A bill for an act
relating to public safety; establishing that venue for certain criminal sexual conduct
cases may be proper in multiple counties; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 627.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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A criminal action arising out of an incident of alleged criminal sexual conduct may be
prosecuted either in the county where any element of the alleged sexual penetration or sexual
contact was committed or the county where the complainant is found when the complainant
is:
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(1) mentally incapacitated, as defined in section 609.341, subdivision 7; or
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(2) physically helpless, as defined in section 609.341, subdivision 9, as the result of
being asleep or not conscious.
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