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1	1		1.1 A bill for an act
2		-	1.2 relating to public safety; establishing a violent crime ~~reduction and clearance~~
3		-	1.3 ~~support account~~ to ~~support~~ violent crime ~~reduction strategies~~; establishing grants
	2	+	1.2 relating to public safety; establishing a violent crime investigation team account
	3	+	1.3 to fund violent crime investigation teams throughout the state; establishing grants
4	4		1.4 for crime and violence prevention; establishing grants for evidence-processing
5	5		1.5 technology and crisis response teams; providing supplemental funding for the
6	6		1.6 force investigations unit; establishing special revenue accounts; requiring a report;
7		-	1.7 transferring money; appropriating money; ~~repealing~~ Minnesota Statutes 2022,
8		-	1.8 section ~~299C~~.80, subdivision 7.
	7	+	1.7 transferring money; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022,
	8	+	1.8 section 299A.642, subdivision 15.
9	9		1.9BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
10		-	1.10 Section 1. VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION AND CLEARANCE SUPPORT;
11		-	1.11SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNT; APPROPRIATION.
12		-	1.12 (a) The violent crime reduction and clearance support account is created in the special
13		-	1.13revenue fund consisting of money deposited, donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise
14		-	1.14provided to the account. Of the amount in the account, $15,000,000 each year is appropriated
15		-	1.15to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to support violent crime reduction strategies. This
16		-	1.16includes funding for staff and supplies to enhance forensic, analytical, and investigations
17		-	1.17capacity, and financially support investigative partnerships with other law enforcement
18		-	1.18agencies to conduct forensic and investigatory work to expedite clearance rates.
19		-	1.19 (b) Funds allocated shall be used where there is the most acute need for supplemental
20		-	1.20resources based on the rate of violent crime and the need to improve clearance rates for
21		-	1.21violent crime investigations. The superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
22		-	1.22shall prioritize allocating resources to political subdivisions that have recorded at least three
23		-	1.23violent crimes in the previous fiscal year and that rank in the 20 highest per capita crime
24		-	1.24rates among Minnesota political subdivisions in the previous fiscal year based on the Uniform
25		-	1.25Crime Reports or National Incident Based Reporting System. As a condition of receiving
	10	+	1.10 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 299A.642, subdivision 15, is amended to
	11	+	1.11read:
	12	+	1.12 Subd. 15.Required reports.By February 1 of each year, the commissioner of public
	13	+	1.13safety shall submit the following reports to the chairs and ranking minority members of the
	14	+	1.14senate and house of representatives committees and divisions having jurisdiction over
	15	+	1.15criminal justice policy and funding:
	16	+	1.16 (1) a report containing a summary of all audits conducted on multijurisdictional entities
	17	+	1.17under subdivision 4;
	18	+	1.18 (2) a report on the results of audits conducted on data submitted to the criminal gang
	19	+	1.19investigative data system under section 299C.091; and
	20	+	1.20 (3) a report on the activities and goals of the coordinating council; and
	21	+	1.21 (4) a report on how the funds in the violent crime investigation team account were
	22	+	1.22distributed and how those funds were used by violent crime investigation teams.
	23	+	1.23 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
26	24		1Section 1.
27		-	REVISOR KLL ~~H0025-1~~~~HF25 FIRST ENGROSSMENT~~
	25	+	REVISOR KLL/BM 23-0151312/28/22
28	26		State of Minnesota
29	27		This Document can be made available
30	28		in alternative formats upon request
31	29		HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
32	30		H. F. No. 25
33	31		NINETY-THIRD SESSION
34	32		Authored by Frazier, Moller, Pinto, Hollins, Curran and others01/04/2023
35		-	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy
36		-	Adoption of Report: Amended and re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means01/25/2023 2.1investigatory assistance from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension from this account, the
37		-	2.2local unit of government must enter a joint powers agreement with the commissioner of
38		-	2.3Public Safety and the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
39		-	2.4 (c) By December 15 of each calendar year, the commissioner shall report to the chairs
40		-	2.5and ranking minority members of the legislative committees and divisions with jurisdiction
41		-	2.6over public safety finance and policy on how funds in the violent crime reduction and
42		-	2.7clearance support account were used. Each report must, at a minimum, summarize the
43		-	2.8expenditures made, indicate the purpose of those expenditures, and provide an overview of
44		-	2.9the criminal cases where funds from the account were used, including a summary of the
45		-	2.10cases that identifies each case's disposition or outcome.
