SF 563

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 02/06/2015 08:32am

A bill for an act
relating to courts; setting standards for expert witnesses in certain legal
proceedings; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 595.02, by adding a
subdivision.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 595.02, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

new text begin Subd. 1b. new text end

new text begin Expert witness; qualifications. new text end

new text begin In any hearing or trial brought against a
utility selling electricity at retail in which it is alleged that electric currents in the earth
from the utility's grounded electric distribution system impact the health and production
of dairy animals, a witness testifying to the mechanism by which electric currents in the
earth may interact with dairy animals may not be offered as an expert witness unless the
witness has been awarded an undergraduate or graduate degree in electrical engineering
from an accredited college or university and is licensed under sections 326.02 to 326.15 as
a professional engineer or possesses an equivalent license from another state.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment
and applies to proceedings commenced on or after that date.
new text end