1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to crime; increasing penalties for assaulting 
  1.3             a firefighter or a provider of emergency medical 
  1.4             services; amending Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 
  1.5             609.2231, subdivision 2, and by adding a subdivision. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 609.2231, 
  1.8   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 2.  [FIREFIGHTERS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL.] 
  1.10  Whoever assaults any of the following persons and inflicts 
  1.11  demonstrable bodily harm is guilty of a ~~gross misdemeanor~~ felony 
  1.12  and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than two years 
  1.13  or to payment of a fine of not more than $4,000, or both:  
  1.14     (1) a member of a municipal or volunteer fire department or 
  1.15  emergency medical services personnel unit in the performance of 
  1.16  the member's duties; or 
  1.17     (2) a physician, nurse, or other person providing health 
  1.18  care services in a hospital emergency department~~; or~~ 
  1.19     ~~(3) an employee of the department of natural resources who~~ 
  1.20  ~~is engaged in forest fire activities~~. 
  1.21     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 609.2231, is 
  1.22  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.23     Subd. 2a.  [CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES 
  1.24  EMPLOYEES.] Whoever assaults and inflicts demonstrable bodily 
  1.25  harm on an employee of the department of natural resources who 
  2.1   is engaged in forest fire activities is guilty of a gross 
  2.2   misdemeanor. 
  2.3      Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.4      Sections 1 and 2 are effective August 1, 1996, and apply to 
  2.5   crimes committed on or after that date.