1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; prohibiting certain careless driving violations from 
1.3 	appearing on the uniform fine schedule;amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 
1.4 	169.13, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.13, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Careless driving. (a) Any person who operates or halts any vehicle upon any 
1.8 	street or highway carelessly or heedlessly in disregard of the rights of others, or in a manner 
1.9 	that endangers or is likely to endanger any property or any person, including the driver or 
1.10 	passengers of the vehicle, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
1.11 	(b) Any person who operates or halts a light rail transit vehicle carelessly or heedlessly 
1.12 	in disregard of the rights of others, or in a manner that endangers or is likely to endanger 
1.13 	any property or any person, including the operator or passengers on the light rail transit 
1.14 	vehicle, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
1.15 	(c) Notwithstanding section 609.101, subdivision 4, the Judicial Council may not place 
1.16 	a violation of this subdivision that causes great bodily harm or death to another on the 
1.17 	uniform fine schedule.

1.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2021, and applies to crimes 
1.19 	committed on or after that date.