1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to public safety; enacting Driver's License 
  1.3             Agreement Act; modifying definition of passenger 
  1.4             automobile to include certain vans; modifying 
  1.5             provisions naming vehicles eligible to display 
  1.6             collector vehicle plates; providing grounds for 
  1.7             cancellation of motor vehicle dealer license; 
  1.8             modifying definition of utility trailer as it relates 
  1.9             to motor vehicle dealers; providing for uncontested 
  1.10            vehicle sale cancellation; allowing traffic accidents 
  1.11            to be reported electronically; authorizing 
  1.12            nonidentifying traffic accident data to be made 
  1.13            public; providing for display and issuance of permits 
  1.14            for vehicle registration plates; modifying provisions 
  1.15            governing the administrative impoundment of vehicle 
  1.16            registration plates; removing requirement that 
  1.17            signature on driver's license or permit be in ink; 
  1.18            increasing monetary amount for satisfaction of 
  1.19            judgment resulting from traffic accident; modifying 
  1.20            driver instruction requirements; expanding ability of 
  1.21            department of public safety to capture advertising 
  1.22            revenue; making conforming, technical, and clarifying 
  1.23            changes and removing unnecessary language; amending 
  1.24            Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 168.011, subdivision 
  1.25            7; 168.09, subdivision 7; 168.10, subdivision 1b; 
  1.26            168.27, subdivisions 12a, 20; 169.09, subdivisions 8, 
  1.27            9, 10, 13; 169.79; 169A.60, subdivisions 8, 14; 
  1.28            171.07, subdivision 1; 171.183, subdivision 1; 171.39; 
  1.29            171.51, subdivision 2; 171.52; 171.55; 299A.01, 
  1.30            subdivision 1b; proposing coding for new law in 
  1.31            Minnesota Statutes, chapters 168A; 171; repealing 
  1.32            Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 171.50; 171.51, 
  1.33            subdivision 1; 171.53. 
  1.34  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.35                             ARTICLE 1 
  1.36                      MOTOR VEHICLES GENERALLY 
  1.37     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 168.011, 
  1.38  subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
  1.39     Subd. 7.  [PASSENGER AUTOMOBILE.] "Passenger automobile" 
  2.1   means any motor vehicle designed and used for the carrying of 
  2.2   not more than 15 persons including the driver.  "Passenger 
  2.3   automobile" does not include motorcycles, motor scooters, and 
  2.4   buses described in subdivision 9, paragraph (a), clause (2).  
  2.5   For purposes of taxation only, "passenger automobile" includes 
  2.6   pickup trucks and vans, other than including those vans designed 
  2.7   to carry passengers with a manufacturer's nominal rated carrying 
  2.8   capacity of one ton, but does not include commuter vans as 
  2.9   defined in section 168.126. 
  2.10     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 168.09, 
  2.11  subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
  2.12     Subd. 7.  [DISPLAY OF TEMPORARY PERMIT; SPECIAL PLATES.] 
  2.13  (a) A vehicle that displays a special plate issued under section 
  2.14  168.021; 168.12, subdivision 2, 2a, 2b, 2c, or 2d; 168.123; 
  2.15  168.124; 168.125; 168.126; 168.128; or 168.129 may display a 
  2.16  temporary permit in conjunction with expired registration if: 
  2.17     (1) the current registration tax and all other fees have 
  2.18  been paid in full; and 
  2.19     (2) the plate requires replacement under section 168.12, 
  2.20  subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (3). 
  2.21     (b) A vehicle that is registered under section 168.10 may 
  2.22  display a temporary permit in conjunction with expired 
  2.23  registration, with or without a registration license plate, if: 
  2.24     (1) the license plates have been applied for and the 
  2.25  registration tax has been paid in full, as provided for in 
  2.26  section 168.10; and 
  2.27     (2) the vehicle is used solely as a collector vehicle while 
  2.28  displaying the temporary permit and not used for general 
  2.29  transportation purposes. 
  2.30     (b) (c) The permit is valid for a period of 60 days.  The 
  2.31  permit must be in a form prescribed by the commissioner of 
  2.32  public safety and whenever practicable must be posted upon the 
  2.33  driver's side of the rear window on the inside of the vehicle.  
  2.34  The permit is valid only for the vehicle for which it was issued 
  2.35  to allow a reasonable time for the new license plates to be 
  2.36  manufactured and delivered to the applicant. 
  3.1      Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 168.10, 
  3.2   subdivision 1b, is amended to read: 
  3.3      Subd. 1b.  [COLLECTOR'S VEHICLE, CLASSIC CAR LICENSE.] (a) 
  3.4   Any motor vehicle manufactured between and including the years 
  3.5   1925 and 1948, and designated by the registrar of motor vehicles 
  3.6   as a classic car because of its fine design, high engineering 
  3.7   standards, and superior workmanship, and owned and operated 
  3.8   solely as a collector's item shall must be listed for taxation 
  3.9   and registration as follows:  An affidavit shall must be 
  3.10  executed stating the name and address of the owner, the name and 
  3.11  address of the person from whom purchased, the make of the motor 
  3.12  vehicle, year and number of the model, the manufacturer's 
  3.13  identification number, and that the vehicle is owned and 
  3.14  operated solely as a collector's item and not for general 
  3.15  transportation purposes.  If the registrar is satisfied that the 
  3.16  affidavit is true and correct and that the motor vehicle 
  3.17  qualifies to be classified as a classic car, and the owner pays 
  3.18  a $25 tax, the registrar shall list such the vehicle for 
  3.19  taxation and registration and shall issue a single number plate. 
  3.20     (b) The number plate so issued shall bear the inscription 
  3.21  "Classic Car," "Minnesota," and the registration number or other 
  3.22  combination of characters authorized under section 168.12, 
  3.23  subdivision 2a, but no date.  The number plate is valid without 
  3.24  renewal as long as the vehicle is in existence.  The registrar 
  3.25  has the power to revoke said the plate for failure to comply 
  3.26  with this subdivision. 
  3.27     (c) The following cars built between and including 1925 and 
  3.28  1948 are classic: 
  3.29    A.C.
  3.30    Adler
  3.31    Alfa Romeo
  3.32    Alvis               Speed 20, 25, and 4.3 litre.
  3.33    Amilcar
  3.34    Aston Martin        All 1927 through 1939.
  3.35    Auburn              All 8-cylinder and 12-cylinder models. 
  3.36    Audi
  4.1     Austro-Daimler
  4.2     Avions Voisin 12
  4.3     Bentley
  4.4     Blackhawk
  4.5     B.M.W.              Models 327, 328, 327/318, and 335 only.
  4.6     Brewster
  4.7      (Heart-front Ford)
  4.8     Bucciali            Models TAV 8, TAV 30, TAV 12 and Double
  4.9                         Huit.
  4.10    Bugatti             All models except type 52.
  4.11    Buick               1931 through 1942:  series 90 only.
  4.12                        1940:  Limited.
  4.13    Cadillac            All 1925 through 1935.
  4.14                        All 12's and 16's.
  4.15                        1936-1948 1936 through 1948:  Series 63,
  4.16                        65, 67, 70, 72, 75, 80, 85 and 90 only.
