| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to transportation; modifying due date of a legislative report prepared by |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 the Center of Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota; amending |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 Laws 2023, chapter 68, article 4, section 109. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. Laws 2023, chapter 68, article 4, section 109, is amended to read: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Sec. 109. TRAFFIC SAFETY VIOLATIONS DISPOSITION ANALYSIS. |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 (a) The commissioner of public safety must enter into an agreement with the Center for |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota to conduct an evaluation of the |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10disposition in recent years of citations for speeding, impairment, distraction, and seatbelt |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11violations. The evaluation under the agreement must include but is not limited to analysis |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12of: |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13 (1) rates of citations issued compared to rates of citations contested in court and the |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14outcomes of the cases; |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 (2) amounts of fines imposed compared to counts and amounts of fine payments; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16 (3) any related changes in patterns of traffic enforcement from 2017 to 2022. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 (b) The agreement must require the Center for Transportation Studies to submit an |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18interim progress report by July 1, 2024, and a final report by July 1, 2025 January 15, 2026, |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19to the commissioner and the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance and public safety. |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 23 | 23 | | REVISOR KRB/CH 25-0534803/31/25 |
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| 24 | 24 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 26 | 26 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 27 | 27 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 28 | 28 | | H. F. No. 3150 |
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| 29 | 29 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 30 | 30 | | Authored by Koznick04/07/2025 |
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| 31 | 31 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy |
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