1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to appropriations; appropriating money for
1.3 	transportation, Metropolitan Council, and public
1.4 	safety activities; providing for general contingent
1.5 	accounts and tort claims; providing for various fees
1.6 	and accounts; allocating county state-aid highway
1.7 	funds; modifying provisions related to state mail,
1.8 	state highways and bridges, county state-aid highways,
1.9 	town road signs, railroad grade crossings and
1.10 	operations, traffic fine allocations, commercial motor
1.11 	vehicles, day activity center buses, vehicle
1.12 	registration plates and other motor vehicle
1.13 	provisions, driver and vehicle data practices, deputy
1.14 	motor vehicle registrars, state aviation, bridges in
1.15 	smaller cities, weight limits on highways and other
1.16 	traffic regulations, drivers' licenses and permits,
1.17 	the Commuter Rail Corridor Coordinating Committee,
1.18 	Roussain Cemetery, wetland replacement near the city
1.19 	of Cologne, the employment status of public safety
1.20 	radio communications operators, the insurance
1.21 	verification sampling program, maximum train speeds in
1.22 	the city of Orr, a restriction on ethanol
1.23 	requirements, and bicycle programs; requiring studies
1.24 	and reports; making technical and clarifying
1.25 	revisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections
1.26 	13.44, subdivision 3; 16B.49; 115A.908, subdivision 1;
1.27 	161.14, subdivision 25, by adding subdivisions;
1.28 	161.361, subdivision 2; 161.368; 162.02, subdivisions
1.29 	2, 3a; 162.06, subdivision 2; 162.08, subdivision 3;
1.30 	162.09, subdivisions 2, 3a; 162.14, subdivision 6;
1.31 	168.011, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, 5a, 6, 7, 25, by adding
1.32 	subdivisions; 168.012, subdivision 1, as amended;
1.33 	168.013, subdivision 8; 168.031; 168.09, subdivision
1.34 	7; 168.091, subdivision 1; 168.10, subdivision 1c;
1.35 	168.105, subdivisions 2, 3, 5; 168.12; 168.123;
1.36 	168.1235; 168.124; 168.125; 168.1255; 168.127,
1.37 	subdivision 6; 168.128; 168.129; 168.1291; 168.1293;
1.38 	168.1296; 168.1297; 168.15, subdivision 1; 168.16;
1.39 	168.185; 168.27, subdivision 11; 168.31, subdivision
1.40 	5; 168.33, as amended; 168.345, subdivisions 1, 2;
1.41 	168.381; 168.54, subdivisions 4, 5; 168A.152,
1.42 	subdivision 2; 168A.20, by adding a subdivision;
1.43 	168A.29; 168A.31; 169.01, subdivisions 75, 76, 78;
1.44 	169.06, subdivisions 5, 6; 169.09, subdivision 13;
1.45 	169.14, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision;
1.46 	169.18, subdivisions 4, 5, 11, as amended; 169.28,
2.1 	subdivision 2; 169.448, by adding a subdivision;
2.2 	169.522; 169.81, subdivision 3c; 169.8261; 169.851,
2.3 	subdivision 5; 169.86, subdivision 5; 169.99,
2.4 	subdivision 1b; 169A.52, subdivision 3; 169A.60,
2.5 	subdivision 16; 171.01, subdivisions 22, 35, 47, by
2.6 	adding a subdivision; 171.02; 171.03; 171.04,
2.7 	subdivision 2; 171.05, subdivisions 1, 2, 2b; 171.055,
2.8 	subdivision 2; 171.06, subdivisions 2, 2a; 171.061,
2.9 	subdivision 4; 171.07, subdivision 11; 171.09, as
2.10 	amended; 171.12, subdivisions 3, 6; 171.13,
2.11 	subdivisions 2, 6, by adding a subdivision; 171.165,
2.12 	subdivisions 1, 2, 6; 171.17, subdivision 1; 171.18,
2.13 	subdivision 1; 171.20, subdivision 4, as amended;
2.14 	171.26, as amended; 171.29, subdivision 2; 171.30,
2.15 	subdivision 1; 171.36; 174.50, by adding a
2.16 	subdivision; 174.86, subdivision 5; 179A.03,
2.17 	subdivision 7, as amended; 179A.10, subdivision 2;
2.18 	192.502, subdivision 2; 197.65; 219.166; 219.567;
2.19 	299D.03, subdivision 5; proposing coding for new law
2.20 	in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 160; 162; 168; 171;
2.21 	219; 299A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections
2.22 	168.011, subdivision 19; 168.012, subdivision 12;
2.23 	168.041, subdivision 11; 168.105, subdivision 6;
2.24 	168.15, subdivision 2; 168.231; 168.345, subdivisions
2.25 	3, 4; 168.831; 168.832; 168.833; 168.834; 168.835;
2.26 	168.836; 168.837; 168C.01; 168C.02; 168C.03; 168C.04;
2.27 	168C.05; 168C.06; 168C.07; 168C.08; 168C.09; 168C.10;
2.28 	168C.11; 168C.12; 168C.13; 170.23; 171.12, subdivision
2.29 	8; 171.165, subdivisions 3, 4, 4a, 4b; 171.185;
2.30 	473.408, subdivision 1; Minnesota Rules, parts
2.31 	7407.0100; 7407.0200; 7407.0300; 7407.0400; 7407.0500;
2.32 	7407.0600; 7407.0700; 7407.0800; 7407.0900; 7407.1000;
2.33 	7407.1100; 7407.1200; 7407.1300; 7503.2400; 7800.0600;
2.34 	7800.3200, subpart 1; 7805.0700; 8850.6900, subpart
2.35 	20; 8855.0500, subpart 1.
2.36 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.37 	ARTICLE 1
2.38 	APPROPRIATIONS
2.39 	TRANSPORTATION, METROPOLITAN COUNCIL, PUBLIC SAFETY

2.40 	Section 1. TRANSPORTATION, METROPOLITAN COUNCIL, PUBLIC SAFETY
2.41 	APPROPRIATIONS.
 2.42 	The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are
2.43 	appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to
2.44 	the agencies and for the purposes specified in this article, to
2.45 	be available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.
2.46 	The figures "2006" and "2007," where used in this article, mean
2.47 	that the appropriations listed under them are available for the
2.48 	year ending June 30, 2006, or June 30, 2007, respectively.  The
2.49 	term "first year" means the year ending June 30, 2006, and the
2.50 	term "second year" means the year ending June 30, 2007.
2.51 	SUMMARY BY FUND
2.52 	2006          2007           TOTAL
2.53 	General            $  101,966,000 $  103,221,000 $  205,187,000
3.1 	Airports               19,458,000     19,458,000     38,916,000
3.2 	C.S.A.H.              441,335,000    453,948,000    895,283,000
3.3 	M.S.A.S.              117,048,000    120,841,000    237,889,000
3.4 	Special Revenue        45,417,000     44,772,000     90,189,000
3.5 	Highway User            8,568,000      8,638,000     17,206,000
3.6 	Trunk Highway       1,148,211,000  1,260,498,000  2,408,709,000
3.7 	TOTAL              $1,882,003,000 $2,011,376,000 $3,893,379,000
3.8 	APPROPRIATIONS
3.9 	                                       Available for the Year
3.10 	                                           Ending June 30
3.11 	                                          2006         2007

3.12 	Sec. 2. TRANSPORTATION
 3.13 		Subdivision 1.Total
3.14 	Appropriation                     $1,671,077,000 $1,799,779,000
3.15 	The appropriations in this section are
3.16 	from the trunk highway fund, except
3.17 	when another fund is named.
3.18 	Summary by Fund
3.19 	2006          2007
3.20 	General              19,221,000    19,221,000
3.21 	Airports             19,408,000    19,408,000
3.22 	C.S.A.H.            441,335,000   453,948,000
3.23 	M.S.A.S.            117,048,000   120,841,000
3.24 	Trunk Highway     1,074,065,000 1,186,361,000
3.25 	The amounts that may be spent from this
3.26 	appropriation for each program are
3.27 	specified in the following subdivisions.
3.28 		Subd. 2.Multimodal Systems          45,147,000     45,147,000
3.29 	Summary by Fund
3.30 	Airports             19,383,000    19,383,000
3.31 	General              19,156,000    19,156,000
3.32 	Trunk Highway         6,608,000     6,608,000
3.33 	The amounts that may be spent from this
3.34 	appropriation for each activity are as
3.35 	follows:
3.36 	(a) Aeronautics
3.37 	20,220,000     20,220,000
3.38 	Summary by Fund
3.39 	Airports             19,383,000    19,383,000
3.40 	Trunk Highway           837,000       837,000
3.41 	Except as otherwise provided, the
4.1 	appropriations in this subdivision are
4.2 	from the state airports fund.
4.3 	(1) Airport Development
4.4 	and Assistance
4.5 	14,298,000     14,298,000
4.6 	These appropriations must be spent
4.7 	according to Minnesota Statutes,
4.8 	section 360.305, subdivision 4.
4.9 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes,
4.10 	section 16A.28, subdivision 6, funds
4.11 	are available for five years after
4.12 	appropriation.
4.13 	If the appropriation for either year is
4.14 	insufficient, the appropriation for the
4.15 	other year is available for it.
4.16 	Of the state airports fund
4.17 	appropriation in Laws 2003, First
4.18 	Special Session chapter 19, article 1,
4.19 	section 2, subdivision 2, paragraph
4.20 	(a), clause (1), $1,900,000 cancels to
4.21 	the state airports fund.  This
4.22 	cancellation is effective the day
4.23 	following final enactment.
4.24 	(2) Aviation Support and Services
4.25 	5,922,000      5,922,000
4.26 	Summary by Fund
4.27 	Airports              5,085,000     5,085,000
4.28 	Trunk Highway           837,000       837,000
4.29 	$65,000 the first year and $65,000 the
4.30 	second year are for the Civil Air
4.31 	Patrol.
4.32 	(b) Transit
4.33 	19,605,000     19,605,000
4.34 	Summary by Fund
4.35 	General              18,810,000    18,810,000
4.36 	Trunk Highway           795,000       795,000
4.37 	(c) Freight
4.38 	5,322,000      5,322,000
4.39 	Summary by Fund
4.40 	General                 346,000       346,000
4.41 	Trunk Highway         4,976,000     4,976,000
4.42 		Subd. 3.State Roads              1,011,958,000  1,124,254,000
4.43 	Summary by Fund
4.44 	General                   9,000         9,000
4.45 	Trunk Highway     1,011,949,000 1,124,245,000
5.1 	The amounts that may be spent from this
5.2 	appropriation for each activity are as
5.3 	follows:
5.4 	(a) Infrastructure Investment and Planning
5.5 	801,247,000   913,543,000
5.6 	(1) Infrastructure Investment Support
5.7 	168,207,000   168,207,000
5.8 	$266,000 the first year and $266,000
5.9 	the second year are available for
5.10 	grants to metropolitan planning
5.11 	organizations outside the seven-county
5.12 	metropolitan area.
5.13 	$75,000 the first year and $75,000 the
5.14 	second year are for a transportation
5.15 	research contingent account to finance
5.16 	research projects that are reimbursable
5.17 	from the federal government or from
5.18 	other sources.  If the appropriation
5.19 	for either year is insufficient, the
5.20 	appropriation for the other year is
5.21 	available for it.
5.22 	$600,000 the first year and $600,000
5.23 	the second year are available for
5.24 	grants for transportation studies
5.25 	outside the metropolitan area to
5.26 	identify critical concerns, problems,
5.27 	and issues.  These grants are available
5.28 	(1) to regional development commissions
5.29 	and (2) in regions where no regional
5.30 	development commission is functioning,
5.31 	to joint powers boards established
5.32 	under agreement of two or more
5.33 	political subdivisions in the region to
5.34 	exercise the planning functions of a
5.35 	regional development commission, and
5.36 	(3) in regions where no regional
5.37 	development commission or joint powers
5.38 	board is functioning, to the
5.39 	department's district office for that
5.40 	region.
5.41 	(2) State Road Construction
5.42 	576,950,000    680,950,000
5.43 	It is estimated that these
5.44 	appropriations will be funded as
5.45 	follows:
5.46 	Federal Highway Aid
5.47 	280,000,000    384,000,000
5.48 	Highway User Taxes
5.49 	296,950,000    296,950,000
5.50 	The commissioner of transportation
5.51 	shall notify the chair of the
5.52 	Transportation Budget Division of the
5.53 	senate and the chair of the
5.54 	Transportation Finance Committee of the
5.55 	house of representatives of any
5.56 	significant events that should cause
6.1 	these estimates to change.
6.2 	This appropriation is for the actual
6.3 	construction, reconstruction, and
6.4 	improvement of trunk highways,
6.5 	including design-build contracts and
6.6 	consultant usage to support these
6.7 	activities.  This includes the cost of
6.8 	actual payment to landowners for lands
6.9 	acquired for highway rights-of-way,
6.10 	payment to lessees, interest subsidies,
6.11 	and relocation expenses.
6.12 	The commissioner may transfer up to
6.13 	$15,000,000 each year to the
6.14 	transportation revolving loan fund.
6.15 	The commissioner may receive money
6.16 	covering other shares of the cost of
6.17 	partnership projects.  These receipts
6.18 	are appropriated to the commissioner
6.19 	for these projects.
6.20 	(3) Highway Debt Service
6.21 	56,090,000     64,386,000
6.22 	$40,415,000 the first year and
6.23 	$58,526,000 the second year are for
6.24 	transfer to the state bond fund.  If
6.25 	this appropriation is insufficient to
6.26 	make all transfers required in the year
6.27 	for which it is made, the commissioner
6.28 	of finance shall notify the Committee
6.29 	on Finance of the senate and the
6.30 	Committee on Ways and Means of the
6.31 	house of representatives of the amount
6.32 	of the deficiency and shall then
6.33 	transfer that amount under the
6.34 	statutory open appropriation.  Any
6.35 	excess appropriation cancels to the
6.36 	trunk highway fund.
6.37 	(b) Infrastructure Operations
6.38 	and Maintenance
6.39 	204,746,000    204,746,000
6.40 	(c) Electronic Communications
6.41 	5,965,000      5,965,000
6.42 	Summary by Fund
6.43 	General                   9,000         9,000
6.44 	Trunk Highway         5,956,000     5,956,000
6.45 	$9,000 the first year and $9,000 the
6.46 	second year are from the general fund
6.47 	for equipment and operation of the
6.48 	Roosevelt signal tower for Lake of the
6.49 	Woods weather broadcasting.
6.50 		Subd. 4.Local Roads                558,383,000    574,789,000
6.51 	Summary by Fund
6.52 	C.S.A.H.            441,335,000   453,948,000
6.53 	M.S.A.S.            117,048,000   120,841,000
7.1 	The amounts that may be spent from this
7.2 	appropriation for each activity are as
7.3 	follows:
7.4 	(a) County State Aids
7.5 	441,335,000    453,948,000
7.6 	This appropriation is from the county
7.7 	state-aid highway fund and is available
7.8 	until spent.
7.9 	(b) Municipal State Aids
7.10 	117,048,000     120,841,000
7.11 	This appropriation is from the
7.12 	municipal state-aid street fund and is
7.13 	available until spent.
7.14 	If an appropriation for either county
7.15 	state aids or municipal state aids does
7.16 	not exhaust the balance in the fund
7.17 	from which it is made in the year for
7.18 	which it is made, the commissioner of
7.19 	finance, upon request of the
7.20 	commissioner of transportation, shall
7.21 	notify the chair of the Transportation
7.22 	Finance Committee of the house of
7.23 	representatives and the chair of the
7.24 	Transportation Budget Division of the
7.25 	senate of the amount of the remainder
7.26 	and shall then add that amount to the
7.27 	appropriation.  The amount added is
7.28 	appropriated for the purposes of county
7.29 	state aids or municipal state aids, as
7.30 	appropriate.
7.31 	If the appropriation for either county
7.32 	state aids or municipal state aids does
7.33 	exhaust the balance in the fund from
7.34 	which it is made in the year for which
7.35 	it is made, the commissioner of finance
7.36 	shall notify the chair of the
7.37 	Transportation Finance Committee of the
7.38 	house of representatives and the chair
7.39 	of the Transportation Budget Division
7.40 	of the senate of the amount by which
7.41 	the appropriation exceeds the balance
7.42 	and shall then reduce that amount from
7.43 	the appropriation.
7.44 		Subd. 5.General Support
7.45 	and Services                          55,589,000     55,589,000
7.46 	Summary by Fund
7.47 	General                  56,000        56,000
7.48 	Airports                 25,000        25,000
7.49 	Trunk Highway        55,508,000    55,508,000
7.50 	The amounts that may be spent from this
7.51 	appropriation for each activity are as
7.52 	follows:
7.53 	(a) Department Support
7.54 	38,999,000     38,999,000
8.1 	Summary by Fund
8.2 	Airports                 25,000        25,000
8.3 	Trunk Highway        38,974,000    38,974,000
8.4 	(b) Buildings
8.5 	16,590,000     16,590,000
8.6 	Summary by Fund
8.7 	General                  56,000        56,000
8.8 	Trunk Highway        16,534,000    16,534,000
8.9 	If the appropriation for either year is
8.10 	insufficient, the appropriation for the
8.11 	other year is available for it.
8.12 		Subd. 6.Transfers
8.13 	(a) With the approval of the
8.14 	commissioner of finance, the
8.15 	commissioner of transportation may
8.16 	transfer unencumbered balances among
8.17 	the appropriations from the trunk
8.18 	highway fund and the state airports
8.19 	fund made in this section.  No transfer
8.20 	may be made from the appropriation for
8.21 	state road construction.  No transfer
8.22 	may be made from the appropriations for
8.23 	debt service to any other appropriation.
8.24 	Transfers under this paragraph may not
8.25 	be made between funds.  Transfers
8.26 	between programs must be reported
8.27 	immediately to the chair of the
8.28 	Transportation Budget Division of the
8.29 	senate and the chair of the
8.30 	Transportation Finance Committee of the
8.31 	house of representatives.
8.32 	(b) The commissioner of finance shall
8.33 	transfer from the flexible account in
8.34 	the county state-aid highway fund
8.35 	$5,650,000 the first year and
8.36 	$1,480,000 the second year to the
8.37 	municipal turnback account in the
8.38 	municipal state-aid street fund and
8.39 	$10,390,000 the first year and
8.40 	$7,380,000 the second year to the trunk
8.41 	highway fund; and the remainder in each
8.42 	year to the county turnback account in
8.43 	the county state-aid highway fund.
8.44 		Subd. 7.Use of State Road
8.45 	Construction Appropriations
8.46 	Any money appropriated to the
8.47 	commissioner of transportation for
8.48 	state road construction for any fiscal
8.49 	year before fiscal year 2006 is
8.50 	available to the commissioner during
8.51 	fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to the
8.52 	extent that the commissioner spends the
8.53 	money on the state road construction
8.54 	project for which the money was
8.55 	originally encumbered during the fiscal
8.56 	year for which it was appropriated.
8.57 	The commissioner of transportation
8.58 	shall report to the commissioner of
9.1 	finance by August 1, 2005, and August
9.2 	1, 2006, on a form the commissioner of
9.3 	finance provides, on expenditures made
9.4 	during the previous fiscal year that
9.5 	are authorized by this subdivision.
9.6 		Subd. 8.Contingent Appropriation
9.7 	The commissioner of transportation,
9.8 	with the approval of the governor after
9.9 	review by the Legislative Advisory
9.10 	Commission under Minnesota Statutes,
9.11 	section 3.30, may transfer all or part
9.12 	of the unappropriated balance in the
9.13 	trunk highway fund to an appropriation
9.14 	(1) for trunk highway design,
9.15 	construction, or inspection in order to
9.16 	take advantage of an unanticipated
9.17 	receipt of income to the trunk highway
9.18 	fund or to take advantage of federal
9.19 	advanced construction funding, (2) for
9.20 	trunk highway maintenance in order to
9.21 	meet an emergency, or (3) to pay tort
9.22 	or environmental claims.  Any transfer
9.23 	as a result of the use of federal
9.24 	advanced construction funding must
9.25 	include an analysis of the effects on
9.26 	the long-term trunk highway fund
9.27 	balance.  The amount transferred is
9.28 	appropriated for the purpose of the
9.29 	account to which it is transferred.

