1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; providing penalties for unlawful acts relating to 
1.3 	fraudulent identification cards;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 
1.4 	609.652, subdivisions 1, 2, 3.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 609.652, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this section:
1.8 	(1) "driver's license or identification card" means a driver's license or identification 
1.9 	card issued by the Driver and Vehicle Services Division of the Department of Public 
1.10 	Safety or receipts issued by its authorized agents or those of any state as defined in section 
1.11 	171.01 that issues licenses recognized in this state for the operation of a motor vehicle 
1.12 	or that issues identification cards recognized in this state for the purpose of indicating a 
1.13 	person's legal name and age; "identification document" means any document or card 
1.14 	issued to an individual by a government agency or by the authority of a government 
1.15 	agency containing the name of a person and a description of the person or the person's 
1.16 	photograph, or both, including any of the following: a passport, visa, birth certificate, 
1.17 	military identification card, Social Security card, driver's license, or an identification card;
1.18 	(2) "fraudulent driver's license or identification card" means a document purporting 
1.19 	to be a driver's license or identification card, but that is not authentic; and "fraudulent 
1.20 	identification document" means a document purporting to be an identification document, 
1.21 	but that is not authentic; and
1.22 	(3) "sell" means to sell, barter, deliver, exchange, distribute, or dispose of to another.

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

2.1 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 609.652, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.2 		Subd. 2.Criminal acts. (a) A person who does any of the following for 
2.3 	consideration and with intent to manufacture, sell, issue, publish, or pass more than one 
2.4 	fraudulent driver's license or identification card document or to cause or permit any of the 
2.5 	items listed in clauses (1) to (5) to be used in forging or making more than one false or 
2.6 	counterfeit driver's license or identification card document is guilty of a crime:
2.7 	(1) has in control, custody, or possession any plate, block, press, stone, digital image, 
2.8 	computer software program, encoding equipment, computer optical scanning equipment, 
2.9 	or digital photo printer, or other implement, or any part of such an item, designed to assist 
2.10 	in making a fraudulent driver's license or identification card document;
2.11 	(2) engraves, makes, or amends, or begins to engrave, make, or amend, any plate, 
2.12 	block, press, stone, or other implement for the purpose of producing a fraudulent driver's 
2.13 	license or identification card document;
2.14 	(3) uses a photocopier, digital camera, photographic image, or computer software to 
2.15 	generate a fraudulent driver's license or identification card document;
2.16 	(4) has in control, custody, or possession or makes or provides paper or other 
2.17 	material adapted and designed for the making of a fraudulent driver's license or
2.18 	identification card document; or
2.19 	(5) prints, photographs, or in any manner makes or executes an engraved photograph, 
2.20 	print, or impression purporting to be a driver's license or identification card document.
2.21 	(b) Notwithstanding section 171.22, a person who  manufactures or possesses more 
2.22 	than one fraudulent driver's license or identification card document with intent to sell 
2.23 	is guilty of a crime. 

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

2.26 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 609.652, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.27 		Subd. 3.Penalties. (a) A person who commits any act described in subdivision 2 
2.28 	is guilty of a gross misdemeanor felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not 
2.29 	more than two years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both. A person 
2.30 	convicted of a second or subsequent offense of this subdivision may be sentenced to 
2.31 	imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than 
2.32 	$10,000 $20,000, or both.
2.33 	(b) If the crime committed in subdivision 2 involves more than three identities, the 
2.34 	statutory maximum for the crime is five years longer than the statutory maximum for the 
2.35 	underlying crime.

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