Michelle Fischbach voted Nay (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: 2009-2011 Biennium Public Safety and Corrections Budget
Signed by Governor Tim Pawlenty
Title: 2009-2011 Biennium Public Safety and Corrections Budget
Vote to pass a bill that appropriates funds for the Department of Public Safety, the Department of Corrections, and other criminal justice departments and agencies for fiscal years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011.
-Repeals mandatory minimum sentencing provisions for first, second, third, fourth, and fifth degree controlled substance crimes, first degree driving while impaired (DWI) offenses, and first or subsequent offenses for failure to register properly as a predatory offender (Article 2, Secs. 1-5, 10, and 12). -Appropriates $616.81 million for fiscal year 2009-2010, to be distributed as follows (Article 1, Secs. 1-8):
Title: 2009-2011 Biennium Public Safety and Corrections Budget