1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to criminal justice; limiting the applicability of the resisting arrest crime; 
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 609.50, by adding a subdivision.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 609.50, is amended by adding a 
1.6 	subdivision to read:
1.7 		Subd. 3.Applicability. A person may not be arrested for a violation of subdivision 
1.8 	1, clause (2), that involves the person resisting the person's own arrest, if the person is not 
1.9 	also arrested for another offense.

1.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2015, and applies to crimes 
1.11 	committed on or after that date.