2007 Minnesota Statutes

299C.65 CRIMINAL AND JUVENILE JUSTICE INFORMATION POLICY GROUP.
    Subdivision 1. Membership, duties. (a) The Criminal and Juvenile Justice Information
Policy Group consists of the commissioner of corrections, the commissioner of public safety, the
state chief information officer, the commissioner of finance, four members of the judicial branch
appointed by the chief justice of the Supreme Court, and the chair and first vice-chair of the
Criminal and Juvenile Justice Information Task Force. The policy group may appoint additional,
nonvoting members as necessary from time to time.
(b) The commissioner of public safety is designated as the chair of the policy group. The
commissioner and the policy group have overall responsibility for the successful completion of
statewide criminal justice information system integration (CriMNet). The policy group may hire
an executive director to manage the CriMNet projects and to be responsible for the day-to-day
operations of CriMNet. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the policy group in
unclassified service. The policy group must ensure that generally accepted project management
techniques are utilized for each CriMNet project, including:
(1) clear sponsorship;
(2) scope management;
(3) project planning, control, and execution;
(4) continuous risk assessment and mitigation;
(5) cost management;
(6) quality management reviews;
(7) communications management;
(8) proven methodology; and
(9) education and training.
(c) Products and services for CriMNet project management, system design, implementation,
and application hosting must be acquired using an appropriate procurement process, which
includes:
(1) a determination of required products and services;
(2) a request for proposal development and identification of potential sources;
(3) competitive bid solicitation, evaluation, and selection; and
(4) contract administration and close-out.
(d) 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. Task force. A task force shall assist the policy group in its duties. The task force
shall monitor, review, and report to the policy group on CriMNet-related projects and provide
oversight to ongoing operations as directed by the policy group. The task force shall consist
of the following members:
    (1) two members appointed by the Minnesota Sheriffs Association, at least one of whom
must be a sheriff;
    (2) two members appointed by the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association, at least one
of whom must be a chief of police;
    (3) two members appointed by the Minnesota County Attorneys Association, at least one of
whom must be a county attorney;
    (4) two members appointed by the Minnesota League of Cities representing the interests of
city attorneys, at least one of whom must be a city attorney;
    (5) two members appointed by the Board of Public Defense, at least one of whom must
be a public defender;
    (6) two district judges appointed by the Judicial Council, at least one of whom has experience
dealing with juvenile court matters;
    (7) two corrections administrators appointed by the Minnesota Association of Counties
representing the interests of local corrections, at least one of whom represents a community
corrections act county;
    (8) two probation officers appointed by the commissioner of corrections in consultation with
the president of the Minnesota Association of Community Corrections Act Counties and the
president of the Minnesota Association of County Probation Officers;
    (9) four public members appointed by the governor for a term of six years, one of whom
represents the interests of victims, and two of whom are representatives of the private business
community who have expertise in integrated information systems and who for the purpose of
meetings of the full task force may be compensated pursuant to section 15.059;
    (10) two members appointed by the Minnesota Association for Court Management, at least
one of whom must be a court administrator;
    (11) one member of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house, or an
alternate who is also a member of the house, appointed by the speaker of the house;
    (12) one member of the senate appointed by the majority leader, or an alternate who is also a
member of the senate, appointed by the majority leader of the senate;
    (13) one member appointed by the attorney general;
    (14) two elected officials appointed by the Minnesota League of Cities, one of whom
works or resides in greater Minnesota and one of whom works or resides in the seven-county
metropolitan area;
    (15) two elected officials appointed by the Minnesota Association of Counties, one of whom
works or resides in greater Minnesota and one of whom works or resides in the seven-county
metropolitan area;
    (16) the director of the Sentencing Guidelines Commission or a designee;
    (17) one member appointed by the state chief information officer;
    (18) one member appointed by the commissioner of public safety;
    (19) one member appointed by the commissioner of corrections;
    (20) one member appointed by the commissioner of administration; and
    (21) one member appointed by the chief justice of the Supreme Court.
    Subd. 3.[Repealed, 2005 c 136 art 11 s 18]
    Subd. 3a. Report. The policy group, with the assistance of the task force, shall file an annual
report with the governor, Supreme Court, and chairs and ranking minority members of the senate
and house committees and divisions with jurisdiction over criminal justice funding and policy by
January 15 of each year. The report must provide the following:
(1) status and review of current integration efforts and projects;
(2) recommendations concerning any legislative changes or appropriations that are needed to
ensure that the criminal justice information systems operate accurately and efficiently; and
(3) summary of the activities of the policy group and task force.
    Subd. 4.[Repealed, 2005 c 136 art 11 s 18]
    Subd. 5. Review of funding and grant requests. (a) 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 system standards. The
review shall be forwarded to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house and senate
committees and divisions with jurisdiction over criminal justice funding and policy.
    (b) The CriMNet program office, in consultation with the Criminal and Juvenile Justice
Information Task Force and with the approval of the policy group, shall create the requirements
for any grant request and determine the integration priorities for the grant period. The CriMNet
program office shall also review the requests submitted for compatibility to statewide criminal
justice information systems standards.
    (c) The task force shall review funding requests for criminal justice information systems
grants and make recommendations to the policy group. The policy group shall review the
recommendations of the task force and shall make a final recommendation for criminal justice
information systems grants to be made by the commissioner of public safety. Within the limits of
available state appropriations and federal grants, the commissioner of public safety shall make
grants for projects that have been recommended by the policy group.
    (d) The policy group may approve grants only if the applicant provides an appropriate share
of matching funds as determined by the policy group to help pay up to one-half of the costs of the
grant request. The matching requirement must be constant for all applicants within each grant
offering. The policy group shall adopt policies concerning the use of in-kind resources to satisfy
the match requirement and the sources from which matching funds may be obtained. Local
operational or technology staffing costs may be considered as meeting this match requirement.
Each grant recipient shall certify to the policy group that it has not reduced funds from local,
county, federal, or other sources which, in the absence of the grant, would have been made
available to the grant recipient to improve or integrate criminal justice technology.
    (e) All grant recipients shall submit to the CriMNet program office all requested
documentation including grant status, financial reports, and a final report evaluating how the grant
funds improved the agency's criminal justice integration priorities. The CriMNet program office
shall establish the recipient's reporting dates at the time funds are awarded.
    Subd. 6.[Repealed, 2005 c 136 art 11 s 18]
    Subd. 7.[Repealed, 2005 c 136 art 11 s 18]
    Subd. 8.[Repealed, 2005 c 136 art 11 s 18]
    Subd. 8a.[Repealed, 2005 c 136 art 11 s 18]
    Subd. 9.[Repealed, 2005 c 136 art 11 s 18]
History: 1993 c 266 s 33; 1994 c 576 s 41; 1997 c 239 art 8 s 17; 1999 c 216 art 2 s 14-19;
2000 c 311 art 5 s 1-4; 1Sp2001 c 8 art 6 s 5,6; 2005 c 136 art 11 s 12-15; 2005 c 156 art 5 s
19,20; 2006 c 212 art 1 s 26 subd 6; 2006 c 260 art 3 s 17; 2007 c 54 art 7 s 8,9