1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; extending the felony of fraudulent or other improper 
1.3 	finance statements to include retaliation against a sheriff for executing the duties 
1.4 	connected with a sheriff's sale of real property or county recorder for executing 
1.5 	the duties connected with a lien placed on real property;amending Minnesota 
1.6 	Statutes 2008, section 609.7475, subdivision 3.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 609.7475, subdivision 3, is amended to 
1.9 	read:
1.10 		Subd. 3.Penalties. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a person who violates 
1.11 	subdivision 2 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
1.12 	(b) A person who violates subdivision 2 is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced 
1.13 	to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than 
1.14 	$10,000, or both, if the person: 
1.15 	(1) commits the offense with intent to influence or otherwise tamper with a juror 
1.16 	or a judicial proceeding or with intent to retaliate against:
1.17 	(i)  a judicial officer, as defined in section 609.415, or;
1.18 	(ii)  a prosecutor, defense attorney, or officer of the court, because of that person's 
1.19 	performance of official duties in connection with a judicial proceeding;
1.20 	(iii) a sheriff or deputy sheriff because of that person's performance of official duties 
1.21 	in connection with a sheriff's sale of real property; or
1.22 	(iv) a county recorder because of that person's performance of official duties in 
1.23 	connection with the filing of liens placed on real property; or
1.24 	(2) commits the offense after having been previously convicted of a violation 
1.25 	of this section.

2.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2010, and applies to 
2.2 	offenses committed on or after that date.