1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to crime prevention; expanding the 
  1.3             fourth-degree assault law; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.4             2002, section 609.2231, subdivision 3. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 609.2231, 
  1.7   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  1.8      Subd. 3.  [CORRECTIONAL ~~EMPLOYEES~~ AND SECURE TREATMENT 
  1.9   FACILITY PERSONNEL.] Whoever commits either of the following 
  1.10  acts against an employee of a correctional facility as defined 
  1.11  in section 241.021, subdivision 1, clause (5), or an employee or 
  1.12  other individual who provides care or treatment at a secure 
  1.13  treatment facility as defined in section 253B.02, subdivision 
  1.14  18a, while the ~~employee~~ person is engaged in the performance of 
  1.15  a duty imposed by law, policy, or rule is guilty of a felony and 
  1.16  may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than two years or 
  1.17  to payment of a fine of not more than $4,000, or both: 
  1.18     (1) assaults the ~~employee~~ person and inflicts demonstrable 
  1.19  bodily harm; or 
  1.20     (2) intentionally throws or otherwise transfers bodily 
  1.21  fluids or feces at or onto the ~~employee~~ person. 
  1.22     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.23     Section 1 is effective August 1, 2003, and applies to 
  1.24  crimes committed on or after that date.