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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 240 - 240A — Sports › Chapter 240A — Amateur Sports Commission › Section 240A.02 — Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission.

240A.02 MINNESOTA AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION.
Subdivision 1.
Membership; compensation; chair.
(a) The Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission consists of 14 voting members, four of whom must be experienced in promoting amateur sports. Of the voting members, nine shall be appointed by the governor and two shall be appointed by the commission to three-year terms. Of the total commission membership, including voting and nonvoting members, one member must reside in each of the state's congressional districts. Four legislators, two from each house appointed according to its rules, shall be nonvoting members. One member from each house shall be from the minority caucus. Compensation and removal of members and the filling of membership vacancies are as provided in section 15.0575. A member may be reappointed. The governor shall appoint the chair of the commission after consideration of the commission's recommendation.
(b) The governor, speaker of the house, and senate majority leader shall each appoint one additional voting member to the commission to a two-year term. The purpose of adding three members to the commission is to ensure gender balance in commission membership. Compensation, removal, and filling of vacancies of members appointed under this paragraph are as provided in section 15.0575. A member appointed under this paragraph may be reappointed.
Subd. 2.
Meetings.
The commission shall meet at least quarterly and at other times determined by the commission and shall adopt rules governing its proceedings.
Subd. 3.
Staff.
The commission shall appoint an executive director, who may hire other employees authorized by the commission. The executive director is in the unclassified service under section 43A.08.
History:
1987 c 400 s 45; 1988 c 633 s 2; 1991 c 238 art 1 s 10; 1993 c 192 s 82; 1994 c 648 art 1 s 1; 1997 c 187 art 3 s 28; 2002 c 393 s 56
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 240 - 240A — Sports › Chapter 240A — Amateur Sports Commission › Section 240A.04 — Promotion And Development Of Amateur Sports.

240A.04 PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF AMATEUR SPORTS.
In addition to the powers and duties granted under section 240A.03, the commission may:
(1) promote the development of Olympic training centers;
(2) promote physical fitness by promoting participation in sports;
(3) develop, foster, and coordinate physical fitness services and programs;
(4) sponsor amateur sport workshops, clinics, and conferences;
(5) provide recognition for outstanding developments, achievements, and contributions to amateur sports;
(6) stimulate and promote amateur sport research;
(7) collect, disseminate, and communicate amateur sport information;
(8) promote amateur sport and physical fitness programs in schools and local communities;
(9) develop programs to promote personal health and physical fitness by participation in amateur sports in cooperation with medical, dental, sports medicine, and similar professional societies;
(10) promote the development of recreational amateur sport opportunities and activities in the state, including the means of facilitating acquisition, financing, construction, and rehabilitation of sports facilities for the holding of amateur sporting events;
(11) promote national and international amateur sport competitions and events;
(12) sanction or sponsor amateur sport competition;
(13) take membership in regional or national amateur sports associations or organizations; and
(14) promote the inclusion of people with physical disabilities, people with visual impairments, and people who are deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing in amateur sports.
History:
1987 c 400 s 47; 1Sp2003 c 1 art 2 s 74; 2013 c 62 s 16
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 240 - 240A — Sports › Chapter 240A — Amateur Sports Commission › Section 240A.05 — Sanction Of Certain Events.

240A.05 SANCTION OF CERTAIN EVENTS.
The commission may sponsor or sanction amateur sporting events that include athletes who participate in events sponsored or sanctioned by the Minnesota State High School League or any other governing body of sport.
History:
1987 c 400 s 48
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 240 - 240A — Sports › Chapter 240A — Amateur Sports Commission › Section 240A.06 — State Amateur Athletic Games.

240A.06 STATE AMATEUR ATHLETIC GAMES.
Subdivision 1.
Sponsorship required.
The commission may sponsor and sanction a series of statewide amateur athletic games patterned after the winter and summer Olympic Games, with variations as required by facilities, equipment, and expertise, and as necessary to include people with physical disabilities, people with vision impairments, and people who are deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing. The games may be held annually beginning in 1989, if money and facilities are available, unless the time of the games would conflict with other sporting events as the commission determines.
Subd. 2.
Limitations.
The games must be designed to encourage the participation of athletes representing a broad range of age groups, skill levels, Minnesota communities, and people with physical disabilities, people with vision impairments, and people who are deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing. Primary participants must be residents of Minnesota. Regional competitions to determine participants in the games may be held throughout the state, and the top qualifiers in each sport or the regional competitions are qualified to participate in the state amateur athletic games. The games must be held at an appropriate site in the state.
History:
1987 c 400 s 49; 1Sp2003 c 1 art 2 s 75; 2013 c 62 s 17,18
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 240 - 240A — Sports › Chapter 240A — Amateur Sports Commission › Section 240A.085 — James Metzen Mighty Ducks Ice Center Development Act.

