1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; establishing the domestic abuse transformation program 
1.3 	account for funding domestic abuse transformation programs; appropriating money;
1.4 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299A.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [299A.708] DOMESTIC ABUSE TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM 
1.7 	ACCOUNT.
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Account established. The domestic abuse transformation program account 
1.9 	is established in the special revenue fund consisting of money credited to it by law.
1.10 		Subd. 2.Account purpose; grants. Money in this account shall be allocated through a 
1.11 	grant program administered by the director of the Office of Justice Programs in the 
1.12 	Department of Public Safety. The director shall award grants to domestic abuse 
1.13 	transformation programs that demonstrate meaningful and effective programming to reduce 
1.14 	and eliminate domestic abuse within intimate partner relationships. The requirements for 
1.15 	grant recipients shall be developed by the Office of Justice Programs in consultation with 
1.16 	stakeholders impacted by domestic abuse and working to end domestic abuse.
1.17 		Subd. 3.Appropriation. Money in the account is annually appropriated to the 
1.18 	commissioner for domestic abuse transformation programs under subdivision 2.

1.19 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 1.20 	$5,000,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2021 are appropriated from 
1.21 	the general fund to the commissioner of public safety for deposit in the domestic abuse 
1.22 	transformation program account under section 1. This appropriation is available through 
2.1 	June 30, 2023. The amount appropriated in fiscal year 2021 is added to the base for the 
2.2 	purposes of section 1.