as introduced - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to crime; increasing penalties for committing 1.3 the crime of indecent exposure in the presence of a 1.4 child under the age of 16; amending Minnesota Statutes 1.5 1994, section 617.23. 1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 617.23, is 1.8 amended to read: 1.9 617.23 [INDECENT EXPOSURE; PENALTIES.] 1.10Every(a) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor whoshall: 1.11 (1) willfully and lewdlyexposeexposes the person's body, 1.12 or the private parts thereof, in any public place, or in any 1.13 place where others are present, or shall procure; 1.14 (2) procures another to expose private parts, and every1.15person who shall be guilty of; or 1.16 (3) engages in any open or gross lewdness or lascivious 1.17 behavior, or any public indecency other thanhereinbefore1.18 behavior specified, shall be guilty of a misdemeanorin clause 1.19 (1) or (2) or this clause. 1.20 (b) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if: 1.21 (1) the person violates this section in the presence of a 1.22 minor under the age of 16; or 1.23 (2) the person violates this section after having been 1.24 previously convicted of violating this section, sections 609.342 1.25 to 609.3451, or a statute from another state in conformity with 2.1 any of those sections. 2.2 Sec. 2. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 2.3 Section 1 is effective August 1, 1995, and applies to 2.4 crimes committed on or after that date.