1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; requiring law enforcement agencies to report carjacking 
1.3 	data to commissioner of public safety; requiring commissioner to publish carjacking 
1.4 	data in commissioner's annual uniform crime report;proposing coding for new 
1.5 	law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 626.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. [626.5535] CARJACKING; REPORTING REQUIRED.
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Definition. For purposes of this section, "carjacking" means taking a 
1.9 	motor vehicle from a person or in the presence of another while having knowledge of not 
1.10 	being entitled to the motor vehicle and using or threatening the imminent use of force against 
1.11 	any person to overcome the person's resistance or powers of resistance to, or to compel 
1.12 	acquiescence in, the taking of the motor vehicle.
1.13 		Subd. 2.Use of information collected. (a) The head of a local law enforcement agency 
1.14 	or state law enforcement department that employs peace officers, as defined in section 
1.15 	626.84, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), must forward the following carjacking information 
1.16 	from the agency's or department's jurisdiction for the previous year to the commissioner of 
1.17 	public safety by January 15  each year:
1.18 	(1) the number of carjacking attempts;
1.19 	(2) the number of carjackings;
1.20 	(3) the ages of the offenders;
1.21 	(4) the number of persons injured in each offense;
1.22 	(5) the number of persons killed in each offense; and
2.1 	(6) weapons used in each offense, if any.
2.2 	(b) The commissioner of public safety must include the data received under paragraph 
2.3 	(a) in a separate carjacking category in the department's annual uniform crime report.