Minnesota Legislature
HF 775
as introduced - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/09/2010 01:41am
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A bill for an act
relating to public safety; motor vehicles; crediting vehicle service fees to the
vehicle services operating account; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections
168.017, subdivision 5; 168.021, subdivision 4; 168.10, subdivision 1i; 168.29;
168.62, subdivision 3.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 168.017, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
Subd. 5.
Registration period extension for leased vehicle.
(a) Notwithstanding
subdivisions 3 and 4, a person leasing for at least one year a vehicle registered under
this section may obtain an extension of the motor vehicle's registration period for the
unexpired portion of the lease period, for a period not to exceed 11 months beyond the
expiration of the registration period.
(b) In order to obtain an extension under this subdivision a lessee must
(1) apply to the registrar on a form the registrar prescribes;
(2) submit to the registrar a copy of the lease;
(3) pay an administrative fee of $5; and
(4) pay a tax of 1/12 of the tax for the registration period being extended for each
month of the extension.
(c) On an applicant's compliance with paragraph (b) the registrar shall issue the
applicant a license plate tab or sticker designating the new month of expiration of the
registration. The extended registration expires on the tenth day of the month following
the month designated on the tab or sticker.
(d) All fees collected under paragraph (b), clause (3), must be deposited in the new text begin vehicle
services operating account under section 299A.705, subdivision 1. Taxes collected under
paragraph (b), clause (4), must be deposited in the new text end highway user tax distribution fund.
Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 168.021, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4.
Fees; disposition.
All fees collected from the sale of disability plates
under this section must be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the deleted text begin highway
user tax distribution funddeleted text end new text begin vehicle services operating account under section 299A.705,
subdivision 1new text end .
Sec. 3.
Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 168.10, subdivision 1i, is amended to read:
Subd. 1i.
Collector plate transfer.
Notwithstanding section 168.12, subdivision 1,
on payment of a transfer fee of $5, plates issued under this section may be transferred to
another vehicle owned or jointly owned by the person to whom the special plates were
issued or the plate may be assigned to another owner. In addition to the transfer fee a new
owner must pay the $25 tax and any fee required by section 168.12, subdivision 2a. The
$5 fee must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the deleted text begin highway user tax distribution
funddeleted text end new text begin vehicle services operating account under section 299A.705, subdivision 1new text end . License
plates issued under this section may not be transferred to a vehicle not eligible for the
collector's vehicle license plates.
Sec. 4.
Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 168.29, is amended to read:
168.29 REPLACEMENT PLATES.
(a) In the event of the defacement, loss or destruction of any number plates or
validation stickers, the registrar, upon receiving and filing a sworn statement of the vehicle
owner, setting forth the circumstances of the defacement, loss, destruction or theft of
the number plates or validation stickers, together with any defaced plates or stickers
and the payment of a fee calculated to cover the cost of replacement, shall issue a new
set of plates or stickers.
(b) The registrar shall then note on the registrar's records the issue of new number
plates and shall proceed in such manner as the registrar may deem advisable to cancel and
call in the original plates so as to insure against their use on another motor vehicle.
(c) Duplicate registration certificates plainly marked as duplicates may be issued
in like cases upon the payment of a $1 fee. Fees collected under this section must be
paid into the state treasury and credited to the deleted text begin highway user tax distribution funddeleted text end new text begin vehicle
services operating account under section 299A.705, subdivision 1new text end .
Sec. 5.
Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 168.62, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3.
Special plates or certificate; fee; proceeds to highway user fund.
At the
same time that an owner or operator of intercity buses registers them in Minnesota and
obtains number plates therefor, the owner or operator shall apply for special identification
plates or certificates for the remainder of that fleet of intercity buses. The registrar of
motor vehicles shall design an appropriate plate or identification certificate for this
purpose which shall be issued upon the payment of a fee of $10 covering each intercity
bus so identified. The proceeds of such fees shall be deposited to the credit of the deleted text begin highway
user tax distribution funddeleted text end new text begin vehicle services operating account under section 299A.705,
subdivision 1new text end . No intercity bus shall at any time be operated in the state of Minnesota
without either Minnesota number plates or special identification plates or certificates
issued as herein provided.
Sec. 6. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.
new text end
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Sections 1 to 5 are effective retroactively from August 1, 2005, for fees collected
on or after that date.
new text end