1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to crime; providing that videotaping another 
  1.3             person without approval is harassment; amending 
  1.4             Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 609.749, subdivision 
  1.5             2. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 609.749, 
  1.8   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 2.  [HARASSMENT AND STALKING CRIMES.] A person who 
  1.10  harasses another by committing any of the following acts is 
  1.11  guilty of a gross misdemeanor: 
  1.12     (1) directly or indirectly manifests a purpose or intent to 
  1.13  injure the person, property, or rights of another by the 
  1.14  commission of an unlawful act; 
  1.15     (2) stalks, follows, or pursues another; 
  1.16     (3) returns to the property of another if the actor is 
  1.17  without claim of right to the property or consent of one with 
  1.18  authority to consent; 
  1.19     (4) repeatedly makes telephone calls, or induces a victim 
  1.20  to make telephone calls to the actor, whether or not 
  1.21  conversation ensues; 
  1.22     (5) makes or causes the telephone of another repeatedly or 
  1.23  continuously to ring; 
  1.24     (6) repeatedly uses the mail or delivers or causes the 
  1.25  delivery of letters, telegrams, packages, or other objects; or 
  2.1      (7) engages in any other harassing conduct that interferes 
  2.2   with another person or intrudes on the person's privacy or 
  2.3   liberty.; or 
  2.4      (8) repeatedly and without approval videotapes another 
  2.5   person or that person's property. 
  2.6   The conduct described in clauses (4) and (5) may be prosecuted 
  2.7   either at the place where the call is made or where it is 
  2.8   received.  The conduct described in clause (6) may be prosecuted 
  2.9   either where the mail is deposited or where it is received. 
  2.10     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.11     Section 1 is effective August 1, 1996, and applies to 
  2.12  crimes committed on or after that date.