Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

171.31 INFORMATION ON PERSON RECEIVING BLINDNESS BENEFITS. The commissioner of public safety, in order to promote highway safety by restricting driving privileges to those persons meeting accepted visual acuity standards, may request and shall receive information concerning the i…

171.32 ACTION UPON INFORMATION RELATING TO BLINDNESS. § Subdivision 1.Actions by commissioner. The commissioner upon receipt of any such information shall take such action as the commissioner deems necessary to insure that each such person meets the accepted visual acuity standar…

171.321 QUALIFICATIONS OF SCHOOL BUS AND TYPE III VEHICLE DRIVERS. § Subdivision 1.Endorsement. No person shall drive a school bus when transporting school children to or from school or upon a school-related trip or activity without having a valid class A, class B, or class C dri…

171.3213 THIRD-PARTY TESTING OF SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS. A school district that is a third-party testing program and owns or operates school buses may enter into an agreement with other school districts to test the other districts' school bus driver employees. A school bus company tha…

171.3215 CANCELING BUS ENDORSEMENT FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the meanings given them. (b) "School bus driver" means a person possessing a school bus driver's endorsement on a valid Minnesota driver's l…

171.3216 ACTIONS ON SCHOOL BUS ENDORSEMENT. In addition to any authority granted under section 171.3215, the commissioner may cancel a school bus driver's endorsement on a driver's license of any person if the commissioner determines that the person has (1) been convicted of a gr…

171.322 AGE LIMIT FOR OPERATOR OF VEHICLE FOR HIRE. No person under 18 years of age shall operate a motor vehicle while it is in use as a carrier of persons for hire, nor shall any person under 18 years of age drive a passenger carrying vehicle as a hired driver. History: 1971 c …

171.324 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ENDORSEMENT BACKGROUND CHECKS. § Subdivision 1.Endorsement; fee; account; appropriation. (a) Before being issued or renewing a class C, class B, or class A driver's license with a hazardous materials endorsement, an applicant must comply with the feder…

171.325 DRIVER'S LICENSE SUSPENSIONS AND REVOCATIONS; REPORTS. § Subdivision 1.Issuance, suspensions, and revocations. (a) Annually by February 15, the commissioner of public safety must report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdic…

171.33 DRIVER TRAINING SCHOOL; DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Commercial driver training school or school. "Commercial driver training school" or "school" means a business enterprise conducted by an individual, association, partnership, or corporation, which charges a fee, for the …

171.335 MOTORCYCLE SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Established; administration; rules. A motorcycle safety education program is established. The program shall be administered by the commissioner of public safety. The program shall include but is not limited to training …

171.34 LICENSE FOR SCHOOL REQUIRED. No commercial driver training school shall be established or operated after January 1, 1968, unless such school has applied for and obtained a license from the commissioner. The commissioner shall issue or adopt rules governing the requirements…

171.35 LICENSE FOR INSTRUCTOR REQUIRED. § Subdivision 1.Licensure required. No person shall act as an instructor after January 1, 1968, unless such person has applied for and obtained a license from the commissioner. The commissioner shall issue or adopt rules governing the requi…

171.36 LICENSE FEES; RENEWAL. All licenses expire one year from the date of issuance and may be renewed upon application to the commissioner. Each application for an original or renewal school license must be accompanied by a fee of $150 and each application for an original or re…

171.37 INSPECTION AND EXAMINATION. The commissioner or an authorized representative shall inspect the school facilities and equipment of applicants and licensees and shall examine applicants for instructor's licenses. The commissioner shall issue or adopt such rules and do all th…

171.38 SCHOOL OR INSTRUCTOR LICENSE DENIAL OR REVOCATION. The commissioner may revoke or refuse to issue or renew a school or instructor's license in any case on finding that the applicant or licensee has not complied with, or has violated any of the provisions of sections 171.33…

171.39 EXEMPTIONS. (a) The provisions of sections 171.33 to 171.41 do not apply to any person giving driver training lessons without charge; to employers maintaining driver training schools without charge for their employees only; to a home school within the meaning of sections 1…

171.395 TELECONFERENCE DRIVER EDUCATION PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Authorization. A licensed or approved driver education program that provides both classroom and behind-the-wheel instruction may offer teleconference driver education as provided in this section. For purposes of thi…

171.396 ONLINE DRIVER EDUCATION PROGRAM. (a) A licensed or approved driver education program may offer online driver education as provided in this section. The online driver education program must satisfy the requirements for classroom driver education as provided in section 171.…

171.397 FLEXIBLE INSTRUCTION PERMITTED. A student may receive a combination of online driver's education instruction under section 171.396, teleconference driver's education instruction under section 171.395, and classroom instruction if: (1) the instruction is from a single lice…

171.40 DRIVER TRAINING SCHOOL VIOLATION; PETTY MISDEMEANOR. A violation of any provision of sections 171.33 to 171.41 or any rule issued or adopted pursuant thereto shall be a petty misdemeanor. History: 1967 c 880 s 8; 1969 c 6 s 30; Ex1971 c 27 s 27; 1985 c 248 s 70

171.41 COOPERATION OF STATE AGENCIES. The commissioner shall request and receive the assistance of other state departments and agencies in establishing rules pursuant to sections 171.33 to 171.41. History: 1967 c 880 s 9; 1985 c 248 s 70

171.50 DRIVER LICENSE COMPACT. The Driver License Compact is enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining in it, in the form substantially as follows: DRIVER LICENSE COMPACT ARTICLE I Findings and Declaration of Policy (a) The party states find t…

