1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to corrections; extending permissible claims to include injury or death of 
1.3 	person working to pay court-ordered fees and jail fees and injury or death of a 
1.4 	person on a sentence-to-service work crew;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, 
1.5 	section 3.739, subdivision 1.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 3.739, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Permissible claims. Claims and demands arising out of the circumstances 
1.9 	described in this subdivision shall be presented to, heard, and determined as provided in 
1.10 	subdivision 2:
1.11 	(1) an injury to or death of an inmate of a state, regional, or local correctional facility 
1.12 	or county jail who has been conditionally released and ordered to perform while performing
1.13 	compensated or uncompensated work in the community for a state agency, a political 
1.14 	subdivision or public corporation of this state, a nonprofit educational, medical, or social 
1.15 	service agency, or a private business or individual, as a condition of the release, while 
1.16 	performing the work;
1.17 	(2) an injury to or death of a person sentenced by a court, granted a suspended sentence 
1.18 	by a court, or subject to a court disposition order, and who, under court order, is performing 
1.19 	work (a) (i) in restitution, (b) (ii) in lieu of or to work off fines or court ordered, court-ordered
1.20 	costs, or other statutorily authorized correctional fees, (c) (iii) in lieu of incarceration, or 
1.21 	(d) (iv) as a term or condition of a sentence, suspended sentence, or disposition order, while 
1.22 	performing the work;
2.1 	(3) an injury to or death of a person, who has been diverted from the court system and 
2.2 	who is performing work as described in paragraph clause (1) or (2) under a written agreement 
2.3 	signed by the person, and if a juvenile, by a parent or guardian; and
2.4 	(4) an injury to or death of any person caused by an individual who was performing 
2.5 	work as described in paragraph clause (1), (2), or (3).