1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; appropriating money to the Office of the Attorney General 
1.3 	to provide legal services for violent crimes and financial exploitation.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. ATTORNEY GENERAL; APPROPRIATIONS.
 1.6 	$2,021,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $2,021,000 in fiscal year 2025 are appropriated from 
1.7 	the general fund to the Office of the Attorney General to provide needed legal services to 
1.8 	prosecute violent crimes and crimes that financially harm consumers and businesses. This 
1.9 	appropriation shall be used to hire seven full-time equivalent attorneys and two full-time 
1.10 	equivalent legal assistants to enable the attorney general's office to aid in the enforcement 
1.11 	of the criminal laws of the state, to respond to the unmet needs of counties, and to provide 
1.12 	necessary assistance with county prosecution of serious offenses. The fiscal year 2025 
1.13 	appropriation is added to the base in fiscal year 2026 and thereafter.