Office of the Revisor of Statutes
Minnesota Session Laws - 1997, Regular Session
Key: (1) language to be deleted (2) new language
CHAPTER 230-H.F.No. 241
An act relating to motor carriers; allowing personnel
of departments of transportation and public safety to
conduct joint or combined audits of motor carrier
records; requiring commissioner of public safety to
provide commissioner of transportation information on
traffic accidents involving commercial motor vehicles;
providing for enforcement authority of personnel of
departments of transportation and public safety
relating to motor carriers; modifying requirements to
obtain restricted driver's license for farm work;
conforming state statutes to federal motor carrier
safety regulations; providing for the reauthorization
of the uniform hazardous materials registration and
permit program for an additional year; authorizing
commissioner of transportation to accept electronic
signatures for electronically transmitted motor
carrier documents; providing immunity from civil
liability for certain disclosures by motor carrier
employers; providing for hazardous waste transporter
licensing under state law; amending Minnesota Statutes
1996, sections 168.187, subdivision 20; 169.09,
subdivision 13; 169.85; 169.871, subdivisions 1 and
1a; 171.041, as amended; 221.0314, subdivisions 1, 2,
6, 7, 9, 10, and 11; 221.0355, subdivisions 5 and 15;
221.221, subdivisions 2 and 4; 296.17, subdivision 18;
296.171, subdivision 4; and 299D.06; Laws 1994,
chapter 589, section 8, as amended; proposing coding
for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 221.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 168.187,
subdivision 20, is amended to read:
Subd. 20. [JOINT OR RECIPROCAL AUDITS.] The commissioner
of public safety may make arrangements with the commissioner of
transportation and with agencies of other states administering
motor vehicle registration laws for joint or reciprocal audits
of any owner.
Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 169.09,
subdivision 13, is amended to read:
Subd. 13. [REPORTS CONFIDENTIAL; EVIDENCE, FEE, PENALTY,
APPROPRIATION.] (a) All written reports and supplemental reports
required under this section shall be for the use of the
commissioner of public safety and other appropriate state,
federal, county, and municipal governmental agencies for
accident analysis purposes, except:
(1) the commissioner of public safety or any law
enforcement agency shall, upon written request of any person
involved in an accident or upon written request of the
representative of the person's estate, surviving spouse, or one
or more surviving next of kin, or a trustee appointed pursuant
to section 573.02, disclose to the requester, the requester's
legal counsel, or a representative of the requester's insurer
the report required under subdivision 8;
(2) the commissioner of public safety shall, upon written
request, provide the driver filing a report under subdivision 7
with a copy of the report filed by the driver;
(3) the commissioner of public safety may verify with
insurance companies vehicle insurance information to enforce
sections 65B.48, 169.792, 169.793, 169.796, and 169.797;
(4) the commissioner of public safety may give to shall
provide the commissioner of transportation the name and address
of a carrier subject to section 221.031 for use in enforcing the
information obtained for each traffic accident report
requirements under chapter 221 involving a commercial motor
vehicle, for purposes of administering commercial vehicle safety
regulations; and
(5) the commissioner of public safety may give to the
United States Department of Transportation commercial vehicle
accident information in connection with federal grant programs
relating to safety.
(b) Accident reports and data contained in the reports
shall not be discoverable under any provision of law or rule of
court. No report shall be used as evidence in any trial, civil
or criminal, arising out of an accident, except that the
commissioner of public safety shall furnish upon the demand of
any person who has, or claims to have, made a report, or, upon
demand of any court, a certificate showing that a specified
accident report has or has not been made to the commissioner
solely to prove compliance or failure to comply with the
requirements that the report be made to the commissioner.
(c) Nothing in this subdivision prevents any person who has
made a report pursuant to this section from providing
information to any persons involved in an accident or their
representatives or from testifying in any trial, civil or
criminal, arising out of an accident, as to facts within the
person's knowledge. It is intended by this subdivision to
render privileged the reports required, but it is not intended
to prohibit proof of the facts to which the reports relate.
(d) Disclosing any information contained in any accident
report, except as provided in this subdivision, section 13.82,
subdivision 3 or 4, or other statutes, is a misdemeanor.
