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 provision for handling
1.7 	state mail; modifying vehicle registration tax and fee
1.8 	provisions; increasing fees for motor vehicle
1.9 	transfers and driver and vehicle services;
1.10 	establishing and modifying accounts; abolishing
1.11 	statewide bicycle registration program; exempting
1.12 	certain projects from competitive bidding; authorizing
1.13 	agreements between the Metropolitan Council and cities
1.14 	to join the transit taxing district; modifying the
1.15 	insurance verification program; authorizing issuance
1.16 	of special license plates; providing for road signs;
1.17 	establishing multimodal transportation fund;
1.18 	increasing tax on motor fuels and allocating proceeds
1.19 	of the increase; reapportioning highway state-aid
1.20 	money to counties; changing vehicle registration tax
1.21 	rates; allocating proceeds of sales tax on motor
1.22 	vehicles; requiring studies and reports; making
1.23 	technical and clarifying revisions; amending Minnesota
1.24 	Statutes 2004, sections 16B.49; 115A.908, subdivision
1.25 	1; 160.294, subdivision 1a; 161.081, subdivision 3;
1.26 	161.14, by adding a subdivision; 162.06, subdivision
1.27 	2; 162.07, subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions;
1.28 	168.011, by adding a subdivision; 168.013,
1.29 	subdivisions 1a, 8; 168.09, subdivision 7; 168.105,
1.30 	subdivisions 2, 3, 5; 168.12; 168.123; 168.1235;
1.31 	168.124; 168.125; 168.1255; 168.127, subdivision 6;
1.32 	168.128; 168.129; 168.1291; 168.1293; 168.1296;
1.33 	168.1297; 168.27, subdivision 11; 168.33; 168.345,
1.34 	subdivisions 1, 2; 168.381; 168.54, subdivisions 4, 5;
1.35 	168A.152, subdivision 2; 168A.29; 168A.31; 169.01,
1.36 	subdivision 78; 169.09, subdivision 13; 169.81,
1.37 	subdivision 3c; 169.8261; 169.851, subdivision 5;
1.38 	169.86, subdivision 5; 169A.60, subdivision 16;
1.39 	171.06, subdivisions 2, 2a; 171.061, subdivision 4;
1.40 	171.07, subdivision 11; 171.13, subdivision 6, by
1.41 	adding a subdivision; 171.20, subdivision 4; 171.26;
1.42 	171.29, subdivision 2; 171.36; 296A.07, subdivision 3;
1.43 	296A.08, subdivision 2; 297B.09, subdivision 1;
1.44 	446A.085, subdivisions 3, 8, by adding a subdivision;
1.45 	469.015, subdivision 4; 473.446, subdivision 3;
1.46 	473.4461; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
2.1 	Statutes, chapters 16A; 160; 161; 168; 169; 299A;
2.2 	repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 168.012,
2.3 	subdivision 12; 168.041, subdivision 11; 168.105,
2.4 	subdivision 6; 168.231; 168.345, subdivisions 3, 4;
2.5 	168C.01; 168C.02; 168C.03; 168C.04; 168C.05; 168C.06;
2.6 	168C.07; 168C.08; 168C.09; 168C.10; 168C.11; 168C.12;
2.7 	168C.13; 170.23; 171.12, subdivision 8; 171.185;
2.8 	473.408, subdivision 1; Minnesota Rules, parts
2.9 	7407.0100; 7407.0200; 7407.0300; 7407.0400; 7407.0500;
2.10 	7407.0600; 7407.0700; 7407.0800; 7407.0900; 7407.1000;
2.11 	7407.1100; 7407.1200; 7407.1300; 7800.0600; 7800.3200,
2.12 	subpart 1; 7805.0700; 8850.6900, subpart 20;
2.13 	8855.0500, subpart 1.
2.14 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.15 	ARTICLE 1
2.16 	APPROPRIATIONS
2.17 	TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER AGENCIES

2.18 	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.
 2.19 	The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are
2.20 	added to, or, if shown in parentheses, are subtracted from the
2.21 	appropriations to the specified agencies in 2005 S.F. No. 1879,
2.22 	article 8, if enacted.  The appropriations are available for the
2.23 	fiscal year indicated for each purpose.  The figures "2006" and
2.24 	"2007," where used in this article, mean that the additions to
2.25 	or subtractions from the appropriations listed under them are
2.26 	for the year ending June 30, 2006, or June 30, 2007,
2.27 	respectively.  The "first year" is fiscal year 2006.  The
2.28 	"second year" is fiscal year 2007.
2.29 	SUMMARY BY FUND
2.30 	2006          2007           TOTAL
2.31 	Trunk Highway      $      785,000 $       -0-    $      785,000
2.32 	Special Revenue    $      746,000 $    1,396,000 $    2,142,000
2.33 	TOTAL              $    1,531,000 $    1,396,000 $    2,927,000
2.34 	APPROPRIATIONS
2.35 	                                       Available for the Year
2.36 	                                           Ending June 30
2.37 	                                          2006         2007

2.38 	Sec. 2. TRANSPORTATION
 2.39 		Subdivision 1.State Roads              -0-            -0-
2.40 	This appropriation is from the trunk
2.41 	highway fund.
2.42 	(a) Infrastructure Investment Support
2.43 	50,000,000    50,000,000
2.44 	(b) State Road Construction
3.1 	(50,000,000)  (50,000,000)
3.2 	This reduction reduces the amount of
3.3 	highway user tax revenues necessary to
3.4 	fund the state road construction
3.5 	appropriation.
3.6 	$1,000,000 of the appropriation for
3.7 	fiscal year 2006 contained in 2005 S.F.
3.8 	No. 1879, article 8, section 2,
3.9 	subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause
3.10 	(2), if enacted, must be used to
3.11 	construct concrete or cable median
3.12 	safety barriers on interstate or trunk
3.13 	highways within the metropolitan area
3.14 	that do not have existing safety
3.15 	barriers.
3.16 		Subd. 2.Transfers
3.17 	The commissioner of finance shall
3.18 	transfer from the flexible account in
3.19 	the county state-aid highway fund
3.20 	$7,429,000 the first year and
3.21 	$5,277,000 the second year to the
3.22 	county principal arterial account in
3.23 	the county state-aid highway fund; and
3.24 	$2,961,000 the first year and
3.25 	$2,103,000 the second year to the
3.26 	municipal principal arterial account in
3.27 	the municipal state-aid street fund.

3.28 	Sec. 3. PUBLIC SAFETY                 1,531,000      1,396,000
 3.29 	Summary by Fund
3.30 	Trunk Highway           785,000       -0-
3.31 	Special Revenue         746,000     1,396,000
3.32 	(a) State Patrol, Patrolling Highways
3.33 	785,000         -0-
3.34 	Of this amount, $785,000 in the first
3.35 	year is for the purchase of automated
3.36 	external defibrillators for state
3.37 	patrol vehicles.
3.38 	(b) Driver and Vehicle Services
3.39 	246,000       196,000
3.40 	This appropriation is from the vehicle
3.41 	services operating account in the
3.42 	special revenue fund.
3.43 	These amounts must be used for plate
3.44 	production, postage costs, and
3.45 	administration of the Support Our
3.46 	Troops special license plates.
3.47 	(c) Traffic Safety
3.48 	500,000     1,200,000
3.49 	This appropriation is from the driver
3.50 	services operating account in the
3.51 	special revenue fund for traffic safety.
3.52 	$1,200,000 is added to the budget base
4.1 	for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009
4.2 	for this appropriation.
4.3 	These amounts must be used for traffic
4.4 	and pedestrian safety, including, but
4.5 	not limited to, producing educational
4.6 	and informational materials on
4.7 	pedestrian crosswalk safety, impaired
4.8 	driving, seat belt usage, speeding, and
4.9 	driver distraction.  The commissioner
4.10 	of public safety may make grants to
4.11 	local units of government or use the
4.12 	funds for research related to traffic
4.13 	and pedestrian safety.  As part of the
4.14 	next biennial budget submission, the
4.15 	commissioner shall report on the
4.16 	expenditure of these funds and make
4.17 	recommendations regarding the need for
4.18 	continued funding of traffic and
4.19 	pedestrian safety initiatives.

4.20 	ARTICLE 2
4.21 	CAPITAL PROJECTS

4.22 	Section 1. TRUNK HIGHWAY BOND PROCEEDS ACCOUNT
4.23 	APPROPRIATIONS.
 4.24 		Subdivision 1.Exterior repair of transportation
4.25 	building. $9,342,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of
4.26 	transportation from the trunk highway bond proceeds account to
4.27 	repair and renovate the exterior of the Department of
4.28 	Transportation building at 395 John Ireland Boulevard in St.
4.29 	Paul.  This appropriation is available until expended.
4.30 		Subd. 2.Mankato headquarters building. $16,620,000 is
4.31 	appropriated to the commissioner of transportation from the
4.32 	trunk highway bond proceeds account to design, construct,
4.33 	furnish, and equip a new district headquarters facility in
4.34 	Mankato.  This appropriation is available until expended.
4.35 		Subd. 3.Small capital projects. $4,728,000 is
4.36 	appropriated to the commissioner of transportation from the
4.37 	trunk highway bond proceeds account to design, construct,
4.38 	furnish, and equip statewide building projects, consisting of
4.39 	truck stations, salt storage facilities, cold storage
4.40 	facilities, and Mankato headquarters site work.  Of this amount,
4.41 	$600,000 is for the department's share of the feasibility
4.42 	studies, design, site preparation, and upgrade of common utility
4.43 	services for a joint use truck station and public works facility
4.44 	with Pope County.  This appropriation is available until
5.1 	expended.

5.2 	Sec. 2. BOND SALE.
 5.3 	To provide the money appropriated by section 1 from the
5.4 	bond proceeds account in the trunk highway fund, the
5.5 	commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state
5.6 	in an amount up to $30,690,000 in the manner, on the terms, and
5.7 	with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections
5.8 	167.50 to 167.52, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article
5.9 	XIV, section 11.

5.10 	ARTICLE 3
5.11 	PUBLIC SAFETY ACTIVITIES, FEES, ACCOUNTS

5.12 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 16B.49, is
5.13 	amended to read:
5.14 	16B.49 CENTRAL MAILING SYSTEM.
5.15 	(a) The commissioner shall maintain and operate for state
5.16 	agencies, departments, institutions, and offices a central mail
5.17 	handling unit.  Official, outgoing mail for units in St. Paul
5.18 	must be delivered unstamped to the unit.  The unit shall also
5.19 	operate an interoffice mail distribution system.  The department
5.20 	may add personnel and acquire equipment that may be necessary to
5.21 	operate the unit efficiently and cost-effectively.  Account must
5.22 	be kept of the postage required on that mail, which is then a
5.23 	proper charge against the agency delivering the mail.  To
5.24 	provide funds for the payment of postage, each agency shall make
5.25 	advance payments to the commissioner sufficient to cover its
5.26 	postage obligations for at least 60 days.  For purposes of this
5.27 	section, the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities is a
5.28 	state agency.
5.29 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) or section 16C.09, the
5.30 	commissioner may approve the performance of mail-related
5.31 	functions by an agency outside the state's central mail-handling
5.32 	unit if the agency demonstrates it furthers program
5.33 	effectiveness, better use of services, greater efficiency, or
5.34 	greater economy in state government.

5.35 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 115A.908,
5.36 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
6.1 		Subdivision 1.Fee charged.  A fee of $4 $10 shall be
6.2 	charged on the initial registration and each subsequent transfer
6.3 	of title within the state, other than transfers for resale
6.4 	purposes, of every motor vehicle weighing more than 1,000
6.5 	pounds.  The fee shall be collected in an appropriate manner by
6.6 	the motor vehicle registrar commissioner of public safety.
6.7 	Registration plates or certificates of title may not be issued
6.8 	by the motor vehicle registrar commissioner of public safety for
6.9 	the ownership or operation of a motor vehicle subject to the
6.10 	transfer fee unless the fee is paid.  The fee may not be charged
6.11 	on the transfer of:
6.12 	(1) previously registered vehicles if the transfer is to
6.13 	the same person;
6.14 	(2) vehicles subject to the conditions specified in section
6.15 	297A.70, subdivision 2; or
6.16 	(3) vehicles purchased in another state by a resident of
6.17 	another state if more than 60 days have elapsed after the date
6.18 	of purchase and the purchaser is transferring title to this
6.19 	state and has become a resident of this state after the purchase.

6.20 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011, is
6.21 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
6.22 		Subd. 2a.Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the
6.23 	commissioner of the Department of Public Safety.

6.24 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.013,
6.25 	subdivision 8, is amended to read:
6.26 		Subd. 8.Proceeds to highway user fund; vehicle services
6.27 	operating account. (a) Unless otherwise specified in this
6.28 	chapter,the net proceeds of the registration tax imposed on
6.29 	motor vehicles under this chapter shall must be collected by the
6.30 	registrar of motor vehicles and commissioner,paid into the
6.31 	state treasury,and credited to the highway user tax
6.32 	distribution fund.
6.33 	(b) All fees collected under this chapter, unless otherwise
6.34 	specified, must be deposited in the vehicle services operating
6.35 	account in the special revenue fund under section 299A.705.

6.36 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.09,
7.1 	subdivision 7, is amended to read:
7.2 		Subd. 7.Display of temporary permit; special plates.
 7.3 	(a) A vehicle that displays a special plate issued under section
7.4 	168.021; 168.12, subdivision 2, 2a, 2b, 2c, or 2d; 168.123;
7.5 	168.124; 168.125; 168.126; 168.128; or 168.129,may display a
7.6 	temporary permit in conjunction with expired registration if:
7.7 	(1) the current registration tax and all other fees have
7.8 	been paid in full; and
7.9 	(2) the plate requires replacement under section 168.12,
7.10 	subdivision 1, paragraph (b) (d), clause (3).
7.11 	(b) A vehicle that is registered under section 168.10 may
7.12 	display a temporary permit in conjunction with expired
7.13 	registration, with or without a registration license plate, if:
7.14 	(1) the license plates have been applied for and the
7.15 	registration tax has been paid in full, as provided for in
7.16 	section 168.10; and
7.17 	(2) the vehicle is used solely as a collector vehicle while
7.18 	displaying the temporary permit and not used for general
7.19 	transportation purposes.
7.20 	(c) The permit is valid for a period of 60 days.  The
7.21 	permit must be in a form format prescribed by the commissioner
7.22 	of public safety and whenever practicable must be posted upon
7.23 	the driver's side of the rear window on the inside of the
7.24 	vehicle.  The permit is valid only for the vehicle for which it
7.25 	was issued to allow a reasonable time for the new license plates
7.26 	to be manufactured and delivered to the applicant.

7.27 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.105,
7.28 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
7.29 		Subd. 2.Affidavit for registration and taxation.  (a) A
7.30 	classic motorcycle must be listed for taxation taxed and
7.31 	registration registered by executed the vehicle owner submitting
7.32 	an affidavit to the commissioner stating (1) the name and
7.33 	address of the owner, (2) the name and address of the person
7.34 	from whom purchased, (3) the make of the classic motorcycle, (4)
7.35 	the year and number of the model, (5) the manufacturer's vehicle 
7.36 	identification number, (6) that the motorcycle is owned and
8.1 	operated solely as a collector's item and will not be used for
8.2 	general transportation purposes, and (7) that the owner has one
8.3 	or more motor vehicles with regular license plates.
8.4 	(b) When the registrar commissioner is satisfied that the
8.5 	affidavit is true, correct, and complete and that the owner has
8.6 	paid a $10 registration tax, the registrar commissioner shall
8.7 	list the vehicle for taxation and registration register the
8.8 	vehicle and shall issue special number plates.

8.9 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.105,
8.10 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
8.11 		Subd. 3.special classic plates.  The registrar 
8.12 	commissioner shall issue number plates of the same size as
8.13 	standard motorcycle license plates and inscribed "collector" and
8.14 	"Minnesota" with the registration number or other combination of
8.15 	characters authorized under section 168.12, subdivision 2a, but
8.16 	without a date.  The plates are valid without renewal as long as
8.17 	the classic motorcycle exists and may be issued for the
8.18 	applicant's use only for the classic motorcycle.  The registrar 
8.19 	commissioner may revoke the plates for noncompliance with this
8.20 	subdivision.

8.21 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.105,
8.22 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
8.23 		Subd. 5.Original plates.  (a) Instead of being
8.24 	issued special classic motorcycle plates, a classic motorcycle
8.25 	registered under this section may display original Minnesota
8.26 	number plates issued in the same year as the model year of the
8.27 	motorcycle on which they are displayed.  The number of on the
8.28 	original plates must be provided to the registrar commissioner.
8.29 	(b) Original Minnesota number plates may not be used if the
8.30 	number on the original plate is identical to the number on a
8.31 	current collector's plate issued by the registrar commissioner.
8.32 	(c) A person currently using classic motorcycle plates
8.33 	issued under this section, shall return those plates to the
8.34 	registrar before substituting original plates.
8.35 	(d) If the vehicle is not registered as a collector
8.36 	vehicle,the registrar may commissioner shall charge a fee of
9.1 	$10 for registering the number on the original plates.

