Subdivision 1. Collection of information by probation service providers; report required. By January 1, 1998, probation service providers shall begin collecting and maintaining information on offenders under supervision. The commissioner of corrections shall specify the nature and extent of the information to be collected. By April 1 of every year, each probation service provider shall report a summary of the information collected to the commissioner.
Subd. 2. Commissioner of corrections report. By January 15, 1998, the commissioner of corrections shall report to the chairs of the senate crime prevention and house of representatives judiciary committees on recommended methods of coordinating the exchange of information collected on offenders under subdivision 1: (1) between probation service providers; and (2) between probation service providers and the Department of Corrections, without requiring service providers to acquire uniform computer software.
History:1997 c 239 art 9 s 28