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