  4.17                        1938-1947 1938 through 1947:  60 special 
  4.18                        only.
  4.19                        1940-1947 1940 through 1947:  All 
  4.20                        62 Series.
  4.21    Chrysler            1926 through 1930:  Imperial 80 and 80L.
  4.22                        1929:  Imperial L.
  4.23                        1931 through 1937:  Imperial Series CG,
  4.24                        CH, CL, and CW.
  4.25                        All Newports and Thunderbolts.
  4.26                        1934:  CX.
  4.27                        1935:  C-3.
  4.28                        1936:  C-11.
  4.29                        1937 through 1948:  Custom Imperial,
  4.30                        Crown Imperial Series C-15, C-20, C-24,
  4.31                        C-27, C-33, C-37, and C-40.
  4.32    Cord
  4.33    Cunningham          Series V6, V7, V8, and V9.
  4.34    Dagmar              Model 25-70 only.
  4.35    Daimler             All 8-cylinder and 12-cylinder models.
  4.36    Darracq             8-cylinder and 4-liter 6-cylinder models.
  5.1     Delage              Model D-8.
  5.2     Delahaye            Series 135, 145, and 165.
  5.3     Delaunay            Belleville 6-cylinder model.
  5.4     Doble
  5.5     Dorris
  5.6     Duesenberg
  5.7     du Pont
  5.8     Farman              1925 through 1931.
  5.9     Franklin            All models except 1933-34 1933 and 1934 
  5.10                        Olympic Sixes.
  5.11    Frazer Nash
  5.12    Graham              1930-1931 1930 and 1931:  Series 137.
  5.13    Graham-Paige        1929-1930 1929 and 1930:  Series 837.
  5.14    Hispano Suiza       All French models and Spanish models T56,
  5.15                        T56BIS, and T64.
  5.16    Horch
  5.17    Hotchkiss
  5.18    Hudson              1929:  Series L.
  5.19    Invicta
  5.20    Isotta Fraschini
  5.21    Itala
  5.22    Jaguar              1946 through 1948:  2-1/2 litre and 
  5.23                        3-1/2 litre (Mark IV).
  5.24    Jordan              Speedway Series 'Z' only.
  5.25    Julian
  5.26    Kissel              1925, 1926, and 1927:  Model 8-75.
  5.27                        1928:  Model 8-90, and 8-90 White Eagle.
  5.28                        1929 through 1931:  Model 8-126, 
  5.29                        and 8-90 White Eagle.
  5.30                        1930:  Model 8-126.
  5.31                        1931:  Model 8-126.
  5.32    Lagonda             All models except 
  5.33                        1933 through 1940 Rapiers.
  5.34    Lancia
  5.35    La Salle            1927 through 1933 only.
  5.36    Lincoln             All models K, L, KA, and KB.
  6.1                         1941:  Model 168H.
  6.2                         1942:  Model 268H.
  6.3     Lincoln
  6.4     Continental         1939 through 1948.
  6.5     Locomobile          All models 48 and 90.
  6.6                         1927 through 1929:  Model 8-80.
  6.7                         1928:  Model 8-80.
  6.8                         1929:  Models 8-80 and model 8-88.
  6.9     Marmon              All 12-cylinder and 16-cylinder models.
  6.10                        1925 and 1926:  Model 74.
  6.11                        1926:  Model 74.
  6.12                        1927:  Model 75.
  6.13                        1928:  Model E75.
  6.14                        1930 and 1931:  Big 8 model.
  6.15                        1931:  Model 88, and Big 8.
  6.16    Maybach
  6.17    McFarlan            TV 6 and 8
  6.18    Mercedes
  6.19    Mercedes Benz       All models 2.2 litres 230 and up, K,
  6.20                        S, SS, SSK, SSKL, Grosser and Mannheim.
  6.21    Mercer
  6.22    M.G.                6-cylinder models only.
  6.23                        1935 through 1939:  SA model.
  6.24                        1938 and 1939:  WA model.
  6.26    Minerva             All models except 4-cylinder models.
  6.27    Nash                1931:  Series 8-90.
  6.28                        1932:  Series 9-90,
  6.29                        Advanced 8, and Ambassador 8.
  6.30                        1933-1934 1933 and 1934:  Ambassador 8.
  6.31    Packard             1925 through 1934:  All models.
  6.32                        1935 through 1942:  Models 1200,
  6.33                        1201, 1202, 1203, 1204, 1205, 1207,
  6.34                        1208, 1400, 1401, 1402, 1403, 1404,
  6.35                        1405, 1407, 1408, 1500, 1501, 1502,
  6.36                        1506, 1507, 1508, 1603, 1604, 1605,
  7.1                         1607, 1608, 1703, 1705, 1707, 1708,
  7.2                         1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808,
  7.3                         1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908,
  7.4                         2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 
  7.5                         2008 only, 2023, and 2055.
  7.6                         1946 and 1947:  Models 2103, 2106, and
  7.7                         2126 only.
  7.8                         All Darrin-bodied models. 
  7.9     Peerless            1925:  Series 67.
  7.10                        1926 through 1928:  Series 69.
  7.11                        1930-1931 1930 and 1931:  Custom 8.
  7.12                        1932:  Deluxe Custom 8.
  7.13    Pierce Arrow
  7.14    Railton
  7.15    Renault             Grand Sport model only 40 and 45 HP 
  7.16                        models.
  7.17    Reo                 1930-1931 1931 through 1934:  All Royale 
  7.18                        Custom 8, and
  7.19                        Series 8-35 and 8-52 Elite 8 8-cylinder
  7.20                        models.
  7.21                        1933:  Royale Custom 8.
  7.22    Revere
  7.23    Roamer              1925:  Series 8-88, 6-54e, and 4-75, and
  7.24                        4.85e.
  7.25                        1926:  Series 4-75e, 4-85e, and 8-88.
  7.26                        1927-1928 1927 through 1929:  Series 8-88.
  7.27                        1929 1929 and 1930:
  7.28                        Series 8-88, and 8-125.
  7.29                        1930:  Series 8-125 8-120.
  7.30    Rohr
  7.31    Rolls Royce
  7.32    Ruxton
  7.33    Salmson
  7.34    Squire
  7.35    S.S. and SS Jaguar  1932 through 1940:
  7.36                        S.S. 1, S.S. 90, SS Jaguar,
  8.1                         and SS Jaguar 100.
  8.2     Stearns Knight
  8.3     Stevens Duryea
  8.4     Steyr
  8.5     Studebaker          1929-1933 1929 through 1933:
  8.6                         President, except model 82.
  8.7     Stutz
  8.8     Sunbeam             8-cylinder and 3-litre twin-cam models.
  8.9     Talbot              105C and 110C.
  8.10    Talbot Lago         150C.
  8.11    Triumph             Dolomite 8 and Gloria 6.
  8.12    Vauxhall            Series 25-70 and 30-98 only.
  8.13    Voisin
  8.14    Wills Saint Claire
  8.15    Willys-Knight       Series 66, 66A, and 66B-Custom bodied.
  8.16     (d) No commercial vehicles such as hearses, ambulances, or 
  8.17  trucks are considered to be classic cars. 
