Minnesota Session Laws - 1990, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1990 

                        CHAPTER 496-S.F.No. 2493 
           An act relating to insurance; promoting availability 
          of automobile insurance for family or group family day 
          care providers; amending Minnesota Statutes 1988, 
          sections 65B.47, subdivision 1, and by adding a 
          subdivision; and 65B.49, by adding a subdivision. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 65B.47, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  In case of injury to the driver or other 
occupant of a motor vehicle other than a commuter van, or other 
than a vehicle being used to transport children to school or to 
a school sponsored activity or other bus while it is in 
operation within the state of Minnesota as to any Minnesota 
resident who is an insured as defined in section 65B.43, 
subdivision 5, if the accident causing the injury occurs while 
the vehicle is being used in the business of transporting 
persons or property, the security for payment of basic economic 
loss benefits is the security covering the vehicle or, if none, 
the security under which the injured person is an insured. 
    Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 65B.47, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 1a.  [EXEMPTIONS.] Subdivision 1 does not apply to:  
    (1) a commuter van; 
    (2) a vehicle being used to transport children as part of a 
family or group family day care program; 
    (3) a vehicle being used to transport children to school or 
to a school-sponsored activity; or 
    (4) a bus while it is in operation within the state of 
Minnesota as to any Minnesota resident who is an insured as 
defined in section 65B.43, subdivision 5. 
    Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 65B.49, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 9.  [FAMILY OR GROUP FAMILY DAY CARE PROVIDER 
COVERAGE.] No plan of reparation security shall exclude coverage 
for a vehicle when used to transport children as part of a 
family or group family day care program. 
    Presented to the governor April 24, 1990 
    Signed by the governor April 24, 1990, 9:52 p.m.