240A.085 JAMES METZEN MIGHTY DUCKS ICE CENTER DEVELOPMENT ACT.
Sections 240A.085 to 240A.11 may be cited as the James Metzen Mighty Ducks Ice Center Development Act.
History:
2016 c 189 art 13 s 56
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 240 - 240A — Sports › Chapter 240A — Amateur Sports Commission › Section 240A.10 — Agreements.

240A.10 AGREEMENTS.
Subdivision 1.
Ice arena facilities.
The Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission may enter into agreements with local units of government and provide financial assistance in the form of grants for the construction of ice arena facilities that in the determination of the commission, conform to its criteria.
Subd. 2.
Equipment; revolving fund.
The commission may enter into cooperative purchasing agreements under section 471.59 with local governments to purchase ice arena equipment and services through state contracts. The cooperative ice arena equipment purchasing revolving fund is a separate account in the state treasury. The commission may charge a fee to cover the commission's administrative expenses to government units that have joint or cooperative purchasing agreements with the state under section 471.59. The fees collected must be deposited in the revolving fund established by this subdivision. Money in the fund is appropriated to the commission to administer the programs and services covered by this subdivision.
History:
1994 c 648 art 2 s 2; 1995 c 254 art 1 s 77
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 240 - 240A — Sports › Chapter 240A — Amateur Sports Commission › Section 240A.11 — General Obligation Special Tax Bonds For Ice Centers.

240A.11 GENERAL OBLIGATION SPECIAL TAX BONDS FOR ICE CENTERS.
State general obligation bonds issued to finance the construction of the ice centers provided for in sections 240A.09 and 240A.10 may be general obligation special tax bonds under section 16A.661 and debt service on the bonds may be paid from sports and health club sales tax revenue as provided in section 16A.661, subdivision 3, paragraph (b).
History:
1994 c 648 art 2 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 240 - 240A — Sports › Chapter 240A — Amateur Sports Commission › Section 240A.12 — Grants For Athletic Facilities And Programs.

240A.12 GRANTS FOR ATHLETIC FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS.
Subdivision 1.
Grants.
The commission may make matching grants to political subdivisions of the state:
(1) to acquire and better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature to be used for community facilities and related infrastructure primarily for amateur athletics;
(2) to renovate existing facilities used primarily for amateur athletics;
(3) to support recreational programs for children and adolescents; and
(4) to support special events involving amateur athletics.
Subd. 2.
Geographic dispersal.
To the extent possible, over time, the commission shall disperse grants equally among the state's congressional districts and award one-half of all grants to communities or institutions outside the metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2.
Subd. 3.
Maximum grants and matching contributions.
Each grant under this section must be matched by recipient communities or institutions in accordance with this subdivision. A matching contribution may include an in-kind contribution of land, access roadways and access roadway improvements, and necessary utility services, landscaping, and parking. A grant for new facilities may not exceed $100,000 and must be matched by the recipient at a rate of four times the amount of the grant. A grant for renovation of existing facilities may not exceed $50,000 and must be matched equally by the recipient. A grant for recreational programs may not exceed $20,000 and must be matched equally by the recipient. A grant for a special event or program may not exceed $100,000 and must be matched equally by the recipient.
History:
1999 c 250 art 1 s 91
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 240 - 240A — Sports › Chapter 240A — Amateur Sports Commission › Section 240A.13 — Soccer Field Development.

240A.13 SOCCER FIELD DEVELOPMENT.
Subdivision 1.
Grants.
The commission may make matching grants to political subdivisions of the state to develop new soccer fields for amateur athletics. In awarding grants, the commission shall give priority to proposals from multiple applicants. To the extent possible, over time, the commission shall disperse grants equally among the state's congressional districts.
Subd. 2.
Matching criteria.
Each grant for soccer field development under this section must be matched by recipient communities or institutions in accordance with this subdivision. A matching contribution may include an in-kind contribution of land; access roadways and access roadway improvements; and necessary utility services, landscaping, and parking. The first $20,000 of a grant must be matched equally by the recipient. The portion of a grant that is more than $20,000 but not more than $75,000 must be matched by the recipient at a rate double the amount of that portion of the grant. The portion of a grant that is more than $75,000 must be matched by the recipient at a rate of three times the amount of that portion of the grant.
History:
1Sp2001 c 10 art 2 s 71
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities › Section 241.018 — Per Diem Calculation.