171.51 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Executive head. For purposes of sections 171.50 to 171.56, with reference to this state, the term "executive head" means the governor of Minnesota. § Subd. 2.Licensing authority. For purposes of sections 171.50 to 171.56, the term "licensing au…

171.52 TRANSFER OF INFORMATION. The licensing authority shall furnish to the appropriate authorities of any other party state information or documents reasonably necessary to facilitate the administration of section 171.50, articles III, IV, and V. History: 1989 c 307 s 37

171.53 COMPACT ADMINISTRATOR. The compact administrator provided for in section 171.50, article VII, is not entitled to additional compensation on account of service as administrator, but is entitled to expenses incurred in connection with the duties and responsibilities as admin…

171.54 REPORTING TO LICENSING AUTHORITY. A court or other agency or political subdivision of this state, that has jurisdiction to take action regarding the suspension, revocation, cancellation, or other limitation of a license to drive, shall promptly report the action and the ci…

171.55 OUT-OF-STATE CONVICTIONS GIVEN EFFECT. The commissioner shall give the same effect for driver licensing purposes to conduct reported from a licensing authority or court in another state or province or territory of Canada that the commissioner would give to conduct reported…

171.56 FILING OF BYLAWS AND AMENDMENTS. The Driver License Compact Commission shall file a copy of its bylaws and amendments to the bylaws with the Minnesota secretary of state. History: 1989 c 307 s 41

171.60 MOTORCYCLE ROAD GUARD CERTIFICATE. § Subdivision 1.Certificate required. No person may perform traffic control as a motorcycle road guard as provided under chapter 169 without a valid motorcycle road guard certificate issued by the commissioner. § Subd. 2.Certification qua…

173.01 DECLARATION OF POLICY. It is hereby found and declared that in the interest of and to promote the general welfare of the people and to conserve the natural beauty of areas adjacent to certain highways, it is necessary to reasonably and effectively regulate and control the …

173.02 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. For the purposes of Laws 1971, chapter 883, the terms defined in this section shall have the meanings herein given them. § Subd. 2. [Renumbered subd 16] § Subd. 3. [Repealed, 1971 c 883 s 2] § Subd. 4. [Renumbered subd 23] § Subd. 5. [Re…

173.025 MUNICIPAL IDENTIFICATION SIGN. A local road authority may erect a municipal identification entrance sign within the right-of-way of a trunk highway with the written permission of the commissioner. Municipal identification entrance signs erected without the written permiss…

173.03 ROAD ADVERTISING PERMIT WITHIN SCENIC AREA. Except as otherwise provided in sections 173.01 to 173.11, the erection or maintenance of any advertising device located within a scenic area without a written permit therefor granted by the commissioner of transportation is proh…

173.04 SCENIC AREA; SCENIC EASEMENT; FEDERAL FUNDS. § Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1975 c 61 s 26] § Subd. 2.Establishment; rules. The commissioner of transportation may by rules issued pursuant to chapter 14 establish scenic areas adjacent to the interstate or primary highways. Suc…

173.05 ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY. The commissioner of transportation shall acquire all rights in property, personal or real, necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 173.01 to 173.11, by purchase, gift, or eminent domain proceedings. All costs of acquisition of such rights s…

173.06 RULES RELATING TO ROAD ADVERTISING. § Subdivision 1.Authority. The commissioner of transportation must adopt and may modify, amend, or repeal rules governing the maintenance of legal nonconforming advertising devices within scenic areas; provided that the commissioner shal…

173.07 ROAD ADVERTISING PERMIT APPLICATION, RENEWAL. § Subdivision 1.Forms; content. Application for permits or renewals thereof for the placement of advertising devices must be on forms prescribed by the commissioner and contain information as the commissioner may require. No ad…

173.08 EXCLUDED ROAD ADVERTISING DEVICES. § Subdivision 1.Advertising devices restricted. No advertising device, excepting the advertising devices described and permitted under sections 173.01 to 173.27, shall be erected or maintained in an adjacent area, after June 8, 1971, exce…

173.081 DIRECTIONAL SIGN. (a) The commissioner of transportation shall develop uniform standards for directional signs erected under this chapter. The standards must provide for the size, lighting, spacing, design, colors, and maintenance of the signs. The standards must provide …

173.0851 STATE ENERGY CITY. The city of Elk River is designated as a state energy city. History: 2007 c 57 art 2 s 10

173.086 RECYCLING CENTER SIGN. § Subdivision 1.Authority to erect. A recycling facility that has complied with the permitting rules of the Pollution Control Agency and has been designated a recycling center by the agency under section 115A.555 may erect a recycling center sign up…

173.09 VIOLATIONS, REMEDIES. Any advertising device in place within a scenic area four months after the property rights for such area have been acquired which is in violation of sections 173.01 to 173.11 or any rule issued or adopted thereunder, is hereby declared to be a public …

173.10 CONFLICT OF LAWS. Nothing in sections 173.01 to 173.11 shall be construed to abrogate or affect the provisions of any other law, municipal ordinance, regulation, or resolution which is more restrictive concerning advertising devices than are the provisions of such sections…

173.11 CHAPTER VIOLATIONS, MISDEMEANOR. Any person who is convicted of violating any provision of sections 173.01 to 173.11, or of violating any rule issued or adopted thereunder after receiving notice thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor. History: 1965 c 828 s 11; 1985 c 248 s 70

173.12 APPLICABILITY. Sections 173.01 and 173.02 and 173.13 to 173.231 shall apply to adjacent areas on interstate or primary highways. History: 1965 c 828 s 12; 1971 c 883 s 7; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 1 s 85