1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; establishing that venue for certain criminal sexual conduct 
1.3 	cases may be proper in multiple counties;proposing coding for new law in 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 627.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [627.16] CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT; MENTALLY 
1.7 	INCAPACITATED; ASLEEP OR NOT CONSCIOUS.
1.8 	A criminal action arising out of an incident of alleged criminal sexual conduct may be 
1.9 	prosecuted either in the county where any element of the alleged sexual penetration or sexual 
1.10 	contact was committed or the county where the complainant is found when the complainant 
1.11 	is:
1.12 	(1) mentally incapacitated, as defined in section 609.341, subdivision 7; or
1.13 	(2) physically helpless, as defined in section 609.341, subdivision 9, as the result of 
1.14 	being asleep or not conscious.