E Relating to transportation ARTICLE 1 - MOTOR CARRIERSModifying certain provisions relating to motor carriers of passengers; defining or redefining certain terms; granting the commissioner of transportation (DOT) certain registration certificate suspension, revocation or denial authority, hearing; requiring and providing for the registration of passenger carriers with and for issuance of certificates of registration by the commissioner, fee, exempting the carriers from certain permit requirements; modifying or expanding certain rule exemptions; clarifying local regulation authority, specifying certain ordinance requirements and enforcement options, authorizing the metropolitan airports commission (MAC) to regulate ground transportation to and from metropolitan airports; modifying certain requirements under the initial motor carrier contact program, increasing the annual registration fee and requiring the deposit of registration fees in the trunk highway fund; modifying the insurance requirement; specifying certain criminal background check requirements; modifying certain grounds for suspension, commissioner notice requirement; specifying certain requirements for town or city regulation of taxicabs or small vehicle passenger service; providing for the conversion of certain previously issued certificates or permits; temporarily restricting motor carrier service passenger pick ups at the Minneapolis-St. Paul international airport; repealing certain provisions providing for the regulation of personal transportation services and regular route passenger and charter carriers, certain definitions and certain provisions relating to the transportation regulation board (TRB) ARTICLE 2 - CONFORMING AMENDMENTSMaking conforming amendments to certain provisions relating to the open bottle law, the transportation regulation board (TRB) and the regulation of motor carriers of property or hazardous waste (ra, ja)