1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; modifying provisions
1.3 	regulating motor vehicle and driver applications and
1.4 	records; modifying vehicle accident reports and
1.5 	procedures, including provision for vehicle accident
1.6 	"long arm" statute; making technical and clarifying
1.7 	changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections
1.8 	168A.04, by adding a subdivision; 169.09, subdivisions
1.9 	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, by adding
1.10 	subdivisions; 171.07, subdivisions 1, 3; repealing
1.11 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 169.09, subdivision
1.12 	10; 170.55.
1.13 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.14 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168A.04, is
1.15 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
1.16 		Subd. 2a.Alternate mailing address. If the United
1.17 	States Postal Service will not deliver mail to the residence
1.18 	address of a registered owner who is an individual as listed on
1.19 	the title application, then the registered owner must provide
1.20 	verification from the United States Postal Service that mail
1.21 	will not be delivered to the registered owner's residence
1.22 	address and that mail will be delivered to a specified alternate
1.23 	mailing address.  When an applicant provides an alternate
1.24 	mailing address under this subdivision, the commissioner shall
1.25 	use the alternate mailing address in lieu of the residence
1.26 	address for all notices and mailings to the registered owner.

1.27 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.09,
1.28 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.29 		Subdivision 1.Driver to stop for accident with
2.1 	person individual.  The driver of any motor vehicle involved in
2.2 	an accident resulting in immediately demonstrable bodily injury
2.3 	to or death of any person individual shall immediately stop the
2.4 	vehicle at the scene of the accident, or as close to the scene
2.5 	as possible,but shall then return to and in every event,shall
2.6 	remain at,the scene of the accident,until the driver has
2.7 	fulfilled the requirements of this chapter section as to the
2.8 	giving of information.  The stop shall must be made without
2.9 	unnecessarily obstructing traffic.

2.10 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.09,
2.11 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.12 		Subd. 2.Driver to stop for accident to property.  The
2.13 	driver of any motor vehicle involved in an accident to a vehicle
2.14 	which is driven or attended by any person individual shall
2.15 	immediately stop such the motor vehicle at the scene of such the 
2.16 	accident, or as close thereto to the accident as possible,but
2.17 	shall forthwith return to,and in every event shall remain at,
2.18 	the scene of the accident,until the driver has fulfilled the
2.19 	requirements of this chapter section as to the giving of
2.20 	information. Every such The stop shall must be made without
2.21 	unnecessarily obstructing traffic more than is necessary.

2.22 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.09,
2.23 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.24 		Subd. 3.Driver to give information.  (a) The driver of
2.25 	any motor vehicle involved in an accident resulting in bodily
2.26 	injury to or death of any person individual, or damage to any
2.27 	vehicle which is driven or attended by any person individual,
2.28 	shall stop and give the driver's name, address, and date of
2.29 	birth and the registration plate number of the vehicle being
2.30 	driven, and .  The driver shall, upon request and if available,
2.31 	exhibit the driver's license or permit to drive to the person 
2.32 	individual struck or the driver or occupant of or person 
2.33 	individual attending any vehicle collided with.  The driver also
2.34 	shall give the information and upon request exhibit the license
2.35 	or permit to any police peace officer at the scene of the
2.36 	accident or who is investigating the accident.  The driver shall
3.1 	render reasonable assistance to any person individual injured in
3.2 	the accident.
3.3 	(b) If not given at the scene of the accident, the driver,
3.4 	within 72 hours thereafter after the accident, shall give upon ,
3.5 	on request to any person individual involved in the accident or
3.6 	to a peace officer investigating the accident,the name and
3.7 	address of the insurer providing automobile vehicle liability
3.8 	insurance coverage, and the local insurance agent for the
3.9 	insurer.

3.10 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.09,
3.11 	subdivision 4, is amended to read:
3.12 		Subd. 4.Collision with unattended vehicle.  The driver
3.13 	of any motor vehicle which that collides with and damages any
3.14 	vehicle which that is unattended shall immediately stop and
3.15 	either locate and notify the driver or owner of the vehicle of
3.16 	the name and address of the driver and registered owner of the
3.17 	vehicle striking the unattended vehicle, shall report the this 
3.18 	same information to a police peace officer, or shall leave in a
3.19 	conspicuous place in or secured to the vehicle struck,a written
3.20 	notice giving the name and address of the driver and of
3.21 	the registered owner of the vehicle doing the striking.

