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171.05.2b

Statute ID: 12861

Statute Function ID: 28191

Drivers' Licenses - Instruction Permit Use - Under 18 Yrs Old

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Statute Number:

171.05.2b

Enactment Date:

May 21, 2009

Effective Date:

Jun 9, 2009

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Drivers' Licenses - Instruction Permit Use - Under 18 Yrs Old

Statute ID:

12861

Created:

May 29, 2009 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

May 29, 2009 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Updated

Legal Analyst Comment:

2009 c165 s5; effective date 06/09/2009 Subdivision Renumbered

Summary Text:

Drivers' Licenses - Instruction Permit Use - Under 18 Yrs Old

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/171/05.html

Legislative Session:

2009 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

May 29, 2009

(a) This subdivision applies to persons who have applied for and received an instruction permit under subdivision 2.
(b) The permit holder may, with the permit in possession, operate a motor vehicle, but must be accompanied by and be under the supervision of a certified driver education instructor, the permit holder's parent or guardian, or another licensed driver age 21 or older. The supervisor must occupy the seat beside the permit holder.
(c) The permit holder may not operate a vehicle while communicating over, or otherwise operating, a cellular or wireless telephone, whether handheld or hands free, when the vehicle is in motion. The permit holder may assert as an affirmative defense that the violation was made for the sole purpose of obtaining emergency assistance to prevent a crime about to be committed, or in the reasonable belief that a person's life or safety was in danger. Violation of this paragraph is a petty misdemeanor subject to section 169.89, subdivision 2.
(d) The permit holder must maintain a driving record free of convictions for moving violations, as defined in section 171.04, subdivision 1, and free of convictions for violation of section 169A.20, 169A.33, 169A.35, or sections 169A.50 to 169A.53. If the permit holder drives a motor vehicle in violation of the law, the commissioner shall suspend, cancel, or revoke the permit in accordance with the statutory section violated.