1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 876 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.3    "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 260B.163, subdivision 1, is amended to
1.4read:
1.5    Subdivision 1. General. (a) Except for hearings arising under section 260B.425,
1.6hearings on any matter shall be without a jury and may be conducted in an informal
1.7manner, except that a child who is prosecuted as an extended jurisdiction juvenile has the
1.8right to a jury trial on the issue of guilt. The rules of evidence promulgated pursuant
1.9to section 480.0591 and the law of evidence shall apply in adjudicatory proceedings
1.10involving a child alleged to be delinquent, an extended jurisdiction juvenile, or a juvenile
1.11petty offender, and hearings conducted pursuant to section 260B.125 except to the extent
1.12that the rules themselves provide that they do not apply.
1.13(b) When a continuance or adjournment is ordered in any proceeding, the court may
1.14make any interim orders as it deems in the best interests of the minor in accordance with
1.15the provisions of sections 260B.001 to 260B.421.
1.16(c) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the court shall exclude the
1.17general public from hearings under this chapter and shall admit only those persons who, in
1.18the discretion of the court, have a direct interest in the case or in the work of the court. The
1.19court shall permit the victim of a child's delinquent act to attend any related delinquency
1.20proceeding, except that the court may exclude the victim:
1.21(1) as a witness under the Rules of Criminal Procedure; and
1.22(2) from portions of a certification hearing to discuss psychological material or other
1.23evidence that would not be accessible to the public.
1.24The court shall open the hearings to the public in delinquency certification or extended
1.25jurisdiction juvenile proceedings where the child is alleged to have committed an offense
1.26or has been proven to have committed an offense that would be a felony if committed
1.27by an adult and the child was at least 16 years of age at the time of the offense, except
2.1that the court may exclude the public from portions of a certification hearing to discuss
2.2psychological material or other evidence that would not be accessible to the public in
2.3an adult proceeding. The court shall open the hearings to the public in delinquency
2.4proceedings where the child is alleged to have committed an offense or has been proven
2.5to have committed an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult and the
2.6child was at least 16 years of age at the time of the offense, if the court determines that,
2.7due to the violent or serious nature of the alleged offense, the benefit to public safety of
2.8holding an open hearing outweighs the potential consequences for the child due to the
2.9resulting public record.
2.10(d) In all delinquency cases a person named in the charging clause of the petition as a
2.11person directly damaged in person or property shall be entitled, upon request, to be notified
2.12by the court administrator in writing, at the named person's last known address, of (1) the
2.13date of the certification or adjudicatory hearings, and (2) the disposition of the case."