9.30 	Sec. 3. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
9.31 	TRANSIT                               77,503,000     78,753,000
 9.32 	(a) Bus Transit
9.33 	73,453,000     73,453,000
9.34 	This appropriation is for bus system
9.35 	operations.
9.36 	(b) Rail Operations
9.37 	4,050,000      5,300,000
9.38 	This appropriation is for operations of
9.39 	the Hiawatha light rail transit line.
9.40 	This appropriation is for paying 50
9.41 	percent of operating costs for the
9.42 	Hiawatha light rail transit line after
9.43 	operating revenue and federal funds are
9.44 	used for light rail transit operations.
9.45 	The remaining operating costs up to a
9.46 	maximum of $4,050,000 the first year
9.47 	and $5,300,000 the second year are to
9.48 	be paid by the Hennepin County Regional
9.49 	Rail Authority, using any or all of
9.50 	these sources:
9.51 	(1) general tax revenues of Hennepin
9.52 	County;
9.53 	(2) the authority's reserves; and
9.54 	(3) taxes levied under Minnesota
9.55 	Statutes, section 398A.04, subdivision
9.56 	8, notwithstanding any provision in
9.57 	that subdivision that limits amounts
9.58 	that may be levied for light rail
10.1 	transit purposes.

10.2 	Sec. 4. PUBLIC SAFETY
 10.3 		Subdivision 1.Total
10.4 	Appropriation                        132,448,000    131,869,000
10.5 	Summary by Fund
10.6 	General               5,242,000     5,247,000
10.7 	Trunk Highway        73,346,000    73,337,000
10.8 	Highway User          8,443,000     8,513,000
10.9 	Special Revenue      45,417,000    44,742,000
10.10 		Subd. 2.Administration
10.11 	and Related Services                   9,694,000      9,699,000
10.12 	Summary by Fund
10.13 	General               2,371,000     2,376,000
10.14 	Trunk Highway         5,938,000     5,938,000
10.15 	Highway User          1,385,000     1,385,000
10.16 	(a) Office of Communications
10.17 	385,000        385,000
10.18 	Summary by Fund
10.19 	General                  39,000        39,000
10.20 	Trunk Highway           346,000       346,000
10.21 	(b) Public Safety Support
10.22 	6,855,000      6,860,000
10.23 	Summary by Fund
10.24 	General               2,241,000     2,246,000
10.25 	Trunk Highway         3,248,000     3,248,000
10.26 	Highway User          1,366,000     1,366,000
10.27 	$375,000 the first year and $380,000
10.28 	the second year are for payment of
10.29 	public safety officer survivor benefits
10.30 	under Minnesota Statutes, section
10.31 	299A.44.  If the appropriation for
10.32 	either year is insufficient, the
10.33 	appropriation for the other year is
10.34 	available for it.
10.35 	$314,000 the first year and $314,000
10.36 	the second year are to be deposited in
10.37 	the public safety officer's benefit
10.38 	account.  This money is available for
10.39 	reimbursements under Minnesota
10.40 	Statutes, section 299A.465.
10.41 	$508,000 the first year and $508,000
10.42 	the second year are for soft body armor
10.43 	reimbursements under Minnesota
10.44 	Statutes, section 299A.38.
11.1 	$792,000 the first year and $792,000
11.2 	the second year are appropriated from
11.3 	the general fund for transfer by the
11.4 	commissioner of finance to the trunk
11.5 	highway fund on December 31, 2005, and
11.6 	December 31, 2006, respectively, in
11.7 	order to reimburse the trunk highway
11.8 	fund for expenses not related to the
11.9 	fund.  These represent amounts
11.10 	appropriated out of the trunk highway
11.11 	fund for general fund purposes in the
11.12 	administration and related services
11.13 	program.
11.14 	$610,000 the first year and $610,000
11.15 	the second year are appropriated from
11.16 	the highway user tax distribution fund
11.17 	for transfer by the commissioner of
11.18 	finance to the trunk highway fund on
11.19 	December 31, 2005, and December 31,
11.20 	2006, respectively, in order to
11.21 	reimburse the trunk highway fund for
11.22 	expenses not related to the fund.
11.23 	These represent amounts appropriated
11.24 	out of the trunk highway fund for
11.25 	highway user tax distribution fund
11.26 	purposes in the administration and
11.27 	related services program.
11.28 	$716,000 the first year and $716,000
11.29 	the second year are appropriated from
11.30 	the highway user tax distribution fund
11.31 	for transfer by the commissioner of
11.32 	finance to the general fund on December
11.33 	31, 2005, and December 31, 2006,
11.34 	respectively, in order to reimburse the
11.35 	general fund for expenses not related
11.36 	to the fund.  These represent amounts
11.37 	appropriated out of the general fund
11.38 	for operation of the criminal justice
11.39 	data network related to driver and
11.40 	motor vehicle licensing.
11.41 	(c) Technical Support Services
11.42 	2,454,000      2,454,000
11.43 	Summary by Fund
11.44 	General                  91,000        91,000
11.45 	Trunk Highway         2,344,000     2,344,000
11.46 	Highway User             19,000        19,000
11.47 		Subd. 3.State Patrol                70,047,000     70,038,000
11.48 	Summary by Fund
11.49 	General               2,871,000     2,871,000
11.50 	Trunk Highway        67,084,000    67,075,000
11.51 	Highway User             92,000        92,000
11.52 	(a) Patrolling Highways
11.53 	60,739,000     60,730,000
11.54 	Summary by Fund
12.1 	General                  37,000        37,000
12.2 	Trunk Highway        60,610,000    60,601,000
12.3 	Highway User             92,000        92,000
12.4 	$3,700,000 the first year is for the
12.5 	cost of adding State Patrol positions.
12.6 	If money transferred to the trunk
12.7 	highway fund in the first year from the
12.8 	alcohol enforcement account in the
12.9 	special revenue fund is less than the
12.10 	amount specified in this paragraph, the
12.11 	commissioner shall make up the
12.12 	difference by transferring to the trunk
12.13 	highway fund money allocated to the
12.14 	commissioner under the federal Repeat
12.15 	Offender Transfer Program, Public Law
12.16 	105-206, section 164.
12.17 	(b) Commercial Vehicle Enforcement
12.18 	6,474,000      6,474,000
12.19 	This appropriation is from the trunk
12.20 	highway fund.
12.21 	(c) Capitol Security
12.22 	2,834,000      2,834,000
12.23 	The commissioner may not (1) spend any
12.24 	money from the trunk highway fund for
12.25 	capitol security or (2) permanently
12.26 	transfer any state trooper from the
12.27 	patrolling highways activity to capitol
12.28 	security.
12.29 	The commissioner may not transfer any
12.30 	money (1) appropriated for Department
12.31 	of Public Safety administration, the
12.32 	patrolling of highways, commercial
12.33 	vehicle enforcement, or driver and
12.34 	vehicle services to capitol security or
12.35 	(2) from capitol security.
12.36 		Subd. 4.Driver and Vehicle Services
12.37 	51,389,000     50,814,000
12.38 	Summary by Fund
12.39 	Highway User          6,966,000     7,036,000
12.40 	Special Revenue      44,423,000    43,778,000
12.41 	(a) Vehicle Services
12.42 	23,383,000     23,849,000
12.43 	Summary by Fund
12.44 	Highway User          6,966,000     7,036,000
12.45 	Special Revenue      16,417,000    16,813,000
12.46 	This appropriation is from the vehicle
12.47 	services operating account in the
12.48 	special revenue fund.
12.49 	(b) Driver Services
13.1 	28,006,000     26,965,000
13.2 	This appropriation is from the driver
13.3 	services operating account in the
13.4 	special revenue fund.
13.5 		Subd. 5.Traffic Safety                 324,000        324,000
13.6 	This appropriation is from the trunk
13.7 	highway fund.
13.8 	The commissioner of public safety shall
13.9 	spend 50 percent of the money available
13.10 	to the state under Public Law 105-206,
13.11 	section 164, and the remaining 50
13.12 	percent must be transferred to the
13.13 	commissioner of transportation for
13.14 	hazard elimination activities under
13.15 	United States Code, title 23, section
13.16 	152.
13.17 		Subd. 6.Pipeline Safety                994,000        994,000
13.18 	This appropriation is from the pipeline
13.19 	safety account in the special revenue
13.20 	fund.

13.21 	Sec. 5. GENERAL CONTINGENT
13.22 	ACCOUNTS                                 375,000        375,000
 13.23 	Summary by Fund
13.24 	Trunk Highway           200,000       200,000
13.25 	Highway User            125,000       125,000
13.26 	Airports                 50,000        50,000
13.27 	The appropriations in this section may
13.28 	only be spent with the approval of the
13.29 	governor after consultation with the
13.30 	Legislative Advisory Commission
13.31 	pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section
13.32 	3.30.
13.33 	If an appropriation in this section for
13.34 	either year is insufficient, the
13.35 	appropriation for the other year is
13.36 	available for it.

13.37 	Sec. 6. TORT CLAIMS                     600,000        600,000
 13.38 	To be spent by the commissioner of
13.39 	finance.
13.40 	This appropriation is from the trunk
13.41 	highway fund.
13.42 	If the appropriation for either year is
13.43 	insufficient, the appropriation for the
13.44 	other year is available for it.

13.45 	ARTICLE 2
13.46 	PUBLIC SAFETY ACTIVITIES, FEES, ACCOUNTS

13.47 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 115A.908,
13.48 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
13.49 		Subdivision 1.Fee charged.  A fee of $4 $10 shall be
14.1 	charged on the initial registration and each subsequent transfer
14.2 	of title within the state, other than transfers for resale
14.3 	purposes, of every motor vehicle weighing more than 1,000
14.4 	pounds.  The fee shall be collected in an appropriate manner by
14.5 	the motor vehicle registrar commissioner of public safety.
14.6 	Registration plates or certificates of title may not be issued
14.7 	by the motor vehicle registrar commissioner of public safety for
14.8 	the ownership or operation of a motor vehicle subject to the
14.9 	transfer fee unless the fee is paid.  The fee may not be charged
14.10 	on the transfer of:
14.11 	(1) previously registered vehicles if the transfer is to
14.12 	the same person;
14.13 	(2) vehicles subject to the conditions specified in section
14.14 	297A.70, subdivision 2; or
14.15 	(3) vehicles purchased in another state by a resident of
14.16 	another state if more than 60 days have elapsed after the date
14.17 	of purchase and the purchaser is transferring title to this
14.18 	state and has become a resident of this state after the purchase.

14.19 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.013,
14.20 	subdivision 8, is amended to read:
14.21 		Subd. 8.Proceeds to highway user fund; vehicle services
14.22 	operating account. (a) Unless otherwise specified in this
14.23 	chapter,the net proceeds of the registration tax imposed on
14.24 	motor vehicles under this chapter shall must be collected by the
14.25 	registrar of motor vehicles and commissioner,paid into the
14.26 	state treasury,and credited to the highway user tax
14.27 	distribution fund.
14.28 	(b) All fees collected under this chapter, unless otherwise
14.29 	specified, must be deposited in the vehicle services operating
14.30 	account in the special revenue fund under section 299A.705.

14.31 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.09,
14.32 	subdivision 7, is amended to read:
14.33 		Subd. 7.Display of temporary permit; special plates.
 14.34 	(a) A vehicle that displays a special plate issued under section
14.35 	168.021; 168.12, subdivision 2, 2a, 2b, 2c, or 2d; 168.123;
14.36 	168.124; 168.125; 168.126; 168.128; or 168.129,may display a
15.1 	temporary permit in conjunction with expired registration if:
15.2 	(1) the current registration tax and all other fees have
15.3 	been paid in full; and
15.4 	(2) the plate requires replacement under section 168.12,
15.5 	subdivision 1, paragraph (b) (d), clause (3).
15.6 	(b) A vehicle that is registered under section 168.10 may
15.7 	display a temporary permit in conjunction with expired
15.8 	registration, with or without a registration license plate, if:
15.9 	(1) the license plates have been applied for and the
15.10 	registration tax has been paid in full, as provided for in
15.11 	section 168.10; and
15.12 	(2) the vehicle is used solely as a collector vehicle while
15.13 	displaying the temporary permit and not used for general
15.14 	transportation purposes.
15.15 	(c) The permit is valid for a period of 60 days.  The
15.16 	permit must be in a form format prescribed by the commissioner
15.17 	of public safety and whenever practicable must be posted upon
15.18 	the driver's side of the rear window on the inside of the
15.19 	vehicle.  The permit is valid only for the vehicle for which it
15.20 	was issued to allow a reasonable time for the new license plates
15.21 	to be manufactured and delivered to the applicant.

