1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to appropriations; appropriating money for
1.3 	transportation, public safety, and public transit
1.4 	agencies, programs, and activities; providing for
1.5 	general contingent accounts and tort claims; creating
1.6 	accounts; modifying provisions relating to motor
1.7 	vehicles and dealers, driver and vehicle records and
1.8 	fees, and vehicle accident reports; amending Minnesota
1.9 	Statutes 2004, sections 168.013, subdivision 8;
1.10 	168.12, subdivisions 2, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e, 5;
1.11 	168.1255, subdivision 4; 168.127, subdivision 6;
1.12 	168.129, subdivision 5; 168.1293, subdivision 7;
1.13 	168.1296, subdivision 5; 168.27, subdivision 11;
1.14 	168.33, subdivision 7; 168.381, subdivision 4;
1.15 	168A.152, subdivision 2; 168A.29, subdivision 1;
1.16 	168A.31; 169.09, subdivision 13; 169A.60, subdivision
1.17 	16; 171.06, subdivisions 2, 2a; 171.061, subdivision
1.18 	4; 171.07, subdivision 11; 171.13, subdivision 6, by
1.19 	adding a subdivision; 171.26; 171.29, subdivision 2;
1.20 	171.36; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
1.21 	Statutes, chapters 168, 299A; repealing Minnesota
1.22 	Statutes 2004, sections 168.012, subdivision 12;
1.23 	168.041, subdivision 11; 168.105, subdivision 6;
1.24 	168.123, subdivision 5; 168.1235, subdivision 5;
1.25 	168.128, subdivision 4; 168.231; 168.345, subdivisions
1.26 	3, 4; 170.23; 171.12, subdivision 8; 171.185.
1.27 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.28 	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS; TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER AGENCIES.
 1.29 	The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are
1.30 	appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to
1.31 	the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act, to be
1.32 	available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.  The
1.33 	figures "2006" and "2007," where used in this article, mean that
1.34 	the appropriations listed under them are available for the year
1.35 	ending June 30, 2006, or June 30, 2007, respectively.  The term
1.36 	"first year" means the year ending June 30, 2006, and the term
2.1 	"second year" means the year ending June 30, 2007.
2.2 	SUMMARY BY FUND
2.3 	2006          2007           TOTAL
2.4 	General            $   78,966,000 $   80,221,000 $  159,187,000
2.5 	Airports               19,458,000     19,458,000     38,916,000
2.6 	C.S.A.H.              441,335,000    453,948,000    895,283,000
2.7 	M.S.A.S.              117,048,000    120,841,000    237,889,000
2.8 	Special Revenue        45,741,000     45,096,000     90,837,000
2.9 	Highway User            8,568,000      8,638,000     17,206,000
2.10 	Trunk Highway       1,148,201,000  1,262,744,000  2,410,945,000
2.11 	TOTAL              $1,859,317,000 $1,990,946,000 $3,850,263,000
2.12 	APPROPRIATIONS
2.13 	                                       Available for the Year
2.14 	                                           Ending June 30
2.15 	                                          2006         2007

2.16 	Sec. 2. TRANSPORTATION
 2.17 		Subdivision 1.Total
2.18 	Appropriation                     $1,668,391,000 $1,799,349,000
2.19 	The appropriations in this section are
2.20 	from the trunk highway fund, except
2.21 	when another fund is named.
2.22 	Summary by Fund
2.23 	2006          2007
2.24 	General              16,221,000    16,221,000
2.25 	Airports             19,408,000    19,408,000
2.26 	C.S.A.H.            441,335,000   453,948,000
2.27 	M.S.A.S.            117,048,000   120,841,000
2.28 	Trunk Highway     1,074,379,000 1,188,931,000
2.29 	The amounts that may be spent from this
2.30 	appropriation for each program are
2.31 	specified in the following subdivisions.
2.32 		Subd. 2.Multimodal Systems          42,147,000     42,147,000
2.33 	Summary by Fund
2.34 	Airports             19,383,000    19,383,000
2.35 	General              16,156,000    16,156,000
2.36 	Trunk Highway         6,608,000     6,608,000
2.37 	The amounts that may be spent from this
2.38 	appropriation for each activity are as
2.39 	follows:
2.40 	(a) Aeronautics
2.41 	20,220,000     20,220,000
3.1 	Summary by Fund
3.2 	Airports             19,383,000    19,383,000
3.3 	Trunk Highway           837,000       837,000
3.4 	Except as otherwise provided, the
3.5 	appropriations in this subdivision are
3.6 	from the state airports fund.
3.7 	(1) Airport Development
3.8 	and Assistance
3.9 	14,298,000     14,298,000
3.10 	These appropriations must be spent
3.11 	according to Minnesota Statutes,
3.12 	section 360.305, subdivision 4.
3.13 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes,
3.14 	section 16A.28, subdivision 6, funds
3.15 	are available for five years after
3.16 	appropriation.
3.17 	If the appropriation for either year is
3.18 	insufficient, the appropriation for the
3.19 	other year is available for it.
3.20 	Of the state airports fund
3.21 	appropriation in Laws 2003, First
3.22 	Special Session chapter 19, article 1,
3.23 	section 2, subdivision 2, paragraph
3.24 	(a), clause (1), $1,900,000 cancels to
3.25 	the state airports fund.  This
3.26 	cancellation is effective the day
3.27 	following final enactment.
3.28 	(2) Aviation Support and Services
3.29 	5,922,000      5,922,000
3.30 	Summary by Fund
3.31 	Airports              5,085,000     5,085,000
3.32 	Trunk Highway           837,000       837,000
3.33 	$65,000 the first year and $65,000 the
3.34 	second year are for the Civil Air
3.35 	Patrol.
3.36 	(b) Transit
3.37 	16,605,000     16,605,000
3.38 	Summary by Fund
3.39 	General              15,810,000    15,810,000
3.40 	Trunk Highway           795,000       795,000
3.41 	(c) Freight
3.42 	5,322,000      5,322,000
3.43 	Summary by Fund
3.44 	General                 346,000       346,000
3.45 	Trunk Highway         4,976,000     4,976,000
4.1 		Subd. 3.State Roads              1,012,272,000  1,126,824,000
4.2 	Summary by Fund
4.3 	General                   9,000         9,000
4.4 	Trunk Highway     1,012,263,000 1,126,815,000
4.5 	The amounts that may be spent from this
4.6 	appropriation for each activity are as
4.7 	follows:
4.8 	(a) Infrastructure Investment and Planning
4.9 	801,561,000   916,113,000
4.10 	(1) Infrastructure Investment Support
4.11 	168,207,000   168,207,000
4.12 	$266,000 the first year and $266,000
4.13 	the second year are available for
4.14 	grants to metropolitan planning
4.15 	organizations outside the seven-county
4.16 	metropolitan area.
4.17 	$75,000 the first year and $75,000 the
4.18 	second year are for a transportation
4.19 	research contingent account to finance
4.20 	research projects that are reimbursable
4.21 	from the federal government or from
4.22 	other sources.  If the appropriation
4.23 	for either year is insufficient, the
4.24 	appropriation for the other year is
4.25 	available for it.
4.26 	$600,000 the first year and $600,000
4.27 	the second year are available for
4.28 	grants for transportation studies
4.29 	outside the metropolitan area to
4.30 	identify critical concerns, problems,
4.31 	and issues.  These grants are available
4.32 	(1) to regional development commissions
4.33 	and (2) in regions where no regional
4.34 	development commission is functioning,
4.35 	to joint powers boards established
4.36 	under agreement of two or more
4.37 	political subdivisions in the region to
4.38 	exercise the planning functions of a
4.39 	regional development commission, and
4.40 	(3) in regions where no regional
4.41 	development commission or joint powers
4.42 	board is functioning, to the
4.43 	department's district office for that
4.44 	region.
4.45 	(2) State Road Construction
4.46 	576,950,000    680,950,000
4.47 	It is estimated that these
4.48 	appropriations will be funded as
4.49 	follows:
4.50 	Federal Highway Aid
4.51 	280,000,000    384,000,000
4.52 	Highway User Taxes
4.53 	296,950,000    296,950,000
5.1 	The commissioner of transportation
5.2 	shall notify the chair of the
5.3 	Transportation Budget Division of the
5.4 	senate and the chair of the
5.5 	Transportation Finance Committee of the
5.6 	house of representatives of any
5.7 	significant events that should cause
5.8 	these estimates to change.
5.9 	This appropriation is for the actual
5.10 	construction, reconstruction, and
5.11 	improvement of trunk highways,
5.12 	including design-build contracts.  This
5.13 	includes the cost of actual payment to
5.14 	landowners for lands acquired for
5.15 	highway rights-of-way, payment to
5.16 	lessees, interest subsidies, and
5.17 	relocation expenses.
5.18 	The commissioner may transfer up to
5.19 	$15,000,000 each year to the
5.20 	transportation revolving loan fund.
5.21 	The commissioner may receive money
5.22 	covering other shares of the cost of
5.23 	partnership projects.  These receipts
5.24 	are appropriated to the commissioner
5.25 	for these projects.
5.26 	(3) Highway Debt Service
5.27 	56,404,000     66,956,000
5.28 	$42,086,000 the first year and
5.29 	$62,005,000 the second year are for
5.30 	transfer to the state bond fund.  If
5.31 	this appropriation is insufficient to
5.32 	make all transfers required in the year
5.33 	for which it is made, the commissioner
5.34 	of finance shall notify the Committee
5.35 	on Finance of the senate and the
5.36 	Committee on Ways and Means of the
5.37 	house of representatives of the amount
5.38 	of the deficiency and shall then
5.39 	transfer that amount under the
5.40 	statutory open appropriation.  Any
5.41 	excess appropriation cancels to the
5.42 	trunk highway fund.
5.43 	(b) Infrastructure Operations
5.44 	and Maintenance
5.45 	204,746,000    204,746,000
5.46 	(c) Electronic Communications
5.47 	5,965,000      5,965,000
5.48 	Summary by Fund
5.49 	General                   9,000         9,000
5.50 	Trunk Highway         5,956,000     5,956,000
5.51 	$9,000 the first year and $9,000 the
5.52 	second year are from the general fund
5.53 	for equipment and operation of the
5.54 	Roosevelt signal tower for Lake of the
5.55 	Woods weather broadcasting.
5.56 		Subd. 4.Local Roads                558,383,000    574,789,000
6.1 	Summary by Fund
6.2 	C.S.A.H.            441,335,000   453,948,000
6.3 	M.S.A.S.            117,048,000   120,841,000
6.4 	The amounts that may be spent from this
6.5 	appropriation for each activity are as
6.6 	follows:
6.7 	(a) County State Aids
6.8 	441,335,000    453,948,000
6.9 	This appropriation is from the county
6.10 	state-aid highway fund and is available
6.11 	until spent.
6.12 	(b) Municipal State Aids
6.13 	117,048,000     120,841,000
6.14 	This appropriation is from the
6.15 	municipal state-aid street fund and is
6.16 	available until spent.
6.17 	If an appropriation for either county
6.18 	state aids or municipal state aids does
6.19 	not exhaust the balance in the fund
6.20 	from which it is made in the year for
6.21 	which it is made, the commissioner of
6.22 	finance, upon request of the
6.23 	commissioner of transportation, shall
6.24 	notify the chair of the Transportation
6.25 	Finance Committee of the house of
6.26 	representatives and the chair of the
6.27 	Transportation Budget Division of the
6.28 	senate of the amount of the remainder
6.29 	and shall then add that amount to the
6.30 	appropriation.  The amount added is
6.31 	appropriated for the purposes of county
6.32 	state aids or municipal state aids, as
6.33 	appropriate.
6.34 	If the appropriation for either county
6.35 	state aids or municipal state aids does
6.36 	exhaust the balance in the fund from
6.37 	which it is made in the year for which
6.38 	it is made, the commissioner of finance
6.39 	shall notify the chair of the
6.40 	Transportation Finance Committee of the
6.41 	house of representatives and the chair
6.42 	of the Transportation Budget Division
6.43 	of the senate of the amount by which
6.44 	the appropriation exceeds the balance
6.45 	and shall then reduce that amount from
6.46 	the appropriation.
6.47 		Subd. 5.General Support
6.48 	and Services                          55,589,000     55,589,000
6.49 	Summary by Fund
6.50 	General                  56,000        56,000
6.51 	Airports                 25,000        25,000
6.52 	Trunk Highway        55,508,000    55,508,000
6.53 	The amounts that may be spent from this
6.54 	appropriation for each activity are as
7.1 	follows:
7.2 	(a) Department Support
7.3 	38,999,000     38,999,000
7.4 	Summary by Fund
7.5 	Airports                 25,000        25,000
7.6 	Trunk Highway        38,974,000    38,974,000
7.7 	(b) Buildings
7.8 	16,590,000     16,590,000
7.9 	Summary by Fund
7.10 	General                  56,000        56,000
7.11 	Trunk Highway        16,534,000    16,534,000
7.12 	If the appropriation for either year is
7.13 	insufficient, the appropriation for the
7.14 	other year is available for it.
7.15 		Subd. 6.Transfers
7.16 	(a) With the approval of the
7.17 	commissioner of finance, the
7.18 	commissioner of transportation may
7.19 	transfer unencumbered balances among
7.20 	the appropriations from the trunk
7.21 	highway fund and the state airports
7.22 	fund made in this section.  No transfer
7.23 	may be made from the appropriation for
7.24 	state road construction.  No transfer
7.25 	may be made from the appropriations for
7.26 	debt service to any other appropriation.
7.27 	Transfers under this paragraph may not
7.28 	be made between funds.  Transfers
7.29 	between programs must be reported
7.30 	immediately to the chair of the
7.31 	Transportation Budget Division of the
7.32 	senate and the chair of the
7.33 	Transportation Finance Committee of the
7.34 	house of representatives.
7.35 	(b) The commissioner of finance shall
7.36 	transfer from the flexible account in
7.37 	the county state-aid highway fund
7.38 	$5,650,000 the first year and
7.39 	$1,480,000 the second year to the
7.40 	municipal turnback account in the
7.41 	municipal state-aid street fund; and
7.42 	the remainder in each year to the
7.43 	county turnback account in the county
7.44 	state-aid highway fund.
7.45 		Subd. 7.Use of State Road
7.46 	Construction Appropriations
7.47 	Any money appropriated to the
7.48 	commissioner of transportation for
7.49 	state road construction for any fiscal
7.50 	year before fiscal year 2006 is
7.51 	available to the commissioner during
7.52 	fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to the
7.53 	extent that the commissioner spends the
7.54 	money on the state road construction
7.55 	project for which the money was
8.1 	originally encumbered during the fiscal
8.2 	year for which it was appropriated.
8.3 	The commissioner of transportation
8.4 	shall report to the commissioner of
8.5 	finance by August 1, 2005, and August
8.6 	1, 2006, on a form the commissioner of
8.7 	finance provides, on expenditures made
8.8 	during the previous fiscal year that
8.9 	are authorized by this subdivision.
8.10 		Subd. 8.Contingent Appropriation
8.11 	The commissioner of transportation,
8.12 	with the approval of the governor after
8.13 	review by the Legislative Advisory
8.14 	Commission under Minnesota Statutes,
8.15 	section 3.30, may transfer all or part
8.16 	of the unappropriated balance in the
8.17 	trunk highway fund to an appropriation
8.18 	(1) for trunk highway design,
8.19 	construction, or inspection in order to
8.20 	take advantage of an unanticipated
8.21 	receipt of income to the trunk highway
8.22 	fund or to take advantage of federal
8.23 	advanced construction funding, (2) for
8.24 	trunk highway maintenance in order to
8.25 	meet an emergency, or (3) to pay tort
8.26 	or environmental claims.  Any transfer
8.27 	as a result of the use of federal
8.28 	advanced construction funding must
8.29 	include an analysis of the effects on
8.30 	the long-term trunk highway fund
8.31 	balance.  The amount transferred is
8.32 	appropriated for the purpose of the
8.33 	account to which it is transferred.

