Minnesota SF 4167: Consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions estimates requirement

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to state government; providing for security and protective services of​
1.3 certain state officials; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota​
1.4 Statutes 2024, sections 299D.03, subdivision 1; 299E.01, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4,​
1.5 by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,​
1.6 chapter 299E.​
1.7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299D.03, subdivision 1, is amended to read:​
1.9 Subdivision 1.Members, powers, and duties.(a) The commissioner is hereby authorized​
1.10 to employ and designate a chief supervisor, a chief assistant supervisor, and such assistant​
1.11 supervisors, sergeants and officers as are provided by law, who shall comprise the Minnesota​
1.12 State Patrol.​
1.13 (b) The Members of the Minnesota State Patrol shall have the power and authority:​
1.14 (1) as peace officers to enforce the provisions of the law relating to the protection of​
1.15 and use of trunk highways;​
1.16 (2) at all times to direct all traffic on trunk highways in conformance with law, and in​
1.17 the event of a fire or other emergency, or to expedite traffic or to insure safety, to direct​
1.18 traffic on other roads as conditions may require notwithstanding the provisions of law;​
1.19 (3) to serve search warrants related to criminal motor vehicle and traffic violations and​
1.20 arrest warrants, and legal documents anywhere in the state;​
1.21 (4) to serve orders of the commissioner of public safety or the commissioner's duly​
1.22 authorized agents issued under the provisions of the Driver's License Law, the Safety​
1​Section 1.​
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SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 4167​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: HOFFMAN, Westlin, Murphy, Dibble and Champion)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​6517​03/05/2026​
Referred to Transportation​
Author added Champion​6919​03/23/2026​
Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Finance​6967a​03/25/2026​
See SF3432​

2.1 Responsibility Act, or relating to authorized brake- and light-testing stations, anywhere in​
2.2 the state and to take possession of any license, permit, or certificate ordered to be surrendered;​
2.3 (5) to inspect official brake and light adjusting stations;​
2.4 (6) to make appearances anywhere within the state for the purpose of conducting traffic​
2.5 safety educational programs and school bus clinics;​
2.6 (7) to exercise upon all trunk highways the same powers with respect to the enforcement​
2.7 of laws relating to crimes, as sheriffs and police officers;​
2.8 (8) to cooperate, under instructions and rules of the commissioner of public safety, with​
2.9 all sheriffs and other police officers anywhere in the state, provided that said employees​
2.10 shall have no power or authority in connection with strikes or industrial disputes;​
2.11 (9) to assist and aid any peace officer whose life or safety is in jeopardy;​
2.12 (10) as peace officers to provide security and protection: (i) to the governor, governor​
2.13 elect, either or both houses of the legislature, and state buildings or property in the manner​
2.14 and to the extent determined to be necessary after consultation with the governor, or a​
2.15 designee; and (ii) as provided in section 299E.10. Pursuant to this clause, members of the​
2.16 State Patrol, acting as peace officers have the same powers with respect to the enforcement​
2.17 of laws relating to crimes, as sheriffs and police officers have within their respective​
2.18 jurisdictions;​
2.19 (11) to inspect school buses anywhere in the state for the purposes of determining​
2.20 compliance with vehicle equipment, pollution control, and registration requirements;​
2.21 (12) as peace officers to make arrests for public offenses committed in their presence​
2.22 anywhere within the state. Persons arrested for violations other than traffic violations shall​
2.23 must be referred forthwith immediately to the appropriate local law enforcement agency​
2.24 for further investigation or disposition; and​
2.25 (13) to enforce the North American uniform out-of-service criteria and issue​
2.26 out-of-service orders, as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 383.5.​
2.27 (c) After consultation with the governor or a designee, the commissioner may require​
2.28 the State Patrol to provide security and protection to supreme court justices, legislators, and​
2.29 constitutional officers other than the governor, for a limited period and within the limits of​
2.30 existing resources, in response to a credible threat on the individual's life or safety.​
2.31 (d) The state may contract for State Patrol members to render the services described in​
2.32 this section in excess of their regularly scheduled duty hours and patrol members rendering​
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