1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; amending the career offender sentencing statute;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 609.1095, subdivision 4.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 609.1095, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 4.Increased sentence for offender who commits sixth felony. Whenever 
1.7 	a person is convicted of a felony, and the judge is imposing an executed sentence based 
1.8 	on a Sentencing Guidelines presumptive imprisonment sentence, the judge may impose 
1.9 	an aggravated durational departure from the presumptive sentence up to the statutory 
1.10 	maximum sentence if the factfinder determines that the offender has been convicted of 
1.11 	five or more prior felony convictions and that the present offense is a felony that was 
1.12 	committed as part of a pattern of criminal conduct.

1.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.