15.22 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.105,
15.23 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
15.24 		Subd. 2.Affidavit for registration and taxation.  (a) A
15.25 	classic motorcycle must be listed for taxation taxed and
15.26 	registration registered by executed the vehicle owner submitting
15.27 	an affidavit to the commissioner stating (1) the name and
15.28 	address of the owner, (2) the name and address of the person
15.29 	from whom purchased, (3) the make of the classic motorcycle, (4)
15.30 	the year and number of the model, (5) the manufacturer's vehicle 
15.31 	identification number, (6) that the motorcycle is owned and
15.32 	operated solely as a collector's item and will not be used for
15.33 	general transportation purposes, and (7) that the owner has one
15.34 	or more motor vehicles with regular license plates.
15.35 	(b) When the registrar commissioner is satisfied that the
15.36 	affidavit is true, correct, and complete and that the owner has
16.1 	paid a $10 registration tax, the registrar commissioner shall
16.2 	list the vehicle for taxation and registration register the
16.3 	vehicle and shall issue special number plates.

16.4 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.105,
16.5 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
16.6 		Subd. 3.special classic plates.  The registrar 
16.7 	commissioner shall issue number plates of the same size as
16.8 	standard motorcycle license plates and inscribed "collector" and
16.9 	"Minnesota" with the registration number or other combination of
16.10 	characters authorized under section 168.12, subdivision 2a, but
16.11 	without a date.  The plates are valid without renewal as long as
16.12 	the classic motorcycle exists and may be issued for the
16.13 	applicant's use only for the classic motorcycle.  The registrar 
16.14 	commissioner may revoke the plates for noncompliance with this
16.15 	subdivision.

16.16 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.105,
16.17 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
16.18 		Subd. 5.Original plates.  (a) Instead of being
16.19 	issued special classic motorcycle plates, a classic motorcycle
16.20 	registered under this section may display original Minnesota
16.21 	number plates issued in the same year as the model year of the
16.22 	motorcycle on which they are displayed.  The number of on the
16.23 	original plates must be provided to the registrar commissioner.
16.24 	(b) Original Minnesota number plates may not be used if the
16.25 	number on the original plate is identical to the number on a
16.26 	current collector's plate issued by the registrar commissioner.
16.27 	(c) A person currently using classic motorcycle plates
16.28 	issued under this section, shall return those plates to the
16.29 	registrar before substituting original plates.
16.30 	(d) If the vehicle is not registered as a collector
16.31 	vehicle,the registrar may commissioner shall charge a fee of
16.32 	$10 for registering the number on the original plates.

16.33 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.12, is
16.34 	amended to read:
16.35 	168.12  LICENSE PLATES.
16.36 		Subdivision 1.number plates; design, visibility, periods
17.1 	of issuance. (a) The registrar commissioner, upon the approval
17.2 	and payment, shall issue to the applicant the number plates
17.3 	required by law this chapter, bearing the state name and the an
17.4 	assigned vehicle registration number assigned.  The number
17.5 	assigned by the commissioner may be a combination of a letter or
17.6 	sign with figures.  The color of the plates and the color of the
17.7 	abbreviation of the state name and the number assigned shall 
17.8 	must be in marked contrast.  The plates shall must be lettered,
17.9 	spaced, or distinguished to suitably indicate the registration
17.10 	of the vehicle according to the rules of the registrar, and 
17.11 	commissioner.
17.12 	(b) When a vehicle is registered on the basis of total
17.13 	gross weight, the plates issued shall must clearly indicate by
17.14 	letters or other suitable insignia the maximum gross weight for
17.15 	which the tax has been paid. These number 
17.16 	(c) The plates shall must be so treated as to be at least
17.17 	100 times brighter than the conventional painted number plates.
17.18 	When properly mounted on an unlighted vehicle, these number the 
17.19 	plates, when viewed from a vehicle equipped with standard
17.20 	headlights, shall must be visible for a distance of not less
17.21 	than 1,500 feet and readable for a distance of not less than 110
17.22 	feet.
17.23 	(b) (d) The registrar commissioner shall issue these
17.24 	number plates for the following periods:
17.25 	(1) New number plates issued pursuant to section 168.012,
17.26 	subdivision 1, shall must be issued to a vehicle for as long as
17.27 	it the vehicle is owned by the exempt agency and the plate shall
17.28 	not be transferable from one vehicle to another but the plate 
17.29 	may be transferred with the vehicle from one tax-exempt agency
17.30 	to another.
17.31 	(2) Plates issued for passenger automobiles as defined in
17.32 	section 168.011, subdivision 7, shall must be issued for a
17.33 	seven-year period.  All plates issued under this paragraph must
17.34 	be replaced if they are seven years old or older at the time
17.35 	of annual registration renewal or will become so during the
17.36 	registration period.
18.1 	(3) Number Plates issued under sections 168.053 and 168.27,
18.2 	subdivisions 16 and 17, shall must be for a seven-year period.
18.3 	(4) Number Plates issued under subdivisions 2c and 2d and
18.4 	section 168.123shall must be issued for the life of the veteran
18.5 	under section 169.79.
18.6 	(5) Plates for any vehicle not specified in clauses (1) to
18.7 	(3), except for trailers as hereafter provided, shall must be
18.8 	issued for the life of the vehicle.  Beginning with number 
18.9 	plates issued for the year 1981, plates issued for trailers with
18.10 	a total gross weight of 3,000 pounds or less shall must be
18.11 	issued for the life of the trailer and shall must be not more
18.12 	than seven inches in length and four inches in width.
18.13 	(c) (e) In a year in which plates are not issued, the
18.14 	registrar commissioner shall issue for each registration a tab
18.15 	or sticker to designate the year of registration.  This tab or 
18.16 	sticker shall must show the calendar year or years for which the
18.17 	sticker is issued, and is valid only for that period.
18.18 	The number plates, number tabs, or and stickers issued for a
18.19 	motor vehicle may not be transferred to another motor vehicle
18.20 	during the period for which it the sticker is issued, except
18.21 	when issued for a motor vehicle registered under section 168.187.
18.22 	(d) Notwithstanding (f) Despite any other provision of this
18.23 	subdivision, number plates issued to a vehicle which is used for
18.24 	behind-the-wheel instruction in a driver education course in a
18.25 	public school may be transferred to another vehicle used for the
18.26 	same purpose without payment of any additional fee.  The
18.27 	registrar shall be notified public school shall notify the
18.28 	commissioner of each transfer of number plates under this
18.29 	paragraph and .  The commissioner may prescribe a form format for
18.30 	notification.
18.31 		Subd. 2.Amateur radio licensee; special plates. (a) Any 
18.32 	The commissioner shall issue amateur radio plates to an 
18.33 	applicant who:
18.34 	(1) is an owner or joint owner of a passenger automobile,
18.35 	van or pickup truck,or a self-propelled recreational motor 
18.36 	vehicle, and ;
19.1 	(2) is a resident of this state, and who ;
19.2 	(3) holds an official amateur radio station license,or a
19.3 	citizens radio service class D license, in good standing, issued
19.4 	by the Federal Communications Commission shall upon compliance ;
19.5 	(4) pays the registration tax required under section
19.6 	168.013;
19.7 	(5) pays a fee of $10 for each set of special plates and
19.8 	any other fees required by this chapter; and 
19.9 	(6) complies with all laws of this state relating to this
19.10 	chapter and rules governing the registration of motor vehicles 
19.11 	and the licensing of motor vehicles and drivers, be furnished
19.12 	with license plates for the motor vehicle, as prescribed by law,
19.13 	upon which,;
19.14 	(b) In lieu of the numbers registration number required for
19.15 	identification under subdivision 1, shall be inscribed the
19.16 	plates must indicate the official amateur call letters of the
19.17 	applicant, as assigned by the Federal Communications Commission,
19.18 	and the words "AMATEUR RADIO."
19.19 	The applicant shall pay in addition to the registration tax
19.20 	required by law, the sum of $10 for the special license plates,
19.21 	and at the time of delivery of the special license plates the
19.22 	applicant shall surrender to the registrar the current license
19.23 	plates issued for the motor vehicle.
19.24 	(c) This provision for the issue of special license plates
19.25 	shall apply applies only if the applicant's motor vehicle is
19.26 	already registered in Minnesota so that the applicant has valid
19.27 	regular Minnesota plates issued for that motor vehicle under
19.28 	which to operate it during the time that it will take to have
19.29 	the necessary special license plates made.
19.30 	(d) If owning or jointly owning more than one motor vehicle
19.31 	of the type specified in this subdivision, the applicant may
19.32 	apply for special plates for each of not more than two motor 
19.33 	vehicles,and, if each application complies with this
19.34 	subdivision, the registrar commissioner shall furnish the
19.35 	applicant with the special plates, inscribed with indicating the
19.36 	official amateur call letters and other distinguishing
20.1 	information as the registrar commissioner considers necessary,
20.2 	for each of the two motor vehicles.
20.3 	(e) And The registrar commissioner may make reasonable
20.4 	rules governing the use of the special license plates as will
20.5 	assure the full compliance by the owner and holder of the
20.6 	special plates, with all existing laws governing the
20.7 	registration of motor vehicles,and the transfer and the use
20.8 	thereof of the plates.
20.9 	(b) (f) Despite any contrary provision of subdivision 1,
20.10 	the special license plates issued under this subdivision may be
20.11 	transferred by an owner to another motor vehicle listed in
20.12 	paragraph (a) and registered to the same owner,upon the payment
20.13 	of a fee of $5.  The registrar commissioner must be notified of 
20.14 	before the transfer and may prescribe a form format for the
20.15 	notification.
20.16 	(c) Fees collected under this subdivision must be paid into
20.17 	the state treasury and credited to the highway user tax
20.18 	distribution fund.
20.19 		Subd. 2a.Personalized plates; rules. (a) The
20.20 	commissioner shall issue personalized license plates must be
20.21 	issued or, if requested for special plates issued under section
20.22 	168.123 for veterans, 168.124 for medal of honor recipients, or
20.23 	168.125 for former prisoners of war, applicable personalized
20.24 	special veterans plates,to an applicant for registration of who:
20.25 	(1) is an owner of a passenger automobile including a
20.26 	passenger automobile registered as a classic car, pioneer car,
20.27 	collector car, or street rod; van; pickup truck as defined in
20.28 	section 168.011, subdivision 29, and any other truck with a
20.29 	manufacturer's nominal rated capacity of one ton or less and
20.30 	resembling a pickup truck; a motorcycle,including a classic
20.31 	motorcycle; or self-propelled a recreational motor vehicle, upon
20.32 	compliance with the laws of this state relating to registration
20.33 	of the vehicle and upon payment of ;
20.34 	(2) pays a onetime fee of $100 in addition to and any other
20.35 	fees required by this chapter;
20.36 	(3) pays the registration tax required by law this chapter 
21.1 	for the motor vehicle; and 
21.2 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing
21.3 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of drivers.
21.4 	(b) The registrar commissioner shall designate charge a
21.5 	replacement fee for personalized license plates that is
21.6 	calculated to cover the cost of replacement and personalized
21.7 	special veterans plates issued under section 168.123 as
21.8 	specified in subdivision 5.  This fee must be paid by the
21.9 	applicant whenever the personalized license plates are required
21.10 	to be replaced by law, except that as provided in section
21.11 	168.124, subdivision 3, and 168.125, subdivision 1b, no fee may
21.12 	be charged to replace plates issued under those sections.
21.13 	(c) In lieu of the numbers registration number assigned as
21.14 	provided in subdivision 1, personalized license plates and
21.15 	personalized special veterans plates must have imprinted on them
21.16 	a series of not more than seven numbers and letters, or five
21.17 	numbers and letters for personalized special veterans plates,in
21.18 	any combination and, as applicable, satisfy the design
21.19 	requirements of sections 168.123, 168.124, or 168.125.  When an
21.20 	applicant has once obtained personalized plates or personalized
21.21 	special veterans plates, the applicant shall have a prior claim
21.22 	for similar personalized plates or personalized special veterans
21.23 	plates in the next succeeding year as long as current motor
21.24 	vehicle registration is maintained.
21.25 	(d) The commissioner of public safety shall adopt rules in
21.26 	the manner provided by chapter 14, regulating the issuance and
21.27 	transfer of personalized license plates and personalized special
21.28 	veterans plates.  No words or combination of letters placed
21.29 	on personalized license these plates may be used for commercial
21.30 	advertising, be of an obscene, indecent, or immoral nature, or
21.31 	be of a nature that would offend public morals or decency.  The
21.32 	call signals or letters of a radio or television station are not
21.33 	commercial advertising for the purposes of this subdivision.
21.34 	(b) Notwithstanding (e) Despite the provisions of
21.35 	subdivision 1, personalized license plates and personalized
21.36 	special veterans plates issued under this subdivision may be
22.1 	transferred to another motor vehicle owned or jointly listed in
22.2 	paragraph (a) and owned by the applicant, upon the payment of a
22.3 	fee of $5, which must be paid into the state treasury and
22.4 	credited to the highway user tax distribution fund.
22.5 	(f) The registrar commissioner may by rule provide a form 
22.6 	specify the format for notification.
22.7 	(g) A personalized license plate or personalized special
22.8 	veterans plate issued for a classic car, pioneer car, collector
22.9 	car, street rod, or classic motorcycle may not be transferred to
22.10 	a vehicle not eligible for such a license plate.
22.11 	(c) Notwithstanding (h) Despite any law to the contrary, if
22.12 	the personalized license plates are lost, stolen, or destroyed,
22.13 	the applicant may apply and shall receive must be issued 
22.14 	duplicate license plates bearing the same combination of letters
22.15 	and numbers and the same design as (1) the former personalized
22.16 	plates or personalized special veterans plates under section
22.17 	168.123 upon the payment of the fee required by section
22.18 	168.29 or (2) the former personalized special veterans plates
22.19 	issued under section 168.124 or 168.125, without charge.
22.20 	(d) Fees from the sale of permanent and duplicate
22.21 	personalized license plates must be paid into the state treasury
22.22 	and credited to the highway user tax distribution fund.
22.23 		Subd. 2b.Firefighters; special plates. (a) The
22.24 	registrar commissioner shall issue special license plates, or a
22.25 	single license plate in the case of a motorcycle plate,to any
22.26 	applicant who:
22.27 	(1) is both a member of a fire department receiving state
22.28 	aid under chapter 69 and an owner or joint owner of a passenger
22.29 	automobile, or a truck with a manufacturer's nominal rated
22.30 	capacity of one ton and resembling a pickup truck, upon payment
22.31 	of or a motorcycle;
22.32 	(2) pays a fee of $10 and upon payment of any other fees
22.33 	required by this chapter;
22.34 	(3) pays the registration tax required by law this chapter 
22.35 	for the motor vehicle and compliance with other laws of this
22.36 	state relating to ; and 
23.1 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the 
23.2 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles
23.3 	and drivers.
23.4 	(b) In lieu of the identification required under
23.5 	subdivision 1, the special license plates shall be inscribed
23.6 	with a symbol must bear an emblem of a Maltese Cross together
23.7 	with five any numbers or characters prescribed by the
23.8 	commissioner.  No applicant shall receive more than two sets of
23.9 	plates for motor vehicles owned or jointly owned by the
23.10 	applicant.
23.11 	(b) (c) Special plates issued under this subdivision may
23.12 	only be used during the period that the owner or joint owner of
23.13 	the motor vehicle is a member of a fire department as specified
23.14 	in this subdivision.  When the person individual to whom the
23.15 	special plates were issued is no longer a member of a fire
23.16 	department or when the motor vehicle ownership is transferred,
23.17 	the owner shall remove the special license plates shall be
23.18 	removed from the motor vehicle and returned to the registrar.
23.19 	Upon return removal of the special plates, or special motorcycle
23.20 	plate, either the owner or purchaser of the motor vehicle is
23.21 	entitled to receive regular plates or a regular motorcycle plate 
23.22 	for the motor vehicle without cost for the remainder of the
23.23 	registration period for which the special plate or plates were
23.24 	issued.
23.25 	Firefighter license plates issued pursuant to this
23.26 	subdivision may be transferred to another motor vehicle upon
23.27 	payment of $5, which fee shall be paid into the state treasury
23.28 	and credited to the highway user tax distribution fund.(d) A
23.29 	special motorcycle license plate issued under this subdivision
23.30 	must be the same size as a standard motorcycle license plate.
23.31 	(e) Upon payment of a fee of $5, plates issued under this
23.32 	subdivision for a passenger automobile or truck may be
23.33 	transferred to another passenger automobile or truck owned or
23.34 	jointly owned by the person to whom the plates were issued.  On
23.35 	payment of a fee of $5, a plate issued under this subdivision
23.36 	for a motorcycle may be transferred to another motorcycle owned
24.1 	or jointly owned by the person to whom the plate was issued.
24.2 	(c) (f) The commissioner of public safety may adopt rules
24.3 	under the Administrative Procedure Act, sections 14.001 to
24.4 	14.69, to govern the issuance and use of the special plates
24.5 	authorized in this subdivision. All fees from the sale of
24.6 	special license plates for firefighters shall be paid into the
24.7 	state treasury and credited to the highway user tax distribution
24.8 	fund.
24.9 		Subd. 2c.National guard; special plates. (a) The
24.10 	registrar commissioner shall issue special license plates to any
24.11 	applicant who:
24.12 	(1) is a regularly enlisted, commissioned, or retired
24.13 	member of the Minnesota National Guard, other than an inactive
24.14 	member who is not a retired member, and is an owner or joint
24.15 	owner of a passenger automobile, van, or pickup truck included
24.16 	within the definition of a passenger automobile upon payment of ;
24.17 	(2) pays a fee of $10, payment of and any other fees
24.18 	required by this chapter;
24.19 	(3) pays the registration tax required by law, and
24.20 	compliance with other laws of this state relating to this
24.21 	chapter; and 
24.22 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the 
24.23 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles
24.24 	and drivers.
24.25 	(b) The adjutant general shall design the emblem for these
24.26 	special plates subject to the approval of the registrar 
24.27 	commissioner. No 
24.28 	(c) An applicant shall must not be issued more than two
24.29 	sets of plates for motor vehicles owned or jointly owned by 
24.30 	registered to the applicant. The adjutant general shall
24.31 	estimate the number of special plates that will be required and
24.32 	submit the estimate to the registrar.
24.33 	(b) (d) Special plates issued under this subdivision may
24.34 	only be used during the period that the owner or joint owner of
24.35 	the motor vehicle is an active or retired member of the
24.36 	Minnesota National Guard as specified in this subdivision.  When
25.1 	the person individual to whom the special plates were issued is
25.2 	no longer an active or retired member of the Minnesota National
25.3 	Guard, the special plates must be removed from the vehicle and
25.4 	returned to by the registrar owner.  Upon return removal of
25.5 	the special plates, either the owner or purchaser of the motor 
25.6 	vehicle is entitled to receive regular plates for the motor 
25.7 	vehicle without cost for the remainder of the registration
25.8 	period for which the special plates were issued.
25.9 	(e) While the person is an active or retired member of the
25.10 	Minnesota National Guard, plates issued pursuant to this
25.11 	subdivision may be transferred to another motor vehicle owned or
25.12 	jointly owned by that person individual upon payment of a fee of
25.13 	$5.
25.14 	(c) (f) For purposes of this subdivision, "retired member"
25.15 	means a person an individual placed on the roll of retired
25.16 	officers or roll of retired enlisted members in the Office of
25.17 	the Adjutant General under section 192.18 and who is not
25.18 	deceased.
25.19 	(d) All fees collected under the provisions of this
25.20 	subdivision shall be paid into the state treasury and credited
25.21 	to the highway user tax distribution fund.
25.22 	(e) (g) The registrar commissioner may adopt rules under
25.23 	the Administrative Procedure Act to govern the issuance and use
25.24 	of the special plates authorized by this subdivision.
25.25 		Subd. 2d.Ready reserve; special plates. (a) The
25.26 	registrar commissioner shall issue special license plates to an
25.27 	applicant who:
25.28 	(1) is not eligible for special license National Guard 
25.29 	plates under subdivision 2c, who is a member of the United
25.30 	States Armed Forces Ready Reserve as described in United States
25.31 	Code, title 10, section 10142 or 10143, and is an owner or joint
25.32 	owner of a passenger automobile, van, or pickup truck, on
25.33 	paying ;
25.34 	(2) pays a fee of $10, paying and any other fees required
25.35 	by this chapter;
25.36 	(3) pays the registration tax required by law, and
26.1 	complying with other laws of this state relating to this
26.2 	chapter; and 
26.3 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the 
26.4 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles
26.5 	and drivers.
26.6 	(b) The commissioner of veterans affairs shall design the
26.7 	emblem for these special plates subject to the approval of the
26.8 	registrar commissioner. No 
26.9 	(c) An applicant may must not be issued more than two sets
26.10 	of plates for motor vehicles owned or jointly owned by the
26.11 	applicant. The commissioner of veterans affairs shall estimate
26.12 	the number of special plates that will be required and submit
26.13 	the estimate to the registrar.
26.14 	(b) (d) Special plates issued under this subdivision may
26.15 	only be used during the period that the owner or joint owner of
26.16 	the motor vehicle is a member of the ready reserve.  When the
26.17 	person owner is no longer a member, the special plates must be
26.18 	removed from the motor vehicle and returned to the registrar by
26.19 	the owner.  On returning removing the special plates, either the
26.20 	owner or purchaser of the motor vehicle is entitled to receive
26.21 	regular plates for the motor vehicle without cost for the rest
26.22 	of the registration period for which the special plates were
26.23 	issued.  While the person owner is a member of the ready
26.24 	reserve, plates issued under this subdivision may be transferred
26.25 	to another motor vehicle owned or jointly owned by that person 
26.26 	individual on paying a fee of $5.
26.27 	(c) The fees collected under this subdivision must be paid
26.28 	into the state treasury and credited to the highway user tax
26.29 	distribution fund.
26.30 	(d) (e) The registrar commissioner may adopt rules under
26.31 	the Administrative Procedure Act to govern the issuance and use
26.32 	of the special plates authorized by this subdivision.
26.33 		Subd. 2e.Volunteer ambulance attendants; special
26.34 	plates. (a) The registrar commissioner shall issue special
26.35 	license plates to an applicant who:
26.36 	(1) is a volunteer ambulance attendant as defined in
27.1 	section 144E.001, subdivision 15, and who owns or jointly owns a
27.2 	motor vehicle taxed as a passenger automobile.  The registrar
27.3 	shall issue the special plates on payment of ;
27.4 	(2) pays the registration tax required by law this chapter 
27.5 	for the motor vehicle, compliance with all other applicable laws
27.6 	relating to ;
27.7 	(3) pays a fee of $10 and any other fees required by this
27.8 	chapter; and 
27.9 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the 
27.10 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles
27.11 	and drivers, and payment of an additional fee of $10.
27.12 	(b) The registrar commissioner shall not issue more than
27.13 	two sets of these plates to each qualified applicant.
27.14 	(b) A person (c) An individual may use special plates
27.15 	issued under this subdivision only during the period that
27.16 	the person individual is a volunteer ambulance attendant.  When
27.17 	the person individual to whom the special plates were issued
27.18 	ceases to be a volunteer ambulance attendant, the person 
27.19 	individual shall return remove each set of special plates issued
27.20 	to that person.  When ownership of a the motor vehicle is
27.21 	transferred, the person individual shall remove the special
27.22 	plates from that motor vehicle and return them to the
27.23 	registrar.  On return removal of each set of plates, the owner
27.24 	of the motor vehicle, or new owner in case of a
27.25 	transferred motor vehicle, is entitled to receive
27.26 	regular license plates for the motor vehicle without cost for
27.27 	the rest of the registration period for which the set of special
27.28 	plates were issued.  Special plates issued under this
27.29 	subdivision may be transferred to another motor vehicle owned by
27.30 	the volunteer ambulance attendant on payment of a fee of $5.
27.31 	(c) The fees specified in this subdivision must be paid
27.32 	into the state treasury and deposited in the highway user tax
27.33 	distribution fund.
27.34 	(d) The commissioner may adopt rules governing the design,
27.35 	issuance, and sale of the special plates authorized by this
27.36 	subdivision.
28.1 		Subd. 2f.Original license plates. (a) On application of
28.2 	the owner and in lieu of issuing license plates under
28.3 	subdivision 1 to a motor vehicle registered and taxed as a
28.4 	passenger automobile, the registrar commissioner may assign to
28.5 	the motor vehicle original Minnesota number registration plates
28.6 	issued in the same year as the model year of the motor vehicle,
28.7 	if (1) the original license plates are at least 20 years old,
28.8 	(2) the owner of the motor vehicle has the original license 
28.9 	plates in possession at the time of the application, and (3) the
28.10 	owner provides the license plate number to the registrar 
28.11 	commissioner.
28.12 	(b) License Plates displayed under this subdivision,
28.13 	including tabs and stickers applied to the plates, must be
28.14 	clearly legible and must be displayed at the front and rear of 
28.15 	on the motor vehicle.
28.16 	(c) The registrar commissioner shall not assign the
28.17 	registration number on the original license plates to the motor 
28.18 	vehicle if the registrar commissioner determines that the number
28.19 	on the original plate is identical to the number on any current
28.20 	license plate in the current or reserved numbering system used
28.21 	by the registrar commissioner. A person currently using license
28.22 	plates issued by the registrar on the vehicle shall return those
28.23 	license plates to the registrar before displaying original
28.24 	license plates under this subdivision.
28.25 	(d) Notwithstanding Despite subdivision 1, an original
28.26 	license plate whose number has been assigned under this
28.27 	subdivision may be displayed for as long as the license plates,
28.28 	including tabs and stickers on the plates, are clearly
28.29 	legible and the number is not subsequently used by the
28.30 	commissioner as a plate number in a registration numbering
28.31 	system.
28.32 	(e) Notwithstanding Despite subdivision 1, original license 
28.33 	plates assigned under this subdivision need not bear a tab or
28.34 	sticker to indicate the month or year of registration if
28.35 	the motor vehicle carries the registration certificate issued
28.36 	under section 168.11 at all times when the motor vehicle is
29.1 	operated on the public highways.
29.2 	(f) The registrar commissioner may charge a fee for
29.3 	receiving an application and assigning original license plate
29.4 	numbers.
29.5 		Subd. 5.Additional fee. (a) In addition to any fee
29.6 	otherwise authorized or any tax otherwise imposed upon any motor 
29.7 	vehicle, the payment of which is required as a condition to the
29.8 	issuance of any number license plate or plates, the commissioner
29.9 	of public safety shall impose the fee specified in paragraph (b)
29.10 	that is calculated to cover the cost of manufacturing and
29.11 	issuing the license plate or plates, except for license plates
29.12 	issued to disabled veterans as defined in section 168.031 and
29.13 	license plates issued pursuant to section 168.124, 168.125, or
29.14 	168.27, subdivisions 16 and 17, for passenger automobiles. The
29.15 	commissioner shall issue graphic design license plates shall 
29.16 	only be issued for vehicles registered pursuant to section
29.17 	168.017 and recreational vehicles registered pursuant to section
29.18 	168.013, subdivision 1g.
29.19 	(b) Unless otherwise specified or exempted by statute, the
29.20 	following plate and validation sticker fees apply for the
29.21 	original, duplicate, or replacement issuance of a plate in a
29.22 	plate year:
29.23 	Sequential Regular Double Plate                  $ 4.25
29.24 	Sequential Special Plate-Double                  $ 7.00
29.25 	Sequential Regular Single Plate                  $ 3.00
29.26 	Sequential Special Plate-Single                  $ 5.50
29.27 	Utility Trailer Self-Adhesive Plate              $ 2.50
29.28 	Nonsequential Double Plate                       $14.00
29.29 	Nonsequential Single Plate                       $10.00
29.30 	Duplicate Sticker                                $ 1.00
29.31 	(c) Fees collected under this subdivision must be paid into
29.32 	the state treasury and credited to the highway user tax
29.33 	distribution fund.
29.34 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2005,
29.35 	except that amendments to subdivision 2a are effective August 1,
29.36 	2006.

