HF 2460

as introduced - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to juvenile traffic offenders; providing for 
  1.3             adult court jurisdiction over juveniles who commit 
  1.4             nonfelony level traffic offenses after becoming 16 
  1.5             years of age; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, 
  1.6             section 260.193, subdivisions 1 and 4. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 260.193, 
  1.9   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITIONS.] (a) For purposes of this 
  1.11  section, the following terms have the meanings given them.  
  1.12     (b) "Major traffic offense" includes any violation of a 
  1.13  state or local traffic law, ordinance, or regulation, or a 
  1.14  federal, state, or local water traffic law not included within 
  1.15  the provisions of clause (c).  
  1.16     (c) "Adult court traffic offense" means:  
  1.17     (1) a petty misdemeanor, misdemeanor, or gross misdemeanor 
  1.18  violation of a state or local traffic law, ordinance, or 
  1.19  regulation, or a petty misdemeanor, misdemeanor, or gross 
  1.20  misdemeanor violation of a federal, state, or local water 
  1.21  traffic law; or 
  1.22     (2) a violation of section 169.121, 169.129, or any other 
  1.23  misdemeanor- or gross misdemeanor-level traffic violation 
  1.24  committed as part of the same behavioral incident as a violation 
  1.25  of section 169.121 or 169.129.  
  1.26     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 260.193, 
  2.1   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  2.2      Subd. 4.  [ORIGINAL JURISDICTION; JUVENILE COURT; ADULT 
  2.3   COURT.] (a) The juvenile court shall have has original 
  2.4   jurisdiction over: 
  2.5      (1) all juveniles age 15 and under alleged to have 
  2.6   committed any traffic offense before becoming 16 years of age; 
  2.7   and 
  2.8      (2) 16- and 17-year-olds all juveniles alleged to have 
  2.9   committed any a major traffic offense, except that the adult 
  2.10  court has original jurisdiction over: 
  2.11     (i) petty traffic misdemeanors not a part of the same 
  2.12  behavioral incident of a misdemeanor being handled in juvenile 
  2.13  court; and 
  2.14     (ii) violations of sections 169.121 (drivers under the 
  2.15  influence of alcohol or controlled substance) and 169.129 
  2.16  (aggravated driving while intoxicated), and any other 
  2.17  misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor level traffic violations 
  2.18  committed as part of the same behavioral incident of a violation 
  2.19  of section 169.121 or 169.129 after becoming 16 years of age. 
  2.20     (b) The adult court has original jurisdiction over all 
  2.21  juveniles alleged to have committed an adult court traffic 
  2.22  offense after becoming 16 years old. 
  2.23     Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.24     Sections 1 and 2 are effective August 1, 1999, and apply to 
  2.25  offenses committed on or after that date.