judiciary finance 
 division. 

    HIST: 1993 c 266 s 33; 1994 c 576 s 41; 1997 c 239 art 8 s 17