Bill Text: MN HF467 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Commissioner of corrections directed to implement a gardening program at state correctional facilities.
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-02 - Committee report, to pass as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means [HF467 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF467-Engrossed.html
1.2relating to public safety; directing the commissioner of corrections to implement
1.3a gardening program at state correctional facilities;proposing coding for new
1.4law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 241.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. [241.241] PRISON GARDENING PROGRAM.
1.7 Subdivision 1. Establishment. The commissioner shall establish a gardening
1.8program for inmates at each correctional facility where space and security allows for
1.9operation of a garden. The garden shall be primarily tended by inmates. The commissioner
1.10shall strive to raise produce that can be used to feed inmates in state correctional facilities.
1.11The commissioner shall donate any portion of the harvest that cannot be used to feed
1.12inmates to food shelves and charities located near the correctional facility where the
1.13produce was grown.
1.14 Subd. 2. Report. The commissioner shall include the following information in the
1.15annual report to the legislature required under section 241.016:
1.16(1) the type and amount of produce raised in the gardening program;
1.17(2) the amount of the harvest used to feed inmates and the amount used for other
1.18purposes;
1.19(3) the amount of inmate time dedicated to the gardening program;
1.20(4) the cost savings to the department from using prison-grown food to feed inmates;
1.21and
1.22(5) the cost of operating the program.
1.23EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2012.
1.3a gardening program at state correctional facilities;proposing coding for new
1.4law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 241.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. [241.241] PRISON GARDENING PROGRAM.
1.7 Subdivision 1. Establishment. The commissioner shall establish a gardening
1.8program for inmates at each correctional facility where space and security allows for
1.9operation of a garden. The garden shall be primarily tended by inmates. The commissioner
1.10shall strive to raise produce that can be used to feed inmates in state correctional facilities.
1.11The commissioner shall donate any portion of the harvest that cannot be used to feed
1.12inmates to food shelves and charities located near the correctional facility where the
1.13produce was grown.
1.14 Subd. 2. Report. The commissioner shall include the following information in the
1.15annual report to the legislature required under section 241.016:
1.16(1) the type and amount of produce raised in the gardening program;
1.17(2) the amount of the harvest used to feed inmates and the amount used for other
1.18purposes;
1.19(3) the amount of inmate time dedicated to the gardening program;
1.20(4) the cost savings to the department from using prison-grown food to feed inmates;
1.21and
1.22(5) the cost of operating the program.
1.23EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2012.
