1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to appropriations; appropriating money for
1.3 	transportation, Metropolitan Council, and public
1.4 	safety activities; providing for general contingent
1.5 	accounts and tort claims; modifying provision for
1.6 	handling state mail; providing for repayment of money
1.7 	advanced for highways; modifying vehicle registration
1.8 	plate, tax, and fee provisions and providing for
1.9 	definitions; modifying motor vehicle, traffic
1.10 	regulation, driver's license, and driving record
1.11 	provisions relating to commercial motor vehicles;
1.12 	proposing amendment to Minnesota Constitution to
1.13 	allocate proceeds of tax on sale of motor vehicles;
1.14 	increasing or modifying fees for motor vehicle
1.15 	transfers and driver and vehicle services; allowing
1.16 	state transportation funds to be used for design and
1.17 	preliminary engineering of bridges in smaller cities;
1.18 	authorizing billing for highway sign program and
1.19 	establishing special account; modifying apportionments
1.20 	for county state-aid highways; increasing amount
1.21 	deductible from county state-aid highway fund for
1.22 	administrative costs; modifying traffic regulation
1.23 	relating to unimpeded vision from inside vehicles;
1.24 	redefining recreational vehicle combination to include
1.25 	certain combinations hauling horse trailers and
1.26 	related vehicles; increasing maximum gross weight for
1.27 	certain vehicles and combinations hauling livestock on
1.28 	noninterstate trunk highways; extending exemption for
1.29 	milk truck weight limit; modifying driver's license
1.30 	and permit provisions; allowing driver's license
1.31 	suspension for paying license fees with dishonored
1.32 	check; providing a bidding exception for certain
1.33 	federally subsidized transit facilities; abolishing
1.34 	provision regulating unlawful gasoline sales;
1.35 	providing for metropolitan transit operations and
1.36 	funding; abolishing bus fare policy provision;
1.37 	permitting development of bus rapid transit in Cedar
1.38 	Avenue transit corridor; providing for wetland
1.39 	replacement near city of Cologne; modifying employment
1.40 	status of public safety radio communications
1.41 	operators; requiring discontinuance of insurance
1.42 	verification sampling program until modified and
1.43 	providing remedies for charged violations;
1.44 	establishing accounts; setting maximum speed for
1.45 	trains in city of Orr; regulating park-and-ride lots;
1.46 	ensuring ethanol requirements do not result in loss of
2.1 	federal funds; abolishing statewide bicycle
2.2 	registration program; requiring studies and reports;
2.3 	requiring a state aviation plan; creating an advisory
2.4 	council on aviation planning; making technical and
2.5 	clarifying revisions; amending Minnesota Statutes
2.6 	2004, sections 16B.49; 115A.908, subdivision 1;
2.7 	161.361, subdivision 2; 162.06, subdivision 2; 162.07,
2.8 	subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 162.08,
2.9 	subdivision 3; 168.011, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, 5a, 6,
2.10 	7, 25, by adding subdivisions; 168.013, subdivision 8;
2.11 	168.09, subdivision 7; 168.091, subdivision 1; 168.10,
2.12 	subdivision 1c; 168.105, subdivisions 2, 3, 5; 168.12;
2.13 	168.123; 168.1235; 168.124; 168.125; 168.1255;
2.14 	168.127, subdivision 6; 168.128; 168.129; 168.1291;
2.15 	168.1293; 168.1296; 168.1297; 168.15, subdivision 1;
2.16 	168.16; 168.27, subdivision 11; 168.31, subdivision 5;
2.17 	168.33; 168.345, subdivisions 1, 2; 168.381; 168.54,
2.18 	subdivisions 4, 5; 168A.152, subdivision 2; 168A.29;
2.19 	168A.31; 169.01, subdivisions 75, 76, 78; 169.09,
2.20 	subdivision 13; 169.18, subdivision 5; 169.71,
2.21 	subdivision 1; 169.81, subdivision 3c; 169.824,
2.22 	subdivision 2; 169.851, subdivision 5; 169.86,
2.23 	subdivision 5; 169.87, subdivision 4; 169.99,
2.24 	subdivision 1b; 169A.52, subdivision 3; 169A.60,
2.25 	subdivision 16; 171.01, subdivisions 22, 35, 47, by
2.26 	adding a subdivision; 171.02; 171.03; 171.04,
2.27 	subdivision 2; 171.05, subdivisions 1, 2; 171.06,
2.28 	subdivisions 2, 2a; 171.061, subdivision 4; 171.07,
2.29 	subdivision 11; 171.09; 171.12, subdivisions 3, 6;
2.30 	171.13, subdivisions 2, 6, by adding a subdivision;
2.31 	171.165, subdivisions 1, 2, 6; 171.18, subdivision 1;
2.32 	171.20, subdivision 4; 171.26; 171.29, subdivision 2;
2.33 	171.36; 174.03, by adding a subdivision; 174.50, by
2.34 	adding a subdivision; 179A.03, subdivision 7; 179A.10,
2.35 	subdivision 2; 297B.09, subdivision 1; 469.015,
2.36 	subdivision 4; 473.446, subdivision 3; 473.4461;
2.37 	473F.08, subdivision 3b; 609.855, by adding a
2.38 	subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
2.39 	Statutes, chapters 160; 168; 169; 171; 174; 190; 299A;
2.40 	repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 168.011,
2.41 	subdivision 19; 168.012, subdivision 12; 168.041,
2.42 	subdivision 11; 168.105, subdivision 6; 168.15,
2.43 	subdivision 2; 168.231; 168.345, subdivisions 3, 4;
2.44 	168C.01; 168C.02; 168C.03; 168C.04; 168C.05; 168C.06;
2.45 	168C.07; 168C.08; 168C.09; 168C.10; 168C.11; 168C.12;
2.46 	168C.13; 170.23; 171.12, subdivision 8; 171.165,
2.47 	subdivisions 3, 4, 4a, 4b; 171.185; 473.408,
2.48 	subdivision 1; Minnesota Rules, parts 7407.0100;
2.49 	7407.0200; 7407.0300; 7407.0400; 7407.0500; 7407.0600;
2.50 	7407.0700; 7407.0800; 7407.0900; 7407.1000; 7407.1100;
2.51 	7407.1200; 7407.1300; 7503.2400; 7800.0600; 7800.3200,
2.52 	subpart 1; 7805.0700; 8850.6900, subpart 20;
2.53 	8855.0500, subpart 1.
2.54 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.55 	ARTICLE 1
2.56 	APPROPRIATIONS
2.57 	TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER AGENCIES

2.58 	Section 1. TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS.
 2.59 	The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are
2.60 	appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to
2.61 	the agencies and for the purposes specified in this article, to
2.62 	be available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.
3.1 	The figures "2006" and "2007," where used in this article, mean
3.2 	that the appropriations listed under them are available for the
3.3 	year ending June 30, 2006, or June 30, 2007, respectively.  If
3.4 	the figures are not used, the appropriations are available for
3.5 	the year ending June 30, 2006, or June 30, 2007, respectively.
3.6 	The term "first year" means the year ending June 30, 2006, and
3.7 	the term "second year" means the year ending June 30, 2007.
3.8 	SUMMARY BY FUND
3.9 	2006          2007           TOTAL
3.10 	General            $   80,266,000 $   81,521,000 $  161,787,000
3.11 	Airports               19,458,000     19,458,000     38,916,000
3.12 	C.S.A.H.              441,335,000    453,948,000    895,283,000
3.13 	M.S.A.S.              117,048,000    120,841,000    237,889,000
3.14 	Special Revenue        44,663,000     43,968,000     88,631,000
3.15 	Highway User            8,568,000      8,638,000     17,206,000
3.16 	Trunk Highway       1,148,211,000  1,260,498,000  2,408,709,000
3.17 	TOTAL              $1,859,549,000 $1,988,872,000 $3,848,421,000
3.18 	APPROPRIATIONS
3.19 	                                       Available for the Year
3.20 	                                           Ending June 30
3.21 	                                          2006         2007

3.22 	Sec. 2. TRANSPORTATION
 3.23 		Subdivision 1.Total
3.24 	Appropriation                     $1,668,577,000 $1,797,279,000
3.25 	The appropriations in this section are
3.26 	from the trunk highway fund, except
3.27 	when another fund is named.
3.28 	Summary by Fund
3.29 	2006          2007
3.30 	General              16,721,000    16,721,000
3.31 	Airports             19,408,000    19,408,000
3.32 	C.S.A.H.            441,335,000   453,948,000
3.33 	M.S.A.S.            117,048,000   120,841,000
3.34 	Trunk Highway     1,074,379,000 1,188,931,000
3.35 	The amounts that may be spent from this
3.36 	appropriation for each program are
3.37 	specified in the following subdivisions.
3.38 		Subd. 2.Multimodal Systems          42,647,000     42,647,000
3.39 	Summary by Fund
3.40 	Airports             19,383,000    19,383,000
4.1 	General              16,656,000    16,656,000
4.2 	Trunk Highway         6,608,000     6,608,000
4.3 	The amounts that may be spent from this
4.4 	appropriation for each activity are as
4.5 	follows:
4.6 	(a) Aeronautics
4.7 	20,220,000     20,220,000
4.8 	Summary by Fund
4.9 	Airports             19,383,000    19,383,000
4.10 	Trunk Highway           837,000       837,000
4.11 	Except as otherwise provided, the
4.12 	appropriations in this subdivision are
4.13 	from the state airports fund.
4.14 	(1) Airport Development
4.15 	and Assistance
4.16 	14,298,000     14,298,000
4.17 	These appropriations must be spent
4.18 	according to Minnesota Statutes,
4.19 	section 360.305, subdivision 4.
4.20 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes,
4.21 	section 16A.28, subdivision 6, funds
4.22 	are available for five years after
4.23 	appropriation.
4.24 	If the appropriation for either year is
4.25 	insufficient, the appropriation for the
4.26 	other year is available for it.
4.27 	Of this state airports fund
4.28 	appropriation in Laws 2003, First
4.29 	Special Session chapter 19, article 1,
4.30 	section 2, subdivision 2, paragraph
4.31 	(a), clause (1), $1,900,000 cancels to
4.32 	the state airports fund.  This
4.33 	cancellation is effective the day
4.34 	following final enactment.
4.35 	(2) Aviation Support and Services
4.36 	5,922,000      5,922,000
4.37 	Summary by Fund
4.38 	Airports              5,085,000     5,085,000
4.39 	Trunk Highway           837,000       837,000
4.40 	$65,000 the first year and $65,000 the
4.41 	second year are for the Civil Air
4.42 	Patrol.
4.43 	(b) Transit
4.44 	17,105,000     17,105,000
4.45 	Summary by Fund
4.46 	General              16,310,000    16,310,000
5.1 	Trunk Highway           795,000       795,000
5.2 	The commissioner shall conduct a study
5.3 	of the feasibility and potential of
5.4 	regular route commuter transit service
5.5 	from outside the transit service area
5.6 	to inside the transit service area,
5.7 	operated by a private entity without
5.8 	public financial assistance.  The
5.9 	commissioner shall conduct the study to
5.10 	evaluate the effectiveness of
5.11 	incentives to provide such service by a
5.12 	private entity, including:  (1) income
5.13 	tax exemptions; (2) motor vehicle
5.14 	registration tax exemptions; (3) motor
5.15 	fuel tax exemptions; (4) use of freeway
5.16 	and expressway shoulders for bus
5.17 	travel; (5) use of existing bus stops
5.18 	within the transit service area; and
5.19 	(6) other incentives the commissioner
5.20 	determines may provide an incentive for
5.21 	such service.
5.22 	The commissioner shall report on the
5.23 	results of the study to the chairs of
5.24 	the legislative committees having
5.25 	jurisdiction over transportation policy
5.26 	and finance by February 15, 2006.
5.27 	(c) Freight
5.28 	The general fund budget base for this
5.29 	activity for the 2008-2009 biennium is
5.30 	$15,810,000 each year.
5.31 	5,322,000      5,322,000
5.32 	Summary by Fund
5.33 	General                 346,000       346,000
5.34 	Trunk Highway         4,976,000     4,976,000
5.35 		Subd. 3.State Roads              1,011,958,000  1,124,254,000
5.36 	Summary by Fund
5.37 	General                   9,000         9,000
5.38 	Trunk Highway     1,011,949,000 1,124,245,000
5.39 	The amounts that may be spent from this
5.40 	appropriation for each activity are as
5.41 	follows:
5.42 	(a) Infrastructure Investment and Planning
5.43 	801,247,000   913,543,000
5.44 	(1) Infrastructure Investment Support
5.45 	168,207,000   168,207,000
5.46 	$266,000 the first year and $266,000
5.47 	the second year are available for
5.48 	grants to metropolitan planning
5.49 	organizations outside the seven-county
5.50 	metropolitan area.
5.51 	$75,000 the first year and $75,000 the
5.52 	second year are for a transportation
6.1 	research contingent account to finance
6.2 	research projects that are reimbursable
6.3 	from the federal government or from
6.4 	other sources.  If the appropriation
6.5 	for either year is insufficient, the
6.6 	appropriation for the other year is
6.7 	available for it.
6.8 	$600,000 the first year and $600,000
6.9 	the second year are available for
6.10 	grants for transportation studies
6.11 	outside the metropolitan area to
6.12 	identify critical concerns, problems,
6.13 	and issues.  These grants are available
6.14 	(1) to regional development
6.15 	commissions, and (2) in regions where
6.16 	no regional development commission is
6.17 	functioning, to joint powers boards
6.18 	established under agreement of two or
6.19 	more political subdivisions in the
6.20 	region to exercise the planning
6.21 	functions of a regional development
6.22 	commission, and (3) in regions where no
6.23 	regional development commission or
6.24 	joint powers board is functioning, to
6.25 	the department's district office for
6.26 	that region.
6.27 	The commissioner shall contract with
6.28 	the University of Minnesota Center for
6.29 	Transportation Studies for a study of
6.30 	the feasibility and effectiveness of a
6.31 	remodeled transit system in the
6.32 	metropolitan area that incorporates the
6.33 	metropolitan freeway system.  The study
6.34 	must include consideration of a system
6.35 	whereby passengers board from a freeway
6.36 	median or freeway shoulder, or
6.37 	combination thereof.  The study must
6.38 	include:
6.39 	(1) similar studies or projects in
6.40 	other states;
6.41 	(2) time savings to passengers and
6.42 	cost-effectiveness of using transit
6.43 	vehicles operating without tracks
6.44 	within existing freeway right-of-way;
6.45 	and
6.46 	(3) feasibility of realignment of the
6.47 	existing bus transit system to directly
6.48 	feed the transit vehicles operating
6.49 	within freeway right-of-way.
6.50 	The Center for Transportation Studies
6.51 	shall consult with the Metropolitan
6.52 	Council on the redesign of the system.
6.53 	The Metropolitan Council must provide
6.54 	the center with all relevant ridership
6.55 	and cost information, and must assist
6.56 	and cooperate with the center as
6.57 	necessary to complete the study.
6.58 	The contract must require the Center
6.59 	for Transportation Studies to report on
6.60 	the study, with findings and
6.61 	recommendations, by June 30, 2006.
6.62 	(2) State Road Construction
7.1 	576,950,000    680,950,000
7.2 	It is estimated that these
7.3 	appropriations will be funded as
7.4 	follows:
7.5 	Federal Highway Aid
7.6 	280,000,000    384,000,000
7.7 	Highway User Taxes
7.8 	296,950,000    296,950,000
7.9 	The commissioner of transportation
7.10 	shall notify the chair of the
7.11 	Transportation Budget Division of the
7.12 	senate and the chair of the
7.13 	Transportation Finance Committee of the
7.14 	house of representatives of any
7.15 	significant events that should cause
7.16 	these estimates to change.
7.17 	This appropriation is for the actual
7.18 	construction, reconstruction, and
7.19 	improvement of trunk highways including
7.20 	consultant usage to support these
7.21 	activities.  This includes the cost of
7.22 	actual payment to landowners for lands
7.23 	acquired for highway rights-of-way,
7.24 	payment to lessees, interest subsidies,
7.25 	and relocation expenses.
7.26 	The commissioner may transfer up to
7.27 	$15,000,000 each year to the
7.28 	transportation revolving loan fund.
7.29 	The commissioner may receive money
7.30 	covering other shares of the cost of
7.31 	partnership projects.  These receipts
7.32 	are appropriated to the commissioner
7.33 	for these projects.
7.34 	(3) Highway Debt Service
7.35 	40,112,000     46,017,000
7.36 	$40,426,000 the first year and
7.37 	$48,587,000 the second year are for
7.38 	transfer to the state bond fund.  If
7.39 	this appropriation is insufficient to
7.40 	make all transfers required in the year
7.41 	for which it is made, the commissioner
7.42 	of finance shall notify the Committee
7.43 	on State Government Finance of the
7.44 	senate and the Committee on Ways and
7.45 	Means of the house of representatives
7.46 	of the amount of the deficiency and
7.47 	shall then transfer that amount under
7.48 	the statutory open appropriation.  Any
7.49 	excess appropriation cancels to the
7.50 	trunk highway fund.
7.51 	(b) Infrastructure Operations
7.52 	and Maintenance
7.53 	204,746,000    204,746,000
7.54 	(c) Electronic Communications
7.55 	5,965,000      5,965,000
8.1 	Summary by Fund
8.2 	General                   9,000         9,000
8.3 	Trunk Highway         5,956,000     5,956,000
8.4 	$9,000 the first year and $9,000 the
8.5 	second year are from the general fund
8.6 	for equipment and operation of the
8.7 	Roosevelt signal tower for Lake of the
8.8 	Woods weather broadcasting.
8.9 		Subd. 4.Local Roads                558,383,000    574,789,000
8.10 	Summary by Fund
8.11 	C.S.A.H.            441,335,000   453,948,000
8.12 	M.S.A.S.            117,048,000   120,841,000
8.13 	The amounts that may be spent from this
8.14 	appropriation for each activity are as
8.15 	follows:
8.16 	(a) County State Aids
8.17 	441,335,000    453,948,000
8.18 	This appropriation is from the county
8.19 	state-aid highway fund and is available
8.20 	until spent.
8.21 	(b) Municipal State Aids
8.22 	117,048,000    120,841,000
8.23 	This appropriation is from the
8.24 	municipal state-aid street fund and is
8.25 	available until spent.
8.26 	If an appropriation for either county
8.27 	state aids or municipal state aids does
8.28 	not exhaust the balance in the fund
8.29 	from which it is made in the year for
8.30 	which it is made, the commissioner of
8.31 	finance, upon request of the
8.32 	commissioner of transportation, shall
8.33 	notify the chair of the Transportation
8.34 	Finance Committee of the house of
8.35 	representatives and the chair of the
8.36 	Transportation Budget Division of the
8.37 	senate of the amount of the remainder
8.38 	and shall then add that amount to the
8.39 	appropriation.  The amount added is
8.40 	appropriated for the purposes of county
8.41 	state aids or municipal state aids, as
8.42 	appropriate.
8.43 	If the appropriation for either county
8.44 	state aids or municipal state aids does
8.45 	exhaust the balance in the fund from
8.46 	which it is made in the year for which
8.47 	it is made, the commissioner of finance
8.48 	shall notify the chair of the
8.49 	Transportation Finance Committee of the
8.50 	house of representatives and the chair
8.51 	of the Transportation Budget Division
8.52 	of the senate of the amount by which
8.53 	the appropriation exceeds the balance
8.54 	and shall then reduce that amount from
8.55 	the appropriation.
9.1 		Subd. 5.General Support
9.2 	and Services                          55,589,000     55,589,000
9.3 	Summary by Fund
9.4 	General                  56,000        56,000
9.5 	Airports                 25,000        25,000
9.6 	Trunk Highway        55,508,000    55,508,000
9.7 	The amounts that may be spent from this
9.8 	appropriation for each activity are as
9.9 	follows:
9.10 	(a) Department Support
9.11 	38,999,000     38,999,000
9.12 	Summary by Fund
9.13 	Airports                 25,000        25,000
9.14 	Trunk Highway        38,974,000    38,974,000
9.15 	(b) Buildings
9.16 	16,590,000     16,590,000
9.17 	Summary by Fund
9.18 	General                  56,000        56,000
9.19 	Trunk Highway        16,534,000    16,534,000
9.20 	If the appropriation for either year is
9.21 	insufficient, the appropriation for the
9.22 	other year is available for it.
9.23 	The trunk highway fund budget base for
9.24 	this activity in fiscal years 2008 and
9.25 	2009 is $12,534,000 each year.
9.26 		Subd. 6.Transfers
9.27 	(a) With the approval of the
9.28 	commissioner of finance, the
9.29 	commissioner of transportation may
9.30 	transfer unencumbered balances among
9.31 	the appropriations from the trunk
9.32 	highway fund and the state airports
9.33 	fund made in this section.  No transfer
9.34 	may be made from the appropriation for
9.35 	state road construction.  No transfer
9.36 	may be made from the appropriations for
9.37 	debt service to any other appropriation.
9.38 	Transfers under this paragraph may not
9.39 	be made between funds.  Transfers
9.40 	between programs must be reported
9.41 	immediately to the chair of the
9.42 	Transportation Budget Division of the
9.43 	senate and the chair of the
9.44 	Transportation Finance Committee of the
9.45 	house of representatives.
9.46 	(b) The commissioner of finance shall
9.47 	transfer from the flexible account in
9.48 	the county state-aid highway fund
9.49 	$5,650,000 the first year and
9.50 	$1,480,000 the second year to the
9.51 	municipal turnback account in the
10.1 	municipal state-aid street fund,
10.2 	$10,390,000 the first year to the trunk
10.3 	highway fund and $7,380,000 the second
10.4 	year to the trunk highway fund, and the
10.5 	remainder in each year to the county
10.6 	turnback account in the county
10.7 	state-aid highway fund.
10.8 		Subd. 7.Use of State Road
10.9 	Construction Appropriations
10.10 	Any money appropriated to the
10.11 	commissioner of transportation for
10.12 	state road construction for any fiscal
10.13 	year before fiscal year 2006 is
10.14 	available to the commissioner during
10.15 	fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to the
10.16 	extent that the commissioner spends the
10.17 	money on the state road construction
10.18 	project for which the money was
10.19 	originally encumbered during the fiscal
10.20 	year for which it was appropriated.
10.21 	The commissioner of transportation
10.22 	shall report to the commissioner of
10.23 	finance by August 1, 2005, and August
10.24 	1, 2006, on a form the commissioner of
10.25 	finance provides, on expenditures made
10.26 	during the previous fiscal year that
10.27 	are authorized by this subdivision.
10.28 		Subd. 8.Contingent Appropriation
10.29 	The commissioner of transportation,
10.30 	with the approval of the governor after
10.31 	review by the Legislative Advisory
10.32 	Commission under Minnesota Statutes,
10.33 	section 3.30, may transfer all or part
10.34 	of the unappropriated balance in the
10.35 	trunk highway fund to an appropriation
10.36 	(1) for trunk highway design,
10.37 	construction, or inspection in order to
10.38 	take advantage of an unanticipated
10.39 	receipt of income to the trunk highway
10.40 	fund or to take advantage of Federal
10.41 	Advanced Construction funding, (2) for
10.42 	trunk highway maintenance in order to
10.43 	meet an emergency, or (3) to pay tort
10.44 	or environmental claims.  Any transfer
10.45 	as a result of the use of Federal
10.46 	Advanced Construction funding must
10.47 	include an analysis of the effects on
10.48 	the long-term trunk highway fund
10.49 	balance.  The amount transferred is
10.50 	appropriated for the purpose of the
10.51 	account to which it is transferred.

10.52 	Sec. 3. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
10.53 	TRANSIT                               58,303,000     59,553,000
 10.54 	(a) Bus Transit
10.55 	54,753,000     54,753,000
10.56 	This appropriation is for bus system
10.57 	operations.
10.58 	The general fund budget base for this
10.59 	activity for the 2008-2009 biennium is
10.60 	$53,953,000 each year.
10.61 	Money received by the council under
11.1 	Minnesota Statutes, section 473F.08,
11.2 	subdivision 3b, must be used by the
11.3 	council to eliminate the council's
11.4 	targeted service reductions in the
11.5 	2006-2007 biennium.
11.6 	The council may not implement those
11.7 	reductions in the 2006-2007 biennium.
11.8 	The council shall achieve compliance
11.9 	with this provision through the use of:
11.10 	(1) the appropriations and other
11.11 	funding in this paragraph;
11.12 	(2) other revenue increases:
11.13 	(3) administrative reductions;
11.14 	(4) cost-containment measures; and
11.15 	(5) operating efficiencies.
11.16 	The council may not reduce the Metro
11.17 	Mobility service area in the 2006-2007
11.18 	biennium.
11.19 	The council must charge the fully
11.20 	allocated cost of providing transit
11.21 	services under any contracts signed
11.22 	with private corporations or nonprofit
11.23 	organizations sponsoring special
11.24 	services or events.
11.25 	(b) Rail Operations
11.26 	3,550,000      4,800,000
11.27 	This appropriation is for operations of
11.28 	the Hiawatha LRT line.
11.29 	This appropriation is for paying 50
11.30 	percent of operating costs for the
11.31 	Hiawatha light rail transit line after
11.32 	operating revenue and federal funds are
11.33 	used for light rail transit operations.
11.34 	The remaining operating costs up to a
11.35 	maximum of $3,550,000 the first year
11.36 	and $4,800,000 the second year are to
11.37 	be paid by the Hennepin County Regional
11.38 	Rail Authority, using any or all of
11.39 	these sources:
11.40 	(1) general tax revenues of Hennepin
11.41 	County;
11.42 	(2) the authority's reserves; and
11.43 	(3) taxes levied under Minnesota
11.44 	Statutes, section 398A.04, subdivision
11.45 	8, notwithstanding any provision in
11.46 	that subdivision that limits amounts
11.47 	that may be levied for light rail
11.48 	transit purposes.
11.49 	Of the $1,200,000 realized by the
11.50 	council from unanticipated fare revenue
11.51 	and cost savings from light rail
11.52 	transit operations in 2004-2005, the
11.53 	council must transmit one-half to the
11.54 	Hennepin County Regional Rail Authority
11.55 	and one-half to the general fund by
12.1 	June 30, 2005.

12.2 	Sec. 4. PUBLIC SAFETY
 12.3 		Subdivision 1.Total
12.4 	Appropriation                        136,694,000    131,065,000
12.5 	Summary by Fund
12.6 	General               5,242,000     5,247,000
12.7 	Trunk Highway        73,346,000    73,337,000
12.8 	Highway User          8,443,000     8,513,000
12.9 	Special Revenue      44,663,000    43,968,000
12.10 		Subd. 2.Administration
12.11 	and Related Services                   9,684,000      9,689,000
12.12 	Summary by Fund
12.13 	General               2,371,000     2,376,000
12.14 	Trunk Highway         5,938,000     5,938,000
12.15 	Highway User          1,385,000     1,385,000
12.16 	(a) Office of Communications
12.17 	385,000        385,000
12.18 	Summary by Fund
12.19 	General                  39,000        39,000
12.20 	Trunk Highway           346,000       346,000
12.21 	(b) Public Safety Support
12.22 	6,855,000      6,860,000
12.23 	Summary by Fund
12.24 	General               2,241,000     2,246,000
12.25 	Trunk Highway         3,248,000     3,248,000
12.26 	Highway User          1,366,000     1,366,000
12.27 	$375,000 the first year and $380,000
12.28 	the second year are for payment of
12.29 	public safety officer survivor benefits
12.30 	under Minnesota Statutes, section
12.31 	299A.44.  If the appropriation for
12.32 	either year is insufficient, the
12.33 	appropriation for the other year is
12.34 	available for it.
12.35 	$314,000 the first year and $314,000
12.36 	the second year are to be deposited in
12.37 	the public safety officer's benefit
12.38 	account.  This money is available for
12.39 	reimbursements under Minnesota
12.40 	Statutes, section 299A.465.
12.41 	$508,000 the first year and $508,000
12.42 	the second year are for soft body armor
12.43 	reimbursements under Minnesota
12.44 	Statutes, section 299A.38.
13.1 	$792,000 the first year and $792,000
13.2 	the second year are appropriated from
13.3 	the general fund for transfer by the
13.4 	commissioner of finance to the trunk
13.5 	highway fund on December 31, 2005, and
13.6 	December 31, 2006, respectively, in
13.7 	order to reimburse the trunk highway
13.8 	fund for expenses not related to the
13.9 	fund.  These represent amounts
13.10 	appropriated out of the trunk highway
13.11 	fund for general fund purposes in the
13.12 	administration and related services
13.13 	program.
13.14 	$610,000 the first year and $610,000
13.15 	the second year are appropriated from
13.16 	the highway user tax distribution fund
13.17 	for transfer by the commissioner of
13.18 	finance to the trunk highway fund on
13.19 	December 31, 2005, and December 31,
13.20 	2006, respectively, in order to
13.21 	reimburse the trunk highway fund for
13.22 	expenses not related to the fund.
13.23 	These represent amounts appropriated
13.24 	out of the trunk highway fund for
13.25 	highway user tax distribution fund
13.26 	purposes in the administration and
13.27 	related services program.
13.28 	$716,000 the first year and $716,000
13.29 	the second year are appropriated from
13.30 	the highway user tax distribution fund
13.31 	for transfer by the commissioner of
13.32 	finance to the general fund on December
13.33 	31, 2005, and December 31, 2006,
13.34 	respectively, in order to reimburse the
13.35 	general fund for expenses not related
13.36 	to the fund.  These represent amounts
13.37 	appropriated out of the general fund
13.38 	for operation of the criminal justice
13.39 	data network related to driver and
13.40 	motor vehicle licensing.
13.41 	(c) Technical Support Services
13.42 	2,454,000      2,454,000
13.43 	Summary by Fund
13.44 	General                  91,000        91,000
13.45 	Trunk Highway         2,344,000     2,344,000
13.46 	Highway User             19,000        19,000
13.47 		Subd. 3.State Patrol                70,047,000     70,038,000
13.48 	Summary by Fund
13.49 	General               2,871,000     2,871,000
13.50 	Trunk Highway        67,084,000    67,075,000
13.51 	Highway User             92,000        92,000
13.52 	(a) Patrolling Highways
13.53 	60,739,000     60,730,000
13.54 	Summary by Fund
14.1 	General                  37,000        37,000
14.2 	Trunk Highway        60,610,000    60,601,000
14.3 	Highway User             92,000        92,000
14.4 	Of this appropriation, $3,700,000 the
14.5 	first year is for the cost of adding
14.6 	State Patrol positions.  If money
14.7 	transferred to the trunk highway fund
14.8 	in the first year from the alcohol
14.9 	enforcement account in the special
14.10 	revenue fund is less than the amount
14.11 	specified in this paragraph, the
14.12 	commissioner shall make up the
14.13 	difference by transferring to the trunk
14.14 	highway fund money allocated to the
14.15 	commissioner under the federal repeat
14.16 	offender transfer program, Public Law
14.17 	105-206, section 164.
14.18 	(b) Commercial Vehicle Enforcement
14.19 	6,474,000      6,474,000
14.20 	This appropriation is from the trunk
14.21 	highway fund.
14.22 	(c) Capitol Security
14.23 	2,834,000      2,834,000
14.24 	The commissioner may not (1) spend any
14.25 	money from the trunk highway fund for
14.26 	capitol security, or (2) permanently
14.27 	transfer any state trooper from the
14.28 	patrolling highways activity to capitol
14.29 	security.
14.30 	The commissioner may not transfer any
14.31 	money (1) appropriated for Department
14.32 	of Public Safety administration, the
14.33 	patrolling of highways, commercial
14.34 	vehicle enforcement, or driver and
14.35 	vehicle services to capitol security or
14.36 	(2) from capitol security.
14.37 		Subd. 4.Driver and Vehicle Services
14.38 	50,635,000     50,010,000
14.39 	Summary by Fund
14.40 	Highway User          6,966,000     7,036,000
14.41 	Special Revenue      43,669,000    42,974,000
14.42 	(a) Vehicle Services
14.43 	23,379,000     23,795,000
14.44 	Summary by Fund
14.45 	Highway User          6,966,000     7,036,000
14.46 	Special Revenue      16,413,000    16,759,000
14.47 	This appropriation is from the vehicle
14.48 	services operating account in the
14.49 	special revenue fund.
15.1 	(b) Driver Services
15.2 	27,256,000     26,215,000
15.3 	This appropriation is from the driver
15.4 	services operating account in the
15.5 	special revenue fund.
15.6 		Subd. 5.Traffic Safety                 324,000        324,000
15.7 	This appropriation is from the trunk
15.8 	highway fund.
15.9 	The commissioner of public safety shall
15.10 	spend 50 percent of the money available
15.11 	to the state under Public Law 105-206,
15.12 	section 164, and the remaining 50
15.13 	percent must be transferred to the
15.14 	commissioner of transportation for
15.15 	hazard elimination activities under
15.16 	United States Code, title 23, section
15.17 	152.
15.18 		Subd. 6.Pipeline Safety                994,000        994,000
15.19 	This appropriation is from the pipeline
15.20 	safety account in the special revenue
15.21 	fund.

15.22 	Sec. 5. GENERAL CONTINGENT
15.23 	ACCOUNTS                                 375,000        375,000
 15.24 	Summary by Fund
15.25 	Trunk Highway           200,000       200,000
15.26 	Highway User            125,000       125,000
15.27 	Airports                 50,000        50,000
15.28 	The appropriations in this section may
15.29 	only be spent with the approval of the
15.30 	governor after consultation with the
15.31 	Legislative Advisory Commission
15.32 	pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section
15.33 	3.30.
15.34 	If an appropriation in this section for
15.35 	either year is insufficient, the
15.36 	appropriation for the other year is
15.37 	available for it.

15.38 	Sec. 6. TORT CLAIMS                     600,000        600,000
 15.39 	To be spent by the commissioner of
15.40 	finance.
15.41 	This appropriation is from the trunk
15.42 	highway fund.
15.43 	If the appropriation for either year is
15.44 	insufficient, the appropriation for the
15.45 	other year is available for it.

15.46 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 473F.08,
15.47 	subdivision 3b, is amended to read:
15.48 		Subd. 3b.Livable communities fund.  (a) The Hennepin
15.49 	County auditor shall certify the city of Bloomington's interest
16.1 	payments for 1987 for the bonds which were sold for highway
16.2 	improvements pursuant to Laws 1986, chapter 391, section 2,
16.3 	paragraph (g), and which were certified as an addition to the
16.4 	city of Bloomington's areawide levy for taxes payable in 1988.
16.5 	(b) For taxes payable in 1996 through taxes payable in
16.6 	1999, the Hennepin County auditor shall certify the amount
16.7 	calculated by subtracting the amount certified under subdivision
16.8 	3a from the amount in paragraph (a).  For taxes payable in 2000
16.9 	and subsequent years, the Hennepin County auditor shall certify
16.10 	the amount calculated in paragraph (a).
16.11 	(c) The Metropolitan Council may annually certify to the
16.12 	Ramsey County auditor the amount calculated under paragraph (b),
16.13 	or a lesser amount, but not to exceed $5,000,000, to be used to
16.14 	provide funds for (1) the cleanup of polluted lands in the
16.15 	metropolitan area, or (2) metropolitan transit operations.
16.16 	(d) The amount certified under paragraph (c) shall be
16.17 	certified annually by the Ramsey County auditor to the
16.18 	administrative auditor as an addition to the Metropolitan
16.19 	Council's areawide levy under subdivision 5.

16.20 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 609.855, is
16.21 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
16.22 		Subd. 8.Surcharge. Notwithstanding any other law, a
16.23 	person who violates subdivision 1 while riding or attempting to
16.24 	ride in a light rail transit vehicle is assessed an additional
16.25 	surcharge of $20.  Surcharges collected under this subdivision
16.26 	must be transmitted to the Metropolitan Council and spent by the
16.27 	council solely on light rail transit operations.

16.28 	ARTICLE 2
16.29 	PUBLIC SAFETY ACTIVITIES, FEES, ACCOUNTS

16.30 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 16B.49, is
16.31 	amended to read:
16.32 	16B.49 CENTRAL MAILING SYSTEM.
16.33 	(a) The commissioner shall maintain and operate for state
16.34 	agencies, departments, institutions, and offices a central mail
16.35 	handling unit.  Official, outgoing mail for units in St. Paul
16.36 	must be delivered unstamped to the unit.  The unit shall also
17.1 	operate an interoffice mail distribution system.  The department
17.2 	may add personnel and acquire equipment that may be necessary to
17.3 	operate the unit efficiently and cost-effectively.  Account must
17.4 	be kept of the postage required on that mail, which is then a
17.5 	proper charge against the agency delivering the mail.  To
17.6 	provide funds for the payment of postage, each agency shall make
17.7 	advance payments to the commissioner sufficient to cover its
17.8 	postage obligations for at least 60 days.  For purposes of this
17.9 	section, the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities is a
17.10 	state agency.
17.11 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) or section 16C.09, the
17.12 	commissioner may approve the performance of mail-related
17.13 	functions by an agency outside the state's central mail-handling
17.14 	unit if the agency demonstrates it furthers program
17.15 	effectiveness, better use of services, greater efficiency, or
17.16 	greater economy in state government.

