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HF 290

as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 02/01/2021 04:18pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

Current Version - as introduced

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A bill for an act
relating to crime; clarifying felony drive-by shooting; amending Minnesota Statutes
2020, section 609.66, subdivision 1e.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 609.66, subdivision 1e, is amended to read:


Subd. 1e.

Felony; drive-by shooting.

(a) deleted text begin Whoever,deleted text end new text begin A person is guilty of a felony who,new text end
while in or having just exited from a motor vehicle, recklessly discharges a firearm at or
toward deleted text begin anotherdeleted text end new text begin :
new text end

new text begin (1) an unoccupiednew text end motor vehicle or deleted text begin adeleted text end building deleted text begin is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced
to imprisonment for not more than three years or to payment of a fine of not more than
$6,000, or both.
deleted text end new text begin ;
new text end

new text begin (2) a motor vehicle or building that was occupied; or
new text end

new text begin (3) another person.
new text end

(b) deleted text begin Any person who violates this subdivision by firing at or toward a person, or an
occupied building or motor vehicle, may be sentenced
deleted text end new text begin A person convicted under paragraph
(a), clause (1), may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years or to payment
of a fine of not more than $6,000, or both. A person convicted under paragraph (a), clause
(2) or (3), may be sentenced
new text end to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of
a fine of not more than $20,000, or both.

(c) For purposes of this subdivision, "motor vehicle" has the meaning given in section
609.52, subdivision 1, and "building" has the meaning given in section 609.581, subdivision
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2021, and applies to crimes
committed on or after that date.
new text end