1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to crime; modifying trespassing on critical public service property;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 609.6055, subdivision 2.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 609.6055, subdivision 2, is amended to 
1.6 	read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Prohibited conduct; penalty. Whoever enters or is found upon property 
1.8 	containing a critical public service facility, utility, or pipeline, without claim of right 
1.9 	or consent of one who has the right to give consent to be on the property, is guilty of 
1.10 	a gross misdemeanor, if:
1.11 	(1) the person refuses to depart from the property on the demand of one who has 
1.12 	the right to give consent;
1.13 	(2) within the past six months, the person had been told by one who had the right 
1.14 	to give consent to leave the property and not to return, unless a person with the right to 
1.15 	give consent has given the person permission to return; or
1.16 	(3) the property is posted.; or
1.17 	(4) the property contains a utility or pipeline in an underground structure, whether or 
1.18 	not the structure is posted.

1.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2008, and applies to crimes 
1.20 	committed on or after this date.