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SF 3573

as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 03/12/2020 02:59pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

Current Version - as introduced

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A bill for an act
relating to crime; clarifying felony drive-by shooting; amending Minnesota Statutes
2018, section 609.66, subdivision 1e.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 609.66, subdivision 1e, is amended to read:


Subd. 1e.

Felony; drive-by shooting.

(a) deleted text begin Whoever,deleted text end new text begin A person is guilty of a felony who, new text end
while in or having just exited from a motor vehicle, recklessly discharges a firearm at or
toward deleted text begin anotherdeleted text end new text begin :
new text end

new text begin (1) an unoccupiednew text end motor vehicle or deleted text begin adeleted text end building deleted text begin is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced
to imprisonment for not more than three years or to payment of a fine of not more than
$6,000, or both.
deleted text end new text begin ;
new text end

new text begin (2) a motor vehicle or building that was occupied; or
new text end

new text begin (3) another person.
new text end

(b) deleted text begin Any person who violates this subdivision by firing at or toward a person, or an
occupied building or motor vehicle, may be sentenced
deleted text end new text begin A person convicted under paragraph
(a), clause (1), may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years or to payment
of a fine of not more than $6,000, or both. A person convicted under paragraph (a), clause
(2) or (3), may be sentenced
new text end to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of
a fine of not more than $20,000, or both.

(c) For purposes of this subdivision, "motor vehicle" has the meaning given in section
609.52, subdivision 1, and "building" has the meaning given in section 609.581, subdivision
2
.