1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to traffic regulations; prohibiting issuance of citations or fines to drivers 
1.3 	that park at broken, malfunctioning, or inoperable parking meters;amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 169.011, by adding a subdivision; 169.35, by 
1.5 	adding a subdivision.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.011, is amended by adding a 
1.8 	subdivision to read:
1.9 		Subd. 51a. Parking meter. "Parking meter" means a device that registers the 
1.10 	amount of time purchased to park a motor vehicle in a specific parking space, at the 
1.11 	expiration of which the driver is liable for a fine.

1.12 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.35, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.13 	to read:
1.14 		Subd. 4.Metered parking; ticketing prohibition. (a) A municipality, county, road 
1.15 	authority, or any other public entity operating and enforcing parking meters is prohibited 
1.16 	from issuing a citation or imposing a fine to any driver who parks a motor vehicle in a 
1.17 	parking space with a broken, malfunctioning, or inoperable parking meter.
1.18 	(b) Any citation or fine imposed on a driver who parks a motor vehicle in a parking 
1.19 	space with a broken, malfunctioning, or inoperable parking meter must be refunded to the 
1.20 	driver by the municipality, county, road authority, or other public entity that issued the 
1.21 	citation or imposed the fine in violation of this subdivision.