1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; increasing a motor vehicle
1.3 	transaction fee; increasing filing fee for processing
1.4 	license applications and fees; amending Minnesota
1.5 	Statutes 2004, sections 168.33, subdivision 7; 171.06,
1.6 	subdivision 2; 171.061, subdivision 4; 171.26.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.33,
1.9 	subdivision 7, is amended to read:
1.10 		Subd. 7.Filing fee.  (a) In addition to all other
1.11 	statutory fees and taxes, a filing fee of:
1.12 	(i) $4.50 is imposed on every motor vehicle registration
1.13 	renewal, excluding pro rate transactions; and
1.14 	(ii) $7 $8.50 is imposed on every other type of vehicle
1.15 	transaction, including pro rate transactions through June 30,
1.16 	2007, and then $12 thereafter;
1.17 	except that a filing fee may not be charged for a document
1.18 	returned for a refund or for a correction of an error made by
1.19 	the Department of Public Safety, a licensed auto dealer, or a
1.20 	deputy registrar.  The filing fee must be shown as a separate
1.21 	item on all registration renewal notices sent out by the
1.22 	department.  No filing fee or other fee may be charged for the
1.23 	permanent surrender of a certificate of title and license plates
1.24 	for a motor vehicle.
1.25 	(b) Filing fees collected under this subdivision by the
1.26 	department must be paid into the state treasury and credited to
2.1 	the highway user tax distribution fund, except fees for
2.2 	registrations of motor vehicles.  Filing fees collected for
2.3 	registrations of motor vehicles in conjunction with a title
2.4 	transfer or first application in this state must be paid into
2.5 	the state treasury with 50 percent of the money credited to the
2.6 	general fund and 50 percent credited to the highway user tax
2.7 	distribution fund.
2.8 	(c) A motor vehicle dealer shall retain $2.50 of each
2.9 	filing fee imposed under this subdivision for a completed
2.10 	transaction involving the sale of a motor vehicle to or by a
2.11 	licensed dealer, if the dealer electronically transmits the
2.12 	transaction to the department or deputy registrar.  The
2.13 	department shall develop procedures to implement this
2.14 	subdivision in consultation with the Minnesota Deputy Registrar
2.15 	Association and the Minnesota Automobile Dealers Association.
2.16 	Deputy registrars shall not be prohibited from receiving and
2.17 	processing required documents supporting an electronic
2.18 	transaction.

2.19 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.06,
2.20 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.21 		Subd. 2.Fees.  (a) The basic fees for a license and
2.22 	Minnesota identification card are as follows:
2.23 	Classified Driver's License D-$18.50 C-$22.50 B-$29.50 A-$37.50 
2.24 	D-$15 C-$19 B-$26 A-$34 
2.25 	Classified Under-21 D.L. D-$18.50 C-$22.50 B-$29.50 A-$17.50 
2.26 	D-$15 C-$19 B-$26 A-$14 
2.27 	Instruction Permit $ 9.50
2.28 	$ 6 
2.29 	Provisional License $ 9.50
2.30 	$ 6 
2.31 	Duplicate License or
2.32 	 duplicate identification card $ 8.00
2.33 	$ 5 
2.34 	Minnesota identification card or Under-21 Minnesota
2.35 	identification card, other than duplicate,
2.36 	except as otherwise provided in section 171.07,
3.1 	subdivisions 3 and 3a $12.50 
3.2 	$ 9 
3.3 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a person who holds a
3.4 	provisional license and has a driving record free of (1)
3.5 	convictions for a violation of section 169A.20, 169A.33,
3.6 	169A.35, or sections 169A.50 to 169A.53, (2) convictions for
3.7 	crash-related moving violations, and (3) convictions for moving
3.8 	violations that are not crash related, shall have a $3.50 credit
3.9 	toward the fee for any classified under-21 driver's license.
3.10 	"Moving violation" has the meaning given it in section 171.04,
3.11 	subdivision 1.
3.12 	(c) In addition to the driver's license fee required under
3.13 	paragraph (a), the registrar shall collect an additional $4
3.14 	processing fee from each new applicant or person renewing a
3.15 	license with a school bus endorsement to cover the costs for
3.16 	processing an applicant's initial and biennial physical
3.17 	examination certificate.  The department shall not charge these
3.18 	applicants any other fee to receive or renew the endorsement.
3.19 	(d) In addition to the fees required under this section,
3.20 	the registrar shall collect an additional filing fee for each
3.21 	application for a driver's license, provisional license,
3.22 	restricted license, duplicate license, instruction permit,
3.23 	Minnesota identification card, or motorized bicycle operator's
3.24 	permit in the amount of $5 through June 30, 2007, and then a
3.25 	filing fee of $10 thereafter.

3.26 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.061,
3.27 	subdivision 4, is amended to read:
3.28 		Subd. 4.Fee; equipment.  (a) The agent may charge and
3.29 	retain a filing fee of $3.50 $5 for each application through
3.30 	June 30, 2007, and then a filing fee of $10 thereafter.  Except
3.31 	as provided in paragraph (b), the fee shall cover all expenses
3.32 	involved in receiving, accepting, or forwarding to the
3.33 	department the applications and fees required under sections
3.34 	171.02, subdivision 3; 171.06, subdivisions 2 and 2a; and
3.35 	171.07, subdivisions 3 and 3a.
3.36 	(b) The department shall maintain the photo identification
4.1 	equipment for all agents appointed as of January 1, 2000.  Upon
4.2 	the retirement, resignation, death, or discontinuance of an
4.3 	existing agent, and if a new agent is appointed in an existing
4.4 	office pursuant to Minnesota Rules, chapter 7404, and
4.5 	notwithstanding the above or Minnesota Rules, part 7404.0400,
4.6 	the department shall provide and maintain photo identification
4.7 	equipment without additional cost to a newly appointed agent in
4.8 	that office if the office was provided the equipment by the
4.9 	department before January 1, 2000.  All photo identification
4.10 	equipment must be compatible with standards established by the
4.11 	department.
4.12 	(c) A filing fee retained by the agent employed by a county
4.13 	board must be paid into the county treasury and credited to the
4.14 	general revenue fund of the county.  An agent who is not an
4.15 	employee of the county shall retain the filing fee in lieu of
4.16 	county employment or salary and is considered an independent
4.17 	contractor for pension purposes, coverage under the Minnesota
4.18 	State Retirement System, or membership in the Public Employees
4.19 	Retirement Association.
4.20 	(d) Before the end of the first working day following the
4.21 	final day of the reporting period established by the department,
4.22 	the agent must forward to the department all applications and
4.23 	fees collected during the reporting period except as provided in
4.24 	paragraph (c).

4.25 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.26, is
4.26 	amended to read:
4.27 	171.26 MONEY CREDITED TO FUNDS.
4.28 	All money received under this chapter must be paid into the
4.29 	state treasury and credited to the trunk highway fund, except as
4.30 	provided in sections 171.06, subdivision 2a; 171.061,
4.31 	subdivision 4;171.07, subdivision 11, paragraph (g); 171.12,
4.32 	subdivision 8; and 171.29, subdivision 2, paragraph (b).

4.33 	Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 4.34 	Sections 1 to 4 are effective July 1, 2005.