17.17 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 115A.908,
17.18 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
17.19 		Subdivision 1.Fee charged.  A fee of $4 $8 shall be
17.20 	charged on the initial registration and each subsequent transfer
17.21 	of title within the state, other than transfers for resale
17.22 	purposes, of every motor vehicle weighing more than 1,000
17.23 	pounds.  The fee shall be collected in an appropriate manner by
17.24 	the motor vehicle registrar commissioner of public safety.
17.25 	Registration plates or certificates of title may not be issued
17.26 	by the motor vehicle registrar commissioner of public safety for
17.27 	the ownership or operation of a motor vehicle subject to the
17.28 	transfer fee unless the fee is paid.  The fee may not be charged
17.29 	on the transfer of:
17.30 	(1) previously registered vehicles if the transfer is to
17.31 	the same person;
17.32 	(2) vehicles subject to the conditions specified in section
17.33 	297A.70, subdivision 2; or
17.34 	(3) vehicles purchased in another state by a resident of
17.35 	another state if more than 60 days have elapsed after the date
17.36 	of purchase and the purchaser is transferring title to this
18.1 	state and has become a resident of this state after the purchase.

18.2 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011, is
18.3 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
18.4 		Subd. 2a.Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the
18.5 	commissioner of the Department of Public Safety.

18.6 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.013,
18.7 	subdivision 8, is amended to read:
18.8 		Subd. 8.Proceeds to highway user fund; vehicle services
18.9 	operating account. (a) Unless otherwise specified in this
18.10 	chapter,the net proceeds of the registration tax imposed on
18.11 	motor vehicles under this chapter shall must be collected by the
18.12 	registrar of motor vehicles and commissioner,paid into the
18.13 	state treasury,and credited to the highway user tax
18.14 	distribution fund.
18.15 	(b) All fees collected under this chapter, unless otherwise
18.16 	specified, must be deposited in the vehicle services operating
18.17 	account in the special revenue fund under section 299A.705.

18.18 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.09,
18.19 	subdivision 7, is amended to read:
18.20 		Subd. 7.Display of temporary permit; special plates.
 18.21 	(a) A vehicle that displays a special plate issued under section
18.22 	168.021; 168.12, subdivision 2, 2a, 2b, 2c, or 2d; 168.123;
18.23 	168.124; 168.125; 168.126; 168.128; or 168.129,may display a
18.24 	temporary permit in conjunction with expired registration if:
18.25 	(1) the current registration tax and all other fees have
18.26 	been paid in full; and
18.27 	(2) the plate requires replacement under section 168.12,
18.28 	subdivision 1, paragraph (b) (d), clause (3).
18.29 	(b) A vehicle that is registered under section 168.10 may
18.30 	display a temporary permit in conjunction with expired
18.31 	registration, with or without a registration license plate, if:
18.32 	(1) the license plates have been applied for and the
18.33 	registration tax has been paid in full, as provided for in
18.34 	section 168.10; and
18.35 	(2) the vehicle is used solely as a collector vehicle while
18.36 	displaying the temporary permit and not used for general
19.1 	transportation purposes.
19.2 	(c) The permit is valid for a period of 60 days.  The
19.3 	permit must be in a form format prescribed by the commissioner
19.4 	of public safety and whenever practicable must be posted upon
19.5 	the driver's side of the rear window on the inside of the
19.6 	vehicle.  The permit is valid only for the vehicle for which it
19.7 	was issued to allow a reasonable time for the new license plates
19.8 	to be manufactured and delivered to the applicant.

19.9 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.105,
19.10 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
19.11 		Subd. 2.Affidavit for registration and taxation.  (a) A
19.12 	classic motorcycle must be listed for taxation taxed and
19.13 	registration registered by executed the vehicle owner submitting
19.14 	an affidavit to the commissioner stating (1) the name and
19.15 	address of the owner, (2) the name and address of the person
19.16 	from whom purchased, (3) the make of the classic motorcycle, (4)
19.17 	the year and number of the model, (5) the manufacturer's vehicle 
19.18 	identification number, (6) that the motorcycle is owned and
19.19 	operated solely as a collector's item and will not be used for
19.20 	general transportation purposes, and (7) that the owner has one
19.21 	or more motor vehicles with regular license plates.
19.22 	(b) When the registrar commissioner is satisfied that the
19.23 	affidavit is true, correct, and complete and that the owner has
19.24 	paid a $10 registration tax, the registrar commissioner shall
19.25 	list the vehicle for taxation and registration register the
19.26 	vehicle and shall issue special number plates.

19.27 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.105,
19.28 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
19.29 		Subd. 3.special classic plates.  The registrar 
19.30 	commissioner shall issue number plates of the same size as
19.31 	standard motorcycle license plates and inscribed "collector" and
19.32 	"Minnesota" with the registration number or other combination of
19.33 	characters authorized under section 168.12, subdivision 2a, but
19.34 	without a date.  The plates are valid without renewal as long as
19.35 	the classic motorcycle exists and may be issued for the
19.36 	applicant's use only for the classic motorcycle.  The registrar 
20.1 	commissioner may revoke the plates for noncompliance with this
20.2 	subdivision.

20.3 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.105,
20.4 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
20.5 		Subd. 5.Original plates.  (a) Instead of being
20.6 	issued special classic motorcycle plates, a classic motorcycle
20.7 	registered under this section may display original Minnesota
20.8 	number plates issued in the same year as the model year of the
20.9 	motorcycle on which they are displayed.  The number of on the
20.10 	original plates must be provided to the registrar commissioner.
20.11 	(b) Original Minnesota number plates may not be used if the
20.12 	number on the original plate is identical to the number on a
20.13 	current collector's plate issued by the registrar commissioner.
20.14 	(c) A person currently using classic motorcycle plates
20.15 	issued under this section, shall return those plates to the
20.16 	registrar before substituting original plates.
20.17 	(d) If the vehicle is not registered as a collector
20.18 	vehicle,the registrar may commissioner shall charge a fee of
20.19 	$10 for registering the number on the original plates.

20.20 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.12, is
20.21 	amended to read:
20.22 	168.12  LICENSE PLATES.
20.23 		Subdivision 1.number plates; design, visibility, periods
20.24 	of issuance. (a) The registrar commissioner, upon the approval
20.25 	and payment, shall issue to the applicant the number plates
20.26 	required by law this chapter, bearing the state name and the an
20.27 	assigned vehicle registration number assigned.  The number
20.28 	assigned by the commissioner may be a combination of a letter or
20.29 	sign with figures.  The color of the plates and the color of the
20.30 	abbreviation of the state name and the number assigned shall 
20.31 	must be in marked contrast.  The plates shall must be lettered,
20.32 	spaced, or distinguished to suitably indicate the registration
20.33 	of the vehicle according to the rules of the registrar, and 
20.34 	commissioner.
20.35 	(b) When a vehicle is registered on the basis of total
20.36 	gross weight, the plates issued shall must clearly indicate by
21.1 	letters or other suitable insignia the maximum gross weight for
21.2 	which the tax has been paid. These number 
21.3 	(c) The plates shall must be so treated as to be at least
21.4 	100 times brighter than the conventional painted number plates.
21.5 	When properly mounted on an unlighted vehicle, these number the 
21.6 	plates, when viewed from a vehicle equipped with standard
21.7 	headlights, shall must be visible for a distance of not less
21.8 	than 1,500 feet and readable for a distance of not less than 110
21.9 	feet.
21.10 	(b) (d) The registrar commissioner shall issue these
21.11 	number plates for the following periods:
21.12 	(1) New number plates issued pursuant to section 168.012,
21.13 	subdivision 1, shall must be issued to a vehicle for as long as
21.14 	it the vehicle is owned by the exempt agency and the plate shall
21.15 	not be transferable from one vehicle to another but the plate 
21.16 	may be transferred with the vehicle from one tax-exempt agency
21.17 	to another.
21.18 	(2) Plates issued for passenger automobiles as defined in
21.19 	section 168.011, subdivision 7, shall must be issued for a
21.20 	seven-year period.  All plates issued under this paragraph must
21.21 	be replaced if they are seven years old or older at the time
21.22 	of annual registration renewal or will become so during the
21.23 	registration period.
21.24 	(3) Number Plates issued under sections 168.053 and 168.27,
21.25 	subdivisions 16 and 17, shall must be for a seven-year period.
21.26 	(4) Number Plates issued under subdivisions 2c and 2d and
21.27 	section 168.123shall must be issued for the life of the veteran
21.28 	under section 169.79.
21.29 	(5) Plates for any vehicle not specified in clauses (1) to
21.30 	(3), except for trailers as hereafter provided, shall must be
21.31 	issued for the life of the vehicle.  Beginning with number 
21.32 	plates issued for the year 1981, plates issued for trailers with
21.33 	a total gross weight of 3,000 pounds or less shall must be
21.34 	issued for the life of the trailer and shall must be not more
21.35 	than seven inches in length and four inches in width.
21.36 	(c) (e) In a year in which plates are not issued, the
22.1 	registrar commissioner shall issue for each registration a tab
22.2 	or sticker to designate the year of registration.  This tab or 
22.3 	sticker shall must show the calendar year or years for which the
22.4 	sticker is issued, and is valid only for that period.
22.5 	The number plates, number tabs, or and stickers issued for a
22.6 	motor vehicle may not be transferred to another motor vehicle
22.7 	during the period for which it the sticker is issued, except
22.8 	when issued for a motor vehicle registered under section 168.187.
22.9 	(d) Notwithstanding (f) Despite any other provision of this
22.10 	subdivision, number plates issued to a vehicle which is used for
22.11 	behind-the-wheel instruction in a driver education course in a
22.12 	public school may be transferred to another vehicle used for the
22.13 	same purpose without payment of any additional fee.  The
22.14 	registrar shall be notified public school shall notify the
22.15 	commissioner of each transfer of number plates under this
22.16 	paragraph and .  The commissioner may prescribe a form format for
22.17 	notification.
22.18 		Subd. 2.Amateur radio licensee; special plates. (a) Any 
22.19 	The commissioner shall issue amateur radio plates to an 
22.20 	applicant who:
22.21 	(1) is an owner or joint owner of a passenger automobile,
22.22 	van or pickup truck,or a self-propelled recreational motor 
22.23 	vehicle, and ;
22.24 	(2) is a resident of this state, and who ;
22.25 	(3) holds an official amateur radio station license,or a
22.26 	citizens radio service class D license, in good standing, issued
22.27 	by the Federal Communications Commission shall upon compliance ;
22.28 	(4) pays the registration tax required under section
22.29 	168.013;
22.30 	(5) pays a fee of $10 for each set of special plates and
22.31 	any other fees required by this chapter; and 
22.32 	(6) complies with all laws of this state relating to this
22.33 	chapter and rules governing the registration of motor vehicles 
22.34 	and the licensing of motor vehicles and drivers, be furnished
22.35 	with license plates for the motor vehicle, as prescribed by law,
22.36 	upon which,;
23.1 	(b) In lieu of the numbers registration number required for
23.2 	identification under subdivision 1, shall be inscribed the
23.3 	plates must indicate the official amateur call letters of the
23.4 	applicant, as assigned by the Federal Communications Commission,
23.5 	and the words "AMATEUR RADIO."
23.6 	The applicant shall pay in addition to the registration tax
23.7 	required by law, the sum of $10 for the special license plates,
23.8 	and at the time of delivery of the special license plates the
23.9 	applicant shall surrender to the registrar the current license
23.10 	plates issued for the motor vehicle.
23.11 	(c) This provision for the issue of special license plates
23.12 	shall apply applies only if the applicant's motor vehicle is
23.13 	already registered in Minnesota so that the applicant has valid
23.14 	regular Minnesota plates issued for that motor vehicle under
23.15 	which to operate it during the time that it will take to have
23.16 	the necessary special license plates made.
23.17 	(d) If owning or jointly owning more than one motor vehicle
23.18 	of the type specified in this subdivision, the applicant may
23.19 	apply for special plates for each of not more than two motor 
23.20 	vehicles,and, if each application complies with this
23.21 	subdivision, the registrar commissioner shall furnish the
23.22 	applicant with the special plates, inscribed with indicating the
23.23 	official amateur call letters and other distinguishing
23.24 	information as the registrar commissioner considers necessary,
23.25 	for each of the two motor vehicles.
23.26 	(e) And The registrar commissioner may make reasonable
23.27 	rules governing the use of the special license plates as will
23.28 	assure the full compliance by the owner and holder of the
23.29 	special plates, with all existing laws governing the
23.30 	registration of motor vehicles,and the transfer and the use
23.31 	thereof of the plates.
23.32 	(b) (f) Despite any contrary provision of subdivision 1,
23.33 	the special license plates issued under this subdivision may be
23.34 	transferred by an owner to another motor vehicle listed in
23.35 	paragraph (a) and registered to the same owner,upon the payment
23.36 	of a fee of $5.  The registrar commissioner must be notified of 
24.1 	before the transfer and may prescribe a form format for the
24.2 	notification.
24.3 	(c) Fees collected under this subdivision must be paid into
24.4 	the state treasury and credited to the highway user tax
24.5 	distribution fund.
24.6 		Subd. 2a.Personalized plates; rules. (a) The
24.7 	commissioner shall issue personalized license plates must be
24.8 	issued to an applicant for registration of who:
24.9 	(1) is an owner of a passenger automobile including a
24.10 	passenger automobile registered as a classic car, pioneer car,
24.11 	collector car, or street rod; van; pickup truck as defined in
24.12 	section 168.011, subdivision 29, and any other truck with a
24.13 	manufacturer's nominal rated capacity of one ton or less and
24.14 	resembling a pickup truck; a motorcycle,including a classic
24.15 	motorcycle; or self-propelled a recreational motor vehicle, upon
24.16 	compliance with the laws of this state relating to registration
24.17 	of the vehicle and upon payment of ;
24.18 	(2) pays a onetime fee of $100 in addition to and any other
24.19 	fees required by this chapter;
24.20 	(3) pays the registration tax required by law this chapter 
24.21 	for the motor vehicle; and 
24.22 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing
24.23 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of drivers.
24.24 	(b) The registrar commissioner shall designate charge a
24.25 	replacement fee for personalized license plates that is
24.26 	calculated to cover the cost of replacement as specified in
24.27 	subdivision 5.  This fee must be paid by the applicant whenever
24.28 	the personalized license plates are required to be replaced by
24.29 	law.
24.30 	(c) In lieu of the numbers registration number assigned as
24.31 	provided in subdivision 1, personalized license plates must have
24.32 	imprinted on them a series of not more than seven numbers and
24.33 	letters in any combination.  When an applicant has once obtained
24.34 	personalized plates, the applicant shall have a prior claim for
24.35 	similar personalized plates in the next succeeding year as long
24.36 	as current motor vehicle registration is maintained.
25.1 	(d) The commissioner of public safety shall adopt rules in
25.2 	the manner provided by chapter 14, regulating the issuance and
25.3 	transfer of personalized license plates.  No words or
25.4 	combination of letters placed on personalized license plates may
25.5 	be used for commercial advertising, be of an obscene, indecent,
25.6 	or immoral nature, or be of a nature that would offend public
25.7 	morals or decency.  The call signals or letters of a radio or
25.8 	television station are not commercial advertising for the
25.9 	purposes of this subdivision.
25.10 	(b) Notwithstanding (e) Despite the provisions of
25.11 	subdivision 1, personalized license plates issued under this
25.12 	subdivision may be transferred to another motor vehicle owned or
25.13 	jointly listed in paragraph (a) and owned by the applicant, upon
25.14 	the payment of a fee of $5, which must be paid into the state
25.15 	treasury and credited to the highway user tax distribution fund.
25.16 	(f) The registrar commissioner may by rule provide a form 
25.17 	specify the format for notification.
25.18 	(g) A personalized license plate issued for a classic car,
25.19 	pioneer car, collector car, street rod, or classic motorcycle
25.20 	may not be transferred to a vehicle not eligible for such
25.21 	a license plate.
25.22 	(c) Notwithstanding (h) Despite any law to the contrary, if
25.23 	the personalized license plates are lost, stolen, or destroyed,
25.24 	the applicant may apply and shall receive must be issued 
25.25 	duplicate license plates bearing the same combination of letters
25.26 	and numbers as the former personalized plates upon the payment
25.27 	of the fee required by section 168.29.
25.28 	(d) Fees from the sale of permanent and duplicate
25.29 	personalized license plates must be paid into the state treasury
25.30 	and credited to the highway user tax distribution fund.
25.31 		Subd. 2b.Firefighters; special plates. (a) The
25.32 	registrar commissioner shall issue special license plates to any
25.33 	applicant who:
25.34 	(1) is both a member of a fire department receiving state
25.35 	aid under chapter 69 and an owner or joint owner of a passenger
25.36 	automobile, or truck with a manufacturer's nominal rated
26.1 	capacity of one ton and resembling a pickup truck, upon payment
26.2 	of ;
26.3 	(2) pays a fee of $10 and upon payment of any other fees
26.4 	required by this chapter;
26.5 	(3) pays the registration tax required by law this chapter 
26.6 	for the motor vehicle and compliance with other laws of this
26.7 	state relating to ; and 
26.8 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the 
26.9 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles
26.10 	and drivers.
26.11 	(b) In lieu of the identification required under
26.12 	subdivision 1, the special license plates shall be inscribed
26.13 	with a symbol must bear an emblem of a Maltese Cross together
26.14 	with five any numbers or characters prescribed by the
26.15 	commissioner.  No applicant shall receive more than two sets of
26.16 	plates for motor vehicles owned or jointly owned by the
26.17 	applicant.
26.18 	(b) (c) Special plates issued under this subdivision may
26.19 	only be used during the period that the owner or joint owner of
26.20 	the motor vehicle is a member of a fire department as specified
26.21 	in this subdivision.  When the person individual to whom the
26.22 	special plates were issued is no longer a member of a fire
26.23 	department or when the motor vehicle ownership is transferred,
26.24 	the owner shall remove the special license plates shall be
26.25 	removed from the motor vehicle and returned to the registrar.
26.26 	Upon return removal of the special plates, either the owner or
26.27 	purchaser of the motor vehicle is entitled to receive regular
26.28 	plates for the motor vehicle without cost for the remainder of
26.29 	the registration period for which the special plates were issued.
26.30 	(d) Firefighter license plates issued pursuant to this
26.31 	subdivision may be transferred to another motor vehicle upon
26.32 	payment of a $5, which fee shall be paid into the state treasury
26.33 	and credited to the highway user tax distribution fund.
26.34 	(c) (e) The commissioner of public safety may adopt rules
26.35 	under the Administrative Procedure Act, sections 14.001 to
26.36 	14.69, to govern the issuance and use of the special plates
27.1 	authorized in this subdivision. All fees from the sale of
27.2 	special license plates for firefighters shall be paid into the
27.3 	state treasury and credited to the highway user tax distribution
27.4 	fund.
27.5 		Subd. 2c.National guard; special plates. (a) The
27.6 	registrar commissioner shall issue special license plates to any
27.7 	applicant who:
27.8 	(1) is a regularly enlisted, commissioned, or retired
27.9 	member of the Minnesota National Guard, other than an inactive
27.10 	member who is not a retired member, and is an owner or joint
27.11 	owner of a passenger automobile, van, or pickup truck included
27.12 	within the definition of a passenger automobile upon payment of ;
27.13 	(2) pays a fee of $10, payment of and any other fees
27.14 	required by this chapter;
27.15 	(3) pays the registration tax required by law, and
27.16 	compliance with other laws of this state relating to this
27.17 	chapter; and 
27.18 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the 
27.19 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles
27.20 	and drivers.
27.21 	(b) The adjutant general shall design the emblem for these
27.22 	special plates subject to the approval of the registrar 
27.23 	commissioner. No 
27.24 	(c) An applicant shall must not be issued more than two
27.25 	sets of plates for motor vehicles owned or jointly owned by 
27.26 	registered to the applicant. The adjutant general shall
27.27 	estimate the number of special plates that will be required and
27.28 	submit the estimate to the registrar.
27.29 	(b) (d) Special plates issued under this subdivision may
27.30 	only be used during the period that the owner or joint owner of
27.31 	the motor vehicle is an active or retired member of the
27.32 	Minnesota National Guard as specified in this subdivision.  When
27.33 	the person individual to whom the special plates were issued is
27.34 	no longer an active or retired member of the Minnesota National
27.35 	Guard, the special plates must be removed from the vehicle and
27.36 	returned to by the registrar owner.  Upon return removal of
28.1 	the special plates, either the owner or purchaser of the motor 
28.2 	vehicle is entitled to receive regular plates for the motor 
28.3 	vehicle without cost for the remainder of the registration
28.4 	period for which the special plates were issued.
28.5 	(e) While the person is an active or retired member of the
28.6 	Minnesota National Guard, plates issued pursuant to this
28.7 	subdivision may be transferred to another motor vehicle owned or
28.8 	jointly owned by that person individual upon payment of a fee of
28.9 	$5.
28.10 	(c) (f) For purposes of this subdivision, "retired member"
28.11 	means a person an individual placed on the roll of retired
28.12 	officers or roll of retired enlisted members in the Office of
28.13 	the Adjutant General under section 192.18 and who is not
28.14 	deceased.
28.15 	(d) All fees collected under the provisions of this
28.16 	subdivision shall be paid into the state treasury and credited
28.17 	to the highway user tax distribution fund.
28.18 	(e) (g) The registrar commissioner may adopt rules under
28.19 	the Administrative Procedure Act to govern the issuance and use
28.20 	of the special plates authorized by this subdivision.
28.21 		Subd. 2d.Ready reserve; special plates. (a) The
28.22 	registrar commissioner shall issue special license plates to an
28.23 	applicant who:
28.24 	(1) is not eligible for special license National Guard 
28.25 	plates under subdivision 2c, who is a member of the United
28.26 	States Armed Forces Ready Reserve as described in United States
28.27 	Code, title 10, section 10142 or 10143, and is an owner or joint
28.28 	owner of a passenger automobile, van, or pickup truck, on
28.29 	paying ;
28.30 	(2) pays a fee of $10, paying and any other fees required
28.31 	by this chapter;
28.32 	(3) pays the registration tax required by law, and
28.33 	complying with other laws of this state relating to this
28.34 	chapter; and 
28.35 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the 
28.36 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles
29.1 	and drivers.
29.2 	(b) The commissioner of veterans affairs shall design the
29.3 	emblem for these special plates subject to the approval of the
29.4 	registrar commissioner. No 
29.5 	(c) An applicant may must not be issued more than two sets
29.6 	of plates for motor vehicles owned or jointly owned by the
29.7 	applicant. The commissioner of veterans affairs shall estimate
29.8 	the number of special plates that will be required and submit
29.9 	the estimate to the registrar.
29.10 	(b) (d) Special plates issued under this subdivision may
29.11 	only be used during the period that the owner or joint owner of
29.12 	the motor vehicle is a member of the ready reserve.  When the
29.13 	person owner is no longer a member, the special plates must be
29.14 	removed from the motor vehicle and returned to the registrar by
29.15 	the owner.  On returning removing the special plates, either the
29.16 	owner or purchaser of the motor vehicle is entitled to receive
29.17 	regular plates for the motor vehicle without cost for the rest
29.18 	of the registration period for which the special plates were
29.19 	issued.  While the person owner is a member of the ready
29.20 	reserve, plates issued under this subdivision may be transferred
29.21 	to another motor vehicle owned or jointly owned by that person 
29.22 	individual on paying a fee of $5.
29.23 	(c) The fees collected under this subdivision must be paid
29.24 	into the state treasury and credited to the highway user tax
29.25 	distribution fund.
29.26 	(d) (e) The registrar commissioner may adopt rules under
29.27 	the Administrative Procedure Act to govern the issuance and use
29.28 	of the special plates authorized by this subdivision.
29.29 		Subd. 2e.Volunteer ambulance attendants; special
29.30 	plates. (a) The registrar commissioner shall issue special
29.31 	license plates to an applicant who:
29.32 	(1) is a volunteer ambulance attendant as defined in
29.33 	section 144E.001, subdivision 15, and who owns or jointly owns a
29.34 	motor vehicle taxed as a passenger automobile.  The registrar
29.35 	shall issue the special plates on payment of ;
29.36 	(2) pays the registration tax required by law this chapter 
30.1 	for the motor vehicle, compliance with all other applicable laws
30.2 	relating to ;
30.3 	(3) pays a fee of $10 and any other fees required by this
30.4 	chapter; and 
30.5 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the 
30.6 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles
30.7 	and drivers, and payment of an additional fee of $10.
30.8 	(b) The registrar commissioner shall not issue more than
30.9 	two sets of these plates to each qualified applicant.
30.10 	(b) A person (c) An individual may use special plates
30.11 	issued under this subdivision only during the period that
30.12 	the person individual is a volunteer ambulance attendant.  When
30.13 	the person individual to whom the special plates were issued
30.14 	ceases to be a volunteer ambulance attendant, the person 
30.15 	individual shall return remove each set of special plates issued
30.16 	to that person.  When ownership of a the motor vehicle is
30.17 	transferred, the person individual shall remove the special
30.18 	plates from that motor vehicle and return them to the
30.19 	registrar.  On return removal of each set of plates, the owner
30.20 	of the motor vehicle, or new owner in case of a
30.21 	transferred motor vehicle, is entitled to receive
30.22 	regular license plates for the motor vehicle without cost for
30.23 	the rest of the registration period for which the set of special
30.24 	plates were issued.  Special plates issued under this
30.25 	subdivision may be transferred to another motor vehicle owned by
30.26 	the volunteer ambulance attendant on payment of a fee of $5.
30.27 	(c) The fees specified in this subdivision must be paid
30.28 	into the state treasury and deposited in the highway user tax
30.29 	distribution fund.
30.30 	(d) The commissioner may adopt rules governing the design,
30.31 	issuance, and sale of the special plates authorized by this
30.32 	subdivision.
30.33 		Subd. 2f.Original license plates. (a) On application of
30.34 	the owner and in lieu of issuing license plates under
30.35 	subdivision 1 to a motor vehicle registered and taxed as a
30.36 	passenger automobile, the registrar commissioner may assign to
31.1 	the motor vehicle original Minnesota number registration plates
31.2 	issued in the same year as the model year of the motor vehicle,
31.3 	if (1) the original license plates are at least 20 years old,
31.4 	(2) the owner of the motor vehicle has the original license 
31.5 	plates in possession at the time of the application, and (3) the
31.6 	owner provides the license plate number to the registrar 
31.7 	commissioner.
31.8 	(b) License Plates displayed under this subdivision,
31.9 	including tabs and stickers applied to the plates, must be
31.10 	clearly legible and must be displayed at the front and rear of 
31.11 	on the motor vehicle.
31.12 	(c) The registrar commissioner shall not assign the
31.13 	registration number on the original license plates to the motor 
31.14 	vehicle if the registrar commissioner determines that the number
31.15 	on the original plate is identical to the number on any current
31.16 	license plate in the current or reserved numbering system used
31.17 	by the registrar commissioner. A person currently using license
31.18 	plates issued by the registrar on the vehicle shall return those
31.19 	license plates to the registrar before displaying original
31.20 	license plates under this subdivision.
31.21 	(d) Notwithstanding Despite subdivision 1, an original
31.22 	license plate whose number has been assigned under this
31.23 	subdivision may be displayed for as long as the license plates,
31.24 	including tabs and stickers on the plates, are clearly
31.25 	legible and the number is not subsequently used by the
31.26 	commissioner as a plate number in a registration numbering
31.27 	system.
31.28 	(e) Notwithstanding Despite subdivision 1, original license 
31.29 	plates assigned under this subdivision need not bear a tab or
31.30 	sticker to indicate the month or year of registration if
31.31 	the motor vehicle carries the registration certificate issued
31.32 	under section 168.11 at all times when the motor vehicle is
31.33 	operated on the public highways.
31.34 	(f) The registrar commissioner may charge a fee for
31.35 	receiving an application and assigning original license plate
31.36 	numbers.
32.1 		Subd. 5.Additional fee. (a) In addition to any fee
32.2 	otherwise authorized or any tax otherwise imposed upon any motor 
32.3 	vehicle, the payment of which is required as a condition to the
32.4 	issuance of any number license plate or plates, the commissioner
32.5 	of public safety shall impose the fee specified in paragraph (b)
32.6 	that is calculated to cover the cost of manufacturing and
32.7 	issuing the license plate or plates, except for license plates
32.8 	issued to disabled veterans as defined in section 168.031 and
32.9 	license plates issued pursuant to section 168.124, 168.125, or
32.10 	168.27, subdivisions 16 and 17, for passenger automobiles. The
32.11 	commissioner shall issue graphic design license plates shall 
32.12 	only be issued for vehicles registered pursuant to section
32.13 	168.017 and recreational vehicles registered pursuant to section
32.14 	168.013, subdivision 1g.
32.15 	(b) Unless otherwise specified or exempted by statute, the
32.16 	following plate and validation sticker fees apply for the
32.17 	original, duplicate, or replacement issuance of a plate in a
32.18 	plate year:
32.19 	Sequential Regular Double Plate                  $ 4.25
32.20 	Sequential Special Plate-Double                  $ 7.00
32.21 	Sequential Regular Single Plate                  $ 3.00
32.22 	Sequential Special Plate-Single                  $ 5.50
32.23 	Utility Trailer Self-Adhesive Plate              $ 2.50
32.24 	Nonsequential Double Plate                       $14.00
32.25 	Nonsequential Single Plate                       $10.00
32.26 	Duplicate Sticker                                $ 1.00
32.27 	(c) Fees collected under this subdivision must be paid into
32.28 	the state treasury and credited to the highway user tax
32.29 	distribution fund.

32.30 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.123, is
32.31 	amended to read:
32.32 	168.123 VETERANS; SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES.
32.33 		Subdivision 1.General requirements; fees. (a) On
32.34 	payment of a fee of $10 for each set of two plates, or for a
32.35 	single plate in the case of a motorcycle plate, payment of the
32.36 	registration tax required by law, and compliance with other laws
33.1 	relating to the registration and licensing of a passenger
33.2 	automobile, pickup truck, van, self-propelled recreational
33.3 	equipment motor vehicle, or motorcycle, as applicable,
33.4 	the registrar commissioner shall issue:
33.5 	(1) special license veteran's plates to an applicant who
33.6 	served in the active military service in a branch of the armed
33.7 	forces of the United States or of a nation or society allied
33.8 	with the United States in conducting a foreign war, was
33.9 	discharged under honorable conditions, and is an owner or joint 
33.10 	a registered owner of a passenger automobile, pickup truck, van,
33.11 	or self-propelled recreational equipment motor vehicle; or
33.12 	(2) a veteran's special motorcycle license plate as
33.13 	described in subdivision 2, paragraph (a), or another
33.14 	special license plate designed by the commissioner of public
33.15 	safety to an applicant who is a Vietnam veteran who served after
33.16 	July 1, 1961, and before July 1, 1978, and who served in the
33.17 	active military service in a branch of the armed forces of the
33.18 	United States in conducting a foreign war, was discharged under
33.19 	honorable conditions, and is an owner or joint a registered 
33.20 	owner of a motorcycle.  Plates issued under this clause must be
33.21 	the same size as standard regular motorcycle license plates.
33.22 	(b) The additional fee of $10 is payable for each set
33.23 	of veteran's plates, is payable only when the plates are issued,
33.24 	and is not payable in a year in which tabs or stickers are
33.25 	issued instead of number plates.  An applicant must not be
33.26 	issued plates for more than two sets of plates for motor 
33.27 	vehicles listed in paragraph (a) and owned or jointly owned by 
33.28 	registered to the applicant.
33.29 	(c) The veteran shall must have a certified copy of the
33.30 	veteran's discharge papers, indicating character of discharge,
33.31 	at the time of application.  If an applicant served in the
33.32 	active military service in a branch of the armed forces of a
33.33 	nation or society allied with the United States in conducting a
33.34 	foreign war and is unable to obtain a record of that service and
33.35 	discharge status, the commissioner of veterans affairs may
33.36 	certify the applicant as qualified for the veterans' license 
34.1 	plates provided under this section.
34.2 		Subd. 2.Design. The commissioner of veterans affairs
34.3 	shall design the emblem for the veterans' special plates,
34.4 	subject to the approval of the registrar commissioner, that
34.5 	satisfy the following requirements:
34.6 	(a) For a Vietnam veteran who served after July 1, 1961,
34.7 	and before July 1, 1978, the special plates must bear the
34.8 	inscription "VIETNAM VET" and the letters "V" and "V" with the
34.9 	first letter directly above the second letter and both letters
34.10 	just preceding the first numeral of the special license plate
34.11 	number.
34.12 	(b) For a veteran stationed on the island of Oahu, Hawaii,
34.13 	or offshore, during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7,
34.14 	1941, the special plates must bear the inscription "PEARL HARBOR
34.15 	SURVIVOR" and the letters "P" and "H" with the first letter
34.16 	directly above the second letter and both letters just preceding
34.17 	the first numeral of the special license plate number.
34.18 	(c) For a veteran who served during World War I or World
34.19 	War II, the special plates must bear the inscription "WORLD WAR
34.20 	VET" and:
34.21 	(1) for a World War I veteran, the characters "W" and "I"
34.22 	with the first character directly above the second character and
34.23 	both characters just preceding the first numeral of the special
34.24 	license plate number; or
34.25 	(2) for a World War II veteran, the characters "W" and "II"
34.26 	with the first character directly above the second character and
34.27 	both characters just preceding the first numeral of the special
34.28 	license plate number.
34.29 	(d) For a veteran who served during the Korean Conflict,
34.30 	the special plates must bear the inscription "KOREAN VET" and
34.31 	the letters "K" and "V" with the first letter directly above the
34.32 	second letter and both letters just preceding the first numeral
34.33 	of the special license plate number.
34.34 	(e) For a combat wounded veteran who is a recipient of the
34.35 	purple heart medal, the special plates must bear the inscription
34.36 	"COMBAT WOUNDED VET" and inscribed with have a facsimile on an
35.1 	emblem of the official purple heart medal and the letters "C"
35.2 	over "W" with the first letter directly over the second letter
35.3 	just preceding the first numeral of the special license plate
35.4 	number.
35.5 	(f) For a Persian Gulf War veteran, the special plates must
35.6 	bear the inscription "GULF WAR VET" and the letters "G" and "W"
35.7 	with the first letter directly above the second letter and both
35.8 	letters just preceding the first numeral of the special license 
35.9 	plate number.  For the purposes of this section, "Persian Gulf
35.10 	War veteran" means a person who served on active duty after
35.11 	August 1, 1990, in a branch of the armed forces of the United
35.12 	States or United Nations during Operation Desert Shield,
35.13 	Operation Desert Storm, or other military operation in the
35.14 	Persian Gulf area combat zone as designated in United States
35.15 	Presidential Executive Order No. 12744, dated January 21, 1991.
35.16 	(g) For a veteran who served in the Laos War after July 1,
35.17 	1961, and before July 1, 1978, the special plates must bear the
35.18 	inscription "LAOS WAR VET" and the letters "L" and "V" with the
35.19 	first letter directly above the second letter and both letters
35.20 	just preceding the first numeral of the special license plate
35.21 	number.
35.22 		Subd. 3.Number estimated. The commissioner of veterans
35.23 	affairs shall estimate the number of special plates that will be
35.24 	required and submit the estimate to the registrar.
35.25 		Subd. 4.Plates transfer. (a) On payment of a fee of $5,
35.26 	plates issued under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1),
35.27 	may be transferred to another passenger automobile, pickup
35.28 	truck, van,or self-propelled recreational equipment owned or
35.29 	jointly owned by motor vehicle registered to the person 
35.30 	individual to whom the plates were issued.
35.31 	(b) On payment of a fee of $5, a plate issued under
35.32 	subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), may be transferred to
35.33 	another motorcycle owned or jointly owned by registered to the
35.34 	person individual to whom the plate was issued.
35.35 		Subd. 5.Fees credited. Fees collected under this
35.36 	section must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the
36.1 	highway user tax distribution fund.
36.2 		Subd. 6.Rules. The registrar commissioner may adopt
36.3 	rules under the Administrative Procedure Act to govern the
36.4 	issuance and use of the special plates authorized by this
36.5 	section.

