1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to motor vehicles; requiring notice on vehicle to be dismantled 
1.3 	or destroyed; modifying definition of "motorized foot scooter"; amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168A.153; Minnesota Statutes 2005 
1.5 	Supplement, section 169.01, subdivision 4c.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168A.153, is amended to read:
1.8 	168A.153 REPORT OF VEHICLE RECEIPT; SURRENDER OF 
1.9 	CERTIFICATE.
1.10 		Subdivision 1.Older model vehicle. A dealer who buys an older model vehicle 
1.11 	to be dismantled or destroyed shall report to the department within 30 days including 
1.12 	the vehicle's license plate number and identification number, and the seller's name and 
1.13 	driver's license number.
1.14 		Subd. 2.Late-model or high-value vehicle. A dealer who buys a late-model or 
1.15 	high-value vehicle to be dismantled or destroyed shall notify the secured party, if any, and 
1.16 	then surrender the certificate of title and a properly completed application for a salvage 
1.17 	certificate of title to the department within ten days the commissioner within ten days 
1.18 	in the manner prescribed in subdivision 3. The dealer shall then properly destroy the 
1.19 	certificate of title.
1.20 		Subd. 3.Notification on vehicle to be dismantled or destroyed; service fee. 
 1.21 	Within the time frames prescribed in subdivisions 1 and 2 of acquiring a vehicle titled and 
1.22 	registered in Minnesota, a dealer shall notify the registrar that the dealership purchased the 
1.23 	vehicle to be dismantled or destroyed. The notification must be made electronically as 
2.1 	prescribed by the registrar. The dealer may contract this service to a deputy registrar and 
2.2 	the registrar may charge a fee not to exceed $7 per transaction to provide this service.

2.3 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 169.01, subdivision 4c, is 
2.4 	amended to read:
2.5 		Subd. 4c.Motorized foot scooter. "Motorized foot scooter" means a device with 
2.6 	handlebars designed to be stood or sat upon by the operator, and powered by an internal 
2.7 	combustion engine or electric motor that is capable of propelling the device with or 
2.8 	without human propulsion, and that has either (1) no more than two ten-inch or smaller 
2.9 	diameter wheels or (2) and has  an engine or motor that is capable of a maximum speed of 
2.10 	15 miles per hour on a flat surface with not more than one percent grade in any direction 
2.11 	when the motor is engaged. An electric personal assistive mobility device, a motorized 
2.12 	bicycle, an electric-assisted bicycle, or a motorcycle is not a motorized foot scooter.