30.1 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.123, is
30.2 	amended to read:
30.3 	168.123 VETERANS; SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES.
30.4 		Subdivision 1.General requirements; fees. (a) On
30.5 	payment of a fee of $10 for each set of two plates, or for a
30.6 	single plate in the case of a motorcycle plate, payment of the
30.7 	registration tax required by law, and compliance with
30.8 	other applicable laws relating to the vehicle registration and
30.9 	licensing of a passenger automobile, pickup truck, van,
30.10 	self-propelled recreational equipment, or motorcycle, as
30.11 	applicable, the registrar commissioner shall issue:
30.12 	(1) special license veteran's plates to an applicant who
30.13 	served in the active military service in a branch of the armed
30.14 	forces of the United States or of a nation or society allied
30.15 	with the United States in conducting a foreign war, was
30.16 	discharged under honorable conditions, and is an owner or joint 
30.17 	a registered owner of a passenger automobile, pickup truck, van,
30.18 	or self-propelled recreational equipment motor vehicle, or truck
30.19 	resembling a pickup truck and having a manufacturer's nominal
30.20 	rated capacity of one ton, but which is not a commercial motor
30.21 	vehicle as defined in section 169.01, subdivision 75; or
30.22 	(2) a veteran's special motorcycle license plate as
30.23 	described in subdivision 2, paragraph (a), (f), (h), or (i) or
30.24 	another special license plate designed by the commissioner of
30.25 	public safety to an applicant who is a Vietnam veteran who
30.26 	served after July 1, 1961, and before July 1, 1978, and who
30.27 	served in the active military service in a branch of the armed
30.28 	forces of the United States in conducting a foreign war, was
30.29 	discharged under honorable conditions, and is an owner or
30.30 	joint registered owner of a motorcycle and meets the criteria
30.31 	listed in this paragraph and in subdivision 2, paragraph (a),
30.32 	(f), (h), or (i).  Plates issued under this clause must be the
30.33 	same size as standard regular motorcycle license 
30.34 	plates. Special motorcycle license plates issued under this
30.35 	clause are not subject to section 168.1293.
30.36 	(b) The additional fee of $10 is payable for each set
31.1 	of veteran's plates, is payable only when the plates are issued,
31.2 	and is not payable in a year in which tabs or stickers are
31.3 	issued instead of number plates. An applicant must not be
31.4 	issued more than two sets of plates for vehicles listed in
31.5 	paragraph (a) and owned or jointly owned by the applicant.
31.6 	(c) The veteran shall must have a certified copy of the
31.7 	veteran's discharge papers, indicating character of discharge,
31.8 	at the time of application.  If an applicant served in the
31.9 	active military service in a branch of the armed forces of a
31.10 	nation or society allied with the United States in conducting a
31.11 	foreign war and is unable to obtain a record of that service and
31.12 	discharge status, the commissioner of veterans affairs may
31.13 	certify the applicant as qualified for the veterans' license 
31.14 	plates provided under this section.
31.15 	(d) For license plates issued for one-ton trucks described
31.16 	in paragraph (a), clause (1), the commissioner shall collect a
31.17 	surcharge of $5 on each $10 fee collected under paragraph (a).
31.18 	The surcharge must be deposited in the vehicle services
31.19 	operating account in the special revenue fund.
31.20 		Subd. 2.Design. The commissioner of veterans affairs
31.21 	shall design the emblem for the veterans' special plates,
31.22 	subject to the approval of the registrar commissioner, that
31.23 	satisfy the following requirements:
31.24 	(a) For a Vietnam veteran who served after July 1, 1961,
31.25 	and before July 1, 1978, in the active military service in a
31.26 	branch of the armed forces of the United States or a nation or
31.27 	society allied with the United States the special plates must
31.28 	bear the inscription "VIETNAM VET" and the letters "V" and "V"
31.29 	with the first letter directly above the second letter and both
31.30 	letters just preceding the first numeral of the special license 
31.31 	plate number.
31.32 	(b) For a veteran stationed on the island of Oahu, Hawaii,
31.33 	or offshore, during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7,
31.34 	1941, the special plates must bear the inscription "PEARL HARBOR
31.35 	SURVIVOR" and the letters "P" and "H" with the first letter
31.36 	directly above the second letter and both letters just preceding
32.1 	the first numeral of the special license plate number.
32.2 	(c) For a veteran who served during World War I or World
32.3 	War II, the special plates must bear the inscription "WORLD WAR
32.4 	VET" and:
32.5 	(1) for a World War I veteran, the characters "W" and "I"
32.6 	with the first character directly above the second character and
32.7 	both characters just preceding the first numeral of the special
32.8 	license plate number; or
32.9 	(2) for a World War II veteran, the characters "W" and "II"
32.10 	with the first character directly above the second character and
32.11 	both characters just preceding the first numeral of the special
32.12 	license plate number.
32.13 	(d) For a veteran who served during the Korean Conflict,
32.14 	the special plates must bear the inscription "KOREAN VET" and
32.15 	the letters "K" and "V" with the first letter directly above the
32.16 	second letter and both letters just preceding the first numeral
32.17 	of the special license plate number.
32.18 	(e) For a combat wounded veteran who is a recipient of the
32.19 	purple heart medal, the special plates must bear the inscription
32.20 	"COMBAT WOUNDED VET" and inscribed with have a facsimile on an
32.21 	emblem of the official purple heart medal and the letters "C"
32.22 	over "W" with the first letter directly over the second letter
32.23 	just preceding the first numeral of the special license plate
32.24 	number.
32.25 	(f) For a Persian Gulf War veteran, the special plates must
32.26 	bear the inscription "GULF WAR VET" and the letters "G" and "W"
32.27 	with the first letter directly above the second letter and both
32.28 	letters just preceding the first numeral of the special license 
32.29 	plate number.  For the purposes of this section, "Persian Gulf
32.30 	War veteran" means a person who served on active duty after
32.31 	August 1, 1990, in a branch of the armed forces of the United
32.32 	States or a nation or society allied with the United States or
32.33 	the United Nations during Operation Desert Shield, Operation
32.34 	Desert Storm, or other military operation in the Persian Gulf
32.35 	area combat zone as designated in United States Presidential
32.36 	Executive Order No. 12744, dated January 21, 1991.
33.1 	(g) For a veteran who served in the Laos War after July 1,
33.2 	1961, and before July 1, 1978, the special plates must bear the
33.3 	inscription "LAOS WAR VET" and the letters "L" and "V" with the
33.4 	first letter directly above the second letter and both letters
33.5 	just preceding the first numeral of the special license plate
33.6 	number.
33.7 	(h) For a veteran who is the recipient of:
33.8 	(1) the Iraq Campaign Medal, the special plates must be
33.9 	inscribed with a facsimile of that medal and must bear the
33.10 	inscription "IRAQ WAR VET" directly below the special plate
33.11 	number;
33.12 	(2) the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the special plates must
33.13 	be inscribed with a facsimile of that medal and must bear the
33.14 	inscription "AFGHAN WAR VET" directly below the special plate
33.15 	number; or 
33.16 	(3) the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the
33.17 	special plates must be inscribed with a facsimile of that medal
33.18 	and must bear the inscription "GWOT VETERAN" directly below the
33.19 	special plate number.
33.20 	(i) For a veteran who is the recipient of the Global War on
33.21 	Terrorism Service Medal, the special plates must be inscribed
33.22 	with a facsimile of that medal and must bear the inscription
33.23 	"GWOT VETERAN" directly below the special plate number.  In
33.24 	addition, any member of the National Guard or other military
33.25 	reserves who has been ordered to federally funded state active
33.26 	service under United States Code, title 32, as defined in
33.27 	section 190.05, subdivision 5b, and who is the recipient of the
33.28 	Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, is eligible for the
33.29 	license plate described in this paragraph, irrespective of
33.30 	whether that person qualifies as a veteran under section 197.447.
33.31 		Subd. 2a.Temporary surcharge. For license plates issued
33.32 	under subdivision 2, paragraphs (h) and (i), the commissioner
33.33 	shall collect a surcharge of $5 on each $10 fee collected under
33.34 	subdivision 1, paragraph (a).  The surcharge must be deposited
33.35 	in the vehicle services operating account in the special revenue
33.36 	fund.
34.1 		Subd. 3.Number estimated. The commissioner of veterans
34.2 	affairs shall estimate the number of special plates that will be
34.3 	required and submit the estimate to the registrar.
34.4 		Subd. 4.Plates transfer. (a) On payment of a fee of $5,
34.5 	plates issued under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1),
34.6 	may be transferred to another passenger automobile, pickup
34.7 	truck, van,or self-propelled recreational equipment owned or
34.8 	jointly owned by motor vehicle, or one-ton truck described in
34.9 	subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1), registered to the
34.10 	person individual to whom the plates were issued.
34.11 	(b) On payment of a fee of $5, a plate issued under
34.12 	subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), may be transferred to
34.13 	another motorcycle owned or jointly owned by registered to the
34.14 	person individual to whom the plate was issued.
34.15 		Subd. 5.Fees credited. Fees collected under this
34.16 	section must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the
34.17 	highway user tax distribution fund.
34.18 		Subd. 6.Rules. The registrar commissioner may adopt
34.19 	rules under the Administrative Procedure Act to govern the
34.20 	issuance and use of the special plates authorized by this
34.21 	section.

