1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to public safety; providing for judicial review of an extension of a person's
1.3 driver's license revocation for a violation of the ignition interlock program
1.4 guidelines; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 171.19.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 171.19, is amended to read:
1.7 171.19 PETITION FOR COURT HEARING ON LICENSE REINSTATEMENT.
1.8 Any person whose driver's license has been refused, revoked, suspended, canceled, or
1.9disqualified by the commissioner, except where the license is revoked or disqualified under
1.10section 169A.52, 171.177, or 171.186, or whose driver's license revocation period has been
1.11extended by the commissioner based on a violation of the ignition interlock program
1.12guidelines, may file a petition for a hearing in the matter in the district court in the county
1.13wherein such person shall reside and, in the case of a nonresident, in the district court in
1.14any county, and such court is hereby vested with jurisdiction, and it shall be its duty, to set
1.15the matter for hearing upon 15 days' written notice to the commissioner, and thereupon to
1.16take testimony and examine into the facts of the case to determine whether the petitioner is
1.17entitled to a license or is subject to revocation, suspension, cancellation, disqualification,
1.18revocation extension, or refusal of license, and shall render judgment accordingly. The
1.19petition for hearing must either be filed within 180 days of the effective date of the order
1.20of revocation, suspension, cancellation, disqualification, revocation extension, or refusal to
1.21license or be filed before expiration of the withdrawal period, whichever occurs first. The
1.22petition shall be heard by the court without a jury and may be heard in or out of term. The
1.23commissioner may appear in person, or by agents or representatives, and may present
1Section 1.
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SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 2363NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: LATZ)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading03/10/2025
Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety 2.1evidence upon the hearing by affidavit personally, by agents, or by representatives. The
2.2petitioner may present evidence by affidavit, except that the petitioner must be present in
2.3person at such hearing for the purpose of cross-examination. In the event the department
2.4shall be sustained in these proceedings, the petitioner shall have no further right to make
2.5further petition to any court for the purpose of obtaining a driver's license until after the
2.6expiration of one year after the date of such hearing.
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