Minnesota Session Laws - 1988, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1988 

                        CHAPTER 606-H.F.No. 1656 
           An act relating to traffic regulations; providing for 
          allocation of civil fines for motor vehicle maximum 
          weight violations in Hennepin county; amending 
          Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 169.871, subdivisions 
          3 and 5. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 169.871, 
subdivision 3, is amended to read:  
    Subd. 3.  [APPEARANCES.] Notwithstanding the provisions of 
section 8.01, county or city attorneys may appear for the 
commissioner of public safety in civil actions commenced under 
this section at the request of the attorney general. 
    Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 169.871, 
subdivision 5, is amended to read:  
    Subd. 5.  [FINES.] Any penalty imposed and fines collected 
pursuant to this section shall be disposed of as provided in 
section 299D.03, subdivision 5, with the following exceptions: 
    (a) If the violation occurs in the county, and the county 
attorney appears in the action, the remaining five-eighths shall 
be credited to the highway user tax distribution fund. 
    (b) If the violation occurs within the municipality, and 
the city attorney appears in the action, the remaining one-third 
shall be paid to the highway user tax distribution fund. 
    (c) In all cases Except as provided in paragraph (d), when 
the attorney general appears in the action, all penalties 
imposed and fines collected shall be credited to the highway 
user tax distribution fund.  
    (d) If the violation occurs in Hennepin county, and the 
arrest or apprehension is made by the county sheriff, 
three-eighths of the civil penalty shall be credited to the 
general revenue fund of the county and the remaining 
five-eighths shall be credited to the highway user tax 
distribution fund. 
    Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final 
enactment. 
    Approved April 24, 1988