as introduced - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to crimes; treating probation officers the 1.3 same as correctional employees for purposes of certain 1.4 assaults; amending Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, 1.5 section 609.2231, subdivision 3. 1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 1.8 609.2231, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 1.9 Subd. 3. [CORRECTIONAL EMPLOYEES; PROBATION OFFICERS.] 1.10 Whoever commits either of the following acts against an employee 1.11 of a correctional facility as defined in section 241.021, 1.12 subdivision 1, paragraph (f), or against a probation officer or 1.13 other qualified person employed in supervising offenders while 1.14 the employee, officer, or person is engaged in the performance 1.15 of a duty imposed by law, policy, or rule is guilty of a felony 1.16 and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than two years 1.17 or to payment of a fine of not more than $4,000, or both: 1.18 (1) assaults the employee and inflicts demonstrable bodily 1.19 harm; or 1.20 (2) intentionally throws or otherwise transfers bodily 1.21 fluids or feces at or onto the employee. 1.22 [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective August 1, 2004, 1.23 and applies to crimes committed on or after that date.