Skip to main content Skip to office menu Skip to footer
Capital IconMinnesota Legislature
Office of the Revisor of Statutes

HF 3521

1st Engrossment - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
Version List Authors and Status
Rtf

Bill Text Versions

Engrossments
Introduction Posted on 03/15/2006
1st Engrossment Posted on 03/20/2006

Current Version - 1st Engrossment

Line numbers 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5
1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12
2.13 2.14

A bill for an act
 relating to public safety; clarifying that unauthorized racing is considered
reckless driving; prohibiting exhibition driving; amending Minnesota Statutes
2004, section 169.13.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.13, is amended to read:


169.13 RECKLESSdeleted text begin ORdeleted text end new text begin ,new text end CARELESSnew text begin , OR EXHIBITIONnew text end DRIVING.

Subdivision 1.

Reckless driving.

new text begin (a) new text end Any person who drives any vehicle in such a
manner as to indicate either a willful or a wanton disregard for the safety of persons or
property is guilty of reckless driving and such reckless driving is a misdemeanor.

new text begin (b) A person shall not race any vehicle upon any street or highway of this state.
Any person who willfully compares or contests relative speeds by operating one or more
vehicles is guilty of racing, which constitutes reckless driving, whether or not the speed
contested or compared is in excess of the maximum speed prescribed by law.
 new text end

Subd. 2.

Careless driving.

Any person who operates or halts any vehicle upon any
street or highway carelessly or heedlessly in disregard of the rights of others, or in a
manner that endangers or is likely to endanger any property or any person, including the
driver or passengers of the vehicle, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

new text begin Subd. 2a. new text end

new text begin Exhibition driving. new text end

new text begin A person who operates any vehicle in such a
manner as to start or accelerate with an unnecessary exhibition of speed is guilty of a
petty misdemeanor. Prima facie evidence of an unnecessary exhibition of speed is the
unreasonable squealing or screeching sounds emitted by the vehicle's tires or the throwing
of sand or gravel by the vehicle's tires, or both.
 new text end

Subd. 3.

Application.

new text begin (a) new text end The provisions of this section apply, but are not limited in
application, to any person who drives any vehicle in the manner prohibited by this section:

(1) upon the ice of any lake, stream, or river, including but not limited to the ice of
any boundary water; or

(2) in a parking lot ordinarily used by or available to the public though not as a
matter of right, and a driveway connecting deleted text begin such adeleted text end new text begin the new text end parking lot with a street or highway.

new text begin (b) This section does not apply to:
 new text end

new text begin (1) an authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to an emergency call or when
in pursuit of an actual or suspected violator;
new text end

new text begin (2) the emergency operation of any vehicle when avoiding imminent danger; or
 new text end

new text begin (3) any raceway, racing facility, or other public event sanctioned by the appropriate
governmental authority.
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2006, for violations
committed on or after that date.
 new text end