2006 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.
History: 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