Minnesota Legislature
HF 107
as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 01/14/2021 02:21pm
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A bill for an act
relating to public safety; amending the crime of property damage motivated by
bias; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 609.595, subdivisions 1a, 2.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 609.595, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
Subd. 1a.
Criminal damage to property in the second degree.
(a) Whoever deleted text begin intentionallydeleted text end
causes damage described in subdivision 2, paragraph (a), deleted text begin because of the property owner's
or another's actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability as
defined in section 363A.03, age, or national origindeleted text end is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced
to imprisonment for not more than one year and a day or to payment of a fine of not more
than $3,000, or bothdeleted text begin .deleted text end new text begin if the damage:
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(1) was committed in whole or in part because of the property owner's or another's actual
or perceived race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability as defined in section
363A.03, age, or national origin; or
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(2) was motivated in whole or in part by an intent to intimidate or harm an individual
or group of individuals because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability
as defined in section 363A.03, age, or national origin.
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(b) In any prosecution under paragraph (a), the value of property damaged by the
defendant in violation of that paragraph within any six-month period may be aggregated
and the defendant charged accordingly in applying this section. When two or more offenses
are committed by the same person in two or more counties, the accused may be prosecuted
in any county in which one of the offenses was committed for all of the offenses aggregated
under this paragraph.
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective August 1, 2021, and applies to crimes
committed on or after that date.
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Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 609.595, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2.
Criminal damage to property in the third degree.
(a) Except as otherwise
provided in subdivision 1a, whoever intentionally causes damage to another person's physical
property without the other person's consent may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more
than one year or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both, if: (1) the damage
reduces the value of the property by more than $500 but not more than $1,000 as measured
by the cost of repair and replacement; or (2) the damage was to a public safety motor vehicle
and the defendant knew the vehicle was a public safety motor vehicle.
(b) Whoever intentionally causes damage to another person's physical property without
the other person's consent deleted text begin because of the property owner's or another's actual or perceived
race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability as defined in section 363A.03, age,
or national origindeleted text end may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one year or to
payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both, if the damage reduces the value of the
property by not more than $500deleted text begin .deleted text end new text begin and:
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(1) was committed in whole or in part because of the property owner's or another's actual
or perceived race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability as defined in section
363A.03, age, or national origin; or
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(2) was motivated in whole or in part by an intent to intimidate or harm an individual
or group of individuals because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability
as defined in section 363A.03, age, or national origin.
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(c) In any prosecution under paragraph (a), clause (1), the value of property damaged
by the defendant in violation of that paragraph within any six-month period may be
aggregated and the defendant charged accordingly in applying this section. When two or
more offenses are committed by the same person in two or more counties, the accused may
be prosecuted in any county in which one of the offenses was committed for all of the
offenses aggregated under this paragraph.
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective August 1, 2021, and applies to crimes
committed on or after that date.
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