1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to motor vehicles; modifying provision for salvage certificate of title; 
1.3 	requiring notice on vehicle to be dismantled or destroyed; modifying definition of 
1.4 	"motorized foot scooter"; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168A.153; 
1.5 	Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, sections 168A.151, subdivision 1; 169.01, 
1.6 	subdivision 4c.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 168A.151, subdivision 1, 
1.9 	is amended to read:
1.10 		Subdivision 1.Salvage titles. (a) When an insurer, licensed to conduct business in 
1.11 	Minnesota, acquires ownership of a late-model or high-value vehicle through payment 
1.12 	of damages, the insurer shall immediately apply for a salvage certificate of title or shall 
1.13 	stamp the existing certificate of title with the legend "SALVAGE CERTIFICATE OF 
1.14 	TITLE" in a manner prescribed by the department. Within 48 hours of taking possession 
1.15 	of a vehicle through payment of damages, an insurer must notify the department in a 
1.16 	manner prescribed by the department.
1.17 	(b) Any person who acquires a damaged motor vehicle with an out-of-state title as 
1.18 	proof of ownership, and the cost of repairs exceeds the value of the damaged vehicle 
1.19 	~~or a motor vehicle with an out-of-state salvage title or certificate, as proof of ownership~~, 
1.20 	shall immediately apply for a salvage certificate of title, except if the out-of-state title is 
1.21 	already a salvage certificate of title. A self-insured owner of a late-model or high-value 
1.22 	vehicle who sustains damage by collision or other occurrence which exceeds 70 percent of 
1.23 	its actual cash value shall immediately apply for a salvage certificate of title. Damage, for 
1.24 	the purpose of this calculation, does not include the actual cost incurred to repair, replace, 
2.1 	or reinstall inflatable safety restraints and other vehicle components that must be replaced 
2.2 	due to the deployment of the inflatable safety restraints.

2.3 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168A.153, is amended to read:
2.4 	168A.153 REPORT OF VEHICLE RECEIPT; SURRENDER OF 
2.5 	CERTIFICATE.
2.6 		Subdivision 1.Older model vehicle. A dealer who buys an older model vehicle 
2.7 	to be dismantled or destroyed shall report to the department within 30 days including 
2.8 	the vehicle's license plate number and identification number, and the seller's name and 
2.9 	driver's license number.
2.10 		Subd. 2.Late-model or high-value vehicle. A dealer who buys a late-model or 
2.11 	high-value vehicle to be dismantled or destroyed shall notify the secured party, if any, and 
2.12 	~~then surrender the certificate of title and a properly completed application for a salvage~~ 
2.13 	~~certificate of title to the department within ten days~~ the commissioner in the manner 
2.14 	prescribed in subdivision 3. The dealer shall then properly destroy the certificate of title.
2.15 		Subd. 3.Notification on vehicle to be dismantled or destroyed; service fee. 
 2.16 	Within the time frames prescribed in subdivisions 1 and 2 of acquiring a vehicle titled and 
2.17 	registered in Minnesota, a dealer shall notify the registrar that the dealership purchased the 
2.18 	vehicle to be dismantled or destroyed. The notification must be made electronically as 
2.19 	prescribed by the registrar. The dealer may contract this service to a deputy registrar and 
2.20 	the registrar may charge a fee not to exceed $7 per transaction to provide this service.

2.21 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 169.01, subdivision 4c, is 
2.22 	amended to read:
2.23 		Subd. 4c.Motorized foot scooter. "Motorized foot scooter" means a device with 
2.24 	handlebars designed to be stood or sat upon by the operator, and powered by an internal 
2.25 	combustion engine or electric motor that is capable of propelling the device with or 
2.26 	without human propulsion, and that has ~~either (1)~~ no more than two ten-inch or smaller 
2.27 	diameter wheels ~~or (2)~~ and has  an engine or motor that is capable of a maximum speed of 
2.28 	15 miles per hour on a flat surface with not more than one percent grade in any direction 
2.29 	when the motor is engaged. An electric personal assistive mobility device, a motorized 
2.30 	bicycle, an electric-assisted bicycle, or a motorcycle is not a motorized foot scooter.