1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to traffic regulations; prohibiting sale and 
  1.3             unauthorized use and ownership of traffic signal 
  1.4             preemption transmitters that can change the phase of 
  1.5             traffic signals; providing penalties; amending 
  1.6             Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 169.06, by adding 
  1.7             subdivisions. 
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 169.06, is 
  1.10  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.11     Subd. 5b.  [PROHIBITION REGARDING TRAFFIC SIGNAL PREEMPTION 
  1.12  TRANSMITTERS.] A person who possesses, owns, or uses a traffic 
  1.13  signal preemption transmitter that can change the phase of a 
  1.14  traffic signal, without legislative or government authorization, 
  1.15  is guilty of a misdemeanor. 
  1.16     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 169.06, is 
  1.17  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.18     Subd. 5c.  [PROHIBITION OF SALE OF TRAFFIC SIGNAL 
  1.19  PREEMPTION TRANSMITTERS.] A person who provides for sale to an 
  1.20  unauthorized user a traffic signal preemption transmitter that 
  1.21  can change the phase of a traffic signal, is guilty of a 
  1.22  misdemeanor.