1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to drivers' licenses; requiring certain
1.3 	applicants for license renewal to pass examinations;
1.4 	making clarifying changes; amending Minnesota Statutes
1.5 	2004, section 171.13, subdivision 2.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.13,
1.8 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.9 		Subd. 2.Examination upon renewal. (a) The department
1.10 	shall issue a driver's license upon renewal:
1.11 	(1) when the applicant has passed an examination consisting
1.12 	of a screening of the applicant's eyesight since the last
1.13 	previous license renewal or issuance; and 
1.14 	(2) if applicable, when an applicant has passed a written
1.15 	examination since the last previous license renewal or issuance
1.16 	and after receiving a warning letter or attending a preliminary
1.17 	hearing as a habitual violator, within the meaning of rules
1.18 	adopted by the commissioner; and 
1.19 	(3) if applicable, when an applicant has passed a road
1.20 	examination since the last previous license renewal or issuance
1.21 	and after having had driving privileges suspended as a habitual
1.22 	violator, within the meaning of rules adopted by the
1.23 	commissioner.
1.24 	(b) A screening of eyesight required by this subdivision
1.25 	does not constitute the practice of optometry as defined in
2.1 	section 148.56.
2.2 	(c) The commissioner may adopt rules to administer this
2.3 	subdivision.
2.4 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2006.