Minnesota SF 2904: Omnibus Environment policy bill

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to crime; extending crime of damage or theft to telecommunications​
1.3 equipment to broadband and cable services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024,​
1.4 section 609.593, subdivision 1.​
1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.593, subdivision 1, is amended to read:​
1.7 Subdivision 1.Crime.Whoever intentionally and without consent from one authorized​
1.8 to give consent causes any damage to or takes, removes, severs, or breaks:​
1.9 (1) any line erected or maintained for the purpose of transmitting electricity for light,​
1.10 heat, or power, or any insulator or cross-arm, appurtenance or apparatus connected to the​
1.11 line, or any wire, cable, or current of the line; or any component used in the generation,​
1.12 transmission, or distribution of electricity, including equipment used for grounding, system​
1.13 protection, or personnel protection;​
1.14 (2) any pipe or main or hazardous liquid pipeline erected, operated, or maintained for​
1.15 the purpose of transporting, conveying, or distributing gas or other hazardous liquids for​
1.16 light, heat, power, or any other purpose, or any part of the pipe, main, or pipeline, or any​
1.17 valve, meter, holder, compressor, machinery, appurtenance, equipment, or apparatus​
1.18 connected with any main or pipeline; or​
1.19 (3) any machinery, equipment, or fixtures used in receiving, initiating, amplifying,​
1.20 processing, transmitting, retransmitting, recording, switching, or monitoring​
1.21 telecommunications services, such as computers, transformers, amplifiers, routers, repeaters,​
1.22 multiplexers, and other items performing comparable functions; and machinery, equipment,​
1.23 and fixtures used in the transportation of telecommunications services, broadband services,​
1​Section 1.​
25-04645 as introduced​03/13/25 REVISOR KLL/MI​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 2904​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: RASMUSSON, Latz and Limmer)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​1009​03/24/2025​
Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety​

2.1 cable services, radio transmitters and receivers, satellite equipment, microwave equipment,​
2.2 and other transporting media including wire, cable, fiber, poles, and conduit;​
2.3 is guilty of a crime and may be sentenced as provided in subdivision 2.​
2​Section 1.​
25-04645 as introduced​03/13/25 REVISOR KLL/MI​