HF 1594

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/10/2015 05:11pm

A bill for an act
relating to natural resources; providing for all-terrain vehicle safety training
indication on drivers' licenses and identification cards; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2014, sections 84.925, subdivision 5; 171.07, by adding a subdivision.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 84.925, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5.

Training requirements.

(a) An individual who was born after July 1,
1987, and who is 16 years of age or older, must successfully complete the independent
study course component of all-terrain vehicle safety training before operating an all-terrain
vehicle on public lands or waters, public road rights-of-way, or state or grant-in-aid trails.

(b) An individual who is convicted of violating a law related to the operation of an
all-terrain vehicle must successfully complete the independent study course component of
all-terrain vehicle safety training before continuing operation of an all-terrain vehicle.

(c) An individual who is convicted for a second or subsequent excess speed, trespass,
or wetland violation in an all-terrain vehicle season, or any conviction for careless or
reckless operation of an all-terrain vehicle, must successfully complete the independent
study and the testing and operating course components of all-terrain vehicle safety training
before continuing operation of an all-terrain vehicle.

(d) An individual who receives three or more citations and convictions for violating a
law related to the operation of an all-terrain vehicle in a two-year period must successfully
complete the independent study and the testing and operating course components of
all-terrain vehicle safety training before continuing operation of an all-terrain vehicle.

(e) An individual must present evidence of compliance with this subdivision before
an all-terrain vehicle registration is issued or renewed. new text begin A person may use the following as
evidence of meeting all-terrain vehicle safety certificate requirements:
new text end

new text begin (1) a valid all-terrain vehicle safety certificate issued by the commissioner;
new text end

new text begin (2) a driver's license that has a valid all-terrain vehicle safety certificate indicator
issued under section 171.07, subdivision 18; or
new text end

new text begin (3) an identification card that has a valid all-terrain vehicle safety certificate indicator
issued under section 171.07, subdivision 18.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2016, or the date the new
driver and vehicle services information technology system is implemented, whichever
comes later.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 171.07, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 18. new text end

new text begin All-terrain vehicle safety certificate. new text end

new text begin (a) The department shall maintain
in its records information transmitted electronically from the commissioner of natural
resources identifying each person to whom the commissioner has issued an all-terrain
vehicle safety certificate. The records transmitted from the Department of Natural
Resources must contain the full name and date of birth as required for the driver's license
or identification card. Records that are not matched to a driver's license or identification
card record may be deleted after seven years.
new text end

new text begin (b) After receiving information under paragraph (a) that a person has received an
all-terrain vehicle safety certificate, the department shall include, on all drivers' licenses
or Minnesota identification cards subsequently issued to the person, a graphic or written
indication that the person has received the certificate.
new text end

new text begin (c) If a person who has received an all-terrain vehicle safety certificate applies
for a driver's license or Minnesota identification card before that information has been
transmitted to the department, the department may accept a copy of the certificate as proof
of its issuance and shall then follow the procedures in paragraph (b).
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2016, or the date the new
driver and vehicle services information technology system is implemented, whichever
comes later.
new text end