2005 Minnesota Statutes - 609.85 — Crimes against railroad employees and property; penalty.

     609.85 Crimes against railroad employees and property; 
  penalty. 


    Subdivision 1.    Intent to cause derailment.  Whoever 
 throws or deposits any type of debris, waste material, or other 
 obstruction on any railroad track or whoever causes damage or 
 causes another person to damage, tamper, change or destroy any 
 railroad track, switch, bridge, trestle, tunnel, signal or 
 moving equipment used in providing rail services, with intention 
 to cause injury, accident or derailment, is guilty of a felony. 


    Subd. 2.    Foreseeable risk.  Whoever intentionally 
 throws or deposits any type of debris, waste material, or other 
 obstruction on any railroad track or whoever intentionally 
 causes damage or causes another person to damage, tamper, change 
 or destroy any railroad track, switch, bridge, trestle, tunnel, 
 signal or moving equipment used in providing rail services, 
 which creates a reasonably foreseeable risk of any injury, 
 accident or derailment, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. 


    Subd. 3.    Shooting at train.  Whoever intentionally 
 shoots a firearm at any portion of a railroad train, car, 
 caboose, engine or moving equipment so as to endanger the safety 
 of another is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. 


    Subd. 4.    Throwing objects at train.  Whoever 
 intentionally throws, shoots or propels any stone, brick or 
 other missile at any railroad train, car, caboose, engine or 
 moving equipment, so as to endanger the safety of another is 
 guilty of a gross misdemeanor. 


    Subd. 5.    Placing obstruction on track.  Whoever 
 places an obstruction on a railroad track is guilty of a 
 misdemeanor. 


    Subd. 6.    Allowing animals on track.  Whoever 
 intentionally permits animals under the person's control to 
 trespass on a railroad track is guilty of a misdemeanor. 


    HIST: 1977 c 179 s 1; 1989 c 5 s 11