HF 1572

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/13/2017 06:03pm

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; eliminating stays of adjudication and stays of imposition
in criminal sexual conduct cases; requiring sex offenders to serve lifetime
conditional release or probation; establishing intensive probation for certain sex
offenders; increasing penalties for child pornography offenses; creating mandatory
minimum sentences; directing the Sentencing Guidelines Commission to modify
the sex offender grid; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 244.195,
subdivision 1; 253D.22; 401.01, subdivision 2; 609.095; 609.135, subdivision 1;
609.2231, subdivision 3a; 609.342, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 609.343,
subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 609.344, subdivision 2, by adding a
subdivision; 609.345, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 609.3451, subdivision
3; 609.3455, subdivisions 7, 8, by adding subdivisions; 617.246, subdivision 7,
by adding a subdivision; 617.247, subdivisions 3, 4, by adding a subdivision;
repealing Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 609.342, subdivision 3; 609.343,
subdivision 3; 609.344, subdivision 3; 609.345, subdivision 3; 609.3455,
subdivision 6.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 244.195, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

(a) As used in this subdivision, the following terms have
the meanings given them.

(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of corrections.

(c) "Conditional release" means parole, supervised release, conditional release as
authorized by section 609.3455, subdivision deleted text begin 6, deleted text end 7 deleted text begin , deleted text end or 8; Minnesota Statutes 2004, section
609.108, subdivision 6; or Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 609.109, subdivision 7, work
release as authorized by sections 241.26, 244.065, and 631.425, probation, furlough, and
any other authorized temporary release from a correctional facility.

(d) "Court services director" means the director or designee of a county probation agency
that is not organized under chapter 401.

(e) "Detain" means to take into actual custody, including custody within a local
correctional facility.

(f) "Local correctional facility" has the meaning given in section 241.021, subdivision
1.

(g) "Release" means to release from actual custody.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2017, and applies to offenses
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 253D.22, is amended to read:

253D.22 TRANSFER TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.

(a) If a person has been committed under this chapter and later is committed to the
custody of the commissioner of corrections for any reason, including but not limited to,
being sentenced for a crime or revocation of the person's supervised release or conditional
release under section 244.05; 609.3455, subdivision deleted text begin 6, deleted text end 7 deleted text begin , deleted text end or 8; Minnesota Statutes 2004,
section 609.108, subdivision 6; or Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 609.109, subdivision
7, the person shall be transferred to a facility designated by the commissioner of corrections
without regard to the procedures provided in section 253D.29, subdivision 1.

(b) If a person is committed under this chapter after a commitment to the commissioner
of corrections, the person shall first serve the sentence in a facility designated by the
commissioner of corrections. After the person has served the sentence, the person shall be
transferred to a treatment program designated by the commissioner of human services.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2017, and applies to offenses
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 401.01, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Definitions.

(a) For the purposes of sections 401.01 to 401.16, the following
terms have the meanings given them.

(b) "CCA county" means a county that participates in the Community Corrections Act.

(c) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of corrections or a designee.

(d) "Conditional release" means parole, supervised release, conditional release as
authorized by section 609.3455, subdivision deleted text begin 6 deleted text end deleted text begin , deleted text end 7 deleted text begin , deleted text end or 8; Minnesota Statutes 2004, section
609.108, subdivision 6; or Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 609.109, subdivision 7, work
release as authorized by sections 241.26, 244.065, and 631.425, probation, furlough, and
any other authorized temporary release from a correctional facility.

(e) "County probation officer" means a probation officer appointed under section 244.19.

(f) "Detain" means to take into actual custody, including custody within a local
correctional facility.

(g) "Joint board" means the board provided in section 471.59.

(h) "Local correctional facility" has the meaning given in section 241.021, subdivision
1.

(i) "Local correctional service" means those services authorized by and employees,
officers, and agents appointed under section 244.19, subdivision 1.

(j) "Release" means to release from actual custody.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2017, and applies to offenses
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 609.095, is amended to read:

609.095 LIMITS OF SENTENCES.

(a) The legislature has the exclusive authority to define crimes and offenses and the
range of the sentences or punishments for their violation. No other or different sentence or
punishment shall be imposed for the commission of a crime than is authorized by this chapter
or other applicable law.

