Bill Text: MN SF1731 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Speed limit increase from 55 to 60 mile per hour
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-08 - Referred to Transportation [SF1731 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF1731-Introduced.html
1.2relating to traffic regulations; modifying certain speed limits;amending
1.3Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.14, subdivision 2.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.14, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.6 Subd. 2. Speed limits. (a) Where no special hazard exists the following speeds
1.7shall be lawful, but any speeds in excess of such limits shall be prima facie evidence
1.8that the speed is not reasonable or prudent and that it is unlawful; except that the speed
1.9limit within any municipality shall be a maximum limit and any speed in excess thereof
1.10shall be unlawful:
1.11 (1) 30 miles per hour in an urban district;
1.12 (2) 65 miles per hour on noninterstate expressways, as defined in section160.02 ,
1.13subdivision 18b, and noninterstate freeways, as defined in section160.02, subdivision 19 ;
1.14 (3)55 60 miles per hour in locations other than those specified in this section;
1.15 (4) 70 miles per hour on interstate highways outside the limits of any urbanized area
1.16with a population of greater than 50,000 as defined by order of the commissioner of
1.17transportation;
1.18 (5) 65 miles per hour on interstate highways inside the limits of any urbanized area
1.19with a population of greater than 50,000 as defined by order of the commissioner of
1.20transportation;
1.21 (6) ten miles per hour in alleys;
1.22 (7) 25 miles per hour in residential roadways if adopted by the road authority having
1.23jurisdiction over the residential roadway; and
2.1(8) 35 miles per hour in a rural residential district if adopted by the road authority
2.2having jurisdiction over the rural residential district.
2.3 (b) A speed limit adopted under paragraph (a), clause (7), is not effective unless the
2.4road authority has erected signs designating the speed limit and indicating the beginning
2.5and end of the residential roadway on which the speed limit applies.
2.6 (c) A speed limit adopted under paragraph (a), clause (8), is not effective unless the
2.7road authority has erected signs designating the speed limit and indicating the beginning
2.8and end of the rural residential district for the roadway on which the speed limit applies.
2.9 (d) Notwithstanding section609.0331 or
609.101 or other law to the contrary,
2.10a person who violates a speed limit established in this subdivision, or a speed limit
2.11designated on an appropriate sign under subdivision 4, 5, 5b, 5c, or 5e, by driving 20 miles
2.12per hour or more in excess of the applicable speed limit, is assessed an additional surcharge
2.13equal to the amount of the fine imposed for the speed violation, but not less than $25.
1.3Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.14, subdivision 2.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.14, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.6 Subd. 2. Speed limits. (a) Where no special hazard exists the following speeds
1.7shall be lawful, but any speeds in excess of such limits shall be prima facie evidence
1.8that the speed is not reasonable or prudent and that it is unlawful; except that the speed
1.9limit within any municipality shall be a maximum limit and any speed in excess thereof
1.10shall be unlawful:
1.11 (1) 30 miles per hour in an urban district;
1.12 (2) 65 miles per hour on noninterstate expressways, as defined in section
1.13subdivision 18b, and noninterstate freeways, as defined in section
1.14 (3)
1.15 (4) 70 miles per hour on interstate highways outside the limits of any urbanized area
1.16with a population of greater than 50,000 as defined by order of the commissioner of
1.17transportation;
1.18 (5) 65 miles per hour on interstate highways inside the limits of any urbanized area
1.19with a population of greater than 50,000 as defined by order of the commissioner of
1.20transportation;
1.21 (6) ten miles per hour in alleys;
1.22 (7) 25 miles per hour in residential roadways if adopted by the road authority having
1.23jurisdiction over the residential roadway; and
2.1(8) 35 miles per hour in a rural residential district if adopted by the road authority
2.2having jurisdiction over the rural residential district.
2.3 (b) A speed limit adopted under paragraph (a), clause (7), is not effective unless the
2.4road authority has erected signs designating the speed limit and indicating the beginning
2.5and end of the residential roadway on which the speed limit applies.
2.6 (c) A speed limit adopted under paragraph (a), clause (8), is not effective unless the
2.7road authority has erected signs designating the speed limit and indicating the beginning
2.8and end of the rural residential district for the roadway on which the speed limit applies.
2.9 (d) Notwithstanding section
2.10a person who violates a speed limit established in this subdivision, or a speed limit
2.11designated on an appropriate sign under subdivision 4, 5, 5b, 5c, or 5e, by driving 20 miles
2.12per hour or more in excess of the applicable speed limit, is assessed an additional surcharge
2.13equal to the amount of the fine imposed for the speed violation, but not less than $25.
