Bill Text: MN SF1301 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Farmington deputy registrar and drivers license agent appointment procedures

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-26 - Referred to Transportation [SF1301 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2011-SF1301-Introduced.html

1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to transportation; governing appointment of a deputy registrar and
1.3driver's license agent in city of Farmington;repealing Laws 2010, chapter 351,
1.4section 67.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6    Section 1. DEPUTY REGISTRAR AND DRIVER'S LICENSE AGENT IN
1.7FARMINGTON.
1.8(a) The commissioner of public safety shall appoint a deputy registrar of motor
1.9vehicles to operate a new full-service Office of Deputy Registrar, with full authority to
1.10function as a registration and motor vehicle tax collection bureau, located at the city
1.11hall in the city of Farmington. This paragraph applies notwithstanding the provisions of
1.12Minnesota Statutes, section 168.33, and rules adopted by the commissioner of public
1.13safety, governing (1) sites for the office of deputy registrar, including limitations based
1.14on the distance to an existing deputy registrar office or the annual volume of transactions
1.15processed by any deputy registrar; (2) residency requirements for an appointed deputy
1.16registrar; and (3) procedures for county board appointment of a deputy registrar, including
1.17Minnesota Rules, part 7406.0350. All other provisions regarding the appointment and
1.18operation of a deputy registrar of motor vehicles under Minnesota Statutes, section 168.33,
1.19and Minnesota Rules, chapter 7406, apply to the office.
1.20(b) The commissioner of public safety shall appoint a driver's license agent to
1.21operate a new full-service driver licensing office, with full authority to function as
1.22a licensing agent, located at the city hall in the city of Farmington. This paragraph
1.23applies notwithstanding the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 171.061, and
1.24rules adopted by the commissioner of public safety, governing (1) sites for the office,
2.1including limitations based on the distance to an existing licensing agent office or the
2.2annual volume of transactions processed by any licensing agent; and (2) procedures for
2.3county board appointment of a driver's license agent, including Minnesota Rules, part
2.47404.0350. All other provisions regarding the appointment and operation of a driver's
2.5license agent under Minnesota Statutes, section 171.061, and Minnesota Rules, chapter
2.67404, apply to the office.
2.7(c) The commissioner shall make the appointments under this section within two
2.8weeks of receipt of an appointment application pursuant to the commissioner's procedures
2.9under Minnesota Rules.
2.10EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

2.11    Sec. 2. REPEALER.
2.12Laws 2010, chapter 351, section 67, is repealed.
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