8.34 	Sec. 3. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
8.35 	TRANSIT                               57,503,000     58,753,000
 8.36 	(a) Bus Transit
8.37 	53,453,000     53,453,000
8.38 	This appropriation is for bus system
8.39 	operations.
8.40 	(b) Rail Operations
8.41 	4,050,000      5,300,000
8.42 	This appropriation is for operations of
8.43 	the Hiawatha light rail transit line.
8.44 	This appropriation is for paying 50
8.45 	percent of operating costs for the
8.46 	Hiawatha light rail transit line after
8.47 	operating revenue and federal funds are
8.48 	used for light rail transit operations.
8.49 	The remaining operating costs up to a
8.50 	maximum of $4,050,000 the first year
8.51 	and $5,300,000 the second year are to
8.52 	be paid by the Hennepin County Regional
8.53 	Rail Authority, using any or all of
8.54 	these sources:
8.55 	(1) general tax revenues of Hennepin
8.56 	County;
8.57 	(2) the authority's reserves; and
8.58 	(3) taxes levied under Minnesota
9.1 	Statutes, section 398A.04, subdivision
9.2 	8, notwithstanding any provision in
9.3 	that subdivision that limits amounts
9.4 	that may be levied for light rail
9.5 	transit purposes.

9.6 	Sec. 4. PUBLIC SAFETY
 9.7 		Subdivision 1.Total
9.8 	Appropriation                        132,448,000    131,869,000
9.9 	Summary by Fund
9.10 	General               5,242,000     5,247,000
9.11 	Trunk Highway        73,022,000    73,013,000
9.12 	Highway User          8,443,000     8,513,000
9.13 	Special Revenue      45,741,000    45,096,000
9.14 		Subd. 2.Administration
9.15 	and Related Services                   9,684,000      9,689,000
9.16 	Summary by Fund
9.17 	General               2,371,000     2,376,000
9.18 	Trunk Highway         5,938,000     5,938,000
9.19 	Highway User          1,385,000     1,385,000
9.20 	(a) Office of Communications
9.21 	385,000        385,000
9.22 	Summary by Fund
9.23 	General                  39,000        39,000
9.24 	Trunk Highway           346,000       346,000
9.25 	(b) Public Safety Support
9.26 	6,855,000      6,860,000
9.27 	Summary by Fund
9.28 	General               2,241,000     2,246,000
9.29 	Trunk Highway         3,248,000     3,248,000
9.30 	Highway User          1,366,000     1,366,000
9.31 	$375,000 the first year and $380,000
9.32 	the second year are for payment of
9.33 	public safety officer survivor benefits
9.34 	under Minnesota Statutes, section
9.35 	299A.44.  If the appropriation for
9.36 	either year is insufficient, the
9.37 	appropriation for the other year is
9.38 	available for it.
9.39 	$314,000 the first year and $314,000
9.40 	the second year are to be deposited in
9.41 	the public safety officer's benefit
9.42 	account.  This money is available for
9.43 	reimbursements under Minnesota
9.44 	Statutes, section 299A.465.
9.45 	$508,000 the first year and $508,000
10.1 	the second year are for soft body armor
10.2 	reimbursements under Minnesota
10.3 	Statutes, section 299A.38.
10.4 	$792,000 the first year and $792,000
10.5 	the second year are appropriated from
10.6 	the general fund for transfer by the
10.7 	commissioner of finance to the trunk
10.8 	highway fund on December 31, 2005, and
10.9 	December 31, 2006, respectively, in
10.10 	order to reimburse the trunk highway
10.11 	fund for expenses not related to the
10.12 	fund.  These represent amounts
10.13 	appropriated out of the trunk highway
10.14 	fund for general fund purposes in the
10.15 	administration and related services
10.16 	program.
10.17 	$610,000 the first year and $610,000
10.18 	the second year are appropriated from
10.19 	the highway user tax distribution fund
10.20 	for transfer by the commissioner of
10.21 	finance to the trunk highway fund on
10.22 	December 31, 2005, and December 31,
10.23 	2006, respectively, in order to
10.24 	reimburse the trunk highway fund for
10.25 	expenses not related to the fund.
10.26 	These represent amounts appropriated
10.27 	out of the trunk highway fund for
10.28 	highway user tax distribution fund
10.29 	purposes in the administration and
10.30 	related services program.
10.31 	$716,000 the first year and $716,000
10.32 	the second year are appropriated from
10.33 	the highway user tax distribution fund
10.34 	for transfer by the commissioner of
10.35 	finance to the general fund on December
10.36 	31, 2005, and December 31, 2006,
10.37 	respectively, in order to reimburse the
10.38 	general fund for expenses not related
10.39 	to the fund.  These represent amounts
10.40 	appropriated out of the general fund
10.41 	for operation of the criminal justice
10.42 	data network related to driver and
10.43 	motor vehicle licensing.
10.44 	(c) Technical Support Services
10.45 	2,454,000      2,454,000
10.46 	Summary by Fund
10.47 	General                  91,000        91,000
10.48 	Trunk Highway         2,344,000     2,344,000
10.49 	Highway User             19,000        19,000
10.50 		Subd. 3.State Patrol                70,047,000     70,038,000
10.51 	Summary by Fund
10.52 	General               2,871,000     2,871,000
10.53 	Trunk Highway        67,084,000    67,075,000
10.54 	Highway User             92,000        92,000
10.55 	(a) Patrolling Highways
11.1 	60,739,000     60,730,000
11.2 	Summary by Fund
11.3 	General                  37,000        37,000
11.4 	Trunk Highway        60,610,000    60,601,000
11.5 	Highway User             92,000        92,000
11.6 	$3,700,000 the first year is for the
11.7 	cost of adding State Patrol positions.
11.8 	If money transferred to the trunk
11.9 	highway fund in the first year from the
11.10 	alcohol enforcement account in the
11.11 	special revenue fund is less than the
11.12 	amount specified in this paragraph, the
11.13 	commissioner shall make up the
11.14 	difference by transferring to the trunk
11.15 	highway fund money allocated to the
11.16 	commissioner under the federal Repeat
11.17 	Offender Transfer Program, Public Law
11.18 	105-206, section 164.
11.19 	(b) Commercial Vehicle Enforcement
11.20 	6,474,000      6,474,000
11.21 	This appropriation is from the trunk
11.22 	highway fund.
11.23 	(c) Capitol Security
11.24 	2,834,000      2,834,000
11.25 	The commissioner may not (1) spend any
11.26 	money from the trunk highway fund for
11.27 	capitol security or (2) permanently
11.28 	transfer any state trooper from the
11.29 	patrolling highways activity to capitol
11.30 	security.
11.31 	The commissioner may not transfer any
11.32 	money (1) appropriated for Department
11.33 	of Public Safety administration, the
11.34 	patrolling of highways, commercial
11.35 	vehicle enforcement, or driver and
11.36 	vehicle services to capitol security or
11.37 	(2) from capitol security.
11.38 		Subd. 4.Driver and Vehicle Services
11.39 	51,389,000     50,814,000
11.40 	Summary by Fund
11.41 	Highway User          6,966,000     7,036,000
11.42 	Special Revenue      44,423,000    43,778,000
11.43 	(a) Vehicle Services
11.44 	23,383,000     23,849,000
11.45 	Summary by Fund
11.46 	Highway User          6,966,000     7,036,000
11.47 	Special Revenue      16,417,000    16,813,000
11.48 	This appropriation is from the vehicle
12.1 	services operating account in the
12.2 	special revenue fund.
12.3 	(b) Driver Services
12.4 	28,006,000     26,965,000
12.5 	This appropriation is from the driver
12.6 	services operating account in the
12.7 	special revenue fund.
12.8 		Subd. 5.Traffic Safety                 324,000        324,000
12.9 	This appropriation is from the driver
12.10 	services operating account in the
12.11 	special revenue fund.
12.12 	The commissioner of public safety shall
12.13 	spend 50 percent of the money available
12.14 	to the state under Public Law 105-206,
12.15 	section 164, and the remaining 50
12.16 	percent must be transferred to the
12.17 	commissioner of transportation for
12.18 	hazard elimination activities under
12.19 	United States Code, title 23, section
12.20 	152.
12.21 		Subd. 6.Pipeline Safety                994,000        994,000
12.22 	This appropriation is from the pipeline
12.23 	safety account in the special revenue
12.24 	fund.

