Relating to public safetyARTICLE 1 PUBLIC SAFETY MISCELLANYClarifying the definition of motor vehicle and modifying the definition of fleet for motor vehicle registration purposes; eliminating the exemption from registration requirements for motor vehicles owned and used by honorary consul and certain language referring to motor vehicles of a defunct make under collector vehicle registration requirements; providing for the issuance of special veteran contribution motor vehicle license plates with the inscription proud to be a veteran; consolidating and clarifying certain motor vehicle and parts dealer, scrap metal processor, salvage pool business and motor vehicle lessor, wholesaler, auctioneer and broker licensing requirements and defining registration year for dealer licensing purposes; creating a limited used vehicle license category for certain nonprofit charitable organizations; specifying certain additional conditions requiring dealer license denial and eliminating the partial initial annual fee payment provision; requiring dealer classified advertisements to include the dealer license number; modifying and clarifying certain motor vehicle titling requirements; exempting vehicles not originally constructed primarily for use on public roads and highways from the requirements; requiring a written certification at the time of title application for specially constructed or reconstructed vehicles of compliance with vehicle safety and acceptability requirements for road and highway operation; requiring the same standard for titling motorcycles with new engines as automobiles with new engines; specifying certain lien satisfaction notice requirements and options; modifying and clarifying certain requirements for the registration of bicycles, changing proof of purchase requirements to proof of ownership; providing an affirmative defense for motorcyclists to enter or cross intersections controlled by a traffic control signal against the red light under certain signal malfunction conditions; clarifying and modifying the requirement for certain vehicles to stop at railroad crossings, prohibiting gear shifting while crossing the tracks; clarifying commercial motor vehicle annual inspection requirements for self propelled special mobile equipment; modifying the plate or sticker display requirement for certain small trailers; specifying certain requirements for the parking of motorcycles on roadways of streets or highways; modifying and clarifying certain requirements for instruction permit, drivers license and identification card applications; modifying the exemption from commercial drivers license requirements for certain snowplow drivers and expanding certain commercial drivers license disqualification provisions; granting the commissioner of public safety certain rulemaking authority; exempting money received under the federal aviation and transportation security act from the matching requirements for certain airport projects; authorizing the commissioner of transportation (DOT) to spend a certain amount of trunk highway funds to pay the operating costs of bus service to mitigate the traffic impacts of the construction project involving I-494, the Wakota bridge and trunk highway 61; repealing a certain provision placing certain conditions on the issuance of limited drivers licenses ARTICLE 2 MOTOR CARRIER FUEL TAX Modifying, clarifying and reorganizing motor carrier fuel tax provisions; providing for the interstate compact, taxing authority, the motor carrier fuel license, fees and decals, motor carrier records, auditing and reporting, temporary fuel permits, violations and enforcement by the commissioners of public safety and transportation (DOT) and the state patrol; granting the commissioner of public safety certain rulemaking authority; repealing the existing statutory provisions governing the road tax and the fuel tax compact ARTICLE 3 COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ENFORCEMENTModifying certain commercial motor vehicle traffic regulations provisions; modifying the definition of farm truck relating to the first haul of forest products and increasing the vehicle overweight limit under motor vehicle registration provisions; restricting state trooper commercial vehicles subsequent safety or suspected illegal activity spot inspection authority, requiring a signed and dated document to the operator as evidence of inspection; further restricting the authority of officers to require commercial vehicles to drive to another scale site; clarifying the determination of gross weight violations; clarifying the definition of first haul for weight records purposes; clarifying the application of the additional fee for special permits to exceed weight limits; requiring the commissioner of transportation (DOT) to conduct a study of load restrictions and seasonal load increases in the northern zone of Minnesota and to make certain recommendations relating to the establishment of new zones to the legislature by a certain date (Ch. 371, 2002)