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S.F. No. 2736 - Authorizing the Second and Fifth Judicial Districts to Establish Standards for Using GPS to Monitor Domestic Violence Offenders (First Engrossment)
 
Author: Senator Susan Kent
 
Prepared By: Chris Turner, Senate Fiscal Analyst (651/296-4350)
 
Date: April 1, 2014



 

         The bill authorizes the establishment of pilot programs in the Second and Fifth Judicial Districts for using GPS to monitor domestic abuse offenders.

Section 1 prohibits posttrial use of GPA monitors to protect victims of domestic abuse until that judicial district adopts the standards listed in section 2. Strikes current law prohibiting the court from using GPS until the Department of Corrections has adopted standards of use, as well as an obsolete reference to the Tenth Judicial District.  Location data associated with the victim and defendant are security information as provided by Minnesota Statutes, section 13.37.  Location data may be shared among law enforcement, probation authorities, prosecution agencies, and court services. Provides that this section applies only to the Second and Fifth Judicial Districts.  The section is effective the day following final enactment, and expires June 30, 2015.

Section 2, paragraphs (a), (c) and (d) authorizes the Second and Fifth Judicial Districts to establish pilot programs for the use of GPS monitors at pretrial release for domestic abuse offenders under the same conditions as section 1.

Paragraph (b) authorizes the chief judge of the Second and Fifth Judicial Districts to appoint and convene an advisory group to develop and biennially update standards for the pretrial and posttrial use of GPS to monitor domestic abuse offenders.

This section is effective retroactively from January 15, 2014, and expires June 30, 2015.

Section 3 requires the court administrator of a judicial district that establishes a pilot program to report to the appropriate legislative members on the district’s pilot program.  The report is due January 15, 2015.

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