Minnesota Session Laws - 1993, Regular Session

  
    Laws of Minnesota 1993 

                        CHAPTER 130-H.F.No. 874 
           An act relating to traffic regulations; authorizing 
          cities of the second class to establish programs for 
          citizen enforcement of laws governing parking spaces 
          for persons with disabilities; amending Minnesota 
          Statutes 1992, section 169.346, subdivision 4. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 169.346, 
subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 4.  [LOCAL ORDINANCE; CITIZEN ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.] A 
city of the first or second 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. 
    Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment. 
    Presented to the governor May 11, 1993 
    Signed by the governor May 13, 1993, 2:56 p.m.