(e) The commissioner of public safety may charge authorized
persons a $5 fee for a copy of an accident report.
(f) The commissioner and law enforcement agencies may
charge commercial users who request access to response or
incident data relating to accidents a fee not to exceed 50 cents
per report. "Commercial user" is a user who in one location
requests access to data in more than five accident reports per
month, unless the user establishes that access is not for a
commercial purpose. Money collected by the commissioner under
this paragraph is appropriated to the commissioner.
Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 169.85, is
amended to read:
169.85 [WEIGHING; PENALTY.]
The driver of a vehicle which has been lawfully stopped may
be required by a peace an officer to submit the vehicle and load
to a weighing by means of portable or stationary scales, and the
peace officer may require that the vehicle be driven to the
nearest available scales if the distance to the scales is no
further than five miles, or if the distance from the point where
the vehicle is stopped to the vehicle's destination is not
increased by more than ten miles as a result of proceeding to
the nearest available scales. Official traffic control devices
as authorized by section 169.06 may be used to direct the driver
to the nearest scale. When a truck weight enforcement operation
is conducted by means of portable or stationary scales and signs
giving notice of the operation are posted within the highway
right-of-way and adjacent to the roadway within two miles of the
operation, the driver of a truck or combination of vehicles
registered for or weighing in excess of 12,000 pounds shall
proceed to the scale site and submit the vehicle to weighing and
inspection.
Upon weighing a vehicle and load, as provided in this
section, an officer may require the driver to stop the vehicle
in a suitable place and remain standing until a portion of the
load is removed that is sufficient to reduce the gross weight of
the vehicle to the limit permitted under section 169.825. A
suitable place is a location where loading or tampering with the
load is not prohibited by federal, state, or local law, rule or
ordinance. A driver may be required to unload a vehicle only if
the weighing officer determines that (a) on routes subject to
the provisions of section 169.825, the weight on an axle exceeds
the lawful gross weight prescribed by section 169.825, by 2,000
pounds or more, or the weight on a group of two or more
consecutive axles in cases where the distance between the
centers of the first and last axles of the group under
consideration is ten feet or less exceeds the lawful gross
weight prescribed by section 169.825, by 4,000 pounds or more;
or (b) on routes designated by the commissioner in section
169.832, subdivision 11, the overall weight of the vehicle or
the weight on an axle or group of consecutive axles exceeds the
maximum lawful gross weights prescribed by section 169.825; or
(c) the weight is unlawful on an axle or group of consecutive
axles on a road restricted in accordance with section 169.87.
Material unloaded must be cared for by the owner or driver of
the vehicle at the risk of the owner or driver.
A driver of a vehicle who fails or refuses to stop and
submit the vehicle and load to a weighing as required in this
section, or who fails or refuses, when directed by an officer
upon a weighing of the vehicle, to stop the vehicle and
otherwise comply with the provisions of this section, is guilty
of a misdemeanor.
When used in this section, the word "officer" means a peace
officer or an employee of the department of public safety
described in section 299D.06.
Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 169.871,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [CIVIL LIABILITY.] The owner or lessee of a
vehicle that is operated with a gross weight in excess of a
weight limit imposed under sections 169.825 and 169.832 to
169.851 and 169.87 or a shipper who ships or tenders goods for
shipment in a single truck or combination vehicle that exceeds a
weight limit imposed under sections 169.825 and 169.832 to
169.851 and 169.87 is liable for a civil penalty as follows:
(a) If the total gross excess weight is not more than 1,000
pounds, one cent per pound for each pound in excess of the legal
limit;
(b) If the total gross excess weight is more than 1,000
pounds but not more than 3,000 pounds, $10 plus five cents per
pound for each pound in excess of 1,000 pounds;
(c) If the total gross excess weight is more than 3,000
pounds but not more than 5,000 pounds, $110 plus ten cents per
pound for each pound in excess of 3,000 pounds;
(d) If the total gross excess weight is more than 5,000
pounds but not more than 7,000 pounds, $310 plus 15 cents per
pound for each pound in excess of 5,000 pounds;
(e) If the total gross excess weight is more than 7,000
pounds, $610 plus 20 cents per pound for each pound in excess of
7,000 pounds.