36.6 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1235, is
36.7 	amended to read:
36.8 	168.1235 VETERANS SERVICE GROUPS; SPECIAL STICKERS GROUP
36.9 	EMBLEMS.
36.10 		Subdivision 1.General requirements; fees. (a) On
36.11 	payment of a fee of $10 for each set of two license plates,
36.12 	payment of the registration tax required by law, and compliance
36.13 	with other laws relating to the registration and licensing of a
36.14 	passenger automobile, pickup truck, van, or self-propelled
36.15 	recreational vehicle, as applicable,The registrar commissioner 
36.16 	shall issue a special license plate sticker emblem for each
36.17 	plate to an applicant who:
36.18 	(1) is a member of a congressionally chartered veterans
36.19 	service organization and is an owner or joint a registered owner
36.20 	of a passenger automobile, pickup truck, van, or self-propelled
36.21 	recreational vehicle;
36.22 	(2) pays the registration tax required by law;
36.23 	(3) pays a fee of $10 for each set of two plates, and any
36.24 	other fees required by this chapter; and 
36.25 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the
36.26 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of drivers.
36.27 	(b) The additional fee of $10 is payable at the time of
36.28 	initial application for the special license plate stickers 
36.29 	emblem and when the license plates must be replaced or renewed.
36.30 	An applicant must not be issued more than two sets of special
36.31 	license plate stickers emblems for motor vehicles listed in
36.32 	paragraph (a) and owned or jointly owned by registered to the
36.33 	applicant.
36.34 	(c) The commissioner of veterans affairs shall determine
36.35 	what documentation is required by each applicant to show that
36.36 	the applicant is a member of a congressionally chartered
37.1 	veterans service organization and is entitled to the special
37.2 	license plate stickers applicant must present a valid card
37.3 	indicating membership in the American Legion, Disabled American
37.4 	Veterans, or Veterans of Foreign Wars.
37.5 		Subd. 2.Design. (a) The commissioner of veterans
37.6 	affairs, after consultation with each of the congressionally
37.7 	chartered veterans service organizations, shall design the
37.8 	special license plate stickers emblems, subject to the approval
37.9 	of the registrar commissioner.  The emblem, symbol, or other
37.10 	pictorial representation on the sticker must be at least as
37.11 	large as the letters and numerals on the plate and the registrar 
37.12 	commissioner shall allow for plates with spaces for the stickers 
37.13 	emblem in place of a numeral or letter.
37.14 	(b) Each congressionally chartered veterans service
37.15 	organization must arrange for any applicable rules of the
37.16 	national organization to be changed or copyrights to be released
37.17 	before the commissioner may issue special license plate stickers 
37.18 	emblems to members of any particular service organization under
37.19 	this section.
37.20 		Subd. 3.Number estimated. The commissioner of veterans
37.21 	affairs shall estimate the number of special plate stickers that
37.22 	will be required and submit the estimate to the registrar.
37.23 		Subd. 4.Plate stickers emblem transfer. Notwithstanding 
37.24 	Despite section 168.12 or other law to the contrary, on payment
37.25 	of a fee of $5, the veterans service organization special plate
37.26 	stickers emblems issued under subdivision 1, may be transferred
37.27 	by the owner to other license plates on a passenger automobile,
37.28 	pickup truck, van, or self-propelled recreational vehicle owned
37.29 	or jointly owned by registered to the person to whom the
37.30 	stickers emblems were issued.
37.31 		Subd. 5.Fees credited. Fees collected under this
37.32 	section must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the
37.33 	highway user tax distribution fund.

37.34 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.124, is
37.35 	amended to read:
37.36 	168.124 SPECIAL PLATES FOR MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS.
38.1 		Subdivision 1.Issuance and design. (a) The registrar of
38.2 	motor vehicles commissioner shall issue special license plates
38.3 	bearing the inscription "MEDAL OF HONOR" to an applicant who:
38.4 	(1) is a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor and
38.5 	upon the applicant's compliance with the laws of this state
38.6 	relating to ;
38.7 	(2) is a registered owner of a passenger automobile,
38.8 	motorcycle, or recreational motor vehicle; and 
38.9 	(3) complies with this chapter and rules governing the
38.10 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles
38.11 	and drivers.
38.12 	(b) The special license plates must be of a design and size
38.13 	determined by the registrar commissioner.  Only one set of
38.14 	plates, or a single plate in the case of a motorcycle,bearing
38.15 	the inscription "MEDAL OF HONOR" may be issued for each
38.16 	qualified applicant.
38.17 		Subd. 2.Application. Application for issuance of these
38.18 	plates may be made only at the time of renewal or first
38.19 	application for registration.
38.20 		Subd. 3.No fee. The registrar commissioner shall issue
38.21 	a set of medal of honor plates to qualified applicants free of
38.22 	charge and the plates must be replaced by the department without
38.23 	charge if they become damaged.  In addition, no fee may be
38.24 	charged for a subsequent year when tabs or stickers are issued
38.25 	for that a motor vehicle listed in subdivision 1 on which the
38.26 	special medal of honor plates are placed. The motor vehicle
38.27 	must be for personal use, not commercial purposes.
38.28 		Subd. 4.Transfer. Despite the provisions of section
38.29 	168.12, subdivision 1, medal of honor plates issued under this
38.30 	section may be transferred to another personal motor vehicle
38.31 	owned or jointly owned by registered to the medal of honor
38.32 	recipient upon notification to the registrar of motor vehicles 
38.33 	commissioner.
38.34 		Subd. 5.Motor vehicle; special definition. For purposes
38.35 	of this section, "motor vehicle" means a vehicle for personal
38.36 	use, not used for commercial purposes, and may include a
39.1 	passenger automobile, van, pickup truck, motorcycle, or
39.2 	recreational vehicle.
39.3 		Subd. 6.When issued. The registrar of motor vehicles
39.4 	shall begin issuing medal of honor plates for the calendar year
39.5 	1984 and thereafter.

39.6 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.125, is
39.7 	amended to read:
39.8 	168.125 SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES FOR FORMER PRISONERS OF
39.9 	WAR.
39.10 		Subdivision 1.Issuance and design. (a) The registrar 
39.11 	commissioner shall issue special license plates bearing the
39.12 	inscription "EX-POW" to any applicant who:
39.13 	(1) is both a former prisoner of war and an owner or joint 
39.14 	a registered owner of a passenger automobile, motorcycle, or
39.15 	recreational motor vehicle upon the applicant's compliance with
39.16 	all the laws of this state relating to ; and 
39.17 	(2) complies with this chapter and rules governing the
39.18 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles
39.19 	and drivers.
39.20 	(b) The special license plates shall must be of a design
39.21 	and size to be determined by the commissioner. Only one set of 
39.22 	plates, or a single plate in the case of a motorcycle,bearing
39.23 	the "EX-POW" inscription may be issued for only one motor
39.24 	vehicle per each qualified applicant.
39.25 		Subd. 1a.Application. Application for issuance of these
39.26 	plates shall must be made at the time of renewal or first
39.27 	application for registration.  The application shall must 
39.28 	include a certification by the commissioner of veterans affairs
39.29 	that the applicant was a member of the military forces of the
39.30 	United States who was captured, separated, and incarcerated by
39.31 	an enemy of the United States during a period of armed conflict.
39.32 		Subd. 1b.No fee. The registrar commissioner shall issue
39.33 	a set of EX-POW plates, or a single plate for a motorcycle,to
39.34 	qualified applicants, free of charge for the cost of the plates,
39.35 	and shall replace them without charge if they become damaged.
39.36 	In addition, no fee may be charged for a subsequent year
40.1 	when tabs or stickers are issued for that motor vehicle on which
40.2 	the special EX-POW plates are placed.
40.3 		Subd. 1c.Plates transfer. Notwithstanding Despite the
40.4 	provisions of section 168.12, subdivision 1, the special license 
40.5 	plates issued under this section may be transferred to another
40.6 	motor vehicle owned or jointly owned by registered to the former
40.7 	prisoner of war upon notification to the registrar of motor
40.8 	vehicles commissioner.
40.9 		Subd. 1d.Surviving spouse. Upon the death of a former
40.10 	prisoner of war, the registrar commissioner shall continue to
40.11 	issue free of charge, upon renewal, the special license plates
40.12 	to a motor vehicle owned by the surviving spouse of the former
40.13 	prisoner of war.  Special license plates issued to a surviving
40.14 	spouse may be transferred to another motor vehicle owned by 
40.15 	registered to the surviving spouse as provided in subdivision
40.16 	1c.  No fee may be charged for replacement plates issued to a
40.17 	surviving spouse or for tabs or stickers issued for the motor
40.18 	vehicle on which the special "EX-POW" plates are placed.  A
40.19 	surviving spouse is not exempt from the motor vehicle
40.20 	registration tax.
40.21 		Subd. 1e.Motor vehicle; special definition. For
40.22 	purposes of this section, "motor vehicle" means a passenger
40.23 	automobile, van, pickup truck, motorcycle, or recreational
40.24 	vehicle.
40.25 		Subd. 2.special plates; ex-pow and disability
40.26 	insignia emblems. The registrar commissioner shall issue
40.27 	special license plates bearing both the "EX-POW" and
40.28 	disability insignia emblem to any applicant who is entitled to
40.29 	the special license plates provided under this section and who
40.30 	is also entitled to special license plates for the physically
40.31 	disabled under section 168.021 upon compliance with the
40.32 	provisions of both sections.  The special license plates shall 
40.33 	must be of a design and size to be determined by the
40.34 	commissioner.
40.35 		Subd. 3.Rules; commissioner of public safety. The
40.36 	commissioner of public safety may promulgate adopt by rule, in
41.1 	accordance with the provisions of chapter 14, the procedures for
41.2 	issuance or transfer of the special license plates authorized
41.3 	under this section.
41.4 		Subd. 4.Rules; commissioner of veterans affairs. The
41.5 	commissioner of veterans affairs shall establish the procedure
41.6 	for obtaining the certification of former prisoner of war status.
41.7 		Subd. 5.Savings provision. Nothing in this section
41.8 	shall alter alters the exemption for disabled war veterans
41.9 	provided for in section 168.031.

41.10 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1255, is
41.11 	amended to read:
41.12 	168.1255  SPECIAL VETERAN CONTRIBUTION LICENSE PLATES.
41.13 		Subdivision 1.General requirements and procedures.
 41.14 	The registrar commissioner shall issue special veteran
41.15 	contribution license plates to an applicant who:
41.16 	(1) is a veteran, as defined in section 197.447;
41.17 	(2) is an owner or joint a registered owner of a passenger
41.18 	automobile, pickup truck, or van;
41.19 	(3) pays a fee of $10 to cover the costs of handling and
41.20 	manufacturing the plates;
41.21 	(4) pays the registration tax required under section
41.22 	168.013;
41.23 	(5) pays the fees required under this chapter;
41.24 	(6) pays an additional onetime World War II memorial
41.25 	contribution of $30, which the department shall retain until all
41.26 	start-up costs associated with the development and issuing of
41.27 	the plates have been recovered, after which the commissioner
41.28 	shall deposit contributions in the World War II donation match
41.29 	account; and
41.30 	(7) complies with laws this chapter and rules governing the 
41.31 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of vehicles and 
41.32 	drivers.
41.33 		Subd. 2.Design. The commissioner of veterans affairs
41.34 	shall design an emblem for the special plates, subject to the
41.35 	approval of the registrar commissioner of public safety,
41.36 	that satisfy satisfies the following requirements in this
42.1 	subdivision:
42.2 	(1) the special veteran contribution plates must bear the
42.3 	inscription "PROUD TO BE A VETERAN" on the bottom of the plate;
42.4 	and
42.5 	(2) the flag of the United States of America must appear on
42.6 	the left side of the plate just preceding the first letter or
42.7 	numeral of the special license plate number.
42.8 		Subd. 3.Plate transfers. Notwithstanding Despite 
42.9 	section 168.12, subdivision 1, on payment of a transfer fee of
42.10 	$5, plates issued under this section may be transferred to
42.11 	another passenger automobile, pickup truck, or van owned or
42.12 	jointly owned by registered to the person individual to whom the
42.13 	special veteran contribution plates were issued.
42.14 		Subd. 4.Fees credited. The fees collected under this
42.15 	section must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to
42.16 	the highway user tax distribution fund.Fees collected under
42.17 	this section do not include the contributions collected for the
42.18 	World War II memorial donation match account.
42.19 		Subd. 5.Record. The registrar commissioner shall
42.20 	maintain a record of the number of special plates issued under
42.21 	this section.

42.22 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.127,
42.23 	subdivision 6, is amended to read:
42.24 		Subd. 6.Fees.  Instead of the filing fee described in
42.25 	section 168.33, subdivision 7, the applicant for fleet
42.26 	registration shall pay an equivalent administrative fee to the
42.27 	commissioner for each vehicle in the fleet. The administrative
42.28 	fee must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the
42.29 	highway user tax distribution fund.

42.30 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.128, is
42.31 	amended to read:
42.32 	168.128 LIMOUSINE REGISTRATION, LICENSE PLATES.
42.33 		Subdivision 1.unique limousine registration category. A
42.34 	unique vehicle registration category is established for
42.35 	limousines as defined in section 168.011, subdivision 35.
42.36 		Subd. 2.license plates. (a) A person who operates a
43.1 	limousine for other than personal use shall apply to register
43.2 	the motor vehicle as provided in this section.
43.3 	(b) A person who operates a limousine for personal use may
43.4 	apply.  The registrar commissioner shall issue limousine license 
43.5 	plates upon the applicant's compliance with laws relating to
43.6 	registration and licensing of motor vehicles and drivers and
43.7 	certification by to the registered owner of a limousine who:
43.8 	(1) certifies that an insurance policy under section 65B.13
43.9 	in an aggregate amount of $300,000 per accident is in effect for
43.10 	the entire period of the registration under section 65B.135.
43.11 	The applicant must provide the registrar ;
43.12 	(2) provides the commissioner with proof that the passenger
43.13 	automobile license tax and a $10 fee have been paid for each
43.14 	limousine receiving limousine license plates; and 
43.15 	(3) complies with this chapter and rules governing the
43.16 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of drivers.
43.17 	(c) The limousine license plates must be designed to
43.18 	specifically identify the vehicle as a limousine and must be
43.19 	clearly marked with the letters "LM."  Limousine license plates
43.20 	may not be transferred upon sale of the limousine, but may be
43.21 	transferred to another limousine owned by the same person upon
43.22 	notifying the registrar commissioner and paying a $5 transfer
43.23 	fee.
43.24 		Subd. 3.Insurance. (a) The application must include a
43.25 	certificate of insurance verifying that a valid commercial
43.26 	insurance policy is in effect and giving the name of the
43.27 	insurance company and the number of the insurance policy.  The
43.28 	policy must provide stated limits of liability, exclusive of
43.29 	interest and costs, with respect to each motor vehicle for which
43.30 	coverage is granted, of not less than $100,000 because of bodily
43.31 	injury to one person in any one accident and, subject to said 
43.32 	that limit for one person, of not less than $300,000 because of
43.33 	injury to two or more persons in any one accident and of not
43.34 	less than $100,000 because of injury to or destruction of
43.35 	property.  The insurance company must notify the commissioner if
43.36 	the policy is canceled or if the policy no longer provides the
44.1 	coverage required by this subdivision.
44.2 	(b) The commissioner shall immediately notify the
44.3 	commissioner of transportation if the policy of a person
44.4 	required to have a permit under section 221.84 is canceled or no
44.5 	longer provides the coverage required by this subdivision.
44.6 		Subd. 4.Fees credited to highway user fund. Fees
44.7 	collected from the sale of license plates under this section
44.8 	must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the highway
44.9 	user tax distribution fund.

44.10 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.129, is
44.11 	amended to read:
44.12 	168.129 SPECIAL COLLEGIATE LICENSE PLATES.
44.13 		Subdivision 1.General requirements and procedures. The
44.14 	commissioner of public safety shall issue special collegiate
44.15 	license plates to an applicant who:
44.16 	(1) is an owner or joint a registered owner of a passenger
44.17 	automobile, pickup truck, or van;
44.18 	(2) pays a fee determined by the commissioner as specified
44.19 	in section 168.12, subdivision 5,to cover the costs of handling
44.20 	and manufacturing the plates;
44.21 	(3) pays the registration tax required under section
44.22 	168.013;
44.23 	(4) pays the fees required under this chapter;
44.24 	(5) contributes at least $25 annually to the scholarship
44.25 	account established in subdivision 6; and
44.26 	(6) complies with laws this chapter and rules governing
44.27 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of vehicles and 
44.28 	drivers.
44.29 		Subd. 2.Design. (a) After consultation with each
44.30 	participating college, university,or postsecondary system, the
44.31 	commissioner shall design the an emblem for each special
44.32 	collegiate plates plate.
44.33 	(b) In consultation with the commissioner, a participating
44.34 	college or university annually shall indicate the anticipated
44.35 	number of plates needed.
44.36 		Subd. 3.No refund. Contributions under this section
45.1 	must not be refunded.
45.2 		Subd. 4.Plates transfer. Notwithstanding Despite 
45.3 	section 168.12, subdivision 1, on payment of a transfer fee of
45.4 	$5, plates issued under this section may be transferred to
45.5 	another passenger vehicle, pickup, or van owned or jointly owned
45.6 	by automobile registered to the person individual to whom the
45.7 	special collegiate plates were issued.
45.8 		Subd. 5.Fees credited. The fees collected under this
45.9 	section must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to
45.10 	the highway user tax distribution fund.Fees collected under
45.11 	this section do not include the contributions collected for the
45.12 	scholarship account.
45.13 		Subd. 6.Scholarship account. A scholarship account is
45.14 	created in the state treasury.  Except for one percent that may
45.15 	be retained by the commissioner of public safety for
45.16 	administrative costs, all contributions received under this
45.17 	section must be deposited by the commissioner in the scholarship
45.18 	account.  Money in the scholarship account is appropriated to
45.19 	the governing board of the institution to which it is
45.20 	attributable, as provided in subdivision 7.
45.21 		Subd. 7.Record. The commissioner shall maintain a
45.22 	record of the number of license plates issued for each
45.23 	postsecondary institution or system in order to determine the
45.24 	amount of scholarship funds available to that institution or
45.25 	system.

45.26 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1291, is
45.27 	amended to read:
45.28 	168.1291 SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES; UNIFORM DESIGN, UNIQUE
45.29 	EMBLEMS.
45.30 		Subdivision 1.Definition. For purposes of this section
45.31 	"special license plates" means license plates issued under
45.32 	sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129.
45.33 		Subd. 2.uniform design of special plates. (a) The
45.34 	commissioner shall design a single special license plate that
45.35 	will contain a unique number and a space for a unique symbol 
45.36 	emblem for plates issued under sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b
46.1 	and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129.  The commissioner shall design a
46.2 	unique symbol emblem related to the purpose of each
46.3 	special license plate.
46.4 	(b) Any provision of sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b to
46.5 	2e; 168.123; and 168.129,that requires the placement of a
46.6 	specified letter or letters on a special license plate applies
46.7 	to those license plates only to the extent that the commissioner
46.8 	includes the letter or letters in the design. Where 
46.9 	(c) If a law authorizing a special license plate contains a
46.10 	specific requirement for graphic design of that license plate,
46.11 	that requirement applies to the appropriate unique symbol the
46.12 	commissioner designs emblem.
46.13 		Subd. 3.Issuance of special plates with unique
46.14 	symbols emblems. Notwithstanding Despite section 168.12,
46.15 	subdivisions 2b to 2e; 168.123; or 168.129, beginning with
46.16 	special license plates issued in calendar year 1996,the
46.17 	commissioner shall issue each class of special license plates
46.18 	permanently marked with specific designs under those laws only
46.19 	until the commissioner's supply of those license plates is
46.20 	exhausted.  Thereafter the commissioner shall issue under those
46.21 	laws only the license plate authorized under subdivision 2, with
46.22 	the appropriate unique symbol emblem attached.
46.23 		Subd. 4.Fees. Notwithstanding Despite section 168.12,
46.24 	subdivisions 2b to 2e; 168.123; or 168.129, the commissioner
46.25 	shall charge a fee of $10 for each set of license plates issued
46.26 	under this section.
46.27 		Subd. 5.application applicability. This section does
46.28 	not apply to a special motorcycle license plate designed by the
46.29 	registrar commissioner under section 168.123, subdivision 1,
46.30 	clause (2).

46.31 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1293, is
46.32 	amended to read:
46.33 	168.1293 SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES; AUTHORIZATION;
46.34 	DISCONTINUANCE.
46.35 		Subdivision 1.Definition. For purposes of this section
46.36 	and section 168.1297, "special license plate" means a license 
47.1 	plate that is authorized by law sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b
47.2 	and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129,to have wording and graphics that
47.3 	differ from a Minnesota passenger vehicle license plate.
47.4 		Subd. 2.Submissions to department commissioner. (a) A
47.5 	person, legal entity, or other requester, however organized,
47.6 	that plans to seek legislation establishing a new special
47.7 	license plate shall submit the following information and fee to
47.8 	the Department of Public Safety commissioner:
47.9 	(1) The requester shall submit a request for the special
47.10 	license plate being sought, describing the proposed license 
47.11 	plate in general terms, the purpose of the plate, and the
47.12 	proposed fee or minimum contribution required for the plate.
47.13 	(2) The requester shall submit the results of a scientific
47.14 	sample survey of Minnesota motor vehicle owners that indicates
47.15 	that at least 10,000 motor vehicle owners intend to purchase the
47.16 	proposed plate with the proposed fee or minimum contribution.
47.17 	The requester's plan to undertake the survey must be reported to
47.18 	the department commissioner before the survey is undertaken.
47.19 	The survey must be performed independently of the requester by
47.20 	another person or legal entity, however organized, that conducts
47.21 	similar sample surveys in the normal course of business.
47.22 	(3) The requester shall submit an application fee of
47.23 	$20,000, to cover the department's cost of reviewing the
47.24 	application for a new plate and developing the new special
47.25 	license plate if authorized by law.  State funds may not be used
47.26 	to pay the application fee.
47.27 	(4) The requester shall submit a marketing strategy that
47.28 	contains (i) short-term and long-term marketing plans for the
47.29 	requested plate, and (ii) a financial analysis showing the
47.30 	anticipated revenues and the planned expenditures of any fee or
47.31 	contribution derived from the requested plate.
47.32 	(b) The requester shall submit the information required
47.33 	under paragraph (a) to the department commissioner at least 120
47.34 	days before the convening of the next regular legislative
47.35 	session at which the requester will submit the proposal.
47.36 		Subd. 3.Design; redesign. (a) If the proposed new 
48.1 	special license plate sought by the requester is approved by
48.2 	law, the requester shall submit the proposed design for the
48.3 	plate to the department commissioner as soon as practicable, but
48.4 	not later than 120 days after the effective date of the law
48.5 	authorizing issuance of the plate.  The department commissioner 
48.6 	is responsible for selecting the final design for the
48.7 	special license plate.
48.8 	(b) The requester that originally requested a special
48.9 	license plate subsequently approved by law may not submit a new
48.10 	design for the plate within the five years following the date of
48.11 	first issuance of the plate unless the inventory of those plates
48.12 	has been exhausted.  The requester may deplete the remaining
48.13 	inventory of the plates by reimbursing the department 
48.14 	commissioner for the cost of the plates.
48.15 		Subd. 4.Refund of fee. If the special license plate
48.16 	requested is not authorized in the legislative session at which
48.17 	authorization was sought, the department commissioner shall
48.18 	refund $17,500 of the application fee to the requester.
48.19 		Subd. 5.Discontinuance of plate. (a) The
48.20 	department commissioner shall discontinue the issuance or
48.21 	renewal of any special license plate authorized by sections
48.22 	168.12, subdivisions 2b and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129,if (1)
48.23 	fewer than 1,000 sets of those plates are currently registered
48.24 	at the end of the first six years during which the plates are
48.25 	available, or (2) fewer than 1,000 sets of those plates are
48.26 	currently registered at the end of any subsequent two-year
48.27 	period following the first six years of availability.
48.28 	(b) The department may commissioner shall discontinue the
48.29 	issuance or renewal of any special license plate authorized by
48.30 	sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129,
48.31 	and distribution of any contributions resulting from that plate,
48.32 	if the department commissioner determines that (1) the fund or
48.33 	requester receiving the contributions no longer exists, (2) the
48.34 	requester has stopped providing services that are authorized to
48.35 	be funded from the contribution proceeds, (3) the requester has
48.36 	requested discontinuance, or (4) contributions have been used in
49.1 	violation of subdivision 6.
49.2 	(c) Nothing in this subdivision applies to license plates
49.3 	issued under section 168.123, 168.124, 168.125, or 168.1255.
49.4 		Subd. 6.Use of contributions. Contributions made as a
49.5 	condition of obtaining a special license plate authorized by
49.6 	sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129,
49.7 	and interest earned on the contributions, may not be spent for
49.8 	commercial or for-profit purposes.
49.9 		Subd. 7.Deposit of fee; appropriation. The commissioner
49.10 	shall deposit the application fee under subdivision 2, paragraph
49.11 	(a), clause (3), in the highway user tax distribution fund 
49.12 	vehicle services operating account of the special revenue fund
49.13 	under section 299A.705.  An amount sufficient to pay the
49.14 	department's cost in implementing and administering this
49.15 	section, including payment of refunds under subdivision 4, is
49.16 	appropriated to the commissioner.

49.17 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1296, is
49.18 	amended to read:
49.19 	168.1296  SPECIAL CRITICAL HABITAT LICENSE PLATES.
49.20 		Subdivision 1.General requirements and procedures. (a)
49.21 	The registrar commissioner shall issue special critical
49.22 	habitat license plates to an applicant who:
49.23 	(1) is an owner or joint a registered owner of a passenger
49.24 	automobile, pickup truck, or van;
49.25 	(2) pays a fee of $10 to cover the costs of handling and
49.26 	manufacturing the plates;
49.27 	(3) pays the registration tax required under section
49.28 	168.013;
49.29 	(4) pays the fees required under this chapter;
49.30 	(5) contributes a minimum of $30 annually to the Minnesota
49.31 	critical habitat private sector matching account established in
49.32 	section 84.943; and
49.33 	(6) complies with laws this chapter and rules governing
49.34 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of vehicles and 
49.35 	drivers.
49.36 	(b) The critical habitat license plate application form 
50.1 	must clearly indicate that the annual contribution specified
50.2 	under paragraph (a), clause (5), is a minimum contribution to
50.3 	receive the license plate and that the applicant may make an
50.4 	additional contribution to the account.
50.5 		Subd. 2.Design. After consultation with interested
50.6 	groups, the commissioner of natural resources and the
50.7 	registrar commissioner shall jointly select a suitable symbol
50.8 	for use by the registrar commissioner to design the special 
50.9 	plates.
50.10 		Subd. 3.No refund. Contributions under this section
50.11 	must not be refunded.
50.12 		Subd. 4.Plate transfers. Notwithstanding section
50.13 	168.12, subdivision 1, on payment of a transfer fee of $5,
50.14 	plates issued under this section may be transferred to another
50.15 	passenger automobile, pickup truck, or van owned or jointly
50.16 	owned by registered to the person to whom the special plates
50.17 	were issued.
50.18 		Subd. 5.Contribution and fees credited. Contributions
50.19 	under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (5), must be paid to
50.20 	the registrar commissioner and credited to the Minnesota
50.21 	critical habitat private sector matching account established in
50.22 	section 84.943.  The fees collected under this section must be
50.23 	deposited in the highway user tax distribution fund vehicle
50.24 	services operating account of the special revenue fund under
50.25 	section 299A.705.
50.26 		Subd. 6.Record. The registrar commissioner shall
50.27 	maintain a record of the number of special plates issued under
50.28 	this section.

50.29 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1297, is
50.30 	amended to read:
50.31 	168.1297 SPECIAL "ROTARY MEMBER" LICENSE PLATES.
50.32 		Subdivision 1.General requirements and procedures.
 50.33 	The registrar commissioner shall issue special "Rotary member"
50.34 	license plates to an applicant who:
50.35 	(1) is an owner or joint a registered owner of a passenger
50.36 	automobile, pickup truck, or van;
51.1 	(2) pays a fee of $10 to cover the costs of handling and
51.2 	manufacturing the plates;
51.3 	(3) pays the registration tax required under section
51.4 	168.013;
51.5 	(4) pays the fees required under this chapter;
51.6 	(5) submits proof to the registrar commissioner that the
51.7 	applicant is a member of Rotary International; and
51.8 	(6) complies with laws this chapter and rules governing
51.9 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of vehicles and 
51.10 	drivers.
51.11 		Subd. 2.Design. A special license plate under this
51.12 	section consists of a special license plate as described in
51.13 	section 168.1291 with a unique symbol emblem that is the
51.14 	recognized emblem of Rotary International.
51.15 		Subd. 3.Compliance with other law. The commissioner
51.16 	shall take no action under this section unless the commissioner
51.17 	determines that Rotary International, or one or more districts
51.18 	of Rotary International, has complied with section 168.1293,
51.19 	subdivision 2, paragraph (a).  Issuance and renewal of license 
51.20 	plates under this section are subject to section 168.1293,
51.21 	subdivisions 3 to 6.

51.22 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.27,
51.23 	subdivision 11, is amended to read:
51.24 		Subd. 11.dealer's licenses; location change notice;
51.25 	fee. (a) Application for a dealer's license or notification of
51.26 	a change of location of the place of business on a dealer's 
51.27 	license must include a street address, not a post office box,
51.28 	and is subject to the registrar's commissioner's approval.
51.29 	(b) Upon the filing of an application for a dealer's 
51.30 	license and the proper fee, the registrar is authorized,unless
51.31 	the application on its face appears to be invalid, to the
51.32 	commissioner shall grant a 90-day temporary license.  During the
51.33 	90-day period following issuance of the temporary license,
51.34 	the registrar commissioner shall investigate the fitness of the
51.35 	applicant,inspect the place of business site,and make other
51.36 	investigation as necessary to insure compliance with the
52.1 	licensing law this section and rules adopted under this section.
52.2 	(c) The registrar commissioner may extend the temporary
52.3 	license 30 days to allow the temporarily licensed dealer to come
52.4 	into full compliance with this section and rules adopted under
52.5 	this section.
52.6 	At the end of the period of investigation (d) In no more
52.7 	than 120 days following issuance of the temporary license, the
52.8 	dealer license must either be granted or denied.
52.9 	(e) A license must be denied under the following conditions:
52.10 	(1) The license must be denied if within the previous ten
52.11 	years the applicant was enjoined due to a violation of section
52.12 	325F.69 or convicted of violating section 325E.14, 325E.15,
52.13 	325E.16, or 325F.69, or convicted under section 609.53 of
52.14 	receiving or selling stolen vehicles, or convicted of violating
52.15 	United States Code, title 15, sections 1981 to 1991, as amended
52.16 	through December 31, 1984,or pleaded guilty, entered a plea of
52.17 	nolo contendere or no contest, or has been found guilty in a
52.18 	court of competent jurisdiction of any charge of failure to pay
52.19 	state or federal income or sales taxes or felony charge of
52.20 	forgery, embezzlement, obtaining money under false pretenses,
52.21 	theft by swindle, extortion, conspiracy to defraud, or bribery.
52.22 	(2) The license must also be denied if within the previous
52.23 	year the applicant has been denied a dealer license.
52.24 	(3) A license must also be denied if the applicant has had
52.25 	a dealer license revoked within the previous ten years.
52.26 	(f) If the application is approved, the registrar 
52.27 	commissioner shall license the applicant as a motor vehicle 
52.28 	dealer for one year from the date the temporary license is
52.29 	granted and issue a certificate of license that must include a
52.30 	distinguishing number of identification of the dealer.  The
52.31 	license must be displayed in a prominent place in the dealer's 
52.32 	licensed location place of business.
52.33 	(g) Each initial application for a license must be
52.34 	accompanied by a fee of $50 $100 in addition to the annual fee.
52.35 	The annual fee shall be $100 is $150. All The initial fees and
52.36 	annual fees must be paid into the state treasury and credited to
53.1 	the general fund except that $50 of each initial and annual fee
53.2 	must be paid into the vehicle services operating account in the
53.3 	special revenue fund under section 299A.705.

53.4 	Sec. 23. [168.326] EXPEDITED DRIVER AND VEHICLES
53.5 	SERVICES; FEE.
53.6 	(a) When an applicant requests and pays an expedited
53.7 	service fee of $20, in addition to other specified and
53.8 	statutorily mandated fees and taxes, the commissioner shall
53.9 	expedite the processing of an application for a driver's
53.10 	license, driving instruction permit, Minnesota identification
53.11 	card, or vehicle title transaction.
53.12 	(b) A driver's license agent or deputy registrar may retain
53.13 	$10 of the expedited service fee for each expedited service
53.14 	request processed by the licensing agent or deputy registrar.
53.15 	(c) When expedited service is requested, materials must be
53.16 	mailed or delivered to the requester within three days of
53.17 	receipt of the expedited service fee excluding Saturdays,
53.18 	Sundays, or the holidays listed in section 645.44, subdivision
53.19 	5.  The requester shall comply with all relevant requirements of
53.20 	the requested document.
53.21 	(d) The commissioner may decline to accept an expedited
53.22 	service request if it is apparent at the time it is made that
53.23 	the request cannot be granted.
53.24 	(e) The expedited service fees collected under this section
53.25 	for an application for a driver's license, driving instruction
53.26 	permit, or Minnesota identification card minus any portion
53.27 	retained by a licensing agent or deputy registrar under
53.28 	paragraph (b) must be paid into the driver services operating
53.29 	account in the special revenue fund specified under section
53.30 	299A.705.
53.31 	(f) The expedited service fees collected under this section
53.32 	for a transaction for a vehicle service minus any portion
53.33 	retained by a licensing agent or deputy registrar under
53.34 	paragraph (b) must be paid into the vehicle services operating
53.35 	account in the special revenue fund specified under section
53.36 	299A.705.

54.1 	Sec. 24. [168.327] DRIVER AND VEHICLE RECORD FEES.
54.2 		Subdivision 1.Records and fees. (a) Upon request by any
54.3 	person authorized in this section, the commissioner shall
54.4 	furnish a certified copy of any driver's license record,
54.5 	instruction permit record, Minnesota identification card record,
54.6 	vehicle registration record, vehicle title record, or accident
54.7 	record.
54.8 	(b) Other than accident records governed under section
54.9 	169.09, subdivision 13, the requester shall pay a fee of $10 for
54.10 	each certified record specified in paragraph (a) or a fee of $9
54.11 	for each record that is not certified.
54.12 	(c) In addition to the record fee in paragraph (b), the fee
54.13 	for a copy of the history of any vehicle title not in electronic
54.14 	format is $1 for each page of the historical record.
54.15 	(d) Fees collected under paragraph (b) for driver's
54.16 	license, instruction permit, and Minnesota identification card
54.17 	records must be paid into the state treasury with 50 cents of
54.18 	each fee credited to the general fund.  The remainder of the
54.19 	fees collected must be credited to the driver services operating
54.20 	account in the special revenue fund under section 299A.705.
54.21 	(e) Fees collected under paragraphs (b) and (c) for vehicle
54.22 	registration or title records must be paid into the state
54.23 	treasury with 50 cents of each fee credited to the general
54.24 	fund.  The remainder of the fees collected must be credited to
54.25 	the vehicle services operating account in the special revenue
54.26 	fund specified in section 299A.705.
54.27 	(f) The commissioner shall permit a person to inquire into
54.28 	a record by the person's own electronic means for a fee of $4.50
54.29 	for each inquiry, except that no fee may be charged when the
54.30 	requester is the subject of the data.
54.31 	(1) Of the $4.50 fee, $2.70 must be deposited in the
54.32 	general fund.
54.33 	(2) For driver's license, instruction permit, or Minnesota
54.34 	identification card records, the remainder must be deposited in
54.35 	the driver services operating account in the special revenue
54.36 	fund under section 299A.705.
55.1 	(3) For vehicle title or registration records, the
55.2 	remainder must be deposited in the vehicle services operating
55.3 	account in the special revenue fund under section 299A.705.
55.4 	(g) Fees and the deposit of the fees for accident records
55.5 	and reports are governed by section 169.09, subdivision 13.
55.6 		Subd. 2.Requests for information; surcharge on fee. (a)
55.7 	Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 3, the commissioner
55.8 	shall impose a surcharge of 50 cents on each fee charged by the
55.9 	commissioner under section 13.03, subdivision 3, for copies or
55.10 	electronic transmittals of public information about the
55.11 	registration of a vehicle or an applicant, or holder of a
55.12 	driver's license, instruction permit, or Minnesota
55.13 	identification card.
55.14 	(b) The surcharge only applies to a fee imposed in response
55.15 	to a request made in person or by mail, or to a request for
55.16 	transmittal through a computer modem.  The surcharge does not
55.17 	apply to the request of an individual for information about that
55.18 	individual's driver's license, instruction permit, or Minnesota
55.19 	identification card or about vehicles registered or titled in
55.20 	the individual's name.
55.21 	(c) The surcharges collected under this subdivision must be
55.22 	credited to the general fund.
55.23 		Subd. 3.Exception to fee and surcharge. (a)
55.24 	Notwithstanding subdivision 2 or section 13.03, a fee or
55.25 	surcharge may not be imposed in response to a request for public
55.26 	information about the registration of a vehicle if the
55.27 	commissioner is satisfied that:
55.28 	(1) the requester seeks the information on behalf of a
55.29 	community-based, nonprofit organization designated by a local
55.30 	law enforcement agency to be a requester; and 
55.31 	(2) the information is needed to identify suspected
55.32 	prostitution law violators, controlled substance law violators,
55.33 	or health code violators.
55.34 	(b) The commissioner shall not require a requester under
55.35 	paragraph (a) to make a minimum number of data requests or limit
55.36 	the requester to a maximum number of data requests.