12.25 	Sec. 5. GENERAL CONTINGENT
12.26 	ACCOUNTS                                 375,000        375,000
 12.27 	Summary by Fund
12.28 	Trunk Highway           200,000       200,000
12.29 	Highway User            125,000       125,000
12.30 	Airports                 50,000        50,000
12.31 	The appropriations in this section may
12.32 	only be spent with the approval of the
12.33 	governor after consultation with the
12.34 	Legislative Advisory Commission
12.35 	pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section
12.36 	3.30.
12.37 	If an appropriation in this section for
12.38 	either year is insufficient, the
12.39 	appropriation for the other year is
12.40 	available for it.

12.41 	Sec. 6. TORT CLAIMS                     600,000        600,000
 12.42 	To be spent by the commissioner of
12.43 	finance.
12.44 	This appropriation is from the trunk
12.45 	highway fund.
12.46 	If the appropriation for either year is
12.47 	insufficient, the appropriation for the
12.48 	other year is available for it.

12.49 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.013,
12.50 	subdivision 8, is amended to read:
13.1 		Subd. 8.Proceeds to highway user fund; vehicle services
13.2 	operating account. (a) Unless otherwise specified in this
13.3 	chapter,the net proceeds of the registration tax imposed on
13.4 	motor vehicles under this chapter shall must be collected by the
13.5 	registrar of motor vehicles and commissioner,paid into the
13.6 	state treasury,and credited to the highway user tax
13.7 	distribution fund.
13.8 	(b) All fees collected under this chapter, unless otherwise
13.9 	specified, must be deposited in the state treasury and credited
13.10 	to the vehicle services operating account in the special revenue
13.11 	fund under section 299A.705.

13.12 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.12,
13.13 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
13.14 		Subd. 2.Amateur radio licensee; special plates.  (a) Any 
13.15 	The commissioner shall issue amateur radio plates to an 
13.16 	applicant who:
13.17 	(1) is an owner or joint owner of a passenger automobile,
13.18 	van or pickup truck,or a self-propelled recreational motor 
13.19 	vehicle, and ;
13.20 	(2) is a resident of this state, and who ;
13.21 	(3) holds an official amateur radio station license,or a
13.22 	citizens radio service class D license, in good standing, issued
13.23 	by the Federal Communications Commission shall upon compliance ;
13.24 	(4) pays the registration tax required under section
13.25 	168.013;
13.26 	(5) pays a fee of $10 for each set of special plates and
13.27 	any other fees required by this chapter; and 
13.28 	(6) complies with all laws of this state relating to this
13.29 	chapter and rules governing the registration of motor vehicles 
13.30 	and the licensing of motor vehicles and drivers, be furnished
13.31 	with license plates for the motor vehicle, as prescribed by law,
13.32 	upon which,.
13.33 	(b) In lieu of the numbers registration number required for
13.34 	identification under subdivision 1, shall be inscribed the
13.35 	plates must indicate the official amateur call letters of the
13.36 	applicant, as assigned by the Federal Communications Commission,
14.1 	and the words "AMATEUR RADIO."
14.2 	The applicant shall pay in addition to the registration tax
14.3 	required by law, the sum of $10 for the special license plates,
14.4 	and at the time of delivery of the special license plates the
14.5 	applicant shall surrender to the registrar the current license
14.6 	plates issued for the motor vehicle.
14.7 	(c) This provision for the issue of special license plates
14.8 	shall apply applies only if the applicant's motor vehicle is
14.9 	already registered in Minnesota so that the applicant has valid
14.10 	regular Minnesota plates issued for that motor vehicle under
14.11 	which to operate it during the time that it will take to have
14.12 	the necessary special license plates made.
14.13 	(d) If owning or jointly owning more than one motor vehicle
14.14 	of the type specified in this subdivision, the applicant may
14.15 	apply for special plates for each of not more than two motor 
14.16 	vehicles,and, if each application complies with this
14.17 	subdivision, the registrar commissioner shall furnish the
14.18 	applicant with the special plates, inscribed with indicating the
14.19 	official amateur call letters and other distinguishing
14.20 	information as the registrar commissioner considers necessary,
14.21 	for each of the two motor vehicles.
14.22 	And (e) The registrar commissioner may make reasonable
14.23 	rules governing the use of the special license plates as will
14.24 	assure the full compliance by the owner and holder of the
14.25 	special plates, with all existing laws governing the
14.26 	registration of motor vehicles,and the transfer and the use
14.27 	thereof of the plates.
14.28 	(b) (f) Despite any contrary provision of subdivision 1,
14.29 	the special license plates issued under this subdivision may be
14.30 	transferred by an owner to another motor vehicle listed in
14.31 	paragraph (a) and registered to the same owner,upon the payment
14.32 	of a fee of $5.  The registrar commissioner must be notified of 
14.33 	before the transfer and may prescribe a form format for the
14.34 	notification.
14.35 	(c) Fees collected under this subdivision must be paid into
14.36 	the state treasury and credited to the highway user tax
15.1 	distribution fund.

15.2 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.12,
15.3 	subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
15.4 		Subd. 2a.Personalized plates; rules.  (a) The
15.5 	commissioner shall issue personalized license plates must be
15.6 	issued to an applicant for registration of who:
15.7 	(1) is an owner of a passenger automobile including a
15.8 	passenger automobile registered as a classic car, pioneer car,
15.9 	collector car, or street rod; van; pickup truck as defined in
15.10 	section 168.011, subdivision 29, and any other truck with a
15.11 	manufacturer's nominal rated capacity of one ton or less and
15.12 	resembling a pickup truck; a motorcycle,including a classic
15.13 	motorcycle; or self-propelled a recreational motor vehicle, upon
15.14 	compliance with the laws of this state relating to registration
15.15 	of the vehicle and upon payment of ;
15.16 	(2) pays a onetime fee of $100 in addition to and any other
15.17 	fees required by this chapter;
15.18 	(3) pays the registration tax required by law this chapter 
15.19 	for the motor vehicle; and 
15.20 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing
15.21 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of drivers.
15.22 	(b) The registrar commissioner shall designate charge a
15.23 	replacement fee for personalized license plates that is
15.24 	calculated to cover the cost of replacement as specified in
15.25 	subdivision 5.  This fee must be paid by the applicant whenever
15.26 	the personalized license plates are required to be replaced by
15.27 	law.
15.28 	(c) In lieu of the numbers registration number assigned as
15.29 	provided in subdivision 1, personalized license plates must have
15.30 	imprinted on them a series of not more than seven numbers and
15.31 	letters in any combination.  When an applicant has once obtained
15.32 	personalized plates, the applicant shall have a prior claim for
15.33 	similar personalized plates in the next succeeding year as long
15.34 	as current motor vehicle registration is maintained.
15.35 	(d) The commissioner of public safety shall adopt rules in
15.36 	the manner provided by chapter 14, regulating the issuance and
16.1 	transfer of personalized license plates.  No words or
16.2 	combination of letters placed on personalized license plates may
16.3 	be used for commercial advertising, be of an obscene, indecent,
16.4 	or immoral nature, or be of a nature that would offend public
16.5 	morals or decency.  The call signals or letters of a radio or
16.6 	television station are not commercial advertising for the
16.7 	purposes of this subdivision.
16.8 	(b) Notwithstanding (e) Despite the provisions of
16.9 	subdivision 1, personalized license plates issued under this
16.10 	subdivision may be transferred to another motor vehicle owned or
16.11 	jointly listed in paragraph (a) and owned by the applicant, upon
16.12 	the payment of a fee of $5, which must be paid into the state
16.13 	treasury and credited to the highway user tax distribution fund.
16.14 	(f) The registrar commissioner may by rule provide a form 
16.15 	specify the format for notification.
16.16 	(g) A personalized license plate issued for a classic car,
16.17 	pioneer car, collector car, street rod, or classic motorcycle
16.18 	may not be transferred to a vehicle not eligible for such
16.19 	a license plate.
16.20 	(c) Notwithstanding (h) Despite any law to the contrary, if
16.21 	the personalized license plates are lost, stolen, or destroyed,
16.22 	the applicant may apply and shall receive must be issued 
16.23 	duplicate license plates bearing the same combination of letters
16.24 	and numbers as the former personalized plates upon the payment
16.25 	of the fee required by section 168.29.
16.26 	(d) Fees from the sale of permanent and duplicate
16.27 	personalized license plates must be paid into the state treasury
16.28 	and credited to the highway user tax distribution fund.