(b) Except as provided in section 152.18 or 609.375, or upon agreement of the parties new text begin
in a case that does not include a charge for violating section 243.166, 609.342, 609.343,
609.344, 609.345, 609.3451, subdivision 3, or 609.3453 new text end , a court may not refuse to adjudicate
the guilt of a defendant who tenders a guilty plea in accordance with Minnesota Rules of
Criminal Procedure, rule 15, or who has been found guilty by a court or jury following a
trial.

(c) Paragraph (b) does not supersede Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure, rule 26.04.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2017, and applies to offenses
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 609.135, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Terms and conditions.

(a) Except when a sentence of life imprisonment
is required by law, or when a mandatory minimum sentence is required by section 609.11,
new text begin or as provided in paragraph (e), new text end any court may stay imposition or execution of sentence
and:

(1) may order intermediate sanctions without placing the defendant on probation; or

(2) may place the defendant on probation with or without supervision and on the terms
the court prescribes, including intermediate sanctions when practicable. The court may order
the supervision to be under the probation officer of the court, or, if there is none and the
conviction is for a felony or gross misdemeanor, by the commissioner of corrections, or in
any case by some other suitable and consenting person. Unless the court directs otherwise,
state parole and probation agents and probation officers may impose community work
service or probation violation sanctions, consistent with section 243.05, subdivision 1;
sections 244.196 to 244.199; or 401.02, subdivision 5.

No intermediate sanction may be ordered performed at a location that fails to observe
applicable requirements or standards of chapter 181A or 182, or any rule promulgated under
them.

(b) For purposes of this subdivision, subdivision 6, and section 609.14, the term
"intermediate sanctions" includes but is not limited to incarceration in a local jail or
workhouse, home detention, electronic monitoring, intensive probation, sentencing to service,
reporting to a day reporting center, chemical dependency or mental health treatment or
counseling, restitution, fines, day-fines, community work service, work service in a restorative
justice program, work in lieu of or to work off fines and, with the victim's consent, work in
lieu of or to work off restitution.

(c) A court may not stay the revocation of the driver's license of a person convicted of
violating the provisions of section 169A.20.

(d) If the court orders a fine, day-fine, or restitution as an intermediate sanction, payment
is due on the date imposed unless the court otherwise establishes a due date or a payment
plan.

new text begin (e) A court may not stay imposition of a sentence for a felony violation of section
243.166, 609.342, 609.343, 609.344, 609.345, 609.3451, or 609.3453.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2017, and applies to offenses
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 609.2231, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:

Subd. 3a.

Secure treatment facility personnel.

(a) As used in this subdivision, "secure
treatment facility" includes facilities listed in sections 253B.02, subdivision 18a, and
253D.02, subdivision 13.

(b) Whoever, while committed under chapter 253D, Minnesota Statutes 2012, section
253B.185, or Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 526.10, commits either of the following acts
against an employee or other individual who provides care or treatment at a secure treatment
facility while the person is engaged in the performance of a duty imposed by law, policy,
or rule is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than two
years or to payment of a fine of not more than $4,000, or both:

(1) assaults the person and inflicts demonstrable bodily harm; or

(2) intentionally throws or otherwise transfers bodily fluids or feces at or onto the person.

(c) Whoever, while committed under section 253B.18, or admitted under the provision
of section 253B.10, subdivision 1, commits either of the following acts against an employee
or other individual who supervises and works directly with patients at a secure treatment
facility while the person is engaged in the performance of a duty imposed by law, policy,
or rule, is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than two
years or to payment of a fine of not more than $4,000, or both:

(1) assaults the person and inflicts demonstrable bodily harm; or

(2) intentionally throws or otherwise transfers urine, blood, semen, or feces onto the
person.

