2000 Minnesota Statutes

     169.541 Lighting exemption for law enforcement; 
  standards. 

    Subdivision 1.    Exemption.  Sections 84.87, 84.928, 
 86B.511, and 169.48 to 169.65, relating to lighting of vehicles 
 and watercraft, do not apply to a licensed peace officer, as 
 defined in section 626.84, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), while 
 operating a motor vehicle or watercraft owned, leased, or 
 otherwise the property of the state or a political subdivision, 
 in the performance of the officer's law enforcement duties if 
 the officer's conduct is reasonable and is consistent with the 
 standards adopted under subdivision 2, and if the officer 
 reasonably believes that operating the vehicle without lights is 
 necessary under the circumstances to investigate a criminal 
 violation or suspected criminal violation of state laws, rules, 
 or orders or local laws, ordinances, or regulations. 

    Subd. 2.    POST board standards.  The peace officer 
 standards and training board shall adopt standards governing 
 situations in which licensed peace officers as defined in 
 section 626.84, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), may operate a 
 vehicle or watercraft without lights as provided in subdivision 
 1.  The board shall report to the legislature on the standards 
 by January 1, 1991. 

    HIST: 1990 c 391 art 10 s 3; 1990 c 555 s 9