1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; creating a new crime of soliciting or providing support 
1.3 	for an act of terrorism;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
1.4 	609.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [609.7141] SOLICITING OR PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR AN ACT OF 
1.7 	TERRORISM.
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Crime. Whoever raises, solicits, collects, or provides material support 
1.9 	or resources with intent that the material support or resources will be used, in whole or in 
1.10 	part, to plan, prepare, carry out, or aid in either an act of terrorism or the concealment of, 
1.11 	or an escape from, an act of terrorism is guilty of a felony.
1.12 		Subd. 2.Penalty. Whoever violates subdivision 1 may be sentenced as follows:
1.13 	(1) to imprisonment for not more than 15 years or to payment of a fine of not more than 
1.14 	$30,000, or both, if the total value of the material support or resources exceeds $5,000; or
1.15 	(2) to imprisonment for not more than seven years or to payment of a fine of not more 
1.16 	than $15,000, or both, if the total value of the material support or resources is $5,000 or 
1.17 	less.
1.18 		Subd. 3.Definitions. (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the meanings 
1.19 	given.
1.20 	(b) "Act of terrorism" is an act that is intended to:
1.21 	(1) intimidate or coerce a civilian population;
2.1 	(2) influence the policy of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion; or
2.2 	(3) affect the conduct of a unit of government by murder, assassination, or kidnapping.
2.3 	(c) "Material support or resources" means currency or other financial securities, financial 
2.4 	services, lodging, training, safehouses, false documentation or identification, communications 
2.5 	equipment, facilities, weapons, lethal substances, explosives, personnel, transportation, and 
2.6 	other physical assets, except medicine or religious materials.