1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 2685, as amended by the delete-everything
1.2amendment (H2685DE1), as follows:
1.3Page 22, after line 29, insert:

1.4    "Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.222, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.5    Subd. 6. Bicycle equipment. (a) No person shall operate a bicycle at nighttime
1.6unless the bicycle or its operator is equipped with a lamp which shall emit a white light
1.7visible from a distance of at least 500 feet to the front and with a red reflector of a type
1.8approved by the Department of Public Safety which is visible from all distances from 100
1.9feet to 600 feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful lower beams of headlamps
1.10on a motor vehicle.
1.11(b) No person may operate a bicycle at any time when there is not sufficient light to
1.12render persons and vehicles on the highway clearly discernible at a distance of 500 feet
1.13ahead unless the bicycle or its operator is equipped with reflective surfaces that shall be
1.14visible during the hours of darkness from 600 feet when viewed in front of lawful lower
1.15beams of headlamps on a motor vehicle. The reflective surfaces shall include reflective
1.16materials on each side of each pedal to indicate their presence from the front or the rear and
1.17with a minimum of 20 square inches of reflective material on each side of the bicycle or its
1.18operator. Any bicycle equipped with side reflectors as required by regulations for new
1.19bicycles prescribed by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission shall be
1.20considered to meet the requirements for side reflectorization contained in this subdivision.
1.21(c) A bicycle may be equipped with a front lamp that emits a white flashing signal,
1.22and a rear lamp that emits a red flashing signal.
1.23(d) No person shall operate a bicycle unless it is equipped with appropriate tires. A
1.24bicycle may be equipped with tires having studs, spikes, or other protuberances.
1.25(b) (e) No person shall operate a bicycle unless it is equipped with a brake which
1.26will enable the operator to make the braked wheels skid on dry, level, clean pavement.
2.1(c) (f) No person shall operate upon a highway any bicycle equipped with handlebars
2.2so raised that the operator must elevate the hands above the level of the shoulders in
2.3order to grasp the normal steering grip area.
2.4(d) (g) No person shall operate upon a highway any bicycle which is of such a size
2.5as to prevent the operator from stopping the bicycle, supporting it with at least one foot
2.6on the highway surface and restarting in a safe manner.

2.7    Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.72, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.8    Subdivision 1. Solid rubber, metal, and studded tires; exceptions; permits. (a)
2.9Every solid rubber tire on a vehicle shall must have rubber on its entire traction surface at
2.10least one inch thick above the edge of the flange of the entire periphery.
2.11(b) No person shall operate or move on any highway any motor vehicle, trailer, or
2.12semitrailer, having any metal tire in contact with the roadway, except in case of emergency.
2.13(c) Except as provided in this section, no tire on a vehicle moved on a highway shall
2.14have on its periphery any block, stud, flange, cleat, or spike or any other protuberances
2.15of any material other than rubber which projects beyond the tread of the traction surface
2.16of the tire.
2.17(d) It shall be is permissible to use any of the following on highways:
2.18(1) implements of husbandry with tires having protuberances which will not injure
2.19the highway, and;
2.20(2) tire chains of reasonable proportions upon any vehicle when required for safety
2.21because of snow, ice, or other conditions tending to cause a vehicle to skid; and
2.22(3) tires on a bicycle as provided in section 169.222, subdivision 6.
2.23(d) (e) The commissioner and local authorities in their respective jurisdictions may,
2.24in their discretion, issue special permits authorizing the operation upon a highway of
2.25traction engines or tractors having movable tracks with transverse corrugations upon the
2.26periphery of such movable tracks or farm tractors or other farm machinery, the operation
2.27of which upon a highway would otherwise be prohibited under this chapter."
2.28Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
2.29Amend the title accordingly