1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to crime; imposing criminal penalties for 
  1.3             knowingly disrupting or interfering with an emergency 
  1.4             telephone call; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, 
  1.5             section 609.78. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 609.78, is 
  1.8   amended to read: 
  1.9      609.78 [EMERGENCY TELEPHONE CALLS AND COMMUNICATIONS.] 
  1.10     Whoever does the following is guilty of a misdemeanor: 
  1.11     (1) Refuses to relinquish immediately a coin-operated 
  1.12  telephone or a telephone line consisting of two or more stations 
  1.13  when informed that the line is needed to make an emergency call 
  1.14  for medical or ambulance service or for assistance from a police 
  1.15  or fire department or for other service needed in an emergency 
  1.16  to avoid serious harm to person or property, and an emergency 
  1.17  exists; 
  1.18     (2) Secures a relinquishment of a coin-operated telephone 
  1.19  or a telephone line consisting of two or more stations by 
  1.20  falsely stating that the line is needed for an emergency; 
  1.21     (3) Publishes telephone directories to be used for 
  1.22  telephones or telephone lines and the directories do not contain 
  1.23  a copy of this section; 
  1.24     (4) Makes an emergency call for medical or ambulance 
  1.25  service, knowing that no medical emergency exists; ~~or~~ 
  2.1      (5) Knowingly interrupts, disrupts, impedes, or otherwise 
  2.2   interferes with a person who is making an emergency telephone 
  2.3   call for medical or ambulance service or for assistance from a 
  2.4   police or fire department; or 
  2.5      (6) Interrupts, disrupts, impedes, or otherwise interferes 
  2.6   with the transmission of a citizen's band radio channel 
  2.7   communication the purpose of which is to inform or inquire about 
  2.8   a medical emergency or an emergency in which property is or is 
  2.9   reasonably believed to be in imminent danger of damage or 
  2.10  destruction. 
  2.11     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.12     Section 1 is effective August 1, 1997, and applies to 
  2.13  crimes committed on or after that date.