1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; prohibiting the use of certain traffic stop-related 
1.3 	information as criteria for peace officer job performance;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2020, sections 169.985; 299D.08.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.985, is amended to read:
1.7 	169.985 TRAFFIC CITATION QUOTA PROHIBITED.
1.8 	A law enforcement agency may not order, mandate, require, or suggest to a peace officer 
1.9 	a quota for the issuance of traffic citations, including administrative citations authorized 
1.10 	under section 169.999, on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly basis. A law 
1.11 	enforcement agency is prohibited from using the number of traffic or administrative citations 
1.12 	issued, the number of traffic stops made, or traffic enforcement activity by a peace officer 
1.13 	as criteria to evaluate the peace officer's performance.

1.14 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 299D.08, is amended to read:
1.15 	299D.08 TRAFFIC CITATION QUOTA PROHIBITED.
1.16 	The State Patrol or a law enforcement agency shall not order, mandate, require, or suggest 
1.17 	to a patrol trooper, commercial vehicle inspector, or law compliance representative that the 
1.18 	patrol trooper, inspector, or representative issue a certain number of traffic citations on a 
1.19 	daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly quota basis. The State Patrol is prohibited from 
1.20 	using the number of traffic citations issued, the number of traffic stops made, or traffic 
1.21 	enforcement activity by a trooper as criteria to evaluate the trooper's performance.