1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; establishing purple heart designation on driver's 
1.3 	licenses and Minnesota identification cards; providing for state park permits;
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 85.053, by adding a subdivision; 
1.5 	171.07, by adding a subdivision.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 85.053, is amended by adding a 
1.8 	subdivision to read:
1.9 		Subd. 11.Free entrance; Purple Heart recipients. The commissioner shall issue 
1.10 	without a fee an annual park permit or a daily park permit to a motor vehicle being used by 
1.11 	the holder of a driver's license or Minnesota identification card bearing the Purple Heart 
1.12 	designation as provided under section 171.07, subdivision 17.

1.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2016.

1.14 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 171.07, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.15 	to read:
1.16 		Subd. 17.Purple Heart designation. (a) At the request of an eligible applicant and 
1.17 	on payment of the required fee, the department shall issue, renew, or reissue to the applicant 
1.18 	a driver's license or Minnesota identification card bearing a Purple Heart designation.
1.19 	(b) At the time of application for the designation provided under this subdivision, the 
1.20 	applicant must meet the requirements for a special combat wounded license plate under 
1.21 	section 168.123, subdivision 2, paragraph (e).
1.22 	(c) The commissioner shall consult with interested groups on the design of the 
1.23 	designation.

2.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE; NOTIFICATION. This section is effective the day following 
2.2 	final enactment and applies to applications submitted on or after the later of (1) January 1, 
2.3 	2016, or (2) the date that relevant modules of new driver and vehicle services information 
2.4 	technology system are first implemented. The commissioner of public safety shall notify 
2.5 	the revisor of statutes immediately upon relevant driver and vehicle services information 
2.6 	technology system implementation.