A bill for an act
relating to transportation; authorizing speed safety camera enforcement; creating
a pilot program; imposing a petty misdemeanor penalty; requiring reports;
appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 13.6905, by
adding a subdivision; 134A.09, subdivision 1; 134A.10, subdivision 1; 169.011,
by adding a subdivision; 169.04; 169.14, subdivision 10, by adding subdivisions;
169.99, subdivision 1; 171.12, subdivision 6; 171.16, subdivision 3; 357.021,
subdivision 6; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 169.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 13.6905, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:
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Data related to speed safety cameras are governed
by section 169.147, subdivisions 11 and 12.
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Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 134A.09, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
new text begin (a) new text end In Hennepin and Ramsey Counties, the district
administrator or a designee shall collect in each civil suit, action or proceeding filed in the
district, municipal and conciliation courts of the district, in the manner in which other fees
are collected, a law library fee from:
deleted text begin (a)deleted text end new text begin (1)new text end the plaintiff, petitioner or other person instituting the suit, action or proceeding,
at the time of the filing of the first paper; and
deleted text begin (b)deleted text end new text begin (2)new text end each defendant, respondent, intervenor or other party who appears, either
separately or jointly, to be collected at the time of the filing of the first paper by the defendant,
respondent, intervenor or other party, or at the time when the party's appearance is entered
in the case.
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(b) The law library fee does not apply to a citation issued pursuant to section 169.14,
subdivision 13.
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This section is effective June 1, 2024.
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Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 134A.10, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
new text begin (a) new text end In counties other than Hennepin and Ramsey,
the court administrator shall collect in each civil suit, action or proceeding filed in the
district, county or county municipal and conciliation courts of the county, in the manner in
which other fees are collected, a law library fee from:
deleted text begin (a)deleted text end new text begin (1)new text end the plaintiff, petitioner or other person instituting the suit, action or proceeding,
at the time of the filing of the first paper; and
deleted text begin (b)deleted text end new text begin (2)new text end each defendant, respondent, intervenor or other party who appears, either
separately or jointly, to be collected at the time of the filing of the first paper by the defendant,
respondent, intervenor or other party, or at the time when the party's appearance is entered
in the case.
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(b) The law library fee does not apply to citations issued pursuant to section 169.14,
subdivision 13.
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This section is effective June 1, 2024.
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Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 169.011, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:
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"Speed safety camera system" means an
electronic system of one or more cameras or other motor vehicle sensors that is capable of
automatically producing recorded images of a motor vehicle operated in violation of the
speed limit, including related information technology for recorded image storage, retrieval,
and transmission.
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Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 169.04, is amended to read:
(a) The provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to prevent local authorities, with
respect to streets and highways under their jurisdiction, and with the consent of the
commissioner, with respect to state trunk highways, within the corporate limits of a
municipality, or within the limits of a town in a county in this state now having or which
may hereafter have, a population of 500,000 or more, and a land area of not more than 600
square miles, and within the reasonable exercise of the police power from:
(1) regulating the standing or parking of vehicles;
(2) regulating traffic by means of police officers or traffic-control signals;
(3) regulating or prohibiting processions or assemblages on the highways;
(4) designating particular highways as one-way roadways and requiring that all vehicles,
except emergency vehicles, when on an emergency run, thereon be moved in one specific
direction;
(5) designating any highway as a through highway and requiring that all vehicles stop
before entering or crossing the same, or designating any intersection as a stop intersection,
and requiring all vehicles to stop at one or more entrances to such intersections;
(6) restricting the use of highways as authorized in sections 169.80 to 169.88deleted text begin .deleted text end new text begin ; and
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(7) regulating speed limits through the use of a speed safety camera system implemented
under section 169.147.
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(b) No ordinance or regulation enacted under paragraph (a), clause (4), (5), or (6), shall
be effective until signs giving notice of such local traffic regulations are posted upon and
kept posted upon or at the entrance to the highway or part thereof affected as may be most
appropriate.
(c) No ordinance or regulation enacted under paragraph (a), clause (3), or any other
provision of law shall prohibit:
(1) the use of motorcycles or vehicles utilizing flashing red lights for the purpose of
escorting funeral processions, oversize buildings, heavy equipment, parades or similar
processions or assemblages on the highways; or
(2) the use of motorcycles or vehicles that are owned by the funeral home and that utilize
flashing red lights for the purpose of escorting funeral processions.
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This section is effective June 1, 2024.
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Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 169.14, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
(a) In any
prosecution in which the rate of speed of a motor vehicle is relevant, evidence of the speed
as indicated on radar or other speed-measuring devicenew text begin , including but not limited to a speed
safety camera system,new text end is admissible in evidence, subject to the following conditions:
(1) the officernew text begin or speed enforcement agent under section 169.147new text end operating the device
has sufficient training to properly operate the equipment;
(2) the officernew text begin or speed enforcement agentnew text end testifies as to the manner in which the device
was set up and operated;
(3) the device was operated with minimal distortion or interference from outside sources;
and
(4) the device was tested by an accurate and reliable external mechanism, method, or
system at the time it was set up.
(b) Records of tests made of such devices and kept in the regular course of operations
of any law enforcement agency are admissible in evidence without further foundation as to
the results of the tests. The records shall be available to a defendant upon demand. Nothing
in this subdivision shall be construed to preclude or interfere with cross examination or
impeachment of evidence of the rate of speed as indicated on the radar or speed-measuring
device.
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(c) Evidence from a speed safety camera system may be used solely for a citation or
prosecution for a violation under subdivision 13.
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This section is effective June 1, 2024.
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Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 169.14, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:
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(a) Subject to subdivision 14, if a motor
vehicle is operated in violation of a speed limit and the violation is identified through the
use of a speed safety camera system implemented under section 169.147, the owner of the
vehicle or the lessee of the vehicle is guilty of a petty misdemeanor and must pay a fine of:
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(1) $40; or
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(2) $80, if the violation is at least 20 miles per hour in excess of the applicable speed
limit.
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