9.2 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.12, is
9.3 	amended to read:
9.4 	168.12  LICENSE PLATES.
9.5 		Subdivision 1.number plates; design, visibility, periods
9.6 	of issuance. (a) The registrar commissioner, upon the approval
9.7 	and payment, shall issue to the applicant the number plates
9.8 	required by law this chapter, bearing the state name and the an
9.9 	assigned vehicle registration number assigned.  The number
9.10 	assigned by the commissioner may be a combination of a letter or
9.11 	sign with figures.  The color of the plates and the color of the
9.12 	abbreviation of the state name and the number assigned shall 
9.13 	must be in marked contrast.  The plates shall must be lettered,
9.14 	spaced, or distinguished to suitably indicate the registration
9.15 	of the vehicle according to the rules of the registrar, and 
9.16 	commissioner.
9.17 	(b) When a vehicle is registered on the basis of total
9.18 	gross weight, the plates issued shall must clearly indicate by
9.19 	letters or other suitable insignia the maximum gross weight for
9.20 	which the tax has been paid. These number 
9.21 	(c) The plates shall must be so treated as to be at least
9.22 	100 times brighter than the conventional painted number plates.
9.23 	When properly mounted on an unlighted vehicle, these number the 
9.24 	plates, when viewed from a vehicle equipped with standard
9.25 	headlights, shall must be visible for a distance of not less
9.26 	than 1,500 feet and readable for a distance of not less than 110
9.27 	feet.
9.28 	(b) (d) The registrar commissioner shall issue these
9.29 	number plates for the following periods:
9.30 	(1) New number plates issued pursuant to section 168.012,
9.31 	subdivision 1, shall must be issued to a vehicle for as long as
9.32 	it the vehicle is owned by the exempt agency and the plate shall
9.33 	not be transferable from one vehicle to another but the plate 
9.34 	may be transferred with the vehicle from one tax-exempt agency
9.35 	to another.
9.36 	(2) Plates issued for passenger automobiles as defined in
10.1 	section 168.011, subdivision 7, shall must be issued for a
10.2 	seven-year period.  All plates issued under this paragraph must
10.3 	be replaced if they are seven years old or older at the time
10.4 	of annual registration renewal or will become so during the
10.5 	registration period.
10.6 	(3) Number Plates issued under sections 168.053 and 168.27,
10.7 	subdivisions 16 and 17, shall must be for a seven-year period.
10.8 	(4) Number Plates issued under subdivisions 2c and 2d and
10.9 	section 168.123shall must be issued for the life of the veteran
10.10 	under section 169.79.
10.11 	(5) Plates for any vehicle not specified in clauses (1) to
10.12 	(3), except for trailers as hereafter provided, shall must be
10.13 	issued for the life of the vehicle.  Beginning with number 
10.14 	plates issued for the year 1981, plates issued for trailers with
10.15 	a total gross weight of 3,000 pounds or less shall must be
10.16 	issued for the life of the trailer and shall must be not more
10.17 	than seven inches in length and four inches in width.
10.18 	(c) (e) In a year in which plates are not issued, the
10.19 	registrar commissioner shall issue for each registration a tab
10.20 	or sticker to designate the year of registration.  This tab or 
10.21 	sticker shall must show the calendar year or years for which the
10.22 	sticker is issued, and is valid only for that period.
10.23 	The number plates, number tabs, or and stickers issued for a
10.24 	motor vehicle may not be transferred to another motor vehicle
10.25 	during the period for which it the sticker is issued, except
10.26 	when issued for a motor vehicle registered under section 168.187.
10.27 	(d) Notwithstanding (f) Despite any other provision of this
10.28 	subdivision, number plates issued to a vehicle which is used for
10.29 	behind-the-wheel instruction in a driver education course in a
10.30 	public school may be transferred to another vehicle used for the
10.31 	same purpose without payment of any additional fee.  The
10.32 	registrar shall be notified public school shall notify the
10.33 	commissioner of each transfer of number plates under this
10.34 	paragraph and .  The commissioner may prescribe a form format for
10.35 	notification.
10.36 		Subd. 2.Amateur radio licensee; special plates. (a) Any 
11.1 	The commissioner shall issue amateur radio plates to an 
11.2 	applicant who:
11.3 	(1) is an owner or joint owner of a passenger automobile,
11.4 	van or pickup truck,or a self-propelled recreational motor 
11.5 	vehicle, and ;
11.6 	(2) is a resident of this state, and who ;
11.7 	(3) holds an official amateur radio station license,or a
11.8 	citizens radio service class D license, in good standing, issued
11.9 	by the Federal Communications Commission shall upon compliance ;
11.10 	(4) pays the registration tax required under section
11.11 	168.013;
11.12 	(5) pays a fee of $10 for each set of special plates and
11.13 	any other fees required by this chapter; and 
11.14 	(6) complies with all laws of this state relating to this
11.15 	chapter and rules governing the registration of motor vehicles 
11.16 	and the licensing of motor vehicles and drivers, be furnished
11.17 	with license plates for the motor vehicle, as prescribed by law,
11.18 	upon which,;
11.19 	(b) In lieu of the numbers registration number required for
11.20 	identification under subdivision 1, shall be inscribed the
11.21 	plates must indicate the official amateur call letters of the
11.22 	applicant, as assigned by the Federal Communications Commission,
11.23 	and the words "AMATEUR RADIO."
11.24 	The applicant shall pay in addition to the registration tax
11.25 	required by law, the sum of $10 for the special license plates,
11.26 	and at the time of delivery of the special license plates the
11.27 	applicant shall surrender to the registrar the current license
11.28 	plates issued for the motor vehicle.
11.29 	(c) This provision for the issue of special license plates
11.30 	shall apply applies only if the applicant's motor vehicle is
11.31 	already registered in Minnesota so that the applicant has valid
11.32 	regular Minnesota plates issued for that motor vehicle under
11.33 	which to operate it during the time that it will take to have
11.34 	the necessary special license plates made.
11.35 	(d) If owning or jointly owning more than one motor vehicle
11.36 	of the type specified in this subdivision, the applicant may
12.1 	apply for special plates for each of not more than two motor 
12.2 	vehicles,and, if each application complies with this
12.3 	subdivision, the registrar commissioner shall furnish the
12.4 	applicant with the special plates, inscribed with indicating the
12.5 	official amateur call letters and other distinguishing
12.6 	information as the registrar commissioner considers necessary,
12.7 	for each of the two motor vehicles.
12.8 	(e) And The registrar commissioner may make reasonable
12.9 	rules governing the use of the special license plates as will
12.10 	assure the full compliance by the owner and holder of the
12.11 	special plates, with all existing laws governing the
12.12 	registration of motor vehicles,and the transfer and the use
12.13 	thereof of the plates.
12.14 	(b) (f) Despite any contrary provision of subdivision 1,
12.15 	the special license plates issued under this subdivision may be
12.16 	transferred by an owner to another motor vehicle listed in
12.17 	paragraph (a) and registered to the same owner,upon the payment
12.18 	of a fee of $5.  The registrar commissioner must be notified of 
12.19 	before the transfer and may prescribe a form format for the
12.20 	notification.
12.21 	(c) Fees collected under this subdivision must be paid into
12.22 	the state treasury and credited to the highway user tax
12.23 	distribution fund.
12.24 		Subd. 2a.Personalized plates; rules. (a) The
12.25 	commissioner shall issue personalized license plates must be
12.26 	issued to an applicant for registration of who:
12.27 	(1) is an owner of a passenger automobile including a
12.28 	passenger automobile registered as a classic car, pioneer car,
12.29 	collector car, or street rod; van; pickup truck as defined in
12.30 	section 168.011, subdivision 29, and any other truck with a
12.31 	manufacturer's nominal rated capacity of one ton or less and
12.32 	resembling a pickup truck; a motorcycle,including a classic
12.33 	motorcycle; or self-propelled a recreational motor vehicle, upon
12.34 	compliance with the laws of this state relating to registration
12.35 	of the vehicle and upon payment of ;
12.36 	(2) pays a onetime fee of $100 in addition to and any other
13.1 	fees required by this chapter;
13.2 	(3) pays the registration tax required by law this chapter 
13.3 	for the motor vehicle; and 
13.4 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing
13.5 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of drivers.
13.6 	(b) The registrar commissioner shall designate charge a
13.7 	replacement fee for personalized license plates that is
13.8 	calculated to cover the cost of replacement as specified in
13.9 	subdivision 5.  This fee must be paid by the applicant whenever
13.10 	the personalized license plates are required to be replaced by
13.11 	law.
13.12 	(c) In lieu of the numbers registration number assigned as
13.13 	provided in subdivision 1, personalized license plates must have
13.14 	imprinted on them a series of not more than seven numbers and
13.15 	letters in any combination.  When an applicant has once obtained
13.16 	personalized plates, the applicant shall have a prior claim for
13.17 	similar personalized plates in the next succeeding year as long
13.18 	as current motor vehicle registration is maintained.
13.19 	(d) The commissioner of public safety shall adopt rules in
13.20 	the manner provided by chapter 14, regulating the issuance and
13.21 	transfer of personalized license plates.  No words or
13.22 	combination of letters placed on personalized license plates may
13.23 	be used for commercial advertising, be of an obscene, indecent,
13.24 	or immoral nature, or be of a nature that would offend public
13.25 	morals or decency.  The call signals or letters of a radio or
13.26 	television station are not commercial advertising for the
13.27 	purposes of this subdivision.
13.28 	(b) Notwithstanding (e) Despite the provisions of
13.29 	subdivision 1, personalized license plates issued under this
13.30 	subdivision may be transferred to another motor vehicle owned or
13.31 	jointly listed in paragraph (a) and owned by the applicant, upon
13.32 	the payment of a fee of $5, which must be paid into the state
13.33 	treasury and credited to the highway user tax distribution fund.
13.34 	(f) The registrar commissioner may by rule provide a form 
13.35 	specify the format for notification.
13.36 	(g) A personalized license plate issued for a classic car,
14.1 	pioneer car, collector car, street rod, or classic motorcycle
14.2 	may not be transferred to a vehicle not eligible for such
14.3 	a license plate.
14.4 	(c) Notwithstanding (h) Despite any law to the contrary, if
14.5 	the personalized license plates are lost, stolen, or destroyed,
14.6 	the applicant may apply and shall receive must be issued 
14.7 	duplicate license plates bearing the same combination of letters
14.8 	and numbers as the former personalized plates upon the payment
14.9 	of the fee required by section 168.29.
14.10 	(d) Fees from the sale of permanent and duplicate
14.11 	personalized license plates must be paid into the state treasury
14.12 	and credited to the highway user tax distribution fund.
14.13 		Subd. 2b.Firefighters; special plates. (a) The
14.14 	registrar commissioner shall issue special license plates to any
14.15 	applicant who:
14.16 	(1) is both a member of a fire department receiving state
14.17 	aid under chapter 69 and an owner or joint owner of a passenger
14.18 	automobile, or truck with a manufacturer's nominal rated
14.19 	capacity of one ton and resembling a pickup truck, upon payment
14.20 	of ;
14.21 	(2) pays a fee of $10 and upon payment of any other fees
14.22 	required by this chapter;
14.23 	(3) pays the registration tax required by law this chapter 
14.24 	for the motor vehicle and compliance with other laws of this
14.25 	state relating to ; and 
14.26 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the 
14.27 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles
14.28 	and drivers.
14.29 	(b) In lieu of the identification required under
14.30 	subdivision 1, the special license plates shall be inscribed
14.31 	with a symbol must bear an emblem of a Maltese Cross together
14.32 	with five any numbers or characters prescribed by the
14.33 	commissioner.  No applicant shall receive more than two sets of
14.34 	plates for motor vehicles owned or jointly owned by the
14.35 	applicant.
14.36 	(b) (c) Special plates issued under this subdivision may
15.1 	only be used during the period that the owner or joint owner of
15.2 	the motor vehicle is a member of a fire department as specified
15.3 	in this subdivision.  When the person individual to whom the
15.4 	special plates were issued is no longer a member of a fire
15.5 	department or when the motor vehicle ownership is transferred,
15.6 	the owner shall remove the special license plates shall be
15.7 	removed from the motor vehicle and returned to the registrar.
15.8 	Upon return removal of the special plates, either the owner or
15.9 	purchaser of the motor vehicle is entitled to receive regular
15.10 	plates for the motor vehicle without cost for the remainder of
15.11 	the registration period for which the special plates were issued.
15.12 	(d) Firefighter license plates issued pursuant to this
15.13 	subdivision may be transferred to another motor vehicle upon
15.14 	payment of a $5, which fee shall be paid into the state treasury
15.15 	and credited to the highway user tax distribution fund.
15.16 	(c) (e) The commissioner of public safety may adopt rules
15.17 	under the Administrative Procedure Act, sections 14.001 to
15.18 	14.69, to govern the issuance and use of the special plates
15.19 	authorized in this subdivision. All fees from the sale of
15.20 	special license plates for firefighters shall be paid into the
15.21 	state treasury and credited to the highway user tax distribution
15.22 	fund.
15.23 		Subd. 2c.National guard; special plates. (a) The
15.24 	registrar commissioner shall issue special license plates to any
15.25 	applicant who:
15.26 	(1) is a regularly enlisted, commissioned, or retired
15.27 	member of the Minnesota National Guard, other than an inactive
15.28 	member who is not a retired member, and is an owner or joint
15.29 	owner of a passenger automobile, van, or pickup truck included
15.30 	within the definition of a passenger automobile upon payment of ;
15.31 	(2) pays a fee of $10, payment of and any other fees
15.32 	required by this chapter;
15.33 	(3) pays the registration tax required by law, and
15.34 	compliance with other laws of this state relating to this
15.35 	chapter; and 
15.36 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the 
16.1 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles
16.2 	and drivers.
16.3 	(b) The adjutant general shall design the emblem for these
16.4 	special plates subject to the approval of the registrar 
16.5 	commissioner. No 
16.6 	(c) An applicant shall must not be issued more than two
16.7 	sets of plates for motor vehicles owned or jointly owned by 
16.8 	registered to the applicant. The adjutant general shall
16.9 	estimate the number of special plates that will be required and
16.10 	submit the estimate to the registrar.
16.11 	(b) (d) Special plates issued under this subdivision may
16.12 	only be used during the period that the owner or joint owner of
16.13 	the motor vehicle is an active or retired member of the
16.14 	Minnesota National Guard as specified in this subdivision.  When
16.15 	the person individual to whom the special plates were issued is
16.16 	no longer an active or retired member of the Minnesota National
16.17 	Guard, the special plates must be removed from the vehicle and
16.18 	returned to by the registrar owner.  Upon return removal of
16.19 	the special plates, either the owner or purchaser of the motor 
16.20 	vehicle is entitled to receive regular plates for the motor 
16.21 	vehicle without cost for the remainder of the registration
16.22 	period for which the special plates were issued.
16.23 	(e) While the person is an active or retired member of the
16.24 	Minnesota National Guard, plates issued pursuant to this
16.25 	subdivision may be transferred to another motor vehicle owned or
16.26 	jointly owned by that person individual upon payment of a fee of
16.27 	$5.
16.28 	(c) (f) For purposes of this subdivision, "retired member"
16.29 	means a person an individual placed on the roll of retired
16.30 	officers or roll of retired enlisted members in the Office of
16.31 	the Adjutant General under section 192.18 and who is not
16.32 	deceased.
16.33 	(d) All fees collected under the provisions of this
16.34 	subdivision shall be paid into the state treasury and credited
16.35 	to the highway user tax distribution fund.
16.36 	(e) (g) The registrar commissioner may adopt rules under
17.1 	the Administrative Procedure Act to govern the issuance and use
17.2 	of the special plates authorized by this subdivision.
17.3 		Subd. 2d.Ready reserve; special plates. (a) The
17.4 	registrar commissioner shall issue special license plates to an
17.5 	applicant who:
17.6 	(1) is not eligible for special license National Guard 
17.7 	plates under subdivision 2c, who is a member of the United
17.8 	States Armed Forces Ready Reserve as described in United States
17.9 	Code, title 10, section 10142 or 10143, and is an owner or joint
17.10 	owner of a passenger automobile, van, or pickup truck, on
17.11 	paying ;
17.12 	(2) pays a fee of $10, paying and any other fees required
17.13 	by this chapter;
17.14 	(3) pays the registration tax required by law, and
17.15 	complying with other laws of this state relating to this
17.16 	chapter; and 
17.17 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the 
17.18 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles
17.19 	and drivers.
17.20 	(b) The commissioner of veterans affairs shall design the
17.21 	emblem for these special plates subject to the approval of the
17.22 	registrar commissioner. No 
17.23 	(c) An applicant may must not be issued more than two sets
17.24 	of plates for motor vehicles owned or jointly owned by the
17.25 	applicant. The commissioner of veterans affairs shall estimate
17.26 	the number of special plates that will be required and submit
17.27 	the estimate to the registrar.
17.28 	(b) (d) Special plates issued under this subdivision may
17.29 	only be used during the period that the owner or joint owner of
17.30 	the motor vehicle is a member of the ready reserve.  When the
17.31 	person owner is no longer a member, the special plates must be
17.32 	removed from the motor vehicle and returned to the registrar by
17.33 	the owner.  On returning removing the special plates, either the
17.34 	owner or purchaser of the motor vehicle is entitled to receive
17.35 	regular plates for the motor vehicle without cost for the rest
17.36 	of the registration period for which the special plates were
18.1 	issued.  While the person owner is a member of the ready
18.2 	reserve, plates issued under this subdivision may be transferred
18.3 	to another motor vehicle owned or jointly owned by that person 
18.4 	individual on paying a fee of $5.
18.5 	(c) The fees collected under this subdivision must be paid
18.6 	into the state treasury and credited to the highway user tax
18.7 	distribution fund.
18.8 	(d) (e) The registrar commissioner may adopt rules under
18.9 	the Administrative Procedure Act to govern the issuance and use
18.10 	of the special plates authorized by this subdivision.
18.11 		Subd. 2e.Volunteer ambulance attendants; special
18.12 	plates. (a) The registrar commissioner shall issue special
18.13 	license plates to an applicant who:
18.14 	(1) is a volunteer ambulance attendant as defined in
18.15 	section 144E.001, subdivision 15, and who owns or jointly owns a
18.16 	motor vehicle taxed as a passenger automobile.  The registrar
18.17 	shall issue the special plates on payment of ;
18.18 	(2) pays the registration tax required by law this chapter 
18.19 	for the motor vehicle, compliance with all other applicable laws
18.20 	relating to ;
18.21 	(3) pays a fee of $10 and any other fees required by this
18.22 	chapter; and 
18.23 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the 
18.24 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles
18.25 	and drivers, and payment of an additional fee of $10.
18.26 	(b) The registrar commissioner shall not issue more than
18.27 	two sets of these plates to each qualified applicant.
18.28 	(b) A person (c) An individual may use special plates
18.29 	issued under this subdivision only during the period that
18.30 	the person individual is a volunteer ambulance attendant.  When
18.31 	the person individual to whom the special plates were issued
18.32 	ceases to be a volunteer ambulance attendant, the person 
18.33 	individual shall return remove each set of special plates issued
18.34 	to that person.  When ownership of a the motor vehicle is
18.35 	transferred, the person individual shall remove the special
18.36 	plates from that motor vehicle and return them to the
19.1 	registrar.  On return removal of each set of plates, the owner
19.2 	of the motor vehicle, or new owner in case of a
19.3 	transferred motor vehicle, is entitled to receive
19.4 	regular license plates for the motor vehicle without cost for
19.5 	the rest of the registration period for which the set of special
19.6 	plates were issued.  Special plates issued under this
19.7 	subdivision may be transferred to another motor vehicle owned by
19.8 	the volunteer ambulance attendant on payment of a fee of $5.
19.9 	(c) The fees specified in this subdivision must be paid
19.10 	into the state treasury and deposited in the highway user tax
19.11 	distribution fund.
19.12 	(d) The commissioner may adopt rules governing the design,
19.13 	issuance, and sale of the special plates authorized by this
19.14 	subdivision.
19.15 		Subd. 2f.Original license plates. (a) On application of
19.16 	the owner and in lieu of issuing license plates under
19.17 	subdivision 1 to a motor vehicle registered and taxed as a
19.18 	passenger automobile, the registrar commissioner may assign to
19.19 	the motor vehicle original Minnesota number registration plates
19.20 	issued in the same year as the model year of the motor vehicle,
19.21 	if (1) the original license plates are at least 20 years old,
19.22 	(2) the owner of the motor vehicle has the original license 
19.23 	plates in possession at the time of the application, and (3) the
19.24 	owner provides the license plate number to the registrar 
19.25 	commissioner.
19.26 	(b) License Plates displayed under this subdivision,
19.27 	including tabs and stickers applied to the plates, must be
19.28 	clearly legible and must be displayed at the front and rear of 
19.29 	on the motor vehicle.
19.30 	(c) The registrar commissioner shall not assign the
19.31 	registration number on the original license plates to the motor 
19.32 	vehicle if the registrar commissioner determines that the number
19.33 	on the original plate is identical to the number on any current
19.34 	license plate in the current or reserved numbering system used
19.35 	by the registrar commissioner. A person currently using license
19.36 	plates issued by the registrar on the vehicle shall return those
20.1 	license plates to the registrar before displaying original
20.2 	license plates under this subdivision.
20.3 	(d) Notwithstanding Despite subdivision 1, an original
20.4 	license plate whose number has been assigned under this
20.5 	subdivision may be displayed for as long as the license plates,
20.6 	including tabs and stickers on the plates, are clearly
20.7 	legible and the number is not subsequently used by the
20.8 	commissioner as a plate number in a registration numbering
20.9 	system.
20.10 	(e) Notwithstanding Despite subdivision 1, original license 
20.11 	plates assigned under this subdivision need not bear a tab or
20.12 	sticker to indicate the month or year of registration if
20.13 	the motor vehicle carries the registration certificate issued
20.14 	under section 168.11 at all times when the motor vehicle is
20.15 	operated on the public highways.
20.16 	(f) The registrar commissioner may charge a fee for
20.17 	receiving an application and assigning original license plate
20.18 	numbers.
20.19 		Subd. 5.Additional fee. (a) In addition to any fee
20.20 	otherwise authorized or any tax otherwise imposed upon any motor 
20.21 	vehicle, the payment of which is required as a condition to the
20.22 	issuance of any number license plate or plates, the commissioner
20.23 	of public safety shall impose the fee specified in paragraph (b)
20.24 	that is calculated to cover the cost of manufacturing and
20.25 	issuing the license plate or plates, except for license plates
20.26 	issued to disabled veterans as defined in section 168.031 and
20.27 	license plates issued pursuant to section 168.124, 168.125, or
20.28 	168.27, subdivisions 16 and 17, for passenger automobiles. The
20.29 	commissioner shall issue graphic design license plates shall 
20.30 	only be issued for vehicles registered pursuant to section
20.31 	168.017 and recreational vehicles registered pursuant to section
20.32 	168.013, subdivision 1g.
20.33 	(b) Unless otherwise specified or exempted by statute, the
20.34 	following plate and validation sticker fees apply for the
20.35 	original, duplicate, or replacement issuance of a plate in a
20.36 	plate year:
21.1 	Sequential Regular Double Plate                  $ 4.25
21.2 	Sequential Special Plate-Double                  $ 7.00
21.3 	Sequential Regular Single Plate                  $ 3.00
21.4 	Sequential Special Plate-Single                  $ 5.50
21.5 	Utility Trailer Self-Adhesive Plate              $ 2.50
21.6 	Nonsequential Double Plate                       $14.00
21.7 	Nonsequential Single Plate                       $10.00
21.8 	Duplicate Sticker                                $ 1.00
21.9 	(c) Fees collected under this subdivision must be paid into
21.10 	the state treasury and credited to the highway user tax
21.11 	distribution fund.

21.12 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.123, is
21.13 	amended to read:
21.14 	168.123 VETERANS; SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES.
21.15 		Subdivision 1.General requirements; fees. (a) On
21.16 	payment of a fee of $10 for each set of two plates, or for a
21.17 	single plate in the case of a motorcycle plate, payment of the
21.18 	registration tax required by law, and compliance with other laws
21.19 	relating to the registration and licensing of a passenger
21.20 	automobile, pickup truck, van, self-propelled recreational
21.21 	equipment motor vehicle, or motorcycle, as applicable,
21.22 	the registrar commissioner shall issue:
21.23 	(1) special license veteran's plates to an applicant who
21.24 	served in the active military service in a branch of the armed
21.25 	forces of the United States or of a nation or society allied
21.26 	with the United States in conducting a foreign war, was
21.27 	discharged under honorable conditions, and is an owner or joint 
21.28 	a registered owner of a passenger automobile, pickup truck, van,
21.29 	or self-propelled recreational equipment motor vehicle; or
21.30 	(2) a veteran's special motorcycle license plate as
21.31 	described in subdivision 2, paragraph (a), or another
21.32 	special license plate designed by the commissioner of public
21.33 	safety to an applicant who is a Vietnam veteran who served after
21.34 	July 1, 1961, and before July 1, 1978, and who served in the
21.35 	active military service in a branch of the armed forces of the
21.36 	United States in conducting a foreign war, was discharged under
22.1 	honorable conditions, and is an owner or joint a registered 
22.2 	owner of a motorcycle.  Plates issued under this clause must be
22.3 	the same size as standard regular motorcycle license plates.
22.4 	(b) The additional fee of $10 is payable for each set
22.5 	of veteran's plates, is payable only when the plates are issued,
22.6 	and is not payable in a year in which tabs or stickers are
22.7 	issued instead of number plates.  An applicant must not be
22.8 	issued more than two sets of plates for more than two motor 
22.9 	vehicles listed in paragraph (a) and owned or jointly owned by 
22.10 	registered to the applicant.
22.11 	(c) The veteran shall must have a certified copy of the
22.12 	veteran's discharge papers, indicating character of discharge,
22.13 	at the time of application.  If an applicant served in the
22.14 	active military service in a branch of the armed forces of a
22.15 	nation or society allied with the United States in conducting a
22.16 	foreign war and is unable to obtain a record of that service and
22.17 	discharge status, the commissioner of veterans affairs may
22.18 	certify the applicant as qualified for the veterans' license 
22.19 	plates provided under this section.
22.20 		Subd. 2.Design. The commissioner of veterans affairs
22.21 	shall design the emblem for the veterans' special plates,
22.22 	subject to the approval of the registrar commissioner, that
22.23 	satisfy the following requirements:
22.24 	(a) For a Vietnam veteran who served after July 1, 1961,
22.25 	and before July 1, 1978, the special plates must bear the
22.26 	inscription "VIETNAM VET" and the letters "V" and "V" with the
22.27 	first letter directly above the second letter and both letters
22.28 	just preceding the first numeral of the special license plate
22.29 	number.
22.30 	(b) For a veteran stationed on the island of Oahu, Hawaii,
22.31 	or offshore, during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7,
22.32 	1941, the special plates must bear the inscription "PEARL HARBOR
22.33 	SURVIVOR" and the letters "P" and "H" with the first letter
22.34 	directly above the second letter and both letters just preceding
22.35 	the first numeral of the special license plate number.
22.36 	(c) For a veteran who served during World War I or World
23.1 	War II, the special plates must bear the inscription "WORLD WAR
23.2 	VET" and:
23.3 	(1) for a World War I veteran, the characters "W" and "I"
23.4 	with the first character directly above the second character and
23.5 	both characters just preceding the first numeral of the special
23.6 	license plate number; or
23.7 	(2) for a World War II veteran, the characters "W" and "II"
23.8 	with the first character directly above the second character and
23.9 	both characters just preceding the first numeral of the special
23.10 	license plate number.
23.11 	(d) For a veteran who served during the Korean Conflict,
23.12 	the special plates must bear the inscription "KOREAN VET" and
23.13 	the letters "K" and "V" with the first letter directly above the
23.14 	second letter and both letters just preceding the first numeral
23.15 	of the special license plate number.
23.16 	(e) For a combat wounded veteran who is a recipient of the
23.17 	purple heart medal, the special plates must bear the inscription
23.18 	"COMBAT WOUNDED VET" and inscribed with have a facsimile on an
23.19 	emblem of the official purple heart medal and the letters "C"
23.20 	over "W" with the first letter directly over the second letter
23.21 	just preceding the first numeral of the special license plate
23.22 	number.
23.23 	(f) For a Persian Gulf War veteran, the special plates must
23.24 	bear the inscription "GULF WAR VET" and the letters "G" and "W"
23.25 	with the first letter directly above the second letter and both
23.26 	letters just preceding the first numeral of the special license 
23.27 	plate number.  For the purposes of this section, "Persian Gulf
23.28 	War veteran" means a person who served on active duty after
23.29 	August 1, 1990, in a branch of the armed forces of the United
23.30 	States or United Nations during Operation Desert Shield,
23.31 	Operation Desert Storm, or other military operation in the
23.32 	Persian Gulf area combat zone as designated in United States
23.33 	Presidential Executive Order No. 12744, dated January 21, 1991.
23.34 	(g) For a veteran who served in the Laos War after July 1,
23.35 	1961, and before July 1, 1978, the special plates must bear the
23.36 	inscription "LAOS WAR VET" and the letters "L" and "V" with the
24.1 	first letter directly above the second letter and both letters
24.2 	just preceding the first numeral of the special license plate
24.3 	number.
24.4 		Subd. 3.Number estimated. The commissioner of veterans
24.5 	affairs shall estimate the number of special plates that will be
24.6 	required and submit the estimate to the registrar.
24.7 		Subd. 4.Plates transfer. (a) On payment of a fee of $5,
24.8 	plates issued under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1),
24.9 	may be transferred to another passenger automobile, pickup
24.10 	truck, van,or self-propelled recreational equipment owned or
24.11 	jointly owned by motor vehicle registered to the person 
24.12 	individual to whom the plates were issued.
24.13 	(b) On payment of a fee of $5, a plate issued under
24.14 	subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), may be transferred to
24.15 	another motorcycle owned or jointly owned by registered to the
24.16 	person individual to whom the plate was issued.
24.17 		Subd. 5.Fees credited. Fees collected under this
24.18 	section must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the
24.19 	highway user tax distribution fund.
24.20 		Subd. 6.Rules. The registrar commissioner may adopt
24.21 	rules under the Administrative Procedure Act to govern the
24.22 	issuance and use of the special plates authorized by this
24.23 	section.

24.24 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1235, is
24.25 	amended to read:
24.26 	168.1235 VETERANS SERVICE GROUPS; SPECIAL STICKERS GROUP
24.27 	EMBLEMS.
24.28 		Subdivision 1.General requirements; fees. (a) On
24.29 	payment of a fee of $10 for each set of two license plates,
24.30 	payment of the registration tax required by law, and compliance
24.31 	with other laws relating to the registration and licensing of a
24.32 	passenger automobile, pickup truck, van, or self-propelled
24.33 	recreational vehicle, as applicable,The registrar commissioner 
24.34 	shall issue a special license plate sticker emblem for each
24.35 	plate to an applicant who:
24.36 	(1) is a member of a congressionally chartered veterans
25.1 	service organization and is an owner or joint a registered owner
25.2 	of a passenger automobile, pickup truck, van, or self-propelled
25.3 	recreational vehicle;
25.4 	(2) pays the registration tax required by law;
25.5 	(3) pays a fee of $10 for each set of two plates, and any
25.6 	other fees required by this chapter; and 
25.7 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the
25.8 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of drivers.
25.9 	(b) The additional fee of $10 is payable at the time of
25.10 	initial application for the special license plate stickers 
25.11 	emblem and when the license plates must be replaced or renewed.
25.12 	An applicant must not be issued more than two sets of special
25.13 	license plate stickers emblems for motor vehicles listed in
25.14 	paragraph (a) and owned or jointly owned by registered to the
25.15 	applicant.
25.16 	(c) The commissioner of veterans affairs shall determine
25.17 	what documentation is required by each applicant to show that
25.18 	the applicant is a member of a congressionally chartered
25.19 	veterans service organization and is entitled to the special
25.20 	license plate stickers applicant must present a valid card
25.21 	indicating membership in the American Legion or Veterans of
25.22 	Foreign Wars.
25.23 		Subd. 2.Design. (a) The commissioner of veterans
25.24 	affairs, after consultation with each of the congressionally
25.25 	chartered veterans service organizations, shall design the
25.26 	special license plate stickers emblems, subject to the approval
25.27 	of the registrar commissioner.  The emblem, symbol, or other
25.28 	pictorial representation on the sticker must be at least as
25.29 	large as the letters and numerals on the plate and the registrar 
25.30 	commissioner shall allow for plates with spaces for the stickers 
25.31 	emblem in place of a numeral or letter.
25.32 	(b) Each congressionally chartered veterans service
25.33 	organization must arrange for any applicable rules of the
25.34 	national organization to be changed or copyrights to be released
25.35 	before the commissioner may issue special license plate stickers 
25.36 	emblems to members of any particular service organization under
26.1 	this section.
26.2 		Subd. 3.Number estimated. The commissioner of veterans
26.3 	affairs shall estimate the number of special plate stickers that
26.4 	will be required and submit the estimate to the registrar.
26.5 		Subd. 4.Plate stickers emblem transfer. Notwithstanding 
26.6 	Despite section 168.12 or other law to the contrary, on payment
26.7 	of a fee of $5, the veterans service organization special plate
26.8 	stickers emblems issued under subdivision 1, may be transferred
26.9 	by the owner to other license plates on a passenger automobile,
26.10 	pickup truck, van, or self-propelled recreational vehicle owned
26.11 	or jointly owned by registered to the person to whom the
26.12 	stickers emblems were issued.
26.13 		Subd. 5.Fees credited. Fees collected under this
26.14 	section must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the
26.15 	highway user tax distribution fund.

26.16 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.124, is
26.17 	amended to read:
26.18 	168.124 SPECIAL PLATES FOR MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS.
26.19 		Subdivision 1.Issuance and design. (a) The registrar of
26.20 	motor vehicles commissioner shall issue special license plates
26.21 	bearing the inscription "MEDAL OF HONOR" to an applicant who:
26.22 	(1) is a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor and
26.23 	upon the applicant's compliance with the laws of this state
26.24 	relating to ;
26.25 	(2) is a registered owner of a passenger automobile,
26.26 	motorcycle, or recreational motor vehicle; and 
26.27 	(3) complies with this chapter and rules governing the
26.28 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles
26.29 	and drivers.
26.30 	(b) The special license plates must be of a design and size
26.31 	determined by the registrar commissioner.  Only one set of
26.32 	plates, or a single plate in the case of a motorcycle,bearing
26.33 	the inscription "MEDAL OF HONOR" may be issued for each
26.34 	qualified applicant.
26.35 		Subd. 2.Application. Application for issuance of these
26.36 	plates may be made only at the time of renewal or first
27.1 	application for registration.
27.2 		Subd. 3.No fee. The registrar commissioner shall issue
27.3 	a set of medal of honor plates to qualified applicants free of
27.4 	charge and the plates must be replaced by the department without
27.5 	charge if they become damaged.  In addition, no fee may be
27.6 	charged for a subsequent year when tabs or stickers are issued
27.7 	for that a motor vehicle listed in subdivision 1 on which the
27.8 	special medal of honor plates are placed. The motor vehicle
27.9 	must be for personal use, not commercial purposes.
27.10 		Subd. 4.Transfer. Despite the provisions of section
27.11 	168.12, subdivision 1, medal of honor plates issued under this
27.12 	section may be transferred to another personal motor vehicle
27.13 	owned or jointly owned by registered to the medal of honor
27.14 	recipient upon notification to the registrar of motor vehicles 
27.15 	commissioner.
27.16 		Subd. 5.Motor vehicle; special definition. For purposes
27.17 	of this section, "motor vehicle" means a vehicle for personal
27.18 	use, not used for commercial purposes, and may include a
27.19 	passenger automobile, van, pickup truck, motorcycle, or
27.20 	recreational vehicle.
27.21 		Subd. 6.When issued. The registrar of motor vehicles
27.22 	shall begin issuing medal of honor plates for the calendar year
27.23 	1984 and thereafter.

