1.1Senator Housley moved to amend
S.F. No. 28 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
1.3 "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 171.13, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
1.4 Subd. 7.
Repeat Examination fee fees. (a) A fee of $10 must be paid by an individual
1.5to take a third and any subsequent knowledge test administered by the department if
the
1.6individual has failed two previous consecutive knowledge tests on the subject.
1.7(b) A fee of $20 must be paid by an individual to take a third and any subsequent
skills
1.8or road test administered by the department if the individual has previously failed
two
1.9consecutive skill or road tests in a specified class of motor vehicle.
1.10(c)
A fee of $20 must be paid by an individual who fails to appear for a scheduled skills
1.11or road test or who cancels a skills or road test within 24 hours of the appointment
time.
1.12(d) All fees received under this subdivision must be paid into the state treasury and
1.13credited to the driver services operating account in the special revenue fund specified
under
1.14section
299A.705.
1.15EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2020.
1.16 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 171.13, is amended by adding a subdivision to
1.17read:
1.18 Subd. 8. Test scheduling. The commissioner must not schedule or reserve recurring
1.19time with a public, private, or commercial driver education program for purposes of
1.20administering skills or road tests to a class D or commercial driver's license applicant.
1.21EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.22 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 171.13, is amended by adding a subdivision to
1.23read:
1.24 Subd. 9. Online driver's license knowledge testing authorization. (a) The commissioner
1.25must implement online knowledge testing as provided in this subdivision. Upon written
1.26request from a driver education program licensed by the department, the commissioner
must
1.27grant access to the department's web-based knowledge testing system to the driver
education
1.28program. The commissioner must not charge a fee to a driver education program for
access
1.29to the knowledge testing system or for administering the knowledge test.
2.1(b) Once granted access to the online knowledge testing system, a driver education
2.2program may administer the knowledge test to a student of the program. The driver
education
2.3program must provide all computers and equipment for students that take the knowledge
2.4test. The driver education program must also provide appropriate proctors to monitor
students
2.5taking the knowledge test. A driver education program may charge a fee of no more
than
2.6$10 for administering the test. The commissioner must administer the fourth or subsequent
2.7test for a student.
2.8EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective on September 1, 2020, or on the date the
2.9changes required by this section are implemented, whichever is earlier. If the changes
2.10required by this section are implemented before September 1, 2020, the commissioner
of
2.11public safety must notify the revisor of statutes of the date.
2.12 Sec. 4.
REPORTS; DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
2.13 Subdivision 1. Backlog report. By January 1, 2021, the commissioner of public safety
2.14must report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees
with
2.15jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance on the following:
2.16(1) a summary of the plan or plans implemented to address the class D and CDL road
2.17test backlogs during 2020 and a discussion on whether those plans were implemented,
2.18including whether any benchmarks or goals were achieved on time;
2.19(2) monthly totals of road tests conducted, broken down by type of test and location
of
2.20test;
2.21(3) average wait times for a person seeking a road test, broken down by month, location,
2.22and type of test;
2.23(4) a list of locations offering tests each month and the types of tests offered at
each
2.24location;
2.25(5) a summary of plans, if any, for addressing existing or potential backlogs of road
tests
2.26in 2021;
2.27(6) recommendations on whether third-party testing for class D driver's licenses and
2.28commercial driver's licenses should be authorized; and
2.29(7) recommended legislative changes relating to elimination of road test backlogs
and
2.30ways to minimize future road test backlogs.
3.1 Subd. 2. Online knowledge testing report. By January 1, 2022, the commissioner of
3.2public safety must report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative
3.3committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance on the following:
3.4(1) the number of online knowledge tests taken pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section
3.5171.13, subdivision 9;
3.6(2) the number of locations providing online knowledge testing pursuant to Minnesota
3.7Statutes, section 171.13, subdivision 9;
3.8(3) if adequate data is available, a recommendation on whether the $10 fee cap in
3.9Minnesota Statutes, section 171.13, subdivision 9, should be changed;
3.10(4) recommendations on whether additional entities should be authorized to administer
3.11online knowledge testing;
3.12(5) recommendations on whether driver education programs should be allowed to
3.13administer online knowledge tests to people other than students of the program; and
3.14(6) recommended legislative changes related to online knowledge testing.
3.15 Sec. 5.
ONLINE DRIVER'S LICENSE KNOWLEDGE TESTING; USE OF
3.16APPROPRIATION.
3.17(a) Of the appropriation in Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 3, article 1,
section
3.184, subdivision 4, paragraph (c), $450,000 is available to the commissioner of public
safety
3.19to implement online driver's license knowledge testing as provided in section 3.
3.20(b) The authority under paragraph (a) is available until January 31, 2022, for expenses
3.21incurred on or before December 31, 2021. Any funds under this section that remain
unspent
3.22after January 31, 2022, revert to the purposes identified in Laws 2019, First Special
Session
3.23chapter 3, article 1, section 4, subdivision 4, paragraph (c).
3.24(c) The base for the appropriation from the driver services operating account in Laws
3.252019, First Special Session chapter 3, article 1, section 4, subdivision 4, paragraph
(b), is
3.26increased by $55,000 in each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023 for annual maintenance
of the
3.27online driver's license knowledge testing system.
3.28EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment."
3.29Amend the title accordingly
3.30The motion prevailed. #did not prevail. So the amendment was #not adopted.