| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to transportation; imposing mandatory fines for violations of the street |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 racing law; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 169.13, subdivision 1. |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 169.13, subdivision 1, is amended to read: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Subdivision 1.Reckless driving.(a) A person who drives a motor vehicle or light rail |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7transit vehicle while aware of and consciously disregarding a substantial and unjustifiable |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8risk that the driving may result in harm to another or another's property is guilty of reckless |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9driving. The risk must be of such a nature and degree that disregard of it constitutes a |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10significant deviation from the standard of conduct that a reasonable person would observe |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11in the situation. |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (b) A person shall not race any vehicle upon any street or highway of this state. Any |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13person who willfully compares or contests relative speeds by operating one or more vehicles |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14is guilty of racing, which constitutes reckless driving, whether or not the speed contested |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15or compared is in excess of the maximum speed prescribed by law. |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16 (c) A person who violates paragraph (a) or (b) is guilty of a misdemeanor. A person who |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17violates paragraph (a) or (b) and causes great bodily harm or death to another is guilty of a |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18gross misdemeanor. In addition to any other penalty imposed, a person who violates |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19paragraph (b) must be fined: (1) not less than $300; (2) not less than $550 for a violation |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20occurring within ten years of a prior violation; or (3) not less than $850 for a violation |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21occurring within ten years of two or more prior violations. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 25-02106 as introduced01/14/25 REVISOR KRB/AC |
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| 24 | 24 | | SENATE |
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| 25 | 25 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 26 | 26 | | S.F. No. 1282NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 27 | 27 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: KREUN, Gustafson, Jasinski, Abeler and Limmer) |
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| 28 | 28 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 29 | 29 | | Introduction and first reading02/13/2025 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Referred to Transportation 2.1 (d) For purposes of this section, "great bodily harm" has the meaning given in section |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2.2609.02, subdivision 8. |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.3 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to violations |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.4occurring on or after that date. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 25-02106 as introduced01/14/25 REVISOR KRB/AC |
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