1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to public safety; eliminating the community justice reinvestment account
1.3 in the special revenue fund; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.707.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. REPEALER.
1.6 Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.707, is repealed.
1Section 1.
REVISOR KLL/LJ 25-0517003/21/25
State of Minnesota
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 2892
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Novotny03/27/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy 299A.707 COMMUNITY JUSTICE REINVESTMENT ACCOUNT.
Subdivision 1.Account established.The community justice reinvestment account is established
in the special revenue fund.
Subd. 2.Account purpose, grants.Money in this account shall be allocated by a grant program
administered by the commissioner of public safety through the Office of Justice Programs. Local
units of government and nonprofit organizations are eligible for grants to establish or operate
substance use disorder and mental health treatment programs, programs that improve supervision,
including pretrial and precharge supervision, and programs to reduce recidivism of controlled
substances offenders on probation or supervised release or participating in treatment courts or to
fund local participation in treatment court initiatives approved by the Judicial Council.
Subd. 3.Reporting.By January 15, in each even-numbered year, the commissioner shall report
to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees
and divisions having jurisdiction over criminal justice funding on grants made in the preceding two
years from the account.
Subd. 4.Legislative intent.It is the legislature's intent that savings to the state realized as a
result of the passage of Laws 2016, chapter 160, be used to fund the transfers from the general fund
to this account.
Subd. 5.Appropriation.The amounts transferred to the account are appropriated to the
commissioner to make grants under subdivision 2.
Subd. 6.Annual transfer.In fiscal year 2018 and each year thereafter, the commissioner of
management and budget shall transfer $461,000 from the general fund to the community justice
reinvestment account.
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APPENDIX
Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 25-05170