1.1 A bill for an act
1.21.3 relating to corrections; requiring the commissioner of corrections to submit certain
1.4 proposed rules for legislative approval prior to implementation; amending
1.5 Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 241.021, by adding a subdivision.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 241.021, is amended by adding a subdivision
1.8to read:
1.9 Subd. 1j.Legislative approval required.(a) When the commissioner adopts a new or
1.10amends an existing rule pursuant to the authority granted in subdivision 1, the commissioner
1.11must determine if the cost of complying with the rule in the first year after the rule takes
1.12effect will exceed $25,000 for a jail, lockup, or workhouse. The commissioner must make
1.13the determination required under this paragraph before the close of the hearing record, or
1.14before the commissioner submits the record to the administrative law judge if there is no
1.15hearing. The administrative law judge must review and approve or disapprove the agency
1.16determination under this section.
1.17 (b) If the commissioner determines that the cost exceeds the threshold in paragraph (a),
1.18or if the administrative law judge disapproves the agency's determination that the cost does
1.19not exceed the threshold in paragraph (a), any jail, lockup, or workhouse may file a written
1.20statement with the commissioner claiming a temporary exemption from the rules. Upon
1.21filing of the statement with the commissioner, the rules do not apply to that jail, lockup, or
1.22workhouse until the rules are approved by a law enacted after the commissioner's
1.23determination or administrative law judge's disapproval.
1Section 1.
REVISOR KLL/EN 25-0520603/25/25
State of Minnesota
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 2936
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Duran, Niska, Rymer, Engen, Joy and others04/01/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy