Minnesota Statutes 171.324 – Hazardous Materials Endorsement Background Checks
Subdivision 1.Endorsement; fee; account; appropriation.
(a) Before being issued or renewing a class C, class B, or class A driver’s license with a hazardous materials endorsement, an applicant must comply with the federal regulations incorporated in this section.
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 171.324
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
(b) The commissioner may charge the applicant a fee of up to $100 to cover the department’s actual costs of conducting the required background check of persons applying for a Minnesota driver’s license with a hazardous materials endorsement. The proceeds of the fee must be deposited in an account in the special revenue fund. Money in the account is annually appropriated to the commissioner to pay the actual costs associated with conducting the required background checks.
Subd. 2.Adoption of federal regulations.
Public Law 107-56, section 1012, as implemented in Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 1572, is incorporated by reference except for sections 1572.9 and 1572.11.
Subd. 3.Rules.
The commissioner may adopt rules pursuant to section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (1), in order to implement this section.