(d) The court shall commit a person convicted of violating paragraph (b) to the custody
of the commissioner of corrections for not less than one year and one day. The court may
not, on its own motion or the prosecutor's motion, sentence a person without regard to this
paragraph. A person convicted and sentenced as required by this paragraph is not eligible
for probation, parole, discharge, work release, or supervised release, until that person has
served the full term of imprisonment as provided by law, notwithstanding the provisions of
sections 241.26, 242.19, 243.05, 244.04, 609.12, and 609.135.

(e) Notwithstanding the statutory maximum sentence provided in paragraph (b), when
a court sentences a person to the custody of the commissioner of corrections for a violation
of paragraph (b), the court shall provide that after the person has been released from prison,
the commissioner shall place the person on conditional release for five years. The terms of
conditional release are governed by sections 244.05 and 609.3455, subdivision deleted text begin 6, deleted text end 7 deleted text begin , deleted text end or 8;
and Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 609.109.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2017, and applies to offenses
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 609.342, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Penalty.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in section 609.3455; or Minnesota
Statutes 2004, section 609.109, a person convicted under subdivision 1 may be sentenced
to imprisonment for not more than 30 years or to a payment of a fine of not more than
$40,000, or both.

(b) Unless a longer mandatory minimum sentence is otherwise required by law or the
Sentencing Guidelines provide for a longer presumptive executed sentence, the court shall
presume that an executed sentence of 144 months must be imposed on an offender convicted
of violating this section. Sentencing a person in a manner other than that described in this
paragraph is a departure from the Sentencing Guidelines.

(c) A person convicted under this section is also subject to new text begin lifetime new text end conditional release new text begin ,
lifetime probation, and intensive probation new text end under section 609.3455.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2017, and applies to offenses
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 609.342, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Stays prohibited. new text end

new text begin (a) Pursuant to section 609.095, paragraph (b), a court may
not refuse to adjudicate the guilt of a defendant who tenders a guilty plea under this section
in accordance with Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure, rule 15, or who has been found
guilty by a court or jury following a trial.
new text end

new text begin (b) Pursuant to section 609.135, subdivision 1, paragraph (e), a court may not stay
imposition of a sentence under this section.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2017, and applies to offenses
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 609.343, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Penalty.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in section 609.3455; or Minnesota
Statutes 2004, section 609.109, a person convicted under subdivision 1 may be sentenced
to imprisonment for not more than 25 years or to a payment of a fine of not more than
$35,000, or both.

(b) Unless a longer mandatory minimum sentence is otherwise required by law or the
Sentencing Guidelines provide for a longer presumptive executed sentence, the court shall
presume that an executed sentence of 90 months must be imposed on an offender convicted
of violating subdivision 1, clause (c), (d), (e), (f), or (h). Sentencing a person in a manner
other than that described in this paragraph is a departure from the Sentencing Guidelines.

(c) A person convicted under this section is also subject to new text begin lifetime new text end conditional release new text begin ,
lifetime probation, and intensive probation new text end under section 609.3455.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2017, and applies to offenses
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 609.343, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Stays prohibited. new text end

new text begin (a) Pursuant to section 609.095, paragraph (b), a court may
not refuse to adjudicate the guilt of a defendant who tenders a guilty plea under this section
in accordance with Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure, rule 15, or who has been found
guilty by a court or jury following a trial.
new text end

new text begin (b) Pursuant to section 609.135, subdivision 1, paragraph (e), a court may not stay
imposition of a sentence under this section.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2017, and applies to offenses
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 11.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 609.344, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Penalty.

Except as otherwise provided in section 609.3455, a person convicted
under subdivision 1 may be sentenced:

(1) to imprisonment for not more than 15 years or to a payment of a fine of not more
than $30,000, or both; or

(2) if the person was convicted under subdivision 1, paragraph (b), and if the actor was
no more than 48 months but more than 24 months older than the complainant, to
imprisonment for not more than five years or a fine of not more than $30,000, or both.

