HF 1175

1st Engrossment - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 03/29/2012 06:59pm

A bill for an act
relating to motor vehicles; authorizing additional deputy registrar of motor
vehicles for Scott County; providing for provisional reinstatement of the Golden
Valley deputy registrar.

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

Section 1. new text begin ADDITIONAL DEPUTY REGISTRAR OF MOTOR VEHICLES
FOR SCOTT COUNTY.
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new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 168.33, and rules adopted by the
commissioner of public safety, limiting sites for the Office of Deputy Registrar based
on either the distance to an existing deputy registrar office or the annual volume of
transactions processed by any deputy registrar, the commissioner of public safety shall
appoint a county deputy registrar of motor vehicles for Scott County to operate an
extension of Scott County's license bureau, with full authority to function as a registration
and motor vehicle tax collection bureau, at the new library in the city of Elko New Market.
All other provisions regarding the appointment and operation of a deputy registrar of
motor vehicles under Minnesota Statutes, section 168.33, and Minnesota Rules, chapter
7406, apply to the office.
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Sec. 2. new text begin DEPUTY REGISTRAR; GOLDEN VALLEY.
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new text begin (a) Within 21 days following receipt of the notification specified under paragraph
(b), the commissioner of public safety shall provisionally reinstate the deputy registrar
located in the city of Golden Valley and allow the office to reopen.
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new text begin (b) The city of Golden Valley may submit a notification to the commissioner of
public safety regarding the status of the deputy registrar office, which must include:
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new text begin (1) a summary of findings from an internal investigation of the office related to
suspension of deputy registrar services;
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new text begin (2) a review of recommendations from a preliminary audit of office procedures
and financial practices; and
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new text begin (3) a review of identified changes to staffing, training, supervision, office procedures,
and financial practices implemented or planned to be implemented as part of reopening
the office.
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new text begin (c) The commissioner of public safety may require the deputy registrar to:
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new text begin (1) file a bond in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner, including as
a condition of commencing service to the general public; and
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new text begin (2) comply with any deputy registrar best practices established by the commissioner.
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new text begin (d) Nothing in this section prevents the commissioner of public safety or the Office
of Administrative Hearings, as appropriate, from imposing sanctions subsequent to the
provisional reinstatement under this section, including but not limited to additional or
permanent office closure, or payment of a fine.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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