1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; regulating spotter trucks;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.3 	2006, sections 168.012, by adding a subdivision; 168A.03, subdivision 1; 169.01, 
1.4 	by adding a subdivision; 169.781, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law 
1.5 	in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 169.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.012, is amended by adding a 
1.8 	subdivision to read:
1.9 		Subd. 2c.Spotter trucks. Spotter trucks, as defined in section 169.01, subdivision 
1.10 	7a, must not be taxed as motor vehicles using the public streets and highways, and are 
1.11 	exempt from the provisions of this chapter.

1.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
1.13 	and expires June 30, 2013.

1.14 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168A.03, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.15 		Subdivision 1.No certificate issued. The registrar shall not issue a certificate of 
1.16 	title for:
1.17 	(1) a vehicle owned by the United States;
1.18 	(2) a vehicle owned by a nonresident and not required by law to be registered in 
1.19 	this state;
1.20 	(3) a vehicle owned by a nonresident and regularly engaged in the interstate 
1.21 	transportation of persons or property for which a currently effective certificate of title 
1.22 	has been issued in another state;
1.23 	(4) a vehicle moved solely by animal power;
2.1 	(5) an implement of husbandry;
2.2 	(6) special mobile equipment;
2.3 	(7) a self-propelled wheelchair or invalid tricycle;
2.4 	(8) a trailer (i) having a gross weight of 4,000 pounds or less unless a secured party 
2.5 	holds an interest in the trailer or a certificate of title was previously issued by this state or 
2.6 	any other state or (ii) designed primarily for agricultural purposes except a recreational 
2.7 	vehicle or a manufactured home, both as defined in section 168.011, subdivisions 8 and 25; 
2.8 	(9) a snowmobile.; and
2.9 	(10) a spotter truck, as defined in section 169.01, subdivision 7a.

2.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
2.11 	and expires June 30, 2013.

2.12 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.01, is amended by adding a subdivision 
2.13 	to read:
2.14 		Subd. 7a.Spotter truck. "Spotter truck" means a truck-tractor used exclusively for 
2.15 	staging or shuttling trailers in the course of a truck freight operation or freight shipping 
2.16 	operation.

2.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
2.18 	and expires June 30, 2013.

2.19 	Sec. 4. [169.228] SPOTTER TRUCKS.
2.20 	Notwithstanding any other law, a spotter truck may be operated on public streets 
2.21 	and highways if:
2.22 	(1) the operator has a valid class A, B, or C driver's license;
2.23 	(2) the vehicle complies with the size, weight, and load restrictions under this 
2.24 	chapter;
2.25 	(3) the vehicle meets all inspection requirements under section 169.781; and
2.26 	(4) the vehicle is operated within a zone of two air miles from the truck freight 
2.27 	operation or freight shipping operation where the vehicle is housed.

2.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
2.29 	and expires June 30, 2013.

2.30 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.781, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.31 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of sections 169.781 to 169.783: 
2.32 	(a) "Commercial motor vehicle" means:
3.1 	(1) a commercial motor vehicle as defined in section 169.01, subdivision 75, 
3.2 	paragraph (a); and
3.3 	(2) each vehicle in a combination of more than 26,000 pounds.; and
3.4 	(3) a spotter truck.
3.5 	"Commercial motor vehicle" does not include (1) a school bus or Head Start bus 
3.6 	displaying a certificate under section 169.451, (2) a bus operated by the Metropolitan 
3.7 	Council or by a local transit commission created in chapter 458A, or (3) a motor vehicle  
3.8 	that is required to be placarded under Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, parts 100-185. 
3.9 	(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of public safety.
3.10 	(c) "Owner" means a person who owns, or has control, under a lease of more than 30 
3.11 	days' duration, of one or more commercial motor vehicles.
3.12 	(d) "Storage semitrailer" means a semitrailer that (1) is used exclusively to store 
3.13 	property at a location not on a street or highway, (2) does not contain any load when 
3.14 	moved on a street or highway, (3) is operated only during daylight hours, and (4) is marked 
3.15 	on each side of the semitrailer "storage only" in letters at least six inches high.
3.16 	(e) "Building mover vehicle" means a vehicle owned or leased by a building mover 
3.17 	as defined in section 221.81, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), and used exclusively for 
3.18 	moving buildings. 

3.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
3.20 	and expires June 30, 2013.