<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>2008, section 609.749.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 609.749, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var><b>609.749 </b><b>HARASSMENT;</b><b> STALKING; PENALTIES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definition.</b> As used in this section, "harass" "stalking" means <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>to engage in intentional conduct which: (1) the actor knows or has reason to know <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>would cause the victim under the circumstances to feel frightened, threatened, oppressed, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>persecuted, or intimidated; and (2) causes this reaction on the part of the victim regardless <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>of the relationship between the actor and victim.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>No proof of specific intent required.</b> In a prosecution under this section, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>the state is not required to prove that the actor intended to cause the victim to feel <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>frightened, threatened, oppressed, persecuted, or intimidated, or except as otherwise <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>provided in subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (4), or paragraph (b), that the actor <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>intended to cause any other result.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>    Subd. 1b. <b>Venue.</b> (a) When acts constituting a violation of this section are <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>committed in two or more counties, the accused may be prosecuted in any county in which <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>one of the acts was committed for all acts in violation of this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>(b) The conduct described in subdivision 2, clause (4), (5), or (8), may be prosecuted <br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>at the place where any call is made or received or, in the case of wireless or electronic <br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>communication or any communication made through any available technologies, where <br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>the actor or victim resides or in the jurisdiction of the victim's designated address if the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>victim participates in Safe at Home. The conduct described in subdivision 2, clause (2), <br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>may be prosecuted where the actor or victim resides. The conduct described in subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>2, clause (6), may be prosecuted where any letter, telegram, message, package, or other <br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>object is sent or received or, in the case of wireless or electronic communication or <br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>communication made through other available technologies, where the actor or victim <br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>resides or in the jurisdiction of the victim's designated address if the victim participates in <br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>Safe at Home.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>    Subd. 1c. <b>Arrest.</b> For all violations under this section, except a violation of <br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>subdivision 2, clause (8), a peace officer may make an arrest under the provisions of <br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>section 629.34. A peace officer may not make a warrantless, custodial arrest of any person <br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>for a violation of subdivision 2, clause (8).<br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Harassment and</b><b> Stalking crimes.</b> (a) A person who harasses stalks <br/>
<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>another by committing any of the following acts is guilty of a gross misdemeanor:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>(1) directly or indirectly, or through third parties, manifests a purpose or intent to <br/>
<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>injure the person, property, or rights of another by the commission of an unlawful act;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>(2) stalks, follows, monitors, or pursues another, whether in person or through <br/>
<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>any available technological or other means;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>(3) returns to the property of another if the actor is without claim of right to the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>property or consent of one with authority to consent;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>(4) repeatedly makes telephone calls, sends text messages, or induces a victim to <br/>
<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>make telephone calls to the actor, whether or not conversation ensues;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>(5) makes or causes the telephone of another repeatedly or continuously to ring;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>(6) repeatedly mails or delivers or causes the delivery by any means, including <br/>
<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>electronically, of letters, telegrams, messages, packages, through assistive devices for <br/>
<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>the visually or hearing impaired, or any communication made through any available <br/>
<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>technologies or other objects; or<br/>
<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>(7) engages in harassment as defined in section 609.748, subdivision 1, paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>(a); or<br/>
<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>(8) knowingly makes false allegations against a peace officer concerning the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>officer's performance of official duties with intent to influence or tamper with the officer's <br/>
<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>performance of official duties.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>(b) The conduct described in paragraph (a), clauses (4) and (5), may be prosecuted at <br/>
<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>the place where any call is either made or received or, additionally in the case of wireless <br/>
<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>or electronic communication, where the actor or victim resides. The conduct described <br/>
<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>in paragraph (a), clause (2), may be prosecuted where the actor or victim resides. The <br/>
<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>conduct described in paragraph (a), clause (6), may be prosecuted where any letter, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>telegram, message, package, or other object is either sent or received or, additionally in <br/>
<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>the case of wireless or electronic communication, where the actor or victim resides.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>(c) A peace officer may not make a warrantless, custodial arrest of any person for a <br/>
<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>violation of paragraph (a), clause (7).<br/>
<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Aggravated violations.</b> (a) A person who commits any of the following <br/>
