1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to traffic regulations; providing for civil penalty for violation of truck 
1.3 	weight limits by motor carriers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 
1.4 	169.871, subdivision 1b.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.871, subdivision 1b, is amended to 
1.7 	read:
1.8 		Subd. 1b.Civil penalty for first two violations. Notwithstanding subdivision 1, 
1.9 	paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (5), a civil penalty under subdivision 1 for a violation in a 
1.10 	motor vehicle in the course of a first haul as defined in section 168.013, subdivision 3, 
1.11 	paragraph (d)(3), of a weight limit imposed under sections 169.822 to 169.829, 169.832
1.12 	to 169.851, and 169.87 that is not preceded by two or more violations more than one 
1.13 	violation by the carrier  of the gross weight limits in those sections in that motor vehicle
1.14 	within the previous 12 months, may not exceed $150.