1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to drivers' licenses; requiring commissioner of public safety to include 
1.3 	information and questions relating to pupil transportation safety in driver's 
1.4 	training manual and examination; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 
1.5 	169.21, by adding a subdivision; 169.446, subdivision 2; 171.13, subdivision 1, 
1.6 	by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.446, 
1.7 	subdivision 3.
1.8 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.9 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.21, is amended by adding a 
1.10 	subdivision to read:
1.11 		Subd. 6.Driver education curriculum. The class D curriculum, in addition to 
1.12 	driver education classroom curriculum prescribed in rules or statutes for class D motor 
1.13 	vehicles, must include instruction on the duties of a driver when encountering a bicycle, 
1.14 	other nonmotorized vehicles, or a pedestrian.

1.15 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.446, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.16 		Subd. 2.Driver training programs. The commissioner of public safety shall 
1.17 	adopt rules requiring a minimum of 30 minutes of thorough instruction concerning 
1.18 	section 169.444 for persons enrolled in driver training programs offered at public, private 
1.19 	and parochial schools, and commercial driver training schools. The instruction must 
1.20 	encompass at least the responsibilities of drivers, the content and requirements of section 
1.21 	169.444, and the penalties for violating that section. 

1.22 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.13, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.1 		Subdivision 1.Examination subjects and locations; provisions for color 
2.2 	blindness, disabled veterans. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the 
2.3 	commissioner shall examine each applicant for a driver's license by such agency as the 
2.4 	commissioner directs. This examination must include a test of applicant's eyesight; ability 
2.5 	to read and understand highway signs regulating, warning, and directing traffic; knowledge 
2.6 	of traffic laws; knowledge of the effects of alcohol and drugs on a driver's ability to operate 
2.7 	a motor vehicle safely and legally, and of the legal penalties and financial consequences 
2.8 	resulting from violations of laws prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle while under 
2.9 	the influence of alcohol or drugs; knowledge of railroad grade crossing safety; knowledge 
2.10 	of slow-moving vehicle safety; knowledge of laws relating to pupil transportation safety, 
2.11 	including the significance of school bus lights, signals, stop arm, and passing a school 
2.12 	bus; knowledge of traffic laws related to bicycles; an actual demonstration of ability to 
2.13 	exercise ordinary and reasonable control in the operation of a motor vehicle; and other 
2.14 	physical and mental examinations as the commissioner finds necessary to determine the 
2.15 	applicant's fitness to operate a motor vehicle safely upon the highways, provided, further 
2.16 	however, no driver's license shall be denied an applicant on the exclusive grounds that the 
2.17 	applicant's eyesight is deficient in color perception. Provided, however, that war veterans 
2.18 	operating motor vehicles especially equipped for disabled persons, shall, if otherwise 
2.19 	entitled to a license, be granted such license. The commissioner shall make provision for 
2.20 	giving these examinations either in the county where the applicant resides or at a place 
2.21 	adjacent thereto reasonably convenient to the applicant.

2.22 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.13, is amended by adding a subdivision 
2.23 	to read:
2.24 		Subd. 1i.Pupil transportation safety. The commissioner shall include in each 
2.25 	edition of the driver's manual a section relating to pupil transportation safety laws.

2.26 	Sec. 5.  REPEALER.
 2.27 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.446, subdivision 3, is repealed.