Bill Text: MN HF180 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Offenses committed near county lines permitted to be charged in either the county of the offense or the home county of the arresting law enforcement agency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-14 - Committee report, to pass and re-refer to Judiciary Policy and Finance [HF180 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF180-Introduced.html
1.2relating to public safety; permitting certain offenses to be charged in either the
1.3county of the offense or the home county of the arresting law enforcement
1.4agency;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 436.05, by adding a
1.5subdivision.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 436.05, is amended by adding a
1.8subdivision to read:
1.9 Subd. 7. Offenses committed near county lines. Where a contract is entered
1.10into pursuant to this section between a home rule charter or statutory city, town, or the
1.11sheriff of a county and a home rule charter or statutory city or town located wholly
1.12or partially in an adjacent county, an offense committed in the adjacent county, but
1.13within the corporate limits of the contracting home rule or statutory city or town, may
1.14be alleged in the complaint or indictment to have been committed in either county and
1.15may be prosecuted in either county. This is an exception to Rule 24.02, subdivision 2, of
1.16the Rules of Criminal Procedure.
1.3county of the offense or the home county of the arresting law enforcement
1.4agency;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 436.05, by adding a
1.5subdivision.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 436.05, is amended by adding a
1.8subdivision to read:
1.9 Subd. 7. Offenses committed near county lines. Where a contract is entered
1.10into pursuant to this section between a home rule charter or statutory city, town, or the
1.11sheriff of a county and a home rule charter or statutory city or town located wholly
1.12or partially in an adjacent county, an offense committed in the adjacent county, but
1.13within the corporate limits of the contracting home rule or statutory city or town, may
1.14be alleged in the complaint or indictment to have been committed in either county and
1.15may be prosecuted in either county. This is an exception to Rule 24.02, subdivision 2, of
1.16the Rules of Criminal Procedure.
