1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to crimes; prohibiting providing false
1.3 	information to police; providing penalties; amending
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 609.505.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 609.505, is
1.7 	amended to read:
1.8 	609.505 FALSELY REPORTING CRIME; PROVIDING FALSE
1.9 	INFORMATION.
1.10 		Subdivision 1.False reporting. Whoever informs a law
1.11 	enforcement officer that a crime has been committed, knowing
1.12 	that it is false and intending that the officer shall act in
1.13 	reliance upon it, is guilty of a misdemeanor.  A person who is
1.14 	convicted a second or subsequent time under this section is
1.15 	guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
1.16 		Subd. 2.False information. (a) Except as provided in
1.17 	subdivision 1 and unless a more severe penalty is imposed
1.18 	elsewhere in law, whoever provides false information about
1.19 	another person to a law enforcement officer knowing that it is
1.20 	false, intending that the officer shall act in reliance upon it,
1.21 	and intending to obstruct justice, is guilty of a gross
1.22 	misdemeanor.  A person who is convicted a second or subsequent
1.23 	time under this section is guilty of a felony and may be
1.24 	sentenced to imprisonment for not more than two years or to
1.25 	payment of a fine of not more than $4,000, or both.
2.1 	(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a report of police
2.2 	misconduct.

2.3 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.4 	Section 1 is effective August 1, 2005, and applies to
2.5 	crimes committed on or after that date.