Bill Text: MN HF100 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Social host liability criminal penalty imposed.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-18 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance [HF100 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF100-Introduced.html
1.2relating to liquor; imposing a criminal penalty for social host liability;amending
1.3Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 340A.90, by adding a subdivision.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 340A.90, is amended by adding a
1.6subdivision to read:
1.7 Subd. 4. Social host liability; gross misdemeanor. (a) A person 21 years of age or
1.8older who: (1) had control over the premises and, being in a reasonable position to prevent
1.9the consumption of alcoholic beverages by a person under the age of 21 years, knowingly
1.10or recklessly permitted that consumption and the consumption caused the intoxication of
1.11that person; or (2) sold, bartered, furnished or gave to, or purchased for a person under the
1.12age of 21 years alcoholic beverages that caused the intoxication of that person is guilty,
1.13upon a second conviction, of a gross misdemeanor.
1.14(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to the landlord or manager of a multiple dwelling
1.15or rental residential property who does not actively participate in providing an alcoholic
1.16beverage to a person under the age of 21 years.
1.17EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2011, and applies to crimes
1.18committed on or after that date.
1.3Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 340A.90, by adding a subdivision.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 340A.90, is amended by adding a
1.6subdivision to read:
1.7 Subd. 4. Social host liability; gross misdemeanor. (a) A person 21 years of age or
1.8older who: (1) had control over the premises and, being in a reasonable position to prevent
1.9the consumption of alcoholic beverages by a person under the age of 21 years, knowingly
1.10or recklessly permitted that consumption and the consumption caused the intoxication of
1.11that person; or (2) sold, bartered, furnished or gave to, or purchased for a person under the
1.12age of 21 years alcoholic beverages that caused the intoxication of that person is guilty,
1.13upon a second conviction, of a gross misdemeanor.
1.14(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to the landlord or manager of a multiple dwelling
1.15or rental residential property who does not actively participate in providing an alcoholic
1.16beverage to a person under the age of 21 years.
1.17EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2011, and applies to crimes
1.18committed on or after that date.
