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Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
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From: rwh@moose.cccs.umn.edu (RICHARD HOFFBECK)
Subject: Re: Scanners in cars in Minnesota
Message-ID: <1MAR199309364323@moose.cccs.umn.edu>
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Organization: Colon Cancer Control Study, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
References: <C2yMBJ.9JJ@news.iastate.edu> <25FEB199308452987@moose.cccs.umn.edu> <1993Feb25.164227.4913@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> <1993Feb26.210203@IASTATE.EDU>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1993 15:36:00 GMT
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In article <1993Feb26.210203@IASTATE.EDU>, dboone@IASTATE.EDU (David L. Boone) writes:
> A friend of mine is a news photographer for KARE-TV. They have permits which
> go so far as to state what frequencies they are authorized to receive (at least
> as of a couple of years ago when I asked him about this subject). At that
> time, as I recall, someone at the station would occasionally check the scanners
> to make sure that nobody had programmed any unauthorized frequencies, just in
> case they got inspected.
I managed to dig up the full text of the statute this weekend. Other than
hams and peace officers, it appears that permits are issued on a case by
case basis by the BCA. There also is no mention of confiscation; although,
in the case of a misdemeanor I would expect that the scanner would be
taken for evidence.
Anyway, here it is.
--rick
Subdivision 1. (a) No person other than peace officers within the
state, the members of the state patrol, and persons who hold an amateur
radio license issued by the Federal Communications Commission, shall
equip any motor vehicle with any radio equipment of combination of
equipment, capable of receiving any radio signal, message, or
information from any police emergency frequency, or install, use or
possess the equipment in a motor vehicle without permission from the
superintendent of the bureau upon a form prescribed by the
superintendent.
An amateur radio license holder is not entiltled to exercise the
privilege granted by this paragraph if the license holder has been
conviced in this state or elsewhere of a crime of violence, as defined
in section 624.712, subdivision 5, unless ten years have elapsed since
the person has been restored to civil rights or the sentence has
expired, whichever occurs first, and during that time the person has not
been convicted of any other crime of violence.
For purposes of this section, "crime of violence" includes a crime in
another state or jurisdiction that would have been a crime of violence
if it had been committed in this state.
Radio equipment installed, used, or possessed as permitted by this
paragraph must be under the direct control of the license holder
wherever it is used.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), any person who is convicted
of a violation of this subdivision shall, upon conviction for the first
offense, be guilty of a misdemeanor, and for the second and subsequent
offenses shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
(c) An amateur radio license holder who exercises the privilege
granted by paragraph (a) shall carry the amateur radio license in the
motor vehicle at all times and shall present the license to a peace
officer on request. A violation of this paragraph is a petty
misdemeanor. A second or subsequent violation is a misdemeanor.
Subd. 3. The superintendent of the bureau shall, upon written
application, issue a written permit, which shall be nontransferable, to
a person, firm, or corporation showing good cause to use radio equipment
capable of receiving a police emergency frequency, as a nesessity, in
the lawful pursuit of a business, trade, or occupation.
Subd. 4. Repealed by Laws 1983, c. 293, & 115.
1987 Legislation
The 1987 amendment allowed the bureau of criminal apprehension to
allow amateur radio operators to use equipment capable of receiving
police emergency radio frequencies.