1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; increasing penalties for gang members who possess 
1.3 	firearms in public without a permit to carry;amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, 
1.4 	section 624.714, subdivision 1a.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 624.714, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 1a.Permit required; penalty. A person, other than a peace officer, as defined 
1.8 	in section 626.84, subdivision 1, who carries, holds, or possesses a pistol in a motor vehicle, 
1.9 	snowmobile, or boat, or on or about the person's clothes or the person, or otherwise in 
1.10 	possession or control in a public place, as defined in section 624.7181, subdivision 1, 
1.11 	paragraph (c), without first having obtained a permit to carry the pistol is guilty of a gross 
1.12 	misdemeanor. A person who is convicted a second or subsequent time is guilty of a felony.
1.13 	A member of a criminal gang, as defined in section 609.229, subdivision 1, who is convicted 
1.14 	of violating this section is guilty of a felony.