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.