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; authorizing issuance of
1.6 	trunk highway bonds; modifying vehicle registration
1.7 	tax; modifying law and proposing amendment to
1.8 	Minnesota Constitution to allocate proceeds of tax on
1.9 	sale of motor vehicles; allocating county state-aid
1.10 	highway funds; modifying provisions related to state
1.11 	mail, state highways and bridges, county state-aid
1.12 	highways, toll facilities, railroad grade crossings,
1.13 	traffic fine allocations, commercial motor vehicles,
1.14 	day activity center buses, other motor vehicles, state
1.15 	aviation, airport noise mitigation reporting, bridges
1.16 	in smaller cities, highway signs, various accounts,
1.17 	weight limits on highways and other traffic
1.18 	regulations, drivers' licenses and permits, transit
1.19 	facilities and operations, gasoline sales, wetland
1.20 	replacement near the city of Cologne, the employment
1.21 	status of public safety radio communications
1.22 	operators, the insurance verification sampling
1.23 	program, maximum train speeds in the city of Orr,
1.24 	park-and-ride lots, a restriction on ethanol
1.25 	requirements, deputy registrar positions in Carver and
1.26 	Hennepin Counties, and bicycle programs; requiring
1.27 	studies and reports; making technical and clarifying
1.28 	revisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections
1.29 	16B.49; 115A.908, subdivision 1; 160.87, by adding a
1.30 	subdivision; 161.14, by adding subdivisions; 161.361,
1.31 	subdivision 2; 162.06, subdivision 2; 162.07,
1.32 	subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 162.08,
1.33 	subdivision 3; 168.011, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, 5a, 6,
1.34 	7, 25, by adding subdivisions; 168.013, subdivisions
1.35 	1a, 8; 168.031; 168.09, subdivision 7; 168.091,
1.36 	subdivision 1; 168.10, subdivision 1c; 168.105,
1.37 	subdivisions 2, 3, 5; 168.12; 168.123; 168.1235;
1.38 	168.124; 168.125; 168.1255; 168.127, subdivision 6;
1.39 	168.128; 168.129; 168.1291; 168.1293; 168.1296;
1.40 	168.1297; 168.15, subdivision 1; 168.16; 168.27,
1.41 	subdivision 11; 168.31, subdivision 5; 168.33;
1.42 	168.345, subdivisions 1, 2; 168.381; 168.54,
1.43 	subdivisions 4, 5; 168A.152, subdivision 2; 168A.29;
1.44 	168A.31; 169.01, subdivisions 75, 76, 78; 169.09,
1.45 	subdivision 13; 169.18, subdivisions 4, 5, 11, as
1.46 	amended, if enacted; 169.448, by adding a subdivision;
2.1 	169.71, subdivision 1; 169.81, subdivision 3c;
2.2 	169.824, subdivision 2; 169.851, subdivision 5;
2.3 	169.86, subdivision 5; 169.87, subdivision 4; 169.99,
2.4 	subdivision 1b; 169A.52, subdivision 3; 169A.60,
2.5 	subdivision 16; 171.01, subdivisions 22, 35, 47, by
2.6 	adding a subdivision; 171.02; 171.03; 171.04,
2.7 	subdivision 2; 171.05, subdivisions 1, 2; 171.06,
2.8 	subdivisions 2, 2a; 171.061, subdivision 4; 171.07,
2.9 	subdivision 11; 171.09; 171.12, subdivisions 3, 6;
2.10 	171.13, subdivisions 2, 6, by adding a subdivision;
2.11 	171.165, subdivisions 1, 2, 6; 171.18, subdivision 1;
2.12 	171.20, subdivision 4; 171.26; 171.29, subdivision 2;
2.13 	171.36; 174.03, by adding subdivisions; 174.50, by
2.14 	adding a subdivision; 179A.03, subdivision 7; 179A.10,
2.15 	subdivision 2; 192.502, subdivision 2; 197.65;
2.16 	297B.09, subdivision 1; 299D.03, subdivision 5;
2.17 	469.015, subdivision 4; 473.446, subdivision 3;
2.18 	473.4461; 473.604, subdivision 5; 473F.08, subdivision
2.19 	3b; 609.855, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding
2.20 	for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 160; 168;
2.21 	169; 171; 174; 190; 219; 299A; repealing Minnesota
2.22 	Statutes 2004, sections 168.011, subdivision 19;
2.23 	168.012, subdivision 12; 168.041, subdivision 11;
2.24 	168.105, subdivision 6; 168.15, subdivision 2;
2.25 	168.231; 168.345, subdivisions 3, 4; 168C.01; 168C.02;
2.26 	168C.03; 168C.04; 168C.05; 168C.06; 168C.07; 168C.08;
2.27 	168C.09; 168C.10; 168C.11; 168C.12; 168C.13; 170.23;
2.28 	171.12, subdivision 8; 171.165, subdivisions 3, 4, 4a,
2.29 	4b; 171.185; 473.408, subdivision 1; 2005 H.F. No.
2.30 	2461, article 3, sections 9, 10; Minnesota Rules,
2.31 	parts 7407.0100; 7407.0200; 7407.0300; 7407.0400;
2.32 	7407.0500; 7407.0600; 7407.0700; 7407.0800; 7407.0900;
2.33 	7407.1000; 7407.1100; 7407.1200; 7407.1300; 7503.2400;
2.34 	7800.0600; 7800.3200, subpart 1; 7805.0700; 8850.6900,
2.35 	subpart 20; 8855.0500, subpart 1.
2.36 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.37 	ARTICLE 1
2.38 	APPROPRIATIONS
2.39 	TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER AGENCIES

2.40 	Section 1. TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS.
 2.41 	The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are
2.42 	appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to
2.43 	the agencies and for the purposes specified in this article, to
2.44 	be available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.
2.45 	The figures "2006" and "2007," where used in this article, mean
2.46 	that the appropriations listed under them are available for the
2.47 	year ending June 30, 2006, or June 30, 2007, respectively.  If
2.48 	the figures are not used, the appropriations are available for
2.49 	the year ending June 30, 2006, or June 30, 2007, respectively.
2.50 	The term "first year" means the year ending June 30, 2006, and
2.51 	the term "second year" means the year ending June 30, 2007.
2.52 	SUMMARY BY FUND
2.53 	2006          2007           TOTAL
3.1 	General            $   80,266,000 $   81,521,000 $  161,787,000
3.2 	Airports               19,458,000     19,458,000     38,916,000
3.3 	C.S.A.H.              441,335,000    453,948,000    895,283,000
3.4 	M.S.A.S.              117,048,000    120,841,000    237,889,000
3.5 	Special Revenue        44,663,000     43,968,000     88,631,000
3.6 	Highway User            8,568,000      8,638,000     17,206,000
3.7 	Trunk Highway       1,148,211,000  1,260,498,000  2,408,709,000
3.8 	TOTAL              $1,859,549,000 $1,988,872,000 $3,848,421,000
3.9 	APPROPRIATIONS
3.10 	                                       Available for the Year
3.11 	                                           Ending June 30
3.12 	                                          2006         2007

3.13 	Sec. 2. TRANSPORTATION
 3.14 		Subdivision 1.Total
3.15 	Appropriation                     $1,668,577,000 $1,797,279,000
3.16 	The appropriations in this section are
3.17 	from the trunk highway fund, except
3.18 	when another fund is named.
3.19 	Summary by Fund
3.20 	2006          2007
3.21 	General              16,721,000    16,721,000
3.22 	Airports             19,408,000    19,408,000
3.23 	C.S.A.H.            441,335,000   453,948,000
3.24 	M.S.A.S.            117,048,000   120,841,000
3.25 	Trunk Highway     1,074,379,000 1,188,931,000
3.26 	The amounts that may be spent from this
3.27 	appropriation for each program are
3.28 	specified in the following subdivisions.
3.29 		Subd. 2.Multimodal Systems          42,647,000     42,647,000
3.30 	Summary by Fund
3.31 	Airports             19,383,000    19,383,000
3.32 	General              16,656,000    16,656,000
3.33 	Trunk Highway         6,608,000     6,608,000
3.34 	The amounts that may be spent from this
3.35 	appropriation for each activity are as
3.36 	follows:
3.37 	(a) Aeronautics
3.38 	20,220,000     20,220,000
3.39 	Summary by Fund
3.40 	Airports             19,383,000    19,383,000
3.41 	Trunk Highway           837,000       837,000
4.1 	Except as otherwise provided, the
4.2 	appropriations in this subdivision are
4.3 	from the state airports fund.
4.4 	(1) Airport Development
4.5 	and Assistance
4.6 	14,298,000     14,298,000
4.7 	These appropriations must be spent
4.8 	according to Minnesota Statutes,
4.9 	section 360.305, subdivision 4.
4.10 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes,
4.11 	section 16A.28, subdivision 6, funds
4.12 	are available for five years after
4.13 	appropriation.
4.14 	If the appropriation for either year is
4.15 	insufficient, the appropriation for the
4.16 	other year is available for it.
4.17 	Of this state airports fund
4.18 	appropriation in Laws 2003, First
4.19 	Special Session chapter 19, article 1,
4.20 	section 2, subdivision 2, paragraph
4.21 	(a), clause (1), $1,900,000 cancels to
4.22 	the state airports fund.  This
4.23 	cancellation is effective the day
4.24 	following final enactment.
4.25 	(2) Aviation Support and Services
4.26 	5,922,000      5,922,000
4.27 	Summary by Fund
4.28 	Airports              5,085,000     5,085,000
4.29 	Trunk Highway           837,000       837,000
4.30 	$65,000 the first year and $65,000 the
4.31 	second year are for the Civil Air
4.32 	Patrol.
4.33 	(b) Transit
4.34 	17,105,000     17,105,000
4.35 	Summary by Fund
4.36 	General              16,310,000    16,310,000
4.37 	Trunk Highway           795,000       795,000
4.38 	The commissioner shall conduct a study
4.39 	of the feasibility and potential of
4.40 	regular route commuter transit service
4.41 	from outside the transit service area
4.42 	to inside the transit service area,
4.43 	operated by a private entity without
4.44 	public financial assistance.  The
4.45 	commissioner shall conduct the study to
4.46 	evaluate the effectiveness of
4.47 	incentives to provide such service by a
4.48 	private entity, including:  (1) income
4.49 	tax exemptions; (2) motor vehicle
4.50 	registration tax exemptions; (3) motor
4.51 	fuel tax exemptions; (4) use of freeway
4.52 	and expressway shoulders for bus
4.53 	travel; (5) use of existing bus stops
5.1 	within the transit service area; and
5.2 	(6) other incentives the commissioner
5.3 	determines may provide an incentive for
5.4 	such service.
5.5 	The commissioner shall report on the
5.6 	results of the study to the chairs of
5.7 	the legislative committees having
5.8 	jurisdiction over transportation policy
5.9 	and finance by February 15, 2006.
5.10 	(c) Freight
5.11 	The general fund budget base for this
5.12 	activity for the 2008-2009 biennium is
5.13 	$15,810,000 each year.
5.14 	5,322,000      5,322,000
5.15 	Summary by Fund
5.16 	General                 346,000       346,000
5.17 	Trunk Highway         4,976,000     4,976,000
5.18 		Subd. 3.State Roads              1,011,958,000  1,124,254,000
5.19 	Summary by Fund
5.20 	General                   9,000         9,000
5.21 	Trunk Highway     1,011,949,000 1,124,245,000
5.22 	The amounts that may be spent from this
5.23 	appropriation for each activity are as
5.24 	follows:
5.25 	(a) Infrastructure Investment and Planning
5.26 	801,247,000   913,543,000
5.27 	(1) Infrastructure Investment Support
5.28 	168,207,000   168,207,000
5.29 	$266,000 the first year and $266,000
5.30 	the second year are available for
5.31 	grants to metropolitan planning
5.32 	organizations outside the seven-county
5.33 	metropolitan area.
5.34 	$75,000 the first year and $75,000 the
5.35 	second year are for a transportation
5.36 	research contingent account to finance
5.37 	research projects that are reimbursable
5.38 	from the federal government or from
5.39 	other sources.  If the appropriation
5.40 	for either year is insufficient, the
5.41 	appropriation for the other year is
5.42 	available for it.
5.43 	$600,000 the first year and $600,000
5.44 	the second year are available for
5.45 	grants for transportation studies
5.46 	outside the metropolitan area to
5.47 	identify critical concerns, problems,
5.48 	and issues.  These grants are available
5.49 	(1) to regional development
5.50 	commissions, and (2) in regions where
5.51 	no regional development commission is
5.52 	functioning, to joint powers boards
6.1 	established under agreement of two or
6.2 	more political subdivisions in the
6.3 	region to exercise the planning
6.4 	functions of a regional development
6.5 	commission, and (3) in regions where no
6.6 	regional development commission or
6.7 	joint powers board is functioning, to
6.8 	the department's district office for
6.9 	that region.
6.10 	The commissioner shall contract with
6.11 	the University of Minnesota Center for
6.12 	Transportation Studies for a study of
6.13 	the feasibility and effectiveness of a
6.14 	remodeled transit system in the
6.15 	metropolitan area that incorporates the
6.16 	metropolitan freeway system.  The study
6.17 	must include consideration of a system
6.18 	whereby passengers board from a freeway
6.19 	median or freeway shoulder, or
6.20 	combination thereof.  The study must
6.21 	include:
6.22 	(1) similar studies or projects in
6.23 	other states;
6.24 	(2) time savings to passengers and
6.25 	cost-effectiveness of using transit
6.26 	vehicles operating without tracks
6.27 	within existing freeway right-of-way;
6.28 	and
6.29 	(3) feasibility of realignment of the
6.30 	existing bus transit system to directly
6.31 	feed the transit vehicles operating
6.32 	within freeway right-of-way.
6.33 	The Center for Transportation Studies
6.34 	shall consult with the Metropolitan
6.35 	Council on the redesign of the system.
6.36 	The Metropolitan Council must provide
6.37 	the center with all relevant ridership
6.38 	and cost information, and must assist
6.39 	and cooperate with the center as
6.40 	necessary to complete the study.
6.41 	The contract must require the Center
6.42 	for Transportation Studies to report on
6.43 	the study, with findings and
6.44 	recommendations, by June 30, 2006.
6.45 	(2) State Road Construction
6.46 	576,950,000    680,950,000
6.47 	It is estimated that these
6.48 	appropriations will be funded as
6.49 	follows:
6.50 	Federal Highway Aid
6.51 	280,000,000    384,000,000
6.52 	Highway User Taxes
6.53 	296,950,000    296,950,000
6.54 	The commissioner of transportation
6.55 	shall notify the chair of the
6.56 	Transportation Budget Division of the
6.57 	senate and the chair of the
7.1 	Transportation Finance Committee of the
7.2 	house of representatives of any
7.3 	significant events that should cause
7.4 	these estimates to change.
7.5 	This appropriation is for the actual
7.6 	construction, reconstruction, and
7.7 	improvement of trunk highways including
7.8 	consultant usage to support these
7.9 	activities.  This includes the cost of
7.10 	actual payment to landowners for lands
7.11 	acquired for highway rights-of-way,
7.12 	payment to lessees, interest subsidies,
7.13 	and relocation expenses.
7.14 	The commissioner may transfer up to
7.15 	$15,000,000 each year to the
7.16 	transportation revolving loan fund.
7.17 	The commissioner may receive money
7.18 	covering other shares of the cost of
7.19 	partnership projects.  These receipts
7.20 	are appropriated to the commissioner
7.21 	for these projects.
7.22 	(3) Highway Debt Service
7.23 	67,689,000     89,688,000
7.24 	$51,758,000 the first year and
7.25 	$83,828,000 the second year are for
7.26 	transfer to the state bond fund.  If
7.27 	this appropriation is insufficient to
7.28 	make all transfers required in the year
7.29 	for which it is made, the commissioner
7.30 	of finance shall notify the Committee
7.31 	on State Government Finance of the
7.32 	senate and the Committee on Ways and
7.33 	Means of the house of representatives
7.34 	of the amount of the deficiency and
7.35 	shall then transfer that amount under
7.36 	the statutory open appropriation.  Any
7.37 	excess appropriation cancels to the
7.38 	trunk highway fund.
7.39 	(b) Infrastructure Operations
7.40 	and Maintenance
7.41 	204,746,000    204,746,000
7.42 	(c) Electronic Communications
7.43 	5,965,000      5,965,000
7.44 	Summary by Fund
7.45 	General                   9,000         9,000
7.46 	Trunk Highway         5,956,000     5,956,000
7.47 	$9,000 the first year and $9,000 the
7.48 	second year are from the general fund
7.49 	for equipment and operation of the
7.50 	Roosevelt signal tower for Lake of the
7.51 	Woods weather broadcasting.
7.52 		Subd. 4.Local Roads                558,383,000    574,789,000
7.53 	Summary by Fund
7.54 	C.S.A.H.            441,335,000   453,948,000
8.1 	M.S.A.S.            117,048,000   120,841,000
8.2 	The amounts that may be spent from this
8.3 	appropriation for each activity are as
8.4 	follows:
8.5 	(a) County State Aids
8.6 	441,335,000    453,948,000
8.7 	This appropriation is from the county
8.8 	state-aid highway fund and is available
8.9 	until spent.
8.10 	(b) Municipal State Aids
8.11 	117,048,000    120,841,000
8.12 	This appropriation is from the
8.13 	municipal state-aid street fund and is
8.14 	available until spent.
8.15 	If an appropriation for either county
8.16 	state aids or municipal state aids does
8.17 	not exhaust the balance in the fund
8.18 	from which it is made in the year for
8.19 	which it is made, the commissioner of
8.20 	finance, upon request of the
8.21 	commissioner of transportation, shall
8.22 	notify the chair of the Transportation
8.23 	Finance Committee of the house of
8.24 	representatives and the chair of the
8.25 	Transportation Budget Division of the
8.26 	senate of the amount of the remainder
8.27 	and shall then add that amount to the
8.28 	appropriation.  The amount added is
8.29 	appropriated for the purposes of county
8.30 	state aids or municipal state aids, as
8.31 	appropriate.
8.32 	If the appropriation for either county
8.33 	state aids or municipal state aids does
8.34 	exhaust the balance in the fund from
8.35 	which it is made in the year for which
8.36 	it is made, the commissioner of finance
8.37 	shall notify the chair of the
8.38 	Transportation Finance Committee of the
8.39 	house of representatives and the chair
8.40 	of the Transportation Budget Division
8.41 	of the senate of the amount by which
8.42 	the appropriation exceeds the balance
8.43 	and shall then reduce that amount from
8.44 	the appropriation.
8.45 		Subd. 5.General Support
8.46 	and Services                          55,589,000     55,589,000
8.47 	Summary by Fund
8.48 	General                  56,000        56,000
8.49 	Airports                 25,000        25,000
8.50 	Trunk Highway        55,508,000    55,508,000
8.51 	The amounts that may be spent from this
8.52 	appropriation for each activity are as
8.53 	follows:
8.54 	(a) Department Support
9.1 	38,999,000     38,999,000
9.2 	Summary by Fund
9.3 	Airports                 25,000        25,000
9.4 	Trunk Highway        38,974,000    38,974,000
9.5 	(b) Buildings
9.6 	16,590,000     16,590,000
9.7 	Summary by Fund
9.8 	General                  56,000        56,000
9.9 	Trunk Highway        16,534,000    16,534,000
9.10 	If the appropriation for either year is
9.11 	insufficient, the appropriation for the
9.12 	other year is available for it.
9.13 	The trunk highway fund budget base for
9.14 	this activity in fiscal years 2008 and
9.15 	2009 is $12,534,000 each year.
9.16 		Subd. 6.Transfers
9.17 	(a) With the approval of the
9.18 	commissioner of finance, the
9.19 	commissioner of transportation may
9.20 	transfer unencumbered balances among
9.21 	the appropriations from the trunk
9.22 	highway fund and the state airports
9.23 	fund made in this section.  No transfer
9.24 	may be made from the appropriation for
9.25 	state road construction.  No transfer
9.26 	may be made from the appropriations for
9.27 	debt service to any other appropriation.
9.28 	Transfers under this paragraph may not
9.29 	be made between funds.  Transfers
9.30 	between programs must be reported
9.31 	immediately to the chair of the
9.32 	Transportation Budget Division of the
9.33 	senate and the chair of the
9.34 	Transportation Finance Committee of the
9.35 	house of representatives.
9.36 	(b) The commissioner of finance shall
9.37 	transfer from the flexible account in
9.38 	the county state-aid highway fund
9.39 	$5,650,000 the first year and
9.40 	$1,480,000 the second year to the
9.41 	municipal turnback account in the
9.42 	municipal state-aid street fund,
9.43 	$10,390,000 the first year to the trunk
9.44 	highway fund and $7,380,000 the second
9.45 	year to the trunk highway fund, and the
9.46 	remainder in each year to the county
9.47 	turnback account in the county
9.48 	state-aid highway fund.
9.49 		Subd. 7.Use of State Road
9.50 	Construction Appropriations
9.51 	Any money appropriated to the
9.52 	commissioner of transportation for
9.53 	state road construction for any fiscal
9.54 	year before fiscal year 2006 is
9.55 	available to the commissioner during
9.56 	fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to the
10.1 	extent that the commissioner spends the
10.2 	money on the state road construction
10.3 	project for which the money was
10.4 	originally encumbered during the fiscal
10.5 	year for which it was appropriated.
10.6 	The commissioner of transportation
10.7 	shall report to the commissioner of
10.8 	finance by August 1, 2005, and August
10.9 	1, 2006, on a form the commissioner of
10.10 	finance provides, on expenditures made
10.11 	during the previous fiscal year that
10.12 	are authorized by this subdivision.
10.13 		Subd. 8.Contingent Appropriation
10.14 	The commissioner of transportation,
10.15 	with the approval of the governor after
10.16 	review by the Legislative Advisory
10.17 	Commission under Minnesota Statutes,
10.18 	section 3.30, may transfer all or part
10.19 	of the unappropriated balance in the
10.20 	trunk highway fund to an appropriation
10.21 	(1) for trunk highway design,
10.22 	construction, or inspection in order to
10.23 	take advantage of an unanticipated
10.24 	receipt of income to the trunk highway
10.25 	fund or to take advantage of Federal
10.26 	Advanced Construction funding, (2) for
10.27 	trunk highway maintenance in order to
10.28 	meet an emergency, or (3) to pay tort
10.29 	or environmental claims.  Any transfer
10.30 	as a result of the use of Federal
10.31 	Advanced Construction funding must
10.32 	include an analysis of the effects on
10.33 	the long-term trunk highway fund
10.34 	balance.  The amount transferred is
10.35 	appropriated for the purpose of the
10.36 	account to which it is transferred.

10.37 	Sec. 3. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
10.38 	TRANSIT                               58,303,000     59,553,000
 10.39 	(a) Bus Transit
10.40 	54,753,000     54,753,000
10.41 	This appropriation is for bus system
10.42 	operations.
10.43 	The general fund budget base for this
10.44 	activity for the 2008-2009 biennium is
10.45 	$53,953,000 each year.
10.46 	Money received by the council under
10.47 	Minnesota Statutes, section 473F.08,
10.48 	subdivision 3b, must be used by the
10.49 	council to eliminate the council's
10.50 	targeted service reductions in the
10.51 	2006-2007 biennium.
10.52 	The council may not implement those
10.53 	reductions in the 2006-2007 biennium.
10.54 	The council shall achieve compliance
10.55 	with this provision through the use of:
10.56 	(1) the appropriations and other
10.57 	funding in this paragraph;
10.58 	(2) other revenue increases:
10.59 	(3) administrative reductions;
11.1 	(4) cost-containment measures; and
11.2 	(5) operating efficiencies.
11.3 	The council may not reduce the Metro
11.4 	Mobility service area in the 2006-2007
11.5 	biennium.
11.6 	The council must charge the fully
11.7 	allocated cost of providing transit
11.8 	services under any contracts signed
11.9 	with private corporations or nonprofit
11.10 	organizations sponsoring special
11.11 	services or events.
11.12 	(b) Rail Operations
11.13 	3,550,000      4,800,000
11.14 	This appropriation is for operations of
11.15 	the Hiawatha LRT line.
11.16 	This appropriation is for paying 50
11.17 	percent of operating costs for the
11.18 	Hiawatha light rail transit line after
11.19 	operating revenue and federal funds are
11.20 	used for light rail transit operations.
11.21 	The remaining operating costs up to a
11.22 	maximum of $3,550,000 the first year
11.23 	and $4,800,000 the second year are to
11.24 	be paid by the Hennepin County Regional
11.25 	Rail Authority, using any or all of
11.26 	these sources:
11.27 	(1) general tax revenues of Hennepin
11.28 	County;
11.29 	(2) the authority's reserves; and
11.30 	(3) taxes levied under Minnesota
11.31 	Statutes, section 398A.04, subdivision
11.32 	8, notwithstanding any provision in
11.33 	that subdivision that limits amounts
11.34 	that may be levied for light rail
11.35 	transit purposes.
11.36 	Of the $1,200,000 realized by the
11.37 	council from unanticipated fare revenue
11.38 	and cost savings from light rail
11.39 	transit operations in 2004-2005, the
11.40 	council must transmit one-half to the
11.41 	Hennepin County Regional Rail Authority
11.42 	and one-half to the general fund by
11.43 	June 30, 2005.

11.44 	Sec. 4. PUBLIC SAFETY
 11.45 		Subdivision 1.Total
11.46 	Appropriation                        136,694,000    131,065,000
11.47 	Summary by Fund
11.48 	General               5,242,000     5,247,000
11.49 	Trunk Highway        73,346,000    73,337,000
11.50 	Highway User          8,443,000     8,513,000
11.51 	Special Revenue      44,663,000    43,968,000
11.52 		Subd. 2.Administration
12.1 	and Related Services                   9,684,000      9,689,000
12.2 	Summary by Fund
12.3 	General               2,371,000     2,376,000
12.4 	Trunk Highway         5,938,000     5,938,000
12.5 	Highway User          1,385,000     1,385,000
12.6 	(a) Office of Communications
12.7 	385,000        385,000
12.8 	Summary by Fund
12.9 	General                  39,000        39,000
12.10 	Trunk Highway           346,000       346,000
12.11 	(b) Public Safety Support
12.12 	6,855,000      6,860,000
12.13 	Summary by Fund
12.14 	General               2,241,000     2,246,000
12.15 	Trunk Highway         3,248,000     3,248,000
12.16 	Highway User          1,366,000     1,366,000
12.17 	$375,000 the first year and $380,000
12.18 	the second year are for payment of
12.19 	public safety officer survivor benefits
12.20 	under Minnesota Statutes, section
12.21 	299A.44.  If the appropriation for
12.22 	either year is insufficient, the
12.23 	appropriation for the other year is
12.24 	available for it.
12.25 	$314,000 the first year and $314,000
12.26 	the second year are to be deposited in
12.27 	the public safety officer's benefit
12.28 	account.  This money is available for
12.29 	reimbursements under Minnesota
12.30 	Statutes, section 299A.465.
12.31 	$508,000 the first year and $508,000
12.32 	the second year are for soft body armor
12.33 	reimbursements under Minnesota
12.34 	Statutes, section 299A.38.
12.35 	$792,000 the first year and $792,000
12.36 	the second year are appropriated from
12.37 	the general fund for transfer by the
12.38 	commissioner of finance to the trunk
12.39 	highway fund on December 31, 2005, and
12.40 	December 31, 2006, respectively, in
12.41 	order to reimburse the trunk highway
12.42 	fund for expenses not related to the
12.43 	fund.  These represent amounts
12.44 	appropriated out of the trunk highway
12.45 	fund for general fund purposes in the
12.46 	administration and related services
12.47 	program.
12.48 	$610,000 the first year and $610,000
12.49 	the second year are appropriated from
12.50 	the highway user tax distribution fund
12.51 	for transfer by the commissioner of
13.1 	finance to the trunk highway fund on
13.2 	December 31, 2005, and December 31,
13.3 	2006, respectively, in order to
13.4 	reimburse the trunk highway fund for
13.5 	expenses not related to the fund.
13.6 	These represent amounts appropriated
13.7 	out of the trunk highway fund for
13.8 	highway user tax distribution fund
13.9 	purposes in the administration and
13.10 	related services program.
13.11 	$716,000 the first year and $716,000
13.12 	the second year are appropriated from
13.13 	the highway user tax distribution fund
13.14 	for transfer by the commissioner of
13.15 	finance to the general fund on December
13.16 	31, 2005, and December 31, 2006,
13.17 	respectively, in order to reimburse the
13.18 	general fund for expenses not related
13.19 	to the fund.  These represent amounts
13.20 	appropriated out of the general fund
13.21 	for operation of the criminal justice
13.22 	data network related to driver and
13.23 	motor vehicle licensing.
13.24 	(c) Technical Support Services
13.25 	2,454,000      2,454,000
13.26 	Summary by Fund
13.27 	General                  91,000        91,000
13.28 	Trunk Highway         2,344,000     2,344,000
13.29 	Highway User             19,000        19,000
13.30 		Subd. 3.State Patrol                70,047,000     70,038,000
13.31 	Summary by Fund
13.32 	General               2,871,000     2,871,000
13.33 	Trunk Highway        67,084,000    67,075,000
13.34 	Highway User             92,000        92,000
13.35 	(a) Patrolling Highways
13.36 	60,739,000     60,730,000
13.37 	Summary by Fund
13.38 	General                  37,000        37,000
13.39 	Trunk Highway        60,610,000    60,601,000
13.40 	Highway User             92,000        92,000
13.41 	Of this appropriation, $3,700,000 the
13.42 	first year is for the cost of adding
13.43 	State Patrol positions.  If money
13.44 	transferred to the trunk highway fund
13.45 	in the first year from the alcohol
13.46 	enforcement account in the special
13.47 	revenue fund is less than the amount
13.48 	specified in this paragraph, the
13.49 	commissioner shall make up the
13.50 	difference by transferring to the trunk
13.51 	highway fund money allocated to the
13.52 	commissioner under the federal repeat
14.1 	offender transfer program, Public Law
14.2 	105-206, section 164.
14.3 	(b) Commercial Vehicle Enforcement
14.4 	6,474,000      6,474,000
14.5 	This appropriation is from the trunk
14.6 	highway fund.
14.7 	(c) Capitol Security
14.8 	2,834,000      2,834,000
14.9 	The commissioner may not (1) spend any
14.10 	money from the trunk highway fund for
14.11 	capitol security, or (2) permanently
14.12 	transfer any state trooper from the
14.13 	patrolling highways activity to capitol
14.14 	security.
14.15 	The commissioner may not transfer any
14.16 	money (1) appropriated for Department
14.17 	of Public Safety administration, the
14.18 	patrolling of highways, commercial
14.19 	vehicle enforcement, or driver and
14.20 	vehicle services to capitol security or
14.21 	(2) from capitol security.
14.22 		Subd. 4.Driver and Vehicle Services
14.23 	50,635,000     50,010,000
14.24 	Summary by Fund
14.25 	Highway User          6,966,000     7,036,000
14.26 	Special Revenue      43,669,000    42,974,000
14.27 	(a) Vehicle Services
14.28 	23,379,000     23,795,000
14.29 	Summary by Fund
14.30 	Highway User          6,966,000     7,036,000
14.31 	Special Revenue      16,413,000    16,759,000
14.32 	This appropriation is from the vehicle
14.33 	services operating account in the
14.34 	special revenue fund.
14.35 	The commissioner shall contract with a
14.36 	private consultant to conduct an audit
14.37 	of the division's Web site that permits
14.38 	persons to register motor vehicles
14.39 	online.  The audit must examine traffic
14.40 	on the Web site and identify any actual
14.41 	or potential breaches of the security
14.42 	of information entered by registration
14.43 	applicants.  The commissioner must give
14.44 	notice to all persons who have entered
14.45 	such information if the audit or other
14.46 	information available to the
14.47 	commissioner determines that the
14.48 	security of their personal information
14.49 	has been breached.  For purposes of
14.50 	this paragraph, "personal information"
14.51 	means an individual's first name or
14.52 	first initial and last name in
15.1 	combination with any one or more of the
15.2 	following data elements, when either
15.3 	the name or the data elements is not
15.4 	encrypted:  (1) Social Security number;
15.5 	(2) driver's license number or
15.6 	Minnesota identification card number;
15.7 	or (3) account number or credit or
15.8 	debit card number, in combination with
15.9 	any required security code, access
15.10 	code, or password that would permit
15.11 	access to an individual's financial
15.12 	account.  "Personal information" does
15.13 	not include publicly available
15.14 	information that is lawfully made
15.15 	available to the general public from
15.16 	federal, state, or local government
15.17 	records.  For purposes of this
15.18 	paragraph, "breach of the security of
15.19 	the system" means unauthorized
15.20 	acquisition of computerized data that
15.21 	compromises the security,
15.22 	confidentiality, or integrity of
15.23 	personal information maintained by the
15.24 	Division of Driver and Vehicle
15.25 	Services.  Good faith acquisition of
15.26 	personal information by an employee or
15.27 	agent of the division for the purposes
15.28 	of the division is not a breach of the
15.29 	security system, provided that the
15.30 	personal information is not used or
15.31 	subject to further unauthorized
15.32 	disclosure.  The notice required in
15.33 	this paragraph may be provided by one
15.34 	of the following methods:  (1) written
15.35 	notice to the most recent available
15.36 	address the division has in its
15.37 	records; or (2) electronic notice, if
15.38 	the notice provided is consistent with
15.39 	the provisions regarding electronic
15.40 	records and signatures in United States
15.41 	Code, title 15, section 7001.  If the
15.42 	division discovers circumstances
15.43 	requiring notification under this
15.44 	section of more than 1,000 persons at
15.45 	one time, the division shall also
15.46 	notify, without unreasonable delay, all
15.47 	consumer reporting agencies that
15.48 	compile and maintain files on consumers
15.49 	on a nationwide basis, as defined by
15.50 	United States Code, title 15, section
15.51 	1681a, of the timing, distribution, and
15.52 	content of the notices.  The notice may
15.53 	be delayed if a law enforcement agency
15.54 	determines that the notification will
15.55 	impede a criminal investigation.  The
15.56 	notice must be made after the law
15.57 	enforcement agency determines that it
15.58 	will not compromise the investigation.
15.59 	The commissioner shall report to the
15.60 	chairs of the legislative committees
15.61 	having jurisdiction over taxation and
15.62 	transportation policy and finance by
15.63 	September 15, 2006, of the results of
15.64 	the audit, and on other actions taken
15.65 	by the commissioner to improve the
15.66 	security of data entered online.
15.67 	(b) Driver Services
15.68 	27,256,000     26,215,000
16.1 	This appropriation is from the driver
16.2 	services operating account in the
16.3 	special revenue fund.
16.4 		Subd. 5.Traffic Safety                 324,000        324,000
16.5 	This appropriation is from the trunk
16.6 	highway fund.
16.7 	The commissioner of public safety shall
16.8 	spend 50 percent of the money available
16.9 	to the state under Public Law 105-206,
16.10 	section 164, and the remaining 50
16.11 	percent must be transferred to the
16.12 	commissioner of transportation for
16.13 	hazard elimination activities under
16.14 	United States Code, title 23, section
16.15 	152.
16.16 		Subd. 6.Pipeline Safety                994,000        994,000
16.17 	This appropriation is from the pipeline
16.18 	safety account in the special revenue
16.19 	fund.

16.20 	Sec. 5. GENERAL CONTINGENT
16.21 	ACCOUNTS                                 375,000        375,000
 16.22 	Summary by Fund
16.23 	Trunk Highway           200,000       200,000
16.24 	Highway User            125,000       125,000
16.25 	Airports                 50,000        50,000
16.26 	The appropriations in this section may
16.27 	only be spent with the approval of the
16.28 	governor after consultation with the
16.29 	Legislative Advisory Commission
16.30 	pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section
16.31 	3.30.
16.32 	If an appropriation in this section for
16.33 	either year is insufficient, the
16.34 	appropriation for the other year is
16.35 	available for it.

16.36 	Sec. 6. TORT CLAIMS                     600,000        600,000
 16.37 	To be spent by the commissioner of
16.38 	finance.
16.39 	This appropriation is from the trunk
16.40 	highway fund.
16.41 	If the appropriation for either year is
16.42 	insufficient, the appropriation for the
16.43 	other year is available for it.

16.44 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 473F.08,
16.45 	subdivision 3b, is amended to read:
16.46 		Subd. 3b.Livable communities fund.  (a) The Hennepin
16.47 	County auditor shall certify the city of Bloomington's interest
16.48 	payments for 1987 for the bonds which were sold for highway
16.49 	improvements pursuant to Laws 1986, chapter 391, section 2,
17.1 	paragraph (g), and which were certified as an addition to the
17.2 	city of Bloomington's areawide levy for taxes payable in 1988.
17.3 	(b) For taxes payable in 1996 through taxes payable in
17.4 	1999, the Hennepin County auditor shall certify the amount
17.5 	calculated by subtracting the amount certified under subdivision
17.6 	3a from the amount in paragraph (a).  For taxes payable in 2000
17.7 	and subsequent years, the Hennepin County auditor shall certify
17.8 	the amount calculated in paragraph (a).
17.9 	(c) The Metropolitan Council may annually certify to the
17.10 	Ramsey County auditor the amount calculated under paragraph (b),
17.11 	or a lesser amount, but not to exceed $5,000,000, to be used to
17.12 	provide funds for (1) the cleanup of polluted lands in the
17.13 	metropolitan area, or (2) metropolitan transit operations.
17.14 	(d) The amount certified under paragraph (c) shall be
17.15 	certified annually by the Ramsey County auditor to the
17.16 	administrative auditor as an addition to the Metropolitan
17.17 	Council's areawide levy under subdivision 5.