56.1 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.33, is
56.2 	amended to read:
56.3 	168.33  COMMISSIONER AS REGISTRAR OF MOTOR VEHICLES; DEPUTY
56.4 	REGISTRARS.
56.5 	Subdivision 1.  [ REGISTRAR COMMISSIONER'S DUTIES AND
56.6 	POWERS, GENERALLY.] The commissioner of public safety shall be 
56.7 	is the registrar of motor vehicles of the state of Minnesota,
56.8 	and shall exercise all the powers granted to and perform all the
56.9 	duties imposed by this chapter.  The commissioner of public
56.10 	safety may employ not to exceed eight persons as inspectors,is
56.11 	authorized to obtain information and report to the registrar
56.12 	regarding motor about all vehicles subject to taxation under
56.13 	this chapter upon which the tax has not been paid, and to
56.14 	present suitable complaints to courts of competent jurisdiction.
56.15 		Subd. 2.Deputy registrars. (a) The registrar may
56.16 	appoint, hire, and discharge and fix the compensation of the
56.17 	necessary employees, in the manner provided by law, as may be
56.18 	required to enable the registrar to properly carry out the
56.19 	duties imposed by this chapter.The registrar commissioner may
56.20 	appoint, and for cause discontinue, a deputy registrar for any
56.21 	statutory or home rule charter city as the public interest and
56.22 	convenience may require, without regard to whether the county
56.23 	auditor of the county in which the city is situated has been
56.24 	appointed as the deputy registrar for the county or has been
56.25 	discontinued as the deputy registrar for the county, and without
56.26 	regard to whether the county in which the city is situated has
56.27 	established a county license bureau which that issues motor
56.28 	vehicle licenses as provided in section 373.32.
56.29 	(b) The registrar commissioner may appoint, and for cause
56.30 	discontinue, a deputy registrar for any statutory or home rule
56.31 	charter city as the public interest and convenience may require,
56.32 	if the auditor for the county in which the city is situated
56.33 	chooses not to accept appointment as the deputy registrar for
56.34 	the county or is discontinued as a deputy registrar, or if the
56.35 	county in which the city is situated has not established a
56.36 	county license bureau which that issues motor vehicle licenses
57.1 	as provided in section 373.32. A person The individual 
57.2 	appointed by the registrar commissioner as a deputy registrar
57.3 	for any statutory or home rule charter city must be a resident
57.4 	of the county in which the city is situated.
57.5 	(c) The registrar commissioner may appoint, and for cause
57.6 	discontinue, the county auditor of each county as a deputy
57.7 	registrar. Upon approval of the county board, the auditor, with
57.8 	the approval of the director of motor vehicles, may appoint, and
57.9 	for cause discontinue, the clerk or equivalent officer of each
57.10 	statutory or home rule charter city or any other person as a
57.11 	deputy registrar as public interest and convenience may require,
57.12 	regardless of the appointee's county of residence.  At the
57.13 	request of the governing body of a statutory or home rule
57.14 	charter city, the auditor shall appoint, and may for cause
57.15 	discontinue, the clerk or equivalent officer of a city, or
57.16 	another officer or employee of the city designated by the
57.17 	governing body, as a deputy registrar:
57.18 	(1) if the city is a county seat or, if not, is larger than
57.19 	the seat of the county in which it is situated; and 
57.20 	(2) no office of a deputy registrar is situated within the
57.21 	city or within 15 miles of the city by the most direct public
57.22 	route.
57.23 	(d) Notwithstanding Despite any other provision, a person
57.24 	other than a county auditor or a director of a county license
57.25 	bureau, who was appointed by the registrar before August 1,
57.26 	1976, as a deputy registrar for any statutory or home rule
57.27 	charter city, may continue to serve as deputy registrar and may
57.28 	be discontinued for cause only by the registrar commissioner.
57.29 	The county auditor who appointed the deputy registrars is
57.30 	responsible for the acts of deputy registrars appointed by the
57.31 	auditor.
57.32 	(e) Each deputy, before entering upon the discharge of
57.33 	duties, shall take and subscribe an oath to faithfully discharge
57.34 	the duties and to uphold the laws of the state.
57.35 	(f) If a deputy registrar appointed under this subdivision
57.36 	is not an officer or employee of a county or statutory or home
58.1 	rule charter city, the deputy shall in addition give bond to the
58.2 	state in the sum of $10,000, or a larger sum as may be required
58.3 	by the registrar commissioner, conditioned upon the faithful
58.4 	discharge of duties as deputy registrar.
58.5 	(e) (g) Until January 1, 2009, a corporation governed by
58.6 	chapter 302A may be appointed a deputy registrar.  Upon
58.7 	application by an individual serving as a deputy registrar and
58.8 	the giving of the requisite bond as provided in this
58.9 	subdivision, personally assured by the individual or another
58.10 	individual approved by the commissioner of public safety, a
58.11 	corporation named in an application shall become then becomes 
58.12 	the duly appointed and qualified successor to the deputy
58.13 	registrar.  The appointment of any corporation as a deputy
58.14 	registrar expires January 1, 2009. A county board shall
58.15 	appoint, or The commissioner shall appoint if the county board
58.16 	declines to do so,an individual as successor to the corporation
58.17 	as a deputy registrar.  The county board or commissioner shall
58.18 	appoint as the successor agent to a corporation whose
58.19 	appointment expires under this paragraph an officer of the
58.20 	corporation if the officer applies for appointment before July
58.21 	1, 2009.
58.22 	(f) (h) Each deputy registrar appointed under this
58.23 	subdivision shall keep and maintain, in a convenient public
58.24 	place within or in close proximity to the place for which
58.25 	appointed, a registration and motor vehicle tax collection
58.26 	bureau, to be approved by the registrar,office locations
58.27 	approved by the commissioner for the registration of motor 
58.28 	vehicles and the collection of taxes and fees on motor vehicles.
58.29 	(i) The deputy registrar shall keep records and make
58.30 	reports to the registrar commissioner as the registrar, from
58.31 	time to time, may require commissioner requires.  The records
58.32 	must be maintained at the facility offices of the deputy
58.33 	registrar.  The records and facilities offices of the deputy
58.34 	registrar must at all times be open to the inspection of
58.35 	the registrar commissioner or the registrar's commissioner's 
58.36 	agents.  The deputy registrar shall report to the registrar 
59.1 	commissioner by the next working day following receipt all
59.2 	registrations made and taxes and fees collected by the deputy
59.3 	registrar.
59.4 	(j) The filing fee imposed under subdivision 7 must be
59.5 	deposited in the treasury of the place for which appointed or,
59.6 	if not a public official, a deputy shall retain the filing fee,
59.7 	but the registration tax and any additional fees for delayed
59.8 	registration the deputy registrar has collected the deputy
59.9 	registrar shall deposit by the next working day following
59.10 	receipt in an approved state depository to the credit of the
59.11 	state through the commissioner of finance.  The place for which
59.12 	the deputy registrar is appointed through its governing body
59.13 	must provide the deputy registrar with facilities and personnel
59.14 	to carry out the duties imposed by this subdivision if the
59.15 	deputy is a public official.  In all other cases, the deputy
59.16 	shall maintain a suitable facility for serving the public.
59.17 		Subd. 2a.Deputy registrars, continuation in office.
 59.18 	Persons serving as deputy registrars on the effective date of
59.19 	this act shall July 1, 1970,continue to hold such office until
59.20 	a successor is duly appointed and qualifies.
59.21 		Subd. 2b.Deputy registrars, employment status. (a)
59.22 	Deputy registrars, and their employees, who retain the filing
59.23 	fee in lieu of a salary, shall, after July 1, 1971, be
59.24 	considered as independent contractors for pension purposes, and
59.25 	ineligible because of such service for coverage under the
59.26 	Minnesota State Retirement System or membership in the Public
59.27 	Employees Retirement Association.
59.28 	(b) Those deputy registrars as defined in this subdivision
59.29 	who are covered by the Minnesota State Retirement System on June
59.30 	30, 1971, shall have the option of terminating said may
59.31 	terminate coverage on July 1, 1971, or of continuing said 
59.32 	continue coverage until termination of state service.  The form
59.33 	of the this option and the time for filing shall must be as
59.34 	prescribed by the board of directors of the system.  Those
59.35 	choosing to continue said coverage,shall provide from the
59.36 	filing fees retained the employee and employer contributions as
60.1 	required by chapter 352.
60.2 		Subd. 3.Record of vehicle registration; disclosure. (a) 
60.3 	The registrar commissioner shall keep a suitable record of all
60.4 	motor registered vehicles registered in the registrar's office,
60.5 	indexed,according to (1) registration plate number, according
60.6 	to (2) name of the registered owner, according to (3) make of
60.7 	motor vehicle and the factory vehicle's identification number,
60.8 	for such makes as are a vehicle so identified,or according
60.9 	to , if none,the vehicle's serial number of such makes as are so
60.10 	identified until the manufacturers thereof adopt and use
60.11 	an manufacturer adopts and uses a vehicle identification number,
60.12 	and according to such other information as the registrar shall
60.13 	deem advisable. Duplicates of the certificate of registration
60.14 	shall be used, until a more efficient system is evolved, to make
60.15 	the registration number and registered owner's indexes herein
60.16 	required, and such other copies as are desirable.  The registrar
60.17 	may furnish to any one applying therefor transcripts of such
60.18 	records for not less than the cost of preparing the same;
60.19 	provided, that any sums in excess of such cost received by the
60.20 	registrar for furnishing such transcripts shall be paid by the
60.21 	registrar into the state treasury.
60.22 	(b) The commissioner shall furnish to any person applying
60.23 	for a copy of the registration, a copy as specified in section
60.24 	168.327.
60.25 	(c) The registrar commissioner shall also furnish copies
60.26 	thereof vehicle registration records, without charge, to the 
60.27 	chiefs of police of the cities of Minneapolis, St. Paul, and
60.28 	Duluth , county sheriffs, prosecuting attorneys, and other law
60.29 	enforcement agencies with the power to arrest.
60.30 		Subd. 6.Application forms. The Every deputy registrar
60.31 	shall provide, in a manner and format prescribed by the
60.32 	registrar, necessary forms and information to deputy
60.33 	registrars.  The registrar and deputy registrars shall
60.34 	immediately destroy all number plates surrendered and shall
60.35 	cancel all certificates surrendered use application forms or
60.36 	formats as prescribed by or approved by the commissioner.
61.1 		Subd. 7.Filing fee. (a) In addition to all other
61.2 	statutory fees and taxes, a filing fee of:
61.3 	(i) (1) $4.50 is imposed on every motor vehicle
61.4 	registration renewal, excluding pro rate transactions; and
61.5 	(ii) $7 (2) $8.50 is imposed on every other type of vehicle
61.6 	transaction, including pro rate transactions;
61.7 	except that a filing fee may not be charged for a document
61.8 	returned for a refund or for a correction of an error made by
61.9 	the Department of Public Safety, a licensed auto dealer, or a
61.10 	deputy registrar.  The filing fee must be shown as a separate
61.11 	item on all registration renewal notices sent out by the
61.12 	department commissioner.  No filing fee or other fee may be
61.13 	charged for the permanent surrender of a certificate of title
61.14 	and license plates for a motor vehicle.
61.15 	(b) Filing All of the fees collected under this subdivision
61.16 	by the department paragraph (a), clause (1), by the department,
61.17 	must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the highway
61.18 	user tax distribution fund, except fees for registrations of
61.19 	motor vehicles.  Filing fees collected for registrations of
61.20 	motor vehicles in conjunction with a title transfer or first
61.21 	application in this state must be paid into the state treasury
61.22 	with 50 percent of the money credited to the general fund and 50
61.23 	percent credited to the highway user tax distribution
61.24 	fund vehicle services operating account in the special revenue
61.25 	fund under section 299A.705.  Of the fee collected under
61.26 	paragraph (a), clause (2), by the department, $3.50 must be paid
61.27 	into the general fund with the remainder deposited into the
61.28 	vehicle services operating account in the special revenue fund
61.29 	under section 299A.705.
61.30 	(c) A motor vehicle dealer shall retain $2.50 of each
61.31 	filing fee imposed under this subdivision for a completed
61.32 	transaction involving the sale of a motor vehicle to or by a
61.33 	licensed dealer, if the dealer electronically transmits the
61.34 	transaction to the department commissioner or a deputy registrar.
61.35 	The department commissioner shall develop procedures to
61.36 	implement this subdivision in consultation with the Minnesota
62.1 	Deputy Registrar Association and the Minnesota Automobile
62.2 	Dealers Association.  Deputy registrars shall must not be
62.3 	prohibited from receiving and processing required documents
62.4 	supporting an electronic transaction.
62.5 		Subd. 8.Temporary disability permit and fee. The
62.6 	registrar commissioner shall allow deputy registrars to
62.7 	implement and follow procedures for processing applications and
62.8 	accepting and remitting fee payments for 30-day temporary
62.9 	disability permits issued under section 169.345, subdivision 3,
62.10 	paragraph (c), that are identical or substantially similar to
62.11 	the procedures required by law or rule for motor vehicle
62.12 	registration and titling transactions.
62.13 		Subd. 9.Rules. The commissioner of public safety may
62.14 	adopt rules for administering and enforcing this section.

62.15 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.345,
62.16 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
62.17 		Subdivision 1.Information by telephone.  Information
62.18 	concerning motor about vehicle registrations shall not be
62.19 	furnished on the telephone to any person except the personnel of
62.20 	law enforcement agencies and the personnel of governmental motor
62.21 	vehicle and registration offices.

62.22 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.345,
62.23 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
62.24 		Subd. 2.Lessees; information.  The registrar 
62.25 	commissioner may not furnish information concerning about 
62.26 	registered owners of passenger automobiles who are lessees under
62.27 	a lease for a term of 180 days or more to any person except the
62.28 	personnel of law enforcement agencies and federal, state, and
62.29 	local governmental units, and, at the registrar's commissioner's 
62.30 	discretion, to persons who use the information to notify lessees
62.31 	of automobile recalls.  The registrar commissioner may release
62.32 	information about lessees in the form of summary data, as
62.33 	defined in section 13.02, to persons who use the information in
62.34 	conducting statistical analysis and market research.

62.35 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.381, is
62.36 	amended to read:
63.1 	168.381 MANUFACTURE OF VEHICLE LICENSE PLATES;
63.2 	APPROPRIATIONS.
63.3 		Subdivision 1.Correctional facilities; other
63.4 	manufacturers. (a) License number Plates required by law this
63.5 	chapter may be manufactured by the Minnesota Correctional
63.6 	Facility-St. Cloud, the Minnesota Correctional
63.7 	Facility-Stillwater, or other facility established by law for
63.8 	the confinement of persons convicted of felony, upon order from
63.9 	the registrar of motor vehicles commissioner.  The order must
63.10 	state the quality of material desired in the plates, the plate
63.11 	specifications, and the amount or number desired.
63.12 	(b) Should the commissioner of corrections decide not to
63.13 	supply the required quantity of license plates, or discontinue
63.14 	the manufacture of plates, the commissioner of public safety is
63.15 	authorized to seek other suppliers on a competitive basis.
63.16 		Subd. 2.Laboratory testing; costs. (a) Materials
63.17 	purchased to be used in the manufacture of motor vehicle number 
63.18 	plates must be tested as to conformance with specifications
63.19 	established by the commissioner of public safety in a privately
63.20 	operated laboratory service to be designated by the
63.21 	commissioner.  The cost of the laboratory must be included in
63.22 	the cost of materials purchased.
63.23 	(b) The cost of delivery of number plates to the
63.24 	commissioner of public safety at places designated by the
63.25 	commissioner must be included in the expenses incurred in their
63.26 	manufacture.
63.27 		Subd. 3.Specifications. The commissioner of public
63.28 	safety shall establish new or revised specifications for the
63.29 	material and equipment used in the manufacture of number plates
63.30 	ordered for manufacture after August 1, 1975, and may from time
63.31 	to time revise the specifications; provided that the
63.32 	specifications conform to the requirements of section 168.12.
63.33 	In establishing new or revised specifications, the commissioner
63.34 	shall consult with and give consideration to the advice and
63.35 	recommendations of representatives of the Minnesota State
63.36 	Patrol, local police officers' associations, and the county
64.1 	sheriffs' association.
64.2 		Subd. 4.Appropriations. (a) Money appropriated to the
64.3 	Department of Public Safety to procure the plates for any fiscal
64.4 	year or years are is available for allotment, encumbrance, and
64.5 	expenditure from and after the date of the enactment of the
64.6 	appropriation.  Materials and equipment used in the manufacture
64.7 	of number plates are subject only to the approval of the
64.8 	commissioner of public safety.
64.9 	(b) This section contemplates that money to be appropriated
64.10 	to the Department of Public Safety in order to carry out the
64.11 	terms and provisions of this section will be appropriated by the
64.12 	legislature from the highway user tax distribution fund.
64.13 	(c) A sum sufficient is appropriated annually from the
64.14 	highway user tax distribution vehicle services operating account
64.15 	in the special revenue fund to the commissioner of public safety 
64.16 	to pay the costs of purchasing, delivering, and mailing motor
64.17 	vehicle license number plates, license plate registration tabs
64.18 	or stickers, and license plate registration notices.

64.19 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.54,
64.20 	subdivision 4, is amended to read:
64.21 		Subd. 4.Transfer fee.  A fee of $3 is imposed upon every
64.22 	transfer of ownership by the commissioner of public safety of
64.23 	any motor vehicle for which a registration certificate has
64.24 	heretofore been issued under this chapter, except vehicles sold
64.25 	for the purposes of salvage or ,dismantling,or permanent
64.26 	removal from the state.

64.27 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.54,
64.28 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
64.29 		Subd. 5.Proceeds to general fund.  The
64.30 	registrar commissioner shall collect the proceeds of the fee
64.31 	imposed under this section and deposit them in the general fund
64.32 	pursuant to section 168A.31.

64.33 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168A.152,
64.34 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
64.35 		Subd. 2.Inspection fee; proceeds to general fund vehicle
64.36 	services operating account.  (a) A fee of $20 $35 must be paid
65.1 	to the department before the department issues a certificate of
65.2 	title for a vehicle that has been inspected and for which a
65.3 	certificate of inspection has been issued pursuant to
65.4 	subdivision 1.  The only additional fee that may be assessed for
65.5 	issuing the certificate of title is the filing fee imposed under
65.6 	section 168.33, subdivision 7.
65.7 	(b) Fees Of the fee collected by the department under this
65.8 	subdivision, for conducting inspections under subdivision 1, $20 
65.9 	must be deposited in the general fund and the remainder of the
65.10 	fee collected must be deposited in the vehicle services
65.11 	operating account in the special revenue fund as specified in
65.12 	section 299A.705.

65.13 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168A.29, is
65.14 	amended to read:
65.15 	168A.29 FEES.
65.16 		Subdivision 1.Amounts. (a) The department shall must be
65.17 	paid the following fees:
65.18 	(1) for filing an application for and the issuance of an
65.19 	original certificate of title, the sum of $3 $5.50 of which
65.20 	$2.50 must be paid into the vehicle services operating account
65.21 	of the special revenue fund under section 299A.705;
65.22 	(2) for each security interest when first noted upon a
65.23 	certificate of title, including the concurrent notation of any
65.24 	assignment thereof and its subsequent release or satisfaction,
65.25 	the sum of $2, except that no fee is due for a security interest
65.26 	filed by a public authority under section 168A.05, subdivision
65.27 	8;
65.28 	(3) for the transfer of the interest of an owner and the
65.29 	issuance of a new certificate of title, the sum of $3 $5.50 of
65.30 	which $2.50 must be paid into the vehicle services operating
65.31 	account of the special revenue fund under section 299A.705;
65.32 	(4) for each assignment of a security interest when first
65.33 	noted on a certificate of title, unless noted concurrently with
65.34 	the security interest, the sum of $1;
65.35 	(5) for issuing a duplicate certificate of title, the sum
65.36 	of $4 $6.50 of which $2.50 must be paid into the vehicle
66.1 	services operating account of the special revenue fund under
66.2 	section 299A.705.
66.3 	(b) After June 30, 1994, in addition to each of the fees
66.4 	required under paragraph (a), clauses (1) and (3), the
66.5 	department shall must be paid $3.50.  The additional $3.50 fee
66.6 	collected under this paragraph must be deposited in the special
66.7 	revenue fund and credited to the public safety motor vehicle
66.8 	account established in section 299A.70.
66.9 		Subd. 2.Fee in lieu of other fee. If a person applies
66.10 	for an original or a new certificate of title to a vehicle,
66.11 	concurrently with an application, as transferee, of registration
66.12 	of the vehicle, the fee prescribed in subdivision 1 shall must 
66.13 	be in lieu of the fee prescribed by section 168.54, with respect
66.14 	to any transfer of ownership or registration of the vehicle to
66.15 	the applicant.
66.16 		Subd. 3.No certificate issued until fees paid. Subject
66.17 	to subdivision 2, the department shall not issue a certificate
66.18 	of title to a vehicle until all fees prescribed by sections
66.19 	168.54 and 168A.10, subdivision 6, with respect to any prior
66.20 	transfer of ownership or registration of the vehicle shall have
66.21 	been paid.

66.22 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168A.31, is
66.23 	amended to read:
66.24 	168A.31 DISPOSITION OF FEES; PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.
66.25 		Subdivision 1.paid to general fund distribution. All
66.26 	fees prescribed by sections 168A.01 to 168A.31 and 168.54
66.27 	collected by the department must be paid into the general fund,
66.28 	unless otherwise specified in chapter 168A.
66.29 		Subd. 2.Expenses; appropriation. All necessary expenses
66.30 	incurred by the department for the administration of sections
66.31 	168A.01 to 168A.31shall must be paid from moneys money in the
66.32 	transfer of ownership revolving vehicle services operating
66.33 	account of the special revenue fund as specified in section
66.34 	299A.705, and such funds are hereby appropriated.

66.35 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.09,
66.36 	subdivision 13, is amended to read:
67.1 		Subd. 13.Reports confidential; evidence, fee, penalty,
67.2 	appropriation.  (a) All written reports and supplemental reports 
67.3 	information required under this section shall must be for the
67.4 	use of the commissioner of public safety and other appropriate
67.5 	state, federal, county, and municipal governmental agencies for
67.6 	accident analysis purposes, except:
67.7 	(1) the commissioner of public safety or any law
67.8 	enforcement agency shall, upon written request of any person 
67.9 	individual involved in an accident or upon written request of
67.10 	the representative of the person's individual's estate,
67.11 	surviving spouse, or one or more surviving next of kin, or a
67.12 	trustee appointed pursuant to under section 573.02, disclose to
67.13 	the requester, the requester's legal counsel, or a
67.14 	representative of the requester's insurer the report required
67.15 	under subdivision 8;
67.16 	(2) the commissioner of public safety shall, upon written
67.17 	request, provide the driver filing a report under subdivision 7
67.18 	with a copy of the report filed by the driver;
67.19 	(3) the commissioner of public safety may verify with
67.20 	insurance companies vehicle insurance information to enforce
67.21 	sections 65B.48, 169.792, 169.793, 169.796, and 169.797;
67.22 	(4) the commissioner of public safety shall provide the
67.23 	commissioner of transportation the information obtained for each
67.24 	traffic accident involving a commercial motor vehicle, for
67.25 	purposes of administering commercial vehicle safety regulations;
67.26 	and
67.27 	(5) the commissioner of public safety may give to the
67.28 	United States Department of Transportation commercial vehicle
67.29 	accident information in connection with federal grant programs
67.30 	relating to safety.
67.31 	(b) Accident reports and data contained in the reports
67.32 	shall are not be discoverable under any provision of law or rule
67.33 	of court.  No report shall be used as evidence in any trial,
67.34 	civil or criminal, or any action for damages or criminal
67.35 	proceedings arising out of an accident, except that .  However,
67.36 	the commissioner of public safety shall furnish,upon the demand
68.1 	of any person who has,or claims to have,made a report,or,
68.2 	upon demand of any court, a certificate showing that a specified
68.3 	accident report has or has not been made to the commissioner
68.4 	solely to prove compliance or failure to comply with the
68.5 	requirements that the report be made to the commissioner.
68.6 	(c) Nothing in this subdivision prevents any person 
68.7 	individual who has made a report pursuant to under this section
68.8 	from providing information to any persons individuals involved
68.9 	in an accident or their representatives or from testifying in
68.10 	any trial, civil or criminal, arising out of an accident, as to
68.11 	facts within the person's individual's knowledge.  It is
68.12 	intended by this subdivision to render privileged the reports
68.13 	required, but it is not intended to prohibit proof of the facts
68.14 	to which the reports relate.
68.15 	(d) Disclosing any information contained in any accident
68.16 	report, except as provided in this subdivision, section 13.82,
68.17 	subdivision 3 or 6, or other statutes, is a misdemeanor.
68.18 	(e) The commissioner of public safety may shall charge
68.19 	authorized persons as described in paragraph (a) a $5 fee for a
68.20 	copy of an accident report. Ninety percent of the $5 fee
68.21 	collected under this paragraph must be deposited in the special
68.22 	revenue fund and credited to the driver services operating
68.23 	account established in section 299A.705 and ten percent must be
68.24 	deposited in the general fund.The commissioner may also
68.25 	furnish copies of the modified accident records an electronic
68.26 	copy of the database of accident records, which must not contain
68.27 	personal or private data on an individual,to private agencies
68.28 	as provided in paragraph (g), for not less than the cost of
68.29 	preparing the copies on a bulk basis as provided in section
68.30 	13.03, subdivision 3.
68.31 	(f) The fees specified in paragraph (e) notwithstanding,
68.32 	the commissioner and law enforcement agencies may shall charge
68.33 	commercial users who request access to response or incident data
68.34 	relating to accidents a fee not to exceed 50 cents per
68.35 	report record.  "Commercial user" is a user who in one location
68.36 	requests access to data in more than five accident reports per
69.1 	month, unless the user establishes that access is not for a
69.2 	commercial purpose. Of the money collected by the commissioner
69.3 	under this paragraph is appropriated to the commissioner , 90
69.4 	percent must be deposited in the special revenue fund and
69.5 	credited to the driver services operating account established in
69.6 	section 299A.705 and ten percent must be deposited in the
69.7 	general fund.
69.8 	(g) The fees in paragraphs (e) and (f) notwithstanding,the
69.9 	commissioner may shall provide a modified an electronic copy of
69.10 	the accident records database that does to the public on a
69.11 	case-by-case basis using the cost-recovery charges provided for
69.12 	under section 13.03, subdivision 3.  The database provided must 
69.13 	not contain names, driver's license numbers, vehicle license
69.14 	plate numbers, addresses, or other identifying data to the
69.15 	public upon request personal or private data on an individual.
69.16 	However, unless the accident records data base includes
69.17 	the motor vehicle identification number, the commissioner shall
69.18 	include the vehicle license registration plate number if a
69.19 	private agency certifies and agrees that the agency:
69.20 	(1) is in the business of collecting accident and damage
69.21 	information on vehicles;
69.22 	(2) will use the vehicle license registration plate number
69.23 	only for the purpose of identifying vehicles that have been
69.24 	involved in accidents or damaged in order ,to provide this
69.25 	information to persons seeking access to a vehicle's history and
69.26 	not for the purpose of identifying individuals or for any other
69.27 	purpose; and
69.28 	(3) will be subject to the penalties and remedies under
69.29 	sections 13.08 and 13.09.

69.30 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169A.60,
69.31 	subdivision 16, is amended to read:
69.32 		Subd. 16.Fees credited to highway user fund.  Fees
69.33 	collected from the sale or reinstatement of license plates under
69.34 	this section must be paid into the state treasury and credited
69.35 	one-half to the highway user tax distribution fund vehicle
69.36 	services operating account in the special revenue fund specified
70.1 	in section 299A.705and one-half to the general fund.

70.2 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.06,
70.3 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
70.4 		Subd. 2.Fees.  (a) The fees for a license and Minnesota
70.5 	identification card are as follows:
70.6 	Classified Driver's License  D- $18.50 $21.50 C- $22.50 $25.50 
70.7 	 B- $29.50 $32.50 A- $37.50 $40.50 
70.8 	Classified Under-21 D.L.     D- $18.50 $21.50 C- $22.50 $25.50 
70.9 	B- $29.50 $32.50 A- $17.50 $20.50 
70.10 	Instruction Permit                              $ 9.50
70.11 	Provisional License $ 9.50$12.50 
70.12 	Duplicate License or
70.13 	 duplicate identification card $ 8.00$11.00 
70.14 	Minnesota identification card or Under-21 Minnesota
70.15 	identification card, other than duplicate,
70.16 	except as otherwise provided in section 171.07,
70.17 	subdivisions 3 and 3a $12.50 $15.50 
70.18 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a person an individual 
70.19 	who holds a provisional license and has a driving record free of
70.20 	(1) convictions for a violation of section 169A.20, 169A.33,
70.21 	169A.35, or sections 169A.50 to 169A.53, (2) convictions for
70.22 	crash-related moving violations, and (3) convictions for moving
70.23 	violations that are not crash related, shall have a $3.50 credit
70.24 	toward the fee for any classified under-21 driver's license.
70.25 	"Moving violation" has the meaning given it in section 171.04,
70.26 	subdivision 1.
70.27 	(c) In addition to the driver's license fee required under
70.28 	paragraph (a), the registrar commissioner shall collect an
70.29 	additional $4 processing fee from each new applicant or person 
70.30 	individual renewing a license with a school bus endorsement to
70.31 	cover the costs for processing an applicant's initial and
70.32 	biennial physical examination certificate.  The department shall
70.33 	not charge these applicants any other fee to receive or renew
70.34 	the endorsement.

70.35 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.061,
70.36 	subdivision 4, is amended to read:
71.1 		Subd. 4.Fee; equipment.  (a) The agent may charge and
71.2 	retain a filing fee of $3.50 $5 for each application.  Except as
71.3 	provided in paragraph (b), the fee shall cover all expenses
71.4 	involved in receiving, accepting, or forwarding to the
71.5 	department the applications and fees required under sections
71.6 	171.02, subdivision 3; 171.06, subdivisions 2 and 2a; and
71.7 	171.07, subdivisions 3 and 3a.
71.8 	(b) The department shall maintain the photo identification
71.9 	equipment for all agents appointed as of January 1, 2000.  Upon
71.10 	the retirement, resignation, death, or discontinuance of an
71.11 	existing agent, and if a new agent is appointed in an existing
71.12 	office pursuant to Minnesota Rules, chapter 7404, and
71.13 	notwithstanding the above or Minnesota Rules, part 7404.0400,
71.14 	the department shall provide and maintain photo identification
71.15 	equipment without additional cost to a newly appointed agent in
71.16 	that office if the office was provided the equipment by the
71.17 	department before January 1, 2000.  All photo identification
71.18 	equipment must be compatible with standards established by the
71.19 	department.
71.20 	(c) A filing fee retained by the agent employed by a county
71.21 	board must be paid into the county treasury and credited to the
71.22 	general revenue fund of the county.  An agent who is not an
71.23 	employee of the county shall retain the filing fee in lieu of
71.24 	county employment or salary and is considered an independent
71.25 	contractor for pension purposes, coverage under the Minnesota
71.26 	State Retirement System, or membership in the Public Employees
71.27 	Retirement Association.
71.28 	(d) Before the end of the first working day following the
71.29 	final day of the reporting period established by the department,
71.30 	the agent must forward to the department all applications and
71.31 	fees collected during the reporting period except as provided in
71.32 	paragraph (c).

71.33 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.07,
71.34 	subdivision 11, is amended to read:
71.35 		Subd. 11.Standby or temporary custodian.  (a) Upon the
71.36 	written request of the applicant and upon payment of an
72.1 	additional fee of $3.50, the department shall issue a driver's
72.2 	license or Minnesota identification card bearing a symbol or
72.3 	other appropriate identifier indicating that the license holder
72.4 	has appointed an individual to serve as a standby or temporary
72.5 	custodian under chapter 257B.
72.6 	(b) The request must be accompanied by a copy of the
72.7 	designation executed under section 257B.04.
72.8 	(c) The department shall maintain a computerized records
72.9 	system of all persons individuals listed as standby or temporary
72.10 	custodians by driver's license and identification card
72.11 	applicants.  This data shall must be released to appropriate law
72.12 	enforcement agencies under section 13.69.  Upon a parent's
72.13 	request and payment of a fee of $3.50, the department shall
72.14 	revise its list of standby or temporary custodians to reflect a
72.15 	change in the appointment.
72.16 	(d) At the request of the license or cardholder, the
72.17 	department shall cancel the standby or temporary custodian
72.18 	indication without additional charge.  However, this paragraph
72.19 	does not prohibit a fee that may be applicable for a duplicate
72.20 	or replacement license or card, renewal of a license, or other
72.21 	service applicable to a driver's license or identification card.
72.22 	(e) Notwithstanding sections 13.08, subdivision 1, and
72.23 	13.69, the department and department employees are conclusively
72.24 	presumed to be acting in good faith when employees rely on
72.25 	statements made, in person or by telephone, by persons
72.26 	purporting to be law enforcement and subsequently release
72.27 	information described in paragraph (b).  When acting in good
72.28 	faith, the department and department personnel are immune from
72.29 	civil liability and not subject to suit for damages resulting
72.30 	from the release of this information.
72.31 	(f) The department and its employees:
72.32 	(1) have no duty to inquire or otherwise determine whether
72.33 	a designation submitted under this subdivision is legally valid
72.34 	and enforceable; and
72.35 	(2) are immune from all civil liability and not subject to
72.36 	suit for damages resulting from a claim that the designation was
73.1 	not legally valid and enforceable.
73.2 	(g) Of the fees received by the department under this
73.3 	subdivision:
73.4 	(1) Up to $111,000 received in fiscal year 1997 and up to 
73.5 	$61,000 received in subsequent fiscal years must be deposited in
73.6 	the general fund.
73.7 	(2) All other fees must be deposited in the trunk highway 
73.8 	driver services operating account in the special revenue fund
73.9 	specified in section 299A.705.

73.10 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.13,
73.11 	subdivision 6, is amended to read:
73.12 		Subd. 6.Initial motorcycle endorsement fee.  A person
73.13 	applying for an initial motorcycle endorsement on a driver's
73.14 	license shall pay at the place of examination a total fee of
73.15 	$21, which includes the examination fee and endorsement fee, but
73.16 	does not include the fee for a duplicate driver's license
73.17 	prescribed in section 171.06, subdivision 2.  Of this amount,
73.18 	$11 must be credited as provided in section 171.06, subdivision
73.19 	2a, paragraph (a), clause (1), $2.50 must be credited to
73.20 	the trunk highway driver services operating account in the
73.21 	special revenue fund specified under section 299A.705, and the
73.22 	remainder must be credited to the general fund.

73.23 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.13, is
73.24 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
73.25 		Subd. 7.Repeat examination fee. (a) A fee of $10 must
73.26 	be paid by an individual to take a third and any subsequent
73.27 	knowledge test administered by the department if the individual
73.28 	has failed two previous consecutive knowledge tests on the
73.29 	subject.
73.30 	(b) A fee of $20 must be paid by an individual to take a
73.31 	third and any subsequent skills or road test administered by the
73.32 	department if the individual has previously failed two
73.33 	consecutive skill or road tests in a specified class of motor
73.34 	vehicle.
73.35 	(c) All fees received under this subdivision must be paid
73.36 	into the state treasury and credited to the driver services
74.1 	operating account in the special revenue fund specified under
74.2 	section 299A.705.

74.3 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.20,
74.4 	subdivision 4, is amended to read:
74.5 		Subd. 4.Reinstatement fee.  (a) Before the license is
74.6 	reinstated, (1) a person an individual whose driver's license
74.7 	has been suspended under section 171.16, subdivision 2; 171.18,
74.8 	except subdivision 1, clause (10); or 171.182, or who has been
74.9 	disqualified from holding a commercial driver's license under
74.10 	section 171.165, and (2) a person an individual whose driver's
74.11 	license has been suspended under section 171.186 and who is not
74.12 	exempt from such a fee, must pay a fee of $20.
74.13 	(b) Before the license is reinstated, a person an
74.14 	individual whose license has been suspended under sections
74.15 	169.791 to 169.798 must pay a $20 reinstatement fee.
74.16 	(c) When fees are collected by a licensing agent appointed
74.17 	under section 171.061, a handling charge is imposed in the
74.18 	amount specified under section 171.061, subdivision 4.  The
74.19 	reinstatement fee and surcharge must be deposited in an approved
74.20 	state depository as directed under section 171.061, subdivision
74.21 	4.
74.22 	(d) A suspension may be rescinded without fee for good
74.23 	cause.

74.24 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.26, is
74.25 	amended to read:
74.26 	171.26 MONEY CREDITED TO FUNDS.
74.27 		Subdivision 1.Driver services operating account. All
74.28 	money received under this chapter must be paid into the state
74.29 	treasury and credited to the trunk highway driver services
74.30 	operating account in the special revenue fund specified under
74.31 	section 299A.705, except as provided in subdivision 3;sections
74.32 	171.06, subdivision 2a; 171.07, subdivision 11, paragraph
74.33 	(g); 171.12, subdivision 8;and 171.29, subdivision 2, paragraph
74.34 	(b).
74.35 		Subd. 2.Trunk highway fund. (a) Notwithstanding
74.36 	subdivision 1 or any other provision in this chapter to the
75.1 	contrary, for the four fiscal years from July 1, 2005, through
75.2 	June 30, 2009, a portion of the money collected by the
75.3 	department under this chapter in each fiscal year must be
75.4 	deposited in the trunk highway fund as follows:
75.5 	(1) for fiscal year 2006, the first $833,000 collected;
75.6 	(2) for fiscal year 2007, the first $1,523,000 collected;
75.7 	(3) for fiscal year 2008, the first $1,565,000 collected;
75.8 	and 
75.9 	(4) for fiscal year 2009, the first $1,825,000 collected.
75.10 	(b) This subdivision expires July 1, 2009.

75.11 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.29,
75.12 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
75.13 		Subd. 2.Reinstatement fees and surcharges allocated and
75.14 	appropriated.  (a) A person An individual whose driver's license
75.15 	has been revoked as provided in subdivision 1, except under
75.16 	section 169A.52, 169A.54, or 609.21, shall must pay a $30 fee
75.17 	before the driver's license is reinstated.
75.18 	(b) A person whose driver's license has been revoked as
75.19 	provided in subdivision 1 under section 169A.52, 169A.54, or
75.20 	609.21, shall must pay a $250 fee plus a $40 surcharge before
75.21 	the driver's license is reinstated.  Beginning July 1, 2002, the
75.22 	surcharge is $145.  Beginning July 1, 2003, the surcharge is
75.23 	$430.  The $250 fee is to be credited as follows:
75.24 	(1) Twenty percent must be credited to the trunk highway 
75.25 	driver services operating account in the special revenue fund as
75.26 	specified in section 299A.705.
75.27 	(2) Sixty-seven percent must be credited to the general
75.28 	fund.
75.29 	(3) Eight percent must be credited to a separate account to
75.30 	be known as the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension account.  Money
75.31 	in this account may be appropriated to the commissioner of
75.32 	public safety and the appropriated amount must be apportioned 80
75.33 	percent for laboratory costs and 20 percent for carrying out the
75.34 	provisions of section 299C.065.
75.35 	(4) Five percent must be credited to a separate account to
75.36 	be known as the vehicle forfeiture account, which is created in
76.1 	the special revenue fund.  The money in the account is annually
76.2 	appropriated to the commissioner for costs of handling vehicle
76.3 	forfeitures.
76.4 	(c) The revenue from $50 of each surcharge must be credited
76.5 	to a separate account to be known as the traumatic brain injury
76.6 	and spinal cord injury account.  The money in the account is
76.7 	annually appropriated to the commissioner of health to be used
76.8 	as follows:  83 percent for contracts with a qualified
76.9 	community-based organization to provide information, resources,
76.10 	and support to assist persons with traumatic brain injury and
76.11 	their families to access services, and 17 percent to maintain
76.12 	the traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury registry
76.13 	created in section 144.662.  For the purposes of this
76.14 	clause paragraph, a "qualified community-based organization" is
76.15 	a private, not-for-profit organization of consumers of traumatic
76.16 	brain injury services and their family members.  The
76.17 	organization must be registered with the United States Internal
76.18 	Revenue Service under section 501(c)(3) as a tax-exempt
76.19 	organization and must have as its purposes:
76.20 	(i) the promotion of public, family, survivor, and
76.21 	professional awareness of the incidence and consequences of
76.22 	traumatic brain injury;
76.23 	(ii) the provision of a network of support for persons with
76.24 	traumatic brain injury, their families, and friends;
76.25 	(iii) the development and support of programs and services
76.26 	to prevent traumatic brain injury;
76.27 	(iv) the establishment of education programs for persons
76.28 	with traumatic brain injury; and
76.29 	(v) the empowerment of persons with traumatic brain injury
76.30 	through participation in its governance.
76.31 	No A patient's name, identifying information, or identifiable
76.32 	medical data will must not be disclosed to the organization
76.33 	without the informed voluntary written consent of the patient or
76.34 	patient's guardian or, if the patient is a minor, of the parent
76.35 	or guardian of the patient.
76.36 	(d) The remainder of the surcharge must be credited to a
77.1 	separate account to be known as the remote electronic
77.2 	alcohol-monitoring program account.  The commissioner shall
77.3 	transfer the balance of this account to the commissioner of
77.4 	finance on a monthly basis for deposit in the general fund.
77.5 	(e) When these fees are collected by a licensing agent,
77.6 	appointed under section 171.061, a handling charge is imposed in
77.7 	the amount specified under section 171.061, subdivision 4.  The
77.8 	reinstatement fees and surcharge must be deposited in an
77.9 	approved state depository as directed under section 171.061,
77.10 	subdivision 4.

77.11 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.36, is
77.12 	amended to read:
77.13 	171.36 LICENSE RENEWAL; FEES; PROCEEDS TO TRUNK HIGHWAY
77.14 	FUND DRIVER SERVICES OPERATING ACCOUNT.
77.15 	All licenses shall expire one year from the date of
77.16 	issuance and may be renewed upon application to the
77.17 	commissioner.  Each application for an original or renewal
77.18 	school license shall must be accompanied by a fee of $150 and
77.19 	each application for an original or renewal instructor's license
77.20 	shall must be accompanied by a fee of $50.  The license fees
77.21 	collected under sections 171.33 to 171.41shall must be paid
77.22 	into the trunk highway driver services operating account in the
77.23 	special revenue fund specified under section 299A.705. No A 
77.24 	license fee shall must not be refunded in the event that the
77.25 	license is rejected or revoked.

77.26 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 179A.03,
77.27 	subdivision 7, is amended to read:
77.28 		Subd. 7.Essential employee.  "Essential employee" means
77.29 	firefighters, peace officers subject to licensure under sections
77.30 	626.84 to 626.863, 911 system and police and fire department
77.31 	public safety dispatchers, guards at correctional facilities,
77.32 	confidential employees, supervisory employees, assistant county
77.33 	attorneys, assistant city attorneys, principals, and assistant
77.34 	principals.  However, for state employees, "essential employee"
77.35 	means all employees in law enforcement, public safety radio
77.36 	communications operators,health care professionals,
78.1 	correctional guards, professional engineering, and supervisory
78.2 	collective bargaining units, irrespective of severance, and no
78.3 	other employees.  For University of Minnesota employees,
78.4 	"essential employee" means all employees in law enforcement,
78.5 	nursing professional and supervisory units, irrespective of
78.6 	severance, and no other employees.  "Firefighters" means
78.7 	salaried employees of a fire department whose duties include,
78.8 	directly or indirectly, controlling, extinguishing, preventing,
78.9 	detecting, or investigating fires.  Employees for whom the state
78.10 	court administrator is the negotiating employer are not
78.11 	essential employees.
78.12 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2005.

78.13 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 179A.10,
78.14 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
78.15 		Subd. 2.State employees.  Unclassified employees, unless
78.16 	otherwise excluded, are included within the units which include
78.17 	the classifications to which they are assigned for purposes of
78.18 	compensation.  Supervisory employees shall only be assigned to
78.19 	units 12 and 16.  The following are the appropriate units of
78.20 	executive branch state employees:
78.21 	(1) law enforcement unit;
78.22 	(2) craft, maintenance, and labor unit;
78.23 	(3) service unit;
78.24 	(4) health care nonprofessional unit;
78.25 	(5) health care professional unit;
78.26 	(6) clerical and office unit;
78.27 	(7) technical unit;
78.28 	(8) correctional guards unit;
78.29 	(9) state university instructional unit;
78.30 	(10) state college instructional unit;
78.31 	(11) state university administrative unit;
78.32 	(12) professional engineering unit;
78.33 	(13) health treatment unit;
78.34 	(14) general professional unit;
78.35 	(15) professional state residential instructional unit; and 
78.36 	(16) supervisory employees unit; and 
79.1 	(17) public safety radio communications operator unit.
79.2 	Each unit consists of the classifications or positions
79.3 	assigned to it in the schedule of state employee job
79.4 	classification and positions maintained by the commissioner.
79.5 	The commissioner may only make changes in the schedule in
79.6 	existence on the day prior to August 1, 1984, as required by law
79.7 	or as provided in subdivision 4.
79.8 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2005.

79.9 	Sec. 47. [299A.705] DRIVER AND VEHICLE SERVICES OPERATING
79.10 	ACCOUNTS.
79.11 		Subdivision 1.Vehicle services operating account. (a)
79.12 	The vehicle services operating account is created in the special
79.13 	revenue fund, consisting of all money from the vehicle services
79.14 	fees specified in chapters 168 and 168A and any other money
79.15 	otherwise donated, allotted, appropriated, or legislated to this
79.16 	account.
79.17 	(b) Funds appropriated are available to administer vehicle
79.18 	services as specified in chapters 168 and 168A and section
79.19 	169.345, including:
79.20 	(1) designing, producing, issuing, and mailing vehicle
79.21 	registrations, plates, emblems, and titles;
79.22 	(2) collecting title and registration taxes and fees;
79.23 	(3) transferring vehicle registration plates and titles;
79.24 	(4) maintaining vehicle records;
79.25 	(5) issuing disability certificates and plates;
79.26 	(6) licensing vehicle dealers;
79.27 	(7) appointing, monitoring, and auditing deputy registrars;
79.28 	and 
79.29 	(8) inspecting vehicles when required by law.
79.30 		Subd. 2.Driver services operating account. (a) The
79.31 	driver services operating account is created in the special
79.32 	revenue fund, consisting of all money collected under chapter
79.33 	171 and any other money otherwise donated, allotted,
79.34 	appropriated, or legislated to the account.
79.35 	(b) Money in the account must be used by the commissioner
79.36 	of public safety to administer the driver services specified in
80.1 	chapters 169A and 171, including the activities associated with
80.2 	producing and mailing drivers' licenses and identification cards
80.3 	and notices relating to issuance, renewal, or withdrawal of
80.4 	driving and identification card privileges for any fiscal year
80.5 	or years and for the testing and examination of drivers.

80.6 	Sec. 48. FUND TRANSFER.
 80.7 	The commissioner of finance shall transfer the following
80.8 	amounts to the general fund in each year of the 2006-2007
80.9 	biennium:
80.10 	(1) $750,000 from the driver services operating account;
80.11 	and 
80.12 	(2) $250,000 from the vehicle services operating account.

80.13 	Sec. 49. TRANSITION.
 80.14 		Subdivision 1.Assignment of job classification to unit.
 80.15 	The commissioner of the bureau of mediation services shall
80.16 	assign the job classifications and positions of employees
80.17 	working as public safety radio communications operators to state
80.18 	employee bargaining unit 17.
80.19 		Subd. 2.Terms and conditions of employment. The terms
80.20 	and conditions of the collective bargaining agreement, memoranda
80.21 	of understanding, or other salary and benefit provisions
80.22 	covering public safety radio communications operators
80.23 	immediately before the effective date of this section remain in
80.24 	effect until a successor agreement between the commissioner of
80.25 	employee relations and the exclusive representative of
80.26 	bargaining unit 17 becomes effective, subject to Minnesota
80.27 	Statutes, section 179A.20, subdivision 6.
80.28 		Subd. 3.Exclusive representative. The employee
80.29 	organization that is the exclusive representative of employees
80.30 	assigned to bargaining unit 17 on the day before the effective
80.31 	date of this section must be certified by the commissioner of
80.32 	the Bureau of Mediation Services as the exclusive representative
80.33 	of newly created bargaining unit 17, subject to future changes
80.34 	as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 179A.12.  For
80.35 	employees assigned to bargaining unit 17, the exclusive
80.36 	representative retains all rights and obligations under the
81.1 	contract governing these employees immediately before the
81.2 	effective date of this section, so long as that contract
81.3 	continues to apply to those employees.
81.4 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2005.

81.5 	Sec. 50. INSTRUCTION TO REVISOR.
 81.6 	(a) In the statute listed in column A, the revisor shall
81.7 	change the reference in column B to the reference shown in
81.8 	column C:
81.9 	A B C 
81.10 	168.181,sections 168.181this section and 
81.11 	subdivision 1 to 168.231sections 168.183
81.12 	to 168.221
81.13 	168.211 168.231 168.221 
81.14 	168.221 168.231 168.211 and this 
81.15 	section 
81.16 	168.346 168.345,168.327,
81.17 	subdivision 4 subdivision 3 
81.18 	(b) The revisor of statutes shall renumber Minnesota
81.19 	Statutes, section 168.33, subdivision 3, as section 168.0185.
81.20 	(c) The revisor of statutes shall also correct any
81.21 	references in Minnesota Rules to the rules repealed or
81.22 	renumbered by this act, as appropriate.

81.23 	Sec. 51. REPEALER.
 81.24 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 168.012, subdivision
81.25 	12; 168.041, subdivision 11; 168.105, subdivision 6; 168.231;
81.26 	168.345, subdivisions 3 and 4; 170.23; 171.12, subdivision 8;
81.27 	and 171.185, are repealed.
81.28 	(b) Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 168C.01; 168C.02;
81.29 	168C.03; 168C.04; 168C.05; 168C.06; 168C.07; 168C.08; 168C.09;
81.30 	168C.10; 168C.11; 168C.12; and 168C.13, are repealed.
81.31 	(c) Minnesota Rules, parts 7407.0100; 7407.0200; 7407.0300;
81.32 	7407.0400; 7407.0500; 7407.0600; 7407.0700; 7407.0800;
81.33 	7407.0900; 7407.1000; 7407.1100; 7407.1200; and 7407.1300, are
81.34 	repealed.

81.35 	ARTICLE 3
81.36 	TRANSPORTATION FUNDING

82.1 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 297B.09,
82.2 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
82.3 		Subdivision 1.Deposit of revenues.  (a) Money collected
82.4 	and received under this chapter must be deposited as provided in
82.5 	this subdivision.
82.6 	(b) From July 1, 2002, to June 30, 2003, 32 percent of the
82.7 	money collected and received must be deposited in the highway
82.8 	user tax distribution fund, 20.5 percent must be deposited in
82.9 	the metropolitan area transit fund under section 16A.88, and
82.10 	1.25 percent must be deposited in the greater Minnesota transit
82.11 	fund under section 16A.88.  The remaining money must be
82.12 	deposited in the general fund.
82.13 	(c) From July 1, 2003, to June 30, 2007, 30 percent of the
82.14 	money collected and received must be deposited in the highway
82.15 	user tax distribution fund, 21.5 percent must be deposited in
82.16 	the metropolitan area transit fund under section 16A.88, 1.43
82.17 	percent must be deposited in the greater Minnesota transit fund
82.18 	under section 16A.88, 0.65 percent must be deposited in the
82.19 	county state-aid highway fund, and 0.17 percent must be
82.20 	deposited in the municipal state-aid street fund.  The remaining
82.21 	money must be deposited in the general fund.
82.22 	(d) On and after (c) Beginning July 1, 2007, 32 percent of
82.23 	the money collected and received must be deposited in the
82.24 	highway user tax distribution fund, 20.5 percent must be
82.25 	deposited in the metropolitan area transit fund under section
82.26 	16A.88, and 1.25 percent must be deposited in the greater
82.27 	Minnesota transit fund under section 16A.88.  The remaining
82.28 	money must be deposited in the general fund the following
82.29 	percentages of the money collected and received under this
82.30 	chapter must be deposited as follows:
82.31 	(1) in fiscal year 2008, 40.5 percent in the highway user
82.32 	tax distribution fund, 21.85 percent in the metropolitan area
82.33 	transit fund, and 1.4 percent to the greater Minnesota transit
82.34 	fund;
82.35 	(2) in fiscal year 2009, 48.75 percent in the highway user
82.36 	tax distribution fund, 23.45 percent in the metropolitan area
83.1 	transit fund, and 1.55 percent to the greater Minnesota transit
83.2 	fund;
83.3 	(3) in fiscal year 2010, 57 percent in the highway user tax
83.4 	distribution fund, 25.05 percent in the metropolitan area
83.5 	transit fund, and 1.7 percent to the greater Minnesota transit
83.6 	fund;
83.7 	(4) in fiscal year 2011, 65.25 percent in the highway user
83.8 	tax distribution fund, 26.65 percent in the metropolitan area
83.9 	transit fund, and 1.85 percent to the greater Minnesota transit
83.10 	fund; and 
83.11 	(5) in fiscal year 2012 and subsequent years, 70 percent in
83.12 	the highway user tax distribution fund, 28 percent in the
83.13 	metropolitan area transit fund, and two percent to the greater
83.14 	Minnesota transit fund.
83.15 	Money not otherwise deposited under this paragraph must be
83.16 	deposited in the general fund.
83.17 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2007,
83.18 	except that if the constitutional amendment proposed in section
83.19 	2 is not adopted at the 2006 general election this section shall
83.20 	not take effect.

83.21 	Sec. 2. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSED.
 83.22 	An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is proposed to
83.23 	the people.  If the amendment is adopted, two sections will be
83.24 	added to article XIV to read:
83.25 	Sec. 12.  Beginning with the fiscal year starting July 1,
83.26 	2007, 63.75 percent of the revenue from a tax imposed by the
83.27 	state on the sale of a new or used motor vehicle must be
83.28 	apportioned for the transportation purposes described in section
83.29 	13, then the revenue apportioned for transportation purposes
83.30 	must be increased by ten percent for each subsequent fiscal year
83.31 	through June 30, 2011, and then the revenue must be apportioned
83.32 	100 percent for transportation purposes after June 30, 2011.
83.33 	Sec. 13.  The revenue apportioned in section 12 must be
83.34 	allocated for the following transportation purposes:  70 percent
83.35 	to the highway user tax distribution fund, 28 percent to the
83.36 	metropolitan area transit fund established by law, and two
84.1 	percent to the greater Minnesota transit fund established by law.

84.2 	Sec. 3. SUBMISSION TO VOTERS.
 84.3 	The constitutional amendment proposed in section 2 must be
84.4 	presented to the people at the 2006 general election.  The
84.5 	question submitted must be:
84.6 	"Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to dedicate
84.7 	revenue from a tax on the sale of new and used motor vehicles
84.8 	over a five-year period, so that after June 30, 2011, all of the
84.9 	revenue is dedicated 70 percent for streets and highways, 28
84.10 	percent for public transit in the metropolitan area, and two
84.11 	percent for public transit outside the metropolitan area? 
84.12 	Yes .......
84.13 	                                   No ........" 

84.14 	ARTICLE 4
84.15 	COUNTY STATE-AID SYSTEM

84.16 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 162.07,
84.17 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
84.18 		Subdivision 1.Formula.  After deducting for
84.19 	administrative costs and for the disaster account and research
84.20 	account and state park roads as heretofore provided, the
84.21 	remainder of the total sum provided for in section 162.06,
84.22 	subdivision 1, shall be identified as the apportionment sum and
84.23 	shall be apportioned by the commissioner to the several counties
84.24 	on the basis of the needs of the counties as determined in
84.25 	accordance with the following formula:
84.26 	(a) An amount equal to ten percent of the apportionment sum
84.27 	shall be apportioned equally among the 87 counties.
84.28 	(b) An amount equal to ten percent of the apportionment sum
84.29 	shall be apportioned among the several counties so that each
84.30 	county shall receive of such amount the percentage that its
84.31 	motor vehicle registration for the calendar year preceding the
84.32 	one last past, determined by residence of registrants, bears to
84.33 	the total statewide motor vehicle registration.
84.34 	(c) An amount equal to 30 percent of the apportionment sum
84.35 	shall be apportioned among the several counties so that each
84.36 	county shall receive of such amount the percentage that its
85.1 	total lane-miles of approved county state-aid highways bears to
85.2 	the total lane-miles of approved statewide county state-aid
85.3 	highways.  In 1997 and subsequent years no county may receive,
85.4 	as a result of an apportionment under this clause based on
85.5 	lane-miles rather than miles of approved county state-aid
85.6 	highways, an apportionment that is less than its apportionment
85.7 	in 1996.
85.8 	(d) An amount equal to 50 percent of the apportionment sum
85.9 	shall be apportioned among the several counties so that each
85.10 	county shall receive of such amount the percentage that its
85.11 	money needs bears to the sum of the money needs of all of the
85.12 	individual counties; provided, that the percentage of such
85.13 	amount that each county is to receive shall be adjusted so that
85.14 	each county shall receive in 1958 a total apportionment at least
85.15 	ten percent greater than its total 1956 apportionments from the
85.16 	state road and bridge fund; and provided further that those
85.17 	counties whose money needs are thus adjusted shall never receive
85.18 	a percentage of the apportionment sum less than the percentage
85.19 	that such county received in 1958.

85.20 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 162.07, is
85.21 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
85.22 		Subd. 7.Construction apportionment. (a) For purposes of
85.23 	this paragraph:
85.24 	(1) "construction apportionment" means money allocated to
85.25 	counties under this section and not set aside for maintenance
85.26 	under section 162.08, subdivision 9; and 
85.27 	(2) "money needs percentage" means the construction
85.28 	apportionment of a county divided by the approved money needs of
85.29 	that county.
85.30 	(b) No county may receive a construction apportionment in
85.31 	any year that is less than that county's average annual
85.32 	construction apportionment over calendar years 2001 through 2005.
85.33 	(c) After calculating the apportionment for each county
85.34 	each year under this section, but before distribution of money
85.35 	to counties, the commissioner shall:
85.36 	(1) determine the statewide average money needs percentage
86.1 	for all counties;
86.2 	(2) rank all counties according to the extent to which each
86.3 	county is above or below the statewide average money needs
86.4 	percentage;
86.5 	(3) identify those counties that are more than ten percent
86.6 	below the statewide average money needs percentage; and 
86.7 	(4) to the extent permitted by compliance with paragraph
86.8 	(b), allot to each county identified under clause (3) an amount
86.9 	that, if added to the county's construction allocation, would be
86.10 	sufficient to bring that county up to at least 90 percent of the
86.11 	statewide average money needs percentage.

86.12 	ARTICLE 5
86.13 	TRANSPORTATION POLICY

86.14 	Section 1. [160.298] HIGHWAY SIGN PROGRAM; BILLING,
86.15 	ACCOUNT, APPROPRIATION.
86.16 	The commissioner of transportation may bill highway
86.17 	operations units of the department and local road authorities
86.18 	for the costs of a centrally managed highway sign program.
86.19 	These costs may include equipment acquisition and rental, labor,
86.20 	materials, and other costs as determined by the commissioner.
86.21 	Receipts must be credited to a special account, which is
86.22 	established in the trunk highway fund, and are appropriated to
86.23 	the commissioner to pay the costs for which the billings are
86.24 	made.  Amounts credited to the account are exempt from statewide
86.25 	and agency indirect costs payments.

86.26 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 161.361,
86.27 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
86.28 		Subd. 2.Repayment.  Subject to the availability of state
86.29 	money, the commissioner shall repay the amounts advanced under
86.30 	this section, up to the state's share of project costs, under
86.31 	terms of the agreement.  The agreement may provide for payment
86.32 	of interest for funds advanced under subdivisions 1a and 1b at a
86.33 	rate of interest agreed upon by the parties. The maximum
86.34 	interest rate that may be paid is the rate earned by the state
86.35 	on invested commissioner of finance cash for the month before
86.36 	the date the agreement is executed or the actual interest paid
87.1 	by the road authority in borrowing for the amount advanced,
87.2 	whichever rate is less.

87.3 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 162.06,
87.4 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
87.5 		Subd. 2.Administrative costs of department. A sum of
87.6 	1-1/2 Two percent shall must be deducted from the total amount
87.7 	available in the county state-aid highway fund, set aside in a
87.8 	separate account, and used for administrative costs incurred by
87.9 	the state Transportation Department in carrying out the
87.10 	provisions relating to the county state-aid highway system.

87.11 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 162.08,
87.12 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
87.13 		Subd. 3.Aid to towns. (a) Any county having within its
87.14 	boundaries organized town governments may, by resolution,
87.15 	allocate to the towns within its boundaries so much of the money
87.16 	apportioned to it under the provisions of sections 162.01 to
87.17 	162.181, that it deems necessary to aid the townships in the
87.18 	construction of town roads, including replacement of town road
87.19 	signs.  The resolution shall set forth the amount of money or
87.20 	the percentage of its apportionment that the county has
87.21 	allocated to the towns.  A certified copy of the resolution
87.22 	shall be forwarded to the commissioner on or before the second
87.23 	Tuesday of January of each year.  Upon receipt of such
87.24 	resolution and upon determining the amount of money to be
87.25 	apportioned to the county, the commissioner shall certify to the
87.26 	commissioner of finance the amount of money, as set forth in the
87.27 	resolution, that is to be paid out of the county's apportionment
87.28 	for distribution to the towns.  The commissioner of finance
87.29 	shall thereupon issue a warrant in that amount payable to the
87.30 	county treasurer, and the proceeds thereof shall be distributed
87.31 	by the county to the towns.  All money so allocated and
87.32 	distributed shall be used by the towns solely for the
87.33 	construction of town roads, including replacement of town road
87.34 	signs.
87.35 	(b) Each county board so allocating such funds may devise a
87.36 	formula taking into account each town's levy for road and bridge
88.1 	purposes, its mileage of town roads and population outside the
88.2 	corporate limits of all cities within the township, and such
88.3 	other factors as the county board shall deem advisable as a
88.4 	means of dividing the allocation among the several towns in
88.5 	order that such division among the towns be as equitable as
88.6 	possible.  No part of the money allocated for expenditure solely
88.7 	within cities having a population of less than 5,000 shall be
88.8 	allocated or distributed to the towns.  The commissioner of
88.9 	transportation shall maintain a permanent record of the
88.10 	allocations of county state-aid highway funds to for the
88.11 	townships in each county.
88.12 	(c) In making the annual apportionments of county state-aid
88.13 	highway funds, the commissioner shall reduce the money needs of
88.14 	said counties in the amounts necessary to equalize their status
88.15 	with those counties not making such township allotments. In
88.16 	complying with this paragraph, the commissioner shall disregard
88.17 	allotments to towns for replacement of town road signs.

88.18 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011,
88.19 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
88.20 		Subd. 3.Highway. A "Highway" is any public thoroughfare
88.21 	for vehicles, including streets in cities has the meaning given
88.22 	"street or highway" in section 169.01, subdivision 29.

88.23 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011,
88.24 	subdivision 4, is amended to read:
88.25 		Subd. 4.Motor vehicle.  (a) "Motor vehicle" means any
88.26 	self-propelled vehicle designed and originally manufactured to
88.27 	operate primarily upon public roads and on highways, and not
88.28 	operated exclusively upon railroad tracks.  It includes any
88.29 	vehicle propelled or drawn by a self-propelled vehicle and
88.30 	includes vehicles known as trackless trolleys that are propelled
88.31 	by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires but not
88.32 	operated upon rails.  It does not include snowmobiles,
88.33 	manufactured homes, or park trailers.
88.34 	(b) "Motor vehicle" also includes an all-terrain vehicle,
88.35 	as defined in section 84.92, subdivision 8, that only if the
88.36 	all-terrain vehicle (1) has at least four wheels, (2) is owned
89.1 	and operated by a physically disabled person, and (3) displays
89.2 	both physically disabled license plates and a physically
89.3 	disabled certificate issued under section 169.345, subdivision 3.
89.4 	(c) "Motor vehicle" does not include an all-terrain vehicle
89.5 	as defined in section 84.92, subdivision 8;except (1) an
89.6 	all-terrain vehicle described in paragraph (b), or (2) an
89.7 	all-terrain vehicle licensed as a motor vehicle before August 1,
89.8 	1985.  The owner may continue to license an all-terrain vehicle
89.9 	described in clause (2) as a motor vehicle until it is conveyed
89.10 	or otherwise transferred to another owner, is destroyed, or
89.11 	fails to comply with the registration and licensing requirements
89.12 	of this chapter.
89.13 	(d) "Motor vehicle" does not include an electric personal
89.14 	assistive mobility device as defined in section 169.01,
89.15 	subdivision 90.

89.16 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011,
89.17 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
89.18 		Subd. 5.Owner.  "Owner" means any person, firm,
89.19 	association, or corporation owning or renting leasing a motor 
89.20 	vehicle, or having the exclusive use thereof of the vehicle,
89.21 	under a lease or otherwise, for a period of greater than 30 days.

89.22 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011,
89.23 	subdivision 5a, is amended to read:
89.24 		Subd. 5a.Registered owner.  "Registered owner" means any
89.25 	person, firm, association, or corporation,other than a secured
89.26 	party, having title to a motor vehicle.  If a passenger
89.27 	automobile, as defined in subdivision 7,is under lease for a
89.28 	term of 180 days or more, the lessee is deemed to be the
89.29 	registered owner, for purposes of registration only,;provided
89.30 	that the application for renewal of the registration of a
89.31 	passenger automobile described in this subdivision shall be is 
89.32 	sent to the lessor.

89.33 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011,
89.34 	subdivision 6, is amended to read:
89.35 		Subd. 6.Tax, fee.  "Tax" or "fee" means the annual
89.36 	registration tax imposed on motor vehicles in lieu of all other
90.1 	taxes thereon, except wheelage taxes, so-called,which may be
90.2 	imposed by any city,and except gross earnings taxes paid by
90.3 	companies subject or made subject thereto. Such The annual tax
90.4 	shall be deemed is both a property tax and a highway use tax and
90.5 	shall be on the basis of the calendar year.

90.6 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011,
90.7 	subdivision 7, is amended to read:
90.8 		Subd. 7.Passenger automobile. (a) "Passenger automobile"
90.9 	means any motor vehicle designed and used for carrying not more
90.10 	than 15 persons individuals including the driver.
90.11 	(b) "Passenger automobile" does not include motorcycles,
90.12 	motor scooters, and buses described in subdivision 9, paragraph
90.13 	(a), clause (2) buses, or school buses.
90.14 	(c) For purposes of taxation only, " Passenger automobile " 
90.15 	includes pickup trucks and vans, including those vans designed
90.16 	to carry passengers,with a manufacturer's nominal rated
90.17 	carrying capacity of one ton, but does not include commuter vans
90.18 	as defined in section 168.126.

90.19 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011,
90.20 	subdivision 25, is amended to read:
90.21 		Subd. 25.Recreational equipment vehicle.  (a)
90.22 	"Recreational equipment vehicle " means travel trailers including
90.23 	those which that telescope or fold down, chassis-mounted
90.24 	campers, house cars,motor homes, tent trailers, slip-in
90.25 	campers,and converted buses that provide temporary human living
90.26 	quarters. A 
90.27 	(b) "Recreational vehicle " is considered to provide
90.28 	temporary living quarters if it a vehicle that:
90.29 	(1) is not used as the residence of the owner or occupant;
90.30 	(2) is used for temporary living quarters by the owner or
90.31 	occupant while engaged in recreational or vacation activities;
90.32 	and
90.33 	(3) is either self-propelled or towed on the public streets
90.34 	or highways incidental to the recreational or vacation
90.35 	activities.
90.36 	(b) For the purposes of this subdivision, a Subd. 25a.
91.1 	[MOTOR HOME.] " Motor home " means a unit recreational vehicle 
91.2 	designed to provide temporary living quarters,.  The motor home
91.3 	has a living unit built into as an integral part of, or
91.4 	permanently attached to the chassis of, a self-propelled motor
91.5 	vehicle chassis or van.
91.6 	(a) A motor home must contain permanently installed,
91.7 	independent,life-support systems which that meet the American
91.8 	National Standards Institute standard number A119.2 for
91.9 	recreational vehicles and provide at least four of the following
91.10 	facilities, two of which must be from the systems listed in
91.11 	clauses (1), (5), and (6):  (1) a cooking facility with liquid
91.12 	propane gas supply, (2) a refrigerator, (3) a self-contained
91.13 	toilet or a toilet connected to a plumbing system with a 
91.14 	connection for external water disposal, (4) a heating or air
91.15 	conditioning system separate from the motor vehicle engine, (5)
91.16 	a potable water supply system including a sink with a faucet
91.17 	either self-contained or with connections for an external
91.18 	source, and (6) a separate 110-125 volt volts electrical power
91.19 	supply.
91.20 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "permanently
91.21 	installed" means built into or attached as an integral part of a
91.22 	chassis or van, and designed not to be removed except for repair
91.23 	or replacement.  A system which that is readily removable or
91.24 	held in place by clamps or tie-downs is not permanently
91.25 	installed.
91.26 	(c) Motor homes include but are not limited to, the
91.27 	following a:
91.28 	(1) type A motor home-, which is a raw chassis upon which
91.29 	is built a driver's compartment and an entire body that provides
91.30 	temporary living quarters as defined described in this 
91.31 	paragraph (a);
91.32 	(2) type B motor home-, which is a van-type vehicle van 
91.33 	that conforms to the motor home definition description in this 
91.34 	paragraph (a) and has been completed or altered by the a 
91.35 	final-stage manufacturer; and
91.36 	(3) type C motor home-, which is an incomplete vehicle
92.1 	upon which is permanently attached a body designed to provide
92.2 	temporary living quarters as defined described in this 
92.3 	paragraph (a).
92.4 	(d) A motor vehicle with a slip-in campers are camper or
92.5 	other removable equipment that is mounted into or on a motor 
92.6 	vehicle commonly known as a pickup truck, in the pickup box,
92.7 	either by bolting through the floor of the pickup box or by
92.8 	firmly clamping to the side of the pickup box.  The vehicle
92.9 	may is not a motor home, is not a recreational vehicle, and must 
92.10 	not be registered as a recreational vehicle under section
92.11 	168.013.

92.12 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011, is
92.13 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
92.14 		Subd. 37.All-terrain vehicle. "All-terrain vehicle" has
92.15 	the meaning given in section 84.92, subdivision 8.

92.16 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011, is
92.17 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
92.18 		Subd. 38.Person. "Person" has the meaning given in
92.19 	section 168A.01, subdivision 14.

92.20 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011, is
92.21 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
92.22 		Subd. 39.State. "State" means a state of the United
92.23 	States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States
92.24 	Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject
92.25 	to the jurisdiction of the United States.

92.26 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011, is
92.27 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
92.28 		Subd. 40.Vehicle. "Vehicle" has the meaning given in
92.29 	section 168A.011, subdivision 24.

