as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/14/2024 02:34pm
A bill for an act
relating to public safety; increasing the criminal penalty for concealing a dead
body; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.502, subdivision 1a.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.502, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
A person convicted under subdivision 1, clause (2) or (3), is guilty
of a gross misdemeanor. A person convicted under subdivision 1, clause (1), may be
sentenced to imprisonment for not more than deleted text begin threedeleted text end new text begin 20new text end years or to a payment of a fine of not
more than deleted text begin $5,000deleted text end new text begin $20,000new text end or both.
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This section is effective August 1, 2024, and applies to crimes
committed on or after that date.
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