<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>acts is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five <br/>
<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>(1) commits any offense described in subdivision 2 because of the victim's or <br/>
<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>another's actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability as <br/>
<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>defined in section 
         <statute_ref>363A.03</statute_ref>, age, or national origin;  <br/>
<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>(2) commits any offense described in subdivision 2 by falsely impersonating another;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>(3) commits any offense described in subdivision 2 and possesses a dangerous <br/>
<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>weapon at the time of the offense;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>(4) harasses stalks another, as defined in subdivision 1, with intent to influence or <br/>
<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>otherwise tamper with a juror or a judicial proceeding or with intent to retaliate against a <br/>
<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>judicial officer, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>609.415</statute_ref>, or a prosecutor, defense attorney, or officer <br/>
<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>of the court, because of that person's performance of official duties in connection with <br/>
<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>a judicial proceeding; or  <br/>
<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>(5) commits any offense described in subdivision 2 against a victim under the age of <br/>
<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>18, if the actor is more than 36 months older than the victim.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>(b) A person who commits any offense described in subdivision 2 against a victim <br/>
<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>under the age of 18, if the actor is more than 36 months older than the victim, and the act <br/>
<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>is committed with sexual or aggressive intent, is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced <br/>
<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more than <br/>
<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>$20,000, or both.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Second or subsequent violations; felony.</b> (a) A person is guilty of a <br/>
<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>felony who violates any provision of subdivision 2 within ten years of a previous qualified <br/>
<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>domestic violence-related offense conviction or adjudication of delinquency, and may <br/>
<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of <br/>
<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>not more than $10,000, or both.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>(b) A person is guilty of a felony who violates any provision of subdivision 2 within <br/>
<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>ten years of the first of two or more previous qualified domestic violence-related offense <br/>
<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>convictions or adjudications of delinquency, and may be sentenced to imprisonment for <br/>
<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more than $20,000, or both.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.35"></a><var>3.35</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Pattern of </b><b>harassing</b><b> stalking</b><b> conduct.</b> (a) A person who engages in <br/>
<a id="pl.3.36"></a><var>3.36</var>a pattern of harassing stalking conduct with respect to a single victim or one or more <br/>
<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>members of a single household which the actor knows or has reason to know would <br/>
<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>cause the victim under the circumstances to feel terrorized or to fear bodily harm and <br/>
<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>which does cause this reaction on the part of the victim, is guilty of a felony and may <br/>
<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of <br/>
<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>not more than $20,000, or both.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>(b) For purposes of this subdivision, a "pattern of harassing stalking conduct" means <br/>
<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>two or more acts within a five-year period that violate or attempt to violate the provisions <br/>
<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>of any of the following or a similar law of another state, the United States, the District of <br/>
<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>Columbia, tribal lands tribe, or United States territories:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>(1) this section;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>(2) sections 609.185 to 609.205;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>(2) (3) section 
         <statute_ref>609.713</statute_ref>;  <br/>
<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>(4) section 609.221;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>(5) section 609.222;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>(6) section 609.223;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>(3) (7) section 
         <statute_ref>609.224</statute_ref>;  <br/>
<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>(4) (8) section 
         <statute_ref>609.2242</statute_ref>;  <br/>
<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>(9) section 609.2247;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>(5) (10) section 
         <statute_ref>518B.01, subdivision 14</statute_ref> or 22;  <br/>
<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>(6)  (11) section 
         <statute_ref>609.748, subdivision 6</statute_ref>;  <br/>
<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>(7) (12) section 
         <statute_ref>609.605, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, paragraph (b), clauses (3), (4), and (7);  <br/>
<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>(13) section 609.78, subdivision 2;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>(8) (14) section 
         <statute_ref>609.79</statute_ref>;  <br/>
<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>(9) (15) section 
         <statute_ref>609.795</statute_ref>;  <br/>
<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>(10) (16) section 
         <statute_ref>609.582</statute_ref>;  <br/>
<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>(11) (17) section 
         <statute_ref>609.595</statute_ref>;  <br/>
<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>(12) (18) section 
         <statute_ref>609.765</statute_ref>; or  <br/>
<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>(13) (19) sections 
         <statute_ref>609.342</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>609.3451</statute_ref>.  <br/>
<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>(c) When acts constituting a violation of this subdivision are committed in two or <br/>
<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>more counties, the accused may be prosecuted in any county in which one of the acts was <br/>
<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>committed for all acts constituting the pattern.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Mental health assessment and treatment.</b> (a) When a person is convicted <br/>
<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>of a felony offense under this section, or another felony offense arising out of a charge <br/>
