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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to traffic regulations; requiring passenger restraint for children under <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>the age of eight in motor vehicles; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>169.685, subdivision 5.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.685, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Violation; petty misdemeanor.</b> (a) Every motor vehicle operator, when <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>transporting a child under the age of ~~four~~ eight on the streets and highways of this state <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>in a motor vehicle equipped with factory-installed seat belts, shall equip and install for <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>use in the motor vehicle, according to the manufacturer's instructions, a child passenger <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>restraint system meeting federal motor vehicle safety standards.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>(b) No motor vehicle operator who is operating a motor vehicle on the streets and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>highways of this state may transport a child under the age of ~~four~~ eight in a seat of a motor <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>vehicle equipped with a factory-installed seat belt, unless the child is properly fastened <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>in the child passenger restraint system. Any motor vehicle operator who violates this <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>subdivision is guilty of a petty misdemeanor and may be sentenced to pay a fine of not <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>more than $50. The fine ~~may~~ must be waived ~~or the amount reduced~~ if the motor vehicle <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>operator produces evidence that within 14 days after the date of the violation a child <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>passenger restraint system meeting federal motor vehicle safety standards was purchased <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>or obtained for the exclusive use of the operator.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>(c) The fines collected for violations of this subdivision must be deposited in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>state treasury and credited to a special account to be known as the Minnesota child <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>passenger restraint and education account.<br />
         		
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