as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/18/2016 08:28am
A bill for an act
relating to transportation; increasing fine for certain traffic violations around
school buses; requiring violator to attend driver improvement clinic; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.444, subdivision 2.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.444, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
(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 bynew text begin : (1)new text end a fine of not less than deleted text begin $300deleted text end new text begin $500; and (2) a
requirement that the person attend and successfully complete a course of study at an
approved driver improvement clinic or youth-oriented driver improvement clinicnew 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.
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(c) An agency, court, or public official in Minnesota shall not mask, defer imposition
of judgment for, or allow an individual to enter into a diversion program that would
prevent a conviction for a violation of this subdivision from appearing on the driving
record of a holder of a driver's license.
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The amendment to paragraph (a), clause (1), is effective
August 1, 2015, and applies to violations committed on and after that date. The amendment
to paragraph (a), clause (2), is effective August 1, 2016, and applies to violations committed
on and after that date. Paragraph (c) is effective the day following final enactment.
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