1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to crime prevention; clarifying DWI plate 
  1.3             impoundment law; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, 
  1.4             section 169A.60, subdivision 11.  
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 169A.60, 
  1.7   subdivision 11, is amended to read: 
  1.8      Subd. 11.  [RESCISSION OF REVOCATION; AND DISMISSAL OR 
  1.9   ACQUITTAL; NEW PLATES.] If: 
  1.10     (1) the driver's license revocation that is the basis for 
  1.11  an impoundment order is rescinded; and 
  1.12     (2) the charges for the plate impoundment violation have 
  1.13  been dismissed with prejudice; or 
  1.14     (3) the violator has been acquitted of the plate 
  1.15  impoundment violation; 
  1.16  then the registrar of motor vehicles shall issue new 
  1.17  registration plates for the vehicle at no cost, when the 
  1.18  registrar receives an application that includes a copy of the 
  1.19  order rescinding the driver's license revocation, and the order 
  1.20  dismissing the charges, or the judgment of acquittal. 
  1.21     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.22     Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.