HF 385

1st Engrossment - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to crime prevention; adding criminal 
  1.3             penalties for fires caused by grossly negligent 
  1.4             persons that result in bodily harm to a person; making 
  1.5             technical changes to the negligent fire law; amending 
  1.6             Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 609.576, subdivision 
  1.7             1. 
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 609.576, 
  1.10  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.11     Subdivision 1.  [NEGLIGENT FIRE RESULTING IN INJURY OR 
  1.12  PROPERTY DAMAGE.] Whoever is grossly negligent in causing a fire 
  1.13  to burn or get out of control thereby causing damage or injury 
  1.14  to another, and as a result thereof of this: 
  1.15     (a) (1) a human being is injured and great bodily harm 
  1.16  incurred, is guilty of a crime and may be sentenced to 
  1.17  imprisonment of for not more than five years or to payment of a 
  1.18  fine of not more than $10,000, or both; 
  1.19     (2) a human being is injured and bodily harm incurred, is 
  1.20  guilty of a crime and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not 
  1.21  more than one year or to payment of a fine of not more than 
  1.22  $3,000, or both; or 
  1.23     (b) (3) property of another is injured, thereby, is guilty 
  1.24  of a crime and may be sentenced as follows: 
  1.25     (1) (i) to imprisonment for not more than 90 days or to 
  1.26  payment of a fine of not more than $700 $1,000, or both, if the 
  2.1   value of the property damage is under $300; 
  2.2      (2) (ii) to imprisonment for not more than one year, or to 
  2.3   payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both, if the value 
  2.4   of the property damaged is at least $300 but is less than 
  2.5   $2,500; or 
  2.6      (3) (iii) to imprisonment for not more than three years, or 
  2.7   to payment of a fine of not more than $5,000, or both, if the 
  2.8   value of the property damaged is $2,500 or more.  
  2.9      [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective August 1, 2003, 
  2.10  and applies to crimes committed on or after that date.