  8.18     (e) A vehicle listed in paragraph (c) is not a classic car 
  8.19  if in a race car configuration. 
  8.20     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 168.27, 
  8.21  subdivision 12a, is amended to read: 
  8.22     Subd. 12a.  [GROUNDS FOR CANCELLATION WITHOUT HEARING; 
  8.23  NOTICE REQUIRED.] (a) A license may be canceled by the registrar 
  8.24  upon satisfactory proof that the dealer:  (1) has failed to 
  8.25  provide or maintain the required surety bond, or that the 
  8.26  dealer; (2) has failed to provide or maintain the insurance 
  8.27  required under chapter 65B; (3) is no longer operating at the 
  8.28  dealer's licensed location; or (4) is no longer in compliance 
  8.29  with local zoning ordinances for the dealer's licensed location. 
  8.30     (b) Surety companies and insurers providing required 
  8.31  coverages shall promptly notify the registrar upon canceling any 
  8.32  surety bond or required insurance.  The registrar shall notify 
  8.33  the dealer of the reason or reasons for cancellation before the 
  8.34  cancellation occurs. 
  8.35     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 168.27, 
  8.36  subdivision 20, is amended to read: 
  9.1      Subd. 20.  [APPLICATION TO SALE OF OTHER VEHICLES.] (a) 
  9.2   This section shall does not apply: 
  9.3      (1) to any person, copartnership, or corporation engaged in 
  9.4   the business of selling vehicles designed to operate exclusively 
  9.5   over snow, motor scooters, motorized wheelchairs, utility 
  9.6   trailers, farm wagons, farm trailers, or farm tractors or other 
  9.7   farm implements, whether self-propelled or not, and even 
  9.8   though such wagons, trailers, tractors or implements a vehicle 
  9.9   listed in this clause may be equipped with a trailer hitch,; or 
  9.10     (2) to any person licensed as a real estate broker or 
  9.11  salesperson pursuant to chapter 82, who engages in the business 
  9.12  of selling, or who offers to sell, or who solicits or advertises 
  9.13  the sale of manufactured homes affixed to land, unless such. 
  9.14     (b) However, this section does apply to a person, 
  9.15  copartnership, or corporation shall described in paragraph (a) 
  9.16  who is also be engaged in the business of selling other motor 
  9.17  vehicles or manufactured homes within the provisions of this 
  9.18  section. 
  9.19     (b) (c) As used in this subdivision the term "utility 
  9.20  trailer" has the following meaning:, "utility trailer" means a 
  9.21  motorless vehicle, other than a boat trailer or snowmobile 
  9.22  trailer, equipped with one or two wheels and, having a carrying 
  9.23  capacity of 2000 gross vehicle weight of 4,000 pounds or less, 
  9.24  and used for carrying property on its own structure while being 
  9.25  drawn by a motor vehicle. 
  9.26     Sec. 6.  [168A.101] [CANCELLATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE SALE BY 
  9.27  PURCHASER.] 
  9.28     Subdivision 1.  [REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION.] If an owner 
  9.29  cancels a purchase of a motor vehicle after the transfer of 
  9.30  interest, the owner must submit within 90 days of the original 
  9.31  purchase date the following items: 
  9.32     (1) the outstanding certificate of title properly assigned 
  9.33  to the correct owner; and 
  9.34     (2) an affidavit correcting ownership and signed by the 
  9.35  original seller, the incorrect purchaser, and the correct 
  9.36  purchaser.  
 10.1      Subd. 2.  [REFUNDS.] The incorrect purchaser may be 
 10.2   eligible for a refund of taxes and fees only if the items 
 10.3   indicated in subdivision 1 are submitted within the 90-day time 
 10.4   frame unless otherwise provided by law. 
 10.5      Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 169.09, 
 10.6   subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
 10.7      Subd. 8.  [OFFICER TO REPORT ACCIDENT TO COMMISSIONER.] 
 10.8   Every A law enforcement officer who, in the regular course of 
 10.9   duty, investigates a motor vehicle accident of which report must 
 10.10  be made as required in that must be reported under this section, 
 10.11  either at the time of and at the scene of the accident or 
 10.12  thereafter by interviewing participants or witnesses, shall, 
 10.13  within ten days after the date of such the accident, forward a 
 10.14  an electronic or written report of such the accident to the 
 10.15  commissioner of public safety. 
 10.16     Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 169.09, 
 10.17  subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
 10.18     Subd. 9.  [ACCIDENT REPORT FORMS.] The department of public 
 10.19  safety shall prepare, and electronic or written forms for 
 10.20  accident reports required under this section.  Upon request the 
 10.21  department shall supply the forms to police departments, 
 10.22  coroners, sheriffs, garages, and other suitable agencies or 
 10.23  individuals, forms for accident reports required hereunder,.  
 10.24  The forms must be appropriate with respect to the persons 
 10.25  required to make such the reports and the purposes to be 
 10.26  served.  The electronic or written reports report forms to be 
 10.27  made completed by persons involved in accidents and by 
 10.28  investigating officers shall must call for sufficiently detailed 
 10.29  information to disclose with reference to a traffic accident the 
 10.30  causes, conditions then existing, and the persons and vehicles 
 10.31  involved. 
 10.32     Sec. 9.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 169.09, 
 10.33  subdivision 10, is amended to read: 
 10.34     Subd. 10.  [USE OF FORM REQUIRED.] Every A required 
 10.35  accident report required to be made in writing shall must be 
 10.36  made on the an appropriate form approved by the department of 
 11.1   public safety and contain all of the information 
 11.2   required therein in the form unless not available. 
 11.3      Sec. 10.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 169.09, 
 11.4   subdivision 13, is amended to read: 
 11.5      Subd. 13.  [REPORTS CONFIDENTIAL; EVIDENCE, FEE, PENALTY, 
 11.6   APPROPRIATION.] (a) All Electronic and written reports and 
 11.7   supplemental reports required under this section shall be are 
 11.8   for the use of the commissioner of public safety and other 
 11.9   appropriate state, federal, county, and municipal governmental 
 11.10  agencies for accident analysis purposes, except: 
 11.11     (1) the commissioner of public safety or any law 
 11.12  enforcement agency shall, upon written request of any person 
 11.13  involved in an accident or upon written request of the 
 11.14  representative of the person's estate, surviving spouse, or one 
 11.15  or more surviving next of kin, or a trustee appointed pursuant 
 11.16  to section 573.02, disclose to the requester, the requester's 
 11.17  legal counsel, or a representative of the requester's insurer 
 11.18  the report required under subdivision 8; 
 11.19     (2) the commissioner of public safety shall, upon written 
 11.20  request, provide the driver filing a report under subdivision 7 
 11.21  with a copy of the report filed by the driver; 
 11.22     (3) the commissioner of public safety may verify with 
 11.23  insurance companies vehicle insurance information to enforce 
 11.24  sections 65B.48, 169.792, 169.793, 169.796, and 169.797; 
 11.25     (4) the commissioner of public safety shall provide the 
 11.26  commissioner of transportation the information obtained for each 
 11.27  traffic accident involving a commercial motor vehicle, for 
 11.28  purposes of administering commercial vehicle safety regulations; 
 11.29  and 
 11.30     (5) the commissioner of public safety may give to the 
 11.31  United States Department of Transportation commercial vehicle 
 11.32  accident information in connection with federal grant programs 
 11.33  relating to safety. 
