1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; requiring request for proposals to replace Department 
1.3 	of Natural Resources registration system to the driver and vehicle registration 
1.4 	system; requiring a report.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES REGISTRATION 
1.7 	SYSTEM.
 1.8 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have 
1.9 	the meanings given.
1.10 	(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of natural resources.
1.11 	(c) "DNR" means the Department of Natural Resources.
1.12 	(d) "DNR registration system" means the current Department of Natural Resources 
1.13 	system for boat, all-terrain vehicle, and snowmobile registrations.
1.14 		Subd. 2.Request for proposals required; scoring preference. By ..., the commissioner 
1.15 	must issue a request for proposals to replace the DNR registration system. When scoring 
1.16 	the responses to the request for proposals, the commissioner may give a preference to a 
1.17 	software vendor that currently provides vehicle registration software to the state in an amount 
1.18 	commensurate with the commissioner's assessments of the benefits of using an existing 
1.19 	software vendor.
1.20 		Subd. 3.Report to legislature. Within 45 days after a vendor has been selected to 
1.21 	provide software to replace the DNR registration system, the commissioner must report to 
1.22 	the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction 
2.1 	over transportation policy and finance and natural resources policy and finance. At a 
2.2 	minimum, the commissioner must include in the report:
2.3 	(1) the names of all vendors who submitted a proposal;
2.4 	(2) which vendor was selected;
2.5 	(3) the estimated timeline for implementing the new registration system;
2.6 	(4) if a preference was given as described in subdivision 2, what the preference was and 
2.7 	how the commissioner arrived at that number; and
2.8 	(5) if a software vendor that currently provides vehicle registration software to the state 
2.9 	submitted a proposal and that vendor was not selected, an explanation of why that vendor 
2.10 	was not selected.

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