1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to public safety; expanding fourth-degree assault crime related to transit
1.3 operators to include transportation network company drivers; amending Minnesota
1.4 Statutes 2024, section 609.2231, subdivision 11.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.2231, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 11.Transit operators.(a) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if (1) the
1.8person assaults a transit operator, or intentionally throws or otherwise transfers bodily fluids
1.9onto a transit operator; and (2) the transit operator is acting in the course of the operator's
1.10duties and is operating a transit vehicle, aboard a transit vehicle, or otherwise responsible
1.11for a transit vehicle. A person convicted under this paragraph may be sentenced to
1.12imprisonment for not more than 364 days or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000,
1.13or both.
1.14 (b) For the purposes of this subdivision, "transit operator" means a driver or operator of
1.15a transit vehicle that is used to provide any of the following services:
1.16 (1) public transportation, as defined in section 174.22, subdivision 7;
1.17 (2) light rail transit service;
1.18 (3) special transportation service under section 473.386, whether provided by the
1.19Metropolitan Council or by other providers under contract with the council; or
1.20 (4) commuter rail service.; or
1.21 (5) transportation in a personal vehicle through a transportation network company under
1.22section 65B.472, subdivision 1, paragraph (m).
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State of Minnesota
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 640
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Myers02/13/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy 2.1 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
2.2committed on or after that date.
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