16.29 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.12,
16.30 	subdivision 2b, is amended to read:
16.31 		Subd. 2b.Firefighters; special plates.  (a) The
16.32 	registrar commissioner shall issue special license plates to any
16.33 	applicant who:
16.34 	(1) is both a member of a fire department receiving state
16.35 	aid under chapter 69 and an owner or joint owner of a passenger
16.36 	automobile, or truck with a manufacturer's nominal rated
17.1 	capacity of one ton and resembling a pickup truck, upon payment
17.2 	of ;
17.3 	(2) pays a fee of $10 and upon payment of any other fees
17.4 	required by this chapter;
17.5 	(3) pays the registration tax required by law this chapter 
17.6 	for the motor vehicle and compliance with other laws of this
17.7 	state relating to ; and 
17.8 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the 
17.9 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles
17.10 	and drivers.
17.11 	(b) In lieu of the identification required under
17.12 	subdivision 1, the special license plates shall be inscribed
17.13 	with a symbol must bear an emblem of a Maltese Cross together
17.14 	with five any numbers or characters prescribed by the
17.15 	commissioner.  No applicant shall receive more than two sets of
17.16 	plates for motor vehicles owned or jointly owned by the
17.17 	applicant.
17.18 	(b) (c) Special plates issued under this subdivision may
17.19 	only be used during the period that the owner or joint owner of
17.20 	the motor vehicle is a member of a fire department as specified
17.21 	in this subdivision.  When the person individual to whom the
17.22 	special plates were issued is no longer a member of a fire
17.23 	department or when the motor vehicle ownership is transferred,
17.24 	the owner shall remove the special license plates shall be
17.25 	removed from the motor vehicle and returned to the registrar.
17.26 	Upon return removal of the special plates, either the owner or
17.27 	purchaser of the motor vehicle is entitled to receive regular
17.28 	plates for the motor vehicle without cost for the remainder of
17.29 	the registration period for which the special plates were issued.
17.30 	(d) Firefighter license plates issued pursuant to this
17.31 	subdivision may be transferred to another motor vehicle upon
17.32 	payment of a $5, which fee shall be paid into the state treasury
17.33 	and credited to the highway user tax distribution fund.
17.34 	(c) (e) The commissioner of public safety may adopt rules
17.35 	under the Administrative Procedure Act, sections 14.001 to
17.36 	14.69, to govern the issuance and use of the special plates
18.1 	authorized in this subdivision. All fees from the sale of
18.2 	special license plates for firefighters shall be paid into the
18.3 	state treasury and credited to the highway user tax distribution
18.4 	fund.

18.5 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.12,
18.6 	subdivision 2c, is amended to read:
18.7 		Subd. 2c.National guard; special plates.  (a) The
18.8 	registrar commissioner shall issue special license plates to any
18.9 	applicant who:
18.10 	(1) is a regularly enlisted, commissioned, or retired
18.11 	member of the Minnesota National Guard, other than an inactive
18.12 	member who is not a retired member, and is an owner or joint
18.13 	owner of a passenger automobile, van, or pickup truck included
18.14 	within the definition of a passenger automobile upon payment of ;
18.15 	(2) pays a fee of $10, payment of and any other fees
18.16 	required by this chapter;
18.17 	(3) pays the registration tax required by law, and
18.18 	compliance with other laws of this state relating to this
18.19 	chapter; and 
18.20 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the 
18.21 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles
18.22 	and drivers.
18.23 	(b) The adjutant general shall design the emblem for these
18.24 	special plates subject to the approval of the registrar 
18.25 	commissioner. No 
18.26 	(c) An applicant shall must not be issued more than two
18.27 	sets of plates for motor vehicles owned or jointly owned by 
18.28 	registered to the applicant. The adjutant general shall
18.29 	estimate the number of special plates that will be required and
18.30 	submit the estimate to the registrar.
18.31 	(b) (d) Special plates issued under this subdivision may
18.32 	only be used during the period that the owner or joint owner of
18.33 	the motor vehicle is an active or retired member of the
18.34 	Minnesota National Guard as specified in this subdivision.  When
18.35 	the person individual to whom the special plates were issued is
18.36 	no longer an active or retired member of the Minnesota National
19.1 	Guard, the special plates must be removed from the vehicle and
19.2 	returned to by the registrar owner.  Upon return removal of
19.3 	the special plates, either the owner or purchaser of the motor 
19.4 	vehicle is entitled to receive regular plates for the motor 
19.5 	vehicle without cost for the remainder of the registration
19.6 	period for which the special plates were issued.
19.7 	(e) While the person is an active or retired member of the
19.8 	Minnesota National Guard, plates issued pursuant to this
19.9 	subdivision may be transferred to another motor vehicle owned or
19.10 	jointly owned by that person individual upon payment of a fee of
19.11 	$5.
19.12 	(c) (f) For purposes of this subdivision, "retired member"
19.13 	means a person an individual placed on the roll of retired
19.14 	officers or roll of retired enlisted members in the Office of
19.15 	the Adjutant General under section 192.18 and who is not
19.16 	deceased.
19.17 	(d) All fees collected under the provisions of this
19.18 	subdivision shall be paid into the state treasury and credited
19.19 	to the highway user tax distribution fund.
19.20 	(e) (g) The registrar commissioner may adopt rules under
19.21 	the Administrative Procedure Act to govern the issuance and use
19.22 	of the special plates authorized by this subdivision.

19.23 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.12,
19.24 	subdivision 2d, is amended to read:
19.25 		Subd. 2d.Ready reserve; special plates.  (a) The
19.26 	registrar commissioner shall issue special license plates to an
19.27 	applicant who:
19.28 	(1) is not eligible for special license National Guard 
19.29 	plates under subdivision 2c, who is a member of the United
19.30 	States Armed Forces Ready Reserve as described in United States
19.31 	Code, title 10, section 10142 or 10143, and is an owner or joint
19.32 	owner of a passenger automobile, van, or pickup truck, on
19.33 	paying ;
19.34 	(2) pays a fee of $10, paying and any other fees required
19.35 	by this chapter;
19.36 	(3) pays the registration tax required by law, and
20.1 	complying with other laws of this state relating to this
20.2 	chapter; and 
20.3 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the 
20.4 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles
20.5 	and drivers.
20.6 	(b) The commissioner of veterans affairs shall design the
20.7 	emblem for these special plates subject to the approval of the
20.8 	registrar commissioner. No 
20.9 	(c) An applicant may must not be issued more than two sets
20.10 	of plates for motor vehicles owned or jointly owned by the
20.11 	applicant. The commissioner of veterans affairs shall estimate
20.12 	the number of special plates that will be required and submit
20.13 	the estimate to the registrar.
20.14 	(b) (d) Special plates issued under this subdivision may
20.15 	only be used during the period that the owner or joint owner of
20.16 	the motor vehicle is a member of the ready reserve.  When the
20.17 	person owner is no longer a member, the special plates must be
20.18 	removed from the motor vehicle and returned to the registrar by
20.19 	the owner.  On returning removing the special plates, either the
20.20 	owner or purchaser of the motor vehicle is entitled to receive
20.21 	regular plates for the motor vehicle without cost for the rest
20.22 	of the registration period for which the special plates were
20.23 	issued.  While the person owner is a member of the ready
20.24 	reserve, plates issued under this subdivision may be transferred
20.25 	to another motor vehicle owned or jointly owned by that person 
20.26 	individual on paying a fee of $5.
20.27 	(c) The fees collected under this subdivision must be paid
20.28 	into the state treasury and credited to the highway user tax
20.29 	distribution fund.
20.30 	(d) (e) The registrar commissioner may adopt rules under
20.31 	the Administrative Procedure Act to govern the issuance and use
20.32 	of the special plates authorized by this subdivision.

20.33 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.12,
20.34 	subdivision 2e, is amended to read:
20.35 		Subd. 2e.Volunteer ambulance attendants; special
20.36 	plates.  (a) The registrar commissioner shall issue special
21.1 	license plates to an applicant who:
21.2 	(1) is a volunteer ambulance attendant as defined in
21.3 	section 144E.001, subdivision 15, and who owns or jointly owns a
21.4 	motor vehicle taxed as a passenger automobile.  The registrar
21.5 	shall issue the special plates on payment of ;
21.6 	(2) pays the registration tax required by law this chapter 
21.7 	for the motor vehicle, compliance with all other applicable laws
21.8 	relating to ;
21.9 	(3) pays a fee of $10 and any other fees required by this
21.10 	chapter; and 
21.11 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the 
21.12 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles
21.13 	and drivers, and payment of an additional fee of $10.
21.14 	(b) The registrar commissioner shall not issue more than
21.15 	two sets of these plates to each qualified applicant.
21.16 	(b) A person (c) An individual may use special plates
21.17 	issued under this subdivision only during the period that
21.18 	the person individual is a volunteer ambulance attendant.  When
21.19 	the person individual to whom the special plates were issued
21.20 	ceases to be a volunteer ambulance attendant, the person 
21.21 	individual shall return remove each set of special plates issued
21.22 	to that person.  When ownership of a the motor vehicle is
21.23 	transferred, the person individual shall remove the special
21.24 	plates from that motor vehicle and return them to the
21.25 	registrar.  On return removal of each set of plates, the owner
21.26 	of the motor vehicle, or new owner in case of a
21.27 	transferred motor vehicle, is entitled to receive
21.28 	regular license plates for the motor vehicle without cost for
21.29 	the rest of the registration period for which the set of special
21.30 	plates were issued.  Special plates issued under this
21.31 	subdivision may be transferred to another motor vehicle owned by
21.32 	the volunteer ambulance attendant on payment of a fee of $5.
21.33 	(c) The fees specified in this subdivision must be paid
21.34 	into the state treasury and deposited in the highway user tax
21.35 	distribution fund.
21.36 	(d) The commissioner may adopt rules governing the design,
22.1 	issuance, and sale of the special plates authorized by this
22.2 	subdivision.

