Bill Text: MN HF1261 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Class of persons eligible for disability license plates expanded.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-05 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Transportation Policy [HF1261 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF1261-Introduced.html
1.2relating to motor vehicles; expanding the class of persons eligible for disability
1.3license plates;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 168.021, subdivision 1.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 168.021, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.6 Subdivision 1. Disability plates; application. (a) When a motor vehicle registered
1.7under section168.017 , a motorcycle as defined in section
168.002, subdivision 19 , a
1.8one-ton pickup truck as defined in section168.002, subdivision 21b , or a self-propelled
1.9recreational vehicle as defined in section168.002, subdivision 27 , is owned or primarily
1.10operated by a permanently physically disabled person or a custodial parent or guardian of
1.11a permanently physically disabled minor or legal ward as defined in section 524.5-102,
1.12subdivision 17, the owner may apply for and secure from the commissioner (1)
1.13immediately, a temporary permit valid for 30 days if the applicant is eligible for the
1.14disability plates issued under this section and (2) two disability plates with attached
1.15emblems, one plate to be attached to the front, and one to the rear of the motor vehicle,
1.16truck, or recreational vehicle, or, in the case of a motorcycle, one disability plate the
1.17same size as a regular motorcycle plate.
1.18 (b) The commissioner shall not issue more than one plate to the owner of a
1.19motorcycle and not more than one set of plates to any owner of another vehicle described
1.20in paragraph (a) at the same time unless the state Council on Disability approves the
1.21issuance of a second plate or set of plates to an owner.
1.22 (c) When the owner first applies for the disability plate or plates, the owner must
1.23submit a medical statement in a format approved by the commissioner under section
1.24169.345
, or proof of physical disability provided for in that section.
2.1 (d) No medical statement or proof of disability is required when an owner applies for
2.2a plate or plates for one or more vehicles listed in paragraph (a) that are specially modified
2.3for and used exclusively by permanently physically disabled persons.
2.4 (e) The owner of a vehicle listed in paragraph (a) may apply for and secure (i)
2.5immediately, a permit valid for 30 days, if the applicant is eligible to receive the disability
2.6plate or plates issued under this section, and (ii) a disability plate or plates for the vehicle if:
2.7 (1) the owner employs a permanently physically disabled person who would qualify
2.8for the disability plate or plates under this section; and
2.9 (2) the owner furnishes the motor vehicle to the physically disabled person for the
2.10exclusive use of that person in the course of employment.
1.3license plates;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 168.021, subdivision 1.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 168.021, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.6 Subdivision 1. Disability plates; application. (a) When a motor vehicle registered
1.7under section
1.8one-ton pickup truck as defined in section
1.9recreational vehicle as defined in section
1.10operated by a permanently physically disabled person or a custodial parent or guardian of
1.11a permanently physically disabled minor or legal ward as defined in section 524.5-102,
1.12subdivision 17, the owner may apply for and secure from the commissioner (1)
1.13immediately, a temporary permit valid for 30 days if the applicant is eligible for the
1.14disability plates issued under this section and (2) two disability plates with attached
1.15emblems, one plate to be attached to the front, and one to the rear of the motor vehicle,
1.16truck, or recreational vehicle, or, in the case of a motorcycle, one disability plate the
1.17same size as a regular motorcycle plate.
1.18 (b) The commissioner shall not issue more than one plate to the owner of a
1.19motorcycle and not more than one set of plates to any owner of another vehicle described
1.20in paragraph (a) at the same time unless the state Council on Disability approves the
1.21issuance of a second plate or set of plates to an owner.
1.22 (c) When the owner first applies for the disability plate or plates, the owner must
1.23submit a medical statement in a format approved by the commissioner under section
2.1 (d) No medical statement or proof of disability is required when an owner applies for
2.2a plate or plates for one or more vehicles listed in paragraph (a) that are specially modified
2.3for and used exclusively by permanently physically disabled persons.
2.4 (e) The owner of a vehicle listed in paragraph (a) may apply for and secure (i)
2.5immediately, a permit valid for 30 days, if the applicant is eligible to receive the disability
2.6plate or plates issued under this section, and (ii) a disability plate or plates for the vehicle if:
2.7 (1) the owner employs a permanently physically disabled person who would qualify
2.8for the disability plate or plates under this section; and
2.9 (2) the owner furnishes the motor vehicle to the physically disabled person for the
2.10exclusive use of that person in the course of employment.