27.24 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.125, is
27.25 	amended to read:
27.26 	168.125 SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES FOR FORMER PRISONERS OF
27.27 	WAR.
27.28 		Subdivision 1.Issuance and design. (a) The registrar 
27.29 	commissioner shall issue special license plates bearing the
27.30 	inscription "EX-POW" to any applicant who:
27.31 	(1) is both a former prisoner of war and an owner or joint 
27.32 	a registered owner of a passenger automobile, motorcycle, or
27.33 	recreational motor vehicle upon the applicant's compliance with
27.34 	all the laws of this state relating to ; and 
27.35 	(2) complies with this chapter and rules governing the
27.36 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles
28.1 	and drivers.
28.2 	(b) The special license plates shall must be of a design
28.3 	and size to be determined by the commissioner. Only one set of 
28.4 	plates, or a single plate in the case of a motorcycle,bearing
28.5 	the "EX-POW" inscription may be issued for only one motor
28.6 	vehicle per each qualified applicant.
28.7 		Subd. 1a.Application. Application for issuance of these
28.8 	plates shall must be made at the time of renewal or first
28.9 	application for registration.  The application shall must 
28.10 	include a certification by the commissioner of veterans affairs
28.11 	that the applicant was a member of the military forces of the
28.12 	United States who was captured, separated, and incarcerated by
28.13 	an enemy of the United States during a period of armed conflict.
28.14 		Subd. 1b.No fee. The registrar commissioner shall issue
28.15 	a set of EX-POW plates, or a single plate for a motorcycle,to
28.16 	qualified applicants, free of charge for the cost of the plates,
28.17 	and shall replace them without charge if they become damaged.
28.18 	In addition, no fee may be charged for a subsequent year
28.19 	when tabs or stickers are issued for that motor vehicle on which
28.20 	the special EX-POW plates are placed.
28.21 		Subd. 1c.Plates transfer. Notwithstanding Despite the
28.22 	provisions of section 168.12, subdivision 1, the special license 
28.23 	plates issued under this section may be transferred to another
28.24 	motor vehicle owned or jointly owned by registered to the former
28.25 	prisoner of war upon notification to the registrar of motor
28.26 	vehicles commissioner.
28.27 		Subd. 1d.Surviving spouse. Upon the death of a former
28.28 	prisoner of war, the registrar commissioner shall continue to
28.29 	issue free of charge, upon renewal, the special license plates
28.30 	to a motor vehicle owned by the surviving spouse of the former
28.31 	prisoner of war.  Special license plates issued to a surviving
28.32 	spouse may be transferred to another motor vehicle owned by 
28.33 	registered to the surviving spouse as provided in subdivision
28.34 	1c.  No fee may be charged for replacement plates issued to a
28.35 	surviving spouse or for tabs or stickers issued for the motor
28.36 	vehicle on which the special "EX-POW" plates are placed.  A
29.1 	surviving spouse is not exempt from the motor vehicle
29.2 	registration tax.
29.3 		Subd. 1e.Motor vehicle; special definition. For
29.4 	purposes of this section, "motor vehicle" means a passenger
29.5 	automobile, van, pickup truck, motorcycle, or recreational
29.6 	vehicle.
29.7 		Subd. 2.special plates; ex-pow and disability
29.8 	insignia emblems. The registrar commissioner shall issue
29.9 	special license plates bearing both the "EX-POW" and
29.10 	disability insignia emblem to any applicant who is entitled to
29.11 	the special license plates provided under this section and who
29.12 	is also entitled to special license plates for the physically
29.13 	disabled under section 168.021 upon compliance with the
29.14 	provisions of both sections.  The special license plates shall 
29.15 	must be of a design and size to be determined by the
29.16 	commissioner.
29.17 		Subd. 3.Rules; commissioner of public safety. The
29.18 	commissioner of public safety may promulgate adopt by rule, in
29.19 	accordance with the provisions of chapter 14, the procedures for
29.20 	issuance or transfer of the special license plates authorized
29.21 	under this section.
29.22 		Subd. 4.Rules; commissioner of veterans affairs. The
29.23 	commissioner of veterans affairs shall establish the procedure
29.24 	for obtaining the certification of former prisoner of war status.
29.25 		Subd. 5.Savings provision. Nothing in this section
29.26 	shall alter alters the exemption for disabled war veterans
29.27 	provided for in section 168.031.

29.28 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1255, is
29.29 	amended to read:
29.30 	168.1255  SPECIAL VETERAN CONTRIBUTION LICENSE PLATES.
29.31 		Subdivision 1.General requirements and procedures.
 29.32 	The registrar commissioner shall issue special veteran
29.33 	contribution license plates to an applicant who:
29.34 	(1) is a veteran, as defined in section 197.447;
29.35 	(2) is an owner or joint a registered owner of a passenger
29.36 	automobile, pickup truck, or van;
30.1 	(3) pays a fee of $10 to cover the costs of handling and
30.2 	manufacturing the plates;
30.3 	(4) pays the registration tax required under section
30.4 	168.013;
30.5 	(5) pays the fees required under this chapter;
30.6 	(6) pays an additional onetime World War II memorial
30.7 	contribution of $30, which the department shall retain until all
30.8 	start-up costs associated with the development and issuing of
30.9 	the plates have been recovered, after which the commissioner
30.10 	shall deposit contributions in the World War II donation match
30.11 	account; and
30.12 	(7) complies with laws this chapter and rules governing the 
30.13 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of vehicles and 
30.14 	drivers.
30.15 		Subd. 2.Design. The commissioner of veterans affairs
30.16 	shall design an emblem for the special plates, subject to the
30.17 	approval of the registrar commissioner of public safety,
30.18 	that satisfy satisfies the following requirements in this
30.19 	subdivision:
30.20 	(1) the special veteran contribution plates must bear the
30.21 	inscription "PROUD TO BE A VETERAN" on the bottom of the plate;
30.22 	and
30.23 	(2) the flag of the United States of America must appear on
30.24 	the left side of the plate just preceding the first letter or
30.25 	numeral of the special license plate number.
30.26 		Subd. 3.Plate transfers. Notwithstanding Despite 
30.27 	section 168.12, subdivision 1, on payment of a transfer fee of
30.28 	$5, plates issued under this section may be transferred to
30.29 	another passenger automobile, pickup truck, or van owned or
30.30 	jointly owned by registered to the person individual to whom the
30.31 	special veteran contribution plates were issued.
30.32 		Subd. 4.Fees credited. The fees collected under this
30.33 	section must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to
30.34 	the highway user tax distribution fund.Fees collected under
30.35 	this section do not include the contributions collected for the
30.36 	World War II memorial donation match account.
31.1 		Subd. 5.Record. The registrar commissioner shall
31.2 	maintain a record of the number of special plates issued under
31.3 	this section.

31.4 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.127,
31.5 	subdivision 6, is amended to read:
31.6 		Subd. 6.Fees.  Instead of the filing fee described in
31.7 	section 168.33, subdivision 7, the applicant for fleet
31.8 	registration shall pay an equivalent administrative fee to the
31.9 	commissioner for each vehicle in the fleet. The administrative
31.10 	fee must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the
31.11 	highway user tax distribution fund.

31.12 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.128, is
31.13 	amended to read:
31.14 	168.128 LIMOUSINE REGISTRATION, LICENSE PLATES.
31.15 		Subdivision 1.unique limousine registration category. A
31.16 	unique vehicle registration category is established for
31.17 	limousines as defined in section 168.011, subdivision 35.
31.18 		Subd. 2.license plates. (a) A person who operates a
31.19 	limousine for other than personal use shall apply to register
31.20 	the motor vehicle as provided in this section.
31.21 	(b) A person who operates a limousine for personal use may
31.22 	apply.  The registrar commissioner shall issue limousine license 
31.23 	plates upon the applicant's compliance with laws relating to
31.24 	registration and licensing of motor vehicles and drivers and
31.25 	certification by to the registered owner of a limousine who:
31.26 	(1) certifies that an insurance policy under section 65B.13
31.27 	in an aggregate amount of $300,000 per accident is in effect for
31.28 	the entire period of the registration under section 65B.135.
31.29 	The applicant must provide the registrar ;
31.30 	(2) provides the commissioner with proof that the passenger
31.31 	automobile license tax and a $10 fee have been paid for each
31.32 	limousine receiving limousine license plates; and 
31.33 	(3) complies with this chapter and rules governing the
31.34 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of drivers.
31.35 	(c) The limousine license plates must be designed to
31.36 	specifically identify the vehicle as a limousine and must be
32.1 	clearly marked with the letters "LM."  Limousine license plates
32.2 	may not be transferred upon sale of the limousine, but may be
32.3 	transferred to another limousine owned by the same person upon
32.4 	notifying the registrar commissioner and paying a $5 transfer
32.5 	fee.
32.6 		Subd. 3.Insurance. (a) The application must include a
32.7 	certificate of insurance verifying that a valid commercial
32.8 	insurance policy is in effect and giving the name of the
32.9 	insurance company and the number of the insurance policy.  The
32.10 	policy must provide stated limits of liability, exclusive of
32.11 	interest and costs, with respect to each motor vehicle for which
32.12 	coverage is granted, of not less than $100,000 because of bodily
32.13 	injury to one person in any one accident and, subject to said 
32.14 	that limit for one person, of not less than $300,000 because of
32.15 	injury to two or more persons in any one accident and of not
32.16 	less than $100,000 because of injury to or destruction of
32.17 	property.  The insurance company must notify the commissioner if
32.18 	the policy is canceled or if the policy no longer provides the
32.19 	coverage required by this subdivision.
32.20 	(b) The commissioner shall immediately notify the
32.21 	commissioner of transportation if the policy of a person
32.22 	required to have a permit under section 221.84 is canceled or no
32.23 	longer provides the coverage required by this subdivision.
32.24 		Subd. 4.Fees credited to highway user fund. Fees
32.25 	collected from the sale of license plates under this section
32.26 	must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the highway
32.27 	user tax distribution fund.

32.28 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.129, is
32.29 	amended to read:
32.30 	168.129 SPECIAL COLLEGIATE LICENSE PLATES.
32.31 		Subdivision 1.General requirements and procedures. The
32.32 	commissioner of public safety shall issue special collegiate
32.33 	license plates to an applicant who:
32.34 	(1) is an owner or joint a registered owner of a passenger
32.35 	automobile, pickup truck, or van;
32.36 	(2) pays a fee determined by the commissioner as specified
33.1 	in section 168.12, subdivision 5,to cover the costs of handling
33.2 	and manufacturing the plates;
33.3 	(3) pays the registration tax required under section
33.4 	168.013;
33.5 	(4) pays the fees required under this chapter;
33.6 	(5) contributes at least $25 annually to the scholarship
33.7 	account established in subdivision 6; and
33.8 	(6) complies with laws this chapter and rules governing
33.9 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of vehicles and 
33.10 	drivers.
33.11 		Subd. 2.Design. (a) After consultation with each
33.12 	participating college, university,or postsecondary system, the
33.13 	commissioner shall design the an emblem for each special
33.14 	collegiate plates plate.
33.15 	(b) In consultation with the commissioner, a participating
33.16 	college or university annually shall indicate the anticipated
33.17 	number of plates needed.
33.18 		Subd. 3.No refund. Contributions under this section
33.19 	must not be refunded.
33.20 		Subd. 4.Plates transfer. Notwithstanding Despite 
33.21 	section 168.12, subdivision 1, on payment of a transfer fee of
33.22 	$5, plates issued under this section may be transferred to
33.23 	another passenger vehicle, pickup, or van owned or jointly owned
33.24 	by automobile registered to the person individual to whom the
33.25 	special collegiate plates were issued.
33.26 		Subd. 5.Fees credited. The fees collected under this
33.27 	section must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to
33.28 	the highway user tax distribution fund.Fees collected under
33.29 	this section do not include the contributions collected for the
33.30 	scholarship account.
33.31 		Subd. 6.Scholarship account. A scholarship account is
33.32 	created in the state treasury.  Except for one percent that may
33.33 	be retained by the commissioner of public safety for
33.34 	administrative costs, all contributions received under this
33.35 	section must be deposited by the commissioner in the scholarship
33.36 	account.  Money in the scholarship account is appropriated to
34.1 	the governing board of the institution to which it is
34.2 	attributable, as provided in subdivision 7.
34.3 		Subd. 7.Record. The commissioner shall maintain a
34.4 	record of the number of license plates issued for each
34.5 	postsecondary institution or system in order to determine the
34.6 	amount of scholarship funds available to that institution or
34.7 	system.

34.8 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1291, is
34.9 	amended to read:
34.10 	168.1291 SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES; UNIFORM DESIGN, UNIQUE
34.11 	EMBLEMS.
34.12 		Subdivision 1.Definition. For purposes of this section
34.13 	"special license plates" means license plates issued under
34.14 	sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129.
34.15 		Subd. 2.uniform design of special plates. (a) The
34.16 	commissioner shall design a single special license plate that
34.17 	will contain a unique number and a space for a unique symbol 
34.18 	emblem for plates issued under sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b
34.19 	and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129.  The commissioner shall design a
34.20 	unique symbol emblem related to the purpose of each
34.21 	special license plate.
34.22 	(b) Any provision of sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b to
34.23 	2e; 168.123; and 168.129,that requires the placement of a
34.24 	specified letter or letters on a special license plate applies
34.25 	to those license plates only to the extent that the commissioner
34.26 	includes the letter or letters in the design. Where 
34.27 	(c) If a law authorizing a special license plate contains a
34.28 	specific requirement for graphic design of that license plate,
34.29 	that requirement applies to the appropriate unique symbol the
34.30 	commissioner designs emblem.
34.31 		Subd. 3.Issuance of special plates with unique
34.32 	symbols emblems. Notwithstanding Despite section 168.12,
34.33 	subdivisions 2b to 2e; 168.123; or 168.129, beginning with
34.34 	special license plates issued in calendar year 1996,the
34.35 	commissioner shall issue each class of special license plates
34.36 	permanently marked with specific designs under those laws only
35.1 	until the commissioner's supply of those license plates is
35.2 	exhausted.  Thereafter the commissioner shall issue under those
35.3 	laws only the license plate authorized under subdivision 2, with
35.4 	the appropriate unique symbol emblem attached.
35.5 		Subd. 4.Fees. Notwithstanding Despite section 168.12,
35.6 	subdivisions 2b to 2e; 168.123; or 168.129, the commissioner
35.7 	shall charge a fee of $10 for each set of license plates issued
35.8 	under this section.
35.9 		Subd. 5.application applicability. This section does
35.10 	not apply to a special motorcycle license plate designed by the
35.11 	registrar commissioner under section 168.123, subdivision 1,
35.12 	clause (2).

35.13 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1293, is
35.14 	amended to read:
35.15 	168.1293 SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES; AUTHORIZATION;
35.16 	DISCONTINUANCE.
35.17 		Subdivision 1.Definition. For purposes of this section
35.18 	and section 168.1297, "special license plate" means a license 
35.19 	plate that is authorized by law sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b
35.20 	and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129,to have wording and graphics that
35.21 	differ from a Minnesota passenger vehicle license plate.
35.22 		Subd. 2.Submissions to department commissioner. (a) A
35.23 	person, legal entity, or other requester, however organized,
35.24 	that plans to seek legislation establishing a new special
35.25 	license plate shall submit the following information and fee to
35.26 	the Department of Public Safety commissioner:
35.27 	(1) The requester shall submit a request for the special
35.28 	license plate being sought, describing the proposed license 
35.29 	plate in general terms, the purpose of the plate, and the
35.30 	proposed fee or minimum contribution required for the plate.
35.31 	(2) The requester shall submit the results of a scientific
35.32 	sample survey of Minnesota motor vehicle owners that indicates
35.33 	that at least 10,000 motor vehicle owners intend to purchase the
35.34 	proposed plate with the proposed fee or minimum contribution.
35.35 	The requester's plan to undertake the survey must be reported to
35.36 	the department commissioner before the survey is undertaken.
36.1 	The survey must be performed independently of the requester by
36.2 	another person or legal entity, however organized, that conducts
36.3 	similar sample surveys in the normal course of business.
36.4 	(3) The requester shall submit an application fee of
36.5 	$20,000, to cover the department's cost of reviewing the
36.6 	application for a new plate and developing the new special
36.7 	license plate if authorized by law.  State funds may not be used
36.8 	to pay the application fee.
36.9 	(4) The requester shall submit a marketing strategy that
36.10 	contains (i) short-term and long-term marketing plans for the
36.11 	requested plate, and (ii) a financial analysis showing the
36.12 	anticipated revenues and the planned expenditures of any fee or
36.13 	contribution derived from the requested plate.
36.14 	(b) The requester shall submit the information required
36.15 	under paragraph (a) to the department commissioner at least 120
36.16 	days before the convening of the next regular legislative
36.17 	session at which the requester will submit the proposal.
36.18 		Subd. 3.Design; redesign. (a) If the proposed new 
36.19 	special license plate sought by the requester is approved by
36.20 	law, the requester shall submit the proposed design for the
36.21 	plate to the department commissioner as soon as practicable, but
36.22 	not later than 120 days after the effective date of the law
36.23 	authorizing issuance of the plate.  The department commissioner 
36.24 	is responsible for selecting the final design for the
36.25 	special license plate.
36.26 	(b) The requester that originally requested a special
36.27 	license plate subsequently approved by law may not submit a new
36.28 	design for the plate within the five years following the date of
36.29 	first issuance of the plate unless the inventory of those plates
36.30 	has been exhausted.  The requester may deplete the remaining
36.31 	inventory of the plates by reimbursing the department 
36.32 	commissioner for the cost of the plates.
36.33 		Subd. 4.Refund of fee. If the special license plate
36.34 	requested is not authorized in the legislative session at which
36.35 	authorization was sought, the department commissioner shall
36.36 	refund $17,500 of the application fee to the requester.
37.1 		Subd. 5.Discontinuance of plate. (a) The
37.2 	department commissioner shall discontinue the issuance or
37.3 	renewal of any special license plate authorized by sections
37.4 	168.12, subdivisions 2b and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129,if (1)
37.5 	fewer than 1,000 sets of those plates are currently registered
37.6 	at the end of the first six years during which the plates are
37.7 	available, or (2) fewer than 1,000 sets of those plates are
37.8 	currently registered at the end of any subsequent two-year
37.9 	period following the first six years of availability.
37.10 	(b) The department may commissioner shall discontinue the
37.11 	issuance or renewal of any special license plate authorized by
37.12 	sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129,
37.13 	and distribution of any contributions resulting from that plate,
37.14 	if the department commissioner determines that (1) the fund or
37.15 	requester receiving the contributions no longer exists, (2) the
37.16 	requester has stopped providing services that are authorized to
37.17 	be funded from the contribution proceeds, (3) the requester has
37.18 	requested discontinuance, or (4) contributions have been used in
37.19 	violation of subdivision 6.
37.20 	(c) Nothing in this subdivision applies to license plates
37.21 	issued under section 168.123, 168.124, 168.125, or 168.1255.
37.22 		Subd. 6.Use of contributions. Contributions made as a
37.23 	condition of obtaining a special license plate authorized by
37.24 	sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129,
37.25 	and interest earned on the contributions, may not be spent for
37.26 	commercial or for-profit purposes.
37.27 		Subd. 7.Deposit of fee; appropriation. The commissioner
37.28 	shall deposit the application fee under subdivision 2, paragraph
37.29 	(a), clause (3), in the highway user tax distribution fund 
37.30 	vehicle services operating account of the special revenue fund
37.31 	under section 299A.705.  An amount sufficient to pay the
37.32 	department's cost in implementing and administering this
37.33 	section, including payment of refunds under subdivision 4, is
37.34 	appropriated to the commissioner.

37.35 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1296, is
37.36 	amended to read:
38.1 	168.1296  SPECIAL CRITICAL HABITAT LICENSE PLATES.
38.2 		Subdivision 1.General requirements and procedures. (a)
38.3 	The registrar commissioner shall issue special critical
38.4 	habitat license plates to an applicant who:
38.5 	(1) is an owner or joint a registered owner of a passenger
38.6 	automobile, pickup truck, or van;
38.7 	(2) pays a fee of $10 to cover the costs of handling and
38.8 	manufacturing the plates;
38.9 	(3) pays the registration tax required under section
38.10 	168.013;
38.11 	(4) pays the fees required under this chapter;
38.12 	(5) contributes a minimum of $30 annually to the Minnesota
38.13 	critical habitat private sector matching account established in
38.14 	section 84.943; and
38.15 	(6) complies with laws this chapter and rules governing
38.16 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of vehicles and 
38.17 	drivers.
38.18 	(b) The critical habitat license plate application form 
38.19 	must clearly indicate that the annual contribution specified
38.20 	under paragraph (a), clause (5), is a minimum contribution to
38.21 	receive the license plate and that the applicant may make an
38.22 	additional contribution to the account.
38.23 		Subd. 2.Design. After consultation with interested
38.24 	groups, the commissioner of natural resources and the
38.25 	registrar commissioner shall jointly select a suitable symbol
38.26 	for use by the registrar commissioner to design the special 
38.27 	plates.
38.28 		Subd. 3.No refund. Contributions under this section
38.29 	must not be refunded.
38.30 		Subd. 4.Plate transfers. Notwithstanding section
38.31 	168.12, subdivision 1, on payment of a transfer fee of $5,
38.32 	plates issued under this section may be transferred to another
38.33 	passenger automobile, pickup truck, or van owned or jointly
38.34 	owned by registered to the person to whom the special plates
38.35 	were issued.
38.36 		Subd. 5.Contribution and fees credited. Contributions
39.1 	under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (5), must be paid to
39.2 	the registrar commissioner and credited to the Minnesota
39.3 	critical habitat private sector matching account established in
39.4 	section 84.943.  The fees collected under this section must be
39.5 	deposited in the highway user tax distribution fund vehicle
39.6 	services operating account of the special revenue fund under
39.7 	section 299A.705.
39.8 		Subd. 6.Record. The registrar commissioner shall
39.9 	maintain a record of the number of special plates issued under
39.10 	this section.

39.11 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1297, is
39.12 	amended to read:
39.13 	168.1297 SPECIAL "ROTARY MEMBER" LICENSE PLATES.
39.14 		Subdivision 1.General requirements and procedures.
 39.15 	The registrar commissioner shall issue special "Rotary member"
39.16 	license plates to an applicant who:
39.17 	(1) is an owner or joint a registered owner of a passenger
39.18 	automobile, pickup truck, or van;
39.19 	(2) pays a fee of $10 to cover the costs of handling and
39.20 	manufacturing the plates;
39.21 	(3) pays the registration tax required under section
39.22 	168.013;
39.23 	(4) pays the fees required under this chapter;
39.24 	(5) submits proof to the registrar commissioner that the
39.25 	applicant is a member of Rotary International; and
39.26 	(6) complies with laws this chapter and rules governing
39.27 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of vehicles and 
39.28 	drivers.
39.29 		Subd. 2.Design. A special license plate under this
39.30 	section consists of a special license plate as described in
39.31 	section 168.1291 with a unique symbol emblem that is the
39.32 	recognized emblem of Rotary International.
39.33 		Subd. 3.Compliance with other law. The commissioner
39.34 	shall take no action under this section unless the commissioner
39.35 	determines that Rotary International, or one or more districts
39.36 	of Rotary International, has complied with section 168.1293,
40.1 	subdivision 2, paragraph (a).  Issuance and renewal of license 
40.2 	plates under this section are subject to section 168.1293,
40.3 	subdivisions 3 to 6.

40.4 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.27,
40.5 	subdivision 11, is amended to read:
40.6 		Subd. 11.dealer's licenses; location change notice;
40.7 	fee. (a) Application for a dealer's license or notification of
40.8 	a change of location of the place of business on a dealer's 
40.9 	license must include a street address, not a post office box,
40.10 	and is subject to the registrar's commissioner's approval.
40.11 	(b) Upon the filing of an application for a dealer's 
40.12 	license and the proper fee, the registrar is authorized,unless
40.13 	the application on its face appears to be invalid, to the
40.14 	commissioner shall grant a 90-day temporary license.  During the
40.15 	90-day period following issuance of the temporary license,
40.16 	the registrar commissioner shall investigate the fitness of the
40.17 	applicant,inspect the place of business site,and make other
40.18 	investigation as necessary to insure compliance with the
40.19 	licensing law this section and rules adopted under this section.
40.20 	(c) The registrar commissioner may extend the temporary
40.21 	license 30 days to allow the temporarily licensed dealer to come
40.22 	into full compliance with this section and rules adopted under
40.23 	this section.
40.24 	At the end of the period of investigation (d) In no more
40.25 	than 120 days following issuance of the temporary license, the
40.26 	dealer license must either be granted or denied.
40.27 	(e) A license must be denied under the following conditions:
40.28 	(1) The license must be denied if within the previous ten
40.29 	years the applicant was enjoined due to a violation of section
40.30 	325F.69 or convicted of violating section 325E.14, 325E.15,
40.31 	325E.16, or 325F.69, or convicted under section 609.53 of
40.32 	receiving or selling stolen vehicles, or convicted of violating
40.33 	United States Code, title 15, sections 1981 to 1991, as amended
40.34 	through December 31, 1984,or pleaded guilty, entered a plea of
40.35 	nolo contendere or no contest, or has been found guilty in a
40.36 	court of competent jurisdiction of any charge of failure to pay
41.1 	state or federal income or sales taxes or felony charge of
41.2 	forgery, embezzlement, obtaining money under false pretenses,
41.3 	theft by swindle, extortion, conspiracy to defraud, or bribery.
41.4 	(2) The license must also be denied if within the previous
41.5 	year the applicant has been denied a dealer license.
41.6 	(3) A license must also be denied if the applicant has had
41.7 	a dealer license revoked within the previous ten years.
41.8 	(f) If the application is approved, the registrar 
41.9 	commissioner shall license the applicant as a motor vehicle 
41.10 	dealer for one year from the date the temporary license is
41.11 	granted and issue a certificate of license that must include a
41.12 	distinguishing number of identification of the dealer.  The
41.13 	license must be displayed in a prominent place in the dealer's 
41.14 	licensed location place of business.
41.15 	(g) Each initial application for a license must be
41.16 	accompanied by a fee of $50 $100 in addition to the annual fee.
41.17 	The annual fee shall be $100 is $150. All The initial fees and
41.18 	annual fees must be paid into the state treasury and credited to
41.19 	the general fund except that $50 of each initial and annual fee
41.20 	must be paid into the vehicle services operating account in the
41.21 	special revenue fund under section 299A.705.

41.22 	Sec. 23. [168.326] EXPEDITED DRIVER AND VEHICLES
41.23 	SERVICES; FEE.
41.24 	(a) When an applicant requests and pays an expedited
41.25 	service fee of $20, in addition to other specified and
41.26 	statutorily mandated fees and taxes, the commissioner shall
41.27 	expedite the processing of an application for a driver's
41.28 	license, driving instruction permit, Minnesota identification
41.29 	card, or vehicle title transaction.
41.30 	(b) A driver's license agent or deputy registrar may retain
41.31 	$10 of the expedited service fee for each expedited service
41.32 	request processed by the licensing agent or deputy registrar.
41.33 	(c) When expedited service is requested, materials must be
41.34 	mailed or delivered to the requestor within three days of
41.35 	receipt of the expedited service fee excluding Saturdays,
41.36 	Sundays, or the holidays listed in section 645.44, subdivision
42.1 	5.  The requestor shall comply with all relevant requirements of
42.2 	the requested document.
42.3 	(d) The commissioner may decline to accept an expedited
42.4 	service request if it is apparent at the time it is made that
42.5 	the request cannot be granted.
42.6 	(e) The expedited service fees collected under this section
42.7 	for an application for a driver's license, driving instruction
42.8 	permit, or Minnesota identification card minus any portion
42.9 	retained by a licensing agent or deputy registrar under
42.10 	paragraph (b) must be paid into the driver services operating
42.11 	account in the special revenue fund specified under section
42.12 	299A.705.
42.13 	(f) The expedited service fees collected under this section
42.14 	for a transaction for a vehicle service minus any portion
42.15 	retained by a licensing agent or deputy registrar under
42.16 	paragraph (b) must be paid into the vehicle services operating
42.17 	account in the special revenue fund specified under section
42.18 	299A.705.

