1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to motor vehicles; authorizing additional
1.3 	deputy registrar of motor vehicles and driver's
1.4 	license agent in Minneapolis; appointing the auditor
1.5 	of Carver County as a deputy motor vehicle registrar
1.6 	and driver's license agent.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. ADDITIONAL DEPUTY REGISTRAR OF MOTOR VEHICLES
1.9 	AND DRIVER'S LICENSE AGENT FOR HENNEPIN COUNTY.
 1.10 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 168.33, and
1.11 	rules adopted by the commissioner of public safety, limiting
1.12 	sites for the office of deputy registrar based on either the
1.13 	distance to an existing deputy registrar office or the annual
1.14 	volume of transactions processed by any deputy registrar within
1.15 	Hennepin County before or after the proposed appointment, the
1.16 	commissioner of public safety shall appoint a new deputy
1.17 	registrar of motor vehicles and driver's license agent for
1.18 	Hennepin County to operate a new full-service Office of Deputy
1.19 	Registrar, with full authority to function as a registration and
1.20 	motor vehicle tax collection and driver's license bureau, at the
1.21 	Midtown Exchange Building in the city of Minneapolis.  All other
1.22 	provisions regarding the appointment and operation of a deputy
1.23 	registrar of motor vehicles and driver's license agent under
1.24 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 168.33 and 171.061, and Minnesota
1.25 	Rules, chapter 7406, apply to the office.

1.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
2.1 	following final enactment.

2.2 	Sec. 2. DEPUTY REGISTRAR AND DRIVER'S LICENSE AGENT
2.3 	APPOINTMENT.
 2.4 	Notwithstanding any restriction in law or rule concerning
2.5 	proximity of deputy motor vehicle registrar offices or predicted
2.6 	number of annual applications processed, the commissioner of
2.7 	public safety shall appoint the auditor of Carver County as a
2.8 	deputy motor vehicle registrar and driver's license agent in the
2.9 	city of Chanhassen.  All provisions of Minnesota Statutes,
2.10 	sections 168.33 and 171.061, not inconsistent with this section,
2.11 	apply to the appointments under this section.

2.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
2.13 	following final enactment.