as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 02/28/2023 09:34am
A bill for an act
relating to transportation; renaming the Division of Driver and Vehicle Services
within the Department of Public Safety; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022,
sections 168.325, subdivision 1; 171.168, subdivision 1; 171.3215, subdivision 4.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 168.325, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
A division in the Department of Public Safety to be known
as the Division of deleted text begin Driver and Vehicle Servicesdeleted text end new text begin Motor Vehiclesnew text end is hereby created, under the
supervision and control of the director. The commissioner may place the director's position
in the unclassified service if the position meets the criteria established in section 43A.08,
subdivision 1a.
Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 171.168, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Each person who operates a commercial motor
vehicle, who has a commercial driver's license issued by this state, and who is convicted of
a criminal offense; of a serious traffic violation, as defined in Code of Federal Regulations,
title 49, part 383; or of violating any other state or local law relating to motor vehicle traffic
control, other than a parking violation, in any type of motor vehicle in another state or
jurisdiction, shall notify the department's Division of deleted text begin Driver and Vehicle Servicesdeleted text end new text begin Motor
Vehiclesnew text end of the conviction. The person shall notify the division within 30 days after the date
that the person was convicted.
Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 171.3215, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
(a) The commissioner of public safety or
the commissioner's designee, in consultation with the Division of deleted text begin Driver and Vehicle Servicesdeleted text end new text begin
Motor Vehiclesnew text end , may waive the permanent cancellation requirement of this section for a
person convicted of a misdemeanor, a gross misdemeanor, a nonfelony violation of chapter
152, or a felony that is not a violent crime under section 609.1095.
(b) After notice to the requesting school district and contract provider of school bus
transportation, the commissioner may waive the permanent cancellation requirement after
ten years have elapsed since the person was convicted of a violation of section 609.582,
subdivision 2, 3, or 4.
new text begin
In Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules, the revisor of statutes must substitute the
term "Division of Motor Vehicles" for "Division of Driver and Vehicle Services" wherever
the term occurs.
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