221.021 AGGRAVATED VIOLATIONS; SANCTIONS, HEARING. Subdivision 1. Registration certificate or permit required. No person may operate as a motor carrier or advertise or otherwise hold out as a motor carrier without a certificate of registration or permit in effect. A certificate or permit may be suspended or revoked upon conviction of violating a provision of […]
221.022 EXCEPTION. The powers granted to the commissioner under sections 221.012 to 221.293 do not include the power to regulate any service or vehicles operated by the Metropolitan Council or to register passenger transportation service provided under contract to the department or the Metropolitan Council. A provider of passenger transportation service under contract to the […]
221.025 EXEMPTIONS. The provisions of this chapter requiring a certificate or permit to operate as a motor carrier do not apply to the intrastate transportation described below: (1) the transportation of students to or from school or school activities in a school bus inspected and certified under section 169.451 and the transportation of children or […]
221.0251 MOTOR CARRIER OF PROPERTY; REGISTRATION. Subdivision 1. Registration statement. (a) A person who wishes to operate as a motor carrier of property shall file a complete and accurate registration statement with the commissioner. (b) A registration statement must be on a form provided by the commissioner and include: (1) the registrant’s name, including an […]
221.0252 PASSENGER CARRIER; REGISTRATION, EXEMPTIONS. Subdivision 1. Filing required. A person who wishes to operate as a motor carrier of passengers must file with the commissioner a complete and accurate federal motor carrier identification report form MCS-150. In addition, a person must file a vehicle registration form prescribed by the commissioner describing the make, model, […]
221.0255 MOTOR CARRIER OF RAILROAD EMPLOYEES. Subdivision 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given: (1) “conviction” has the meaning given in section 609.02; and (2) “on-duty time” means all time from the time a driver begins to work, or is required to be in readiness to work, until […]
221.026 MOTOR CARRIER OF PROPERTY; EXEMPTIONS. Subdivision 1. Registration. No person may engage in the for-hire transportation of property, other than household goods, in Minnesota unless the person has filed a registration statement with the commissioner on a form the commissioner prescribes. Subd. 2. Exemptions from requirements. Notwithstanding any other law, a motor carrier of […]
221.0269 RELIEF FROM SAFETY REGULATION. Subdivision 1. Governor may grant relief. The governor may declare an emergency and grant relief from any of the regulations incorporated in section 221.0314 to carriers and drivers operating motor vehicles in Minnesota to provide emergency relief during the emergency. The relief granted may not exceed the duration of the […]
221.031 INTRASTATE CARRIER; OPERATING REQUIREMENTS, EXEMPTIONS. Subdivision 1. Powers, duties, rules, filings. (a) This subdivision applies to motor carriers engaged in intrastate commerce. (b) The commissioner shall prescribe rules for the operation of motor carriers, including their facilities; accounts; leasing of vehicles and drivers; service; safe operation of vehicles; equipment, parts, and accessories; hours of […]
221.0314 FEDERAL SAFETY REGULATIONS; ADOPTION. Subdivision 1. Applicability. (a) Intrastate motor carriers must comply with the federal regulations incorporated in this section. Private carriers and persons providing intrastate transportation described in section 221.025 must comply with the federal regulations incorporated in this section to the extent required by section 221.031. Every carrier and its officers, […]
221.033 REGULATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. Subdivision 1. Requirements. Except as provided in subdivisions 2 to 2d, no person may transport or offer or accept for transportation within the state of Minnesota a hazardous material, hazardous substance, or hazardous waste except in compliance with United States Code, title 49, sections 5101 to 5126 and the provisions […]
221.0341 REPORT OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL TRANSPORTATION INCIDENT. A person who is subject to Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, parts 171 through 185, shall immediately notify by telephone the Minnesota duty officer pursuant to section 115E.09 if any of the following events occur in Minnesota during the course of transportation in commerce: (1) a hazardous […]
221.036 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS; ENFORCEMENT, REMEDIES. Subdivision 1. Order. The commissioner may issue an order requiring violations to be corrected and administratively assessing monetary penalties for a violation of (1) section 221.021; (2) section 221.033, subdivision 2b; (3) section 221.171; (4) section 221.141; (5) a federal, state, or local law, regulation, rule, or ordinance pertaining to […]
221.037 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; INFORMATION, INSPECTION. Subdivision 1. Required to provide information. A person who generates, stores, treats, transports, disposes of, or otherwise handles or has handled hazardous materials, hazardous substances, or hazardous waste shall (1) give to transportation representatives and hazardous material specialists of the department information relating to the materials, substances, or waste, or […]
221.091 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY. Subdivision 1. Local authority over streets and highways. Sections 221.012 to 221.291 do not authorize the use by a carrier of a public highway in a city of the first class in violation of a charter provision or ordinance of the city in effect January 1, 1925, unless the charter provision […]
221.121 HOUSEHOLD GOODS MOVER PERMIT. Subdivision 1. Application; scope. (a) A person desiring to operate as a household goods carrier shall file an application with the commissioner on a form the commissioner prescribes. No person shall knowingly make a false or misleading statement in an application. (b) The commissioner shall issue the permit relating to […]
221.122 ORDER GRANTING PERMIT OR CERTIFICATE; COMPLIANCE. Subdivision 1. Registration, insurance, and filing requirements. (a) An order issued by the commissioner which grants a certificate or permit must contain a service date. (b) The person to whom the order granting the certificate or permit is issued shall do the following within 45 days from the […]
221.124 INITIAL MOTOR CARRIER CONTACT PROGRAM. Subdivision 1. Initial motor carrier contact. The initial motor carrier contact program consists of an initial contact, for educational purposes, between a motor carrier required to participate and representatives of the Department of Transportation. The initial contact may be through an educational seminar or, at the discretion of the […]
221.131 CARRIER VEHICLE REGISTRATION; FEES, IDENTIFICATION CARD. Subdivision 1. Permit renewal. Permits issued under section 221.121 are effective for a 12-month period. A permit holder must renew the permit annually by registration of the vehicles operated under authority of that permit as required by subdivision 2. A permit holder has one annual renewal date encompassing […]
221.132 PREPAID TEMPORARY VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION CARD. For special or extraordinary events, the commissioner may issue a prepaid temporary vehicle identification card to a permit or certificate holder subject to section 221.131, subdivision 2 or 3, for a fee of $5 per card. The card must be preprinted by the commissioner with the carrier’s name, address, […]