34.22 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1235, is
34.23 	amended to read:
34.24 	168.1235 VETERANS SERVICE GROUPS; SPECIAL STICKERS GROUP
34.25 	EMBLEMS.
34.26 		Subdivision 1.General requirements; fees. (a) On
34.27 	payment of a fee of $10 for each set of two license plates,
34.28 	payment of the registration tax required by law, and compliance
34.29 	with other laws relating to the registration and licensing of a
34.30 	passenger automobile, pickup truck, van, or self-propelled
34.31 	recreational vehicle, as applicable,The registrar commissioner 
34.32 	shall issue a special license plate sticker emblem for each
34.33 	plate to an applicant who:
34.34 	(1) is a member of a congressionally chartered veterans
34.35 	service organization and is an owner or joint a registered owner
34.36 	of a passenger automobile, pickup truck, van, or self-propelled
35.1 	recreational vehicle;
35.2 	(2) pays the registration tax required by law;
35.3 	(3) pays a fee of $10 for each set of two plates, and any
35.4 	other fees required by this chapter; and 
35.5 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the
35.6 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of drivers.
35.7 	(b) The additional fee of $10 is payable at the time of
35.8 	initial application for the special license plate stickers 
35.9 	emblem and when the license plates must be replaced or renewed.
35.10 	An applicant must not be issued more than two sets of special
35.11 	license plate stickers emblems for motor vehicles listed in
35.12 	paragraph (a) and owned or jointly owned by registered to the
35.13 	applicant.
35.14 	(c) The commissioner of veterans affairs shall determine
35.15 	what documentation is required by each applicant to show that
35.16 	the applicant is a member of a congressionally chartered
35.17 	veterans service organization and is entitled to the special
35.18 	license plate stickers applicant must present a valid card
35.19 	indicating membership in the American Legion or Veterans of
35.20 	Foreign Wars.
35.21 		Subd. 2.Design. (a) The commissioner of veterans
35.22 	affairs, after consultation with each of the congressionally
35.23 	chartered veterans service organizations, shall design the
35.24 	special license plate stickers emblems, subject to the approval
35.25 	of the registrar commissioner.  The emblem, symbol, or other
35.26 	pictorial representation on the sticker must be at least as
35.27 	large as the letters and numerals on the plate and the registrar 
35.28 	commissioner shall allow for plates with spaces for the stickers 
35.29 	emblem in place of a numeral or letter.
35.30 	(b) Each congressionally chartered veterans service
35.31 	organization must arrange for any applicable rules of the
35.32 	national organization to be changed or copyrights to be released
35.33 	before the commissioner may issue special license plate stickers 
35.34 	emblems to members of any particular service organization under
35.35 	this section.
35.36 		Subd. 3.Number estimated. The commissioner of veterans
36.1 	affairs shall estimate the number of special plate stickers that
36.2 	will be required and submit the estimate to the registrar.
36.3 		Subd. 4.Plate stickers emblem transfer. Notwithstanding 
36.4 	Despite section 168.12 or other law to the contrary, on payment
36.5 	of a fee of $5, the veterans service organization special plate
36.6 	stickers emblems issued under subdivision 1, may be transferred
36.7 	by the owner to other license plates on a passenger automobile,
36.8 	pickup truck, van, or self-propelled recreational vehicle owned
36.9 	or jointly owned by registered to the person to whom the
36.10 	stickers emblems were issued.
36.11 		Subd. 5.Fees credited. Fees collected under this
36.12 	section must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the
36.13 	highway user tax distribution fund.

36.14 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.124, is
36.15 	amended to read:
36.16 	168.124 SPECIAL PLATES FOR MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS.
36.17 		Subdivision 1.Issuance and design. (a) The registrar of
36.18 	motor vehicles commissioner shall issue special license plates
36.19 	bearing the inscription "MEDAL OF HONOR" to an applicant who:
36.20 	(1) is a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor and
36.21 	upon the applicant's compliance with the laws of this state
36.22 	relating to ;
36.23 	(2) is a registered owner of a passenger automobile,
36.24 	motorcycle, or recreational motor vehicle; and 
36.25 	(3) complies with this chapter and rules governing the
36.26 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles
36.27 	and drivers.
36.28 	(b) The special license plates must be of a design and size
36.29 	determined by the registrar commissioner.  Only one set of
36.30 	plates, or a single plate in the case of a motorcycle,bearing
36.31 	the inscription "MEDAL OF HONOR" may be issued for each
36.32 	qualified applicant.
36.33 		Subd. 2.Application. Application for issuance of these
36.34 	plates may be made only at the time of renewal or first
36.35 	application for registration.
36.36 		Subd. 3.No fee. The registrar commissioner shall issue
37.1 	a set of medal of honor plates to qualified applicants free of
37.2 	charge and the plates must be replaced by the department without
37.3 	charge if they become damaged.  In addition, no fee may be
37.4 	charged for a subsequent year when tabs or stickers are issued
37.5 	for that a motor vehicle listed in subdivision 1 on which the
37.6 	special medal of honor plates are placed. The motor vehicle
37.7 	must be for personal use, not commercial purposes.
37.8 		Subd. 4.Transfer. Despite the provisions of section
37.9 	168.12, subdivision 1, medal of honor plates issued under this
37.10 	section may be transferred to another personal motor vehicle
37.11 	owned or jointly owned by registered to the medal of honor
37.12 	recipient upon notification to the registrar of motor vehicles 
37.13 	commissioner.
37.14 		Subd. 5.Motor vehicle; special definition. For purposes
37.15 	of this section, "motor vehicle" means a vehicle for personal
37.16 	use, not used for commercial purposes, and may include a
37.17 	passenger automobile, van, pickup truck, motorcycle, or
37.18 	recreational vehicle.
37.19 		Subd. 6.When issued. The registrar of motor vehicles
37.20 	shall begin issuing medal of honor plates for the calendar year
37.21 	1984 and thereafter.

37.22 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.125, is
37.23 	amended to read:
37.24 	168.125 SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES FOR FORMER PRISONERS OF
37.25 	WAR.
37.26 		Subdivision 1.Issuance and design. (a) The registrar 
37.27 	commissioner shall issue special license plates bearing the
37.28 	inscription "EX-POW" to any applicant who:
37.29 	(1) is both a former prisoner of war and an owner or joint 
37.30 	a registered owner of a passenger automobile, motorcycle, or
37.31 	recreational motor vehicle upon the applicant's compliance with
37.32 	all the laws of this state relating to ; and 
37.33 	(2) complies with this chapter and rules governing the
37.34 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles
37.35 	and drivers.
37.36 	(b) The special license plates shall must be of a design
38.1 	and size to be determined by the commissioner. Only one set of 
38.2 	plates, or a single plate in the case of a motorcycle,bearing
38.3 	the "EX-POW" inscription may be issued for only one motor
38.4 	vehicle per each qualified applicant.
38.5 		Subd. 1a.Application. Application for issuance of these
38.6 	plates shall must be made at the time of renewal or first
38.7 	application for registration.  The application shall must 
38.8 	include a certification by the commissioner of veterans affairs
38.9 	that the applicant was a member of the military forces of the
38.10 	United States who was captured, separated, and incarcerated by
38.11 	an enemy of the United States during a period of armed conflict.
38.12 		Subd. 1b.No fee. The registrar commissioner shall issue
38.13 	a set of EX-POW plates, or a single plate for a motorcycle,to
38.14 	qualified applicants, free of charge for the cost of the plates,
38.15 	and shall replace them without charge if they become damaged.
38.16 	In addition, no fee may be charged for a subsequent year
38.17 	when tabs or stickers are issued for that motor vehicle on which
38.18 	the special EX-POW plates are placed.
38.19 		Subd. 1c.Plates transfer. Notwithstanding Despite the
38.20 	provisions of section 168.12, subdivision 1, the special license 
38.21 	plates issued under this section may be transferred to another
38.22 	motor vehicle owned or jointly owned by registered to the former
38.23 	prisoner of war upon notification to the registrar of motor
38.24 	vehicles commissioner.
38.25 		Subd. 1d.Surviving spouse. Upon the death of a former
38.26 	prisoner of war, the registrar commissioner shall continue to
38.27 	issue free of charge, upon renewal, the special license plates
38.28 	to a motor vehicle owned by the surviving spouse of the former
38.29 	prisoner of war.  Special license plates issued to a surviving
38.30 	spouse may be transferred to another motor vehicle owned by 
38.31 	registered to the surviving spouse as provided in subdivision
38.32 	1c.  No fee may be charged for replacement plates issued to a
38.33 	surviving spouse or for tabs or stickers issued for the motor
38.34 	vehicle on which the special "EX-POW" plates are placed.  A
38.35 	surviving spouse is not exempt from the motor vehicle
38.36 	registration tax.
39.1 		Subd. 1e.Motor vehicle; special definition. For
39.2 	purposes of this section, "motor vehicle" means a passenger
39.3 	automobile, van, pickup truck, motorcycle, or recreational
39.4 	vehicle.
39.5 		Subd. 2.special plates; ex-pow and disability
39.6 	insignia emblems. The registrar commissioner shall issue
39.7 	special license plates bearing both the "EX-POW" and
39.8 	disability insignia emblem to any applicant who is entitled to
39.9 	the special license plates provided under this section and who
39.10 	is also entitled to special license plates for the physically
39.11 	disabled under section 168.021 upon compliance with the
39.12 	provisions of both sections.  The special license plates shall 
39.13 	must be of a design and size to be determined by the
39.14 	commissioner.
39.15 		Subd. 3.Rules; commissioner of public safety. The
39.16 	commissioner of public safety may promulgate adopt by rule, in
39.17 	accordance with the provisions of chapter 14, the procedures for
39.18 	issuance or transfer of the special license plates authorized
39.19 	under this section.
39.20 		Subd. 4.Rules; commissioner of veterans affairs. The
39.21 	commissioner of veterans affairs shall establish the procedure
39.22 	for obtaining the certification of former prisoner of war status.
39.23 		Subd. 5.Savings provision. Nothing in this section
39.24 	shall alter alters the exemption for disabled war veterans
39.25 	provided for in section 168.031.

39.26 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1255, is
39.27 	amended to read:
39.28 	168.1255  SPECIAL VETERAN CONTRIBUTION LICENSE PLATES.
39.29 		Subdivision 1.General requirements and procedures.
 39.30 	The registrar commissioner shall issue special veteran
39.31 	contribution license plates to an applicant who:
39.32 	(1) is a veteran, as defined in section 197.447;
39.33 	(2) is an owner or joint a registered owner of a passenger
39.34 	automobile, pickup truck, or van;
39.35 	(3) pays a fee of $10 to cover the costs of handling and
39.36 	manufacturing the plates;
40.1 	(4) pays the registration tax required under section
40.2 	168.013;
40.3 	(5) pays the fees required under this chapter;
40.4 	(6) pays an additional onetime World War II memorial
40.5 	contribution of $30, which the department shall retain until all
40.6 	start-up costs associated with the development and issuing of
40.7 	the plates have been recovered, after which the commissioner
40.8 	shall deposit contributions in the World War II donation match
40.9 	account; and
40.10 	(7) complies with laws this chapter and rules governing the 
40.11 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of vehicles and 
40.12 	drivers.
40.13 		Subd. 2.Design. The commissioner of veterans affairs
40.14 	shall design an emblem for the special plates, subject to the
40.15 	approval of the registrar commissioner of public safety,
40.16 	that satisfy satisfies the following requirements in this
40.17 	subdivision:
40.18 	(1) the special veteran contribution plates must bear the
40.19 	inscription "PROUD TO BE A VETERAN" on the bottom of the plate;
40.20 	and
40.21 	(2) the flag of the United States of America must appear on
40.22 	the left side of the plate just preceding the first letter or
40.23 	numeral of the special license plate number.
40.24 		Subd. 3.Plate transfers. Notwithstanding Despite 
40.25 	section 168.12, subdivision 1, on payment of a transfer fee of
40.26 	$5, plates issued under this section may be transferred to
40.27 	another passenger automobile, pickup truck, or van owned or
40.28 	jointly owned by registered to the person individual to whom the
40.29 	special veteran contribution plates were issued.
40.30 		Subd. 4.Fees credited. The fees collected under this
40.31 	section must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to
40.32 	the highway user tax distribution fund.Fees collected under
40.33 	this section do not include the contributions collected for the
40.34 	World War II memorial donation match account.
40.35 		Subd. 5.Record. The registrar commissioner shall
40.36 	maintain a record of the number of special plates issued under
41.1 	this section.

