1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to motor vehicles; regulating registration
1.3 	plates and stickers; regulating certain fees; amending
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 168.27, by adding a
1.5 	subdivision; 168.33, subdivision 7; 168.66, by adding
1.6 	a subdivision.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.27, is
1.9 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
1.10 		Subd. 28.Registration plates. The registrar may
1.11 	distribute registration plates and stickers to be held and
1.12 	issued by new and used motor vehicle dealers.  Dealers may issue
1.13 	registration only on vehicles owned or sold by the dealer.
1.14 	Adequate security measures must be maintained and a record
1.15 	created of each registration issued.

1.16 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.33,
1.17 	subdivision 7, is amended to read:
1.18 		Subd. 7.Filing fee.  (a) In addition to all other
1.19 	statutory fees and taxes, a filing fee of:
1.20 	(i) $4.50 is imposed on every motor vehicle registration
1.21 	renewal, excluding pro rate transactions; and
1.22 	(ii) $7 is imposed on every other type of vehicle
1.23 	transaction, including pro rate transactions;
1.24 	except that a filing fee may not be charged for a document
1.25 	returned for a refund or for a correction of an error made by
1.26 	the Department of Public Safety, a licensed auto dealer, or a
2.1 	deputy registrar.  The filing fee must be shown as a separate
2.2 	item on all registration renewal notices sent out by the
2.3 	department.  No filing fee or other fee may be charged for the
2.4 	permanent surrender of a certificate of title and license plates
2.5 	for a motor vehicle.
2.6 	(b) Filing fees collected under this subdivision by the
2.7 	department must be paid into the state treasury and credited to
2.8 	the highway user tax distribution fund, except fees for
2.9 	registrations of motor vehicles.  Filing fees collected for
2.10 	registrations of motor vehicles in conjunction with a title
2.11 	transfer or first application in this state must be paid into
2.12 	the state treasury with 50 percent of the money credited to the
2.13 	general fund and 50 percent credited to the highway user tax
2.14 	distribution fund.
2.15 	(c) A motor vehicle dealer shall retain $2.50 of each
2.16 	filing fee imposed under this subdivision for a completed
2.17 	transaction involving the sale of a motor vehicle to or by a
2.18 	licensed dealer, if the dealer electronically transmits the
2.19 	transaction to the department or deputy registrar.  The
2.20 	department shall develop procedures to implement this
2.21 	subdivision in consultation with the Minnesota Deputy Registrar
2.22 	Association and the Minnesota Automobile Dealers Association.
2.23 	Deputy registrars shall not be prohibited from receiving and
2.24 	processing required documents supporting an electronic
2.25 	transaction.

2.26 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.66, is
2.27 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
2.28 		Subd. 14a.Documentary fee. "Documentary fee" or
2.29 	"document administration fee" does not include a charge for
2.30 	services agreed upon between the parties for electronic
2.31 	transmission of ownership records or issuing registration plates.