1st Engrossment - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 02/20/2018 12:28pm
A bill for an act
relating to motor vehicles; establishing law enforcement memorial special license
plates; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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The commissioner shall issue special law enforcement
memorial license plates or a single motorcycle plate to an applicant who:
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(1) is a registered owner of a passenger automobile, noncommercial one-ton pickup
truck, motorcycle, or recreational motor vehicle;
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(2) pays an additional fee of $10 for each set of plates;
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(3) pays the registration tax as required under section 168.013, along with any other fees
required by this chapter;
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(4) contributes $25 upon initial application and a minimum of $5 annually to the
Minnesota law enforcement memorial account; and
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(5) complies with this chapter and rules governing registration of motor vehicles and
licensing of drivers.
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The commissioner shall adopt a suitable design for the plate that must
include a black line with a blue line of equal proportion above and below the black line,
representing the thin blue line.
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On application to the commissioner and payment of a transfer
fee of $5, special plates may be transferred to another qualified motor vehicle that is
registered to the same individual to whom the special plates were originally issued.
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Special plates issued under this section are not subject to section
168.1293, subdivision 2.
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Fees collected under subdivision 1, clauses (2) and (3), and subdivision
3 are credited to the vehicle services operating account in the special revenue fund.
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Contributions collected
under subdivision 1, clause (4), must be deposited in the Minnesota law enforcement
memorial account, which is established in the special revenue fund. Money in the account
is appropriated to the commissioner of public safety. This appropriation is first for the annual
cost of administering the account funds, and the remaining funds are for distribution to the
Minnesota Law Enforcement Memorial Association, to be used to further the mission of
the association in assisting the families and home agencies of Minnesota law enforcement
officers who have died in the line of duty.
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This section is effective January 1, 2018, for special law
enforcement memorial plates issued on or after that date.
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