SF 405

1st Engrossment - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 08/21/2015 03:49pm

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; lowering the penalty for the performance of acts
prohibited by statutes for which no penalty is specified; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2014, section 645.241; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 5B.

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

Section 1.

new text begin [5B.13] CRIMINAL PENALTY.
new text end

new text begin When the performance of any act is prohibited under this chapter as of February
1, 2015, but no criminal or civil penalty is provided, the commission of the act is a
misdemeanor.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2015, and applies to acts
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 645.241, is amended to read:

645.241 PUNISHMENT FOR PROHIBITED ACTS.

deleted text begin (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), deleted text end When the performance of any act is
prohibited by a statute, and no penalty for the violation of the same shall be imposed in
any statute, the doing of such act shall be a new text begin petty new text end misdemeanor.

deleted text begin (b) When the performance of any act is prohibited by a statute enacted or amended
after September 1, 2014, and no penalty for the violation of the same shall be imposed in
any statute, the doing of such act shall be a petty misdemeanor.
deleted text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2015, and applies to acts
committed on or after that date.
new text end