2007 Minnesota Statutes

221.601 AGREEMENT WITH ANOTHER STATE.
    Subdivision 1. Authority. The commissioner may enter into agreements with representatives
of other states to allow the cooperative registration of motor carriers transporting property or
passengers for hire in interstate commerce. The agreement may authorize representatives of
other states to issue interstate registration stamps and trip permits; accept the filing of insurance
certificates, insurance cancellation notices, and orders of the former Interstate Commerce
Commission or a successor agency; issue suspension and reinstatement orders or notices; and
collect and disburse fees prescribed by this chapter. The agreement may allow the exchange of
information for audit, reporting, and enforcement purposes, and the collection and disbursement
of fees provided under this chapter and the laws of other states that participate in the agreement.
The agreement and all amendments must be in writing. The agreement may provide for the
gradual adoption of a base state registration system. It may provide that a motor carrier based in
another state participating in the agreement, that has filed evidence of financial responsibility in
that state that meets the requirements of this chapter and of the agreement, need not file evidence
of financial responsibility with the commissioner for its interstate operations in this state.
    Subd. 2. Definition. For purposes of this section, "state" means a state, the District of
Columbia, or a state or province of a foreign country.
History: 1989 c 318 s 17; 1990 c 462 s 6; 2003 c 2 art 4 s 9