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169.06.4b

Statute ID: 16073

Statute Function ID: 34145

Traffic Regulations - Obedience to School Bus Flagger

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Statute Number:

169.06.4b

Enactment Date:

May 31, 2016

Effective Date:

Jun 1, 2016

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Traffic Regulations - Obedience to School Bus Flagger

Statute ID:

16073

Created:

Jun 3, 2016 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jun 3, 2016 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

2016c 169 s 1; effective DAE; Petty; Certifiable to DPS; 3rd Violation Indicator

Summary Text:

Traffic Regulations - Obedience to School Bus Flagger

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/169/06.html

Legislative Session:

2016 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jun 3, 2016

(a) A person may stop and hold vehicles in place at a location on a street or highway having a speed limit of 35 miles per hour or less until it is safe for the vehicles to proceed, if the person: 
 
(1) is designated by the school district's transportation safety director to act as a school bus flagger;

(2) controls traffic in order to enable one or more school buses to safely leave school property and enter the adjacent street or highway, or to safely enter school property from the adjacent street or highway; and

(3) meets the safety and equipment standards for an adult crossing guard provided in the manual and specifications adopted under subdivision 1.

(b) A person operating a motor vehicle that has been stopped by a school bus flagger may proceed after stopping only on instruction by the school bus flagger or a police officer.

(c) The authority under paragraph (a) does not apply in a school zone established under section 169.14, subdivision 5a, in which the speed limit of that street or highway outside the school zone is greater than 35 miles per hour.