42.19 	Sec. 24. [168.327] DRIVER AND VEHICLE RECORD FEES.
42.20 		Subdivision 1.Records and fees. (a) Upon request by any
42.21 	person authorized in this section, the commissioner shall
42.22 	furnish a certified copy of any driver's license record,
42.23 	instruction permit record, Minnesota identification card record,
42.24 	vehicle registration record, vehicle title record, or accident
42.25 	record.
42.26 	(b) Other than accident records governed under section
42.27 	169.09, subdivision 13, the requester shall pay a fee of $10 for
42.28 	each certified record specified in paragraph (a) or a fee of $9
42.29 	for each record that is not certified.
42.30 	(c) In addition to the record fee in paragraph (b), the fee
42.31 	for a copy of the history of any vehicle title not in electronic
42.32 	format is $1 for each page of the historical record.
42.33 	(d) Fees collected under paragraph (b) for driver's
42.34 	license, instruction permit, and Minnesota identification card
42.35 	records must be paid into the state treasury with 50 cents of
42.36 	each fee credited to the general fund.  The remainder of the
43.1 	fees collected must be credited to the driver services operating
43.2 	account in the special revenue fund under section 299A.705.
43.3 	(e) Fees collected under paragraphs (b) and (c) for vehicle
43.4 	registration or title records must be paid into the state
43.5 	treasury with 50 cents of each fee credited to the general
43.6 	fund.  The remainder of the fees collected must be credited to
43.7 	the vehicle services operating account in the special revenue
43.8 	fund specified in section 299A.705.
43.9 	(f) The commissioner shall permit a person to inquire into
43.10 	a record by the person's own electronic means for a fee of $4.50
43.11 	for each inquiry, except that no fee may be charged when the
43.12 	requester is the subject of the data.
43.13 	(1) Of the $4.50 fee, $2.70 must be deposited in the
43.14 	general fund.
43.15 	(2) For driver's license, instruction permit, or Minnesota
43.16 	identification card records, the remainder must be deposited in
43.17 	the driver services operating account in the special revenue
43.18 	fund under section 299A.705.
43.19 	(3) For vehicle title or registration records, the
43.20 	remainder must be deposited in the vehicle services operating
43.21 	account in the special revenue fund under section 299A.705.
43.22 	(g) Fees and the deposit of the fees for accident records
43.23 	and reports are governed by section 169.09, subdivision 13.
43.24 		Subd. 2.Requests for information; surcharge on fee. (a)
43.25 	Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 3, the commissioner
43.26 	shall impose a surcharge of 50 cents on each fee charged by the
43.27 	commissioner under section 13.03, subdivision 3, for copies or
43.28 	electronic transmittals of public information about the
43.29 	registration of a vehicle or an applicant, or holder of a
43.30 	driver's license, instruction permit, or Minnesota
43.31 	identification card.
43.32 	(b) The surcharge only applies to a fee imposed in response
43.33 	to a request made in person or by mail, or to a request for
43.34 	transmittal through a computer modem.  The surcharge does not
43.35 	apply to the request of an individual for information about that
43.36 	individual's driver's license, instruction permit, or Minnesota
44.1 	identification card or about vehicles registered or titled in
44.2 	the individual's name.
44.3 	(c) The surcharges collected under this subdivision must be
44.4 	credited to the general fund.
44.5 		Subd. 3.Exception to fee and surcharge. (a)
44.6 	Notwithstanding subdivision 2 or section 13.03, a fee or
44.7 	surcharge may not be imposed in response to a request for public
44.8 	information about the registration of a vehicle if the
44.9 	commissioner is satisfied that:
44.10 	(1) the requester seeks the information on behalf of a
44.11 	community-based, nonprofit organization designated by a local
44.12 	law enforcement agency to be a requester; and 
44.13 	(2) the information is needed to identify suspected
44.14 	prostitution law violators, controlled substance law violators,
44.15 	or health code violators.
44.16 	(b) The commissioner shall not require a requester under
44.17 	paragraph (a) to make a minimum number of data requests or limit
44.18 	the requester to a maximum number of data requests.

44.19 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.33, is
44.20 	amended to read:
44.21 	168.33  COMMISSIONER AS REGISTRAR OF MOTOR VEHICLES; DEPUTY
44.22 	REGISTRARS.
44.23 	Subdivision 1.  [ REGISTRAR COMMISSIONER'S DUTIES AND
44.24 	POWERS, GENERALLY.] The commissioner of public safety shall be 
44.25 	is the registrar of motor vehicles of the state of Minnesota,
44.26 	and shall exercise all the powers granted to and perform all the
44.27 	duties imposed by this chapter.  The commissioner of public
44.28 	safety may employ not to exceed eight persons as inspectors,is
44.29 	authorized to obtain information and report to the registrar
44.30 	regarding motor about all vehicles subject to taxation under
44.31 	this chapter upon which the tax has not been paid, and to
44.32 	present suitable complaints to courts of competent jurisdiction.
44.33 		Subd. 2.Deputy registrars. (a) The registrar may
44.34 	appoint, hire, and discharge and fix the compensation of the
44.35 	necessary employees, in the manner provided by law, as may be
44.36 	required to enable the registrar to properly carry out the
45.1 	duties imposed by this chapter.The registrar commissioner may
45.2 	appoint, and for cause discontinue, a deputy registrar for any
45.3 	statutory or home rule charter city as the public interest and
45.4 	convenience may require, without regard to whether the county
45.5 	auditor of the county in which the city is situated has been
45.6 	appointed as the deputy registrar for the county or has been
45.7 	discontinued as the deputy registrar for the county, and without
45.8 	regard to whether the county in which the city is situated has
45.9 	established a county license bureau which that issues motor
45.10 	vehicle licenses as provided in section 373.32.
45.11 	(b) The registrar commissioner may appoint, and for cause
45.12 	discontinue, a deputy registrar for any statutory or home rule
45.13 	charter city as the public interest and convenience may require,
45.14 	if the auditor for the county in which the city is situated
45.15 	chooses not to accept appointment as the deputy registrar for
45.16 	the county or is discontinued as a deputy registrar, or if the
45.17 	county in which the city is situated has not established a
45.18 	county license bureau which that issues motor vehicle licenses
45.19 	as provided in section 373.32. A person The individual 
45.20 	appointed by the registrar commissioner as a deputy registrar
45.21 	for any statutory or home rule charter city must be a resident
45.22 	of the county in which the city is situated.
45.23 	(c) The registrar commissioner may appoint, and for cause
45.24 	discontinue, the county auditor of each county as a deputy
45.25 	registrar. Upon approval of the county board, the auditor, with
45.26 	the approval of the director of motor vehicles, may appoint, and
45.27 	for cause discontinue, the clerk or equivalent officer of each
45.28 	statutory or home rule charter city or any other person as a
45.29 	deputy registrar as public interest and convenience may require,
45.30 	regardless of the appointee's county of residence.  At the
45.31 	request of the governing body of a statutory or home rule
45.32 	charter city, the auditor shall appoint, and may for cause
45.33 	discontinue, the clerk or equivalent officer of a city, or
45.34 	another officer or employee of the city designated by the
45.35 	governing body, as a deputy registrar:
45.36 	(1) if the city is a county seat or, if not, is larger than
46.1 	the seat of the county in which it is situated; and 
46.2 	(2) no office of a deputy registrar is situated within the
46.3 	city or within 15 miles of the city by the most direct public
46.4 	route.
46.5 	(d) Notwithstanding Despite any other provision, a person
46.6 	other than a county auditor or a director of a county license
46.7 	bureau, who was appointed by the registrar before August 1,
46.8 	1976, as a deputy registrar for any statutory or home rule
46.9 	charter city, may continue to serve as deputy registrar and may
46.10 	be discontinued for cause only by the registrar commissioner.
46.11 	The county auditor who appointed the deputy registrars is
46.12 	responsible for the acts of deputy registrars appointed by the
46.13 	auditor.
46.14 	(e) Each deputy, before entering upon the discharge of
46.15 	duties, shall take and subscribe an oath to faithfully discharge
46.16 	the duties and to uphold the laws of the state.
46.17 	(f) If a deputy registrar appointed under this subdivision
46.18 	is not an officer or employee of a county or statutory or home
46.19 	rule charter city, the deputy shall in addition give bond to the
46.20 	state in the sum of $10,000, or a larger sum as may be required
46.21 	by the registrar commissioner, conditioned upon the faithful
46.22 	discharge of duties as deputy registrar.
46.23 	(e) (g) Until January 1, 2009, a corporation governed by
46.24 	chapter 302A may be appointed a deputy registrar.  Upon
46.25 	application by an individual serving as a deputy registrar and
46.26 	the giving of the requisite bond as provided in this
46.27 	subdivision, personally assured by the individual or another
46.28 	individual approved by the commissioner of public safety, a
46.29 	corporation named in an application shall become then becomes 
46.30 	the duly appointed and qualified successor to the deputy
46.31 	registrar.  The appointment of any corporation as a deputy
46.32 	registrar expires January 1, 2009. A county board shall
46.33 	appoint, or The commissioner shall appoint if the county board
46.34 	declines to do so,an individual as successor to the corporation
46.35 	as a deputy registrar.  The county board or commissioner shall
46.36 	appoint as the successor agent to a corporation whose
47.1 	appointment expires under this paragraph an officer of the
47.2 	corporation if the officer applies for appointment before July
47.3 	1, 2009.
47.4 	(f) (h) Each deputy registrar appointed under this
47.5 	subdivision shall keep and maintain, in a convenient public
47.6 	place within or in close proximity to the place for which
47.7 	appointed, a registration and motor vehicle tax collection
47.8 	bureau, to be approved by the registrar,office locations
47.9 	approved by the commissioner for the registration of motor 
47.10 	vehicles and the collection of taxes and fees on motor vehicles.
47.11 	(i) The deputy registrar shall keep records and make
47.12 	reports to the registrar commissioner as the registrar, from
47.13 	time to time, may require commissioner requires.  The records
47.14 	must be maintained at the facility offices of the deputy
47.15 	registrar.  The records and facilities offices of the deputy
47.16 	registrar must at all times be open to the inspection of
47.17 	the registrar commissioner or the registrar's commissioner's 
47.18 	agents.  The deputy registrar shall report to the registrar 
47.19 	commissioner by the next working day following receipt all
47.20 	registrations made and taxes and fees collected by the deputy
47.21 	registrar.
47.22 	(j) The filing fee imposed under subdivision 7 must be
47.23 	deposited in the treasury of the place for which appointed or,
47.24 	if not a public official, a deputy shall retain the filing fee,
47.25 	but the registration tax and any additional fees for delayed
47.26 	registration the deputy registrar has collected the deputy
47.27 	registrar shall deposit by the next working day following
47.28 	receipt in an approved state depository to the credit of the
47.29 	state through the commissioner of finance.  The place for which
47.30 	the deputy registrar is appointed through its governing body
47.31 	must provide the deputy registrar with facilities and personnel
47.32 	to carry out the duties imposed by this subdivision if the
47.33 	deputy is a public official.  In all other cases, the deputy
47.34 	shall maintain a suitable facility for serving the public.
47.35 		Subd. 2a.Deputy registrars, continuation in office.
 47.36 	Persons serving as deputy registrars on the effective date of
48.1 	this act shall July 1, 1970,continue to hold such office until
48.2 	a successor is duly appointed and qualifies.
48.3 		Subd. 2b.Deputy registrars, employment status. (a)
48.4 	Deputy registrars, and their employees, who retain the filing
48.5 	fee in lieu of a salary, shall, after July 1, 1971, be
48.6 	considered as independent contractors for pension purposes, and
48.7 	ineligible because of such service for coverage under the
48.8 	Minnesota State Retirement System or membership in the Public
48.9 	Employees Retirement Association.
48.10 	(b) Those deputy registrars as defined in this subdivision
48.11 	who are covered by the Minnesota State Retirement System on June
48.12 	30, 1971, shall have the option of terminating said may
48.13 	terminate coverage on July 1, 1971, or of continuing said 
48.14 	continue coverage until termination of state service.  The form
48.15 	of the this option and the time for filing shall must be as
48.16 	prescribed by the board of directors of the system.  Those
48.17 	choosing to continue said coverage,shall provide from the
48.18 	filing fees retained the employee and employer contributions as
48.19 	required by chapter 352.
48.20 		Subd. 3.Record of vehicle registration; disclosure. (a) 
48.21 	The registrar commissioner shall keep a suitable record of all
48.22 	motor registered vehicles registered in the registrar's office,
48.23 	indexed,according to (1) registration plate number, according
48.24 	to (2) name of the registered owner, according to (3) make of
48.25 	motor vehicle and the factory vehicle's identification number,
48.26 	for such makes as are a vehicle so identified,or according
48.27 	to , if none,the vehicle's serial number of such makes as are so
48.28 	identified until the manufacturers thereof adopt and use
48.29 	an manufacturer adopts and uses a vehicle identification number,
48.30 	and according to such other information as the registrar shall
48.31 	deem advisable. Duplicates of the certificate of registration
48.32 	shall be used, until a more efficient system is evolved, to make
48.33 	the registration number and registered owner's indexes herein
48.34 	required, and such other copies as are desirable.  The registrar
48.35 	may furnish to any one applying therefor transcripts of such
48.36 	records for not less than the cost of preparing the same;
49.1 	provided, that any sums in excess of such cost received by the
49.2 	registrar for furnishing such transcripts shall be paid by the
49.3 	registrar into the state treasury.
49.4 	(b) The commissioner shall furnish to any person applying
49.5 	for a copy of the registration, a copy as specified in section
49.6 	168.327.
49.7 	(c) The registrar commissioner shall also furnish copies
49.8 	thereof vehicle registration records, without charge, to the 
49.9 	chiefs of police of the cities of Minneapolis, St. Paul, and
49.10 	Duluth , county sheriffs, prosecuting attorneys, and other law
49.11 	enforcement agencies with the power to arrest.
49.12 		Subd. 6.Application forms. The Every deputy registrar
49.13 	shall provide, in a manner and format prescribed by the
49.14 	registrar, necessary forms and information to deputy
49.15 	registrars.  The registrar and deputy registrars shall
49.16 	immediately destroy all number plates surrendered and shall
49.17 	cancel all certificates surrendered use application forms or
49.18 	formats as prescribed by or approved by the commissioner.
49.19 		Subd. 7.Filing fee. (a) In addition to all other
49.20 	statutory fees and taxes, a filing fee of:
49.21 	(i) (1) $4.50 is imposed on every motor vehicle
49.22 	registration renewal, excluding pro rate transactions; and
49.23 	(ii) $7 (2) $8.50 is imposed on every other type of vehicle
49.24 	transaction, including pro rate transactions, through June 30,
49.25 	2007, and then $10 thereafter;
49.26 	except that a filing fee may not be charged for a document
49.27 	returned for a refund or for a correction of an error made by
49.28 	the Department of Public Safety, a licensed auto dealer, or a
49.29 	deputy registrar.  The filing fee must be shown as a separate
49.30 	item on all registration renewal notices sent out by the
49.31 	department commissioner.  No filing fee or other fee may be
49.32 	charged for the permanent surrender of a certificate of title
49.33 	and license plates for a motor vehicle.
49.34 	(b) Filing All of the fees collected by the commissioner 
49.35 	under this subdivision by the department paragraph (a), clause
49.36 	(1),must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the
50.1 	highway user tax distribution fund, except fees for
50.2 	registrations of motor vehicles.  Filing fees collected for
50.3 	registrations of motor vehicles in conjunction with a title
50.4 	transfer or first application in this state must be paid into
50.5 	the state treasury with 50 percent of the money credited to the
50.6 	general fund and 50 percent credited to the highway user tax
50.7 	distribution fund vehicle services operating account in the
50.8 	special revenue fund under section 299A.705.  Of the fee
50.9 	collected under paragraph (a), clause (2), $3.50 must be paid
50.10 	into the general fund with the remainder of the fee collected by
50.11 	the commissioner deposited into the vehicle services operating
50.12 	account in the special revenue fund under section 299A.705.
50.13 	(c) A motor vehicle dealer shall retain $2.50 of each
50.14 	filing fee imposed under this subdivision for a completed
50.15 	transaction involving the sale of a motor vehicle to or by a
50.16 	licensed dealer, if the dealer electronically transmits the
50.17 	transaction to the department commissioner or a deputy registrar.
50.18 	The department commissioner shall develop procedures to
50.19 	implement this subdivision in consultation with the Minnesota
50.20 	Deputy Registrar Association and the Minnesota Automobile
50.21 	Dealers Association.  Deputy registrars shall must not be
50.22 	prohibited from receiving and processing required documents
50.23 	supporting an electronic transaction.
50.24 		Subd. 8.Temporary disability permit and fee. The
50.25 	registrar commissioner shall allow deputy registrars to
50.26 	implement and follow procedures for processing applications and
50.27 	accepting and remitting fee payments for 30-day temporary
50.28 	disability permits issued under section 169.345, subdivision 3,
50.29 	paragraph (c), that are identical or substantially similar to
50.30 	the procedures required by law or rule for motor vehicle
50.31 	registration and titling transactions.
50.32 		Subd. 9.Rules. The commissioner of public safety may
50.33 	adopt rules for administering and enforcing this section.

50.34 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.345,
50.35 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
50.36 		Subdivision 1.Information by telephone.  Information
51.1 	concerning motor about vehicle registrations shall not be
51.2 	furnished on the telephone to any person except the personnel of
51.3 	law enforcement agencies and the personnel of governmental motor
51.4 	vehicle and registration offices.

51.5 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.345,
51.6 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
51.7 		Subd. 2.Lessees; information.  The registrar 
51.8 	commissioner may not furnish information concerning about 
51.9 	registered owners of passenger automobiles who are lessees under
51.10 	a lease for a term of 180 days or more to any person except the
51.11 	personnel of law enforcement agencies and federal, state, and
51.12 	local governmental units, and, at the registrar's commissioner's 
51.13 	discretion, to persons who use the information to notify lessees
51.14 	of automobile recalls.  The registrar commissioner may release
51.15 	information about lessees in the form of summary data, as
51.16 	defined in section 13.02, to persons who use the information in
51.17 	conducting statistical analysis and market research.

51.18 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.381, is
51.19 	amended to read:
51.20 	168.381 MANUFACTURE OF VEHICLE LICENSE PLATES;
51.21 	APPROPRIATIONS.
51.22 		Subdivision 1.Correctional facilities; other
51.23 	manufacturers. (a) License number Plates required by law this
51.24 	chapter may be manufactured by the Minnesota Correctional
51.25 	Facility-St. Cloud, the Minnesota Correctional
51.26 	Facility-Stillwater, or other facility established by law for
51.27 	the confinement of persons convicted of felony, upon order from
51.28 	the registrar of motor vehicles commissioner.  The order must
51.29 	state the quality of material desired in the plates, the plate
51.30 	specifications, and the amount or number desired.
51.31 	(b) Should the commissioner of corrections decide not to
51.32 	supply the required quantity of license plates, or discontinue
51.33 	the manufacture of plates, the commissioner of public safety is
51.34 	authorized to seek other suppliers on a competitive basis.
51.35 		Subd. 2.Laboratory testing; costs. (a) Materials
51.36 	purchased to be used in the manufacture of motor vehicle number 
52.1 	plates must be tested as to conformance with specifications
52.2 	established by the commissioner of public safety in a privately
52.3 	operated laboratory service to be designated by the
52.4 	commissioner.  The cost of the laboratory must be included in
52.5 	the cost of materials purchased.
52.6 	(b) The cost of delivery of number plates to the
52.7 	commissioner of public safety at places designated by the
52.8 	commissioner must be included in the expenses incurred in their
52.9 	manufacture.
52.10 		Subd. 3.Specifications. The commissioner of public
52.11 	safety shall establish new or revised specifications for the
52.12 	material and equipment used in the manufacture of number plates
52.13 	ordered for manufacture after August 1, 1975, and may from time
52.14 	to time revise the specifications; provided that the
52.15 	specifications conform to the requirements of section 168.12.
52.16 	In establishing new or revised specifications, the commissioner
52.17 	shall consult with and give consideration to the advice and
52.18 	recommendations of representatives of the Minnesota State
52.19 	Patrol, local police officers' associations, and the county
52.20 	sheriffs' association.
52.21 		Subd. 4.Appropriations. (a) Money appropriated to the
52.22 	Department of Public Safety to procure the plates for any fiscal
52.23 	year or years are is available for allotment, encumbrance, and
52.24 	expenditure from and after the date of the enactment of the
52.25 	appropriation.  Materials and equipment used in the manufacture
52.26 	of number plates are subject only to the approval of the
52.27 	commissioner of public safety.
52.28 	(b) This section contemplates that money to be appropriated
52.29 	to the Department of Public Safety in order to carry out the
52.30 	terms and provisions of this section will be appropriated by the
52.31 	legislature from the highway user tax distribution vehicle
52.32 	services operating account in the special revenue fund.
52.33 	(c) A sum sufficient is appropriated annually from the
52.34 	highway user tax distribution fund to the commissioner of public
52.35 	safety to pay the costs of purchasing, delivering, and mailing
52.36 	motor vehicle license number plates, license plate registration
53.1 	tabs or stickers, and license plate registration notices.

53.2 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.54,
53.3 	subdivision 4, is amended to read:
53.4 		Subd. 4.Transfer fee.  A fee of $3 is imposed upon every
53.5 	transfer of ownership by the commissioner of public safety of
53.6 	any motor vehicle for which a registration certificate has
53.7 	heretofore been issued under this chapter, except vehicles sold
53.8 	for the purposes of salvage or ,dismantling,or permanent
53.9 	removal from the state.

53.10 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.54,
53.11 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
53.12 		Subd. 5.Proceeds to general fund.  The
53.13 	registrar commissioner shall collect the proceeds of the fee
53.14 	imposed under this section and deposit them in the general fund
53.15 	pursuant to section 168A.31.

53.16 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168A.152,
53.17 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
53.18 		Subd. 2.Inspection fee; proceeds to general fund vehicle
53.19 	services operating account.  (a) A fee of $20 $35 must be paid
53.20 	to the department before the department issues a certificate of
53.21 	title for a vehicle that has been inspected and for which a
53.22 	certificate of inspection has been issued pursuant to
53.23 	subdivision 1.  The only additional fee that may be assessed for
53.24 	issuing the certificate of title is the filing fee imposed under
53.25 	section 168.33, subdivision 7.
53.26 	(b) Fees Of the fee collected by the department under this
53.27 	subdivision, for conducting inspections under subdivision 1, $20 
53.28 	must be deposited in the general fund and the remainder of the
53.29 	fee collected must be deposited in the vehicle services
53.30 	operating account in the special revenue fund as specified in
53.31 	section 299A.705.

53.32 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168A.29, is
53.33 	amended to read:
53.34 	168A.29 FEES.
53.35 		Subdivision 1.Amounts. (a) The department shall must be
53.36 	paid the following fees:
54.1 	(1) for filing an application for and the issuance of an
54.2 	original certificate of title, the sum of $3 $5.50 of which
54.3 	$2.50 must be paid into the vehicle services operating account
54.4 	of the special revenue fund under section 299A.705;
54.5 	(2) for each security interest when first noted upon a
54.6 	certificate of title, including the concurrent notation of any
54.7 	assignment thereof and its subsequent release or satisfaction,
54.8 	the sum of $2, except that no fee is due for a security interest
54.9 	filed by a public authority under section 168A.05, subdivision
54.10 	8;
54.11 	(3) for the transfer of the interest of an owner and the
54.12 	issuance of a new certificate of title, the sum of $3 $5.50 of
54.13 	which $2.50 must be paid into the vehicle services operating
54.14 	account of the special revenue fund under section 299A.705;
54.15 	(4) for each assignment of a security interest when first
54.16 	noted on a certificate of title, unless noted concurrently with
54.17 	the security interest, the sum of $1;
54.18 	(5) for issuing a duplicate certificate of title, the sum
54.19 	of $4 $6.50 of which $2.50 must be paid into the vehicle
54.20 	services operating account of the special revenue fund under
54.21 	section 299A.705.
54.22 	(b) After June 30, 1994, in addition to each of the fees
54.23 	required under paragraph (a), clauses (1) and (3), the
54.24 	department shall must be paid $3.50.  The additional $3.50 fee
54.25 	collected under this paragraph must be deposited in the special
54.26 	revenue fund and credited to the public safety motor vehicle
54.27 	account established in section 299A.70.
54.28 		Subd. 2.Fee in lieu of other fee. If a person applies
54.29 	for an original or a new certificate of title to a vehicle,
54.30 	concurrently with an application, as transferee, of registration
54.31 	of the vehicle, the fee prescribed in subdivision 1 shall must 
54.32 	be in lieu of the fee prescribed by section 168.54, with respect
54.33 	to any transfer of ownership or registration of the vehicle to
54.34 	the applicant.
54.35 		Subd. 3.No certificate issued until fees paid. Subject
54.36 	to subdivision 2, the department shall not issue a certificate
55.1 	of title to a vehicle until all fees prescribed by sections
55.2 	168.54 and 168A.10, subdivision 6, with respect to any prior
55.3 	transfer of ownership or registration of the vehicle shall have
55.4 	been paid.

55.5 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168A.31, is
55.6 	amended to read:
55.7 	168A.31 DISPOSITION OF FEES; PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.
55.8 		Subdivision 1.paid to general fund distribution. All
55.9 	fees prescribed by sections 168A.01 to 168A.31 and 168.54
55.10 	collected by the department must be paid into the general fund,
55.11 	unless otherwise specified in chapter 168A.
55.12 		Subd. 2.Expenses; appropriation. All necessary expenses
55.13 	incurred by the department for the administration of sections
55.14 	168A.01 to 168A.31shall must be paid from moneys money in the
55.15 	transfer of ownership revolving vehicle services operating
55.16 	account of the special revenue fund, and such funds are hereby
55.17 	appropriated as specified in section 299A.705.

