Subd. 1. Permit required; rules.

No person may provide personal transportation service for hire without having obtained a personal transportation service permit from the commissioner. The commissioner shall adopt rules governing the issuance of permits and furnishing of personal transportation service. The rules must provide for:

1. (1) annual inspections of vehicles;
2. (2) driver qualifications including requiring a criminal history check of drivers;
3. (3) insurance requirements;
4. (4) advertising regulations, including requiring a copy of the permit to be carried in the personal transportation service vehicle and the use of the words "licensed and insured";
5. (5) agreements with political subdivisions for sharing enforcement costs with the state;
6. (6) issuance of temporary permits and fees therefor; and

7. (7) other requirements the commissioner deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.

   The rules must provide that the holder of a personal transportation service permit may not pick up passengers for hire within Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, or Washington county.

Subd. 2. Administrative penalties.

The commissioner may issue an order requiring violations of law, rules, and local ordinances that govern the operation of personal transportation service vehicles to be corrected and assessing monetary penalties of up to $1,000. The commissioner may suspend or revoke a permit for violation of applicable law and rules and, on request of a political subdivision, may immediately suspend a permit for multiple violations of local ordinances. The commissioner shall immediately suspend a permit for failure to maintain required insurance and shall not restore the permit until proof of insurance is provided. A person whose permit is revoked or suspended or who is assessed an administrative penalty may appeal the commissioner's action in a contested case proceeding under chapter 14.

Subd. 3. Permits; decals.

1. (a) The commissioner shall design a distinctive decal to be issued to permit holders under this section. A decal is valid for one year from the date of issuance. No person may provide personal transportation service in a personal transportation service vehicle that does not conspicuously display a decal issued under this subdivision.
2. (b) From August 1, 1992, to June 30, 1993, the fee for each decal issued under this section is $150. On and after July 1, 1993, the fee for each decal issued under this section is $80. The fee for each permit issued under this section is $150. The commissioner shall deposit all fees under this subdivision in the trunk highway fund.