41.2 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.127,
41.3 	subdivision 6, is amended to read:
41.4 		Subd. 6.Fees.  Instead of the filing fee described in
41.5 	section 168.33, subdivision 7, the applicant for fleet
41.6 	registration shall pay an equivalent administrative fee to the
41.7 	commissioner for each vehicle in the fleet. The administrative
41.8 	fee must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the
41.9 	highway user tax distribution fund.

41.10 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.128, is
41.11 	amended to read:
41.12 	168.128 LIMOUSINE REGISTRATION, LICENSE PLATES.
41.13 		Subdivision 1.unique limousine registration category. A
41.14 	unique vehicle registration category is established for
41.15 	limousines as defined in section 168.011, subdivision 35.
41.16 		Subd. 2.license plates. (a) A person who operates a
41.17 	limousine for other than personal use shall apply to register
41.18 	the motor vehicle as provided in this section.
41.19 	(b) A person who operates a limousine for personal use may
41.20 	apply.  The registrar commissioner shall issue limousine license 
41.21 	plates upon the applicant's compliance with laws relating to
41.22 	registration and licensing of motor vehicles and drivers and
41.23 	certification by to the registered owner of a limousine who:
41.24 	(1) certifies that an insurance policy under section 65B.13
41.25 	in an aggregate amount of $300,000 per accident is in effect for
41.26 	the entire period of the registration under section 65B.135.
41.27 	The applicant must provide the registrar ;
41.28 	(2) provides the commissioner with proof that the passenger
41.29 	automobile license tax and a $10 fee have been paid for each
41.30 	limousine receiving limousine license plates; and 
41.31 	(3) complies with this chapter and rules governing the
41.32 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of drivers.
41.33 	(c) The limousine license plates must be designed to
41.34 	specifically identify the vehicle as a limousine and must be
41.35 	clearly marked with the letters "LM."  Limousine license plates
41.36 	may not be transferred upon sale of the limousine, but may be
42.1 	transferred to another limousine owned by the same person upon
42.2 	notifying the registrar commissioner and paying a $5 transfer
42.3 	fee.
42.4 		Subd. 3.Insurance. (a) The application must include a
42.5 	certificate of insurance verifying that a valid commercial
42.6 	insurance policy is in effect and giving the name of the
42.7 	insurance company and the number of the insurance policy.  The
42.8 	policy must provide stated limits of liability, exclusive of
42.9 	interest and costs, with respect to each motor vehicle for which
42.10 	coverage is granted, of not less than $100,000 because of bodily
42.11 	injury to one person in any one accident and, subject to said 
42.12 	that limit for one person, of not less than $300,000 because of
42.13 	injury to two or more persons in any one accident and of not
42.14 	less than $100,000 because of injury to or destruction of
42.15 	property.  The insurance company must notify the commissioner if
42.16 	the policy is canceled or if the policy no longer provides the
42.17 	coverage required by this subdivision.
42.18 	(b) The commissioner shall immediately notify the
42.19 	commissioner of transportation if the policy of a person
42.20 	required to have a permit under section 221.84 is canceled or no
42.21 	longer provides the coverage required by this subdivision.
42.22 		Subd. 4.Fees credited to highway user fund. Fees
42.23 	collected from the sale of license plates under this section
42.24 	must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the highway
42.25 	user tax distribution fund.

42.26 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.129, is
42.27 	amended to read:
42.28 	168.129 SPECIAL COLLEGIATE LICENSE PLATES.
42.29 		Subdivision 1.General requirements and procedures. The
42.30 	commissioner of public safety shall issue special collegiate
42.31 	license plates to an applicant who:
42.32 	(1) is an owner or joint a registered owner of a passenger
42.33 	automobile, pickup truck, or van;
42.34 	(2) pays a fee determined by the commissioner as specified
42.35 	in section 168.12, subdivision 5,to cover the costs of handling
42.36 	and manufacturing the plates;
43.1 	(3) pays the registration tax required under section
43.2 	168.013;
43.3 	(4) pays the fees required under this chapter;
43.4 	(5) contributes at least $25 annually to the scholarship
43.5 	account established in subdivision 6; and
43.6 	(6) complies with laws this chapter and rules governing
43.7 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of vehicles and 
43.8 	drivers.
43.9 		Subd. 2.Design. (a) After consultation with each
43.10 	participating college, university,or postsecondary system, the
43.11 	commissioner shall design the an emblem for each special
43.12 	collegiate plates plate.
43.13 	(b) In consultation with the commissioner, a participating
43.14 	college or university annually shall indicate the anticipated
43.15 	number of plates needed.
43.16 		Subd. 3.No refund. Contributions under this section
43.17 	must not be refunded.
43.18 		Subd. 4.Plates transfer. Notwithstanding Despite 
43.19 	section 168.12, subdivision 1, on payment of a transfer fee of
43.20 	$5, plates issued under this section may be transferred to
43.21 	another passenger vehicle, pickup, or van owned or jointly owned
43.22 	by automobile registered to the person individual to whom the
43.23 	special collegiate plates were issued.
43.24 		Subd. 5.Fees credited. The fees collected under this
43.25 	section must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to
43.26 	the highway user tax distribution fund.Fees collected under
43.27 	this section do not include the contributions collected for the
43.28 	scholarship account.
43.29 		Subd. 6.Scholarship account. A scholarship account is
43.30 	created in the state treasury.  Except for one percent that may
43.31 	be retained by the commissioner of public safety for
43.32 	administrative costs, all contributions received under this
43.33 	section must be deposited by the commissioner in the scholarship
43.34 	account.  Money in the scholarship account is appropriated to
43.35 	the governing board of the institution to which it is
43.36 	attributable, as provided in subdivision 7.
44.1 		Subd. 7.Record. The commissioner shall maintain a
44.2 	record of the number of license plates issued for each
44.3 	postsecondary institution or system in order to determine the
44.4 	amount of scholarship funds available to that institution or
44.5 	system.

44.6 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1291, is
44.7 	amended to read:
44.8 	168.1291 SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES; UNIFORM DESIGN, UNIQUE
44.9 	EMBLEMS.
44.10 		Subdivision 1.Definition. For purposes of this section
44.11 	"special license plates" means license plates issued under
44.12 	sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129.
44.13 		Subd. 2.uniform design of special plates. (a) The
44.14 	commissioner shall design a single special license plate that
44.15 	will contain a unique number and a space for a unique symbol 
44.16 	emblem for plates issued under sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b
44.17 	and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129.  The commissioner shall design a
44.18 	unique symbol emblem related to the purpose of each
44.19 	special license plate.
44.20 	(b) Any provision of sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b to
44.21 	2e; 168.123; and 168.129,that requires the placement of a
44.22 	specified letter or letters on a special license plate applies
44.23 	to those license plates only to the extent that the commissioner
44.24 	includes the letter or letters in the design. Where 
44.25 	(c) If a law authorizing a special license plate contains a
44.26 	specific requirement for graphic design of that license plate,
44.27 	that requirement applies to the appropriate unique symbol the
44.28 	commissioner designs emblem.
44.29 		Subd. 3.Issuance of special plates with unique
44.30 	symbols emblems. Notwithstanding Despite section 168.12,
44.31 	subdivisions 2b to 2e; 168.123; or 168.129, beginning with
44.32 	special license plates issued in calendar year 1996,the
44.33 	commissioner shall issue each class of special license plates
44.34 	permanently marked with specific designs under those laws only
44.35 	until the commissioner's supply of those license plates is
44.36 	exhausted.  Thereafter the commissioner shall issue under those
45.1 	laws only the license plate authorized under subdivision 2, with
45.2 	the appropriate unique symbol emblem attached.
45.3 		Subd. 4.Fees. Notwithstanding Despite section 168.12,
45.4 	subdivisions 2b to 2e; 168.123; or 168.129, the commissioner
45.5 	shall charge a fee of $10 for each set of license plates issued
45.6 	under this section.
45.7 		Subd. 5.application applicability. This section does
45.8 	not apply to a special motorcycle license plate designed by the
45.9 	registrar commissioner under section 168.123, subdivision 1,
45.10 	clause (2).

45.11 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1293, is
45.12 	amended to read:
45.13 	168.1293 SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES; AUTHORIZATION;
45.14 	DISCONTINUANCE.
45.15 		Subdivision 1.Definition. For purposes of this section
45.16 	and section 168.1297, "special license plate" means a license 
45.17 	plate that is authorized by law sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b
45.18 	and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129,to have wording and graphics that
45.19 	differ from a Minnesota passenger vehicle license plate.
45.20 		Subd. 2.Submissions to department commissioner. (a) A
45.21 	person, legal entity, or other requester, however organized,
45.22 	that plans to seek legislation establishing a new special
45.23 	license plate shall submit the following information and fee to
45.24 	the Department of Public Safety commissioner:
45.25 	(1) The requester shall submit a request for the special
45.26 	license plate being sought, describing the proposed license 
45.27 	plate in general terms, the purpose of the plate, and the
45.28 	proposed fee or minimum contribution required for the plate.
45.29 	(2) The requester shall submit the results of a scientific
45.30 	sample survey of Minnesota motor vehicle owners that indicates
45.31 	that at least 10,000 motor vehicle owners intend to purchase the
45.32 	proposed plate with the proposed fee or minimum contribution.
45.33 	The requester's plan to undertake the survey must be reported to
45.34 	the department commissioner before the survey is undertaken.
45.35 	The survey must be performed independently of the requester by
45.36 	another person or legal entity, however organized, that conducts
46.1 	similar sample surveys in the normal course of business.
46.2 	(3) The requester shall submit an application fee of
46.3 	$20,000, to cover the department's cost of reviewing the
46.4 	application for a new plate and developing the new special
46.5 	license plate if authorized by law.  State funds may not be used
46.6 	to pay the application fee.
46.7 	(4) The requester shall submit a marketing strategy that
46.8 	contains (i) short-term and long-term marketing plans for the
46.9 	requested plate, and (ii) a financial analysis showing the
46.10 	anticipated revenues and the planned expenditures of any fee or
46.11 	contribution derived from the requested plate.
46.12 	(b) The requester shall submit the information required
46.13 	under paragraph (a) to the department commissioner at least 120
46.14 	days before the convening of the next regular legislative
46.15 	session at which the requester will submit the proposal.
46.16 		Subd. 3.Design; redesign. (a) If the proposed new 
46.17 	special license plate sought by the requester is approved by
46.18 	law, the requester shall submit the proposed design for the
46.19 	plate to the department commissioner as soon as practicable, but
46.20 	not later than 120 days after the effective date of the law
46.21 	authorizing issuance of the plate.  The department commissioner 
46.22 	is responsible for selecting the final design for the
46.23 	special license plate.
46.24 	(b) The requester that originally requested a special
46.25 	license plate subsequently approved by law may not submit a new
46.26 	design for the plate within the five years following the date of
46.27 	first issuance of the plate unless the inventory of those plates
46.28 	has been exhausted.  The requester may deplete the remaining
46.29 	inventory of the plates by reimbursing the department 
46.30 	commissioner for the cost of the plates.
46.31 		Subd. 4.Refund of fee. If the special license plate
46.32 	requested is not authorized in the legislative session at which
46.33 	authorization was sought, the department commissioner shall
46.34 	refund $17,500 of the application fee to the requester.
46.35 		Subd. 5.Discontinuance of plate. (a) The
46.36 	department commissioner shall discontinue the issuance or
47.1 	renewal of any special license plate authorized by sections
47.2 	168.12, subdivisions 2b and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129,if (1)
47.3 	fewer than 1,000 sets of those plates are currently registered
47.4 	at the end of the first six years during which the plates are
47.5 	available, or (2) fewer than 1,000 sets of those plates are
47.6 	currently registered at the end of any subsequent two-year
47.7 	period following the first six years of availability.
47.8 	(b) The department may commissioner shall discontinue the
47.9 	issuance or renewal of any special license plate authorized by
47.10 	sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129,
47.11 	and distribution of any contributions resulting from that plate,
47.12 	if the department commissioner determines that (1) the fund or
47.13 	requester receiving the contributions no longer exists, (2) the
47.14 	requester has stopped providing services that are authorized to
47.15 	be funded from the contribution proceeds, (3) the requester has
47.16 	requested discontinuance, or (4) contributions have been used in
47.17 	violation of subdivision 6.
47.18 	(c) Nothing in this subdivision applies to license plates
47.19 	issued under section 168.123, 168.124, 168.125, 168.1251,or
47.20 	168.1255.
47.21 		Subd. 6.Use of contributions. Contributions made as a
47.22 	condition of obtaining a special license plate authorized by
47.23 	sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129,
47.24 	and interest earned on the contributions, may not be spent for
47.25 	commercial or for-profit purposes.
47.26 		Subd. 7.Deposit of fee; appropriation. The commissioner
47.27 	shall deposit the application fee under subdivision 2, paragraph
47.28 	(a), clause (3), in the highway user tax distribution fund 
47.29 	vehicle services operating account of the special revenue fund
47.30 	under section 299A.705.  An amount sufficient to pay the
47.31 	department's cost in implementing and administering this
47.32 	section, including payment of refunds under subdivision 4, is
47.33 	appropriated to the commissioner.

47.34 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1296, is
47.35 	amended to read:
47.36 	168.1296  SPECIAL CRITICAL HABITAT LICENSE PLATES.
48.1 		Subdivision 1.General requirements and procedures. (a)
48.2 	The registrar commissioner shall issue special critical
48.3 	habitat license plates to an applicant who:
48.4 	(1) is an owner or joint a registered owner of a passenger
48.5 	automobile, pickup truck, or van;
48.6 	(2) pays a fee of $10 to cover the costs of handling and
48.7 	manufacturing the plates;
48.8 	(3) pays the registration tax required under section
48.9 	168.013;
48.10 	(4) pays the fees required under this chapter;
48.11 	(5) contributes a minimum of $30 annually to the Minnesota
48.12 	critical habitat private sector matching account established in
48.13 	section 84.943; and
48.14 	(6) complies with laws this chapter and rules governing
48.15 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of vehicles and 
48.16 	drivers.
48.17 	(b) The critical habitat license plate application form 
48.18 	must clearly indicate that the annual contribution specified
48.19 	under paragraph (a), clause (5), is a minimum contribution to
48.20 	receive the license plate and that the applicant may make an
48.21 	additional contribution to the account.
48.22 		Subd. 2.Design. After consultation with interested
48.23 	groups, the commissioner of natural resources and the
48.24 	registrar commissioner shall jointly select a suitable symbol
48.25 	for use by the registrar commissioner to design the special 
48.26 	plates.
48.27 		Subd. 3.No refund. Contributions under this section
48.28 	must not be refunded.
48.29 		Subd. 4.Plate transfers. Notwithstanding section
48.30 	168.12, subdivision 1, on payment of a transfer fee of $5,
48.31 	plates issued under this section may be transferred to another
48.32 	passenger automobile, pickup truck, or van owned or jointly
48.33 	owned by registered to the person to whom the special plates
48.34 	were issued.
48.35 		Subd. 5.Contribution and fees credited. Contributions
48.36 	under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (5), must be paid to
49.1 	the registrar commissioner and credited to the Minnesota
49.2 	critical habitat private sector matching account established in
49.3 	section 84.943.  The fees collected under this section must be
49.4 	deposited in the highway user tax distribution fund vehicle
49.5 	services operating account of the special revenue fund under
49.6 	section 299A.705.
49.7 		Subd. 6.Record. The registrar commissioner shall
49.8 	maintain a record of the number of special plates issued under
49.9 	this section.

49.10 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1297, is
49.11 	amended to read:
49.12 	168.1297 SPECIAL "ROTARY MEMBER" LICENSE PLATES.
49.13 		Subdivision 1.General requirements and procedures.
 49.14 	The registrar commissioner shall issue special "Rotary member"
49.15 	license plates to an applicant who:
49.16 	(1) is an owner or joint a registered owner of a passenger
49.17 	automobile, pickup truck, or van;
49.18 	(2) pays a fee of $10 to cover the costs of handling and
49.19 	manufacturing the plates;
49.20 	(3) pays the registration tax required under section
49.21 	168.013;
49.22 	(4) pays the fees required under this chapter;
49.23 	(5) submits proof to the registrar commissioner that the
49.24 	applicant is a member of Rotary International; and
49.25 	(6) complies with laws this chapter and rules governing
49.26 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of vehicles and 
49.27 	drivers.
49.28 		Subd. 2.Design. A special license plate under this
49.29 	section consists of a special license plate as described in
49.30 	section 168.1291 with a unique symbol emblem that is the
49.31 	recognized emblem of Rotary International.
49.32 		Subd. 3.Compliance with other law. The commissioner
49.33 	shall take no action under this section unless the commissioner
49.34 	determines that Rotary International, or one or more districts
49.35 	of Rotary International, has complied with section 168.1293,
49.36 	subdivision 2, paragraph (a).  Issuance and renewal of license 
50.1 	plates under this section are subject to section 168.1293,
50.2 	subdivisions 3 to 6.