3.22 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.09,
3.23 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
3.24 		Subd. 5.Notify owner of damaged property.  The driver of
3.25 	any vehicle involved in an accident resulting only in damage to
3.26 	fixtures legally upon or adjacent to a highway shall take
3.27 	reasonable steps to locate and notify the owner or person in
3.28 	charge of such the property of such that fact and ,of the
3.29 	driver's name and address,and of the registration plate number
3.30 	of the vehicle being driven and shall, upon request and if
3.31 	available, exhibit the driver's or chauffeur's license, and make
3.32 	report of such the accident in every case.  The report shall 
3.33 	must be made in the same manner as a report made pursuant to
3.34 	subdivision 7.

3.35 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.09,
3.36 	subdivision 6, is amended to read:
4.1 		Subd. 6.notify police notice of personal injury.  The
4.2 	driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in bodily
4.3 	injury to or death of any person individual shall, after
4.4 	compliance with the provisions of this section,and by the
4.5 	quickest means of communication, give notice of the accident to
4.6 	the local police department,if the accident occurs within a
4.7 	municipality, or to a State Patrol officer if the accident
4.8 	occurs on a trunk highway, or to the office of the sheriff of
4.9 	the county.

4.10 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.09,
4.11 	subdivision 7, is amended to read:
4.12 		Subd. 7.Accident report to commissioner. (a) The driver
4.13 	of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in bodily injury
4.14 	to or death of any person individual or total property damage to
4.15 	an apparent extent of $1,000 or more, shall forward a written
4.16 	report of the accident to the commissioner of public safety
4.17 	within ten days thereof of the accident.  On the required
4.18 	report, the driver shall provide the commissioner with the name
4.19 	and policy number of the insurer providing vehicle
4.20 	liability insurance coverage at the time of the accident.
4.21 	(b) On determining that the original report of any driver
4.22 	of a vehicle involved in an accident of which report must be
4.23 	made as provided in this section is insufficient, the
4.24 	commissioner of public safety may require the driver to file
4.25 	supplementary reports information.

4.26 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.09,
4.27 	subdivision 8, is amended to read:
4.28 		Subd. 8.Officer to report accident to commissioner.
 4.29 	A law enforcement peace officer who, in the regular course of
4.30 	duty, investigates a motor vehicle an accident that must be
4.31 	reported under this section shall, within ten days after the
4.32 	date of the accident, forward an electronic or written report of
4.33 	the accident to as prescribed by the commissioner of public
4.34 	safety.

4.35 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.09,
4.36 	subdivision 9, is amended to read:
5.1 		Subd. 9.Accident report forms format.  The Department 
5.2 	commissioner of public safety shall prepare electronic or
5.3 	written forms prescribe the format for the accident reports
5.4 	required under this section.  Upon request the
5.5 	department commissioner shall supply make available the forms 
5.6 	format to police departments, coroners, sheriffs, garages, and
5.7 	other suitable agencies or individuals. The forms must be
5.8 	appropriate with respect to the persons required to make the
5.9 	reports and the purposes to be served.The electronic or
5.10 	written report forms to be completed by persons individuals 
5.11 	involved in accidents and by investigating peace officers
5.12 	must call for sufficiently detailed information to disclose with
5.13 	reference to a traffic accident the causes, existing conditions
5.14 	then existing, and the persons individuals and vehicles involved.

5.15 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.09,
5.16 	subdivision 11, is amended to read:
5.17 		Subd. 11.Coroner to report death.  Every coroner or
5.18 	other official performing like functions shall report in writing
5.19 	to the Department commissioner of public safety the death of any
5.20 	person individual within the coroner's jurisdiction as the
5.21 	result of an accident involving a motor vehicle and the
5.22 	circumstances of the accident.  The report shall must be made
5.23 	within 15 days after the death.
5.24 	In the case of drivers killed in motor vehicle accidents
5.25 	and of the death of pedestrians 16 years of age or older, who
5.26 	die within four hours after an accident, the coroner or other
5.27 	official performing like functions shall examine the body and
5.28 	shall make tests as are necessary to determine the presence and
5.29 	percentage concentration of alcohol, and drugs if feasible, in
5.30 	the blood of the victim.  This information shall must be
5.31 	included in each report submitted pursuant to the provisions of
5.32 	this subdivision and shall be tabulated on a monthly basis by
5.33 	the Department commissioner of public safety.  This information
5.34 	may be used only for statistical purposes which that do not
5.35 	reveal the identity of the deceased.

5.36 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.09,
6.1 	subdivision 12, is amended to read:
6.2 		Subd. 12.Garage to report bullet damage.  The
6.3 	person individual in charge of any garage or repair shop to
6.4 	which is brought any motor vehicle which that shows evidence of
6.5 	having been struck by any bullet shall immediately report to the
6.6 	local police or sheriff and to the commissioner of public safety
6.7 	within 24 hours after such motor the vehicle is received, giving
6.8 	the engine number if any, registration plate number,and the
6.9 	name and address of the registered owner or operator of such the 
6.10 	vehicle.

