Law and Government Legislation regarding 'Police and Peace Officers' in Minnesota

"Local Community Rail Security Act of 2007"; providing for the protection of railroad property from terrorism and other criminal activities; specifying legislative findings and purpose; requiring common carriers to provide law enforcement personnel, emergency personnel, transportation officials and other first responders a risk assessment of railroads in the state; requiring common carriers to have a program in place to protect railroad infrastructure from acts of sabotage, terrorism and other criminal acts (infrastructure protection program), requiring the infrastructure protection program to provide specifically for the security of the infrastructure and include regular inspections, requiring compliance and prescribing penalties, requiring annual updates of the program; specifying requirements for common carriers to protect community facilities, prescribing a penalty; requiring common carriers to provide certain communications [...]

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Relating to public safety; requiring the collection and analysis of data and the adoption of policies on racial profiling; defining certain terms; requiring the attorney general to procure the services of an outside expert to assist with certain data collection and statistical analysis duties; requiring law enforcement officers conducting traffic stops to record and forward certain data to the chief law enforcement officer and to provide certain information to the drivers of the vehicles stopped; requiring submission of certain reports to the attorney general monthly; requiring the attorney general to implement an auditing system of unannounced spot checks to ensure data collection accuracy; requiring and providing for analysis of the data by the outside expert; requiring periodic submission of the results to the attorney general and attorney general periodic summary reports to the governor and legislature; requiring [...]

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Reorganizing the Minnesota financial crimes oversight council and task force; creating the financial crimes account; transferring responsibility over the oversight council and task force from the commissioner of public safety to attorney general; modifying certain funding and budget requirements for task force operations; modifying victims assistance program and reward requirements; modifying certain duties of the oversight council; expanding the jurisdiction of the oversight council and task force to include organized retail crime; defining organized retail crime; expanding the authority to the oversight council over the task force commander; modifying oversight council membership requirements; requiring a surcharge on instructional permits, provisions licenses, drivers licenses and Minnesota identification cards issued and regulating use of funds; requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date; eliminating a certain

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1E "Minnesota Health Records Act"; defining certain terms; specifying certain patients rights regarding access of a patient to patients health records; requiring a provider to provide patients a written notice concerning practices and rights with respect to health records, specifying certain duties of the commissioner of health relating to the development of notice requirements, specifying certain cost requirements, authorizing providers to withhold health records from patients under certain conditions; providing for release or disclosure of health records under certain conditions, specifying certain consent requirements and exceptions; specifying certain conditions for the disclosure of health records relating to mental health by a provider, limitations; permitting a provider or group purchaser to send patient identifying information and information about the location of the patient's health records to a record locator [...]

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"Dog and Cat Breeders Act"; requiring and providing for the licensing and regulation of dog and cat breeders by the board of animal health; defining certain terms; specifying certain licensure qualification and application requirements; authorizing the board to establish annual license fees; specifying certain recordkeeping and reporting requirements; authorizing the board to adopt rules for standards of care for dogs and cats for breeders not federally licensed; requiring the board or a designated agent to annually inspect licensed facilities; authorizing the board, a local animal authority, peace officer or humane agent to initiate an investigation upon receiving a formal complaint alleging violations; providing for seizure, notice and bonding; providing for civil enforcement; imposing penalties; creating a dog and cat breeders licensing account for the deposit of fees and penalties collected by the board (je)

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TICLE 1 ? POSTRETIREMENT PROVISIONS Requiring the state board of investment to annually determine a composite funded ratio for state pension assets, modifying the postretirement adjustment calculation, requiring the board to determine fund total fair market value, limiting the postretirement adjustment percentage, providing a lost purchasing power increase for the Minnesota postretirement investment fund and specifying conditions, requiring a legislative report under condition of excess assets ARTICLE 2 ? MINNESOTA POSTRETIREMENT INVESTMENT FUND DISSOLUTION Modifying the procedures used by the state board of investment to determine postretirement adjustments for the Minneapolis employees retirement fund; providing for Minnesota postretirement investment fund dissolution according to a transition schedule, providing for postretirement adjustments, requiring a legislative report on statutory drafting [...]

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TICLE 1 - TRANSPORTATION POLICY Modifying or adding provisions to highways, motor vehicles, vehicle registration, fuel tax agreement fees, traffic regulations and surcharges, vehicle parking ordinances, commercial vehicles and vehicles combinations and permits, design build construction, pupil transportation and school bus drivers, drivers licenses, driver training, motor fuels, the state patrol, transit and paratransit planning, urban partnership agreement implementation, the transfer of right of way to state rail bank, nonmotorized transportation, transportation finance, and other transportation related programs or practices; repealing surcharge for special veteran license plates; requiring studies and reports; classifying data for design build transportation project audio recordings of meetings with proposers; authorizing the commissioner of transportation (DOT) to charge user fees to single occupant motor [...]

