1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to corrections; authorizing Minnesota 
  1.3             correctional facility-Sauk Centre to accept youth on 
  1.4             parole status; amending Laws 1997, chapter 239, 
  1.5             article 9, section 43. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Laws 1997, chapter 239, article 9, section 43, 
  1.8   is amended to read: 
  1.9      Sec. 43.  [OPERATION OF SAUK CENTRE.] 
  1.10     (a) After December 30, 1998, the Minnesota correctional 
  1.11  facility-Sauk Centre may no longer confine juvenile male 
  1.12  offenders who are committed to the commissioner's custody.  By 
  1.13  January 1, 1999, male juvenile offenders who are committed to 
  1.14  the commissioner's custody must be transferred from Sauk Centre 
  1.15  to the Minnesota correctional facility-Red Wing, or upon order 
  1.16  of the juvenile court, to an appropriate county placement, 
  1.17  notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 260.185. 
  1.18     (b) After December 30, 1998, the commissioner of 
  1.19  corrections may operate the facility in any manner not 
  1.20  inconsistent with this section including accepting youth that 
  1.21  are on parole status.