Minnesota 2023-2024 Regular Session

Minnesota Senate Bill SF524 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to public safety; establishing a violent crime investigation team account
3	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	7	1.7 transferring money; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022,
8	8	1.8 section 299A.642, subdivision 15.
9	9	1.9BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
10	10	1.10 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 299A.642, subdivision 15, is amended to
11	11	1.11read:
12	12	1.12 Subd. 15.Required reports.By February 1 of each year, the commissioner of public
13	13	1.13safety shall submit the following reports to the chairs and ranking minority members of the
14	14	1.14senate and house of representatives committees and divisions having jurisdiction over
15	15	1.15criminal justice policy and funding:
16	16	1.16 (1) a report containing a summary of all audits conducted on multijurisdictional entities
17	17	1.17under subdivision 4;
18	18	1.18 (2) a report on the results of audits conducted on data submitted to the criminal gang
19	19	1.19investigative data system under section 299C.091; and
20	20	1.20 (3) a report on the activities and goals of the coordinating council; and
21	21	1.21 (4) a report on how the funds in the violent crime investigation team account were
22	22	1.22distributed and how those funds were used by violent crime investigation teams.
23	23	1.23 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
24	24	1Section 1.
25	25	23-01513 as introduced12/28/22 REVISOR KLL/BM
26	26	SENATE
27	27	STATE OF MINNESOTA
28	28	S.F. No. 524NINETY-THIRD SESSION
29	29	(SENATE AUTHORS: LATZ, Seeberger, Westlin, Pappas and Oumou Verbeten)
30	30	OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
31	31	Introduction and first reading01/23/2023
32	32	Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety 2.1 Sec. 2. VIOLENT CRIME INVESTIGATION TEAMS; SPECIAL REVENUE
33	33	2.2ACCOUNT; APPROPRIATION.
34	34	2.3 (a) The violent crime investigation team account is created in the special revenue fund
35	35	2.4consisting of money deposited, donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise provided to the
36	36	2.5account. Of the amount in the account, up to $15,000,000 each year is appropriated to the
37	37	2.6commissioner of public safety for violent crime investigation teams, organized under
38	38	2.7Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.642, to increase their capacity to conduct forensic and
39	39	2.8investigatory work to expedite clearance rates.
40	40	2.9 (b) The commissioner shall allocate the funds to the violent crime investigation teams
41	41	2.10that have the most acute need for supplemental resources based on the rate of violent crime
42	42	2.11in the team's jurisdiction and the need to improve clearance rates for violent crime
43	43	2.12investigations. The commissioner must consult with and consider recommendations from
44	44	2.13the Violent Crime Coordinating Council created under Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.642,
45	45	2.14prior to awarding grants from this fund.
46	46	2.15 (c) As a condition of receiving funds from this account, the lead local unit of government
47	47	2.16of a violent crime investigation team must enter a joint powers agreement with the
48	48	2.17commissioner of public safety under which the commissioner shall provide an investigator
49	49	2.18from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to be a member of the team.
50	50	2.19 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
51	51	2.20 Sec. 3. VIOLENT CRIME INVESTIGATION TEAM ACCOUNT; TRANSFER.
52	52	2.21 $75,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 is transferred from the general fund to the violent crime
53	53	2.22investigation team account in the special revenue fund. The base for this appropriation is
54	54	2.23$0 in fiscal year 2024 and thereafter.
55	55	2.24 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
56	56	2.25 Sec. 4. COMMUNITY CRIME AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION GRANTS;
57	57	2.26SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNT; APPROPRIATION.
58	58	2.27 (a) The community crime and violence prevention account is created in the special
59	59	2.28revenue fund consisting of money deposited, donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise
60	60	2.29provided to the account. Of the amount in the account, up to $30,000,000 each year is
61	61	2.30appropriated to the commissioner of public safety for grants administered by the Office of
62	62	2.31Justice Programs to be awarded to community violence prevention and intervention programs.
63	63	2Sec. 4.
64	64	23-01513 as introduced12/28/22 REVISOR KLL/BM 3.1 (b) Grants may be awarded to community-based nonprofit organizations, local
65	65	3.2governments, or the governing bodies of federally recognized Indian Tribes. Applicants
66	66	3.3that are nonprofit organizations must demonstrate the support of the local government or
67	67	3.4Indian Tribe where the nonprofit will be offering services. Support may be demonstrated
68	68	3.5by partnerships with the local government or Indian Tribe, or letters or other affirmations
69	69	3.6of support.
