2004 Minnesota Statutes

     219.51 Clearance violations and penalties. 

    Subdivision 1.    Clearance violation.  A common 
 carrier, corporation, or person subject to sections 219.45 to 
 219.53 violating any of the provisions of those sections, is 
 liable to a penalty of not more than $500 for each violation.  

    Subd. 2.    Failure to correct.  If a common carrier, 
 person, or corporation (1) fails to correct a violation of 
 sections 219.45 to 219.53 when ordered by the commissioner of 
 transportation within the time provided in the order, and (2) 
 does not appeal the order, then failure to correct the violation 
 as ordered by the commissioner constitutes a new and separate 
 offense distinct from the original violation of sections 219.45 
 to 219.53. 

    Subd. 3.    Duties of attorney general.  The penalty 
 must be recovered in a suit brought in the name of the state by 
 the attorney general in a court having jurisdiction in the 
 locality where the violation was committed.  Under the direction 
 of the commissioner, the attorney general shall bring suit upon 
 receipt of duly verified information from any person of a 
 violation being committed.  The commissioner shall lodge with 
 the attorney general information of any violation as may come to 
 their knowledge. 

    HIST: (4759) 1913 c 307 s 7; 1937 c 238 s 4; 1971 c 25 s 67; 
 1976 c 166 s 43; 1980 c 534 s 42; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1; 1998 c 
 403 s 29