17.18 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 609.855, is
17.19 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
17.20 		Subd. 8.Surcharge. Notwithstanding any other law, a
17.21 	person who violates subdivision 1 while riding or attempting to
17.22 	ride in a light rail transit vehicle is assessed an additional
17.23 	surcharge of $20.  Surcharges collected under this subdivision
17.24 	must be transmitted to the Metropolitan Council and spent by the
17.25 	council solely on light rail transit operations.

17.26 	ARTICLE 2
17.27 	PUBLIC SAFETY ACTIVITIES, FEES, ACCOUNTS

17.28 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 16B.49, is
17.29 	amended to read:
17.30 	16B.49 CENTRAL MAILING SYSTEM.
17.31 	(a) The commissioner shall maintain and operate for state
17.32 	agencies, departments, institutions, and offices a central mail
17.33 	handling unit.  Official, outgoing mail for units in St. Paul
17.34 	must be delivered unstamped to the unit.  The unit shall also
17.35 	operate an interoffice mail distribution system.  The department
17.36 	may add personnel and acquire equipment that may be necessary to
18.1 	operate the unit efficiently and cost-effectively.  Account must
18.2 	be kept of the postage required on that mail, which is then a
18.3 	proper charge against the agency delivering the mail.  To
18.4 	provide funds for the payment of postage, each agency shall make
18.5 	advance payments to the commissioner sufficient to cover its
18.6 	postage obligations for at least 60 days.  For purposes of this
18.7 	section, the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities is a
18.8 	state agency.
18.9 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) or section 16C.09, the
18.10 	commissioner may approve the performance of mail-related
18.11 	functions by an agency outside the state's central mail-handling
18.12 	unit if the agency demonstrates it furthers program
18.13 	effectiveness, better use of services, greater efficiency, or
18.14 	greater economy in state government.

18.15 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 115A.908,
18.16 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
18.17 		Subdivision 1.Fee charged.  A fee of $4 $8 shall be
18.18 	charged on the initial registration and each subsequent transfer
18.19 	of title within the state, other than transfers for resale
18.20 	purposes, of every motor vehicle weighing more than 1,000
18.21 	pounds.  The fee shall be collected in an appropriate manner by
18.22 	the motor vehicle registrar commissioner of public safety.
18.23 	Registration plates or certificates of title may not be issued
18.24 	by the motor vehicle registrar commissioner of public safety for
18.25 	the ownership or operation of a motor vehicle subject to the
18.26 	transfer fee unless the fee is paid.  The fee may not be charged
18.27 	on the transfer of:
18.28 	(1) previously registered vehicles if the transfer is to
18.29 	the same person;
18.30 	(2) vehicles subject to the conditions specified in section
18.31 	297A.70, subdivision 2; or
18.32 	(3) vehicles purchased in another state by a resident of
18.33 	another state if more than 60 days have elapsed after the date
18.34 	of purchase and the purchaser is transferring title to this
18.35 	state and has become a resident of this state after the purchase.

18.36 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011, is
19.1 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
19.2 		Subd. 2a.Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the
19.3 	commissioner of the Department of Public Safety.

19.4 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.013,
19.5 	subdivision 8, is amended to read:
19.6 		Subd. 8.Proceeds to highway user fund; vehicle services
19.7 	operating account. (a) Unless otherwise specified in this
19.8 	chapter,the net proceeds of the registration tax imposed on
19.9 	motor vehicles under this chapter shall must be collected by the
19.10 	registrar of motor vehicles and commissioner,paid into the
19.11 	state treasury,and credited to the highway user tax
19.12 	distribution fund.
19.13 	(b) All fees collected under this chapter, unless otherwise
19.14 	specified, must be deposited in the vehicle services operating
19.15 	account in the special revenue fund under section 299A.705.

19.16 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.09,
19.17 	subdivision 7, is amended to read:
19.18 		Subd. 7.Display of temporary permit; special plates.
 19.19 	(a) A vehicle that displays a special plate issued under section
19.20 	168.021; 168.12, subdivision 2, 2a, 2b, 2c, or 2d; 168.123;
19.21 	168.124; 168.125; 168.126; 168.128; or 168.129,may display a
19.22 	temporary permit in conjunction with expired registration if:
19.23 	(1) the current registration tax and all other fees have
19.24 	been paid in full; and
19.25 	(2) the plate requires replacement under section 168.12,
19.26 	subdivision 1, paragraph (b) (d), clause (3).
19.27 	(b) A vehicle that is registered under section 168.10 may
19.28 	display a temporary permit in conjunction with expired
19.29 	registration, with or without a registration license plate, if:
19.30 	(1) the license plates have been applied for and the
19.31 	registration tax has been paid in full, as provided for in
19.32 	section 168.10; and
19.33 	(2) the vehicle is used solely as a collector vehicle while
19.34 	displaying the temporary permit and not used for general
19.35 	transportation purposes.
19.36 	(c) The permit is valid for a period of 60 days.  The
20.1 	permit must be in a form format prescribed by the commissioner
20.2 	of public safety and whenever practicable must be posted upon
20.3 	the driver's side of the rear window on the inside of the
20.4 	vehicle.  The permit is valid only for the vehicle for which it
20.5 	was issued to allow a reasonable time for the new license plates
20.6 	to be manufactured and delivered to the applicant.

20.7 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.105,
20.8 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
20.9 		Subd. 2.Affidavit for registration and taxation.  (a) A
20.10 	classic motorcycle must be listed for taxation taxed and
20.11 	registration registered by executed the vehicle owner submitting
20.12 	an affidavit to the commissioner stating (1) the name and
20.13 	address of the owner, (2) the name and address of the person
20.14 	from whom purchased, (3) the make of the classic motorcycle, (4)
20.15 	the year and number of the model, (5) the manufacturer's vehicle 
20.16 	identification number, (6) that the motorcycle is owned and
20.17 	operated solely as a collector's item and will not be used for
20.18 	general transportation purposes, and (7) that the owner has one
20.19 	or more motor vehicles with regular license plates.
20.20 	(b) When the registrar commissioner is satisfied that the
20.21 	affidavit is true, correct, and complete and that the owner has
20.22 	paid a $10 registration tax, the registrar commissioner shall
20.23 	list the vehicle for taxation and registration register the
20.24 	vehicle and shall issue special number plates.

20.25 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.105,
20.26 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
20.27 		Subd. 3.special classic plates.  The registrar 
20.28 	commissioner shall issue number plates of the same size as
20.29 	standard motorcycle license plates and inscribed "collector" and
20.30 	"Minnesota" with the registration number or other combination of
20.31 	characters authorized under section 168.12, subdivision 2a, but
20.32 	without a date.  The plates are valid without renewal as long as
20.33 	the classic motorcycle exists and may be issued for the
20.34 	applicant's use only for the classic motorcycle.  The registrar 
20.35 	commissioner may revoke the plates for noncompliance with this
20.36 	subdivision.

21.1 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.105,
21.2 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
21.3 		Subd. 5.Original plates.  (a) Instead of being
21.4 	issued special classic motorcycle plates, a classic motorcycle
21.5 	registered under this section may display original Minnesota
21.6 	number plates issued in the same year as the model year of the
21.7 	motorcycle on which they are displayed.  The number of on the
21.8 	original plates must be provided to the registrar commissioner.
21.9 	(b) Original Minnesota number plates may not be used if the
21.10 	number on the original plate is identical to the number on a
21.11 	current collector's plate issued by the registrar commissioner.
21.12 	(c) A person currently using classic motorcycle plates
21.13 	issued under this section, shall return those plates to the
21.14 	registrar before substituting original plates.
21.15 	(d) If the vehicle is not registered as a collector
21.16 	vehicle,the registrar may commissioner shall charge a fee of
21.17 	$10 for registering the number on the original plates.

21.18 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.12, is
21.19 	amended to read:
21.20 	168.12  LICENSE PLATES.
21.21 		Subdivision 1.number plates; design, visibility, periods
21.22 	of issuance. (a) The registrar commissioner, upon the approval
21.23 	and payment, shall issue to the applicant the number plates
21.24 	required by law this chapter, bearing the state name and the an
21.25 	assigned vehicle registration number assigned.  The number
21.26 	assigned by the commissioner may be a combination of a letter or
21.27 	sign with figures.  The color of the plates and the color of the
21.28 	abbreviation of the state name and the number assigned shall 
21.29 	must be in marked contrast.  The plates shall must be lettered,
21.30 	spaced, or distinguished to suitably indicate the registration
21.31 	of the vehicle according to the rules of the registrar, and 
21.32 	commissioner.
21.33 	(b) When a vehicle is registered on the basis of total
21.34 	gross weight, the plates issued shall must clearly indicate by
21.35 	letters or other suitable insignia the maximum gross weight for
21.36 	which the tax has been paid. These number 
22.1 	(c) The plates shall must be so treated as to be at least
22.2 	100 times brighter than the conventional painted number plates.
22.3 	When properly mounted on an unlighted vehicle, these number the 
22.4 	plates, when viewed from a vehicle equipped with standard
22.5 	headlights, shall must be visible for a distance of not less
22.6 	than 1,500 feet and readable for a distance of not less than 110
22.7 	feet.
22.8 	(b) (d) The registrar commissioner shall issue these
22.9 	number plates for the following periods:
22.10 	(1) New number plates issued pursuant to section 168.012,
22.11 	subdivision 1, shall must be issued to a vehicle for as long as
22.12 	it the vehicle is owned by the exempt agency and the plate shall
22.13 	not be transferable from one vehicle to another but the plate 
22.14 	may be transferred with the vehicle from one tax-exempt agency
22.15 	to another.
22.16 	(2) Plates issued for passenger automobiles as defined in
22.17 	section 168.011, subdivision 7, shall must be issued for a
22.18 	seven-year period.  All plates issued under this paragraph must
22.19 	be replaced if they are seven years old or older at the time
22.20 	of annual registration renewal or will become so during the
22.21 	registration period.
22.22 	(3) Number Plates issued under sections 168.053 and 168.27,
22.23 	subdivisions 16 and 17, shall must be for a seven-year period.
22.24 	(4) Number Plates issued under subdivisions 2c and 2d and
22.25 	section 168.123shall must be issued for the life of the veteran
22.26 	under section 169.79.
22.27 	(5) Plates for any vehicle not specified in clauses (1) to
22.28 	(3), except for trailers as hereafter provided, shall must be
22.29 	issued for the life of the vehicle.  Beginning with number 
22.30 	plates issued for the year 1981, plates issued for trailers with
22.31 	a total gross weight of 3,000 pounds or less shall must be
22.32 	issued for the life of the trailer and shall must be not more
22.33 	than seven inches in length and four inches in width.
22.34 	(c) (e) In a year in which plates are not issued, the
22.35 	registrar commissioner shall issue for each registration a tab
22.36 	or sticker to designate the year of registration.  This tab or 
23.1 	sticker shall must show the calendar year or years for which the
23.2 	sticker is issued, and is valid only for that period.
23.3 	The number plates, number tabs, or and stickers issued for a
23.4 	motor vehicle may not be transferred to another motor vehicle
23.5 	during the period for which it the sticker is issued, except
23.6 	when issued for a motor vehicle registered under section 168.187.
23.7 	(d) Notwithstanding (f) Despite any other provision of this
23.8 	subdivision, number plates issued to a vehicle which is used for
23.9 	behind-the-wheel instruction in a driver education course in a
23.10 	public school may be transferred to another vehicle used for the
23.11 	same purpose without payment of any additional fee.  The
23.12 	registrar shall be notified public school shall notify the
23.13 	commissioner of each transfer of number plates under this
23.14 	paragraph and .  The commissioner may prescribe a form format for
23.15 	notification.
23.16 		Subd. 2.Amateur radio licensee; special plates. (a) Any 
23.17 	The commissioner shall issue amateur radio plates to an 
23.18 	applicant who:
23.19 	(1) is an owner or joint owner of a passenger automobile,
23.20 	van or pickup truck,or a self-propelled recreational motor 
23.21 	vehicle, and ;
23.22 	(2) is a resident of this state, and who ;
23.23 	(3) holds an official amateur radio station license,or a
23.24 	citizens radio service class D license, in good standing, issued
23.25 	by the Federal Communications Commission shall upon compliance ;
23.26 	(4) pays the registration tax required under section
23.27 	168.013;
23.28 	(5) pays a fee of $10 for each set of special plates and
23.29 	any other fees required by this chapter; and 
23.30 	(6) complies with all laws of this state relating to this
23.31 	chapter and rules governing the registration of motor vehicles 
23.32 	and the licensing of motor vehicles and drivers, be furnished
23.33 	with license plates for the motor vehicle, as prescribed by law,
23.34 	upon which,;
23.35 	(b) In lieu of the numbers registration number required for
23.36 	identification under subdivision 1, shall be inscribed the
24.1 	plates must indicate the official amateur call letters of the
24.2 	applicant, as assigned by the Federal Communications Commission,
24.3 	and the words "AMATEUR RADIO."
24.4 	The applicant shall pay in addition to the registration tax
24.5 	required by law, the sum of $10 for the special license plates,
24.6 	and at the time of delivery of the special license plates the
24.7 	applicant shall surrender to the registrar the current license
24.8 	plates issued for the motor vehicle.
24.9 	(c) This provision for the issue of special license plates
24.10 	shall apply applies only if the applicant's motor vehicle is
24.11 	already registered in Minnesota so that the applicant has valid
24.12 	regular Minnesota plates issued for that motor vehicle under
24.13 	which to operate it during the time that it will take to have
24.14 	the necessary special license plates made.
24.15 	(d) If owning or jointly owning more than one motor vehicle
24.16 	of the type specified in this subdivision, the applicant may
24.17 	apply for special plates for each of not more than two motor 
24.18 	vehicles,and, if each application complies with this
24.19 	subdivision, the registrar commissioner shall furnish the
24.20 	applicant with the special plates, inscribed with indicating the
24.21 	official amateur call letters and other distinguishing
24.22 	information as the registrar commissioner considers necessary,
24.23 	for each of the two motor vehicles.
24.24 	(e) And The registrar commissioner may make reasonable
24.25 	rules governing the use of the special license plates as will
24.26 	assure the full compliance by the owner and holder of the
24.27 	special plates, with all existing laws governing the
24.28 	registration of motor vehicles,and the transfer and the use
24.29 	thereof of the plates.
24.30 	(b) (f) Despite any contrary provision of subdivision 1,
24.31 	the special license plates issued under this subdivision may be
24.32 	transferred by an owner to another motor vehicle listed in
24.33 	paragraph (a) and registered to the same owner,upon the payment
24.34 	of a fee of $5.  The registrar commissioner must be notified of 
24.35 	before the transfer and may prescribe a form format for the
24.36 	notification.
25.1 	(c) Fees collected under this subdivision must be paid into
25.2 	the state treasury and credited to the highway user tax
25.3 	distribution fund.
25.4 		Subd. 2a.Personalized plates; rules. (a) The
25.5 	commissioner shall issue personalized license plates must be
25.6 	issued to an applicant for registration of who:
25.7 	(1) is an owner of a passenger automobile including a
25.8 	passenger automobile registered as a classic car, pioneer car,
25.9 	collector car, or street rod; van; pickup truck as defined in
25.10 	section 168.011, subdivision 29, and any other truck with a
25.11 	manufacturer's nominal rated capacity of one ton or less and
25.12 	resembling a pickup truck; a motorcycle,including a classic
25.13 	motorcycle; or self-propelled a recreational motor vehicle, upon
25.14 	compliance with the laws of this state relating to registration
25.15 	of the vehicle and upon payment of ;
25.16 	(2) pays a onetime fee of $100 in addition to and any other
25.17 	fees required by this chapter;
25.18 	(3) pays the registration tax required by law this chapter 
25.19 	for the motor vehicle; and 
25.20 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing
25.21 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of drivers.
25.22 	(b) The registrar commissioner shall designate charge a
25.23 	replacement fee for personalized license plates that is
25.24 	calculated to cover the cost of replacement as specified in
25.25 	subdivision 5.  This fee must be paid by the applicant whenever
25.26 	the personalized license plates are required to be replaced by
25.27 	law.
25.28 	(c) In lieu of the numbers registration number assigned as
25.29 	provided in subdivision 1, personalized license plates must have
25.30 	imprinted on them a series of not more than seven numbers and
25.31 	letters in any combination.  When an applicant has once obtained
25.32 	personalized plates, the applicant shall have a prior claim for
25.33 	similar personalized plates in the next succeeding year as long
25.34 	as current motor vehicle registration is maintained.
25.35 	(d) The commissioner of public safety shall adopt rules in
25.36 	the manner provided by chapter 14, regulating the issuance and
26.1 	transfer of personalized license plates.  No words or
26.2 	combination of letters placed on personalized license plates may
26.3 	be used for commercial advertising, be of an obscene, indecent,
26.4 	or immoral nature, or be of a nature that would offend public
26.5 	morals or decency.  The call signals or letters of a radio or
26.6 	television station are not commercial advertising for the
26.7 	purposes of this subdivision.
26.8 	(b) Notwithstanding (e) Despite the provisions of
26.9 	subdivision 1, personalized license plates issued under this
26.10 	subdivision may be transferred to another motor vehicle owned or
26.11 	jointly listed in paragraph (a) and owned by the applicant, upon
26.12 	the payment of a fee of $5, which must be paid into the state
26.13 	treasury and credited to the highway user tax distribution fund.
26.14 	(f) The registrar commissioner may by rule provide a form 
26.15 	specify the format for notification.
26.16 	(g) A personalized license plate issued for a classic car,
26.17 	pioneer car, collector car, street rod, or classic motorcycle
26.18 	may not be transferred to a vehicle not eligible for such
26.19 	a license plate.
26.20 	(c) Notwithstanding (h) Despite any law to the contrary, if
26.21 	the personalized license plates are lost, stolen, or destroyed,
26.22 	the applicant may apply and shall receive must be issued 
26.23 	duplicate license plates bearing the same combination of letters
26.24 	and numbers as the former personalized plates upon the payment
26.25 	of the fee required by section 168.29.
26.26 	(d) Fees from the sale of permanent and duplicate
26.27 	personalized license plates must be paid into the state treasury
26.28 	and credited to the highway user tax distribution fund.
26.29 		Subd. 2b.Firefighters; special plates. (a) The
26.30 	registrar commissioner shall issue special license plates to any
26.31 	applicant who:
26.32 	(1) is both a member of a fire department receiving state
26.33 	aid under chapter 69 and an owner or joint owner of a passenger
26.34 	automobile, or truck with a manufacturer's nominal rated
26.35 	capacity of one ton and resembling a pickup truck, upon payment
26.36 	of ;
27.1 	(2) pays a fee of $10 and upon payment of any other fees
27.2 	required by this chapter;
27.3 	(3) pays the registration tax required by law this chapter 
27.4 	for the motor vehicle and compliance with other laws of this
27.5 	state relating to ; and 
27.6 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the 
27.7 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles
27.8 	and drivers.
27.9 	(b) In lieu of the identification required under
27.10 	subdivision 1, the special license plates shall be inscribed
27.11 	with a symbol must bear an emblem of a Maltese Cross together
27.12 	with five any numbers or characters prescribed by the
27.13 	commissioner.  No applicant shall receive more than two sets of
27.14 	plates for motor vehicles owned or jointly owned by the
27.15 	applicant.
27.16 	(b) (c) Special plates issued under this subdivision may
27.17 	only be used during the period that the owner or joint owner of
27.18 	the motor vehicle is a member of a fire department as specified
27.19 	in this subdivision.  When the person individual to whom the
27.20 	special plates were issued is no longer a member of a fire
27.21 	department or when the motor vehicle ownership is transferred,
27.22 	the owner shall remove the special license plates shall be
27.23 	removed from the motor vehicle and returned to the registrar.
27.24 	Upon return removal of the special plates, either the owner or
27.25 	purchaser of the motor vehicle is entitled to receive regular
27.26 	plates for the motor vehicle without cost for the remainder of
27.27 	the registration period for which the special plates were issued.
27.28 	(d) Firefighter license plates issued pursuant to this
27.29 	subdivision may be transferred to another motor vehicle upon
27.30 	payment of a $5, which fee shall be paid into the state treasury
27.31 	and credited to the highway user tax distribution fund.
27.32 	(c) (e) The commissioner of public safety may adopt rules
27.33 	under the Administrative Procedure Act, sections 14.001 to
27.34 	14.69, to govern the issuance and use of the special plates
27.35 	authorized in this subdivision. All fees from the sale of
27.36 	special license plates for firefighters shall be paid into the
28.1 	state treasury and credited to the highway user tax distribution
28.2 	fund.
28.3 		Subd. 2c.National guard; special plates. (a) The
28.4 	registrar commissioner shall issue special license plates to any
28.5 	applicant who:
28.6 	(1) is a regularly enlisted, commissioned, or retired
28.7 	member of the Minnesota National Guard, other than an inactive
28.8 	member who is not a retired member, and is an owner or joint
28.9 	owner of a passenger automobile, van, or pickup truck included
28.10 	within the definition of a passenger automobile upon payment of ;
28.11 	(2) pays a fee of $10, payment of and any other fees
28.12 	required by this chapter;
28.13 	(3) pays the registration tax required by law, and
28.14 	compliance with other laws of this state relating to this
28.15 	chapter; and 
28.16 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the 
28.17 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles
28.18 	and drivers.
28.19 	(b) The adjutant general shall design the emblem for these
28.20 	special plates subject to the approval of the registrar 
28.21 	commissioner. No 
28.22 	(c) An applicant shall must not be issued more than two
28.23 	sets of plates for motor vehicles owned or jointly owned by 
28.24 	registered to the applicant. The adjutant general shall
28.25 	estimate the number of special plates that will be required and
28.26 	submit the estimate to the registrar.
28.27 	(b) (d) Special plates issued under this subdivision may
28.28 	only be used during the period that the owner or joint owner of
28.29 	the motor vehicle is an active or retired member of the
28.30 	Minnesota National Guard as specified in this subdivision.  When
28.31 	the person individual to whom the special plates were issued is
28.32 	no longer an active or retired member of the Minnesota National
28.33 	Guard, the special plates must be removed from the vehicle and
28.34 	returned to by the registrar owner.  Upon return removal of
28.35 	the special plates, either the owner or purchaser of the motor 
28.36 	vehicle is entitled to receive regular plates for the motor 
29.1 	vehicle without cost for the remainder of the registration
29.2 	period for which the special plates were issued.
29.3 	(e) While the person is an active or retired member of the
29.4 	Minnesota National Guard, plates issued pursuant to this
29.5 	subdivision may be transferred to another motor vehicle owned or
29.6 	jointly owned by that person individual upon payment of a fee of
29.7 	$5.
29.8 	(c) (f) For purposes of this subdivision, "retired member"
29.9 	means a person an individual placed on the roll of retired
29.10 	officers or roll of retired enlisted members in the Office of
29.11 	the Adjutant General under section 192.18 and who is not
29.12 	deceased.
29.13 	(d) All fees collected under the provisions of this
29.14 	subdivision shall be paid into the state treasury and credited
29.15 	to the highway user tax distribution fund.
29.16 	(e) (g) The registrar commissioner may adopt rules under
29.17 	the Administrative Procedure Act to govern the issuance and use
29.18 	of the special plates authorized by this subdivision.
29.19 		Subd. 2d.Ready reserve; special plates. (a) The
29.20 	registrar commissioner shall issue special license plates to an
29.21 	applicant who:
29.22 	(1) is not eligible for special license National Guard 
29.23 	plates under subdivision 2c, who is a member of the United
29.24 	States Armed Forces Ready Reserve as described in United States
29.25 	Code, title 10, section 10142 or 10143, and is an owner or joint
29.26 	owner of a passenger automobile, van, or pickup truck, on
29.27 	paying ;
29.28 	(2) pays a fee of $10, paying and any other fees required
29.29 	by this chapter;
29.30 	(3) pays the registration tax required by law, and
29.31 	complying with other laws of this state relating to this
29.32 	chapter; and 
29.33 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the 
29.34 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles
29.35 	and drivers.
29.36 	(b) The commissioner of veterans affairs shall design the
30.1 	emblem for these special plates subject to the approval of the
30.2 	registrar commissioner. No 
30.3 	(c) An applicant may must not be issued more than two sets
30.4 	of plates for motor vehicles owned or jointly owned by the
30.5 	applicant. The commissioner of veterans affairs shall estimate
30.6 	the number of special plates that will be required and submit
30.7 	the estimate to the registrar.
30.8 	(b) (d) Special plates issued under this subdivision may
30.9 	only be used during the period that the owner or joint owner of
30.10 	the motor vehicle is a member of the ready reserve.  When the
30.11 	person owner is no longer a member, the special plates must be
30.12 	removed from the motor vehicle and returned to the registrar by
30.13 	the owner.  On returning removing the special plates, either the
30.14 	owner or purchaser of the motor vehicle is entitled to receive
30.15 	regular plates for the motor vehicle without cost for the rest
30.16 	of the registration period for which the special plates were
30.17 	issued.  While the person owner is a member of the ready
30.18 	reserve, plates issued under this subdivision may be transferred
30.19 	to another motor vehicle owned or jointly owned by that person 
30.20 	individual on paying a fee of $5.
30.21 	(c) The fees collected under this subdivision must be paid
30.22 	into the state treasury and credited to the highway user tax
30.23 	distribution fund.
30.24 	(d) (e) The registrar commissioner may adopt rules under
30.25 	the Administrative Procedure Act to govern the issuance and use
30.26 	of the special plates authorized by this subdivision.
30.27 		Subd. 2e.Volunteer ambulance attendants; special
30.28 	plates. (a) The registrar commissioner shall issue special
30.29 	license plates to an applicant who:
30.30 	(1) is a volunteer ambulance attendant as defined in
30.31 	section 144E.001, subdivision 15, and who owns or jointly owns a
30.32 	motor vehicle taxed as a passenger automobile.  The registrar
30.33 	shall issue the special plates on payment of ;
30.34 	(2) pays the registration tax required by law this chapter 
30.35 	for the motor vehicle, compliance with all other applicable laws
30.36 	relating to ;
31.1 	(3) pays a fee of $10 and any other fees required by this
31.2 	chapter; and 
31.3 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the 
31.4 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles
31.5 	and drivers, and payment of an additional fee of $10.
31.6 	(b) The registrar commissioner shall not issue more than
31.7 	two sets of these plates to each qualified applicant.
31.8 	(b) A person (c) An individual may use special plates
31.9 	issued under this subdivision only during the period that
31.10 	the person individual is a volunteer ambulance attendant.  When
31.11 	the person individual to whom the special plates were issued
31.12 	ceases to be a volunteer ambulance attendant, the person 
31.13 	individual shall return remove each set of special plates issued
31.14 	to that person.  When ownership of a the motor vehicle is
31.15 	transferred, the person individual shall remove the special
31.16 	plates from that motor vehicle and return them to the
31.17 	registrar.  On return removal of each set of plates, the owner
31.18 	of the motor vehicle, or new owner in case of a
31.19 	transferred motor vehicle, is entitled to receive
31.20 	regular license plates for the motor vehicle without cost for
31.21 	the rest of the registration period for which the set of special
31.22 	plates were issued.  Special plates issued under this
31.23 	subdivision may be transferred to another motor vehicle owned by
31.24 	the volunteer ambulance attendant on payment of a fee of $5.
31.25 	(c) The fees specified in this subdivision must be paid
31.26 	into the state treasury and deposited in the highway user tax
31.27 	distribution fund.
31.28 	(d) The commissioner may adopt rules governing the design,
31.29 	issuance, and sale of the special plates authorized by this
31.30 	subdivision.
31.31 		Subd. 2f.Original license plates. (a) On application of
31.32 	the owner and in lieu of issuing license plates under
31.33 	subdivision 1 to a motor vehicle registered and taxed as a
31.34 	passenger automobile, the registrar commissioner may assign to
31.35 	the motor vehicle original Minnesota number registration plates
31.36 	issued in the same year as the model year of the motor vehicle,
32.1 	if (1) the original license plates are at least 20 years old,
32.2 	(2) the owner of the motor vehicle has the original license 
32.3 	plates in possession at the time of the application, and (3) the
32.4 	owner provides the license plate number to the registrar 
32.5 	commissioner.
32.6 	(b) License Plates displayed under this subdivision,
32.7 	including tabs and stickers applied to the plates, must be
32.8 	clearly legible and must be displayed at the front and rear of 
32.9 	on the motor vehicle.
32.10 	(c) The registrar commissioner shall not assign the
32.11 	registration number on the original license plates to the motor 
32.12 	vehicle if the registrar commissioner determines that the number
32.13 	on the original plate is identical to the number on any current
32.14 	license plate in the current or reserved numbering system used
32.15 	by the registrar commissioner. A person currently using license
32.16 	plates issued by the registrar on the vehicle shall return those
32.17 	license plates to the registrar before displaying original
32.18 	license plates under this subdivision.
32.19 	(d) Notwithstanding Despite subdivision 1, an original
32.20 	license plate whose number has been assigned under this
32.21 	subdivision may be displayed for as long as the license plates,
32.22 	including tabs and stickers on the plates, are clearly
32.23 	legible and the number is not subsequently used by the
32.24 	commissioner as a plate number in a registration numbering
32.25 	system.
32.26 	(e) Notwithstanding Despite subdivision 1, original license 
32.27 	plates assigned under this subdivision need not bear a tab or
32.28 	sticker to indicate the month or year of registration if
32.29 	the motor vehicle carries the registration certificate issued
32.30 	under section 168.11 at all times when the motor vehicle is
32.31 	operated on the public highways.
32.32 	(f) The registrar commissioner may charge a fee for
32.33 	receiving an application and assigning original license plate
32.34 	numbers.
32.35 		Subd. 5.Additional fee. (a) In addition to any fee
32.36 	otherwise authorized or any tax otherwise imposed upon any motor 
33.1 	vehicle, the payment of which is required as a condition to the
33.2 	issuance of any number license plate or plates, the commissioner
33.3 	of public safety shall impose the fee specified in paragraph (b)
33.4 	that is calculated to cover the cost of manufacturing and
33.5 	issuing the license plate or plates, except for license plates
33.6 	issued to disabled veterans as defined in section 168.031 and
33.7 	license plates issued pursuant to section 168.124, 168.125, or
33.8 	168.27, subdivisions 16 and 17, for passenger automobiles. The
33.9 	commissioner shall issue graphic design license plates shall 
33.10 	only be issued for vehicles registered pursuant to section
33.11 	168.017 and recreational vehicles registered pursuant to section
33.12 	168.013, subdivision 1g.
33.13 	(b) Unless otherwise specified or exempted by statute, the
33.14 	following plate and validation sticker fees apply for the
33.15 	original, duplicate, or replacement issuance of a plate in a
33.16 	plate year:
33.17 	Sequential Regular Double Plate                  $ 4.25
33.18 	Sequential Special Plate-Double                  $ 7.00
33.19 	Sequential Regular Single Plate                  $ 3.00
33.20 	Sequential Special Plate-Single                  $ 5.50
33.21 	Utility Trailer Self-Adhesive Plate              $ 2.50
33.22 	Nonsequential Double Plate                       $14.00
33.23 	Nonsequential Single Plate                       $10.00
33.24 	Duplicate Sticker                                $ 1.00
33.25 	(c) Fees collected under this subdivision must be paid into
33.26 	the state treasury and credited to the highway user tax
33.27 	distribution fund.

33.28 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.123, is
33.29 	amended to read:
33.30 	168.123 VETERANS; SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES.
33.31 		Subdivision 1.General requirements; fees. (a) On
33.32 	payment of a fee of $10 for each set of two plates, or for a
33.33 	single plate in the case of a motorcycle plate, payment of the
33.34 	registration tax required by law, and compliance with other laws
33.35 	relating to the registration and licensing of a passenger
33.36 	automobile, pickup truck, van, self-propelled recreational
34.1 	equipment motor vehicle, or motorcycle, as applicable,
34.2 	the registrar commissioner shall issue:
34.3 	(1) special license veteran's plates to an applicant who
34.4 	served in the active military service in a branch of the armed
34.5 	forces of the United States or of a nation or society allied
34.6 	with the United States in conducting a foreign war, was
34.7 	discharged under honorable conditions, and is an owner or joint 
34.8 	a registered owner of a passenger automobile, pickup truck, van,
34.9 	or self-propelled recreational equipment motor vehicle; or
34.10 	(2) a veteran's special motorcycle license plate as
34.11 	described in subdivision 2, paragraph (a), or another
34.12 	special license plate designed by the commissioner of public
34.13 	safety to an applicant who is a Vietnam veteran who served after
34.14 	July 1, 1961, and before July 1, 1978, and who served in the
34.15 	active military service in a branch of the armed forces of the
34.16 	United States in conducting a foreign war, was discharged under
34.17 	honorable conditions, and is an owner or joint a registered 
34.18 	owner of a motorcycle.  Plates issued under this clause must be
34.19 	the same size as standard regular motorcycle license plates.
34.20 	(b) The additional fee of $10 is payable for each set
34.21 	of veteran's plates, is payable only when the plates are issued,
34.22 	and is not payable in a year in which tabs or stickers are
34.23 	issued instead of number plates. An applicant must not be
34.24 	issued more than two sets of plates for vehicles listed in
34.25 	paragraph (a) and owned or jointly owned by the applicant.
34.26 	(c) The veteran shall must have a certified copy of the
34.27 	veteran's discharge papers, indicating character of discharge,
34.28 	at the time of application.  If an applicant served in the
34.29 	active military service in a branch of the armed forces of a
34.30 	nation or society allied with the United States in conducting a
34.31 	foreign war and is unable to obtain a record of that service and
34.32 	discharge status, the commissioner of veterans affairs may
34.33 	certify the applicant as qualified for the veterans' license 
34.34 	plates provided under this section.
34.35 		Subd. 2.Design. The commissioner of veterans affairs
34.36 	shall design the emblem for the veterans' special plates,
35.1 	subject to the approval of the registrar commissioner, that
35.2 	satisfy the following requirements:
35.3 	(a) For a Vietnam veteran who served after July 1, 1961,
35.4 	and before July 1, 1978, the special plates must bear the
35.5 	inscription "VIETNAM VET" and the letters "V" and "V" with the
35.6 	first letter directly above the second letter and both letters
35.7 	just preceding the first numeral of the special license plate
35.8 	number.
35.9 	(b) For a veteran stationed on the island of Oahu, Hawaii,
35.10 	or offshore, during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7,
35.11 	1941, the special plates must bear the inscription "PEARL HARBOR
35.12 	SURVIVOR" and the letters "P" and "H" with the first letter
35.13 	directly above the second letter and both letters just preceding
35.14 	the first numeral of the special license plate number.
35.15 	(c) For a veteran who served during World War I or World
35.16 	War II, the special plates must bear the inscription "WORLD WAR
35.17 	VET" and:
35.18 	(1) for a World War I veteran, the characters "W" and "I"
35.19 	with the first character directly above the second character and
35.20 	both characters just preceding the first numeral of the special
35.21 	license plate number; or
35.22 	(2) for a World War II veteran, the characters "W" and "II"
35.23 	with the first character directly above the second character and
35.24 	both characters just preceding the first numeral of the special
35.25 	license plate number.
35.26 	(d) For a veteran who served during the Korean Conflict,
35.27 	the special plates must bear the inscription "KOREAN VET" and
35.28 	the letters "K" and "V" with the first letter directly above the
35.29 	second letter and both letters just preceding the first numeral
35.30 	of the special license plate number.
35.31 	(e) For a combat wounded veteran who is a recipient of the
35.32 	purple heart medal, the special plates must bear the inscription
35.33 	"COMBAT WOUNDED VET" and inscribed with have a facsimile on an
35.34 	emblem of the official purple heart medal and the letters "C"
35.35 	over "W" with the first letter directly over the second letter
35.36 	just preceding the first numeral of the special license plate
36.1 	number.
36.2 	(f) For a Persian Gulf War veteran, the special plates must
36.3 	bear the inscription "GULF WAR VET" and the letters "G" and "W"
36.4 	with the first letter directly above the second letter and both
36.5 	letters just preceding the first numeral of the special license 
36.6 	plate number.  For the purposes of this section, "Persian Gulf
36.7 	War veteran" means a person who served on active duty after
36.8 	August 1, 1990, in a branch of the armed forces of the United
36.9 	States or United Nations during Operation Desert Shield,
36.10 	Operation Desert Storm, or other military operation in the
36.11 	Persian Gulf area combat zone as designated in United States
36.12 	Presidential Executive Order No. 12744, dated January 21, 1991.
36.13 	(g) For a veteran who served in the Laos War after July 1,
36.14 	1961, and before July 1, 1978, the special plates must bear the
36.15 	inscription "LAOS WAR VET" and the letters "L" and "V" with the
36.16 	first letter directly above the second letter and both letters
36.17 	just preceding the first numeral of the special license plate
36.18 	number.
36.19 		Subd. 3.Number estimated. The commissioner of veterans
36.20 	affairs shall estimate the number of special plates that will be
36.21 	required and submit the estimate to the registrar.
36.22 		Subd. 4.Plates transfer. (a) On payment of a fee of $5,
36.23 	plates issued under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1),
36.24 	may be transferred to another passenger automobile, pickup
36.25 	truck, van,or self-propelled recreational equipment owned or
36.26 	jointly owned by motor vehicle registered to the person 
36.27 	individual to whom the plates were issued.
36.28 	(b) On payment of a fee of $5, a plate issued under
36.29 	subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), may be transferred to
36.30 	another motorcycle owned or jointly owned by registered to the
36.31 	person individual to whom the plate was issued.
36.32 		Subd. 5.Fees credited. Fees collected under this
36.33 	section must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the
36.34 	highway user tax distribution fund.
36.35 		Subd. 6.Rules. The registrar commissioner may adopt
36.36 	rules under the Administrative Procedure Act to govern the
37.1 	issuance and use of the special plates authorized by this
37.2 	section.

