1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to motor vehicles; making technical change to 
  1.3             clarify that pickup truck with slip in camper may be 
  1.4             registered depending upon its weight; restricting 
  1.5             telephonic access to certain information related to 
  1.6             vehicle registration; allowing vehicle dealers 21 days 
  1.7             to send purchase receipt to department of public 
  1.8             safety if vehicle not sold; providing for display of 
  1.9             fleet vehicle license plates; providing for driver's 
  1.10            license agents; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, 
  1.11            sections 168.011, subdivision 25; 168.345, subdivision 
  1.12            1; 168A.11, subdivision 2; 169.79; and 171.06, 
  1.13            subdivision 4. 
  1.14  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.15     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 168.011, 
  1.16  subdivision 25, is amended to read: 
  1.17     Subd. 25.  [RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT.] (a) "Recreational 
  1.18  equipment" means travel trailers including those which telescope 
  1.19  or fold down, chassis mounted campers, house cars, motor homes, 
  1.20  tent trailers, slip in campers, and converted buses that provide 
  1.21  temporary human living quarters.  A vehicle is considered to 
  1.22  provide temporary living quarters if it:  
  1.23     (1) is not used as the residence of the owner or occupant; 
  1.24     (2) is used for temporary living quarters by the owner or 
  1.25  occupant while engaged in recreational or vacation activities; 
  1.26  and 
  1.27     (3) is self-propelled or towed on the public streets or 
  1.28  highways incidental to the recreational or vacation activities. 
  1.29     (b) For the purposes of this subdivision, a motor home 
  2.1   means a unit designed to provide temporary living quarters, 
  2.2   built into as an integral part of, or permanently attached to, a 
  2.3   self-propelled motor vehicle chassis or van.  A motor home must 
  2.4   contain permanently installed independent life support systems 
  2.5   which meet the American National Standards Institute standard 
  2.6   number A119.2 for recreational vehicles and provide at least 
  2.7   four of the following facilities, two of which must be from the 
  2.8   systems listed in clauses (1), (5), and (6):  (1) cooking 
  2.9   facility with liquid propane gas supply, (2) refrigerator, (3) 
  2.10  self-contained toilet or a toilet connected to a plumbing system 
  2.11  with connection for external water disposal, (4) heating or air 
  2.12  conditioning separate from the vehicle engine, (5) a potable 
  2.13  water supply system including a sink with faucet either 
  2.14  self-contained or with connections for an external source, and 
  2.15  (6) separate 110-125 volt electrical power supply.  For purposes 
  2.16  of this subdivision, "permanently installed" means built into or 
  2.17  attached as an integral part of a chassis or van, and designed 
  2.18  not to be removed except for repair or replacement.  A system 
  2.19  which is readily removable or held in place by clamps or tie 
  2.20  downs is not permanently installed.  
  2.21     (c) Motor homes include but are not limited to, the 
  2.22  following:  
  2.23     (1) Type A Motor Home -- a raw chassis upon which is built 
  2.24  a driver's compartment and an entire body that provides 
  2.25  temporary living quarters as defined in this paragraph; 
  2.26     (2) Type B Motor Home -- a van-type vehicle that conforms 
  2.27  to the motor home definition in this paragraph and has been 
  2.28  completed or altered by the final stage manufacturer; and 
  2.29     (3) Type C Motor Home -- an incomplete vehicle upon which 
  2.30  is permanently attached a body designed to provide temporary 
  2.31  living quarters as defined in this paragraph.  
  2.32     (c) (d) Slip in campers are mounted into a vehicle commonly 
  2.33  known as a pickup truck, in the pickup box, either by bolting 
  2.34  through the floor of the pickup box or by firmly clamping to the 
  2.35  side of the pickup box.  The vehicle must may not be registered 
  2.36  as a passenger automobile recreational vehicle. 
  3.1      Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 168.345, 
  3.2   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  3.3      Subdivision 1.  [TELEPHONE INFORMATION.] Information 
  3.4   concerning motor vehicle registrations shall not be furnished on 
  3.5   the telephone to any person except the personnel of law 
  3.6   enforcement agencies and the personnel of federal, state, and 
  3.7   local governmental units motor vehicle and registration offices. 
  3.8      Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 168A.11, 
  3.9   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  3.10     Subd. 2.  [PURCHASE RECEIPT.] A dealer, on buying a vehicle 
  3.11  which is subject to an outstanding certificate of title, shall 
  3.12  at the time of taking delivery of the vehicle execute in 
  3.13  triplicate a purchase receipt for the vehicle in a form 
  3.14  designated by the department, and deliver one copy to the 
  3.15  seller.  Within 48 hours thereafter When a vehicle purchased by 
  3.16  a dealer has not been resold after 21 days, the dealer shall 
  3.17  mail, transmit, or deliver one copy of such the receipt to the 
  3.18  department. 
