Bill Text: MN SF2073 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Legislators driving while impaired (DWI) constitutes breach of peace; privilege from arrest limitations

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-04 - Author added Eaton [SF2073 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2073-Introduced.html

1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to public safety; specifying that driving while impaired constitutes a
1.3breach of the peace for purposes of the Constitution;proposing coding for new
1.4law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 169A.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6    Section 1. [169A.79] BREACH OF THE PEACE.
1.7A violation of sections 169A.20 to 169A.27 constitutes a breach of the peace for
1.8purposes of the Minnesota Constitution, article IV, section 10.
1.9EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2014, and applies to
1.10offenses committed on or after that date.
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