| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to commerce; designating the commissioner of commerce to oversee the |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 Commerce Fraud Bureau and automobile theft prevention program; amending |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 45.0135, subdivision 2a; 65B.84, by adding a |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 subdivision. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 45.0135, subdivision 2a, is amended to read: |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 Subd. 2a.Authorization.(a) The commissioner may appoint peace officers, as defined |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9in section 626.84, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), and establish a law enforcement agency, as |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10defined in section 626.84, subdivision 1, paragraph (f), known as the Commerce Fraud |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11Bureau, to conduct investigations, and to make arrests under sections 629.30 and 629.34. |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12The primary jurisdiction of the law enforcement agency is limited to offenses with a nexus |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13to insurance-related crimes or financial crimes. |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14 (b) Upon request and at the commissioner's discretion, the Commerce Fraud Bureau |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15may respond to a law enforcement agency's request to exercise law enforcement duties in |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16cooperation with the law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction over the particular matter. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 (c) The Commerce Fraud Bureau must allocate at least 70 percent of its work to insurance |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18fraud, as defined in sections 60A.951, subdivision 4, and 609.611. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19 (d) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the commissioner of commerce is |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20responsible for the functions, programs, personnel, powers, responsibilities, duties, and |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21oversight of the Commerce Fraud Bureau. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 23 | 23 | | REVISOR RSI/AD 25-0460003/11/25 |
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| 24 | 24 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 26 | 26 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 27 | 27 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 28 | 28 | | H. F. No. 2522 |
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| 29 | 29 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 30 | 30 | | Authored by O'Driscoll03/20/2025 |
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| 31 | 31 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy 2.1 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 65B.84, is amended by adding a subdivision to |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.2read: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.3 Subd. 1a.Oversight.Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the commissioner |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.4of commerce is responsible for the functions, programs, personnel, powers, responsibilities, |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.5duties, and oversight of the automobile theft prevention program. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2Sec. 2. |
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| 37 | 37 | | REVISOR RSI/AD 25-0460003/11/25 |
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