Bill Text: MN SF1422 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Speed limit violations on driving record modification

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-12 - Referred to Transportation [SF1422 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2011-SF1422-Introduced.html

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A bill for an act

relating to traffic regulations; providing that speed in excess of ten miles per hour
over speed limit of 60 miles per hour does not go on driver's driving record;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 171.12, subdivision 6.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 171.12, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
    Subd. 6. Certain convictions not recorded. (a) Except as provided in paragraph
(b), the department shall not keep on the record of a driver any conviction for a violation
of a speed limit of 55 or 60 miles per hour unless the violation consisted of a speed greater
than ten miles per hour in excess of a 55 miles per hour the speed limit, or more than five
miles per hour in excess of a 60 miles per hour speed limit.
(b) This subdivision does not apply to (1) a violation that occurs in a commercial
motor vehicle, or (2) a violation committed by a holder of a class A, B, or C commercial
driver's license, without regard to whether the violation was committed in a commercial
motor vehicle or another vehicle.