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SF 1293

1st Engrossment - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 09/09/2015 02:36pm

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underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
 relating to public safety; expanding the offense of fifth degree criminal sexual
conduct; creating the crime of adulteration by bodily fluid; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2014, section 609.3451, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 609.3451, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Crime defined.

A person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct
in the fifth degree:

(1) if the person engages in nonconsensual sexual contact; or

(2) the person engages in masturbation or lewd exhibition of the genitals in the
presence of a minor under the age of 16, knowing or having reason to know the minor
is present.

For purposes of this section, "sexual contact" has the meaning given in section
609.341, subdivision 11, paragraph (a), clauses (i) deleted text begin anddeleted text end new text begin ,new text end (iv), new text begin and (v), new text end but does not include
the intentional touching of the clothing covering the immediate area of the buttocks.
Sexual contact also includes the intentional removal or attempted removal of clothing
covering the complainant's intimate parts or undergarments, and the nonconsensual
touching by the complainant of the actor's intimate parts, effected by the actor, if the action
is performed with sexual or aggressive intent.

Sec. 2.

new text begin [609.688] ADULTERATION BY BODILY FLUID.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Definition. new text end

new text begin (a) As used in this section, the following terms have
the meanings given.
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new text begin (b) "Adulterates" is the intentional adding of a bodily fluid to a substance.
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new text begin (c) "Bodily fluid" means the blood, seminal fluid, vaginal fluid, urine, or feces of
a human.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Crime. new text end

new text begin (a) Whoever adulterates any substance that the person knows or
should know is intended for human consumption is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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new text begin (b) Whoever violates paragraph (a) and another person ingests the adulterated
substance without knowledge of the adulteration is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
new text end