<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>misdemeanor;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.13, by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.13, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>    Subd. 2a. <b>Careless driving resulting in death.</b> (a) A person who drives, operates, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>or halts a vehicle, anywhere in this state, carelessly or heedlessly in disregard of the rights <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>of others or in a manner that endangers or is likely to endanger any property or any person, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>including any driver or passenger of a vehicle or other person, that results in the death of a <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>person, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>(b) Nothing in this subdivision or section 609.035 limits the power of the state to <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>punish a person for conduct that constitutes a crime under any other law of this state.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2012, and applies to <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>violations committed on or after that date.<br/>