Minnesota Statutes 244.21 – Information On Individuals On Probation; Reports
Subdivision 1.Collecting information by probation service providers; report required.
(a) Probation service providers must collect and maintain information on individuals on probation, and the commissioner of corrections must specify the nature and extent of the information to be collected and made available to the commissioner.
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 244.21
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- state: extends to and includes the District of Columbia and the several territories. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
(b) As a condition of state subsidy funding under section 401.10, each probation agency must by April 1 each year report:
(1) a summary of the information collected to the commissioner under paragraph (a); and
(2) any other probation- and supervision-related data necessary for the Department of Corrections’ mandated legislative reports.
Subd. 2.Commissioner of corrections; report.
By January 15 each year, the commissioner must report to the chairs of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over public safety policy and finance on recommended methods of coordinating the exchange of information collected on individuals on probation under subdivision 1:
(1) between probation service providers; and
(2) between probation service providers and the Department of Corrections.