MN HF3579

Counties may establish and operate sentence to service programs where judges direct nondangerous offenders to work on community improvement projects under crew leader supervision as an intermediate sanction.

Sheriffs supervising sentence to service programs may charge participants fees to offset operating costs, with all collected fees expended on the program.

Counties may bill entities that receive benefit from sentence to service programs for fees, with collected fees expended on the program.

The state shall reimburse counties 25 percent of the cost of operating a sentence to service program to the extent that funds are specifically appropriated for this purpose.

An unspecified amount is appropriated in fiscal year 2011 from the general fund to the commissioner of corrections to fund sentence to service programs.