1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to crime prevention; expanding the
1.3 	fourth-degree assault law; amending Minnesota Statutes
1.4 	2004, section 609.2231, subdivision 3.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 609.2231,
1.7 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 3.Correctional employees; probation officers; and
1.9 	secure treatment facility personnel. (a) As used in this
1.10 	subdivision:
1.11 	(1) "correctional facility" has the meaning given in
1.12 	section 241.021, subdivision 1, paragraph (f); and 
1.13 	(2) "secure treatment facility" has the meaning given in
1.14 	section 253B.02, subdivision 18a.
1.15 	(b) Whoever commits either of the following acts against an
1.16 	employee of a correctional facility as defined in section
1.17 	241.021, subdivision 1, paragraph (f), or against a probation
1.18 	officer or other qualified person employed in supervising
1.19 	offenders, or against an employee or other individual who
1.20 	provides care or treatment at a secure treatment facility,while
1.21 	the employee, officer, or person is engaged in the performance
1.22 	of a duty imposed by law, policy, or rule is guilty of a felony
1.23 	and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than two years
1.24 	or to payment of a fine of not more than $4,000, or both:
1.25 	(1) assaults the employee person and inflicts demonstrable
2.1 	bodily harm; or
2.2 	(2) intentionally throws or otherwise transfers bodily
2.3 	fluids or feces at or onto the employee person.

2.4 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.5 	Section 1 is effective August 1, 2005, and applies to
2.6 	crimes committed on or after that date.