37.3 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1235, is
37.4 	amended to read:
37.5 	168.1235 VETERANS SERVICE GROUPS; SPECIAL STICKERS GROUP
37.6 	EMBLEMS.
37.7 		Subdivision 1.General requirements; fees. (a) On
37.8 	payment of a fee of $10 for each set of two license plates,
37.9 	payment of the registration tax required by law, and compliance
37.10 	with other laws relating to the registration and licensing of a
37.11 	passenger automobile, pickup truck, van, or self-propelled
37.12 	recreational vehicle, as applicable,The registrar commissioner 
37.13 	shall issue a special license plate sticker emblem for each
37.14 	plate to an applicant who:
37.15 	(1) is a member of a congressionally chartered veterans
37.16 	service organization and is an owner or joint a registered owner
37.17 	of a passenger automobile, pickup truck, van, or self-propelled
37.18 	recreational vehicle;
37.19 	(2) pays the registration tax required by law;
37.20 	(3) pays a fee of $10 for each set of two plates, and any
37.21 	other fees required by this chapter; and 
37.22 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the
37.23 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of drivers.
37.24 	(b) The additional fee of $10 is payable at the time of
37.25 	initial application for the special license plate stickers 
37.26 	emblem and when the license plates must be replaced or renewed.
37.27 	An applicant must not be issued more than two sets of special
37.28 	license plate stickers emblems for motor vehicles listed in
37.29 	paragraph (a) and owned or jointly owned by registered to the
37.30 	applicant.
37.31 	(c) The commissioner of veterans affairs shall determine
37.32 	what documentation is required by each applicant to show that
37.33 	the applicant is a member of a congressionally chartered
37.34 	veterans service organization and is entitled to the special
37.35 	license plate stickers applicant must present a valid card
37.36 	indicating membership in the American Legion, Disabled American
38.1 	Veterans, or Veterans of Foreign Wars.
38.2 		Subd. 2.Design. (a) The commissioner of veterans
38.3 	affairs, after consultation with each of the congressionally
38.4 	chartered veterans service organizations, shall design the
38.5 	special license plate stickers emblems, subject to the approval
38.6 	of the registrar commissioner.  The emblem, symbol, or other
38.7 	pictorial representation on the sticker must be at least as
38.8 	large as the letters and numerals on the plate and the registrar 
38.9 	commissioner shall allow for plates with spaces for the stickers 
38.10 	emblem in place of a numeral or letter.
38.11 	(b) Each congressionally chartered veterans service
38.12 	organization must arrange for any applicable rules of the
38.13 	national organization to be changed or copyrights to be released
38.14 	before the commissioner may issue special license plate stickers 
38.15 	emblems to members of any particular service organization under
38.16 	this section.
38.17 		Subd. 3.Number estimated. The commissioner of veterans
38.18 	affairs shall estimate the number of special plate stickers that
38.19 	will be required and submit the estimate to the registrar.
38.20 		Subd. 4.Plate stickers emblem transfer. Notwithstanding 
38.21 	Despite section 168.12 or other law to the contrary, on payment
38.22 	of a fee of $5, the veterans service organization special plate
38.23 	stickers emblems issued under subdivision 1, may be transferred
38.24 	by the owner to other license plates on a passenger automobile,
38.25 	pickup truck, van, or self-propelled recreational vehicle owned
38.26 	or jointly owned by registered to the person to whom the
38.27 	stickers emblems were issued.
38.28 		Subd. 5.Fees credited. Fees collected under this
38.29 	section must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the
38.30 	highway user tax distribution fund.

38.31 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.124, is
38.32 	amended to read:
38.33 	168.124 SPECIAL PLATES FOR MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS.
38.34 		Subdivision 1.Issuance and design. (a) The registrar of
38.35 	motor vehicles commissioner shall issue special license plates
38.36 	bearing the inscription "MEDAL OF HONOR" to an applicant who:
39.1 	(1) is a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor and
39.2 	upon the applicant's compliance with the laws of this state
39.3 	relating to ;
39.4 	(2) is a registered owner of a passenger automobile,
39.5 	motorcycle, or recreational motor vehicle; and 
39.6 	(3) complies with this chapter and rules governing the
39.7 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles
39.8 	and drivers.
39.9 	(b) The special license plates must be of a design and size
39.10 	determined by the registrar commissioner.  Only one set of
39.11 	plates, or a single plate in the case of a motorcycle,bearing
39.12 	the inscription "MEDAL OF HONOR" may be issued for each
39.13 	qualified applicant.
39.14 		Subd. 2.Application. Application for issuance of these
39.15 	plates may be made only at the time of renewal or first
39.16 	application for registration.
39.17 		Subd. 3.No fee. The registrar commissioner shall issue
39.18 	a set of medal of honor plates to qualified applicants free of
39.19 	charge and the plates must be replaced by the department without
39.20 	charge if they become damaged.  In addition, no fee may be
39.21 	charged for a subsequent year when tabs or stickers are issued
39.22 	for that a motor vehicle listed in subdivision 1 on which the
39.23 	special medal of honor plates are placed. The motor vehicle
39.24 	must be for personal use, not commercial purposes.
39.25 		Subd. 4.Transfer. Despite the provisions of section
39.26 	168.12, subdivision 1, medal of honor plates issued under this
39.27 	section may be transferred to another personal motor vehicle
39.28 	owned or jointly owned by registered to the medal of honor
39.29 	recipient upon notification to the registrar of motor vehicles 
39.30 	commissioner.
39.31 		Subd. 5.Motor vehicle; special definition. For purposes
39.32 	of this section, "motor vehicle" means a vehicle for personal
39.33 	use, not used for commercial purposes, and may include a
39.34 	passenger automobile, van, pickup truck, motorcycle, or
39.35 	recreational vehicle.
39.36 		Subd. 6.When issued. The registrar of motor vehicles
40.1 	shall begin issuing medal of honor plates for the calendar year
40.2 	1984 and thereafter.

40.3 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.125, is
40.4 	amended to read:
40.5 	168.125 SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES FOR FORMER PRISONERS OF
40.6 	WAR.
40.7 		Subdivision 1.Issuance and design. (a) The registrar 
40.8 	commissioner shall issue special license plates bearing the
40.9 	inscription "EX-POW" to any applicant who:
40.10 	(1) is both a former prisoner of war and an owner or joint 
40.11 	a registered owner of a passenger automobile, motorcycle, or
40.12 	recreational motor vehicle upon the applicant's compliance with
40.13 	all the laws of this state relating to ; and 
40.14 	(2) complies with this chapter and rules governing the
40.15 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles
40.16 	and drivers.
40.17 	(b) The special license plates shall must be of a design
40.18 	and size to be determined by the commissioner. Only one set of 
40.19 	plates, or a single plate in the case of a motorcycle,bearing
40.20 	the "EX-POW" inscription may be issued for only one motor
40.21 	vehicle per each qualified applicant.
40.22 		Subd. 1a.Application. Application for issuance of these
40.23 	plates shall must be made at the time of renewal or first
40.24 	application for registration.  The application shall must 
40.25 	include a certification by the commissioner of veterans affairs
40.26 	that the applicant was a member of the military forces of the
40.27 	United States who was captured, separated, and incarcerated by
40.28 	an enemy of the United States during a period of armed conflict.
40.29 		Subd. 1b.No fee. The registrar commissioner shall issue
40.30 	a set of EX-POW plates, or a single plate for a motorcycle,to
40.31 	qualified applicants, free of charge for the cost of the plates,
40.32 	and shall replace them without charge if they become damaged.
40.33 	In addition, no fee may be charged for a subsequent year
40.34 	when tabs or stickers are issued for that motor vehicle on which
40.35 	the special EX-POW plates are placed.
40.36 		Subd. 1c.Plates transfer. Notwithstanding Despite the
41.1 	provisions of section 168.12, subdivision 1, the special license 
41.2 	plates issued under this section may be transferred to another
41.3 	motor vehicle owned or jointly owned by registered to the former
41.4 	prisoner of war upon notification to the registrar of motor
41.5 	vehicles commissioner.
41.6 		Subd. 1d.Surviving spouse. Upon the death of a former
41.7 	prisoner of war, the registrar commissioner shall continue to
41.8 	issue free of charge, upon renewal, the special license plates
41.9 	to a motor vehicle owned by the surviving spouse of the former
41.10 	prisoner of war.  Special license plates issued to a surviving
41.11 	spouse may be transferred to another motor vehicle owned by 
41.12 	registered to the surviving spouse as provided in subdivision
41.13 	1c.  No fee may be charged for replacement plates issued to a
41.14 	surviving spouse or for tabs or stickers issued for the motor
41.15 	vehicle on which the special "EX-POW" plates are placed.  A
41.16 	surviving spouse is not exempt from the motor vehicle
41.17 	registration tax.
41.18 		Subd. 1e.Motor vehicle; special definition. For
41.19 	purposes of this section, "motor vehicle" means a passenger
41.20 	automobile, van, pickup truck, motorcycle, or recreational
41.21 	vehicle.
41.22 		Subd. 2.special plates; ex-pow and disability
41.23 	insignia emblems. The registrar commissioner shall issue
41.24 	special license plates bearing both the "EX-POW" and
41.25 	disability insignia emblem to any applicant who is entitled to
41.26 	the special license plates provided under this section and who
41.27 	is also entitled to special license plates for the physically
41.28 	disabled under section 168.021 upon compliance with the
41.29 	provisions of both sections.  The special license plates shall 
41.30 	must be of a design and size to be determined by the
41.31 	commissioner.
41.32 		Subd. 3.Rules; commissioner of public safety. The
41.33 	commissioner of public safety may promulgate adopt by rule, in
41.34 	accordance with the provisions of chapter 14, the procedures for
41.35 	issuance or transfer of the special license plates authorized
41.36 	under this section.
42.1 		Subd. 4.Rules; commissioner of veterans affairs. The
42.2 	commissioner of veterans affairs shall establish the procedure
42.3 	for obtaining the certification of former prisoner of war status.
42.4 		Subd. 5.Savings provision. Nothing in this section
42.5 	shall alter alters the exemption for disabled war veterans
42.6 	provided for in section 168.031.

42.7 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1255, is
42.8 	amended to read:
42.9 	168.1255  SPECIAL VETERAN CONTRIBUTION LICENSE PLATES.
42.10 		Subdivision 1.General requirements and procedures.
 42.11 	The registrar commissioner shall issue special veteran
42.12 	contribution license plates to an applicant who:
42.13 	(1) is a veteran, as defined in section 197.447;
42.14 	(2) is an owner or joint a registered owner of a passenger
42.15 	automobile, pickup truck, or van;
42.16 	(3) pays a fee of $10 to cover the costs of handling and
42.17 	manufacturing the plates;
42.18 	(4) pays the registration tax required under section
42.19 	168.013;
42.20 	(5) pays the fees required under this chapter;
42.21 	(6) pays an additional onetime World War II memorial
42.22 	contribution of $30, which the department shall retain until all
42.23 	start-up costs associated with the development and issuing of
42.24 	the plates have been recovered, after which the commissioner
42.25 	shall deposit contributions in the World War II donation match
42.26 	account; and
42.27 	(7) complies with laws this chapter and rules governing the 
42.28 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of vehicles and 
42.29 	drivers.
42.30 		Subd. 2.Design. The commissioner of veterans affairs
42.31 	shall design an emblem for the special plates, subject to the
42.32 	approval of the registrar commissioner of public safety,
42.33 	that satisfy satisfies the following requirements in this
42.34 	subdivision:
42.35 	(1) the special veteran contribution plates must bear the
42.36 	inscription "PROUD TO BE A VETERAN" on the bottom of the plate;
43.1 	and
43.2 	(2) the flag of the United States of America must appear on
43.3 	the left side of the plate just preceding the first letter or
43.4 	numeral of the special license plate number.
43.5 		Subd. 3.Plate transfers. Notwithstanding Despite 
43.6 	section 168.12, subdivision 1, on payment of a transfer fee of
43.7 	$5, plates issued under this section may be transferred to
43.8 	another passenger automobile, pickup truck, or van owned or
43.9 	jointly owned by registered to the person individual to whom the
43.10 	special veteran contribution plates were issued.
43.11 		Subd. 4.Fees credited. The fees collected under this
43.12 	section must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to
43.13 	the highway user tax distribution fund.Fees collected under
43.14 	this section do not include the contributions collected for the
43.15 	World War II memorial donation match account.
43.16 		Subd. 5.Record. The registrar commissioner shall
43.17 	maintain a record of the number of special plates issued under
43.18 	this section.

43.19 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.127,
43.20 	subdivision 6, is amended to read:
43.21 		Subd. 6.Fees.  Instead of the filing fee described in
43.22 	section 168.33, subdivision 7, the applicant for fleet
43.23 	registration shall pay an equivalent administrative fee to the
43.24 	commissioner for each vehicle in the fleet. The administrative
43.25 	fee must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the
43.26 	highway user tax distribution fund.

43.27 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.128, is
43.28 	amended to read:
43.29 	168.128 LIMOUSINE REGISTRATION, LICENSE PLATES.
43.30 		Subdivision 1.unique limousine registration category. A
43.31 	unique vehicle registration category is established for
43.32 	limousines as defined in section 168.011, subdivision 35.
43.33 		Subd. 2.license plates. (a) A person who operates a
43.34 	limousine for other than personal use shall apply to register
43.35 	the motor vehicle as provided in this section.
43.36 	(b) A person who operates a limousine for personal use may
44.1 	apply.  The registrar commissioner shall issue limousine license 
44.2 	plates upon the applicant's compliance with laws relating to
44.3 	registration and licensing of motor vehicles and drivers and
44.4 	certification by to the registered owner of a limousine who:
44.5 	(1) certifies that an insurance policy under section 65B.13
44.6 	in an aggregate amount of $300,000 per accident is in effect for
44.7 	the entire period of the registration under section 65B.135.
44.8 	The applicant must provide the registrar ;
44.9 	(2) provides the commissioner with proof that the passenger
44.10 	automobile license tax and a $10 fee have been paid for each
44.11 	limousine receiving limousine license plates; and 
44.12 	(3) complies with this chapter and rules governing the
44.13 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of drivers.
44.14 	(c) The limousine license plates must be designed to
44.15 	specifically identify the vehicle as a limousine and must be
44.16 	clearly marked with the letters "LM."  Limousine license plates
44.17 	may not be transferred upon sale of the limousine, but may be
44.18 	transferred to another limousine owned by the same person upon
44.19 	notifying the registrar commissioner and paying a $5 transfer
44.20 	fee.
44.21 		Subd. 3.Insurance. (a) The application must include a
44.22 	certificate of insurance verifying that a valid commercial
44.23 	insurance policy is in effect and giving the name of the
44.24 	insurance company and the number of the insurance policy.  The
44.25 	policy must provide stated limits of liability, exclusive of
44.26 	interest and costs, with respect to each motor vehicle for which
44.27 	coverage is granted, of not less than $100,000 because of bodily
44.28 	injury to one person in any one accident and, subject to said 
44.29 	that limit for one person, of not less than $300,000 because of
44.30 	injury to two or more persons in any one accident and of not
44.31 	less than $100,000 because of injury to or destruction of
44.32 	property.  The insurance company must notify the commissioner if
44.33 	the policy is canceled or if the policy no longer provides the
44.34 	coverage required by this subdivision.
44.35 	(b) The commissioner shall immediately notify the
44.36 	commissioner of transportation if the policy of a person
45.1 	required to have a permit under section 221.84 is canceled or no
45.2 	longer provides the coverage required by this subdivision.
45.3 		Subd. 4.Fees credited to highway user fund. Fees
45.4 	collected from the sale of license plates under this section
45.5 	must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the highway
45.6 	user tax distribution fund.

45.7 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.129, is
45.8 	amended to read:
45.9 	168.129 SPECIAL COLLEGIATE LICENSE PLATES.
45.10 		Subdivision 1.General requirements and procedures. The
45.11 	commissioner of public safety shall issue special collegiate
45.12 	license plates to an applicant who:
45.13 	(1) is an owner or joint a registered owner of a passenger
45.14 	automobile, pickup truck, or van;
45.15 	(2) pays a fee determined by the commissioner as specified
45.16 	in section 168.12, subdivision 5,to cover the costs of handling
45.17 	and manufacturing the plates;
45.18 	(3) pays the registration tax required under section
45.19 	168.013;
45.20 	(4) pays the fees required under this chapter;
45.21 	(5) contributes at least $25 annually to the scholarship
45.22 	account established in subdivision 6; and
45.23 	(6) complies with laws this chapter and rules governing
45.24 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of vehicles and 
45.25 	drivers.
45.26 		Subd. 2.Design. (a) After consultation with each
45.27 	participating college, university,or postsecondary system, the
45.28 	commissioner shall design the an emblem for each special
45.29 	collegiate plates plate.
45.30 	(b) In consultation with the commissioner, a participating
45.31 	college or university annually shall indicate the anticipated
45.32 	number of plates needed.
45.33 		Subd. 3.No refund. Contributions under this section
45.34 	must not be refunded.
45.35 		Subd. 4.Plates transfer. Notwithstanding Despite 
45.36 	section 168.12, subdivision 1, on payment of a transfer fee of
46.1 	$5, plates issued under this section may be transferred to
46.2 	another passenger vehicle, pickup, or van owned or jointly owned
46.3 	by automobile registered to the person individual to whom the
46.4 	special collegiate plates were issued.
46.5 		Subd. 5.Fees credited. The fees collected under this
46.6 	section must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to
46.7 	the highway user tax distribution fund.Fees collected under
46.8 	this section do not include the contributions collected for the
46.9 	scholarship account.
46.10 		Subd. 6.Scholarship account. A scholarship account is
46.11 	created in the state treasury.  Except for one percent that may
46.12 	be retained by the commissioner of public safety for
46.13 	administrative costs, all contributions received under this
46.14 	section must be deposited by the commissioner in the scholarship
46.15 	account.  Money in the scholarship account is appropriated to
46.16 	the governing board of the institution to which it is
46.17 	attributable, as provided in subdivision 7.
46.18 		Subd. 7.Record. The commissioner shall maintain a
46.19 	record of the number of license plates issued for each
46.20 	postsecondary institution or system in order to determine the
46.21 	amount of scholarship funds available to that institution or
46.22 	system.

46.23 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1291, is
46.24 	amended to read:
46.25 	168.1291 SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES; UNIFORM DESIGN, UNIQUE
46.26 	EMBLEMS.
46.27 		Subdivision 1.Definition. For purposes of this section
46.28 	"special license plates" means license plates issued under
46.29 	sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129.
46.30 		Subd. 2.uniform design of special plates. (a) The
46.31 	commissioner shall design a single special license plate that
46.32 	will contain a unique number and a space for a unique symbol 
46.33 	emblem for plates issued under sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b
46.34 	and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129.  The commissioner shall design a
46.35 	unique symbol emblem related to the purpose of each
46.36 	special license plate.
47.1 	(b) Any provision of sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b to
47.2 	2e; 168.123; and 168.129,that requires the placement of a
47.3 	specified letter or letters on a special license plate applies
47.4 	to those license plates only to the extent that the commissioner
47.5 	includes the letter or letters in the design. Where 
47.6 	(c) If a law authorizing a special license plate contains a
47.7 	specific requirement for graphic design of that license plate,
47.8 	that requirement applies to the appropriate unique symbol the
47.9 	commissioner designs emblem.
47.10 		Subd. 3.Issuance of special plates with unique
47.11 	symbols emblems. Notwithstanding Despite section 168.12,
47.12 	subdivisions 2b to 2e; 168.123; or 168.129, beginning with
47.13 	special license plates issued in calendar year 1996,the
47.14 	commissioner shall issue each class of special license plates
47.15 	permanently marked with specific designs under those laws only
47.16 	until the commissioner's supply of those license plates is
47.17 	exhausted.  Thereafter the commissioner shall issue under those
47.18 	laws only the license plate authorized under subdivision 2, with
47.19 	the appropriate unique symbol emblem attached.
47.20 		Subd. 4.Fees. Notwithstanding Despite section 168.12,
47.21 	subdivisions 2b to 2e; 168.123; or 168.129, the commissioner
47.22 	shall charge a fee of $10 for each set of license plates issued
47.23 	under this section.
47.24 		Subd. 5.application applicability. This section does
47.25 	not apply to a special motorcycle license plate designed by the
47.26 	registrar commissioner under section 168.123, subdivision 1,
47.27 	clause (2).

47.28 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1293, is
47.29 	amended to read:
47.30 	168.1293 SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES; AUTHORIZATION;
47.31 	DISCONTINUANCE.
47.32 		Subdivision 1.Definition. For purposes of this section
47.33 	and section 168.1297, "special license plate" means a license 
47.34 	plate that is authorized by law sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b
47.35 	and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129,to have wording and graphics that
47.36 	differ from a Minnesota passenger vehicle license plate.
48.1 		Subd. 2.Submissions to department commissioner. (a) A
48.2 	person, legal entity, or other requester, however organized,
48.3 	that plans to seek legislation establishing a new special
48.4 	license plate shall submit the following information and fee to
48.5 	the Department of Public Safety commissioner:
48.6 	(1) The requester shall submit a request for the special
48.7 	license plate being sought, describing the proposed license 
48.8 	plate in general terms, the purpose of the plate, and the
48.9 	proposed fee or minimum contribution required for the plate.
48.10 	(2) The requester shall submit the results of a scientific
48.11 	sample survey of Minnesota motor vehicle owners that indicates
48.12 	that at least 10,000 motor vehicle owners intend to purchase the
48.13 	proposed plate with the proposed fee or minimum contribution.
48.14 	The requester's plan to undertake the survey must be reported to
48.15 	the department commissioner before the survey is undertaken.
48.16 	The survey must be performed independently of the requester by
48.17 	another person or legal entity, however organized, that conducts
48.18 	similar sample surveys in the normal course of business.
48.19 	(3) The requester shall submit an application fee of
48.20 	$20,000, to cover the department's cost of reviewing the
48.21 	application for a new plate and developing the new special
48.22 	license plate if authorized by law.  State funds may not be used
48.23 	to pay the application fee.
48.24 	(4) The requester shall submit a marketing strategy that
48.25 	contains (i) short-term and long-term marketing plans for the
48.26 	requested plate, and (ii) a financial analysis showing the
48.27 	anticipated revenues and the planned expenditures of any fee or
48.28 	contribution derived from the requested plate.
48.29 	(b) The requester shall submit the information required
48.30 	under paragraph (a) to the department commissioner at least 120
48.31 	days before the convening of the next regular legislative
48.32 	session at which the requester will submit the proposal.
48.33 		Subd. 3.Design; redesign. (a) If the proposed new 
48.34 	special license plate sought by the requester is approved by
48.35 	law, the requester shall submit the proposed design for the
48.36 	plate to the department commissioner as soon as practicable, but
49.1 	not later than 120 days after the effective date of the law
49.2 	authorizing issuance of the plate.  The department commissioner 
49.3 	is responsible for selecting the final design for the
49.4 	special license plate.
49.5 	(b) The requester that originally requested a special
49.6 	license plate subsequently approved by law may not submit a new
49.7 	design for the plate within the five years following the date of
49.8 	first issuance of the plate unless the inventory of those plates
49.9 	has been exhausted.  The requester may deplete the remaining
49.10 	inventory of the plates by reimbursing the department 
49.11 	commissioner for the cost of the plates.
49.12 		Subd. 4.Refund of fee. If the special license plate
49.13 	requested is not authorized in the legislative session at which
49.14 	authorization was sought, the department commissioner shall
49.15 	refund $17,500 of the application fee to the requester.
49.16 		Subd. 5.Discontinuance of plate. (a) The
49.17 	department commissioner shall discontinue the issuance or
49.18 	renewal of any special license plate authorized by sections
49.19 	168.12, subdivisions 2b and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129,if (1)
49.20 	fewer than 1,000 sets of those plates are currently registered
49.21 	at the end of the first six years during which the plates are
49.22 	available, or (2) fewer than 1,000 sets of those plates are
49.23 	currently registered at the end of any subsequent two-year
49.24 	period following the first six years of availability.
49.25 	(b) The department may commissioner shall discontinue the
49.26 	issuance or renewal of any special license plate authorized by
49.27 	sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129,
49.28 	and distribution of any contributions resulting from that plate,
49.29 	if the department commissioner determines that (1) the fund or
49.30 	requester receiving the contributions no longer exists, (2) the
49.31 	requester has stopped providing services that are authorized to
49.32 	be funded from the contribution proceeds, (3) the requester has
49.33 	requested discontinuance, or (4) contributions have been used in
49.34 	violation of subdivision 6.
49.35 	(c) Nothing in this subdivision applies to license plates
49.36 	issued under section 168.123, 168.124, 168.125, or 168.1255.
50.1 		Subd. 6.Use of contributions. Contributions made as a
50.2 	condition of obtaining a special license plate authorized by
50.3 	sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129,
50.4 	and interest earned on the contributions, may not be spent for
50.5 	commercial or for-profit purposes.
50.6 		Subd. 7.Deposit of fee; appropriation. The commissioner
50.7 	shall deposit the application fee under subdivision 2, paragraph
50.8 	(a), clause (3), in the highway user tax distribution fund 
50.9 	vehicle services operating account of the special revenue fund
50.10 	under section 299A.705.  An amount sufficient to pay the
50.11 	department's cost in implementing and administering this
50.12 	section, including payment of refunds under subdivision 4, is
50.13 	appropriated to the commissioner.

50.14 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1296, is
50.15 	amended to read:
50.16 	168.1296  SPECIAL CRITICAL HABITAT LICENSE PLATES.
50.17 		Subdivision 1.General requirements and procedures. (a)
50.18 	The registrar commissioner shall issue special critical
50.19 	habitat license plates to an applicant who:
50.20 	(1) is an owner or joint a registered owner of a passenger
50.21 	automobile, pickup truck, or van;
50.22 	(2) pays a fee of $10 to cover the costs of handling and
50.23 	manufacturing the plates;
50.24 	(3) pays the registration tax required under section
50.25 	168.013;
50.26 	(4) pays the fees required under this chapter;
50.27 	(5) contributes a minimum of $30 annually to the Minnesota
50.28 	critical habitat private sector matching account established in
50.29 	section 84.943; and
50.30 	(6) complies with laws this chapter and rules governing
50.31 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of vehicles and 
50.32 	drivers.
50.33 	(b) The critical habitat license plate application form 
50.34 	must clearly indicate that the annual contribution specified
50.35 	under paragraph (a), clause (5), is a minimum contribution to
50.36 	receive the license plate and that the applicant may make an
51.1 	additional contribution to the account.
51.2 		Subd. 2.Design. After consultation with interested
51.3 	groups, the commissioner of natural resources and the
51.4 	registrar commissioner shall jointly select a suitable symbol
51.5 	for use by the registrar commissioner to design the special 
51.6 	plates.
51.7 		Subd. 3.No refund. Contributions under this section
51.8 	must not be refunded.
51.9 		Subd. 4.Plate transfers. Notwithstanding section
51.10 	168.12, subdivision 1, on payment of a transfer fee of $5,
51.11 	plates issued under this section may be transferred to another
51.12 	passenger automobile, pickup truck, or van owned or jointly
51.13 	owned by registered to the person to whom the special plates
51.14 	were issued.
51.15 		Subd. 5.Contribution and fees credited. Contributions
51.16 	under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (5), must be paid to
51.17 	the registrar commissioner and credited to the Minnesota
51.18 	critical habitat private sector matching account established in
51.19 	section 84.943.  The fees collected under this section must be
51.20 	deposited in the highway user tax distribution fund vehicle
51.21 	services operating account of the special revenue fund under
51.22 	section 299A.705.
51.23 		Subd. 6.Record. The registrar commissioner shall
51.24 	maintain a record of the number of special plates issued under
51.25 	this section.

51.26 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1297, is
51.27 	amended to read:
51.28 	168.1297 SPECIAL "ROTARY MEMBER" LICENSE PLATES.
51.29 		Subdivision 1.General requirements and procedures.
 51.30 	The registrar commissioner shall issue special "Rotary member"
51.31 	license plates to an applicant who:
51.32 	(1) is an owner or joint a registered owner of a passenger
51.33 	automobile, pickup truck, or van;
51.34 	(2) pays a fee of $10 to cover the costs of handling and
51.35 	manufacturing the plates;
51.36 	(3) pays the registration tax required under section
52.1 	168.013;
52.2 	(4) pays the fees required under this chapter;
52.3 	(5) submits proof to the registrar commissioner that the
52.4 	applicant is a member of Rotary International; and
52.5 	(6) complies with laws this chapter and rules governing
52.6 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of vehicles and 
52.7 	drivers.
52.8 		Subd. 2.Design. A special license plate under this
52.9 	section consists of a special license plate as described in
52.10 	section 168.1291 with a unique symbol emblem that is the
52.11 	recognized emblem of Rotary International.
52.12 		Subd. 3.Compliance with other law. The commissioner
52.13 	shall take no action under this section unless the commissioner
52.14 	determines that Rotary International, or one or more districts
52.15 	of Rotary International, has complied with section 168.1293,
52.16 	subdivision 2, paragraph (a).  Issuance and renewal of license 
52.17 	plates under this section are subject to section 168.1293,
52.18 	subdivisions 3 to 6.

52.19 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.27,
52.20 	subdivision 11, is amended to read:
52.21 		Subd. 11.dealer's licenses; location change notice;
52.22 	fee. (a) Application for a dealer's license or notification of
52.23 	a change of location of the place of business on a dealer's 
52.24 	license must include a street address, not a post office box,
52.25 	and is subject to the registrar's commissioner's approval.
52.26 	(b) Upon the filing of an application for a dealer's 
52.27 	license and the proper fee, the registrar is authorized,unless
52.28 	the application on its face appears to be invalid, to the
52.29 	commissioner shall grant a 90-day temporary license.  During the
52.30 	90-day period following issuance of the temporary license,
52.31 	the registrar commissioner shall investigate the fitness of the
52.32 	applicant,inspect the place of business site,and make other
52.33 	investigation as necessary to insure compliance with the
52.34 	licensing law this section and rules adopted under this section.
52.35 	(c) The registrar commissioner may extend the temporary
52.36 	license 30 days to allow the temporarily licensed dealer to come
53.1 	into full compliance with this section and rules adopted under
53.2 	this section.
53.3 	At the end of the period of investigation (d) In no more
53.4 	than 120 days following issuance of the temporary license, the
53.5 	dealer license must either be granted or denied.
53.6 	(e) A license must be denied under the following conditions:
53.7 	(1) The license must be denied if within the previous ten
53.8 	years the applicant was enjoined due to a violation of section
53.9 	325F.69 or convicted of violating section 325E.14, 325E.15,
53.10 	325E.16, or 325F.69, or convicted under section 609.53 of
53.11 	receiving or selling stolen vehicles, or convicted of violating
53.12 	United States Code, title 15, sections 1981 to 1991, as amended
53.13 	through December 31, 1984,or pleaded guilty, entered a plea of
53.14 	nolo contendere or no contest, or has been found guilty in a
53.15 	court of competent jurisdiction of any charge of failure to pay
53.16 	state or federal income or sales taxes or felony charge of
53.17 	forgery, embezzlement, obtaining money under false pretenses,
53.18 	theft by swindle, extortion, conspiracy to defraud, or bribery.
53.19 	(2) The license must also be denied if within the previous
53.20 	year the applicant has been denied a dealer license.
53.21 	(3) A license must also be denied if the applicant has had
53.22 	a dealer license revoked within the previous ten years.
53.23 	(f) If the application is approved, the registrar 
53.24 	commissioner shall license the applicant as a motor vehicle 
53.25 	dealer for one year from the date the temporary license is
53.26 	granted and issue a certificate of license that must include a
53.27 	distinguishing number of identification of the dealer.  The
53.28 	license must be displayed in a prominent place in the dealer's 
53.29 	licensed location place of business.
53.30 	(g) Each initial application for a license must be
53.31 	accompanied by a fee of $50 $100 in addition to the annual fee.
53.32 	The annual fee shall be $100 is $150. All The initial fees and
53.33 	annual fees must be paid into the state treasury and credited to
53.34 	the general fund except that $50 of each initial and annual fee
53.35 	must be paid into the vehicle services operating account in the
53.36 	special revenue fund under section 299A.705.

54.1 	Sec. 23. [168.326] EXPEDITED DRIVER AND VEHICLES
54.2 	SERVICES; FEE.
54.3 	(a) When an applicant requests and pays an expedited
54.4 	service fee of $20, in addition to other specified and
54.5 	statutorily mandated fees and taxes, the commissioner shall
54.6 	expedite the processing of an application for a driver's
54.7 	license, driving instruction permit, Minnesota identification
54.8 	card, or vehicle title transaction.
54.9 	(b) A driver's license agent or deputy registrar may retain
54.10 	$10 of the expedited service fee for each expedited service
54.11 	request processed by the licensing agent or deputy registrar.
54.12 	(c) When expedited service is requested, materials must be
54.13 	mailed or delivered to the requester within three days of
54.14 	receipt of the expedited service fee excluding Saturdays,
54.15 	Sundays, or the holidays listed in section 645.44, subdivision
54.16 	5.  The requester shall comply with all relevant requirements of
54.17 	the requested document.
54.18 	(d) The commissioner may decline to accept an expedited
54.19 	service request if it is apparent at the time it is made that
54.20 	the request cannot be granted.
54.21 	(e) The expedited service fees collected under this section
54.22 	for an application for a driver's license, driving instruction
54.23 	permit, or Minnesota identification card minus any portion
54.24 	retained by a licensing agent or deputy registrar under
54.25 	paragraph (b) must be paid into the driver services operating
54.26 	account in the special revenue fund specified under section
54.27 	299A.705.
54.28 	(f) The expedited service fees collected under this section
54.29 	for a transaction for a vehicle service minus any portion
54.30 	retained by a licensing agent or deputy registrar under
54.31 	paragraph (b) must be paid into the vehicle services operating
54.32 	account in the special revenue fund specified under section
54.33 	299A.705.

54.34 	Sec. 24. [168.327] DRIVER AND VEHICLE RECORD FEES.
54.35 		Subdivision 1.Records and fees. (a) Upon request by any
54.36 	person authorized in this section, the commissioner shall
55.1 	furnish a certified copy of any driver's license record,
55.2 	instruction permit record, Minnesota identification card record,
55.3 	vehicle registration record, vehicle title record, or accident
55.4 	record.
55.5 	(b) Other than accident records governed under section
55.6 	169.09, subdivision 13, the requester shall pay a fee of $10 for
55.7 	each certified record specified in paragraph (a) or a fee of $9
55.8 	for each record that is not certified.
55.9 	(c) In addition to the record fee in paragraph (b), the fee
55.10 	for a copy of the history of any vehicle title not in electronic
55.11 	format is $1 for each page of the historical record.
55.12 	(d) Fees collected under paragraph (b) for driver's
55.13 	license, instruction permit, and Minnesota identification card
55.14 	records must be paid into the state treasury with 50 cents of
55.15 	each fee credited to the general fund.  The remainder of the
55.16 	fees collected must be credited to the driver services operating
55.17 	account in the special revenue fund under section 299A.705.
55.18 	(e) Fees collected under paragraphs (b) and (c) for vehicle
55.19 	registration or title records must be paid into the state
55.20 	treasury with 50 cents of each fee credited to the general
55.21 	fund.  The remainder of the fees collected must be credited to
55.22 	the vehicle services operating account in the special revenue
55.23 	fund specified in section 299A.705.
55.24 	(f) The commissioner shall permit a person to inquire into
55.25 	a record by the person's own electronic means for a fee of $4.50
55.26 	for each inquiry, except that no fee may be charged when the
55.27 	requester is the subject of the data.
55.28 	(1) Of the $4.50 fee, $2.70 must be deposited in the
55.29 	general fund.
55.30 	(2) For driver's license, instruction permit, or Minnesota
55.31 	identification card records, the remainder must be deposited in
55.32 	the driver services operating account in the special revenue
55.33 	fund under section 299A.705.
55.34 	(3) For vehicle title or registration records, the
55.35 	remainder must be deposited in the vehicle services operating
55.36 	account in the special revenue fund under section 299A.705.
56.1 	(g) Fees and the deposit of the fees for accident records
56.2 	and reports are governed by section 169.09, subdivision 13.
56.3 		Subd. 2.Requests for information; surcharge on fee. (a)
56.4 	Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 3, the commissioner
56.5 	shall impose a surcharge of 50 cents on each fee charged by the
56.6 	commissioner under section 13.03, subdivision 3, for copies or
56.7 	electronic transmittals of public information about the
56.8 	registration of a vehicle or an applicant, or holder of a
56.9 	driver's license, instruction permit, or Minnesota
56.10 	identification card.
56.11 	(b) The surcharge only applies to a fee imposed in response
56.12 	to a request made in person or by mail, or to a request for
56.13 	transmittal through a computer modem.  The surcharge does not
56.14 	apply to the request of an individual for information about that
56.15 	individual's driver's license, instruction permit, or Minnesota
56.16 	identification card or about vehicles registered or titled in
56.17 	the individual's name.
56.18 	(c) The surcharges collected under this subdivision must be
56.19 	credited to the general fund.
56.20 		Subd. 3.Exception to fee and surcharge. (a)
56.21 	Notwithstanding subdivision 2 or section 13.03, a fee or
56.22 	surcharge may not be imposed in response to a request for public
56.23 	information about the registration of a vehicle if the
56.24 	commissioner is satisfied that:
56.25 	(1) the requester seeks the information on behalf of a
56.26 	community-based, nonprofit organization designated by a local
56.27 	law enforcement agency to be a requester; and 
56.28 	(2) the information is needed to identify suspected
56.29 	prostitution law violators, controlled substance law violators,
56.30 	or health code violators.
56.31 	(b) The commissioner shall not require a requester under
56.32 	paragraph (a) to make a minimum number of data requests or limit
56.33 	the requester to a maximum number of data requests.

