HF 205

as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to crime; increasing criminal penalties for 
  1.3             illegally carrying a pistol; amending Minnesota 
  1.4             Statutes 1996, section 624.714, subdivision 1. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 624.714, 
  1.7   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.8      Subdivision 1.  [PENALTY.] (a) A person, other than a law 
  1.9   enforcement officer who has authority to make arrests other than 
  1.10  citizens arrests, who carries, holds or possesses a pistol in a 
  1.11  motor vehicle, snowmobile or boat, or on or about the person's 
  1.12  clothes or the person, or otherwise in possession or control in 
  1.13  a public place or public area without first having obtained a 
  1.14  permit to carry the pistol is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.  A 
  1.15  person who is convicted a second or subsequent time is guilty of 
  1.16  a felony.  
  1.17     (b) A person who has been issued a permit and who engages 
  1.18  in activities other than those for which the permit has been 
  1.19  issued, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 
  1.20     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.21     Section 1 is effective August 1, 1997, and applies to 
  1.22  crimes committed on or after that date.