1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to crime prevention; prohibiting speed
1.3 	contests; prohibiting individuals from being
1.4 	spectators at speed contests; imposing criminal
1.5 	penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section
1.6 	169.13, by adding a subdivision.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.13, is
1.9 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
1.10 		Subd. 2a.Unlawful speed contest. (a) As used in this
1.11 	subdivision, "speed contest" means a motor vehicle race against
1.12 	another motor vehicle, a clock, or other timing device.
1.13 	However, "speed contest" does not include events in which the
1.14 	time to cover a prescribed route is measured, but where the
1.15 	motor vehicle does not exceed the speed limits.
1.16 	(b) A person who drives a motor vehicle in a speed contest
1.17 	on a public roadway or who organizes or otherwise facilitates a
1.18 	speed contest on a public roadway is guilty of a misdemeanor.
1.19 	(c) A person who observes, watches, or otherwise acts as a
1.20 	spectator to a speed contest that is illegal under this
1.21 	subdivision is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
1.22 	(d) This subdivision does not apply to motor sports events
1.23 	sanctioned by an appropriate entity where public roadways,
1.24 	public parking lots, public driveways, and public lands,
1.25 	including, but not limited to, lakes, streams, and rivers, are
1.26 	temporarily closed to the public for use as a motor sports
2.1 	course.

2.2 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.3 	Section 1 is effective August 1, 2005, and applies to acts
2.4 	committed on or after that date.