| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.21.3 relating to corrections; requiring the commissioner of corrections to submit certain |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.4 proposed rules for legislative approval prior to implementation; amending |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.5 Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 241.021, by adding a subdivision. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 241.021, is amended by adding a subdivision |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.8to read: |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.9 Subd. 1j.Legislative approval required.(a) When the commissioner adopts a new or |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.10amends an existing rule pursuant to the authority granted in subdivision 1, the commissioner |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.11must determine if the cost of complying with the rule in the first year after the rule takes |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.12effect will exceed $25,000 for a jail, lockup, or workhouse. The commissioner must make |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.13the determination required under this paragraph before the close of the hearing record, or |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.14before the commissioner submits the record to the administrative law judge if there is no |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.15hearing. The administrative law judge must review and approve or disapprove the agency |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.16determination under this section. |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.17 (b) If the commissioner determines that the cost exceeds the threshold in paragraph (a), |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.18or if the administrative law judge disapproves the agency's determination that the cost does |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.19not exceed the threshold in paragraph (a), any jail, lockup, or workhouse may file a written |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.20statement with the commissioner claiming a temporary exemption from the rules. Upon |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.21filing of the statement with the commissioner, the rules do not apply to that jail, lockup, or |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.22workhouse until the rules are approved by a law enacted after the commissioner's |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.23determination or administrative law judge's disapproval. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 24 | 24 | | REVISOR KLL/EN 25-0520603/25/25 |
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| 25 | 25 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 26 | 26 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 27 | 27 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 28 | 28 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 29 | 29 | | H. F. No. 2936 |
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| 30 | 30 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 31 | 31 | | Authored by Duran, Niska, Rymer, Engen, Joy and others04/01/2025 |
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| 32 | 32 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy |
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