as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 03/14/2019 09:22am
A bill for an act
relating to public safety; increasing the presumptive sentences for certain
second-degree criminal sexual conduct crimes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018,
section 609.343, subdivision 2.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 609.343, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in section 609.3455; or Minnesota
Statutes 2004, section 609.109, a person convicted under subdivision 1 may be sentenced
to imprisonment for not more than 25 years or to a payment of a fine of not more than
$35,000, or both.
(b) Unless a longer mandatory minimum sentence is otherwise required by law or the
Sentencing Guidelines provide for a longer presumptive executed sentence, the court shall
presume that an executed sentence of 90 months must be imposed on an offender convicted
of violating deleted text begin subdivision 1, clause (c), (d), (e), (f), or (h)deleted text end new text begin this sectionnew text end . Sentencing a person
in a manner other than that described in this paragraph is a departure from the Sentencing
Guidelines.
(c) A person convicted under this section is also subject to conditional release under
section 609.3455.
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This section is effective August 1, 2019, and applies to crimes
committed on or after that date.
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