HF 1145

as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to motor vehicles; eliminating the financial 
  1.3             responsibility of court administrators for deputy 
  1.4             registrars who are not public officials and who issue 
  1.5             drivers' licenses; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, 
  1.6             section 171.06, subdivision 4. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 171.06, 
  1.9   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 4.  [APPLICATION, FILING; FEE RETAINED FOR EXPENSES.] 
  1.11  (a) Any applicant for an instruction permit, a driver's license, 
  1.12  restricted license, or duplicate license may file an application 
  1.13  with a court administrator of the district court or at a state 
  1.14  office.  The administrator or state office shall receive and 
  1.15  accept the application.  To cover all expenses involved in 
  1.16  receiving, accepting, or forwarding to the department 
  1.17  applications and fees, the court administrator of the district 
  1.18  court may retain a county fee of $3.50 for each application for 
  1.19  a Minnesota identification card, instruction permit, duplicate 
  1.20  license, driver license, or restricted license.  The amount 
  1.21  allowed to be retained by the court administrator of the 
  1.22  district court shall be paid into the county treasury and 
  1.23  credited to the general revenue fund of the county.  Before the 
  1.24  end of the first working day following the final day of an 
  1.25  established reporting period, the court administrator shall 
  1.26  forward to the department all applications and fees collected 
  2.1   during the reporting period, less the amount herein allowed to 
  2.2   be retained for expenses.  
  2.3      (b) The court administrators of the district courts may 
  2.4   appoint agents to assist in accepting applications, but the 
  2.5   administrators shall require every agent to forward to the 
  2.6   administrators by whom the agent is appointed all applications 
  2.7   accepted and fees collected by the agent, except that an agent 
  2.8   shall retain the county fee to cover the agent's expenses 
  2.9   involved in receiving, accepting or forwarding the applications 
  2.10  and fees.  Except as provided in paragraph (c), the court 
  2.11  administrators shall be responsible for the acts of agents 
  2.12  appointed by them and for the forwarding to the department of 
  2.13  all applications accepted and those fees collected by agents and 
  2.14  by themselves as are required to be forwarded to the department. 
  2.15     (c) A court administrator has no financial responsibility 
  2.16  for equipment issued by the state to an agent appointed by the 
  2.17  court administrator if the agent is a deputy registrar who is 
  2.18  not a public official, and if the agent has posted bond in an 
  2.19  amount sufficient to cover the cost of the equipment. 
  2.20     (d) The commissioner may establish an office for accepting 
  2.21  applications or may appoint an agent to do so as the public 
  2.22  interest and convenience may require.  The commissioner may 
  2.23  adopt rules prescribing the qualifications needed to establish 
  2.24  and operate an application office.