Any penalty imposed upon a defendant under this subdivision
shall not exceed the penalty prescribed by this subdivision.
Any fine paid by the defendant in a criminal overweight action
that arose from the same overweight violation shall be applied
toward payment of the civil penalty under this subdivision. A
peace officer or department of public safety employee described
in section 299D.06 who cites a driver for a violation of the
weight limitations established by sections 169.81 to 169.851 and
169.87 shall give written notice to the driver that the driver
or another may also be liable for the civil penalties provided
herein in the same or separate proceedings.
Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 169.871,
subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
Subd. 1a. [SPECIAL PERMIT VIOLATIONS.] The owner or lessee
of a vehicle that is operated with a gross weight in excess of a
weight limit imposed by permit under sections 169.86 and 169.862
and a shipper who ships or tenders goods for shipment in a
single truck or combination vehicle that exceeds a weight limit
permitted under sections 169.86 or 169.862 is liable for a civil
penalty at a rate of five cents per pound for each pound in
excess of the weight permitted under section 169.86 or 169.862,
or $100, whichever is greater.
Any penalty imposed upon a defendant under this subdivision
shall not exceed the penalty prescribed by this subdivision.
Any fine paid by the defendant in a criminal overweight action
that arose from the same overweight violation may not be applied
toward payment of the civil penalty under this subdivision. A
peace officer or department of public safety employee described
in section 299D.06 who cites a driver for a violation of the
weight limitations established by permit pursuant to section
169.86 or 169.862 shall give written notice to the driver that
the driver or another may also be liable for the civil penalty
provided in this subdivision in the same or separate proceedings.
Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 171.041, as
amended by Laws 1997, chapter 48, section 1, is amended to read:
171.041 [RESTRICTED LICENSES FOR FARM WORK.]
Notwithstanding any provisions of section 171.04 relating
to the age of an applicant to the contrary, the commissioner may
issue a restricted farm work license to operate a motor vehicle
to a person who has attained the age of 15 years but who is
under the age of 16 years and who, except for age, is qualified
to hold a driver's license. The applicant is not required to
comply with the six-month instruction permit possession
provisions of sections 171.04, subdivision 1, clause (2), and
171.05, subdivision 2a. The restricted license shall be issued
solely for the purpose of authorizing the person to whom the
restricted license is issued to assist the person's parents or
guardians with farm work. A person holding this restricted
license may operate a motor vehicle only during daylight hours
and only within a radius of 20 miles of the parent's or
guardian's farmhouse; however, in no case may a person holding
the restricted license operate a motor vehicle in a city of the
first class. An applicant for a restricted license shall apply
to the commissioner for the license on forms prescribed by the
commissioner. The application shall be accompanied by:
(1) a copy of a property tax statement showing that
the applicant's residence applicant owns land that is classified
as agricultural land or a copy of a rental statement or
agreement showing that the applicant rents land classified as
agricultural land; and
(2) by a written verified statement by the applicant's
parent or guardian setting forth the necessity for the license.
Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 221.0314,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [APPLICABILITY.] (a) Intrastate motor
carriers, private carriers, and persons providing intrastate
transportation described in section 221.025, must comply with
the rules federal regulations incorporated in this section.
Private carriers and persons providing intrastate transportation
described in section 221.025, must comply with the federal
regulations incorporated in this section to the extent required
by section 221.031. Every carrier and its officers, agents,
representatives, and employees responsible for managing,
maintaining, equipping, operating, or driving motor vehicles, or
hiring, supervising, training, assigning, or dispatching
drivers, must be instructed in and comply with the rules
incorporated in this section and shall require that its agents,
representatives, drivers, and employees comply.
(b) In the rules incorporated in subdivisions 2 to 11:
(1) the term "motor carrier" means a carrier required to
comply with this section by section 221.031;
(2) a reference to a federal agency or office means the
Minnesota department of transportation; and
(3) a reference to a federal administrative officer means
the commissioner of the Minnesota department of transportation.
Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 221.0314,
subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2. [QUALIFICATIONS OF DRIVERS.] Code of Federal
Regulations, title 49, part 391 and appendixes C, D, and E, are
incorporated by reference except for sections 391.1; 391.2;
391.11, paragraph (b)(1); 391.47; 391.49, paragraphs (b) to (1);
391.51, paragraphs (f) and (g); 391.62; 391.64; 391.67; 391.68;
391.69; 391.71; and those sections incorporated in section
221.0313, subdivision 4 391.73. In addition, the cross
references to Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section
391.62, 391.67, or 391.71 or to part 391, subpart G, found in
Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, sections 391.11,
paragraphs (a) and (b); 391.21, paragraph (a); 391.23, paragraph
(a); 391.25; 391.27, paragraph (a); 391.31, paragraph (a);
391.35, paragraph (a); 391.41, paragraph (a); and
391.45, sections or paragraphs not incorporated in this
subdivision are not incorporated by reference.
Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 221.0314,
subdivision 6, is amended to read:
Subd. 6. [DRIVING OF MOTOR VEHICLES.] Code of Federal
Regulations, title 49, part 392, is incorporated by reference,
except that sections 392.1, 392.2, and 392.30, paragraph (a), of
that part, are not incorporated.
Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 221.0314,
subdivision 7, is amended to read:
Subd. 7. [PARTS AND ACCESSORIES NECESSARY FOR SAFE
OPERATION.] Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 393, is
incorporated by reference, except that sections 393.1, 393.3,
and 393.5 of that part are not incorporated for paragraph (d) of
section 393.43. In addition, despite the first paragraph of
Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 393.95, a
lightweight vehicle must carry a fire extinguisher meeting the
requirements in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section
393.95.
Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 221.0314,
subdivision 9, is amended to read:
Subd. 9. [HOURS OF SERVICE OF DRIVERS.] Code of Federal
Regulations, title 49, part 395, is incorporated by reference,
except that sections 395.3, paragraphs (d) to (f); 395.8,
paragraphs (k)(2) and (l)(2); paragraphs (a), (c), (d), (f),
(i), (j), (l), (m), (n), and (o) of section 395.1 and section
395.13, of that part are not incorporated. In addition, the
cross reference references to paragraph (e) in Code of Federal
Regulations, title 49, section 395.3, paragraph (a), is sections
or paragraphs not incorporated in this subdivision are not
incorporated by reference. The requirements of Code of Federal
Regulations, title 49, sections 395.3, paragraphs (a) and (b);
and 395.8, paragraphs (a) to (k), part 395, do not apply to
drivers of lightweight vehicles.
Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 221.0314,
subdivision 10, is amended to read:
Subd. 10. [INSPECTION, REPAIR, AND MAINTENANCE.] Code of
Federal Regulations, title 49, part 396, is incorporated by
reference, except that sections 396.1, 396.9, and; 396.11,
paragraph (d); 396.17 to; 396.19; 396.21; and 396.23 of that
part are not incorporated.
Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 221.0314,
subdivision 11, is amended to read:
Subd. 11. [TRANSPORTING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; DRIVING AND
PARKING.] A person who transports hazardous materials shall
comply with this section and rules adopted under section 221.031
when that person is transporting a hazardous material, hazardous
waste, or hazardous substance in a vehicle that must be marked
or placarded in accordance with Code of Federal Regulations,
title 49, section 172.504, incorporated by reference in section
221.033. Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 397, is
incorporated by reference, except that sections 397.1 to 397.3
of that part are not incorporated. A petroleum transport driver
shall not park on a public street adjacent to a bridge, tunnel,
dwelling, building, or place where persons work, congregate, or
assemble, except when necessary to unload.
Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 221.0355,
subdivision 5, is amended to read:
Subd. 5. [HAZARDOUS WASTE TRANSPORTERS.] (a) A carrier
with its principal place of business in Minnesota or who
designates Minnesota as its base state shall file a disclosure
statement with and obtain a permit from the commissioner that
specifically authorizes the transportation of hazardous waste
before transporting a hazardous waste in Minnesota. A carrier
that designates another participating state as its base state
shall file a disclosure statement with and obtain a permit from
that state that specifically authorizes the transportation of
hazardous waste before transporting a hazardous waste in
Minnesota. A registration is valid for one year from the date a
notice of registration form is issued and a permit is valid for
three years from the date issued or until a carrier fails to
renew its registration, whichever occurs first.