241.018 PER DIEM CALCULATION.
Subdivision 1.
State correctional facilities.
(a) The commissioner of corrections shall develop a uniform method to calculate the average department-wide per diem cost of incarcerating offenders at state adult correctional facilities. In addition to other costs currently factored into the per diem, it must include an appropriate percentage of capitol costs for all adult correctional facilities and 65 percent of the department's management services budget.
(b) The commissioner also shall use this method of calculating per diem costs for offenders in each state adult correctional facility. When calculating the per diem cost of incarcerating offenders at a particular facility, the commissioner shall include an appropriate percentage of capital costs for the facility and an appropriate prorated amount, given the facility's population, of 65 percent of the department's management services budget.
(c) The commissioner shall ensure that these new per diem methods are used in all future annual performance reports to the legislature and are also reflected in the department's biennial budget document.
Subd. 2.
County and regional jail facilities.
(a) The commissioner of corrections shall develop a uniform method to calculate the average per diem cost of incarcerating offenders in county and regional jail facilities licensed by the commissioner under section 241.021, subdivision 1, paragraph (a).
(b) Each county and regional jail in the state must annually provide the commissioner with a per diem calculation based on the formula the commissioner promulgates pursuant to paragraph (a).
(c) The commissioner shall include the county and regional jail per diem data collected under paragraph (b) in the Department of Correction's annual performance report to the legislature mandated by section 241.016.
History:
2000 c 488 art 7 s 1; 2001 c 210 s 3; 2007 c 54 art 6 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities › Section 241.02 — Transfer Of Powers And Duties.

241.02 TRANSFER OF POWERS AND DUTIES.
Subdivision 1.
State prisons and reformatories.
All the powers and duties now vested in or imposed upon the commissioner of human services relating to the administration, management, and operation of the state prison, the state reformatory for men, and the Minnesota Correctional Institution for Women are hereby transferred to, vested in, and imposed upon the commissioner of corrections. All the powers and duties now vested in the commissioner of human services in relation to such institutions are hereby abolished.
Subd. 2.
Prisons, jails and lockups.
All the powers and duties now vested in, or imposed upon the commissioner of human services relating to prisons, jails, and lockups, as contained in sections 256.02, 641.21, 641.22, 641.25, 641.26, 642.01, 642.02, 642.09, 642.10, and 642.11 are hereby transferred to, vested in, and imposed upon the commissioner of corrections. All the powers and duties now vested in the commissioner of human services in relation to such prisons, jails, and lockups, are hereby abolished.
History:
1959 c 263 s 2; 1967 c 398 s 4; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities › Section 241.0222 — Contracts With Newly Constructed Jail Facilities That Provide Access To Substance Use Disorder Treatment Programs.

241.0222 CONTRACTS WITH NEWLY CONSTRUCTED JAIL FACILITIES THAT PROVIDE ACCESS TO SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT PROGRAMS.
Notwithstanding section 16C.05, subdivision 2, the commissioner may enter into contracts, up to five years in duration, with a county or group of counties to house inmates committed to the custody of the commissioner in newly constructed county or regional jail facilities that provide inmates access to substance use disorder treatment programs licensed by the Department of Human Services. A contract entered into under this section may contain an option to renew the contract for a term of up to five years.
History:
2006 c 258 s 37; 2006 c 260 art 4 s 4; 2007 c 13 art 2 s 21; 2022 c 98 art 4 s 51
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities › Section 241.023 — Designation Of State Correctional Facilities.

241.023
MS 1975 Supp [Repealed, 1976 c 149 s 63]
241.023 DESIGNATION OF STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
Subdivision 1.
Reference change.
All references in the Minnesota Statutes to the state training school, the Minnesota Home School, the state prison, the state reformatory, and the Minnesota Correctional Institution for Women shall, after August 1, 1979, be deemed to refer to a Minnesota correctional facility designated by its geographical location.
Subd. 2.
Geographical area designation.
Any state correctional facility now or hereafter established shall be designated as a Minnesota correctional facility according to the geographical area in which located.
History:
1979 c 102 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities › Section 241.026 — Correctional Officers Discipline Procedures.

