Bill Text: MN HF537 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Speeding violation of ten miles per hour over the 60 mile per hour limit provided to not go on a driver's driving record.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 15-4)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-12 - Laid on table [HF537 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2011-HF537-Engrossed.html

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A bill for an act

relating to traffic regulations; providing that speed in excess of ten miles per hour
over speed limit of 60 miles per hour does not go on driver's driving record;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 169.99, subdivision 1b; 171.12,
subdivision 6.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.99, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:
    Subd. 1b. Speed. The uniform traffic ticket must provide a blank or space wherein
an officer who issues a citation for a violation of a speed limit of 55 or 60 miles per
hour must specify whether the speed was greater than ten miles per hour in excess of a
55 miles per hour speed limit, or more than five miles per hour in excess of a 60 miles
per hour the speed limit.

    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 171.12, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
    Subd. 6. Certain convictions not recorded. (a) Except as provided in paragraph
(b), the department shall not keep on the record of a driver any conviction for a violation
of a speed limit of 55 or 60 miles per hour unless the violation consisted of a speed greater
than ten miles per hour in excess of a 55 miles per hour the speed limit, or more than five
miles per hour in excess of a 60 miles per hour speed limit.
(b) This subdivision does not apply to (1) a violation that occurs in a commercial
motor vehicle, or (2) a violation committed by a holder of a class A, B, or C commercial
driver's license, without regard to whether the violation was committed in a commercial
motor vehicle or another vehicle.