55.18 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.09,
55.19 	subdivision 13, is amended to read:
55.20 		Subd. 13.Reports confidential; evidence, fee, penalty,
55.21 	appropriation.  (a) All written reports and supplemental reports 
55.22 	information required under this section shall must be for the
55.23 	use of the commissioner of public safety and other appropriate
55.24 	state, federal, county, and municipal governmental agencies for
55.25 	accident analysis purposes, except:
55.26 	(1) the commissioner of public safety or any law
55.27 	enforcement agency shall, upon written request of any person 
55.28 	individual involved in an accident or upon written request of
55.29 	the representative of the person's individual's estate,
55.30 	surviving spouse, or one or more surviving next of kin, or a
55.31 	trustee appointed pursuant to under section 573.02, disclose to
55.32 	the requester, the requester's legal counsel, or a
55.33 	representative of the requester's insurer the report required
55.34 	under subdivision 8;
55.35 	(2) the commissioner of public safety shall, upon written
55.36 	request, provide the driver filing a report under subdivision 7
56.1 	with a copy of the report filed by the driver;
56.2 	(3) the commissioner of public safety may verify with
56.3 	insurance companies vehicle insurance information to enforce
56.4 	sections 65B.48, 169.792, 169.793, 169.796, and 169.797;
56.5 	(4) the commissioner of public safety shall provide the
56.6 	commissioner of transportation the information obtained for each
56.7 	traffic accident involving a commercial motor vehicle, for
56.8 	purposes of administering commercial vehicle safety regulations;
56.9 	and
56.10 	(5) the commissioner of public safety may give to the
56.11 	United States Department of Transportation commercial vehicle
56.12 	accident information in connection with federal grant programs
56.13 	relating to safety.
56.14 	(b) Accident reports and data contained in the reports
56.15 	shall are not be discoverable under any provision of law or rule
56.16 	of court.  No report shall be used as evidence in any trial,
56.17 	civil or criminal, or any action for damages or criminal
56.18 	proceedings arising out of an accident, except that .  However,
56.19 	the commissioner of public safety shall furnish,upon the demand
56.20 	of any person who has,or claims to have,made a report,or,
56.21 	upon demand of any court, a certificate showing that a specified
56.22 	accident report has or has not been made to the commissioner
56.23 	solely to prove compliance or failure to comply with the
56.24 	requirements that the report be made to the commissioner.
56.25 	(c) Nothing in this subdivision prevents any person 
56.26 	individual who has made a report pursuant to under this section
56.27 	from providing information to any persons individuals involved
56.28 	in an accident or their representatives or from testifying in
56.29 	any trial, civil or criminal, arising out of an accident, as to
56.30 	facts within the person's individual's knowledge.  It is
56.31 	intended by this subdivision to render privileged the reports
56.32 	required, but it is not intended to prohibit proof of the facts
56.33 	to which the reports relate.
56.34 	(d) Disclosing any information contained in any accident
56.35 	report, except as provided in this subdivision, section 13.82,
56.36 	subdivision 3 or 6, or other statutes, is a misdemeanor.
57.1 	(e) The commissioner of public safety may shall charge
57.2 	authorized persons as described in paragraph (a) a $5 fee for a
57.3 	copy of an accident report. Ninety percent of the $5 fee
57.4 	collected under this paragraph must be deposited in the special
57.5 	revenue fund and credited to the driver services operating
57.6 	account established in section 299A.705 and ten percent must be
57.7 	deposited in the general fund.The commissioner may also
57.8 	furnish copies of the modified accident records an electronic
57.9 	copy of the database of accident records, which must not contain
57.10 	personal or private data on an individual,to private agencies
57.11 	as provided in paragraph (g), for not less than the cost of
57.12 	preparing the copies on a bulk basis as provided in section
57.13 	13.03, subdivision 3.
57.14 	(f) The fees specified in paragraph (e) notwithstanding,
57.15 	the commissioner and law enforcement agencies may shall charge
57.16 	commercial users who request access to response or incident data
57.17 	relating to accidents a fee not to exceed 50 cents per
57.18 	report record.  "Commercial user" is a user who in one location
57.19 	requests access to data in more than five accident reports per
57.20 	month, unless the user establishes that access is not for a
57.21 	commercial purpose. Of the money collected by the commissioner
57.22 	under this paragraph is appropriated to the commissioner , 90
57.23 	percent must be deposited in the special revenue fund and
57.24 	credited to the driver services operating account established in
57.25 	section 299A.705 and ten percent must be deposited in the
57.26 	general fund.
57.27 	(g) The fees in paragraphs (e) and (f) notwithstanding,the
57.28 	commissioner may shall provide a modified an electronic copy of
57.29 	the accident records database that does to the public on a
57.30 	case-by-case basis using the cost-recovery charges provided for
57.31 	under section 13.03, subdivision 3.  The database provided must 
57.32 	not contain names, driver's license numbers, vehicle license
57.33 	plate numbers, addresses, or other identifying data to the
57.34 	public upon request personal or private data on an individual.
57.35 	However, unless the accident records data base includes
57.36 	the motor vehicle identification number, the commissioner shall
58.1 	include the vehicle license registration plate number if a
58.2 	private agency certifies and agrees that the agency:
58.3 	(1) is in the business of collecting accident and damage
58.4 	information on vehicles;
58.5 	(2) will use the vehicle license registration plate number
58.6 	only for the purpose of identifying vehicles that have been
58.7 	involved in accidents or damaged in order ,to provide this
58.8 	information to persons seeking access to a vehicle's history and
58.9 	not for the purpose of identifying individuals or for any other
58.10 	purpose; and
58.11 	(3) will be subject to the penalties and remedies under
58.12 	sections 13.08 and 13.09.

58.13 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169A.60,
58.14 	subdivision 16, is amended to read:
58.15 		Subd. 16.Fees credited to highway user fund.  Fees
58.16 	collected from the sale or reinstatement of license plates under
58.17 	this section must be paid into the state treasury and credited
58.18 	one-half to the highway user tax distribution fund vehicle
58.19 	services operating account in the special revenue fund specified
58.20 	in section 299A.705and one-half to the general fund.

58.21 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.06,
58.22 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
58.23 		Subd. 2.Fees.  (a) The fees for a license and Minnesota
58.24 	identification card are as follows:
58.25 	Classified Driver's License  D- $18.50 $16.50 C- $22.50 $20.50 
58.26 	 B- $29.50 $27.50 A- $37.50 $35.50 
58.27 	Classified Under-21 D.L.     D- $18.50 $16.50 C- $22.50 $20.50 
58.28 	 B- $29.50 $27.50 A- $17.50 $15.50 
58.29 	Instruction Permit $ 9.50$6 
58.30 	Provisional License $ 9.50$7.50 
58.31 	Duplicate License or
58.32 	 duplicate identification card $ 8.00$6 
58.33 	Minnesota identification card or Under-21 Minnesota
58.34 	identification card, other than duplicate,
58.35 	except as otherwise provided in section 171.07,
58.36 	subdivisions 3 and 3a $12.50 $10.50 
59.1 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a person an individual 
59.2 	who holds a provisional license and has a driving record free of
59.3 	(1) convictions for a violation of section 169A.20, 169A.33,
59.4 	169A.35, or sections 169A.50 to 169A.53, (2) convictions for
59.5 	crash-related moving violations, and (3) convictions for moving
59.6 	violations that are not crash related, shall have a $3.50 credit
59.7 	toward the fee for any classified under-21 driver's license.
59.8 	"Moving violation" has the meaning given it in section 171.04,
59.9 	subdivision 1.
59.10 	(c) In addition to the driver's license fee required under
59.11 	paragraph (a), the registrar commissioner shall collect an
59.12 	additional $4 processing fee from each new applicant or person 
59.13 	individual renewing a license with a school bus endorsement to
59.14 	cover the costs for processing an applicant's initial and
59.15 	biennial physical examination certificate.  The department shall
59.16 	not charge these applicants any other fee to receive or renew
59.17 	the endorsement.
59.18 	(d) In addition to the fees required under this section,
59.19 	the commissioner shall collect an additional filing fee for each
59.20 	application for a driver's license, provisional license,
59.21 	restricted license, duplicate license, instruction permit,
59.22 	Minnesota identification card, or motorized bicycle operator's
59.23 	permit in the amount of $5 through June 30, 2007, and then a
59.24 	filing fee of $6.50 thereafter.

59.25 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.06,
59.26 	subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
59.27 		Subd. 2a.Two-wheeled vehicle endorsement fee increased.
 59.28 	(a) The fee for any duplicate driver's license which is obtained
59.29 	for the purpose of adding a two-wheeled vehicle endorsement is
59.30 	increased by $18.50 for each first such duplicate license and
59.31 	$13 for each renewal thereof.  The additional fee shall must be
59.32 	paid into the state treasury and credited as follows:
59.33 	(1) $11 of the additional fee for each first duplicate
59.34 	license, and $7 of the additional fee for each renewal, must be
59.35 	credited to the motorcycle safety fund,which is hereby created;
59.36 	provided,that any ten percent of fee receipts in excess of
60.1 	$750,000 in a fiscal year shall must be credited 90 percent to
60.2 	the trunk highway fund and ten percent to the general fund, as
60.3 	provided in section 171.26.
60.4 	(2) The remainder of the additional fee must be credited to
60.5 	the general fund.
60.6 	(b) All application forms prepared by the commissioner for
60.7 	two-wheeled vehicle endorsements shall must clearly state the
60.8 	amount of the total fee that is dedicated to the motorcycle
60.9 	safety fund.

60.10 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.061,
60.11 	subdivision 4, is amended to read:
60.12 		Subd. 4.Fee; equipment.  (a) The agent may charge and
60.13 	retain a filing fee of $3.50 for each application under section
60.14 	171.06, subdivision 2, paragraph (d).  Except as provided in
60.15 	paragraph (b), the fee shall cover all expenses involved in
60.16 	receiving, accepting, or forwarding to the department the
60.17 	applications and fees required under sections 171.02,
60.18 	subdivision 3; 171.06, subdivisions 2 and 2a; and 171.07,
60.19 	subdivisions 3 and 3a.
60.20 	(b) The department shall maintain the photo identification
60.21 	equipment for all agents appointed as of January 1, 2000.  Upon
60.22 	the retirement, resignation, death, or discontinuance of an
60.23 	existing agent, and if a new agent is appointed in an existing
60.24 	office pursuant to Minnesota Rules, chapter 7404, and
60.25 	notwithstanding the above or Minnesota Rules, part 7404.0400,
60.26 	the department shall provide and maintain photo identification
60.27 	equipment without additional cost to a newly appointed agent in
60.28 	that office if the office was provided the equipment by the
60.29 	department before January 1, 2000.  All photo identification
60.30 	equipment must be compatible with standards established by the
60.31 	department.
60.32 	(c) A filing fee retained by the agent employed by a county
60.33 	board must be paid into the county treasury and credited to the
60.34 	general revenue fund of the county.  An agent who is not an
60.35 	employee of the county shall retain the filing fee in lieu of
60.36 	county employment or salary and is considered an independent
61.1 	contractor for pension purposes, coverage under the Minnesota
61.2 	State Retirement System, or membership in the Public Employees
61.3 	Retirement Association.
61.4 	(d) Before the end of the first working day following the
61.5 	final day of the reporting period established by the department,
61.6 	the agent must forward to the department all applications and
61.7 	fees collected during the reporting period except as provided in
61.8 	paragraph (c).

61.9 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.07,
61.10 	subdivision 11, is amended to read:
61.11 		Subd. 11.Standby or temporary custodian.  (a) Upon the
61.12 	written request of the applicant and upon payment of an
61.13 	additional fee of $3.50, the department shall issue a driver's
61.14 	license or Minnesota identification card bearing a symbol or
61.15 	other appropriate identifier indicating that the license holder
61.16 	has appointed an individual to serve as a standby or temporary
61.17 	custodian under chapter 257B.
61.18 	(b) The request must be accompanied by a copy of the
61.19 	designation executed under section 257B.04.
61.20 	(c) The department shall maintain a computerized records
61.21 	system of all persons individuals listed as standby or temporary
61.22 	custodians by driver's license and identification card
61.23 	applicants.  This data shall must be released to appropriate law
61.24 	enforcement agencies under section 13.69.  Upon a parent's
61.25 	request and payment of a fee of $3.50, the department shall
61.26 	revise its list of standby or temporary custodians to reflect a
61.27 	change in the appointment.
61.28 	(d) At the request of the license or cardholder, the
61.29 	department shall cancel the standby or temporary custodian
61.30 	indication without additional charge.  However, this paragraph
61.31 	does not prohibit a fee that may be applicable for a duplicate
61.32 	or replacement license or card, renewal of a license, or other
61.33 	service applicable to a driver's license or identification card.
61.34 	(e) Notwithstanding sections 13.08, subdivision 1, and
61.35 	13.69, the department and department employees are conclusively
61.36 	presumed to be acting in good faith when employees rely on
62.1 	statements made, in person or by telephone, by persons
62.2 	purporting to be law enforcement and subsequently release
62.3 	information described in paragraph (b).  When acting in good
62.4 	faith, the department and department personnel are immune from
62.5 	civil liability and not subject to suit for damages resulting
62.6 	from the release of this information.
62.7 	(f) The department and its employees:
62.8 	(1) have no duty to inquire or otherwise determine whether
62.9 	a designation submitted under this subdivision is legally valid
62.10 	and enforceable; and
62.11 	(2) are immune from all civil liability and not subject to
62.12 	suit for damages resulting from a claim that the designation was
62.13 	not legally valid and enforceable.
62.14 	(g) Of the fees received by the department under this
62.15 	subdivision:
62.16 	(1) Up to $111,000 received in fiscal year 1997 and up to 
62.17 	$61,000 received in subsequent fiscal years must be deposited in
62.18 	the general fund.
62.19 	(2) All other fees must be deposited in the trunk highway 
62.20 	driver services operating account in the special revenue fund
62.21 	specified in section 299A.705.

62.22 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.13,
62.23 	subdivision 6, is amended to read:
62.24 		Subd. 6.Initial motorcycle endorsement fee.  A person
62.25 	applying for an initial motorcycle endorsement on a driver's
62.26 	license shall pay at the place of examination a total fee of
62.27 	$21, which includes the examination fee and endorsement fee, but
62.28 	does not include the fee for a duplicate driver's license
62.29 	prescribed in section 171.06, subdivision 2.  Of this amount,
62.30 	$11 must be credited as provided in section 171.06, subdivision
62.31 	2a, paragraph (a), clause (1), $2.50 must be credited to
62.32 	the trunk highway driver services operating account in the
62.33 	special revenue fund specified under section 299A.705, and the
62.34 	remainder must be credited to the general fund.

62.35 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.13, is
62.36 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
63.1 		Subd. 7.Repeat examination fee. (a) A fee of $10 must
63.2 	be paid by an individual to take a third and any subsequent
63.3 	knowledge test administered by the department if the individual
63.4 	has failed two previous consecutive knowledge tests on the
63.5 	subject.
63.6 	(b) A fee of $20 must be paid by an individual to take a
63.7 	third and any subsequent skills or road test administered by the
63.8 	department if the individual has previously failed two
63.9 	consecutive skill or road tests in a specified class of motor
63.10 	vehicle.
63.11 	(c) All fees received under this subdivision must be paid
63.12 	into the state treasury and credited to the driver services
63.13 	operating account in the special revenue fund specified under
63.14 	section 299A.705.

63.15 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.20,
63.16 	subdivision 4, is amended to read:
63.17 		Subd. 4.Reinstatement fee.  (a) Before the license is
63.18 	reinstated, (1) a person an individual whose driver's license
63.19 	has been suspended under section 171.16, subdivision 2; 171.18,
63.20 	except subdivision 1, clause (10); or 171.182, or who has been
63.21 	disqualified from holding a commercial driver's license under
63.22 	section 171.165, and (2) a person an individual whose driver's
63.23 	license has been suspended under section 171.186 and who is not
63.24 	exempt from such a fee, must pay a fee of $20.
63.25 	(b) Before the license is reinstated, a person an
63.26 	individual whose license has been suspended under sections
63.27 	169.791 to 169.798 must pay a $20 reinstatement fee.
63.28 	(c) When fees are collected by a licensing agent appointed
63.29 	under section 171.061, a handling charge is imposed in the
63.30 	amount specified under section 171.061, subdivision 4.  The
63.31 	reinstatement fee and surcharge must be deposited in an approved
63.32 	state depository as directed under section 171.061, subdivision
63.33 	4.
63.34 	(d) A suspension may be rescinded without fee for good
63.35 	cause.

63.36 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.26, is
64.1 	amended to read:
64.2 	171.26 MONEY CREDITED TO FUNDS.
64.3 	All money received under this chapter must be paid into the
64.4 	state treasury and credited to the trunk highway driver services
64.5 	operating account in the special revenue fund specified under
64.6 	section 299A.705, except as provided in sections 171.06,
64.7 	subdivision 2a; 171.07, subdivision 11, paragraph (g); 171.12,
64.8 	subdivision 8;and 171.29, subdivision 2, paragraph (b).

64.9 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.29,
64.10 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
64.11 		Subd. 2.Reinstatement fees and surcharges allocated and
64.12 	appropriated.  (a) A person An individual whose driver's license
64.13 	has been revoked as provided in subdivision 1, except under
64.14 	section 169A.52, 169A.54, or 609.21, shall must pay a $30 fee
64.15 	before the driver's license is reinstated.
64.16 	(b) A person whose driver's license has been revoked as
64.17 	provided in subdivision 1 under section 169A.52, 169A.54, or
64.18 	609.21, shall must pay a $250 fee plus a $40 surcharge before
64.19 	the driver's license is reinstated.  Beginning July 1, 2002, the
64.20 	surcharge is $145.  Beginning July 1, 2003, the surcharge is
64.21 	$430.  The $250 fee is to be credited as follows:
64.22 	(1) Twenty percent must be credited to the trunk highway 
64.23 	driver services operating account in the special revenue fund as
64.24 	specified in section 299A.705.
64.25 	(2) Sixty-seven percent must be credited to the general
64.26 	fund.
64.27 	(3) Eight percent must be credited to a separate account to
64.28 	be known as the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension account.  Money
64.29 	in this account may be appropriated to the commissioner of
64.30 	public safety and the appropriated amount must be apportioned 80
64.31 	percent for laboratory costs and 20 percent for carrying out the
64.32 	provisions of section 299C.065.
64.33 	(4) Five percent must be credited to a separate account to
64.34 	be known as the vehicle forfeiture account, which is created in
64.35 	the special revenue fund.  The money in the account is annually
64.36 	appropriated to the commissioner for costs of handling vehicle
65.1 	forfeitures.
65.2 	(c) The revenue from $50 of each surcharge must be credited
65.3 	to a separate account to be known as the traumatic brain injury
65.4 	and spinal cord injury account.  The money in the account is
65.5 	annually appropriated to the commissioner of health to be used
65.6 	as follows:  83 percent for contracts with a qualified
65.7 	community-based organization to provide information, resources,
65.8 	and support to assist persons with traumatic brain injury and
65.9 	their families to access services, and 17 percent to maintain
65.10 	the traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury registry
65.11 	created in section 144.662.  For the purposes of this
65.12 	clause paragraph, a "qualified community-based organization" is
65.13 	a private, not-for-profit organization of consumers of traumatic
65.14 	brain injury services and their family members.  The
65.15 	organization must be registered with the United States Internal
65.16 	Revenue Service under section 501(c)(3) as a tax-exempt
65.17 	organization and must have as its purposes:
65.18 	(i) the promotion of public, family, survivor, and
65.19 	professional awareness of the incidence and consequences of
65.20 	traumatic brain injury;
65.21 	(ii) the provision of a network of support for persons with
65.22 	traumatic brain injury, their families, and friends;
65.23 	(iii) the development and support of programs and services
65.24 	to prevent traumatic brain injury;
65.25 	(iv) the establishment of education programs for persons
65.26 	with traumatic brain injury; and
65.27 	(v) the empowerment of persons with traumatic brain injury
65.28 	through participation in its governance.
65.29 	No A patient's name, identifying information, or identifiable
65.30 	medical data will must not be disclosed to the organization
65.31 	without the informed voluntary written consent of the patient or
65.32 	patient's guardian or, if the patient is a minor, of the parent
65.33 	or guardian of the patient.
65.34 	(d) The remainder of the surcharge must be credited to a
65.35 	separate account to be known as the remote electronic
65.36 	alcohol-monitoring program account.  The commissioner shall
66.1 	transfer the balance of this account to the commissioner of
66.2 	finance on a monthly basis for deposit in the general fund.
66.3 	(e) When these fees are collected by a licensing agent,
66.4 	appointed under section 171.061, a handling charge is imposed in
66.5 	the amount specified under section 171.061, subdivision 4.  The
66.6 	reinstatement fees and surcharge must be deposited in an
66.7 	approved state depository as directed under section 171.061,
66.8 	subdivision 4.

66.9 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.36, is
66.10 	amended to read:
66.11 	171.36 LICENSE RENEWAL; FEES; PROCEEDS TO TRUNK HIGHWAY
66.12 	FUND DRIVER SERVICES OPERATING ACCOUNT.
66.13 	All licenses shall expire one year from the date of
66.14 	issuance and may be renewed upon application to the
66.15 	commissioner.  Each application for an original or renewal
66.16 	school license shall must be accompanied by a fee of $150 and
66.17 	each application for an original or renewal instructor's license
66.18 	shall must be accompanied by a fee of $50.  The license fees
66.19 	collected under sections 171.33 to 171.41shall must be paid
66.20 	into the trunk highway driver services operating account in the
66.21 	special revenue fund specified under section 299A.705. No A 
66.22 	license fee shall must not be refunded in the event that the
66.23 	license is rejected or revoked.

66.24 	Sec. 46. [299A.705] DRIVER AND VEHICLE SERVICES OPERATING
66.25 	ACCOUNTS.
66.26 		Subdivision 1.Vehicle services operating account. (a)
66.27 	The vehicle services operating account is created in the special
66.28 	revenue fund, consisting of all money from the vehicle services
66.29 	fees specified in chapters 168 and 168A and any other money
66.30 	otherwise donated, allotted, appropriated, or legislated to this
66.31 	account.
66.32 	(b) Funds appropriated are available to administer vehicle
66.33 	services as specified in chapters 168 and 168A and section
66.34 	169.345, including:
66.35 	(1) designing, producing, issuing, and mailing vehicle
66.36 	registrations, plates, emblems, and titles;
67.1 	(2) collecting title and registration taxes and fees;
67.2 	(3) transferring vehicle registration plates and titles;
67.3 	(4) maintaining vehicle records;
67.4 	(5) issuing disability certificates and plates;
67.5 	(6) licensing vehicle dealers;
67.6 	(7) appointing, monitoring, and auditing deputy registrars;
67.7 	and 
67.8 	(8) inspecting vehicles when required by law.
67.9 		Subd. 2.Driver services operating account. (a) The
67.10 	driver services operating account is created in the special
67.11 	revenue fund, consisting of all money collected under chapter
67.12 	171 and any other money otherwise donated, allotted,
67.13 	appropriated, or legislated to the account.
67.14 	(b) Money in the account must be used by the commissioner
67.15 	of public safety to administer the driver services specified in
67.16 	chapters 169A and 171, including the activities associated with
67.17 	producing and mailing drivers' licenses and identification cards
67.18 	and notices relating to issuance, renewal, or withdrawal of
67.19 	driving and identification card privileges for any fiscal year
67.20 	or years and for the testing and examination of drivers.  Money
67.21 	in the account may also be used for driver and traffic safety
67.22 	activities.

67.23 	Sec. 47. INSTRUCTION TO REVISOR.
 67.24 	(a) In the statute listed in column A, the revisor shall
67.25 	change the reference in column B to the reference shown in
67.26 	column C:
67.27 	A B C 
67.28 	168.181,sections 168.181this section and 
67.29 	subdivision 1 to 168.231sections 168.183
67.30 	to 168.221
67.31 	168.211 168.231 168.221 
67.32 	168.221 168.231 168.211 and this 
67.33 	section 
67.34 	168.346 168.345,168.327,
67.35 	subdivision 4 subdivision 3 
67.36 	(b) The revisor of statutes shall renumber Minnesota
68.1 	Statutes, section 168.33, subdivision 3, as section 168.0185.
68.2 	(c) The revisor of statutes shall also correct any
68.3 	references in Minnesota Rules to the rules repealed or
68.4 	renumbered by this act, as appropriate.

68.5 	Sec. 48. REPEALER.
 68.6 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 168.012, subdivision
68.7 	12; 168.041, subdivision 11; 168.105, subdivision 6; 168.231;
68.8 	168.345, subdivisions 3 and 4; 170.23; 171.12, subdivision 8;
68.9 	171.185; and 473.408, subdivision 1, are repealed.
68.10 	(b) Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 168C.01; 168C.02;
68.11 	168C.03; 168C.04; 168C.05; 168C.06; 168C.07; 168C.08; 168C.09;
68.12 	168C.10; 168C.11; 168C.12; and 168C.13, are repealed.
68.13 	(c) Minnesota Rules, parts 7407.0100; 7407.0200; 7407.0300;
68.14 	7407.0400; 7407.0500; 7407.0600; 7407.0700; 7407.0800;
68.15 	7407.0900; 7407.1000; 7407.1100; 7407.1200; and 7407.1300, are
68.16 	repealed.

68.17 	ARTICLE 4
68.18 	MISCELLANEOUS FINANCE POLICY

68.19 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 160.294,
68.20 	subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
68.21 		Subd. 1a.Business panels. (a) Business panels shall be
68.22 	made of reflective sheeting and shall not resemble a traffic
68.23 	sign, signal, or device.  The business' trademark, symbol, or
68.24 	logo shall be consistent on all business panels for a specific
68.25 	business. Except as provided in paragraph (b),the business
68.26 	panel shall not include any supplemental messages or additional
68.27 	verbiage.
68.28 	(b) The Department of Transportation shall include on the
68.29 	business panel of a business that sells E85, as defined in
68.30 	section 296A.01, subdivision 19, at retail, a symbol or logo
68.31 	indicating that E85 is available at the business.  The
68.32 	department shall not charge the business any additional fee for
68.33 	this symbol or logo.

68.34 	Sec. 2. [160.298] HIGHWAY SIGN PROGRAM; BILLING, ACCOUNT,
68.35 	APPROPRIATION.
68.36 	The commissioner of transportation may bill highway
69.1 	operations units of the department and local road authorities
69.2 	for the costs of a centrally managed highway sign program.
69.3 	These costs may include equipment acquisition and rental, labor,
69.4 	materials, and other costs as determined by the commissioner.
69.5 	Receipts must be credited to a special account, which is
69.6 	established in the trunk highway fund, and are appropriated to
69.7 	the commissioner to pay the costs for which the billings are
69.8 	made.  Amounts credited to the account are exempt from statewide
69.9 	and agency indirect costs payments.

69.10 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 161.081,
69.11 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
69.12 		Subd. 3.Flexible highway account; turnback accounts.
 69.13 	(a) The flexible highway account is created in the state
69.14 	treasury.  Money in the account may be used either for the
69.15 	restoration of former trunk highways that have reverted to
69.16 	counties or to statutory or home rule charter cities, for grants
69.17 	to counties for rural road safety under section 161.088,or
69.18 	for regular trunk highway purposes construction, reconstruction,
69.19 	and maintenance of local roads functionally classified as
69.20 	principal arterial roads under section 161.087.
69.21 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "restoration" means
69.22 	the level of effort required to improve the route that will be
69.23 	turned back to an acceptable condition as determined by
69.24 	agreement made between the commissioner and the county or city
69.25 	before the route is turned back.
69.26 	(c) The commissioner shall review the need for funds to
69.27 	restore highways that have been or will be turned back and the
69.28 	need for funds for the trunk highway system rural road safety
69.29 	and local principal arterials.  The commissioner
69.30 	shall determine, on a recommend as part of the biennial basis 
69.31 	budget, the percentage of this flexible account to be used for
69.32 	county turnbacks, for municipal turnbacks, and for regular trunk
69.33 	highway projects rural road safety grants, and for construction,
69.34 	reconstruction, and maintenance of local principal arterials.
69.35 	The commissioner shall make this determination recommendation 
69.36 	only after meeting and holding discussions with committees
70.1 	selected by the statewide associations of both county
70.2 	commissioners and municipal officials.
70.3 	(d) Money that will be used for the restoration of trunk
70.4 	highways that have reverted or that will revert to cities must
70.5 	be deposited in the municipal turnback account, which is created
70.6 	in the state treasury.
70.7 	(e) Money that will be used for the restoration of trunk
70.8 	highways that have reverted or that will revert to counties must
70.9 	be deposited in the county turnback account, which is created in
70.10 	the state treasury.
70.11 	(f) Money that will be used for grants to counties for
70.12 	rural road safety must be deposited in the rural road safety
70.13 	account under section 161.088.
70.14 	(g) Money that will be used for the construction and
70.15 	maintenance of county principal arterials must be deposited in
70.16 	the county principal arterial account under section 161.087.
70.17 	(h) Money that will be used for the construction,
70.18 	reconstruction, and maintenance of municipal principal arterials
70.19 	must be deposited in the municipal principal arterial account
70.20 	under section 161.087.
70.21 	(i) As part of each biennial budget submission to the
70.22 	legislature, the commissioner shall describe how the money in
70.23 	the flexible highway account will be apportioned among the
70.24 	county turnback account, the municipal turnback account, and the
70.25 	trunk highway fund rural road safety account, county principal
70.26 	arterial account, and municipal principal arterial account.
70.27 	(g) Money apportioned from the flexible highway account to
70.28 	the trunk highway fund must be used for state road construction
70.29 	and engineering costs.

