1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to crime; extending crime of damage or theft to telecommunications
1.3 equipment to broadband and cable services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024,
1.4 section 609.593, subdivision 1.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.593, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 Subdivision 1.Crime.Whoever intentionally and without consent from one authorized
1.8to give consent causes any damage to or takes, removes, severs, or breaks:
1.9 (1) any line erected or maintained for the purpose of transmitting electricity for light,
1.10heat, or power, or any insulator or cross-arm, appurtenance or apparatus connected to the
1.11line, or any wire, cable, or current of the line; or any component used in the generation,
1.12transmission, or distribution of electricity, including equipment used for grounding, system
1.13protection, or personnel protection;
1.14 (2) any pipe or main or hazardous liquid pipeline erected, operated, or maintained for
1.15the purpose of transporting, conveying, or distributing gas or other hazardous liquids for
1.16light, heat, power, or any other purpose, or any part of the pipe, main, or pipeline, or any
1.17valve, meter, holder, compressor, machinery, appurtenance, equipment, or apparatus
1.18connected with any main or pipeline; or
1.19 (3) any machinery, equipment, or fixtures used in receiving, initiating, amplifying,
1.20processing, transmitting, retransmitting, recording, switching, or monitoring
1.21telecommunications services, such as computers, transformers, amplifiers, routers, repeaters,
1.22multiplexers, and other items performing comparable functions; and machinery, equipment,
1.23and fixtures used in the transportation of telecommunications services, broadband services,
1Section 1.
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SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 2904NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: RASMUSSON, Latz and Limmer)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading03/24/2025
Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety 2.1cable services, radio transmitters and receivers, satellite equipment, microwave equipment,
2.2and other transporting media including wire, cable, fiber, poles, and conduit;
2.3is guilty of a crime and may be sentenced as provided in subdivision 2.
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