70	70	3.7 (c) Grant recipients must operate crime or violence prevention programs with an
71	71	3.8established record of providing direct services to community members. Programs must be
72	72	3.9culturally competent and identify specific outcomes that can be tracked and measured to
73	73	3.10demonstrate the impact the program has on community crime and violence. Crime or violence
74	74	3.11prevention programs may include but are not limited to:
75	75	3.12 (1) victim services programs;
76	76	3.13 (2) re-entry programs that provide support and reintegration services to recently
77	77	3.14incarcerated individuals;
78	78	3.15 (3) homelessness assistance programs;
79	79	3.16 (4) restorative justice programs;
80	80	3.17 (5) programs that intervene in volatile situations to mediate disputes before they become
81	81	3.18violent; and
82	82	3.19 (6) juvenile diversion programs.
83	83	3.20 (d) As part of the narrative and statistical progress reports provided to the Office of
84	84	3.21Justice Programs, grant recipients must report on the specific outcomes identified pursuant
85	85	3.22to paragraph (c).
86	86	3.23 (e) The Office of Justice Programs may use up to 2.5 percent of the annual appropriation
87	87	3.24to administer the grants.
88	88	3.25 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
89	89	3.26 Sec. 5. COMMUNITY CRIME AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACCOUNT;
90	90	3.27TRANSFER.
91	91	3.28 $150,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 is transferred from the general fund to the community
92	92	3.29crime and violence prevention account in the special revenue fund. The base for this
93	93	3.30appropriation is $0 in fiscal year 2024 and thereafter.
94	94	3.31 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
95	95	3Sec. 5.
96	96	23-01513 as introduced12/28/22 REVISOR KLL/BM 4.1 Sec. 6. CRISIS RESPONSE AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION GRANTS;
97	97	4.2SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNT; APPROPRIATION.
98	98	4.3 (a) The crisis response and criminal investigation account is created in the special revenue
99	99	4.4fund consisting of money deposited, donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise provided
100	100	4.5to the account. Of the amount in the account, $25,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 and
101	101	4.6$15,000,000 each year thereafter are appropriated to the commissioner of public safety for
102	102	4.7grants administered by the Office of Justice Programs to be awarded to local law enforcement
103	103	4.8agencies or local governments to improve responses to situations involving individuals
104	104	4.9experiencing a mental health crisis and to improve criminal investigations.
105	105	4.10 (b) Of the amount appropriated in fiscal year 2023, $10,000,000 is for grants to local
106	106	4.11law enforcement agencies to acquire, upgrade, or replace technology or equipment used to
107	107	4.12investigate crimes or process evidence.
108	108	4.13 (c) $15,000,000 each year is for grants to local law enforcement agencies and local
109	109	4.14governments to maintain or expand crisis response teams in which social workers or mental
110	110	4.15health providers are sent as first responders when calls for service indicate that an individual
111	111	4.16is having a mental health crisis.
112	112	4.17 (d) The Office of Justice Programs may use up to 2.5 percent of the annual appropriation
113	113	4.18to administer the grants.
114	114	4.19 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
115	115	4.20 Sec. 7. CRISIS RESPONSE AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION ACCOUNT;
116	116	4.21TRANSFER.
117	117	4.22 $55,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 is transferred from the general fund to the crisis response
118	118	4.23and criminal investigation account in the special revenue fund. The base for this appropriation
119	119	4.24is $0 in fiscal year 2024 and thereafter.
120	120	4.25 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
121	121	4.26 Sec. 8. BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION; INDEPENDENT USE OF
122	122	4.27FORCE INVESTIGATIONS UNIT; APPROPRIATION.
123	123	4.28 $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 are appropriated from
124	124	4.29the general fund to the commissioner of public safety to increase funding for the Bureau of
125	125	4.30Criminal Apprehension's independent Use of Force Investigations Unit, created under
126	126	4.31Minnesota Statutes, section 299C.80. This appropriation is in addition to the funds
127	127	4Sec. 8.
128	128	23-01513 as introduced12/28/22 REVISOR KLL/BM 5.1appropriated for this purpose in Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 11, article 1,
129	129	5.2section 14, subdivision 3.
130	130	5.3 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
131	131	5Sec. 8.
132	132	23-01513 as introduced12/28/22 REVISOR KLL/BM