1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; making technical change to identity theft crime;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 609.527, subdivision 3.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 609.527, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 3.Penalties. A person who violates subdivision 2 may be sentenced as follows:
1.7 	(1) if the offense involves a single direct victim and the total, combined loss to the direct 
1.8 	victim and any indirect victims is $250 or less, the person may be sentenced as provided in 
1.9 	section 609.52, subdivision 3, clause (5);
1.10 	(2) if the offense involves a single direct victim and the total, combined loss to the direct 
1.11 	victim and any indirect victims is more than $250 but not more than $500, the person may 
1.12 	be sentenced as provided in section 609.52, subdivision 3, clause (4);
1.13 	(3) if the offense involves two or three direct victims or the total, combined loss to the 
1.14 	direct and indirect victims is more than $500 but not more than $2,500, the person may be 
1.15 	sentenced as provided in section 609.52, subdivision 3, clause (3);
1.16 	(4) if the offense involves more than three but not more than seven direct victims, or if 
1.17 	the total combined loss to the direct and indirect victims is more than $2,500, the person 
1.18 	may be sentenced as provided in section 609.52, subdivision 3, clause (2); and
1.19 	(5) if the offense involves eight or more direct victims;, or if the total, combined loss to 
1.20 	the direct and indirect victims is more than $35,000; or, the person may be sentenced as 
1.21 	provided in section 609.52, subdivision 3, clause (1); and
2.1 	(6) if the offense is related to possession or distribution of pornographic work in violation 
2.2 	of section 617.246 or 617.247;, the person may be sentenced as provided in section 609.52, 
2.3 	subdivision 3, clause (1).

2.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2021, and applies to crimes 
2.5 	committed on or after that date.