2nd Engrossment - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 03/31/2022 08:17am
A bill for an act
relating to natural resources; requiring request for proposals to replace Department
of Natural Resources registration system to the driver and vehicle registration
system; requiring a report.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have
the meanings given.
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(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of natural resources.
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(c) "DNR" means the Department of Natural Resources.
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(d) "DNR registration system" means the current Department of Natural Resources
system for boat, all-terrain vehicle, and snowmobile registrations.
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When the commissioner
issues a request for proposals to replace the DNR registration system and scores the responses
to the request for proposals, the commissioner may give a preference to a software vendor
that currently provides vehicle registration software to the state in an amount commensurate
with the commissioner's assessments of the benefits of using an existing software vendor.
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Within 45 days after a vendor has been selected to
provide software to replace the DNR registration system, the commissioner must report to
the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction
over transportation policy and finance and natural resources policy and finance. At a
minimum, the commissioner must include in the report:
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(1) the names of all vendors who submitted a proposal;
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(2) which vendor was selected;
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(3) the estimated timeline for implementing the new registration system;
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(4) if a preference was given as described in subdivision 2, what the preference was and
how the commissioner arrived at that number; and
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(5) if a software vendor that currently provides vehicle registration software to the state
submitted a proposal and that vendor was not selected, an explanation of why that vendor
was not selected.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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