1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; modifying requirement to have noncancelable insurance 
1.3 	for certain participants in the ignition interlock program;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2018, section 171.306, subdivision 4.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 171.306, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 4.Issuance of restricted license. (a) The commissioner shall issue a class D 
1.8 	driver's license, subject to the applicable limitations and restrictions of this section, to a 
1.9 	program participant who meets the requirements of this section and the program guidelines. 
1.10 	The commissioner shall not issue a license unless the program participant has provided 
1.11 	satisfactory proof that:
1.12 	(1) a certified ignition interlock device has been installed on the participant's motor 
1.13 	vehicle at an installation service center designated by the device's manufacturer; and
1.14 	(2) the participant has insurance coverage on the vehicle equipped with the ignition 
1.15 	interlock device.
1.16 	If the participant has previously been convicted of violating section 169.791, 169.793, or 
1.17 	169.797, or the participant's license has previously been suspended or canceled under section 
1.18 	169.792 or 169.797, the commissioner shall require the participant to present an insurance 
1.19 	identification card, policy, or written statement as proof of insurance coverage, and may 
1.20 	require the insurance identification card provided be that is certified by the insurance 
1.21 	company to be noncancelable for a period not to exceed 12 months.
2.1 	(b) A license issued under authority of this section must contain a restriction prohibiting 
2.2 	the program participant from driving, operating, or being in physical control of any motor 
2.3 	vehicle not equipped with a functioning ignition interlock device certified by the 
2.4 	commissioner. A participant may drive an employer-owned vehicle not equipped with an 
2.5 	interlock device while in the normal course and scope of employment duties pursuant to 
2.6 	the program guidelines established by the commissioner and with the employer's written 
2.7 	consent.
2.8 	(c) A program participant whose driver's license has been: (1) revoked under section 
2.9 	169A.52, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (1), (2), or (3), or subdivision 4, paragraph 
2.10 	(a), clause (1), (2), or (3); 169A.54, subdivision 1, clause (1), (2), (3), or (4); or 171.177, 
2.11 	subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clause (1), (2), or (3), or subdivision 5, paragraph (a), clause 
2.12 	(1), (2), or (3); or (2) revoked under section 171.17, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause 
2.13 	(1), or suspended under section 171.187, for a violation of section 609.2113, subdivision 
2.14 	1, clause (2), item (i) or (iii), (3), or (4); subdivision 2, clause (2), item (i) or (iii), (3), or 
2.15 	(4); or subdivision 3, clause (2), item (i) or (iii), (3), or (4); or 609.2114, subdivision 2, 
2.16 	clause (2), item (i) or (iii), (3), or (4), resulting in bodily harm, substantial bodily harm, or 
2.17 	great bodily harm, where the participant has fewer than two qualified prior impaired driving 
2.18 	incidents within the past ten years or fewer than three qualified prior impaired driving 
2.19 	incidents ever; may apply for conditional reinstatement of the driver's license, subject to 
2.20 	the ignition interlock restriction.
2.21 	(d) A program participant whose driver's license has been: (1) revoked, canceled, or 
2.22 	denied under section 169A.52, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (4), (5), or (6), or 
2.23 	subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clause (4), (5), or (6); 169A.54, subdivision 1, clause (5), (6), 
2.24 	or (7); or 171.177, subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clause (4), (5), or (6), or subdivision 5, 
2.25 	paragraph (a), clause (4), (5), or (6); or (2) revoked under section 171.17, subdivision 1, 
2.26 	paragraph (a), clause (1), or suspended under section 171.187, for a violation of section 
2.27 	609.2113, subdivision 1, clause (2), item (i) or (iii), (3), or (4); subdivision 2, clause (2), 
2.28 	item (i) or (iii), (3), or (4); or subdivision 3, clause (2), item (i) or (iii), (3), or (4); or 
2.29 	609.2114, subdivision 2, clause (2), item (i) or (iii), (3), or (4), resulting in bodily harm, 
2.30 	substantial bodily harm, or great bodily harm, where the participant has two or more qualified 
2.31 	prior impaired driving incidents within the past ten years or three or more qualified prior 
2.32 	impaired driving incidents ever; may apply for a limited license, subject to the ignition 
2.33 	interlock restriction, if the program participant is enrolled in a licensed chemical dependency 
2.34 	treatment or rehabilitation program as recommended in a chemical use assessment, and if 
2.35 	the participant meets the other applicable requirements of section 171.30. After completing 
3.1 	a licensed chemical dependency treatment or rehabilitation program and one year of limited 
3.2 	license use without violating the ignition interlock restriction, the conditions of limited 
3.3 	license use, or program guidelines, the participant may apply for conditional reinstatement 
3.4 	of the driver's license, subject to the ignition interlock restriction. If the program participant's 
3.5 	ignition interlock device subsequently registers a positive breath alcohol concentration of 
3.6 	0.02 or higher, the commissioner shall cancel the driver's license, and the program participant 
3.7 	may apply for another limited license according to this paragraph.
3.8 	(e) Notwithstanding any statute or rule to the contrary, the commissioner has authority 
3.9 	to determine when a program participant is eligible for restoration of full driving privileges, 
3.10 	except that the commissioner shall not reinstate full driving privileges until the program 
3.11 	participant has met all applicable prerequisites for reinstatement under section 169A.55 and 
3.12 	until the program participant's device has registered no positive breath alcohol concentrations 
3.13 	of 0.02 or higher during the preceding 90 days.