70.30 	Sec. 4. [161.087] PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL ACCOUNTS.
70.31 	(a) A county principal arterial account is established in
70.32 	the county state-aid highway fund.  Money in the account is
70.33 	annually appropriated to the commissioner of transportation for
70.34 	expenditure as specified in this subdivision.  Money in the
70.35 	account must be used as grants to counties to assist in paying
70.36 	the costs of capital improvement projects on county state-aid
71.1 	highways that are functionally classified as principal arterials.
71.2 	(b) A municipal principal arterial account is established
71.3 	in the municipal state-aid street fund.  Money in the account is
71.4 	annually appropriated to the commissioner of transportation for
71.5 	expenditure as specified in this subdivision.  Money in the
71.6 	account must be used as grants to cities to assist in paying the
71.7 	costs of capital improvement projects on municipal state-aid
71.8 	streets that are functionally classified as principal arterials.
71.9 	(c) The commissioner shall establish procedures for
71.10 	counties and cities to apply for grants from the principal
71.11 	arterial accounts and criteria to be used to select projects for
71.12 	funding.  The commissioner shall establish these procedures in
71.13 	consultation with representatives appointed by the Association
71.14 	of Minnesota Counties and the League of Minnesota Cities.
71.15 	Project selection must be based on the ability of each project
71.16 	to improve traffic flow in the principal arterial corridor and
71.17 	improve safety.

71.18 	Sec. 5. [161.088] RURAL ROAD SAFETY ACCOUNT.
71.19 	(a) A rural road safety account is established in the
71.20 	county state-aid highway fund.  Money in the account is annually
71.21 	appropriated to the commissioner of transportation for
71.22 	expenditure as specified in this subdivision.  Money in the
71.23 	account must be used as grants to counties to assist in paying
71.24 	the costs of capital improvement projects on county state-aid
71.25 	highways that are intended primarily to reduce traffic crashes,
71.26 	deaths, injuries, and property damage.
71.27 	(b) The commissioner shall establish procedures for
71.28 	counties to apply for grants from the rural road safety account
71.29 	and criteria to be used to select projects for funding.  The
71.30 	commissioner shall establish these procedures and criteria in
71.31 	consultation with representatives appointed by the Association
71.32 	of Minnesota Counties.  Eligibility for project selection must
71.33 	be based on the ability of each proposed project to reduce the
71.34 	frequency and severity of crashes.
71.35 	(c) Money in the account must be allocated in each fiscal
71.36 	year as follows:
72.1 	(1) one-half of money in the account must be used for
72.2 	projects in the counties of Anoka, Chisago, Carver, Dakota,
72.3 	Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington; and 
72.4 	(2) the remainder must be used for projects elsewhere in
72.5 	the state.

72.6 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 161.14, is
72.7 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
72.8 		Subd. 51.Veterans memorial bridge. The interstate
72.9 	bridge on marked Trunk Highway 10 connecting the city of
72.10 	Moorhead with the city of Fargo, North Dakota, is named and
72.11 	designated as the Veterans Memorial Bridge.  The commissioner of
72.12 	transportation shall adopt a suitable marking design to mark
72.13 	this bridge and erect appropriate signs, subject to section
72.14 	161.139.

72.15 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 162.06,
72.16 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
72.17 		Subd. 2.Administrative costs of department. A sum of
72.18 	1-1/2 Two percent shall must be deducted from the total amount
72.19 	available in the county state-aid highway fund, set aside in a
72.20 	separate account, and used for administrative costs incurred by
72.21 	the state Transportation Department in carrying out the
72.22 	provisions relating to the county state-aid highway system.

72.23 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.01,
72.24 	subdivision 78, is amended to read:
72.25 		Subd. 78.Recreational vehicle combination.
 72.26 	"Recreational vehicle combination" means a combination of
72.27 	vehicles consisting of a pickup truck as defined in section
72.28 	168.011, subdivision 29, attached by means of a fifth-wheel
72.29 	coupling to a camper-semitrailer which has hitched to it a
72.30 	trailer carrying a watercraft as defined in section 86B.005,
72.31 	subdivision 18; off-highway motorcycle as defined in section
72.32 	84.787, subdivision 7; motorcycle; motorized bicycle; snowmobile
72.33 	as defined in section 84.81, subdivision 3; or all-terrain
72.34 	vehicle as defined in section 84.92, subdivision 8; or
72.35 	equestrian equipment and supplies.  For purposes of this
72.36 	subdivision:
73.1 	(a) A "fifth-wheel coupling" is a coupling between a
73.2 	camper-semitrailer and a towing pickup truck in which a portion
73.3 	of the weight of the camper-semitrailer is carried over or
73.4 	forward of the rear axle of the towing pickup.
73.5 	(b) A "camper-semitrailer" is a trailer, other than a
73.6 	manufactured home as defined in section 327B.01, subdivision 13,
73.7 	designed for human habitation and used for vacation or
73.8 	recreational purposes for limited periods.

73.9 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.81,
73.10 	subdivision 3c, is amended to read:
73.11 		Subd. 3c.Recreational vehicle combination.
 73.12 	Notwithstanding subdivision 3, a recreational vehicle
73.13 	combination may be operated without a permit if:
73.14 	(1) the combination does not consist of more than three
73.15 	vehicles, and the towing rating of the pickup truck is equal to
73.16 	or greater than the total weight of all vehicles being towed;
73.17 	(2) the combination does not exceed 60 feet in length;
73.18 	(3) the camper-semitrailer in the combination does not
73.19 	exceed 28 feet in length;
73.20 	(4) the operator of the combination is at least 18 years of
73.21 	age;
73.22 	(5) the trailer carrying a watercraft, motorcycle,
73.23 	motorized bicycle, off-highway motorcycle, snowmobile, or 
73.24 	all-terrain vehicle, or equestrian equipment and supplies meets
73.25 	all requirements of law;
73.26 	(6) the trailers in the combination are connected to the
73.27 	pickup truck and each other in conformity with section 169.82;
73.28 	and
73.29 	(7) the combination is not operated within the seven-county
73.30 	metropolitan area, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2,
73.31 	during the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 7:00
73.32 	p.m. on Mondays through Fridays.

73.33 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.8261, is
73.34 	amended to read:
73.35 	169.8261 GROSS WEIGHT LIMITATIONS; FOREST PRODUCTS.
73.36 	(a) A vehicle or combination of vehicles hauling raw or
74.1 	unfinished forest products, including wood chips, by the most
74.2 	direct route to the nearest highway that has been designated
74.3 	under section 169.832, subdivision 11, may be operated on any
74.4 	highway with gross weights permitted under sections 169.822 to
74.5 	169.829 without regard to load restrictions imposed on that
74.6 	highway, except that such the vehicles must:
74.7 	(1) comply with seasonal load restrictions in effect
74.8 	between the dates set by the commissioner under section 169.87,
74.9 	subdivision 2;
74.10 	(2) comply with bridge load limits posted under section
74.11 	169.84;
74.12 	(3) be equipped and operated with six axles and brakes;
74.13 	(4) not exceed 90,000 pounds gross weight, or 98,000 pounds
74.14 	gross weight during the time when seasonal increases are
74.15 	authorized under section 169.826;
74.16 	(5) not be operated on interstate and defense highways;
74.17 	(6) obtain an annual permit from the commissioner of
74.18 	transportation; and 
74.19 	(7) obey all road postings; and 
74.20 	(8) not exceed 20,000 pounds gross weight on any single
74.21 	axle.
74.22 	(b) A vehicle operated under this section may exceed the
74.23 	legal axle weight limits listed in section 169.824 by not more
74.24 	than 12.5 percent; except that, the weight limits may be
74.25 	exceeded by not more than 22.5 percent during the time when
74.26 	seasonal increases are authorized under section 169.826,
74.27 	subdivision 1.

74.28 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.851,
74.29 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
74.30 		Subd. 5.Exception for farm and forest products. The
74.31 	maximum weight provisions of this section do Subdivision 4 of
74.32 	this section does not apply to the first haul of unprocessed or
74.33 	raw farm products and the transportation of raw and unfinished
74.34 	forest products, including wood chips,when the prescribed 
74.35 	maximum weight limitation is limitations permitted under
74.36 	sections 169.822 to 169.829 are not exceeded by more than ten
75.1 	percent.

75.2 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.86,
75.3 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
75.4 		Subd. 5.Fee; proceeds deposited; appropriation.  The
75.5 	commissioner, with respect to highways under the commissioner's
75.6 	jurisdiction, may charge a fee for each permit issued.  All such
75.7 	fees for permits issued by the commissioner of transportation
75.8 	shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the
75.9 	trunk highway fund.  Except for those annual permits for which
75.10 	the permit fees are specified elsewhere in this chapter, the
75.11 	fees shall be:
75.12 	(a) $15 for each single trip permit.
75.13 	(b) $36 for each job permit.  A job permit may be issued
75.14 	for like loads carried on a specific route for a period not to
75.15 	exceed two months.  "Like loads" means loads of the same
75.16 	product, weight, and dimension.
75.17 	(c) $60 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not
75.18 	to exceed 12 consecutive months.  Annual permits may be issued
75.19 	for:
75.20 	(1) motor vehicles used to alleviate a temporary crisis
75.21 	adversely affecting the safety or well-being of the public;
75.22 	(2) motor vehicles which travel on interstate highways and
75.23 	carry loads authorized under subdivision 1a;
75.24 	(3) motor vehicles operating with gross weights authorized
75.25 	under section 169.826, subdivision 1a;
75.26 	(4) special pulpwood vehicles described in section 169.863;
75.27 	(5) motor vehicles bearing snowplow blades not exceeding
75.28 	ten feet in width; and
75.29 	(6) noncommercial transportation of a boat by the owner or
75.30 	user of the boat.
75.31 	(d) $120 for an oversize annual permit to be issued for a
75.32 	period not to exceed 12 consecutive months.  Annual permits may
75.33 	be issued for:
75.34 	(1) mobile cranes;
75.35 	(2) construction equipment, machinery, and supplies;
75.36 	(3) manufactured homes and manufactured storage buildings;
76.1 	(4) implements of husbandry when the movement is not made
76.2 	according to the provisions of paragraph (i);
76.3 	(5) double-deck buses;
76.4 	(6) commercial boat hauling; and
76.5 	(7) three-vehicle combinations consisting of two empty,
76.6 	newly manufactured trailers for cargo, horses, or livestock, not
76.7 	to exceed 28-1/2 feet per trailer; provided, however, the permit
76.8 	allows the vehicles to be moved from a trailer manufacturer to a
76.9 	trailer dealer only while operating on twin-trailer routes
76.10 	designated under section 169.81, subdivision 3, paragraph (c).
76.11 	(e) For vehicles which have axle weights exceeding the
76.12 	weight limitations of sections 169.822 to 169.829, an additional
76.13 	cost added to the fees listed above.  However, this paragraph
76.14 	applies to any vehicle described in section 168.013, subdivision
76.15 	3, paragraph (b), but only when the vehicle exceeds its gross
76.16 	weight allowance set forth in that paragraph, and then the
76.17 	additional cost is for all weight, including the allowance
76.18 	weight, in excess of the permitted maximum axle weight.  The
76.19 	additional cost is equal to the product of the distance traveled
76.20 	times the sum of the overweight axle group cost factors shown in
76.21 	the following chart:
76.22 	Overweight Axle Group Cost Factors
76.23 	Weight (pounds)         Cost Per Mile For Each Group Of:
76.24 	exceeding       Two consec-     Three consec-   Four consec-
76.25 	weight          utive axles     utive axles     utive axles
76.26 	limitations     spaced within   spaced within   spaced within
76.27 	on axles        8 feet or less  9 feet or less  14 feet or less
76.28 	     0-2,000    .12             .05             .04
76.29 	 2,001-4,000    .14             .06             .05
76.30 	 4,001-6,000    .18             .07             .06
76.31 	 6,001-8,000    .21             .09             .07
76.32 	 8,001-10,000   .26             .10             .08
76.33 	10,001-12,000   .30             .12             .09
76.34 	12,001-14,000   Not permitted   .14             .11
76.35 	14,001-16,000   Not permitted   .17             .12
76.36 	16,001-18,000   Not permitted   .19             .15
77.1 	18,001-20,000   Not permitted   Not permitted   .16
77.2 	20,001-22,000   Not permitted   Not permitted   .20
77.3 	The amounts added are rounded to the nearest cent for each axle
77.4 	or axle group.  The additional cost does not apply to paragraph
77.5 	(c), clauses (1) and (3).
77.6 	For a vehicle found to exceed the appropriate maximum permitted
77.7 	weight, a cost-per-mile fee of 22 cents per ton, or fraction of
77.8 	a ton, over the permitted maximum weight is imposed in addition
77.9 	to the normal permit fee.  Miles must be calculated based on the
77.10 	distance already traveled in the state plus the distance from
77.11 	the point of detection to a transportation loading site or
77.12 	unloading site within the state or to the point of exit from the
77.13 	state.
77.14 	(f) As an alternative to paragraph (e), an annual permit
77.15 	may be issued for overweight, or oversize and overweight,
77.16 	construction equipment, machinery, and supplies.  The fees for
77.17 	the permit are as follows:
77.18 	Gross Weight (pounds) of Vehicle          Annual Permit Fee
77.19 	     90,000 or less                             $200
77.20 	     90,001 - 100,000                           $300
77.21 	    100,001 - 110,000                           $400
77.22 	    110,001 - 120,000                           $500
77.23 	    120,001 - 130,000                           $600
77.24 	    130,001 - 140,000                           $700
77.25 	    140,001 - 145,000                           $800
77.26 	If the gross weight of the vehicle is more than 145,000 pounds
77.27 	the permit fee is determined under paragraph (e).
77.28 	(g) For vehicles which exceed the width limitations set
77.29 	forth in section 169.80 by more than 72 inches, an additional
77.30 	cost equal to $120 added to the amount in paragraph (a) when the
77.31 	permit is issued while seasonal load restrictions pursuant to
77.32 	section 169.87 are in effect.
77.33 	(h) $85 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not
77.34 	to exceed 12 months, for refuse-compactor vehicles that carry a
77.35 	gross weight of not more than:  22,000 pounds on a single rear
77.36 	axle; 38,000 pounds on a tandem rear axle; or, subject to
78.1 	section 169.828, subdivision 2, 46,000 pounds on a tridem rear
78.2 	axle.  A permit issued for up to 46,000 pounds on a tridem rear
78.3 	axle must limit the gross vehicle weight to not more than 62,000
78.4 	pounds.
78.5 	(i) For vehicles exclusively transporting implements of
78.6 	husbandry, an annual permit fee of $24.  A vehicle operated
78.7 	under a permit authorized by this paragraph may be moved at the
78.8 	discretion of the permit holder without prior route approval by
78.9 	the commissioner if:
78.10 	(1) the total width of the transporting vehicle, including
78.11 	load, does not exceed 14 feet;
78.12 	(2) the vehicle is operated only between sunrise and 30
78.13 	minutes after sunset, and is not operated at any time after
78.14 	12:00 noon on Sundays or holidays;
78.15 	(3) the vehicle is not operated when visibility is impaired
78.16 	by weather, fog, or other conditions that render persons and
78.17 	other vehicles not clearly visible at 500 feet;
78.18 	(4) the vehicle displays at the front and rear of the load
78.19 	or vehicle a pair of flashing amber lights, as provided in
78.20 	section 169.59, subdivision 4, whenever the overall width of the
78.21 	vehicle exceeds 126 inches; and
78.22 	(5) the vehicle is not operated on a trunk highway with a
78.23 	surfaced roadway width of less than 24 feet unless such
78.24 	operation is authorized by the permit.
78.25 	A permit under this paragraph authorizes movements of the
78.26 	permitted vehicle on an interstate highway, and movements of 75
78.27 	miles or more on other highways.
78.28 	(j) $300 for a motor vehicle described in section
78.29 	169.8261.  The fee under this paragraph must be deposited as
78.30 	follows:
78.31 	(1) in fiscal years 2005 through 2010:
78.32 	(i) the first $50,000 in each fiscal year must be deposited
78.33 	in the trunk highway fund for costs related to administering the
78.34 	permit program and inspecting and posting bridges;
78.35 	(ii) all remaining money in each fiscal year must be
78.36 	deposited in a bridge inspection and signing account in the
79.1 	special revenue fund.  Money in the account is appropriated to
79.2 	the commissioner for:
79.3 	(A) inspection of local bridges and identification of local
79.4 	bridges to be posted, including contracting with a consultant
79.5 	for some or all of these functions; and
79.6 	(B) erection of weight-posting signs on local bridges; and
79.7 	(2) in fiscal year 2011 and subsequent years must be
79.8 	deposited in the trunk highway fund.

79.9 	Sec. 13. [169.864] SPECIAL PAPER PRODUCTS VEHICLE
79.10 	PERMIT.
79.11 		Subdivision 1.Three-unit vehicle. The commissioner may
79.12 	issue a permit for a vehicle that meets the following
79.13 	requirements:
79.14 	(1) is a combination of vehicles, including a truck-tractor
79.15 	and a semitrailer drawing one additional semitrailer, which may
79.16 	be equipped with an auxiliary dolly.  No semitrailer used in a
79.17 	three-vehicle combination may have an overall length in excess
79.18 	of 28-1/2 feet;
79.19 	(2) has a maximum gross vehicle weight of 108,000 pounds;
79.20 	(3) complies with the axle weight limits in section 169.824
79.21 	or with the federal bridge formula for axle groups not described
79.22 	in that section;
79.23 	(4) complies with the tire weight limits in section 169.823
79.24 	or the tire manufacturers' recommended load, whichever is less;
79.25 	(5) is operated only in this state on Trunk Highway marked
79.26 	2 between Grand Rapids and the port of Duluth; on Trunk Highway
79.27 	marked 169 between Grand Rapids and its junction with Trunk
79.28 	Highway marked 53; and on Trunk Highway marked 53 between
79.29 	Virginia and the port of Duluth; and 
79.30 	(6) the seasonal weight increases authorized under section
79.31 	169.826, subdivision 1, do not apply.
79.32 		Subd. 2.Two-unit vehicle. The commissioner may issue a
79.33 	permit for a vehicle that meets the following requirements:
79.34 	(1) is a combination of vehicles consisting of a
79.35 	truck-tractor and a single semitrailer that may exceed 48 feet,
79.36 	but not 53 feet if the distance from the kingpin to the
80.1 	centerline of the rear axle group of the semitrailer does not
80.2 	exceed 43 feet;
80.3 	(2) has a maximum gross vehicle weight of 90,000 pounds;
80.4 	(3) has a maximum gross vehicle weight of 98,000 pounds
80.5 	during the time when seasonal weight increases authorized under
80.6 	section 169.826, subdivision 1, are in effect;
80.7 	(4) complies with the axle weight limits in section 169.824
80.8 	or with the federal bridge formula for axle groups not described
80.9 	in that section;
80.10 	(5) complies with the tire weight limits in section 169.823
80.11 	or the tire manufacturers' recommended load, whichever is less;
80.12 	and 
80.13 	(6) is operated only on the highways specified in
80.14 	subdivision 1, clause (5).
80.15 		Subd. 3.Restrictions. Vehicles issued permits under
80.16 	subdivisions 1 and 2 must comply with the following restrictions:
80.17 	(1) the vehicle must be operated in compliance with
80.18 	seasonal load restrictions under section 169.87;
80.19 	(2) the vehicle may not be operated on the interstate
80.20 	highway system; and 
80.21 	(3) the vehicle may be operated on streets or highways
80.22 	under the control of local authorities only upon the approval of
80.23 	the local authority; however, vehicles may have reasonable
80.24 	access to terminals and facilities for food, fuel, repairs, and
80.25 	rest and for continuity of route within one mile of the national
80.26 	network as provided by section 169.81, subdivision 3, and by
80.27 	Code of Federal Regulations, title 23, part 658.19.
80.28 		Subd. 4.Permit fee. Vehicle permits issued under
80.29 	subdivision 1, clause (1), must be annual permits.  The fee is
80.30 	$850 for each vehicle and must be deposited in the trunk highway
80.31 	fund.  An amount sufficient to administer the permit program is
80.32 	appropriated to the commissioner for the costs of administering
80.33 	the permit program.
80.34 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the later of
80.35 	August 1, 2006, or the date on which the commissioner determines
80.36 	that building permits have been issued for the construction of a
81.1 	new pulp and paper manufacturing facility at Grand Rapids.

81.2 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 469.015,
81.3 	subdivision 4, is amended to read:
81.4 		Subd. 4.Exceptions.  (a) An authority need not require
81.5 	competitive bidding in the following circumstances:
81.6 	(1) in the case of a contract for the acquisition of a
81.7 	low-rent housing project:
81.8 	(i) for which financial assistance is provided by the
81.9 	federal government;
81.10 	(ii) which does not require any direct loan or grant of
81.11 	money from the municipality as a condition of the federal
81.12 	financial assistance; and
81.13 	(iii) for which the contract provides for the construction
81.14 	of the project upon land that is either owned by the authority
81.15 	for redevelopment purposes or not owned by the authority at the
81.16 	time of the contract but the contract provides for the
81.17 	conveyance or lease to the authority of the project or
81.18 	improvements upon completion of construction;
81.19 	(2) with respect to a structured parking facility:
81.20 	(i) constructed in conjunction with, and directly above or
81.21 	below, a development; and
81.22 	(ii) financed with the proceeds of tax increment or parking
81.23 	ramp general obligation or revenue bonds; and 
81.24 	(3) until August 1, 2009, with respect to a facility built
81.25 	for the purpose of facilitating the operation of public transit
81.26 	or encouraging its use:
81.27 	(i) constructed in conjunction with, and directly above or
81.28 	below, a development; and 
81.29 	(ii) financed with the proceeds of parking ramp general
81.30 	obligation or revenue bonds or with at least 60 percent of the
81.31 	construction cost being financed with funding provided by the
81.32 	federal government; and 
81.33 	(4) in the case of any building in which at least 75
81.34 	percent of the usable square footage constitutes a housing
81.35 	development project if:
81.36 	(i) the project is financed with the proceeds of bonds
82.1 	issued under section 469.034 or from nongovernmental sources;
82.2 	(ii) the project is either located on land that is owned or
82.3 	is being acquired by the authority only for development
82.4 	purposes, or is not owned by the authority at the time the
82.5 	contract is entered into but the contract provides for
82.6 	conveyance or lease to the authority of the project or
82.7 	improvements upon completion of construction; and
82.8 	(iii) the authority finds and determines that elimination
82.9 	of the public bidding requirements is necessary in order for the
82.10 	housing development project to be economical and feasible.
82.11 	(b) An authority need not require a performance bond for
82.12 	the following projects:
82.13 	(1) a contract described in paragraph (a), clause (1);
82.14 	(2) a construction change order for a housing project in
82.15 	which 30 percent of the construction has been completed;
82.16 	(3) a construction contract for a single-family housing
82.17 	project in which the authority acts as the general construction
82.18 	contractor; or
82.19 	(4) a services or materials contract for a housing project.
82.20 	For purposes of this paragraph, "services or materials
82.21 	contract" does not include construction contracts.

82.22 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 473.446,
82.23 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
82.24 		Subd. 3.Certification and collection.  Each county
82.25 	treasurer shall collect and make settlement of the taxes levied
82.26 	under subdivisions 1 and 1a and section 473.4461, subdivision 2,
82.27 	with the treasurer of the council.  The levy of transit taxes
82.28 	pursuant to this section shall not affect the amount or rate of
82.29 	taxes which may be levied by any county or municipality or by
82.30 	the council for other purposes authorized by law and shall be in
82.31 	addition to any other property tax authorized by law.
82.32 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for taxes
82.33 	payable in 2006 and thereafter.

82.34 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 473.4461, is
82.35 	amended to read:
82.36 	473.4461 ADDITIONS TO TRANSIT TAXING DISTRICT.
83.1 		Subdivision 1.Service expansion plan required.
 83.2 	Notwithstanding any provision of section 473.446 or any other
83.3 	law, the Metropolitan Council may not levy a tax under section
83.4 	473.446, subdivision 1, in any city or town not included in the
83.5 	transit taxing district as it existed on January 1, 2001, unless
83.6 	the council and the governing body of that city or town have
83.7 	agreed on a service expansion plan.
83.8 		Subd. 2.Contractual agreement; property tax levy.
 83.9 	Notwithstanding section 473.446, subdivision 2, the Metropolitan
83.10 	Council may enter into an agreement with a city or a town to
83.11 	join the transit taxing district.  The agreement shall describe
83.12 	the types and levels of transit services to be provided within
83.13 	the area comprising the city or town.  The agreement must
83.14 	provide that the area comprising the city or town shall be
83.15 	subject to the levy under section 473.446, subdivision 1.  If a
83.16 	city or town enters into an agreement to join the transit taxing
83.17 	district, a copy of that portion of the agreement must be filed
83.18 	with the auditor or auditors of the county or counties
83.19 	containing the city or town.
83.20 		Subd. 3.Property tax levy allowed for operations. A tax
83.21 	levied in a city or town pursuant to an agreement under
83.22 	subdivision 2 may be used to fund transit operations or to pay
83.23 	the costs of principal and interest for transit-related bonded
83.24 	debt for a period of time not to exceed four years.  After the
83.25 	four-year period, the tax levied in the city or town may be used
83.26 	only as provided under section 473.446, subdivision 1.
83.27 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
83.28 	following final enactment, for taxes payable in 2006 and
83.29 	thereafter.

83.30 	Sec. 17. FEDERAL FUNDS FORMULA.
 83.31 	The commissioner of transportation may not implement a new
83.32 	formula for allocating federal transportation funds that results
83.33 	in any construction district receiving an annual amount of
83.34 	federal funds that is less than the annual average amount of
83.35 	federal funding that district received in the previous three
83.36 	years.

84.1 	Sec. 18. STUDY AND REPORT ON LOCAL ROAD FUNDING
84.2 	ALTERNATIVES.
 84.3 	(a) The commissioner of transportation shall study and
84.4 	report on alternative methods of funding local road maintenance
84.5 	and reconstruction.
84.6 	(b) The study must include an identification and analysis
84.7 	of alternatives to existing methods of collecting revenues,
84.8 	including, but not limited to, a street utility fee.
84.9 	(c) The study must focus on roads that are not on the
84.10 	county state-aid highway system or municipal state-aid street
84.11 	system, although state-aid streets and highways may be included
84.12 	in any alternative included in the study.  The study shall be
84.13 	completed by November 15, 2005.
84.14 	(d) By February 15, 2006, the commissioner shall report the
84.15 	study results and recommendations to the chairs of the
84.16 	legislative committees having jurisdiction over transportation
84.17 	finance and to the governor.  The commissioner shall also
84.18 	present the study results to representatives of local
84.19 	government, city and county highway engineers, and highway users.

84.20 	Sec. 19. TOWN ROAD SIGN REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.
 84.21 		Subdivision 1.Scope of program. The commissioner of
84.22 	transportation shall develop and implement a town road sign
84.23 	replacement program to:
84.24 	(1) inventory all county and town road signs;
84.25 	(2) evaluate town road signs for compliance with applicable
84.26 	sign standards;
84.27 	(3) remove and replace town road signs as the commissioner
84.28 	deems necessary; and 
84.29 	(4) establish an ongoing sign maintenance program.
84.30 		Subd. 2.Sign standards. Standards for sign removal,
84.31 	replacement, and installation must conform to applicable
84.32 	federal, state, and local safety standards, including
84.33 	retroreflectivity standards and other provisions of the Manual
84.34 	on Uniform Traffic Control Devices adopted by the commissioner.
84.35 		Subd. 3.Local government participation. The
84.36 	commissioner may establish conditions for local government
85.1 	participation in the town road sign replacement program,
85.2 	including, but not limited to, involvement of county engineers,
85.3 	and establishment and maintenance by the local government of a
85.4 	database of county and town road signs.
85.5 		Subd. 4.Use of appropriations. The commissioner may
85.6 	utilize the proceeds of state appropriations for the town road
85.7 	sign replacement program to match federal funds.  The
85.8 	commissioner may establish a pilot program in consultation with
85.9 	the Minnesota Association of Townships.
85.10 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section takes effect on the
85.11 	effective date of a state or federal appropriation for the town
85.12 	road sign replacement program.

