1999 Minnesota Statutes

     221.021 Repeated or willful violations; sanctions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Registration certificate or permit 
 required.  No person may operate as a motor carrier or 
 advertise or otherwise hold out as a motor carrier without a 
 certificate of registration or permit in effect.  A certificate 
 or permit may be suspended or revoked upon conviction of 
 violating a provision of sections 221.011 to 221.296 or an order 
 or rule of the commissioner governing the operation of motor 
 carriers, and upon a finding by the court that the violation was 
 willful.  The commissioner may, for good cause after a hearing, 
 suspend or revoke a certificate or permit for a violation of a 
 provision of sections 221.011 to 221.296 or an order issued or 
 rule adopted by the commissioner or board under this chapter.  

    Subd. 2.    Sanctions.  The commissioner may suspend, 
 revoke, or deny renewal of a certificate of registration for (1) 
 serious or repeated violations of this chapter, or (2) a pattern 
 of repeated violations of local ordinances governing traffic and 
 parking.  

    Subd. 3.    Hearing.  A motor carrier affected by an 
 action of the commissioner under subdivision 2 may, within 20 
 days of receipt of a notice of the commissioner's action, 
 request an administrative hearing by following the procedures in 
 section 221.036, subdivision 7. 

    HIST: Ex1957 c 17 s 2; 1963 c 605 s 1; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1976 c 
 166 s 70; 1980 c 534 s 58; 1983 c 371 s 19; 1984 c 520 s 4; 1985 
 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1992 c 578 s 18; 1999 c 238 art 2 s 40