50.3 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.15,
50.4 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
50.5 		Subdivision 1.Transfer of ownership.  (a) Upon the
50.6 	transfer of ownership, destruction, theft, dismantling, or
50.7 	permanent removal by the owner from this state of any motor 
50.8 	vehicle registered in accordance with this chapter, the right of
50.9 	the owner of the vehicle to use the registration certificate and
50.10 	number plates assigned to the vehicle expires.
50.11 	(b) When the ownership of a motor vehicle is transferred to
50.12 	another resident of person required to register the vehicle in 
50.13 	this state, the transferor shall surrender the registration
50.14 	plates, unless otherwise provided for in this chapter, and 
50.15 	assign the registration tax paid to the credit of the transferee
50.16 	unless the registration stickers are surrendered to the
50.17 	commissioner before the first day of the new registration period.
50.18 	(c) When seeking to become the owner by gift, trade, or
50.19 	purchase of any vehicle for which a registration certificate has
50.20 	been issued under this chapter, a person shall join with the
50.21 	registered owner in transmitting with the application for
50.22 	transfer of ownership,the registration certificate, with the
50.23 	assignment and notice of sale duly executed upon the reverse
50.24 	side, or,.
50.25 	(d) In case of loss of the title or certificate of
50.26 	registration of a vehicle not subject to section 325E.15, the
50.27 	person shall make application to the commissioner with proof of
50.28 	loss by sworn statement, in writing, and satisfactory to the
50.29 	registrar of the title as specified in section 168A.09 and
50.30 	assign a notice of sale of the vehicle on the application for
50.31 	title as specified in section 168A.04.
50.32 	(e) Upon the transfer of any motor vehicle by a
50.33 	manufacturer or dealer, for use within the state, whether by
50.34 	sale, lease, or otherwise, the manufacturer or dealer transferor 
50.35 	shall, within ten days after the transfer, file with the
50.36 	registrar commissioner (1) a notice or report containing the
51.1 	date of transfer, a description of the motor vehicle, and the
51.2 	transferee's name, street and number of residence, if in a city,
51.3 	and post office residence address in the state or if not a
51.4 	natural person then the transferee's business and mailing
51.5 	address, and shall also transmit with it (2) the transferee's
51.6 	application for registration.

51.7 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.16, is
51.8 	amended to read:
51.9 	168.16  REGISTRATION TAX REFUND; APPROPRIATION.
51.10 	(a) After the registration tax upon any motor vehicle has
51.11 	been paid for any year registration period, refund must be made
51.12 	for errors made in computing the registration tax or fees and
51.13 	for the error on the part of an owner who may in error have
51.14 	registered a motor vehicle that was not before, nor at the time
51.15 	of registration, nor at any time thereafter during the current
51.16 	past year preceding registration period, subject to registration 
51.17 	tax in this state as provided by section 168.012.
51.18 	(b) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, a claim for
51.19 	a refund of an overpayment of registration tax must be filed
51.20 	within 3-1/2 years from the date of payment.
51.21 	The refund must be made from any fund in possession of the
51.22 	registrar and deducted from the registrar's monthly report to
51.23 	the commissioner of finance.  A detailed report of the refund
51.24 	must accompany the report.
51.25 	(c) The former registered owner of a transferred vehicle,
51.26 	by an assignment in writing endorsed upon the registration
51.27 	certificate and delivered to the registrar commissioner within
51.28 	the time provided in this subdivision, shall assign, except for
51.29 	vehicles registered under section 168.187, to the new owner the
51.30 	right to have the tax paid by the former registered owner
51.31 	accredited to the new owner who duly registers the vehicle
51.32 	unless the registration stickers are surrendered to the
51.33 	commissioner before the first day of the new registration period.
51.34 	(d) Any owner at is entitled to a refund of the unused
51.35 	portion of the registration tax paid on the owner's vehicle upon
51.36 	filing a claim, verified by the commissioner, if the time of
52.1 	such occurrence, whose vehicle is:
52.2 	(1) declared by an insurance company to be a total loss due
52.3 	to flood or tornado damage,permanently destroyed,due to
52.4 	accident, fire, or an Act of God as defined in section 115B.02;
52.5 	or
52.6 	(2) sold to the federal government, the state, or a
52.7 	political subdivision of the state, shall upon filing a verified
52.8 	claim be entitled to a refund of the unused portion of the tax
52.9 	paid upon the vehicle, computed as follows:.
52.10 	(1) if the vehicle is registered under the calendar year
52.11 	system of registration, the refund is computed pro rata by the
52.12 	month, 1/12 of the annual tax paid for each month of the year
52.13 	remaining after the month in which the plates and certificate
52.14 	were returned to the registrar;
52.15 	(2) if the vehicle is registered under the monthly series
52.16 	system of registration, the amount of 
52.17 	(e) The refund is must be equal to the sum of the amounts
52.18 	of the license fee remaining registration tax attributable to
52.19 	those months remaining in for the licensing registration period
52.20 	after the month in which the plates and certificate of
52.21 	registration or title were returned to the registrar 
52.22 	commissioner.
52.23 	(b) (f) There is hereby appropriated to the persons
52.24 	entitled to a refund, from the fund or account in the state
52.25 	treasury to which the money was credited, an amount sufficient
52.26 	to make the refund and payment.

52.27 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.27,
52.28 	subdivision 11, is amended to read:
52.29 		Subd. 11.dealers' licenses; location change notice;
52.30 	fee. (a) Application for a dealer's license or notification of
52.31 	a change of location of the place of business on a dealer's 
52.32 	license must include a street address, not a post office box,
52.33 	and is subject to the registrar's commissioner's approval.
52.34 	(b) Upon the filing of an application for a dealer's 
52.35 	license and the proper fee, the registrar is authorized,unless
52.36 	the application on its face appears to be invalid, to the
53.1 	commissioner shall grant a 90-day temporary license.  During the
53.2 	90-day period following issuance of the temporary license,
53.3 	the registrar commissioner shall investigate the fitness of the
53.4 	applicant,inspect the place of business site,and make other
53.5 	investigation as necessary to insure compliance with the
53.6 	licensing law this section and rules adopted under this section.
53.7 	(c) The registrar commissioner may extend the temporary
53.8 	license 30 days to allow the temporarily licensed dealer to come
53.9 	into full compliance with this section and rules adopted under
53.10 	this section.
53.11 	At the end of the period of investigation (d) In no more
53.12 	than 120 days following issuance of the temporary license, the
53.13 	dealer license must either be granted or denied.
53.14 	(e) A license must be denied under the following conditions:
53.15 	(1) The license must be denied if within the previous ten
53.16 	years the applicant was enjoined due to a violation of section
53.17 	325F.69 or convicted of violating section 325E.14, 325E.15,
53.18 	325E.16, or 325F.69, or convicted under section 609.53 of
53.19 	receiving or selling stolen vehicles, or convicted of violating
53.20 	United States Code, title 15, sections 1981 to 1991, as amended
53.21 	through December 31, 1984,or pleaded guilty, entered a plea of
53.22 	nolo contendere or no contest, or has been found guilty in a
53.23 	court of competent jurisdiction of any charge of failure to pay
53.24 	state or federal income or sales taxes or felony charge of
53.25 	forgery, embezzlement, obtaining money under false pretenses,
53.26 	theft by swindle, extortion, conspiracy to defraud, or bribery.
53.27 	(2) The license must also be denied if within the previous
53.28 	year the applicant has been denied a dealer license.
53.29 	(3) A license must also be denied if the applicant has had
53.30 	a dealer license revoked within the previous ten years.
53.31 	(f) If the application is approved, the registrar 
53.32 	commissioner shall license the applicant as a motor vehicle 
53.33 	dealer for one year from the date the temporary license is
53.34 	granted and issue a certificate of license that must include a
53.35 	distinguishing number of identification of the dealer.  The
53.36 	license must be displayed in a prominent place in the dealer's 
54.1 	licensed location place of business.
54.2 	(g) Each initial application for a license must be
54.3 	accompanied by a fee of $50 $100 in addition to the annual fee.
54.4 	The annual fee shall be $100 is $150. All The initial fees and
54.5 	annual fees must be paid into the state treasury and credited to
54.6 	the general fund except that $50 of each initial and annual fee
54.7 	must be paid into the vehicle services operating account in the
54.8 	special revenue fund under section 299A.705.

54.9 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.31,
54.10 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
54.11 		Subd. 5.Refund.  For the annual registration tax paid on
54.12 	any vehicle before the calendar year registration period for
54.13 	which that tax was assessed, the owner of the vehicle who paid
54.14 	the tax shall be is entitled to full refund if such vehicle is
54.15 	permanently destroyed or removed from the state before the
54.16 	calendar year for which the tax was paid or if it is not used at
54.17 	all during the calendar year for which the tax was paid, and the
54.18 	owner makes affidavit concerning the nonuse as provided by
54.19 	section 168.012the registration stickers are surrendered before
54.20 	the first day of the new registration period.

54.21 	Sec. 24. [168.326] EXPEDITED DRIVER AND VEHICLES
54.22 	SERVICES; FEE.
54.23 	(a) When an applicant requests and pays an expedited
54.24 	service fee of $20, in addition to other specified and
54.25 	statutorily mandated fees and taxes, the commissioner shall
54.26 	expedite the processing of an application for a driver's
54.27 	license, driving instruction permit, Minnesota identification
54.28 	card, or vehicle title transaction.
54.29 	(b) A driver's license agent or deputy registrar may retain
54.30 	$10 of the expedited service fee for each expedited service
54.31 	request processed by the licensing agent or deputy registrar.
54.32 	(c) When expedited service is requested, materials must be
54.33 	mailed or delivered to the requester within three days of
54.34 	receipt of the expedited service fee excluding Saturdays,
54.35 	Sundays, or the holidays listed in section 645.44, subdivision
54.36 	5.  The requester shall comply with all relevant requirements of
55.1 	the requested document.
55.2 	(d) The commissioner may decline to accept an expedited
55.3 	service request if it is apparent at the time it is made that
55.4 	the request cannot be granted.
55.5 	(e) The expedited service fees collected under this section
55.6 	for an application for a driver's license, driving instruction
55.7 	permit, or Minnesota identification card minus any portion
55.8 	retained by a licensing agent or deputy registrar under
55.9 	paragraph (b) must be paid into the driver services operating
55.10 	account in the special revenue fund specified under section
55.11 	299A.705.
55.12 	(f) The expedited service fees collected under this section
55.13 	for a transaction for a vehicle service minus any portion
55.14 	retained by a licensing agent or deputy registrar under
55.15 	paragraph (b) must be paid into the vehicle services operating
55.16 	account in the special revenue fund specified under section
55.17 	299A.705.

55.18 	Sec. 25. [168.327] DRIVER AND VEHICLE RECORD FEES.
55.19 		Subdivision 1.Records and fees. (a) Upon request by any
55.20 	person authorized in this section, the commissioner shall
55.21 	furnish a certified copy of any driver's license record,
55.22 	instruction permit record, Minnesota identification card record,
55.23 	vehicle registration record, vehicle title record, or accident
55.24 	record.
55.25 	(b) Other than accident records governed under section
55.26 	169.09, subdivision 13, the requester shall pay a fee of $10 for
55.27 	each certified record specified in paragraph (a) or a fee of $9
55.28 	for each record that is not certified.
55.29 	(c) In addition to the record fee in paragraph (b), the fee
55.30 	for a copy of the history of any vehicle title not in electronic
55.31 	format is $1 for each page of the historical record.
55.32 	(d) Fees collected under paragraph (b) for driver's
55.33 	license, instruction permit, and Minnesota identification card
55.34 	records must be paid into the state treasury with 50 cents of
55.35 	each fee credited to the general fund.  The remainder of the
55.36 	fees collected must be credited to the driver services operating
56.1 	account in the special revenue fund under section 299A.705.
56.2 	(e) Fees collected under paragraphs (b) and (c) for vehicle
56.3 	registration or title records must be paid into the state
56.4 	treasury with 50 cents of each fee credited to the general
56.5 	fund.  The remainder of the fees collected must be credited to
56.6 	the vehicle services operating account in the special revenue
56.7 	fund specified in section 299A.705.
56.8 	(f) The commissioner shall permit a person to inquire into
56.9 	a record by the person's own electronic means for a fee of $4.50
56.10 	for each inquiry, except that no fee may be charged when the
56.11 	requester is the subject of the data.
56.12 	(1) Of the $4.50 fee, $2.70 must be deposited in the
56.13 	general fund.
56.14 	(2) For driver's license, instruction permit, or Minnesota
56.15 	identification card records, the remainder must be deposited in
56.16 	the driver services operating account in the special revenue
56.17 	fund under section 299A.705.
56.18 	(3) For vehicle title or registration records, the
56.19 	remainder must be deposited in the vehicle services operating
56.20 	account in the special revenue fund under section 299A.705.
56.21 	(g) Fees and the deposit of the fees for accident records
56.22 	and reports are governed by section 169.09, subdivision 13.
56.23 		Subd. 2.Requests for information; surcharge on fee. (a)
56.24 	Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 3, the commissioner
56.25 	shall impose a surcharge of 50 cents on each fee charged by the
56.26 	commissioner under section 13.03, subdivision 3, for copies or
56.27 	electronic transmittals of public information about the
56.28 	registration of a vehicle or an applicant, or holder of a
56.29 	driver's license, instruction permit, or Minnesota
56.30 	identification card.
56.31 	(b) The surcharge only applies to a fee imposed in response
56.32 	to a request made in person or by mail, or to a request for
56.33 	transmittal through a computer modem.  The surcharge does not
56.34 	apply to the request of an individual for information about that
56.35 	individual's driver's license, instruction permit, or Minnesota
56.36 	identification card or about vehicles registered or titled in
57.1 	the individual's name.
57.2 	(c) The surcharges collected under this subdivision must be
57.3 	credited to the general fund.
57.4 		Subd. 3.Exception to fee and surcharge. (a)
57.5 	Notwithstanding subdivision 2 or section 13.03, a fee or
57.6 	surcharge may not be imposed in response to a request for public
57.7 	information about the registration of a vehicle if the
57.8 	commissioner is satisfied that:
57.9 	(1) the requester seeks the information on behalf of a
57.10 	community-based, nonprofit organization designated by a local
57.11 	law enforcement agency to be a requester; and 
57.12 	(2) the information is needed to identify suspected
57.13 	prostitution law violators, controlled substance law violators,
57.14 	or health code violators.
57.15 	(b) The commissioner shall not require a requester under
57.16 	paragraph (a) to make a minimum number of data requests or limit
57.17 	the requester to a maximum number of data requests.

