1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to traffic regulations; restricting
1.3 	possession of traffic signal-override device;
1.4 	providing a penalty; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004,
1.5 	section 169.06, by adding a subdivision.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.06, is
1.8 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
1.9 		Subd. 5b.Possession of override device. (a) For
1.10 	purposes of this subdivision, "traffic signal-override device"
1.11 	means a device located in a motor vehicle that permits
1.12 	activation of a traffic signal-override system described in
1.13 	subdivision 5a.
1.14 	(b) No person may operate a motor vehicle that contains a
1.15 	traffic signal-override device, other than:
1.16 	(1) an authorized emergency vehicle described in section
1.17 	169.01, subdivision 5, clause (1), (2), or (3);
1.18 	(2) a vehicle engaged in providing regular-route public
1.19 	transit;
1.20 	(3) a signal maintenance vehicle of a road authority; or 
1.21 	(4) a vehicle authorized to contain such a device by order
1.22 	of the commissioner of public safety.
1.23 	(c) No person may possess a traffic signal-override device,
1.24 	other than:
1.25 	(1) a person authorized to operate a vehicle described in
2.1 	paragraph (b), clauses (1) and (2), but only for use in that
2.2 	vehicle;
2.3 	(2) a person authorized by a road authority to perform
2.4 	signal maintenance, while engaged in such maintenance; or 
2.5 	(3) a person authorized by order of the commissioner of
2.6 	public safety to possess a traffic signal-override device, but
2.7 	only to the extent authorized in the order.
2.8 	(d) A violation of this subdivision is a misdemeanor.