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

63.12 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.345,
63.13 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
63.14 		Subdivision 1.Information by telephone.  Information
63.15 	concerning motor about vehicle registrations shall not be
63.16 	furnished on the telephone to any person except the personnel of
63.17 	law enforcement agencies and the personnel of governmental motor
63.18 	vehicle and registration offices.

63.19 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.345,
63.20 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
63.21 		Subd. 2.Lessees; information.  The registrar 
63.22 	commissioner may not furnish information concerning about 
63.23 	registered owners of passenger automobiles who are lessees under
63.24 	a lease for a term of 180 days or more to any person except the
63.25 	personnel of law enforcement agencies and federal, state, and
63.26 	local governmental units, and, at the registrar's commissioner's 
63.27 	discretion, to persons who use the information to notify lessees
63.28 	of automobile recalls.  The registrar commissioner may release
63.29 	information about lessees in the form of summary data, as
63.30 	defined in section 13.02, to persons who use the information in
63.31 	conducting statistical analysis and market research.

63.32 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.381, is
63.33 	amended to read:
63.34 	168.381 MANUFACTURE OF VEHICLE LICENSE PLATES;
63.35 	APPROPRIATIONS.
63.36 		Subdivision 1.Correctional facilities; other
64.1 	manufacturers. (a) License number Plates required by law this
64.2 	chapter may be manufactured by the Minnesota Correctional
64.3 	Facility-St. Cloud, the Minnesota Correctional
64.4 	Facility-Stillwater, or other facility established by law for
64.5 	the confinement of persons convicted of felony, upon order from
64.6 	the registrar of motor vehicles commissioner.  The order must
64.7 	state the quality of material desired in the plates, the plate
64.8 	specifications, and the amount or number desired.
64.9 	(b) Should the commissioner of corrections decide not to
64.10 	supply the required quantity of license plates, or discontinue
64.11 	the manufacture of plates, the commissioner of public safety is
64.12 	authorized to seek other suppliers on a competitive basis.
64.13 		Subd. 2.Laboratory testing; costs. (a) Materials
64.14 	purchased to be used in the manufacture of motor vehicle number 
64.15 	plates must be tested as to conformance with specifications
64.16 	established by the commissioner of public safety in a privately
64.17 	operated laboratory service to be designated by the
64.18 	commissioner.  The cost of the laboratory must be included in
64.19 	the cost of materials purchased.
64.20 	(b) The cost of delivery of number plates to the
64.21 	commissioner of public safety at places designated by the
64.22 	commissioner must be included in the expenses incurred in their
64.23 	manufacture.
64.24 		Subd. 3.Specifications. The commissioner of public
64.25 	safety shall establish new or revised specifications for the
64.26 	material and equipment used in the manufacture of number plates
64.27 	ordered for manufacture after August 1, 1975, and may from time
64.28 	to time revise the specifications; provided that the
64.29 	specifications conform to the requirements of section 168.12.
64.30 	In establishing new or revised specifications, the commissioner
64.31 	shall consult with and give consideration to the advice and
64.32 	recommendations of representatives of the Minnesota State
64.33 	Patrol, local police officers' associations, and the county
64.34 	sheriffs' association.
64.35 		Subd. 4.Appropriations. (a) Money appropriated to the
64.36 	Department of Public Safety to procure the plates for any fiscal
65.1 	year or years are is available for allotment, encumbrance, and
65.2 	expenditure from and after the date of the enactment of the
65.3 	appropriation.  Materials and equipment used in the manufacture
65.4 	of number plates are subject only to the approval of the
65.5 	commissioner of public safety.
65.6 	(b) This section contemplates that money to be appropriated
65.7 	to the Department of Public Safety in order to carry out the
65.8 	terms and provisions of this section will be appropriated by the
65.9 	legislature from the highway user tax distribution fund.
65.10 	(c) A sum sufficient is appropriated annually from the
65.11 	highway user tax distribution vehicle services operating account
65.12 	in the special revenue fund to the commissioner of public safety 
65.13 	to pay the costs of purchasing, delivering, and mailing motor
65.14 	vehicle license number plates, license plate registration tabs
65.15 	or stickers, and license plate registration notices.

65.16 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.54,
65.17 	subdivision 4, is amended to read:
65.18 		Subd. 4.Transfer fee.  A fee of $3 is imposed upon every
65.19 	transfer of ownership by the commissioner of public safety of
65.20 	any motor vehicle for which a registration certificate has
65.21 	heretofore been issued under this chapter, except vehicles sold
65.22 	for the purposes of salvage or ,dismantling,or permanent
65.23 	removal from the state.

65.24 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.54,
65.25 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
65.26 		Subd. 5.Proceeds to general fund.  The
65.27 	registrar commissioner shall collect the proceeds of the fee
65.28 	imposed under this section and deposit them in the general fund
65.29 	pursuant to section 168A.31.

65.30 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168A.152,
65.31 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
65.32 		Subd. 2.Inspection fee; proceeds to general fund vehicle
65.33 	services operating account.  (a) A fee of $20 $35 must be paid
65.34 	to the department before the department issues a certificate of
65.35 	title for a vehicle that has been inspected and for which a
65.36 	certificate of inspection has been issued pursuant to
66.1 	subdivision 1.  The only additional fee that may be assessed for
66.2 	issuing the certificate of title is the filing fee imposed under
66.3 	section 168.33, subdivision 7.
66.4 	(b) Fees Of the fee collected by the department under this
66.5 	subdivision, for conducting inspections under subdivision 1, $20 
66.6 	must be deposited in the general fund and the remainder of the
66.7 	fee collected must be deposited in the vehicle services
66.8 	operating account in the special revenue fund as specified in
66.9 	section 299A.705.

66.10 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168A.29, is
66.11 	amended to read:
66.12 	168A.29 FEES.
66.13 		Subdivision 1.Amounts. (a) The department shall must be
66.14 	paid the following fees:
66.15 	(1) for filing an application for and the issuance of an
66.16 	original certificate of title, the sum of $3 $5.50 of which
66.17 	$2.50 must be paid into the vehicle services operating account
66.18 	of the special revenue fund under section 299A.705;
66.19 	(2) for each security interest when first noted upon a
66.20 	certificate of title, including the concurrent notation of any
66.21 	assignment thereof and its subsequent release or satisfaction,
66.22 	the sum of $2, except that no fee is due for a security interest
66.23 	filed by a public authority under section 168A.05, subdivision
66.24 	8;
66.25 	(3) for the transfer of the interest of an owner and the
66.26 	issuance of a new certificate of title, the sum of $3 $5.50 of
66.27 	which $2.50 must be paid into the vehicle services operating
66.28 	account of the special revenue fund under section 299A.705;
66.29 	(4) for each assignment of a security interest when first
66.30 	noted on a certificate of title, unless noted concurrently with
66.31 	the security interest, the sum of $1;
66.32 	(5) for issuing a duplicate certificate of title, the sum
66.33 	of $4 $6.50 of which $2.50 must be paid into the vehicle
66.34 	services operating account of the special revenue fund under
66.35 	section 299A.705.
66.36 	(b) After June 30, 1994, in addition to each of the fees
67.1 	required under paragraph (a), clauses (1) and (3), the
67.2 	department shall must be paid $3.50.  The additional $3.50 fee
67.3 	collected under this paragraph must be deposited in the special
67.4 	revenue fund and credited to the public safety motor vehicle
67.5 	account established in section 299A.70.
67.6 		Subd. 2.Fee in lieu of other fee. If a person applies
67.7 	for an original or a new certificate of title to a vehicle,
67.8 	concurrently with an application, as transferee, of registration
67.9 	of the vehicle, the fee prescribed in subdivision 1 shall must 
67.10 	be in lieu of the fee prescribed by section 168.54, with respect
67.11 	to any transfer of ownership or registration of the vehicle to
67.12 	the applicant.
67.13 		Subd. 3.No certificate issued until fees paid. Subject
67.14 	to subdivision 2, the department shall not issue a certificate
67.15 	of title to a vehicle until all fees prescribed by sections
67.16 	168.54 and 168A.10, subdivision 6, with respect to any prior
67.17 	transfer of ownership or registration of the vehicle shall have
67.18 	been paid.

67.19 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168A.31, is
67.20 	amended to read:
67.21 	168A.31 DISPOSITION OF FEES; PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.
67.22 		Subdivision 1.paid to general fund distribution. All
67.23 	fees prescribed by sections 168A.01 to 168A.31 and 168.54
67.24 	collected by the department must be paid into the general fund,
67.25 	unless otherwise specified in chapter 168A.
67.26 		Subd. 2.Expenses; appropriation. All necessary expenses
67.27 	incurred by the department for the administration of sections
67.28 	168A.01 to 168A.31shall must be paid from moneys money in the
67.29 	transfer of ownership revolving vehicle services operating
67.30 	account of the special revenue fund as specified in section
67.31 	299A.705, and such funds are hereby appropriated.

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

70.27 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.18,
70.28 	subdivision 11, as amended by 2005 H.F. No. 1164, section 2, if
70.29 	enacted, is amended to read:
70.30 		Subd. 11.Passing parked emergency or towing vehicle.
 70.31 	When approaching and before passing a stationary authorized
70.32 	emergency vehicle or tow truck or towing vehicle displaying
70.33 	emergency lighting, the driver of a vehicle, unless otherwise
70.34 	directed by a police officer, shall:
70.35 	(1) slow to a minimum of ten miles per hour less than the
70.36 	posted speed limit; or
71.1 	(2) when driving on a street or highway having two or more
71.2 	lanes in the same direction, safely move the vehicle to a lane
71.3 	away from the emergency vehicle or tow truck or towing vehicle 
71.4 	so that, when possible, there is one full traffic lane of
71.5 	separation or buffer between the vehicle and the emergency
71.6 	vehicle or tow truck or towing vehicle.

71.7 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169A.60,
71.8 	subdivision 16, is amended to read:
71.9 		Subd. 16.Fees credited to highway user fund.  Fees
71.10 	collected from the sale or reinstatement of license plates under
71.11 	this section must be paid into the state treasury and credited
71.12 	one-half to the highway user tax distribution fund vehicle
71.13 	services operating account in the special revenue fund specified
71.14 	in section 299A.705and one-half to the general fund.

71.15 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.06,
71.16 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
71.17 		Subd. 2.Fees.  (a) The fees for a license and Minnesota
71.18 	identification card are as follows:
71.19 	Classified Driver's License  D- $18.50 $21.50 C- $22.50 $25.50 
71.20 	 B- $29.50 $32.50 A- $37.50 $40.50 
71.21 	Classified Under-21 D.L.     D- $18.50 $21.50 C- $22.50 $25.50 
71.22 	B- $29.50 $32.50 A- $17.50 $20.50 
71.23 	Instruction Permit                              $ 9.50
71.24 	Provisional License $ 9.50$12.50 
71.25 	Duplicate License or
71.26 	 duplicate identification card $ 8.00$11.00 
71.27 	Minnesota identification card or Under-21 Minnesota
71.28 	identification card, other than duplicate,
71.29 	except as otherwise provided in section 171.07,
71.30 	subdivisions 3 and 3a $12.50 $15.50 
71.31 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a person an individual 
71.32 	who holds a provisional license and has a driving record free of
71.33 	(1) convictions for a violation of section 169A.20, 169A.33,
71.34 	169A.35, or sections 169A.50 to 169A.53, (2) convictions for
71.35 	crash-related moving violations, and (3) convictions for moving
71.36 	violations that are not crash related, shall have a $3.50 credit
72.1 	toward the fee for any classified under-21 driver's license.
72.2 	"Moving violation" has the meaning given it in section 171.04,
72.3 	subdivision 1.
72.4 	(c) In addition to the driver's license fee required under
72.5 	paragraph (a), the registrar commissioner shall collect an
72.6 	additional $4 processing fee from each new applicant or person 
72.7 	individual renewing a license with a school bus endorsement to
72.8 	cover the costs for processing an applicant's initial and
72.9 	biennial physical examination certificate.  The department shall
72.10 	not charge these applicants any other fee to receive or renew
72.11 	the endorsement.

72.12 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.061,
72.13 	subdivision 4, is amended to read:
72.14 		Subd. 4.Fee; equipment.  (a) The agent may charge and
72.15 	retain a filing fee of $3.50 $5 for each application.  Except as
72.16 	provided in paragraph (b), the fee shall cover all expenses
72.17 	involved in receiving, accepting, or forwarding to the
72.18 	department the applications and fees required under sections
72.19 	171.02, subdivision 3; 171.06, subdivisions 2 and 2a; and
72.20 	171.07, subdivisions 3 and 3a.
72.21 	(b) The department shall maintain the photo identification
72.22 	equipment for all agents appointed as of January 1, 2000.  Upon
72.23 	the retirement, resignation, death, or discontinuance of an
72.24 	existing agent, and if a new agent is appointed in an existing
72.25 	office pursuant to Minnesota Rules, chapter 7404, and
72.26 	notwithstanding the above or Minnesota Rules, part 7404.0400,
72.27 	the department shall provide and maintain photo identification
72.28 	equipment without additional cost to a newly appointed agent in
72.29 	that office if the office was provided the equipment by the
72.30 	department before January 1, 2000.  All photo identification
72.31 	equipment must be compatible with standards established by the
72.32 	department.
72.33 	(c) A filing fee retained by the agent employed by a county
72.34 	board must be paid into the county treasury and credited to the
72.35 	general revenue fund of the county.  An agent who is not an
72.36 	employee of the county shall retain the filing fee in lieu of
73.1 	county employment or salary and is considered an independent
73.2 	contractor for pension purposes, coverage under the Minnesota
73.3 	State Retirement System, or membership in the Public Employees
73.4 	Retirement Association.
73.5 	(d) Before the end of the first working day following the
73.6 	final day of the reporting period established by the department,
73.7 	the agent must forward to the department all applications and
73.8 	fees collected during the reporting period except as provided in
73.9 	paragraph (c).

73.10 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.07,
73.11 	subdivision 11, is amended to read:
73.12 		Subd. 11.Standby or temporary custodian.  (a) Upon the
73.13 	written request of the applicant and upon payment of an
73.14 	additional fee of $3.50, the department shall issue a driver's
73.15 	license or Minnesota identification card bearing a symbol or
73.16 	other appropriate identifier indicating that the license holder
73.17 	has appointed an individual to serve as a standby or temporary
73.18 	custodian under chapter 257B.
73.19 	(b) The request must be accompanied by a copy of the
73.20 	designation executed under section 257B.04.
73.21 	(c) The department shall maintain a computerized records
73.22 	system of all persons individuals listed as standby or temporary
73.23 	custodians by driver's license and identification card
73.24 	applicants.  This data shall must be released to appropriate law
73.25 	enforcement agencies under section 13.69.  Upon a parent's
73.26 	request and payment of a fee of $3.50, the department shall
73.27 	revise its list of standby or temporary custodians to reflect a
73.28 	change in the appointment.
73.29 	(d) At the request of the license or cardholder, the
73.30 	department shall cancel the standby or temporary custodian
73.31 	indication without additional charge.  However, this paragraph
73.32 	does not prohibit a fee that may be applicable for a duplicate
73.33 	or replacement license or card, renewal of a license, or other
73.34 	service applicable to a driver's license or identification card.
73.35 	(e) Notwithstanding sections 13.08, subdivision 1, and
73.36 	13.69, the department and department employees are conclusively
74.1 	presumed to be acting in good faith when employees rely on
74.2 	statements made, in person or by telephone, by persons
74.3 	purporting to be law enforcement and subsequently release
74.4 	information described in paragraph (b).  When acting in good
74.5 	faith, the department and department personnel are immune from
74.6 	civil liability and not subject to suit for damages resulting
74.7 	from the release of this information.
74.8 	(f) The department and its employees:
74.9 	(1) have no duty to inquire or otherwise determine whether
74.10 	a designation submitted under this subdivision is legally valid
74.11 	and enforceable; and
74.12 	(2) are immune from all civil liability and not subject to
74.13 	suit for damages resulting from a claim that the designation was
74.14 	not legally valid and enforceable.
74.15 	(g) Of the fees received by the department under this
74.16 	subdivision:
74.17 	(1) Up to $111,000 received in fiscal year 1997 and up to 
74.18 	$61,000 received in subsequent fiscal years must be deposited in
74.19 	the general fund.
74.20 	(2) All other fees must be deposited in the trunk highway 
74.21 	driver services operating account in the special revenue fund
74.22 	specified in section 299A.705.

74.23 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.13,
74.24 	subdivision 6, is amended to read:
74.25 		Subd. 6.Initial motorcycle endorsement fee.  A person
74.26 	applying for an initial motorcycle endorsement on a driver's
74.27 	license shall pay at the place of examination a total fee of
74.28 	$21, which includes the examination fee and endorsement fee, but
74.29 	does not include the fee for a duplicate driver's license
74.30 	prescribed in section 171.06, subdivision 2.  Of this amount,
74.31 	$11 must be credited as provided in section 171.06, subdivision
74.32 	2a, paragraph (a), clause (1), $2.50 must be credited to
74.33 	the trunk highway driver services operating account in the
74.34 	special revenue fund specified under section 299A.705, and the
74.35 	remainder must be credited to the general fund.

74.36 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.13, is
75.1 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
75.2 		Subd. 7.Repeat examination fee. (a) A fee of $10 must
75.3 	be paid by an individual to take a third and any subsequent
75.4 	knowledge test administered by the department if the individual
75.5 	has failed two previous consecutive knowledge tests on the
75.6 	subject.
75.7 	(b) A fee of $20 must be paid by an individual to take a
75.8 	third and any subsequent skills or road test administered by the
75.9 	department if the individual has previously failed two
75.10 	consecutive skill or road tests in a specified class of motor
75.11 	vehicle.
75.12 	(c) All fees received under this subdivision must be paid
75.13 	into the state treasury and credited to the driver services
75.14 	operating account in the special revenue fund specified under
75.15 	section 299A.705.

75.16 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.20,
75.17 	subdivision 4, is amended to read:
75.18 		Subd. 4.Reinstatement fee.  (a) Before the license is
75.19 	reinstated, (1) a person an individual whose driver's license
75.20 	has been suspended under section 171.16, subdivision 2; 171.18,
75.21 	except subdivision 1, clause (10); or 171.182, or who has been
75.22 	disqualified from holding a commercial driver's license under
75.23 	section 171.165, and (2) a person an individual whose driver's
75.24 	license has been suspended under section 171.186 and who is not
75.25 	exempt from such a fee, must pay a fee of $20.
75.26 	(b) Before the license is reinstated, a person an
75.27 	individual whose license has been suspended under sections
75.28 	169.791 to 169.798 must pay a $20 reinstatement fee.
75.29 	(c) When fees are collected by a licensing agent appointed
75.30 	under section 171.061, a handling charge is imposed in the
75.31 	amount specified under section 171.061, subdivision 4.  The
75.32 	reinstatement fee and surcharge must be deposited in an approved
75.33 	state depository as directed under section 171.061, subdivision
75.34 	4.
75.35 	(d) A suspension may be rescinded without fee for good
75.36 	cause.

76.1 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.26, is
76.2 	amended to read:
76.3 	171.26 MONEY CREDITED TO FUNDS.
76.4 		Subdivision 1.Driver services operating account. All
76.5 	money received under this chapter must be paid into the state
76.6 	treasury and credited to the trunk highway driver services
76.7 	operating account in the special revenue fund specified under
76.8 	section 299A.705, except as provided in subdivision 3;sections
76.9 	171.06, subdivision 2a; 171.07, subdivision 11, paragraph
76.10 	(g); 171.12, subdivision 8;and 171.29, subdivision 2, paragraph
76.11 	(b).
76.12 		Subd. 2.Trunk highway fund. (a) Notwithstanding
76.13 	subdivision 1 or any other provision in this chapter to the
76.14 	contrary, for the four fiscal years from July 1, 2005, through
76.15 	June 30, 2009, a portion of the money collected by the
76.16 	department under this chapter in each fiscal year must be
76.17 	deposited in the trunk highway fund as follows:
76.18 	(1) for fiscal year 2006, the first $833,000 collected;
76.19 	(2) for fiscal year 2007, the first $1,523,000 collected;
76.20 	(3) for fiscal year 2008, the first $1,565,000 collected;
76.21 	and 
76.22 	(4) for fiscal year 2009, the first $1,825,000 collected.
76.23 	(b) This subdivision expires July 1, 2009.

76.24 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.29,
76.25 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
76.26 		Subd. 2.Reinstatement fees and surcharges allocated and
76.27 	appropriated.  (a) A person An individual whose driver's license
76.28 	has been revoked as provided in subdivision 1, except under
76.29 	section 169A.52, 169A.54, or 609.21, shall must pay a $30 fee
76.30 	before the driver's license is reinstated.
76.31 	(b) A person whose driver's license has been revoked as
76.32 	provided in subdivision 1 under section 169A.52, 169A.54, or
76.33 	609.21, shall must pay a $250 fee plus a $40 surcharge before
76.34 	the driver's license is reinstated.  Beginning July 1, 2002, the
76.35 	surcharge is $145.  Beginning July 1, 2003, the surcharge is
76.36 	$430.  The $250 fee is to be credited as follows:
77.1 	(1) Twenty percent must be credited to the trunk highway 
77.2 	driver services operating account in the special revenue fund as
77.3 	specified in section 299A.705.
77.4 	(2) Sixty-seven percent must be credited to the general
77.5 	fund.
77.6 	(3) Eight percent must be credited to a separate account to
77.7 	be known as the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension account.  Money
77.8 	in this account may be appropriated to the commissioner of
77.9 	public safety and the appropriated amount must be apportioned 80
77.10 	percent for laboratory costs and 20 percent for carrying out the
77.11 	provisions of section 299C.065.
77.12 	(4) Five percent must be credited to a separate account to
77.13 	be known as the vehicle forfeiture account, which is created in
77.14 	the special revenue fund.  The money in the account is annually
77.15 	appropriated to the commissioner for costs of handling vehicle
77.16 	forfeitures.
77.17 	(c) The revenue from $50 of each surcharge must be credited
77.18 	to a separate account to be known as the traumatic brain injury
77.19 	and spinal cord injury account.  The money in the account is
77.20 	annually appropriated to the commissioner of health to be used
77.21 	as follows:  83 percent for contracts with a qualified
77.22 	community-based organization to provide information, resources,
77.23 	and support to assist persons with traumatic brain injury and
77.24 	their families to access services, and 17 percent to maintain
77.25 	the traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury registry
77.26 	created in section 144.662.  For the purposes of this
77.27 	clause paragraph, a "qualified community-based organization" is
77.28 	a private, not-for-profit organization of consumers of traumatic
77.29 	brain injury services and their family members.  The
77.30 	organization must be registered with the United States Internal
77.31 	Revenue Service under section 501(c)(3) as a tax-exempt
77.32 	organization and must have as its purposes:
77.33 	(i) the promotion of public, family, survivor, and
77.34 	professional awareness of the incidence and consequences of
77.35 	traumatic brain injury;
77.36 	(ii) the provision of a network of support for persons with
78.1 	traumatic brain injury, their families, and friends;
78.2 	(iii) the development and support of programs and services
78.3 	to prevent traumatic brain injury;
78.4 	(iv) the establishment of education programs for persons
78.5 	with traumatic brain injury; and
78.6 	(v) the empowerment of persons with traumatic brain injury
78.7 	through participation in its governance.
78.8 	No A patient's name, identifying information, or identifiable
78.9 	medical data will must not be disclosed to the organization
78.10 	without the informed voluntary written consent of the patient or
78.11 	patient's guardian or, if the patient is a minor, of the parent
78.12 	or guardian of the patient.
78.13 	(d) The remainder of the surcharge must be credited to a
78.14 	separate account to be known as the remote electronic
78.15 	alcohol-monitoring program account.  The commissioner shall
78.16 	transfer the balance of this account to the commissioner of
78.17 	finance on a monthly basis for deposit in the general fund.
78.18 	(e) When these fees are collected by a licensing agent,
78.19 	appointed under section 171.061, a handling charge is imposed in
78.20 	the amount specified under section 171.061, subdivision 4.  The
78.21 	reinstatement fees and surcharge must be deposited in an
78.22 	approved state depository as directed under section 171.061,
78.23 	subdivision 4.

78.24 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.36, is
78.25 	amended to read:
78.26 	171.36 LICENSE RENEWAL; FEES; PROCEEDS TO TRUNK HIGHWAY
78.27 	FUND DRIVER SERVICES OPERATING ACCOUNT.
78.28 	All licenses shall expire one year from the date of
78.29 	issuance and may be renewed upon application to the
78.30 	commissioner.  Each application for an original or renewal
78.31 	school license shall must be accompanied by a fee of $150 and
78.32 	each application for an original or renewal instructor's license
78.33 	shall must be accompanied by a fee of $50.  The license fees
78.34 	collected under sections 171.33 to 171.41shall must be paid
78.35 	into the trunk highway driver services operating account in the
78.36 	special revenue fund specified under section 299A.705. No A 
79.1 	license fee shall must not be refunded in the event that the
79.2 	license is rejected or revoked.

79.3 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 179A.03,
79.4 	subdivision 7, is amended to read:
79.5 		Subd. 7.Essential employee.  "Essential employee" means
79.6 	firefighters, peace officers subject to licensure under sections
79.7 	626.84 to 626.863, 911 system and police and fire department
79.8 	public safety dispatchers, guards at correctional facilities,
79.9 	confidential employees, supervisory employees, assistant county
79.10 	attorneys, assistant city attorneys, principals, and assistant
79.11 	principals.  However, for state employees, "essential employee"
79.12 	means all employees in law enforcement, public safety radio
79.13 	communications operators,health care professionals,
79.14 	correctional guards, professional engineering, and supervisory
79.15 	collective bargaining units, irrespective of severance, and no
79.16 	other employees.  For University of Minnesota employees,
79.17 	"essential employee" means all employees in law enforcement,
79.18 	nursing professional and supervisory units, irrespective of
79.19 	severance, and no other employees.  "Firefighters" means
79.20 	salaried employees of a fire department whose duties include,
79.21 	directly or indirectly, controlling, extinguishing, preventing,
79.22 	detecting, or investigating fires.  Employees for whom the state
79.23 	court administrator is the negotiating employer are not
79.24 	essential employees.
79.25 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2005.

79.26 	Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 179A.10,
79.27 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
79.28 		Subd. 2.State employees.  Unclassified employees, unless
79.29 	otherwise excluded, are included within the units which include
79.30 	the classifications to which they are assigned for purposes of
79.31 	compensation.  Supervisory employees shall only be assigned to
79.32 	units 12 and 16.  The following are the appropriate units of
79.33 	executive branch state employees:
79.34 	(1) law enforcement unit;
79.35 	(2) craft, maintenance, and labor unit;
79.36 	(3) service unit;
80.1 	(4) health care nonprofessional unit;
80.2 	(5) health care professional unit;
80.3 	(6) clerical and office unit;
80.4 	(7) technical unit;
80.5 	(8) correctional guards unit;
80.6 	(9) state university instructional unit;
80.7 	(10) state college instructional unit;
80.8 	(11) state university administrative unit;
80.9 	(12) professional engineering unit;
80.10 	(13) health treatment unit;
80.11 	(14) general professional unit;
80.12 	(15) professional state residential instructional unit; and 
80.13 	(16) supervisory employees unit; and 
80.14 	(17) public safety radio communications operator unit.
80.15 	Each unit consists of the classifications or positions
80.16 	assigned to it in the schedule of state employee job
80.17 	classification and positions maintained by the commissioner.
80.18 	The commissioner may only make changes in the schedule in
80.19 	existence on the day prior to August 1, 1984, as required by law
80.20 	or as provided in subdivision 4.
80.21 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2005.

80.22 	Sec. 48. [299A.705] DRIVER AND VEHICLE SERVICES OPERATING
80.23 	ACCOUNTS.
80.24 		Subdivision 1.Vehicle services operating account. (a)
80.25 	The vehicle services operating account is created in the special
80.26 	revenue fund, consisting of all money from the vehicle services
80.27 	fees specified in chapters 168 and 168A and any other money
80.28 	otherwise donated, allotted, appropriated, or legislated to this
80.29 	account.
80.30 	(b) Funds appropriated are available to administer vehicle
80.31 	services as specified in chapters 168 and 168A and section
80.32 	169.345, including:
80.33 	(1) designing, producing, issuing, and mailing vehicle
80.34 	registrations, plates, emblems, and titles;
80.35 	(2) collecting title and registration taxes and fees;
80.36 	(3) transferring vehicle registration plates and titles;
81.1 	(4) maintaining vehicle records;
81.2 	(5) issuing disability certificates and plates;
81.3 	(6) licensing vehicle dealers;
81.4 	(7) appointing, monitoring, and auditing deputy registrars;
81.5 	and 
81.6 	(8) inspecting vehicles when required by law.
81.7 		Subd. 2.Driver services operating account. (a) The
81.8 	driver services operating account is created in the special
81.9 	revenue fund, consisting of all money collected under chapter
81.10 	171 and any other money otherwise donated, allotted,
81.11 	appropriated, or legislated to the account.
81.12 	(b) Money in the account must be used by the commissioner
81.13 	of public safety to administer the driver services specified in
81.14 	chapters 169A and 171, including the activities associated with
81.15 	producing and mailing drivers' licenses and identification cards
81.16 	and notices relating to issuance, renewal, or withdrawal of
81.17 	driving and identification card privileges for any fiscal year
81.18 	or years and for the testing and examination of drivers.

81.19 	Sec. 49. FUND TRANSFER.
 81.20 	The commissioner of finance shall transfer the following
81.21 	amounts to the general fund in each year of the 2006-2007
81.22 	biennium:
81.23 	(1) $750,000 from the driver services operating account;
81.24 	and 
81.25 	(2) $250,000 from the vehicle services operating account.

81.26 	Sec. 50. TRANSITION.
 81.27 		Subdivision 1.Assignment of job classification to unit.
 81.28 	The commissioner of the bureau of mediation services shall
81.29 	assign the job classifications and positions of employees
81.30 	working as public safety radio communications operators to state
81.31 	employee bargaining unit 17.
81.32 		Subd. 2.Terms and conditions of employment. The terms
81.33 	and conditions of the collective bargaining agreement, memoranda
81.34 	of understanding, or other salary and benefit provisions
81.35 	covering public safety radio communications operators
81.36 	immediately before the effective date of this section remain in
82.1 	effect until a successor agreement between the commissioner of
82.2 	employee relations and the exclusive representative of
82.3 	bargaining unit 17 becomes effective, subject to Minnesota
82.4 	Statutes, section 179A.20, subdivision 6.
82.5 		Subd. 3.Exclusive representative. The employee
82.6 	organization that is the exclusive representative of employees
82.7 	assigned to bargaining unit 17 on the day before the effective
82.8 	date of this section must be certified by the commissioner of
82.9 	the Bureau of Mediation Services as the exclusive representative
82.10 	of newly created bargaining unit 17, subject to future changes
82.11 	as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 179A.12.  For
82.12 	employees assigned to bargaining unit 17, the exclusive
82.13 	representative retains all rights and obligations under the
82.14 	contract governing these employees immediately before the
82.15 	effective date of this section, so long as that contract
82.16 	continues to apply to those employees.
82.17 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2005.

82.18 	Sec. 51. INSTRUCTION TO REVISOR.
 82.19 	(a) In the statute listed in column A, the revisor shall
82.20 	change the reference in column B to the reference shown in
82.21 	column C:
82.22 	A B C 
82.23 	168.181,sections 168.181this section and 
82.24 	subdivision 1 to 168.231sections 168.183
82.25 	to 168.221
82.26 	168.211 168.231 168.221 
82.27 	168.221 168.231 168.211 and this 
82.28 	section 
82.29 	168.346 168.345,168.327,
82.30 	subdivision 4 subdivision 3 
82.31 	(b) The revisor of statutes shall renumber Minnesota
82.32 	Statutes, section 168.33, subdivision 3, as section 168.0185.
82.33 	(c) The revisor of statutes shall also correct any
82.34 	references in Minnesota Rules to the rules repealed or
82.35 	renumbered by this act, as appropriate.

82.36 	Sec. 52. REPEALER.
 83.1 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 168.012, subdivision
83.2 	12; 168.041, subdivision 11; 168.105, subdivision 6; 168.231;
83.3 	168.345, subdivisions 3 and 4; 170.23; 171.12, subdivision 8;
83.4 	and 171.185, are repealed.
83.5 	(b) Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 168C.01; 168C.02;
83.6 	168C.03; 168C.04; 168C.05; 168C.06; 168C.07; 168C.08; 168C.09;
83.7 	168C.10; 168C.11; 168C.12; and 168C.13, are repealed.
83.8 	(c) Minnesota Rules, parts 7407.0100; 7407.0200; 7407.0300;
83.9 	7407.0400; 7407.0500; 7407.0600; 7407.0700; 7407.0800;
83.10 	7407.0900; 7407.1000; 7407.1100; 7407.1200; and 7407.1300, are
83.11 	repealed.

83.12 	ARTICLE 3
83.13 	TRANSPORTATION FUNDING

83.14 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.013,
83.15 	subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
83.16 		Subd. 1a.Passenger automobile; hearse.  (a) On passenger
83.17 	automobiles as defined in section 168.011, subdivision 7, and
83.18 	hearses, except as otherwise provided, the tax shall be $10 plus
83.19 	an additional tax equal to 1.25 percent of the base value.
83.20 	(b) Subject to the classification provisions herein, "base
83.21 	value" means the manufacturer's suggested retail price of the
83.22 	vehicle including destination charge using list price
83.23 	information published by the manufacturer or determined by the
83.24 	registrar if no suggested retail price exists, and shall not
83.25 	include the cost of each accessory or item of optional equipment
83.26 	separately added to the vehicle and the suggested retail price.
83.27 	(c) If the manufacturer's list price information contains a
83.28 	single vehicle identification number followed by various
83.29 	descriptions and suggested retail prices, the registrar shall
83.30 	select from those listings only the lowest price for determining
83.31 	base value.
83.32 	(d) If unable to determine the base value because the
83.33 	vehicle is specially constructed, or for any other reason, the
83.34 	registrar may establish such value upon the cost price to the
83.35 	purchaser or owner as evidenced by a certificate of cost but not
83.36 	including Minnesota sales or use tax or any local sales or other
84.1 	local tax.
84.2 	(e) The registrar shall classify every vehicle in its
84.3 	proper base value class as follows:
84.4 	FROM                   TO
84.5 	                      $  0                $199.99
84.6 	                       200                 399.99
84.7 	and thereafter a series of classes successively set in brackets
84.8 	having a spread of $200 consisting of such number of classes as
84.9 	will permit classification of all vehicles.
84.10 	(f) The base value for purposes of this section shall be
84.11 	the middle point between the extremes of its class.
84.12 	(g) The registrar shall establish the base value, when new,
84.13 	of every passenger automobile and hearse registered prior to the
84.14 	effective date of Extra Session Laws 1971, chapter 31, using
84.15 	list price information published by the manufacturer or any
84.16 	nationally recognized firm or association compiling such data
84.17 	for the automotive industry.  If unable to ascertain the base
84.18 	value of any registered vehicle in the foregoing manner, the
84.19 	registrar may use any other available source or method.  The
84.20 	registrar shall calculate tax using base value information
84.21 	available to dealers and deputy registrars at the time the
84.22 	application for registration is submitted.  The tax on all
84.23 	previously registered vehicles shall be computed upon the base
84.24 	value thus determined taking into account the depreciation
84.25 	provisions of paragraph (h).
84.26 	(h) The annual additional tax computed upon the base value
84.27 	as provided herein, during the first and second years year of
84.28 	vehicle life shall be computed upon 100 percent of the base
84.29 	value; for the second year, 80 percent of such value;for the
84.30 	third and fourth years year, 90 70 percent of such value; for
84.31 	the fourth year, 60 percent of such value;for the fifth and
84.32 	sixth years year, 75 50 percent of such value; for the sixth
84.33 	year, 40 percent of such value;for the seventh year, 60 35 
84.34 	percent of such value; for the eighth year, 40 30 percent of
84.35 	such value; for the ninth year, 30 20 percent of such value; for
84.36 	the tenth year, ten percent of such value; for the 11th and each
85.1 	succeeding year, the sum of $25 $39.
85.2 	In no event shall the annual additional tax be less than
85.3 	$25 $39. In the third and subsequent years of vehicle life,the
85.4 	total tax under this subdivision shall not exceed $189 for the
85.5 	first renewal period and shall not exceed $99 for subsequent
85.6 	renewal periods.  The total tax under this subdivision on any
85.7 	vehicle filing its initial registration in Minnesota in the
85.8 	second year third and subsequent years of vehicle life shall not
85.9 	exceed $189 and shall not exceed $99 for subsequent renewal
85.10 	periods.  The total tax under this subdivision on any vehicle
85.11 	filing its initial registration in Minnesota in the third or
85.12 	subsequent year of vehicle life shall not exceed $99 and shall
85.13 	not exceed $99 in any subsequent renewal period.
85.14 	(i) As used in this subdivision and section 168.017, the
85.15 	following terms have the meanings given:  "initial registration"
85.16 	means the 12 consecutive months calendar period from the day of
85.17 	first registration of a vehicle in Minnesota; and "renewal
85.18 	periods" means the 12 consecutive calendar months periods
85.19 	following the initial registration period.
85.20 	(j) The annual additional tax under paragraph (h) in any
85.21 	registration year on a passenger automobile on which the first
85.22 	annual tax was paid before November 15, 2005, must not exceed
85.23 	the tax that was paid on that vehicle in the previous
85.24 	registration year.
85.25 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective November 15,
85.26 	2005, for registration year 2006 and subsequent years.

