SF 927

1st Engrossment - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to crime victims; expanding the protection against employer retaliation;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 611A.036, subdivisions 2, 7.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 611A.036, subdivision 2, is amended to
read:

Subd. 2.

Victim's spouse or deleted text begin next of kin deleted text end new text begin immediate family members new text end .

An
employer must allow a victim of a deleted text begin heinous deleted text end new text begin violent new text end crime, as well as the victim's spouse or
deleted text begin next of kin deleted text end new text begin immediate family members new text end , reasonable time off from work to attend criminal
proceedings related to the victim's case.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2007.
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Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 611A.036, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

Subd. 7.

Definition.

As used in this section, deleted text begin "heinous crime" deleted text end new text begin "violent crime" new text end
means new text begin a violation or attempt to violate any of the following new text end : new text begin section 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); 609.21 (criminal vehicular homicide and injury); 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); 609.2241 (knowing transfer of communicable
disease); 609.2242 (domestic assault); 609.2245 (female genital mutilation); 609.2247
(domestic assault by strangulation); 609.228 (great bodily harm caused by distribution of
drugs); 609.23 (mistreatment of persons confined); 609.231 (mistreatment of residents or
patients); 609.2325 (criminal abuse); 609.233 (criminal neglect); 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); 609.265 (abduction); 609.2661 (murder of
an unborn child in the first degree); 609.2662 (murder of an unborn child in the second
degree); 609.2663 (murder of an unborn child in the third degree); 609.2664 (manslaughter
of an unborn child in the first degree); 609.2665 (manslaughter of an unborn child in the
second degree); 609.267 (assault of an unborn child in the first degree); 609.2671 (assault
of an unborn child in the second degree); 609.2672 (assault of an unborn child in the
third degree); 609.268 (injury or death of an unborn child in commission of a crime);
609.282 (labor 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); 609.3451 (criminal
sexual conduct in the fifth degree); 609.3453 (criminal sexual predatory conduct); 609.352
(solicitation of children to engage in sexual conduct); 609.377 (malicious punishment of a
child); 609.378 (neglect or endangerment of a child); 609.561, subdivision 1, (arson
in the first degree; dwelling); 609.582, subdivision 1, paragraph (a) or (c), (burglary in
the first degree; occupied dwelling or involving an assault); or 609.66, subdivision 1e,
paragraph (b), (drive-by shooting; firing at or toward a person, or an occupied building
or motor vehicle).
new text end

deleted text begin (1) a violation or attempted violation of section or ;
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deleted text begin (2) a violation of section or ; or
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deleted text begin (3) a violation of section , , or , if the offense was committed
with force or violence or if the complainant was a minor at the time of the offense.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2007.
new text end