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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to transportation; providing for obedience to school bus flaggers; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>modifying speed limit requirements for a segment of marked Interstate Highway <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>35E; requiring certain signage on laned highways; providing that bus driver <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>is not subject to seat belt fines arising out of violations by certain passengers;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 169.06, by adding a subdivision; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>169.14, by adding subdivisions; 169.18, subdivision 7; 169.686, subdivision 1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.06, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4b. <b>Obedience to school bus flagger.</b> (a) A person may stop and hold <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>vehicles in place at a location on a street or highway having one lane of traffic in each <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>direction and a speed limit of 35 miles per hour or less until it is safe for the vehicles <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>to proceed, if the person:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>(1) is designated by the school district's transportation safety director to act as a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>school bus flagger;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>(2) controls traffic in order to enable one or more school buses to safely leave school <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>property and enter the adjacent street or highway, or to safely enter school property from <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>the adjacent street or highway; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>(3) meets the safety and equipment standards of an adult crossing guard as provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>in the manual and specifications adopted under subdivision 1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>(b) A person operating a motor vehicle that has been stopped by a school bus flagger <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>may proceed after stopping only on instruction by the school bus flagger or a police officer.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>(c) The authority under paragraph (a) does not apply in a school zone established <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>under section 169.14, subdivision 5a, in which the speed limit of that street or highway <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>outside the school zone is higher than 35 miles per hour.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.14, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2b. <b>Speed limit; marked Interstate Highway 35E.</b> Notwithstanding <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>subdivision 2, the commissioner shall designate the speed limit on marked Interstate <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>Highway 35E in St. Paul, from the interchange with marked Trunk Highway 5, known as <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>West Seventh Street, to the interchange with marked Interstate Highway 94, as 55 miles <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>per hour unless the commissioner designates a different speed limit on that highway <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>after (1) conducting an engineering and traffic investigation under subdivision 4, and (2) <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>determining that a different speed limit is reasonable and safe. Any speed in excess of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>speed limit designated under this subdivision is unlawful.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.14, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5g. <b>Conviction recording; marked Interstate Highway 35E.</b> Except as <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>provided in section 171.12, subdivision 6, paragraph (c), the Department of Public Safety <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>shall not keep on the record of a driver any conviction for a violation of a speed limit on <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>marked Interstate Highway 35E in the city of St. Paul, from its intersection with West <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>Seventh Street to its intersection with marked Interstate Highway 94, unless the violation <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>consists of a speed greater than ten miles per hour in excess of the speed limit.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.4.0"></a><a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.18, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Laned highway.</b> When any roadway has been divided into two or more <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>clearly marked lanes for traffic, the following rules, in addition to all others consistent <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>herewith, shall apply:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>(a) A vehicle shall be driven as nearly as practicable entirely within a single lane <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>and shall not be moved from such lane until the driver has first ascertained that such <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>movement can be made with safety.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>(b) Upon a roadway which is not a one-way roadway and which is divided into three <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>lanes, a vehicle shall not be driven in the center lane except when overtaking and passing <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>another vehicle where the roadway is clearly visible and such center lane is clear of traffic <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>within a safe distance, or in preparation for a left turn or where such center lane is at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>time allocated exclusively to traffic moving in the direction the vehicle is proceeding, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>is signposted to give notice of such allocation. The left lane of a three-lane roadway which <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>is not a one-way roadway shall not be used for overtaking and passing another vehicle.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>(c) Official signs may be erected by a road authority directing slow-moving traffic to <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>use a designated lane or allocating specified lanes to traffic moving in the same direction, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>and must be erected as appropriate to instruct motorists of the requirements under <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>subdivision 10. Drivers of vehicles shall obey the directions of every such sign.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>(d) Whenever a bicycle lane has been established on a roadway, any person <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>operating a motor vehicle on such roadway shall not drive in the bicycle lane except to <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>perform parking maneuvers in order to park where parking is permitted, to enter or leave <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>the highway, or to prepare for a turn as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>169.19, subdivision 1</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>(e) A vehicle must be driven in the right-hand lane according to subdivision 10.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.5.0"></a><a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.686, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Seat belt requirement.</b> (a) Except as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>169.685</statute_ref>, a <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>properly adjusted and fastened seat belt, including both the shoulder and lap belt when the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>vehicle is so equipped, shall be worn by the driver and passengers of a passenger vehicle, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>commercial motor vehicle, type III vehicle, and type III Head Start vehicle.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>(b) A person who is 15 years of age or older and who violates paragraph (a) is <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>subject to a fine of $25. The driver of the vehicle in which a violation occurs is subject to <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>a $25 fine for each violation of paragraph (a) by the driver or by a passenger under the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>age of 15, but the court may not impose more than one surcharge under section 
         <statute_ref>357.021, <br />
            		<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>subdivision 6
         </statute_ref>, on the driver. The Department of Public Safety shall not record a violation <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>of this subdivision on a person's driving record.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>(c) The driver of a bus is not subject to the fine under paragraph (b) for a violation of <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>paragraph (a) by a passenger under the age of 15. This paragraph does not apply to (1) <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>a school bus, including a type III vehicle; and (2) a Head Start bus, including a type III <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>Head Start vehicle.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2016, and applies to <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>violations committed on or after that date.<br />
         		
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