1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; requiring the commissioner
1.3 	of health to develop methamphetamine offender
1.4 	education materials; requiring sheriffs to provide
1.5 	inmates with methamphetamine education materials;
1.6 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
1.7 	chapters 144; 387.
1.8 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.9 	Section 1. [144.0506] METHAMPHETAMINE OFFENDER EDUCATION
1.10 	MATERIALS.
1.11 	The commissioner of health shall develop materials for use
1.12 	by sheriffs in educating county jail inmates on the health
1.13 	hazards of methamphetamine use and manufacture.

1.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2005.

1.15 	Sec. 2. [387.115] METHAMPHETAMINE OFFENDER EDUCATION.
1.16 	At least once a week, the sheriff shall provide all persons
1.17 	incarcerated in the county jail for violating a law prohibiting
1.18 	the manufacture, sale, or possession of methamphetamine with
1.19 	educational materials on the hazards of methamphetamine use and
1.20 	manufacture.  At a minimum, the sheriff shall require
1.21 	methamphetamine offenders to watch an audiovisual recording and
1.22 	distribute written materials detailing the health hazards
1.23 	created by methamphetamine use and manufacture.  The
1.24 	commissioner of health shall create standard materials for the
1.25 	sheriff to use in satisfying this requirement pursuant to
1.26 	section 144.0506.  The sheriff is authorized to supplement the
2.1 	materials provided by the commissioner as the sheriff deems
2.2 	necessary.

2.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2005.