401.01 PURPOSE AND DEFINITION; ASSISTANCE GRANTS. Subdivision 1. Grants. For the purpose of more effectively protecting society and to promote efficiency and economy in the delivery of correctional services, the commissioner is authorized to make grants to assist counties in the development, implementation, and operation of community-based corrections programs including preventive or diversionary correctional programs, […]
401.02 COUNTIES OR REGIONS; SERVICES INCLUDABLE. Subdivision 1. Qualification of counties. (a) One or more counties, having an aggregate population of 30,000 or more persons, may qualify for a grant as provided in section 401.01 by the enactment of appropriate resolutions creating and establishing a corrections advisory board, designating the officer or agency to be […]
401.025 DETENTION AND RELEASE; PROBATIONERS, CONDITIONAL RELEASEES, AND PRETRIAL RELEASEES. Subdivision 1. Peace officers and probation officers serving CCA counties. (a) When it appears necessary to enforce discipline or to prevent a person on conditional release from escaping or absconding from supervision, the chief executive officer or designee of a community corrections agency in a […]
401.03 RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. The commissioner shall, as provided in chapter 14, promulgate rules for the implementation of sections 401.01 to 401.16, and shall provide consultation and technical assistance to counties to aid them in the development of comprehensive plans. History: 1973 c 354 s 3; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1995 c 233 […]
401.04 ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY; SELECTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE; EMPLOYEES. Any county or group of counties electing to come within the provisions of sections 401.01 to 401.16 may (a) acquire by any lawful means, including purchase, lease or transfer of custodial control, the lands, buildings and equipment necessary and incident to the accomplishment of the purposes […]
401.05 FISCAL POWERS. Subdivision 1. Authorization to use and accept funds. Any county or group of counties electing to come within the provisions of sections 401.01 to 401.16 may, through their governing bodies, use unexpended funds; accept gifts, grants, and subsidies from any lawful source; and apply for and accept federal funds. Subd. 2. Capital […]
401.06 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; STANDARDS OF ELIGIBILITY; COMPLIANCE. No county or group of counties electing to provide correctional services pursuant to sections 401.01 to 401.16 shall be eligible for the subsidy herein provided unless and until its comprehensive plan shall have been approved by the commissioner. The commissioner shall, pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, promulgate […]
401.065 PRETRIAL DIVERSION PROGRAMS. Subdivision 1. Definition. As used in this section: (1) a person is an “offender” if: (i) the person is charged with, or probable cause exists to arrest or charge the person with, a felony, gross misdemeanor, or misdemeanor crime, other than a crime against the person, but the person has not […]
401.07 EXISTING SINGLE JURISDICTION COUNTIES OR GROUPS. In any county or group of counties where correctional services are currently being provided by a single jurisdiction within that county, nothing in sections 401.01 to 401.16 shall be interpreted as requiring a change of authority. History: 1973 c 354 s 7
401.08 CORRECTIONS ADVISORY BOARD. Subdivision 1. Members of board. The corrections advisory board provided in section 401.02, subdivision 1, shall consist of at least nine members, who shall be representative of law enforcement, prosecution, the judiciary, education, corrections, ethnic minorities, the social services, and the lay citizen. Subd. 2. Appointment; terms. The members of the […]
401.09 OTHER SUBSIDY PROGRAMS; PURCHASE OF STATE SERVICES. Failure of a county or group of counties to elect to come within the provisions of sections 401.01 to 401.16 shall not affect their eligibility for any other state subsidy for correctional purposes otherwise provided by law. Any comprehensive plan submitted pursuant to sections 401.01 to 401.16 […]
401.10 COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS AID. Subdivision 1. Aid calculations. To determine the community corrections aid amount to be paid to each participating county, the commissioner of corrections must apply the following formula: (1) For each of the 87 counties in the state, a percent score must be calculated for each of the following five factors: (i) […]
401.11 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ITEMS; GRANT REVIEW. The comprehensive plan submitted to the commissioner for approval shall include those items prescribed by rule of the commissioner, which may require the inclusion of the following: (a) the manner in which presentence and postsentence investigations and reports for the district courts and social history reports for the juvenile […]
401.12 CONTINUATION OF CURRENT SPENDING LEVEL BY COUNTIES. Participating counties shall not diminish their current level of spending for correctional expenses as defined in section 401.01, to the extent of any subsidy received pursuant to sections 401.01 to 401.16; rather the subsidy herein provided is for the expenditure for correctional purposes in excess of those […]
401.14 PAYMENT OF SUBSIDY. Subdivision 1. Payment. Upon compliance by a county or group of counties with the prerequisites for participation in the subsidy prescribed by sections 401.01 to 401.16, and approval of the comprehensive plan by the commissioner, the commissioner shall determine whether funds exist for the payment of the subsidy and proceed to […]
401.15 PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINATION AND PAYMENT OF AMOUNT; BIENNIAL REVIEW. Subdivision 1. Certified statements; determinations; adjustments. Within 60 days of the end of each calendar quarter, participating counties which have received the payments authorized by section 401.14 shall submit to the commissioner certified statements detailing the amounts expended and costs incurred in furnishing the correctional […]
401.16 WITHDRAWAL FROM PROGRAM. Any participating county may, at the beginning of any calendar quarter, by resolution of its board of commissioners, notify the commissioner of its intention to withdraw from the subsidy program established by sections 401.01 to 401.16, and the withdrawal shall be effective the last day of the last month of the […]
