1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; increasing the criminal penalty for criminal vehicular 
1.3 	homicide committed by a person with a prior DWI offense;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2006, section 609.21, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 609.21, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Criminal vehicular homicide. (a) Except as provided in paragraph 
1.8 	(b), a person is guilty of criminal vehicular homicide resulting in death and may be 
1.9 	sentenced to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more 
1.10 	than $20,000, or both, if the person causes the death of a human being not constituting 
1.11 	murder or manslaughter as a result of operating a motor vehicle:
1.12 	(1) in a grossly negligent manner;
1.13 	(2) in a negligent manner while under the influence of:
1.14 	(i) alcohol;
1.15 	(ii) a controlled substance; or
1.16 	(iii) any combination of those elements;
1.17 	(3) while having an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more;
1.18 	(4) while having an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more, as measured within 
1.19 	two hours of the time of driving;
1.20 	(5) in a negligent manner while knowingly under the influence of a hazardous 
1.21 	substance;
1.22 	(6) in a negligent manner while any amount of a controlled substance listed in 
1.23 	schedule I or II, other than marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinols, is present in the person's 
1.24 	body; or
2.1 	(7) where the driver who causes the accident leaves the scene of the accident in 
2.2 	violation of section 169.09, subdivision 1 or 6. 
2.3 	(b) A person who violates paragraph (a) within ten years of a qualified prior impaired 
2.4 	driving incident, as defined in section 169A.03, subdivision 22, may be sentenced to 
2.5 	imprisonment for not more than 15 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $30,000, 
2.6 	or both.

2.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2007, and applies to crimes 
2.8 	committed on or after that date.