6.11 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.09,
6.12 	subdivision 14, is amended to read:
6.13 		Subd. 14.Penalties.  (a) The driver of any vehicle who
6.14 	violates subdivision 1 or 6 and who did not cause the accident
6.15 	is punishable as follows:
6.16 	(1) if the accident results in the death of any person 
6.17 	individual, the driver is guilty of a felony and may be
6.18 	sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years, or to
6.19 	payment of a fine of not more than $5,000, or both;
6.20 	(2) if the accident results in great bodily harm to any
6.21 	person individual, as defined in section 609.02, subdivision 8,
6.22 	the driver is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to
6.23 	imprisonment for not more than two years, or to payment of a
6.24 	fine of not more than $4,000, or both; or
6.25 	(3) if the accident results in substantial bodily harm to
6.26 	any person individual, as defined in section 609.02, subdivision
6.27 	7a, the driver may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more
6.28 	than one year, or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000,
6.29 	or both.
6.30 	(b) The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident not
6.31 	resulting in substantial bodily harm or death who violates
6.32 	subdivision 1 or 6 may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more
6.33 	than one year, or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000,
6.34 	or both.
6.35 	(c) Any person who violates subdivision 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8,
6.36 	10,11, or 12 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
7.1 	(d) The attorney in the jurisdiction in which the violation
7.2 	occurred who is responsible for prosecution of misdemeanor
7.3 	violations of this section shall also be responsible for
7.4 	prosecution of gross misdemeanor violations of this section.

7.5 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.09,
7.6 	subdivision 15, is amended to read:
7.7 		Subd. 15.Defense.  It is an affirmative defense to
7.8 	prosecution under subdivisions 1, 2, and 6 that the driver left
7.9 	the scene of the accident to take any person individual 
7.10 	suffering immediately demonstrable bodily injury in the accident
7.11 	to receive emergency medical care if the driver of the involved
7.12 	vehicle gives notice to a law enforcement agency as required by
7.13 	subdivision 6 as soon as reasonably feasible after the emergency
7.14 	medical care has been undertaken.

7.15 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.09, is
7.16 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
7.17 		Subd. 16.Commissioner as agent for service of
7.18 	process. The use and operation by a resident of this state or
7.19 	the resident's agent, or by a nonresident or the nonresident's
7.20 	agent, of a motor vehicle within the state of Minnesota, is
7.21 	deemed an irrevocable appointment by the resident if absent from
7.22 	this state continuously for six months or more following an
7.23 	accident, or by the nonresident at any time, of the commissioner
7.24 	of public safety to be the resident's or nonresident's true and
7.25 	lawful attorney upon whom may be served all legal process in any
7.26 	action or proceeding against the resident or nonresident or the
7.27 	executor, administrator, or personal representative of the
7.28 	resident or nonresident growing out of the use and operation of
7.29 	a motor vehicle within this state, resulting in damages or loss
7.30 	to person or property, whether the damage or loss occurs on a
7.31 	highway or on abutting public or private property.  This
7.32 	appointment is binding upon the nonresident's executor,
7.33 	administrator, or personal representative.  The use or operation
7.34 	of a motor vehicle by the resident or nonresident is a
7.35 	signification of agreement that any process in any action
7.36 	against the resident or nonresident or executor, administrator,
8.1 	or personal representative of the resident or nonresident that
8.2 	is so served has the same legal force and validity as if served
8.3 	upon the resident or nonresident personally or on the executor,
8.4 	administrator, or personal representative of the resident or
8.5 	nonresident.  Service of process must be made by serving a copy
8.6 	thereof upon the commissioner or by filing a copy in the
8.7 	commissioner's office, together with payment of a fee of $20,
8.8 	and is deemed sufficient service upon the absent resident or the
8.9 	nonresident or the executor, administrator, or personal
8.10 	representative of the resident or nonresident; provided that,
8.11 	notice of service and a copy of the process are within ten days
8.12 	thereafter sent by mail by the plaintiff to the defendant at the
8.13 	defendant's last known address and that the plaintiff's
8.14 	affidavit of compliance with the provisions of this chapter is
8.15 	attached to the summons.

8.16 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.09, is
8.17 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
8.18 		Subd. 17.Continuance of court proceeding; costs. The
8.19 	court in which the action is pending may order a continuance as
8.20 	may be necessary to afford the defendant reasonable opportunity
8.21 	to defend the action, not exceeding 90 days from the date of
8.22 	filing of the action in that court.  The fee of $20 paid by the
8.23 	plaintiff to the commissioner at the time of service of the
8.24 	proceedings must be taxed in the plaintiff's cost if the
8.25 	plaintiff prevails in the suit.  The commissioner shall keep a
8.26 	record of all processes so served, which must show the day and
8.27 	hour of service.