22.3 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.12,
22.4 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
22.5 		Subd. 5.Additional fee.  (a) In addition to any fee
22.6 	otherwise authorized or any tax otherwise imposed upon any motor 
22.7 	vehicle, the payment of which is required as a condition to the
22.8 	issuance of any number license plate or plates, the commissioner
22.9 	of public safety shall impose the fee specified in paragraph (b)
22.10 	that is calculated to cover the cost of manufacturing and
22.11 	issuing the license plate or plates, except for license plates
22.12 	issued to disabled veterans as defined in section 168.031 and
22.13 	license plates issued pursuant to section 168.124, 168.125, or
22.14 	168.27, subdivisions 16 and 17, for passenger automobiles. The
22.15 	commissioner shall issue graphic design license plates shall 
22.16 	only be issued for vehicles registered pursuant to section
22.17 	168.017 and recreational vehicles registered pursuant to section
22.18 	168.013, subdivision 1g.
22.19 	(b) Unless otherwise specified or exempted by statute, the
22.20 	following plate and validation sticker fees apply for the
22.21 	original, duplicate, or replacement issuance of a plate in a
22.22 	plate year:
22.23 	Sequential Regular Double Plate                  $ 4.25
22.24 	Sequential Special Plate-Double                  $ 7.00
22.25 	Sequential Regular Single Plate                  $ 3.00
22.26 	Sequential Special Plate-Single                  $ 5.50
22.27 	Utility Trailer Self-Adhesive Plate              $ 2.50
22.28 	Nonsequential Double Plate                       $14.00
22.29 	Nonsequential Single Plate                       $10.00
22.30 	Duplicate Sticker                                $ 1.00
22.31 	(c) Fees collected under this subdivision must be paid into
22.32 	the state treasury and credited to the highway user tax
22.33 	distribution fund.

22.34 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1255,
22.35 	subdivision 4, is amended to read:
22.36 		Subd. 4.Fees credited. The fees collected under this
23.1 	section must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to
23.2 	the highway user tax distribution fund.Fees collected under
23.3 	this section do not include the contributions collected for the
23.4 	World War II memorial donation match account.

23.5 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.127,
23.6 	subdivision 6, is amended to read:
23.7 		Subd. 6.Fees.  Instead of the filing fee described in
23.8 	section 168.33, subdivision 7, the applicant for fleet
23.9 	registration shall pay an equivalent administrative fee to the
23.10 	commissioner for each vehicle in the fleet. The administrative
23.11 	fee must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the
23.12 	highway user tax distribution fund.

23.13 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.129,
23.14 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
23.15 		Subd. 5.Fees credited. The fees collected under this
23.16 	section must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to
23.17 	the highway user tax distribution fund.Fees collected under
23.18 	this section do not include the contributions collected for the
23.19 	scholarship account.

23.20 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1293,
23.21 	subdivision 7, is amended to read:
23.22 		Subd. 7.Deposit of fee; appropriation.  The commissioner
23.23 	shall deposit the application fee under subdivision 2, paragraph
23.24 	(a), clause (3), in the highway user tax distribution fund 
23.25 	vehicle services operating account of the special revenue fund
23.26 	under section 299A.705.  An amount sufficient to pay the
23.27 	department's cost in implementing and administering this
23.28 	section, including payment of refunds under subdivision 4, is
23.29 	appropriated to the commissioner.

23.30 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1296,
23.31 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
23.32 		Subd. 5.Contribution and fees credited.  Contributions
23.33 	under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (5), must be paid to
23.34 	the registrar commissioner and credited to the Minnesota
23.35 	critical habitat private sector matching account established in
23.36 	section 84.943.  The fees collected under this section must be
24.1 	deposited in the highway user tax distribution fund vehicle
24.2 	services operating account of the special revenue fund under
24.3 	section 299A.705.

24.4 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.27,
24.5 	subdivision 11, is amended to read:
24.6 		Subd. 11.dealer's licenses; location change notice;
24.7 	fee. (a) Application for a dealer's license or notification of
24.8 	a change of location of the place of business on a dealer's 
24.9 	license must include a street address, not a post office box,
24.10 	and is subject to the registrar's commissioner's approval.
24.11 	(b) Upon the filing of an application for a dealer's 
24.12 	license and the proper fee, the registrar is authorized,unless
24.13 	the application on its face appears to be invalid, to the
24.14 	commissioner shall grant a 90-day temporary license.  During the
24.15 	90-day period following issuance of the temporary license,
24.16 	the registrar commissioner shall investigate the fitness of the
24.17 	applicant,inspect the place of business site,and make other
24.18 	investigation as necessary to insure compliance with the
24.19 	licensing law this section and rules adopted under this section.
24.20 	(c) The registrar commissioner may extend the temporary
24.21 	license 30 days to allow the temporarily licensed dealer to come
24.22 	into full compliance with this section and rules adopted under
24.23 	this section.
24.24 	At the end of the period of investigation (d) In no more
24.25 	than 120 days following issuance of the temporary license, the
24.26 	dealer license must either be granted or denied.
24.27 	(e) A license must be denied under the following conditions:
24.28 	(1) The license must be denied if within the previous ten
24.29 	years the applicant was enjoined due to a violation of section
24.30 	325F.69 or convicted of violating section 325E.14, 325E.15,
24.31 	325E.16, or 325F.69, or convicted under section 609.53 of
24.32 	receiving or selling stolen vehicles, or convicted of violating
24.33 	United States Code, title 15, sections 1981 to 1991, as amended
24.34 	through December 31, 1984,or pleaded guilty, entered a plea of
24.35 	nolo contendere or no contest, or has been found guilty in a
24.36 	court of competent jurisdiction of any charge of failure to pay
25.1 	state or federal income or sales taxes or felony charge of
25.2 	forgery, embezzlement, obtaining money under false pretenses,
25.3 	theft by swindle, extortion, conspiracy to defraud, or bribery.
25.4 	(2) The license must also be denied if within the previous
25.5 	year the applicant has been denied a dealer license.
25.6 	(3) A license must also be denied if the applicant has had
25.7 	a dealer license revoked within the previous ten years.
25.8 	(f) If the application is approved, the registrar 
25.9 	commissioner shall license the applicant as a motor vehicle 
25.10 	dealer for one year from the date the temporary license is
25.11 	granted and issue a certificate of license that must include a
25.12 	distinguishing number of identification of the dealer.  The
25.13 	license must be displayed in a prominent place in the dealer's 
25.14 	licensed location place of business.
25.15 	(g) Each initial application for a license must be
25.16 	accompanied by a fee of $50 $100 in addition to the annual fee.
25.17 	The annual fee shall be $100 is $150. All The initial fees and
25.18 	annual fees must be paid into the state treasury and credited to
25.19 	the general fund except that $50 of each initial and annual fee
25.20 	must be credited to the vehicle services operating account in
25.21 	the special revenue fund under section 299A.705.

25.22 	Sec. 21. [168.326] EXPEDITED DRIVER AND VEHICLES
25.23 	SERVICES; FEE.
25.24 	(a) When an applicant requests and pays an expedited
25.25 	service fee of $20, in addition to other specified and
25.26 	statutorily mandated fees and taxes, the commissioner shall
25.27 	expedite the processing of an application for a driver's
25.28 	license, driving instruction permit, Minnesota identification
25.29 	card, or vehicle title transaction.
25.30 	(b) A driver's license agent or deputy registrar may retain
25.31 	$10 of the expedited service fee for each expedited service
25.32 	request processed by the licensing agent or deputy registrar.
25.33 	(c) When expedited service is requested, materials must be
25.34 	mailed or delivered to the requester within three days of
25.35 	receipt of the expedited service fee excluding Saturdays,
25.36 	Sundays, or the holidays listed in section 645.44, subdivision
26.1 	5.  The requester shall comply with all relevant requirements of
26.2 	the requested document.
26.3 	(d) The commissioner may decline to accept an expedited
26.4 	service request if it is apparent at the time it is made that
26.5 	the request cannot be granted.
26.6 	(e) The expedited service fees collected under this section
26.7 	for an application for a driver's license, driving instruction
26.8 	permit, or Minnesota identification card minus any portion
26.9 	retained by a licensing agent or deputy registrar under
26.10 	paragraph (b) must be credited to the driver services operating
26.11 	account in the special revenue fund specified under section
26.12 	299A.705.
26.13 	(f) The expedited service fees collected under this section
26.14 	for a transaction for a vehicle service minus any portion
26.15 	retained by a licensing agent or deputy registrar under
26.16 	paragraph (b) must be credited to the vehicle services operating
26.17 	account in the special revenue fund specified under section
26.18 	299A.705.

