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 prevention; increasing the penalty 1.3 for repeated indecent exposure in the presence of a 1.4 minor; amending Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, 1.5 section 617.23. 1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 1.8 617.23, is amended to read: 1.9 617.23 [INDECENT EXPOSURE; PENALTIES.] 1.10 (a) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor who in any public 1.11 place, or in any place where others are present: 1.12 (1) willfully and lewdly exposes the person's body, or the 1.13 private parts thereof; 1.14 (2) procures another to expose private parts; or 1.15 (3) engages in any open or gross lewdness or lascivious 1.16 behavior, or any public indecency other than behavior specified 1.17 in clause (1) or (2) or this clause. 1.18 (b) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if: 1.19 (1) the person violates this section in the presence of a 1.20 minor under the age of 16; or 1.21 (2) the person violates this section after having been 1.22 previously convicted of violating this section, sections 609.342 1.23 to 609.3451, or a statute from another state in conformity with 1.24 any of those sections. 1.25 (c) A person is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to 2.1 imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a 2.2 fine of not more than $10,000, or both, if the person violates 2.3 this section in the presence of a minor under the age of 16 2.4 after having been previously convicted of violating this 2.5 section, or a statute from another state in conformity with this 2.6 section, in the presence of a minor under the age of 16. 2.7 Sec. 2. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 2.8 Section 1 is effective August 1, 1996, and applies to 2.9 crimes committed on or after that date.