HF 4987

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/18/2024 02:06pm

A bill for an act
relating to motor vehicles; modifying certain driver's license online knowledge
testing provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 171.13, subdivision
9.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 171.13, subdivision 9, is amended to read:

Subd. 9.

Online driver's license knowledge testing authorization.

(a) The commissioner
must implement online knowledge testing as provided in this subdivision. The commissioner
must not charge a fee to a driver education program or an authorized entity for access to
the online knowledge testing system or for administering the online knowledge test. deleted text begin The
commissioner must administer the fourth or subsequent knowledge test for a person.
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(b) Upon written request from a driver education program licensed by the department,
the commissioner must grant access to the department's web-based knowledge testing system
to the driver education program. Once granted access to the online knowledge testing system,
a driver education program may administer the online knowledge test to a student of the
program.

(c) An entity other than a driver education program may apply to the commissioner for
authority to administer online knowledge tests. The commissioner may approve or disapprove
an application for administering the online knowledge tests under this paragraph. Upon
approving an application of an entity, the commissioner must grant access to the department's
web-based knowledge testing system to that authorized entity. Once granted access to the
online knowledge testing system, the authorized entity may administer the online knowledge
test.

(d) A driver education program or authorized entity:

(1) must provide all computers and equipment for persons that take the online knowledge
test;

(2) must provide appropriate proctors to monitor persons taking the online knowledge
test; and

(3) may charge a fee of no more than $10 for administering the online knowledge test.

(e) For purposes of paragraph (d), clause (2), a proctor must be:

(1) an employee of the driver education program, authorized entity, or a state or local
government;

(2) a driver's license agent; or

(3) a classroom teacher, school administrator, or paraprofessional at a public or private
school, excluding a home school.

The proctor must be physically present at the location where the test is being administered.
A proctor must not be a relative of the person taking the test. For purposes of this paragraph,
a relative is a spouse, fiancee, fiance, grandparent, parent, child, sibling, or legal guardian,
including adoptive, half, step, and in-law relationships.

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new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2025.
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