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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to drivers' licenses; authorizing payment of driver's license reinstatement <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>fee and surcharge in installment payments; removing obsolete language;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.29, subdivision 2.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.29, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Reinstatement fees and surcharges allocated and appropriated.</b> (a) <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>An individual whose driver's license has been revoked as provided in subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>except under section 
         <statute_ref>169A.52</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>169A.54</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>609.21</statute_ref>, must pay a $30 fee before the driver's <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>license is reinstated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>(b) A person whose driver's license has been revoked as provided in subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>1 under section 
         <statute_ref>169A.52</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>169A.54</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>609.21</statute_ref>, must pay a $250 fee plus a ~~$40~~ $430 <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>surcharge before the driver's license is reinstated, except as provided in paragraph (f). <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>~~Beginning July 1, 2002, the surcharge is $145. Beginning July 1, 2003, the surcharge is~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>~~$430.~~ The $250 fee is to be credited as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>(1) Twenty percent must be credited to the driver services operating account in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>special revenue fund as specified in section 
         <statute_ref>299A.705</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>(2) Sixty-seven percent must be credited to the general fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>(3) Eight percent must be credited to a separate account to be known as the Bureau <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>of Criminal Apprehension account. Money in this account may be appropriated to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>commissioner of public safety and the appropriated amount must be apportioned 80 percent <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>for laboratory costs and 20 percent for carrying out the provisions of section 
         <statute_ref>299C.065</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>(4) Five percent must be credited to a separate account to be known as the vehicle <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>forfeiture account, which is created in the special revenue fund. The money in the account <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>is annually appropriated to the commissioner for costs of handling vehicle forfeitures.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>(c) The revenue from $50 of ~~each~~ the surcharge, or $12.50 for each year of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>reinstatement under paragraph (f), must be credited to a separate account to be known as <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>the traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury account. The money in the account is <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>annually appropriated to the commissioner of health to be used as follows: 83 percent <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>for contracts with a qualified community-based organization to provide information, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>resources, and support to assist persons with traumatic brain injury and their families to <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>access services, and 17 percent to maintain the traumatic brain injury and spinal cord <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>injury registry created in section 
         <statute_ref>144.662</statute_ref>. For the purposes of this paragraph, a "qualified <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>community-based organization" is a private, not-for-profit organization of consumers of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>traumatic brain injury services and their family members. The organization must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>registered with the United States Internal Revenue Service under section 501(c)(3) as a <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>tax-exempt organization and must have as its purposes:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>(1) the promotion of public, family, survivor, and professional awareness of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>incidence and consequences of traumatic brain injury;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>(2) the provision of a network of support for persons with traumatic brain injury, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>their families, and friends;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>(3) the development and support of programs and services to prevent traumatic <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>brain injury;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>(4) the establishment of education programs for persons with traumatic brain injury; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>and<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>(5) the empowerment of persons with traumatic brain injury through participation <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>in its governance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>A patient's name, identifying information, or identifiable medical data must not be <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>disclosed to the organization without the informed voluntary written consent of the patient <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>or patient's guardian or, if the patient is a minor, of the parent or guardian of the patient.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>(d) The remainder of the surcharge must be credited to a separate account to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>known as the remote electronic alcohol-monitoring program account. The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>shall transfer the balance of this account to the commissioner of finance on a monthly <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>basis for deposit in the general fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>(e) When these fees are collected by a licensing agent, appointed under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>171.061
         </statute_ref>, a handling charge is imposed in the amount specified under section 
         <statute_ref>171.061, <br />
            		<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>subdivision 4
         </statute_ref>. The reinstatement fees and surcharge must be deposited in an approved <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.36"></a><var>2.36</var>depository as directed under section 
         <statute_ref>171.061, subdivision 4</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>(f) A person whose driver's license has been revoked as provided in subdivision 1 <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>under section 169A.52, 169A.54, or 609.21, may choose to pay 25 percent of the total <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>amount of the surcharge and fee required under paragraph (b) to reinstate the person's <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>driver's license, provided the person meets all other requirements of reinstatement. If a <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>person chooses to pay 25 percent of the total, the driver's license must expire after one <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>year. The person must pay an additional 25 percent of the total to extend the license for <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>an additional year for each of the next two years, provided the person is otherwise still <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>eligible for the license. After a final 25 percent payment of the surcharge and fee, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>license may be renewed on a standard schedule, as provided under section 171.27. A <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>handling charge may be imposed for each installment payment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2007.<br />
         		
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