<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.07, subdivision 1.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.07, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>License; contents.</b> (a) Upon the payment of the required fee, the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>department shall issue to every qualifying applicant a license designating the type or class <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>of vehicles the applicant is authorized to drive as applied for. This license must bear a <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>distinguishing number assigned to the licensee; the licensee's full name, date of birth, and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>residence address; a description of the licensee in a manner as the commissioner deems <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>necessary; and the usual signature of the licensee. No license is valid unless it bears <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>the usual signature of the licensee. Every license must bear a colored photograph or an <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>electronically produced image of the licensee.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>(b) If the United States Postal Service will not deliver mail to the applicant's <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>residence address as listed on the license, then the applicant shall provide verification from <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>the United States Postal Service that mail will not be delivered to the applicant's residence <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>address and that mail will be delivered to a specified alternate mailing address. When an <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>applicant provides an alternate mailing address under this subdivision, the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>shall use the alternate mailing address in lieu of the applicant's residence address for <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>all notices and mailings to the applicant.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>(c) Every license issued to an applicant under the age of 21 must be of a <br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>distinguishing color and plainly marked "Under-21."<br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>(d) The department shall use processes in issuing a license that prohibit, as nearly as <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>possible, the ability to alter or reproduce a license, or prohibit the ability to superimpose a <br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>photograph or electronically produced image on a license, without ready detection.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>(e) A license issued to an applicant age 65 or over must be plainly marked "senior" if <br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>requested by the applicant.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>(f) Every Minnesota  driver's license issued to an applicant who is restricted from <br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>consuming alcohol under section 171.09 must be (1) of a distinguishing color matching <br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>licenses issued under paragraph (c), and (2) plainly marked with a symbol or letter on the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>front of the  license indicating that the holder is restricted from consuming alcohol. The <br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>license may include text on the back indicating the nature of the restriction.<br/>