1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to drivers' licenses; imposing surcharge for
1.3 	reinstatement of driver's license to fund trauma care
1.4 	centers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section
1.5 	171.29, subdivision 2.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.29,
1.8 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.9 		Subd. 2.Reinstatement fees and surcharges allocated and
1.10 	appropriated.  (a) A person whose driver's license has been
1.11 	revoked as provided in subdivision 1, except under section
1.12 	169A.52, 169A.54, or 609.21, shall pay a $30 fee before the
1.13 	driver's license is reinstated.
1.14 	(b) A person whose driver's license has been revoked as
1.15 	provided in subdivision 1 under section 169A.52, 169A.54, or
1.16 	609.21, shall pay a $250 fee plus a $40 surcharge before the
1.17 	driver's license is reinstated.  Beginning July 1, 2002, the
1.18 	surcharge is $145.  Beginning July 1, 2003, the surcharge is
1.19 	$430. Beginning July 1, 2005, the surcharge is $480.The $250
1.20 	fee is to be credited as follows:
1.21 	(1) Twenty percent must be credited to the trunk highway
1.22 	fund.
1.23 	(2) Sixty-seven percent must be credited to the general
1.24 	fund.
1.25 	(3) Eight percent must be credited to a separate account to
2.1 	be known as the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension account.  Money
2.2 	in this account may be appropriated to the commissioner of
2.3 	public safety and the appropriated amount must be apportioned 80
2.4 	percent for laboratory costs and 20 percent for carrying out the
2.5 	provisions of section 299C.065.
2.6 	(4) Five percent must be credited to a separate account to
2.7 	be known as the vehicle forfeiture account, which is created in
2.8 	the special revenue fund.  The money in the account is annually
2.9 	appropriated to the commissioner for costs of handling vehicle
2.10 	forfeitures.
2.11 	(c) The revenue from $50 of each surcharge must be credited
2.12 	to a separate account to be known as the traumatic brain injury
2.13 	and spinal cord injury account.  The money in the account is
2.14 	annually appropriated to the commissioner of health to be used
2.15 	as follows:  83 percent for contracts with a qualified
2.16 	community-based organization to provide information, resources,
2.17 	and support to assist persons with traumatic brain injury and
2.18 	their families to access services, and 17 percent to maintain
2.19 	the traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury registry
2.20 	created in section 144.662.  For the purposes of this clause, a
2.21 	"qualified community-based organization" is a private,
2.22 	not-for-profit organization of consumers of traumatic brain
2.23 	injury services and their family members.  The organization must
2.24 	be registered with the United States Internal Revenue Service
2.25 	under section 501(c)(3) as a tax-exempt organization and must
2.26 	have as its purposes:
2.27 	(i) the promotion of public, family, survivor, and
2.28 	professional awareness of the incidence and consequences of
2.29 	traumatic brain injury;
2.30 	(ii) the provision of a network of support for persons with
2.31 	traumatic brain injury, their families, and friends;
2.32 	(iii) the development and support of programs and services
2.33 	to prevent traumatic brain injury;
2.34 	(iv) the establishment of education programs for persons
2.35 	with traumatic brain injury; and
2.36 	(v) the empowerment of persons with traumatic brain injury
3.1 	through participation in its governance.
3.2 	No patient's name, identifying information, or identifiable
3.3 	medical data will be disclosed to the organization without the
3.4 	informed voluntary written consent of the patient or patient's
3.5 	guardian or, if the patient is a minor, of the parent or
3.6 	guardian of the patient.
3.7 	(d) The revenue from $50 of each surcharge must be credited
3.8 	to a separate account to be known as the traumatic center
3.9 	account.  The money in the account is annually appropriated to
3.10 	the commissioner of health to be used entirely for hospitals
3.11 	designated as trauma centers by the American College of Surgeons.
3.12 	(e) The remainder of the surcharge must be credited to a
3.13 	separate account to be known as the remote electronic
3.14 	alcohol-monitoring program account.  The commissioner shall
3.15 	transfer the balance of this account to the commissioner of
3.16 	finance on a monthly basis for deposit in the general fund.
3.17 	(e) (f) When these fees are collected by a licensing agent,
3.18 	appointed under section 171.061, a handling charge is imposed in
3.19 	the amount specified under section 171.061, subdivision 4.  The
3.20 	reinstatement fees and surcharge must be deposited in an
3.21 	approved state depository as directed under section 171.061,
3.22 	subdivision 4.