A person convicted under this section is also subject to new text begin lifetime new text end conditional release new text begin ,
lifetime probation, and intensive probation new text end under section 609.3455.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2017, and applies to offenses
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 12.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 609.344, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Stays prohibited. new text end

new text begin (a) Pursuant to section 609.095, paragraph (b), a court may
not refuse to adjudicate the guilt of a defendant who tenders a guilty plea under this section
in accordance with Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure, rule 15, or who has been found
guilty by a court or jury following a trial.
new text end

new text begin (b) Pursuant to section 609.135, subdivision 1, paragraph (e), a court may not stay
imposition of a sentence under this section.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2017, and applies to offenses
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 13.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 609.345, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Penalty.

Except as otherwise provided in section 609.3455, a person convicted
under subdivision 1 may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to a
payment of a fine of not more than $20,000, or both. A person convicted under this section
is also subject to new text begin lifetime new text end conditional release new text begin , lifetime probation, and intensive probation new text end
under section 609.3455.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2017, and applies to offenses
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 14.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 609.345, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Stays prohibited. new text end

new text begin (a) Pursuant to section 609.095, paragraph (b), a court may
not refuse to adjudicate the guilt of a defendant who tenders a guilty plea under this section
in accordance with Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure, rule 15, or who has been found
guilty by a court or jury following a trial.
new text end

new text begin (b) Pursuant to section 609.135, subdivision 1, paragraph (e), a court may not stay
imposition of a sentence under this section.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2017, and applies to offenses
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 15.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 609.3451, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Felony.

(a) A person is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment
for not more than seven years or to payment of a fine of not more than $14,000, or both, if
the person violates this section within seven years of:

(1) a previous conviction for violating subdivision 1, clause (2), a crime described in
paragraph (b), or a statute from another state in conformity with any of these offenses; or

(2) the first of two or more previous convictions for violating subdivision 1, clause (1),
or a statute from another state in conformity with this offense.

(b) A previous conviction for violating section 609.342; 609.343; 609.344; 609.345;
609.3453; 617.23, subdivision 2, clause (2), or subdivision 3; or 617.247 may be used to
enhance a criminal penalty as provided in paragraph (a).

new text begin (c) Pursuant to section 609.095, paragraph (b), a court may not refuse to adjudicate the
guilt of a defendant who tenders a guilty plea under this subdivision in accordance with
Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure, rule 15, or who has been found guilty by a court
or jury following a trial.
new text end

new text begin (d) Pursuant to section 609.135, subdivision 1, paragraph (e), a court may not stay
imposition of a sentence under this subdivision.
new text end

new text begin (e) A person convicted under this subdivision is also subject to lifetime conditional
release, lifetime probation, and intensive probation under section 609.3455.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2017, and applies to offenses
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 16.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 609.3455, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

Subd. 7.

Mandatory lifetime conditional release term.

deleted text begin (a) When a court sentences an
offender under subdivision 3 or 4, the court shall provide that, if the offender is released
from prison, the commissioner of corrections shall place the offender on conditional release
for the remainder of the offender's life.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (b) deleted text end Notwithstanding the statutory maximum sentence otherwise applicable to the offense,
when the court commits an offender to the custody of the commissioner of corrections for
a new text begin felony new text end violation of section 609.342, 609.343, 609.344, 609.345, new text begin 609.3451, new text end or 609.3453,
deleted text begin and the offender has a previous or prior sex offense conviction, deleted text end the court shall provide that,
after the offender has been released from prison, the commissioner shall place the offender
on conditional release for the remainder of the offender's life.

deleted text begin (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), an offender may not be placed on lifetime conditional
release for a violation of section 609.345, unless the offender's previous or prior sex offense
conviction is for a violation of section 609.342, 609.343, 609.344, or 609.3453, or any
similar statute of the United States, this state, or any other state.
deleted text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2017, and applies to offenses
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 17.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 609.3455, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 7a. new text end

new text begin Lifetime probation. new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding the statutory maximum sentence
otherwise applicable to the offense and otherwise provided in section 609.135, subdivision
2, paragraph (a), when the court does not commit an offender to the commissioner of
corrections for a felony violation of section 609.342, 609.343, 609.344, 609.345, 609.3451,
or 609.3453, the court shall, after the offender has been released from any term of
confinement imposed by the court, place the offender on probation for the remainder of the
offender's life.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2017, and applies to offenses
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 18.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 609.3455, subdivision 8, is amended to read:

Subd. 8.