241.026 CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS DISCIPLINE PROCEDURES.
Subdivision 1.
Definitions.
(a) For purposes of this section, the terms defined in this subdivision have the meanings given them.
(b) "Correctional officer" and "officer" mean a person employed by the state, a state correctional facility, or a local correctional or detention facility in a security capacity.
(c) "Formal statement" means the questioning of an officer in the course of obtaining a recorded, stenographic, or signed statement to be used as evidence in a disciplinary proceeding against the officer.
Subd. 2.
Applicability.
The procedures and provisions of this section apply to state and local correctional authorities.
Subd. 3.
Governing formal statement procedures.
The formal statement of an officer must be taken according to subdivision 4.
Subd. 4.
Place of formal statement.
The formal statement must be taken at a facility of the employing or investigating agency or at a place agreed to by the investigating individual and the investigated officer.
Subd. 5.
Admissions.
Before an officer's formal statement is taken, the officer shall be advised in writing or on the record that admissions made in the course of the formal statement may be used as evidence of misconduct or as a basis for discipline.
Subd. 6.
Disclosure of financial records.
No employer may require an officer to produce or disclose the officer's personal financial records except pursuant to a valid search warrant or subpoena.
Subd. 7.
Release of photographs.
No state or local correctional facility or governmental unit may publicly release photographs of an officer without the written permission of the officer, except that the facility or unit may display a photograph of an officer to a prospective witness as part of an agency or unit investigation.
Subd. 8.
Disciplinary letter.
No disciplinary letter or reprimand may be included in an officer's personnel record unless the officer has been given a copy of the letter or reprimand.
Subd. 9.
Retaliatory action prohibited.
No officer may be discharged, disciplined, or threatened with discharge or discipline as retaliation for or solely by reason of the officer's exercise of the rights provided by this section.
Subd. 10.
Rights not reduced.
The rights of officers provided by this section are in addition to and do not diminish the rights and privileges of officers that are provided under an applicable collective bargaining agreement or any other applicable law.
History:
2005 c 136 art 13 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities › Section 241.05 — Religious Activities.

241.05 RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES.
The commissioner of corrections shall allow inmates of all prisons and reformatories under the commissioner's control to participate in religious activities, during which members of the clergy of good standing in any church or denomination may freely administer and impart religious rites and instruction to those desiring them. No officer or employee of the institution shall attempt to influence the religious belief of any inmate, and no inmate shall be required to attend religious services against the inmate's will.
History:
(4452) RL s 1903; 1959 c 263 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1998 c 367 art 9 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities › Section 241.06 — Record Of Inmates; Commissioner Of Corrections.

241.06 RECORD OF INMATES; COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONS.
Subdivision 1.
General.
The commissioner of corrections shall keep in the commissioner's office, accessible only by the commissioner's consent or on the order of a judge or court of record, a record showing the residence, sex, age, nativity, occupation, civil condition, and date of entrance or commitment of every person, inmate, or convict in the facilities under the commissioner's exclusive control, the date of discharge and whether such discharge was final, the condition of such person when the person left the facility, and the date and cause of all deaths. The records shall state every transfer from one facility to another, naming each. This information shall be furnished to the commissioner of corrections by each facility, with such other obtainable facts as the commissioner may from time to time require. The chief executive officer of each such facility, within ten days after the commitment or entrance thereto of a person, inmate, or convict, shall cause a true copy of the entrance record to be forwarded to the commissioner of corrections. When a person, inmate, or convict leaves, is discharged or transferred, or dies in any facility, the chief executive officer, or other person in charge shall inform the commissioner of corrections within ten days thereafter on forms furnished by the commissioner.
The commissioner of corrections may authorize the chief executive officer of any facility under the commissioner's control to release to probation officers, local social services agencies or other specifically designated interested persons or agencies any information regarding any person, inmate, or convict thereat, if, in the opinion of the commissioner, it will be for the benefit of the person, inmate, or convict.
Subd. 2.
Sex offender information provided to supervising corrections agency.
When an offender who is required to register as a predatory offender under section 243.166 is being released from prison, the commissioner shall provide to the corrections agency that will supervise the offender, the offender's prison records relating to psychological assessments, medical and mental health issues, and treatment.
Subd. 3.
Substance abuse information provided to supervising corrections agency.
When an offender is being released from prison, the commissioner shall provide to the corrections agency that will supervise the offender prison records relating to that offender's prison-based substance abuse assessments, treatment, and any other substance abuse-related services provided to the offender. If the offender did not participate in the prison-based substance abuse program to which the offender was directed, the commissioner shall provide the supervising agency with an explanation of the reasons.
History:
1961 c 750 s 13 subd 2; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1986 c 444; 1994 c 631 s 31; 2005 c 136 art 3 s 3; 2006 c 260 art 4 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities › Section 241.065 — Conditional Release Data System.

