Key: (1) language to be deleted (2) new language
An act
relating to crime; prescribing criminal penalties for assaulting a transit operator;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 609.2231, by adding a subdivision.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
new text begin (a) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if (1) the person assaults a transit operator, or intentionally throws or otherwise transfers bodily fluids onto a transit operator; and (2) the transit operator is acting in the course of the operator's duties and is operating a transit vehicle, aboard a transit vehicle, or otherwise responsible for a transit vehicle. A person convicted under this paragraph may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one year or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both. new text end
new text begin (b) For the purposes of this subdivision, "transit operator" means a driver or operator of a transit vehicle that is used to provide any of the following services: new text end
new text begin (1) public transit, as defined in section 174.22, subdivision 7; new text end
new text begin (2) light rail transit service; new text end
new text begin (3) special transportation service under section 473.386, whether provided by the Metropolitan Council or by other providers under contract with the council; or new text end
new text begin (4) commuter rail service. new text end
new text begin Section 1 is effective August 1, 2013, and applies to crimes committed on or after that date. new text end
Presented to the governor May 22, 2013
Signed by the governor May 24, 2013, 2:36 p.m.
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes