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| 1 | 1 | 1.1 A bill for an act | |
| 2 | 2 | 1.2 relating to public safety; increasing the penalty for tampering with a motor vehicle; | |
| 3 | 3 | 1.3 establishing a crime for riding in a vehicle when the person reasonably should | |
| 4 | 4 | 1.4 have known that a vehicle was taken without permission; amending Minnesota | |
| 5 | 5 | 1.5 Statutes 2024, section 609.546. | |
| 6 | 6 | 1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: | |
| 7 | 7 | 1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.546, is amended to read: | |
| 8 | 8 | 1.8 609.546 MOTOR VEHICLE TAMPERING. | |
| 9 | 9 | 1.9 A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor who intentionally: | |
| 10 | 10 | 1.10 (1) rides in or on a motor vehicle knowing when the person knows or reasonably should | |
| 11 | 11 | 1.11know that the vehicle was taken and is being driven by another without the owner's | |
| 12 | 12 | 1.12permission; or | |
| 13 | 13 | 1.13 (2) tampers with or enters into or on a motor vehicle without the owner's permission. | |
| 14 | 14 | 1.14 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes | |
| 15 | 15 | 1.15committed on or after that date. | |
| 16 | 16 | 1Section 1. | |
| 17 | 17 | REVISOR KLL/VJ 25-0186601/03/25 | |
| 18 | 18 | State of Minnesota | |
| 19 | 19 | This Document can be made available | |
| 20 | 20 | in alternative formats upon request | |
| 21 | 21 | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | |
| 22 | 22 | H. F. No. 139 | |
| 23 | 23 | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION | |
| 24 | 24 | Authored by Repinski01/22/2025 | |
| 25 | 25 | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy |