| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to public safety; enhancing penalties and establishing minimum fines for |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 repeat violations of driving without a valid license; amending Minnesota Statutes |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 2024, section 171.24. |
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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. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 171.24, is amended to read: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 171.24 VIOLATIONS; DRIVING WITHOUT VALID LICENSE. |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 Subdivision 1.Driving after suspension; misdemeanor.Except as otherwise provided |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9in subdivision 5, a person is guilty of a misdemeanor if: |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10 (1) the person's driver's license or driving privilege has been suspended; |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11 (2) the person has been given notice of or reasonably should know of the suspension; |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12and |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13 (3) the person disobeys the order by operating in this state any motor vehicle, the |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14operation of which requires a driver's license, while the person's license or privilege is |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15suspended. |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16 Subd. 2.Driving after revocation; misdemeanor.Except as otherwise provided in |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17subdivision 5, a person is guilty of a misdemeanor if: |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18 (1) the person's driver's license or driving privilege has been revoked; |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19 (2) the person has been given notice of or reasonably should know of the revocation; |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20and |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 25-02842 as introduced01/31/25 REVISOR KRB/AD |
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| 23 | 23 | | SENATE |
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| 24 | 24 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 25 | 25 | | S.F. No. 1374NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 26 | 26 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: LIMMER) |
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| 27 | 27 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 28 | 28 | | Introduction and first reading02/13/2025 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety 2.1 (3) the person disobeys the order by operating in this state any motor vehicle, the |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2.2operation of which requires a driver's license, while the person's license or privilege is |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2.3revoked. |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.4 Subd. 3.Driving after cancellation; misdemeanor.Except as otherwise provided in |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.5subdivision 5, a person is guilty of a misdemeanor if: |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.6 (1) the person's driver's license or driving privilege has been canceled; |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.7 (2) the person has been given notice of or reasonably should know of the cancellation; |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.8and |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.9 (3) the person disobeys the order by operating in this state any motor vehicle, the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.10operation of which requires a driver's license, while the person's license or privilege is |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.11canceled. |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.12 Subd. 4.Driving after disqualification; misdemeanor.Except as otherwise provided |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.13in subdivision 5, a person is guilty of a misdemeanor if the person: |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.14 (1) has been disqualified from holding a commercial driver's license or been denied the |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.15privilege to operate a commercial motor vehicle; |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2.16 (2) has been given notice of or reasonably should know of the disqualification; and |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2.17 (3) disobeys the order by operating in this state a commercial motor vehicle while the |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2.18person is disqualified to hold the license or privilege. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2.19 Subd. 5.Gross misdemeanor violations.(a) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2.20if: |
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| 49 | 49 | | 2.21 (1) the person's driver's license or driving privilege has been canceled or denied under |
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| 50 | 50 | | 2.22section 171.04, subdivision 1, clause (10); |
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| 51 | 51 | | 2.23 (2) the person has been given notice of or reasonably should know of the cancellation |
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| 52 | 52 | | 2.24or denial; and |
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| 53 | 53 | | 2.25 (3) the person disobeys the order by operating in this state any motor vehicle, the |
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| 54 | 54 | | 2.26operation of which requires a driver's license, while the person's license or privilege is |
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| 55 | 55 | | 2.27canceled or denied. |
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| 56 | 56 | | 2.28 (b) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if the person: |
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| 57 | 57 | | 2.29 (1) violates this section: |
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| 58 | 58 | | 2.30 (i) and causes a collision resulting in substantial bodily harm, as defined in section |
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| 59 | 59 | | 2.31609.02, subdivision 7a, or death to another; or |
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| 60 | 60 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 61 | 61 | | 25-02842 as introduced01/31/25 REVISOR KRB/AD 3.1 (ii) within ten years of the first of two prior convictions under this section; and |
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| 62 | 62 | | 3.2 (2) at the time of the violation the person's driver's license or driving privilege has been |
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| 63 | 63 | | 3.3suspended, revoked, or canceled or the person has been disqualified from holding a |
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| 64 | 64 | | 3.4commercial driver's license or been denied the privilege to operate a commercial motor |
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| 65 | 65 | | 3.5vehicle: |
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| 66 | 66 | | 3.6 (i) pursuant to section 169.89, subdivision 5; 169A.52; 169A.54; 171.05, subdivision |
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| 67 | 67 | | 3.72b, paragraph (d); 171.13, subdivision 3 or 4; 171.17, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause |
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| 68 | 68 | | 3.8(1) or (10); 171.177; 171.18, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), (3), (4), (5), or (11); |
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| 69 | 69 | | 3.9171.32; or 260B.225, subdivision 9; or a violation of section 169.13; 169.21; 169.444; |
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| 70 | 70 | | 3.10609.19, subdivision 1, clause (2); or 609.487, subdivisions 3 to 5; or any violation of chapter |
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| 71 | 71 | | 3.11169A; or |
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| 72 | 72 | | 3.12 (ii) pursuant to a law from another state similar to those described in item (i). |
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| 73 | 73 | | 3.13 Subd. 6.Responsibility for prosecution.(a) The attorney in the jurisdiction in which |
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| 74 | 74 | | 3.14the violation occurred who is responsible for prosecution of misdemeanor violations of this |
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| 75 | 75 | | 3.15section is also responsible for prosecution of gross misdemeanor violations of this section. |
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| 76 | 76 | | 3.16 (b) Nothing in this section or section 609.035 or 609.04 limits the power of the state to |
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| 77 | 77 | | 3.17prosecute or punish a person for conduct that constitutes any other crime under any other |
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| 78 | 78 | | 3.18law of this state. |
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| 79 | 79 | | 3.19 Subd. 7.Sufficiency of notice.(a) Notice of revocation, suspension, cancellation, or |
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| 80 | 80 | | 3.20disqualification is sufficient if personally served, or if mailed by first class mail to the |
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| 81 | 81 | | 3.21person's last known address or to the address listed on the person's driver's license. Notice |
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| 82 | 82 | | 3.22is also sufficient if the person was informed that revocation, suspension, cancellation, or |
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| 83 | 83 | | 3.23disqualification would be imposed upon a condition occurring or failing to occur, and where |
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| 84 | 84 | | 3.24the condition has in fact occurred or failed to occur. |
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| 85 | 85 | | 3.25 (b) It is not a defense that a person failed to file a change of address with the post office, |
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| 86 | 86 | | 3.26or failed to notify the department of Public Safety of a change of name or address as required |
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| 87 | 87 | | 3.27under section 171.11. |
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| 88 | 88 | | 3.28 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to offenses |
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| 89 | 89 | | 3.29committed on or after that date. |
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| 90 | 90 | | 3Section 1. |
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| 91 | 91 | | 25-02842 as introduced01/31/25 REVISOR KRB/AD |
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