1999 Minnesota Statutes

     219.97 Forfeiture; violations; penalties. 

    Subdivision 1. Repealed, 1980 c 460 s 32 

    Subd. 2. Repealed, 1980 c 460 s 32 

    Subd. 3. Repealed, 1980 c 460 s 32 

    Subd. 4.    Violation of grade crossing safety 
 requirement.  A person, firm, or corporation violating 
 sections 219.16 to 219.30 is guilty of a misdemeanor.  The 
 violation of section 219.22 does not of itself constitute 
 contributory negligence as a matter of law.  

    Subd. 5.    Ditch or culvert violation.  A railroad or 
 receiver or lessee of the railroad failing or neglecting to 
 comply with section 219.37 shall forfeit and pay to the state 
 $200 for every mile of a ditch which it fails to keep clean 
 during any season.  This amount must be collected in a civil 
 action brought by the attorney general or by the county attorney 
 of the county through or into which that railroad extends.  

    Subd. 6.    Caboose violation.  A person, corporation, 
 or company operating a railroad in the state and violating 
 section 219.56 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, 
 is liable for a penalty of not less than $10 nor more than $50 
 for each offense.  The use of a caboose car prohibited in 
 section 219.56 constitutes a separate offense for every day or 
 part of a day so used. 

    The penalty must be recovered in a suit brought in the name 
 of the state in a court having jurisdiction in a county in or 
 through which the line of railroad may run, by the attorney 
 general or by the county attorney of a county in or through 
 which the line of railroad may be operated.  Fines and penalties 
 recovered by the state under this subdivision must be paid into 
 the state treasury.  

    Subd. 7.    Service violation.  A company failing to 
 comply with section 219.85 shall forfeit to the state for each 
 violation not less than $500 nor more than $1,000.  Each period 
 of 30 days that the failure continues constitutes a separate 
 offense. 

    Subd. 8. Repealed, 1980 c 460 s 32 

    Subd. 9. Repealed, 1980 c 460 s 32 

    Subd. 10.    Station name violation.  A railway company, 
 telegraph company, express company, or other common carrier 
 failing to comply with section 219.88 shall forfeit to the city 
 where the station is located the sum of $100 for each day that 
 the failure continues.  However, before a company is deemed in 
 default, the council of the city where the station is located 
 shall notify the company to change the name of the station to 
 the same name as that of the city within 60 days after service 
 of the notice.  

    Subd. 11. Repealed, 1980 c 460 s 32 

    Subd. 12.    Violation of requirements for new road.  A 
 carrier failing to comply with section 219.92 or with an order 
 of the commissioner made under section 219.92 shall forfeit $100 
 for each day's default, to be recovered in a civil action in the 
 name of the state.  

    Subd. 13.    Violation of provision for stopping train at 
 crossing.  Upon the complaint of any person, a company 
 operating a railroad violating section 219.93 shall forfeit not 
 less than $20 nor more than $100 to be recovered in a civil 
 action before a county or municipal judge of the county in which 
 the violation occurs.  One-half of the forfeiture must go to the 
 complainant and one-half to the school district where the 
 violation occurs. 

    Subd. 14. Repealed, 1980 c 460 s 32 

    Subd. 15. Repealed, 1980 c 460 s 32 

    Subd. 16. Repealed, 1980 c 460 s 32 

    HIST: (4726, 4731, 4732, 4743-17, 4751, 4880, 4888, 4890, 4893, 
 4897, 4900, 4904, 4905, 4906, 4910, 4925) RL s 1993; 2030; 
 2033; 2034; 2036; 1905 c 208 s 2; 1905 c 252 s 3; 1905 c 287 s 
 2; 1907 c 276 s 3; 1909 c 377 s 2; 1909 c 382 s 2; 1913 c 93 s 
 2; 1913 c 126 s 2; 1919 c 335 s 3; 1921 c 244 s 2; 1925 c 336 s 
 17; 1941 c 338 s 1; 1941 c 390 s 1; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1973 c 123 
 art 5 s 7; 1976 c 166 s 63,64; 1980 c 460 s 30; 1983 c 359 s 22; 
 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1