Terms of conditional release; applicable to all sex offenders.

(a) The
provisions of this subdivision relating to conditional release apply to all sex offenders
sentenced to prison for a violation of section 609.342, 609.343, 609.344, 609.345, new text begin 609.3451,
new text end or 609.3453. Except as provided in this subdivision, conditional release of sex offenders is
governed by provisions relating to supervised release. deleted text begin The commissioner of corrections
may not dismiss an offender on conditional release from supervision until the offender's
conditional release term expires.
deleted text end

(b) The conditions of release may include successful completion of treatment and aftercare
in a program approved by the commissioner, satisfaction of the release conditions specified
in section 244.05, subdivision 6, and any other conditions the commissioner considers
appropriate. The commissioner shall develop a plan to pay the cost of treatment of a person
released under this subdivision. The plan may include co-payments from offenders,
third-party payers, local agencies, or other funding sources as they are identified. This
section does not require the commissioner to accept or retain an offender in a treatment
program. Before the offender is placed on conditional release, the commissioner shall notify
the sentencing court and the prosecutor in the jurisdiction where the offender was sentenced
of the terms of the offender's conditional release. The commissioner also shall make
reasonable efforts to notify the victim of the offender's crime of the terms of the offender's
conditional release.

(c) If the offender fails to meet any condition of release, the commissioner may revoke
the offender's conditional release and order that the offender serve all or a part of the
remaining portion of the conditional release term in prison. deleted text begin An offender, while on supervised
release, is not entitled to credit against the offender's conditional release term for time served
in confinement for a violation of release.
deleted text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2017, and applies to offenses
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 19.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 609.3455, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 8a. new text end

new text begin Intensive probation. new text end

new text begin (a) When the court does not commit an offender to the
commissioner of corrections after a conviction for a felony violation of section 609.342,
609.343, 609.344, 609.345, 609.3451, or 609.3453, the court shall place the offender on
intensive probation as provided in this subdivision.
new text end

new text begin (b) Phase I of intensive probation is six months and begins after the offender is released
from confinement, if ordered by the court. Phase II lasts for at least one-third of the time
remaining in the offender's imposed sentence at the beginning of phase II. Phase III lasts
for at least one-third of the time remaining in the offender's imposed sentence at the beginning
of phase III. Phase IV continues until the offender's imposed sentence expires.
new text end

new text begin (c) During phase I, the offender will be under house arrest in a residence approved by
the offender's probation agent and may not move to another residence without permission.
"House arrest" means that the offender's movements will be severely restricted and
continually monitored by the assigned agent. During phase II, modified house arrest is
imposed. During phases III and IV, the offender is subjected to a daily curfew instead of
house arrest.
new text end

new text begin (d) During phase I, the assigned probation agent shall have at least four face-to-face
contacts with the offender each week. During phase II, two face-to-face contacts a week
are required. During phase III, one face-to-face contact a week is required. During phase
IV, two face-to-face contacts a month are required. When an offender is an inmate of a jail
or a resident of a facility that is staffed full-time, at least one face-to-face contact a week is
required.
new text end

new text begin (e) During phases I, II, III, and IV, the offender must spend at least 40 hours a week
performing approved work, undertaking constructive activity designed to obtain employment,
or attending a treatment or education program as directed by the agent. An offender may
not spend more than six months in a residential treatment program that does not require the
offender to spend at least 40 hours a week performing approved work or undertaking
constructive activity designed to obtain employment.
new text end

new text begin (f) During any phase, the offender may be placed on electronic surveillance if the
probation agent so directs. If electronic surveillance is directed during phase I, the court
must require that the offender be kept in custody, or that the offender's probation agent, or
the agent's designee, directly supervise the offender until electronic surveillance is activated.
It is the responsibility of the offender placed on electronic surveillance to ensure that the
offender's residence is properly equipped and the offender's telecommunications system is
properly configured to support electronic surveillance prior to being released from custody
or the direct supervision of a probation agent. It is a violation of an offender's probation to
fail to comply with this paragraph.
new text end

new text begin (g) Throughout all phases of intensive probation, the offender shall submit at any time
to an unannounced search of the offender's person, vehicle, computer and other devices that
access the Internet or store data, or premises by a probation agent.
new text end

new text begin (h) The court may include any other conditions in the various phases of intensive
probation that the court finds necessary and appropriate.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2017, and applies to offenses
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 20.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 617.246, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

Subd. 7.

