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609.855.2

Statute ID: 1699

Statute Function ID: 18682

Transit Crime-Interfere w/Transit Operator

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Statute Number:

609.855.2

Enactment Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 1983

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Transit Crime-Interfere w/Transit Operator

Statute ID:

1699

Created:

Sep 1, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Sep 1, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

System

Legal Analyst Comment:

Summary Text:

Transit Crime-Interfere w/Transit Operator

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/609/855.html

Legislative Session:

0 - NA

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Sep 1, 2006

(a) Whoever intentionally commits an act that interferes with or obstructs, or tends to interfere with or obstruct, the operation of a transit vehicle is guilty of unlawful interference with a transit operator and may be sentenced as provided in paragraph (c).
(b) An act that is committed on a transit vehicle that distracts the driver from the safe operation of the vehicle or that endangers passengers is a violation of this subdivision if an authorized transit representative has clearly warned the person once to stop the act.
(c) A person who violates this subdivision may be sentenced as follows:
(1) to imprisonment for not more than three years or to payment of a fine of not more than $5,000, or both, if the violation was accompanied by force or violence or a communication of a threat of force or violence; or
(2) to imprisonment for not more than 90 days or to payment of a fine of not more than $1,000, or both, if the violation was not accompanied by force or violence or a communication of a threat of force or violence.