HF 180

as introduced - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 01/24/2011 09:18am

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; permitting certain offenses to be charged in either the
county of the offense or the home county of the arresting law enforcement
agency; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 436.05, by adding a
subdivision.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 436.05, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

new text begin Subd. 7. new text end

new text begin Offenses committed near county lines. new text end

new text begin Where a contract is entered
into pursuant to this section between a home rule charter or statutory city, town, or the
sheriff of a county and a home rule charter or statutory city or town located wholly
or partially in an adjacent county, an offense committed in the adjacent county, but
within the corporate limits of the contracting home rule or statutory city or town, may
be alleged in the complaint or indictment to have been committed in either county and
may be prosecuted in either county. This is an exception to Rule 24.02, subdivision 2, of
the Rules of Criminal Procedure.
new text end