Minnesota Session Laws - 1993, Regular Session

  
    Laws of Minnesota 1993 

                         CHAPTER 61-H.F.No. 801 
           An act relating to traffic regulations; requiring 
          operating procedures for hand-held traffic radar; 
          amending Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 169.14, by 
          adding a subdivision. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 169.14, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 11.  [HAND-HELD POLICE TRAFFIC RADAR.] Law 
enforcement agencies that use hand-held radar units shall 
establish operating procedures to reduce the operator's exposure 
to microwave radiation.  The procedures, at a minimum, must 
require: 
    (1) that the operator turn the unit off when it is not in 
use; 
    (2) if the unit has a stand-by mode, that the operator use 
this mode except when measuring a vehicle's speed; 
    (3) that the operator not allow the antenna to rest against 
the operator's body while it is in operation; and 
    (4) that the operator always point the antenna unit away 
from the operator and any other person in very close proximity 
to the unit. 
    Presented to the governor April 29, 1993 
    Signed by the governor April 30, 1993, 3:24 p.m.