1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to traffic regulations; exempting certain 
  1.3             towed implements of husbandry from requirement to 
  1.4             display tail lamps; making clarifying changes; 
  1.5             amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 169.50, 
  1.6             subdivision 1.  
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 169.50, 
  1.9   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subdivision 1.  [REQUIREMENTS; EXCEPTION.] (a) Every motor 
  1.11  vehicle and every vehicle ~~which~~ that is being drawn at the end 
  1.12  of a train of vehicles ~~shall~~ must be equipped with at least one 
  1.13  tail lamp, exhibiting a red light plainly visible from a 
  1.14  distance of 500 feet to the rear.  ~~And further,~~ 
  1.15     (b) Every ~~such above-mentioned~~ motor vehicle, other than a 
  1.16  truck-tractor, and every vehicle that is being drawn at the end 
  1.17  of a train of vehicles, registered in this state and 
  1.18  manufactured or assembled after ~~January 1, 1960~~ the effective 
  1.19  date of this act, ~~shall~~ must be equipped with at least two tail 
  1.20  lamps mounted on the rear~~,~~ and on the same level and as widely 
  1.21  spaced laterally as practicable~~, which,~~.  When lighted ~~as herein~~ 
  1.22  ~~required~~, ~~shall~~ the tail lamps must comply with the provisions 
  1.23  of this section.  
  1.24     (c) An implement of husbandry being towed by a motor 
  1.25  vehicle at a speed of not more than 30 miles per hour, 
  1.26  displaying a slow-moving vehicle emblem, and complying with 
  2.1   section 169.55, subdivision 2, clause (4), is not subject to the 
  2.2   requirements of this section. 
  2.3      Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.4      Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.