 11.34     (b) Accident reports and data contained in the reports 
 11.35  shall are not be discoverable under any provision of law or rule 
 11.36  of court.  No A report shall may not be used as evidence in any 
 12.1   trial, civil or criminal, arising out of an accident, except 
 12.2   that the commissioner of public safety shall furnish upon the 
 12.3   demand of any a person who has, or claims to have, made a 
 12.4   report, or, upon demand of any a court, a certificate showing 
 12.5   that a specified accident report has or has not been made to the 
 12.6   commissioner solely to prove compliance or failure to comply 
 12.7   with the requirements that the report be made to the 
 12.8   commissioner. 
 12.9      (c) Nothing in this subdivision prevents any a person who 
 12.10  has made a report pursuant to this section from providing 
 12.11  information to any persons involved in an accident or their 
 12.12  representatives or from testifying in any a trial, civil or 
 12.13  criminal, arising out of an accident, as to facts within the 
 12.14  person's knowledge.  It is intended by this subdivision to 
 12.15  render privileged the reports required, but it is not intended 
 12.16  to prohibit proof of the facts to which the reports relate. 
 12.17     (d) Disclosing any information contained in any an accident 
 12.18  report, except as provided in this subdivision, section 13.82, 
 12.19  subdivision 3 or 4, or other statutes, is a misdemeanor. 
 12.20     (e) The commissioner of public safety may charge authorized 
 12.21  persons a $5 fee for a copy of an accident report.  The 
 12.22  commissioner may also furnish copies of the modified accident 
 12.23  records database to private agencies as provided in paragraph 
 12.24  (g) for not less than the cost of preparing the copies.  
 12.25     (f) The commissioner and law enforcement agencies may 
 12.26  charge commercial users who request access to response or 
 12.27  incident data relating to accidents a fee not to exceed 50 cents 
 12.28  per report.  "Commercial user" is a user who in one location 
 12.29  requests access to data in more than five accident reports per 
 12.30  month, unless the user establishes that access is not for a 
 12.31  commercial purpose.  Money collected by the commissioner under 
 12.32  this paragraph is appropriated to the commissioner. 
 12.33     (g) The commissioner may provide a modified copy of the 
 12.34  accident records database that does not contain names, driver's 
 12.35  license numbers, vehicle license plate numbers, addresses, or 
 12.36  other identifying data to the public upon request. 
 13.1      Sec. 11.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 169.79, is 
 13.2   amended to read: 
 13.3      169.79 [VEHICLE REGISTRATION.] 
 13.4      (a) No person shall operate, drive, or park a motor vehicle 
 13.5   on any highway unless the vehicle is registered in accordance 
 13.6   with the laws of this state and has the number plates for the 
 13.7   current year only or permit confirming that valid registration 
 13.8   or operating authority has been obtained, except as provided in 
 13.9   sections 168.10 and 168.12, subdivision 2f, as assigned to it by 
 13.10  the commissioner of public safety, conspicuously displayed 
 13.11  thereon in a manner that the view of any plate or permit is not 
 13.12  obstructed.  A plate issued under section 168.27 or a permit 
 13.13  issued under chapter 168 may be displayed on a vehicle in 
 13.14  conjunction with expired registration whether or not it displays 
 13.15  the license plate to which the last registration was issued.  
 13.16     (b) If the vehicle is a semitrailer, the number plate 
 13.17  displayed must be assigned to the registered owner and correlate 
 13.18  to the certificate of title documentation on file with the 
 13.19  department and shall not display a year indicator.  
 13.20     (c) If the vehicle is a motorcycle, motor scooter, 
 13.21  motorized bicycle, motorcycle sidecar, trailer, semitrailer, or 
 13.22  vehicle displaying a dealer plate, one plate shall must be 
 13.23  displayed on the rear thereof of the vehicle.  
 13.24     (d) If the vehicle is (1) a collector's vehicle with a 
 13.25  pioneer, classic car, collector, or street rod license; (2) a 
 13.26  vehicle that meets the requirements of a pioneer, classic, or 
 13.27  street rod vehicle except that the vehicle is used for general 
 13.28  transportation purposes; or (3) a vehicle that is of model year 
 13.29  1972 or earlier, not registered under section 168.10, 
 13.30  subdivision 1c, and is used for general transportation purposes, 
 13.31  one plate shall must be displayed on the rear of the vehicle, or 
 13.32  one plate on the front and one on the rear, at the discretion of 
 13.33  the owner. 
 13.34     (e) If the vehicle is a truck-tractor, road-tractor or farm 
 13.35  truck, as defined in section 168.011, subdivision 17, but 
 13.36  excluding from that definition semitrailers and trailers, one 
 14.1   plate shall must be displayed on the front thereof of the 
 14.2   vehicle. 
 14.3      (f) If the motor vehicle is any kind of motor vehicle other 
 14.4   than those provided for in paragraphs (b) to (d), one plate 
 14.5   shall must be displayed on the front and one on the rear thereof 
 14.6   of the vehicle.  
 14.7      (g) All plates shall must be securely fastened so as to 
 14.8   prevent them from swinging.  The person driving the motor 
 14.9   vehicle shall keep the plate legible and unobstructed and free 
 14.10  from grease, dust, or other blurring material so that the 
 14.11  lettering shall be is plainly visible at all times.  It is 
 14.12  unlawful to cover any assigned letters and numbers or the name 
 14.13  of the state of origin of a license plate with any material 
 14.14  whatever, including any clear or colorless material that affects 
 14.15  the plate's visibility or reflectivity.  
 14.16     (h) License plates issued to vehicles registered under 
 14.17  section 168.017 must display the month of expiration in the 
 14.18  lower left corner as viewed facing the plate and the year of 
 14.19  expiration in the lower right corner as viewed facing the plate. 
 14.20  License plates issued to vehicles registered under section 
 14.21  168.127 must display either fleet registration validation 
 14.22  stickers in the lower right corner as viewed facing the plates 
 14.23  or distinctive license plates, issued by the registrar, with 
 14.24  "FLEET REG" embossed on the bottom center portion of the plate. 
 14.25     Sec. 12.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 169A.60, 
 14.26  subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
 14.27     Subd. 8.  [REISSUANCE OF REGISTRATION PLATES.] (a) The 
 14.28  commissioner shall rescind the impoundment order of a person 
 14.29  subject to an order under this section, other than the violator, 
 14.30  if: 
 14.31     (1) the violator had a valid driver's license on the date 
 14.32  of the plate impoundment violation and the person files with the 
 14.33  commissioner an acceptable sworn statement containing the 
 14.34  following information: 
 14.35     (i) that the person is the registered owner of the vehicle 
 14.36  from which the plates have been impounded under this section; 
 15.1      (ii) that the person is the current owner and possessor of 
 15.2   the vehicle used in the violation; 
 15.3      (iii) the date on which the violator obtained the vehicle 
 15.4   from the registered owner; 
 15.5      (iv) the residence addresses of the registered owner and 
 15.6   the violator on the date the violator obtained the vehicle from 
 15.7   the registered owner; 
 15.8      (v) that the person was not a passenger in the vehicle at 
 15.9   the time of the plate impoundment violation; and 
 15.10     (vi) that the person knows that the violator may not drive, 
 15.11  operate, or be in physical control of a vehicle without a valid 
 15.12  driver's license; or 
 15.13     (2) the violator did not have a valid driver's license on 
 15.14  the date of the plate impoundment violation and the person made 
 15.15  a report to law enforcement before the violation stating that 
 15.16  the vehicle had been taken from the person's possession or was 
 15.17  being used without permission. 
