1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to government operations; making permanent certain Help America Vote 
1.3 	Act rules adopted by the Office of the Secretary of State; providing that tribal 
1.4 	driver's licenses and identification cards are acceptable forms of identification;
1.5 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 171.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. GOOD CAUSE HAVA RULES.
 1.8 	The rules adopted by the Office of the Secretary of State pursuant to the authority 
1.9 	granted in Laws 2004, chapter 293, article 1, section 39, are adopted as permanent rules 
1.10 	without further administrative action and may be further amended or repealed by the 
1.11 	secretary of state pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 14.
1.12 	The revisor of statutes shall publish these rules in Minnesota Rules.

1.13 	Sec. 2. [171.017] TRIBAL DRIVER'S LICENSE AND IDENTIFICATION 
1.14 	CARD.
1.15 	(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, wherever in Minnesota Statutes 
1.16 	or Minnesota Rules a Minnesota driver's license or identification card is deemed an 
1.17 	acceptable form of identification, a tribal driver's license or identification card shall be an 
1.18 	equivalent form of identification.
1.19 	(b) For purposes of this section, "tribal driver's license or identification card" means 
1.20 	an unexpired tribal driver's license or identification card issued by the tribal government 
1.21 	of a tribe with a reservation located in whole or in part in Minnesota and recognized 
1.22 	by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, United States Department of the Interior, that contains 
1.23 	the elements of information required in section 171.07, subdivision 1, clause (a), and 
1.24 	subdivision 3, clause (a), respectively, and meeting the standards set forth in section 
2.1 	171.01, subdivision 9, except that the provisions in section 171.01, subdivisions 1 and 3, 
2.2 	requiring the description of the applicant in the manner the commissioner deems necessary 
2.3 	shall be construed to mean as the tribal government deems necessary.

2.4 	Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.5 	Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.