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S.F. No. 43 - Expansion of Fourth Degree Assault Crime
Author: Senator Linda Berglin
Prepared by: Chris Turner, Senate Research (651/296-4350)
Date: March 31, 2003

Section 1 expands the gross misdemeanor fourth degree assault crime to include an assault that inflicts demonstrable bodily harm on a community crime prevention group member who is engaged in a neighborhood patrol, if the offender knows that the victim is a community crime prevention group member engaged in a neighborhood patrol.

Section 2 provides for an August 1, 2003 effective date and applies to crimes committed on or after that date.

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