92.30 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.091,
92.31 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
92.32 		Subdivision 1.Nonresident buyer. (a) Upon payment of a
92.33 	fee of $1, the registrar commissioner may issue a permit to a
92.34 	nonresident purchasing a new or used motor vehicle in this state
92.35 	for the sole purpose of allowing such nonresident to remove the
92.36 	vehicle to be removed from this state for registration in
93.1 	another state or country. Such 
93.2 	(b) The permit shall be is in lieu of any other
93.3 	registration or taxation for use of the highways and shall be is 
93.4 	valid for a period of 31 days from the date of sale, trade, or
93.5 	gift.
93.6 	(c) The permit shall must be available in such form an
93.7 	electronic format as the registrar may determine and, whenever
93.8 	practicable, shall be determined by the commissioner.
93.9 	(d) If the sale, gift, or trade information is
93.10 	electronically transmitted to the commissioner by a dealer or
93.11 	deputy registrar of motor vehicles, the $1 fee is waived.
93.12 	(e) The permit must be posted upon the left side of the
93.13 	inside rear window of the vehicle or, if not practicable, where
93.14 	it is plainly visible to law enforcement.  Each such 
93.15 	permit shall be is valid only for the vehicle for which the
93.16 	permit was issued.

93.17 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.10,
93.18 	subdivision 1c, is amended to read:
93.19 		Subd. 1c.Collector's vehicle, collector license.  (a)
93.20 	The owner of any motor vehicle, including any truck, (1) that
93.21 	is (i) at least 20 model years old, or (ii) at least ten model
93.22 	years old and with a body or engine style of which not more than
93.23 	500 were manufactured or imported into the United States in any
93.24 	model year, (2) that was manufactured after 1935, and (3) that 
93.25 	is owned and operated solely as a collector's vehicle, shall
93.26 	list the vehicle for taxation and registration
93.27 	as follows:provided in paragraph (b).
93.28 	(1) (b) The owner shall execute an affidavit stating (1) 
93.29 	the name and address of the person from whom purchased and of
93.30 	the new owner, (2) the make of the motor vehicle, (3) the year
93.31 	and number of the model, (4) the manufacturer's identification
93.32 	number, (5) in the case of a vehicle described in paragraph (a),
93.33 	clause (1)(ii), that the vehicle has a body or engine style of
93.34 	which not more than 500 were manufactured or imported into the
93.35 	United States in any model year,and (6) that the vehicle is
93.36 	owned and operated solely as a collector's item and not for
94.1 	general transportation purposes; and .
94.2 	(2) (c) The owner shall provide a statement of the
94.3 	manufacturer or importer regarding the number of vehicles
94.4 	manufactured or imported during the model year.
94.5 	(d) The owner shall also prove that the owner also has one
94.6 	or more vehicles with regular license plates.
94.7 	If the registrar is satisfied that the affidavit is true and
94.8 	correct and the owner pays a $25 tax, the registrar shall list
94.9 	the vehicle for taxation and registration and shall issue a
94.10 	single number plate.
94.11 	(b) (e) The number plate issued shall bear the inscription
94.12 	"Collector," "Minnesota," and the registration number or other
94.13 	combination of characters authorized under section 168.12,
94.14 	subdivision 2a, but no date.  The number plate is valid without
94.15 	renewal as long as the vehicle is in existence.  The registrar
94.16 	has the power to revoke the plate for failure to comply with
94.17 	this subdivision.
94.18 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
94.19 	following final enactment.

94.20 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.12,
94.21 	subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
94.22 		Subd. 2a.Personalized plates; rules.  (a) Personalized
94.23 	license plates or, if requested for special plates issued under
94.24 	section 168.123 for veterans, 168.124 for medal of honor
94.25 	recipients, or 168.125 for former prisoners of war, applicable
94.26 	personalized special veterans license plates must be issued to
94.27 	an applicant for registration of a passenger automobile
94.28 	including a passenger automobile registered as a classic car,
94.29 	pioneer car, collector car, or street rod; van; pickup truck as
94.30 	defined in section 168.011, subdivision 29, and any other truck
94.31 	with a manufacturer's nominal rated capacity of one ton or less
94.32 	and resembling a pickup truck; motorcycle including a classic
94.33 	motorcycle; or self-propelled recreational vehicle, upon
94.34 	compliance with the laws of this state relating to registration
94.35 	of the vehicle and upon payment of a onetime fee of $100 in
94.36 	addition to the registration tax required by law for the
95.1 	vehicle.  The registrar shall designate a replacement fee fees 
95.2 	for personalized license plates and personalized special
95.3 	veterans license plates issued according to section 168.123that
95.4 	is are calculated to cover the cost of replacement. This fee 
95.5 	These fees must be paid by the applicant whenever
95.6 	the personalized license plates are required to be replaced by
95.7 	law. However, in accordance with sections 168.124, subdivision
95.8 	3, and 168.125, subdivision 1b, a fee may not be charged to
95.9 	replace personalized special veterans license plates issued
95.10 	according to section 168.124 or 168.125.In lieu of the numbers
95.11 	assigned as provided in subdivision 1, personalized license
95.12 	plates and personalized special veterans license plates must
95.13 	have imprinted on them a series of not more than seven numbers
95.14 	and letters, or five numbers and letters in the case of
95.15 	personalized special veterans license plates in any combination
95.16 	and, as applicable, satisfy the design requirements of section
95.17 	168.123, 168.124, or 168.125.  When an applicant has once
95.18 	obtained personalized license plates or personalized special
95.19 	veterans license plates, the applicant shall have has a prior
95.20 	claim for similar personalized plates in the next succeeding
95.21 	year as long as current registration is maintained.  The
95.22 	commissioner of public safety shall adopt rules in the manner
95.23 	provided by chapter 14, regulating the issuance and transfer of
95.24 	personalized license plates and personalized special veterans
95.25 	license plates.  No words or combination of letters placed
95.26 	on personalized license these plates may be used for commercial
95.27 	advertising, be of an obscene, indecent, or immoral nature, or
95.28 	be of a nature that would offend public morals or decency.  The
95.29 	call signals or letters of a radio or television station are not
95.30 	commercial advertising for the purposes of this subdivision.
95.31 	(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 1,
95.32 	personalized license plates and personalized special veterans
95.33 	license plates issued under this subdivision may be transferred
95.34 	to another motor vehicle described in paragraph (a) and owned or
95.35 	jointly owned by the applicant, upon the payment of a fee of $5,
95.36 	which must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the
96.1 	highway user tax distribution fund.  The registrar may by rule
96.2 	provide a form for notification.  A personalized license
96.3 	plate or personalized special veterans license plate issued for
96.4 	a classic car, pioneer car, collector car, street rod, or
96.5 	classic motorcycle may not be transferred to a vehicle not
96.6 	eligible for such a license plate.
96.7 	(c) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, if the
96.8 	personalized license plates are lost, stolen, or destroyed, the
96.9 	applicant may apply and shall receive duplicate license plates
96.10 	bearing the same combination of letters and numbers and the same
96.11 	design as:
96.12 	(1) the former personalized license plates or personalized
96.13 	special veterans license plates issued according to section
96.14 	168.123,upon the payment of the fee required by section 168.29;
96.15 	or 
96.16 	(2) the former personalized special veterans license plates
96.17 	issued according to section 168.124 or 168.125, without charge.
96.18 	(d) Fees from the sale of permanent and duplicate
96.19 	personalized license plates must be paid into the state treasury
96.20 	and credited to the highway user tax distribution fund.
96.21 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2006.

96.22 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.123,
96.23 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
96.24 		Subdivision 1.General requirements; fees.  (a) On
96.25 	payment of a fee of $10 for each set of two plates, or for a
96.26 	single plate in the case of a motorcycle plate, payment of the
96.27 	registration tax required by law, and compliance with other laws
96.28 	relating to the registration and licensing of a passenger
96.29 	automobile, pickup truck, one-ton truck described in clause (1),
96.30 	van, self-propelled recreational equipment, or motorcycle, as
96.31 	applicable, the registrar shall issue:
96.32 	(1) special license plates to an applicant who served in
96.33 	the active military service in a branch of the armed forces of
96.34 	the United States or of a nation or society allied with the
96.35 	United States in conducting a foreign war, was discharged under
96.36 	honorable conditions, and is an owner or joint owner of a
97.1 	passenger automobile, pickup truck, van, or self-propelled
97.2 	recreational equipment, or truck resembling a pickup truck and
97.3 	having a manufacturer's nominal rated capacity of one ton, but
97.4 	which is not a commercial motor vehicle as defined in section
97.5 	169.01, subdivision 75; or
97.6 	(2) a special motorcycle license plate as described in
97.7 	subdivision 2, paragraph (a), (f), (h), or (i),or another
97.8 	special license plate designed by the commissioner of public
97.9 	safety to an applicant who is a Vietnam veteran who served after
97.10 	July 1, 1961, and before July 1, 1978, and who served in the
97.11 	active military service in a branch of the armed forces of the
97.12 	United States in conducting a foreign war, was discharged under
97.13 	honorable conditions, and is an owner or joint owner of a
97.14 	motorcycle and meets the criteria listed in this paragraph and
97.15 	in subdivision 2, paragraph (a), (f), (h), or (i).  Plates
97.16 	issued under this clause must be the same size as standard
97.17 	motorcycle license plates. Special motorcycle license plates
97.18 	issued under this clause are not subject to section 168.1293.
97.19 	(b) The additional fee of $10 is payable for each set of
97.20 	plates, is payable only when the plates are issued, and is not
97.21 	payable in a year in which tabs or stickers are issued instead
97.22 	of number plates. An applicant must not be issued more than two
97.23 	sets of plates for vehicles listed in paragraph (a) and owned or
97.24 	jointly owned by the applicant.
97.25 	(c) The veteran shall must have a certified copy of the
97.26 	veteran's discharge papers, indicating character of discharge,
97.27 	at the time of application.  If an applicant served in the
97.28 	active military service in a branch of the armed forces of a
97.29 	nation or society allied with the United States in conducting a
97.30 	foreign war and is unable to obtain a record of that service and
97.31 	discharge status, the commissioner of veterans affairs may
97.32 	certify the applicant as qualified for the veterans' license
97.33 	plates provided under this section.
97.34 	(d) For license plates issued for one-ton trucks described
97.35 	in paragraph (a), clause (1), the commissioner shall collect a
97.36 	surcharge of $5 on each $10 fee collected under paragraph (a).
98.1 	The commissioner shall collect the surcharge until a total of
98.2 	$2,000 has been collected from the surcharge, and shall not
98.3 	collect the surcharge thereafter.  The surcharge must be
98.4 	deposited in the vehicle services operating account in the
98.5 	special revenue fund.
98.6 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. The amendments to paragraph (a), clause
98.7 	(2); paragraph (b); and paragraph (c), of this section, are
98.8 	effective the day following final enactment.

98.9 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.123,
98.10 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
98.11 		Subd. 2.Design.  The commissioner of veterans affairs
98.12 	shall design the special plates, subject to the approval of the
98.13 	registrar, that satisfy the following requirements:
98.14 	(a) For a Vietnam veteran who served after July 1, 1961,
98.15 	and before July 1, 1978, the special plates must bear the
98.16 	inscription "VIETNAM VET" and the letters "V" and "V" with the
98.17 	first letter directly above the second letter and both letters
98.18 	just preceding the first numeral of the special license plate
98.19 	number.
98.20 	(b) For a veteran stationed on the island of Oahu, Hawaii,
98.21 	or offshore, during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7,
98.22 	1941, the special plates must bear the inscription "PEARL HARBOR
98.23 	SURVIVOR" and the letters "P" and "H" with the first letter
98.24 	directly above the second letter and both letters just preceding
98.25 	the first numeral of the special license plate number.
98.26 	(c) For a veteran who served during World War I or World
98.27 	War II, the special plates must bear the inscription "WORLD WAR
98.28 	VET" and:
98.29 	(1) for a World War I veteran, the characters "W" and "I"
98.30 	with the first character directly above the second character and
98.31 	both characters just preceding the first numeral of the special
98.32 	license plate number; or
98.33 	(2) for a World War II veteran, the characters "W" and "II"
98.34 	with the first character directly above the second character and
98.35 	both characters just preceding the first numeral of the special
98.36 	license plate number.
99.1 	(d) For a veteran who served during the Korean Conflict,
99.2 	the special plates must bear the inscription "KOREAN VET" and
99.3 	the letters "K" and "V" with the first letter directly above the
99.4 	second letter and both letters just preceding the first numeral
99.5 	of the special license plate number.
99.6 	(e) For a combat wounded veteran who is a recipient of the
99.7 	purple heart medal, the special plates must bear the inscription
99.8 	"COMBAT WOUNDED VET" and inscribed with a facsimile of the
99.9 	official purple heart medal and the letters "C" over "W" with
99.10 	the first letter directly over the second letter just preceding
99.11 	the first numeral of the special license plate number.
99.12 	(f) For a Persian Gulf war veteran, the special plates must
99.13 	bear the inscription "GULF WAR VET" and the letters "G" and "W"
99.14 	with the first letter directly above the second letter and both
99.15 	letters just preceding the first numeral of the special license
99.16 	plate number.  For the purposes of this section, "Persian Gulf
99.17 	war veteran" means a person who served on active duty after
99.18 	August 1, 1990, in a branch of the armed forces of the United
99.19 	States or a nation or society allied with the United States or
99.20 	the United Nations during Operation Desert Shield, Operation
99.21 	Desert Storm, or other military operation in the Persian Gulf
99.22 	area combat zone as designated in United States Presidential
99.23 	Executive Order No. 12744, dated January 21, 1991.
99.24 	(g) For a veteran who served in the Laos War after July 1,
99.25 	1961, and before July 1, 1978, the special plates must bear the
99.26 	inscription "LAOS WAR VET" and the letters "L" and "V" with the
99.27 	first letter directly above the second letter and both letters
99.28 	just preceding the first numeral of the special license plate
99.29 	number.
99.30 	(h) For a veteran who is the recipient of:
99.31 	(1) the Iraq Campaign Medal, the special plates must be
99.32 	inscribed with a facsimile of that medal and must bear the
99.33 	inscription "IRAQ WAR VET" directly below the special license
99.34 	plate number;
99.35 	(2) the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the special plates must
99.36 	be inscribed with a facsimile of that medal and must bear the
100.1 	inscription "AFGHAN WAR VET" directly below the special license
100.2 	plate number; or 
100.3 	(3) the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the
100.4 	special plates must be inscribed with a facsimile of that medal
100.5 	and must bear the inscription "GWOT VETERAN" directly below the
100.6 	special license plate number.
100.7 	(i) For a veteran who is the recipient of the Global War on
100.8 	Terrorism Service Medal, the special plates must be inscribed
100.9 	with a facsimile of that medal and must bear the inscription
100.10 	"GWOT VETERAN" directly below the special license plate number.
100.11 	In addition, any member of the National Guard or other military
100.12 	reserves who has been ordered to federally funded state active
100.13 	service under United States Code, title 32, as defined in
100.14 	section 190.05, subdivision 5b, and who is the recipient of the
100.15 	Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, is eligible for the
100.16 	license plate described in this paragraph, irrespective of
100.17 	whether that person qualifies as a veteran under section 197.447.
100.18 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
100.19 	following final enactment.

100.20 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.123, is
100.21 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
100.22 		Subd. 2a.Temporary surcharge. For license plates issued
100.23 	under subdivision 2, paragraphs (h) and (i), the commissioner
100.24 	shall collect a surcharge of $5 on each $10 fee collected under
100.25 	subdivision 1, paragraph (a).  The commissioner shall collect
100.26 	the surcharge until a total of $7,000 has been collected from
100.27 	the surcharge, and shall not collect the surcharge thereafter.
100.28 	The surcharge must be deposited in the vehicle services
100.29 	operating account in the special revenue fund.
100.30 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
100.31 	following final enactment.

100.32 	Sec. 22. EXEMPTION FROM STUDY.
 100.33 	The special license plates authorized under sections 20 and
100.34 	21 are not subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 168.1293.

100.35 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
100.36 	following final enactment.

101.1 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.123,
101.2 	subdivision 4, is amended to read:
101.3 		Subd. 4.Plates transfer.  (a) On payment of a fee of $5,
101.4 	plates issued under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1),
101.5 	may be transferred to another vehicle, but only if the vehicle:
101.6 	(1) is a passenger automobile, pickup truck, van, or 
101.7 	self-propelled recreational equipment, or one-ton truck
101.8 	described in subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1); and 
101.9 	(2) is owned or jointly owned by the person to whom the
101.10 	plates were issued.
101.11 	(b) On payment of a fee of $5, a plate issued under
101.12 	subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), may be transferred to
101.13 	another motorcycle owned or jointly owned by the person to whom
101.14 	the plate was issued.

101.15 	Sec. 24. [168.1251] DISABLED VETERANS OF AMERICA PLATES.
101.16 		Subdivision 1.Issuance and design. The commissioner
101.17 	shall issue special license plates bearing the inscription
101.18 	"DISABLED AMERICAN VETERAN" to an applicant who is certified in
101.19 	writing by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or
101.20 	the state commissioner of veterans affairs as having a permanent
101.21 	and total service-connected disability, who complies with all
101.22 	laws relating to the registration and licensing of motor
101.23 	vehicles and drivers, and who pays a fee of $10 for each set of
101.24 	license plates applied for.  The special license plates must be
101.25 	of a design and size determined by the commissioner.
101.26 		Subd. 2.Application. Application for issuance of these
101.27 	plates may be made only at the time of renewal or first
101.28 	application for registration.
101.29 		Subd. 3.Transfer. On payment of a fee of $5, special
101.30 	plates issued under this section may be transferred to another
101.31 	personal motor vehicle owned or jointly owned by the disabled
101.32 	veterans upon notification to the commissioner.
101.33 		Subd. 4.Surcharge. For each set of special plates
101.34 	issued under this section, the commissioner shall collect a
101.35 	surcharge of $5 on each $10 fee collected under subdivision 1.
101.36 	The commissioner shall collect the surcharge until a total of
102.1 	$5,000 has been collected from the surcharge, and shall not
102.2 	collect it thereafter.
102.3 		Subd. 5.Motor vehicle; special definition. For purposes
102.4 	of this section, "motor vehicle" means a vehicle for personal
102.5 	use, not used for commercial purposes, and may include a
102.6 	passenger automobile, van, pickup truck, motorcycle, or
102.7 	recreational vehicle.
102.8 		Subd. 6.Fees credited. Fees, including surcharges,
102.9 	collected under this section must be credited to the vehicle
102.10 	services operating account in the special revenue fund.

102.11 	Sec. 25. [168.1298] SPECIAL "SUPPORT OUR TROOPS" LICENSE
102.12 	PLATE.
102.13 		Subdivision 1.Purpose. It is the intent of the
102.14 	legislature in enacting this section and section 190.19, to
102.15 	provide financial support and relief to members of the military
102.16 	forces and their families in recognition of their service to
102.17 	Minnesota and the nation and the serious demands currently
102.18 	placed on our military forces.  It is also the view of the
102.19 	legislature that the purposes behind enacting this section and
102.20 	section 190.19 are based on a special and unique set of
102.21 	circumstances in history and that the persons and their families
102.22 	and survivors who would benefit under these provisions are
102.23 	facing economic hardship because of the fact that they have
102.24 	served, and in some cases given their lives in the service of,
102.25 	their country.  Therefore, it is the intent of the legislature
102.26 	that these provisions of law not be used as a precedent for
102.27 	future unrelated enactments, nor that the scope of these
102.28 	sections be substantially expanded.
102.29 		Subd. 2.General requirements and procedures. (a) The
102.30 	commissioner shall issue special "Support Our Troops" license
102.31 	plates to an applicant who:
102.32 	(1) is an owner of a passenger automobile, one-ton pickup
102.33 	truck, recreational vehicle, or motorcycle;
102.34 	(2) pays a fee of $10 to cover the costs of handling and
102.35 	manufacturing the plates;
102.36 	(3) pays the registration tax required under section
103.1 	168.013;
103.2 	(4) pays the fees required under this chapter;
103.3 	(5) contributes a minimum of $30 annually to the Minnesota
103.4 	"Support Our Troops" account established in section 190.19; and 
103.5 	(6) complies with laws and rules governing registration and
103.6 	licensing of vehicles and drivers.
103.7 	(b) The license application under this section must
103.8 	indicate that the annual contribution specified under paragraph
103.9 	(a), clause (5), is a minimum contribution to receive the plate
103.10 	and that the applicant may make an additional contribution to
103.11 	the account.
103.12 		Subd. 3.Design. After consultation with interested
103.13 	groups, the adjutant general and the commissioner of veterans
103.14 	affairs shall design the special plate, subject to the approval
103.15 	of the commissioner.
103.16 		Subd. 4.No refund. Contributions under this section
103.17 	must not be refunded.
103.18 		Subd. 5.Plate transfers. Notwithstanding section
103.19 	168.12, subdivision 1, on payment of a transfer fee of $5,
103.20 	plates issued under this section may be transferred to another
103.21 	passenger automobile, one-ton pickup truck, recreational
103.22 	vehicle, or motorcycle owned by the individual to whom the
103.23 	special plates were issued.
103.24 		Subd. 6.Contribution and fees credited. Contributions
103.25 	under subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (5), must be paid to
103.26 	the commissioner and credited to the Minnesota "Support Our
103.27 	Troops" account established in section 190.19.  The fees
103.28 	collected under this section must be deposited in the vehicle
103.29 	services operating account in the special revenue fund.
103.30 		Subd. 7.Record. The commissioner shall maintain a
103.31 	record of the number of plates issued under this section.

103.32 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.15,
103.33 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
103.34 		Subdivision 1.Transfer of ownership.  (a) Upon the
103.35 	transfer of ownership, destruction, theft, dismantling, or
103.36 	permanent removal by the owner from this state of any motor 
104.1 	vehicle registered in accordance with this chapter, the right of
104.2 	the owner of the vehicle to use the registration certificate and
104.3 	number plates assigned to the vehicle expires.
104.4 	(b) When the ownership of a motor vehicle is transferred to
104.5 	another resident of person required to register the vehicle in 
104.6 	this state, the transferor shall surrender the registration
104.7 	plates, unless otherwise provided for in this chapter, and 
104.8 	assign the registration tax paid to the credit of the transferee
104.9 	unless the registration stickers are surrendered to the
104.10 	commissioner before the first day of the new registration period.
104.11 	(c) When seeking to become the owner by gift, trade, or
104.12 	purchase of any vehicle for which a registration certificate has
104.13 	been issued under this chapter, a person shall join with the
104.14 	registered owner in transmitting with the application for
104.15 	transfer of ownership,the registration certificate, with the
104.16 	assignment and notice of sale duly executed upon the reverse
104.17 	side, or,.
104.18 	(d) In case of loss of the title or certificate of
104.19 	registration of a vehicle not subject to section 325E.15, the
104.20 	person shall make application to the commissioner with proof of
104.21 	loss by sworn statement, in writing, and satisfactory to the
104.22 	registrar of the title as specified in section 168A.09 and
104.23 	assign a notice of sale of the vehicle on the application for
104.24 	title as specified in section 168A.04.
104.25 	(e) Upon the transfer of any motor vehicle by a
104.26 	manufacturer or dealer, for use within the state, whether by
104.27 	sale, lease, or otherwise, the manufacturer or dealer transferor 
104.28 	shall, within ten days after the transfer, file with the
104.29 	registrar commissioner (1) a notice or report containing the
104.30 	date of transfer, a description of the motor vehicle, and the
104.31 	transferee's name, street and number of residence, if in a city,
104.32 	and post office residence address in the state or if not a
104.33 	natural person then the transferee's business and mailing
104.34 	address, and shall also transmit with it (2) the transferee's
104.35 	application for registration.

104.36 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.16, is
105.1 	amended to read:
105.2 	168.16  REGISTRATION TAX REFUND; APPROPRIATION.
105.3 	(a) After the registration tax upon any motor vehicle has
105.4 	been paid for any year registration period, refund must be made
105.5 	for errors made in computing the registration tax or fees and
105.6 	for the error on the part of an owner who may in error have
105.7 	registered a motor vehicle that was not before, nor at the time
105.8 	of registration, nor at any time thereafter during the current
105.9 	past year preceding registration period, subject to registration 
105.10 	tax in this state as provided by section 168.012.
105.11 	(b) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, a claim for
105.12 	a refund of an overpayment of registration tax must be filed
105.13 	within 3-1/2 years from the date of payment.
105.14 	The refund must be made from any fund in possession of the
105.15 	registrar and deducted from the registrar's monthly report to
105.16 	the commissioner of finance.  A detailed report of the refund
105.17 	must accompany the report.
105.18 	(c) The former registered owner of a transferred vehicle,
105.19 	by an assignment in writing endorsed upon the registration
105.20 	certificate and delivered to the registrar commissioner within
105.21 	the time provided in this subdivision, shall assign, except for
105.22 	vehicles registered under section 168.187, to the new owner the
105.23 	right to have the tax paid by the former registered owner
105.24 	accredited to the new owner who duly registers the vehicle
105.25 	unless the registration stickers are surrendered to the
105.26 	commissioner before the first day of the new registration period.
105.27 	(d) Any owner at is entitled to a refund of the unused
105.28 	portion of the registration tax paid on the owner's vehicle upon
105.29 	filing a claim, verified by the commissioner, if the time of
105.30 	such occurrence, whose vehicle is:
105.31 	(1) declared by an insurance company to be a total loss due
105.32 	to flood or tornado damage,permanently destroyed,due to
105.33 	accident, fire, or an Act of God as defined in section 115B.02;
105.34 	or
105.35 	(2) sold to the federal government, the state, or a
105.36 	political subdivision of the state, shall upon filing a verified
106.1 	claim be entitled to a refund of the unused portion of the tax
106.2 	paid upon the vehicle, computed as follows:.
106.3 	(1) if the vehicle is registered under the calendar year
106.4 	system of registration, the refund is computed pro rata by the
106.5 	month, 1/12 of the annual tax paid for each month of the year
106.6 	remaining after the month in which the plates and certificate
106.7 	were returned to the registrar;
106.8 	(2) if the vehicle is registered under the monthly series
106.9 	system of registration, the amount of 
106.10 	(e) The refund is must be equal to the sum of the amounts
106.11 	of the license fee remaining registration tax attributable to
106.12 	those months remaining in for the licensing registration period
106.13 	after the month in which the plates and certificate of
106.14 	registration or title were returned to the registrar 
106.15 	commissioner.
106.16 	(b) (f) There is hereby appropriated to the persons
106.17 	entitled to a refund, from the fund or account in the state
106.18 	treasury to which the money was credited, an amount sufficient
106.19 	to make the refund and payment.

106.20 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.31,
106.21 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
106.22 		Subd. 5.Refund.  For the annual registration tax paid on
106.23 	any vehicle before the calendar year registration period for
106.24 	which that tax was assessed, the owner of the vehicle who paid
106.25 	the tax shall be is entitled to full refund if such vehicle is
106.26 	permanently destroyed or removed from the state before the
106.27 	calendar year for which the tax was paid or if it is not used at
106.28 	all during the calendar year for which the tax was paid, and the
106.29 	owner makes affidavit concerning the nonuse as provided by
106.30 	section 168.012the registration stickers are surrendered before
106.31 	the first day of the new registration period.

106.32 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.01,
106.33 	subdivision 75, is amended to read:
106.34 		Subd. 75.Commercial motor vehicle.  (a) "Commercial
106.35 	motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle or combination of motor
106.36 	vehicles used to transport passengers or property if the motor
107.1 	vehicle:
107.2 	(1) has a gross vehicle weight of more than 26,000 pounds;
107.3 	(2) has a towed unit with a gross vehicle weight of more
107.4 	than 10,000 pounds and the combination of vehicles has a
107.5 	combined gross vehicle weight of more than 26,000 pounds;
107.6 	(3) is a bus;
107.7 	(4) is of any size and is used in the transportation of
107.8 	hazardous materials, except for those vehicles having a gross
107.9 	vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or less while carrying in bulk
107.10 	tanks a total of not more than 200 gallons of petroleum products
107.11 	and liquid fertilizer; or
107.12 	(5) is outwardly equipped and identified as a school bus,
107.13 	except for type A-I and type III school buses as defined in
107.14 	subdivision 6.
107.15 	(b) For purposes of chapter 169A:
107.16 	(1) a commercial motor vehicle does not include a farm
107.17 	truck, fire-fighting equipment an authorized emergency vehicle,
107.18 	or a recreational equipment vehicle being operated by a person
107.19 	within the scope of section 171.02, subdivision 2, paragraph
107.20 	(b); and
107.21 	(2) a commercial motor vehicle includes a vehicle capable
107.22 	of or designed to meet the standards described in paragraph (a),
107.23 	clause (2), whether or not the towed unit is attached to the
107.24 	truck-tractor at the time of the violation or stop.

107.25 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.01,
107.26 	subdivision 76, is amended to read:
107.27 		Subd. 76.Hazardous materials.  "Hazardous materials"
107.28 	means those materials found to be hazardous for the purposes of
107.29 	the federal Hazardous Materials Transportation Act and that
107.30 	require the motor vehicle to be placarded under Code of Federal
107.31 	Regulations, title 49, part 172, subpart F parts 100-185.

107.32 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.01,
107.33 	subdivision 78, is amended to read:
107.34 		Subd. 78.Recreational vehicle combination. (a) 
107.35 	"Recreational vehicle combination" means a combination of
107.36 	vehicles consisting of a pickup truck as defined in section
108.1 	168.011, subdivision 29, attached by means of a fifth-wheel
108.2 	coupling to a camper-semitrailer which has hitched to it a
108.3 	trailer carrying a watercraft as defined in section 86B.005,
108.4 	subdivision 18; off-highway motorcycle as defined in section
108.5 	84.787, subdivision 7; motorcycle; motorized bicycle; snowmobile
108.6 	as defined in section 84.81, subdivision 3; or all-terrain
108.7 	vehicle as defined in section 84.92, subdivision 8; or
108.8 	equestrian equipment or supplies.
108.9 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision:
108.10 	(a) (1) A "fifth-wheel coupling" is a coupling between a
108.11 	camper-semitrailer and a towing pickup truck in which a portion
108.12 	of the weight of the camper-semitrailer is carried over or
108.13 	forward of the rear axle of the towing pickup.
108.14 	(b) (2) A "camper-semitrailer" is a trailer, other than a
108.15 	manufactured home as defined in section 327B.01, subdivision 13,
108.16 	designed for human habitation and used for vacation or
108.17 	recreational purposes for limited periods.

108.18 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.18,
108.19 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
108.20 		Subd. 5.Driving left of roadway center; exception.  (a)
108.21 	No vehicle shall be driven to the left side of the center of the
108.22 	roadway in overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in
108.23 	the same direction unless such left side is clearly visible and
108.24 	is free of oncoming traffic for a sufficient distance ahead to
108.25 	permit such overtaking and passing to be completely made without
108.26 	interfering with the safe operation of any vehicle approaching
108.27 	from the opposite direction or any vehicle overtaken.  In every
108.28 	event the overtaking vehicle must return to the right-hand side
108.29 	of the roadway before coming within 100 feet of any vehicle
108.30 	approaching from the opposite direction;
108.31 	(b) Except on a one-way roadway or as provided in paragraph
108.32 	(c), no vehicle shall, in overtaking and passing another vehicle
108.33 	or at any other time, be driven to the left half of the roadway
108.34 	under the following conditions:
108.35 	(1) when approaching the crest of a grade or upon a curve
108.36 	in the highway where the driver's view along the highway is
109.1 	obstructed within a distance of 700 feet;
109.2 	(2) when approaching within 100 feet of any underpass or
109.3 	tunnel, railroad grade crossing, intersection within a city, or
109.4 	intersection outside of a city if the presence of the
109.5 	intersection is marked by warning signs; or
109.6 	(3) where official signs are in place prohibiting passing,
109.7 	or a distinctive centerline is marked, which distinctive line
109.8 	also so prohibits passing, as declared in the Manual on Uniform
109.9 	Traffic Control Devices adopted by the commissioner.
109.10 	(c) Paragraph (b) does not apply to a self-propelled or
109.11 	towed implement of husbandry that (1) is escorted at the front
109.12 	by a registered motor vehicle that is displaying vehicular
109.13 	hazard warning lights visible to the front and rear in normal
109.14 	sunlight, and (2) does not extend into the left half of the
109.15 	roadway to any greater extent than made necessary by the total
109.16 	width of the right half of the roadway together with any
109.17 	adjacent shoulder that is suitable for travel.
109.18 	(d) Paragraph (b) does not apply to a self-propelled or
109.19 	towed implement of husbandry that is operated to the left half
109.20 	of the roadway if such operation is not to a greater extent than
109.21 	is necessary to avoid collision with a parked vehicle, sign, or
109.22 	other stationary object located on the highway right-of-way.

109.23 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.71,
109.24 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
109.25 		Subdivision 1.Prohibitions generally.  No person shall
109.26 	drive or operate any motor vehicle with:
109.27 	(1) a windshield cracked or discolored to an extent to
109.28 	limit or obstruct proper vision, or,;
109.29 	(2) except for law enforcement vehicles, with any objects
109.30 	suspended between the driver and the windshield, other than sun
109.31 	visors and ,rear vision mirrors, or electronic toll-collection
109.32 	devices;or with 
109.33 	(3) any sign, poster, or other nontransparent material upon
109.34 	the front windshield, sidewings, side or rear windows of such
109.35 	vehicle, other than a certificate or other paper required to be
109.36 	so displayed by law, or authorized by the state director of the
110.1 	Division of Emergency Management, or the commissioner of public
110.2 	safety.

110.3 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.81,
110.4 	subdivision 3c, is amended to read:
110.5 		Subd. 3c.Recreational vehicle combination.
 110.6 	Notwithstanding subdivision 3, a recreational vehicle
110.7 	combination may be operated without a permit if:
110.8 	(1) the combination does not consist of more than three
110.9 	vehicles, and the towing rating of the pickup truck is equal to
110.10 	or greater than the total weight of all vehicles being towed;
110.11 	(2) the combination does not exceed 60 feet in length;
110.12 	(3) the camper-semitrailer in the combination does not
110.13 	exceed 28 feet in length;
110.14 	(4) the operator of the combination is at least 18 years of
110.15 	age;
110.16 	(5) the trailer carrying a watercraft, motorcycle,
110.17 	motorized bicycle, off-highway motorcycle, snowmobile, or 
110.18 	all-terrain vehicle, or equestrian equipment or supplies meets
110.19 	all requirements of law;
110.20 	(6) the trailers in the combination are connected to the
110.21 	pickup truck and each other in conformity with section 169.82;
110.22 	and
110.23 	(7) the combination is not operated within the seven-county
110.24 	metropolitan area, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2,
110.25 	during the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 7:00
110.26 	p.m. on Mondays through Fridays.

110.27 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.824,
110.28 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
110.29 		Subd. 2.Gross vehicle weight of all axles.  (a)
110.30 	Notwithstanding the provisions of section 169.85, the gross
110.31 	vehicle weight of all axles of a vehicle or combination of
110.32 	vehicles shall not exceed:
110.33 	(1) except as provided in clause (2),80,000 pounds for any
110.34 	vehicle or combination of vehicles on all state trunk highways
110.35 	as defined in section 160.02, subdivision 29, and for all routes
110.36 	designated under section 169.832, subdivision 11;
111.1 	(2) on and after August 1, 2006, 88,000 pounds for any
111.2 	vehicle or combination of vehicles with six or more axles while
111.3 	exclusively engaged in hauling livestock on all state trunk
111.4 	highways other than interstate highways, if the vehicle has a
111.5 	permit under section 169.86, subdivision 5, paragraph (k);
111.6 	(3) 73,280 pounds for any vehicle or combination of
111.7 	vehicles with five axles or less on all routes, other than state
111.8 	trunk highways and routes that are designated under section
111.9 	169.832, subdivision 11; and
111.10 	(3) (4) 80,000 pounds for any vehicle or combination of
111.11 	vehicles with six or more axles on all routes, other than state
111.12 	trunk highways and routes that are designated under section
111.13 	169.832, subdivision 11.
111.14 	(b) The maximum weights specified in this section for five
111.15 	consecutive axles shall not apply to a four-axle ready-mix
111.16 	concrete truck which was equipped with a fifth axle prior to
111.17 	June 1, 1981.  The maximum gross weight on four or fewer
111.18 	consecutive axles of vehicles excepted by this clause shall not
111.19 	exceed any maximum weight specified for four or fewer
111.20 	consecutive axles in this section.

111.21 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.851,
111.22 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
111.23 		Subd. 5.Exception for farm and forest products. The
111.24 	maximum weight provisions of this section do Subdivision 4 does 
111.25 	not apply to the first haul of unprocessed or raw farm products
111.26 	and the transportation of raw and unfinished forest products,
111.27 	including wood chips,when the prescribed maximum
111.28 	weight limitation is limitations permitted under sections
111.29 	169.822 to 169.829 are not exceeded by more than ten percent.

