HF 361

as introduced - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 02/03/2011 10:56am

A bill for an act
relating to crime; modifying crime of fleeing a peace officer; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 609.487, subdivision 4.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 609.487, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Fleeing officer; death; bodily injury.

Whoever flees or attempts to flee by
means of a motor vehicle a peace officer who is acting in the lawful discharge of an official
duty, and the perpetrator knows or should reasonably know the same to be a peace officer,
and who in the course of fleeing new text begin in a motor vehicle or subsequently by other means new text end causes
the death of a human being not constituting murder or manslaughter or any bodily injury
to any person other than the perpetrator may be sentenced to imprisonment as follows:

(a) if the course of fleeing results in death, to imprisonment for not more than 40
years or to payment of a fine of not more than $80,000, or both; or

(b) if the course of fleeing results in great bodily harm, to imprisonment for not more
than seven years or to payment of a fine of not more than $14,000, or both; or

(c) if the course of fleeing results in substantial bodily harm, to imprisonment for not
more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2011, and applies to crimes
committed on or after that date.
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