Minnesota Statutes Public Welfare and Related Activities (Ch. 245-267) § 260B.185. Extension of detention period

Subdivision 1. Detention. Before July 1, 1999, and pursuant to a request from an eight-day temporary holdover facility, as defined inMinnesota Statutes 1998, section 241.0221, the commissioner of corrections, or the commissioner's designee, may grant a onetime extension per child to the eight-day limit on detention under this chapter. This extension may allow such a facility to detain a child for up to 30 days including weekends and holidays. Upon the expiration of the extension, the child may not be transferred to another eight-day temporary holdover facility. The commissioner shall develop criteria for granting extensions under this section. These criteria must ensure that the child be transferred to a long-term juvenile detention facility as soon as such a transfer is possible. Nothing in this section changes the requirements insection 260B.178regarding the necessity of detention hearings to determine whether continued detention of the child is proper.