26.19 	Sec. 22. [168.327] DRIVER AND VEHICLE RECORD FEES.
26.20 		Subdivision 1.Records and fees. (a) Upon request by any
26.21 	person authorized in this section, the commissioner shall
26.22 	furnish a certified copy of any driver's license record,
26.23 	instruction permit record, Minnesota identification card record,
26.24 	vehicle registration record, vehicle title record, or accident
26.25 	record.
26.26 	(b) Other than accident records governed under section
26.27 	169.09, subdivision 13, the requester shall pay a fee of $10 for
26.28 	each certified record specified in paragraph (a) or a fee of $9
26.29 	for each record that is not certified.
26.30 	(c) In addition to the record fee in paragraph (b), the fee
26.31 	for a copy of the history of any vehicle title not in electronic
26.32 	format is $1 for each page of the historical record.
26.33 	(d) Fees collected under paragraph (b) for driver's
26.34 	license, instruction permit, and Minnesota identification card
26.35 	records must be paid into the state treasury with 50 cents of
26.36 	each fee credited to the general fund.  The remainder of the
27.1 	fees collected must be credited to the driver services operating
27.2 	account in the special revenue fund under section 299A.705.
27.3 	(e) Fees collected under paragraphs (b) and (c) for vehicle
27.4 	registration or title records must be paid into the state
27.5 	treasury with 50 cents of each fee credited to the general
27.6 	fund.  The remainder of the fees collected must be credited to
27.7 	the vehicle services operating account in the special revenue
27.8 	fund specified in section 299A.705.
27.9 	(f) The commissioner shall permit a person to inquire into
27.10 	a record by the person's own electronic means for a fee of $4.50
27.11 	for each inquiry, except that no fee may be charged when the
27.12 	requester is the subject of the data.
27.13 	(1) Of the $4.50 fee, $2.70 must be credited to the general
27.14 	fund.
27.15 	(2) For driver's license, instruction permit, or Minnesota
27.16 	identification card records, the remainder must be credited to
27.17 	the driver services operating account in the special revenue
27.18 	fund under section 299A.705.
27.19 	(3) For vehicle title or registration records, the
27.20 	remainder must be credited to the vehicle services operating
27.21 	account in the special revenue fund under section 299A.705.
27.22 	(g) Fees and the deposit of the fees for accident records
27.23 	and reports are governed by section 169.09, subdivision 13.
27.24 		Subd. 2.Exception to fee. (a) Notwithstanding this
27.25 	subdivision or section 13.03, a fee may not be imposed in
27.26 	response to a request for public information about the
27.27 	registration of a vehicle if the commissioner is satisfied that:
27.28 	(1) the requester seeks the information on behalf of a
27.29 	community-based, nonprofit organization designated by a local
27.30 	law enforcement agency to be a requester; and 
27.31 	(2) the information is needed to identify suspected
27.32 	prostitution law violators, controlled substance law violators,
27.33 	or health code violators.
27.34 	(b) The commissioner shall not require a requester under
27.35 	paragraph (a) to make a minimum number of data requests or limit
27.36 	the requester to a maximum number of data requests.

28.1 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.33,
28.2 	subdivision 7, is amended to read:
28.3 		Subd. 7.Filing fee.  (a) In addition to all other
28.4 	statutory fees and taxes, a filing fee of:
28.5 	(i) (1) $4.50 is imposed on every motor vehicle
28.6 	registration renewal, excluding pro rate transactions; and
28.7 	(ii) $7 (2) $8.50 is imposed on every other type of vehicle
28.8 	transaction, including pro rate transactions;
28.9 	except that a filing fee may not be charged for a document
28.10 	returned for a refund or for a correction of an error made by
28.11 	the Department of Public Safety, a licensed auto dealer, or a
28.12 	deputy registrar.  The filing fee must be shown as a separate
28.13 	item on all registration renewal notices sent out by the
28.14 	department commissioner.  No filing fee or other fee may be
28.15 	charged for the permanent surrender of a certificate of title
28.16 	and license plates for a motor vehicle.
28.17 	(b) Filing All of the fees collected under this subdivision
28.18 	by the department paragraph (a), clause (1),must be paid
28.19 	into deposited in the state treasury and credited to the highway
28.20 	user tax distribution fund, except fees for registrations of
28.21 	motor vehicles.  Filing fees collected for registrations of
28.22 	motor vehicles in conjunction with a title transfer or first
28.23 	application in this state must be paid into the state treasury
28.24 	with 50 percent of the money credited to the general fund and 50
28.25 	percent credited to the highway user tax distribution
28.26 	fund vehicle services operating account in the special revenue
28.27 	fund under section 299A.705.  Of the fee collected under
28.28 	paragraph (a), clause (2), $3.50 must be credited to the general
28.29 	fund with the remainder credited to the vehicle services
28.30 	operating account in the special revenue fund under section
28.31 	299A.705.
28.32 	(c) A motor vehicle dealer shall retain $2.50 of each
28.33 	filing fee imposed under this subdivision for a completed
28.34 	transaction involving the sale of a motor vehicle to or by a
28.35 	licensed dealer, if the dealer electronically transmits the
28.36 	transaction to the department commissioner or a deputy registrar.
29.1 	The department commissioner shall develop procedures to
29.2 	implement this subdivision in consultation with the Minnesota
29.3 	Deputy Registrar Association and the Minnesota Automobile
29.4 	Dealers Association.  Deputy registrars shall must not be
29.5 	prohibited from receiving and processing required documents
29.6 	supporting an electronic transaction.

29.7 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.381,
29.8 	subdivision 4, is amended to read:
29.9 		Subd. 4.Appropriations.  (a) Money appropriated to the
29.10 	Department of Public Safety to procure the plates for any fiscal
29.11 	year or years are is available for allotment, encumbrance, and
29.12 	expenditure from and after the date of the enactment of the
29.13 	appropriation.  Materials and equipment used in the manufacture
29.14 	of number plates are subject only to the approval of the
29.15 	commissioner of public safety.
29.16 	(b) This section contemplates that money to be appropriated
29.17 	to the Department of Public Safety in order to carry out the
29.18 	terms and provisions of this section will be appropriated by the
29.19 	legislature from the highway user tax distribution vehicle
29.20 	services operating account in the special revenue fund.
29.21 	(c) A sum sufficient is appropriated annually from the
29.22 	highway user tax distribution fund to the commissioner of public
29.23 	safety to pay the costs of purchasing, delivering, and mailing
29.24 	motor vehicle license number plates, license plate registration
29.25 	tabs or stickers, and license plate registration notices.

29.26 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168A.152,
29.27 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
29.28 		Subd. 2.Inspection fee; proceeds to general fund vehicle
29.29 	services operating account.  (a) A fee of $20 $35 must be paid
29.30 	to the department before the department issues a certificate of
29.31 	title for a vehicle that has been inspected and for which a
29.32 	certificate of inspection has been issued pursuant to
29.33 	subdivision 1.  The only additional fee that may be assessed for
29.34 	issuing the certificate of title is the filing fee imposed under
29.35 	section 168.33, subdivision 7.
29.36 	(b) Fees Of the fee collected by the department under this
30.1 	subdivision, for conducting inspections under subdivision 1, $20 
30.2 	must be deposited in credited to the general fund and the
30.3 	remainder of the fee collected must be credited to the vehicle
30.4 	services operating account in the special revenue fund as
30.5 	specified in section 299A.705.

30.6 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168A.29,
30.7 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
30.8 		Subdivision 1.Amounts.  (a) The department shall must be
30.9 	paid the following fees:
30.10 	(1) for filing an application for and the issuance of an
30.11 	original certificate of title, the sum of $3 $5.50 of which
30.12 	$2.50 must be credited to the vehicle services operating account
30.13 	of the special revenue fund under section 299A.705;
30.14 	(2) for each security interest when first noted upon a
30.15 	certificate of title, including the concurrent notation of any
30.16 	assignment thereof and its subsequent release or satisfaction,
30.17 	the sum of $2, except that no fee is due for a security interest
30.18 	filed by a public authority under section 168A.05, subdivision
30.19 	8;
30.20 	(3) for the transfer of the interest of an owner and the
30.21 	issuance of a new certificate of title, the sum of $3 $5.50 of
30.22 	which $2.50 must be credited to the vehicle services operating
30.23 	account of the special revenue fund under section 299A.705;
30.24 	(4) for each assignment of a security interest when first
30.25 	noted on a certificate of title, unless noted concurrently with
30.26 	the security interest, the sum of $1;
30.27 	(5) for issuing a duplicate certificate of title, the sum
30.28 	of $4 $6.50 of which $2.50 must be credited to the vehicle
30.29 	services operating account of the special revenue fund under
30.30 	section 299A.705.
30.31 	(b) After June 30, 1994, in addition to each of the fees
30.32 	required under paragraph (a), clauses (1) and (3), the
30.33 	department shall must be paid $3.50.  The additional $3.50 fee
30.34 	collected under this paragraph must be deposited in the special
30.35 	revenue fund and credited to the public safety motor vehicle
30.36 	account established in section 299A.70.

31.1 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168A.31, is
31.2 	amended to read:
31.3 	168A.31 DISPOSITION OF FEES; PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.
31.4 		Subdivision 1.paid to general fund distribution. All
31.5 	fees prescribed by sections 168A.01 to 168A.31 and 168.54
31.6 	collected by the department must be paid into the general fund,
31.7 	unless otherwise specified in chapter 168A.
31.8 		Subd. 2.Expenses; appropriation. All necessary expenses
31.9 	incurred by the department for the administration of sections
31.10 	168A.01 to 168A.31shall must be paid from moneys money in the
31.11 	transfer of ownership revolving vehicle services operating
31.12 	account of the special revenue fund, and such funds are hereby
31.13 	appropriated as specified in section 299A.705.

