1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to peace officers; providing reciprocity for military experience;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 626.8517.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 626.8517, is amended to read:
1.6 	626.8517 ELIGIBILITY FOR RECIPROCITY EXAMINATION BASED ON 
1.7 	RELEVANT MILITARY EXPERIENCE.
1.8 	(a) For purposes of this section:
1.9 	(1) "active service" has the meaning given in section 190.05, subdivision 5; and
1.10 	(2) "relevant military experience" means:
1.11 	(i) five four years' active service experience in a military law enforcement 
1.12 	occupational specialty;
1.13 	(ii) three two years' active service experience in a military law enforcement 
1.14 	occupational specialty, and completion of a two-year or more degree from a regionally 
1.15 	accredited postsecondary education institution; or
1.16 	(iii) five four years' cumulative experience as a full-time peace officer in another 
1.17 	state combined with active service experience in a military law enforcement occupational 
1.18 	specialty.
1.19 	(b) A person is eligible to take the reciprocity examination if the person has relevant 
1.20 	military experience and:
1.21 	(1) has been honorably discharged from military active service as evidenced by 
1.22 	the most recent form DD-214; or
1.23 	(2) is currently in active service as evidenced by:
1.24 	(i) active duty orders providing service time in military police specialty;
2.1 	(ii) a United States Department of Defense Manpower Data Center status report 
2.2 	pursuant to Service Members Civil Relief Act, active duty status report; or
2.3 	(iii) Military Personnel Center assignment information.
2.4 	(c) A person who passed the examination under paragraph (b), clause (2), shall 
2.5 	not be eligible to be licensed as a peace officer until honorably discharged as evidenced 
2.6 	by the most recent form DD-214.

2.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.