111.30 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.86,
111.31 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
111.32 		Subd. 5.Fee; proceeds deposited; appropriation.  The
111.33 	commissioner, with respect to highways under the commissioner's
111.34 	jurisdiction, may charge a fee for each permit issued.  All such
111.35 	fees for permits issued by the commissioner of transportation
111.36 	shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the
112.1 	trunk highway fund.  Except for those annual permits for which
112.2 	the permit fees are specified elsewhere in this chapter, the
112.3 	fees shall be:
112.4 	(a) $15 for each single trip permit.
112.5 	(b) $36 for each job permit.  A job permit may be issued
112.6 	for like loads carried on a specific route for a period not to
112.7 	exceed two months.  "Like loads" means loads of the same
112.8 	product, weight, and dimension.
112.9 	(c) $60 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not
112.10 	to exceed 12 consecutive months.  Annual permits may be issued
112.11 	for:
112.12 	(1) motor vehicles used to alleviate a temporary crisis
112.13 	adversely affecting the safety or well-being of the public;
112.14 	(2) motor vehicles which travel on interstate highways and
112.15 	carry loads authorized under subdivision 1a;
112.16 	(3) motor vehicles operating with gross weights authorized
112.17 	under section 169.826, subdivision 1a;
112.18 	(4) special pulpwood vehicles described in section 169.863;
112.19 	(5) motor vehicles bearing snowplow blades not exceeding
112.20 	ten feet in width; and
112.21 	(6) noncommercial transportation of a boat by the owner or
112.22 	user of the boat.
112.23 	(d) $120 for an oversize annual permit to be issued for a
112.24 	period not to exceed 12 consecutive months.  Annual permits may
112.25 	be issued for:
112.26 	(1) mobile cranes;
112.27 	(2) construction equipment, machinery, and supplies;
112.28 	(3) manufactured homes and manufactured storage buildings;
112.29 	(4) implements of husbandry when the movement is not made
112.30 	according to the provisions of paragraph (i);
112.31 	(5) double-deck buses;
112.32 	(6) commercial boat hauling; and
112.33 	(7) three-vehicle combinations consisting of two empty,
112.34 	newly manufactured trailers for cargo, horses, or livestock, not
112.35 	to exceed 28-1/2 feet per trailer; provided, however, the permit
112.36 	allows the vehicles to be moved from a trailer manufacturer to a
113.1 	trailer dealer only while operating on twin-trailer routes
113.2 	designated under section 169.81, subdivision 3, paragraph (c).
113.3 	(e) For vehicles which have axle weights exceeding the
113.4 	weight limitations of sections 169.822 to 169.829, an additional
113.5 	cost added to the fees listed above.  However, this paragraph
113.6 	applies to any vehicle described in section 168.013, subdivision
113.7 	3, paragraph (b), but only when the vehicle exceeds its gross
113.8 	weight allowance set forth in that paragraph, and then the
113.9 	additional cost is for all weight, including the allowance
113.10 	weight, in excess of the permitted maximum axle weight.  The
113.11 	additional cost is equal to the product of the distance traveled
113.12 	times the sum of the overweight axle group cost factors shown in
113.13 	the following chart:
113.14 	Overweight Axle Group Cost Factors
113.15 	Weight (pounds)         Cost Per Mile For Each Group Of:
113.16 	exceeding       Two consec-     Three consec-   Four consec-
113.17 	weight          utive axles     utive axles     utive axles
113.18 	limitations     spaced within   spaced within   spaced within
113.19 	on axles        8 feet or less  9 feet or less  14 feet or less
113.20 	     0-2,000    .12             .05             .04
113.21 	 2,001-4,000    .14             .06             .05
113.22 	 4,001-6,000    .18             .07             .06
113.23 	 6,001-8,000    .21             .09             .07
113.24 	 8,001-10,000   .26             .10             .08
113.25 	10,001-12,000   .30             .12             .09
113.26 	12,001-14,000   Not permitted   .14             .11
113.27 	14,001-16,000   Not permitted   .17             .12
113.28 	16,001-18,000   Not permitted   .19             .15
113.29 	18,001-20,000   Not permitted   Not permitted   .16
113.30 	20,001-22,000   Not permitted   Not permitted   .20
113.31 	The amounts added are rounded to the nearest cent for each axle
113.32 	or axle group.  The additional cost does not apply to paragraph
113.33 	(c), clauses (1) and (3).
113.34 	For a vehicle found to exceed the appropriate maximum permitted
113.35 	weight, a cost-per-mile fee of 22 cents per ton, or fraction of
113.36 	a ton, over the permitted maximum weight is imposed in addition
114.1 	to the normal permit fee.  Miles must be calculated based on the
114.2 	distance already traveled in the state plus the distance from
114.3 	the point of detection to a transportation loading site or
114.4 	unloading site within the state or to the point of exit from the
114.5 	state.
114.6 	(f) As an alternative to paragraph (e), an annual permit
114.7 	may be issued for overweight, or oversize and overweight,
114.8 	construction equipment, machinery, and supplies.  The fees for
114.9 	the permit are as follows:
114.10 	Gross Weight (pounds) of Vehicle          Annual Permit Fee
114.11 	     90,000 or less                             $200
114.12 	     90,001 - 100,000                           $300
114.13 	    100,001 - 110,000                           $400
114.14 	    110,001 - 120,000                           $500
114.15 	    120,001 - 130,000                           $600
114.16 	    130,001 - 140,000                           $700
114.17 	    140,001 - 145,000                           $800
114.18 	If the gross weight of the vehicle is more than 145,000 pounds
114.19 	the permit fee is determined under paragraph (e).
114.20 	(g) For vehicles which exceed the width limitations set
114.21 	forth in section 169.80 by more than 72 inches, an additional
114.22 	cost equal to $120 added to the amount in paragraph (a) when the
114.23 	permit is issued while seasonal load restrictions pursuant to
114.24 	section 169.87 are in effect.
114.25 	(h) $85 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not
114.26 	to exceed 12 months, for refuse-compactor vehicles that carry a
114.27 	gross weight of not more than:  22,000 pounds on a single rear
114.28 	axle; 38,000 pounds on a tandem rear axle; or, subject to
114.29 	section 169.828, subdivision 2, 46,000 pounds on a tridem rear
114.30 	axle.  A permit issued for up to 46,000 pounds on a tridem rear
114.31 	axle must limit the gross vehicle weight to not more than 62,000
114.32 	pounds.
114.33 	(i) For vehicles exclusively transporting implements of
114.34 	husbandry, an annual permit fee of $24.  A vehicle operated
114.35 	under a permit authorized by this paragraph may be moved at the
114.36 	discretion of the permit holder without prior route approval by
115.1 	the commissioner if:
115.2 	(1) the total width of the transporting vehicle, including
115.3 	load, does not exceed 14 feet;
115.4 	(2) the vehicle is operated only between sunrise and 30
115.5 	minutes after sunset, and is not operated at any time after
115.6 	12:00 noon on Sundays or holidays;
115.7 	(3) the vehicle is not operated when visibility is impaired
115.8 	by weather, fog, or other conditions that render persons and
115.9 	other vehicles not clearly visible at 500 feet;
115.10 	(4) the vehicle displays at the front and rear of the load
115.11 	or vehicle a pair of flashing amber lights, as provided in
115.12 	section 169.59, subdivision 4, whenever the overall width of the
115.13 	vehicle exceeds 126 inches; and
115.14 	(5) the vehicle is not operated on a trunk highway with a
115.15 	surfaced roadway width of less than 24 feet unless such
115.16 	operation is authorized by the permit.
115.17 	A permit under this paragraph authorizes movements of the
115.18 	permitted vehicle on an interstate highway, and movements of 75
115.19 	miles or more on other highways.
115.20 	(j) $300 for a motor vehicle described in section
115.21 	169.8261.  The fee under this paragraph must be deposited as
115.22 	follows:
115.23 	(1) in fiscal years 2005 through 2010:
115.24 	(i) the first $50,000 in each fiscal year must be deposited
115.25 	in the trunk highway fund for costs related to administering the
115.26 	permit program and inspecting and posting bridges;
115.27 	(ii) all remaining money in each fiscal year must be
115.28 	deposited in a bridge inspection and signing account in the
115.29 	special revenue fund.  Money in the account is appropriated to
115.30 	the commissioner for:
115.31 	(A) inspection of local bridges and identification of local
115.32 	bridges to be posted, including contracting with a consultant
115.33 	for some or all of these functions; and
115.34 	(B) erection of weight-posting signs on local bridges; and
115.35 	(2) in fiscal year 2011 and subsequent years must be
115.36 	deposited in the trunk highway fund.
116.1 	(k) $200 for an annual permit for a vehicle operating under
116.2 	authority of section 169.824, subdivision 2, paragraph (a),
116.3 	clause (2).

116.4 	Sec. 38. [169.864] SPECIAL PAPER PRODUCTS VEHICLE
116.5 	PERMIT.
116.6 		Subdivision 1.Three-unit vehicle. The commissioner may
116.7 	issue a permit for a vehicle that meets the following
116.8 	requirements:
116.9 	(1) is a combination of vehicles, including a truck-tractor
116.10 	and a semitrailer drawing one additional semitrailer, which may
116.11 	be equipped with an auxiliary dolly, and no semitrailer used in
116.12 	the three-vehicle combination has an overall length in excess of
116.13 	28-1/2 feet;
116.14 	(2) has a maximum gross vehicle weight of 108,000 pounds;
116.15 	(3) complies with the axle weight limits in section 169.824
116.16 	or with the federal bridge formula for axle groups not described
116.17 	in that section;
116.18 	(4) complies with the tire weight limits in section 169.823
116.19 	or the tire manufacturers' recommended load, whichever is less;
116.20 	(5) is operated only in this state on Trunk Highway marked
116.21 	2 between Grand Rapids and the port of Duluth; on Trunk Highway
116.22 	marked 169 between Grand Rapids and its junction with Trunk
116.23 	Highway marked 53; and on Trunk Highway marked 53 between
116.24 	Virginia and the port of Duluth; and 
116.25 	(6) the seasonal weight increases authorized under section
116.26 	169.826, subdivision 1, do not apply.
116.27 		Subd. 2.Two-unit vehicle. The commissioner may issue a
116.28 	permit for a vehicle that meets the following requirements:
116.29 	(1) is a combination of vehicles consisting of a
116.30 	truck-tractor and a single semitrailer that may exceed 48 feet,
116.31 	but not 53 feet, if the distance from the kingpin to the
116.32 	centerline of the rear axle group of the semitrailer does not
116.33 	exceed 43 feet;
116.34 	(2) has a maximum gross vehicle weight of 90,000 pounds;
116.35 	(3) has a maximum gross vehicle weight of 98,000 pounds
116.36 	during the time when seasonal weight increases authorized under
117.1 	section 169.826, subdivision 1, are in effect;
117.2 	(4) complies with the axle weight limits in section 169.824
117.3 	or with the federal bridge formula for axle groups not described
117.4 	in that section;
117.5 	(5) complies with the tire weight limits in section 169.823
117.6 	or the tire manufacturers' recommended load, whichever is less;
117.7 	and 
117.8 	(6) is operated only on the highways specified in
117.9 	subdivision 1, clause (5).
117.10 		Subd. 3.Restrictions. Vehicles issued permits under
117.11 	subdivisions 1 and 2 must comply with the following restrictions:
117.12 	(1) the vehicle must be operated in compliance with
117.13 	seasonal load restrictions under section 169.87;
117.14 	(2) the vehicle may not be operated on the interstate
117.15 	highway system; and 
117.16 	(3) the vehicle may be operated on streets or highways
117.17 	under the control of local authorities only upon the approval of
117.18 	the local authority; however, vehicles may have reasonable
117.19 	access to terminals and facilities for food, fuel, repairs, and
117.20 	rest and for continuity of route within one mile of the national
117.21 	network as provided by section 169.81, subdivision 3, and by
117.22 	Code of Federal Regulations, title 23, part 658.19.
117.23 		Subd. 4.Permit fee. Vehicle permits issued under
117.24 	subdivision 1, clause (1), must be annual permits.  The fee is
117.25 	$850 for each vehicle and must be deposited in the trunk highway
117.26 	fund.  An amount sufficient to administer the permit program is
117.27 	appropriated from the trunk highway fund to the commissioner for
117.28 	the costs of administering the permit program.

117.29 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.87,
117.30 	subdivision 4, is amended to read:
117.31 		Subd. 4.Vehicle transporting milk.  Until June 1,
117.32 	2003 2007, a weight restriction imposed under subdivision 1 by
117.33 	the commissioner of transportation or a local road authority, or
117.34 	imposed by subdivision 2, does not apply to a vehicle
117.35 	transporting milk from the point of production to the point of
117.36 	first processing if, at the time the weight restriction is
118.1 	exceeded, the vehicle is carrying milk loaded at only one point
118.2 	of production.  This subdivision does not authorize a vehicle
118.3 	described in this subdivision to exceed a weight restriction of
118.4 	five tons per axle by more than two tons per axle.
118.5 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2005.

118.6 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.99,
118.7 	subdivision 1b, is amended to read:
118.8 		Subd. 1b.Speed.  The uniform traffic ticket must provide
118.9 	a blank or space wherein an officer who issues a citation for a
118.10 	violation of section 169.14, subdivision 2, paragraph (a),
118.11 	clause (3),a speed limit of 55 or 60 miles per hour must
118.12 	specify whether the speed was greater than ten miles per hour in
118.13 	excess of the lawful speed a 55 miles per hour speed limit, or
118.14 	more than five miles per hour in excess of a 60 miles per hour
118.15 	speed limit.

118.16 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169A.52,
118.17 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
118.18 		Subd. 3.Test refusal; license revocation.  (a) Upon
118.19 	certification by the peace officer that there existed probable
118.20 	cause to believe the person had been driving, operating, or in
118.21 	physical control of a motor vehicle in violation of section
118.22 	169A.20 (driving while impaired), and that the person refused to
118.23 	submit to a test, the commissioner shall revoke the person's
118.24 	license or permit to drive, or nonresident operating privilege,
118.25 	for a period of one year even if a test was obtained pursuant to
118.26 	this section after the person refused to submit to testing.
118.27 	(b) Upon certification by the peace officer that there
118.28 	existed probable cause to believe the person had been driving,
118.29 	operating, or in physical control of a commercial motor vehicle
118.30 	with the presence of any alcohol in violation of section 169A.20
118.31 	(driving while impaired), and that the person refused to submit
118.32 	to a test, the commissioner shall disqualify the person from
118.33 	operating a commercial motor vehicle for a period of one year
118.34 	under section 171.165 (commercial driver's license
118.35 	disqualification) and shall revoke the person's license or
118.36 	permit to drive or nonresident operating privilege for a period
119.1 	of one year according to the federal regulations adopted by
119.2 	reference in section 171.165, subdivision 2.

119.3 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.01,
119.4 	subdivision 22, is amended to read:
119.5 		Subd. 22.Commercial motor vehicle.  "Commercial motor
119.6 	vehicle" means a motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles
119.7 	used to transport passengers or property if the motor vehicle:
119.8 	(1) has a gross vehicle weight of more than 26,000 pounds;
119.9 	(2) has a towed unit with a gross vehicle weight of more
119.10 	than 10,000 pounds and the combination of vehicles has a
119.11 	combined gross vehicle weight of more than 26,000 pounds;
119.12 	(3) is a bus;
119.13 	(4) is of any size and is used in the transportation of
119.14 	hazardous materials, except for those vehicles having a gross
119.15 	vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or less and carrying in bulk
119.16 	tanks a total of not more than 200 gallons of liquid fertilizer
119.17 	and petroleum products; or
119.18 	(5) is outwardly equipped and identified as a school bus,
119.19 	except for type III school buses defined in section 169.01,
119.20 	subdivision 6, clause (5).

119.21 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.01,
119.22 	subdivision 35, is amended to read:
119.23 		Subd. 35.Hazardous materials.  "Hazardous materials"
119.24 	means those materials found to be hazardous for the purposes of
119.25 	the federal Hazardous Materials Transportation Act and that
119.26 	require the motor vehicle to be placarded under Code of Federal
119.27 	Regulations, title 49, part 172, subpart F parts 100-185.

119.28 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.01,
119.29 	subdivision 47, is amended to read:
119.30 		Subd. 47.State.  "State" means any a state of the United
119.31 	States, territory or possession of the United States,the
119.32 	District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any
119.33 	province of the Dominion of Canada , the United States Virgin
119.34 	Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the
119.35 	jurisdiction of the United States.

119.36 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.01, is
120.1 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
120.2 		Subd. 48a.Tank vehicle. "Tank vehicle" means any
120.3 	commercial motor vehicle that is designed to transport any
120.4 	liquid or gaseous materials within a tank, as defined in Code of
120.5 	Federal Regulations, title 49, section 178.320, including a
120.6 	cargo tank or a portable tank as defined in Code of Federal
120.7 	Regulations, title 49, section 171.8, that is either permanently
120.8 	or temporarily attached to the vehicle or the chassis, except
120.9 	portable tanks having a rated capacity under 1,000 gallons.

120.10 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.02, is
120.11 	amended to read:
120.12 	171.02 LICENSES; TYPES, ENDORSEMENTS, RESTRICTIONS.
120.13 		Subdivision 1.License required. Except when expressly
120.14 	exempted, a person shall not drive a motor vehicle upon a street
120.15 	or highway in this state unless the person has a license valid
120.16 	under this chapter for the type or class of vehicle being
120.17 	driven.  The department shall not issue a driver's license to a
120.18 	person unless and until the person's license from any
120.19 	jurisdiction has been invalidated.  The department shall provide
120.20 	to the issuing department of any jurisdiction, information that
120.21 	the licensee is now licensed in Minnesota.  A person is not
120.22 	permitted to have more than one valid driver's license at any
120.23 	time.  The department shall not issue to a person to whom a
120.24 	current Minnesota identification card has been issued a driver's
120.25 	license, other than an instruction permit or a limited license,
120.26 	unless the person's Minnesota identification card has been
120.27 	invalidated.
120.28 	Subd. 2.  [DRIVER'S LICENSE CLASSIFICATIONS, ENDORSEMENTS,
120.29 	EXEMPTIONS.] (a) Drivers' licenses shall be are classified
120.30 	according to the types of vehicles which that may be driven by
120.31 	the holder of each type or class of license.  The commissioner
120.32 	may, as appropriate, subdivide the classes listed in this
120.33 	subdivision and issue licenses classified accordingly.  Except
120.34 	as provided in subdivision 2a, no class of license shall be is 
120.35 	valid to operate a motorcycle, school bus, tank vehicle,
120.36 	double-trailer or triple-trailer combination, vehicle
121.1 	transporting hazardous materials, or bus, unless so endorsed.
121.2 	There shall be are four general classes of licenses as follows:
121.3 	(b) Class D; valid for:
121.4 	(1) operating all farm trucks operated by if the farm truck
121.5 	is:
121.6 	(i) the owner, (ii) controlled and operated by a farmer,
121.7 	including operation by an immediate family member of the owner,
121.8 	(iii) or an employee of the owner not primarily employed to
121.9 	operate the farm truck, within 150 miles of the farm, or farmer;
121.10 	(ii) used to transport agricultural products, farm
121.11 	machinery, or farm supplies, to or from a farm;
121.12 	(iii) not used in the operations of a common or contract
121.13 	motor carrier as governed by Code of Federal Regulations, title
121.14 	49, part 365; and 
121.15 	(iv) an employee of the owner employed during harvest to
121.16 	operate the farm truck for the first, continuous transportation
121.17 	of agricultural products from the production site or on-farm
121.18 	storage site to any other location within 50 miles of that
121.19 	site used within 150 miles of the farm;
121.20 	(2) operating fire trucks and emergency fire equipment an
121.21 	authorized emergency vehicle, as defined in section 169.01,
121.22 	subdivision 5, whether or not in excess of 26,000 pounds gross
121.23 	vehicle weight, operated by a firefighter while on duty, or a
121.24 	tiller operator employed by a fire department who drives the
121.25 	rear portion of a midmount aerial ladder truck;
121.26 	(3) operating a recreational equipment vehicle as defined
121.27 	in section 168.011, subdivision 25, that is operated for
121.28 	personal use;
121.29 	(4) operating all single-unit vehicles except vehicles with
121.30 	a gross vehicle weight of more than 26,000 pounds, vehicles
121.31 	designed to carry more than 15 passengers including the driver,
121.32 	and vehicles that carry hazardous materials; and 
121.33 	(5) notwithstanding paragraph (c), operating a type A
121.34 	school bus without a school bus endorsement if:
121.35 	(i) the bus has a gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or
121.36 	less;
122.1 	(ii) the bus is designed to transport 15 or fewer
122.2 	passengers, including the driver; and
122.3 	(iii) the requirements of subdivision 2a, paragraph (b),
122.4 	are satisfied, as determined by the commissioner.; and 
122.5 	The holder of a class D license may also tow 
122.6 	(6) towing vehicles if:
122.7 	(i) the towed vehicles have a gross vehicle weight of
122.8 	10,000 pounds or less; or 
122.9 	(ii) the towed vehicles have a gross vehicle weight of more
122.10 	than 10,000 pounds and the combination of vehicles has a gross
122.11 	vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or less.
122.12 	(c) Class C; valid for:
122.13 	(1) operating class D motor vehicles;
122.14 	(2) with a hazardous materials endorsement, transporting
122.15 	hazardous materials in class D vehicles; and
122.16 	(3) with a school bus endorsement, operating school buses
122.17 	designed to transport 15 or fewer passengers, including the
122.18 	driver.
122.19 	(d) Class B; valid for operating all vehicles in class C
122.20 	motor vehicles, class D motor vehicles, and all other
122.21 	single-unit motor vehicles including, with a passenger
122.22 	endorsement, buses.  The holder of a class B license may tow
122.23 	only vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or
122.24 	less.
122.25 	(e) Class A; valid for operating any vehicle or combination
122.26 	of vehicles.
122.27 		Subd. 2a.exceptions exception for certain school bus
122.28 	drivers. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision 2, (1) a hazardous
122.29 	materials endorsement is not required to operate a vehicle
122.30 	having a gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or less while
122.31 	carrying in bulk tanks a total of not more than 200 gallons of
122.32 	petroleum products and (2) a class C license or hazardous
122.33 	materials endorsement is not required to operate a farm vehicle
122.34 	as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section
122.35 	390.5, having a gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or less
122.36 	while carrying in bulk tanks a total of not more than 1,500
123.1 	gallons of liquid fertilizer.
123.2 	(b) Notwithstanding subdivision 2, paragraph (c), the
123.3 	holder of a class D driver's license, without a school bus
123.4 	endorsement, may operate a type A school bus described in
123.5 	subdivision 2, paragraph (b), under the following conditions:
123.6 	(1) (a) The operator is an employee of the entity that
123.7 	owns, leases, or contracts for the school bus and is not solely
123.8 	hired to provide transportation services under this paragraph 
123.9 	subdivision.
123.10 	(2) (b) The operator drives the school bus only from points
123.11 	of origin to points of destination, not including home-to-school
123.12 	trips to pick up or drop off students.
123.13 	(3) (c) The operator is prohibited from using the
123.14 	eight-light system.  Violation of this clause paragraph is a
123.15 	misdemeanor.
123.16 	(4) (d) The operator's employer has adopted and implemented
123.17 	a policy that provides for annual training and certification of
123.18 	the operator in:
123.19 	(i) (1) safe operation of the type of school bus the
123.20 	operator will be driving;
123.21 	(ii) (2) understanding student behavior, including issues
123.22 	relating to students with disabilities;
123.23 	(iii) (3) encouraging orderly conduct of students on the
123.24 	bus and handling incidents of misconduct appropriately;
123.25 	(iv) (4) knowing and understanding relevant laws, rules of
123.26 	the road, and local school bus safety policies;
123.27 	(v) (5) handling emergency situations; and
123.28 	(vi) (6) safe loading and unloading of students.
123.29 	(5) (e) A background check or background investigation of
123.30 	the operator has been conducted that meets the requirements
123.31 	under section 122A.18, subdivision 8, or 123B.03 for teachers;
123.32 	section 144.057 or chapter 245C for day care employees; or
123.33 	section 171.321, subdivision 3, for all other persons operating
123.34 	a type A school bus under this paragraph subdivision.
123.35 	(6) (f) Operators shall submit to a physical examination as
123.36 	required by section 171.321, subdivision 2.
124.1 	(7) (g) The operator's driver's license is verified
124.2 	annually by the entity that owns, leases, or contracts for the
124.3 	school bus.
124.4 	(8) (h) A person who sustains a conviction, as defined
124.5 	under section 609.02, of violating section 169A.25, 169A.26,
124.6 	169A.27, 169A.31, 169A.51, or 169A.52, or a similar statute or
124.7 	ordinance of another state is precluded from operating a school
124.8 	bus for five years from the date of conviction.
124.9 	(9) (i) A person who has ever been convicted of a
124.10 	disqualifying offense as defined in section 171.3215,
124.11 	subdivision 1, paragraph (c), may not operate a school bus under
124.12 	this paragraph subdivision.
124.13 	(10) (j) A person who sustains a conviction, as defined
124.14 	under section 609.02, of a fourth moving offense in violation of
124.15 	chapter 169 is precluded from operating a school bus for one
124.16 	year from the date of the last conviction.
124.17 	(11) (k) Students riding the school bus must have training
124.18 	required under section 123B.90, subdivision 2.
124.19 	(12) (l) An operator must be trained in the proper use of
124.20 	child safety restraints as set forth in the National Highway
124.21 	Traffic Safety Administration's "Guideline for the Safe
124.22 	Transportation of Pre-school Age Children in School Buses."
124.23 	(13) (m) Annual certification of the requirements listed in
124.24 	this paragraph subdivision must be maintained under separate
124.25 	file at the business location for each operator licensed under
124.26 	this paragraph subdivision and subdivision 2, paragraph (b),
124.27 	clause (5).  The business manager, school board, governing body
124.28 	of a nonpublic school, or any other entity that owns, leases, or
124.29 	contracts for the school bus operating under this paragraph 
124.30 	subdivision is responsible for maintaining these files for
124.31 	inspection.
124.32 	(14) (n) The school bus must bear a current certificate of
124.33 	inspection issued under section 169.451.
124.34 	(15) (o) The word "School" on the front and rear of the bus
124.35 	must be covered by a sign that reads "Activities" when the bus
124.36 	is being operated under authority of this paragraph subdivision.
125.1 		Subd. 3.Motorized bicycle. (a) No A motorized bicycle
125.2 	shall may not be operated on any public roadway by any person
125.3 	who does not possess a valid driver's license, unless the person
125.4 	has obtained a motorized bicycle operator's permit or motorized
125.5 	bicycle instruction permit from the commissioner of public
125.6 	safety.  The operator's permit may be issued to any person who
125.7 	has attained the age of 15 years and who has passed the
125.8 	examination prescribed by the commissioner.  The instruction
125.9 	permit may be issued to any person who has attained the age of
125.10 	15 years and who has successfully completed an approved safety
125.11 	course and passed the written portion of the examination
125.12 	prescribed by the commissioner.
125.13 	(b) This course must consist of, but is not limited to, a
125.14 	basic understanding of:
125.15 	(1) motorized bicycles and their limitations;
125.16 	(2) motorized bicycle laws and rules;
125.17 	(3) safe operating practices and basic operating
125.18 	techniques;
125.19 	(4) helmets and protective clothing;
125.20 	(5) motorized bicycle traffic strategies; and
125.21 	(6) effects of alcohol and drugs on motorized bicycle
125.22 	operators.
125.23 	(c) The commissioner may promulgate adopt rules prescribing
125.24 	the content of the safety course, examination, and the
125.25 	information to be contained on the permits.  A person operating
125.26 	a motorized bicycle under a motorized bicycle permit is subject
125.27 	to the restrictions imposed by section 169.974, subdivision 2,
125.28 	on operation of a motorcycle under a two-wheel instruction
125.29 	permit.
125.30 	(d) The fees for motorized bicycle operator's permits are
125.31 	as follows:
125.32 	(1) Examination and operator's permit,
125.33 	          valid for one year                     $ 6
125.34 	      (2) Duplicate                              $ 3
125.35 	      (3) Renewal permit before age 21
125.36 	          and valid until age 21                 $ 9
126.1 	      (4) Renewal permit after age 21 or older 
126.2 	          and valid for four years               $15
126.3 	      (5) Duplicate of any renewal permit        $ 4.50
126.4 	      (6) Written examination and
126.5 	          instruction permit, valid for
126.6 	          30 days                                $ 6
126.7 	Subd. 4.  [RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE.] (a) The
126.8 	commissioner may issue restricted commercial drivers' licenses
126.9 	and take the following actions to the extent that the actions
126.10 	are authorized by regulation of the United States Department of
126.11 	Transportation entitled "Waiver for Farm-Related Service
126.12 	Industries" as published in the Federal Register, April 17, 1992 
126.13 	in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 383.3,
126.14 	paragraph (f):
126.15 	(1) prescribe examination requirements and other
126.16 	qualifications for the license;
126.17 	(2) prescribe classes of vehicles that may be operated by
126.18 	holders of the license;
126.19 	(3) specify commercial motor vehicle operation that is
126.20 	authorized by the license, and prohibit other commercial motor 
126.21 	vehicle operation by holders of the license; and
126.22 	(4) prescribe the period of time during which the license
126.23 	is valid.
126.24 	(b) Restricted commercial drivers' licenses are subject to
126.25 	sections 171.165 and 171.166 in the same manner as other
126.26 	commercial drivers' licenses.
126.27 	(c) Actions of the commissioner under this subdivision are
126.28 	not subject to sections 14.05 to 14.47 of the Administrative
126.29 	Procedure Act.
126.30 		Subd. 5.Exemption for certain backup snowplow drivers.
 126.31 	Pursuant to the waiver authorization set forth in Public Law
126.32 	104-59, section 345, subsection (a), paragraph (5), a person who
126.33 	operates a commercial motor vehicle for the purpose of removing
126.34 	snow or ice from a roadway by plowing, salting, or sanding is
126.35 	not required to hold a commercial driver's license if the person:
126.36 	(1) is an employee of a local unit of government with a
127.1 	population of 3,000 or less;
127.2 	(2) is operating within the boundaries of the local unit of
127.3 	government;
127.4 	(3) holds a valid class D driver's license; and
127.5 	(4) except in the event of a lawful strike, is temporarily
127.6 	replacing the employee who normally operates the vehicle but
127.7 	either is unable to operate the vehicle or is in need of
127.8 	additional assistance due to a snow emergency as determined by
127.9 	the local unit of government.

127.10 	Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.03, is
127.11 	amended to read:
127.12 	171.03 PERSONS EXEMPT.
127.13 	The following persons are exempt from license hereunder:
127.14 	(1) (a) A person in the employ or service of the United
127.15 	States federal government is exempt while driving or operating a
127.16 	motor vehicle owned by or leased to the United States federal
127.17 	government, except that only a noncivilian operator of a
127.18 	commercial motor vehicle owned or leased by the United States
127.19 	Department of Defense or the Minnesota National Guard is exempt
127.20 	from the requirement to possess a valid commercial motor vehicle
127.21 	driver's license;.
127.22 	(b) A person in the employ or service of the United States
127.23 	federal government is exempt from the requirement to possess a
127.24 	valid class A, class B, or class C commercial driver's license
127.25 	while driving or operating for military purposes a commercial
127.26 	motor vehicle owned by or leased to the United States federal
127.27 	government if the person is:
127.28 	(1) on active duty in the U. S. Coast Guard;
127.29 	(2) on active duty in a branch of the U. S. Armed Forces,
127.30 	which includes the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps;
127.31 	(3) a member of a reserve component of the U. S. Armed
127.32 	Forces; or 
127.33 	(4) on active duty in the Army National Guard or Air
127.34 	National Guard, which includes (i) a member on full-time
127.35 	National Guard duty, (ii) a member undergoing part-time National
127.36 	Guard training, and (iii) a National Guard military technician,
128.1 	who is a civilian required to wear a military uniform.
128.2 	The exemption provided under this paragraph does not apply to a
128.3 	U. S. Armed Forces Reserve technician.
128.4 	(2) (c) Any person while driving or operating any farm
128.5 	tractor,or implement of husbandry temporarily operated or moved 
128.6 	on a highway, and is exempt.For purposes of this section,an
128.7 	all-terrain vehicle, as defined in section 84.92, subdivision 8,
128.8 	an off-highway motorcycle, as defined in section 84.787,
128.9 	subdivision 7, and an off-road vehicle, as defined in section
128.10 	84.797, subdivision 7, are not implements of husbandry;.
128.11 	(3) (d) A nonresident who is at least 15 years of age and
128.12 	who has in immediate possession a valid driver's license issued
128.13 	to the nonresident in the home state or country may operate a
128.14 	motor vehicle in this state only as a driver;.
128.15 	(4) (e) A nonresident who has in immediate possession a
128.16 	valid commercial driver's license issued by a state or
128.17 	jurisdiction in compliance accordance with the Commercial Motor
128.18 	Vehicle Safety Act of 1986, United States Code, title 49,
128.19 	sections 521, 2304, and 2701 to 2716 standards of Code of
128.20 	Federal Regulations, title 49, part 383, and who is operating in
128.21 	Minnesota the class of commercial motor vehicle authorized by
128.22 	the issuing state;or jurisdiction is exempt.
128.23 	(5) (f) Any nonresident who is at least 18 years of age,
128.24 	whose home state or country does not require the licensing of
128.25 	drivers may operate a motor vehicle as a driver, but only for a
128.26 	period of not more than 90 days in any calendar year,if the
128.27 	motor vehicle so operated is duly registered for the current
128.28 	calendar year in the home state or country of such the 
128.29 	nonresident;.
128.30 	(6) (g) Any person who becomes a resident of the state of
128.31 	Minnesota and who has in possession a valid driver's license
128.32 	issued to the person under and pursuant to the laws of some
128.33 	other state or province jurisdiction or by military authorities
128.34 	of the United States may operate a motor vehicle as a
128.35 	driver, but only for a period of not more than 60 days after
128.36 	becoming a resident of this state,without being required to
129.1 	have a Minnesota driver's license as provided in this chapter;.
129.2 	(7) (h) Any person who becomes a resident of the state of
129.3 	Minnesota and who has in possession a valid commercial driver's
129.4 	license issued by another state or jurisdiction in
129.5 	compliance accordance with the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety
129.6 	Act of 1986, United States Code, title 49, sections 521, 2304,
129.7 	and 2701 to 2716 standards of Code of Federal Regulations, title
129.8 	49, part 383, is exempt for not more than 30 days after becoming
129.9 	a resident of this state; and .
129.10 	(8) (i) Any person operating a snowmobile, as defined in
129.11 	section 84.81, is exempt.

129.12 	Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.04,
129.13 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
129.14 		Subd. 2.Disqualified operators of commercial motor 
129.15 	vehicles.  During the period of disqualification, the department
129.16 	shall not issue a class C, class B, or class A commercial 
129.17 	driver's license, including a limited license,to a person who
129.18 	has been disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle
129.19 	under section 171.165.

129.20 	Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.05,
129.21 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
129.22 		Subdivision 1.Person 18 or more years of age. (a) Any
129.23 	person who is 18 or more years of age and who, except for a lack
129.24 	of instruction in operating a motor vehicle, would otherwise be
129.25 	qualified to obtain a class D driver's license under this
129.26 	chapter, may apply for an instruction permit and the department
129.27 	shall issue such the permit entitling .  The instruction permit
129.28 	entitles the applicant, while having such permit in immediate
129.29 	possession,to drive a motor vehicle for which a class D license
129.30 	is valid upon the highways for a period of one year, but such
129.31 	person must be two years if the permit holder:
129.32 	(1) has the permit in immediate possession; and 
129.33 	(2) is driving the vehicle while accompanied by an adult
129.34 	licensed driver who is actually occupying a seat beside the
129.35 	driver.
129.36 	(b) Any license of a lower class may be used as an
130.1 	instruction permit for to operate a vehicle requiring a higher
130.2 	class license for a period of six months after passage of the
130.3 	written test or tests required for the higher class and when the
130.4 	licensee is accompanied by and receiving instruction from a
130.5 	holder of the appropriate higher class license.  A copy of the
130.6 	record of examination taken for the higher class license must be
130.7 	carried by the driver while using such the lower class license
130.8 	as an instruction permit.