241.065 CONDITIONAL RELEASE DATA SYSTEM.
Subdivision 1.
Definition.
As used in this section, "conditional release" means probation, conditional release, and supervised release.
Subd. 2.
Establishment; access to data.
(a) The Department of Corrections shall administer and maintain a computerized data system for the purpose of assisting criminal justice agencies in conducting official duties and in monitoring and enforcing the conditions of conditional release imposed on criminal offenders by a sentencing court or the commissioner of corrections.
(b) The adult data and juvenile data, as defined in section 260B.171, in the statewide supervision system are private data on individuals, as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12. Subject to paragraph (c), the data are accessible to:
(1) criminal justice agencies as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 3a;
(2) the Minnesota Sex Offender Program as provided in section 246B.04, subdivision 3;
(3) public defenders as provided in section 611.272;
(4) all trial courts and appellate courts; and
(5) criminal justice agencies in other states.
(c) Case planning data in the statewide supervision system are private data on individuals, as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12. Case planning data are accessible to state prison facility staff, correction staff in community corrections act counties and county probation counties, and Department of Corrections field services staff for purposes of monitoring and enforcing conditions of conditional release. A finalized case plan may be provided to community service providers for the purposes described under paragraph (a).
(d) Adult data in the statewide supervision system are accessible to the secretary of state for the purposes described in section 201.145.
Subd. 3.
Authority to enter or retrieve data.
Only criminal justice agencies may submit data to the statewide supervision system and only persons who are authorized users under subdivision 2 may obtain data from the system. The commissioner of corrections may require that any or all information be submitted to the statewide supervision system. A consent to the release of data in the statewide supervision system from the individual who is the subject of the data is not effective.
Subd. 4.
Procedures.
(a) The Department of Corrections shall adopt procedures to provide for the orderly collection, entry, retrieval, and deletion of data contained in the statewide supervision system.
(b) The Department of Corrections shall establish and implement audit requirements to ensure that authorized users comply with applicable data practices laws governing access to and use of the data.
History:
1998 c 367 art 7 s 6; 2000 c 377 s 2,3; 1Sp2001 c 8 art 6 s 4; 2002 c 233 s 3-5; 2009 c 111 s 4; 2013 c 82 s 18; 2013 c 131 art 3 s 6; 2017 c 83 art 1 s 5; 2017 c 92 art 1 s 28
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities › Section 241.068 — Homelessness Mitigation Plan; Annual Reporting On Homelessness.

241.068 HOMELESSNESS MITIGATION PLAN; ANNUAL REPORTING ON HOMELESSNESS.
Subdivision 1.
Homelessness mitigation plan; report.
(a) The commissioner of corrections shall develop and implement a homelessness mitigation plan for individuals released from prison. At minimum, the plan must include:
(1) redesigning of business practices and policies to boost efforts to prevent homelessness for all persons released from prison;
(2) efforts to increase interagency and intergovernmental collaboration between state and local governmental units to identify and leverage shared resources; and
(3) development of internal metrics for the agency to report on its progress toward implementing the plan and achieving the plan's goals.
(b) The commissioner shall submit the plan to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees having jurisdiction over criminal justice policy and finance and housing finance and policy by October 31, 2022.
Subd. 2.
Reporting on individuals released to homelessness.
(a) By February 15 of each year beginning in 2022, the commissioner shall report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees having jurisdiction over criminal justice policy and finance and housing finance and policy the following information on adults, disaggregated by race, gender, and county of release:
(1) the total number released to homelessness from prison;
(2) the total number released to homelessness by each Minnesota correctional facility;
(3) the total number released to homelessness by county of release; and
(4) the total number under supervised, intensive supervised, or conditional release following release from prison who reported experiencing homelessness or a lack of housing stability.
(b) Beginning with the 2024 report and continuing until the 2033 report, the commissioner shall include in the report required under paragraph (a) information detailing progress, measures, and challenges to the implementation of the homelessness mitigation plan required by subdivision 1.
History:
2021 c 24 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities › Section 241.07 — Transfer Of Inmates To Other State Institutions.

241.07 TRANSFER OF INMATES TO OTHER STATE INSTITUTIONS.
The commissioner of corrections may transfer an inmate of any state correctional facility to a state institution under the control of the commissioner of human services or to a private medical facility for diagnosis, treatment, or care which is not available at any state correctional facility and shall cause a proper record to be made at the institutions or facility to which a transfer has been made and at the commissioner's office. No transfer shall be made by the commissioner of corrections without the approval of the commissioner of human services or the chief executive officer of the private facility. An inmate of any state correctional facility so transferred shall be returned to the correctional facility from which transferred by order of the commissioner of corrections upon conclusion of treatment, or, if the inmate becomes eligible for release from custody pursuant to the terms of the sentence prior to conclusion of treatment, the inmate shall be released unless, before conclusion of treatment, the inmate has been committed to a medical institution by competent authority as provided by law. The superintendent of any state institution or the chief executive officer of any private facility shall at once notify the commissioner of corrections if there is any question as to the propriety of the commitment or detention of any inmate admitted to their institution or facility and the commissioner shall immediately take action on the question.
History:
1961 c 750 s 14 subd 2; 1967 c 398 s 4; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1980 c 357 s 14; 1981 c 192 s 1; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities › Section 241.08 — Money Of Inmates Of Correctional Institutions.

