1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to motor vehicles; authorizing additional deputy registrar of motor 
1.3 	vehicles for Scott County; providing for provisional reinstatement of the Golden 
1.4 	Valley deputy registrar.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. ADDITIONAL DEPUTY REGISTRAR OF MOTOR VEHICLES 
1.7 	FOR SCOTT COUNTY.
 1.8 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 168.33, and rules adopted by the 
1.9 	commissioner of public safety, limiting sites for the Office of Deputy Registrar based 
1.10 	on either the distance to an existing deputy registrar office or the annual volume of 
1.11 	transactions processed by any deputy registrar, the commissioner of public safety shall 
1.12 	appoint a county deputy registrar of motor vehicles for Scott County to operate an 
1.13 	extension of Scott County's license bureau, with full authority to function as a registration 
1.14 	and motor vehicle tax collection bureau, at the new library in the city of Elko New Market. 
1.15 	All other provisions regarding the appointment and operation of a deputy registrar of 
1.16 	motor vehicles under Minnesota Statutes, section 168.33, and Minnesota Rules, chapter 
1.17 	7406, apply to the office.

1.18 	Sec. 2. DEPUTY REGISTRAR; GOLDEN VALLEY.
 1.19 	(a) Within 21 days following receipt of the notification specified under paragraph 
1.20 	(b), the commissioner of public safety shall provisionally reinstate the deputy registrar 
1.21 	located in the city of Golden Valley and allow the office to reopen.
1.22 	(b) The city of Golden Valley may submit a notification to the commissioner of 
1.23 	public safety regarding the status of the deputy registrar office, which must include:
2.1 	(1) a summary of findings from an internal investigation of the office related to 
2.2 	suspension of deputy registrar services;
2.3 	(2) a review of recommendations from a preliminary audit of office procedures 
2.4 	and financial practices; and
2.5 	(3) a review of identified changes to staffing, training, supervision, office procedures, 
2.6 	and financial practices implemented or planned to be implemented as part of reopening 
2.7 	the office.
2.8 	(c) The commissioner of public safety may require the deputy registrar to:
2.9 	(1) file a bond in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner, including as 
2.10 	a condition of commencing service to the general public; and
2.11 	(2) comply with any deputy registrar best practices established by the commissioner.
2.12 	(d) Nothing in this section prevents the commissioner of public safety or the Office 
2.13 	of Administrative Hearings, as appropriate, from imposing sanctions subsequent to the 
2.14 	provisional reinstatement under this section, including but not limited to additional or 
2.15 	permanent office closure, or payment of a fine.

2.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.