1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to metropolitan government; authorizing the Metropolitan Council to 
1.3 	disqualify criminal offenders from becoming bus and light rail vehicle operators;
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 364.09.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 364.09, is amended to read:
1.7 	364.09 EXCEPTIONS.
1.8 	(a) This chapter does not apply to the licensing process for peace officers; to law 
1.9 	enforcement agencies as defined in section 626.84, subdivision 1, paragraph (f); to fire 
1.10 	protection agencies; to eligibility for a private detective or protective agent license; to the 
1.11 	licensing and background study process under chapters 245A and 245C; to eligibility 
1.12 	for school bus driver endorsements; to eligibility for special transportation service 
1.13 	endorsements; to eligibility for a commercial driver training instructor license, which is 
1.14 	governed by section 171.35 and rules adopted under that section; to emergency medical 
1.15 	services personnel, or to the licensing by political subdivisions of taxicab drivers, if the 
1.16 	applicant for the license has been discharged from sentence for a conviction within the ten 
1.17 	years immediately preceding application of a violation of any of the following:
1.18 	(1) sections 609.185 to 609.21, 609.221 to 609.223, 609.342 to 609.3451, or 617.23, 
1.19 	subdivision 2 or 3;
1.20 	(2) any provision of chapter 152 that is punishable by a maximum sentence of 
1.21 	15 years or more; or
1.22 	(3) a violation of chapter 169 or 169A involving driving under the influence, leaving 
1.23 	the scene of an accident, or reckless or careless driving.
2.1 	This chapter also shall not apply to eligibility for juvenile corrections employment, where 
2.2 	the offense involved child physical or sexual abuse or criminal sexual conduct.
2.3 	(b) This chapter does not apply to a school district or to eligibility for a license 
2.4 	issued or renewed by the Board of Teaching or the commissioner of education.
2.5 	(c) Nothing in this section precludes the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers 
2.6 	Training Board or the state fire marshal from recommending policies set forth in this 
2.7 	chapter to the attorney general for adoption in the attorney general's discretion to apply to 
2.8 	law enforcement or fire protection agencies.
2.9 	(d) This chapter does not apply to a license to practice medicine that has been denied 
2.10 	or revoked by the Board of Medical Practice pursuant to section 147.091, subdivision 1a.
2.11 	(e) This chapter does not apply to any person who has been denied a license to 
2.12 	practice chiropractic or whose license to practice chiropractic has been revoked by the 
2.13 	board in accordance with section 148.10, subdivision 7.
2.14 	(f) This chapter does not apply to the Metropolitan Council when the council hires 
2.15 	bus and light rail vehicle operators for the council's regional transit system under sections 
2.16 	473.371 to 473.449.

2.17 	Sec. 2. APPLICATION.
 2.18 	Section 1 applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, 
2.19 	Scott, and Washington.

2.20 	Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.21 	Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment and applies to all applicants 
2.22 	for bus and light rail vehicle operator positions with applications pending on the effective 
2.23 	date.