Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 171 - Public Safety Department
Chapter 7404 - DRIVER LICENSING AGENTS
OFFICE LOCATION
Part 7404.0310 - EXCEPTIONS
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 39, March 25, 2024
Subpart 1. One agent per county bureau.
Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, sections 373.33 and 373.35, if the county board designates the county license bureau director as a licensing agent, the license bureau director is responsible for all bureau sites where applications are accepted in the county. Each bureau site where applications are accepted must meet the criteria for establishment of an office as specified in part 7404.0300.
Subp. 2. Low-volume existing office; county board decision.
Notwithstanding part 7404.0300, an agent may be appointed at an existing office location upon the death, resignation, discontinuance, or retirement of an existing agent whose office does not comply with the application numbers for the establishment of an office specified in part 7404.0300, plus or minus two percent of the average application numbers in the preceding three years, only if:
Subp. 3. Low-volume location; commissioner's appointment.
If the county board declines to designate an agent for appointment by the commissioner at the existing low-volume location described in subpart 2, the appointment of the agent and all state-provided inventory and equipment reverts to the commissioner.
Subp. 4. Minimum distance exception.
Notwithstanding part 7404.0300, a new agent may be appointed at an office location in existence as of January 1, 1999, which does not meet the minimum distance in part 7404.0300, if the number of applications accepted by the office meet or exceed the minimums specified in part 7404.0300 during each of the three years preceding the date of application for a new agent appointment.
Statutory Authority: MS s 14.06; 171.06; 171.061; 373.35