Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: SF0515

E Relating to criminal justice; changing local financial crimes + investigation
task forces to a permanent statewide Minnesota financial crimes task +force to
investigate consumer identity theft cases and reported financial +crimes,
authorizing local or federal law enforcement agencies and state and +federal
prosecutors offices to join the task force; expanding certain +investigation
duties of the task force; requiring the participant memorandum of +understanding
to address the disposition of assets and debts upon dissolution of +the task
force, restricting participation of federal law enforcement agencies +and
modifying certain other powers and duties; providing for selection of+ a
statewide commander and authorizing and providing for the commander +to
establish a certain number of regional offices to investigate +financial crimes
and an operational budget for presentation to an advisory committee +for
approval, specifying certain committee membership requirements and +requiring
committee approval of grants awarded to participating local agencies +and
oversight and selection of a fiscal agent qualified to handle +financial
accounting; expanding the authorized use of task force funds and +requiring the
commissioner of public safety to transfer certain funds to the task +force;
eliminating a certain reporting requirement of the commissioner +relating to
activities of the task force and the use of grants; authorizing the +task force
to accept matching federal dollars (ra, ja)