HF 3362

as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to public safety; permitting municipal police 
  1.3             departments to utilize black patrol vehicles; amending 
  1.4             Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 169.98, subdivision 1.
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 169.98, 
  1.7   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.8      Subdivision 1.  [COLORS AND MARKINGS.] (a) Except as 
  1.9   provided in subdivisions 2 and 2a, all motor vehicles which are 
  1.10  primarily used in the enforcement of highway traffic rules by 
  1.11  the state patrol or for general uniform patrol assignment by any 
  1.12  municipal police department or other law enforcement agency, 
  1.13  except conservation officers, shall have uniform colors and 
  1.14  markings as provided herein in this subdivision.  Motor vehicles 
  1.15  of: 
  1.16     (1) municipal police departments, including the University 
  1.17  of Minnesota police department and park police units, and 
  1.18  constables shall be predominantly blue, brown, green, black, or 
  1.19  white; 
  1.20     (2) the state patrol shall be predominantly maroon; and 
  1.21     (3) the county sheriffs' office shall be predominantly 
  1.22  brown or white.  
  1.23     (b) The identity of the governmental unit operating the 
  1.24  vehicle shall be displayed on both front door panels and on the 
  1.25  rear of the vehicle.  The identity may be in the form of a 
  2.1   shield or emblem, or may be the word "police," "sheriff," or the 
  2.2   words "state patrol" or "conservation officer," as appropriate, 
  2.3   with letters not less than 2-1/2 inches high, one-inch wide and 
  2.4   of a three-eighths inch brush stroke.  The identity shall be of 
  2.5   a color contrasting with the background color so that the motor 
  2.6   vehicle is easily identifiable as belonging to a specific type 
  2.7   of law enforcement agency.  Each vehicle shall be marked with 
  2.8   its own identifying number on the rear of the vehicle.  The 
  2.9   number shall be printed in the same size and color required 
  2.10  pursuant to this subdivision for identifying words which may be 
  2.11  displayed on the vehicle.  
  2.12     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective August 1, 2002.