1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; drivers' licenses; making placement of residence 
1.3 	addresses on drivers' licenses optional; eliminating the fee charged to change 
1.4 	the residence address on a driver's license record; establishing a computerized 
1.5 	records system; authorizing Internet access; specifying system access 
1.6 	requirements;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 171.07, subdivisions 
1.7 	1, 3; 171.11; 171.12, by adding a subdivision; 171.121.
1.8 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.9 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 171.07, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.10 		Subdivision 1.License; contents. (a) Upon the payment of the required fee, the 
1.11 	department shall issue to every qualifying applicant a license designating the type or class 
1.12 	of vehicles the applicant is authorized to drive as applied for. This license must bear a 
1.13 	distinguishing number assigned to the licensee; the licensee's full name and date of birth; 
1.14 	either (1) the licensee's residence address, or (2) the designated address under section 
1.15 	5B.05; a description of the licensee in a manner as the commissioner deems necessary; 
1.16 	and the usual signature of the licensee; and, if the licensee requests, either the licensee's 
1.17 	residence address or designated address under section 5B.05. No license is valid unless it 
1.18 	bears the usual signature of the licensee. Every license must bear a colored photograph 
1.19 	or an electronically produced image of the licensee. Even if the residence or designated 
1.20 	address is not displayed on a licensee's license, the licensee's residence or designated 
1.21 	address must be retained and stored in the department's record system.
1.22 	(b) If the United States Postal Service will not deliver mail to the applicant's 
1.23 	residence address as listed on the license, then the applicant shall provide verification from 
1.24 	the United States Postal Service that mail will not be delivered to the applicant's residence 
1.25 	address and that mail will be delivered to a specified alternate mailing address. When an 
2.1 	applicant provides an alternate mailing address under this subdivision, the commissioner 
2.2 	shall use the alternate mailing address in lieu of the applicant's residence address for 
2.3 	all notices and mailings to the applicant.
2.4 	(c) Every license issued to an applicant under the age of 21 must be of a 
2.5 	distinguishing color and plainly marked "Under-21."
2.6 	(d) The department shall use processes in issuing a license that prohibit, as nearly as 
2.7 	possible, the ability to alter or reproduce a license, or prohibit the ability to superimpose a 
2.8 	photograph or electronically produced image on a license, without ready detection.
2.9 	(e) A license issued to an applicant age 65 or over must be plainly marked "senior" if 
2.10 	requested by the applicant.

2.11 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 171.07, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.12 		Subd. 3.Identification card; fee. (a) Upon payment of the required fee, the 
2.13 	department shall issue to every qualifying applicant a Minnesota identification card. The 
2.14 	department may not issue a Minnesota identification card to an individual who has a 
2.15 	driver's license, other than a limited license. The department may not issue an enhanced 
2.16 	identification card to an individual who is under 16 years of age, not a resident of this 
2.17 	state, or not a citizen of the United States of America. The card must bear a distinguishing 
2.18 	number assigned to the applicant; a colored photograph or an electronically produced 
2.19 	image of the applicant; the applicant's full name and date of birth; either (1) the licensee's 
2.20 	residence address, or (2) the designated address under section 5B.05; a description of the 
2.21 	applicant in the manner as the commissioner deems necessary; and the usual signature 
2.22 	of the applicant; and, if the applicant requests, either the applicant's residence address or 
2.23 	designated address under section 5B.05.
2.24 	(b) If the United States Postal Service will not deliver mail to the applicant's 
2.25 	residence address as listed on the Minnesota identification card, then the applicant shall 
2.26 	provide verification from the United States Postal Service that mail will not be delivered 
2.27 	to the applicant's residence address and that mail will be delivered to a specified alternate 
2.28 	mailing address. When an applicant provides an alternate mailing address under this 
2.29 	subdivision, the commissioner shall use the alternate mailing address in lieu of the 
2.30 	applicant's residence address for all notices and mailings to the applicant.
2.31 	(c) Each identification card issued to an applicant under the age of 21 must be of a 
2.32 	distinguishing color and plainly marked "Under-21."
2.33 	(d) Each Minnesota identification card must be plainly marked "Minnesota 
2.34 	identification card - not a driver's license."
3.1 	(e) The fee for a Minnesota identification card is 50 cents when issued to a person 
3.2 	who is developmentally disabled, as defined in section 252A.02, subdivision 2; a 
3.3 	physically disabled person, as defined in section 169.345, subdivision 2; or, a person with 
3.4 	mental illness, as described in section 245.462, subdivision 20, paragraph (c).

3.5 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 171.11, is amended to read:
3.6 	171.11 DUPLICATE LICENSE; CHANGE OF DOMICILE OR NAME.
3.7 	When any person, after applying for or receiving a driver's license, shall change 
3.8 	permanent domicile from the address named in such application or in the license issued to 
3.9 	the person, or shall change a name by marriage or otherwise, such person shall, within 
3.10 	30 days thereafter, apply for a duplicate driver's license upon a form furnished by the 
3.11 	department and pay the required fee or using the computerized records system under section 
3.12 	171.12, subdivision 1a. The application or duplicate license shall show both the licensee's 
3.13 	old address and new address or the former name and new name as the case may be.

3.14 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 171.12, is amended by adding a subdivision 
3.15 	to read:
3.16 		Subd. 1a.Computerized records system; access to address information. (a) The 
3.17 	department shall maintain a computerized records system of the residence address or 
3.18 	designated address for all driver's license and identification card applicants.
3.19 	(b) The record shall be Internet accessible by applicants, who may use the system to 
3.20 	change the residence address or designated address of record associated with the applicant's 
3.21 	driver's license or identification card. In order to access the system, the applicant must 
3.22 	provide the applicant's driver's license number or identification card number, birth date, 
3.23 	and any other security code or measure the department deems appropriate.
3.24 	(c) Subdivision 7 applies to the data maintained in the computerized records system 
3.25 	under paragraph (a).

3.26 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 171.121, is amended to read:
3.27 	171.121 USE OF ANOTHER'S RESIDENCE ADDRESS.
3.28 	A person may notify the commissioner in writing to the effect that the person (1) is 
3.29 	the owner of a residence, and (2) does not consent to have that residence address identified 
3.30 	on any driver's license or identification card or driving record of the department as the 
3.31 	residence address or permanent mailing address of any person named in the notice. The 
3.32 	notice may not name a spouse of the notifying person. Upon receiving the notice the 
3.33 	commissioner shall not issue any license or identification card under this chapter, or 
4.1 	accept an application for a license or identification card under this chapter, that lists the 
4.2 	residence address identified in the notice as the residence address or permanent mailing 
4.3 	address of any person named in the notice.

4.4 	Sec. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 4.5 	Sections 1 to 5 are effective August 1, 2016.