1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to crimes; prohibiting falsely reporting
1.3 	police misconduct; providing penalties; amending
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 609.505.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 609.505, is
1.7 	amended to read:
1.8 	609.505 FALSELY REPORTING CRIME.
1.9 		Subdivision 1.False reporting. Whoever informs a law
1.10 	enforcement officer that a crime has been committed or otherwise
1.11 	provides false information to an on-duty peace officer regarding
1.12 	the conduct of others, knowing that it is false and intending
1.13 	that the officer shall act in reliance upon it, is guilty of a
1.14 	misdemeanor.  A person who is convicted a second or subsequent
1.15 	time under this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
1.16 		Subd. 2.Reporting police misconduct. (a) Whoever
1.17 	informs, or causes information to be communicated to, a public
1.18 	official, as defined in section 609.415, subdivision 1, or an
1.19 	employee thereof, whose responsibilities include investigating
1.20 	or reporting police misconduct, that a peace officer, as defined
1.21 	in section 626.84, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), has committed
1.22 	an act of police misconduct, knowing that the information is
1.23 	false, is guilty of a crime and may be sentenced as follows:
1.24 	(1) up to the maximum provided for a misdemeanor if the
1.25 	false information does not allege a criminal act; or 
2.1 	(2) up to the maximum provided for a gross misdemeanor if
2.2 	the false information alleges a criminal act.
2.3 	(b) The court shall order any person convicted of a
2.4 	violation of this subdivision to make full restitution of all
2.5 	reasonable expenses incurred in the investigation of the false
2.6 	allegation unless the court makes a specific written finding
2.7 	that restitution would be inappropriate under the circumstances.

2.8 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.9 	Section 1 is effective August 1, 2005, and applies to
2.10 	crimes committed on or after that date.