1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; permitting certain offenses to be charged in either the 
1.3 	county of the offense or the home county of the arresting law enforcement 
1.4 	agency;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 436.05, by adding a 
1.5 	subdivision.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 436.05, is amended by adding a 
1.8 	subdivision to read:
1.9 		Subd. 7.Offenses committed near county lines. Where a contract is entered 
1.10 	into pursuant to this section between a home rule charter or statutory city, town, or the 
1.11 	sheriff of a county and a home rule charter or statutory city or town located wholly 
1.12 	or partially in an adjacent county, an offense committed in the adjacent county, but 
1.13 	within the corporate limits of the contracting home rule or statutory city or town, may 
1.14 	be alleged in the complaint or indictment to have been committed in either county and 
1.15 	may be prosecuted in either county. This is an exception to Rule 24.02, subdivision 2, of 
1.16 	the Rules of Criminal Procedure.