8.28 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.07,
8.29 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
8.30 		Subdivision 1.License; contents.  (a) Upon the payment
8.31 	of the required fee, the department shall issue to every
8.32 	qualifying applicant a license designating the type or class of
8.33 	vehicles the applicant is authorized to drive as applied for.
8.34 	This license must bear a distinguishing number assigned to the
8.35 	licensee,;the licensee's full name, date of birth, and 
8.36 	residence address and permanent mailing address if different,;a
9.1 	description of the licensee in a manner as the commissioner
9.2 	deems necessary,;and the usual signature of the licensee.  No
9.3 	license is valid unless it bears the usual signature of the
9.4 	licensee.  Every license must bear a colored photograph or an
9.5 	electronically produced image of the licensee.
9.6 	(b) If the United States Postal Service will not deliver
9.7 	mail to the applicant's residence address as listed on the
9.8 	license, then the applicant shall provide verification from the
9.9 	United States Postal Service that mail will not be delivered to
9.10 	the applicant's residence address and that mail will be
9.11 	delivered to a specified alternate mailing address.  When an
9.12 	applicant provides an alternate mailing address under this
9.13 	subdivision, the commissioner shall use the alternate mailing
9.14 	address in lieu of the applicant's residence address for all
9.15 	notices and mailings to the applicant.
9.16 	(c) Every license issued to an applicant under the age of
9.17 	21 must be of a distinguishing color and plainly marked
9.18 	"Under-21."
9.19 	(c) (d) The department shall use processes in issuing a
9.20 	license that prohibit, as nearly as possible, the ability to
9.21 	alter or reproduce a license, or prohibit the ability to
9.22 	superimpose a photograph or electronically produced image on a
9.23 	license, without ready detection.
9.24 	(d) (e) A license issued to an applicant age 65 or over
9.25 	must be plainly marked "senior" if requested by the applicant.

9.26 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.07,
9.27 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
9.28 		Subd. 3.Identification card; fee.  (a) Upon payment of
9.29 	the required fee, the department shall issue to every qualifying
9.30 	applicant a Minnesota identification card.  The department may
9.31 	not issue a Minnesota identification card to a person an
9.32 	individual who has a driver's license, other than a limited
9.33 	license.  The card must bear a distinguishing number assigned to
9.34 	the applicant; a colored photograph or an electronically
9.35 	produced image of the applicant; the applicant's full name, date
9.36 	of birth, and residence address; a description of the applicant
10.1 	in the manner as the commissioner deems necessary; and the usual
10.2 	signature of the applicant.
10.3 	(b) If the United States Postal Service will not deliver
10.4 	mail to the applicant's residence address as listed on the
10.5 	Minnesota identification card, then the applicant shall provide
10.6 	verification from the United States Postal Service that mail
10.7 	will not be delivered to the applicant's residence address and
10.8 	that mail will be delivered to a specified alternate mailing
10.9 	address.  When an applicant provides an alternate mailing
10.10 	address under this subdivision, the commissioner shall use the
10.11 	alternate mailing address in lieu of the applicant's residence
10.12 	address for all notices and mailings to the applicant.
10.13 	(c) Each identification card issued to an applicant under
10.14 	the age of 21 must be of a distinguishing color and plainly
10.15 	marked "Under-21."
10.16 	(c) (d) Each Minnesota identification card must be plainly
10.17 	marked "Minnesota identification card - not a driver's license."
10.18 	(d) (e) The fee for a Minnesota identification card is 50
10.19 	cents when issued to a person who is mentally retarded, as
10.20 	defined in section 252A.02, subdivision 2; a physically disabled
10.21 	person, as defined in section 169.345, subdivision 2; or, a
10.22 	person with mental illness, as described in section 245.462,
10.23 	subdivision 20, paragraph (c).

10.24 	Sec. 19. INSTRUCTION TO REVISOR.
 10.25 	The revisor of statutes shall renumber each section of
10.26 	Minnesota Statutes in column A with the number in column B.  The
10.27 	revisor shall also make any necessary cross-reference changes.
10.28 	Column A Column B 
10.29 	170.24 169.09, subdivision 14a 
10.30 	170.54 169.09, subdivision 5a 

10.31 	Sec. 20. REPEALER.
 10.32 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 169.09, subdivision 10;
10.33 	and 170.55, are repealed.