Minnesota SF 3906: Battle Creek Park improvements bond issue and appropriation

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to public safety; amending the membership and appointing authority of​
1.3 the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission; designating the commissioner​
1.4 of corrections as a nonvoting member of the commission; amending Minnesota​
1.5 Statutes 2024, section 244.09, subdivisions 1, 2.​
1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.09, subdivision 1, is amended to read:​
1.8 Subdivision 1.Commission; establishment.There is hereby established the Minnesota​
1.9 Sentencing Guidelines Commission which shall be comprised of 11 voting and nonvoting​
1.10 members.​
1.11 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.​
1.12 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.09, subdivision 2, is amended to read:​
1.13 Subd. 2.Members.(a) The Sentencing Guidelines Commission shall consist of the​
1.14 following voting members:​
1.15 (1) the chief justice of the supreme court or a designee;​
1.16 (2) one judge of the court of appeals, appointed by the chief judge of the appellate court;​
1.17 (3) one district court judge appointed by the Judicial Council upon recommendation of​
1.18 the Minnesota District Judges Association;​
1.19 (4) one public defender appointed by the governor upon recommendation of after​
1.20 considering the slate of candidates submitted by the state public defender;​
1​Sec. 2.​
26-06510 as introduced​02/03/26 REVISOR VH/DG​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 3906​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: LIMMER, Kreun and Holmstrom)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​6404​02/26/2026​
Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety​

2.1 (5) one county attorney appointed by the governor upon recommendation of after​
2.2 considering the slate of candidates submitted by the board of directors of the Minnesota​
2.3 County Attorneys Association;​
2.4 (6) the commissioner of corrections or a designee one peace officer as defined in section​
2.5 626.84 who is a chief of a municipal police department appointed by the governor after​
2.6 considering the slate of candidates submitted by the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association;​
2.7 (7) one peace officer as defined in section 626.84 who is a county sheriff or deputy​
2.8 sheriff appointed by the governor after considering the slate of candidates submitted by the​
2.9 Minnesota Sheriffs' Association;​
2.10 (8) one probation officer or supervised release officer appointed by the governor; and​
2.11 (9) one person who works for an organization that provides treatment or rehabilitative​
2.12 services for individuals convicted of felony offenses appointed by the governor;​
2.13 (10) one person who is an academic with a background in criminal justice or corrections​
2.14 appointed by the governor; and​
2.15 (11) (9) three public members appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be a person​
2.16 who has been the victim of a crime defined as a felony or a victims' advocate, and one of​
2.17 whom shall be a person who has been formerly convicted of and discharged from a​
2.18 felony-level sentence.​
2.19 (b) When a position for a member representing the state public defender, board of​
2.20 directors of the Minnesota County Attorneys Association, board of directors of the Minnesota​
2.21 Chiefs of Police Association, or board of directors of the Minnesota Sheriffs' Association​
2.22 becomes vacant, the relevant entity must recommend at least two qualified representatives​
2.23 to the governor for appointment to the board.​
2.24 (c) The commissioner of corrections or a designee shall serve as a nonvoting member​
2.25 of the commission.​
2.26 (d) When an appointing authority selects individuals for membership on the commission,​
2.27 the authority shall make reasonable efforts to appoint qualified members of protected groups,​
2.28 as defined in section 43A.02, subdivision 33.​
2.29 (e) The commission must elect one of the voting members shall be designated by the​
2.30 governor to serve as chair of the commission.​
2.31 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.​
2​Sec. 2.​
26-06510 as introduced​02/03/26 REVISOR VH/DG​