1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to crimes; prohibiting providing false 
  1.3             information to police; providing penalties; amending 
  1.4             Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 609.505. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 609.505, is 
  1.7   amended to read: 
  1.8      609.505 [FALSELY REPORTING CRIME; PROVIDING FALSE 
  1.9   INFORMATION.] 
  1.10     Subdivision 1.  [FALSE REPORTING.] Whoever informs a law 
  1.11  enforcement officer that a crime has been committed, knowing 
  1.12  that it is false and intending that the officer shall act in 
  1.13  reliance upon it, is guilty of a misdemeanor.  A person who is 
  1.14  convicted a second or subsequent time under this section is 
  1.15  guilty of a gross misdemeanor. 
  1.16     Subd. 2.  [FALSE INFORMATION.] (a) Except as provided in 
  1.17  subdivision 1 and unless a more severe penalty is imposed 
  1.18  elsewhere in law, whoever provides false information about 
  1.19  another person to a law enforcement officer knowing that it is 
  1.20  false, intending that the officer shall act in reliance upon it, 
  1.21  and intending to obstruct justice, is guilty of a gross 
  1.22  misdemeanor.  A person who is convicted a second or subsequent 
  1.23  time under this section is guilty of a felony and may be 
  1.24  sentenced to imprisonment for not more than two years or to 
  1.25  payment of a fine of not more than $4,000, or both. 
  2.1      (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a report of police 
  2.2   misconduct. 
  2.3      Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.4      Section 1 is effective August 1, 2004, and applies to 
  2.5   crimes committed on or after that date.