Conditional release term.

Notwithstanding the statutory maximum sentence
otherwise applicable to the offense or any provision of the sentencing guidelines, when a
court commits a person to the custody of the commissioner of corrections for violating this
section, the court shall provide that after the person has been released from prison, the
commissioner shall place the person on conditional release for deleted text begin five deleted text end new text begin ten new text end years. If the person
has previously been convicted of a violation of this section, section 609.342, 609.343,
609.344, 609.345, 609.3451, 609.3453, or 617.247, or any similar statute of the United
States, this state, or any state, the commissioner shall place the person on conditional release
for deleted text begin ten years deleted text end new text begin the remainder of the offender's life new text end . The terms of conditional release are
governed by section 609.3455, subdivision 8.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2017, and applies to offenses
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 21.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 617.246, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 8. new text end

new text begin Mandatory minimum sentence. new text end

new text begin A person convicted under this section must
serve a minimum of six months of incarceration. If the person (1) has a prior conviction
under this section or section 617.247, or (2) is required to register as a predatory offender,
the person must serve a minimum of 12 months of incarceration.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2017, and applies to offenses
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 22.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 617.247, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Dissemination prohibited.

(a) A person who disseminates pornographic work
to an adult or a minor, knowing or with reason to know its content and character, is guilty
of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than deleted text begin seven deleted text end new text begin ten new text end years and a
fine of not more than $10,000 for a first offense and for not more than deleted text begin 15 deleted text end new text begin 20 new text end years and a
fine of not more than $20,000 for a second or subsequent offense.

(b) A person who violates paragraph (a) is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to
imprisonment for not more than deleted text begin 15 deleted text end new text begin 20 new text end years if the violation occurs when the person is a
registered predatory offender under section 243.166.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2017, and applies to offenses
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 23.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 617.247, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Possession prohibited.

(a) A person who possesses a pornographic work or a
computer disk or computer or other electronic, magnetic, or optical storage system or a
storage system of any other type, containing a pornographic work, knowing or with reason
to know its content and character, is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment
for not more than deleted text begin five deleted text end new text begin seven new text end years and a fine of not more than deleted text begin $5,000 deleted text end new text begin $7,500 new text end for a first
offense and for not more than deleted text begin ten deleted text end new text begin 15 new text end years and a fine of not more than deleted text begin $10,000 deleted text end new text begin $15,000 new text end for
a second or subsequent offense.

(b) A person who violates paragraph (a) is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to
imprisonment for not more than deleted text begin ten deleted text end new text begin 15 new text end years if the violation occurs when the person is a
registered predatory offender under section 243.166.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2017, and applies to offenses
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 24.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 617.247, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 10. new text end

new text begin Mandatory minimum sentence. new text end

new text begin A person convicted under this section must
serve a minimum of six months of incarceration. If the person (1) has a prior conviction
under this section or section 617.246, or (2) is required to register as a predatory offender,
the person must serve a minimum of 12 months of incarceration.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2017, and applies to offenses
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 25. new text begin SENTENCING GUIDELINES MODIFICATION.
new text end

new text begin The Sentencing Guidelines Commission shall modify the sex offender grid by ranking
violations of Minnesota Statutes, section 617.247, subdivision 3 (dissemination of child
pornography - subsequent or by predatory offender) in severity level C; violations of
Minnesota Statutes, sections 617.246 (use of minors in sexual performance), 617.247,
subdivision 3 (dissemination of child pornography - first time, nonpredatory offender), and
617.247, subdivision 4 (possession of child pornography - subsequent or by predatory
offender) in severity level D; and violations of Minnesota Statutes, section 617.247,
subdivision 4 (possession of child pornography - first time, nonpredatory offender) in
severity level E.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2017, and applies to offenses
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 26. new text begin REPEALER.
new text end

new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 609.342, subdivision 3; 609.343, subdivision 3;
609.344, subdivision 3; 609.345, subdivision 3; and 609.3455, subdivision 6, new text end new text begin are repealed.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2017, and applies to offenses
committed on or after that date.
new text end

