Legislative Session number- 85

Bill Name: SF2790

2E Relating to corrections; authorizing deferral of judgment for certain first
time drug offenses under certain conditions; requiring the commissioners of
corrections and employment and economic development (DEED) to develop and
maintain a formal marketing plan to attract private sector business and
industries for inmate employment through MINNCOR industries; modifying certain
evidence of rehabilitation requirements; clarifying certain licensing
exceptions; authorizing petitions for certificate of good conduct by adjudicated
persons, providing for filing fee, petition contents and service, proposed
order, hearing, eligibility, certificate issuance and effect, bureau of criminal
apprehension (BCA) record, revocation, limited effect and crime for misuse;
requiring crime victim certificate of good conduct notification; requiring the
commissioner of corrections to perform an internal review of department
guidelines for parole revocation and supervised release, specifying assessment
requirements and a legislative report; requiring the legislature to appoint a
working group on the state controlled substance laws, prescribing group
membership, specifying group subject matter to be reviewed and requiring group
recommendations regarding certain alternatives for controlled substance laws
modifications, requiring a legislative report by a certain date; requiring the
commissioner of corrections to study and make recommendations regarding re-entry
facilities designed to assist offender reintegration, requiring a legislative
report; requiring the judicial council to establish the re-entry court task
force to study and make recommendations for a re-entry court pilot program,
prescribing task force membership, requiring a legislative report by a certain
date; repealing the conditional release of nonviolent controlled substance
offenders and opportunity for drug treatment sunset
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