as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
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Introduction | Posted on 01/30/1997 |
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to crime; increasing penalties for fleeing a 1.3 peace officer in a motor vehicle; amending Minnesota 1.4 Statutes 1996, section 609.487, subdivisions 3 and 4. 1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 609.487, 1.7 subdivision 3, is amended to read: 1.8 Subd. 3. [FLEEING AN OFFICER.] Whoever by means of a motor 1.9 vehicle flees or attempts to flee a peace officer who is acting 1.10 in the lawful discharge of an official duty, and the perpetrator 1.11 knows or should reasonably know the same to be a peace 1.12 officer,may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one1.13year or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both.1.14Whoever violates this subdivision a second or subsequent timeis 1.15 guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not 1.16 more than one year and one day or to payment of a fine of not 1.17 more than $3,000, or both. 1.18 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 609.487, 1.19 subdivision 4, is amended to read: 1.20 Subd. 4. [FLEEING AN OFFICER; DEATH; BODILY INJURY; 1.21 PROPERTY DAMAGE.] Whoeverflees or attempts to flee by means of1.22a motor vehicle a peace officer who is acting in the lawful1.23discharge of an official duty, and the perpetrator knows or1.24should reasonably know the same to be a peace officer, and who1.25in the course of fleeing, in the course of committing an offense 2.1 described in subdivision 3, causes the death of a human being 2.2 not constituting murder or manslaughteror, any bodily injury to 2.3 any person other than the perpetrator, or any property damage, 2.4 may be sentencedto imprisonmentas follows: 2.5(a)(1) if thecourse of fleeingconduct results in death, 2.6 to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a 2.7 fine of not more than $20,000, or both;or2.8(b)(2) if thecourse of fleeingconduct results in great 2.9 bodily harm, to imprisonment for not more than seven years or to 2.10 payment of a fine of not more than $14,000, or both;or2.11(c)(3) if thecourse of fleeingconduct results in 2.12 substantial bodily harm, to imprisonment for not more than five 2.13 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both; 2.14 or 2.15 (4) if the conduct results in property damage, to 2.16 imprisonment for not more than three years or to payment of a 2.17 fine of not more than $5,000, or both. 2.18 Sec. 3. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 2.19 Sections 1 and 2 are effective August 1, 1997, and apply to 2.20 crimes committed on or after that date.