Minnesota Session Laws - 1999, Regular Session

                             CHAPTER 25-S.F.No. 460 
                  An act relating to motor vehicles; allowing disability 
                  license plates to be issued for vehicles modified for 
                  use by disabled persons; amending Minnesota Statutes 
                  1998, section 168.021, subdivision 1. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.021, 
        subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
           Subdivision 1.  [SPECIAL PLATES; APPLICATION.] (a) When a 
        motor vehicle registered under section 168.017, a motorcycle, a 
        truck having a manufacturer's nominal rated capacity of one ton 
        and resembling a pickup truck, or a self-propelled recreational 
        vehicle is owned or primarily operated by a permanently 
        physically disabled person or a custodial parent or guardian of 
        a permanently physically disabled minor, the owner may apply for 
        and secure from the registrar of motor vehicles (1) immediately, 
        a temporary permit valid for 30 days, if the applicant is 
        eligible for the special plates issued under this paragraph, and 
        (2) two license plates with attached emblems, one plate to be 
        attached to the front, and one to the rear of the vehicle.  When 
        the owner first applies for the plates, the owner must submit a 
        physician's statement on a form developed by the commissioner 
        under section 169.345, or proof of physical disability provided 
        for in that section, except that no physician's statement or 
        proof of disability is required when an owner applies for plates 
        for one or more commercial motor vehicles that are specially 
        modified for and used exclusively by permanently physically 
        disabled persons. 
           (b) The owner of a motor vehicle may apply for and secure 
        (i) immediately, a temporary permit valid for 30 days, if the 
        person is eligible to receive the special plates issued under 
        this paragraph, and (ii) a set of special plates for a motor 
        vehicle if: 
           (1) the owner employs a permanently physically disabled 
        person who would qualify for special plates under this section; 
        and 
           (2) the owner furnishes the motor vehicle to the physically 
        disabled person for the exclusive use of that person in the 
        course of employment. 
           Presented to the governor March 25, 1999 
           Signed by the governor March 29, 1999, 3:48 p.m.