1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to motor vehicles; modifying provision governing display of registration 
1.3 	plates or tabs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 168.09, subdivision 3.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 168.09, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 3.Proratable vehicles; other vehicles. (a) Plates or other insignia issued for 
1.7 	a motor vehicle registered under section 168.187 for a calendar year shall be displayed on 
1.8 	the motor vehicle not later than 12:01 a.m. on March 2 of the year unless extended by 
1.9 	the registrar for the period of time required for the issuance of the new plates or insignia. 
1.10 	The commissioner of public safety shall register all motor vehicles registered under 
1.11 	section 168.187 for a period of 14 months for the registration year 1994 to implement 
1.12 	this subdivision. The registration year for vehicles registered under section 168.187, 
1.13 	as provided in this section, is from March 1 to the last day of February for 1995 and 
1.14 	succeeding years. 
1.15 	(b) Except for a motor vehicle registered under section 168.017 or 168.187, plates or 
1.16 	other insignia issued for a self-propelled motor vehicle registered for over 27,000 pounds 
1.17 	shall be displayed on the vehicle not later than 12:01 a.m. on March 2 of the year, and, 
1.18 	except for recreational equipment, not earlier than 12:01 a.m. on February 15 January 1
1.19 	of the year, unless otherwise extended by the registrar for the period of time required for 
1.20 	issuing the new plates or insignia. 
1.21 	(c) Except for a motor vehicle registered under section 168.017 or 168.187, plates or 
1.22 	other insignia issued for a self-propelled vehicle registered for 27,000 pounds or less and 
1.23 	all other motor vehicles shall be displayed not later than 12:01 a.m. on March 2 of the 
1.24 	year, and, except for recreational equipment, not earlier than January 1 of the year unless 
2.1 	otherwise extended by the registrar for the period of time required for issuing the new 
2.2 	plates or insignia. The registration year for all vehicles as provided in this paragraph and 
2.3 	paragraph (b) is from March 1 to the last day of February for 1979 and succeeding years.