SF 4621

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 03/24/2026 10:10 a.m.

A bill for an act
relating to transportation; exempting wheelchair accessible vehicles from the motor
vehicle sales tax and the rental motor vehicle tax and fee; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2024, sections 297A.64, subdivision 4; 297B.01, by adding a subdivision;
297B.03.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297A.64, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Exemptions.

(a) The tax and the fee imposed by this section do not apply to a
lease or rental of (1) a vehicle to be used by the lessee to provide a licensed taxi service;
(2) a hearse or limousine used in connection with a burial or funeral service; deleted text begin or deleted text end (3) a van
designed or adapted primarily for transporting property rather than passengers new text begin ; or (4) a
wheelchair accessible vehicle, as defined under section 297B.01, subdivision 19 new text end . The tax
and the fee imposed under this section do not apply when the lease or rental of a vehicle is
exempt from the tax imposed under section 297A.62, subdivision 1.

(b) The lessor may elect not to charge the fee imposed in subdivision 2 if in the previous
calendar year the lessor had no more than 20 vehicles available for lease that would have
been subject to tax under this section, or no more than $50,000 in gross receipts that would
have been subject to tax under this section.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for leases and rentals made after June
30, 2026.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297B.01, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin Subd. 19. new text end

new text begin Wheelchair accessible vehicle. new text end

new text begin "Wheelchair accessible vehicle" means a
motor vehicle that is equipped to allow a person to enter and exit, independently or with
assistance, while seated in a wheelchair.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective June 30, 2026.
new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297B.03, is amended to read:

297B.03 EXEMPTIONS.

There is specifically exempted from the provisions of this chapter and from computation
of the amount of tax imposed by it the following:

(1) purchase or use, including use under a lease purchase agreement or installment sales
contract made pursuant to section 465.71, of any motor vehicle by the United States and its
agencies and instrumentalities and by any person described in and subject to the conditions
provided in section 297A.67, subdivision 11;

(2) purchase or use of any motor vehicle by any person who was a resident of another
state or country at the time of the purchase and who subsequently becomes a resident of
Minnesota, provided the purchase occurred more than 60 days prior to the date such person
began residing in the state of Minnesota and the motor vehicle was registered in the person's
name in the other state or country;

(3) purchase or use of any motor vehicle by any person making a valid election to be
taxed under the provisions of section 297A.90;

(4) purchase or use of any motor vehicle previously registered in the state of Minnesota
when such transfer constitutes a transfer within the meaning of section 118, 331, 332, 336,
337, 338, 351, 355, 368, 721, 731, 1031, 1033, or 1563(a) of the Internal Revenue Code,
as amended through December 16, 2016;

(5) purchase or use of any vehicle owned by a resident of another state and leased to a
Minnesota-based private or for-hire carrier for regular use in the transportation of persons
or property in interstate commerce provided the vehicle is titled in the state of the owner or
secured party, and that state does not impose a sales tax or sales tax on motor vehicles used
in interstate commerce;

(6) purchase or use of a motor vehicle by a private nonprofit or public educational
institution for use as an instructional aid in automotive training programs operated by the
institution. "Automotive training programs" includes motor vehicle body and mechanical
repair courses but does not include driver education programs;

(7) purchase of a motor vehicle by an ambulance service licensed under section 144E.10
when that vehicle is equipped and specifically intended for emergency response or for
providing ambulance service;

(8) purchase of a motor vehicle by or for a public library, as defined in section 134.001,
subdivision 2, as a bookmobile or library delivery vehicle;

(9) purchase of a ready-mixed concrete truck;

(10) purchase or use of a motor vehicle by a town for use exclusively for road
maintenance, including snowplows and dump trucks, but not including automobiles, vans,
or pickup trucks;

(11) purchase or use of a motor vehicle by a corporation, society, association, foundation,
or institution organized and operated exclusively for charitable, religious, or educational
purposes, except a public school, university, or library, but only if the vehicle is:

(i) a truck, as defined in section 168.002, a bus, as defined in section 168.002, or a
passenger automobile, as defined in section 168.002, if the automobile is designed and used
for carrying more than nine persons including the driver; and

(ii) intended to be used primarily to transport tangible personal property or individuals,
other than employees, to whom the organization provides service in performing its charitable,
religious, or educational purpose;

(12) purchase of a motor vehicle for use by a transit provider exclusively to provide
transit service is exempt if the transit provider is either (i) receiving financial assistance or
reimbursement under section 174.24 or 473.384, or (ii) operating under section 174.29,
473.388, or 473.405;

(13) purchase or use of a motor vehicle by a qualified business, as defined in section
469.310, located in a job opportunity building zone, if the motor vehicle is principally
garaged in the job opportunity building zone and is primarily used as part of or in direct
support of the person's operations carried on in the job opportunity building zone. The
exemption under this clause applies to sales, if the purchase was made and delivery received
during the duration of the job opportunity building zone. The exemption under this clause
also applies to any local sales and use tax;

(14) purchase of a leased vehicle by the lessee who was a participant in a lease-to-own
program from a charitable organization that is:

(i) described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; and

(ii) licensed as a motor vehicle lessor under section 168.27, subdivision 4;

(15) purchase of a motor vehicle used exclusively as a mobile medical unit for the
provision of medical or dental services by a federally qualified health center, as defined
under title 19 of the Social Security Act, as amended by Section 4161 of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1990; deleted text begin and
deleted text end

(16) purchase of a motor vehicle by a veteran having a total service-connected disability,
as defined in section 171.01, subdivision 51 deleted text begin . deleted text end new text begin ; and
new text end

new text begin (17) purchase of a wheelchair accessible vehicle.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for sales and purchases made after June
30, 2026.
new text end