85.27 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 297B.09,
85.28 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
85.29 		Subdivision 1.Deposit of revenues.  (a) Money collected
85.30 	and received under this chapter must be deposited as provided in
85.31 	this subdivision.
85.32 	(b) From July 1, 2002, to June 30, 2003, 32 percent of the
85.33 	money collected and received must be deposited in the highway
85.34 	user tax distribution fund, 20.5 percent must be deposited in
85.35 	the metropolitan area transit fund under section 16A.88, and
85.36 	1.25 percent must be deposited in the greater Minnesota transit
86.1 	fund under section 16A.88.  The remaining money must be
86.2 	deposited in the general fund.
86.3 	(c) From July 1, 2003, to June 30, 2007, 30 28.63 percent
86.4 	of the money collected and received must be deposited in the
86.5 	highway user tax distribution fund, 21.5 22.8 percent must be
86.6 	deposited in the metropolitan area transit fund under section
86.7 	16A.88, 1.43 1.5 percent must be deposited in the greater
86.8 	Minnesota transit fund under section 16A.88, 0.65 percent must
86.9 	be deposited in the county state-aid highway fund, and 0.17
86.10 	percent must be deposited in the municipal state-aid street
86.11 	fund.  The remaining money must be deposited in the general fund.
86.12 	(d) On and after (c) Beginning July 1, 2007, 32 percent of
86.13 	the money collected and received must be deposited in the
86.14 	highway user tax distribution fund, 20.5 percent must be
86.15 	deposited in the metropolitan area transit fund under section
86.16 	16A.88, and 1.25 percent must be deposited in the greater
86.17 	Minnesota transit fund under section 16A.88.  The remaining
86.18 	money must be deposited in the general fund.the following
86.19 	percentages of the money collected and received under this
86.20 	chapter must be deposited as follows:
86.21 	(1) in fiscal year 2008, 44.625 percent must be deposited
86.22 	in the highway user tax distribution fund, 17.85 percent must be
86.23 	deposited in the metropolitan area transit fund under section
86.24 	16A.88, and 1.275 percent must be deposited in the greater
86.25 	Minnesota transit fund under section 16A.88;
86.26 	(2) in fiscal year 2009, 51.625 percent must be deposited
86.27 	in the highway user tax distribution fund, 20.65 percent must be
86.28 	deposited in the metropolitan area transit fund under section
86.29 	16A.88, and 1.475 percent must be deposited in the greater
86.30 	Minnesota transit fund under section 16A.88;
86.31 	(3) in fiscal year 2010, 58.625 percent must be deposited
86.32 	in the highway user tax distribution fund, 23.45 percent must be
86.33 	deposited in the metropolitan area transit fund under section
86.34 	16A.88, and 1.675 percent must be deposited in the greater
86.35 	Minnesota transit fund under section 16A.88.  The remaining
86.36 	money must be deposited in the general fund;
87.1 	(4) in fiscal year 2011, 65.625 percent must be deposited
87.2 	in the highway user tax distribution fund, 26.25 percent must be
87.3 	deposited in the metropolitan area transit fund under section
87.4 	16A.88, and 1.875 percent must be deposited in the greater
87.5 	Minnesota transit fund under section 16A.88; and 
87.6 	(5) in fiscal year 2012 and subsequent years, 70 percent
87.7 	must be deposited in the highway user tax distribution fund, 28
87.8 	percent must be deposited in the metropolitan area transit fund
87.9 	under section 16A.88, and two percent must be deposited in the
87.10 	greater Minnesota transit fund under section 16A.88.
87.11 	Money not otherwise deposited under this paragraph must be
87.12 	deposited in the general fund.
87.13 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. (a) The amendments in this section that
87.14 	apply to the deposit of money in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 are
87.15 	effective July 1, 2005.
87.16 	(b) All other provisions of this section are effective July
87.17 	1, 2007, except that if the constitutional amendment proposed in
87.18 	section 3 is not adopted at the 2006 general election, those
87.19 	provisions shall not take effect.

87.20 	Sec. 3. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSED.
 87.21 	An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is proposed to
87.22 	the people.  If the amendment is adopted, two sections will be
87.23 	added to article XIV to read:
87.24 	Sec. 12.  Beginning with the fiscal year starting July 1,
87.25 	2007, 63.75 percent of the revenue from a tax imposed by the
87.26 	state on the sale of a new or used motor vehicle must be
87.27 	apportioned for the transportation purposes described in section
87.28 	13, then the revenue apportioned for transportation purposes
87.29 	must be increased by ten percent for each subsequent fiscal year
87.30 	through June 30, 2011, and then the revenue must be apportioned
87.31 	100 percent for transportation purposes after June 30, 2011.
87.32 	Sec. 13.  The revenue apportioned in section 12 must be
87.33 	allocated for the following transportation purposes:  70 percent
87.34 	to the highway user tax distribution fund, 28 percent to the
87.35 	metropolitan area transit fund established by law, and two
87.36 	percent to the greater Minnesota transit fund established by law.

88.1 	Sec. 4. SUBMISSION TO VOTERS.
 88.2 	The constitutional amendment proposed in section 3 must be
88.3 	presented to the people at the 2006 general election.  The
88.4 	question submitted must be:
88.5 	"Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to dedicate
88.6 	revenue from a tax on the sale of new and used motor vehicles
88.7 	over a five-year period, so that after June 30, 2011, all of the
88.8 	revenue is dedicated 70 percent for streets and highways, 28
88.9 	percent for public transit in the metropolitan area, and two
88.10 	percent for public transit outside the metropolitan area? 
88.11 	Yes .......
88.12 	                                   No ........" 

88.13 	Sec. 5. APPROPRIATION; TRUNK HIGHWAY FUND.
 88.14 	$100,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds account
88.15 	in the trunk highway fund to the commissioner of transportation
88.16 	in each of fiscal years 2006 through 2015 for improvements to
88.17 	the state trunk highway system.  Of this appropriation:
88.18 	(1) 47.5 percent must be spent for improvements to the
88.19 	interregional corridor system as identified by the commissioner
88.20 	where the improvements are physically located entirely or
88.21 	primarily outside the seven-county metropolitan area;
88.22 	(2) 47.5 percent must be spent for the elimination of
88.23 	traffic bottlenecks on arterial highways located entirely within
88.24 	the seven-county metropolitan area;
88.25 	(3) five percent must be spent for trunk highway
88.26 	improvements that primarily provide advantages to transit.

88.27 	Sec. 6. BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.
 88.28 	To provide the money appropriated in section 5 from the
88.29 	bond proceeds account in the trunk highway fund, the
88.30 	commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state
88.31 	in an amount up to $1,000,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms,
88.32 	and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections
88.33 	167.50 to 167.52, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article
88.34 	XIV, section 11, at the times and in the amounts requested by
88.35 	the commissioner of transportation.  The proceeds of the bonds,
88.36 	except accrued interest and any premium received on the sale of
89.1 	the bonds, must be credited to the bond proceeds account in the
89.2 	trunk highway fund.

89.3 	Sec. 7. REPEALER.
 89.4 	House File No. 2461, article 3, sections 9 and 10, enacted
89.5 	at the 2005 legislative session, are repealed effective the day
89.6 	following final enactment.

89.7 	ARTICLE 4
89.8 	COUNTY STATE-AID SYSTEM

89.9 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 162.07,
89.10 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
89.11 		Subdivision 1.Formula.  After deducting for
89.12 	administrative costs and for the disaster account and research
89.13 	account and state park roads as heretofore provided, the
89.14 	remainder of the total sum provided for in section 162.06,
89.15 	subdivision 1, shall be identified as the apportionment sum and
89.16 	shall be apportioned by the commissioner to the several counties
89.17 	on the basis of the needs of the counties as determined in
89.18 	accordance with the following formula:
89.19 	(a) An amount equal to ten percent of the apportionment sum
89.20 	shall be apportioned equally among the 87 counties.
89.21 	(b) An amount equal to ten percent of the apportionment sum
89.22 	shall be apportioned among the several counties so that each
89.23 	county shall receive of such amount the percentage that its
89.24 	motor vehicle registration for the calendar year preceding the
89.25 	one last past, determined by residence of registrants, bears to
89.26 	the total statewide motor vehicle registration.
89.27 	(c) An amount equal to 30 percent of the apportionment sum
89.28 	shall be apportioned among the several counties so that each
89.29 	county shall receive of such amount the percentage that its
89.30 	total lane-miles of approved county state-aid highways bears to
89.31 	the total lane-miles of approved statewide county state-aid
89.32 	highways.  In 1997 and subsequent years no county may receive,
89.33 	as a result of an apportionment under this clause based on
89.34 	lane-miles rather than miles of approved county state-aid
89.35 	highways, an apportionment that is less than its apportionment
89.36 	in 1996.
90.1 	(d) An amount equal to 50 percent of the apportionment sum
90.2 	shall be apportioned among the several counties so that each
90.3 	county shall receive of such amount the percentage that its
90.4 	money needs bears to the sum of the money needs of all of the
90.5 	individual counties; provided, that the percentage of such
90.6 	amount that each county is to receive shall be adjusted so that
90.7 	each county shall receive in 1958 a total apportionment at least
90.8 	ten percent greater than its total 1956 apportionments from the
90.9 	state road and bridge fund; and provided further that those
90.10 	counties whose money needs are thus adjusted shall never receive
90.11 	a percentage of the apportionment sum less than the percentage
90.12 	that such county received in 1958.

90.13 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 162.07, is
90.14 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
90.15 		Subd. 7.Construction apportionment. (a) For purposes of
90.16 	this paragraph:
90.17 	(1) "construction apportionment" means money allocated to
90.18 	counties under this section and not set aside for maintenance
90.19 	under section 162.08, subdivision 9; and 
90.20 	(2) "money needs percentage" means the construction
90.21 	apportionment of a county divided by the approved money needs of
90.22 	that county.
90.23 	(b) No county may receive a construction apportionment in
90.24 	any year that is less than that county's average annual
90.25 	construction apportionment over calendar years 2001 through 2005.
90.26 	(c) After calculating the apportionment for each county
90.27 	each year under this section, but before distribution of money
90.28 	to counties, the commissioner shall:
90.29 	(1) determine the statewide average money needs percentage
90.30 	for all counties;
90.31 	(2) rank all counties according to the extent to which each
90.32 	county is above or below the statewide average money needs
90.33 	percentage;
90.34 	(3) identify those counties that are more than ten percent
90.35 	below the statewide average money needs percentage; and 
90.36 	(4) to the extent permitted by compliance with paragraph
91.1 	(b), allot to each county identified under clause (3) an amount
91.2 	that, if added to the county's construction allocation, would be
91.3 	sufficient to bring that county up to at least 90 percent of the
91.4 	statewide average money needs percentage.

91.5 	ARTICLE 5
91.6 	TRANSPORTATION POLICY

91.7 	Section 1. [160.298] HIGHWAY SIGN PROGRAM; BILLING,
91.8 	ACCOUNT, APPROPRIATION.
91.9 	The commissioner of transportation may bill highway
91.10 	operations units of the department and local road authorities
91.11 	for the costs of a centrally managed highway sign program.
91.12 	These costs may include equipment acquisition and rental, labor,
91.13 	materials, and other costs as determined by the commissioner.
91.14 	Receipts must be credited to a special account, which is
91.15 	established in the trunk highway fund, and are appropriated to
91.16 	the commissioner to pay the costs for which the billings are
91.17 	made.  Amounts credited to the account are exempt from statewide
91.18 	and agency indirect costs payments.

91.19 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 160.87, is
91.20 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
91.21 		Subd. 4.Limitation on collection of
91.22 	tolls. Notwithstanding subdivisions 1 to 3, a toll facility
91.23 	operator or road authority may collect tolls on a toll facility
91.24 	only until all costs related to the construction of the
91.25 	facility, including right-of-way acquisition and payment of
91.26 	principal and interest on any debt incurred therefore, have been
91.27 	paid and, if the operator is a for-profit entity, the operator
91.28 	has realized a reasonable profit on the operator's investment in
91.29 	the facility.

91.30 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 161.14, is
91.31 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
91.32 		Subd. 51.Purple heart memorial highway. (a) Except for
91.33 	that portion designated under subdivision 45, the route signed
91.34 	as Trunk Highway 371 on the effective date of this subdivision,
91.35 	from its intersection with U. S. Highway 10 near the city of
91.36 	Little Falls to its intersection with U. S. Highway 2 in the
92.1 	city of Cass Lake, is named and designated the "Purple Heart
92.2 	Memorial Highway." 
92.3 	(b) Subject to the provisions of section 161.139, the
92.4 	commissioner shall adopt a suitable marking design to mark the
92.5 	highway and shall erect the appropriate signs.

92.6 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 161.14, is
92.7 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
92.8 		Subd. 52.Veterans memorial bridge. The interstate
92.9 	bridge on marked Trunk Highway 10 connecting the city of
92.10 	Moorhead with the city of Fargo, North Dakota, is named and
92.11 	designated as the Veterans Memorial Bridge.  The commissioner of
92.12 	transportation shall adopt a suitable marking design to mark
92.13 	this bridge and erect appropriate signs, subject to section
92.14 	161.139.

92.15 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 161.361,
92.16 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
92.17 		Subd. 2.Repayment.  Subject to the availability of state
92.18 	money, the commissioner shall repay the amounts advanced under
92.19 	this section, up to the state's share of project costs, under
92.20 	terms of the agreement.  The agreement may provide for payment
92.21 	of interest for funds advanced under subdivisions 1a and 1b at a
92.22 	rate of interest agreed upon by the parties. The maximum
92.23 	interest rate that may be paid is the rate earned by the state
92.24 	on invested commissioner of finance cash for the month before
92.25 	the date the agreement is executed or the actual interest paid
92.26 	by the road authority in borrowing for the amount advanced,
92.27 	whichever rate is less.

92.28 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 162.06,
92.29 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
92.30 		Subd. 2.Administrative costs of department. A sum of
92.31 	1-1/2 Two percent shall must be deducted from the total amount
92.32 	available in the county state-aid highway fund, set aside in a
92.33 	separate account, and used for administrative costs incurred by
92.34 	the state Transportation Department in carrying out the
92.35 	provisions relating to the county state-aid highway system.

92.36 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 162.08,
93.1 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
93.2 		Subd. 3.Aid to towns. (a) Any county having within its
93.3 	boundaries organized town governments may, by resolution,
93.4 	allocate to the towns within its boundaries so much of the money
93.5 	apportioned to it under the provisions of sections 162.01 to
93.6 	162.181, that it deems necessary to aid the townships in the
93.7 	construction of town roads, including replacement of town road
93.8 	signs.  The resolution shall set forth the amount of money or
93.9 	the percentage of its apportionment that the county has
93.10 	allocated to the towns.  A certified copy of the resolution
93.11 	shall be forwarded to the commissioner on or before the second
93.12 	Tuesday of January of each year.  Upon receipt of such
93.13 	resolution and upon determining the amount of money to be
93.14 	apportioned to the county, the commissioner shall certify to the
93.15 	commissioner of finance the amount of money, as set forth in the
93.16 	resolution, that is to be paid out of the county's apportionment
93.17 	for distribution to the towns.  The commissioner of finance
93.18 	shall thereupon issue a warrant in that amount payable to the
93.19 	county treasurer, and the proceeds thereof shall be distributed
93.20 	by the county to the towns.  All money so allocated and
93.21 	distributed shall be used by the towns solely for the
93.22 	construction of town roads, including replacement of town road
93.23 	signs.
93.24 	(b) Each county board so allocating such funds may devise a
93.25 	formula taking into account each town's levy for road and bridge
93.26 	purposes, its mileage of town roads and population outside the
93.27 	corporate limits of all cities within the township, and such
93.28 	other factors as the county board shall deem advisable as a
93.29 	means of dividing the allocation among the several towns in
93.30 	order that such division among the towns be as equitable as
93.31 	possible.  No part of the money allocated for expenditure solely
93.32 	within cities having a population of less than 5,000 shall be
93.33 	allocated or distributed to the towns.  The commissioner of
93.34 	transportation shall maintain a permanent record of the
93.35 	allocations of county state-aid highway funds to for the
93.36 	townships in each county.
94.1 	(c) In making the annual apportionments of county state-aid
94.2 	highway funds, the commissioner shall reduce the money needs of
94.3 	said counties in the amounts necessary to equalize their status
94.4 	with those counties not making such township allotments. In
94.5 	complying with this paragraph, the commissioner shall disregard
94.6 	allotments to towns for replacement of town road signs.

94.7 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011,
94.8 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
94.9 		Subd. 3.Highway. A "Highway" is any public thoroughfare
94.10 	for vehicles, including streets in cities has the meaning given
94.11 	"street or highway" in section 169.01, subdivision 29.

94.12 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011,
94.13 	subdivision 4, is amended to read:
94.14 		Subd. 4.Motor vehicle.  (a) "Motor vehicle" means any
94.15 	self-propelled vehicle designed and originally manufactured to
94.16 	operate primarily upon public roads and on highways, and not
94.17 	operated exclusively upon railroad tracks.  It includes any
94.18 	vehicle propelled or drawn by a self-propelled vehicle and
94.19 	includes vehicles known as trackless trolleys that are propelled
94.20 	by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires but not
94.21 	operated upon rails.  It does not include snowmobiles,
94.22 	manufactured homes, or park trailers.
94.23 	(b) "Motor vehicle" also includes an all-terrain vehicle,
94.24 	as defined in section 84.92, subdivision 8, that only if the
94.25 	all-terrain vehicle (1) has at least four wheels, (2) is owned
94.26 	and operated by a physically disabled person, and (3) displays
94.27 	both physically disabled license plates and a physically
94.28 	disabled certificate issued under section 169.345, subdivision 3.
94.29 	(c) "Motor vehicle" does not include an all-terrain vehicle
94.30 	as defined in section 84.92, subdivision 8;except (1) an
94.31 	all-terrain vehicle described in paragraph (b), or (2) an
94.32 	all-terrain vehicle licensed as a motor vehicle before August 1,
94.33 	1985.  The owner may continue to license an all-terrain vehicle
94.34 	described in clause (2) as a motor vehicle until it is conveyed
94.35 	or otherwise transferred to another owner, is destroyed, or
94.36 	fails to comply with the registration and licensing requirements
95.1 	of this chapter.
95.2 	(d) "Motor vehicle" does not include an electric personal
95.3 	assistive mobility device as defined in section 169.01,
95.4 	subdivision 90.

95.5 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011,
95.6 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
95.7 		Subd. 5.Owner.  "Owner" means any person, firm,
95.8 	association, or corporation owning or renting leasing a motor 
95.9 	vehicle, or having the exclusive use thereof of the vehicle,
95.10 	under a lease or otherwise, for a period of greater than 30 days.

95.11 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011,
95.12 	subdivision 5a, is amended to read:
95.13 		Subd. 5a.Registered owner.  "Registered owner" means any
95.14 	person, firm, association, or corporation,other than a secured
95.15 	party, having title to a motor vehicle.  If a passenger
95.16 	automobile, as defined in subdivision 7,is under lease for a
95.17 	term of 180 days or more, the lessee is deemed to be the
95.18 	registered owner, for purposes of registration only,;provided
95.19 	that the application for renewal of the registration of a
95.20 	passenger automobile described in this subdivision shall be is 
95.21 	sent to the lessor.

95.22 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011,
95.23 	subdivision 6, is amended to read:
95.24 		Subd. 6.Tax, fee.  "Tax" or "fee" means the annual
95.25 	registration tax imposed on motor vehicles in lieu of all other
95.26 	taxes thereon, except wheelage taxes, so-called,which may be
95.27 	imposed by any city,and except gross earnings taxes paid by
95.28 	companies subject or made subject thereto. Such The annual tax
95.29 	shall be deemed is both a property tax and a highway use tax and
95.30 	shall be on the basis of the calendar year.

95.31 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011,
95.32 	subdivision 7, is amended to read:
95.33 		Subd. 7.Passenger automobile. (a) "Passenger automobile"
95.34 	means any motor vehicle designed and used for carrying not more
95.35 	than 15 persons individuals including the driver.
95.36 	(b) "Passenger automobile" does not include motorcycles,
96.1 	motor scooters, and buses described in subdivision 9, paragraph
96.2 	(a), clause (2) buses, or school buses.
96.3 	(c) For purposes of taxation only, " Passenger automobile " 
96.4 	includes pickup trucks and vans, including those vans designed
96.5 	to carry passengers,with a manufacturer's nominal rated
96.6 	carrying capacity of one ton, but does not include commuter vans
96.7 	as defined in section 168.126.

96.8 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011,
96.9 	subdivision 25, is amended to read:
96.10 		Subd. 25.Recreational equipment vehicle.  (a)
96.11 	"Recreational equipment vehicle " means travel trailers including
96.12 	those which that telescope or fold down, chassis-mounted
96.13 	campers, house cars,motor homes, tent trailers, slip-in
96.14 	campers,and converted buses that provide temporary human living
96.15 	quarters. A 
96.16 	(b) "Recreational vehicle " is considered to provide
96.17 	temporary living quarters if it a vehicle that:
96.18 	(1) is not used as the residence of the owner or occupant;
96.19 	(2) is used for temporary living quarters by the owner or
96.20 	occupant while engaged in recreational or vacation activities;
96.21 	and
96.22 	(3) is either self-propelled or towed on the public streets
96.23 	or highways incidental to the recreational or vacation
96.24 	activities.
96.25 	(b) For the purposes of this subdivision, a Subd. 25a.
96.26 	[MOTOR HOME.] " Motor home " means a unit recreational vehicle 
96.27 	designed to provide temporary living quarters,.  The motor home
96.28 	has a living unit built into as an integral part of, or
96.29 	permanently attached to the chassis of, a self-propelled motor
96.30 	vehicle chassis or van.
96.31 	(a) A motor home must contain permanently installed,
96.32 	independent,life-support systems which that meet the American
96.33 	National Standards Institute standard number A119.2 for
96.34 	recreational vehicles and provide at least four of the following
96.35 	facilities, two of which must be from the systems listed in
96.36 	clauses (1), (5), and (6):  (1) a cooking facility with liquid
97.1 	propane gas supply, (2) a refrigerator, (3) a self-contained
97.2 	toilet or a toilet connected to a plumbing system with a 
97.3 	connection for external water disposal, (4) a heating or air
97.4 	conditioning system separate from the motor vehicle engine, (5)
97.5 	a potable water supply system including a sink with a faucet
97.6 	either self-contained or with connections for an external
97.7 	source, and (6) a separate 110-125 volt volts electrical power
97.8 	supply.
97.9 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "permanently
97.10 	installed" means built into or attached as an integral part of a
97.11 	chassis or van, and designed not to be removed except for repair
97.12 	or replacement.  A system which that is readily removable or
97.13 	held in place by clamps or tie-downs is not permanently
97.14 	installed.
97.15 	(c) Motor homes include but are not limited to, the
97.16 	following a:
97.17 	(1) type A motor home-, which is a raw chassis upon which
97.18 	is built a driver's compartment and an entire body that provides
97.19 	temporary living quarters as defined described in this 
97.20 	paragraph (a);
97.21 	(2) type B motor home-, which is a van-type vehicle van 
97.22 	that conforms to the motor home definition description in this 
97.23 	paragraph (a) and has been completed or altered by the a 
97.24 	final-stage manufacturer; and
97.25 	(3) type C motor home-, which is an incomplete vehicle
97.26 	upon which is permanently attached a body designed to provide
97.27 	temporary living quarters as defined described in this 
97.28 	paragraph (a).
97.29 	(d) A motor vehicle with a slip-in campers are camper or
97.30 	other removable equipment that is mounted into or on a motor 
97.31 	vehicle commonly known as a pickup truck, in the pickup box,
97.32 	either by bolting through the floor of the pickup box or by
97.33 	firmly clamping to the side of the pickup box.  The vehicle
97.34 	may is not a motor home, is not a recreational vehicle, and must 
97.35 	not be registered as a recreational vehicle under section
97.36 	168.013.

98.1 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011, is
98.2 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
98.3 		Subd. 37.All-terrain vehicle. "All-terrain vehicle" has
98.4 	the meaning given in section 84.92, subdivision 8.

98.5 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011, is
98.6 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
98.7 		Subd. 38.Person. "Person" has the meaning given in
98.8 	section 168A.01, subdivision 14.

98.9 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011, is
98.10 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
98.11 		Subd. 39.State. "State" means a state of the United
98.12 	States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States
98.13 	Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject
98.14 	to the jurisdiction of the United States.

98.15 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011, is
98.16 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
98.17 		Subd. 40.Vehicle. "Vehicle" has the meaning given in
98.18 	section 168A.011, subdivision 24.

98.19 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.031, is
98.20 	amended to read:
98.21 	168.031 REGISTRATION EXEMPTION; ACTIVE MILITARY-RELATED 
98.22 	SERVICE.
98.23 	(a) The motor vehicle of any person who engages in active
98.24 	military service in time of war or other emergency declared by
98.25 	proper authority in any branch or unit of the military or naval
98.26 	forces of the United States armed forces shall be exempt from
98.27 	the motor vehicle registration tax during the period of such
98.28 	active service and for 40 90 days immediately thereafter if the
98.29 	owner has filed , before, during or within 90 days after
98.30 	completion of that active service, files with the registrar of
98.31 	motor vehicles a written application for exemption with such
98.32 	proof of military service as the registrar may have required and
98.33 	if the motor vehicle is not operated on a public highway within
98.34 	the state during the requested period of exemption, except by
98.35 	the owner while on furlough or leave of absence from the
98.36 	military.
99.1 	(b) The motor vehicle of any disabled war veteran, which
99.2 	vehicle has been furnished free, in whole or in part, by the
99.3 	United States government to said disabled veteran, shall be
99.4 	exempt from the motor vehicle registration tax.  The motor
99.5 	vehicle owned and registered by a former prisoner of war that
99.6 	bears the "EX-POW" plates is exempt from the motor vehicle
99.7 	registration tax.
99.8 	(c) For purposes of this section, the term "active service"
99.9 	shall have the meaning given this term in section 190.05,
99.10 	subdivisions 5b and 5c, but excludes service performed
99.11 	exclusively for purposes of:
99.12 	(1) annual training and other periodic inactive duty
99.13 	training for National Guard and other reserve members;
99.14 	(2) special training periodically made available to
99.15 	National Guard and other reserve members;
99.16 	(3) service performed in accordance with section 190.08,
99.17 	subdivision 3; and 
99.18 	(4) service performed as part of the active guard/reserve
99.19 	program pursuant to United States Code, title 32, section
99.20 	502(f), or other applicable authority.

99.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
99.22 	following final enactment and applies to persons serving in
99.23 	active military service on or after that date.

99.24 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.091,
99.25 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
99.26 		Subdivision 1.Nonresident buyer. (a) Upon payment of a
99.27 	fee of $1, the registrar commissioner may issue a permit to a
99.28 	nonresident purchasing a new or used motor vehicle in this state
99.29 	for the sole purpose of allowing such nonresident to remove the
99.30 	vehicle to be removed from this state for registration in
99.31 	another state or country. Such 
99.32 	(b) The permit shall be is in lieu of any other
99.33 	registration or taxation for use of the highways and shall be is 
99.34 	valid for a period of 31 days from the date of sale, trade, or
99.35 	gift.
99.36 	(c) The permit shall must be available in such form an
100.1 	electronic format as the registrar may determine and, whenever
100.2 	practicable, shall be determined by the commissioner.
100.3 	(d) If the sale, gift, or trade information is
100.4 	electronically transmitted to the commissioner by a dealer or
100.5 	deputy registrar of motor vehicles, the $1 fee is waived.
100.6 	(e) The permit must be posted upon the left side of the
100.7 	inside rear window of the vehicle or, if not practicable, where
100.8 	it is plainly visible to law enforcement.  Each such 
100.9 	permit shall be is valid only for the vehicle for which the
100.10 	permit was issued.

100.11 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.10,
100.12 	subdivision 1c, is amended to read:
100.13 		Subd. 1c.Collector's vehicle, collector license.  (a)
100.14 	The owner of any motor vehicle, including any truck, (1) that
100.15 	is (i) at least 20 model years old, or (ii) at least ten model
100.16 	years old and with a body or engine style of which not more than
100.17 	500 were manufactured or imported into the United States in any
100.18 	model year, (2) that was manufactured after 1935, and (3) that 
100.19 	is owned and operated solely as a collector's vehicle, shall
100.20 	list the vehicle for taxation and registration
100.21 	as follows:provided in paragraph (b).
100.22 	(1) (b) The owner shall execute an affidavit stating (1) 
100.23 	the name and address of the person from whom purchased and of
100.24 	the new owner, (2) the make of the motor vehicle, (3) the year
100.25 	and number of the model, (4) the manufacturer's identification
100.26 	number, (5) in the case of a vehicle described in paragraph (a),
100.27 	clause (1)(ii), that the vehicle has a body or engine style of
100.28 	which not more than 500 were manufactured or imported into the
100.29 	United States in any model year,and (6) that the vehicle is
100.30 	owned and operated solely as a collector's item and not for
100.31 	general transportation purposes; and .
100.32 	(2) (c) The owner shall provide a statement of the
100.33 	manufacturer or importer regarding the number of vehicles
100.34 	manufactured or imported during the model year.
100.35 	(d) The owner shall also prove that the owner also has one
100.36 	or more vehicles with regular license plates.
101.1 	If the registrar is satisfied that the affidavit is true and
101.2 	correct and the owner pays a $25 tax, the registrar shall list
101.3 	the vehicle for taxation and registration and shall issue a
101.4 	single number plate.
101.5 	(b) (e) The number plate issued shall bear the inscription
101.6 	"Collector," "Minnesota," and the registration number or other
101.7 	combination of characters authorized under section 168.12,
101.8 	subdivision 2a, but no date.  The number plate is valid without
101.9 	renewal as long as the vehicle is in existence.  The registrar
101.10 	has the power to revoke the plate for failure to comply with
101.11 	this subdivision.
101.12 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
101.13 	following final enactment.

101.14 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.12,
101.15 	subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
101.16 		Subd. 2a.Personalized plates; rules.  (a) Personalized
101.17 	license plates or, if requested for special plates issued under
101.18 	section 168.123 for veterans, 168.124 for medal of honor
101.19 	recipients, or 168.125 for former prisoners of war, applicable
101.20 	personalized special veterans license plates must be issued to
101.21 	an applicant for registration of a passenger automobile
101.22 	including a passenger automobile registered as a classic car,
101.23 	pioneer car, collector car, or street rod; van; pickup truck as
101.24 	defined in section 168.011, subdivision 29, and any other truck
101.25 	with a manufacturer's nominal rated capacity of one ton or less
101.26 	and resembling a pickup truck; motorcycle including a classic
101.27 	motorcycle; or self-propelled recreational vehicle, upon
101.28 	compliance with the laws of this state relating to registration
101.29 	of the vehicle and upon payment of a onetime fee of $100 in
101.30 	addition to the registration tax required by law for the
101.31 	vehicle.  The registrar shall designate a replacement fee fees 
101.32 	for personalized license plates and personalized special
101.33 	veterans license plates issued according to section 168.123that
101.34 	is are calculated to cover the cost of replacement. This fee 
101.35 	These fees must be paid by the applicant whenever
101.36 	the personalized license plates are required to be replaced by
102.1 	law. However, in accordance with sections 168.124, subdivision
102.2 	3, and 168.125, subdivision 1b, a fee may not be charged to
102.3 	replace personalized special veterans license plates issued
102.4 	according to section 168.124 or 168.125.In lieu of the numbers
102.5 	assigned as provided in subdivision 1, personalized license
102.6 	plates and personalized special veterans license plates must
102.7 	have imprinted on them a series of not more than seven numbers
102.8 	and letters, or five numbers and letters in the case of
102.9 	personalized special veterans license plates in any combination
102.10 	and, as applicable, satisfy the design requirements of section
102.11 	168.123, 168.124, or 168.125.  When an applicant has once
102.12 	obtained personalized license plates or personalized special
102.13 	veterans license plates, the applicant shall have has a prior
102.14 	claim for similar personalized plates in the next succeeding
102.15 	year as long as current registration is maintained.  The
102.16 	commissioner of public safety shall adopt rules in the manner
102.17 	provided by chapter 14, regulating the issuance and transfer of
102.18 	personalized license plates and personalized special veterans
102.19 	license plates.  No words or combination of letters placed
102.20 	on personalized license these plates may be used for commercial
102.21 	advertising, be of an obscene, indecent, or immoral nature, or
102.22 	be of a nature that would offend public morals or decency.  The
102.23 	call signals or letters of a radio or television station are not
102.24 	commercial advertising for the purposes of this subdivision.
102.25 	(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 1,
102.26 	personalized license plates and personalized special veterans
102.27 	license plates issued under this subdivision may be transferred
102.28 	to another motor vehicle described in paragraph (a) and owned or
102.29 	jointly owned by the applicant, upon the payment of a fee of $5,
102.30 	which must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the
102.31 	highway user tax distribution fund.  The registrar may by rule
102.32 	provide a form for notification.  A personalized license
102.33 	plate or personalized special veterans license plate issued for
102.34 	a classic car, pioneer car, collector car, street rod, or
102.35 	classic motorcycle may not be transferred to a vehicle not
102.36 	eligible for such a license plate.
103.1 	(c) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, if the
103.2 	personalized license plates are lost, stolen, or destroyed, the
103.3 	applicant may apply and shall receive duplicate license plates
103.4 	bearing the same combination of letters and numbers and the same
103.5 	design as:
103.6 	(1) the former personalized license plates or personalized
103.7 	special veterans license plates issued according to section
103.8 	168.123,upon the payment of the fee required by section 168.29;
103.9 	or 
103.10 	(2) the former personalized special veterans license plates
103.11 	issued according to section 168.124 or 168.125, without charge.
103.12 	(d) Fees from the sale of permanent and duplicate
103.13 	personalized license plates must be paid into the state treasury
103.14 	and credited to the highway user tax distribution fund.
103.15 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2006.

103.16 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.123,
103.17 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
103.18 		Subdivision 1.General requirements; fees.  (a) On
103.19 	payment of a fee of $10 for each set of two plates, or for a
103.20 	single plate in the case of a motorcycle plate, payment of the
103.21 	registration tax required by law, and compliance with other laws
103.22 	relating to the registration and licensing of a passenger
103.23 	automobile, pickup truck, one-ton truck described in clause (1),
103.24 	van, self-propelled recreational equipment, or motorcycle, as
103.25 	applicable, the registrar shall issue:
103.26 	(1) special license plates to an applicant who served in
103.27 	the active military service in a branch of the armed forces of
103.28 	the United States or of a nation or society allied with the
103.29 	United States in conducting a foreign war, was discharged under
103.30 	honorable conditions, and is an owner or joint owner of a
103.31 	passenger automobile, pickup truck, van, or self-propelled
103.32 	recreational equipment, or truck resembling a pickup truck and
103.33 	having a manufacturer's nominal rated capacity of one ton, but
103.34 	which is not a commercial motor vehicle as defined in section
103.35 	169.01, subdivision 75; or
103.36 	(2) a special motorcycle license plate as described in
104.1 	subdivision 2, paragraph (a), (f), (h), or (i),or another
104.2 	special license plate designed by the commissioner of public
104.3 	safety to an applicant who is a Vietnam veteran who served after
104.4 	July 1, 1961, and before July 1, 1978, and who served in the
104.5 	active military service in a branch of the armed forces of the
104.6 	United States in conducting a foreign war, was discharged under
104.7 	honorable conditions, and is an owner or joint owner of a
104.8 	motorcycle and meets the criteria listed in this paragraph and
104.9 	in subdivision 2, paragraph (a), (f), (h), or (i).  Plates
104.10 	issued under this clause must be the same size as standard
104.11 	motorcycle license plates. Special motorcycle license plates
104.12 	issued under this clause are not subject to section 168.1293.
104.13 	(b) The additional fee of $10 is payable for each set of
104.14 	plates, is payable only when the plates are issued, and is not
104.15 	payable in a year in which tabs or stickers are issued instead
104.16 	of number plates. An applicant must not be issued more than two
104.17 	sets of plates for vehicles listed in paragraph (a) and owned or
104.18 	jointly owned by the applicant.
104.19 	(c) The veteran shall must have a certified copy of the
104.20 	veteran's discharge papers, indicating character of discharge,
104.21 	at the time of application.  If an applicant served in the
104.22 	active military service in a branch of the armed forces of a
104.23 	nation or society allied with the United States in conducting a
104.24 	foreign war and is unable to obtain a record of that service and
104.25 	discharge status, the commissioner of veterans affairs may
104.26 	certify the applicant as qualified for the veterans' license
104.27 	plates provided under this section.
104.28 	(d) For license plates issued for one-ton trucks described
104.29 	in paragraph (a), clause (1), the commissioner shall collect a
104.30 	surcharge of $5 on each $10 fee collected under paragraph (a).
104.31 	The commissioner shall collect the surcharge until a total of
104.32 	$2,000 has been collected from the surcharge, and shall not
104.33 	collect the surcharge thereafter.  The surcharge must be
104.34 	deposited in the vehicle services operating account in the
104.35 	special revenue fund.
104.36 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. The amendments to paragraph (a), clause
105.1 	(2); paragraph (b); and paragraph (c), of this section, are
105.2 	effective the day following final enactment.