(b) A disclosure statement must include the information
contained in part III of the uniform application. A person who
has direct management responsibility for a carrier's hazardous
waste transportation operations shall submit a full set of the
person's fingerprints, with the carrier's disclosure statement,
for identification purposes and to enable the commissioner to
determine whether the person has a criminal record. The
commissioner shall send the person's fingerprints to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation and shall request the bureau to conduct
a check of the person's criminal record. The commissioner shall
not issue a notice of registration or permit to a hazardous
waste transporter who has not made a full and accurate
disclosure of the required information or paid the fees required
by this subdivision. Making a materially false or misleading
statement in a disclosure statement is prohibited.
(c) The commissioner shall assess a carrier the actual
costs incurred by the commissioner for conducting the uniform
program's required investigation of the information contained in
a disclosure statement.
(d) A permit under this subdivision becomes a license under
section 221.035, subdivision 1, on August 1, 1997 1998, and is
subject to the provisions of section 221.035 until it expires.
Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 221.0355,
subdivision 15, is amended to read:
Subd. 15. [HAZARDOUS WASTE LICENSES.] (a) From October 1,
1994, until August 1, 1997 1998, the commissioner shall not
register hazardous material transporters under section 221.0335
or license hazardous waste transporters under section 221.035.
A person who is licensed under section 221.035 need not obtain a
permit under subdivision 4 or 5 for the transportation of
hazardous waste in Minnesota, until the person's license has
expired. A carrier wishing to transport hazardous waste in
another participating state shall obtain a permit under the
uniform program authorizing the transportation.
(b) The commissioner may refund fees paid under section
221.035, minus a proportional amount calculated on a monthly
basis for each month that a hazardous waste transporter license
was valid, to a person who was issued a hazardous waste
transporter license after May 5, 1994, who applied for a permit
authorizing the transportation of hazardous waste under
subdivisions 4 and 5 before October 1, 1994, and who was
subsequently issued that permit under the uniform program.
Sec. 16. [221.173] [ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES.]
(a) The commissioner may accept in lieu of a required
document completed on paper, an electronically transmitted
document authenticated by an electronic signature.
(b) The commissioner shall consult with the commissioner of
administration, who shall provide advice and assistance in
establishing criteria and standards for authentication of
electronic signatures and establishing to a reasonable certainty
the validity, security, and linkage of a specific, unaltered,
electronically transmitted document, its unforged signature, and
its authorized signer.
(c) The commissioner may determine the technology or system
to be used, which may include a private key/public key system,
an encrypted or cryptology-based system, a pen-based, on-screen
signature system that captures and verifies an autograph and
links it to a specific document, or other system or technology
or combination of systems.
(d) To the extent consistent with this section, laws and
rules pertaining to paper-based documents also pertain to
electronically transmitted documents.
Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 221.221,
subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2. [POLICE OFFICER ENFORCEMENT POWERS.]
Transportation representatives program specialists and hazardous
material program specialists of the department, for the purpose
of enforcing the provisions of this chapter, sections 169.781 to
169.783 relating to commercial vehicle inspections, and section
296.17, subdivisions 10 and 17, relating to motor carrier
licenses and trip permits, and the applicable rules, orders, or
directives of the commissioner, the commissioner of revenue, and
the board issued under this chapter and chapter 296, but for no
other purpose, have the powers conferred by law upon police
officers. The powers include the authority to conduct
inspections at designated highway weigh stations or under other
appropriate circumstances.
Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 221.221,
subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4. [INSPECTION OF DOCUMENTS.] Records, log books,
certificates, licenses, shipping documents, or other papers or
documents required to be maintained in the carrier's files or in
vehicles subject to determine compliance with this chapter and
rules adopted under this chapter, must be presented for
inspection, upon request, to a peace officer or police officer
or other person empowered to enforce the provisions of this
chapter.
Sec. 19. [221.86] [PARTIAL IMMUNITY FOR MOTOR CARRIER
EMPLOYERS.]
