1st Engrossment - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
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Introduction | Posted on 12/11/2003 | |
1st Engrossment | Posted on 02/12/2004 |
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 2002, section 609.505. 1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2002, 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, 2004, and applies to 2.10 crimes committed on or after that date.