105.3 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.123,
105.4 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
105.5 		Subd. 2.Design.  The commissioner of veterans affairs
105.6 	shall design the special plates, subject to the approval of the
105.7 	registrar, that satisfy the following requirements:
105.8 	(a) For a Vietnam veteran who served after July 1, 1961,
105.9 	and before July 1, 1978, the special plates must bear the
105.10 	inscription "VIETNAM VET" and the letters "V" and "V" with the
105.11 	first letter directly above the second letter and both letters
105.12 	just preceding the first numeral of the special license plate
105.13 	number.
105.14 	(b) For a veteran stationed on the island of Oahu, Hawaii,
105.15 	or offshore, during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7,
105.16 	1941, the special plates must bear the inscription "PEARL HARBOR
105.17 	SURVIVOR" and the letters "P" and "H" with the first letter
105.18 	directly above the second letter and both letters just preceding
105.19 	the first numeral of the special license plate number.
105.20 	(c) For a veteran who served during World War I or World
105.21 	War II, the special plates must bear the inscription "WORLD WAR
105.22 	VET" and:
105.23 	(1) for a World War I veteran, the characters "W" and "I"
105.24 	with the first character directly above the second character and
105.25 	both characters just preceding the first numeral of the special
105.26 	license plate number; or
105.27 	(2) for a World War II veteran, the characters "W" and "II"
105.28 	with the first character directly above the second character and
105.29 	both characters just preceding the first numeral of the special
105.30 	license plate number.
105.31 	(d) For a veteran who served during the Korean Conflict,
105.32 	the special plates must bear the inscription "KOREAN VET" and
105.33 	the letters "K" and "V" with the first letter directly above the
105.34 	second letter and both letters just preceding the first numeral
105.35 	of the special license plate number.
105.36 	(e) For a combat wounded veteran who is a recipient of the
106.1 	purple heart medal, the special plates must bear the inscription
106.2 	"COMBAT WOUNDED VET" and inscribed with a facsimile of the
106.3 	official purple heart medal and the letters "C" over "W" with
106.4 	the first letter directly over the second letter just preceding
106.5 	the first numeral of the special license plate number.
106.6 	(f) For a Persian Gulf war veteran, the special plates must
106.7 	bear the inscription "GULF WAR VET" and the letters "G" and "W"
106.8 	with the first letter directly above the second letter and both
106.9 	letters just preceding the first numeral of the special license
106.10 	plate number.  For the purposes of this section, "Persian Gulf
106.11 	war veteran" means a person who served on active duty after
106.12 	August 1, 1990, in a branch of the armed forces of the United
106.13 	States or a nation or society allied with the United States or
106.14 	the United Nations during Operation Desert Shield, Operation
106.15 	Desert Storm, or other military operation in the Persian Gulf
106.16 	area combat zone as designated in United States Presidential
106.17 	Executive Order No. 12744, dated January 21, 1991.
106.18 	(g) For a veteran who served in the Laos War after July 1,
106.19 	1961, and before July 1, 1978, the special plates must bear the
106.20 	inscription "LAOS WAR VET" and the letters "L" and "V" with the
106.21 	first letter directly above the second letter and both letters
106.22 	just preceding the first numeral of the special license plate
106.23 	number.
106.24 	(h) For a veteran who is the recipient of:
106.25 	(1) the Iraq Campaign Medal, the special plates must be
106.26 	inscribed with a facsimile of that medal and must bear the
106.27 	inscription "IRAQ WAR VET" directly below the special license
106.28 	plate number;
106.29 	(2) the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the special plates must
106.30 	be inscribed with a facsimile of that medal and must bear the
106.31 	inscription "AFGHAN WAR VET" directly below the special license
106.32 	plate number; or 
106.33 	(3) the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the
106.34 	special plates must be inscribed with a facsimile of that medal
106.35 	and must bear the inscription "GWOT VETERAN" directly below the
106.36 	special license plate number.
107.1 	(i) For a veteran who is the recipient of the Global War on
107.2 	Terrorism Service Medal, the special plates must be inscribed
107.3 	with a facsimile of that medal and must bear the inscription
107.4 	"GWOT VETERAN" directly below the special license plate number.
107.5 	In addition, any member of the National Guard or other military
107.6 	reserves who has been ordered to federally funded state active
107.7 	service under United States Code, title 32, as defined in
107.8 	section 190.05, subdivision 5b, and who is the recipient of the
107.9 	Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, is eligible for the
107.10 	license plate described in this paragraph, irrespective of
107.11 	whether that person qualifies as a veteran under section 197.447.
107.12 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
107.13 	following final enactment.

107.14 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.123, is
107.15 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
107.16 		Subd. 2a.Temporary surcharge. For license plates issued
107.17 	under subdivision 2, paragraphs (h) and (i), the commissioner
107.18 	shall collect a surcharge of $5 on each $10 fee collected under
107.19 	subdivision 1, paragraph (a).  The commissioner shall collect
107.20 	the surcharge until a total of $7,000 has been collected from
107.21 	the surcharge, and shall not collect the surcharge thereafter.
107.22 	The surcharge must be deposited in the vehicle services
107.23 	operating account in the special revenue fund.
107.24 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
107.25 	following final enactment.

107.26 	Sec. 26. EXEMPTION FROM STUDY.
 107.27 	The special license plates authorized under sections 24 and
107.28 	25 are not subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 168.1293.

107.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
107.30 	following final enactment.

107.31 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.123,
107.32 	subdivision 4, is amended to read:
107.33 		Subd. 4.Plates transfer.  (a) On payment of a fee of $5,
107.34 	plates issued under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1),
107.35 	may be transferred to another vehicle, but only if the vehicle:
107.36 	(1) is a passenger automobile, pickup truck, van, or 
108.1 	self-propelled recreational equipment, or one-ton truck
108.2 	described in subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1); and 
108.3 	(2) is owned or jointly owned by the person to whom the
108.4 	plates were issued.
108.5 	(b) On payment of a fee of $5, a plate issued under
108.6 	subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), may be transferred to
108.7 	another motorcycle owned or jointly owned by the person to whom
108.8 	the plate was issued.

108.9 	Sec. 28. [168.1251] DISABLED VETERANS OF AMERICA PLATES.
108.10 		Subdivision 1.Issuance and design. The commissioner
108.11 	shall issue special license plates bearing the inscription
108.12 	"DISABLED AMERICAN VETERAN" to an applicant who is certified in
108.13 	writing by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or
108.14 	the state commissioner of veterans affairs as having a permanent
108.15 	and total service-connected disability, who complies with all
108.16 	laws relating to the registration and licensing of motor
108.17 	vehicles and drivers, and who pays a fee of $10 for each set of
108.18 	license plates applied for.  The special license plates must be
108.19 	of a design and size determined by the commissioner.
108.20 		Subd. 2.Application. Application for issuance of these
108.21 	plates may be made only at the time of renewal or first
108.22 	application for registration.
108.23 		Subd. 3.Transfer. On payment of a fee of $5, special
108.24 	plates issued under this section may be transferred to another
108.25 	personal motor vehicle owned or jointly owned by the disabled
108.26 	veteran upon notification to the commissioner.
108.27 		Subd. 4.Surcharge. For each set of special plates
108.28 	issued under this section, the commissioner shall collect a
108.29 	surcharge of $5 on each $10 fee collected under subdivision 1.
108.30 	The commissioner shall collect the surcharge until a total of
108.31 	$5,000 has been collected from the surcharge, and shall not
108.32 	collect it thereafter.
108.33 		Subd. 5.Motor vehicle; special definition. For purposes
108.34 	of this section, "motor vehicle" means a vehicle for personal
108.35 	use, not used for commercial purposes, and may include a
108.36 	passenger automobile, van, pickup truck, motorcycle, or
109.1 	recreational vehicle.
109.2 		Subd. 6.Fees credited. Fees, including surcharges,
109.3 	collected under this section must be credited to the vehicle
109.4 	services operating account in the special revenue fund.

109.5 	Sec. 29. [168.1298] SPECIAL "MINNESOTA MILITARY FAMILY
109.6 	SUPPORT ORGANIZATION" LICENSE PLATE.
109.7 		Subdivision 1.Purpose. It is the intent of the
109.8 	legislature in enacting this section and section 190.19, to
109.9 	provide financial support and relief to members of the military
109.10 	forces and their families in recognition of their service to
109.11 	Minnesota and the nation and the serious demands currently
109.12 	placed on our military forces.  It is also the view of the
109.13 	legislature that the purposes behind enacting this section and
109.14 	section 190.19 are based on a special and unique set of
109.15 	circumstances in history and that the persons and their families
109.16 	and survivors who would benefit under these provisions are
109.17 	facing economic hardship because of the fact that they have
109.18 	served, and in some cases given their lives in the service of,
109.19 	their country.  Therefore, it is the intent of the legislature
109.20 	that these provisions of law not be used as a precedent for
109.21 	future unrelated enactments, nor that the scope of these
109.22 	sections be substantially expanded.
109.23 		Subd. 2.General requirements and procedures. (a) The
109.24 	commissioner shall issue special "Minnesota Military Family
109.25 	Support Organization" license plates to an applicant who:
109.26 	(1) is an owner of a passenger automobile, one-ton pickup
109.27 	truck, recreational vehicle, or motorcycle;
109.28 	(2) pays a fee of $10 to cover the costs of handling and
109.29 	manufacturing the plates;
109.30 	(3) pays the registration tax required under section
109.31 	168.013;
109.32 	(4) pays the fees required under this chapter;
109.33 	(5) contributes a minimum of $30 annually to the "Minnesota
109.34 	Military Family Support Organization" account established in
109.35 	section 190.19; and 
109.36 	(6) complies with laws and rules governing registration and
110.1 	licensing of vehicles and drivers.
110.2 	(b) The license application under this section must
110.3 	indicate that the annual contribution specified under paragraph
110.4 	(a), clause (5), is a minimum contribution to receive the plate
110.5 	and that the applicant may make an additional contribution to
110.6 	the account.
110.7 		Subd. 3.Design. After consultation with interested
110.8 	groups, the adjutant general and the commissioner of veterans
110.9 	affairs shall design the special plate, subject to the approval
110.10 	of the commissioner.
110.11 		Subd. 4.No refund. Contributions under this section
110.12 	must not be refunded.
110.13 		Subd. 5.Plate transfers. Notwithstanding section
110.14 	168.12, subdivision 1, on payment of a transfer fee of $5,
110.15 	plates issued under this section may be transferred to another
110.16 	passenger automobile, one-ton pickup truck, recreational
110.17 	vehicle, or motorcycle owned by the individual to whom the
110.18 	special plates were issued.
110.19 		Subd. 6.Contribution and fees credited. Contributions
110.20 	under subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (5), must be paid to
110.21 	the commissioner and credited to the "Minnesota Military Family
110.22 	Support Organization" account established in section 190.19.
110.23 	The fees collected under this section must be deposited in the
110.24 	vehicle services operating account in the special revenue fund.
110.25 		Subd. 7.Record. The commissioner shall maintain a
110.26 	record of the number of plates issued under this section.

110.27 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.15,
110.28 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
110.29 		Subdivision 1.Transfer of ownership.  (a) Upon the
110.30 	transfer of ownership, destruction, theft, dismantling, or
110.31 	permanent removal by the owner from this state of any motor 
110.32 	vehicle registered in accordance with this chapter, the right of
110.33 	the owner of the vehicle to use the registration certificate and
110.34 	number plates assigned to the vehicle expires.
110.35 	(b) When the ownership of a motor vehicle is transferred to
110.36 	another resident of person required to register the vehicle in 
111.1 	this state, the transferor shall surrender the registration
111.2 	plates, unless otherwise provided for in this chapter, and 
111.3 	assign the registration tax paid to the credit of the transferee
111.4 	unless the registration stickers are surrendered to the
111.5 	commissioner before the first day of the new registration period.
111.6 	(c) When seeking to become the owner by gift, trade, or
111.7 	purchase of any vehicle for which a registration certificate has
111.8 	been issued under this chapter, a person shall join with the
111.9 	registered owner in transmitting with the application for
111.10 	transfer of ownership,the registration certificate, with the
111.11 	assignment and notice of sale duly executed upon the reverse
111.12 	side, or,.
111.13 	(d) In case of loss of the title or certificate of
111.14 	registration of a vehicle not subject to section 325E.15, the
111.15 	person shall make application to the commissioner with proof of
111.16 	loss by sworn statement, in writing, and satisfactory to the
111.17 	registrar of the title as specified in section 168A.09 and
111.18 	assign a notice of sale of the vehicle on the application for
111.19 	title as specified in section 168A.04.
111.20 	(e) Upon the transfer of any motor vehicle by a
111.21 	manufacturer or dealer, for use within the state, whether by
111.22 	sale, lease, or otherwise, the manufacturer or dealer transferor 
111.23 	shall, within ten days after the transfer, file with the
111.24 	registrar commissioner (1) a notice or report containing the
111.25 	date of transfer, a description of the motor vehicle, and the
111.26 	transferee's name, street and number of residence, if in a city,
111.27 	and post office residence address in the state or if not a
111.28 	natural person then the transferee's business and mailing
111.29 	address, and shall also transmit with it (2) the transferee's
111.30 	application for registration.

111.31 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.16, is
111.32 	amended to read:
111.33 	168.16  REGISTRATION TAX REFUND; APPROPRIATION.
111.34 	(a) After the registration tax upon any motor vehicle has
111.35 	been paid for any year registration period, refund must be made
111.36 	for errors made in computing the registration tax or fees and
112.1 	for the error on the part of an owner who may in error have
112.2 	registered a motor vehicle that was not before, nor at the time
112.3 	of registration, nor at any time thereafter during the current
112.4 	past year preceding registration period, subject to registration 
112.5 	tax in this state as provided by section 168.012.
112.6 	(b) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, a claim for
112.7 	a refund of an overpayment of registration tax must be filed
112.8 	within 3-1/2 years from the date of payment.
112.9 	The refund must be made from any fund in possession of the
112.10 	registrar and deducted from the registrar's monthly report to
112.11 	the commissioner of finance.  A detailed report of the refund
112.12 	must accompany the report.
112.13 	(c) The former registered owner of a transferred vehicle,
112.14 	by an assignment in writing endorsed upon the registration
112.15 	certificate and delivered to the registrar commissioner within
112.16 	the time provided in this subdivision, shall assign, except for
112.17 	vehicles registered under section 168.187, to the new owner the
112.18 	right to have the tax paid by the former registered owner
112.19 	accredited to the new owner who duly registers the vehicle
112.20 	unless the registration stickers are surrendered to the
112.21 	commissioner before the first day of the new registration period.
112.22 	(d) Any owner at is entitled to a refund of the unused
112.23 	portion of the registration tax paid on the owner's vehicle upon
112.24 	filing a claim, verified by the commissioner, if the time of
112.25 	such occurrence, whose vehicle is:
112.26 	(1) declared by an insurance company to be a total loss due
112.27 	to flood or tornado damage,permanently destroyed,due to
112.28 	accident, fire, or an Act of God as defined in section 115B.02;
112.29 	or
112.30 	(2) sold to the federal government, the state, or a
112.31 	political subdivision of the state, shall upon filing a verified
112.32 	claim be entitled to a refund of the unused portion of the tax
112.33 	paid upon the vehicle, computed as follows:.
112.34 	(1) if the vehicle is registered under the calendar year
112.35 	system of registration, the refund is computed pro rata by the
112.36 	month, 1/12 of the annual tax paid for each month of the year
113.1 	remaining after the month in which the plates and certificate
113.2 	were returned to the registrar;
113.3 	(2) if the vehicle is registered under the monthly series
113.4 	system of registration, the amount of 
113.5 	(e) The refund is must be equal to the sum of the amounts
113.6 	of the license fee remaining registration tax attributable to
113.7 	those months remaining in for the licensing registration period
113.8 	after the month in which the plates and certificate of
113.9 	registration or title were returned to the registrar 
113.10 	commissioner.
113.11 	(b) (f) There is hereby appropriated to the persons
113.12 	entitled to a refund, from the fund or account in the state
113.13 	treasury to which the money was credited, an amount sufficient
113.14 	to make the refund and payment.

113.15 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.31,
113.16 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
113.17 		Subd. 5.Refund.  For the annual registration tax paid on
113.18 	any vehicle before the calendar year registration period for
113.19 	which that tax was assessed, the owner of the vehicle who paid
113.20 	the tax shall be is entitled to full refund if such vehicle is
113.21 	permanently destroyed or removed from the state before the
113.22 	calendar year for which the tax was paid or if it is not used at
113.23 	all during the calendar year for which the tax was paid, and the
113.24 	owner makes affidavit concerning the nonuse as provided by
113.25 	section 168.012the registration stickers are surrendered before
113.26 	the first day of the new registration period.

113.27 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.01,
113.28 	subdivision 75, is amended to read:
113.29 		Subd. 75.Commercial motor vehicle.  (a) "Commercial
113.30 	motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle or combination of motor
113.31 	vehicles used to transport passengers or property if the motor
113.32 	vehicle:
113.33 	(1) has a gross vehicle weight of more than 26,000 pounds;
113.34 	(2) has a towed unit with a gross vehicle weight of more
113.35 	than 10,000 pounds and the combination of vehicles has a
113.36 	combined gross vehicle weight of more than 26,000 pounds;
114.1 	(3) is a bus;
114.2 	(4) is of any size and is used in the transportation of
114.3 	hazardous materials, except for those vehicles having a gross
114.4 	vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or less while carrying in bulk
114.5 	tanks a total of not more than 200 gallons of petroleum products
114.6 	and liquid fertilizer; or
114.7 	(5) is outwardly equipped and identified as a school bus,
114.8 	except for type A-I and type III school buses as defined in
114.9 	subdivision 6.
114.10 	(b) For purposes of chapter 169A:
114.11 	(1) a commercial motor vehicle does not include a farm
114.12 	truck, fire-fighting equipment an authorized emergency vehicle,
114.13 	or a recreational equipment vehicle being operated by a person
114.14 	within the scope of section 171.02, subdivision 2, paragraph
114.15 	(b); and
114.16 	(2) a commercial motor vehicle includes a vehicle capable
114.17 	of or designed to meet the standards described in paragraph (a),
114.18 	clause (2), whether or not the towed unit is attached to the
114.19 	truck-tractor at the time of the violation or stop.

114.20 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.01,
114.21 	subdivision 76, is amended to read:
114.22 		Subd. 76.Hazardous materials.  "Hazardous materials"
114.23 	means those materials found to be hazardous for the purposes of
114.24 	the federal Hazardous Materials Transportation Act and that
114.25 	require the motor vehicle to be placarded under Code of Federal
114.26 	Regulations, title 49, part 172, subpart F parts 100-185.

114.27 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.01,
114.28 	subdivision 78, is amended to read:
114.29 		Subd. 78.Recreational vehicle combination. (a) 
114.30 	"Recreational vehicle combination" means a combination of
114.31 	vehicles consisting of a pickup truck as defined in section
114.32 	168.011, subdivision 29, attached by means of a fifth-wheel
114.33 	coupling to a camper-semitrailer which has hitched to it a
114.34 	trailer carrying a watercraft as defined in section 86B.005,
114.35 	subdivision 18; off-highway motorcycle as defined in section
114.36 	84.787, subdivision 7; motorcycle; motorized bicycle; snowmobile
115.1 	as defined in section 84.81, subdivision 3; or all-terrain
115.2 	vehicle as defined in section 84.92, subdivision 8; or
115.3 	equestrian equipment or supplies.
115.4 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision:
115.5 	(a) (1) A "fifth-wheel coupling" is a coupling between a
115.6 	camper-semitrailer and a towing pickup truck in which a portion
115.7 	of the weight of the camper-semitrailer is carried over or
115.8 	forward of the rear axle of the towing pickup.
115.9 	(b) (2) A "camper-semitrailer" is a trailer, other than a
115.10 	manufactured home as defined in section 327B.01, subdivision 13,
115.11 	designed for human habitation and used for vacation or
115.12 	recreational purposes for limited periods.

115.13 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.18,
115.14 	subdivision 4, is amended to read:
115.15 		Subd. 4.Passing on the right.  The driver of a vehicle
115.16 	may overtake and pass upon the right of another vehicle only
115.17 	upon the following conditions:
115.18 	(1) when the vehicle overtaken is making or about to make a
115.19 	left turn;
115.20 	(2) upon a street or highway with unobstructed pavement not
115.21 	occupied by parked vehicles of sufficient width for two or more
115.22 	lines of moving vehicles in each direction;
115.23 	(3) upon a one-way street, or upon any roadway on which
115.24 	traffic is restricted to one direction of movement, where the
115.25 	roadway is free from obstructions and of sufficient width for
115.26 	two or more lines of moving vehicles;
115.27 	(4) when the driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass
115.28 	another vehicle upon the right only under conditions permitting
115.29 	such movement in safety.  In no event shall such movement be
115.30 	made by driving onto the shoulder, whether paved or unpaved, or 
115.31 	off the pavement or main-traveled portion of the roadway.

115.32 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.18,
115.33 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
115.34 		Subd. 5.Driving left of roadway center; exception.  (a)
115.35 	No vehicle shall be driven to the left side of the center of the
115.36 	roadway in overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in
116.1 	the same direction unless such left side is clearly visible and
116.2 	is free of oncoming traffic for a sufficient distance ahead to
116.3 	permit such overtaking and passing to be completely made without
116.4 	interfering with the safe operation of any vehicle approaching
116.5 	from the opposite direction or any vehicle overtaken.  In every
116.6 	event the overtaking vehicle must return to the right-hand side
116.7 	of the roadway before coming within 100 feet of any vehicle
116.8 	approaching from the opposite direction;
116.9 	(b) Except on a one-way roadway or as provided in paragraph
116.10 	(c), no vehicle shall, in overtaking and passing another vehicle
116.11 	or at any other time, be driven to the left half of the roadway
116.12 	under the following conditions:
116.13 	(1) when approaching the crest of a grade or upon a curve
116.14 	in the highway where the driver's view along the highway is
116.15 	obstructed within a distance of 700 feet;
116.16 	(2) when approaching within 100 feet of any underpass or
116.17 	tunnel, railroad grade crossing, intersection within a city, or
116.18 	intersection outside of a city if the presence of the
116.19 	intersection is marked by warning signs; or
116.20 	(3) where official signs are in place prohibiting passing,
116.21 	or a distinctive centerline is marked, which distinctive line
116.22 	also so prohibits passing, as declared in the Manual on Uniform
116.23 	Traffic Control Devices adopted by the commissioner.
116.24 	(c) Paragraph (b) does not apply to a self-propelled or
116.25 	towed implement of husbandry that (1) is escorted at the front
116.26 	by a registered motor vehicle that is displaying vehicular
116.27 	hazard warning lights visible to the front and rear in normal
116.28 	sunlight, and (2) does not extend into the left half of the
116.29 	roadway to any greater extent than made necessary by the total
116.30 	width of the right half of the roadway together with any
116.31 	adjacent shoulder that is suitable for travel.
116.32 	(d) Paragraph (b) does not apply to a self-propelled or
116.33 	towed implement of husbandry that is operated to the left half
116.34 	of the roadway if such operation is not to a greater extent than
116.35 	is necessary to avoid collision with a parked vehicle, sign, or
116.36 	other stationary object located on the highway right-of-way.

117.1 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.448, is
117.2 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
117.3 		Subd. 4.Day activity center buses. Notwithstanding
117.4 	subdivision 1, a vehicle used to transport adults to and from a
117.5 	day activity center may be equipped with prewarning flashing
117.6 	amber signals and a stop-signal arm, and the operator of the
117.7 	vehicle may activate this equipment, under the following
117.8 	circumstances:
117.9 	(1) the operator possesses a commercial driver's license
117.10 	with a school bus endorsement;
117.11 	(2) the vehicle is engaged in picking up or dropping off
117.12 	adults at locations predesignated by the day activity center
117.13 	that owns or leases the bus;
117.14 	(3) the vehicle is identified as a "day activity center
117.15 	bus" in letters at least eight inches high on the front and rear
117.16 	top of the bus; and 
117.17 	(4) the name, address, and telephone number of the owner
117.18 	and operator of the bus is identified on each front door of the
117.19 	bus in letters not less than three inches high.
117.20 	The provisions of section 169.444 relating to duties of
117.21 	care of a motorist to a school bus, and violations thereof,
117.22 	apply to a vehicle described in this section when the vehicle is
117.23 	operated in conformity with this subdivision.  The provisions of
117.24 	section 169.443 relating to bus driver's duties apply to a
117.25 	vehicle described in this section except those that by their
117.26 	nature have no application.
117.27 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
117.28 	following final enactment.

117.29 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.71,
117.30 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
117.31 		Subdivision 1.Prohibitions generally.  No person shall
117.32 	drive or operate any motor vehicle with:
117.33 	(1) a windshield cracked or discolored to an extent to
117.34 	limit or obstruct proper vision, or,;
117.35 	(2) except for law enforcement vehicles, with any objects
117.36 	suspended between the driver and the windshield, other than sun
118.1 	visors and ,rear vision mirrors, or electronic toll-collection
118.2 	devices;or with 
118.3 	(3) any sign, poster, or other nontransparent material upon
118.4 	the front windshield, sidewings, side or rear windows of such
118.5 	vehicle, other than a certificate or other paper required to be
118.6 	so displayed by law, or authorized by the state director of the
118.7 	Division of Emergency Management, or the commissioner of public
118.8 	safety.

118.9 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.81,
118.10 	subdivision 3c, is amended to read:
118.11 		Subd. 3c.Recreational vehicle combination.
 118.12 	Notwithstanding subdivision 3, a recreational vehicle
118.13 	combination may be operated without a permit if:
118.14 	(1) the combination does not consist of more than three
118.15 	vehicles, and the towing rating of the pickup truck is equal to
118.16 	or greater than the total weight of all vehicles being towed;
118.17 	(2) the combination does not exceed 60 feet in length;
118.18 	(3) the camper-semitrailer in the combination does not
118.19 	exceed 28 feet in length;
118.20 	(4) the operator of the combination is at least 18 years of
118.21 	age;
118.22 	(5) the trailer carrying a watercraft, motorcycle,
118.23 	motorized bicycle, off-highway motorcycle, snowmobile, or 
118.24 	all-terrain vehicle, or equestrian equipment or supplies meets
118.25 	all requirements of law;
118.26 	(6) the trailers in the combination are connected to the
118.27 	pickup truck and each other in conformity with section 169.82;
118.28 	and
118.29 	(7) the combination is not operated within the seven-county
118.30 	metropolitan area, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2,
118.31 	during the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 7:00
118.32 	p.m. on Mondays through Fridays.

118.33 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.824,
118.34 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
118.35 		Subd. 2.Gross vehicle weight of all axles.  (a)
118.36 	Notwithstanding the provisions of section 169.85, the gross
119.1 	vehicle weight of all axles of a vehicle or combination of
119.2 	vehicles shall not exceed:
119.3 	(1) except as provided in clause (2),80,000 pounds for any
119.4 	vehicle or combination of vehicles on all state trunk highways
119.5 	as defined in section 160.02, subdivision 29, and for all routes
119.6 	designated under section 169.832, subdivision 11;
119.7 	(2) on and after August 1, 2006, 88,000 pounds for any
119.8 	vehicle or combination of vehicles with six or more axles while
119.9 	exclusively engaged in hauling livestock on all state trunk
119.10 	highways other than interstate highways, if the vehicle has a
119.11 	permit under section 169.86, subdivision 5, paragraph (k);
119.12 	(3) 73,280 pounds for any vehicle or combination of
119.13 	vehicles with five axles or less on all routes, other than state
119.14 	trunk highways and routes that are designated under section
119.15 	169.832, subdivision 11; and
119.16 	(3) (4) 80,000 pounds for any vehicle or combination of
119.17 	vehicles with six or more axles on all routes, other than state
119.18 	trunk highways and routes that are designated under section
119.19 	169.832, subdivision 11.
119.20 	(b) The maximum weights specified in this section for five
119.21 	consecutive axles shall not apply to a four-axle ready-mix
119.22 	concrete truck which was equipped with a fifth axle prior to
119.23 	June 1, 1981.  The maximum gross weight on four or fewer
119.24 	consecutive axles of vehicles excepted by this clause shall not
119.25 	exceed any maximum weight specified for four or fewer
119.26 	consecutive axles in this section.

119.27 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.851,
119.28 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
119.29 		Subd. 5.Exception for farm and forest products. The
119.30 	maximum weight provisions of this section do Subdivision 4 does 
119.31 	not apply to the first haul of unprocessed or raw farm products
119.32 	and the transportation of raw and unfinished forest products,
119.33 	including wood chips,when the prescribed maximum
119.34 	weight limitation is limitations permitted under sections
119.35 	169.822 to 169.829 are not exceeded by more than ten percent.

119.36 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.86,
120.1 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
120.2 		Subd. 5.Fee; proceeds deposited; appropriation.  The
120.3 	commissioner, with respect to highways under the commissioner's
120.4 	jurisdiction, may charge a fee for each permit issued.  All such
120.5 	fees for permits issued by the commissioner of transportation
120.6 	shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the
120.7 	trunk highway fund.  Except for those annual permits for which
120.8 	the permit fees are specified elsewhere in this chapter, the
120.9 	fees shall be:
120.10 	(a) $15 for each single trip permit.
120.11 	(b) $36 for each job permit.  A job permit may be issued
120.12 	for like loads carried on a specific route for a period not to
120.13 	exceed two months.  "Like loads" means loads of the same
120.14 	product, weight, and dimension.
120.15 	(c) $60 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not
120.16 	to exceed 12 consecutive months.  Annual permits may be issued
120.17 	for:
120.18 	(1) motor vehicles used to alleviate a temporary crisis
120.19 	adversely affecting the safety or well-being of the public;
120.20 	(2) motor vehicles which travel on interstate highways and
120.21 	carry loads authorized under subdivision 1a;
120.22 	(3) motor vehicles operating with gross weights authorized
120.23 	under section 169.826, subdivision 1a;
120.24 	(4) special pulpwood vehicles described in section 169.863;
120.25 	(5) motor vehicles bearing snowplow blades not exceeding
120.26 	ten feet in width; and
120.27 	(6) noncommercial transportation of a boat by the owner or
120.28 	user of the boat.
120.29 	(d) $120 for an oversize annual permit to be issued for a
120.30 	period not to exceed 12 consecutive months.  Annual permits may
120.31 	be issued for:
120.32 	(1) mobile cranes;
120.33 	(2) construction equipment, machinery, and supplies;
120.34 	(3) manufactured homes and manufactured storage buildings;
120.35 	(4) implements of husbandry when the movement is not made
120.36 	according to the provisions of paragraph (i);
121.1 	(5) double-deck buses;
121.2 	(6) commercial boat hauling; and
121.3 	(7) three-vehicle combinations consisting of two empty,
121.4 	newly manufactured trailers for cargo, horses, or livestock, not
121.5 	to exceed 28-1/2 feet per trailer; provided, however, the permit
121.6 	allows the vehicles to be moved from a trailer manufacturer to a
121.7 	trailer dealer only while operating on twin-trailer routes
121.8 	designated under section 169.81, subdivision 3, paragraph (c).
121.9 	(e) For vehicles which have axle weights exceeding the
121.10 	weight limitations of sections 169.822 to 169.829, an additional
121.11 	cost added to the fees listed above.  However, this paragraph
121.12 	applies to any vehicle described in section 168.013, subdivision
121.13 	3, paragraph (b), but only when the vehicle exceeds its gross
121.14 	weight allowance set forth in that paragraph, and then the
121.15 	additional cost is for all weight, including the allowance
121.16 	weight, in excess of the permitted maximum axle weight.  The
121.17 	additional cost is equal to the product of the distance traveled
121.18 	times the sum of the overweight axle group cost factors shown in
121.19 	the following chart:
121.20 	Overweight Axle Group Cost Factors
121.21 	Weight (pounds)         Cost Per Mile For Each Group Of:
121.22 	exceeding       Two consec-     Three consec-   Four consec-
121.23 	weight          utive axles     utive axles     utive axles
121.24 	limitations     spaced within   spaced within   spaced within
121.25 	on axles        8 feet or less  9 feet or less  14 feet or less
121.26 	     0-2,000    .12             .05             .04
121.27 	 2,001-4,000    .14             .06             .05
121.28 	 4,001-6,000    .18             .07             .06
121.29 	 6,001-8,000    .21             .09             .07
121.30 	 8,001-10,000   .26             .10             .08
121.31 	10,001-12,000   .30             .12             .09
121.32 	12,001-14,000   Not permitted   .14             .11
121.33 	14,001-16,000   Not permitted   .17             .12
121.34 	16,001-18,000   Not permitted   .19             .15
121.35 	18,001-20,000   Not permitted   Not permitted   .16
121.36 	20,001-22,000   Not permitted   Not permitted   .20
122.1 	The amounts added are rounded to the nearest cent for each axle
122.2 	or axle group.  The additional cost does not apply to paragraph
122.3 	(c), clauses (1) and (3).
122.4 	For a vehicle found to exceed the appropriate maximum permitted
122.5 	weight, a cost-per-mile fee of 22 cents per ton, or fraction of
122.6 	a ton, over the permitted maximum weight is imposed in addition
122.7 	to the normal permit fee.  Miles must be calculated based on the
122.8 	distance already traveled in the state plus the distance from
122.9 	the point of detection to a transportation loading site or
122.10 	unloading site within the state or to the point of exit from the
122.11 	state.
122.12 	(f) As an alternative to paragraph (e), an annual permit
122.13 	may be issued for overweight, or oversize and overweight,
122.14 	construction equipment, machinery, and supplies.  The fees for
122.15 	the permit are as follows:
122.16 	Gross Weight (pounds) of Vehicle          Annual Permit Fee
122.17 	     90,000 or less                             $200
122.18 	     90,001 - 100,000                           $300
122.19 	    100,001 - 110,000                           $400
122.20 	    110,001 - 120,000                           $500
122.21 	    120,001 - 130,000                           $600
122.22 	    130,001 - 140,000                           $700
122.23 	    140,001 - 145,000                           $800
122.24 	If the gross weight of the vehicle is more than 145,000 pounds
122.25 	the permit fee is determined under paragraph (e).
122.26 	(g) For vehicles which exceed the width limitations set
122.27 	forth in section 169.80 by more than 72 inches, an additional
122.28 	cost equal to $120 added to the amount in paragraph (a) when the
122.29 	permit is issued while seasonal load restrictions pursuant to
122.30 	section 169.87 are in effect.
122.31 	(h) $85 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not
122.32 	to exceed 12 months, for refuse-compactor vehicles that carry a
122.33 	gross weight of not more than:  22,000 pounds on a single rear
122.34 	axle; 38,000 pounds on a tandem rear axle; or, subject to
122.35 	section 169.828, subdivision 2, 46,000 pounds on a tridem rear
122.36 	axle.  A permit issued for up to 46,000 pounds on a tridem rear
123.1 	axle must limit the gross vehicle weight to not more than 62,000
123.2 	pounds.
123.3 	(i) For vehicles exclusively transporting implements of
123.4 	husbandry, an annual permit fee of $24.  A vehicle operated
123.5 	under a permit authorized by this paragraph may be moved at the
123.6 	discretion of the permit holder without prior route approval by
123.7 	the commissioner if:
123.8 	(1) the total width of the transporting vehicle, including
123.9 	load, does not exceed 14 feet;
123.10 	(2) the vehicle is operated only between sunrise and 30
123.11 	minutes after sunset, and is not operated at any time after
123.12 	12:00 noon on Sundays or holidays;
123.13 	(3) the vehicle is not operated when visibility is impaired
123.14 	by weather, fog, or other conditions that render persons and
123.15 	other vehicles not clearly visible at 500 feet;
123.16 	(4) the vehicle displays at the front and rear of the load
123.17 	or vehicle a pair of flashing amber lights, as provided in
123.18 	section 169.59, subdivision 4, whenever the overall width of the
123.19 	vehicle exceeds 126 inches; and
123.20 	(5) the vehicle is not operated on a trunk highway with a
123.21 	surfaced roadway width of less than 24 feet unless such
123.22 	operation is authorized by the permit.
123.23 	A permit under this paragraph authorizes movements of the
123.24 	permitted vehicle on an interstate highway, and movements of 75
123.25 	miles or more on other highways.
123.26 	(j) $300 for a motor vehicle described in section
123.27 	169.8261.  The fee under this paragraph must be deposited as
123.28 	follows:
123.29 	(1) in fiscal years 2005 through 2010:
123.30 	(i) the first $50,000 in each fiscal year must be deposited
123.31 	in the trunk highway fund for costs related to administering the
123.32 	permit program and inspecting and posting bridges;
123.33 	(ii) all remaining money in each fiscal year must be
123.34 	deposited in a bridge inspection and signing account in the
123.35 	special revenue fund.  Money in the account is appropriated to
123.36 	the commissioner for:
124.1 	(A) inspection of local bridges and identification of local
124.2 	bridges to be posted, including contracting with a consultant
124.3 	for some or all of these functions; and
124.4 	(B) erection of weight-posting signs on local bridges; and
124.5 	(2) in fiscal year 2011 and subsequent years must be
124.6 	deposited in the trunk highway fund.
124.7 	(k) $200 for an annual permit for a vehicle operating under
124.8 	authority of section 169.824, subdivision 2, paragraph (a),
124.9 	clause (2).

