1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; providing for certain recreational vehicle sales on 
1.3 	Sundays; making technical changes;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 
1.4 	168.275.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168.275, is amended to read:
1.7 	168.275 SALE OF MOTOR VEHICLE ON SUNDAY FORBIDDEN.
1.8 	(a) Any person who shall carry on or engage in the business of buying, selling, 
1.9 	exchanging, dealing in or trading in new or used motor vehicles; or who shall open any 
1.10 	place of business or lot wherein the person attempts to or does engage in the business of 
1.11 	buying, selling, exchanging, dealing or trading in new or used motor vehicles; or who does 
1.12 	buy, sell, exchange, deal or trade in new or used motor vehicles as a business on the first 
1.13 	day of the week, commonly known and designated as a Sunday, is guilty of a misdemeanor 
1.14 	for the first offense, and a gross misdemeanor for each succeeding offense.
1.15 	(b) This section does not apply to the sale of:
1.16 	(1) trailers designed and used primarily to transport watercraft, as defined in section 
1.17 	86B.005, subdivision 18,;
1.18 	(2) trailers designed and used primarily to transport all-terrain vehicles, as defined in 
1.19 	section 84.92, subdivision 8,;
1.20 	(3) trailers designed and used primarily to transport snowmobiles as defined in section 
1.21 	84.81, subdivision 3,; or
1.22 	(4) utility trailers as defined in section 168.27, subdivision 20.
2.1 	(c) This section does not apply to the sale of a recreational vehicle if:
2.2 	(1) the person engaging in sales, including the business of buying, selling, exchanging, 
2.3 	dealing in, or trading in vehicles, has the appropriate license as a dealer under section 168.27;
2.4 	(2) the dealer engages in sales on a Sunday not more than four times in a calendar year;
2.5 	(3) sales under this paragraph occur at the location of and in conjunction with an 
2.6 	automotive show, expo, or event, regardless of whether the location is at the dealer's licensed 
2.7 	place of business; and
2.8 	(4) the dealer notifies the commissioner prior to each engagement in sales on a Sunday, 
2.9 	in the form and manner directed by the commissioner.