1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; increasing fine for using a wireless communications 
1.3 	device while driving;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.475, 
1.4 	subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.475, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Prohibition on use; penalty. (a) No A person may operate operating a motor 
1.8 	vehicle while is prohibited from using a wireless communications device to compose, read, 
1.9 	or send an electronic message, when the vehicle is in motion or a part of traffic.
1.10 	(b) A person who violates paragraph (a) is subject to the following fines:
1.11 	(1) for a first offense, a fine of $175, plus the amount specified in the uniform fine 
1.12 	schedule established by the Judicial Council;
1.13 	(2) for a second or subsequent time must payoffense, a fine of $225 $350, plus the 
1.14 	amount specified in the uniform fine schedule established by the Judicial Council.; and
1.15 	(3) for a third or subsequent offense, a fine of $700, plus the amount specified in the 
1.16 	uniform fine schedule established by the Judicial Council.
1.17 	(c) If an individual causes a collision that results in substantial bodily harm, as defined 
1.18 	in section 609.02, subdivision 7a, or death of another, as a result of violating paragraph (a), 
1.19 	the individual is subject to the fine authorized in paragraph (b) multiplied by two.