1997 Minnesota Statutes

     221.85 Personal transportation service. 

    Subdivision 1.    Permit required; rules.  No person may 
 provide personal transportation service for hire without having 
 obtained a personal transportation service permit from the 
 commissioner.  The commissioner shall adopt rules governing the 
 issuance of permits and furnishing of personal transportation 
 service.  The rules must provide for: 

    (1) annual inspections of vehicles; 

    (2) driver qualifications including requiring a criminal 
 history check of drivers; 

    (3) insurance requirements; 

    (4) advertising regulations, including requiring a copy of 
 the permit to be carried in the personal transportation service 
 vehicle and the use of the words "licensed and insured"; 

    (5) agreements with political subdivisions for sharing 
 enforcement costs with the state; 

    (6) issuance of temporary permits and fees therefor; and 

    (7) other requirements the commissioner deems necessary to 
 carry out the purposes of this section. 

    The rules must provide that the holder of a personal 
 transportation service permit may not pick up passengers for 
 hire within Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, or 
 Washington county. 

    Subd. 2.    Administrative penalties.  The commissioner 
 may issue an order requiring violations of law, rules, and local 
 ordinances that govern the operation of personal transportation 
 service vehicles to be corrected and assessing monetary 
 penalties of up to $1,000.  The commissioner may suspend or 
 revoke a permit for violation of applicable law and rules and, 
 on request of a political subdivision, may immediately suspend a 
 permit for multiple violations of local ordinances.  The 
 commissioner shall immediately suspend a permit for failure to 
 maintain required insurance and shall not restore the permit 
 until proof of insurance is provided.  A person whose permit is 
 revoked or suspended or who is assessed an administrative 
 penalty may appeal the commissioner's action in a contested case 
 proceeding under chapter 14. 

    Subd. 3.    Permits; decals.  (a) The commissioner shall 
 design a distinctive decal to be issued to permit holders under 
 this section.  A decal is valid for one year from the date of 
 issuance.  No person may provide personal transportation service 
 in a personal transportation service vehicle that does not 
 conspicuously display a decal issued under this subdivision. 

    (b) From August 1, 1992, to June 30, 1993, the fee for each 
 decal issued under this section is $150.  On and after July 1, 
 1993, the fee for each decal issued under this section is $80.  
 The fee for each permit issued under this section is $150.  The 
 commissioner shall deposit all fees under this subdivision in 
 the trunk highway fund. 

    HIST: 1992 c 578 s 53; 1993 c 323 s 4; 1994 c 635 art 1 s 
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