SF 1788

1st Engrossment - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to drivers' licenses; requiring certain 
  1.3             applicants for license renewal to pass examinations; 
  1.4             making clarifying changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.5             2002, section 171.13, subdivision 2. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 171.13, 
  1.8   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 2.  [EXAMINATION UPON RENEWAL.] The department shall 
  1.10  issue a driver's license upon renewal when: 
  1.11     (1) the applicant has passed an examination consisting of a 
  1.12  screening of the applicant's eyesight.  Screening of eyesight 
  1.13  required by this subdivision does not constitute the practice of 
  1.14  optometry as defined in section 148.56; 
  1.15     (2) an applicant who, since the last previous license 
  1.16  renewal or issuance, received a warning letter or attended a 
  1.17  preliminary hearing as a habitual violator, within the meaning 
  1.18  of Minnesota Rules, has passed a written examination; and 
  1.19     (3) an applicant who, since the last previous license 
  1.20  renewal or issuance, was at fault in two or more crashes or had 
  1.21  driving privileges suspended as a habitual violator, has passed 
  1.22  a road examination. 
  1.23  The commissioner may adopt rules to administer this subdivision. 
  1.24     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.25     Section 1 is effective August 1, 2005.