1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to traffic regulations; requiring six-month
1.3 	license revocation for driver exceeding speed of 100
1.4 	miles per hour; doubling fine for speed violation in
1.5 	excess of 20 miles over the posted or statutory speed
1.6 	limit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections
1.7 	169.14, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision;
1.8 	171.17, subdivision 1.
1.9 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.10 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.14, is
1.11 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
1.12 		Subd. 1a.License revocation. The driver's license of a
1.13 	person who violates any speed limit established in this section,
1.14 	by driving in excess of 100 miles per hour, is revoked for six
1.15 	months under section 171.17, or for a longer minimum period of
1.16 	time applicable under section 169A.53, 169A.54, or 171.174.

1.17 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.14,
1.18 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.19 		Subd. 2.Speed limits.  (a) Where no special hazard
1.20 	exists the following speeds shall be lawful, but any speeds in
1.21 	excess of such limits shall be prima facie evidence that the
1.22 	speed is not reasonable or prudent and that it is unlawful;
1.23 	except that the speed limit within any municipality shall be a
1.24 	maximum limit and any speed in excess thereof shall be unlawful:
1.25 	(1) 30 miles per hour in an urban district or on a town
1.26 	road in a rural residential district;
1.27 	(2) 65 miles per hour on noninterstate freeways and
2.1 	expressways, as defined in section 160.02, subdivision 19;
2.2 	(3) 55 miles per hour in locations other than those
2.3 	specified in this section;
2.4 	(4) 70 miles per hour on interstate highways outside the
2.5 	limits of any urbanized area with a population of greater than
2.6 	50,000 as defined by order of the commissioner of
2.7 	transportation;
2.8 	(5) 65 miles per hour on interstate highways inside the
2.9 	limits of any urbanized area with a population of greater than
2.10 	50,000 as defined by order of the commissioner of
2.11 	transportation;
2.12 	(6) ten miles per hour in alleys; and
2.13 	(7) 25 miles per hour in residential roadways if adopted by
2.14 	the road authority having jurisdiction over the residential
2.15 	roadway.
2.16 	(b) A speed limit adopted under paragraph (a), clause (7),
2.17 	is not effective unless the road authority has erected signs
2.18 	designating the speed limit and indicating the beginning and end
2.19 	of the residential roadway on which the speed limit applies.
2.20 	(c) For purposes of this subdivision, "rural residential
2.21 	district" means the territory contiguous to and including any
2.22 	town road within a subdivision or plat of land that is built up
2.23 	with dwelling houses at intervals of less than 300 feet for a
2.24 	distance of one-quarter mile or more.
2.25 	(d) Notwithstanding section 609.0331 or 609.101 or other
2.26 	law to the contrary, a person who violates a speed limit
2.27 	established in this subdivision, or a speed limit designated on
2.28 	an appropriate sign under subdivision 4, 5, 5b, 5c, or 5e, by
2.29 	driving 20 miles per hour or more in excess of the applicable
2.30 	speed limit, is assessed an additional surcharge equal to the
2.31 	amount of the fine imposed for the speed violation, but not less
2.32 	than $25.

2.33 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.17,
2.34 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.35 		Subdivision 1.Offenses.  (a) The department shall
2.36 	immediately revoke the license of a driver upon receiving a
3.1 	record of the driver's conviction of:
3.2 	(1) manslaughter resulting from the operation of a motor
3.3 	vehicle or criminal vehicular homicide or injury under section
3.4 	609.21;
3.5 	(2) a violation of section 169A.20 or 609.487;
3.6 	(3) a felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle was
3.7 	used;
3.8 	(4) failure to stop and disclose identity and render aid,
3.9 	as required under section 169.09, in the event of a motor
3.10 	vehicle accident, resulting in the death or personal injury of
3.11 	another;
3.12 	(5) perjury or the making of a false affidavit or statement
3.13 	to the department under any law relating to the ownership or
3.14 	operation of a motor vehicle;
3.15 	(6) except as this section otherwise provides, three
3.16 	charges of violating within a period of 12 months any of the
3.17 	provisions of chapter 169 or of the rules or municipal
3.18 	ordinances enacted in conformance with chapter 169, for which
3.19 	the accused may be punished upon conviction by imprisonment;
3.20 	(7) two or more violations, within five years, of the
3.21 	misdemeanor offense described in section 169.444, subdivision 2,
3.22 	paragraph (a);
3.23 	(8) the gross misdemeanor offense described in section
3.24 	169.444, subdivision 2, paragraph (b); or 
3.25 	(9) an offense in another state that, if committed in this
3.26 	state, would be grounds for revoking the driver's license; or 
3.27 	(10) a violation of an applicable speed limit by a person
3.28 	driving in excess of 100 miles per hour.  The person's license
3.29 	must be revoked for six months for a violation of this clause,
3.30 	or for a longer minimum period of time applicable under section
3.31 	169A.53, 169A.54, or 171.174.
3.32 	(b) The department shall immediately revoke the school bus
3.33 	endorsement of a driver upon receiving a record of the driver's
3.34 	conviction of the misdemeanor offense described in section
3.35 	169.443, subdivision 7.