1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to public safety; appropriating money for 
  1.3             grants for law enforcement costs associated with 
  1.4             methamphetamine labs. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
  1.7      (a) $548,000 for fiscal year 2002 and $548,000 for fiscal 
  1.8   year 2003 are appropriated from the general fund to the 
  1.9   commissioner of public safety for grants under Minnesota 
  1.10  Statutes, section 299C.065, subdivision 1, clause (1), for 
  1.11  increased law enforcement costs relating to methamphetamine 
  1.12  trafficking and production.  Grant recipients must be chosen by 
  1.13  the office of drug policy and violence prevention's narcotics 
  1.14  enforcement coordinating committee.  Grants must be allocated in 
  1.15  a balanced manner among rural, suburban, and urban drug task 
  1.16  force agencies.  Grants may be awarded and utilized for the 
  1.17  following items relating to clandestine methamphetamine labs: 
  1.18     (1) increased, general law enforcement costs; 
  1.19     (2) training materials and public awareness publications; 
  1.20     (3) peace officer training courses, certification, and 
  1.21  equipment; and 
  1.22     (4) reimbursements to law enforcement agencies for 
  1.23  extraordinary or unusual overtime and investigative expenses. 
  1.24     (b) Grants must not be utilized for methamphetamine lab 
  1.25  site cleanup or disposal of seized equipment or chemicals.  
  2.1   Additionally, grants must not supplant current local spending or 
  2.2   other state or federal grants allocated by the commissioner of 
  2.3   public safety for similar purposes.