1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; appropriating money to expand the Department of 
1.3 	Corrections' work release program.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. WORK RELEASE EXPANSION; APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$7,500,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $7,500,000 in fiscal year 2025 are appropriated from 
1.7 	the general fund to the commissioner of corrections to increase work release programming 
1.8 	to facilitate the expanded use of work release in a manner consistent with public safety and 
1.9 	inmate rehabilitation. These are onetime appropriations.