HF 97

as introduced - 91st Legislature, 2020 2nd Special Session (2020 - 2020) Posted on 07/20/2020 09:16am

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; repealing crime of falsely reporting police misconduct;
repealing Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 609.505, subdivision 2.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin REPEALER.
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new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 609.505, subdivision 2, new text end new text begin is repealed.
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APPENDIX

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 20-9007

609.505 FALSELY REPORTING CRIME.

Subd. 2.

Reporting police misconduct.

(a) Whoever informs, or causes information to be communicated to, a peace officer, whose responsibilities include investigating or reporting police misconduct, that a peace officer, as defined in section 626.84, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), has committed an act of police misconduct, knowing that the information is false, is guilty of a crime and may be sentenced as follows:

(1) up to the maximum provided for a misdemeanor if the false information does not allege a criminal act; or

(2) up to the maximum provided for a gross misdemeanor if the false information alleges a criminal act.

(b) The court shall order any person convicted of a violation of this subdivision to make full restitution of all reasonable expenses incurred in the investigation of the false allegation unless the court makes a specific written finding that restitution would be inappropriate under the circumstances. A restitution award may not exceed $3,000.