1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to the legislature; imposing penalties for
1.3 	certain cellular telephone use during legislative
1.4 	meetings; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
1.5 	Statutes, chapter 609.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. [609.476] CELLULAR TELEPHONES IN LEGISLATIVE
1.8 	HEARINGS.
1.9 	(a) A member of the legislature must not receive an
1.10 	incoming cellular telephone call that creates an audible noise
1.11 	in the house or senate chamber during a house or senate floor
1.12 	session or in a legislative hearing room while a hearing is
1.13 	being conducted.
1.14 	(b) A member of the legislature in possession of a cellular
1.15 	telephone that makes an audible noise in circumstances described
1.16 	in paragraph (a) is guilty of a misdemeanor.

1.17 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.18 	Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment
1.19 	and applies to crimes committed on or after that date.