2006 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.
History: (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