Bill Text: MN SF2100 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Deputy registrars residency requirement removal
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2014-04-04 - Secretary of State Chapter 154 04/03/14 [SF2100 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2100-Engrossed.html
1.2relating to public safety; deputy registrars; removing the residency requirement
1.3for deputy registrars;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 168.33,
1.4subdivision 2.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 168.33, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 2. Deputy registrars. (a) The commissioner may appoint, and for cause
1.8discontinue, a deputy registrar for any statutory or home rule charter city as the public
1.9interest and convenience may require, without regard to whether the county auditor of
1.10the county in which the city is situated has been appointed as the deputy registrar for the
1.11county or has been discontinued as the deputy registrar for the county, and without regard
1.12to whether the county in which the city is situated has established a county license bureau
1.13that issues motor vehicle licenses as provided in section373.32 .
1.14(b) The commissioner may appoint, and for cause discontinue, a deputy registrar
1.15for any statutory or home rule charter city as the public interest and convenience may
1.16require, if the auditor for the county in which the city is situated chooses not to accept
1.17appointment as the deputy registrar for the county or is discontinued as a deputy registrar,
1.18or if the county in which the city is situated has not established a county license bureau
1.19that issues motor vehicle licenses as provided in section373.32 . The individual appointed
1.20by the commissioner as a deputy registrar for any statutory or home rule charter city must
1.21be a resident of the county in which the city is situated.
1.22(c) The commissioner may appoint, and for cause discontinue, the county auditor of
1.23each county as a deputy registrar.
2.1(d) Despite any other provision, a person other than a county auditor or a director
2.2of a county license bureau, who was appointed by the registrar before August 1, 1976,
2.3as a deputy registrar for any statutory or home rule charter city, may continue to serve
2.4as deputy registrar and may be discontinued for cause only by the commissioner. The
2.5county auditor who appointed the deputy registrars is responsible for the acts of deputy
2.6registrars appointed by the auditor.
2.7(e) Each deputy, before entering upon the discharge of duties, shall take and
2.8subscribe an oath to faithfully discharge the duties and to uphold the laws of the state.
2.9(f) If a deputy registrar appointed under this subdivision is not an officer or employee
2.10of a county or statutory or home rule charter city, the deputy shall in addition give bond to
2.11the state in the sum of $10,000, or a larger sum as may be required by the commissioner,
2.12conditioned upon the faithful discharge of duties as deputy registrar.
2.13(g) A corporation governed by chapter 302A or 317A may be appointed a deputy
2.14registrar. Upon application by an individual serving as a deputy registrar and the giving of
2.15the requisite bond as provided in this subdivision, personally assured by the individual or
2.16another individual approved by the commissioner, a corporation named in an application
2.17then becomes the duly appointed and qualified successor to the deputy registrar.
2.18(h) Each deputy registrar appointed under this subdivision shall keep and maintain
2.19office locations approved by the commissioner for the registration of vehicles and the
2.20collection of taxes and fees on vehicles.
2.21(i) The deputy registrar shall keep records and make reports to the commissioner as
2.22the commissioner requires. The records must be maintained at the offices of the deputy
2.23registrar. The records and offices of the deputy registrar must at all times be open to the
2.24inspection of the commissioner or the commissioner's agents. The deputy registrar shall
2.25report to the commissioner by the next working day following receipt all registrations
2.26made and taxes and fees collected by the deputy registrar.
2.27(j) The filing fee imposed under subdivision 7 must be deposited in the treasury of
2.28the place for which appointed or, if not a public official, a deputy shall retain the filing fee,
2.29but the registration tax and any additional fees for delayed registration the deputy registrar
2.30has collected the deputy registrar shall deposit by the next working day following receipt
2.31in an approved state depository to the credit of the state through the commissioner of
2.32management and budget. The place for which the deputy registrar is appointed through its
2.33governing body must provide the deputy registrar with facilities and personnel to carry out
2.34the duties imposed by this subdivision if the deputy is a public official. In all other cases,
2.35the deputy shall maintain a suitable facility for serving the public.
2.36EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.3for deputy registrars;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 168.33,
1.4subdivision 2.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 168.33, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 2. Deputy registrars. (a) The commissioner may appoint, and for cause
1.8discontinue, a deputy registrar for any statutory or home rule charter city as the public
1.9interest and convenience may require, without regard to whether the county auditor of
1.10the county in which the city is situated has been appointed as the deputy registrar for the
1.11county or has been discontinued as the deputy registrar for the county, and without regard
1.12to whether the county in which the city is situated has established a county license bureau
1.13that issues motor vehicle licenses as provided in section
1.14(b) The commissioner may appoint, and for cause discontinue, a deputy registrar
1.15for any statutory or home rule charter city as the public interest and convenience may
1.16require, if the auditor for the county in which the city is situated chooses not to accept
1.17appointment as the deputy registrar for the county or is discontinued as a deputy registrar,
1.18or if the county in which the city is situated has not established a county license bureau
1.19that issues motor vehicle licenses as provided in section
1.20
1.21
1.22(c) The commissioner may appoint, and for cause discontinue, the county auditor of
1.23each county as a deputy registrar.
2.1(d) Despite any other provision, a person other than a county auditor or a director
2.2of a county license bureau, who was appointed by the registrar before August 1, 1976,
2.3as a deputy registrar for any statutory or home rule charter city, may continue to serve
2.4as deputy registrar and may be discontinued for cause only by the commissioner. The
2.5county auditor who appointed the deputy registrars is responsible for the acts of deputy
2.6registrars appointed by the auditor.
2.7(e) Each deputy, before entering upon the discharge of duties, shall take and
2.8subscribe an oath to faithfully discharge the duties and to uphold the laws of the state.
2.9(f) If a deputy registrar appointed under this subdivision is not an officer or employee
2.10of a county or statutory or home rule charter city, the deputy shall in addition give bond to
2.11the state in the sum of $10,000, or a larger sum as may be required by the commissioner,
2.12conditioned upon the faithful discharge of duties as deputy registrar.
2.13(g) A corporation governed by chapter 302A or 317A may be appointed a deputy
2.14registrar. Upon application by an individual serving as a deputy registrar and the giving of
2.15the requisite bond as provided in this subdivision, personally assured by the individual or
2.16another individual approved by the commissioner, a corporation named in an application
2.17then becomes the duly appointed and qualified successor to the deputy registrar.
2.18(h) Each deputy registrar appointed under this subdivision shall keep and maintain
2.19office locations approved by the commissioner for the registration of vehicles and the
2.20collection of taxes and fees on vehicles.
2.21(i) The deputy registrar shall keep records and make reports to the commissioner as
2.22the commissioner requires. The records must be maintained at the offices of the deputy
2.23registrar. The records and offices of the deputy registrar must at all times be open to the
2.24inspection of the commissioner or the commissioner's agents. The deputy registrar shall
2.25report to the commissioner by the next working day following receipt all registrations
2.26made and taxes and fees collected by the deputy registrar.
2.27(j) The filing fee imposed under subdivision 7 must be deposited in the treasury of
2.28the place for which appointed or, if not a public official, a deputy shall retain the filing fee,
2.29but the registration tax and any additional fees for delayed registration the deputy registrar
2.30has collected the deputy registrar shall deposit by the next working day following receipt
2.31in an approved state depository to the credit of the state through the commissioner of
2.32management and budget. The place for which the deputy registrar is appointed through its
2.33governing body must provide the deputy registrar with facilities and personnel to carry out
2.34the duties imposed by this subdivision if the deputy is a public official. In all other cases,
2.35the deputy shall maintain a suitable facility for serving the public.
2.36EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
