Minnesota Session Laws - 2000, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 293-H.F.No. 3053 
                  An act relating to motor vehicles; allowing 
                  collector-type vehicles to display a blue light as 
                  part of brake light; amending Minnesota Statutes 1999 
                  Supplement, section 169.64, subdivision 4. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 
        169.64, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
           Subd. 4.  [BLUE LIGHT.] (a) Except as provided in 
        paragraphs (b) and (c) to (d), blue lights are prohibited on all 
        vehicles except road maintenance equipment and snow removal 
        equipment operated by or under contract to the state or a 
        political subdivision thereof. 
           (b) Authorized emergency vehicles may display flashing blue 
        lights to the rear of the vehicle as a warning signal in 
        combination with other lights permitted or required by this 
        chapter. 
           (c) A motorcycle may display a blue light of up to one inch 
        diameter as part of the motorcycle's rear brake light. 
           (d) A motor vehicle may display a blue light of up to one 
        inch diameter as part of the vehicle's rear brake light if: 
           (1) the vehicle is a collector vehicle, as described in 
        section 168.10; or 
           (2) the vehicle is eligible to display a collector plate 
        under section 168.10. 
           Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
           Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment. 
           Presented to the governor March 24, 2000 
           Signed by the governor March 28, 2000, 2:36 p.m.