Bill Text: MN HF858 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Commissioner of corrections required to fund county sentence to service programs.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-14 - Author added Brynaert [HF858 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF858-Introduced.html
1.2relating to corrections; requiring commissioner to fund certain county sentence
1.3to service programs.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. SENTENCE TO SERVICE.
1.6(a) The commissioner of corrections must allow a county that operated a sentence
1.7to service crew under a contract with the Department of Corrections in the 12 months
1.8prior to July 1, 2010, to convert the county's state-operated sentence to service crews to
1.9county-operated crews funded by pass-through grants from the department.
1.10(b) A county eligible to convert the county's sentence to service crews under
1.11paragraph (a) that canceled the county's contract with the state after July 1, 2010, is
1.12eligible to receive grant funding from the department for the number of state-operated
1.13crews that the county funded in the month prior to canceling the contract with the state.
1.3to service programs.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. SENTENCE TO SERVICE.
1.6(a) The commissioner of corrections must allow a county that operated a sentence
1.7to service crew under a contract with the Department of Corrections in the 12 months
1.8prior to July 1, 2010, to convert the county's state-operated sentence to service crews to
1.9county-operated crews funded by pass-through grants from the department.
1.10(b) A county eligible to convert the county's sentence to service crews under
1.11paragraph (a) that canceled the county's contract with the state after July 1, 2010, is
1.12eligible to receive grant funding from the department for the number of state-operated
1.13crews that the county funded in the month prior to canceling the contract with the state.
