1st Engrossment - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
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A bill for an act
relating to motor vehicles; requiring motor vehicle collision repair to include air
bag repair or replacement; providing criminal penalties; proposing coding for
new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325E.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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(a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this
section.
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(b) "Motor vehicle" means a self-propelled vehicle designed for use on the public
highways and originally equipped with an air bag.
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(c) "Person" means an individual, firm, partnership, incorporated or unincorporated
association, or any other legal or commercial entity.
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(d) "Air bag" means any inflatable restraint system installed in a motor vehicle to
comply with safety standards established for the motor vehicle by federal law or regulation.
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(e) "Collision repair" means restoration or repair of damage to a motor vehicle
resulting from collision or other occurrence.
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(a) A person with actual knowledge that a motor vehicle's
air bag has deployed or is missing may not perform collision repair of that motor vehicle
unless any deployed or missing air bag is replaced with an air bag designed for the make,
model, and year of the vehicle.
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(b) A person may not knowingly install or reinstall any object in lieu of an air bag
that was designed for the make, model, and year of the vehicle, as part of a vehicle
inflatable restraint system.
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Subdivision 2, paragraph (a), does not apply to a motor vehicle
that is a model year more than seven years prior to the year that the repair is performed.
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A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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