<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var>based on this section, the court shall order an independent professional mental health <br/>
<a id="pl.4.35"></a><var>4.35</var>assessment of the offender's need for mental health treatment. The court may waive the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.36"></a><var>4.36</var>assessment if an adequate assessment was conducted prior to the conviction.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>(b) Notwithstanding sections 
         <statute_ref>13.384</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>13.85</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>144.291 to 144.298</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>260B.171</statute_ref>, or <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>260C.171
         </statute_ref>, the assessor has access to the following private or confidential data on the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>person if access is relevant and necessary for the assessment: <br/>
<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>(1) medical data under section 
         <statute_ref>13.384</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>(2) welfare data under section 
         <statute_ref>13.46</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>(3) corrections and detention data under section 
         <statute_ref>13.85</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>(4) health records under sections 
         <statute_ref>144.291 to 144.298</statute_ref>; and <br/>
<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>(5) juvenile court records under sections 
         <statute_ref>260B.171</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>260C.171</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>Data disclosed under this section may be used only for purposes of the assessment and <br/>
<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>may not be further disclosed to any other person, except as authorized by law.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>(c) If the assessment indicates that the offender is in need of and amenable to mental <br/>
<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>health treatment, the court shall include in the sentence a requirement that the offender <br/>
<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>undergo treatment.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>(d) The court shall order the offender to pay the costs of assessment under this <br/>
<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>subdivision unless the offender is indigent under section 
         <statute_ref>563.01</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Exception.</b> Conduct is not a crime under this section if it is performed <br/>
<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>under terms of a valid license, to ensure compliance with a court order, or to carry out <br/>
<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>a specific lawful commercial purpose or employment duty, is authorized or required <br/>
<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>by a valid contract, or is authorized, required, or protected by state or, federal, or tribal <br/>
<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>law or the state or,  federal, or tribal constitutions. Subdivision 2, clause (2), does not <br/>
<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>impair the right of any individual or group to engage in speech protected by the federal <br/>
<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>Constitution, state, or tribal constitutions, the state Constitution, or federal or, state, or <br/>
<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>tribal law, including peaceful and lawful handbilling and picketing.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Stalking; firearms.</b> (a) When a person is convicted of a harassment or <br/>
<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>stalking crime under this section and the court determines that the person used a firearm in <br/>
<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>any way during commission of the crime, the court may order that the person is prohibited <br/>
<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>from possessing any type of firearm for any period longer than three years or for the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>remainder of the person's life. A person who violates this paragraph is guilty of a gross <br/>
<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>misdemeanor. At the time of the conviction, the court shall inform the defendant whether <br/>
<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>and for how long the defendant is prohibited from possessing a firearm and that it is <br/>
<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>a gross misdemeanor to violate this paragraph. The failure of the court to provide this <br/>
<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>information to a defendant does not affect the applicability of the firearm possession <br/>
<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>prohibition or the gross misdemeanor penalty to that defendant.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>(b) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (a), when a person is convicted of <br/>
<a id="pl.5.35"></a><var>5.35</var>a stalking or harassment crime under this section, the court shall inform the defendant <br/>
<a id="pl.5.36"></a><var>5.36</var>that the defendant is prohibited from possessing a pistol for three years from the date of <br/>
<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>conviction and that it is a gross misdemeanor offense to violate this prohibition. The failure <br/>
<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>of the court to provide this information to a defendant does not affect the applicability of <br/>
<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>the pistol possession prohibition or the gross misdemeanor penalty to that defendant.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>(c) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (a), a person is not entitled to possess <br/>
<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>a pistol if the person has been convicted after August 1, 1996, of a stalking or harassment <br/>
<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>crime under this section, unless three years have elapsed from the date of conviction and, <br/>
<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>during that time, the person has not been convicted of any other violation of this section. <br/>
<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>Property rights may not be abated but access may be restricted by the courts. A person <br/>
<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>who possesses a pistol in violation of this paragraph is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>(d) If the court determines that a person convicted of a stalking or harassment <br/>
<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>crime under this section owns or possesses a firearm and used it in any way during the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>commission of the crime, it shall order that the firearm be summarily forfeited under <br/>
<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>section 
         <statute_ref>609.5316, subdivision 3</statute_ref>.  <br/>
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<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>    Sec. 2. <b>REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>The revisor of statutes shall make any cross-reference and technical language <br/>
<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>changes to Minnesota Statutes made necessary by section 1.<br/>