2005 Minnesota Statutes

     221.021 Aggravated violations; sanctions, hearing. 

    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 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; 
 2003 c 2 art 1 s 22