SF 2363

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 03/11/2025 10:06 a.m.

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; providing for judicial review of an extension of a person's
driver's license revocation for a violation of the ignition interlock program
guidelines; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 171.19.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 171.19, is amended to read:

171.19 PETITION FOR COURT HEARING ON LICENSE REINSTATEMENT.

Any person whose driver's license has been refused, revoked, suspended, canceled, or
disqualified by the commissioner, except where the license is revoked or disqualified under
section 169A.52, 171.177, or 171.186, new text begin or whose driver's license revocation period has been
extended by the commissioner based on a violation of the ignition interlock program
guidelines, new text end may file a petition for a hearing in the matter in the district court in the county
wherein such person shall reside and, in the case of a nonresident, in the district court in
any county, and such court is hereby vested with jurisdiction, and it shall be its duty, to set
the matter for hearing upon 15 days' written notice to the commissioner, and thereupon to
take testimony and examine into the facts of the case to determine whether the petitioner is
entitled to a license or is subject to revocation, suspension, cancellation, disqualification,
new text begin revocation extension, new text end or refusal of license, and shall render judgment accordingly. The
petition for hearing must either be filed within 180 days of the effective date of the order
of revocation, suspension, cancellation, disqualification, new text begin revocation extension, new text end or refusal to
license or be filed before expiration of the withdrawal period, whichever occurs first. The
petition shall be heard by the court without a jury and may be heard in or out of term. The
commissioner may appear in person, or by agents or representatives, and may present
evidence upon the hearing by affidavit personally, by agents, or by representatives. The
petitioner may present evidence by affidavit, except that the petitioner must be present in
person at such hearing for the purpose of cross-examination. In the event the department
shall be sustained in these proceedings, the petitioner shall have no further right to make
further petition to any court for the purpose of obtaining a driver's license until after the
expiration of one year after the date of such hearing.