1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to crime prevention; providing criminal 
  1.3             penalties for persons who threaten to harm a school 
  1.4             official; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 
  1.5             609.713, by adding a subdivision. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 609.713, is 
  1.8   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 4.  [THREATS TO HARM SCHOOL OFFICIAL.] Whoever 
  1.10  directly threatens to inflict bodily harm on a school official, 
  1.11  because the victim is a school official and with purpose to 
  1.12  terrorize the official or in reckless disregard of the risk of 
  1.13  causing such terror, is guilty of a misdemeanor.  As used in 
  1.14  this subdivision, "school official" includes teachers, school 
  1.15  administrators, and other employees of a public or private 
  1.16  school.  Whoever violates this subdivision a second or 
  1.17  subsequent time is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. 
  1.18     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.19     Section 1 is effective August 1, 2000, and applies to 
  1.20  offenses committed on or after that date.