Minnesota Session Laws - 2001, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 43-S.F.No. 1709 
                  An act relating to traffic regulations; exempting 
                  certain towed implements of husbandry from requirement 
                  to display tail lamps; making clarifying changes; 
                  amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 169.50, 
                  subdivision 1.  
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 169.50, 
        subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
           Subdivision 1.  [REQUIREMENTS; EXCEPTION.] (a) Every motor 
        vehicle and every vehicle which that is being drawn at the end 
        of a train of vehicles shall must be equipped with at least one 
        tail lamp, exhibiting a red light plainly visible from a 
        distance of 500 feet to the rear.  And further, 
           (b) Every such above-mentioned motor vehicle, other than a 
        truck-tractor, and every vehicle that is being drawn at the end 
        of a train of vehicles, registered in this state and 
        manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1960, shall must be 
        equipped with at least two tail lamps mounted on the rear, and 
        on the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, 
        which,.  When lighted as herein required, shall the tail lamps 
        must comply with the provisions of this section.  
           (c) An implement of husbandry being towed by a motor 
        vehicle at a speed of not more than 30 miles per hour, 
        displaying a slow-moving vehicle emblem, and complying with 
        section 169.55, subdivision 2, clause (4), is not subject to the 
        requirements of this section. 
           Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
           Section 1 is effective the day after final enactment. 
           Presented to the governor April 23, 2001 
           Signed by the governor April 24, 2001, 10:04 a.m.