July
10th GRAND TOUR Ride With MN Chapter I
Hello everyone, just a quick reminder of our GRAND TOUR ride
Sunday, July 10th leaving Willmar Fire Station at 8:45.
Get a hold
of me if you need directions. Click here
for maps to Willmar Fire Station
Details of the ride and map are located on the web site at
http://redknightsmn3.com/grand_tour_july_10_2005.htm
Welcome 3 new members from since our last meeting. We hope you
can make the ride.
Brad Emans - Hutchinson FD
Steve Hubert - Granite Falls FD
Sherlyn Hubert - Granite Falls FD
See you all on Sunday the 10th of July.
To view the Chapter membership roster click here
http://redknightsmn3.com/membership_mn3.html
Quartermaster
Update
Hello
Everyone;
Patch order is in. We are waiting for the bottom rockers to arrive.
I will have the Brag coins with me on July 10th We have 5 extra coins
for sale at $15.00 each so if you are
interested let me know.
Red Knight MC Brag
Coin
Brag coins are carried by elite groups. Those who carry this coin have
pledged a brotherhood! In tradition of the coin brothers and sisters
who meet will tap their coins on a table, any member without the coin
will purchase the first round and make the toast. These coins are
collector items widely traded.
Don't forget we
have an order form on the web site for easy ordering. All you
have to do is go to the web page
and click the items you would like me to order, send you check to me
with a note about what the check
is for.
Merchandise
Page
http://redknightsmn3.com/merchandise.html
Order
page
http://redknightsmn3.com/order_form_patches.html
Jan
Lee Jorgenson
jljrkmn3@redknightsmn3.com
Chapter
T-shirts
Sally Ohliger has T-shirts and they are great.
The MN III logo that's on the shirts is below. Sally Ohliger from
Granite Falls makes this stuff and she is hooking us up!
For ordering contact Sally at 507-828-9798 or e-mail at stoney0184@aol.com,
she can help you with color and merchandise options, sounds like if you
want to wear it she can make it.
LEGISLATIVE
REPORT
Gerald Cizadlo (715)399-8563
Legislative_report@abatemn.org
June 10, 2005
Hello Freedom Fighters!
LEGISLATIVE REPORT
As everyone who watches the news knows, state government in Minnesota
is working just like it has for a long time: politicians toting the
party line, legislators obfuscating their goals with 80-page bills
covering 80 different topics (with the real meaning hidden so deeply in
legal language that even a law professor couldn’t figure it out), and
petty
bickering on all sides. No wonder citizens lose interest in the
activities of government. It is a disgusting, confusing game, the
outcome of which drastically affects our lives. The process makes
ordinary citizens feel helpless.
The removal of the cap on the portion of the motorcycle endorsement fee
that goes to the motorcycle safety program is awaiting further action
on the transportation omnibus bill. The bill was passed by both the
House and the Senate, but Governor Pawlenty vetoed it. Printed out, the
bill is 122 pages long and covers so many topics that it is hard to
count them. The Governor stated that he vetoed the bill because it
included a 10-cent per gallon tax hike on gasoline, and that it takes
$650 million from the General Fund.
It will be interesting to see if the legislators will be able to craft
a replacement bill, and if that bill includes our proposed changes to
law.
Another piece of legislation that we were pushing this year was the
bill that would require law enforcement to return seized property that
was not going to be used in a legal action within a reasonable period
of time. In the past, property did not have to be returned for three
years, and
that seems unreasonable. A change in the law that affects this issue
was included in the omnibus Public Safety bill (HF1/SF2273), and that
bill was signed into law by the Governor on June 2, 2005. This bill
includes a 16%
increase for state law enforcement (raising the budget for law
enforcement to $1.65 billion) and focuses primarily on methamphetamine
labs and sex offenders.
The changes that affect property seizure are (new language =
underlined): Sec.17.Minnesota Statutes 2004,section 626.04,is amended
to read:
(a) When any officer seizes, with or without warrant, any property or
thing, it shall be safely kept by direction of the court as long as
necessary for the purpose of being produced as evidence on any trial.