85.13 	Sec. 20. HIGHWAY SIGNS FOR NORTHWESTERN HEALTH SCIENCES
85.14 	UNIVERSITY.
 85.15 	Notwithstanding any contrary law, rule, or agency order,
85.16 	the commissioner of transportation shall place directional signs
85.17 	displaying the name Northwestern Health Sciences University, in
85.18 	appropriate locations approaching the Penn Avenue exit on
85.19 	eastbound marked Interstate Highway 494 and approaching the 90th
85.20 	Street exit on northbound marked Interstate Highway 35W and
85.21 	southbound marked Interstate Highway 35W.  The commissioner
85.22 	shall erect the signs after being assured of the availability of
85.23 	funds from nonstate sources sufficient to pay all costs of
85.24 	producing, erecting, and maintaining the signs.

85.25 	Sec. 21. SPECIFIC SERVICE SIGN.
 85.26 	Notwithstanding any other law or administrative rule or
85.27 	order, the commissioner of transportation, after being assured
85.28 	of adequate funding from nonstate sources, shall erect a
85.29 	specific service sign on the east side of Trunk Highway 52, near
85.30 	its intersection with 37th Street NW in Olmsted County.  The
85.31 	sign must display the name or business panel or both, of a
85.32 	retail establishment on the east side of Trunk Highway 52 that
85.33 	began operation before construction of the noise wall on the
85.34 	east side of Trunk Highway 52, and the premises of which is
85.35 	blocked by the noise wall from view from Trunk Highway 52.

85.36 	Sec. 22. FORMER AIRPORT PROPERTY.
 86.1 	Notwithstanding any other law, the commissioner of
86.2 	transportation shall not require the city of Willmar to repay
86.3 	the state airports fund for acquisition costs of land that was
86.4 	previously used for aviation purposes.

86.5 	Sec. 23. SUSPENSION OF PROGRAM TO VERIFY INSURANCE
86.6 	COVERAGE THROUGH SAMPLING.
 86.7 	The commissioner of public safety shall take no action
86.8 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 169.796, subdivision 3, and
86.9 	shall discontinue all activities related to the program to
86.10 	verify insurance coverage through sampling, except as provided
86.11 	in sections 24 to 30.

86.12 	Sec. 24. REINSTATEMENT OF SUSPENDED LICENSES.
 86.13 	The commissioner, without requiring proof of insurance or
86.14 	payment of a reinstatement fee, shall reinstate the driver's
86.15 	license of every vehicle owner whose license is suspended under
86.16 	Minnesota Statutes, section 169.796, subdivision 3, retroactive
86.17 	to the date of the suspension.  The commissioner shall promptly
86.18 	refund any such reinstatement fees previously paid.

86.19 	Sec. 25. DISMISSAL OF CHARGES.
 86.20 	All charges, complaints, and citations issued for a
86.21 	violation of Minnesota Statutes, section 169.796, subdivision 3,
86.22 	or a related violation, including driving after a license
86.23 	suspension imposed for failure to comply with the provisions of
86.24 	Minnesota Statutes, section 169.796, subdivision 3, are void and
86.25 	must be dismissed.

86.26 	Sec. 26. REMOVAL OF PREVIOUS VIOLATIONS.
 86.27 	The commissioner shall purge from a person's driving record
86.28 	any notation of a violation of Minnesota Statutes, section
86.29 	169.796, subdivision 3, and any notation of a related suspension
86.30 	or violation, including driving after a license suspension
86.31 	imposed for failure to comply with the provisions of Minnesota
86.32 	Statutes, section 169.796, subdivision 3.  An insurer may not
86.33 	increase a premium for a policy of vehicle insurance on the
86.34 	basis of a violation described in this section by a named
86.35 	insured if the violation occurred before the effective date of
86.36 	this section, and any such increase previously imposed must be
87.1 	rescinded and any related premium increase promptly refunded.

87.2 	Sec. 27. REMEDIATION FOR CONVICTIONS.
 87.3 	A court in which a conviction for an offense referred to in
87.4 	section 25 occurred, must vacate the conviction, on its own
87.5 	motion, without cost to the person convicted, and must
87.6 	immediately notify the person that the conviction has been
87.7 	vacated.

87.8 	Sec. 28. REMEDIATION BY INSURERS.
 87.9 	(a) Insurers that issue or renew motor vehicle insurance in
87.10 	this state shall, within 60 days after the effective date of
87.11 	this section, inform the commissioner of commerce as to whether
87.12 	it has canceled, failed to renew, denied an application for
87.13 	coverage, or imposed a surcharge on any motor vehicle insurance
87.14 	due to a suspension or conviction as a result of Minnesota
87.15 	Statutes, section 169.796, subdivision 3, provide a list of any
87.16 	such persons, and indicate for each person the remediation the
87.17 	insurer intends to provide.
87.18 	(b) Remediation under paragraph (a) must compensate the
87.19 	victim by providing refunds and reinstatements of coverage.
87.20 	(c) Insurers shall provide the remediation without
87.21 	requiring that the person make a request for remediation.
87.22 	(d) The commissioner of commerce shall enforce this section
87.23 	under its general enforcement powers under Minnesota Statutes,
87.24 	chapter 45.

87.25 	Sec. 29. REPORT.
 87.26 	The commissioner of public safety shall report to the
87.27 	chairs of the house of representatives and senate committees
87.28 	with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance by
87.29 	March 15, 2006, recommendations for a vehicle insurance
87.30 	verification program that would identify and reduce the number
87.31 	of uninsured motorists.

87.32 	Sec. 30. PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDING.
 87.33 	The commissioner of public safety shall use unspent funds
87.34 	appropriated for purposes of administering Minnesota Statutes,
87.35 	section 169.796, subdivision 3, to carry out the provisions of
87.36 	sections 24 and 26.  Funds remaining at the conclusion of fiscal
88.1 	year 2005 may be carried over to fiscal year 2006 until
88.2 	expended, to complete the required provisions of sections 24 and
88.3 	26, including the payment of refunds of reinstatement fees.

88.4 	Sec. 31. REPEALER.
 88.5 	Minnesota Rules, parts 7800.0600; 7800.3200, subpart 1;
88.6 	7805.0700; 8850.6900, subpart 20; and 8855.0500, subpart 1, are
88.7 	repealed.

88.8 	ARTICLE 5
88.9 	SPECIAL PLATES

88.10 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.12,
88.11 	subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
88.12 		Subd. 2a.Personalized plates; rules.  (a) Personalized
88.13 	license plates or, if requested for special plates issued under
88.14 	section 168.123 for veterans, 168.124 for medal of honor
88.15 	recipients, or 168.125 for former prisoners of war, applicable
88.16 	personalized special veterans license plates must be issued to
88.17 	an applicant for registration of a passenger automobile
88.18 	including a passenger automobile registered as a classic car,
88.19 	pioneer car, collector car, or street rod; van; pickup truck as
88.20 	defined in section 168.011, subdivision 29, and any other truck
88.21 	with a manufacturer's nominal rated capacity of one ton or less
88.22 	and resembling a pickup truck; motorcycle including a classic
88.23 	motorcycle; or self-propelled recreational vehicle, upon
88.24 	compliance with the laws of this state relating to registration
88.25 	of the vehicle and upon payment of a onetime fee of $100 in
88.26 	addition to the registration tax required by law for the
88.27 	vehicle.  The registrar shall designate a replacement fee fees 
88.28 	for personalized license plates and personalized special
88.29 	veterans license plates issued according to section 168.123that
88.30 	is are calculated to cover the cost of replacement. This fee 
88.31 	These fees must be paid by the applicant whenever
88.32 	the personalized license plates are required to be replaced by
88.33 	law. Fees may not be charged to replace personalized special
88.34 	veterans license plates issued under section 168.124 or
88.35 	168.125.In lieu of the numbers assigned as provided in
88.36 	subdivision 1, personalized license plates and personalized
89.1 	special veterans license plates must have imprinted on them a
89.2 	series of not more than seven numbers and letters in any
89.3 	combination and, as applicable, satisfy the design requirements
89.4 	of section 168.123, 168.124, or 168.125.  When an applicant has
89.5 	once obtained personalized license plates or personalized
89.6 	special veterans license plates, the applicant shall have has a
89.7 	prior claim for similar personalized plates in the next
89.8 	succeeding year as long as current registration is maintained.
89.9 	The commissioner of public safety shall adopt rules in the
89.10 	manner provided by chapter 14, regulating the issuance and
89.11 	transfer of personalized license plates and personalized special
89.12 	veterans license plates.  No words or combination of letters
89.13 	placed on personalized license these plates may be used for
89.14 	commercial advertising, be of an obscene, indecent, or immoral
89.15 	nature, or be of a nature that would offend public morals or
89.16 	decency.  The call signals or letters of a radio or television
89.17 	station are not commercial advertising for the purposes of this
89.18 	subdivision.
89.19 	(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 1,
89.20 	personalized license plates and personalized special veterans
89.21 	license plates issued under this subdivision may be transferred
89.22 	to another motor vehicle described in paragraph (a) and owned or
89.23 	jointly owned by the applicant, upon the payment of a fee of $5,
89.24 	which must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the
89.25 	highway user tax distribution fund.  The registrar may by rule
89.26 	provide a form for notification.  A personalized license
89.27 	plate or personalized special veterans license plate issued for
89.28 	a classic car, pioneer car, collector car, street rod, or
89.29 	classic motorcycle may not be transferred to a vehicle not
89.30 	eligible for such a license plate.
89.31 	(c) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, if the
89.32 	personalized license plates are lost, stolen, or destroyed, the
89.33 	applicant may apply and shall receive duplicate license plates
89.34 	bearing the same combination of letters and numbers and the same
89.35 	design as:
89.36 	(1) the former personalized license plates or personalized
90.1 	special veterans license plates issued according to section
90.2 	168.123,upon the payment of the fee required by section 168.29;
90.3 	or 
90.4 	(2) the former personalized special veterans license plates
90.5 	issued according to section 168.124 or 168.125, without charge.
90.6 	(d) Fees from the sale of permanent and duplicate
90.7 	personalized license plates must be paid into the state treasury
90.8 	and credited to the highway user tax distribution fund.

90.9 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.12,
90.10 	subdivision 2b, is amended to read:
90.11 		Subd. 2b.Firefighters; special plates.  (a) The
90.12 	registrar shall issue special license plates, or a single plate
90.13 	in the case of a motorcycle plate,to any applicant who is both
90.14 	a member of a fire department receiving state aid under chapter
90.15 	69 and an owner or joint owner of a passenger automobile, or a 
90.16 	truck with a manufacturer's nominal rated capacity of one ton
90.17 	and resembling a pickup truck, or a motorcycle,upon payment of
90.18 	a fee of $10 and upon payment of the registration tax required
90.19 	by law for the vehicle and compliance with other laws of this
90.20 	state relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles
90.21 	and drivers.  In lieu of the identification required under
90.22 	subdivision 1, the special license plates shall must be
90.23 	inscribed with a symbol of a Maltese Cross together with five
90.24 	numbers.  No applicant shall receive special plates for more
90.25 	than two sets of plates for vehicles owned or jointly owned by
90.26 	the applicant.
90.27 	(b) Special plates issued under this subdivision may only
90.28 	be used during the period that the owner or joint owner of the
90.29 	vehicle is a member of a fire department as specified in this
90.30 	subdivision.  When the person to whom the special plates were
90.31 	issued is no longer a member of a fire department or when the
90.32 	vehicle ownership is transferred, the special license plates
90.33 	shall must be removed from the vehicle and returned to the
90.34 	registrar.  Upon return of the special plates, or special
90.35 	motorcycle plate,the owner or purchaser of the vehicle is
90.36 	entitled to receive regular plates, or a regular motorcycle
91.1 	plate,for the vehicle, as applicable,without cost for the
91.2 	remainder of the registration period for which the special plate
91.3 	or plates were issued. Firefighter license plates issued
91.4 	pursuant to this subdivision may be transferred to another motor
91.5 	vehicle upon payment of $5, which fee shall be paid into the
91.6 	state treasury and credited to the highway user tax distribution
91.7 	fund.
91.8 	(c) A special motorcycle license plate issued under this
91.9 	subdivision must be the same size as a standard motorcycle
91.10 	license plate.
91.11 	(d) Upon payment of a fee of $5, plates issued under this
91.12 	subdivision for a passenger automobile or truck may be
91.13 	transferred to another passenger automobile or truck owned or
91.14 	jointly owned by the person to whom the plates were issued.  On
91.15 	payment of a fee of $5, a plate issued under this subdivision
91.16 	for a motorcycle may be transferred to another motorcycle owned
91.17 	or jointly owned by the person to whom the plate was issued.
91.18 	(c) (e) The commissioner of public safety may adopt rules
91.19 	under the Administrative Procedure Act, sections 14.001 to
91.20 	14.69, to govern the issuance and use of the special plates
91.21 	authorized in this subdivision.
91.22 	(f) All fees from the sale or transfer of special license
91.23 	plates for firefighters shall must be paid into the state
91.24 	treasury and credited to the highway user tax distribution fund.

91.25 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.123,
91.26 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
91.27 		Subdivision 1.General requirements; fees.  (a) On
91.28 	payment of a fee of $10 for each set of two plates, or for a
91.29 	single plate in the case of a motorcycle plate, payment of the
91.30 	registration tax required by law, and compliance with
91.31 	other applicable laws relating to the vehicle registration and
91.32 	licensing of a passenger automobile, pickup truck, van,
91.33 	self-propelled recreational equipment, or motorcycle, as
91.34 	applicable, the registrar shall issue:
91.35 	(1) special license plates to an applicant who served in
91.36 	the active military service in a branch of the armed forces of
92.1 	the United States or of a nation or society allied with the
92.2 	United States in conducting a foreign war, was discharged under
92.3 	honorable conditions, and is an owner or joint owner of a
92.4 	passenger automobile, pickup truck, van, or self-propelled
92.5 	recreational equipment, or truck resembling a pickup truck and
92.6 	having a manufacturer's nominal rated capacity of one ton, but
92.7 	which is not a commercial motor vehicle as defined in section
92.8 	169.01, subdivision 75; or
92.9 	(2) a special motorcycle license plate as described in
92.10 	subdivision 2, paragraph (a), or another special license plate
92.11 	designed by the commissioner of public safety to an applicant
92.12 	who is a Vietnam veteran who served after July 1, 1961, and
92.13 	before July 1, 1978, and (f), (h), or (i).  A plate may be
92.14 	issued under this clause only to a person who served in the
92.15 	active military service in a branch of the armed forces of the
92.16 	United States or a nation or society allied with the United
92.17 	States in conducting a foreign war, was discharged under
92.18 	honorable conditions, and is an owner or joint owner of a
92.19 	motorcycle, and meets the criteria listed in this paragraph and
92.20 	in subdivision 2, paragraph (a), (f), (h), or (i).  Plates
92.21 	issued under this clause must be the same size as standard
92.22 	motorcycle license plates. Special motorcycle license plates
92.23 	issued under this clause are not subject to section 168.1293.
92.24 	(b) The additional fee of $10 is payable for each set of
92.25 	plates, is payable only when the plates are issued, and is not
92.26 	payable in a year in which tabs or stickers are issued instead
92.27 	of number plates.  An applicant must not be issued plates for 
92.28 	more than two sets of plates for vehicles listed in paragraph
92.29 	(a) and owned or jointly owned by the applicant.
92.30 	(c) The veteran shall must have a certified copy of the
92.31 	veteran's discharge papers, indicating character of discharge,
92.32 	at the time of application.  If an applicant served in the
92.33 	active military service in a branch of the armed forces of a
92.34 	nation or society allied with the United States in conducting a
92.35 	foreign war and is unable to obtain a record of that service and
92.36 	discharge status, the commissioner of veterans affairs may
93.1 	certify the applicant as qualified for the veterans' license
93.2 	plates provided under this section.
93.3 	(d) When issuing a set of license plates, or for a
93.4 	motorcycle a single license plate, under subdivision 2,
93.5 	paragraph (h) or (i), the commissioner shall assess a $5
93.6 	surcharge to the applicant, in addition to the fee required
93.7 	under this section and the registration tax required by law.
93.8 	The revenue from the surcharge must be deposited in the highway
93.9 	user tax distribution fund.  The commissioner shall cease to
93.10 	collect the surcharge when total collections from the surcharge
93.11 	since its inception exceed $3,500.
93.12 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
93.13 	following final enactment.

93.14 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.123,
93.15 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
93.16 		Subd. 2.Design.  The commissioner of veterans affairs
93.17 	shall design the special plates, subject to the approval of the
93.18 	registrar, that satisfy the following requirements:
93.19 	(a) For a Vietnam veteran who served after July 1, 1961,
93.20 	and before July 1, 1978, the special plates must bear the
93.21 	inscription "VIETNAM VET" and the letters "V" and "V" with the
93.22 	first letter directly above the second letter and both letters
93.23 	just preceding the first numeral of the special license plate
93.24 	number.
93.25 	(b) For a veteran stationed on the island of Oahu, Hawaii,
93.26 	or offshore, during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7,
93.27 	1941, the special plates must bear the inscription "PEARL HARBOR
93.28 	SURVIVOR" and the letters "P" and "H" with the first letter
93.29 	directly above the second letter and both letters just preceding
93.30 	the first numeral of the special license plate number.
93.31 	(c) For a veteran who served during World War I or World
93.32 	War II, the special plates must bear the inscription "WORLD WAR
93.33 	VET" and:
93.34 	(1) for a World War I veteran, the characters "W" and "I"
93.35 	with the first character directly above the second character and
93.36 	both characters just preceding the first numeral of the special
94.1 	license plate number; or
94.2 	(2) for a World War II veteran, the characters "W" and "II"
94.3 	with the first character directly above the second character and
94.4 	both characters just preceding the first numeral of the special
94.5 	license plate number.
94.6 	(d) For a veteran who served during the Korean Conflict,
94.7 	the special plates must bear the inscription "KOREAN VET" and
94.8 	the letters "K" and "V" with the first letter directly above the
94.9 	second letter and both letters just preceding the first numeral
94.10 	of the special license plate number.
94.11 	(e) For a combat wounded veteran who is a recipient of the
94.12 	purple heart medal, the special plates must bear the inscription
94.13 	"COMBAT WOUNDED VET" and inscribed with a facsimile of the
94.14 	official purple heart medal and the letters "C" over "W" with
94.15 	the first letter directly over the second letter just preceding
94.16 	the first numeral of the special license plate number.
94.17 	(f) For a Persian Gulf war veteran, the special plates must
94.18 	bear the inscription "GULF WAR VET" and the letters "G" and "W"
94.19 	with the first letter directly above the second letter and both
94.20 	letters just preceding the first numeral of the special license
94.21 	plate number.  For the purposes of this section, "Persian Gulf
94.22 	war veteran" means a person who served on active duty after
94.23 	August 1, 1990, in a branch of the armed forces of the United
94.24 	States or United Nations during Operation Desert Shield,
94.25 	Operation Desert Storm, or other military operation in the
94.26 	Persian Gulf area combat zone as designated in United States
94.27 	Presidential Executive Order No. 12744, dated January 21, 1991.
94.28 	(g) For a veteran who served in the Laos War after July 1,
94.29 	1961, and before July 1, 1978, the special plates must bear the
94.30 	inscription "LAOS WAR VET" and the letters "L" and "V" with the
94.31 	first letter directly above the second letter and both letters
94.32 	just preceding the first numeral of the special license plate
94.33 	number.
94.34 	(h) For a veteran who is the recipient of:
94.35 	(1) the Iraq Campaign Medal, the special plates must be
94.36 	inscribed with a facsimile of that medal and must bear the
95.1 	inscription "IRAQ WAR VET" directly below the special license
95.2 	plate number;
95.3 	(2) the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the special plates must
95.4 	be inscribed with a facsimile of that medal and must bear the
95.5 	inscription "AFGHAN WAR VET" directly below the special license
95.6 	plate number; or 
95.7 	(3) the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the
95.8 	special plates must be inscribed with a facsimile of that medal
95.9 	and must bear the inscription "GWOT VETERAN" directly below the
95.10 	special license plate number.
95.11 	(i) For a veteran who is the recipient of the Global War on
95.12 	Terrorism Service Medal, the special plates must be inscribed
95.13 	with a facsimile of that medal and must bear the inscription
95.14 	"GWOT VETERAN" directly below the special license plate number.
95.15 	In addition, any member of the National Guard or other military
95.16 	reserves who has been ordered to federally funded state active
95.17 	service under United States Code, title 32, as defined in
95.18 	section 190.05, subdivision 5b, and who is the recipient of the
95.19 	Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, is eligible for the
95.20 	license plate described in this paragraph, irrespective of
95.21 	whether that person qualifies as a veteran under section 197.447.
95.22 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
95.23 	following final enactment.

95.24 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.123,
95.25 	subdivision 4, is amended to read:
95.26 		Subd. 4.Plates transfer.  (a) On payment of a fee of $5,
95.27 	plates issued under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1),
95.28 	may be transferred to another vehicle, but only if the vehicle:
95.29 	(1) is a passenger automobile, pickup truck, van, or 
95.30 	self-propelled recreational equipment, or one-ton truck
95.31 	described in subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1); and 
95.32 	(2) is owned or jointly owned by the person to whom the
95.33 	plates were issued.
95.34 	(b) On payment of a fee of $5, a plate issued under
95.35 	subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), may be transferred to
95.36 	another motorcycle owned or jointly owned by the person to whom
96.1 	the plate was issued.

96.2 	Sec. 6. [168.1251] DISABLED VETERANS OF AMERICA PLATES.
96.3 		Subdivision 1.Issuance and design. The registrar of
96.4 	motor vehicles shall issue special license plates bearing the
96.5 	inscription "DISABLED AMERICAN VETERAN" to an applicant who is
96.6 	certified in writing by the United States Department of Veterans
96.7 	Affairs or the state commissioner of veterans affairs as having
96.8 	a permanent and total service-connected disability, who complies
96.9 	with all laws relating to the registration and licensing of
96.10 	motor vehicles and drivers, and who pays a fee of $10 for each
96.11 	set of license plates applied for.  The special license plates
96.12 	must be of a design and size determined by the registrar.
96.13 		Subd. 2.Application. Application for issuance of these
96.14 	plates may be made only at the time of renewal or first
96.15 	application for registration.
96.16 		Subd. 3.Transfer. On payment of a fee of $5, special
96.17 	plates issued under this section may be transferred to another
96.18 	motor vehicle owned or jointly owned by the disabled veteran
96.19 	upon notification to the registrar of motor vehicles.
96.20 		Subd. 4.Motor vehicle; special definition. For purposes
96.21 	of this section, "motor vehicle" means a vehicle for personal
96.22 	use, not used for commercial purposes, and may include a
96.23 	passenger automobile, van, pickup truck, motorcycle, or
96.24 	recreational vehicle.
96.25 		Subd. 5.Fees credited. Fees paid under this section
96.26 	must be credited to the highway user tax distribution fund.

96.27 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1293,
96.28 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
96.29 		Subd. 5.Discontinuance of plate.  (a) The department
96.30 	shall discontinue the issuance or renewal of any special license
96.31 	plate if (1) fewer than 1,000 sets of those plates are currently
96.32 	registered at the end of the first six years during which the
96.33 	plates are available, or (2) fewer than 1,000 sets of those
96.34 	plates are currently registered at the end of any subsequent
96.35 	two-year period following the first six years of availability.
96.36 	(b) The department may discontinue the issuance or renewal
97.1 	of any special license plate, and distribution of any
97.2 	contributions resulting from that plate, if the department
97.3 	determines that (1) the fund or requester receiving the
97.4 	contributions no longer exists, (2) the requester has stopped
97.5 	providing services that are authorized to be funded from the
97.6 	contribution proceeds, (3) the requester has requested
97.7 	discontinuance, or (4) contributions have been used in violation
97.8 	of subdivision 6.
97.9 	(c) Nothing in this subdivision applies to license plates
97.10 	issued under section 168.123, 168.124, 168.125, 168.1251,or
97.11 	168.1255.

97.12 	Sec. 8. [168.1298] SPECIAL "SUPPORT OUR TROOPS" LICENSE
97.13 	PLATES.
97.14 		Subdivision 1.General requirements and procedures. (a)
97.15 	The commissioner shall issue special "Support Our Troops"
97.16 	license plates to an applicant who:
97.17 	(1) is an owner of a passenger automobile, one-ton pickup
97.18 	truck, recreational vehicle, or motorcycle;
97.19 	(2) pays a fee of $10 to cover the costs of handling and
97.20 	manufacturing the plates;
97.21 	(3) pays the registration tax required under section
97.22 	168.013;
97.23 	(4) pays the fees required under this chapter;
97.24 	(5) contributes a minimum of $30 annually to the Minnesota
97.25 	"Support Our Troops" account established in section 190.19; and 
97.26 	(6) complies with laws and rules governing registration and
97.27 	licensing of vehicles and drivers.
97.28 	(b) The license application under this section must
97.29 	indicate that the annual contribution specified under paragraph
97.30 	(a), clause (5), is a minimum contribution to receive the plate
97.31 	and that the applicant may make an additional contribution to
97.32 	the account.
97.33 		Subd. 2.Design. After consultation with interested
97.34 	groups, the adjutant general and the commissioner of veterans
97.35 	affairs shall design the special plate, subject to the approval
97.36 	of the commissioner.
98.1 		Subd. 3.No refund. Contributions under this section
98.2 	must not be refunded.
98.3 		Subd. 4.Plate transfers. Notwithstanding section
98.4 	168.12, subdivision 1, on payment of a transfer fee of $5,
98.5 	plates issued under this section may be transferred to another
98.6 	passenger automobile, one-ton pickup truck, recreational
98.7 	vehicle, or motorcycle owned by the individual to whom the
98.8 	special plates were issued.
98.9 		Subd. 5.Contribution and fees credited. Contributions
98.10 	under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (5), must be paid to
98.11 	the commissioner and credited to the Minnesota "Support Our
98.12 	Troops" account established in section 190.19.  The fees
98.13 	collected under this section must be deposited in the vehicle
98.14 	services operating account in the special revenue fund.
98.15 		Subd. 6.Record. The commissioner shall maintain a
98.16 	record of the number of plates issued under this section.

