Minnesota Session Laws - 1983, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1983 

                          CHAPTER 6--S.F.No. 26
           An act relating to crimes; providing a criminal 
          penalty for false declarations of insurance coverage; 
          amending Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 65B.67, 
          subdivisions 2, 3, and 4, and by adding a subdivision. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 65B.67, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read:  
    Subd. 2.  [VIOLATION BY OWNER.] Any owner of a motor 
vehicle or motorcycle with respect to which security is required 
under sections 65B.41 to 65B.71 who operates the motor vehicle 
or motorcycle or permits it to be operated upon a public 
highway, street or road in this state and who knows or has 
reason to know that the motor vehicle or motorcycle does not 
have security complying with the terms of section 65B.48, is 
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced as provided in 
subdivision 4. 
    Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 65B.67, 
subdivision 3, is amended to read:  
    Subd. 3.  [VIOLATION BY DRIVER.] Any other person who 
operates a motor vehicle or motorcycle upon a public highway, 
street or road in this state with knowledge that the owner does 
not have security complying with the terms of section 65B.48 in 
full force and effect is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be 
sentenced as provided in subdivision 4. 
    Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 65B.67, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read:  
    Subd. 3a.  [FALSE STATEMENTS.] Any owner of a motor vehicle 
or motorcycle who falsely claims to have a plan of reparation 
security in effect at the time of registration of a motor 
vehicle or motorcycle pursuant to section 65B.48 is guilty of a 
misdemeanor and shall be sentenced as provided in subdivision 4. 
    Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 65B.67, 
subdivision 4, is amended to read:  
    Subd. 4.  [PENALTY.] Any operator of a motor vehicle or 
motorcycle who is convicted of a misdemeanor under the terms of 
this section shall be sentenced as provided in section 609.03, 
clause 3, and shall have his driver's license revoked for not 
more than 12 months.  If the operator is also an owner of the 
motor vehicle or motorcycle, the registration of the motor 
vehicle or motorcycle shall also be revoked for not more than 12 
months.  Before reinstatement of a driver's license or 
registration, the operator shall file with the commissioner of 
public safety the written certificate of an insurance carrier 
authorized to do business in this state stating that security 
has been provided by the operator as required by section 
65B.48.  The commissioner shall include a notice of the 
penalties contained in this section on all forms for 
registration of motor vehicles or motorcycles required to 
maintain a plan of reparation security.  
     Sec. 5.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    This act is effective January 1, 1984, and applies to all 
crimes committed after that date. 
    Approved March 4, 1983