1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; clarifying that an inmate convicted for assaulting 
1.3 	a correctional officer must serve their sentence consecutive to the sentence 
1.4 	for which they are imprisoned;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 
1.5 	609.2232.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 609.2232, is amended to read:
1.8 	609.2232 CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES FOR ASSAULTS COMMITTED BY 
1.9 	STATE PRISON INMATES.
1.10 	If an inmate of a state correctional facility is convicted of violating section 609.221, 
1.11 	609.222, 609.223, 609.2231, or 609.224, while confined in the facility, the sentence 
1.12 	imposed for the assault shall be executed and shall run consecutively, not concurrently,
1.13 	to any unexpired portion of the offender's earlier sentence. The inmate is not entitled to 
1.14 	credit against the sentence imposed for the assault for time served in confinement for the 
1.15 	earlier sentence. The inmate shall serve the sentence for the assault in a state correctional 
1.16 	facility even if the assault conviction was for a misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor.  

1.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2009, and applies to offenses 
1.18 	committed on or after that date.