241.08 MONEY OF INMATES OF CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Commissioner custodian of money.
The chief executive officer of each institution under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of corrections shall have the care and custody of all money belonging to inmates thereof which may come into the chief executive officer's hands, keep accurate accounts thereof, and pay them out under rules prescribed by law under section 243.23, subdivision 3, or by the commissioner of corrections, taking vouchers therefor. All such money received by any officer or employee shall be paid to the chief executive officer forthwith. Every such executive officer, at the close of each month, or oftener if required by the commissioner, shall forward to the commissioner a statement of the amount of all money so received and the names of the inmates from whom received, accompanied by a check for the amount, payable to the commissioner of management and budget. On receipt of such statement, the commissioner shall transmit the same to the commissioner of management and budget, together with such check. Upon the payment of such check, the amount shall be credited to a fund to be known as "Correctional Inmates Fund," for the institution from which the same was received. All such funds shall be paid out by the commissioner of management and budget upon vouchers duly approved by the commissioner of corrections as in other cases. The commissioner may permit a contingent fund to remain in the hands of the executive officer of any such institution from which necessary expenditure may from time to time be made.
Subd. 2.
Inmate bank deposits.
Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 1 or other law to the contrary, the commissioner of corrections may permit the inmates of the institutions under the commissioner's control to deposit money in a bank or other financial institution. The commissioner shall establish rules governing the deposits and shall require each inmate to maintain at the institution in which confined an amount adequate for the inmate's needs during the period of confinement and to assist the inmate upon release therefrom on parole or by discharge.
History:
1961 c 750 s 15 subd 3; 1973 c 69 s 1; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1980 c 509 s 95; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 252 s 2; 1991 c 326 s 9; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 28; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities › Section 241.09 — Unclaimed Money Or Personal Property Of Inmates Of Correctional Facilities.

241.09 UNCLAIMED MONEY OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OF INMATES OF CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
Subdivision 1.
Money.
When the chief executive officer of any state correctional facility under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of corrections obtains money belonging to inmates of the facility who have died, been released or escaped, and the chief executive officer knows no claimant or person entitled to it, the chief executive officer shall, if the money is unclaimed within six months, deposit it in the inmate social welfare fund for the benefit of the inmates of the facility. No money shall be so deposited until it has remained unclaimed for at least six months. If, at any time after the expiration of the six months, the inmate or the legal heirs appear and make proper proof of identity or heirship, the inmate or heirs are entitled to receive from the commissioner of management and budget any money belonging to the inmate and deposited in the inmate social welfare fund pursuant to this subdivision.
Subd. 2.
Unclaimed personal property.
When any inmate of a state correctional facility under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of corrections has died, been released or escaped therefrom leaving in the custody of the chief executive officer thereof personal property, other than money, which remains unclaimed for a period of 90 days, and the chief executive officer knows no person entitled to it, the chief executive officer or the chief executive officer's agent may sell or otherwise dispose of the property in the manner provided by law for the sale or disposition of state property. The proceeds of any sale, after deduction of the costs shall be deposited in the inmate social welfare fund for expenditure as provided in subdivision 1. Any inmate whose property has been sold under this subdivision, or heirs of the inmate, may file with, and make proof of ownership to, the chief executive officer of the institution who caused the sale of the property within two years after the sale, and, upon satisfactory proof to the chief executive officer, the chief executive officer shall certify to the commissioner of management and budget the amount received by the sale of such property for payment to the inmate or heirs. No suit shall be brought for damages consequent to the disposal of personal property or use of money in accordance with this section against the state or any official, employee, or agent thereof.
History:
1961 c 750 s 16 subd 2; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1981 c 192 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1993 c 326 art 8 s 3; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities › Section 241.10 — Disposal Of Funds; Correctional Institutions.

