1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to motor vehicles; conforming definition of
1.3 	commercial motor vehicle to federal law; amending
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 169.01, subdivision
1.5 	75; 171.01, subdivision 22.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.01,
1.8 	subdivision 75, is amended to read:
1.9 		Subd. 75.Commercial motor vehicle.  (a) "Commercial
1.10 	motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle or combination of motor
1.11 	vehicles used to transport passengers or property if the motor
1.12 	vehicle:
1.13 	(1) has a gross vehicle weight of more than 26,000 pounds;
1.14 	(2) has a towed unit with a gross vehicle weight of more
1.15 	than 10,000 pounds and the combination of vehicles has a
1.16 	combined gross vehicle weight of more than 26,000 pounds;
1.17 	(3) is a bus;
1.18 	(4) is of any size and is used in the transportation of
1.19 	hazardous materials, except for those vehicles having a gross
1.20 	vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or less while carrying in bulk
1.21 	tanks a total of not more than 200 gallons of petroleum products
1.22 	and liquid fertilizer that are required to be placarded under
1.23 	Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, parts 100-185; or
1.24 	(5) is outwardly equipped and identified as a school bus,
1.25 	except for type A-I and type III school buses as defined in
2.1 	subdivision 6.
2.2 	(b) For purposes of chapter 169A:
2.3 	(1) a commercial motor vehicle does not include a farm
2.4 	truck, fire-fighting equipment, or recreational equipment being
2.5 	operated by a person within the scope of section 171.02,
2.6 	subdivision 2, paragraph (b); and
2.7 	(2) a commercial motor vehicle includes a vehicle capable
2.8 	of or designed to meet the standards described in paragraph (a),
2.9 	clause (2), whether or not the towed unit is attached to the
2.10 	truck-tractor at the time of the violation or stop.

2.11 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.01,
2.12 	subdivision 22, is amended to read:
2.13 		Subd. 22.Commercial motor vehicle.  "Commercial motor
2.14 	vehicle" means a motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles
2.15 	used to transport passengers or property if the motor vehicle:
2.16 	(1) has a gross vehicle weight of more than 26,000 pounds;
2.17 	(2) has a towed unit with a gross vehicle weight of more
2.18 	than 10,000 pounds and the combination of vehicles has a
2.19 	combined gross vehicle weight of more than 26,000 pounds;
2.20 	(3) is a bus;
2.21 	(4) is of any size and is used in the transportation of
2.22 	hazardous materials, except for those vehicles having a gross
2.23 	vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or less and carrying in bulk
2.24 	tanks a total of not more than 200 gallons of liquid fertilizer
2.25 	and petroleum products that are required to be placarded under
2.26 	Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, parts 100-185; or
2.27 	(5) is outwardly equipped and identified as a school bus,
2.28 	except for school buses defined in section 169.01, subdivision
2.29 	6, clause (5).

2.30 	Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.31 	Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final
2.32 	enactment.