2007 Minnesota Statutes

241.022 GRANTS-IN-AID TO COUNTIES FOR ADULT DETENTION FACILITIES
AND PROGRAMS.
    Subdivision 1. Authorization to make facility grants. The commissioner of corrections
may, out of money appropriated for the purposes of this section, make grants to counties or groups
of counties for the purpose of assisting those counties to construct or rehabilitate local adult
detention facilities and to assist counties or groups of counties in the construction or rehabilitation
of regional jails and lockups, work houses, or work farms, and detention and treatment facilities
for adult offenders.
    Subd. 2.MS 1990 [Renumbered subd 4]
    Subd. 2. Authorization to make program grants. The commissioner of corrections may,
out of money appropriated for the purposes of this section, make grants to counties or groups of
counties for the purpose of assisting those counties to develop and maintain adequate programs
and personnel for the education, training, treatment and rehabilitation of persons admitted to
the facilities described in subdivision 1. Eligible programs also include, but are not limited to,
alternatives to detention or incarceration programs containing home detention components.
    Subd. 3.MS 1990 [Renumbered subd 5]
    Subd. 3. Federal funds. The commissioner may also receive grants of funds from the federal
government or any other lawful source for the purposes of subdivisions 1 and 2. These funds are
appropriated annually to the commissioner.
    Subd. 4.MS 1990 [Renumbered subd 6]
    Subd. 4. Minimum standards for facilities. The commissioner shall establish minimum
standards for the construction, rehabilitation, size, area to be served, training and treatment
programs, and staff qualifications in adult facilities to be rehabilitated or constructed. Compliance
with these standards constitutes a minimum requirement for the granting of assistance as provided
by this section.
    Subd. 5.MS 1990 [Renumbered subd 7]
    Subd. 5. Application for facility grants. (a) A county or group of counties operating
any of the adult facilities described in subdivision 1 or desiring to construct and operate or to
rehabilitate existing facilities may apply for assistance under this section by submitting to the
commissioner of corrections for approval its plans, specifications, budget, program for training
and treatment, and staffing pattern, including personnel qualifications. The commissioner
may recommend changes or modifications as the commissioner considers necessary to effect
substantial compliance with the standards provided in subdivision 4. When the commissioner
has determined that a county or group of counties has substantially complied with the minimum
standards, or is making satisfactory progress toward compliance, the commissioner may pay to
the county or groups of counties an amount not more than 50 percent of the cost of construction or
rehabilitation of the facilities described in this section.
(b) In the case of improvement of a program and continued operation of a program in an
adult regional facility as described in subdivision 2, the commissioner may pay to the governing
board of the facility a sum not more than $1,800 per year for each adult bed.
    Subd. 6. Inspection. The commissioner shall inspect at least annually each adult facility
covered by this section and review its projected annual operating costs to insure continued
compliance with minimum standards, and may withhold funds for noncompliance.
    Subd. 7. Limitation of grants to future projects. Completion and acceptance of new
construction or rehabilitation of existing facilities must occur after July 1, 1991, to enable a
county or group of counties to receive any sums provided by this section.
History: 1971 c 735 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 292 art 8 s 4