 15.18     (b) A person who has failed to make a report as provided in 
 15.19  paragraph (a), clause (2), or a violator, may be issued special 
 15.20  registration plates under subdivision 13 for a period of one 
 15.21  year from the effective date of the impoundment order; except 
 15.22  that a violator may not apply for regular registration plates at 
 15.23  any time before the violator's driver's license is reinstated.  
 15.24  At the next registration renewal following this period, the 
 15.25  person may apply for regular registration plates. 
 15.26     (c) If the order is rescinded, the owner shall receive new 
 15.27  registration plates at no cost, if the plates were seized and 
 15.28  destroyed. 
 15.29     Sec. 13.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 169A.60, 
 15.30  subdivision 14, is amended to read: 
 15.31     Subd. 14.  [SALE OF VEHICLE SUBJECT TO IMPOUNDMENT ORDER.] 
 15.32  (a) A registered owner may not sell a motor vehicle during the 
 15.33  time its registration plates have been ordered impounded or 
 15.34  during the time its provided the vehicle's registration plates 
 15.35  bear a special series number, unless:. 
 15.36     (1) (b) New registration plates must be issued if requested 
 16.1   and if: 
 16.2      (1) the vehicle is transferred to a Minnesota automobile 
 16.3   dealer licensed under section 168.27, a financial institution 
 16.4   that has submitted a repossession affidavit, or a government 
 16.5   agency; or 
 16.6      (2) the transfer meets the following conditions: 
 16.7      (i) the sale is for a valid consideration; 
 16.8      (2) (ii) the transferee does not reside in the same 
 16.9   household as the registered owner; and 
 16.10     (3) (iii) all elements of section 168A.10 (transfer of 
 16.11  interest by owner) are satisfied; and 
 16.12     (iv) the purchaser signs an affidavit attesting that the 
 16.13  purchaser did not know the violator before the purchase of the 
 16.14  vehicle. 
 16.15     (c) The registrar may then transfer the title to the new 
 16.16  owner upon proper application and issue new registration plates. 
 16.17     Sec. 14.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 171.07, 
 16.18  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 16.19     Subdivision 1.  [LICENSE; CONTENTS.] The department shall, 
 16.20  Upon the payment of the required fee, the department shall issue 
 16.21  to every qualifying applicant qualifying therefor a license 
 16.22  designating the type or class of vehicles the applicant is 
 16.23  authorized to drive as applied for, which.  This license shall 
 16.24  must bear thereon a distinguishing number assigned to the 
 16.25  licensee, the full name, date of birth, residence address and 
 16.26  permanent mailing address if different, a description of the 
 16.27  licensee in such manner as the commissioner deems necessary, and 
 16.28  a space upon which the licensee shall write the usual signature 
 16.29  and the date of birth of the licensee with pen and ink.  No 
 16.30  license shall be is valid until it has been so signed by the 
 16.31  licensee.  Except in the case of an instruction permit, every 
 16.32  license shall must bear thereon a colored photograph or an 
 16.33  electronically produced image of the licensee.  Every license 
 16.34  issued to an applicant under the age of 21 shall must be of a 
 16.35  distinguishing color and plainly marked "Under-21."  The 
 16.36  department shall use such process or processes in the issuance 
 17.1   of licenses that prohibits, as near as possible, the ability to 
 17.2   alter or reproduce the licenses, or prohibit the ability to 
 17.3   superimpose a photograph or electronically produced image on 
 17.4   such the licenses, without ready detection.  A license issued to 
 17.5   an applicant of age 65 or over shall must be plainly marked 
 17.6   "senior" if requested by the applicant. 
 17.7      Sec. 15.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 171.183, 
 17.8   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 17.9      Subdivision 1.  [REQUIREMENTS.] For the purposes of 
 17.10  sections 171.182 to 171.184, a judgment is satisfied if:  
 17.11     (1) $25,000 $30,000 has been credited upon any judgment or 
 17.12  judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of bodily 
 17.13  injury to or death of one person as the result of any one 
 17.14  accident; 
 17.15     (2) subject to the limit of $25,000 $30,000 because of 
 17.16  bodily injury to or death of one person, the sum 
 17.17  of $50,000 $60,000 has been credited upon any judgment or 
 17.18  judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of bodily 
 17.19  injury to or death of two or more persons as the result of any 
 17.20  one accident; or 
 17.21     (3) $10,000 has been credited upon any judgment or 
 17.22  judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of damage to 
 17.23  or destruction of property of others as a result of any one 
 17.24  accident. 
 17.25     Sec. 16.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 171.39, is 
 17.26  amended to read: 
 17.27     171.39 [EXEMPTIONS.] 
 17.28     (a) The provisions of sections 171.33 to 171.41 shall do 
 17.29  not apply: to any person giving driver training lessons without 
 17.30  charge; to employers maintaining driver training schools without 
 17.31  charge for their employees only; to a home-school within the 
 17.32  meaning of sections 120A.22 and 120A.24; or to schools or 
 17.33  classes conducted by colleges, universities, and high schools as 
 17.34  a part of the normal program for such those institutions; nor to 
 17.35  those schools or persons described in section 171.05, 
 17.36  subdivision 2.  
 18.1      (b) Any person who is a certificated driver training 
 18.2   instructor in a high school driver training program may give 
 18.3   driver training instruction to persons over the age of 18 
 18.4   without acquiring a driver training school license or 
 18.5   instructor's license, and such those instructors may make a 
 18.6   charge for that instruction, if there is no private commercial 
 18.7   driver training school licensed under this statute sections 
 18.8   171.33 to 171.41 within ten miles of the municipality where such 
 18.9   driver training instruction is given and there is no adult 
 18.10  drivers training program in effect in the schools of the school 
 18.11  district in which the trainee resides. 
 18.12                             ARTICLE 2 
 18.13                     DRIVER'S LICENSE AGREEMENT 
 18.14     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 171.51, 
 18.15  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 18.16     Subd. 2.  [LICENSING AUTHORITY.] For purposes of 
 18.17  sections 171.50 to 171.56 171.52 to 171.66, the term "licensing 
 18.18  authority" with reference to this state means the driver's 
 18.19  license vehicle and driver services division of the Minnesota 
 18.20  department of public safety. 
 18.21     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 171.52, is 
 18.22  amended to read: 
 18.23     171.52 [TRANSFER OF INFORMATION.] 
 18.24     The licensing authority shall furnish to the appropriate 
 18.25  authorities of any other party state information or documents 
 18.26  reasonably necessary to facilitate the administration of section 
 18.27  171.50, articles III, IV, and V sections 171.51 to 171.66.  
