1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; governing appointment of a deputy registrar and 
1.3 	driver's license agent in city of Farmington;repealing Laws 2010, chapter 351, 
1.4 	section 67.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. DEPUTY REGISTRAR AND DRIVER'S LICENSE AGENT IN 
1.7 	FARMINGTON.
 1.8 	(a) The commissioner of public safety shall appoint a deputy registrar of motor 
1.9 	vehicles to operate a new full-service Office of Deputy Registrar, with full authority to 
1.10 	function as a registration and motor vehicle tax collection bureau, located at the city 
1.11 	hall in the city of Farmington. This paragraph applies notwithstanding the provisions of 
1.12 	Minnesota Statutes, section 168.33, and rules adopted by the commissioner of public 
1.13 	safety, governing (1) sites for the office of deputy registrar, including limitations based 
1.14 	on the distance to an existing deputy registrar office or the annual volume of transactions 
1.15 	processed by any deputy registrar; (2) residency requirements for an appointed deputy 
1.16 	registrar; and (3) procedures for county board appointment of a deputy registrar, including 
1.17 	Minnesota Rules, part 7406.0350. All other provisions regarding the appointment and 
1.18 	operation of a deputy registrar of motor vehicles under Minnesota Statutes, section 168.33, 
1.19 	and Minnesota Rules, chapter 7406, apply to the office.
1.20 	(b) The commissioner of public safety shall appoint a driver's license agent to 
1.21 	operate a new full-service driver licensing office, with full authority to function as 
1.22 	a licensing agent, located at the city hall in the city of Farmington. This paragraph 
1.23 	applies notwithstanding the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 171.061, and 
1.24 	rules adopted by the commissioner of public safety, governing (1) sites for the office, 
2.1 	including limitations based on the distance to an existing licensing agent office or the 
2.2 	annual volume of transactions processed by any licensing agent; and (2) procedures for 
2.3 	county board appointment of a driver's license agent, including Minnesota Rules, part 
2.4 	7404.0350. All other provisions regarding the appointment and operation of a driver's 
2.5 	license agent under Minnesota Statutes, section 171.061, and Minnesota Rules, chapter 
2.6 	7404, apply to the office.
2.7 	(c) The commissioner shall make the appointments under this section within two 
2.8 	weeks of receipt of an appointment application pursuant to the commissioner's procedures 
2.9 	under Minnesota Rules.

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

2.11 	Sec. 2.  REPEALER.
 2.12 	Laws 2010, chapter 351, section 67, is repealed.