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I If CriMNet is to be implemented statewide, the Legislature must consider the 2 different capacities of municipalities to participate. The League requests that the 3 Legislature fund CriMNet planning and implementation at the local level. 4 5 SD-23. Red Light Cameras (AF) 6 7 Issue: Drivers who run red lights can cause serious traffic accidents and contribute to 8 gridlock. In spite of the severity of this problem, cities cannot afford continuous monitoring of 9 intersections by peace officers. The technology exists to enforce traffic signal laws with 10 photographic evidence. When installed at traffic signals, motion imaging recording systems II (MIRS) have been shown to reduce red light running. 12 13 Response: Local law enforcement agencies should have the authority to use the 14 MIRS technology to allow a vehicle, not its occupants, to be identified when the vehicle has 15 violated a traffic siguallaw. Local law enforcement officers should have the authority to 16 issue citations for violations of traffic siguals by mail, where the violation is detected with 17 photographic evidence. 18 19 SD-24. Misdemeanor Fines (RS) 20 21 Issue: There is an inconsistency in the amount a city can charge for misdemeanor 22 violations under Minn. Stat. ~~ 412.231 and 609.02, subd 3. Minn. Stat. ~ 609.02, subd. 3, 23 establishes maximum fines at $1,000. Minn. Stat. ~ 412.231 establishes maximum fines at $700. 24 Although the Legislature has established that the provision in Minn. Stat. ~ 602 supercedes the 25 fine in ~ 412, the inconsistency has resulted in confusion in applying the laws. 26 27 Response: The Legislature should amend Minn. Stat. ~ 412 to mirror the amount of 28 the fine established in Minn. Stat. ~ 602. 29 30 SD-25. State Regulation of Massage Therapists (ABH) 31 32 Issue: The state does not currently regulate massage therapy, an emerging and rapidly 33 growing profession. In order to control prostitution and to provide for health and sanitation 34 standards, several cities have entered the traditional state domain of health-care licensure by 35 enacting ordinances that require all massage therapists to obtain a local professional license. 36 These ordinances allow local law enforcement officers to differentiate between legitimate 37 massage therapists, who have a city license, and prostitution businesses fronting as massage 38 therapy establishments. 39 40 The lack of statewide regulation of massage therapists has hampered law enforcement 41 techniques, and has caused problems for cities attempting to regulate an entire health-care 42 profession without any statewide standards. Currently, 25 states regulate massage therapists on a 43 statewide level. Statewide regulation of massage therapists would provide a clear set of 44 educational standards that massage therapists must meet, and would provide local law 45 enforcement agencies with an easy tool to distinguish between prostitution and legitimate 46 massage therapy. Statewide regulation would not disturb traditional powers over land use and 47 business licensure. 32 . . .