SF 1793

1st Engrossment - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to motor vehicles; allowing display of single 
  1.3             original plate from 1911, 1944, 1945, or 1946; 
  1.4             amending Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 168.10, 
  1.5             subdivision 1g. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 168.10, 
  1.8   subdivision 1g, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 1g.  [ORIGINAL PLATES.] A vehicle registered pursuant 
  1.10  to subdivision 1a, 1b, 1c or 1d may in lieu of being issued 
  1.11  number plates by the registrar display original Minnesota number 
  1.12  plates issued in the same year as the model year of the car on 
  1.13  which they are displayed.  The number of the original plates 
  1.14  must be provided to the registrar.  The original plates must be 
  1.15  in good condition and shall be used in pairs one to be displayed 
  1.16  in the front of the car and one in the rear, except for an 
  1.17  original plate issued in 1911, 1944, 1945, or 1946 which may be 
  1.18  used singly and displayed at the rear of the vehicle.  Original 
  1.19  Minnesota number plates shall not be used if the number on the 
  1.20  original plate is identical to a number on any current street 
  1.21  rod plate or any other plate in a numbering system used by the 
  1.22  registrar.  Any person currently using plates issued pursuant to 
  1.23  subdivision 1a, 1b, 1c or 1d shall return those plates to the 
  1.24  registrar before substituting original plates.  The registrar 
  1.25  may charge a fee for registering the number on original plates.