Minnesota Session Laws - 1995, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 227-H.F.No. 365 
                  An act relating to insurance; no-fault auto; 
                  regulating priorities of coverage for taxis; requiring 
                  a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 
                  65B.47, subdivision 1a. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 65B.47, 
        subdivision 1a, is amended 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; 
           (5) a passenger in a taxi; or 
           (6) a taxi driver. 
           Sec. 2.  [REVIEW; REPORT.] 
           The commissioner of commerce shall review the impact that 
        changes provided in this act may have on increasing the cost of 
        individual policies of automobile insurance; decreasing the cost 
        of coverage carried by owners of vehicles used as taxis; what 
        percentage of taxi drivers carry workers' compensation coverage; 
        the distribution of injuries between taxi drivers and passengers 
        in taxis on an annual basis; the likelihood that the changes 
        will increase private market competition for insurers selling 
        coverage to taxis; and report to the chair of the committee on 
        financial institutions and insurance of the house and the chair 
        of the committee on commerce of the senate by January 1, 1996. 
           Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
           Section 1, clause (5), is effective for policies issued or 
        renewed after September 1, 1995.  Section 1, clause (6), is 
        effective for policies issued or renewed after September 1, 
        1996.  Section 2 is effective August 1, 1995. 
           Presented to the governor May 23, 1995 
           Signed by the governor May 25, 1995, 8:49 a.m.