124.10 	Sec. 44. [169.864] SPECIAL PAPER PRODUCTS VEHICLE
124.11 	PERMIT.
124.12 		Subdivision 1.Three-unit vehicle. The commissioner may
124.13 	issue a permit for a vehicle that meets the following
124.14 	requirements:
124.15 	(1) is a combination of vehicles, including a truck-tractor
124.16 	and a semitrailer drawing one additional semitrailer, which may
124.17 	be equipped with an auxiliary dolly, and no semitrailer used in
124.18 	the three-vehicle combination has an overall length in excess of
124.19 	28-1/2 feet;
124.20 	(2) has a maximum gross vehicle weight of 108,000 pounds;
124.21 	(3) complies with the axle weight limits in section 169.824
124.22 	or with the federal bridge formula for axle groups not described
124.23 	in that section;
124.24 	(4) complies with the tire weight limits in section 169.823
124.25 	or the tire manufacturers' recommended load, whichever is less;
124.26 	(5) is operated only in this state on Trunk Highway marked
124.27 	2 between Grand Rapids and the port of Duluth; on Trunk Highway
124.28 	marked 169 between Grand Rapids and its junction with Trunk
124.29 	Highway marked 53; and on Trunk Highway marked 53 between
124.30 	Virginia and the port of Duluth; and 
124.31 	(6) the seasonal weight increases authorized under section
124.32 	169.826, subdivision 1, do not apply.
124.33 		Subd. 2.Two-unit vehicle. The commissioner may issue a
124.34 	permit for a vehicle that meets the following requirements:
124.35 	(1) is a combination of vehicles consisting of a
124.36 	truck-tractor and a single semitrailer that may exceed 48 feet,
125.1 	but not 53 feet, if the distance from the kingpin to the
125.2 	centerline of the rear axle group of the semitrailer does not
125.3 	exceed 43 feet;
125.4 	(2) has a maximum gross vehicle weight of 90,000 pounds;
125.5 	(3) has a maximum gross vehicle weight of 98,000 pounds
125.6 	during the time when seasonal weight increases authorized under
125.7 	section 169.826, subdivision 1, are in effect;
125.8 	(4) complies with the axle weight limits in section 169.824
125.9 	or with the federal bridge formula for axle groups not described
125.10 	in that section;
125.11 	(5) complies with the tire weight limits in section 169.823
125.12 	or the tire manufacturers' recommended load, whichever is less;
125.13 	and 
125.14 	(6) is operated only on the highways specified in
125.15 	subdivision 1, clause (5).
125.16 		Subd. 3.Restrictions. Vehicles issued permits under
125.17 	subdivisions 1 and 2 must comply with the following restrictions:
125.18 	(1) the vehicle must be operated in compliance with
125.19 	seasonal load restrictions under section 169.87;
125.20 	(2) the vehicle may not be operated on the interstate
125.21 	highway system; and 
125.22 	(3) the vehicle may be operated on streets or highways
125.23 	under the control of local authorities only upon the approval of
125.24 	the local authority; however, vehicles may have reasonable
125.25 	access to terminals and facilities for food, fuel, repairs, and
125.26 	rest and for continuity of route within one mile of the national
125.27 	network as provided by section 169.81, subdivision 3, and by
125.28 	Code of Federal Regulations, title 23, part 658.19.
125.29 		Subd. 4.Permit fee. Vehicle permits issued under
125.30 	subdivision 1, clause (1), must be annual permits.  The fee is
125.31 	$850 for each vehicle and must be deposited in the trunk highway
125.32 	fund.  An amount sufficient to administer the permit program is
125.33 	appropriated from the trunk highway fund to the commissioner for
125.34 	the costs of administering the permit program.

125.35 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.87,
125.36 	subdivision 4, is amended to read:
126.1 		Subd. 4.Vehicle transporting milk.  Until June 1,
126.2 	2003 2007, a weight restriction imposed under subdivision 1 by
126.3 	the commissioner of transportation or a local road authority, or
126.4 	imposed by subdivision 2, does not apply to a vehicle
126.5 	transporting milk from the point of production to the point of
126.6 	first processing if, at the time the weight restriction is
126.7 	exceeded, the vehicle is carrying milk loaded at only one point
126.8 	of production.  This subdivision does not authorize a vehicle
126.9 	described in this subdivision to exceed a weight restriction of
126.10 	five tons per axle by more than two tons per axle.
126.11 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2005.

126.12 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.99,
126.13 	subdivision 1b, is amended to read:
126.14 		Subd. 1b.Speed.  The uniform traffic ticket must provide
126.15 	a blank or space wherein an officer who issues a citation for a
126.16 	violation of section 169.14, subdivision 2, paragraph (a),
126.17 	clause (3),a speed limit of 55 or 60 miles per hour must
126.18 	specify whether the speed was greater than ten miles per hour in
126.19 	excess of the lawful speed a 55 miles per hour speed limit, or
126.20 	more than five miles per hour in excess of a 60 miles per hour
126.21 	speed limit.

126.22 	Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169A.52,
126.23 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
126.24 		Subd. 3.Test refusal; license revocation.  (a) Upon
126.25 	certification by the peace officer that there existed probable
126.26 	cause to believe the person had been driving, operating, or in
126.27 	physical control of a motor vehicle in violation of section
126.28 	169A.20 (driving while impaired), and that the person refused to
126.29 	submit to a test, the commissioner shall revoke the person's
126.30 	license or permit to drive, or nonresident operating privilege,
126.31 	for a period of one year even if a test was obtained pursuant to
126.32 	this section after the person refused to submit to testing.
126.33 	(b) Upon certification by the peace officer that there
126.34 	existed probable cause to believe the person had been driving,
126.35 	operating, or in physical control of a commercial motor vehicle
126.36 	with the presence of any alcohol in violation of section 169A.20
127.1 	(driving while impaired), and that the person refused to submit
127.2 	to a test, the commissioner shall disqualify the person from
127.3 	operating a commercial motor vehicle for a period of one year
127.4 	under section 171.165 (commercial driver's license
127.5 	disqualification) and shall revoke the person's license or
127.6 	permit to drive or nonresident operating privilege for a period
127.7 	of one year according to the federal regulations adopted by
127.8 	reference in section 171.165, subdivision 2.

127.9 	Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.01,
127.10 	subdivision 22, is amended to read:
127.11 		Subd. 22.Commercial motor vehicle.  "Commercial motor
127.12 	vehicle" means a motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles
127.13 	used to transport passengers or property if the motor vehicle:
127.14 	(1) has a gross vehicle weight of more than 26,000 pounds;
127.15 	(2) has a towed unit with a gross vehicle weight of more
127.16 	than 10,000 pounds and the combination of vehicles has a
127.17 	combined gross vehicle weight of more than 26,000 pounds;
127.18 	(3) is a bus;
127.19 	(4) is of any size and is used in the transportation of
127.20 	hazardous materials, except for those vehicles having a gross
127.21 	vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or less and carrying in bulk
127.22 	tanks a total of not more than 200 gallons of liquid fertilizer
127.23 	and petroleum products; or
127.24 	(5) is outwardly equipped and identified as a school bus,
127.25 	except for type III school buses defined in section 169.01,
127.26 	subdivision 6, clause (5).

127.27 	Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.01,
127.28 	subdivision 35, is amended to read:
127.29 		Subd. 35.Hazardous materials.  "Hazardous materials"
127.30 	means those materials found to be hazardous for the purposes of
127.31 	the federal Hazardous Materials Transportation Act and that
127.32 	require the motor vehicle to be placarded under Code of Federal
127.33 	Regulations, title 49, part 172, subpart F parts 100-185.

127.34 	Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.01,
127.35 	subdivision 47, is amended to read:
127.36 		Subd. 47.State.  "State" means any a state of the United
128.1 	States, territory or possession of the United States,the
128.2 	District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any
128.3 	province of the Dominion of Canada , the United States Virgin
128.4 	Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the
128.5 	jurisdiction of the United States.

128.6 	Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.01, is
128.7 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
128.8 		Subd. 48a.Tank vehicle. "Tank vehicle" means any
128.9 	commercial motor vehicle that is designed to transport any
128.10 	liquid or gaseous materials within a tank, as defined in Code of
128.11 	Federal Regulations, title 49, section 178.320, including a
128.12 	cargo tank or a portable tank as defined in Code of Federal
128.13 	Regulations, title 49, section 171.8, that is either permanently
128.14 	or temporarily attached to the vehicle or the chassis, except
128.15 	portable tanks having a rated capacity under 1,000 gallons.

128.16 	Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.02, is
128.17 	amended to read:
128.18 	171.02 LICENSES; TYPES, ENDORSEMENTS, RESTRICTIONS.
128.19 		Subdivision 1.License required. Except when expressly
128.20 	exempted, a person shall not drive a motor vehicle upon a street
128.21 	or highway in this state unless the person has a license valid
128.22 	under this chapter for the type or class of vehicle being
128.23 	driven.  The department shall not issue a driver's license to a
128.24 	person unless and until the person's license from any
128.25 	jurisdiction has been invalidated.  The department shall provide
128.26 	to the issuing department of any jurisdiction, information that
128.27 	the licensee is now licensed in Minnesota.  A person is not
128.28 	permitted to have more than one valid driver's license at any
128.29 	time.  The department shall not issue to a person to whom a
128.30 	current Minnesota identification card has been issued a driver's
128.31 	license, other than an instruction permit or a limited license,
128.32 	unless the person's Minnesota identification card has been
128.33 	invalidated.
128.34 	Subd. 2.  [DRIVER'S LICENSE CLASSIFICATIONS, ENDORSEMENTS,
128.35 	EXEMPTIONS.] (a) Drivers' licenses shall be are classified
128.36 	according to the types of vehicles which that may be driven by
129.1 	the holder of each type or class of license.  The commissioner
129.2 	may, as appropriate, subdivide the classes listed in this
129.3 	subdivision and issue licenses classified accordingly.  Except
129.4 	as provided in subdivision 2a, no class of license shall be is 
129.5 	valid to operate a motorcycle, school bus, tank vehicle,
129.6 	double-trailer or triple-trailer combination, vehicle
129.7 	transporting hazardous materials, or bus, unless so endorsed.
129.8 	There shall be are four general classes of licenses as follows:
129.9 	(b) Class D; valid for:
129.10 	(1) operating all farm trucks operated by if the farm truck
129.11 	is:
129.12 	(i) the owner, (ii) controlled and operated by a farmer,
129.13 	including operation by an immediate family member of the owner,
129.14 	(iii) or an employee of the owner not primarily employed to
129.15 	operate the farm truck, within 150 miles of the farm, or farmer;
129.16 	(ii) used to transport agricultural products, farm
129.17 	machinery, or farm supplies, to or from a farm;
129.18 	(iii) not used in the operations of a common or contract
129.19 	motor carrier as governed by Code of Federal Regulations, title
129.20 	49, part 365; and 
129.21 	(iv) an employee of the owner employed during harvest to
129.22 	operate the farm truck for the first, continuous transportation
129.23 	of agricultural products from the production site or on-farm
129.24 	storage site to any other location within 50 miles of that
129.25 	site used within 150 miles of the farm;
129.26 	(2) operating fire trucks and emergency fire equipment an
129.27 	authorized emergency vehicle, as defined in section 169.01,
129.28 	subdivision 5, whether or not in excess of 26,000 pounds gross
129.29 	vehicle weight, operated by a firefighter while on duty, or a
129.30 	tiller operator employed by a fire department who drives the
129.31 	rear portion of a midmount aerial ladder truck;
129.32 	(3) operating a recreational equipment vehicle as defined
129.33 	in section 168.011, subdivision 25, that is operated for
129.34 	personal use;
129.35 	(4) operating all single-unit vehicles except vehicles with
129.36 	a gross vehicle weight of more than 26,000 pounds, vehicles
130.1 	designed to carry more than 15 passengers including the driver,
130.2 	and vehicles that carry hazardous materials; and 
130.3 	(5) notwithstanding paragraph (c), operating a type A
130.4 	school bus without a school bus endorsement if:
130.5 	(i) the bus has a gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or
130.6 	less;
130.7 	(ii) the bus is designed to transport 15 or fewer
130.8 	passengers, including the driver; and
130.9 	(iii) the requirements of subdivision 2a, paragraph (b),
130.10 	are satisfied, as determined by the commissioner.; and 
130.11 	The holder of a class D license may also tow 
130.12 	(6) towing vehicles if:
130.13 	(i) the towed vehicles have a gross vehicle weight of
130.14 	10,000 pounds or less; or 
130.15 	(ii) the towed vehicles have a gross vehicle weight of more
130.16 	than 10,000 pounds and the combination of vehicles has a gross
130.17 	vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or less.
130.18 	(c) Class C; valid for:
130.19 	(1) operating class D motor vehicles;
130.20 	(2) with a hazardous materials endorsement, transporting
130.21 	hazardous materials in class D vehicles; and
130.22 	(3) with a school bus endorsement, operating school buses
130.23 	designed to transport 15 or fewer passengers, including the
130.24 	driver.
130.25 	(d) Class B; valid for operating all vehicles in class C
130.26 	motor vehicles, class D motor vehicles, and all other
130.27 	single-unit motor vehicles including, with a passenger
130.28 	endorsement, buses.  The holder of a class B license may tow
130.29 	only vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or
130.30 	less.
130.31 	(e) Class A; valid for operating any vehicle or combination
130.32 	of vehicles.
130.33 		Subd. 2a.exceptions exception for certain school bus
130.34 	drivers. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision 2, (1) a hazardous
130.35 	materials endorsement is not required to operate a vehicle
130.36 	having a gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or less while
131.1 	carrying in bulk tanks a total of not more than 200 gallons of
131.2 	petroleum products and (2) a class C license or hazardous
131.3 	materials endorsement is not required to operate a farm vehicle
131.4 	as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section
131.5 	390.5, having a gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or less
131.6 	while carrying in bulk tanks a total of not more than 1,500
131.7 	gallons of liquid fertilizer.
131.8 	(b) Notwithstanding subdivision 2, paragraph (c), the
131.9 	holder of a class D driver's license, without a school bus
131.10 	endorsement, may operate a type A school bus described in
131.11 	subdivision 2, paragraph (b), under the following conditions:
131.12 	(1) (a) The operator is an employee of the entity that
131.13 	owns, leases, or contracts for the school bus and is not solely
131.14 	hired to provide transportation services under this paragraph 
131.15 	subdivision.
131.16 	(2) (b) The operator drives the school bus only from points
131.17 	of origin to points of destination, not including home-to-school
131.18 	trips to pick up or drop off students.
131.19 	(3) (c) The operator is prohibited from using the
131.20 	eight-light system.  Violation of this clause paragraph is a
131.21 	misdemeanor.
131.22 	(4) (d) The operator's employer has adopted and implemented
131.23 	a policy that provides for annual training and certification of
131.24 	the operator in:
131.25 	(i) (1) safe operation of the type of school bus the
131.26 	operator will be driving;
131.27 	(ii) (2) understanding student behavior, including issues
131.28 	relating to students with disabilities;
131.29 	(iii) (3) encouraging orderly conduct of students on the
131.30 	bus and handling incidents of misconduct appropriately;
131.31 	(iv) (4) knowing and understanding relevant laws, rules of
131.32 	the road, and local school bus safety policies;
131.33 	(v) (5) handling emergency situations; and
131.34 	(vi) (6) safe loading and unloading of students.
131.35 	(5) (e) A background check or background investigation of
131.36 	the operator has been conducted that meets the requirements
132.1 	under section 122A.18, subdivision 8, or 123B.03 for teachers;
132.2 	section 144.057 or chapter 245C for day care employees; or
132.3 	section 171.321, subdivision 3, for all other persons operating
132.4 	a type A school bus under this paragraph subdivision.
132.5 	(6) (f) Operators shall submit to a physical examination as
132.6 	required by section 171.321, subdivision 2.
132.7 	(7) (g) The operator's driver's license is verified
132.8 	annually by the entity that owns, leases, or contracts for the
132.9 	school bus.
132.10 	(8) (h) A person who sustains a conviction, as defined
132.11 	under section 609.02, of violating section 169A.25, 169A.26,
132.12 	169A.27, 169A.31, 169A.51, or 169A.52, or a similar statute or
132.13 	ordinance of another state is precluded from operating a school
132.14 	bus for five years from the date of conviction.
132.15 	(9) (i) A person who has ever been convicted of a
132.16 	disqualifying offense as defined in section 171.3215,
132.17 	subdivision 1, paragraph (c), may not operate a school bus under
132.18 	this paragraph subdivision.
132.19 	(10) (j) A person who sustains a conviction, as defined
132.20 	under section 609.02, of a fourth moving offense in violation of
132.21 	chapter 169 is precluded from operating a school bus for one
132.22 	year from the date of the last conviction.
132.23 	(11) (k) Students riding the school bus must have training
132.24 	required under section 123B.90, subdivision 2.
132.25 	(12) (l) An operator must be trained in the proper use of
132.26 	child safety restraints as set forth in the National Highway
132.27 	Traffic Safety Administration's "Guideline for the Safe
132.28 	Transportation of Pre-school Age Children in School Buses."
132.29 	(13) (m) Annual certification of the requirements listed in
132.30 	this paragraph subdivision must be maintained under separate
132.31 	file at the business location for each operator licensed under
132.32 	this paragraph subdivision and subdivision 2, paragraph (b),
132.33 	clause (5).  The business manager, school board, governing body
132.34 	of a nonpublic school, or any other entity that owns, leases, or
132.35 	contracts for the school bus operating under this paragraph 
132.36 	subdivision is responsible for maintaining these files for
133.1 	inspection.
133.2 	(14) (n) The school bus must bear a current certificate of
133.3 	inspection issued under section 169.451.
133.4 	(15) (o) The word "School" on the front and rear of the bus
133.5 	must be covered by a sign that reads "Activities" when the bus
133.6 	is being operated under authority of this paragraph subdivision.
133.7 		Subd. 3.Motorized bicycle. (a) No A motorized bicycle
133.8 	shall may not be operated on any public roadway by any person
133.9 	who does not possess a valid driver's license, unless the person
133.10 	has obtained a motorized bicycle operator's permit or motorized
133.11 	bicycle instruction permit from the commissioner of public
133.12 	safety.  The operator's permit may be issued to any person who
133.13 	has attained the age of 15 years and who has passed the
133.14 	examination prescribed by the commissioner.  The instruction
133.15 	permit may be issued to any person who has attained the age of
133.16 	15 years and who has successfully completed an approved safety
133.17 	course and passed the written portion of the examination
133.18 	prescribed by the commissioner.
133.19 	(b) This course must consist of, but is not limited to, a
133.20 	basic understanding of:
133.21 	(1) motorized bicycles and their limitations;
133.22 	(2) motorized bicycle laws and rules;
133.23 	(3) safe operating practices and basic operating
133.24 	techniques;
133.25 	(4) helmets and protective clothing;
133.26 	(5) motorized bicycle traffic strategies; and
133.27 	(6) effects of alcohol and drugs on motorized bicycle
133.28 	operators.
133.29 	(c) The commissioner may promulgate adopt rules prescribing
133.30 	the content of the safety course, examination, and the
133.31 	information to be contained on the permits.  A person operating
133.32 	a motorized bicycle under a motorized bicycle permit is subject
133.33 	to the restrictions imposed by section 169.974, subdivision 2,
133.34 	on operation of a motorcycle under a two-wheel instruction
133.35 	permit.
133.36 	(d) The fees for motorized bicycle operator's permits are
134.1 	as follows:
134.2 	(1) Examination and operator's permit,
134.3 	          valid for one year                     $ 6
134.4 	      (2) Duplicate                              $ 3
134.5 	      (3) Renewal permit before age 21
134.6 	          and valid until age 21                 $ 9
134.7 	      (4) Renewal permit after age 21 or older 
134.8 	          and valid for four years               $15
134.9 	      (5) Duplicate of any renewal permit        $ 4.50
134.10 	      (6) Written examination and
134.11 	          instruction permit, valid for
134.12 	          30 days                                $ 6
134.13 	Subd. 4.  [RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE.] (a) The
134.14 	commissioner may issue restricted commercial drivers' licenses
134.15 	and take the following actions to the extent that the actions
134.16 	are authorized by regulation of the United States Department of
134.17 	Transportation entitled "Waiver for Farm-Related Service
134.18 	Industries" as published in the Federal Register, April 17, 1992 
134.19 	in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 383.3,
134.20 	paragraph (f):
134.21 	(1) prescribe examination requirements and other
134.22 	qualifications for the license;
134.23 	(2) prescribe classes of vehicles that may be operated by
134.24 	holders of the license;
134.25 	(3) specify commercial motor vehicle operation that is
134.26 	authorized by the license, and prohibit other commercial motor 
134.27 	vehicle operation by holders of the license; and
134.28 	(4) prescribe the period of time during which the license
134.29 	is valid.
134.30 	(b) Restricted commercial drivers' licenses are subject to
134.31 	sections 171.165 and 171.166 in the same manner as other
134.32 	commercial drivers' licenses.
134.33 	(c) Actions of the commissioner under this subdivision are
134.34 	not subject to sections 14.05 to 14.47 of the Administrative
134.35 	Procedure Act.
134.36 		Subd. 5.Exemption for certain backup snowplow drivers.
 135.1 	Pursuant to the waiver authorization set forth in Public Law
135.2 	104-59, section 345, subsection (a), paragraph (5), a person who
135.3 	operates a commercial motor vehicle for the purpose of removing
135.4 	snow or ice from a roadway by plowing, salting, or sanding is
135.5 	not required to hold a commercial driver's license if the person:
135.6 	(1) is an employee of a local unit of government with a
135.7 	population of 3,000 or less;
135.8 	(2) is operating within the boundaries of the local unit of
135.9 	government;
135.10 	(3) holds a valid class D driver's license; and
135.11 	(4) except in the event of a lawful strike, is temporarily
135.12 	replacing the employee who normally operates the vehicle but
135.13 	either is unable to operate the vehicle or is in need of
135.14 	additional assistance due to a snow emergency as determined by
135.15 	the local unit of government.

135.16 	Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.03, is
135.17 	amended to read:
135.18 	171.03 PERSONS EXEMPT.
135.19 	The following persons are exempt from license hereunder:
135.20 	(1) (a) A person in the employ or service of the United
135.21 	States federal government is exempt while driving or operating a
135.22 	motor vehicle owned by or leased to the United States federal
135.23 	government, except that only a noncivilian operator of a
135.24 	commercial motor vehicle owned or leased by the United States
135.25 	Department of Defense or the Minnesota National Guard is exempt
135.26 	from the requirement to possess a valid commercial motor vehicle
135.27 	driver's license;.
135.28 	(b) A person in the employ or service of the United States
135.29 	federal government is exempt from the requirement to possess a
135.30 	valid class A, class B, or class C commercial driver's license
135.31 	while driving or operating for military purposes a commercial
135.32 	motor vehicle owned by or leased to the United States federal
135.33 	government if the person is:
135.34 	(1) on active duty in the U. S. Coast Guard;
135.35 	(2) on active duty in a branch of the U. S. Armed Forces,
135.36 	which includes the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps;
136.1 	(3) a member of a reserve component of the U. S. Armed
136.2 	Forces; or 
136.3 	(4) on active duty in the Army National Guard or Air
136.4 	National Guard, which includes (i) a member on full-time
136.5 	National Guard duty, (ii) a member undergoing part-time National
136.6 	Guard training, and (iii) a National Guard military technician,
136.7 	who is a civilian required to wear a military uniform.
136.8 	The exemption provided under this paragraph does not apply to a
136.9 	U. S. Armed Forces Reserve technician.
136.10 	(2) (c) Any person while driving or operating any farm
136.11 	tractor,or implement of husbandry temporarily operated or moved 
136.12 	on a highway, and is exempt.For purposes of this section,an
136.13 	all-terrain vehicle, as defined in section 84.92, subdivision 8,
136.14 	an off-highway motorcycle, as defined in section 84.787,
136.15 	subdivision 7, and an off-road vehicle, as defined in section
136.16 	84.797, subdivision 7, are not implements of husbandry;.
136.17 	(3) (d) A nonresident who is at least 15 years of age and
136.18 	who has in immediate possession a valid driver's license issued
136.19 	to the nonresident in the home state or country may operate a
136.20 	motor vehicle in this state only as a driver;.
136.21 	(4) (e) A nonresident who has in immediate possession a
136.22 	valid commercial driver's license issued by a state or
136.23 	jurisdiction in compliance accordance with the Commercial Motor
136.24 	Vehicle Safety Act of 1986, United States Code, title 49,
136.25 	sections 521, 2304, and 2701 to 2716 standards of Code of
136.26 	Federal Regulations, title 49, part 383, and who is operating in
136.27 	Minnesota the class of commercial motor vehicle authorized by
136.28 	the issuing state;or jurisdiction is exempt.
136.29 	(5) (f) Any nonresident who is at least 18 years of age,
136.30 	whose home state or country does not require the licensing of
136.31 	drivers may operate a motor vehicle as a driver, but only for a
136.32 	period of not more than 90 days in any calendar year,if the
136.33 	motor vehicle so operated is duly registered for the current
136.34 	calendar year in the home state or country of such the 
136.35 	nonresident;.
136.36 	(6) (g) Any person who becomes a resident of the state of
137.1 	Minnesota and who has in possession a valid driver's license
137.2 	issued to the person under and pursuant to the laws of some
137.3 	other state or province jurisdiction or by military authorities
137.4 	of the United States may operate a motor vehicle as a
137.5 	driver, but only for a period of not more than 60 days after
137.6 	becoming a resident of this state,without being required to
137.7 	have a Minnesota driver's license as provided in this chapter;.
137.8 	(7) (h) Any person who becomes a resident of the state of
137.9 	Minnesota and who has in possession a valid commercial driver's
137.10 	license issued by another state or jurisdiction in
137.11 	compliance accordance with the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety
137.12 	Act of 1986, United States Code, title 49, sections 521, 2304,
137.13 	and 2701 to 2716 standards of Code of Federal Regulations, title
137.14 	49, part 383, is exempt for not more than 30 days after becoming
137.15 	a resident of this state; and .
137.16 	(8) (i) Any person operating a snowmobile, as defined in
137.17 	section 84.81, is exempt.

137.18 	Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.04,
137.19 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
137.20 		Subd. 2.Disqualified operators of commercial motor 
137.21 	vehicles.  During the period of disqualification, the department
137.22 	shall not issue a class C, class B, or class A commercial 
137.23 	driver's license, including a limited license,to a person who
137.24 	has been disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle
137.25 	under section 171.165.

137.26 	Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.05,
137.27 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
137.28 		Subdivision 1.Person 18 or more years of age. (a) Any
137.29 	person who is 18 or more years of age and who, except for a lack
137.30 	of instruction in operating a motor vehicle, would otherwise be
137.31 	qualified to obtain a class D driver's license under this
137.32 	chapter, may apply for an instruction permit and the department
137.33 	shall issue such the permit entitling .  The instruction permit
137.34 	entitles the applicant, while having such permit in immediate
137.35 	possession,to drive a motor vehicle for which a class D license
137.36 	is valid upon the highways for a period of one year, but such
138.1 	person must be two years if the permit holder:
138.2 	(1) has the permit in immediate possession; and 
138.3 	(2) is driving the vehicle while accompanied by an adult
138.4 	licensed driver who is actually occupying a seat beside the
138.5 	driver.
138.6 	(b) Any license of a lower class may be used as an
138.7 	instruction permit for to operate a vehicle requiring a higher
138.8 	class license for a period of six months after passage of the
138.9 	written test or tests required for the higher class and when the
138.10 	licensee is accompanied by and receiving instruction from a
138.11 	holder of the appropriate higher class license.  A copy of the
138.12 	record of examination taken for the higher class license must be
138.13 	carried by the driver while using such the lower class license
138.14 	as an instruction permit.

138.15 	Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.05,
138.16 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
138.17 		Subd. 2.Person less than 18 years of age.  (a)
138.18 	Notwithstanding any provision in subdivision 1 to the contrary,
138.19 	the department may issue an instruction permit to an applicant
138.20 	who is 15, 16, or 17 years of age and who:
138.21 	(1) has completed a course of driver education in another
138.22 	state, has a previously issued valid license from another state,
138.23 	or is enrolled in either:
138.24 	(i) a public, private, or commercial driver education
138.25 	program that is approved by the commissioner of public safety
138.26 	and that includes classroom and behind-the-wheel training; or
138.27 	(ii) an approved behind-the-wheel driver education program
138.28 	when the student is receiving full-time instruction in a home
138.29 	school within the meaning of sections 120A.22 and 120A.24, the
138.30 	student is working toward a home-school diploma, the student's
138.31 	status as a home-school student has been certified by the
138.32 	superintendent of the school district in which the student
138.33 	resides, and the student is taking home-classroom driver
138.34 	training with classroom materials approved by the commissioner
138.35 	of public safety;
138.36 	(2) has completed the classroom phase of instruction in the
139.1 	driver education program;
139.2 	(3) has passed a test of the applicant's eyesight;
139.3 	(4) has passed a department-administered test of the
139.4 	applicant's knowledge of traffic laws;
139.5 	(5) has completed the required application, which must be
139.6 	approved by (i) either parent when both reside in the same
139.7 	household as the minor applicant or, if otherwise, then (ii) the
139.8 	parent or spouse of the parent having custody or, in the event
139.9 	there is no court order for custody, then (iii) the parent or
139.10 	spouse of the parent with whom the minor is living or, if items
139.11 	(i) to (iii) do not apply, then (iv) the guardian having custody
139.12 	of the minor or, in the event a person under the age of 18 has
139.13 	no living father, mother, or guardian, or is married or
139.14 	otherwise legally emancipated, then (v) the applicant's adult
139.15 	spouse, adult close family member, or adult employer; provided,
139.16 	that the approval required by this clause contains a
139.17 	verification of the age of the applicant and the identity of the
139.18 	parent, guardian, adult spouse, adult close family member, or
139.19 	adult employer; and
139.20 	(6) has paid the fee required in section 171.06,
139.21 	subdivision 2.
139.22 	(b) The instruction permit is valid for one year two years 
139.23 	from the date of application and may be renewed upon payment of
139.24 	a fee equal to the fee for issuance of an instruction permit
139.25 	under section 171.06, subdivision 2.

139.26 	Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.06,
139.27 	subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
139.28 		Subd. 2a.Two-wheeled vehicle endorsement fee increased.
 139.29 	(a) The fee for any duplicate driver's license which is obtained
139.30 	for the purpose of adding a two-wheeled vehicle endorsement is
139.31 	increased by $18.50 for each first such duplicate license and
139.32 	$13 for each renewal thereof.  The additional fee shall must be
139.33 	paid into the state treasury and credited as follows:
139.34 	(1) $11 of the additional fee for each first duplicate
139.35 	license, and $7 of the additional fee for each renewal, must be
139.36 	credited to the motorcycle safety fund,which is hereby created;
140.1 	provided that any ten percent of fee receipts in excess of
140.2 	$750,000 in a fiscal year shall must be credited 90 percent to
140.3 	the trunk highway fund and ten percent to the general fund, as
140.4 	provided in section 171.26.
140.5 	(2) The remainder of the additional fee must be credited to
140.6 	the general fund.
140.7 	(b) All application forms prepared by the commissioner for
140.8 	two-wheeled vehicle endorsements shall must clearly state the
140.9 	amount of the total fee that is dedicated to the motorcycle
140.10 	safety fund.

140.11 	Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.09, is
140.12 	amended to read:
140.13 	171.09 DRIVING RESTRICTIONS; AUTHORITY, VIOLATIONS.
140.14 	(a) The commissioner shall have the authority, when good
140.15 	cause appears, to may impose restrictions suitable to the
140.16 	licensee's driving ability or such other restrictions applicable
140.17 	to the licensee as the commissioner may determine to be
140.18 	appropriate to assure the safe operation of a motor vehicle by
140.19 	the licensee. The commissioner may,
140.20 	(b) Pursuant to Code of Federal Regulations, title 49,
140.21 	section 383.95, if an applicant for a commercial driver's
140.22 	license either does not successfully complete the air brake
140.23 	component of the knowledge test, or does not successfully
140.24 	complete the skills test in a vehicle equipped with air brakes
140.25 	as such tests are prescribed in Code of Federal Regulations,
140.26 	title 49, part 384, the department shall indicate on the class
140.27 	C, class B, or class A commercial driver's license, if issued,
140.28 	that the individual is restricted from operating a commercial
140.29 	motor vehicle equipped with air brakes.
140.30 	(c) Upon receiving satisfactory evidence of any violation
140.31 	of the restrictions of on the license, the commissioner may 
140.32 	suspend or revoke the license.  A license suspension under this
140.33 	section is subject to section 171.18, subdivisions 2 and 3.
140.34 	(b) (d) A person who drives, operates, or is in physical
140.35 	control of a motor vehicle while in violation of the
140.36 	restrictions imposed in a restricted driver's license issued to
141.1 	that person under paragraph (a) this section is guilty of a
141.2 	crime as follows:
141.3 	(1) if the restriction relates to the possession or
141.4 	consumption of alcohol or controlled substances, the person is
141.5 	guilty of a gross misdemeanor; or
141.6 	(2) if the restriction relates to another matter, the
141.7 	person is guilty of a misdemeanor.

141.8 	Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.12,
141.9 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
141.10 		Subd. 3.Application and record, when destroyed.  The
141.11 	department may cause applications for drivers' licenses,
141.12 	provisional licenses, and instruction permits, and related
141.13 	records, to be destroyed immediately after the period for which
141.14 	issued, except that:
141.15 	(1) the driver's record pertaining to revocations,
141.16 	suspensions, cancellations, disqualifications, convictions, and
141.17 	accidents shall be is cumulative and must be kept for a period
141.18 	of at least five years;
141.19 	(2) the driver's record pertaining to violations of a
141.20 	driver or vehicle out-of-service order must be kept for a period
141.21 	of at least ten years; and 
141.22 	(3) the driver's record pertaining to felony convictions in
141.23 	the commission of which a motor vehicle was used, to the
141.24 	alcohol-related offenses and licensing actions listed in section
141.25 	169A.03, subdivisions 20 and 21, and to violations of sections 
141.26 	section 169.09, to violations of section 169A.31,and to
141.27 	violations of section 171.24, subdivision 5, shall must 
141.28 	be cumulative and kept for a period of at least 15 years, except
141.29 	as provided in clause (3); and 
141.30 	(3) the driver's record pertaining to an offense, or a
141.31 	related licensing action, under section 169A.20, subdivision 1,
141.32 	clause (1) or (5), must be purged after ten years of any
141.33 	reference to the offense or action if (i) this offense or action
141.34 	involved an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more but less than
141.35 	0.10, (ii) this offense or action was a first impaired driving
141.36 	incident, and (iii) the driver has incurred no other impaired
142.1 	driving incident during the ten-year period.  For purposes of
142.2 	this clause, "impaired driving incident" includes any incident
142.3 	that may be counted as a prior impaired driving conviction or a
142.4 	prior impaired driving-related loss of license, as defined in
142.5 	section 169A.03, subdivisions 20 and 21.  This clause does not
142.6 	apply to the driver's record of a person to whom a commercial
142.7 	driver's license has been issued retained permanently.

142.8 	Sec. 60. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.12,
142.9 	subdivision 6, is amended to read:
142.10 		Subd. 6.Certain convictions not recorded. (a) Except as
142.11 	provided in paragraph (b),the department shall not keep on the
142.12 	record of a driver any conviction for a violation of section
142.13 	169.14, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (3),a speed limit
142.14 	of 55 or 60 miles per hour unless the violation consisted of a
142.15 	speed greater than ten miles per hour in excess of the lawful
142.16 	speed a 55 miles per hour speed limit, or more than five miles
142.17 	per hour in excess of a 60 miles per hour speed limit.
142.18 	(b) This subdivision does not apply to (1) a violation that
142.19 	occurs in a commercial motor vehicle, or (2) a violation
142.20 	committed by a holder of a class A, B, or C commercial driver's
142.21 	license, without regard to whether the violation was committed
142.22 	in a commercial motor vehicle or another vehicle.

142.23 	Sec. 61. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.13,
142.24 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
142.25 		Subd. 2.Examination upon renewal. (a) The department
142.26 	shall issue a driver's license upon renewal:
142.27 	(1) when the applicant has passed an examination consisting
142.28 	of a screening of the applicant's eyesight since the last
142.29 	previous license renewal or issuance; and 
142.30 	(2) if applicable, when an applicant has passed a written
142.31 	examination since the last previous license renewal or issuance
142.32 	and after receiving a warning letter or attending a preliminary
142.33 	hearing as a habitual violator, within the meaning of rules
142.34 	adopted by the commissioner; and 
142.35 	(3) if applicable, when an applicant has passed a road
142.36 	examination since the last previous license renewal or issuance
143.1 	and after having had driving privileges suspended as a habitual
143.2 	violator, within the meaning of rules adopted by the
143.3 	commissioner.
143.4 	(b) A screening of eyesight required by this subdivision
143.5 	does not constitute the practice of optometry as defined in
143.6 	section 148.56.
143.7 	(c) The commissioner may adopt rules to administer this
143.8 	subdivision.
143.9 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2006.

143.10 	Sec. 62. [171.162] COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE, RECORDS
143.11 	CHECK.
143.12 	As required by Code of Federal Regulations, title 49,
143.13 	section 383.73, before issuing a class A, class B, or class C
143.14 	commercial driver's license, the department shall request the
143.15 	applicant's complete driving record from all states where the
143.16 	applicant was previously licensed over the last ten years to
143.17 	operate any type of motor vehicle.

143.18 	Sec. 63. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.165,
143.19 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
143.20 		Subdivision 1.first violation federal standards.
 143.21 	Subject to section 171.166, the commissioner shall disqualify a
143.22 	person from operating commercial motor vehicles for one year
143.23 	upon receiving a record of the first conviction of the person
143.24 	for committing a violation of any of the following offenses
143.25 	while operating a commercial motor vehicle:
143.26 	(1) section 169A.20 or 169A.31;
143.27 	(2) section 169.09, subdivision 1 or 2;
143.28 	(3) a felony, other than a felony described in subdivision
143.29 	3, paragraph (a), clause (2), item (ii);
143.30 	(4) driving with a revoked, suspended, canceled, denied, or
143.31 	disqualified commercial driver's license;
143.32 	(5) causing a fatality through the negligent or criminal
143.33 	operation of a commercial motor vehicle; or 
143.34 	(6) an offense committed in another state that would be
143.35 	grounds for disqualification under this subdivision or
143.36 	subdivision 2 if committed in Minnesota in accordance with the
144.1 	driver disqualifications and penalties in Code of Federal
144.2 	Regulations, title 49, part 383, subpart D and Code of Federal
144.3 	Regulations, title 49, section 384.219.