 18.28     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 171.55, is 
 18.29  amended to read: 
 18.30     171.55 [OUT-OF-STATE CONVICTIONS GIVEN EFFECT.] 
 18.31     The commissioner shall give the same effect for driver 
 18.32  licensing purposes to conduct reported from a licensing 
 18.33  authority or court in another state that the commissioner would 
 18.34  give to conduct reported from a court or other agency of this 
 18.35  state, whether or not the other state is a party to the Driver 
 18.36  License Compact in section 171.50 Driver's License Agreement Act 
 19.1   in sections 171.57 to 171.66.  The conduct to be given effect by 
 19.2   the commissioner includes a report of conviction for an offense 
 19.3   enumerated in section 171.50, article IV, 171.60 or an offense 
 19.4   described in sections 171.17 and 171.18. 
 19.5      Sec. 4.  [171.57] [TITLE OF ACT; ENTERING INTO DRIVER'S 
 19.6   LICENSE AGREEMENT.] 
 19.7      1.  This act may be cited as the Driver's License Agreement 
 19.8   Act. 
 19.9      2.  The driver's license agreement is hereby enacted into 
 19.10  law and entered into by this state and with all other 
 19.11  jurisdictions legally joining therein. 
 19.12     3.  The licensing authority is hereby authorized to 
 19.13  implement this act and delegated the powers and duties set forth 
 19.14  in this act.  To this end, the commissioner of public safety 
 19.15  shall also have the authority and power to adopt rules and 
 19.16  procedures and enter into supplemental agreements necessary to 
 19.17  implement this act and to allow this state to fully participate 
 19.18  in the driver's license agreement. 
 19.19  GENERAL PURPOSE.  It is vital to the national interest that all 
 19.20  jurisdictions participate in a reciprocal program of cooperation 
 19.21  to promote highway safety and to provide for the fair and 
 19.22  impartial treatment of drivers operating within their respective 
 19.23  borders.  The general purpose of this act is as follows: 
 19.24     1.  a driver shall have one driver's license issued by a 
 19.25  jurisdiction that is recognized by all member jurisdictions and 
 19.26  one driver control record; 
 19.27     2.  all efforts shall be made to strengthen cooperation 
 19.28  among member jurisdictions so that all drivers are required to 
 19.29  comply with traffic citations regardless of the jurisdiction 
 19.30  where issued; 
 19.31     3.  reciprocal recognition of drivers' licenses and traffic 
 19.32  violations related to highway safety shall be facilitated for 
 19.33  the benefit of all member jurisdictions; 
 19.34     4.  compliance with the laws, ordinances, regulations, and 
 19.35  administrative rules relating to highway safety shall be 
 19.36  required as a condition to the issuance or retention of a 
 20.1   driver's license; 
 20.2      5.  traffic violations related to highway safety for which 
 20.3   individuals have been convicted in any member jurisdiction shall 
 20.4   be treated as if the violation had been committed in the 
 20.5   jurisdiction of record for the purposes of updating and 
 20.6   maintaining the driver control record and imposing sanctions; 
 20.7      6.  all individuals shall be allowed to proceed on their 
 20.8   way without delay regardless of their jurisdiction of record 
 20.9   after being issued a citation for certain traffic violations 
 20.10  related to highway safety; 
 20.11     7.  greater uniformity is required among all member 
 20.12  jurisdictions concerning the exchange of information on 
 20.13  licenses, records, convictions, withdrawals, and other data 
 20.14  related to the driver licensing process; and 
 20.15     8.  member jurisdictions agree to act in the best interest 
 20.16  of the safety of the citizens of their respective jurisdictions 
 20.17  and to work, in a spirit of mutual cooperation, in the 
 20.18  monitoring of compliance with the agreement and in the 
 20.19  resolution of disputes at the lowest possible level of decision 
 20.20  through negotiations and cooperative efforts. 
 20.21     Sec. 5.  [171.58] [DEFINITIONS.] 
 20.22     Where used in this act, the following terms or their 
 20.23  derivatives shall mean: 
 20.24     1.  Administrative action - A final administrative 
 20.25  determination that a person has violated laws relating to the 
 20.26  operation of a motor vehicle or that a person is not capable of 
 20.27  safely operating a motor vehicle. 
 20.28     2.  Citation - Any summons, ticket, or other official 
 20.29  document that requires the person to respond and is issued by a 
 20.30  law enforcement officer or judicial official for those traffic 
 20.31  violations relating to conduct to be reported under the driver's 
 20.32  license agreement. 
 20.33     3.  Conviction - An adjudication of guilt or responsibility 
 20.34  by a court or a determination by a court of guilt or that a 
 20.35  person has violated the law, an unvacated forfeiture of bail or 
 20.36  collateral deposited to secure the person's appearance in a 
 21.1   court, a plea of guilty or nolo contendere accepted by a court, 
 21.2   the payment of a fine or court costs, or a violation of 
 21.3   condition of release without bail regardless of whether the 
 21.4   penalty is rebated, suspended, or probated.  
 21.5   Conviction shall also include judgments by default or in 
 21.6   absentia. 
 21.7      4.  Driver control record - The record maintained by the 
 21.8   jurisdiction of record in accordance with the driver's license 
 21.9   agreement. 
 21.10     5.  Jurisdiction - A state, territory, or possession of the 
 21.11  United States, the District of Columbia, a territory or province 
 21.12  of Canada, or any state of the Republic of Mexico or the federal 
 21.13  district of Mexico. 
 21.14     6.  Jurisdiction of record - The jurisdiction that has 
 21.15  issued the last license to a person, or if a person has not been 
 21.16  issued a license, the jurisdiction of the person's address 
 21.17  indicated on the citation or report. 
 21.18     7.  License - An authorization or privilege to operate a 
 21.19  motor vehicle pursuant to the laws of a jurisdiction that is 
 21.20  recognized by all member jurisdictions. 
 21.21     8.  Licensing authority - The entity responsible for 
 21.22  administering the driver licensing laws of the member 
 21.23  jurisdiction. 
 21.24     9.  Member jurisdiction - A jurisdiction that has entered 
 21.25  into the driver's license agreement. 
 21.26     10.  Withdrawal - The suspension, revocation, cancellation, 
 21.27  or denial of a license or of the privilege to operate a motor 
 21.28  vehicle or to obtain a license. 
 21.29     Sec. 6.  [171.59] [DRIVER CONTROL.] 
 21.30     1.  Upon application for a license, the licensing authority 
 21.31  of a member jurisdiction shall determine whether the applicant 
 21.32  has ever held, or is the holder of, a license issued by any 
 21.33  other jurisdiction. 
 21.34     2.  No member jurisdiction shall issue a license to a 
 21.35  person whose license is withdrawn by any other member 
 21.36  jurisdiction, as evidenced by the driver control record, for 
 22.1   convictions or administrative actions required to be reported 
 22.2   under the driver's license agreement as well as for failures to 
 22.3   comply as defined in section 171.61. 
 22.4   Except as provided in section 171.61, paragraph 6, a licensing 
 22.5   authority may, but is not required to, issue a license after the 
 22.6   expiration of five years from the effective date of the most 
 22.7   recent withdrawal. 
