1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; increasing criminal
1.3 	penalties involving regulated animals; amending
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 346.155, subdivision
1.5 	10.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 346.155,
1.8 	subdivision 10, is amended to read:
1.9 		Subd. 10.Penalty. (a) A person who knowingly violates
1.10 	subdivision 2, 3, or 4 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
1.11 	(b) Unless a greater penalty is provided elsewhere, a
1.12 	person who possesses a regulated animal that causes bodily
1.13 	injury, as defined in section 609.02, subdivision 7, to another
1.14 	person is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to
1.15 	imprisonment for not more than two years or to payment of a fine
1.16 	of not more than $5,000, or both, if the person negligently
1.17 	failed to control the animal or keep it properly confined and
1.18 	injury to any person was reasonably foreseeable under the
1.19 	circumstances.
1.20 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2006,
1.21 	and applies to crimes committed on or after that date.