1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to crime; adding traffic control agents and Minneapolis park patrol 
1.3 	agents to the list of public employees protected by statute;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2014, section 609.2231, subdivision 6.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 609.2231, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 6.Public employees with mandated duties. A person is guilty of a gross 
1.8 	misdemeanor who:
1.9 	(1) assaults an agricultural inspector, occupational safety and health investigator, 
1.10 	child protection worker, public health nurse, animal control officer, traffic control agent, 
1.11 	Minneapolis park patrol agent, or probation or parole officer while the employee is 
1.12 	engaged in the performance of a duty mandated by law, court order, or ordinance;
1.13 	(2) knows that the victim is a public employee engaged in the performance of the 
1.14 	official public duties of the office; and
1.15 	(3) inflicts demonstrable bodily harm.

1.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective on August 1, 2015.