 22.8   In the case of a withdrawal for failure to comply, a licensing 
 22.9   authority may, but is not required to, issue a license to the 
 22.10  applicant if it is satisfied that the applicant has made all 
 22.11  reasonable efforts to comply but has been unable to do so. 
 22.12  A withdrawal of a commercial driver's license shall not preclude 
 22.13  the issuance of a driver's license unless such withdrawal is 
 22.14  based on conduct that would have resulted in the withdrawal of a 
 22.15  driver's license. 
 22.16     3.  If an applicant is the holder of a license issued by 
 22.17  another jurisdiction, no member jurisdiction shall issue a 
 22.18  license to the applicant unless the applicant surrenders the 
 22.19  license. 
 22.20     4.  The jurisdiction of record shall maintain the driver 
 22.21  control record for any person who is issued a license by that 
 22.22  jurisdiction. 
 22.23     5.  No member jurisdiction shall create a driver control 
 22.24  record for a person for whom a driver control record already 
 22.25  exists. 
 22.26     6.  If a person has not been issued a license, the 
 22.27  jurisdiction of the person's address indicated on the citation 
 22.28  or report shall create and maintain a record, until such time as 
 22.29  a jurisdiction shall issue a license to such person.  At the 
 22.30  time of licensure by a jurisdiction, all other jurisdictions 
 22.31  maintaining records shall transfer the information specified in 
 22.32  paragraph 8 to the licensing authority in accordance with the 
 22.33  provisions of the driver's license agreement. 
 22.34     7.  The driver control record shall be transferred to the 
 22.35  licensing authority of a member jurisdiction within 30 days of 
 22.36  receipt of notification of issuance of a license. 
 23.1      8.  The driver control record shall include, at a minimum: 
 23.2      a) full name; 
 23.3      b) birthdate; 
 23.4      c) gender; 
 23.5      d) driver's license number; 
 23.6      e) social security number or comparable identifying number, 
 23.7   when available; 
 23.8      f) any other unique identifier, when available; 
 23.9      g) address; 
 23.10     h) the date the last license was issued and the expiration 
 23.11  date; 
 23.12     i) withdrawal information; 
 23.13     j) accident information, when available; 
 23.14     k) convictions and administrative actions required to be 
 23.15  reported under the driver's license agreement, with date of 
 23.16  violation and conviction or date of action; 
 23.17     l) driver's license restrictions, classes, and 
 23.18  endorsements; and 
 23.19     m) medical restrictions and conditions, when available. 
 23.20     9.  The jurisdiction of record shall take any action 
 23.21  permitted by the jurisdiction's laws and regulations against any 
 23.22  person for whom it maintains the driver control record upon 
 23.23  notification of a conviction or administrative action required 
 23.24  to be reported under the driver's license agreement, which 
 23.25  occurred in another member jurisdiction. 
 23.26     10.  When a driver's license has been withdrawn for the 
 23.27  period of time specified by the jurisdiction of record and the 
 23.28  person applies for a license from another member jurisdiction, 
 23.29  the new jurisdiction may issue a license to that person 
 23.30  notwithstanding the person's failure to fulfill the 
 23.31  reinstatement requirements of proof of financial responsibility 
 23.32  and alcohol or drug education or treatment programs of the 
 23.33  previous jurisdiction of record.  If that person returns to the 
 23.34  previous jurisdiction of record and applies for a license, the 
 23.35  jurisdiction may impose any reinstatement requirement permitted 
 23.36  by the laws of the jurisdiction. 
 24.1      11.  Except as provided in section 171.61, paragraph 5, 
 24.2   nothing in the driver's license agreement shall be construed to 
 24.3   prohibit a jurisdiction from maintaining its own driver records 
 24.4   on any person and taking withdrawal actions permitted by the 
 24.5   jurisdiction's law on any conduct occurring within that 
 24.6   jurisdiction. 
 24.7      Sec. 7.  [171.60] [CONDUCT TO BE REPORTED.] 
 24.8      1.  The licensing authority shall identify the types of 
 24.9   convictions and administrative actions relating to highway 
 24.10  safety matters that reflect conduct to be reported under the 
 24.11  driver's license agreement.  It shall include, but not be 
 24.12  limited to: 
 24.13     a) operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence 
 24.14  of alcohol or drugs or a combination thereof; 
 24.15     b) manslaughter involving a motor vehicle, vehicular 
 24.16  homicide, vehicular assault, or any other similar conviction or 
 24.17  administrative action; 
 24.18     c) a felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle was 
 24.19  used; 
 24.20     d) leaving the scene of an accident or failing to stop and 
 24.21  render aid in the event of a motor vehicle accident of collision 
 24.22  resulting in the death or personal injury of another or similar 
 24.23  conviction or administrative action; 
 24.24     e) driving while unlicensed or while the license is 
 24.25  suspended, revoked, or canceled; 
 24.26     f) driving over a prescribed or posted speed limit; 
 24.27     g) failure to obey a red light, stop sign, or flashing 
 24.28  yellow light; 
 24.29     h) improperly passing while operating a motor vehicle or 
 24.30  following too closely to another vehicle; 
 24.31     i) improper or unsafe turning movements of a vehicle; 
 24.32     j) failure to yield when required; 
 24.33     k) unsafe or hazardous stopping of a motor vehicle; 
 24.34     l) failure to stop for a school bus with its flashing 
 24.35  lights in operation; 
 24.36     m) unsafe operation of a motor vehicle; 
 25.1      n) functional ability to safely operate a motor vehicle; 
 25.2      o) driving without insurance, failure to provide adequate 
 25.3   security following an accident, or failure to satisfy a judgment 
 25.4   following an accident; 
 25.5      p) use of seat belts and child safety restraints; 
 25.6      q) those required to be reported by federal law. 
 25.7      2.  The licensing authority of a member jurisdiction shall 
 25.8   report to the licensing authority of the jurisdiction of record 
 25.9   within 30 days of receipt each conviction and administrative 
 25.10  action as identified in paragraph 1, as well as failures to 
 25.11  comply as defined in section 171.61.  Such report shall clearly 
 25.12  identify the person involved; describe the conviction, 
 25.13  administrative action, or failure to comply; identify the court, 
 25.14  tribunal, or agency that took the reported action; and shall 
 25.15  include any other information as may be specified in the rules 
 25.16  adopted under the driver's license agreement. 
 25.17     3.  All information required to be reported under the 
 25.18  driver's license agreement shall be transmitted by electronic or 
 25.19  other means in a manner that is secure, intelligible, complete, 
 25.20  and accurate, as may be specified in the rules adopted under the 
 25.21  driver's license agreement. 
 25.22     4.  A jurisdiction receiving information transmitted in an 
 25.23  electronic format may provide for the elaboration or translation 
 25.24  of coded information or its compression or encryption as 
 25.25  necessary for any authorized or lawful use. 
 25.26     5.  The licensing authority of the jurisdiction of record 
 25.27  shall give the same effect to the conduct reported to it under 
 25.28  the driver's license agreement as it would if such conduct had 
 25.29  occurred in the jurisdiction of record. 
