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171.20 Minnesota license required to operate vehicle; reinstatement fee.

Subdivision 1. Repealed, 1993 c 266 s 34

Subd. 2. Operation after revocation, suspension, cancellation, or disqualification. (a) A resident or nonresident whose driver's license or right or privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this state has been suspended, revoked, or canceled, shall not operate a motor vehicle in this state under license, permit, or registration certificate issued by any other jurisdiction or otherwise during the suspension, or after the revocation until Minnesota driving privileges are reinstated.

(b) A resident or nonresident who has been disqualified from holding a commercial driver's license or been denied the privilege to operate a commercial motor vehicle in this state shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle in this state under license, permit, or registration certificate issued by any other jurisdiction or otherwise during the disqualification period until Minnesota commercial driving privileges are reinstated.

Subd. 3. Driver improvement clinic. The commissioner may require, before reissuing a license which has been revoked or suspended, that the licensee complete a course of study at an approved driver improvement clinic or, in the case of a licensee who is age 18 or younger, a youth-oriented driver improvement clinic. The commissioner may not require the licensee to complete such a course unless an approved driver improvement clinic or youth-oriented driver improvement clinic is located within 35 miles of the licensee's residence. For purposes of this section "an approved driver improvement clinic" means a clinic whose curriculum and mode of instruction conform to standards promulgated by the commissioner.

Subd. 4. Reinstatement fee. Before the license is reinstated, a person whose driver's license has been suspended under section 171.16, subdivision 2; 171.18, except subdivision 1, clause (10); or 171.182, or who has been disqualified from holding a commercial driver's license under section 171.165 must pay a fee of $25 until June 30, 1999, and $20 thereafter. When fees are collected by a county-operated office of deputy registrar, a handling charge is imposed in the amount specified under section 168.33, subdivision 7. The handling charge must be deposited in the treasury of the place for which the deputy registrar was appointed and the reinstatement fee and surcharge must be deposited in an approved state depository as directed under section 168.33, subdivision 2. A suspension may be rescinded without fee for good cause.

HIST: (2720-145e) 1939 c 401 s 20; 1961 c 44 s 1; 1965 c 711 s 6; 1969 c 9 s 32; 1969 c 118 s 2; 1980 c 520 s 3; 1983 c 127 s 1; 1985 c 291 s 22; 1989 c 228 s 3; 1989 c 307 s 31; 1995 c 265 art 2 s 20; 1Sp1997 c 2 s 55; 1998 c 388 s 27; 1998 c 405 s 7

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