1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to special transportation; excluding licensed taxicabs from special 
1.3 	transportation service provisions;amending Minnesota Statutes 2015 
1.4 	Supplement, section 174.29, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 174.29, subdivision 1, is 
1.7 	amended to read:
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Definition. For the purpose of sections 174.29 and 174.30 "special 
1.9 	transportation service" means motor vehicle transportation provided on a regular basis 
1.10 	by a public or private entity or person that is designed exclusively or primarily to serve 
1.11 	individuals who are elderly or disabled and who are unable to use regular means of 
1.12 	transportation but do not require ambulance service, as defined in section 144E.001, 
1.13 	subdivision 3. Special transportation service includes but is not limited to service provided 
1.14 	by specially equipped buses, vans, ~~taxis,~~ and volunteers driving private automobiles. 
1.15 	Special transportation service also means those nonemergency medical transportation 
1.16 	services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 17, that are subject to the operating 
1.17 	standards for special transportation service under sections 174.29 to 174.30 and Minnesota 
1.18 	Rules, chapter 8840. Special transportation service does not include service provided 
1.19 	by municipally licensed taxicabs.

1.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.