1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; establishing driver and vehicle services technology 
1.3 	account; imposing technology surcharge; appropriating money;amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 168.013, by adding a subdivision; 168A.29, 
1.5 	as amended; 299A.705, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2007 
1.6 	Supplement, section 171.06, subdivision 2.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.013, is amended by adding a 
1.9 	subdivision to read:
1.10 		Subd. 21.Technology surcharge. For every vehicle registration renewal required 
1.11 	under this chapter, the commissioner shall collect a surcharge of $1.75. Surcharges 
1.12 	collected under this subdivision must be credited to the driver and vehicle services 
1.13 	technology account in the special revenue fund under section 299A.705.

1.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2008, and expires June 30, 
1.15 	2012.

1.16 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168A.29, as amended by Laws 2007, chapter 
1.17 	143, article 3, section 2, is amended to read:
1.18 	168A.29 FEES.
1.19 		Subdivision 1.Amounts. (a) The department must be paid the following fees:
1.20 	(1) for filing an application for and the issuance of an original certificate of title, the 
1.21 	sum of $6.25 of which $3.25 must be paid into the vehicle services operating account of 
1.22 	the special revenue fund under section 299A.705; until June 30, 2012, a surcharge of $1.75 
1.23 	must be added to the fee and credited to the driver and vehicle services technology account; 
2.1 	(2) for each security interest when first noted upon a certificate of title, including the 
2.2 	concurrent notation of any assignment thereof and its subsequent release or satisfaction, 
2.3 	the sum of $2, except that no fee is due for a security interest filed by a public authority 
2.4 	under section 168A.05, subdivision 8;
2.5 	(3) for the transfer of the interest of an owner and the issuance of a new certificate of 
2.6 	title, the sum of $5.50 of which $2.50 must be paid into the vehicle services operating 
2.7 	account of the special revenue fund under section 299A.705; until June 30, 2012, a 
2.8 	surcharge of $1.75 must be added to the fee and credited to the driver and vehicle services 
2.9 	technology account; 
2.10 	(4) for each assignment of a security interest when first noted on a certificate of title, 
2.11 	unless noted concurrently with the security interest, the sum of $1;
2.12 	(5) for issuing a duplicate certificate of title, the sum of $7.25 of which $3.25 must 
2.13 	be paid into the vehicle services operating account of the special revenue fund under 
2.14 	section 299A.705; until June 30, 2012, a surcharge of $1.75 must be added to the fee and 
2.15 	credited to the driver and vehicle services technology account.
2.16 	(b) After June 30, 1994, in addition to each of the fees required under paragraph (a), 
2.17 	clauses (1) and (3), the department must be paid $3.50. The additional $3.50 fee collected 
2.18 	under this paragraph must be deposited in the special revenue fund and credited to the 
2.19 	public safety motor vehicle account established in section 299A.70.
2.20 		Subd. 2.Fee in lieu of other fee. If a person applies for an original or a new 
2.21 	certificate of title to a vehicle, concurrently with an application, as transferee, of 
2.22 	registration of the vehicle, the fee prescribed in subdivision 1 must be in lieu of the fee
2.23 	fees prescribed by section sections168.54 and 168.013, subdivision 21, with respect to 
2.24 	any transfer of ownership or registration of the vehicle to the applicant.
2.25 		Subd. 3.No certificate issued until fees paid. Subject to subdivision 2, the 
2.26 	department shall not issue a certificate of title to a vehicle until all fees prescribed by 
2.27 	sectionssection 168.54and 168A.10, subdivision 6, with respect to any prior transfer of 
2.28 	ownership or registration of the vehicle have been paid.

2.29 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 171.06, subdivision 2, is 
2.30 	amended to read:
2.31 		Subd. 2.Fees. (a) The fees for a license and Minnesota identification card are 
2.32 	as follows:

2.33
2.34	Classified Driver's 
License
		D-$22.25
	C-$26.25
	B-$33.25
	A-$41.25
	
2.35	Classified Under-21 D.L.
		D-$22.25
	C-$26.25
	B-$33.25
	A-$21.25
	
2.36	Instruction Permit
					$10.25
	
3.1	Provisional License
					$13.25
	
3.2
3.3
3.4	Duplicate License or 
duplicate identification 
card
					$11.75
	
3.5
3.6
3.7
3.8
3.93.10
3.11
3.12
	Minnesota identification 
card or Under-21 
Minnesota identification 
card, other than duplicate, 
except as otherwise 
provided in section 
171.07, subdivisions 3 
and 3a
					$16.25
	
3.13 	In addition to each fee required in this paragraph, the commissioner shall collect a 
3.14 	surcharge of $1.75 until June 30, 2012. Surcharges collected under this paragraph must be 
3.15 	credited to the driver and vehicle services technology account in the special revenue fund 
3.16 	under section 299A.705.
3.17 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), an individual who holds a provisional license and 
3.18 	has a driving record free of (1) convictions for a violation of section 169A.20, 169A.33, 
3.19 	169A.35, or sections 169A.50 to 169A.53, (2) convictions for crash-related moving 
3.20 	violations, and (3) convictions for moving violations that are not crash related, shall have a 
3.21 	$3.50 credit toward the fee for any classified under-21 driver's license. "Moving violation" 
3.22 	has the meaning given it in section 171.04, subdivision 1.
3.23 	(c) In addition to the driver's license fee required under paragraph (a), the 
3.24 	commissioner shall collect an additional $4 processing fee from each new applicant 
3.25 	or individual renewing a license with a school bus endorsement to cover the costs for 
3.26 	processing an applicant's initial and biennial physical examination certificate. The 
3.27 	department shall not charge these applicants any other fee to receive or renew the 
3.28 	endorsement.

3.29 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 299A.705, is amended by adding a 
3.30 	subdivision to read:
3.31 		Subd. 3.Driver and vehicle services technology account. (a) The driver and 
3.32 	vehicle services technology account is created in the special revenue fund, consisting of 
3.33 	the technology surcharge collected as specified in chapters 168, 168A, and 171, and any 
3.34 	other money otherwise donated, allotted, appropriated, or legislated to this account.
3.35 	(b) Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner of public safety to 
3.36 	support the research, development, deployment, and maintenance of a driver and vehicle 
3.37 	services information system.

4.1 	Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 4.2 	This act is effective July 1, 2008.