46		-	2.11 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
47		-	2.12 Sec. 2. VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION AND CLEARANCE SUPPORT
48		-	2.13ACCOUNT; TRANSFER.
49		-	2.14 $75,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 is transferred from the general fund to the violent crime
50		-	2.15reduction and clearance support account in the special revenue fund. The base for this
51		-	2.16appropriation is $0 in fiscal year 2024 and thereafter.
52		-	2.17 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
53		-	2.18 Sec. 3. COMMUNITY CRIME AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION GRANTS;
54		-	2.19SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNT; APPROPRIATION.
55		-	2.20 (a) The community crime and violence prevention account is created in the special
56		-	2.21revenue fund consisting of money deposited, donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise
57		-	2.22provided to the account. Of the amount in the account, up to $30,000,000 each year is
58		-	2.23appropriated to the commissioner of public safety for grants administered by the Office of
59		-	2.24Justice Programs to be awarded to community violence prevention and intervention programs.
60		-	2.25 (b) Grants may be awarded to community-based nonprofit organizations, local
61		-	2.26governments, or the governing bodies of federally recognized Indian Tribes. Applicants
62		-	2.27that are nonprofit organizations must demonstrate the support of the local government or
63		-	2.28Indian Tribe where the nonprofit will be offering services. Support may be demonstrated
64		-	2.29by partnerships with the local government or Indian Tribe, or letters or other affirmations
65		-	2.30of support.
66		-	2.31 (c) Grant recipients must operate crime or violence prevention programs with an
67		-	2.32established record of providing direct services to community members. Programs must be
68		-	2Sec. 3.
69		-	REVISOR KLL H0025-1HF25 FIRST ENGROSSMENT 3.1culturally competent and identify specific outcomes that can be tracked and measured to
70		-	3.2demonstrate the impact the program has on community crime and violence. Crime or violence
71		-	3.3prevention programs may include but are not limited to:
72		-	3.4 (1) victim services programs;
73		-	3.5 (2) re-entry programs that provide support and reintegration services to recently
74		-	3.6incarcerated individuals;
75		-	3.7 (3) homelessness assistance programs;
76		-	3.8 (4) restorative justice programs;
77		-	3.9 (5) programs that intervene in volatile situations to mediate disputes before they become
78		-	3.10violent; and
79		-	3.11 (6) juvenile diversion programs.
80		-	3.12 (d) As part of the narrative and statistical progress reports provided to the Office of
81		-	3.13Justice Programs, grant recipients must report on the specific outcomes identified pursuant
82		-	3.14to paragraph (c).
83		-	3.15 (e) The Office of Justice Programs may use up to 2.5 percent of the annual appropriation
84		-	3.16to administer the grants.
85		-	3.17 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
86		-	3.18 Sec. 4. COMMUNITY CRIME AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACCOUNT;
87		-	3.19TRANSFER.
88		-	3.20 $150,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 is transferred from the general fund to the community
89		-	3.21crime and violence prevention account in the special revenue fund. The base for this
90		-	3.22appropriation is $0 in fiscal year 2024 and thereafter.
91		-	3.23 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
92		-	3.24 Sec. 5. CRISIS RESPONSE AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION GRANTS;
93		-	3.25SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNT; APPROPRIATION.
94		-	3.26 (a) The crisis response and criminal investigation account is created in the special revenue
95		-	3.27fund consisting of money deposited, donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise provided
96		-	3.28to the account. Of the amount in the account, $25,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 and
97		-	3.29$15,000,000 each year thereafter are appropriated to the commissioner of public safety for
98		-	3.30grants administered by the Office of Justice Programs to be awarded to local law enforcement
	33	+	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy 2.1 Sec. 2. VIOLENT CRIME INVESTIGATION TEAMS; SPECIAL REVENUE
	34	+	2.2ACCOUNT; APPROPRIATION.
	35	+	2.3 (a) The violent crime investigation team account is created in the special revenue fund
	36	+	2.4consisting of money deposited, donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise provided to the
	37	+	2.5account. Of the amount in the account, up to $15,000,000 each year is appropriated to the
	38	+	2.6commissioner of public safety for violent crime investigation teams, organized under
	39	+	2.7Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.642, to increase their capacity to conduct forensic and
	40	+	2.8investigatory work to expedite clearance rates.
	41	+	2.9 (b) The commissioner shall allocate the funds to the violent crime investigation teams
	42	+	2.10that have the most acute need for supplemental resources based on the rate of violent crime
	43	+	2.11in the team's jurisdiction and the need to improve clearance rates for violent crime
	44	+	2.12investigations. The commissioner must consult with and consider recommendations from
	45	+	2.13the Violent Crime Coordinating Council created under Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.642,
	46	+	2.14prior to awarding grants from this fund.