130.9 	Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.05,
130.10 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
130.11 		Subd. 2.Person less than 18 years of age.  (a)
130.12 	Notwithstanding any provision in subdivision 1 to the contrary,
130.13 	the department may issue an instruction permit to an applicant
130.14 	who is 15, 16, or 17 years of age and who:
130.15 	(1) has completed a course of driver education in another
130.16 	state, has a previously issued valid license from another state,
130.17 	or is enrolled in either:
130.18 	(i) a public, private, or commercial driver education
130.19 	program that is approved by the commissioner of public safety
130.20 	and that includes classroom and behind-the-wheel training; or
130.21 	(ii) an approved behind-the-wheel driver education program
130.22 	when the student is receiving full-time instruction in a home
130.23 	school within the meaning of sections 120A.22 and 120A.24, the
130.24 	student is working toward a home-school diploma, the student's
130.25 	status as a home-school student has been certified by the
130.26 	superintendent of the school district in which the student
130.27 	resides, and the student is taking home-classroom driver
130.28 	training with classroom materials approved by the commissioner
130.29 	of public safety;
130.30 	(2) has completed the classroom phase of instruction in the
130.31 	driver education program;
130.32 	(3) has passed a test of the applicant's eyesight;
130.33 	(4) has passed a department-administered test of the
130.34 	applicant's knowledge of traffic laws;
130.35 	(5) has completed the required application, which must be
130.36 	approved by (i) either parent when both reside in the same
131.1 	household as the minor applicant or, if otherwise, then (ii) the
131.2 	parent or spouse of the parent having custody or, in the event
131.3 	there is no court order for custody, then (iii) the parent or
131.4 	spouse of the parent with whom the minor is living or, if items
131.5 	(i) to (iii) do not apply, then (iv) the guardian having custody
131.6 	of the minor or, in the event a person under the age of 18 has
131.7 	no living father, mother, or guardian, or is married or
131.8 	otherwise legally emancipated, then (v) the applicant's adult
131.9 	spouse, adult close family member, or adult employer; provided,
131.10 	that the approval required by this clause contains a
131.11 	verification of the age of the applicant and the identity of the
131.12 	parent, guardian, adult spouse, adult close family member, or
131.13 	adult employer; and
131.14 	(6) has paid the fee required in section 171.06,
131.15 	subdivision 2.
131.16 	(b) The instruction permit is valid for one year two years 
131.17 	from the date of application and may be renewed upon payment of
131.18 	a fee equal to the fee for issuance of an instruction permit
131.19 	under section 171.06, subdivision 2.

131.20 	Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.06,
131.21 	subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
131.22 		Subd. 2a.Two-wheeled vehicle endorsement fee increased.
 131.23 	(a) The fee for any duplicate driver's license which is obtained
131.24 	for the purpose of adding a two-wheeled vehicle endorsement is
131.25 	increased by $18.50 for each first such duplicate license and
131.26 	$13 for each renewal thereof.  The additional fee shall must be
131.27 	paid into the state treasury and credited as follows:
131.28 	(1) $11 of the additional fee for each first duplicate
131.29 	license, and $7 of the additional fee for each renewal, must be
131.30 	credited to the motorcycle safety fund,which is hereby created;
131.31 	provided that any ten percent of fee receipts in excess of
131.32 	$750,000 in a fiscal year shall must be credited 90 percent to
131.33 	the trunk highway fund and ten percent to the general fund, as
131.34 	provided in section 171.26.
131.35 	(2) The remainder of the additional fee must be credited to
131.36 	the general fund.
132.1 	(b) All application forms prepared by the commissioner for
132.2 	two-wheeled vehicle endorsements shall must clearly state the
132.3 	amount of the total fee that is dedicated to the motorcycle
132.4 	safety fund.

132.5 	Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.09, is
132.6 	amended to read:
132.7 	171.09 DRIVING RESTRICTIONS; AUTHORITY, VIOLATIONS.
132.8 	(a) The commissioner shall have the authority, when good
132.9 	cause appears, to may impose restrictions suitable to the
132.10 	licensee's driving ability or such other restrictions applicable
132.11 	to the licensee as the commissioner may determine to be
132.12 	appropriate to assure the safe operation of a motor vehicle by
132.13 	the licensee. The commissioner may,
132.14 	(b) Pursuant to Code of Federal Regulations, title 49,
132.15 	section 383.95, if an applicant for a commercial driver's
132.16 	license either does not successfully complete the air brake
132.17 	component of the knowledge test, or does not successfully
132.18 	complete the skills test in a vehicle equipped with air brakes
132.19 	as such tests are prescribed in Code of Federal Regulations,
132.20 	title 49, part 384, the department shall indicate on the class
132.21 	C, class B, or class A commercial driver's license, if issued,
132.22 	that the individual is restricted from operating a commercial
132.23 	motor vehicle equipped with air brakes.
132.24 	(c) Upon receiving satisfactory evidence of any violation
132.25 	of the restrictions of on the license, the commissioner may 
132.26 	suspend or revoke the license.  A license suspension under this
132.27 	section is subject to section 171.18, subdivisions 2 and 3.
132.28 	(b) (d) A person who drives, operates, or is in physical
132.29 	control of a motor vehicle while in violation of the
132.30 	restrictions imposed in a restricted driver's license issued to
132.31 	that person under paragraph (a) this section is guilty of a
132.32 	crime as follows:
132.33 	(1) if the restriction relates to the possession or
132.34 	consumption of alcohol or controlled substances, the person is
132.35 	guilty of a gross misdemeanor; or
132.36 	(2) if the restriction relates to another matter, the
133.1 	person is guilty of a misdemeanor.

133.2 	Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.12,
133.3 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
133.4 		Subd. 3.Application and record, when destroyed.  The
133.5 	department may cause applications for drivers' licenses,
133.6 	provisional licenses, and instruction permits, and related
133.7 	records, to be destroyed immediately after the period for which
133.8 	issued, except that:
133.9 	(1) the driver's record pertaining to revocations,
133.10 	suspensions, cancellations, disqualifications, convictions, and
133.11 	accidents shall be is cumulative and must be kept for a period
133.12 	of at least five years;
133.13 	(2) the driver's record pertaining to violations of a
133.14 	driver or vehicle out-of-service order must be kept for a period
133.15 	of at least ten years; and 
133.16 	(3) the driver's record pertaining to felony convictions in
133.17 	the commission of which a motor vehicle was used, to the
133.18 	alcohol-related offenses and licensing actions listed in section
133.19 	169A.03, subdivisions 20 and 21, and to violations of sections 
133.20 	section 169.09, to violations of section 169A.31,and to
133.21 	violations of section 171.24, subdivision 5, shall must 
133.22 	be cumulative and kept for a period of at least 15 years, except
133.23 	as provided in clause (3); and 
133.24 	(3) the driver's record pertaining to an offense, or a
133.25 	related licensing action, under section 169A.20, subdivision 1,
133.26 	clause (1) or (5), must be purged after ten years of any
133.27 	reference to the offense or action if (i) this offense or action
133.28 	involved an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more but less than
133.29 	0.10, (ii) this offense or action was a first impaired driving
133.30 	incident, and (iii) the driver has incurred no other impaired
133.31 	driving incident during the ten-year period.  For purposes of
133.32 	this clause, "impaired driving incident" includes any incident
133.33 	that may be counted as a prior impaired driving conviction or a
133.34 	prior impaired driving-related loss of license, as defined in
133.35 	section 169A.03, subdivisions 20 and 21.  This clause does not
133.36 	apply to the driver's record of a person to whom a commercial
134.1 	driver's license has been issued retained permanently.

134.2 	Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.12,
134.3 	subdivision 6, is amended to read:
134.4 		Subd. 6.Certain convictions not recorded. (a) Except as
134.5 	provided in paragraph (b),the department shall not keep on the
134.6 	record of a driver any conviction for a violation of section
134.7 	169.14, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (3),a speed limit
134.8 	of 55 or 60 miles per hour unless the violation consisted of a
134.9 	speed greater than ten miles per hour in excess of the lawful
134.10 	speed a 55 miles per hour speed limit, or more than five miles
134.11 	per hour in excess of a 60 miles per hour speed limit.
134.12 	(b) This subdivision does not apply to (1) a violation that
134.13 	occurs in a commercial motor vehicle, or (2) a violation
134.14 	committed by a holder of a class A, B, or C commercial driver's
134.15 	license, without regard to whether the violation was committed
134.16 	in a commercial motor vehicle or another vehicle.

134.17 	Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.13,
134.18 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
134.19 		Subd. 2.Examination upon renewal. (a) The department
134.20 	shall issue a driver's license upon renewal:
134.21 	(1) when the applicant has passed an examination consisting
134.22 	of a screening of the applicant's eyesight since the last
134.23 	previous license renewal or issuance; and 
134.24 	(2) if applicable, when an applicant has passed a written
134.25 	examination since the last previous license renewal or issuance
134.26 	and after receiving a warning letter or attending a preliminary
134.27 	hearing as a habitual violator, within the meaning of rules
134.28 	adopted by the commissioner; and 
134.29 	(3) if applicable, when an applicant has passed a road
134.30 	examination since the last previous license renewal or issuance
134.31 	and after having had driving privileges suspended as a habitual
134.32 	violator, within the meaning of rules adopted by the
134.33 	commissioner.
134.34 	(b) A screening of eyesight required by this subdivision
134.35 	does not constitute the practice of optometry as defined in
134.36 	section 148.56.
135.1 	(c) The commissioner may adopt rules to administer this
135.2 	subdivision.
135.3 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2006.

135.4 	Sec. 56. [171.162] COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE, RECORDS
135.5 	CHECK.
135.6 	As required by Code of Federal Regulations, title 49,
135.7 	section 383.73, before issuing a class A, class B, or class C
135.8 	commercial driver's license, the department shall request the
135.9 	applicant's complete driving record from all states where the
135.10 	applicant was previously licensed over the last ten years to
135.11 	operate any type of motor vehicle.

135.12 	Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.165,
135.13 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
135.14 		Subdivision 1.first violation federal standards.
 135.15 	Subject to section 171.166, the commissioner shall disqualify a
135.16 	person from operating commercial motor vehicles for one year
135.17 	upon receiving a record of the first conviction of the person
135.18 	for committing a violation of any of the following offenses
135.19 	while operating a commercial motor vehicle:
135.20 	(1) section 169A.20 or 169A.31;
135.21 	(2) section 169.09, subdivision 1 or 2;
135.22 	(3) a felony, other than a felony described in subdivision
135.23 	3, paragraph (a), clause (2), item (ii);
135.24 	(4) driving with a revoked, suspended, canceled, denied, or
135.25 	disqualified commercial driver's license;
135.26 	(5) causing a fatality through the negligent or criminal
135.27 	operation of a commercial motor vehicle; or 
135.28 	(6) an offense committed in another state that would be
135.29 	grounds for disqualification under this subdivision or
135.30 	subdivision 2 if committed in Minnesota in accordance with the
135.31 	driver disqualifications and penalties in Code of Federal
135.32 	Regulations, title 49, part 383, subpart D and Code of Federal
135.33 	Regulations, title 49, section 384.219.

135.34 	Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.165,
135.35 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
135.36 		Subd. 2.Implied consent revocation.  The commissioner
136.1 	shall disqualify a person from operating commercial motor
136.2 	vehicles for one year from the effective date of a revocation
136.3 	under section 169A.52 or a statute or ordinance from another
136.4 	state or jurisdiction in conformity with it, if the person was
136.5 	driving, operating, or in physical control of a commercial motor
136.6 	vehicle at the time of the incident on which the revocation is
136.7 	based in accordance with the driver disqualifications and
136.8 	penalties in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 383,
136.9 	subpart D.

136.10 	Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.165,
136.11 	subdivision 6, is amended to read:
136.12 		Subd. 6.Exemptions. (a) A disqualification shall not be
136.13 	imposed under this section on a recreational equipment vehicle 
136.14 	operator, farmer, or firefighter authorized emergency vehicle
136.15 	operator operating a commercial motor vehicle within the scope
136.16 	of section 171.02, subdivision 2, paragraph (b).
136.17 	(b) A conviction for a violation that occurred before
136.18 	August 1, 2005, while operating a vehicle that is not a
136.19 	commercial motor vehicle shall not be counted as a first or
136.20 	subsequent violation for purposes of determining the period for
136.21 	which a driver must be disqualified under this section.

136.22 	Sec. 60. [171.167] NOTICE TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE
136.23 	INFORMATION SYSTEM.
136.24 	The department shall participate fully in the commercial
136.25 	driver's license information system established under the
136.26 	Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 at United States
136.27 	Code, title 49, section 31309.

136.28 	Sec. 61. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.18,
136.29 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
136.30 		Subdivision 1.Offenses.  The commissioner may suspend
136.31 	the license of a driver without preliminary hearing upon a
136.32 	showing by department records or other sufficient evidence that
136.33 	the licensee:
136.34 	(1) has committed an offense for which mandatory revocation
136.35 	of license is required upon conviction;
136.36 	(2) has been convicted by a court for violating a provision
137.1 	of chapter 169 or an ordinance regulating traffic, other than a
137.2 	conviction for a petty misdemeanor, and department records show
137.3 	that the violation contributed in causing an accident resulting
137.4 	in the death or personal injury of another, or serious property
137.5 	damage;
137.6 	(3) is an habitually reckless or negligent driver of a
137.7 	motor vehicle;
137.8 	(4) is an habitual violator of the traffic laws;
137.9 	(5) is incompetent to drive a motor vehicle as determined
137.10 	in a judicial proceeding;
137.11 	(6) has permitted an unlawful or fraudulent use of the
137.12 	license;
137.13 	(7) has committed an offense in another state that, if
137.14 	committed in this state, would be grounds for suspension;
137.15 	(8) has committed a violation of section 169.444,
137.16 	subdivision 2, paragraph (a), within five years of a prior
137.17 	conviction under that section;
137.18 	(9) has committed a violation of section 171.22, except
137.19 	that the commissioner may not suspend a person's driver's
137.20 	license based solely on the fact that the person possessed a
137.21 	fictitious or fraudulently altered Minnesota identification
137.22 	card;
137.23 	(10) has failed to appear in court as provided in section
137.24 	169.92, subdivision 4;
137.25 	(11) has failed to report a medical condition that, if
137.26 	reported, would have resulted in cancellation of driving
137.27 	privileges; or 
137.28 	(12) has been found to have committed an offense under
137.29 	section 169A.33; or 
137.30 	(13) has paid or attempted to pay a fee required under this
137.31 	chapter for a license or permit by means of a dishonored check
137.32 	issued to the state or a driver's license agent, which must be
137.33 	continued until the registrar is informed by the deputy
137.34 	registrar that the dishonored check has been paid in full.
137.35 	However, an action taken by the commissioner under clause (2) or
137.36 	(5) must conform to the recommendation of the court when made in
138.1 	connection with the prosecution of the licensee.

138.2 	Sec. 62. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 174.03, is
138.3 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
138.4 		Subd. 2a.State aviation plan. (a) Each revision of the
138.5 	state transportation plan must include a chapter setting out a
138.6 	state aviation plan.  The plan must include the following:
138.7 	(1) an analysis of the projected commercial aviation needs
138.8 	of the state over the next 20 years;
138.9 	(2) a description of the present capacity, function, and
138.10 	levels of activity at each commercial service airport as
138.11 	designated by the Federal Aviation Administration, each airport
138.12 	that the commissioner determines is likely to become a
138.13 	commercial service airport in the next 20 years, and any other
138.14 	airport that the commissioner determines should be included by
138.15 	reason of commercial passenger or cargo service levels; and 
138.16 	(3) a description of the capacity, function, and levels of
138.17 	activity that each airport identified in clause (2) must have in
138.18 	order to carry out the plan's goal and objectives and meet the
138.19 	needs described under clause (1).
138.20 	(b) In assessing aviation needs and the capacity, function,
138.21 	and level of activity at any airport, the plan must consider
138.22 	both commercial passenger service and cargo service.

138.23 	Sec. 63. [174.032] ADVISORY COUNCIL ON AVIATION
138.24 	PLANNING.
138.25 		Subdivision 1.Advisory council created. (a) The
138.26 	commissioner shall create an advisory council on aviation
138.27 	planning to advise the commissioner on the aviation chapter of
138.28 	the state transportation plan.  The council consists of the
138.29 	following members appointed by the commissioner except where
138.30 	otherwise provided:
138.31 	(1) one member of the Metropolitan Airports Commission;
138.32 	(2) one representative of major commercial airlines;
138.33 	(3) one representative of independent pilots who fly for
138.34 	small business;
138.35 	(4) one representative of the air cargo industry;
138.36 	(5) two representatives of the business community unrelated
139.1 	to aviation, one of whom must reside within the seven-county
139.2 	metropolitan area and one of whom must reside outside that area;
139.3 	(6) one representative of environmental interests;
139.4 	(7) one employee of the Department of Transportation's
139.5 	Office of Aeronautics;
139.6 	(8) two representatives of neighborhoods that are
139.7 	significantly affected by airplane noise;
139.8 	(9) one representative of tier-two airports (St. Cloud,
139.9 	Duluth, Willmar, and Rochester);
139.10 	(10) one member of the senate committee having jurisdiction
139.11 	over transportation policy, appointed by the chair of that
139.12 	committee; and 
139.13 	(11) one member of the house of representatives committee
139.14 	having jurisdiction over transportation policy, appointed by the
139.15 	chair of that committee.
139.16 	(b) Members of the advisory council serve at the pleasure
139.17 	of the appointing authority.  Members shall serve without
139.18 	compensation.
139.19 		Subd. 2.Advisory council duties. (a) The advisory
139.20 	council on aviation planning shall advise the commissioner on
139.21 	the aviation planning chapter of the state transportation plan
139.22 	required under section 174.03, subdivision 2a.  In carrying out
139.23 	these duties, the advisory council shall prepare an initial
139.24 	draft of the chapter and submit it to the commissioner, revise
139.25 	the draft if so requested by the commissioner, and comment to
139.26 	the commissioner on any revisions to the draft the commissioner
139.27 	makes.  In drafting the chapter the council shall consider:
139.28 	(1) present and anticipated capacity needs of commercial
139.29 	service airports, including limitations on expanding the
139.30 	capacity of individual commercial service airports imposed by
139.31 	state or local regulations, safety or environmental concerns,
139.32 	and land uses near the airport that are incompatible with
139.33 	airport operations;
139.34 	(2) the needs of Minnesota residents and businesses for
139.35 	passenger and cargo service, from both a statewide and regional
139.36 	perspective;
140.1 	(3) anticipated changes in commercial aircraft types and
140.2 	characteristics;
140.3 	(4) noise and other environmental impacts of aviation at
140.4 	commercial service airports;
140.5 	(5) trends in the aviation and airline industries; and 
140.6 	(6) relationship between aviation and other forms of
140.7 	transportation covered by the state transportation plan.
140.8 	(b) The advisory council may also make recommendations to
140.9 	the commissioner, the Metropolitan Airports Commission, and the
140.10 	legislature concerning the policy steps needed to implement the
140.11 	chapter.
140.12 		Subd. 3.Term of council; expiration; reconvening. (a)
140.13 	The commissioner shall appoint the first advisory council by
140.14 	July 1, 2005.  The council shall submit any recommendations it
140.15 	makes to the legislature by January 15, 2006.  The terms of all
140.16 	members of the advisory council serving on July 1, 2005, expire
140.17 	on January 1, 2007.
140.18 	(b) The commissioner shall appoint and convene a new
140.19 	advisory council not less than two years before the date on
140.20 	which each revision of the state transportation plan is required
140.21 	under section 174.03, subdivision 1a.  Each such advisory
140.22 	council must consist of members as prescribed in subdivision 1,
140.23 	who shall serve on the same terms as set forth under subdivision
140.24 	1.  Each such advisory council expires on the date on which the
140.25 	revision of the state transportation plan becomes final.

140.26 	Sec. 64. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 174.50, is
140.27 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
140.28 		Subd. 6b.Bridge engineering and design costs in smaller
140.29 	cities. Until June 30, 2007, the commissioner may make grants
140.30 	from the state transportation fund to a home rule or statutory
140.31 	city with a population of 5,000 or less and a net tax capacity
140.32 	of under $200,000 for design and preliminary engineering of
140.33 	bridges on city streets.  Grants under this subdivision are
140.34 	subject to the procedures and criteria established under
140.35 	subdivisions 5 and 6, and may be used for 100 percent of the
140.36 	design and preliminary engineering costs.  Total grants under
141.1 	this subdivision to all cities may not exceed $200,000.

141.2 	Sec. 65. [190.19] MINNESOTA "SUPPORT OUR TROOPS"
141.3 	ACCOUNT.
141.4 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. The Minnesota "Support Our
141.5 	Troops" account is established in the state treasury.  The
141.6 	account shall consist of contributions from private sources and
141.7 	appropriations.
141.8 		Subd. 2.Grants; appropriation, eligibility. (a) Money
141.9 	in the Minnesota "Support Our Troops" account is appropriated to
141.10 	the adjutant general for the purpose of making grants:
141.11 	(1) directly to eligible individuals; or 
141.12 	(2) to one or more eligible foundations for the purpose of
141.13 	making grants to eligible individuals, as provided in this
141.14 	section.
141.15 	(b) The term "eligible individual" includes any person who
141.16 	is:
141.17 	(1) a member of the Minnesota National Guard or a reserve
141.18 	unit based in Minnesota who has been called to active service as
141.19 	defined in section 190.05, subdivision 5;
141.20 	(2) a Minnesota resident who is a member of a military
141.21 	reserve unit not based in Minnesota, if the member is called to
141.22 	active service as defined in section 190.05, subdivision 5;
141.23 	(3) any other Minnesota resident performing active service
141.24 	for any branch of the military of the United States; and 
141.25 	(4) members of the immediate family of an individual
141.26 	identified in clause (1), (2), or (3).  For purposes of this
141.27 	clause, "immediate family" means the individual's spouse and
141.28 	minor children and, if they are dependents of the member of the
141.29 	military, the member's parents, grandparents, siblings,
141.30 	stepchildren, and adult children.
141.31 	(c) The term "eligible foundation" includes any
141.32 	organization that:
141.33 	(1) is a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of
141.34 	the Internal Revenue Code;
141.35 	(2) has articles of incorporation under chapter 317A
141.36 	specifying the purpose of the organization as including the
142.1 	provision of financial assistance to members of the Minnesota
142.2 	National Guard and other United States armed forces reserves and
142.3 	their families and survivors; and 
142.4 	(3) agrees in writing to distribute any grant money
142.5 	received from the adjutant general under this section to
142.6 	eligible individuals as defined in this section and in
142.7 	accordance with any written policies and rules the adjutant
142.8 	general may impose as conditions of the grant to the foundation.
142.9 	(d) The maximum grant awarded to an eligible individual in
142.10 	a calendar year with funds from the Minnesota "Support Our
142.11 	Troops" account, either through an eligible institution or
142.12 	directly from the adjutant general, may not exceed $2,000.
142.13 		Subd. 3.Annual report. The adjutant general must report
142.14 	by February 1, 2007, and each year thereafter, to the chairs and
142.15 	ranking minority members of the legislative committees and
142.16 	divisions with jurisdiction over military and veterans affairs
142.17 	on the number, amounts, and use of grants issued from the
142.18 	Minnesota "Support Our Troops" account in the previous year.

142.19 	Sec. 66. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 469.015,
142.20 	subdivision 4, is amended to read:
142.21 		Subd. 4.Exceptions.  (a) An authority need not require
142.22 	competitive bidding in the following circumstances:
142.23 	(1) in the case of a contract for the acquisition of a
142.24 	low-rent housing project:
142.25 	(i) for which financial assistance is provided by the
142.26 	federal government;
142.27 	(ii) which does not require any direct loan or grant of
142.28 	money from the municipality as a condition of the federal
142.29 	financial assistance; and
142.30 	(iii) for which the contract provides for the construction
142.31 	of the project upon land that is either owned by the authority
142.32 	for redevelopment purposes or not owned by the authority at the
142.33 	time of the contract but the contract provides for the
142.34 	conveyance or lease to the authority of the project or
142.35 	improvements upon completion of construction;
142.36 	(2) with respect to a structured parking facility:
143.1 	(i) constructed in conjunction with, and directly above or
143.2 	below, a development; and
143.3 	(ii) financed with the proceeds of tax increment or parking
143.4 	ramp general obligation or revenue bonds; and 
143.5 	(3) until August 1, 2009, with respect to a facility built
143.6 	for the purpose of facilitating the operation of public transit
143.7 	or encouraging its use:
143.8 	(i) constructed in conjunction with, and directly above or
143.9 	below, a development; and 
143.10 	(ii) financed with the proceeds of parking ramp general
143.11 	obligation or revenue bonds or with at least 60 percent of the
143.12 	construction cost being financed with funding provided by the
143.13 	federal government; and 
143.14 	(4) in the case of any building in which at least 75
143.15 	percent of the usable square footage constitutes a housing
143.16 	development project if:
143.17 	(i) the project is financed with the proceeds of bonds
143.18 	issued under section 469.034 or from nongovernmental sources;
143.19 	(ii) the project is either located on land that is owned or
143.20 	is being acquired by the authority only for development
143.21 	purposes, or is not owned by the authority at the time the
143.22 	contract is entered into but the contract provides for
143.23 	conveyance or lease to the authority of the project or
143.24 	improvements upon completion of construction; and
143.25 	(iii) the authority finds and determines that elimination
143.26 	of the public bidding requirements is necessary in order for the
143.27 	housing development project to be economical and feasible.
143.28 	(b) An authority need not require a performance bond for
143.29 	the following projects:
143.30 	(1) a contract described in paragraph (a), clause (1);
143.31 	(2) a construction change order for a housing project in
143.32 	which 30 percent of the construction has been completed;
143.33 	(3) a construction contract for a single-family housing
143.34 	project in which the authority acts as the general construction
143.35 	contractor; or
143.36 	(4) a services or materials contract for a housing project.
144.1 	For purposes of this paragraph, "services or materials
144.2 	contract" does not include construction contracts.

144.3 	Sec. 67. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 473.446,
144.4 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
144.5 		Subd. 3.Certification and collection.  Each county
144.6 	treasurer shall collect and make settlement of the taxes levied
144.7 	under subdivisions 1 and 1a and section 473.4461, subdivision 3,
144.8 	with the treasurer of the council.  The levy of transit taxes
144.9 	pursuant to this section shall not affect the amount or rate of
144.10 	taxes which may be levied by any county or municipality or by
144.11 	the council for other purposes authorized by law and shall be in
144.12 	addition to any other property tax authorized by law.
144.13 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for taxes
144.14 	payable in 2006 and thereafter.

144.15 	Sec. 68. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 473.4461, is
144.16 	amended to read:
144.17 	473.4461 ADDITIONS TO TRANSIT TAXING DISTRICT.
144.18 		Subdivision 1.Service expansion plan required.
 144.19 	Notwithstanding any provision of section 473.446 or any other
144.20 	law, the Metropolitan Council may not levy a tax under section
144.21 	473.446, subdivision 1, in any city or town not included in the
144.22 	transit taxing district as it existed on January 1, 2001, unless
144.23 	the council and the governing body of that city or town have
144.24 	agreed on a service expansion plan.
144.25 		Subd. 2.Contractual agreement to join transit district.
 144.26 	Notwithstanding section 473.446, subdivision 2, the Metropolitan
144.27 	Council may enter into an agreement with a city or a town to
144.28 	join the transit taxing district.  The agreement shall describe
144.29 	the types and levels of transit services to be provided within
144.30 	the area comprising the city or town.  The agreement may provide
144.31 	for a period of time, not to exceed 8 years, during which the
144.32 	area comprising the city or town will not be subject to the levy
144.33 	under section 473.446, subdivision 1.  The agreement must
144.34 	provide that after a period of time, not to exceed 8 years, the
144.35 	area comprising the city or town shall be subject to the levy
144.36 	under section 473.446, subdivision 1.
145.1 		Subd. 3.Property tax levy; municipality joining transit
145.2 	district. An agreement described in subdivision 2 may provide
145.3 	for a transit tax to be levied within the area comprising the
145.4 	city or town by the Metropolitan Council.  The rate of tax may
145.5 	not exceed the rate that the area comprising the city or town
145.6 	would be subject to if it were a part of the transit district
145.7 	under section 473.446, subdivision 2.  A tax levied under this
145.8 	subdivision may be used to fund transit operations or to pay the
145.9 	costs of principal and interest for transit-related bonded
145.10 	debt.  The agreement may provide that the rate of tax levied
145.11 	under this subdivision may vary within the area comprising the
145.12 	city or town, as long as the rate in any portion of the area
145.13 	does not exceed the rate that would be in effect under section
145.14 	473.446, subdivision 1.  If an agreement to join the transit
145.15 	taxing district authorizes a levy under this subdivision, a copy
145.16 	of that portion of the agreement must be filed with the auditor
145.17 	or auditors of the county or counties containing the city or
145.18 	town.
145.19 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
145.20 	following final enactment, for taxes payable in 2006 and
145.21 	thereafter.

145.22 	Sec. 69. DEVELOPMENT AUTHORIZED.
 145.23 	Dakota County Regional Railroad Authority may exercise the
145.24 	powers conferred by Minnesota Statutes, section 398A.04, to
145.25 	plan, establish, acquire, develop, construct, purchase, enlarge,
145.26 	extend, improve, maintain, equip, operate, regulate, and protect
145.27 	a bus rapid transit system located within the Cedar Avenue
145.28 	transit corridor within Dakota County.

145.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section
145.30 	645.023, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), this section is effective
145.31 	without local approval the day following final enactment.

145.32 	Sec. 70. SUSPENSION OF PROGRAM TO VERIFY INSURANCE
145.33 	COVERAGE THROUGH SAMPLING.
 145.34 	The commissioner of public safety shall take no action
145.35 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 169.796, subdivision 3, and
145.36 	shall discontinue all activities related to the program to
146.1 	verify insurance coverage through sampling, except as provided
146.2 	in sections 71 to 77.

146.3 	Sec. 71. REINSTATEMENT OF SUSPENDED LICENSES.
 146.4 	The commissioner, without requiring proof of insurance or
146.5 	payment of a reinstatement fee, shall reinstate the driver's
146.6 	license of every vehicle owner whose license is suspended under
146.7 	Minnesota Statutes, section 169.796, subdivision 3, retroactive
146.8 	to the date of the suspension.  The commissioner shall promptly
146.9 	refund any such reinstatement fees previously paid.

146.10 	Sec. 72. DISMISSAL OF CHARGES.
 146.11 	All charges, complaints, and citations issued for a
146.12 	violation of Minnesota Statutes, section 169.796, subdivision 3,
146.13 	or a related violation, including driving after a license
146.14 	suspension imposed for failure to comply with the provisions of
146.15 	Minnesota Statutes, section 169.796, subdivision 3, are void and
146.16 	must be dismissed.

146.17 	Sec. 73. REMOVAL OF PREVIOUS VIOLATIONS.
 146.18 	The commissioner shall purge from a person's driving record
146.19 	any notation of a violation of Minnesota Statutes, section
146.20 	169.796, subdivision 3, and any notation of a related suspension
146.21 	or violation, including driving after a license suspension
146.22 	imposed for failure to comply with the provisions of Minnesota
146.23 	Statutes, section 169.796, subdivision 3.  An insurer may not
146.24 	increase a premium for a policy of vehicle insurance on the
146.25 	basis of a violation described in this section by a named
146.26 	insured if the violation occurred before the effective date of
146.27 	this section, and any such increase previously imposed must be
146.28 	rescinded and any related premium increase promptly refunded.

146.29 	Sec. 74. REMEDIATION FOR CONVICTIONS.
 146.30 	A court in which a conviction for an offense referred to in
146.31 	section 72 occurred, must vacate the conviction, on its own
146.32 	motion, without cost to the person convicted, and must
146.33 	immediately notify the person that the conviction has been
146.34 	vacated.

146.35 	Sec. 75. REMEDIATION BY INSURERS.
 146.36 	(a) Insurers that issue or renew motor vehicle insurance in
147.1 	this state shall, within 60 days after the effective date of
147.2 	this section, inform the commissioner of commerce as to whether
147.3 	it has canceled, failed to renew, denied an application for
147.4 	coverage, or imposed a surcharge on any motor vehicle insurance
147.5 	due to a suspension or conviction as a result of the law
147.6 	referenced in section 70, provide a list of any such persons,
147.7 	and indicate for each person the remediation the insurer intends
147.8 	to provide.
147.9 	(b) Remediation under paragraph (a) must compensate the
147.10 	victim by providing refunds and reinstatements of coverage.
147.11 	(c) Insurers shall provide the remediation without
147.12 	requiring that the person make a request for remediation.
147.13 	(d) The commissioner of commerce shall enforce this section
147.14 	under its general enforcement powers under Minnesota Statutes,
147.15 	chapter 45.

147.16 	Sec. 76. REPORT.
 147.17 	The commissioner of public safety shall report to the
147.18 	chairs of the house of representatives and senate committees
147.19 	with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance by
147.20 	September 1, 2007, concerning the operation of the vehicle
147.21 	insurance verification program, and the impact of the program on
147.22 	the identification and number of uninsured motorists.

147.23 	Sec. 77. PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDING.
 147.24 	The commissioner of public safety shall use unspent funds
147.25 	appropriated for purposes of administering Minnesota Statutes,
147.26 	section 169.796, subdivision 3, to carry out the provisions of
147.27 	sections 71 and 73.  Funds remaining at the conclusion of fiscal
147.28 	year 2005 may be carried over to fiscal year 2006 until
147.29 	expended, to complete the required provisions of sections 71 and
147.30 	73.

147.31 	Sec. 78. WETLAND REPLACEMENT REQUIREMENT EXEMPTION.
 147.32 	Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, due to the
147.33 	construction of a trail in or near the city of Cologne on type I
147.34 	and type III wetlands in the area between the improved portion
147.35 	of marked State Highway 284 and Benton Lake, wetland replacement
147.36 	is eligible for replacement under Minnesota Statutes, section
148.1 	103G.222, subdivision 1, paragraph (l).

148.2 	Sec. 79. MAXIMUM TRAIN SPEED IN CITY OF ORR.
 148.3 	In order to eliminate or reduce local safety hazards, a
148.4 	railway corporation may not permit a train to be operated at a
148.5 	speed in excess of 30 miles per hour while any portion of the
148.6 	engine or train is within the limits of the city of Orr in St.
148.7 	Louis County.
148.8 	[EFFECTIVE DATE; LOCAL APPROVAL.]This section is effective
148.9 	the day after the governing body of the city of Orr and its
148.10 	chief clerical officer comply with Minnesota Statutes, section
148.11 	645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.

148.12 	Sec. 80. TRANSIT PARKING FACILITY; RESTRICTION.
 148.13 	Notwithstanding any other law, a state agency, political
148.14 	subdivision, or local transit agency may not require a permit as
148.15 	a condition for parking in a park-and-ride facility financed in
148.16 	whole or in part with state funds.  For purposes of this
148.17 	section, a "park-and-ride facility" is a parking lot or lots
148.18 	intended and operated primarily to provide parking for persons
148.19 	boarding regular route transit buses at a nearby transit stop or
148.20 	station.

148.21 	Sec. 81. ETHANOL MANDATE.
 148.22 	Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the minimum
148.23 	percentage of denatured alcohol that must be contained in
148.24 	gasoline sold or offered for sale in Minnesota under Minnesota
148.25 	Statutes, section 239.731, is more than ten percent, that
148.26 	percentage reverts to ten percent 90 days after the effective
148.27 	date of any federal law relating to (1) the federal excise tax
148.28 	rate on gasoline-ethanol blends, or (2) the deposit of revenues
148.29 	from the federal excise tax on gasoline-ethanol blends, that in
148.30 	the determination of the commissioner of transportation will
148.31 	result in a loss of federal transportation funds to Minnesota
148.32 	that is directly attributable to requiring a minimum of more
148.33 	than ten percent denatured ethanol in gasoline sold or offered
148.34 	for sale in Minnesota.

148.35 	Sec. 82. REPEALER.
 148.36 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 168.011, subdivision
149.1 	19; and 168.15, subdivision 2, are repealed.
149.2 	(b) Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.165, subdivisions
149.3 	3, 4, 4a, and 4b, are repealed.
149.4 	(c) Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 473.408, subdivision
149.5 	1, is repealed.
149.6 	(d) Minnesota Rules, part 7503.2400, is repealed.
149.7 	(e) Minnesota Rules, parts 7800.0600; 7800.3200, subpart 1;
149.8 	7805.0700; 8850.6900, subpart 20; and 8855.0500, subpart 1, are
149.9 	repealed.

149.10 	Sec. 83. EFFECTIVE DATE; EXPIRATION.
 149.11 	Sections 70 to 77 are effective the day following final
149.12 	enactment and expire on June 10, 2006.