2000 Minnesota Statutes

     241.018 Per diem calculation. 

    (a) The commissioner of corrections shall develop a uniform 
 method to calculate the average department-wide per diem cost of 
 incarcerating offenders at state adult correctional facilities.  
 In addition to other costs currently factored into the per diem, 
 it must include an appropriate percentage of capitol costs for 
 all adult correctional facilities and 65 percent of the 
 department's management services budget. 

    (b) The commissioner also shall use this method of 
 calculating per diem costs for offenders in each state adult 
 correctional facility.  When calculating the per diem cost of 
 incarcerating offenders at a particular facility, the 
 commissioner shall include an appropriate percentage of capital 
 costs for the facility and an appropriate prorated amount, given 
 the facility's population, of 65 percent of the department's 
 management services budget. 

    (c) The commissioner shall ensure that these new per diem 
 methods are used in all future instances in which per diem 
 charges are reported. 

    (d) The commissioner shall report information related to 
 these per diems to the chairs and ranking minority members of 
 the senate and house committees and divisions having 
 jurisdiction over criminal justice funding by January 15, 2001. 

    HIST: 2000 c 488 art 7 s 1