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HF 3053

2nd Engrossment - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

Current Version - 2nd Engrossment

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to motor vehicles; allowing collector-type 
  1.3             vehicles to display a blue light as part of brake 
  1.4             light; amending Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, 
  1.5             section 169.64, subdivision 4. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 
  1.8   169.64, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 4.  [BLUE LIGHT.] (a) Except as provided in 
  1.10  paragraphs (b) and (c) to (d), blue lights are prohibited on all 
  1.11  vehicles except road maintenance equipment and snow removal 
  1.12  equipment operated by or under contract to the state or a 
  1.13  political subdivision thereof. 
  1.14     (b) Authorized emergency vehicles may display flashing blue 
  1.15  lights to the rear of the vehicle as a warning signal in 
  1.16  combination with other lights permitted or required by this 
  1.17  chapter. 
  1.18     (c) A motorcycle may display a blue light of up to one inch 
  1.19  diameter as part of the motorcycle's rear brake light. 
  1.20     (d) A motor vehicle may display a blue light of up to one 
  1.21  inch diameter as part of the vehicle's rear brake light if: 
  1.22     (1) the vehicle is a collector vehicle, as described in 
  1.23  section 168.10; or 
  1.24     (2) the vehicle is eligible to display a collector plate 
  1.25  under section 168.10. 
  2.1      Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.2      Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.