1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to crime victim services; capping increases 
  1.3             or reductions to crime victim services grants at ten 
  1.4             percent per judicial district; establishing a task 
  1.5             force to develop recommendations for a formula for the 
  1.6             distribution of crime victim services grants; 
  1.7             proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.8             chapter 299A. 
  1.9   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.10     Section 1.  [299A.016] [OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS; CRIME 
  1.11  VICTIM SERVICES GRANTS; CAPPING RELATIVE INCREASES OR REDUCTIONS 
  1.12  BY JUDICIAL DISTRICT.] 
  1.13     The commissioner may not increase or reduce the amount of 
  1.14  crime victim services grants awarded within a judicial district 
  1.15  by more than ten percent per year.  If a reduction in overall 
  1.16  funding requires a reduction to all judicial districts of 
  1.17  greater than ten percent, the amount of the reduction beyond ten 
  1.18  percent must be proportionate to all judicial districts. 
  1.19     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective June 30, 2004. 
  1.20     Sec. 2.  [ADVISORY TASK FORCE; FORMULA FOR CRIME VICTIM 
  1.21  SERVICES GRANTS.] 
  1.22     An advisory task force is established to develop 
  1.23  recommendations for a statutory formula for the distribution of 
  1.24  crime victim services grants.  The task force must be appointed 
  1.25  by the commissioner of public safety and must consist of 15 
  1.26  members.  The members must be geographically diverse and 
  1.27  representative of the many types of agencies that receive crime 
  2.1   victim services funding.  The task force must also include at 
  2.2   least one county attorney, district court judge, and 
  2.3   representative of law enforcement agencies.  A task force member 
  2.4   may send an alternate person to represent the member at any task 
  2.5   force meetings.  The task force is governed by the applicable 
  2.6   policies under chapter 15 that govern advisory task forces.  The 
  2.7   commissioner must provide staff, meeting space, and 
  2.8   administrative services for the task force.  The task force must 
  2.9   submit recommendations, which may include minority reports, to 
  2.10  the commissioner by December 1, 2004.  The commissioner must 
  2.11  report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate 
  2.12  and house committees having jurisdiction over judiciary finance 
  2.13  and crime prevention on the recommendations of the task force by 
  2.14  January 15, 2005. 
  2.15     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective the day 
  2.16  following final enactment.