HF 1665

1st Engrossment - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 02/22/2012 04:51pm

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; adding fifth degree assault and certain domestic assault
provisions to crime of violence; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section
624.712, subdivision 5.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 624.712, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5.

Crime of violence.

"Crime of violence" means: felony convictions of the
following offenses: sections 609.185 (murder in the first degree); 609.19 (murder in
the second degree); 609.195 (murder in the third degree); 609.20 (manslaughter in the
first degree); 609.205 (manslaughter in the second degree); 609.215 (aiding suicide and
aiding attempted suicide); 609.221 (assault in the first degree); 609.222 (assault in the
second degree); 609.223 (assault in the third degree); 609.2231 (assault in the fourth
degree); new text begin 609.224 (assault in the fifth degree); 609.2242 (domestic assault); 609.2247
(domestic assault by strangulation); new text end 609.229 (crimes committed for the benefit of a
gang); 609.235 (use of drugs to injure or facilitate crime); 609.24 (simple robbery);
609.245 (aggravated robbery); 609.25 (kidnapping); 609.255 (false imprisonment);
609.322 (solicitation, inducement, and promotion of prostitution; sex trafficking); 609.342
(criminal sexual conduct in the first degree); 609.343 (criminal sexual conduct in the
second degree); 609.344 (criminal sexual conduct in the third degree); 609.345 (criminal
sexual conduct in the fourth degree); 609.377 (malicious punishment of a child); 609.378
(neglect or endangerment of a child); 609.486 (commission of crime while wearing or
possessing a bullet-resistant vest); 609.52 (involving theft of a firearm, theft involving
the intentional taking or driving of a motor vehicle without the consent of the owner or
authorized agent of the owner, theft involving the taking of property from a burning,
abandoned, or vacant building, or from an area of destruction caused by civil disaster,
riot, bombing, or the proximity of battle, and theft involving the theft of a controlled
substance, an explosive, or an incendiary device); 609.561 (arson in the first degree);
609.562 (arson in the second degree); 609.582, subdivision 1, 2, or 3 (burglary in the first
through third degrees); 609.66, subdivision 1e (drive-by shooting); 609.67 (unlawfully
owning, possessing, operating a machine gun or short-barreled shotgun); 609.71 (riot);
609.713 (terroristic threats); 609.749 (stalking); 609.855, subdivision 5 (shooting at a
public transit vehicle or facility); and chapter 152 (drugs, controlled substances); and an
attempt to commit any of these offenses.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2012, and applies to crimes
committed on or after that date.
new text end