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TICLE 1 - TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS Providing a summary of appropriations by fund; appropriating money to the commissioner of transportation (DOT) for aeronautics, for airport development and assistance, for aviation support and services, for transit and freight, for state roads for infrastructure investment and planning and construction, operations and maintenance and electronic communications, for local roads including county state aids and municipal state aids, for general support and services, for the town road sign replacement program, for certain transfers with the approval of the commissioner of finance, for the use of state road construction appropriations and for the transfer of funds for certain contingent appropriations, to the metropolitan council for bus transit and for Hiawatha light rail transit (LRT) line operations and to the commissioner of public safety for certain administration and related [...]

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TICLE 1 - OUTDOOR SPORT EQUIPMENT FRANCHISES Regulating franchise agreements between outdoor sport equipment dealers and manufacturers; defining certain terms; requiring good cause by manufacturer to terminate, cancel, fail to renew or substantially change the competitive circumstances of a dealership agreement; specifying notice and obligation to repurchase requirements, providing for payment of repair parts; specifying payment and interest requirements, providing for dealer notice of intent to return and manufacturer inspection of the equipment and specifying certain payment or credit requirements; providing for manufacturer repurchase of the equipment upon the death of the dealer; specifying certain manufacturer violations and regulating warranty claims; voiding inconsistent agreements; providing for certain remedies and for applicability of the provisions ARTICLE 2 - OUTDOOR SPORT EQUIPMENT TITLING [...]

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TICLE 1 - PUBLIC SAFETY APPROPRIATIONS Appropriating money to the commissioner of public safety for emergency management, criminal apprehension, cooperative investigation of cross jurisdictional criminal activity, laboratory activities, DWI lab analysis, forensic scientists, fire marshal, alcohol and gambling enforcement, office of justice programs, gang and drug task force, victim notification system, squad car cameras, peace officer overtime, youth intervention programs, crime victim support grant, sexual violence, domestic violence, administration costs, 911 emergency services/ARMER, public safety answering points, medical resource communication centers, ARMER debt service, improvements, interoperability planning, state backbone operating costs and public safety, metropolitan council debt service, zone controller, advance project development, system design, radio and communication system, to the peace officer [...]

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URTH ENGROSSMENT Public and state employee retirement provisions modified, and money appropriated ARTICLE 1 -- POSTRETIREMENT PROVISIONS Section 1: Composite funded ratio language provided. Section 2: Calculation of postretirement adjustment language modified. Section 3: Lost purchasing power increase language provided. Section 4: Excess assets trigger language provided. Section 5: Benefit adjustments for certain disability and survivor benefits language modified. Section 6: Retirement benefit fund language modified. ARTICLE 2 -- MINNESOTA POSTRETIREMENT INVESTMENT FUND DISSOLUTION Section 1: Dissolution of Minnesota Postretirement Investment Fund language provided. Section 2: Proposed statutory changes language provided. ARTICLE 3 -- PHASED RETIREMENT OR RETURN TO EMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS Section 1: Definition [...]

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URTH ENGROSSMENT Sexual offender provisions modified relating to confinement, data access, registration requirements, commitment hearings, MINNCOR marketing plan, parole, payments and fees, district courts, controlled substances, and joint physical custody. Section 1: Civil commitment of sexual offenders language provided. Section 2: Internet access language modified. Section 3: Marketing plan language provided. Section 4: Fingerprints of inmates, parolees, and probationers from other states language modified. Section 5: Annual report language modified. Section 6: Registration procedure when person lacks primary address language modified. Section 7: Contents of registration language modified. Section 8: When required language modified. Section 9: Restriction language modified. Section 10: Exception language provided.[...]

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FTH ENGROSSMENT Omnibus public safety finance bill appropriating money for the courts, public safety, corrections, and other agencies; imposing criminal and civil penalties; and regulating DWI and driving provisions. ARTICLE 1: APPROPRIATIONS Section 1: Summary of appropriations provided. Section 2: Public safety appropriations language provided. Section 3: Supreme Court appropriations language provided. Section 4: Court of Appeals appropriations language provided. Section 5: Trial Courts appropriations language provided. Section 6: Tax Court appropriation language provided. Section 7: Uniform Laws Commission appropriation language provided. Section 8: Board on Judicial Standards appropriation language provided. Section 9: Board of Public Defense appropriation language provided. Section 10: Public Safety appropriation language [...]