31.14 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.09,
31.15 	subdivision 13, is amended to read:
31.16 		Subd. 13.Reports confidential; evidence, fee, penalty,
31.17 	appropriation.  (a) All written reports and supplemental reports 
31.18 	information required under this section shall must be for the
31.19 	use of the commissioner of public safety and other appropriate
31.20 	state, federal, county, and municipal governmental agencies for
31.21 	accident analysis purposes, except:
31.22 	(1) the commissioner of public safety or any law
31.23 	enforcement agency shall, upon written request of any person 
31.24 	individual involved in an accident or upon written request of
31.25 	the representative of the person's individual's estate,
31.26 	surviving spouse, or one or more surviving next of kin, or a
31.27 	trustee appointed pursuant to under section 573.02, disclose to
31.28 	the requester, the requester's legal counsel, or a
31.29 	representative of the requester's insurer the report required
31.30 	under subdivision 8;
31.31 	(2) the commissioner of public safety shall, upon written
31.32 	request, provide the driver filing a report under subdivision 7
31.33 	with a copy of the report filed by the driver;
31.34 	(3) the commissioner of public safety may verify with
31.35 	insurance companies vehicle insurance information to enforce
31.36 	sections 65B.48, 169.792, 169.793, 169.796, and 169.797;
32.1 	(4) the commissioner of public safety shall provide the
32.2 	commissioner of transportation the information obtained for each
32.3 	traffic accident involving a commercial motor vehicle, for
32.4 	purposes of administering commercial vehicle safety regulations;
32.5 	and
32.6 	(5) the commissioner of public safety may give to the
32.7 	United States Department of Transportation commercial vehicle
32.8 	accident information in connection with federal grant programs
32.9 	relating to safety.
32.10 	(b) Accident reports and data contained in the reports
32.11 	shall are not be discoverable under any provision of law or rule
32.12 	of court.  No report shall be used as evidence in any trial,
32.13 	civil or criminal, or any action for damages or criminal
32.14 	proceedings arising out of an accident, except that .  However,
32.15 	the commissioner of public safety shall furnish,upon the demand
32.16 	of any person who has,or claims to have,made a report,or,
32.17 	upon demand of any court, a certificate showing that a specified
32.18 	accident report has or has not been made to the commissioner
32.19 	solely to prove compliance or failure to comply with the
32.20 	requirements that the report be made to the commissioner.
32.21 	(c) Nothing in this subdivision prevents any person 
32.22 	individual who has made a report pursuant to under this section
32.23 	from providing information to any persons individuals involved
32.24 	in an accident or their representatives or from testifying in
32.25 	any trial, civil or criminal, arising out of an accident, as to
32.26 	facts within the person's individual's knowledge.  It is
32.27 	intended by this subdivision to render privileged the reports
32.28 	required, but it is not intended to prohibit proof of the facts
32.29 	to which the reports relate.
32.30 	(d) Disclosing any information contained in any accident
32.31 	report, except as provided in this subdivision, section 13.82,
32.32 	subdivision 3 or 6, or other statutes, is a misdemeanor.
32.33 	(e) The commissioner of public safety may shall charge
32.34 	authorized persons as described in paragraph (a) a $5 fee for a
32.35 	copy of an accident report. Ninety percent of the $5 fee
32.36 	collected under this paragraph must be deposited in the special
33.1 	revenue fund and credited to the driver services operating
33.2 	account established in section 299A.705 and ten percent must be
33.3 	deposited in the general fund.The commissioner may also
33.4 	furnish copies of the modified accident records an electronic
33.5 	copy of the database of accident records, which must not contain
33.6 	personal or private data on an individual,to private agencies
33.7 	as provided in paragraph (g), for not less than the cost of
33.8 	preparing the copies on a bulk basis as provided in section
33.9 	13.03, subdivision 3.
33.10 	(f) The fees specified in paragraph (e) notwithstanding,
33.11 	the commissioner and law enforcement agencies may shall charge
33.12 	commercial users who request access to response or incident data
33.13 	relating to accidents a fee not to exceed 50 cents per
33.14 	report record.  "Commercial user" is a user who in one location
33.15 	requests access to data in more than five accident reports per
33.16 	month, unless the user establishes that access is not for a
33.17 	commercial purpose. Of the money collected by the commissioner
33.18 	under this paragraph is appropriated to the commissioner , 90
33.19 	percent must be deposited in the special revenue fund and
33.20 	credited to the driver services operating account established in
33.21 	section 299A.705 and ten percent must be deposited in the
33.22 	general fund.
33.23 	(g) The fees in paragraphs (e) and (f) notwithstanding,the
33.24 	commissioner may shall provide a modified an electronic copy of
33.25 	the accident records database that does to the public on a
33.26 	case-by-case basis using the cost-recovery charges provided for
33.27 	under section 13.03, subdivision 3.  The database provided must 
33.28 	not contain names, driver's license numbers, vehicle license
33.29 	plate numbers, addresses, or other identifying data to the
33.30 	public upon request personal or private data on an individual.
33.31 	However, unless the accident records data base includes
33.32 	the motor vehicle identification number, the commissioner shall
33.33 	include the vehicle license registration plate number if a
33.34 	private agency certifies and agrees that the agency:
33.35 	(1) is in the business of collecting accident and damage
33.36 	information on vehicles;
34.1 	(2) will use the vehicle license registration plate number
34.2 	only for the purpose of identifying vehicles that have been
34.3 	involved in accidents or damaged in order ,to provide this
34.4 	information to persons seeking access to a vehicle's history and
34.5 	not for the purpose of identifying individuals or for any other
34.6 	purpose; and
34.7 	(3) will be subject to the penalties and remedies under
34.8 	sections 13.08 and 13.09.

34.9 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169A.60,
34.10 	subdivision 16, is amended to read:
34.11 		Subd. 16.Fees credited to highway user fund.  Fees
34.12 	collected from the sale or reinstatement of license plates under
34.13 	this section must be paid into the state treasury and credited
34.14 	one-half to the highway user tax distribution fund vehicle
34.15 	services operating account in the special revenue fund specified
34.16 	in section 299A.705and one-half to the general fund.

34.17 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.06,
34.18 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
34.19 		Subd. 2.Fees.  (a) The fees for a license and Minnesota
34.20 	identification card are as follows:
34.21 	Classified Driver's License  D- $18.50 $21.50 C- $22.50 $25.50 
34.22 	 B- $29.50 $32.50 A- $37.50 $40.50 
34.23 	Classified Under-21 D.L.     D- $18.50 $21.50 C- $22.50 $25.50 
34.24 	B- $29.50 $32.50 A- $17.50 $20.50 
34.25 	Instruction Permit                              $ 9.50
34.26 	Provisional License $ 9.50$12.50 
34.27 	Duplicate License or
34.28 	 duplicate identification card $ 8.00$11.00 
34.29 	Minnesota identification card or Under-21 Minnesota
34.30 	identification card, other than duplicate,
34.31 	except as otherwise provided in section 171.07,
34.32 	subdivisions 3 and 3a $12.50 $15.50 
34.33 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a person an individual 
34.34 	who holds a provisional license and has a driving record free of
34.35 	(1) convictions for a violation of section 169A.20, 169A.33,
34.36 	169A.35, or sections 169A.50 to 169A.53, (2) convictions for
35.1 	crash-related moving violations, and (3) convictions for moving
35.2 	violations that are not crash related, shall have a $3.50 credit
35.3 	toward the fee for any classified under-21 driver's license.
35.4 	"Moving violation" has the meaning given it in section 171.04,
35.5 	subdivision 1.
35.6 	(c) In addition to the driver's license fee required under
35.7 	paragraph (a), the registrar commissioner shall collect an
35.8 	additional $4 processing fee from each new applicant or person 
35.9 	individual renewing a license with a school bus endorsement to
35.10 	cover the costs for processing an applicant's initial and
35.11 	biennial physical examination certificate.  The department shall
35.12 	not charge these applicants any other fee to receive or renew
35.13 	the endorsement.

35.14 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.06,
35.15 	subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
35.16 		Subd. 2a.Two-wheeled vehicle endorsement fee increased.
 35.17 	(a) The fee for any duplicate driver's license which is obtained
35.18 	for the purpose of adding a two-wheeled vehicle endorsement is
35.19 	increased by $18.50 for each first such duplicate license and
35.20 	$13 for each renewal thereof.  The additional fee shall must be
35.21 	paid into the state treasury and credited as follows:
35.22 	(1) $11 of the additional fee for each first duplicate
35.23 	license, and $7 of the additional fee for each renewal, must be
35.24 	credited to the motorcycle safety fund,which is hereby created;
35.25 	provided,that any ten percent of fee receipts in excess of
35.26 	$750,000 in a fiscal year shall must be credited 90 percent to
35.27 	the trunk highway fund and ten percent to the general fund, as
35.28 	provided in section 171.26.
35.29 	(2) The remainder of the additional fee must be credited to
35.30 	the general fund.
35.31 	(b) All application forms prepared by the commissioner for
35.32 	two-wheeled vehicle endorsements shall must clearly state the
35.33 	amount of the total fee that is dedicated to the motorcycle
35.34 	safety fund.

35.35 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.061,
35.36 	subdivision 4, is amended to read:
36.1 		Subd. 4.Fee; equipment.  (a) The agent may charge and
36.2 	retain a filing fee of $3.50 $5 for each application.  Except as
36.3 	provided in paragraph (b), the fee shall cover all expenses
36.4 	involved in receiving, accepting, or forwarding to the
36.5 	department the applications and fees required under sections
36.6 	171.02, subdivision 3; 171.06, subdivisions 2 and 2a; and
36.7 	171.07, subdivisions 3 and 3a.
36.8 	(b) The department shall maintain the photo identification
36.9 	equipment for all agents appointed as of January 1, 2000.  Upon
36.10 	the retirement, resignation, death, or discontinuance of an
36.11 	existing agent, and if a new agent is appointed in an existing
36.12 	office pursuant to Minnesota Rules, chapter 7404, and
36.13 	notwithstanding the above or Minnesota Rules, part 7404.0400,
36.14 	the department shall provide and maintain photo identification
36.15 	equipment without additional cost to a newly appointed agent in
36.16 	that office if the office was provided the equipment by the
36.17 	department before January 1, 2000.  All photo identification
36.18 	equipment must be compatible with standards established by the
36.19 	department.
36.20 	(c) A filing fee retained by the agent employed by a county
36.21 	board must be paid into the county treasury and credited to the
36.22 	general revenue fund of the county.  An agent who is not an
36.23 	employee of the county shall retain the filing fee in lieu of
36.24 	county employment or salary and is considered an independent
36.25 	contractor for pension purposes, coverage under the Minnesota
36.26 	State Retirement System, or membership in the Public Employees
36.27 	Retirement Association.
36.28 	(d) Before the end of the first working day following the
36.29 	final day of the reporting period established by the department,
36.30 	the agent must forward to the department all applications and
36.31 	fees collected during the reporting period except as provided in
36.32 	paragraph (c).

36.33 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.07,
36.34 	subdivision 11, is amended to read:
36.35 		Subd. 11.Standby or temporary custodian.  (a) Upon the
36.36 	written request of the applicant and upon payment of an
37.1 	additional fee of $3.50, the department shall issue a driver's
37.2 	license or Minnesota identification card bearing a symbol or
37.3 	other appropriate identifier indicating that the license holder
37.4 	has appointed an individual to serve as a standby or temporary
37.5 	custodian under chapter 257B.
37.6 	(b) The request must be accompanied by a copy of the
37.7 	designation executed under section 257B.04.
37.8 	(c) The department shall maintain a computerized records
37.9 	system of all persons individuals listed as standby or temporary
37.10 	custodians by driver's license and identification card
37.11 	applicants.  This data shall must be released to appropriate law
37.12 	enforcement agencies under section 13.69.  Upon a parent's
37.13 	request and payment of a fee of $3.50, the department shall
37.14 	revise its list of standby or temporary custodians to reflect a
37.15 	change in the appointment.
37.16 	(d) At the request of the license or cardholder, the
37.17 	department shall cancel the standby or temporary custodian
37.18 	indication without additional charge.  However, this paragraph
37.19 	does not prohibit a fee that may be applicable for a duplicate
37.20 	or replacement license or card, renewal of a license, or other
37.21 	service applicable to a driver's license or identification card.
37.22 	(e) Notwithstanding sections 13.08, subdivision 1, and
37.23 	13.69, the department and department employees are conclusively
37.24 	presumed to be acting in good faith when employees rely on
37.25 	statements made, in person or by telephone, by persons
37.26 	purporting to be law enforcement and subsequently release
37.27 	information described in paragraph (b).  When acting in good
37.28 	faith, the department and department personnel are immune from
37.29 	civil liability and not subject to suit for damages resulting
37.30 	from the release of this information.
37.31 	(f) The department and its employees:
37.32 	(1) have no duty to inquire or otherwise determine whether
37.33 	a designation submitted under this subdivision is legally valid
37.34 	and enforceable; and
37.35 	(2) are immune from all civil liability and not subject to
37.36 	suit for damages resulting from a claim that the designation was
38.1 	not legally valid and enforceable.
38.2 	(g) Of the fees received by the department under this
38.3 	subdivision:
38.4 	(1) Up to $111,000 received in fiscal year 1997 and up to 
38.5 	$61,000 received in subsequent fiscal years must be deposited in
38.6 	the general fund.
38.7 	(2) All other fees must be deposited in the trunk highway 
38.8 	driver services operating account in the special revenue fund
38.9 	specified in section 299A.705.

