SF 2983

1st Engrossment - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to motor vehicles; requiring notice on vehicle to be dismantled
or destroyed; modifying definition of "motorized foot scooter"; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168A.153; Minnesota Statutes 2005
Supplement, section 169.01, subdivision 4c.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168A.153, is amended to read:

168A.153 REPORT OF VEHICLE RECEIPT; SURRENDER OF
CERTIFICATE.

Subdivision 1.

Older model vehicle.

A dealer who buys an older model vehicle
to be dismantled or destroyed shall report to the department within 30 days including
the vehicle's license plate number and identification number, and the seller's name and
driver's license number.

Subd. 2.

Late-model or high-value vehicle.

A dealer who buys a late-model or
high-value vehicle to be dismantled or destroyed shall notify the secured party, if any, and
deleted text begin then surrender the certificate of title and a properly completed application for a salvage
certificate of title to the department within ten days deleted text end new text begin the commissioner within ten days
in the manner prescribed in subdivision 3. The dealer shall then properly destroy the
certificate of title new text end .

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Notification on vehicle to be dismantled or destroyed; service fee.
new text end

new text begin Within the time frames prescribed in subdivisions 1 and 2 of acquiring a vehicle titled and
registered in Minnesota, a dealer shall notify the registrar that the dealership purchased the
vehicle to be dismantled or destroyed. The notification must be made electronically as
prescribed by the registrar. The dealer may contract this service to a deputy registrar and
the registrar may charge a fee not to exceed $7 per transaction to provide this service.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 169.01, subdivision 4c, is
amended to read:

Subd. 4c.

Motorized foot scooter.

"Motorized foot scooter" means a device with
handlebars designed to be stood or sat upon by the operator, and powered by an internal
combustion engine or electric motor that is capable of propelling the device with or
without human propulsion, and that has deleted text begin either (1) deleted text end no more than two ten-inch or smaller
diameter wheels deleted text begin or (2) deleted text end new text begin and has new text end an engine or motor that is capable of a maximum speed of
15 miles per hour on a flat surface with not more than one percent grade in any direction
when the motor is engaged. An electric personal assistive mobility device, a motorized
bicycle, an electric-assisted bicycle, or a motorcycle is not a motorized foot scooter.