	47	+	2.15 (c) As a condition of receiving funds from this account, the lead local unit of government
	48	+	2.16of a violent crime investigation team must enter a joint powers agreement with the
	49	+	2.17commissioner of public safety under which the commissioner shall provide an investigator
	50	+	2.18from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to be a member of the team.
	51	+	2.19 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
	52	+	2.20 Sec. 3. VIOLENT CRIME INVESTIGATION TEAM ACCOUNT; TRANSFER.
	53	+	2.21 $75,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 is transferred from the general fund to the violent crime
	54	+	2.22investigation team account in the special revenue fund. The base for this appropriation is
	55	+	2.23$0 in fiscal year 2024 and thereafter.
	56	+	2.24 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
	57	+	2.25 Sec. 4. COMMUNITY CRIME AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION GRANTS;
	58	+	2.26SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNT; APPROPRIATION.
	59	+	2.27 (a) The community crime and violence prevention account is created in the special
	60	+	2.28revenue fund consisting of money deposited, donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise
	61	+	2.29provided to the account. Of the amount in the account, up to $30,000,000 each year is
	62	+	2.30appropriated to the commissioner of public safety for grants administered by the Office of
	63	+	2.31Justice Programs to be awarded to community violence prevention and intervention programs.
	64	+	2Sec. 4.
	65	+	REVISOR KLL/BM 23-0151312/28/22 3.1 (b) Grants may be awarded to community-based nonprofit organizations, local
	66	+	3.2governments, or the governing bodies of federally recognized Indian Tribes. Applicants
	67	+	3.3that are nonprofit organizations must demonstrate the support of the local government or
	68	+	3.4Indian Tribe where the nonprofit will be offering services. Support may be demonstrated
	69	+	3.5by partnerships with the local government or Indian Tribe, or letters or other affirmations
	70	+	3.6of support.
	71	+	3.7 (c) Grant recipients must operate crime or violence prevention programs with an
	72	+	3.8established record of providing direct services to community members. Programs must be
	73	+	3.9culturally competent and identify specific outcomes that can be tracked and measured to
	74	+	3.10demonstrate the impact the program has on community crime and violence. Crime or violence
	75	+	3.11prevention programs may include but are not limited to:
	76	+	3.12 (1) victim services programs;
	77	+	3.13 (2) re-entry programs that provide support and reintegration services to recently
	78	+	3.14incarcerated individuals;
	79	+	3.15 (3) homelessness assistance programs;
	80	+	3.16 (4) restorative justice programs;
	81	+	3.17 (5) programs that intervene in volatile situations to mediate disputes before they become
	82	+	3.18violent; and
	83	+	3.19 (6) juvenile diversion programs.
	84	+	3.20 (d) As part of the narrative and statistical progress reports provided to the Office of
	85	+	3.21Justice Programs, grant recipients must report on the specific outcomes identified pursuant
	86	+	3.22to paragraph (c).
	87	+	3.23 (e) The Office of Justice Programs may use up to 2.5 percent of the annual appropriation
	88	+	3.24to administer the grants.
	89	+	3.25 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
	90	+	3.26 Sec. 5. COMMUNITY CRIME AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACCOUNT;
	91	+	3.27TRANSFER.
	92	+	3.28 $150,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 is transferred from the general fund to the community
	93	+	3.29crime and violence prevention account in the special revenue fund. The base for this
	94	+	3.30appropriation is $0 in fiscal year 2024 and thereafter.
	95	+	3.31 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
99	96		3Sec. 5.
100		-	REVISOR KLL H0025-1HF25 FIRST ENGROSSMENT 4.1agencies or local governments to improve responses to situations involving individuals
101		-	4.2experiencing a mental health crisis and to improve criminal investigations.
102		-	4.3 (b) Of the amount appropriated in fiscal year 2023, $10,000,000 is for grants to local
103		-	4.4law enforcement agencies to acquire, upgrade, or replace technology or equipment used to
104		-	4.5investigate crimes.
105		-	4.6 (c) $15,000,000 each year is for grants to local law enforcement agencies and local
106		-	4.7governments to maintain or expand crisis response teams in which social workers or mental
107		-	4.8health providers are sent as first responders when calls for service indicate that an individual
108		-	4.9is having a mental health crisis.
