1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to motor vehicles; increasing fees on certain transactions; providing 
1.3 	for acceptable methods of payment; imposing surcharge; amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2008, section 168.33, subdivision 7.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 168.33, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 7.Filing fees; allocations. (a) In addition to all other statutory fees and 
1.8 	taxes, a filing fee of:
1.9 	(1) ~~$4.50~~$6 is imposed on every vehicle registration renewal, excluding pro rate 
1.10 	transactions; and
1.11 	(2) ~~$8.50~~$10 is imposed on every other type of vehicle transaction, including pro 
1.12 	rate transactions;
1.13 	except that a filing fee may not be charged for a document returned for a refund or for 
1.14 	a correction of an error made by the Department of Public Safety, a dealer, or a deputy 
1.15 	registrar. The filing fee must be shown as a separate item on all registration renewal 
1.16 	notices sent out by the commissioner. No filing fee or other fee may be charged for the 
1.17 	permanent surrender of a title for a vehicle.
1.18 	(b) The fees imposed under paragraph (a) may be paid by credit card or debit card. 
1.19 	The deputy registrar may collect a surcharge on the fee not greater than the cost of 
1.20 	processing a credit card or debit card transaction.
1.21 	(c) All of the fees collected under paragraph (a), clause (1), by the department, must 
1.22 	be paid into the vehicle services operating account in the special revenue fund under 
1.23 	section 299A.705. Of the fee collected under paragraph (a), clause (2), by the department, 
2.1 	$3.50 must be paid into the general fund with the remainder deposited into the vehicle 
2.2 	services operating account in the special revenue fund under section 299A.705.