HF 2879

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; providing mandatory minimum 
  1.3             sentences for offenders convicted of certain criminal 
  1.4             sexual conduct crimes; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.5             1998, sections 609.342, subdivision 2; and 609.343, 
  1.6             subdivision 2. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 609.342, 
  1.9   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 2.  [PENALTY.] (a) Except as otherwise provided in 
  1.11  section 609.109, a person convicted under subdivision 1 may be 
  1.12  sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 30 years or to a 
  1.13  payment of a fine of not more than $40,000, or both. 
  1.14     (b) A person convicted of a violation of subdivision 1, 
  1.15  clause (c), (d), (e), (f), or (h) shall be committed to the 
  1.16  commissioner of corrections for not less than 150 months, nor 
  1.17  more than the maximum sentence provided by law. 
  1.18     (c) Any defendant convicted and sentenced as required by 
  1.19  this section is not eligible for probation, parole, discharge, 
  1.20  or supervised release until that person has served the full term 
  1.21  of imprisonment as provided by law, notwithstanding the 
  1.22  provisions of sections 241.26, 242.19, 243.05, 244.04, 609.12, 
  1.23  and 609.135. 
  1.24     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 609.343, 
  1.25  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.26     Subd. 2.  [PENALTY.] (a) Except as otherwise provided in 
  2.1   section 609.109, a person convicted under subdivision 1 may be 
  2.2   sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 25 years or to a 
  2.3   payment of a fine of not more than $35,000, or both. 
  2.4      (b) A person convicted of a violation of subdivision 1, 
  2.5   clause (c), (d), (e), (f), or (h) shall be committed to the 
  2.6   commissioner of corrections for not less than 90 months, nor 
  2.7   more than the maximum sentence provided by law. 
  2.8      (c) Any defendant convicted and sentenced as required by 
  2.9   this section is not eligible for probation, parole, discharge, 
  2.10  or supervised release until that person has served the full term 
  2.11  of imprisonment as provided by law, notwithstanding the 
  2.12  provisions of sections 241.26, 242.19, 243.05, 244.04, 609.12, 
  2.13  and 609.135. 
  2.14     Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.15     Sections 1 and 2 are effective August 1, 2000, and apply to 
  2.16  crimes committed on or after that date.