1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 2864, the first committee engrossment,
1.2as follows:
1.3Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.4    "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 629.72, subdivision 2a, is amended to
1.5read:
1.6    Subd. 2a. Electronic monitoring; condition of pretrial release. (a) Until the
1.7commissioner of corrections has adopted standards governing electronic monitoring
1.8devices used to protect victims of domestic abuse, the court, as a condition of release, may
1.9not order a person arrested for a crime described in section 609.135, subdivision 5a,
1.10paragraph (b), to use an electronic monitoring device to protect a victim's safety.
1.11(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), district courts in the Tenth a judicial district
1.12may establish a pilot project to allow courts in the district to order, as a condition of a
1.13release, a person arrested on a charge of a crime described in section 609.135, subdivision
1.145a , paragraph (b), to use an electronic monitoring device to protect the victim's safety.
1.15The chief judge of a judicial district conducting a pilot project under this paragraph
1.16shall convene an advisory group consisting of representatives from law enforcement,
1.17prosecutors, defense attorneys, court administrators, judges, and battered women's
1.18organizations. A judicial district must develop standards for the use and evaluation of
1.19electronic monitoring devices to protect victims of domestic abuse and must ensure that
1.20release of electronic monitoring data is used only to protect victims. The courts judicial
1.21district shall make data from the pilot project on the use of electronic monitoring devices
1.22to protect a victim's safety in the Tenth Judicial District available to the commissioner of
1.23corrections to evaluate and to aid in development of standards for the use of devices to
1.24protect victims of domestic abuse. A district shall report information on the pilot project
1.25to the state court administrator's office as directed by that office. By January 15, 2013,
1.26the state court administrator shall report by electronic means to the chairs and ranking
2.1minority members of the senate and house committees having jurisdiction over criminal
2.2justice policy on the experience of any pilot projects established under this paragraph.
2.3SUNSET.The amendments to this section expire on January 15, 2013."
2.4Amend the title accordingly