1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to crimes; changing requirement that defendant waiver of jury trial be 
1.3 	consented to by prosecutor;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.4 	chapter 631.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [631.015] TRIAL BY JURY; WAIVER; COURT APPROVAL; 
1.7 	PROSECUTOR CONSENT.
1.8 	The defendant may waive a jury on any issue with the approval of the courts and the 
1.9 	consent of the prosecutor. The court may accept a defendant's waiver of a jury on any 
1.10 	issue without the consent of the prosecutor, if the court finds that requiring a jury would 
1.11 	deprive the defendant of a fair trial.