241.10 DISPOSAL OF FUNDS; CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
Every officer and employee of the several institutions under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of corrections shall pay to the accounting officer thereof any funds in the officer's or employee's hands belonging to the institution. Every accounting officer, at the close of each month or oftener, shall forward to the commissioner of corrections a statement of the amount and sources of all money received. On receipt of the statement, the commissioner shall transmit the same to the commissioner of management and budget, who shall deliver a draft upon the accounting officer for the same, specifying the funds to which it is to be credited. Upon payment of such draft, the amount shall be so credited.
History:
1961 c 750 s 17 subd 2; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1986 c 444; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 29; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities › Section 241.105 — Social Security Administration Incentive Payments; Inmate Discharge Planning.

241.105 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS; INMATE DISCHARGE PLANNING.
Money received by the commissioner of corrections from the Social Security Administration as a result of the incentive payment agreement under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, Public Law 104-193, section 1611(e)(1), and Public Law 106-170, section 202(x)(3), is appropriated to the commissioner of corrections for discharge planning for inmates with mental illness.
History:
2006 c 260 art 4 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities › Section 241.11 — Protection Against Fire.

241.11 PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE.
The commissioner of corrections shall provide at each institution adequate and ready means of protection against fire, construct proper means of escape for inmates, and establish and enforce rigid rules by which danger from fire may be minimized.
History:
1961 c 750 s 18; 1985 c 248 s 70
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities › Section 241.13 — Contingent Account; Damage Deposits; Correctional Institutions.

241.13 CONTINGENT ACCOUNT; DAMAGE DEPOSITS; CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Contingent account.
The commissioner of corrections may permit a contingent account to remain in the hands of the accounting officer of any such institution from which expenditures may be made in case of actual emergency requiring immediate payment to prevent loss or danger to the institution or its inmates and for the purpose of paying freight, purchasing produce, livestock and other commodities requiring a cash settlement, and for the purpose of discounting bills incurred, but in all cases subject to revision by the commissioner of corrections. An itemized statement of every expenditure made during the month from such account shall be submitted to the commissioner under rules established by the commissioner. If necessary, the commissioner shall make proper requisition upon the commissioner of management and budget for a payment to secure the contingent account for each institution.
Subd. 2.
Damage deposits.
The commissioner of corrections shall collect a damage deposit from all staff who reside in housing on the grounds of the Thistledew Corrections Camp at Togo, Minnesota and deposit the moneys in a savings account in a bank at interest. Withdrawals therefrom may be made to defray the cost of any damage to the residence caused by the tenant or to return the deposit to the tenant with accrued interest if the residence is vacated without damage. The commissioner shall keep accurate records in the name of each tenant so that the interest may be credited to the proper account.
History:
1961 c 750 s 20 subd 2; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1981 c 360 art 1 s 17; 1986 c 444; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 30; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 1Sp2019 c 10 art 3 s 40
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities › Section 241.14 — Physical Examinations For Employment In Correctional Facilities.

241.14 PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
No new employee shall begin employment in any correctional facility under the direction of the Department of Corrections, whether certified for employment by the Department of Management and Budget, or otherwise selected, unless the person presents to the appointing officer of the correctional facility a certificate from a duly licensed physician showing that the employee has undergone a physical examination and has been found to be free of tuberculosis.
History:
1961 c 750 s 21; 1973 c 507 s 45; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1980 c 617 s 47; 1981 c 192 s 3; 2008 c 204 s 42; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities › Section 241.16 — Cemetery At Correctional Facilities.

241.16 CEMETERY AT CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
Subdivision 1.
Cemetery establishment.
The commissioner of corrections may establish, maintain, or continue in existence, a cemetery for the burial of any patient, inmate or person admitted to any state facility under the commissioner's control upon the public grounds of such facility in the manner set forth in the following subdivisions.
Subd. 2.
Surveyance.
The land shall be surveyed and a plat thereof made.
Subd. 3.
Monument.
A stone or other monument shall be established to mark each corner of such cemetery, and its location shown on the plat.
Subd. 4.
Plat; lots.
The cemetery shall be platted into lots, which shall be numbered; it shall have streets and walks, and the same shall be shown on the plat. All containing graves shall be indicated by an appropriate marker of permanent nature for identification purposes.
Subd. 5.
Certification of plat.
The surveyor shall certify as to the correctness of the plat by an endorsement thereon.
Subd. 6.
Plat recorded.
The plat with the surveyor's endorsement thereon shall be filed for record with the county recorder in the county wherein the cemetery is located. A copy of the plat shall be kept in the office of the chief executive officer of the facility, together with a register showing the name of the persons buried in the cemetery and the lot in which they are buried.
History:
1961 c 750 s 23; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities › Section 241.17 — Reburial.

