HF 735

as introduced - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to crime; expanding the scope of the crime of 
  1.3             adulteration to include adulterations capable of 
  1.4             causing death or bodily harm; increasing penalties for 
  1.5             certain acts of adulteration; amending Minnesota 
  1.6             Statutes 1998, section 609.687, subdivisions 2 and 3. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 609.687, 
  1.9   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 2.  [ACTS CONSTITUTING.] (a) Whoever, knowing or 
  1.11  having reason to know that the adulteration will cause or is 
  1.12  capable of causing death, bodily harm or illness, adulterates 
  1.13  any substance with the intent to cause death, bodily harm or 
  1.14  illness is guilty of a crime and may be sentenced as provided in 
  1.15  subdivision 3; or 
  1.16     (b) Whoever, knowing or having reason to know that a 
  1.17  substance has been adulterated as defined in subdivision 1, 
  1.18  distributes, disseminates, gives, sells, or otherwise transfers 
  1.19  an adulterated substance with the intent to cause death, bodily 
  1.20  harm or illness is guilty of a crime and may be sentenced as 
  1.21  provided in subdivision 3.  
  1.22     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 609.687, 
  1.23  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  1.24     Subd. 3.  [SENTENCE.] Whoever violates subdivision 2 may be 
  1.25  sentenced as follows:  
  1.26     (1) if the adulteration causes death, to imprisonment for 
  2.1   not more than 40 years. or to payment of a fine of not more than 
  2.2   $100,000, or both; 
  2.3      (2) if the adulteration causes any illness, pain, or other 
  2.4   bodily harm, to imprisonment for not more than five ten years or 
  2.5   to payment of a fine of not more than $20,000, or both; 
  2.6      (3) otherwise, to imprisonment for not more than five years 
  2.7   or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both.  
  2.8      Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.9      Sections 1 and 2 are effective August 1, 1999, and apply to 
  2.10  crimes committed on or after that date.