1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; providing for all-terrain vehicle safety training 
1.3 	indication on drivers' licenses and identification cards;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2014, sections 84.925, subdivision 5; 171.07, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 84.925, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 5.Training requirements. (a) An individual who was born after July 1, 
1.8 	1987, and who is 16 years of age or older, must successfully complete the independent 
1.9 	study course component of all-terrain vehicle safety training before operating an all-terrain 
1.10 	vehicle on public lands or waters, public road rights-of-way, or state or grant-in-aid trails.
1.11 	(b) An individual who is convicted of violating a law related to the operation of an 
1.12 	all-terrain vehicle must successfully complete the independent study course component of 
1.13 	all-terrain vehicle safety training before continuing operation of an all-terrain vehicle.
1.14 	(c) An individual who is convicted for a second or subsequent excess speed, trespass, 
1.15 	or wetland violation in an all-terrain vehicle season, or any conviction for careless or 
1.16 	reckless operation of an all-terrain vehicle, must successfully complete the independent 
1.17 	study and the testing and operating course components of all-terrain vehicle safety training 
1.18 	before continuing operation of an all-terrain vehicle.
1.19 	(d) An individual who receives three or more citations and convictions for violating a 
1.20 	law related to the operation of an all-terrain vehicle in a two-year period must successfully 
1.21 	complete the independent study and the testing and operating course components of 
1.22 	all-terrain vehicle safety training before continuing operation of an all-terrain vehicle.
2.1 	(e) An individual must present evidence of compliance with this subdivision before 
2.2 	an all-terrain vehicle registration is issued or renewed. A person may use the following as 
2.3 	evidence of meeting all-terrain vehicle safety certificate requirements:
2.4 	(1) a valid all-terrain vehicle safety certificate issued by the commissioner;
2.5 	(2) a driver's license that has a valid all-terrain vehicle safety certificate indicator 
2.6 	issued under section 171.07, subdivision 18; or
2.7 	(3) an identification card that has a valid all-terrain vehicle safety certificate indicator 
2.8 	issued under section 171.07, subdivision 18.

2.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2016, or the date the new 
2.10 	driver and vehicle services information technology system is implemented, whichever 
2.11 	comes later.

2.12 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 171.07, is amended by adding a subdivision 
2.13 	to read:
2.14 		Subd. 18.All-terrain vehicle safety certificate. (a) The department shall maintain 
2.15 	in its records information transmitted electronically from the commissioner of natural 
2.16 	resources identifying each person to whom the commissioner has issued an all-terrain 
2.17 	vehicle safety certificate. The records transmitted from the Department of Natural 
2.18 	Resources must contain the full name and date of birth as required for the driver's license 
2.19 	or identification card. Records that are not matched to a driver's license or identification 
2.20 	card record may be deleted after seven years.
2.21 	(b) After receiving information under paragraph (a) that a person has received an 
2.22 	all-terrain vehicle safety certificate, the department shall include, on all drivers' licenses 
2.23 	or Minnesota identification cards subsequently issued to the person, a graphic or written 
2.24 	indication that the person has received the certificate.
2.25 	(c) If a person who has received an all-terrain vehicle safety certificate applies 
2.26 	for a driver's license or Minnesota identification card before that information has been 
2.27 	transmitted to the department, the department may accept a copy of the certificate as proof 
2.28 	of its issuance and shall then follow the procedures in paragraph (b).

2.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2016, or the date the new 
2.30 	driver and vehicle services information technology system is implemented, whichever 
2.31 	comes later.