144.4 	Sec. 64. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.165,
144.5 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
144.6 		Subd. 2.Implied consent revocation.  The commissioner
144.7 	shall disqualify a person from operating commercial motor
144.8 	vehicles for one year from the effective date of a revocation
144.9 	under section 169A.52 or a statute or ordinance from another
144.10 	state or jurisdiction in conformity with it, if the person was
144.11 	driving, operating, or in physical control of a commercial motor
144.12 	vehicle at the time of the incident on which the revocation is
144.13 	based in accordance with the driver disqualifications and
144.14 	penalties in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 383,
144.15 	subpart D.

144.16 	Sec. 65. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.165,
144.17 	subdivision 6, is amended to read:
144.18 		Subd. 6.Exemptions. (a) A disqualification shall not be
144.19 	imposed under this section on a recreational equipment vehicle 
144.20 	operator, farmer, or firefighter authorized emergency vehicle
144.21 	operator operating a commercial motor vehicle within the scope
144.22 	of section 171.02, subdivision 2, paragraph (b).
144.23 	(b) A conviction for a violation that occurred before
144.24 	August 1, 2005, while operating a vehicle that is not a
144.25 	commercial motor vehicle shall not be counted as a first or
144.26 	subsequent violation for purposes of determining the period for
144.27 	which a driver must be disqualified under this section.

144.28 	Sec. 66. [171.167] NOTICE TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE
144.29 	INFORMATION SYSTEM.
144.30 	The department shall participate fully in the commercial
144.31 	driver's license information system established under the
144.32 	Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 at United States
144.33 	Code, title 49, section 31309.

144.34 	Sec. 67. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.18,
144.35 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
144.36 		Subdivision 1.Offenses.  The commissioner may suspend
145.1 	the license of a driver without preliminary hearing upon a
145.2 	showing by department records or other sufficient evidence that
145.3 	the licensee:
145.4 	(1) has committed an offense for which mandatory revocation
145.5 	of license is required upon conviction;
145.6 	(2) has been convicted by a court for violating a provision
145.7 	of chapter 169 or an ordinance regulating traffic, other than a
145.8 	conviction for a petty misdemeanor, and department records show
145.9 	that the violation contributed in causing an accident resulting
145.10 	in the death or personal injury of another, or serious property
145.11 	damage;
145.12 	(3) is an habitually reckless or negligent driver of a
145.13 	motor vehicle;
145.14 	(4) is an habitual violator of the traffic laws;
145.15 	(5) is incompetent to drive a motor vehicle as determined
145.16 	in a judicial proceeding;
145.17 	(6) has permitted an unlawful or fraudulent use of the
145.18 	license;
145.19 	(7) has committed an offense in another state that, if
145.20 	committed in this state, would be grounds for suspension;
145.21 	(8) has committed a violation of section 169.444,
145.22 	subdivision 2, paragraph (a), within five years of a prior
145.23 	conviction under that section;
145.24 	(9) has committed a violation of section 171.22, except
145.25 	that the commissioner may not suspend a person's driver's
145.26 	license based solely on the fact that the person possessed a
145.27 	fictitious or fraudulently altered Minnesota identification
145.28 	card;
145.29 	(10) has failed to appear in court as provided in section
145.30 	169.92, subdivision 4;
145.31 	(11) has failed to report a medical condition that, if
145.32 	reported, would have resulted in cancellation of driving
145.33 	privileges; or 
145.34 	(12) has been found to have committed an offense under
145.35 	section 169A.33; or 
145.36 	(13) has paid or attempted to pay a fee required under this
146.1 	chapter for a license or permit by means of a dishonored check
146.2 	issued to the state or a driver's license agent, which must be
146.3 	continued until the registrar is informed by the deputy
146.4 	registrar that the dishonored check has been paid in full.
146.5 	However, an action taken by the commissioner under clause (2) or
146.6 	(5) must conform to the recommendation of the court when made in
146.7 	connection with the prosecution of the licensee.

146.8 	Sec. 68. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 174.03, is
146.9 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
146.10 		Subd. 2a.State aviation plan. (a) Each revision of the
146.11 	state transportation plan must include a chapter setting out a
146.12 	state aviation plan.  The plan must include the following:
146.13 	(1) an analysis of the projected commercial aviation needs
146.14 	of the state over the next 20 years;
146.15 	(2) a description of the present capacity, function, and
146.16 	levels of activity at each commercial service airport as
146.17 	designated by the Federal Aviation Administration, each airport
146.18 	that the commissioner determines is likely to become a
146.19 	commercial service airport in the next 20 years, and any other
146.20 	airport that the commissioner determines should be included by
146.21 	reason of commercial passenger or cargo service levels; and 
146.22 	(3) a description of the capacity, function, and levels of
146.23 	activity that each airport identified in clause (2) must have in
146.24 	order to carry out the plan's goal and objectives and meet the
146.25 	needs described under clause (1).
146.26 	(b) In assessing aviation needs and the capacity, function,
146.27 	and level of activity at any airport, the plan must consider
146.28 	both commercial passenger service and cargo service.

146.29 	Sec. 69. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 174.03, is
146.30 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
146.31 		Subd. 10.Promotion of bicycle commuting. To conserve
146.32 	energy, alleviate traffic congestion, improve employee health
146.33 	through increased physical activity, decrease demand for motor
146.34 	vehicle parking, and minimize the environmental impact of
146.35 	commuting by singly occupied motor vehicles, the commissioner of
146.36 	transportation must promote bicycle commuting.  As part of
147.1 	promoting bicycle commuting, the commissioner must:
147.2 	(1) consider the effect on bicycle commuting in the design
147.3 	of transportation facilities throughout the state;
147.4 	(2) encourage employers who are making capital improvements
147.5 	to their facilities to incorporate design elements that will
147.6 	facilitate bicycle commuting, such as bike racks, indoor or
147.7 	outdoor sheltered bicycle parking, high-security bicycle
147.8 	parking, showers, and dressing areas for bikers; and 
147.9 	(3) encourage employers that provide parking or other
147.10 	subsidies for drivers to provide subsidies for bicycle commuters.

147.11 	Sec. 70. [174.032] ADVISORY COUNCIL ON AVIATION
147.12 	PLANNING.
147.13 		Subdivision 1.Advisory council created. (a) The
147.14 	commissioner shall create an advisory council on aviation
147.15 	planning to advise the commissioner on the aviation chapter of
147.16 	the state transportation plan.  The council consists of the
147.17 	following members appointed by the commissioner except where
147.18 	otherwise provided:
147.19 	(1) one member of the Metropolitan Airports Commission;
147.20 	(2) one representative of major commercial airlines;
147.21 	(3) one representative of independent pilots who fly for
147.22 	small business;
147.23 	(4) one representative of the air cargo industry;
147.24 	(5) two representatives of the business community unrelated
147.25 	to aviation, one of whom must reside within the seven-county
147.26 	metropolitan area and one of whom must reside outside that area;
147.27 	(6) one representative of environmental interests;
147.28 	(7) one employee of the Department of Transportation's
147.29 	Office of Aeronautics;
147.30 	(8) two representatives of neighborhoods that are
147.31 	significantly affected by airplane noise;
147.32 	(9) one representative of tier-two airports (St. Cloud,
147.33 	Duluth, Willmar, and Rochester);
147.34 	(10) one member of the senate committee having jurisdiction
147.35 	over transportation policy, appointed by the chair of that
147.36 	committee; and 
148.1 	(11) one member of the house of representatives committee
148.2 	having jurisdiction over transportation policy, appointed by the
148.3 	chair of that committee.
148.4 	(b) Members of the advisory council serve at the pleasure
148.5 	of the appointing authority.  Members shall serve without
148.6 	compensation.
148.7 		Subd. 2.Advisory council duties. (a) The advisory
148.8 	council on aviation planning shall advise the commissioner on
148.9 	the aviation planning chapter of the state transportation plan
148.10 	required under section 174.03, subdivision 2a.  In carrying out
148.11 	these duties, the advisory council shall prepare an initial
148.12 	draft of the chapter and submit it to the commissioner, revise
148.13 	the draft if so requested by the commissioner, and comment to
148.14 	the commissioner on any revisions to the draft the commissioner
148.15 	makes.  In drafting the chapter the council shall consider:
148.16 	(1) present and anticipated capacity needs of commercial
148.17 	service airports, including limitations on expanding the
148.18 	capacity of individual commercial service airports imposed by
148.19 	state or local regulations, safety or environmental concerns,
148.20 	and land uses near the airport that are incompatible with
148.21 	airport operations;
148.22 	(2) the needs of Minnesota residents and businesses for
148.23 	passenger and cargo service, from both a statewide and regional
148.24 	perspective;
148.25 	(3) anticipated changes in commercial aircraft types and
148.26 	characteristics;
148.27 	(4) noise and other environmental impacts of aviation at
148.28 	commercial service airports;
148.29 	(5) trends in the aviation and airline industries; and 
148.30 	(6) relationship between aviation and other forms of
148.31 	transportation covered by the state transportation plan.
148.32 	(b) The advisory council may also make recommendations to
148.33 	the commissioner, the Metropolitan Airports Commission, and the
148.34 	legislature concerning the policy steps needed to implement the
148.35 	chapter.
148.36 		Subd. 3.Term of council; expiration; reconvening. (a)
149.1 	The commissioner shall appoint the first advisory council by
149.2 	July 1, 2005.  The council shall submit any recommendations it
149.3 	makes to the legislature by January 15, 2006.  The terms of all
149.4 	members of the advisory council serving on July 1, 2005, expire
149.5 	on January 1, 2007.
149.6 	(b) The commissioner shall appoint and convene a new
149.7 	advisory council not less than two years before the date on
149.8 	which each revision of the state transportation plan is required
149.9 	under section 174.03, subdivision 1a.  Each such advisory
149.10 	council must consist of members as prescribed in subdivision 1,
149.11 	who shall serve on the same terms as set forth under subdivision
149.12 	1.  Each such advisory council expires on the date on which the
149.13 	revision of the state transportation plan becomes final.

149.14 	Sec. 71. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 174.50, is
149.15 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
149.16 		Subd. 6b.Bridge engineering and design costs in smaller
149.17 	cities. Until June 30, 2007, the commissioner may make grants
149.18 	from the state transportation fund to a home rule or statutory
149.19 	city with a population of 5,000 or less and a net tax capacity
149.20 	of under $200,000 for design and preliminary engineering of
149.21 	bridges on city streets.  Grants under this subdivision are
149.22 	subject to the procedures and criteria established under
149.23 	subdivisions 5 and 6, and may be used for 100 percent of the
149.24 	design and preliminary engineering costs.  Total grants under
149.25 	this subdivision to all cities may not exceed $200,000.

149.26 	Sec. 72. [190.19] MINNESOTA MILITARY FAMILY SUPPORT
149.27 	ORGANIZATION ACCOUNT.
149.28 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. The Minnesota Military
149.29 	Family Support Organization account is established in the state
149.30 	treasury.  The account shall consist of contributions from
149.31 	private sources and appropriations.
149.32 		Subd. 2.Grants; appropriation, eligibility. (a) Money
149.33 	in the Minnesota Military Family Support Organization account is
149.34 	appropriated to the adjutant general for the purpose of making
149.35 	grants:
149.36 	(1) directly to eligible individuals; or 
150.1 	(2) to one or more eligible foundations for the purpose of
150.2 	making grants to eligible individuals, as provided in this
150.3 	section.
150.4 	(b) The term "eligible individual" includes any person who
150.5 	is:
150.6 	(1) a member of the Minnesota National Guard or a reserve
150.7 	unit based in Minnesota who has been called to active service as
150.8 	defined in section 190.05, subdivision 5;
150.9 	(2) a Minnesota resident who is a member of a military
150.10 	reserve unit not based in Minnesota, if the member is called to
150.11 	active service as defined in section 190.05, subdivision 5;
150.12 	(3) any other Minnesota resident performing active service
150.13 	for any branch of the military of the United States; and 
150.14 	(4) members of the immediate family of an individual
150.15 	identified in clause (1), (2), or (3).  For purposes of this
150.16 	clause, "immediate family" means the individual's spouse and
150.17 	minor children and, if they are dependents of the member of the
150.18 	military, the member's parents, grandparents, siblings,
150.19 	stepchildren, and adult children.
150.20 	(c) The term "eligible foundation" includes any
150.21 	organization that:
150.22 	(1) is a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of
150.23 	the Internal Revenue Code;
150.24 	(2) has articles of incorporation under chapter 317A
150.25 	specifying the purpose of the organization as including the
150.26 	provision of financial assistance to members of the Minnesota
150.27 	National Guard and other United States armed forces reserves and
150.28 	their families and survivors; and 
150.29 	(3) agrees in writing to distribute any grant money
150.30 	received from the adjutant general under this section to
150.31 	eligible individuals as defined in this section and in
150.32 	accordance with any written policies and rules the adjutant
150.33 	general may impose as conditions of the grant to the foundation.
150.34 	(d) The maximum grant awarded to an eligible individual in
150.35 	a calendar year with funds from the Minnesota Military Family
150.36 	Support Organization account, either through an eligible
151.1 	institution or directly from the adjutant general, may not
151.2 	exceed $2,000.
151.3 		Subd. 3.Annual report. The adjutant general must report
151.4 	by February 1, 2007, and each year thereafter, to the chairs and
151.5 	ranking minority members of the legislative committees and
151.6 	divisions with jurisdiction over military and veterans affairs
151.7 	on the number, amounts, and use of grants issued from the
151.8 	Minnesota Military Family Support Organization account in the
151.9 	previous year.

151.10 	Sec. 73. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 192.502,
151.11 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
151.12 		Subd. 2.Renewal of professional licenses or
151.13 	certifications license, driver's license and motor vehicle
151.14 	registration.  The renewal of a license or certificate of
151.15 	registration for a member of the Minnesota National Guard or
151.16 	other military reserves person who has been ordered to active
151.17 	military service and who is required by law to be licensed or
151.18 	registered in order to carry on or practice a health or other 
151.19 	trade, employment, occupation, or profession in the state is
151.20 	governed under sections 326.55 and 326.56.
151.21 	(b) The renewal of a driver's license for a person who has
151.22 	been ordered to active military service is governed under
151.23 	section 171.27.
151.24 	(c) The renewal and payment of the motor vehicle
151.25 	registration tax for a vehicle of a person who has been ordered
151.26 	to active military service is governed under section 168.031.
151.27 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
151.28 	following final enactment.

151.29 	Sec. 74. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 197.65, is
151.30 	amended to read:
151.31 	197.65 RENEWAL OF PROFESSIONAL LICENSES OR
151.32 	CERTIFICATIONS LICENSE, MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND DRIVER'S
151.33 	LICENSE.
151.34 	(a) The renewal of a license or certificate of registration
151.35 	for a person who is serving in or has recently been separated or 
151.36 	discharged from active military service and who is required by
152.1 	law to be licensed or registered in order to carry on or
152.2 	practice a health or other trade, employment, occupation, or
152.3 	profession in the state is governed under sections 326.55 and
152.4 	326.56.
152.5 	(b) The renewal of a driver's license for a person who is
152.6 	serving in or has recently been separated or discharged from
152.7 	active military service is governed under section 171.27.
152.8 	(c) The renewal and payment of the motor vehicle
152.9 	registration tax for a vehicle of a person who is serving in or
152.10 	has recently been separated or discharged from active military
152.11 	service is governed under section 168.031.

152.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
152.13 	following final enactment.

152.14 	Sec. 75. [219.1651] GRADE CROSSING SAFETY ACCOUNT.
152.15 	A Minnesota grade crossing safety account is created in the
152.16 	special revenue fund, consisting of money credited to the
152.17 	account by law.  Money in the account is appropriated to the
152.18 	commissioner of transportation for rail-highway grade crossing
152.19 	safety projects on public streets and highways, including
152.20 	engineering costs.  Money in the fund at the end of each fiscal
152.21 	year cancels to the trunk highway fund.

152.22 	Sec. 76. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 299D.03,
152.23 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
152.24 		Subd. 5.Traffic fines and forfeited bail money.  (a) All
152.25 	fines and forfeited bail money, from traffic and motor vehicle
152.26 	law violations, collected from persons apprehended or arrested
152.27 	by officers of the State Patrol, shall be paid by the person or
152.28 	officer collecting the fines, forfeited bail money, or
152.29 	installments thereof, on or before the tenth day after the last
152.30 	day of the month in which these moneys were collected, to the
152.31 	county treasurer of the county where the violation occurred.
152.32 	Three-eighths of these receipts shall be credited to the general
152.33 	revenue fund of the county, except that in a county in a
152.34 	judicial district under section 480.181, subdivision 1,
152.35 	paragraph (b), this three-eighths share must be transmitted to
152.36 	the commissioner of finance for deposit in the state treasury
153.1 	and credited to the general fund.  The other five-eighths of
153.2 	these receipts shall be transmitted by that officer to the
153.3 	commissioner of finance and must be credited as follows:  (1)
153.4 	the first $600,000 in each fiscal year must be credited to the
153.5 	railroad highway safety account in the special revenue fund, and
153.6 	(2) remaining receipts must be credited to the trunk highway
153.7 	fund.  If, however, the violation occurs within a municipality
153.8 	and the city attorney prosecutes the offense, and a plea of not
153.9 	guilty is entered, one-third of the receipts shall be credited
153.10 	to the general revenue fund of the county, one-third of the
153.11 	receipts shall be paid to the municipality prosecuting the
153.12 	offense, and one-third shall be transmitted to the commissioner
153.13 	of finance as provided in this subdivision.  All costs of
153.14 	participation in a nationwide police communication system
153.15 	chargeable to the state of Minnesota shall be paid from
153.16 	appropriations for that purpose.
153.17 	(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, all fines
153.18 	and forfeited bail money from violations of statutes governing
153.19 	the maximum weight of motor vehicles, collected from persons
153.20 	apprehended or arrested by employees of the state of Minnesota,
153.21 	by means of stationary or portable scales operated by these
153.22 	employees, shall be paid by the person or officer collecting the
153.23 	fines or forfeited bail money, on or before the tenth day after
153.24 	the last day of the month in which the collections were made, to
153.25 	the county treasurer of the county where the violation
153.26 	occurred.  Five-eighths of these receipts shall be transmitted
153.27 	by that officer to the commissioner of finance and shall be
153.28 	credited to the highway user tax distribution fund.
153.29 	Three-eighths of these receipts shall be credited to the general
153.30 	revenue fund of the county, except that in a county in a
153.31 	judicial district under section 480.181, subdivision 1,
153.32 	paragraph (b), this three-eighths share must be transmitted to
153.33 	the commissioner of finance for deposit in the state treasury
153.34 	and credited to the general fund.

153.35 	Sec. 77. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 469.015,
153.36 	subdivision 4, is amended to read:
154.1 		Subd. 4.Exceptions.  (a) An authority need not require
154.2 	competitive bidding in the following circumstances:
154.3 	(1) in the case of a contract for the acquisition of a
154.4 	low-rent housing project:
154.5 	(i) for which financial assistance is provided by the
154.6 	federal government;
154.7 	(ii) which does not require any direct loan or grant of
154.8 	money from the municipality as a condition of the federal
154.9 	financial assistance; and
154.10 	(iii) for which the contract provides for the construction
154.11 	of the project upon land that is either owned by the authority
154.12 	for redevelopment purposes or not owned by the authority at the
154.13 	time of the contract but the contract provides for the
154.14 	conveyance or lease to the authority of the project or
154.15 	improvements upon completion of construction;
154.16 	(2) with respect to a structured parking facility:
154.17 	(i) constructed in conjunction with, and directly above or
154.18 	below, a development; and
154.19 	(ii) financed with the proceeds of tax increment or parking
154.20 	ramp general obligation or revenue bonds; and 
154.21 	(3) until August 1, 2009, with respect to a facility built
154.22 	for the purpose of facilitating the operation of public transit
154.23 	or encouraging its use:
154.24 	(i) constructed in conjunction with, and directly above or
154.25 	below, a development; and 
154.26 	(ii) financed with the proceeds of parking ramp general
154.27 	obligation or revenue bonds or with at least 60 percent of the
154.28 	construction cost being financed with funding provided by the
154.29 	federal government; and 
154.30 	(4) in the case of any building in which at least 75
154.31 	percent of the usable square footage constitutes a housing
154.32 	development project if:
154.33 	(i) the project is financed with the proceeds of bonds
154.34 	issued under section 469.034 or from nongovernmental sources;
154.35 	(ii) the project is either located on land that is owned or
154.36 	is being acquired by the authority only for development
155.1 	purposes, or is not owned by the authority at the time the
155.2 	contract is entered into but the contract provides for
155.3 	conveyance or lease to the authority of the project or
155.4 	improvements upon completion of construction; and
155.5 	(iii) the authority finds and determines that elimination
155.6 	of the public bidding requirements is necessary in order for the
155.7 	housing development project to be economical and feasible.
155.8 	(b) An authority need not require a performance bond for
155.9 	the following projects:
155.10 	(1) a contract described in paragraph (a), clause (1);
155.11 	(2) a construction change order for a housing project in
155.12 	which 30 percent of the construction has been completed;
155.13 	(3) a construction contract for a single-family housing
155.14 	project in which the authority acts as the general construction
155.15 	contractor; or
155.16 	(4) a services or materials contract for a housing project.
155.17 	For purposes of this paragraph, "services or materials
155.18 	contract" does not include construction contracts.

155.19 	Sec. 78. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 473.446,
155.20 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
155.21 		Subd. 3.Certification and collection.  Each county
155.22 	treasurer shall collect and make settlement of the taxes levied
155.23 	under subdivisions 1 and 1a and section 473.4461, subdivision 3,
155.24 	with the treasurer of the council.  The levy of transit taxes
155.25 	pursuant to this section shall not affect the amount or rate of
155.26 	taxes which may be levied by any county or municipality or by
155.27 	the council for other purposes authorized by law and shall be in
155.28 	addition to any other property tax authorized by law.
155.29 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for taxes
155.30 	payable in 2006 and thereafter.

155.31 	Sec. 79. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 473.4461, is
155.32 	amended to read:
155.33 	473.4461 ADDITIONS TO TRANSIT TAXING DISTRICT.
155.34 		Subdivision 1.Service expansion plan required.
 155.35 	Notwithstanding any provision of section 473.446 or any other
155.36 	law, the Metropolitan Council may not levy a tax under section
156.1 	473.446, subdivision 1, in any city or town not included in the
156.2 	transit taxing district as it existed on January 1, 2001, unless
156.3 	the council and the governing body of that city or town have
156.4 	agreed on a service expansion plan.
156.5 		Subd. 2.Contractual agreement to join transit district.
 156.6 	Notwithstanding section 473.446, subdivision 2, the Metropolitan
156.7 	Council may enter into an agreement with a city or a town to
156.8 	join the transit taxing district.  The agreement shall describe
156.9 	the types and levels of transit services to be provided within
156.10 	the area comprising the city or town.  The agreement may provide
156.11 	for a period of time, not to exceed 8 years, during which the
156.12 	area comprising the city or town will not be subject to the levy
156.13 	under section 473.446, subdivision 1.  The agreement must
156.14 	provide that after a period of time, not to exceed 8 years, the
156.15 	area comprising the city or town shall be subject to the levy
156.16 	under section 473.446, subdivision 1.
156.17 		Subd. 3.Property tax levy; municipality joining transit
156.18 	district. An agreement described in subdivision 2 may provide
156.19 	for a transit tax to be levied within the area comprising the
156.20 	city or town by the Metropolitan Council.  The rate of tax may
156.21 	not exceed the rate that the area comprising the city or town
156.22 	would be subject to if it were a part of the transit district
156.23 	under section 473.446, subdivision 2.  A tax levied under this
156.24 	subdivision may be used to fund transit operations or to pay the
156.25 	costs of principal and interest for transit-related bonded
156.26 	debt.  The agreement may provide that the rate of tax levied
156.27 	under this subdivision may vary within the area comprising the
156.28 	city or town, as long as the rate in any portion of the area
156.29 	does not exceed the rate that would be in effect under section
156.30 	473.446, subdivision 1.  If an agreement to join the transit
156.31 	taxing district authorizes a levy under this subdivision, a copy
156.32 	of that portion of the agreement must be filed with the auditor
156.33 	or auditors of the county or counties containing the city or
156.34 	town.
156.35 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
156.36 	following final enactment, for taxes payable in 2006 and
157.1 	thereafter.

157.2 	Sec. 80. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 473.604,
157.3 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
157.4 		Subd. 5.Meetings.  The commission shall meet regularly
157.5 	at least once each month, at such time and place as the
157.6 	commission shall by resolution designate. The commission must
157.7 	hold at least one meeting per year at a place outside the
157.8 	boundaries of the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and
157.9 	within the 60Ldn contour, at which time the commission must
157.10 	report on its noise mitigation efforts.Special meetings may be
157.11 	held at any time upon the call of the chair or any two other
157.12 	members, upon written notice sent by certified mail to each
157.13 	member at least three days prior to the meeting, or upon such
157.14 	other notice as the commission may by resolution provide, or
157.15 	without notice if each member is present or files with the
157.16 	secretary a written consent to the meeting either before or
157.17 	after the meeting.  Unless otherwise provided, any action within
157.18 	the authority of the commission may be taken by the affirmative
157.19 	vote of a majority of all the members.  A majority of all of the
157.20 	members of the commission shall constitute a quorum, but a
157.21 	lesser number may meet and adjourn from time to time and compel
157.22 	the attendance of absent members.

157.23 	Sec. 81. DEVELOPMENT AUTHORIZED.
 157.24 	Dakota County Regional Railroad Authority may exercise the
157.25 	powers conferred by Minnesota Statutes, section 398A.04, to
157.26 	plan, establish, acquire, develop, construct, purchase, enlarge,
157.27 	extend, improve, maintain, equip, operate, regulate, and protect
157.28 	a bus rapid transit system located within the Cedar Avenue
157.29 	transit corridor within Dakota County.

157.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section
157.31 	645.023, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), this section is effective
157.32 	without local approval the day following final enactment.

157.33 	Sec. 82. SUSPENSION OF PROGRAM TO VERIFY INSURANCE
157.34 	COVERAGE THROUGH SAMPLING.
 157.35 	The commissioner of public safety shall take no action
157.36 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 169.796, subdivision 3, and
158.1 	shall discontinue all activities related to the program to
158.2 	verify insurance coverage through sampling, except as provided
158.3 	in sections 83 to 89.

158.4 	Sec. 83. REINSTATEMENT OF SUSPENDED LICENSES.
 158.5 	The commissioner, without requiring proof of insurance or
158.6 	payment of a reinstatement fee, shall reinstate the driver's
158.7 	license of every vehicle owner whose license is suspended under
158.8 	Minnesota Statutes, section 169.796, subdivision 3, retroactive
158.9 	to the date of the suspension.  The commissioner shall promptly
158.10 	refund any such reinstatement fees previously paid.

158.11 	Sec. 84. DISMISSAL OF CHARGES.
 158.12 	All charges, complaints, and citations issued for a
158.13 	violation of Minnesota Statutes, section 169.796, subdivision 3,
158.14 	or a related violation, including driving after a license
158.15 	suspension imposed for failure to comply with the provisions of
158.16 	Minnesota Statutes, section 169.796, subdivision 3, are void and
158.17 	must be dismissed.

158.18 	Sec. 85. REMOVAL OF PREVIOUS VIOLATIONS.
 158.19 	The commissioner shall purge from a person's driving record
158.20 	any notation of a violation of Minnesota Statutes, section
158.21 	169.796, subdivision 3, and any notation of a related suspension
158.22 	or violation, including driving after a license suspension
158.23 	imposed for failure to comply with the provisions of Minnesota
158.24 	Statutes, section 169.796, subdivision 3.  An insurer may not
158.25 	increase a premium for a policy of vehicle insurance on the
158.26 	basis of a violation described in this section by a named
158.27 	insured if the violation occurred before the effective date of
158.28 	this section, and any such increase previously imposed must be
158.29 	rescinded and any related premium increase promptly refunded.

158.30 	Sec. 86. REMEDIATION FOR CONVICTIONS.
 158.31 	A court in which a conviction for an offense referred to in
158.32 	section 84 occurred, must vacate the conviction, on its own
158.33 	motion, without cost to the person convicted, and must
158.34 	immediately notify the person that the conviction has been
158.35 	vacated.

158.36 	Sec. 87. REMEDIATION BY INSURERS.
 159.1 	(a) Insurers that issue or renew motor vehicle insurance in
159.2 	this state shall, within 60 days after the effective date of
159.3 	this section, inform the commissioner of commerce as to whether
159.4 	it has canceled, failed to renew, denied an application for
159.5 	coverage, or imposed a surcharge on any motor vehicle insurance
159.6 	due to a suspension or conviction as a result of the law
159.7 	referenced in section 82, provide a list of any such persons,
159.8 	and indicate for each person the remediation the insurer intends
159.9 	to provide.
159.10 	(b) Remediation under paragraph (a) must compensate the
159.11 	victim by providing refunds and reinstatements of coverage.
159.12 	(c) Insurers shall provide the remediation without
159.13 	requiring that the person make a request for remediation.
159.14 	(d) The commissioner of commerce shall enforce this section
159.15 	under its general enforcement powers under Minnesota Statutes,
159.16 	chapter 45.

159.17 	Sec. 88. REPORT.
 159.18 	The commissioner of public safety shall report to the
159.19 	chairs of the house of representatives and senate committees
159.20 	with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance by
159.21 	September 1, 2007, concerning the operation of the vehicle
159.22 	insurance verification program, and the impact of the program on
159.23 	the identification and number of uninsured motorists.

159.24 	Sec. 89. PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDING.
 159.25 	The commissioner of public safety shall use unspent funds
159.26 	appropriated for purposes of administering Minnesota Statutes,
159.27 	section 169.796, subdivision 3, to carry out the provisions of
159.28 	sections 83 and 85.  Funds remaining at the conclusion of fiscal
159.29 	year 2005 may be carried over to fiscal year 2006 until
159.30 	expended, to complete the required provisions of sections 83 and
159.31 	85.

159.32 	Sec. 90. WETLAND REPLACEMENT REQUIREMENT EXEMPTION.
 159.33 	Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, due to the
159.34 	construction of a trail in or near the city of Cologne on type I
159.35 	and type III wetlands in the area between the improved portion
159.36 	of marked State Highway 284 and Benton Lake, wetland replacement
160.1 	is eligible for replacement under Minnesota Statutes, section
160.2 	103G.222, subdivision 1, paragraph (l).

160.3 	Sec. 91. MAXIMUM TRAIN SPEED IN CITY OF ORR.
 160.4 	In order to eliminate or reduce local safety hazards, a
160.5 	railway corporation may not permit a train to be operated at a
160.6 	speed in excess of 30 miles per hour while any portion of the
160.7 	engine or train is within the limits of the city of Orr in St.
160.8 	Louis County.
160.9 	[EFFECTIVE DATE; LOCAL APPROVAL.]This section is effective
160.10 	the day after the governing body of the city of Orr and its
160.11 	chief clerical officer comply with Minnesota Statutes, section
160.12 	645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.

160.13 	Sec. 92. TRANSIT PARKING FACILITY; RESTRICTION.
 160.14 	Notwithstanding any other law, a state agency, political
160.15 	subdivision, or local transit agency may not require a permit as
160.16 	a condition for parking in a park-and-ride facility financed in
160.17 	whole or in part with state funds.  For purposes of this
160.18 	section, a "park-and-ride facility" is a parking lot or lots
160.19 	intended and operated primarily to provide parking for persons
160.20 	boarding regular route transit buses at a nearby transit stop or
160.21 	station.

160.22 	Sec. 93. ETHANOL MANDATE.
 160.23 	Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the minimum
160.24 	percentage of denatured alcohol that must be contained in
160.25 	gasoline sold or offered for sale in Minnesota under Minnesota
160.26 	Statutes, section 239.731, is more than ten percent, that
160.27 	percentage reverts to ten percent 90 days after the effective
160.28 	date of any federal law relating to (1) the federal excise tax
160.29 	rate on gasoline-ethanol blends, or (2) the deposit of revenues
160.30 	from the federal excise tax on gasoline-ethanol blends, that in
160.31 	the determination of the commissioner of transportation will
160.32 	result in a loss of federal transportation funds to Minnesota
160.33 	that is directly attributable to requiring a minimum of more
160.34 	than ten percent denatured ethanol in gasoline sold or offered
160.35 	for sale in Minnesota.

160.36 	Sec. 94. PROMOTION OF BICYCLING AND WALKING.
 161.1 	(a) The Department of Transportation should adopt a policy
161.2 	to fully integrate the needs and safety of all road uses into
161.3 	the designed operation of streets and highways to:
161.4 	(1) promote policies to increase bicycling and walking; and 
161.5 	(2) reduce motor vehicle crashes involving bicyclists and
161.6 	pedestrians.
161.7 	(b) All local planning agencies should integrate bicycling
161.8 	and walking into their planning and programming activities.

161.9 	Sec. 95. ADDITIONAL DEPUTY REGISTRAR OF MOTOR VEHICLES
161.10 	FOR HENNEPIN COUNTY.
 161.11 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 168.33, and
161.12 	rules adopted by the commissioner of public safety, limiting
161.13 	sites for the office of deputy registrar based on either the
161.14 	distance to an existing deputy registrar office or the annual
161.15 	volume of transactions processed by any deputy registrar within
161.16 	Hennepin County before or after the proposed appointment, the
161.17 	commissioner of public safety shall appoint a new deputy
161.18 	registrar of motor vehicles for Hennepin County to operate a new
161.19 	full-service office of deputy registrar, with full authority to
161.20 	function as a registration and motor vehicle tax collection
161.21 	bureau, at the Midtown Exchange Building in the city of
161.22 	Minneapolis.  All other provisions regarding the appointment and
161.23 	operation of a deputy registrar of motor vehicles under
161.24 	Minnesota Statutes, section 168.33, and Minnesota Rules, chapter
161.25 	7406, apply to the office.

161.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
161.27 	following final enactment.

161.28 	Sec. 96. DEPUTY REGISTRAR AND DRIVER'S LICENSE AGENT
161.29 	APPOINTMENT.
 161.30 	Notwithstanding any restriction in law or rule concerning
161.31 	proximity of deputy motor vehicle registrar offices or predicted
161.32 	number of annual applications processed, the commissioner of
161.33 	public safety shall appoint the auditor of Carver County as a
161.34 	deputy motor vehicle registrar and driver's license agent in the
161.35 	city of Chanhassen.  All provisions of Minnesota Statutes,
161.36 	sections 168.33 and 171.061, not inconsistent with this section,
162.1 	apply to the appointments under this section.

162.2 	Sec. 97. BUS RAPID TRANSIT STUDY.
 162.3 		Subdivision 1.Study required. The Department of
162.4 	Transportation and the Metropolitan Council shall jointly
162.5 	conduct a study on the feasibility of implementing a bus rapid
162.6 	transit (BRT) system in the transportation corridor between
162.7 	Stillwater and St. Paul through Woodbury.  Bus rapid transit
162.8 	systems are those systems that provide for significantly faster
162.9 	operating bus speeds, integrated service, greater service
162.10 	reliability, and increased convenience through investments in
162.11 	bus infrastructure, equipment, technology, and operational
162.12 	improvements.
162.13 		Subd. 2.Study requirements. The study must, at a
162.14 	minimum, include an analysis of the benefits and costs of
162.15 	implementing a bus rapid transit system that includes the
162.16 	following:
162.17 	(1) frequent operation of buses on exclusive or
162.18 	near-exclusive right-of-way on marked Interstate Highway 94;
162.19 	(2) changes in bus or platform design and fare collection
162.20 	that provide for faster and more convenient boarding;
162.21 	(3) station locations that are adjacent to, or easily
162.22 	accessible from, the exclusive right-of-way;
162.23 	(4) traffic management improvements and traffic signal
162.24 	preemption on local streets within the transportation corridor;
162.25 	and 
162.26 	(5) changes to existing transit services to provide for
162.27 	timely connections and transfers.
162.28 		Subd. 3.Study recommendations. The study must recommend:
162.29 	(1) options for implementing bus rapid transit in the
162.30 	transportation corridor;
162.31 	(2) the associated cost of each option; and 
162.32 	(3) the anticipated benefits in terms of reduced travel
162.33 	times, increased ridership, and impacts on congestion levels
162.34 	within the corridor.
162.35 	The study must be submitted by January 15, 2007, to the house of
162.36 	representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over
163.1 	transportation policy and finance.
163.2 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2005.

163.3 	Sec. 98. REPEALER.
 163.4 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 168.011, subdivision
163.5 	19; and 168.15, subdivision 2, are repealed.
163.6 	(b) Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.165, subdivisions
163.7 	3, 4, 4a, and 4b, are repealed.
163.8 	(c) Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 473.408, subdivision
163.9 	1, is repealed.
163.10 	(d) Minnesota Rules, part 7503.2400, is repealed.
163.11 	(e) Minnesota Rules, parts 7800.0600; 7800.3200, subpart 1;
163.12 	7805.0700; 8850.6900, subpart 20; and 8855.0500, subpart 1, are
163.13 	repealed.

163.14 	Sec. 99. EFFECTIVE DATE; EXPIRATION.
 163.15 	Sections 82 to 89 are effective the day following final
163.16 	enactment and expire on June 10, 2006.