Minnesota Session Laws - 1992, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1992 

                        CHAPTER 424-H.F.No. 1833 
           An act relating to traffic regulations; permitting 
          certain cities to provide for volunteer enforcement of 
          certain regulations; amending Minnesota Statutes 1990, 
          section 169.346, by adding a subdivision. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1990, section 169.346, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 4.  [LOCAL ORDINANCE; CITIZEN ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.] A 
city of the first class may, by ordinance, establish a program 
to enforce the parking restrictions of this section or any 
similar local ordinance, relating to parking spaces for the 
physically disabled, by using citizen volunteers to issue 
citations to violators.  The ordinance shall contain a process 
for training program participants in the requirements of the 
law, the method of issuing citations, and other related matters. 
Program participants who satisfy the training requirements of 
the ordinance are authorized to issue citations for violations 
of this section and are exempt from any other training or 
licensure requirements imposed on law enforcement officers by 
chapter 626. 
    Presented to the governor April 6, 1992 
    Signed by the governor April 8, 1992, 5:05 p.m.