 25.30  If the laws of the jurisdiction of record do not provide for 
 25.31  offenses or violations denominated or described in precisely the 
 25.32  words employed in the statute of the reporting state, the 
 25.33  jurisdiction of record shall construe such denominations or 
 25.34  descriptions as being applicable to and identifying those 
 25.35  offenses or violations concerning conduct of a substantially 
 25.36  similar nature set forth in the laws of the jurisdiction of 
 26.1   record.  The laws shall be broadly interpreted so that full 
 26.2   force and effect is given to this section. 
 26.3      Sec. 8.  [171.61] [FAILURE TO COMPLY.] 
 26.4      1.  This section applies only to citations relating to 
 26.5   conduct required to be reported under this act. 
 26.6      2.  As used in this section, "failure to comply" means 
 26.7   either failure to answer a citation or failure to pay fines, 
 26.8   penalties, and costs related to the violation. 
 26.9      3.  A law enforcement officer or judicial official issuing 
 26.10  a citation to a person licensed by another member jurisdiction 
 26.11  shall not require the person to post collateral or bond to 
 26.12  secure the person's appearance.  However, collateral or bond may 
 26.13  be required: 
 26.14     a) if the jurisdiction in which the person is cited imposes 
 26.15  a mandatory court appearance for all persons charged with the 
 26.16  offense for which the person is cited; or 
 26.17     b) if the offense for which the person is cited is one for 
 26.18  which withdrawal of the person's license is mandatory. 
 26.19     4.  When a person who has been issued a citation by a 
 26.20  member jurisdiction fails to comply with the terms of the 
 26.21  citation, the court or agency having jurisdiction over the 
 26.22  citation may submit to the member jurisdiction in which the 
 26.23  violation occurred a notice that the person has failed to comply.
 26.24  The court may forward such notice to the licensing authority in 
 26.25  its jurisdiction. 
 26.26     5.  Upon receipt of a notice of failure to comply, the 
 26.27  jurisdiction that issued the citation shall not withdraw the 
 26.28  license and shall notify the jurisdiction of record, in 
 26.29  accordance with the rules adopted under the driver's license 
 26.30  agreement. 
 26.31     6.  Upon notification, the jurisdiction of record shall 
 26.32  notify the person and shall withdraw the license.  Except as 
 26.33  provided in section 171.59, paragraph 2, a withdrawal of a 
 26.34  license under this section shall continue until the jurisdiction 
 26.35  of record receives satisfactory evidence of compliance from the 
 26.36  person or the jurisdiction that issued the citation. 
 27.1      7.  No notification of failure to comply shall be 
 27.2   transmitted more than six months after receipt of the notice of 
 27.3   noncompliance by the licensing authority of the jurisdiction 
 27.4   that issued the citation. 
 27.5      Sec. 9.  [171.62] [EVIDENCE.] 
 27.6      1.  A copy of a record of any conviction, administrative 
 27.7   action, license issuance, withdrawal, or status, transmitted and 
 27.8   received by electronic means or other means, when certified, 
 27.9   shall be admissible in evidence in all courts and administrative 
 27.10  proceedings without further proof.  Such evidence shall 
 27.11  constitute proof of the facts contained therein, absent evidence 
 27.12  to the contrary.  Contrary evidence shall be limited to clerical 
 27.13  and identification errors. 
 27.14     2.  Any duplicate, photocopy, microfilm, or electronically 
 27.15  digitized copy or reproduction of a record, when satisfactorily 
 27.16  identified, shall be deemed an original and shall be admissible 
 27.17  in evidence in all courts or administrative proceedings without 
 27.18  further proof. 
 27.19     3.  A record may be certified by electronic means in an 
 27.20  electronic format.  Such record may, when permitted by 
 27.21  jurisdictional law, be filed in a court or administrative 
 27.22  proceeding by direct electronic transmission and shall be 
 27.23  admissible in evidence without further proof.  Any record so 
 27.24  transmitted and certified shall be proof of the facts contained 
 27.25  therein, in the absence of evidence to the contrary. 
 27.26     4.  As used in this section, the term "record" includes, 
 27.27  but is not limited to, any papers, documents, facsimile 
 27.28  information, micro-photographically stored information, 
 27.29  electronically generated or electronically recorded information, 
 27.30  or digitized images, deposited or filed with the jurisdiction. 
 27.31     Sec. 10.  [171.63] [GENERAL PROVISIONS.] 
 27.32     1.  The provisions of this act shall be severable and if 
 27.33  any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this act is 
 27.34  declared to be contrary to the constitution or laws of any 
 27.35  member jurisdiction, or is otherwise inapplicable to any 
 27.36  government agency, person, or circumstances, this act shall 
 28.1   remain in full force and effect as to the remaining 
 28.2   jurisdictions; as to the jurisdiction affected by such 
 28.3   determination, all other provisions of this act remain in full 
 28.4   force and effect. 
 28.5      2.  Neither this act nor the driver's license agreement 
 28.6   creates rights for a driver or other person or a standard of 
 28.7   care in any legal or evidentiary sense.  Any violation of this 
 28.8   act or the driver's license agreement shall not be a defense in 
 28.9   any criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding.  Remedies for 
 28.10  violations of this act or the driver's license agreement shall 
 28.11  be limited to those authorized by this act or the agreement. 
 28.12     Sec. 11.  [171.64] [TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS.] 
 28.13     1.  Any action taken under the driver's license compact or 
 28.14  nonresident violator compact or under any other agreement shall 
 28.15  not be affected or terminated by this act or the driver's 
 28.16  license agreement, except that any action or provision that 
 28.17  conflicts with this act or the agreement shall be superseded by 
 28.18  entry into the driver's license agreement. 
 28.19     2.  When dealing with nonmember jurisdictions, the 
 28.20  licensing authority shall follow the provisions of this act or 
 28.21  the driver's license agreement. 
 28.22     Sec. 12.  [171.65] [REMEDIAL; LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION.] 
 28.23     This act is a remedial law and shall be liberally construed 
 28.24  to promote highway safety and the fair and impartial treatment 
 28.25  of drivers. 
 28.26     Sec. 13.  [171.66] [SUPERSEDES CONFLICTING LAW.] 
 28.27     To the extent that this act conflicts with general driver 
 28.28  licensing provisions, this act prevails.  Where this act is 
 28.29  silent, the general driver licensing provisions apply. 
 28.30     Sec. 14.  [REPEALER.] 
 28.31     Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 171.50; 171.51, 
 28.32  subdivision 1; and 171.53, are repealed. 
 28.33                             ARTICLE 3
 28.34             PAID ADVERTISING IN DEPARTMENT PRODUCTIONS
 28.35     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 299A.01, 
 28.36  subdivision 1b, is amended to read: 
 29.1      Subd. 1b.  [DEPARTMENT ADVERTISING SALES; APPROPRIATION.] 
 29.2   The commissioner may accept paid advertising for departmental 
 29.3   publications, media productions, or other informational 
 29.4   materials.  Advertising revenues received are appropriated to 
 29.5   the commissioner to be used to defray costs of publications, 
 29.6   media productions, or other informational materials.  The 
 29.7   commissioner may not accept paid advertising from an elected 
 29.8   official or candidate for elective office. 
 29.9      <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective the day 
 29.10  following final enactment.