1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to public safety; establishing a violent crime reduction and clearance
1.3 support account to support violent crime reduction strategies; establishing grants
1.4 for crime and violence prevention; establishing grants for evidence-processing
1.5 technology and crisis response teams; providing supplemental funding for the
1.6 force investigations unit; establishing special revenue accounts; requiring a report;
1.7 transferring money; appropriating money; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022,
1.8 section 299C.80, subdivision 7.
1.9BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.10 Section 1. VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION AND CLEARANCE SUPPORT;
1.11SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNT; APPROPRIATION.
1.12 (a) The violent crime reduction and clearance support account is created in the special
1.13revenue fund consisting of money deposited, donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise
1.14provided to the account. Of the amount in the account, $15,000,000 each year is appropriated
1.15to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to support violent crime reduction strategies. This
1.16includes funding for staff and supplies to enhance forensic, analytical, and investigations
1.17capacity, and financially support investigative partnerships with other law enforcement
1.18agencies to conduct forensic and investigatory work to expedite clearance rates.
1.19 (b) Funds allocated shall be used where there is the most acute need for supplemental
1.20resources based on the rate of violent crime and the need to improve clearance rates for
1.21violent crime investigations. The superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
1.22shall prioritize allocating resources to political subdivisions that have recorded at least three
1.23violent crimes in the previous fiscal year and that rank in the 20 highest per capita crime
1.24rates among Minnesota political subdivisions in the previous fiscal year based on the Uniform
1.25Crime Reports or National Incident Based Reporting System. As a condition of receiving
1Section 1.
REVISOR KLL H0025-1HF25 FIRST ENGROSSMENT
State of Minnesota
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 25
NINETY-THIRD SESSION
Authored by Frazier, Moller, Pinto, Hollins, Curran and others01/04/2023
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy
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
2.2local unit of government must enter a joint powers agreement with the commissioner of
2.3Public Safety and the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
2.4 (c) By December 15 of each calendar year, the commissioner shall report to the chairs
2.5and ranking minority members of the legislative committees and divisions with jurisdiction
2.6over public safety finance and policy on how funds in the violent crime reduction and
2.7clearance support account were used. Each report must, at a minimum, summarize the
2.8expenditures made, indicate the purpose of those expenditures, and provide an overview of
2.9the criminal cases where funds from the account were used, including a summary of the
2.10cases that identifies each case's disposition or outcome.
2.11 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
2.12 Sec. 2. VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION AND CLEARANCE SUPPORT
2.13ACCOUNT; TRANSFER.
2.14 $75,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 is transferred from the general fund to the violent crime
2.15reduction and clearance support account in the special revenue fund. The base for this
2.16appropriation is $0 in fiscal year 2024 and thereafter.
2.17 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
2.18 Sec. 3. COMMUNITY CRIME AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION GRANTS;
2.19SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNT; APPROPRIATION.
2.20 (a) The community crime and violence prevention account is created in the special
2.21revenue fund consisting of money deposited, donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise
2.22provided to the account. Of the amount in the account, up to $30,000,000 each year is
2.23appropriated to the commissioner of public safety for grants administered by the Office of
2.24Justice Programs to be awarded to community violence prevention and intervention programs.
2.25 (b) Grants may be awarded to community-based nonprofit organizations, local
2.26governments, or the governing bodies of federally recognized Indian Tribes. Applicants
2.27that are nonprofit organizations must demonstrate the support of the local government or
2.28Indian Tribe where the nonprofit will be offering services. Support may be demonstrated
2.29by partnerships with the local government or Indian Tribe, or letters or other affirmations
2.30of support.
2.31 (c) Grant recipients must operate crime or violence prevention programs with an
2.32established record of providing direct services to community members. Programs must be
2Sec. 3.
REVISOR KLL H0025-1HF25 FIRST ENGROSSMENT 3.1culturally competent and identify specific outcomes that can be tracked and measured to
3.2demonstrate the impact the program has on community crime and violence. Crime or violence
3.3prevention programs may include but are not limited to:
3.4 (1) victim services programs;
3.5 (2) re-entry programs that provide support and reintegration services to recently
3.6incarcerated individuals;
3.7 (3) homelessness assistance programs;
3.8 (4) restorative justice programs;
3.9 (5) programs that intervene in volatile situations to mediate disputes before they become
3.10violent; and
3.11 (6) juvenile diversion programs.
3.12 (d) As part of the narrative and statistical progress reports provided to the Office of
3.13Justice Programs, grant recipients must report on the specific outcomes identified pursuant
3.14to paragraph (c).
3.15 (e) The Office of Justice Programs may use up to 2.5 percent of the annual appropriation
3.16to administer the grants.
3.17 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
3.18 Sec. 4. COMMUNITY CRIME AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACCOUNT;
3.19TRANSFER.
3.20 $150,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 is transferred from the general fund to the community
3.21crime and violence prevention account in the special revenue fund. The base for this
3.22appropriation is $0 in fiscal year 2024 and thereafter.
3.23 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
3.24 Sec. 5. CRISIS RESPONSE AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION GRANTS;
3.25SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNT; APPROPRIATION.
3.26 (a) The crisis response and criminal investigation account is created in the special revenue
3.27fund consisting of money deposited, donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise provided
3.28to the account. Of the amount in the account, $25,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 and
3.29$15,000,000 each year thereafter are appropriated to the commissioner of public safety for
3.30grants administered by the Office of Justice Programs to be awarded to local law enforcement
3Sec. 5.
REVISOR KLL H0025-1HF25 FIRST ENGROSSMENT 4.1agencies or local governments to improve responses to situations involving individuals
4.2experiencing a mental health crisis and to improve criminal investigations.
4.3 (b) Of the amount appropriated in fiscal year 2023, $10,000,000 is for grants to local
4.4law enforcement agencies to acquire, upgrade, or replace technology or equipment used to
4.5investigate crimes.
4.6 (c) $15,000,000 each year is for grants to local law enforcement agencies and local
4.7governments to maintain or expand crisis response teams in which social workers or mental
4.8health providers are sent as first responders when calls for service indicate that an individual
4.9is having a mental health crisis.
4.10 (d) The Office of Justice Programs may use up to 2.5 percent of the annual appropriation
4.11to administer the grants.
4.12 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
4.13 Sec. 6. CRISIS RESPONSE AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION ACCOUNT;
4.14TRANSFER.
4.15 $55,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 is transferred from the general fund to the crisis response
4.16and criminal investigation account in the special revenue fund. The base for this appropriation
4.17is $0 in fiscal year 2024 and thereafter.
4.18 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
4.19 Sec. 7. BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION; INDEPENDENT USE OF
4.20FORCE INVESTIGATIONS UNIT; APPROPRIATION.
4.21 $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 are appropriated from
4.22the general fund to the commissioner of public safety to increase funding for the Bureau of
4.23Criminal Apprehension's independent Use of Force Investigations Unit, created under
4.24Minnesota Statutes, section 299C.80. This appropriation is in addition to the funds
4.25appropriated for this purpose in Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 11, article 1,
4.26section 14, subdivision 3.
4.27 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
4.28 Sec. 8. REPEALER.
4.29 Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 299C.80, subdivision 7, is repealed.
4Sec. 8.
REVISOR KLL H0025-1HF25 FIRST ENGROSSMENT 299C.80 INDEPENDENT USE OF FORCE INVESTIGATIONS UNIT.
Subd. 7.Expiration.The independent Use of Force Investigations Unit expires August 1, 2024.
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Repealed Minnesota Statutes: H0025-1