as introduced - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to crime; setting out the expanded 1.3 alternative elements of the crime of unlawful 1.4 interference with a transit operator; amending 1.5 Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 609.855, subdivision 1.6 2. 1.7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 609.855, 1.9 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 1.10 Subd. 2. [UNLAWFUL INTERFERENCE WITH TRANSIT OPERATOR.] 1.11 (a) Whoever intentionally commits an act that: 1.12 (1) interferes with or obstructs, or tends to interfere 1.13 with or obstruct, the operation of a transit vehicle, 1.14 (2) distracts the driver from the safe operation of a 1.15 transit vehicle, or 1.16 (3) endangers the passengers of a transit vehicle, 1.17 is guilty of unlawful interference with a transit operator and 1.18 may be sentenced as provided in paragraph(c)(b). 1.19 (b)An act that is committed on a transit vehicle that1.20distracts the driver from the safe operation of the vehicle or1.21that endangers passengers is a violation of this subdivision if1.22an authorized transit representative has clearly warned the1.23person once to stop the act.1.24(c)A person who violates this subdivision may be sentenced 1.25 as follows: 1.26 (1) to imprisonment for not more than three years or to 2.1 payment of a fine of not more than $5,000, or both, if the 2.2 violation was accompanied by force or violence or a 2.3 communication of a threat of force or violence; or 2.4 (2) to imprisonment for not more than 90 days or to payment 2.5 of a fine of not more than $700, or both, if the violation was 2.6 not accompanied by force or violence or a communication of a 2.7 threat of force or violence. 2.8 Sec. 2. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 2.9 Section 1 is effective August 1, 2000, and applies to 2.10 crimes committed on or after that date.