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SF 1783

1st Engrossment - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 03/04/2014 08:24am

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underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
 relating to public safety; lowering the penalty for the performance of acts
prohibited by statutes for which no penalty is specified; applying this change
only prospectively to newly enacted or amended statutes; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2012, section 645.241.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 645.241, is amended to read:


645.241 PUNISHMENT FOR PROHIBITED ACTS.

new text begin (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), new text end when the performance of any act is
prohibited by a statute, and no penalty for the violation of the same shall be imposed in
any statute, the doing of such act shall be a misdemeanor.

new text begin (b) When the performance of any act is prohibited by a statute enacted or amended
after September 1, 2014, and no penalty for the violation of the same shall be imposed in
any statute, the doing of such act shall be a petty misdemeanor.
 new text end