241.17 REBURIAL.
Subdivision 1.
Removal of buried person.
The commissioner of corrections may remove the body of any person now buried in a cemetery situated upon the land belonging to the state for public institution purposes and rebury it in a cemetery created under the provisions of section 241.16 by complying with the provisions set forth in the following subdivisions of this section.
Subd. 2.
Petition for removal.
The commissioner shall petition the district court of the county wherein the present cemetery is situated setting forth the reasons for such removal, the place to which the body is to be removed, and praying for an order of the court authorizing such removal. Upon the presentation of such petition, the court shall make its order setting the time, which shall not be less than 60 days from the date of the order, and the place for hearing the same. The commissioner shall serve the nearest relative or, if the commissioner cannot locate any relative, some friend of the person whose body is to be removed by mailing to the friend or relative a copy of the petition and court's order 30 days before the date of hearing and file the commissioner's affidavit of mailing with the court administrator of district court. If the commissioner is unable to locate a relative or friend, the commissioner shall make an affidavit to that effect and file the same with the court administrator of district court.
Subd. 3.
Hearing.
Upon the hearing of such petition, if the court determines that it is for the best interests of the public, the relatives and friends that such body be removed and that the same will be conducted in a manner commensurate with the methods commonly employed for the reburial of the dead in the community, the court shall make its order authorizing such removal, setting forth the time within which such removal shall be accomplished and the place to which the body is to be removed. Upon completion of such removal, the director shall cause the name of the person so removed to be entered in the register, together with the number of the lot in the cemetery and file an affidavit thereof with the court administrator of district court.
History:
1961 c 750 s 24; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities › Section 241.18 — Abandonment Of Cemetery; Court Order.

241.18 ABANDONMENT OF CEMETERY; COURT ORDER.
If the court makes its order under the provisions of section 241.17 authorizing the removal of bodies from a cemetery and the same is accomplished in accordance with such order and the commissioner files affidavits of such removal as hereinbefore provided, together with the commissioner's affidavit that the commissioner has caused a thorough search to be made, and there are no more dead bodies remaining in such cemetery to the best of the commissioner's knowledge, information and belief, the court may make its order authorizing the abandonment of such cemetery and thereby discontinue its use as such.
History:
1961 c 750 s 25; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities › Section 241.20 — Inmates To Do Conservation Work.

241.20 INMATES TO DO CONSERVATION WORK.
Whenever the commissioner of corrections deems it conducive to the rehabilitation of inmates of correctional institutions under the commissioner's control the commissioner may use selected inmates in the general improvement, maintenance, conservation, reforestation, soil erosion control, soil rehabilitation, and cultivation of any land within the control of the commissioner and, pursuant to agreement with the head of any other state department or agency, of lands under control of such department or agency.
History:
(10846-11) 1935 c 297 s 1; 1957 c 440 s 1; 1959 c 263 s 2; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities › Section 241.21 — Inmates Available To State Departments.

241.21 INMATES AVAILABLE TO STATE DEPARTMENTS.
To carry out the purposes of section 241.20, the commissioner of corrections may make inmates available to the head of any state department or agency for work upon any land which is within the jurisdiction or control of such department or agency, and the commissioner of corrections and the head of any state department or agency having land under its jurisdiction or control may enter into written agreements upon such terms as may be necessary to provide for the use and the orderly supervision of such inmates.
History:
(10846-12) 1935 c 297 s 2; 1957 c 440 s 2; 1959 c 263 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities › Section 241.22 — May Expend Money.

241.22 MAY EXPEND MONEY.
For the purposes of sections 241.20 to 241.23, the commissioner of corrections may lawfully expend money from the current expense appropriations, revolving funds, and building appropriations of any state correctional facility under the commissioner's control, including the contingent fund appropriated to the commissioner of corrections.
History:
(10846-13) 1935 c 297 s 3; 1959 c 263 s 2; 1971 c 24 s 21; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1981 c 192 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities › Section 241.23 — Chief Executive Officer To Make Selection.

241.23 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER TO MAKE SELECTION.
When inmates are to be used in any work authorized by sections 241.20 to 241.23, they shall be selected, with the approval of the commissioner of corrections, by the chief executive officer of any state adult correctional facility, in the following manner and order of preference:
(1) suitable inmates of state adult minimum security facilities;
(2) inmates who are not habitual offenders or guilty of heinous crimes and who, in the opinion of the chief executive officers of the facilities, are not incorrigible and who are physically capable and otherwise suitable for the character of the work provided for in sections 241.20 to 241.23.
History:
(10846-14) 1935 c 297 s 4; 1959 c 263 s 2; 1971 c 24 s 22; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1983 c 264 s 2