1999 Minnesota Statutes

     65B.13 Automobile insurance, discrimination in 
  automobile policies forbidden. 

    No insurance company, or its agent, shall refuse to issue 
 any standard or preferred policy of motor vehicle insurance or 
 make any discrimination in the acceptance of risks, in rates, 
 premiums, dividends, or benefits of any kind, or by way of 
 rebate:  

    (a) between persons of the same class, or 

    (b) on account of race, or 

    (c) on account of physical handicap if the handicap is 
 compensated for by special training, equipment, prosthetic 
 device, corrective lenses, or medication and if the physically 
 handicapped person; 

    (1) is licensed by the department of public safety to 
 operate a motor vehicle in this state, and 

    (2) operates only vehicles which are equipped with 
 auxiliary devices and equipment necessary for safe and effective 
 operation by the handicapped person, or 

    (d) on account of marital dissolution.  

    Every company or agent violating any of the foregoing 
 provisions shall be fined not more than $200 per violation, and 
 every officer, agent, or solicitor violating the same shall be 
 guilty of a misdemeanor.  The commissioner of commerce is 
 authorized to treat violations of this section as an unfair 
 insurance practice and to enforce this section using the 
 procedures, remedies, and penalties provided in sections 72A.17 
 to 72A.32.  

    HIST: 1967 c 395 art 12 s 14; 1979 c 215 s 1; 1983 c 289 s 114 
 subd 1; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 92; 1986 c 455 s 48; 1987 c 329 s 21