1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to drivers' licenses; modifying definition of "conviction"; modifying 
1.3 	content required on driver's license; allowing 60-day cancellation of driver's 
1.4 	license when application information inadequate; making clarifying changes;
1.5 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 171.01, subdivision 29; 171.14; 
1.6 	Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 171.07, subdivision 1.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.01, subdivision 29, is amended to read:
1.9 		Subd. 29.Conviction. The term "conviction" means a final conviction either after 
1.10 	trial or upon a plea of guilty or nolo contendere accepted by the court. Also, a forfeiture 
1.11 	of cash or collateral deposited to guarantee a defendant's appearance in court, which 
1.12 	forfeiture has not been vacated; the failure to comply with a written notice to appear in 
1.13 	court; or a breach of a condition of release without bail; or the payment of a fine or court 
1.14 	cost, is equivalent to a conviction.

1.15 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 171.07, subdivision 1, is 
1.16 	amended to read:
1.17 		Subdivision 1.License; contents. (a) Upon the payment of the required fee, the 
1.18 	department shall issue to every qualifying applicant a license designating the type or class 
1.19 	of vehicles the applicant is authorized to drive as applied for. This license must bear a 
1.20 	distinguishing number assigned to the licensee; the licensee's full name, date of birth, 
1.21 	and residence address; the license class, endorsements, and restrictions imposed, if any; 
1.22 	a description of the licensee in a manner as the commissioner deems necessary; and the 
1.23 	usual signature of the licensee. No license is valid unless it bears the usual signature of 
2.1 	the licensee. Every license must bear a colored photograph or an electronically produced 
2.2 	image of the licensee.
2.3 	(b) If the United States Postal Service will not deliver mail to the applicant's 
2.4 	residence address as listed on the license, then the applicant shall provide verification from 
2.5 	the United States Postal Service that mail will not be delivered to the applicant's residence 
2.6 	address and that mail will be delivered to a specified alternate mailing address. When an 
2.7 	applicant provides an alternate mailing address under this subdivision, the commissioner 
2.8 	shall use the alternate mailing address in lieu of the applicant's residence address for 
2.9 	all notices and mailings to the applicant.
2.10 	(c) Every license issued to an applicant under the age of 21 must be of a 
2.11 	distinguishing color and plainly marked "Under-21."
2.12 	(d) The department shall use processes in issuing a license that prohibit, as nearly as 
2.13 	possible, the ability to alter or reproduce a license, or prohibit the ability to superimpose a 
2.14 	photograph or electronically produced image on a license, without ready detection.
2.15 	(e) A license issued to an applicant age 65 or over must be plainly marked "senior" if 
2.16 	requested by the applicant.

2.17 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.14, is amended to read:
2.18 	171.14 CANCELLATION.
2.19 	(a) The commissioner shall have authority to may cancel any driver's license upon 
2.20 	determination that (1) the licensee was not entitled to the issuance thereof hereunder, or 
2.21 	that of the license, (2) the licensee failed to give the required or correct information in 
2.22 	the application, orand committed any fraud or deceit in making such the application. 
2.23 	The commissioner may also cancel the driver's license of any, or (3) the person who, 
2.24 	at the time of the cancellation, would not have been entitled to receive a license under
2.25 	the provisions of section  171.04. 
2.26 	(b) The commissioner shall cancel the driver's license of a person described in 
2.27 	paragraph (a), clause (2), for 60 days or until the required or correct information has 
2.28 	been provided, whichever is longer.