38.10 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.13,
38.11 	subdivision 6, is amended to read:
38.12 		Subd. 6.Initial motorcycle endorsement fee.  A person
38.13 	applying for an initial motorcycle endorsement on a driver's
38.14 	license shall pay at the place of examination a total fee of
38.15 	$21, which includes the examination fee and endorsement fee, but
38.16 	does not include the fee for a duplicate driver's license
38.17 	prescribed in section 171.06, subdivision 2.  Of this amount,
38.18 	$11 must be credited as provided in section 171.06, subdivision
38.19 	2a, paragraph (a), clause (1), $2.50 must be credited to
38.20 	the trunk highway driver services operating account in the
38.21 	special revenue fund specified under section 299A.705, and the
38.22 	remainder must be credited to the general fund.

38.23 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.13, is
38.24 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
38.25 		Subd. 7.Repeat examination fee. (a) A fee of $10 must
38.26 	be paid by an individual to take a third and any subsequent
38.27 	knowledge test administered by the department if the individual
38.28 	has failed two previous consecutive knowledge tests on the
38.29 	subject.
38.30 	(b) A fee of $20 must be paid by an individual to take a
38.31 	third and any subsequent skills or road test administered by the
38.32 	department if the individual has previously failed two
38.33 	consecutive skill or road tests in a specified class of motor
38.34 	vehicle.
38.35 	(c) All fees received under this subdivision must be paid
38.36 	into the state treasury and credited to the driver services
39.1 	operating account in the special revenue fund specified under
39.2 	section 299A.705.

39.3 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.26, is
39.4 	amended to read:
39.5 	171.26 MONEY CREDITED TO FUNDS.
39.6 	All money received under this chapter must be paid into the
39.7 	state treasury and credited to the trunk highway driver services
39.8 	operating account in the special revenue fund specified under
39.9 	section 299A.705, except as provided in sections 171.06,
39.10 	subdivision 2a; 171.07, subdivision 11, paragraph (g); 171.12,
39.11 	subdivision 8;and 171.29, subdivision 2, paragraph (b).

39.12 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.29,
39.13 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
39.14 		Subd. 2.Reinstatement fees and surcharges allocated and
39.15 	appropriated.  (a) A person An individual whose driver's license
39.16 	has been revoked as provided in subdivision 1, except under
39.17 	section 169A.52, 169A.54, or 609.21, shall must pay a $30 fee
39.18 	before the driver's license is reinstated.
39.19 	(b) A person whose driver's license has been revoked as
39.20 	provided in subdivision 1 under section 169A.52, 169A.54, or
39.21 	609.21, shall must pay a $250 fee plus a $40 surcharge before
39.22 	the driver's license is reinstated.  Beginning July 1, 2002, the
39.23 	surcharge is $145.  Beginning July 1, 2003, the surcharge is
39.24 	$430.  The $250 fee is to be credited as follows:
39.25 	(1) Twenty percent must be credited to the trunk highway 
39.26 	driver services operating account in the special revenue fund as
39.27 	specified in section 299A.705.
39.28 	(2) Sixty-seven percent must be credited to the general
39.29 	fund.
39.30 	(3) Eight percent must be credited to a separate account to
39.31 	be known as the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension account.  Money
39.32 	in this account may be appropriated to the commissioner of
39.33 	public safety and the appropriated amount must be apportioned 80
39.34 	percent for laboratory costs and 20 percent for carrying out the
39.35 	provisions of section 299C.065.
39.36 	(4) Five percent must be credited to a separate account to
40.1 	be known as the vehicle forfeiture account, which is created in
40.2 	the special revenue fund.  The money in the account is annually
40.3 	appropriated to the commissioner for costs of handling vehicle
40.4 	forfeitures.
40.5 	(c) The revenue from $50 of each surcharge must be credited
40.6 	to a separate account to be known as the traumatic brain injury
40.7 	and spinal cord injury account.  The money in the account is
40.8 	annually appropriated to the commissioner of health to be used
40.9 	as follows:  83 percent for contracts with a qualified
40.10 	community-based organization to provide information, resources,
40.11 	and support to assist persons with traumatic brain injury and
40.12 	their families to access services, and 17 percent to maintain
40.13 	the traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury registry
40.14 	created in section 144.662.  For the purposes of this
40.15 	clause paragraph, a "qualified community-based organization" is
40.16 	a private, not-for-profit organization of consumers of traumatic
40.17 	brain injury services and their family members.  The
40.18 	organization must be registered with the United States Internal
40.19 	Revenue Service under section 501(c)(3) as a tax-exempt
40.20 	organization and must have as its purposes:
40.21 	(i) the promotion of public, family, survivor, and
40.22 	professional awareness of the incidence and consequences of
40.23 	traumatic brain injury;
40.24 	(ii) the provision of a network of support for persons with
40.25 	traumatic brain injury, their families, and friends;
40.26 	(iii) the development and support of programs and services
40.27 	to prevent traumatic brain injury;
40.28 	(iv) the establishment of education programs for persons
40.29 	with traumatic brain injury; and
40.30 	(v) the empowerment of persons with traumatic brain injury
40.31 	through participation in its governance.
40.32 	No A patient's name, identifying information, or identifiable
40.33 	medical data will must not be disclosed to the organization
40.34 	without the informed voluntary written consent of the patient or
40.35 	patient's guardian or, if the patient is a minor, of the parent
40.36 	or guardian of the patient.
41.1 	(d) The remainder of the surcharge must be credited to a
41.2 	separate account to be known as the remote electronic
41.3 	alcohol-monitoring program account.  The commissioner shall
41.4 	transfer the balance of this account to the commissioner of
41.5 	finance on a monthly basis for deposit in the general fund.
41.6 	(e) When these fees are collected by a licensing agent,
41.7 	appointed under section 171.061, a handling charge is imposed in
41.8 	the amount specified under section 171.061, subdivision 4.  The
41.9 	reinstatement fees and surcharge must be deposited in an
41.10 	approved state depository as directed under section 171.061,
41.11 	subdivision 4.

41.12 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.36, is
41.13 	amended to read:
41.14 	171.36 LICENSE RENEWAL; FEES; PROCEEDS TO TRUNK HIGHWAY
41.15 	FUND DRIVER SERVICES OPERATING ACCOUNT.
41.16 	All licenses shall expire one year from the date of
41.17 	issuance and may be renewed upon application to the
41.18 	commissioner.  Each application for an original or renewal
41.19 	school license shall must be accompanied by a fee of $150 and
41.20 	each application for an original or renewal instructor's license
41.21 	shall must be accompanied by a fee of $50.  The license fees
41.22 	collected under sections 171.33 to 171.41shall must be paid
41.23 	into credited to the trunk highway driver services operating
41.24 	account in the special revenue fund specified under section
41.25 	299A.705. No A license fee shall must not be refunded in the
41.26 	event that the license is rejected or revoked.

41.27 	Sec. 39. [299A.705] DRIVER AND VEHICLE SERVICES OPERATING
41.28 	ACCOUNTS.
41.29 		Subdivision 1.Vehicle services operating account. (a)
41.30 	The vehicle services operating account is created in the special
41.31 	revenue fund, consisting of all money from the vehicle services
41.32 	fees specified in chapters 168 and 168A and any other money
41.33 	otherwise deposited in or credited to this account.
41.34 	(b) Money appropriated is available to administer vehicle
41.35 	services as specified in chapters 168 and 168A and section
41.36 	169.345, including:
42.1 	(1) designing, producing, issuing, and mailing vehicle
42.2 	registrations, plates, emblems, and titles;
42.3 	(2) collecting title and registration taxes and fees;
42.4 	(3) transferring vehicle registration plates and titles;
42.5 	(4) maintaining vehicle records;
42.6 	(5) issuing disability certificates and plates;
42.7 	(6) licensing vehicle dealers;
42.8 	(7) appointing, monitoring, and auditing deputy registrars;
42.9 	and 
42.10 	(8) inspecting vehicles when required by law.
42.11 		Subd. 2.Driver services operating account. (a) The
42.12 	Driver and Vehicle Services Division driver services operating
42.13 	account is created in the special revenue fund, consisting of
42.14 	all money collected under chapter 171 and any other money
42.15 	otherwise deposited in or credited to the account.
42.16 	(b) Money in the account must be used by the commissioner
42.17 	of public safety to administer the driver services specified in
42.18 	chapters 169A and 171, including the activities associated with
42.19 	producing and mailing drivers' licenses and identification cards
42.20 	and notices relating to issuance, renewal, or withdrawal of
42.21 	driving and identification card privileges for any fiscal year
42.22 	or years and for the testing and examination of drivers.  Money
42.23 	in the account may also be used for driver and traffic safety
42.24 	activities.

42.25 	Sec. 40. REPEALER; CROSS REFERENCE CORRECTIONS.
 42.26 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 168.012, subdivision
42.27 	12; 168.041, subdivision 11; 168.105, subdivision 6; 168.123,
42.28 	subdivision 5; 168.1235, subdivision 5; 168.128, subdivision 4;
42.29 	168.231; 168.345, subdivisions 3 and 4; 170.23; 171.12,
42.30 	subdivision 8; and 171.185, are repealed.
42.31 	(b) The revisor of statutes shall change the reference from
42.32 	section 168.231:
42.33 	(1) to 168.221, where found in Minnesota Statutes, sections
42.34 	168.181, subdivision 1, and 168.211; and 
42.35 	(2) to 168.211, in Minnesota Statutes, section 168.221.
42.36 	(c) The revisor of statutes shall change the reference from
43.1 	section 168.345 or from section 168.345, subdivision 4, to
43.2 	section 168.347, where found in Minnesota Statutes, sections
43.3 	13.6905, subdivision 3, and 168.346.