as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to crime; increasing penalties for fleeing a 1.3 peace officer in a motor vehicle; amending Minnesota 1.4 Statutes 1996, section 609.487, subdivision 3. 1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 609.487, 1.7 subdivision 3, is amended to read: 1.8 Subd. 3. [FLEEING AN OFFICER.] Whoever by means of a motor 1.9 vehicle flees or attempts to flee a peace officer who is acting 1.10 in the lawful discharge of an official duty, and the perpetrator 1.11 knows or should reasonably know the same to be a peace 1.12 officer,may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one1.13year or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both.1.14Whoever violates this subdivision a second or subsequent timeis 1.15 guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not 1.16 more thanone yearthree years and one day or to payment of a 1.17 fine of not more than$3,000$5,000, or both. 1.18 Sec. 2. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 1.19 Section 1 is effective August 1, 1997, and applies to 1.20 crimes committed on or after that date.