1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; making a technical correction to the sex offender 
1.3 	assessment reimbursement grant appropriation;amending Laws 2005, chapter 
1.4 	136, article 1, section 13, subdivision 3.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Laws 2005, chapter 136, article 1, section 13, subdivision 3, is amended to 
1.7 	read:
1.8 	

1.9 | Subd.  3.Community Services | | 103,556,000 | | 103,369,000

1.10 | Summary by Fund
1.11 | General Fund | 103,456,000 | 103,269,000
1.12 | Special Revenue | 100,000 | 100,000
1.13 	
1.14 	SHORT-TERM OFFENDERS. $1,207,000 
1.15 	each  year is for costs associated with the  
1.16 	housing and care of short-term  offenders.  
1.17 	The commissioner may use up  to 20 percent 
1.18 	of the total amount of  the appropriation 
1.19 	for inpatient medical  care for short-term 
1.20 	offenders with less  than six months to 
1.21 	serve as affected by  the changes made to 
1.22 	Minnesota Statutes,  section 609.105, in 
1.23 	2003.  All funds  remaining at the end of 
2.1 	the fiscal year  not expended for inpatient 
2.2 	medical care  shall be added to and distributed 
2.3 	with  the housing funds.  These funds shall  
2.4 	be distributed proportionately based on  the 
2.5 	total number of days short-term  offenders are 
2.6 	placed locally, not to  exceed $70 per day.  
2.7 	Short-term  offenders may be housed in a 
2.8 	state  correctional facility at the discretion  of 
2.9 	the commissioner.  
2.10 	The Department of Corrections is exempt  
2.11 	from the state contracting process for  the 
2.12 	purposes of Minnesota Statutes,  section 
2.13 	609.105, as amended by Laws  2003, First 
2.14 	Special Session chapter 2,  article 5, sections 
2.15 	7 to 9.  
2.16 	GPS MONITORING OF SEX 
2.17 	OFFENDERS.  $500,000 the first 
2.18 	year and $162,000  the second year are for the 
2.19 	acquisition  and service of bracelets equipped 
2.20 	with  tracking devices designed to track 
2.21 	and  monitor the movement and location of  
2.22 	criminal offenders.  The commissioner  shall 
2.23 	use the bracelets to monitor  high-risk sex 
2.24 	offenders who are on  supervised release, 
2.25 	conditional  release, parole, or probation to 
2.26 	help  ensure that the offenders do not  violate 
2.27 	conditions of their release or  probation.  
2.28 	END OF CONFINEMENT REVIEWS.
2.29 	$94,000  each year is for end of confinement  
2.30 	reviews.  
2.31 	COMMUNITY SURVEILLANCE AND  
2.32 	SUPERVISION. $1,370,000 each year is  
2.33 	to provide housing options to maximize  
2.34 	community surveillance and supervision.  
3.1 	INCREASE IN INTENSIVE 
3.2 	SUPERVISED  RELEASE SERVICES.
3.3 	$1,800,000 each year  is to increase intensive 
3.4 	supervised  release services.  
3.5 	SEX OFFENDER ASSESSMENT  
3.6 	REIMBURSEMENTS. $350,000 each year 
3.7 	is  to provide grants to counties or courts for  
3.8 	reimbursements for sex offender  assessments 
3.9 	as required under Minnesota  Statutes, section 
3.10 	609.3452, subdivision  1, which is being 
3.11 	renumbered as section  609.3457.  
3.12 	SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT AND  
3.13 	POLYGRAPHS. $1,250,000 each year 
3.14 	is to  provide treatment for sex offenders 
3.15 	on  community supervision and to pay for  
3.16 	polygraph testing.  
3.17 	INCREASED SUPERVISION OF SEX  
3.18 	OFFENDERS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 
3.19 	OFFENDERS,  AND OTHER VIOLENT 
3.20 	OFFENDERS.  $1,500,000 each year is for 
3.21 	the  increased supervision of sex offenders  
3.22 	and other violent offenders, including  
3.23 	those convicted of domestic abuse.  These 
3.24 	appropriations may not be used to  supplant 
3.25 	existing state or county  probation officer 
3.26 	positions.  
3.27 	The commissioner shall distribute  $1,050,000 
3.28 	in grants each year to  Community Corrections 
3.29 	Act counties and  $450,000 each year to the 
3.30 	Department of  Corrections Probation and 
3.31 	Supervised  Release Unit.  The commissioner 
3.32 	shall  distribute the funds to the Community  
3.33 	Corrections Act counties according to  the 
3.34 	formula contained in Minnesota  Statutes, 
3.35 	section 401.10.  
4.1 	Prior to the distribution of these  funds, each 
4.2 	Community Corrections Act  jurisdiction and 
4.3 	the Department of  Corrections Probation 
4.4 	and Supervised  Release Unit shall submit 
4.5 	to the  commissioner an analysis of need 
4.6 	along  with a plan to meet their needs and  
4.7 	reduce the number of sex offenders and  other 
4.8 	violent offenders, including  domestic abuse 
4.9 	offenders, on probation  officer caseloads.  
4.10 	COUNTY PROBATION OFFICERS.
4.11 	$500,000  each year is to increase county  
4.12 	probation officer reimbursements.  
4.13 	INTENSIVE SUPERVISION AND 
4.14 	AFTERCARE  FOR CONTROLLED 
4.15 	SUBSTANCES OFFENDERS;  REPORT.
4.16 	$600,000 each year is for  intensive 
4.17 	supervision and aftercare  services for 
4.18 	controlled substances  offenders released 
4.19 	from prison under  Minnesota Statutes, 
4.20 	section 244.055.  These appropriations are 
4.21 	not added to  the department's base budget.  
4.22 	By  January 15, 2008, the commissioner  
4.23 	shall report to the chairs and ranking  
4.24 	minority members of the senate and  house 
4.25 	of representatives committees and  divisions 
4.26 	having jurisdiction over  criminal justice 
4.27 	policy and funding on  how this appropriation 
4.28 	was spent.  
4.29 	REPORT ON ELECTRONIC 
4.30 	MONITORING OF SEX  OFFENDERS.
4.31 	By March 1, 2006, the  commissioner shall 
4.32 	report to the chairs  and ranking minority 
4.33 	members of the  senate and house of 
4.34 	representatives  committees and divisions 
4.35 	having  jurisdiction over criminal justice  
5.1 	policy and funding on implementing an  
5.2 	electronic monitoring system for sex  
5.3 	offenders who are under community  
5.4 	supervision.  The report must address  the 
5.5 	following:  
5.6 	(1) the advantages and disadvantages in  
5.7 	implementing this system, including the  
5.8 	impact on public safety;  
5.9 	(2) the types of sex offenders who  should be 
5.10 	subject to the monitoring;  
5.11 	(3) the time period that offenders  should be 
5.12 	subject to the monitoring;  
5.13 	(4) the financial costs associated with  the 
5.14 	monitoring and who should be  responsible 
5.15 	for these costs; and  
5.16 	(5) the technology available for the  
5.17 	monitoring.  
5.18 	

5.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from July 1, 2005.