1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to civil commitment; providing additional
1.3 	time for hearings on commitment of sexual psychopathic
1.4 	personalities and sexually dangerous persons; amending
1.5 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 253B.08, subdivision
1.6 	1.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 253B.08,
1.9 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.10 		Subdivision 1.Time for commitment hearing.  The hearing
1.11 	on the commitment petition shall be held within 14 days from the
1.12 	date of the filing of the petition, except that the hearing on a
1.13 	commitment petition pursuant to section 253B.185 shall be held
1.14 	within 90 days from the date of the filing of the petition.  For
1.15 	good cause shown, the court may extend the time of hearing up to
1.16 	an additional 30 days.  The proceeding shall be dismissed if the
1.17 	proposed patient has not had a hearing on a commitment petition
1.18 	within the allowed time.  The proposed patient, or the head of
1.19 	the treatment facility in which the person is held, may demand
1.20 	in writing at any time that the hearing be held immediately.
1.21 	Unless the hearing is held within five days of the date of the
1.22 	demand, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, the
1.23 	petition shall be automatically discharged if the patient is
1.24 	being held in a treatment facility pursuant to court order.  For
1.25 	good cause shown, the court may extend the time of hearing on
1.26 	the demand for an additional ten days.