1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to crimes; treating probation officers the 
  1.3             same as correctional employees for purposes of certain 
  1.4             assaults; amending Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, 
  1.5             section 609.2231, subdivision 3. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 
  1.8   609.2231, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 3.  [CORRECTIONAL EMPLOYEES; PROBATION OFFICERS.] 
  1.10  Whoever commits either of the following acts against an employee 
  1.11  of a correctional facility as defined in section 241.021, 
  1.12  subdivision 1, paragraph (f), or against a probation officer or 
  1.13  other qualified person employed in supervising offenders while 
  1.14  the employee, officer, or person is engaged in the performance 
  1.15  of a duty imposed by law, policy, or rule is guilty of a felony 
  1.16  and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than two years 
  1.17  or to payment of a fine of not more than $4,000, or both: 
  1.18     (1) assaults the employee and inflicts demonstrable bodily 
  1.19  harm; or 
  1.20     (2) intentionally throws or otherwise transfers bodily 
  1.21  fluids or feces at or onto the employee. 
  1.22     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective August 1, 2004, 
  1.23  and applies to crimes committed on or after that date.