Bill Text: MN SF2134 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Domestic abuse no contact order as criminal order requirement

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-27 - Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety [SF2134 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2011-SF2134-Introduced.html

1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to public safety; providing for a domestic abuse no contact order as
1.3a criminal order; modifying when proceeding occurs;amending Minnesota
1.4Statutes 2010, section 629.75, subdivision 1.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 629.75, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7    Subdivision 1. Establishment; description. (a) A domestic abuse no contact order
1.8is an a criminal order issued by a court against a defendant in a criminal proceeding or a
1.9juvenile offender in a delinquency proceeding for:
1.10    (1) domestic abuse as defined in section 518B.01, subdivision 2;
1.11    (2) harassment or stalking under section 609.749 when committed against a family
1.12or household member as defined in section 518B.01, subdivision 2;
1.13    (3) violation of an order for protection under section 518B.01, subdivision 14; or
1.14    (4) violation of a prior domestic abuse no contact order under this section or
1.15Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 518B.01, subdivision 22.
1.16    (b) A domestic abuse no contact order may be issued as a pretrial order before final
1.17disposition of the underlying criminal case or as a postconviction probationary order. A
1.18domestic abuse no contact order is independent of any condition of pretrial release or
1.19probation imposed on the defendant. A domestic abuse no contact order may be issued in
1.20addition to a similar restriction imposed as a condition of pretrial release or probation. In
1.21the context of a postconviction probationary order, a domestic abuse no contact order may
1.22be issued for an offense listed in paragraph (a) or for a conviction for any offense arising
1.23out of the same set of circumstances as an offense listed in paragraph (a).
2.1(c) A no contact order under this section shall be issued in a proceeding that is
2.2separate from but held immediately following a proceeding in which any pretrial release
2.3or sentencing issues are decided.
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