SF 1063

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to traffic regulations; requiring six-month
license revocation for driver exceeding speed of 100
miles per hour; doubling fine for speed violation in
excess of 20 miles over the posted or statutory speed
limit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections
169.14, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision;
171.17, subdivision 1.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.14, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:

new text begin Subd. 1a. new text end

new text begin License revocation. new text end

new text begin The driver's license of a
person who violates any speed limit established in this section,
by driving in excess of 100 miles per hour, is revoked for six
months under section 171.17, or for a longer minimum period of
time applicable under section 169A.53, 169A.54, or 171.174.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.14,
subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Speed limits.

(a) Where no special hazard
exists the following speeds shall be lawful, but any speeds in
excess of such limits shall be prima facie evidence that the
speed is not reasonable or prudent and that it is unlawful;
except that the speed limit within any municipality shall be a
maximum limit and any speed in excess thereof shall be unlawful:

(1) 30 miles per hour in an urban district or on a town
road in a rural residential district;

(2) 65 miles per hour on noninterstate freeways and
expressways, as defined in section 160.02, subdivision 19;

(3) 55 miles per hour in locations other than those
specified in this section;

(4) 70 miles per hour on interstate highways outside the
limits of any urbanized area with a population of greater than
50,000 as defined by order of the commissioner of
transportation;

(5) 65 miles per hour on interstate highways inside the
limits of any urbanized area with a population of greater than
50,000 as defined by order of the commissioner of
transportation;

(6) ten miles per hour in alleys; and

(7) 25 miles per hour in residential roadways if adopted by
the road authority having jurisdiction over the residential
roadway.

(b) A speed limit adopted under paragraph (a), clause (7),
is not effective unless the road authority has erected signs
designating the speed limit and indicating the beginning and end
of the residential roadway on which the speed limit applies.

(c) For purposes of this subdivision, "rural residential
district" means the territory contiguous to and including any
town road within a subdivision or plat of land that is built up
with dwelling houses at intervals of less than 300 feet for a
distance of one-quarter mile or more.

new text begin (d) Notwithstanding section 609.0331 or 609.101 or other
law to the contrary, a person who violates a speed limit
established in this subdivision, or a speed limit designated on
an appropriate sign under subdivision 4, 5, 5b, 5c, or 5e, by
driving 20 miles per hour or more in excess of the applicable
speed limit, is assessed an additional surcharge equal to the
amount of the fine imposed for the speed violation, but not less
than $25.
new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.17,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Offenses.

(a) The department shall
immediately revoke the license of a driver upon receiving a
record of the driver's conviction of:

(1) manslaughter resulting from the operation of a motor
vehicle or criminal vehicular homicide or injury under section
609.21;

(2) a violation of section 169A.20 or 609.487;

(3) a felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle was
used;

(4) failure to stop and disclose identity and render aid,
as required under section 169.09, in the event of a motor
vehicle accident, resulting in the death or personal injury of
another;

(5) perjury or the making of a false affidavit or statement
to the department under any law relating to the ownership or
operation of a motor vehicle;

(6) except as this section otherwise provides, three
charges of violating within a period of 12 months any of the
provisions of chapter 169 or of the rules or municipal
ordinances enacted in conformance with chapter 169, for which
the accused may be punished upon conviction by imprisonment;

(7) two or more violations, within five years, of the
misdemeanor offense described in section 169.444, subdivision 2,
paragraph (a);

(8) the gross misdemeanor offense described in section
169.444, subdivision 2, paragraph (b); deleted text begin or
deleted text end

(9) an offense in another state that, if committed in this
state, would be grounds for revoking the driver's license new text begin ; or
new text end

new text begin (10) a violation of an applicable speed limit by a person
driving in excess of 100 miles per hour. The person's license
must be revoked for six months for a violation of this clause,
or for a longer minimum period of time applicable under section
169A.53, 169A.54, or 171.174 new text end .

(b) The department shall immediately revoke the school bus
endorsement of a driver upon receiving a record of the driver's
conviction of the misdemeanor offense described in section
169.443, subdivision 7.