109		-	4.10 (d) The Office of Justice Programs may use up to 2.5 percent of the annual appropriation
110		-	4.11to administer the grants.
111		-	4.12 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
112		-	4.13 Sec. 6. CRISIS RESPONSE AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION ACCOUNT;
113		-	4.14TRANSFER.
114		-	4.15 $55,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 is transferred from the general fund to the crisis response
115		-	4.16and criminal investigation account in the special revenue fund. The base for this appropriation
116		-	4.17is $0 in fiscal year 2024 and thereafter.
117		-	4.18 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
118		-	4.19 Sec. 7. BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION; INDEPENDENT USE OF
119		-	4.20FORCE INVESTIGATIONS UNIT; APPROPRIATION.
120		-	4.21 $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 are appropriated from
121		-	4.22the general fund to the commissioner of public safety to increase funding for the Bureau of
122		-	4.23Criminal Apprehension's independent Use of Force Investigations Unit, created under
123		-	4.24Minnesota Statutes, section 299C.80. This appropriation is in addition to the funds
124		-	4.25appropriated for this purpose in Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 11, article 1,
125		-	4.26section 14, subdivision 3.
126		-	4.27 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
127		-	4.28 Sec. 8. REPEALER.
128		-	4.29 Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 299C.80, subdivision 7, is repealed.
	97	+	REVISOR KLL/BM 23-0151312/28/22 4.1 Sec. 6. CRISIS RESPONSE AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION GRANTS;
	98	+	4.2SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNT; APPROPRIATION.
	99	+	4.3 (a) The crisis response and criminal investigation account is created in the special revenue
	100	+	4.4fund consisting of money deposited, donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise provided
	101	+	4.5to the account. Of the amount in the account, $25,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 and
	102	+	4.6$15,000,000 each year thereafter are appropriated to the commissioner of public safety for
	103	+	4.7grants administered by the Office of Justice Programs to be awarded to local law enforcement
	104	+	4.8agencies or local governments to improve responses to situations involving individuals
	105	+	4.9experiencing a mental health crisis and to improve criminal investigations.
	106	+	4.10 (b) Of the amount appropriated in fiscal year 2023, $10,000,000 is for grants to local
	107	+	4.11law enforcement agencies to acquire, upgrade, or replace technology or equipment used to
	108	+	4.12investigate crimes or process evidence.
	109	+	4.13 (c) $15,000,000 each year is for grants to local law enforcement agencies and local
	110	+	4.14governments to maintain or expand crisis response teams in which social workers or mental
	111	+	4.15health providers are sent as first responders when calls for service indicate that an individual
	112	+	4.16is having a mental health crisis.
	113	+	4.17 (d) The Office of Justice Programs may use up to 2.5 percent of the annual appropriation
	114	+	4.18to administer the grants.
	115	+	4.19 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
	116	+	4.20 Sec. 7. CRISIS RESPONSE AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION ACCOUNT;
	117	+	4.21TRANSFER.
	118	+	4.22 $55,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 is transferred from the general fund to the crisis response
	119	+	4.23and criminal investigation account in the special revenue fund. The base for this appropriation
	120	+	4.24is $0 in fiscal year 2024 and thereafter.
	121	+	4.25 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
	122	+	4.26 Sec. 8. BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION; INDEPENDENT USE OF
	123	+	4.27FORCE INVESTIGATIONS UNIT; APPROPRIATION.
	124	+	4.28 $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 are appropriated from
	125	+	4.29the general fund to the commissioner of public safety to increase funding for the Bureau of
	126	+	4.30Criminal Apprehension's independent Use of Force Investigations Unit, created under
	127	+	4.31Minnesota Statutes, section 299C.80. This appropriation is in addition to the funds
129	128		4Sec. 8.
130		-	REVISOR KLL ~~H0025-1~~~~HF25~~ FIRST ~~ENGROSSMENT~~ ~~299C.80 INDEPENDENT USE OF FORCE INVESTIGATIONS UNIT.~~
131		-	~~Subd~~. ~~7.Expiration.The independent Use of Force Investigations Unit expires August 1~~, ~~2024~~.
132		-	1R
133		-	~~APPENDIX~~
134		-	~~Repealed Minnesota Statutes:~~ ~~H0025-1~~
	129	+	REVISOR KLL/BM 23-0151312/28/22 5.1appropriated for this purpose in Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 11, article 1,
	130	+	5.2section 14, subdivision 3.
	131	+	5.3 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
	132	+	5Sec. 8.
	133	+	REVISOR KLL/BM 23-0151312/28/22