SF 2095

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 03/04/2025 09:43 a.m.

A bill for an act
relating to vehicle registration; prohibiting the Division of Driver and Vehicle
Services from identifying certain surcharge information on renewal notices;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 168.33, subdivision 7.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 168.33, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

Subd. 7.

Filing fees; allocations.

(a) In addition to all other statutory fees and taxes:

(1) an $8 filing fee is imposed on every vehicle registration renewal, excluding pro rate
transactions; and

(2) a $12 filing fee is imposed on every other type of vehicle transaction, including motor
carrier fuel licenses under sections 168D.05 and 168D.06, and pro rate transactions.

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a):

(1) a filing fee may not be charged for a document returned for a refund or for a correction
of an error made by the Department of Public Safety, a dealer, or a deputy registrar; and

(2) no filing fee or other fee may be charged for the permanent surrender of a title for a
vehicle.

(c) The filing fee must be shown as a separate item on all registration renewal notices
sent out by the commissioner.

(d) The statutory fees and taxes, the filing fees imposed under paragraph (a), and the
surcharge imposed under paragraph (f) may be paid by credit card or debit card. The deputy
registrar may collect a surcharge on the payment made under this paragraph not greater than
the cost of processing a credit card or debit card transaction, in accordance with emergency
rules established by the commissioner of public safety. The surcharge authorized by this
paragraph must be used to pay the cost of processing credit and debit card transactions.

(e) The fees collected under paragraph (a) by the department must be allocated as follows:

(1) of the fees collected under paragraph (a), clause (1):

(i) $6.50 must be deposited in the driver and vehicle services operating account under
section 299A.705, subdivision 1; and

(ii) $1.50 must be deposited in the driver and vehicle services technology account under
section 299A.705, subdivision 3; and

(2) of the fees collected under paragraph (a), clause (2):

(i) $3.50 must be deposited in the general fund;

(ii) $7 must be deposited in the driver and vehicle services operating account under
section 299A.705, subdivision 1; and

(iii) $1.50 must be deposited in the driver and vehicle services technology account under
section 299A.705, subdivision 3.

(f) In addition to all other statutory fees and taxes, a deputy registrar must assess a $1
surcharge on every transaction for which filing fees are collected under this subdivision.
The surcharge authorized by this paragraph must be (1) deposited in the treasury of the
place for which the deputy registrar is appointed, or (2) if the deputy registrar is not a public
official, retained by the deputy registrar. For purposes of this paragraph, a deputy registrar
does not include the commissioner.

new text begin (g) The commissioner must not advertise, promote, or refer to the surcharge imposed
under paragraph (f) or the difference in statutory fees imposed between in-person transactions
and online transactions on a vehicle registration renewal notice, materials accompanying a
vehicle registration renewal notice, or the Division of Driver and Vehicle Services website
except upon payment to complete the transaction.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective October 1, 2025, for renewal notices
issued on or after that date.
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