1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; prohibiting local units of government from interfering 
1.3 	with a chief law enforcement officer's decision to apply for federal law enforcement 
1.4 	grants;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 181.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [181.9321] CHIEF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS; REPRISALS.
1.7 	(a) If the governing body of a political subdivision that employs an unelected chief law 
1.8 	enforcement officer, or a subcommittee of that body, votes to not apply for a federal law 
1.9 	enforcement grant, the chief may nonetheless apply for the grant if the chief submits the 
1.10 	grant application in good faith.
1.11 	(b) A political subdivision may not discharge, discipline, threaten, otherwise discriminate 
1.12 	against, or penalize a chief law enforcement officer regarding the chief's compensation, 
1.13 	terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because the chief applied, in good faith, for 
1.14 	a federal law enforcement grant.