HF 20

as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to transportation; requiring appropriations 
  1.3             for operations of state patrol to be from general 
  1.4             fund; providing that state's share of traffic and 
  1.5             overweight vehicle fines be deposited in general fund; 
  1.6             requiring study and report of nonhighway uses of 
  1.7             gasoline tax revenue; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.8             1996, sections 299D.01, by adding a subdivision; and 
  1.9             299D.03, subdivision 5. 
  1.10  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.11     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 299D.01, is 
  1.12  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.13     Subd. 9.  [APPROPRIATIONS.] Appropriations for the 
  1.14  operations of the state patrol must be from the general fund. 
  1.15     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 299D.03, 
  1.16  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  1.17     Subd. 5.  [FINES AND FORFEITED BAIL MONEY.] (a) All fines 
  1.18  and forfeited bail money, from traffic and motor vehicle law 
  1.19  violations, collected from persons apprehended or arrested by 
  1.20  officers of the state patrol, shall be paid by the person or 
  1.21  officer collecting the fines, forfeited bail money or 
  1.22  installments thereof, on or before the tenth day after the last 
  1.23  day of the month in which these moneys were collected, to the 
  1.24  county treasurer of the county where the violation occurred.  
  1.25  Three-eighths of these receipts shall be credited to the general 
  1.26  revenue fund of the county.  The other five-eighths of these 
  1.27  receipts shall be transmitted by that officer to the state 
  2.1   treasurer and shall be credited as follows: 
  2.2      (1) In the fiscal year ending June 30, 1991, the first 
  2.3   $275,000 in money received by the state treasurer after June 4, 
  2.4   1991, must be credited to the transportation services fund, and 
  2.5   the remainder in the fiscal year credited to the trunk highway 
  2.6   fund. 
  2.7      (2) In fiscal year 1992, the first $215,000 in money 
  2.8   received by the state treasurer in the fiscal year must be 
  2.9   credited to the transportation services fund, and the remainder 
  2.10  credited to the trunk highway fund. 
  2.11     (3) In fiscal years 1993 and subsequent years, the entire 
  2.12  amount received by the state treasurer must be credited to the 
  2.13  trunk highway general fund.  If, however, the violation occurs 
  2.14  within a municipality and the city attorney prosecutes the 
  2.15  offense, and a plea of not guilty is entered, one-third of the 
  2.16  receipts shall be credited to the general revenue fund of the 
  2.17  county, one-third of the receipts shall be paid to the 
  2.18  municipality prosecuting the offense, and one-third shall be 
  2.19  transmitted to the state treasurer as provided in this 
  2.20  subdivision.  All costs of participation in a nationwide police 
  2.21  communication system chargeable to the state of Minnesota shall 
  2.22  be paid from appropriations for that purpose. 
  2.23     (b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, all fines 
  2.24  and forfeited bail money from violations of statutes governing 
  2.25  the maximum weight of motor vehicles, collected from persons 
  2.26  apprehended or arrested by employees of the state of Minnesota, 
  2.27  by means of stationary or portable scales operated by these 
  2.28  employees, shall be paid by the person or officer collecting the 
  2.29  fines or forfeited bail money, on or before the tenth day after 
  2.30  the last day of the month in which the collections were made, to 
  2.31  the county treasurer of the county where the violation 
  2.32  occurred.  Five-eighths of these receipts shall be transmitted 
  2.33  by that officer to the state treasurer and shall be credited to 
  2.34  the highway user tax distribution general fund.  Three-eighths 
  2.35  of these receipts shall be credited to the general revenue fund 
  2.36  of the county.  
  3.1      Sec. 3.  [STUDY OF GASOLINE TAX USES; REPORT TO 
  3.2   LEGISLATURE.] 
  3.3      The commissioner of revenue shall study and report on the 
  3.4   statutory allocation of percentages of gasoline tax revenue 
  3.5   estimated to be used for nonhighway purposes under Minnesota 
  3.6   Statutes, section 296.16.  The report must compare the estimates 
  3.7   of gasoline tax revenues attributable to nonhighway uses under 
  3.8   that section with actual amounts of gasoline tax attributable to 
  3.9   those uses in fiscal year 1997.  The commissioner shall report 
  3.10  to the legislature on the findings of the study by January 15, 
  3.11  1998. 
  3.12     Sec. 4.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  3.13     Sections 1 to 3 are effective July 1, 1997.  Section 2 
  3.14  applies to fines and forfeited bail money collected for 
  3.15  violations occurring after June 30, 1997.