98.17 	Sec. 9. [168.1299] SPECIAL "KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS MEMBER"
98.18 	LICENSE PLATES.
98.19 		Subdivision 1.General requirements and procedures. The
98.20 	registrar shall issue special "Knights of Columbus member"
98.21 	license plates to an applicant who:
98.22 	(1) is an owner or joint owner of a passenger automobile,
98.23 	pickup truck, or van;
98.24 	(2) pays a fee of $10 to cover the costs of handling and
98.25 	manufacturing the plates;
98.26 	(3) pays the registration tax required under section
98.27 	168.013;
98.28 	(4) pays the fees required under this chapter; and 
98.29 	(5) complies with laws and rules governing registration and
98.30 	licensing of vehicles and drivers.
98.31 		Subd. 2.Design. A special license plate under this
98.32 	section consists of a license plate with a unique symbol that is
98.33 	the recognized emblem of the Knights of Columbus.  The symbol
98.34 	must be designed by the Knights of Columbus or a council
98.35 	thereof, with the approval of the commissioner.  The license
98.36 	plate may be an embossed license plate or a generic license
99.1 	plate with attached decal.
99.2 		Subd. 3.Applicability of other law. Section 168.1293
99.3 	does not apply to license plates authorized under this section.

99.4 	ARTICLE 6
99.5 	TRANSPORTATION FINANCE

99.6 	Section 1. [16A.89] MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION FUND.
99.7 	A multimodal transportation fund is established in the
99.8 	state treasury.  The fund consists of money credited under
99.9 	section 297B.09, subdivision 1, and other money credited to the
99.10 	fund by law.  Money in the fund must be appropriated for
99.11 	multimodal surface transportation purposes.  Of the money
99.12 	available in the fund each year, a minimum of 25 percent must be
99.13 	expended on highways and a minimum of 25 percent must be
99.14 	expended on transit purposes.  Highway expenditures may include,
99.15 	but are not limited to, state road construction and related
99.16 	sales tax charges whether incurred by the department or by
99.17 	persons who contract with the department, state patrol
99.18 	operations, local road construction and maintenance,
99.19 	transportation safety and research activities, Department of
99.20 	Transportation tort claims, and government agency indirect costs
99.21 	assessed against the Department of Transportation or the trunk
99.22 	highway fund.

99.23 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 162.07,
99.24 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
99.25 		Subdivision 1.Formula.  After deducting for
99.26 	administrative costs and for the disaster account and research
99.27 	account and state park roads as heretofore provided in section
99.28 	162.06, subdivisions 2 to 5, the remainder of the total sum
99.29 	provided for in section 162.06, subdivision 1, shall be is 
99.30 	identified as the apportionment sum and shall be apportioned by
99.31 	the commissioner to the several counties on the basis of the
99.32 	needs of the counties as determined in accordance with the
99.33 	following formula:
99.34 	(a) An amount equal to ten percent of the apportionment sum
99.35 	shall be apportioned equally among the 87 counties.
99.36 	(b) An amount equal to ten percent of the apportionment sum
100.1 	shall be apportioned among the several counties so that each
100.2 	county shall receive of such amount the percentage that its
100.3 	motor vehicle registration for the calendar year preceding the
100.4 	one last past, determined by residence of registrants, bears to
100.5 	the total statewide motor vehicle registration.
100.6 	(c) An amount equal to 30 percent of the apportionment sum
100.7 	shall be apportioned among the several counties so that each
100.8 	county shall receive of such amount the percentage that its
100.9 	total lane-miles of approved county state-aid highways bears to
100.10 	the total lane-miles of approved statewide county state-aid
100.11 	highways.  In 1997 and subsequent years no county may receive,
100.12 	as a result of an apportionment under this clause based on
100.13 	lane-miles rather than miles of approved county state-aid
100.14 	highways, an apportionment that is less than its apportionment
100.15 	in 1996.
100.16 	(d) An amount equal to 50 percent of the apportionment sum
100.17 	shall be apportioned among the several counties so that each
100.18 	county shall receive of such amount the percentage that its
100.19 	money needs bears to the sum of the money needs of all of the
100.20 	individual counties; provided, that the percentage of such
100.21 	amount that each county is to receive shall be adjusted so that
100.22 	each county shall receive in 1958 a total apportionment at least
100.23 	ten percent greater than its total 1956 apportionments from the
100.24 	state road and bridge fund; and provided further that those
100.25 	counties whose money needs are thus adjusted shall never receive
100.26 	a percentage of the apportionment sum less than the percentage
100.27 	that such county received in 1958 the excess sum.
100.28 	(a) The excess sum is calculated as the sum of the amounts
100.29 	described in clauses (1) and (2), reduced by a proportionate
100.30 	share of the deductions for administrative costs and for the
100.31 	disaster account and research account, as follows:
100.32 	(1) on or after July 1, 2005, the amount due to an increase
100.33 	imposed in the gasoline excise tax rate above a rate of 20 cents
100.34 	per gallon; or in the excise tax rate for E85, M85, and special
100.35 	fuels above the energy equivalent of a gasoline tax rate of 20
100.36 	cents per gallon; and 
101.1 	(2) the amount due to a change in the passenger vehicle
101.2 	registration tax under section 168.013, imposed on or after July
101.3 	1, 2005, that exceeds the amount collected in fiscal year 2005
101.4 	multiplied by the annual average United States Consumer Price
101.5 	Index for all urban consumers, United States city average, as
101.6 	determined by the United States Department of Labor for the
101.7 	previous year, divided by that annual average for calendar year
101.8 	2004.
101.9 	(b) The apportionment sum is calculated by subtracting the
101.10 	excess sum from the remainder of the total sum.

101.11 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 162.07, is
101.12 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
101.13 		Subd. 1a.Apportionment sum. The commissioner shall
101.14 	apportion the apportionment sum among the several counties on
101.15 	the basis of the needs of the counties as determined in
101.16 	accordance with the following formula:
101.17 	(a) An amount equal to ten percent of the apportionment sum
101.18 	must be apportioned equally among the 87 counties.
101.19 	(b) An amount equal to ten percent of the apportionment sum
101.20 	must be apportioned among the several counties so that each
101.21 	county receives of that amount the percentage that its motor
101.22 	vehicle registration for the calendar year preceding the one
101.23 	last past, determined by residence of registrants, bears to the
101.24 	total statewide motor vehicle registration.
101.25 	(c) An amount equal to 30 percent of the apportionment sum
101.26 	must be apportioned among the several counties so that each
101.27 	county receives of that amount the percentage that its total
101.28 	lane-miles of approved county state-aid highways bears to the
101.29 	total lane-miles of approved statewide county state-aid
101.30 	highways.  In 1997 and subsequent years, no county may receive,
101.31 	as a result of an apportionment under this paragraph based on
101.32 	lane-miles rather than miles of approved county state-aid
101.33 	highways, an apportionment that is less than its apportionment
101.34 	in 1996.
101.35 	(d) An amount equal to 50 percent of the apportionment sum
101.36 	must be apportioned among the several counties so that each
102.1 	county receives of that amount the percentage that its money
102.2 	needs bears to the sum of the money needs of all of the
102.3 	individual counties; provided that the percentage of the amount
102.4 	that each county is to receive must be adjusted so that each
102.5 	county receives in 1958 a total apportionment at least ten
102.6 	percent greater than its total 1956 apportionments from the
102.7 	state road and bridge fund; and provided, further, that those
102.8 	counties whose money needs are thus adjusted shall never receive
102.9 	a percentage of the apportionment sum less than the percentage
102.10 	that such county received in 1958.

102.11 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 162.07, is
102.12 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
102.13 		Subd. 1b.Excess sum. The commissioner shall apportion
102.14 	the excess sum to the several counties on the basis of the needs
102.15 	of the counties as determined in accordance with the following
102.16 	formula:
102.17 	(a) An amount equal to 40 percent of the excess sum must be
102.18 	apportioned among the several counties so that each county
102.19 	receives of that amount the percentage that its motor vehicle
102.20 	registration for the calendar year preceding the one last past,
102.21 	determined by residence of registrants, bears to the total
102.22 	statewide motor vehicle registration.
102.23 	(b) An amount equal to 60 percent of the excess sum must be
102.24 	apportioned among the several counties so that each county
102.25 	receives of that amount the percentage that its money needs
102.26 	bears to the sum of the money needs of all of the individual
102.27 	counties.

102.28 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.013,
102.29 	subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
102.30 		Subd. 1a.Passenger automobile; hearse.  (a) On passenger
102.31 	automobiles as defined in section 168.011, subdivision 7, and
102.32 	hearses, except as otherwise provided, the tax shall be $10 plus
102.33 	an additional tax equal to 1.25 percent of the base value.
102.34 	(b) Subject to the classification provisions herein, "base
102.35 	value" means the manufacturer's suggested retail price of the
102.36 	vehicle including destination charge using list price
103.1 	information published by the manufacturer or determined by the
103.2 	registrar if no suggested retail price exists, and shall not
103.3 	include the cost of each accessory or item of optional equipment
103.4 	separately added to the vehicle and the suggested retail price.
103.5 	(c) If the manufacturer's list price information contains a
103.6 	single vehicle identification number followed by various
103.7 	descriptions and suggested retail prices, the registrar shall
103.8 	select from those listings only the lowest price for determining
103.9 	base value.
103.10 	(d) If unable to determine the base value because the
103.11 	vehicle is specially constructed, or for any other reason, the
103.12 	registrar may establish such value upon the cost price to the
103.13 	purchaser or owner as evidenced by a certificate of cost but not
103.14 	including Minnesota sales or use tax or any local sales or other
103.15 	local tax.
103.16 	(e) The registrar shall classify every vehicle in its
103.17 	proper base value class as follows:
103.18 	FROM                   TO
103.19 	                      $  0                $199.99
103.20 	                       200                 399.99
103.21 	and thereafter a series of classes successively set in brackets
103.22 	having a spread of $200 consisting of such number of classes as
103.23 	will permit classification of all vehicles.
103.24 	(f) The base value for purposes of this section shall be
103.25 	the middle point between the extremes of its class.
103.26 	(g) The registrar shall establish the base value, when new,
103.27 	of every passenger automobile and hearse registered prior to the
103.28 	effective date of Extra Session Laws 1971, chapter 31, using
103.29 	list price information published by the manufacturer or any
103.30 	nationally recognized firm or association compiling such data
103.31 	for the automotive industry.  If unable to ascertain the base
103.32 	value of any registered vehicle in the foregoing manner, the
103.33 	registrar may use any other available source or method.  The
103.34 	registrar shall calculate tax using base value information
103.35 	available to dealers and deputy registrars at the time the
103.36 	application for registration is submitted.  The tax on all
104.1 	previously registered vehicles shall be computed upon the base
104.2 	value thus determined taking into account the depreciation
104.3 	provisions of paragraph (h).
104.4 	(h) The annual additional tax computed upon the base value
104.5 	as provided herein, during the first and second years year of
104.6 	vehicle life shall be computed upon 100 percent of the base
104.7 	value; for the second year, 80 percent of such value;for the
104.8 	third and fourth years, 90 year, 70 percent of such value; for
104.9 	the fourth year, 60 percent of such value;for the fifth and
104.10 	sixth years, 75 year, 50 percent of such value; for the sixth
104.11 	year, 40 percent of such value;for the seventh year, 60 35 
104.12 	percent of such value; for the eighth year, 40 30 percent of
104.13 	such value; for the ninth year, 30 20 percent of such value; for
104.14 	the tenth year, ten percent of such value; for the 11th and each
104.15 	succeeding year, the sum of $25.
104.16 	In no event shall the annual additional tax be less than
104.17 	$25. The total tax under this subdivision shall not exceed $189
104.18 	for the first renewal period and shall not exceed $99 for
104.19 	subsequent renewal periods.  The total tax under this
104.20 	subdivision on any vehicle filing its initial registration in
104.21 	Minnesota in the second year of vehicle life shall not exceed
104.22 	$189 and shall not exceed $99 for subsequent renewal periods.
104.23 	The total tax under this subdivision on any vehicle filing its
104.24 	initial registration in Minnesota in the third or subsequent
104.25 	year of vehicle life shall not exceed $99 and shall not exceed
104.26 	$99 in any subsequent renewal period.
104.27 	(i) As used in this subdivision and section 168.017, the
104.28 	following terms have the meanings given:  "initial registration"
104.29 	means the 12 consecutive months calendar period from the day of
104.30 	first registration of a vehicle in Minnesota; and "renewal
104.31 	periods" means the 12 consecutive calendar months periods
104.32 	following the initial registration period The annual additional
104.33 	tax under paragraph (h) must not exceed the annual additional
104.34 	tax that was previously paid or due on that vehicle.
104.35 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for first
104.36 	registration periods in which the tax is first due on or after
105.1 	July 1, 2005, and for renewals of registrations on those
105.2 	vehicles assigned registration periods of July 1, 2005, through
105.3 	June 30, 2006, or later.

105.4 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 296A.07,
105.5 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
105.6 		Subd. 3.Rate of tax.  The gasoline excise tax is imposed
105.7 	at the following rates:
105.8 	(1) (a) From July 1, 2005, to June 30, 2007,E85 is taxed
105.9 	at the rate of 14.2 17.0 cents per gallon;
105.10 	(2) M85 is taxed at the rate of 11.4 13.7 cents per gallon;
105.11 	and
105.12 	(3) all other gasoline is taxed at the rate of 20 24 cents
105.13 	per gallon.
105.14 	(b) On and after July 1, 2007, E85 is taxed at the rate of
105.15 	19.2 cents per gallon; M85 is taxed at the rate of 15.4 cents
105.16 	per gallon; and all other gasoline is taxed at the rate of 27
105.17 	cents per gallon.
105.18 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2005,
105.19 	and applies to all gasoline, undyed diesel fuel, and special
105.20 	fuel in distributor storage on July 1, 2005.

105.21 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 296A.08,
105.22 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
105.23 		Subd. 2.Rate of tax.  The special fuel excise tax is
105.24 	imposed at the following rates:
105.25 	(a) From July 1, 2005, to June 30, 2007,liquefied
105.26 	petroleum gas or propane is taxed at the rate of 15 18 cents per
105.27 	gallon.;
105.28 	(b) liquefied natural gas is taxed at the rate of 12 14.4 
105.29 	cents per gallon.; and 
105.30 	(c) compressed natural gas is taxed at the rate
105.31 	of $1.739 $2.087 per thousand cubic feet; or 20 24 cents per
105.32 	gasoline equivalent, as defined by the National Conference on
105.33 	Weights and Measures, which is 5.66 pounds of natural gas.
105.34 	(b) On and after July 1, 2007, liquefied petroleum gas or
105.35 	propane is taxed at the rate of 20.3 cents per gallon; liquefied
105.36 	natural gas is taxed at the rate of 16.2 cents per gallon; and
106.1 	compressed natural gas is taxed at the rate of $2.348 per
106.2 	thousand cubic feet; or 27 cents per gasoline equivalent, as
106.3 	defined by the National Conference on Weights and Measures,
106.4 	which is 5.66 pounds of natural gas.
106.5 	(d) (c) All other special fuel is taxed at the same rate as
106.6 	the gasoline excise tax as specified in section 296A.07,
106.7 	subdivision 2.  The tax is payable in the form and manner
106.8 	prescribed by the commissioner.
106.9 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2005,
106.10 	and applies to all gasoline, undyed diesel fuel, and special
106.11 	fuel in distributor storage on July 1, 2005.

106.12 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 297B.09,
106.13 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
106.14 		Subdivision 1.Deposit of revenues.  (a) Money collected
106.15 	and received under this chapter must be deposited as provided in
106.16 	this subdivision.
106.17 	(b) From July 1, 2002, to June 30, 2003, 32 percent of the
106.18 	money collected and received must be deposited in the highway
106.19 	user tax distribution fund, 20.5 percent must be deposited in
106.20 	the metropolitan area transit fund under section 16A.88, and
106.21 	1.25 percent must be deposited in the greater Minnesota transit
106.22 	fund under section 16A.88.  The remaining money must be
106.23 	deposited in the general fund.
106.24 	(c) From July 1, 2003, to June 30, 2007 2005, 30 percent of
106.25 	the money collected and received must be deposited in the
106.26 	highway user tax distribution fund, 21.5 percent must be
106.27 	deposited in the metropolitan area transit fund under section
106.28 	16A.88, 1.43 percent must be deposited in the greater Minnesota
106.29 	transit fund under section 16A.88, 0.65 percent must be
106.30 	deposited in the county state-aid highway fund, and 0.17 percent
106.31 	must be deposited in the municipal state-aid street fund.  The
106.32 	remaining money must be deposited in the general fund.
106.33 	(c) From July 1, 2005, to June 30, 2006, 20.82 percent of
106.34 	the money collected and received must be deposited in the
106.35 	highway user tax distribution fund, one percent must be
106.36 	deposited in the right-of-way advance acquisition loan account
107.1 	established under section 446A.085, subdivision 3, 29.60 percent
107.2 	must be deposited in the metropolitan area transit fund under
107.3 	section 16A.88, and 2.33 percent must be deposited in the
107.4 	greater Minnesota transit fund under section 16A.88.  The
107.5 	remaining money must be deposited in the general fund.
107.6 	(d) From July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007, 19.82 percent of
107.7 	the money collected and received must be deposited in the
107.8 	highway user tax distribution fund, one percent must be
107.9 	deposited in the right-of-way advance acquisition loan account
107.10 	under section 446A.085, subdivision 3, 30.50 percent must be
107.11 	deposited in the metropolitan area transit fund under section
107.12 	16A.88, and 2.43 percent must be deposited in the greater
107.13 	Minnesota transit fund under section 16A.88.  The remaining
107.14 	money must be deposited in the general fund.
107.15 	(e) From July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2008, 17.37 percent of
107.16 	the money collected and received must be deposited in the
107.17 	highway user tax distribution fund, 43.30 percent must be
107.18 	deposited in the metropolitan area transit fund under section
107.19 	16A.88, 5.33 percent must be deposited in the greater Minnesota
107.20 	transit fund under section 16A.88, and ten percent must be
107.21 	deposited in the multimodal transportation fund under section
107.22 	16A.89.  The remaining money must be deposited in the general
107.23 	fund.
107.24 	(f) From July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009, 16.57 percent of
107.25 	the money collected and received must be deposited in the
107.26 	highway user tax distribution fund, 44.03 percent must be
107.27 	deposited in the metropolitan area transit fund under section
107.28 	16A.88, 5.40 percent must be deposited in the greater Minnesota
107.29 	transit fund under section 16A.88, and 20 percent must be
107.30 	deposited in the multimodal transportation fund under section
107.31 	16A.89.  The remaining money must be deposited in the general
107.32 	fund.
107.33 	(g) From July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2010, 15.94 percent of
107.34 	the money collected and received must be deposited in the
107.35 	highway user tax distribution fund, 44.59 percent must be
107.36 	deposited in the metropolitan area transit fund under section
108.1 	16A.88, 5.47 percent must be deposited in the greater Minnesota
108.2 	transit fund under section 16A.88, and 30 percent must be
108.3 	deposited in the multimodal transportation fund under section
108.4 	16A.89.  The remaining money must be deposited in the general
108.5 	fund.
108.6 	(d) (h) On and after July 1, 2007 2010, 32 15.5 percent
108.7 	of the money collected and received must be deposited in the
108.8 	highway user tax distribution fund, 20.5 45 percent must be
108.9 	deposited in the metropolitan area transit fund under section
108.10 	16A.88, and 1.255.5 percent must be deposited in the greater
108.11 	Minnesota transit fund under section 16A.88, and 34 percent must
108.12 	be deposited in the multimodal transportation fund under section
108.13 	16A.89. The remaining money must be deposited in the general
108.14 	fund.

108.15 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 446A.085,
108.16 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
108.17 		Subd. 3.Establishment of fund; accounts. (a) A
108.18 	transportation revolving loan fund is established to make loans
108.19 	for the purposes described in subdivision 2.  A highway account
108.20 	is established in the fund for highway projects eligible under
108.21 	United States Code, title 23.  A transit account is established
108.22 	in the fund for transit capital projects eligible under United
108.23 	States Code, title 49.  A state funds general loan account is
108.24 	established in the fund for transportation projects eligible
108.25 	under state law. A right-of-way advance acquisition loan
108.26 	account is established in the fund for projects described in
108.27 	subdivision 10a.Other accounts may be established in the fund
108.28 	as necessary for its management and administration.
108.29 	(b) The transportation revolving loan fund receives federal
108.30 	money under the act and money from any source.  Money received
108.31 	under this section must be paid to the commissioner of finance
108.32 	and credited to the transportation revolving loan fund.  Money
108.33 	in the fund is annually appropriated to the authority and does
108.34 	not lapse.  The fund must be credited with investment income,
108.35 	and with repayments of principal and interest, except for
108.36 	servicing fees assessed under sections 446A.04, subdivision 5,
109.1 	and 446A.11, subdivision 8.

109.2 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 446A.085,
109.3 	subdivision 8, is amended to read:
109.4 		Subd. 8.Certification of projects. (a) Except as
109.5 	provided in paragraph (b),the commissioner of transportation
109.6 	shall consider the following information when evaluating
109.7 	projects to certify for funding to the Transportation Committee:
109.8 	(1) a description of the nature and purpose of the proposed
109.9 	transportation project including an explanation of the need for
109.10 	the project and the reasons why it is in the public interest;
109.11 	(2) the relationship of the project to the area
109.12 	transportation improvement program, the approved statewide
109.13 	transportation improvement program, and to any transportation
109.14 	plans required under state or federal law;
109.15 	(3) the estimated cost of the project and the amount of
109.16 	loans sought;
109.17 	(4) proposed sources of funding in addition to loans sought
109.18 	from the transportation revolving loan fund;
109.19 	(5) the need for the project as part of the overall
109.20 	transportation system;
109.21 	(6) the overall economic impact of the project; and
109.22 	(7) the extent to which completion of the project will
109.23 	improve the movement of people and freight.
109.24 	(b) For loans made from the right-of-way advance
109.25 	acquisition loan account, the commissioner of transportation
109.26 	shall consider the following information when evaluating
109.27 	projects to certify for funding to the transportation committee:
109.28 	(1) a description of the highway project, including
109.29 	estimated schedules and costs, for which advance acquisition of
109.30 	right-of-way is sought;
109.31 	(2) the importance of the project as measured by the
109.32 	criteria in paragraph (a), clauses (2) and (5) to (7);
109.33 	(3) other sources of funding available for the acquisition;
109.34 	(4) the necessity of preserving right-of-way for the
109.35 	project as a means of reducing overall project costs and
109.36 	preventing incompatible land uses;
110.1 	(5) other options available for right-of-way preservation;
110.2 	and 
110.3 	(6) the overall cost-effectiveness of advance right-of-way
110.4 	acquisition for the project.

110.5 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 446A.085, is
110.6 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
110.7 		Subd. 10a.Right-of-way advance acquisition loans. (a)
110.8 	Loans from the right-of-way advance acquisition loan account may
110.9 	be made to the state, counties, towns, and statutory or home
110.10 	rule charter cities for purchasing property within the
110.11 	right-of-way of a state trunk highway shown on an official map
110.12 	adopted under section 394.361 or 462.359.
110.13 	(b) Loans under this subdivision may be made only:
110.14 	(1) to accelerate the acquisition of primarily undeveloped
110.15 	property when there is a reasonable probability that the
110.16 	property will increase in value before highway construction, and
110.17 	to update an expired environmental impact statement on a project
110.18 	for which the right-of-way is being purchased;
110.19 	(2) to avert the imminent conversion or the granting of
110.20 	approvals that would allow the conversion of property to uses
110.21 	that would jeopardize its availability for highway construction;
110.22 	or 
110.23 	(3) to take advantage of open market opportunities when
110.24 	developed properties become available for sale, provided all
110.25 	parties involved are agreeable to the sale and funds are
110.26 	available.
110.27 	(c) A private property owner whose property is purchased
110.28 	with proceeds of a loan under this subdivision may elect to
110.29 	receive the purchase price either in a lump sum or in not more
110.30 	than four annual installments without interest on the deferred
110.31 	installments.  If the purchase agreement provides for
110.32 	installment payments, the loan may be made in installments
110.33 	corresponding to those in the purchase agreement.  The recipient
110.34 	of an acquisition loan shall convey the property for the
110.35 	construction of the highway at the same price the recipient paid
110.36 	for the property.  The price may include the costs of preparing
111.1 	environmental documents that were required for the acquisition
111.2 	and that were paid for with money that the recipient received
111.3 	from the account.  Upon notification by the commissioner to the
111.4 	loan recipient that the plan to construct the highway has been
111.5 	abandoned or the anticipated location of the highway changed,
111.6 	the recipient shall sell the property at market value in
111.7 	accordance with the procedures required for the disposition of
111.8 	the property.
111.9 	(d) All rents and other money received by the loan
111.10 	recipient because of the recipient's ownership of the property
111.11 	and all proceeds from the conveyance or sale of the property
111.12 	must be paid to the commissioner for deposit in the account.
111.13 	Amounts so received may be applied to repayment of the loan.

111.14 	Sec. 12. TRUNK HIGHWAY BONDS; ISSUANCE.
 111.15 	The commissioner of finance shall, on recommendation of the
111.16 	commissioner of transportation, sell and issue Minnesota trunk
111.17 	highway bonds under Minnesota Statutes, sections 167.50 to
111.18 	167.52, and the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4
111.19 	to 7, and article XIV, section 11, at times and in amounts
111.20 	determined by the commissioner of transportation.  Bonds issued
111.21 	under this section are authorized in an aggregate principal
111.22 	amount of $1,000,000,000 over a ten-year period.  The proceeds
111.23 	of the bonds, except accrued interest and any premium received
111.24 	on the sale of the bonds, must be credited to the bond proceeds
111.25 	account in the trunk highway fund.  Notwithstanding Minnesota
111.26 	Statutes, section 16A.642, this authorization must not be
111.27 	canceled before February 1, 2017.

111.28 	Sec. 13. TRUNK HIGHWAY BOND PROCEEDS APPROPRIATION.
 111.29 	$1,000,000,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of
111.30 	transportation from the separate bond proceeds account in the
111.31 	trunk highway fund for the construction, reconstruction, and
111.32 	improvement of trunk highways, including acquisition of real
111.33 	property.  No more than $100,000,000 of this appropriation may
111.34 	be encumbered in each of fiscal years 2006 to 2015.  Up to 17
111.35 	percent of the appropriation each year may be used by the
111.36 	department for program delivery.  A minimum of ten percent of
112.1 	this appropriation each year must be used for transit capital
112.2 	improvements on trunk highways.

112.3 	Sec. 14. ROAD CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS.
 112.4 	(a) $55,800,000 in fiscal year 2006 and $65,700,000 in
112.5 	fiscal year 2007 are appropriated from the trunk highway fund to
112.6 	the commissioner of transportation for state road construction.
112.7 	Up to 17 percent of the appropriation each year may be used by
112.8 	the department for program delivery.
112.9 	(b) $23,700,000 in fiscal year 2006 and $32,600,000 in
112.10 	fiscal year 2007 is appropriated to the commissioner from the
112.11 	county state-aid highway fund for county state aid.
112.12 	(c) $7,700,000 in fiscal year 2006 and $10,300,000 in
112.13 	fiscal year 2007 is appropriated to the commissioner from the
112.14 	municipal state-aid street fund for municipal state aid.
112.15 	(d) $1,800,000 in fiscal year 2006 and $11,300,000 in
112.16 	fiscal year 2007, are appropriated to the commissioner from the
112.17 	trunk highway fund for transfer to the state bond fund for
112.18 	highway debt service.
112.19 	(e) These appropriations are in addition to any other
112.20 	appropriation made for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 for the same
112.21 	purposes.

112.22 	Sec. 15. TRANSIT BUDGET BASE.
 112.23 	The general fund budget base for metropolitan transit and
112.24 	greater Minnesota transit for fiscal years 2008 and 2009 is zero.