Minnesota Session Laws - 1994, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 547-S.F.No. 2303 
                  An act relating to highway safety; requiring persons 
                  age 55 or over to complete a refresher course in 
                  accident prevention in order to remain eligible for a 
                  reduction in private passenger vehicle insurance 
                  rates; amending Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 
                  65B.28. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 65B.28, is 
        amended to read: 
           65B.28 [ACCIDENT PREVENTION COURSE PREMIUM REDUCTIONS.] 
           Subdivision 1.  [REQUIRED REDUCTION.] An insurer must 
        provide an appropriate premium reduction of at least ten percent 
        on its policies of private passenger vehicle insurance, as 
        defined in section 65B.001, subdivision 2, issued, delivered, or 
        renewed in this state after January 1, 1985, to insureds 55 
        years old and older who successfully complete an accident 
        prevention course or refresher course established under 
        subdivision 2 subdivisions 2 and 3. 
           Subd. 2.  [ACCIDENT PREVENTION COURSE; RULES.] The 
        commissioner of public safety shall, by January 1, 1985, adopt 
        rules establishing and regulating a motor vehicle accident 
        prevention course for persons 55 years old and older.  The rules 
        must, at a minimum, include provisions:  
           (1) establishing curriculum requirements; 
           (2) establishing the number of hours required for 
        successful completion of the course; and 
           (3) providing for the issuance of a course completion 
        certification and requiring its submission to an insured as 
        evidence of completion of the course; and. 
           (4) requiring persons 55 years old and older to retake the 
        course every three years to remain eligible for a premium 
        reduction. 
           Subd. 3.  [REFRESHER COURSE.] The department of public 
        safety, in consultation with other traffic safety and medical 
        professionals, may establish without rulemaking a refresher 
        course for persons who have completed the original course under 
        subdivision 2.  The refresher course shall be no more than four 
        hours, and based on the curriculum established under subdivision 
        2.  The department of public safety shall establish criteria for 
        and approve training agencies or organizations authorized to 
        conduct the refresher course. 
           Subd. 4.  [COMPLETION CERTIFICATE.] Persons 55 years old 
        and older may retake the original course or take the refresher 
        course every three years and receive a course completion 
        certificate to remain eligible for the premium reduction in 
        subdivision 1.  The department of public safety shall provide 
        criteria for the issuance of the course completion certificates. 
           Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATES.] 
           Section 1 is effective January 1, 1995. 
           Presented to the governor April 29, 1994 
           Signed by the governor May 2, 1994, 1:47 p.m.