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HF 3082

1st Engrossment - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 05/17/2016 08:07am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
 relating to criminal justice; expanding the damage to energy transmission or
telecommunications equipment crime; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014,
section 609.593, subdivision 1.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 609.593, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Crime.

Whoever intentionally and without consent from one
authorized to give consent causes any damage new text begin to new text end or takes, removes, severs, or breaks:

(1) any line erected or maintained for the purpose of transmitting electricity for light,
heat, or power, or any insulator or cross-arm, appurtenance or apparatus connected to the
line, or any wire, cable, or current of the linenew text begin ; or any component used in the generation,
transmission, or distribution of electricity, including equipment used for grounding,
system protection, or personnel protectionnew text end ;

(2) any pipe or main or hazardous liquid pipeline erected, operated, or maintained
for the purpose of transporting, conveying, or distributing gas or other hazardous liquids
for light, heat, power, or any other purpose, or any part of the pipe, main, or pipeline, or
any valve, meter, holder, compressor, machinery, appurtenance, equipment, or apparatus
connected with any main or pipeline; or

(3) any machinery, equipment, or fixtures used in receiving, initiating,
amplifying, processing, transmitting, retransmitting, recording, switching, or monitoring
telecommunications services, such as computers, transformers, amplifiers, routers,
repeaters, multiplexers, and other items performing comparable functions; and machinery,
equipment, and fixtures used in the transportation of telecommunications services,
radio transmitters and receivers, satellite equipment, microwave equipment, and other
transporting media including wire, cable, fiber, poles, and conduit;

is guilty of a crime and may be sentenced as provided in subdivision 2.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2016, and applies to crimes
committed on or after that date.
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