Section 2 appropriates $199,000 to the Board on Judicial Standards to pay for the costs of a contested case related to the removal of a judge from the bench.

Section 3 appropriates $7,681,000 to the Board of Public Defense to replace dedicated funding that was lost when the public defender co-pay legislation passed during the 2003 session was found to be unconstitutional.

Section 4 appropriates $986,000 to the Department of Public Safety.

$710,000 is to match federal disaster assistance money (FEMA) for flooding that occurred late in the summer of 2004 in southeastern Minnesota.

$276,000 is to continue operation of the Criminal Gang Strike Force.

Section 5 appropriates $3,870,000 to the Department of Corrections.

$2,850,000 is for renting prison beds to accommodate a higher inmate population than was projected at the time of the original appropriation.

$500,000 is for increased costs in the Department of Corrections health system due to higher inmate populations and higher than projected inflation costs for staff, supplies, and equipment.

$520,000 ($330,000 in community services and $190,000 in operations services) is for the restructure of the civil commitment review process and increased staffing to manage sex offender revocation hearings.

Section 6 appropriates $13,394,000 to the Department of Human Services. This appropriation is to accommodate higher numbers of patients in DHS forensic treatment programs (sex offenders who have been civilly committed and persons committed as mentally ill and dangerous) at the St. Peter state hospital. The $13.4 million appropriation is offset by a 10 percent county share of $1.6 million, for a net cost to the general fund of $11.9 million.

The caseload need of the department is actually $16 million (which produces the $1.6 million county share figure). State-operated services is using $2.7 million in carryforward funds to mitigate a portion of the increased cost, hence the lower deficiency appropriation.

Section 7 appropriates $39,000 to the Department of Veterans Affairs for increased rent.

Section 8 appropriates $4,705,000 to the Department of Administration to fund the lab and office space relocation costs of the Departments of Health and Agriculture. The cost is offset by the anticipated sale proceeds of $4.8 million from the existing Department of Health lab building in Minneapolis.

Section 9 provides an immediate effective date.

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