1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; modifying the Department of Corrections' per diem law; 
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 241.018, subdivision 1; repealing 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 241.018, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 241.018, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.State correctional facilities. (a) The commissioner of corrections 
1.8 	shall develop a uniform method to calculate the average department-wide per diem cost 
1.9 	of incarcerating offenders at state adult correctional facilities. In addition to other costs 
1.10 	currently factored into the per diem, it must include an appropriate percentage of capitol 
1.11 	costs for all adult correctional facilities and 65 percent of the department's management 
1.12 	services budget.
1.13 	(b) The commissioner also shall use this method of calculatingcalculate per diem 
1.14 	costs for offenders in each state adult correctional facility. When calculating the per diem 
1.15 	cost of incarcerating offenders at a particular facility, the commissioner shall include 
1.16 	an appropriate percentage of capital costs for the facility and an appropriate prorated 
1.17 	amount, given the facility's population, of 65 percent of the department's management 
1.18 	services budget.
1.19 	(c) The commissioner shall ensure that these new per diem methods are used in 
1.20 	all future annual performance reports to the legislature and are also reflected in the 
1.21 	department's biennial budget document.

1.22 	Sec. 2.  REPEALER.
 1.23 	Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 241.018, subdivision 2, is repealed.