If the owner of the property makes a written request to the seizing
officer’s agency for return of the property, and the property has not
been returned within 48 hours of the request, excluding Saturday,
Sunday, or legal holidays, the person whose property has been seized
may file a petition for the return
of the property in the district court in the district in which the
property was seized. The court administrator shall pro-vide a form for
use as a petition under this section. A filing fee, equal to the civil
motion filing fee, shall be required for filing the petition. The
district court shall send a copy of the petition to the agency acting
as custodian of the property with at least ten days notice of a hearing
date. A hearing on the petition shall be held within 30 days of filing
unless good cause is shown for an extension of time. The determination
of the petition must be without jury trial and by a simple and informal
procedure. At the hearing, the court may receive relevant evidence on
any issue of fact necessary to the decision on the petition without
regard to whether the evidence would be admissible under the Minnesota
Rules of Evidence. The court shall allow if requested, or on its own
motion may require, the custodian or the custodian’s designee to
summarize the status and progress of an ongoing investigation that led
to the seizure.
Any such summary shall be done ex parte and only the custodian, the
custodian’s designee, and their attorneys may be present with the court
and court staff. The court shall seal the ex parte record. After a
hearing, the court shall not order the return if it finds that:
(1) the property is being held in good faith as potential evidence in
any matter, charged or uncharged;
(2) the property may be subject to forfeiture proceedings;
(3) the property is contraband or may contain contraband; or
(4) the property is subject to other lawful retention.
(b) The court shall make findings on each of these issues as part of
its order. If the property is ordered returned, the petitioner shall
not be liable for any storage costs incurred from the date the petition
was filed. If the petition is denied, the court may award reasonable
costs and attorney
fees. After the trial for which the property was being held as
potential evidence, and the expiration date for all associated appeals,
the property or thing shall, unless otherwise subject to lawful
detention, be returned to its owner or any other person entitled to
possess it. Any property or thing
seized may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of under the direction of
the court. Any money found in gambling devices when seized shall be
paid into the county treasury. If the gambling devices are seized by a
police officer of a municipality, the money shall be paid into the
treasury of
the municipality.
[EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective July 1, 2005, and applies
to property seized on or after that date.
Obviously, this was written by prosecuting attorneys, and reflects
their point of view of the issue and is far from our original proposal.
However, it does provide an avenue of recourse which does not currently
exist.
Our other bill for this session, to increase the penalties for causing
injury or death to a vulnerable individual as a result of a failure to
yield, is dead at the moment. If there is any other progress as a
result of the special session, we will inform you.
From
Road Captain - Mike Reese
Ride
committee has been working and is ready for July 10th. You
might want to refresh your self on our Chapter ride rules - click here
Wondering what to pack on a motorcycle trip? Check this out.
GRAND Tour Ride
Description: MN Chapters I and III will join and conduct a Grand Tour
Ride.
The MN III part of the ride will start from the Willmar Fire Station at
8:30am with a picture and then we will proceed to meet MN I at Glencoe
by 11:08am.
We will ride together for a few towns before we split off and continue
on our separate ways.
To view the MN Chapter III route click the link.
http://redknightsmn3.com/grand_tour_july_10_2005.htm
To view the MN I Chapter route click the link below.
http://rkmcmn1.home.att.net/Rides/MNRedKnightsGrandTour2005.htm
Please let Mike Reese know if you are planning on attending this
historic event.
Date: Sunday, July 10, 2005
Web Site Update
From The Guest Book
http://minnesotafireservice.com/rkmn3/index.php
Ed Brouillet
Hi Guys,
From time to time I try to look at some of our chapters web sites. Nice
job.
We hope to see some of you at this years convention. Till then, be safe
my brothers. Ride and have fun.
Sincerely,
Ed Brouillet Int. President RKMC
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You Know This?
Important Insurance Information
For those of you who are planning to travel to
Canada,
just a reminder that Insurance Regulations in Canada require that you
have a Canadian Insurance Card from you U.S. insurance carrier. You do
not need to get additional insurance, but whether you are traveling on
two wheels or by four, you need to visit your insurance agent and get a
Canadian Insurance Card.
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