HF 228

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 01/11/2023 04:02pm

A bill for an act
relating to judiciary; modifying age of juvenile for extended juvenile jurisdiction
prosecution of certain offenses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section
260B.130, subdivision 1.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 260B.130, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Designation.

A proceeding involving a child alleged to have committed
a felony offense is an extended jurisdiction juvenile prosecution if:

(1) the child was 14 to 17 years old at the time of the alleged offense, a certification
hearing was held, and the court designated the proceeding an extended jurisdiction juvenile
prosecution;

(2) the child was deleted text begin 16 or deleted text end new text begin 15 to new text end 17 years old at the time of the alleged offense; the child is
alleged to have committed an offense for which the Sentencing Guidelines and applicable
statutes presume a commitment to prison or to have committed any felony in which the
child allegedly used a firearm; and the prosecutor designated in the delinquency petition
that the proceeding is an extended jurisdiction juvenile prosecution; or

(3) the child was 14 to 17 years old at the time of the alleged offense, the prosecutor
requested that the proceeding be designated an extended jurisdiction juvenile prosecution,
a hearing was held on the issue of designation, and the court designated the proceeding an
extended jurisdiction juvenile prosecution.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2023, and applies to crimes
committed on or after that date.
new text end