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Latest Action: 05/21/2007 - Returned from Senate

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HF 2293

FIRST ENGROSSMENT

Claims against the state settlement provided relating to corrections, and money
appropriated.

Section 1: Department of Corrections language provided.

Section 2: Department of Public Safety language provided.

Section 3: Department of Revenue language provided.

Section 4: Effective date provided.

JAJ 5/11/7

Latest Action: 03/30/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Placing additional restrictions on the operation of motor vehicles by holders of
provisional drivers licenses
(me)

Latest Action: 03/27/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Providing for the licensure and registration of private postsecondary
educational institutions with the office of higher education, modifying the
definition of school to include entities located in other states with contracts
with state schools, requiring registration upon school merger, consolidation or
sale, specifying information and requirements for registration, school closure,
additional security, accreditation, school criteria, school name limits, name
grandfathering, conditional approval, registration disapproval and appeal,
permitted advertising, records, fees and penalty; requiring curriculum approval;
clarifying requirements with regard to proprietary schools and authorizing
penalties, removing an exemption for driver training schools; exempting
religious schools
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/26/2007 - HF substituted by motion [HF946]

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3E Relating to the organization, operation and financing of state government, appropriating money for transportation, metropolitan council and public safety activities ARTICLE 1 - TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS Providing a summary of appropriations; appropriating money to the commissioner of transportation (DOT) for multimodal systems, airport development and assistance, aviation support and services, transit, freight, rail, state roads, infrastructure investment and planning and support, state road construction, highway debt service, infrastructure operations and maintenance, electronic communications, local roads, county and municipal state aids, department support and buildings; authorizing certain fund transfers and state road construction appropriations use and providing for contingent appropriations, to the metropolitan council for bus transit and rail operations, to the commissioner of public [...]

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Latest Action: 04/07/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 165 04/03/08

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HF 1546

THIRD ENGROSSMENT

Automatic updates provided for voter registration.

Section 1: Proper registration; verification by mail; challenges language
modified.
Subdivision 1. Notice of registration
Subdivision 2. Moved within state.
Subdivision 3. Moved out of state.
Subdivision 4. Challenges.

Section 2: Use of change of address system language modified.

Section 3: Effective date provided.

JAJ 4/1/08

Latest Action: 03/27/2007 - Received from Senate

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Driver's license required information modified.

Latest Action: 02/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Providing for an aggressive initiative against impaired driving and chemical dependency; expanding the authority of the court to order persons convicted of driving while impaired (under the influence of alcohol or controlled substance) or arrested for another DWI related offense to submit to the level of care recommended in chemical use assessments; expanding chemical use assessment and report requirements to defendants convicted of certain violent crimes and modifying report content requirements; requiring chemical use assessments used by the commissioner of public safety in decisions relating to reinstatement of drivers licenses to meet certain standards; providing for the timing of the assessments; authorizing the court to order an assessment based on the belief of the existence of a chemical dependency problem; clarifying the definition of American Indian under chemical dependency treatment provisions; reducing county

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Latest Action: 01/11/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Requiring the commissioner of public safety to issue duplicate drivers licenses
to certain former DWI offenders without a no alcohol consumption restriction
indicated on the original license under certain conditions
(je)

Latest Action: 05/13/2008 - Calendar: Third reading Passed Rules suspended, lie-over waived

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Driver and vehicle services technology account established, technology surcharge
imposed, and money appropriated.

Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Motion did not prevail

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HF 3800 FOURTH ENGROSSMENT Omnibus transportation and transit policy bill; Transportation-related program or activity provisions modified and added, penalties imposed, reports required, and technical and clarifying corrections made. ARTICLE 1 -- TRANSPORTATION POLICY Section 1: No legal title without certificate language provided. Section 2: Mayor William "Bill" Sandberg Memorial Bridge language added. Section 3: Insurance standards language added. Section 4: Tax authorized language modified. Section 5: Passenger automobile language modified. Section 6: Special mobile equipment language modified. Section 7: Vehicles exempt from tax, fees, or plate display language modified. Section 8: Spotter trucks language added. Section 9: Concrete pumps and street-sweeping vehicles language added. Section 10: Disability plates;[...]

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Latest Action: 05/18/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to transportation; requiring the commissioner of public safety to adopt
rules for persons enrolled in driver education programs to include instruction
of defensive driving training and requiring the inclusion of defensive driving
techniques in the drivers manual; authorizing the commissioner of public safety
to request curriculum development assistance and use donated materials from any
organization with experience in traffic safety issues, exempting rules from
certain rulemaking requirements
(ra)

Latest Action: 03/22/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Modifying drivers license provisions relating to alcohol abstinence
restrictions; prohibiting the commissioner of public safety from keeping a
record of driver conviction of alcohol abstinence restriction violations;
requiring the commissioner to issue a restricted limited license for work
purposes under certain conditions
(me)

Latest Action: 03/26/2007 - Committee report: To pass as amended

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1E Clarifying the requirement for persons to operate a motor vehicle with a
valid license; defining valid license and valid drivers license
(je)

Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Judiciary

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Holding the department of public safety harmless for negligent dissemination of
motor vehicle or driver data
(rt)

Latest Action: 05/12/2008 - House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day

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Provisional driver's license curfew and passenger restrictions imposed.

Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance

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1E Increasing the surcharge on revoked drivers license reinstatement fee;
authorizing installment payments in certain circumstances, specifying a
repayment and license reinstatement schedule
(me)

Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Judiciary

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Eliminating cumulative drivers license suspensions for driving without a license
violations
(rt)

Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to drivers licenses; requiring credit be given to drivers license
offenses committed in a province or territory of Canada by the commissioner of
public safety
(je)

Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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"Joey's Law"; changing the appearance of a Minnesota drivers license or
identification card issued to an applicant restricted from consuming alcohol;
authorizing alcohol servers or alcohol serving establishments to refuse service
to restricted persons
(je)

Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to transportation; reducing certain prior appropriations to the
commissioner of transportation (DOT) for transit purposes, to the metropolitan
council for bus system operations and to the commissioner of public safety for
administration and related services for the republication national convention;
appropriating money to the commissioner of transportation for state roads and
additional federal bridge funding and to the commissioner of public safety for
the driver and vehicles services information system; modifying drivers license
examination requirements; repealing the temporary surcharge for veterans special
plates
(je)