Minnesota Legislature
HF 1948
1st Engrossment - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 04/01/2016 10:39am
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A bill for an act
relating to transportation; increasing fine for certain traffic violations around
school buses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.444, subdivision 2.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.444, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2.
Violations by drivers; penalties.
(a) A person who fails to stop a vehicle
or to keep it stopped, as required in subdivision 1, or who violates subdivision 1a, is guilty
of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than deleted text begin $300deleted text end new text begin $500new text end .
(b) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if the person fails to stop a motor
vehicle or to keep it stopped, as required in subdivision 1, or who violates subdivision 1a,
and commits either or both of the following acts:
(1) passes or attempts to pass the school bus in a motor vehicle on the right-hand,
passenger-door side of the bus; or
(2) passes or attempts to pass the school bus in a motor vehicle when a school child is
outside of and on the street or highway used by the school bus or on the adjacent sidewalk.
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This section is effective August 1, 2016, and applies to
violations committed on and after that date.
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