A motor carrier employer that discloses information in good
faith about a present or former employee in response to a
request pursuant to Code of Federal Regulations, title 49,
section 382.413, is immune from civil liability, except in cases
of knowing disclosure of false information or negligence, for
the disclosure and the consequences proximately caused by the
disclosure, provided that:
(1) the employer has and observes a written testing policy
and procedure which complies with federal and state laws;
(2) the employer uses a certified laboratory and lawful
test procedures;
(3) the employer sends the information to the prospective
employer who has requested the information, on a request and
authorization form signed by the employee; and
(4) the employer sends only information on the employee for
whom the information was requested, that:
(i) shows whether or not, during the preceding two years,
the employee tested 0.04 or greater alcohol concentration,
tested positive on a verified test for the presence of
controlled substances, or refused to be tested for alcohol or
controlled substances;
(ii) states the dates of any tests listed in item (i); and
(iii) includes any and all information on confirmatory
tests requested by the employee.
Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 296.17,
subdivision 18, is amended to read:
Subd. 18. [COOPERATIVE AUDITS.] The commissioner may make
arrangements with the commissioner of transportation and may
enter into agreements with the appropriate authorities of other
states having statutes similar to this act for the cooperative
audit of motor carriers' reports and returns. In performing any
such audit, or part thereof, the officers and employees of
the department of transportation and the other state or states
shall be deemed authorized agents of this state for such
purpose, and such audits, or parts thereof, shall have the same
effect as similar audits, or parts thereof, when made by the
commissioner.
Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 296.171,
subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4. [EXCHANGES OF INFORMATION.] The commissioner of
public safety may make arrangements or agreements with the
commissioner of transportation and other states to exchange
information for audit and enforcement activities in connection
with fuel tax licensing. The filing of fuel tax returns under
this section is subject to the rights, terms, and conditions
granted or contained in the applicable agreement or arrangement
made by the commissioner under the authority of this section.
Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 299D.06, is
amended to read:
299D.06 [INSPECTIONS; WEIGHING.]
(a) Department personnel must be classified employees
assigned to the division of state patrol if they are employed to
enforce the:
(1) laws relating to motor vehicle equipment,; school bus
equipment,; drivers license, drivers' licenses; motor vehicle
registration,; motor vehicle size and weight,; motor carrier
insurance, registration, and safety; and motor vehicle petroleum
tax, to enforce public utilities commission rules relating to
motor carriers, to enforce taxes;
(2) pollution control agency rules relating to motor
vehicle noise abatement,; and to enforce
(3) laws relating to directing the movement of vehicles
shall be classified employees of the commissioner of public
safety assigned to the division of state patrol.
(b) Employees engaged in these duties, while actually on
the job during their working hours only, shall have power to:
(1) issue citations in lieu of arrest and continued
detention; and to
(2) prepare notices to appear in court for violation of
these laws and rules, in the manner provided in section 169.91,
subdivision 3.
They shall not be armed and, except as provided in this section,
shall have none of the other powers and privileges reserved to
peace officers including the power to enforce traffic laws and
regulations.
Sec. 23. Laws 1994, chapter 589, section 8, as amended by
Laws 1996, chapter 455, article 3, section 33, is amended to
read:
Sec. 8. [REPEALER.]
Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 221.033, subdivision 4, is
repealed. Section 5 is repealed effective August 1, 1997 1998.
Sec. 24. [HAZARDOUS WASTE TRANSPORTER LICENSING.]
Unless, before Congress adjourns in 1997, Congress
specifically reauthorizes the uniform hazardous materials permit
program created in the Hazardous Materials Transportation
Uniform Safety Act of 1990, United States Code, title 49
appendix, sections 18-19, subsection (c), the commissioner shall
stop registering and permitting hazardous material and hazardous
waste transporters on the date Congress adjourns in 1997, and
shall revert to licensing hazardous waste transporters under
Minnesota Statutes, section 221.0335. A permit under Minnesota
Statutes, section 221.0355, becomes a hazardous waste
transporter license under Minnesota Statutes, section 221.0335.
Presented to the governor May 29, 1997
Signed by the governor June 2, 1997, 2:08 p.m.
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