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HF 3333

as introduced - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 03/03/2010 04:10pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
 relating to public safety; increasing the criminal penalty for assaulting a
vulnerable adult; providing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes
2008, sections 609.2231, by adding a subdivision; 609.224, subdivision 2.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 609.2231, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:


new text begin Subd. 8. new text end

new text begin Vulnerable adults. new text end

new text begin (a) As used in this subdivision, "vulnerable adult" has
the meaning given in section 609.232, subdivision 11.
 new text end

new text begin (b) Whoever assaults and inflicts demonstrable bodily harm on a vulnerable adult,
knowing or having reason to know that the person is a vulnerable adult, is guilty of a
gross misdemeanor.
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2010, and applies to crimes
committed on or after that date.
 new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 609.224, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Gross misdemeanor.

(a) Whoever violates the provisions of subdivision 1
against the same victim within ten years of a previous qualified domestic violence-related
offense conviction or adjudication of delinquency is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and
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.

(b) Whoever violates the provisions of subdivision 1 within three years of a previous
qualified domestic violence-related offense conviction or adjudication of delinquency is
guilty of a gross misdemeanor and 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.

deleted text begin (c) A caregiver, as defined in section 609.232, who is an individual and who violates
the provisions of subdivision 1 against a vulnerable adult, as defined in section 609.232, is
guilty of a gross misdemeanor and 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.deleted text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2010, and applies to crimes
committed on or after that date.
 new text end