HF 380

1st Engrossment - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018)

Posted on 03/01/2017 02:35 p.m.

A bill for an act
relating to transportation; increasing fines for certain traffic violations around
school buses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.444, subdivision 2.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.444, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Violations by drivers; penalties.

(a) A person who fails to stop a vehicle or
to keep it stopped, as required in subdivision 1, or who violates subdivision 1a, is guilty of
a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than deleted text begin $300 deleted text end new text begin $500 new text end .

(b) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if the person fails to stop a motor vehicle
or to keep it stopped, as required in subdivision 1, or who violates subdivision 1a, and
commits either or both of the following acts:

(1) passes or attempts to pass the school bus in a motor vehicle on the right-hand,
passenger-door side of the bus; or

(2) passes or attempts to pass the school bus in a motor vehicle when a school child is
outside of and on the street or highway used by the school bus or on the adjacent sidewalk.

new text begin (c) An agency, court, or public official in Minnesota is prohibited from masking, deferring
imposition of judgment for, or allowing an individual to enter into a diversion program that
would prevent a conviction for violating this subdivision from appearing on the driving
record of a driver's license holder.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2017, and applies to violations
committed on and after that date.
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