APPENDIX

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 17-3418

609.342 CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT IN THE FIRST DEGREE.

Subd. 3.

Stay.

Except when imprisonment is required under section 609.3455; or Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 609.109, if a person is convicted under subdivision 1, clause (g), the court may stay imposition or execution of the sentence if it finds that:

(a) a stay is in the best interest of the complainant or the family unit; and

(b) a professional assessment indicates that the offender has been accepted by and can respond to a treatment program.

If the court stays imposition or execution of sentence, it shall include the following as conditions of probation:

(1) incarceration in a local jail or workhouse;

(2) a requirement that the offender complete a treatment program; and

(3) a requirement that the offender have no unsupervised contact with the complainant until the offender has successfully completed the treatment program unless approved by the treatment program and the supervising correctional agent.

609.343 CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT IN THE SECOND DEGREE.

Subd. 3.

Stay.

Except when imprisonment is required under section 609.3455; or Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 609.109, if a person is convicted under subdivision 1, clause (g), the court may stay imposition or execution of the sentence if it finds that:

(a) a stay is in the best interest of the complainant or the family unit; and

(b) a professional assessment indicates that the offender has been accepted by and can respond to a treatment program.

If the court stays imposition or execution of sentence, it shall include the following as conditions of probation:

(1) incarceration in a local jail or workhouse;

(2) a requirement that the offender complete a treatment program; and

(3) a requirement that the offender have no unsupervised contact with the complainant until the offender has successfully completed the treatment program unless approved by the treatment program and the supervising correctional agent.

609.344 CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT IN THE THIRD DEGREE.

Subd. 3.

Stay.

Except when imprisonment is required under section 609.3455; or Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 609.109, if a person is convicted under subdivision 1, clause (f), the court may stay imposition or execution of the sentence if it finds that:

(a) a stay is in the best interest of the complainant or the family unit; and

(b) a professional assessment indicates that the offender has been accepted by and can respond to a treatment program.

If the court stays imposition or execution of sentence, it shall include the following as conditions of probation:

(1) incarceration in a local jail or workhouse;

(2) a requirement that the offender complete a treatment program; and

(3) a requirement that the offender have no unsupervised contact with the complainant until the offender has successfully completed the treatment program unless approved by the treatment program and the supervising correctional agent.

609.345 CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT IN THE FOURTH DEGREE.

Subd. 3.

Stay.

Except when imprisonment is required under section 609.3455; or Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 609.109, if a person is convicted under subdivision 1, clause (f), the court may stay imposition or execution of the sentence if it finds that:

(a) a stay is in the best interest of the complainant or the family unit; and

(b) a professional assessment indicates that the offender has been accepted by and can respond to a treatment program.

If the court stays imposition or execution of sentence, it shall include the following as conditions of probation:

(1) incarceration in a local jail or workhouse;

(2) a requirement that the offender complete a treatment program; and

(3) a requirement that the offender have no unsupervised contact with the complainant until the offender has successfully completed the treatment program unless approved by the treatment program and the supervising correctional agent.

609.3455 DANGEROUS SEX OFFENDERS; LIFE SENTENCES; CONDITIONAL RELEASE.

Subd. 6.

Mandatory ten-year conditional release term.

Notwithstanding the statutory maximum sentence otherwise applicable to the offense and unless a longer conditional release term is required in subdivision 7, when a court commits an offender to the custody of the commissioner of corrections for a violation of section 609.342, 609.343, 609.344, 609.345, or 609.3453, the court shall provide that, after the offender has been released from prison, the commissioner shall place the offender on conditional release for ten years.