Minnesota Session Laws - 1992, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1992 

                        CHAPTER 418-S.F.No. 2637 
           An act relating to motor carriers; regulating courier 
          services carriers; amending Minnesota Statutes 1990, 
          section 221.011, subdivision 25.  
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1990, section 221.011, 
subdivision 25, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 25.  "Courier services carrier" means any person who 
offers expedited door-to-door transportation of transports 
packages and articles less than 100 pounds in weight in vehicles 
with a registered gross vehicle weight and gross vehicle weight 
rating not exceeding 15,000 pounds. except household goods by 
either: 
    (1) expedited delivery, which means that: 
    (i) shipments are made by single axle straight truck or 
smaller vehicle; 
    (ii) shipments are picked up within one hour of the 
shipper's initial request for service; 
    (iii) after shipments are picked up, delivery is made 
within six hours; and 
    (iv) there is no cross docking or overnight sorting of 
shipments; or 
    (2) overnight small package delivery, which means that: 
    (i) the transportation originates and ends on the same 
calendar day or the following business day; 
    (ii) no package or article of a shipment exceeds 100 pounds 
per item; 
    (iii) the aggregate of shipments received by a single 
consignee from a single consignor on a single calendar day does 
not exceed 400 pounds; 
    (iv) a vehicle at the point of delivery does not exceed 
15,000 pounds gross vehicle weight; 
    (v) there may be cross docking or overnight sorting of 
shipments; and 
    (vi) operations of the courier services carrier may 
resemble operations of other types of carriers defined in this 
section.  
    Courier service carriers must maintain accurate records of 
each shipment picked up and delivered, including (1) time of the 
request for service, (2) time of the pickup, (3) time of 
delivery, (4) weight of the shipment, and (5) the specific 
vehicle or vehicles used to transport the shipment. 
    Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment. 
    Presented to the governor April 6, 1992 
    Signed by the governor April 8, 1992, 5:02 p.m.