  3.19     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 169.79, is 
  3.20  amended to read: 
  3.21     169.79 [VEHICLE REGISTRATION.] 
  3.22     No person shall operate, drive or park a motor vehicle on 
  3.23  any highway unless the vehicle is registered in accordance with 
  3.24  the laws of this state and has the number plates for the current 
  3.25  year only, except as provided in section 168.12, subdivision 2f, 
  3.26  as assigned to it by the commissioner of public safety, 
  3.27  conspicuously displayed thereon in a manner that the view of any 
  3.28  plate is not obstructed.  If the vehicle is a semitrailer, the 
  3.29  number plate displayed must be assigned to the registered owner 
  3.30  and correlate to the certificate of title documentation on file 
  3.31  with the department and shall not display a year indicator.  If 
  3.32  the vehicle is a motorcycle, motor scooter, motorized bicycle, 
  3.33  motorcycle sidecar, trailer, semitrailer, or vehicle displaying 
  3.34  a dealer plate, one plate shall be displayed on the rear 
  3.35  thereof; if the vehicle is a truck-tractor, road-tractor or farm 
  3.36  truck, as defined in section 168.011, subdivision 17, but 
  4.1   excluding from that definition semitrailers and trailers, one 
  4.2   plate shall be displayed on the front thereof; if it is any 
  4.3   other kind of motor vehicle, one plate shall be displayed on the 
  4.4   front and one on the rear thereof.  All plates shall be securely 
  4.5   fastened so as to prevent them from swinging.  The person 
  4.6   driving the motor vehicle shall keep the plate legible and 
  4.7   unobstructed and free from grease, dust, or other blurring 
  4.8   material so that the lettering shall be plainly visible at all 
  4.9   times.  It is unlawful to cover any assigned letters and numbers 
  4.10  or the name of the state of origin of a license plate with any 
  4.11  material whatever, including any clear or colorless material 
  4.12  that affects the plate's visibility or reflectivity.  License 
  4.13  plates issued to vehicles registered under section 168.017 must 
  4.14  display the month of expiration in the lower left corner as 
  4.15  viewed facing the plate and the year of expiration in the lower 
  4.16  right corner as viewed facing the plate.  License plates issued 
  4.17  to vehicles registered under section 168.127 must display either 
  4.18  fleet registration validation stickers in the lower right corner 
  4.19  as viewed facing the plates or distinctive license plates, 
  4.20  issued by the registrar, with "FLEET REG" embossed on the bottom 
  4.21  center portion of the plate. 
  4.22     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 171.06, 
  4.23  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  4.24     Subd. 4.  [APPLICATION, FILING; FEE RETAINED FOR EXPENSES.] 
  4.25  Any applicant for an instruction permit, a driver's license, 
  4.26  restricted license, or duplicate license may file an application 
  4.27  with a court administrator of the district court or at a state 
  4.28  office.  The administrator or state office shall receive and 
  4.29  accept the application applications from qualified applicants.  
  4.30  To cover all expenses involved in receiving, accepting, or 
  4.31  forwarding to the department applications and fees, the court 
  4.32  administrator of the district court or agent appointed by the 
  4.33  court administrator or the commissioner may retain a county fee 
  4.34  of $3.50 for each application for a Minnesota identification 
  4.35  card, instruction permit, duplicate license, driver driver's 
  4.36  license, or restricted license.  The amount allowed to be 
  5.1   retained by the court administrator of the district court shall 
  5.2   be paid into the county treasury and credited to the general 
  5.3   revenue fund of the county.  Before the end of the first working 
  5.4   day following the final day of an established reporting period, 
  5.5   the court administrator or agent shall forward to the department 
  5.6   all applications and fees collected during the reporting period, 
  5.7   less the amount herein allowed to be retained for expenses.  The 
  5.8   court administrators of the district courts, with the approval 
  5.9   of the commissioner, may appoint agents to assist in accepting 
  5.10  applications, but the administrators shall require every agent 
  5.11  to forward to the administrators by whom the agent is appointed 
  5.12  all applications accepted and fees collected by the agent, 
  5.13  except that an agent shall retain the county fee to cover the 
  5.14  agent's expenses involved in receiving, accepting or forwarding 
  5.15  the applications and fees.  If a court administrator does not 
  5.16  accept applications and does not appoint an agent, the 
  5.17  commissioner may establish an office for accepting applications 
  5.18  or may appoint an agent as the public interest and convenience 
  5.19  may require.  The commissioner may adopt rules prescribing the 
  5.20  qualifications needed to establish and operate a driver's 
  5.21  license application office.  The court administrators shall be 
  5.22  responsible for the acts of agents appointed by them and for the 
  5.23  forwarding to the department of all applications accepted and 
  5.24  those fees collected by agents and by themselves as are required 
  5.25  to be forwarded to the department.