1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to data practices; limiting fees for driver's
1.3 	license checks; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004,
1.4 	section 171.321, subdivision 5.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.321,
1.7 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 5.Annual evaluation and license verification.  (a)
1.9 	A school district, nonpublic school, or private contractor shall
1.10 	provide in-service training annually to each school bus driver.
1.11 	(b) A school district, nonpublic school, or private
1.12 	contractor shall annually verify the validity of the driver's
1.13 	license of each employee who regularly transports students for
1.14 	the district in a type A school bus, a type B school bus, a type
1.15 	C school bus, or type D school bus, or regularly transports
1.16 	students for the district in a type III vehicle with the
1.17 	National Driver Register or with the Department of Public Safety.
1.18 	(c) Members of a nonprofit bus drivers' trade association
1.19 	under private contract with an independent school district shall
1.20 	not be charged a fee greater than the fee, if any, imposed upon
1.21 	an independent school district for accessing an employee's
1.22 	driver's license records from the Department of Public Safety in
1.23 	compliance with this section.