| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to elections; amending grounds for recall of state officials; amending |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 211C.01, subdivision 4. |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 211C.01, subdivision 4, is amended to read: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Subd. 4.Serious crime.(a) "Serious crime" means: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 (1) a crime that is punished as a felony, as defined in section 609.02; |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 (2) a crime that is punished as a gross misdemeanor, as defined in section 609.02, and |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9that involves assault, intentional injury or threat of injury to person or public safety, |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10dishonesty, harassment, aggravated driving while intoxicated, coercion, obstruction of |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11justice, or the sale or possession of controlled substances.; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (b) "Serious crime" also means (3) a crime that is punished as a misdemeanor, as defined |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13in section 609.02, and that involves assault, intentional injury or threat of injury to person |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14or public safety, dishonesty, coercion, obstruction of justice, or the sale or possession of |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15controlled substances. |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment and |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17applies to recall petitions initiated on or after that date. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 25-01259 as introduced12/09/24 REVISOR JFK/VJ |
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| 20 | 20 | | SENATE |
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| 21 | 21 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 22 | 22 | | S.F. No. 647NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: KORAN) |
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| 24 | 24 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 25 | 25 | | Introduction and first reading01/27/2025 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Referred to Elections |
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