57.18 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.33, as
57.19 	amended by Laws 2005, chapter 10, article 1, section 28, is
57.20 	amended to read:
57.21 	168.33 [ COMMISSIONER AS REGISTRAR OF MOTOR VEHICLES; DEPUTY
57.22 	REGISTRARS.]
57.23 	Subdivision 1.  [ REGISTRAR COMMISSIONER'S DUTIES AND
57.24 	POWERS, GENERALLY.] The commissioner of public safety shall be 
57.25 	is the registrar of motor vehicles of the state of Minnesota,
57.26 	and shall exercise all the powers granted to and perform all the
57.27 	duties imposed by this chapter.  The commissioner of public
57.28 	safety may employ not to exceed eight persons as inspectors,is
57.29 	authorized to obtain information and report to the registrar
57.30 	regarding motor about all vehicles subject to taxation under
57.31 	this chapter upon which the tax has not been paid, and to
57.32 	present suitable complaints to courts of competent jurisdiction.
57.33 		Subd. 2.Deputy registrars. (a) The registrar may
57.34 	appoint, hire, and discharge and fix the compensation of the
57.35 	necessary employees, in the manner provided by law, as may be
57.36 	required to enable the registrar to properly carry out the
58.1 	duties imposed by this chapter.The registrar commissioner may
58.2 	appoint, and for cause discontinue, a deputy registrar for any
58.3 	statutory or home rule charter city as the public interest and
58.4 	convenience may require, without regard to whether the county
58.5 	auditor of the county in which the city is situated has been
58.6 	appointed as the deputy registrar for the county or has been
58.7 	discontinued as the deputy registrar for the county, and without
58.8 	regard to whether the county in which the city is situated has
58.9 	established a county license bureau which that issues motor
58.10 	vehicle licenses as provided in section 373.32.
58.11 	(b) The registrar commissioner may appoint, and for cause
58.12 	discontinue, a deputy registrar for any statutory or home rule
58.13 	charter city as the public interest and convenience may require,
58.14 	if the auditor for the county in which the city is situated
58.15 	chooses not to accept appointment as the deputy registrar for
58.16 	the county or is discontinued as a deputy registrar, or if the
58.17 	county in which the city is situated has not established a
58.18 	county license bureau which that issues motor vehicle licenses
58.19 	as provided in section 373.32. A person The individual 
58.20 	appointed by the registrar commissioner as a deputy registrar
58.21 	for any statutory or home rule charter city must be a resident
58.22 	of the county in which the city is situated.
58.23 	(c) The registrar commissioner may appoint, and for cause
58.24 	discontinue, the county auditor of each county as a deputy
58.25 	registrar. Upon approval of the county board, the auditor, with
58.26 	the approval of the director of motor vehicles, may appoint, and
58.27 	for cause discontinue, the clerk or equivalent officer of each
58.28 	statutory or home rule charter city or any other person as a
58.29 	deputy registrar as public interest and convenience may require,
58.30 	regardless of the appointee's county of residence.  At the
58.31 	request of the governing body of a statutory or home rule
58.32 	charter city, the auditor shall appoint, and may for cause
58.33 	discontinue, the clerk or equivalent officer of a city, or
58.34 	another officer or employee of the city designated by the
58.35 	governing body, as a deputy registrar:
58.36 	(1) if the city is a county seat or, if not, is larger than
59.1 	the seat of the county in which it is situated; and 
59.2 	(2) no office of a deputy registrar is situated within the
59.3 	city or within 15 miles of the city by the most direct public
59.4 	route.
59.5 	(d) Notwithstanding Despite any other provision, a person
59.6 	other than a county auditor or a director of a county license
59.7 	bureau, who was appointed by the registrar before August 1,
59.8 	1976, as a deputy registrar for any statutory or home rule
59.9 	charter city, may continue to serve as deputy registrar and may
59.10 	be discontinued for cause only by the registrar commissioner.
59.11 	The county auditor who appointed the deputy registrars is
59.12 	responsible for the acts of deputy registrars appointed by the
59.13 	auditor.
59.14 	(e) Each deputy, before entering upon the discharge of
59.15 	duties, shall take and subscribe an oath to faithfully discharge
59.16 	the duties and to uphold the laws of the state.
59.17 	(f) If a deputy registrar appointed under this subdivision
59.18 	is not an officer or employee of a county or statutory or home
59.19 	rule charter city, the deputy shall in addition give bond to the
59.20 	state in the sum of $10,000, or a larger sum as may be required
59.21 	by the registrar commissioner, conditioned upon the faithful
59.22 	discharge of duties as deputy registrar.
59.23 	(e) (g) Until January 1, 2009 2012, a corporation governed
59.24 	by chapter 302A may be appointed a deputy registrar.  Upon
59.25 	application by an individual serving as a deputy registrar and
59.26 	the giving of the requisite bond as provided in this
59.27 	subdivision, personally assured by the individual or another
59.28 	individual approved by the commissioner of public safety, a
59.29 	corporation named in an application shall become then becomes 
59.30 	the duly appointed and qualified successor to the deputy
59.31 	registrar.  The appointment of any corporation as a deputy
59.32 	registrar expires January 1, 2009. A county board shall
59.33 	appoint, or The commissioner shall appoint if the county board
59.34 	declines to do so,an individual as successor to the corporation
59.35 	as a deputy registrar.  The county board or commissioner shall
59.36 	appoint as the successor agent to a corporation whose
60.1 	appointment expires under this paragraph an officer of the
60.2 	corporation if the officer applies for appointment before July
60.3 	1, 2009.
60.4 	(f) (h) Each deputy registrar appointed under this
60.5 	subdivision shall keep and maintain, in a convenient public
60.6 	place within or in close proximity to the place for which
60.7 	appointed, a registration and motor vehicle tax collection
60.8 	bureau, to be approved by the registrar,office locations
60.9 	approved by the commissioner for the registration of motor 
60.10 	vehicles and the collection of taxes and fees on motor vehicles.
60.11 	(i) The deputy registrar shall keep records and make
60.12 	reports to the registrar commissioner as the registrar, from
60.13 	time to time, may require commissioner requires.  The records
60.14 	must be maintained at the facility offices of the deputy
60.15 	registrar.  The records and facilities offices of the deputy
60.16 	registrar must at all times be open to the inspection of
60.17 	the registrar commissioner or the registrar's commissioner's 
60.18 	agents.  The deputy registrar shall report to the registrar 
60.19 	commissioner by the next working day following receipt all
60.20 	registrations made and taxes and fees collected by the deputy
60.21 	registrar.
60.22 	(j) The filing fee imposed under subdivision 7 must be
60.23 	deposited in the treasury of the place for which appointed or,
60.24 	if not a public official, a deputy shall retain the filing fee,
60.25 	but the registration tax and any additional fees for delayed
60.26 	registration the deputy registrar has collected the deputy
60.27 	registrar shall deposit by the next working day following
60.28 	receipt in an approved state depository to the credit of the
60.29 	state through the commissioner of finance.  The place for which
60.30 	the deputy registrar is appointed through its governing body
60.31 	must provide the deputy registrar with facilities and personnel
60.32 	to carry out the duties imposed by this subdivision if the
60.33 	deputy is a public official.  In all other cases, the deputy
60.34 	shall maintain a suitable facility for serving the public.
60.35 		Subd. 2a.Deputy registrars, continuation in office.
 60.36 	Persons serving as deputy registrars on July 1, 1970, shall
61.1 	continue to hold such office until a successor is duly appointed
61.2 	and qualifies.
61.3 		Subd. 2b.Deputy registrars, employment status. (a)
61.4 	Deputy registrars, and their employees, who retain the filing
61.5 	fee in lieu of a salary, shall, after July 1, 1971, be
61.6 	considered as independent contractors for pension purposes, and
61.7 	ineligible because of such service for coverage under the
61.8 	Minnesota State Retirement System or membership in the Public
61.9 	Employees Retirement Association.
61.10 	(b) Those deputy registrars as defined in this subdivision
61.11 	who are covered by the Minnesota State Retirement System on June
61.12 	30, 1971, shall have the option of terminating said may
61.13 	terminate coverage on July 1, 1971, or of continuing said 
61.14 	continue coverage until termination of state service.  The form
61.15 	of the this option and the time for filing shall must be as
61.16 	prescribed by the board of directors of the system.  Those
61.17 	choosing to continue said coverage,shall provide from the
61.18 	filing fees retained the employee and employer contributions as
61.19 	required by chapter 352.
61.20 		Subd. 3.Record of vehicle registration; disclosure. (a) 
61.21 	The registrar commissioner shall keep a suitable record of all
61.22 	motor registered vehicles registered in the registrar's office,
61.23 	indexed,according to (1) registration plate number, according
61.24 	to (2) name of the registered owner, according to (3) make of
61.25 	motor vehicle and the factory vehicle's identification number,
61.26 	for such makes as are a vehicle so identified,or according
61.27 	to , if none,the vehicle's serial number of such makes as are so
61.28 	identified until the manufacturers thereof adopt and use
61.29 	an manufacturer adopts and uses a vehicle identification number,
61.30 	and according to such other information as the registrar shall
61.31 	deem advisable. Duplicates of the certificate of registration
61.32 	shall be used, until a more efficient system is evolved, to make
61.33 	the registration number and registered owner's indexes herein
61.34 	required, and such other copies as are desirable.  The registrar
61.35 	may furnish to any one applying therefor transcripts of such
61.36 	records for not less than the cost of preparing the same;
62.1 	provided, that any sums in excess of such cost received by the
62.2 	registrar for furnishing such transcripts shall be paid by the
62.3 	registrar into the state treasury.
62.4 	(b) The commissioner shall furnish to any person applying
62.5 	for a copy of the registration, a copy as specified in section
62.6 	168.327.
62.7 	(c) The registrar commissioner shall also furnish copies
62.8 	thereof vehicle registration records, without charge, to the 
62.9 	chiefs of police of the cities of Minneapolis, St. Paul, and
62.10 	Duluth , county sheriffs, prosecuting attorneys, and other law
62.11 	enforcement agencies with the power to arrest.
62.12 		Subd. 6.Application forms. The Every deputy registrar
62.13 	shall provide, in a manner and format prescribed by the
62.14 	registrar, necessary forms and information to deputy
62.15 	registrars.  The registrar and deputy registrars shall
62.16 	immediately destroy all number plates surrendered and shall
62.17 	cancel all certificates surrendered use application forms or
62.18 	formats as prescribed by or approved by the commissioner.
62.19 		Subd. 7.Filing fee. (a) In addition to all other
62.20 	statutory fees and taxes, a filing fee of:
62.21 	(i) (1) $4.50 is imposed on every motor vehicle
62.22 	registration renewal, excluding pro rate transactions; and
62.23 	(ii) $7 (2) $8.50 is imposed on every other type of vehicle
62.24 	transaction, including pro rate transactions;
62.25 	except that a filing fee may not be charged for a document
62.26 	returned for a refund or for a correction of an error made by
62.27 	the Department of Public Safety, a licensed auto dealer, or a
62.28 	deputy registrar.  The filing fee must be shown as a separate
62.29 	item on all registration renewal notices sent out by the
62.30 	department commissioner.  No filing fee or other fee may be
62.31 	charged for the permanent surrender of a certificate of title
62.32 	and license plates for a motor vehicle.
62.33 	(b) Filing All of the fees collected under this subdivision
62.34 	by the department paragraph (a), clause (1), by the department,
62.35 	must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the highway
62.36 	user tax distribution fund, except fees for registrations of
63.1 	motor vehicles.  Filing fees collected for registrations of
63.2 	motor vehicles in conjunction with a title transfer or first
63.3 	application in this state must be paid into the state treasury
63.4 	with 50 percent of the money credited to the general fund and 50
63.5 	percent credited to the highway user tax distribution
63.6 	fund vehicle services operating account in the special revenue
63.7 	fund under section 299A.705.  Of the fee collected under
63.8 	paragraph (a), clause (2), by the department, $3.50 must be paid
63.9 	into the general fund with the remainder deposited into the
63.10 	vehicle services operating account in the special revenue fund
63.11 	under section 299A.705.
63.12 	(c) A motor vehicle dealer shall retain $2.50 of each
63.13 	filing fee imposed under this subdivision for a completed
63.14 	transaction involving the sale of a motor vehicle to or by a
63.15 	licensed dealer, if the dealer electronically transmits the
63.16 	transaction to the department commissioner or a deputy registrar.
63.17 	The department commissioner shall develop procedures to
63.18 	implement this subdivision in consultation with the Minnesota
63.19 	Deputy Registrar Association and the Minnesota Automobile
63.20 	Dealers Association.  Deputy registrars shall must not be
63.21 	prohibited from receiving and processing required documents
63.22 	supporting an electronic transaction.
63.23 		Subd. 8.Temporary disability permit and fee. The
63.24 	registrar commissioner shall allow deputy registrars to
63.25 	implement and follow procedures for processing applications and
63.26 	accepting and remitting fee payments for 30-day temporary
63.27 	disability permits issued under section 169.345, subdivision 3,
63.28 	paragraph (c), that are identical or substantially similar to
63.29 	the procedures required by law or rule for motor vehicle
63.30 	registration and titling transactions.
63.31 		Subd. 9.Rules. The commissioner of public safety may
63.32 	adopt rules for administering and enforcing this section.

63.33 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.345,
63.34 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
63.35 		Subdivision 1.Information by telephone.  Information
63.36 	concerning motor about vehicle registrations shall not be
64.1 	furnished on the telephone to any person except the personnel of
64.2 	law enforcement agencies and the personnel of governmental motor
64.3 	vehicle and registration offices.

64.4 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.345,
64.5 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
64.6 		Subd. 2.Lessees; information.  The registrar 
64.7 	commissioner may not furnish information concerning about 
64.8 	registered owners of passenger automobiles who are lessees under
64.9 	a lease for a term of 180 days or more to any person except the
64.10 	personnel of law enforcement agencies and federal, state, and
64.11 	local governmental units, and, at the registrar's commissioner's 
64.12 	discretion, to persons who use the information to notify lessees
64.13 	of automobile recalls.  The registrar commissioner may release
64.14 	information about lessees in the form of summary data, as
64.15 	defined in section 13.02, to persons who use the information in
64.16 	conducting statistical analysis and market research.

64.17 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.381, is
64.18 	amended to read:
64.19 	168.381 MANUFACTURE OF VEHICLE LICENSE PLATES;
64.20 	APPROPRIATIONS.
64.21 		Subdivision 1.Correctional facilities; other
64.22 	manufacturers. (a) License number Plates required by law this
64.23 	chapter may be manufactured by the Minnesota Correctional
64.24 	Facility-St. Cloud, the Minnesota Correctional
64.25 	Facility-Stillwater, or other facility established by law for
64.26 	the confinement of persons convicted of felony, upon order from
64.27 	the registrar of motor vehicles commissioner.  The order must
64.28 	state the quality of material desired in the plates, the plate
64.29 	specifications, and the amount or number desired.
64.30 	(b) Should the commissioner of corrections decide not to
64.31 	supply the required quantity of license plates, or discontinue
64.32 	the manufacture of plates, the commissioner of public safety is
64.33 	authorized to seek other suppliers on a competitive basis.
64.34 		Subd. 2.Laboratory testing; costs. (a) Materials
64.35 	purchased to be used in the manufacture of motor vehicle number 
64.36 	plates must be tested as to conformance with specifications
65.1 	established by the commissioner of public safety in a privately
65.2 	operated laboratory service to be designated by the
65.3 	commissioner.  The cost of the laboratory must be included in
65.4 	the cost of materials purchased.
65.5 	(b) The cost of delivery of number plates to the
65.6 	commissioner of public safety at places designated by the
65.7 	commissioner must be included in the expenses incurred in their
65.8 	manufacture.
65.9 		Subd. 3.Specifications. The commissioner of public
65.10 	safety shall establish new or revised specifications for the
65.11 	material and equipment used in the manufacture of number plates
65.12 	ordered for manufacture after August 1, 1975, and may from time
65.13 	to time revise the specifications; provided that the
65.14 	specifications conform to the requirements of section 168.12.
65.15 	In establishing new or revised specifications, the commissioner
65.16 	shall consult with and give consideration to the advice and
65.17 	recommendations of representatives of the Minnesota State
65.18 	Patrol, local police officers' associations, and the county
65.19 	sheriffs' association.
65.20 		Subd. 4.Appropriations. (a) Money appropriated to the
65.21 	Department of Public Safety to procure the plates for any fiscal
65.22 	year or years are is available for allotment, encumbrance, and
65.23 	expenditure from and after the date of the enactment of the
65.24 	appropriation.  Materials and equipment used in the manufacture
65.25 	of number plates are subject only to the approval of the
65.26 	commissioner of public safety.
65.27 	(b) This section contemplates that money to be appropriated
65.28 	to the Department of Public Safety in order to carry out the
65.29 	terms and provisions of this section will be appropriated by the
65.30 	legislature from the highway user tax distribution fund.
65.31 	(c) A sum sufficient is appropriated annually from the
65.32 	highway user tax distribution vehicle services operating account
65.33 	in the special revenue fund to the commissioner of public safety 
65.34 	to pay the costs of purchasing, delivering, and mailing motor
65.35 	vehicle license number plates, license plate registration tabs
65.36 	or stickers, and license plate registration notices.

66.1 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.54,
66.2 	subdivision 4, is amended to read:
66.3 		Subd. 4.Transfer fee.  A fee of $3 is imposed upon every
66.4 	transfer of ownership by the commissioner of public safety of
66.5 	any motor vehicle for which a registration certificate has
66.6 	heretofore been issued under this chapter, except vehicles sold
66.7 	for the purposes of salvage or ,dismantling,or permanent
66.8 	removal from the state.

66.9 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.54,
66.10 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
66.11 		Subd. 5.Proceeds to general fund.  The
66.12 	registrar commissioner shall collect the proceeds of the fee
66.13 	imposed under this section and deposit them in the general fund
66.14 	pursuant to section 168A.31.

66.15 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168A.152,
66.16 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
66.17 		Subd. 2.Inspection fee; proceeds to general fund vehicle
66.18 	services operating account.  (a) A fee of $20 $35 must be paid
66.19 	to the department before the department issues a certificate of
66.20 	title for a vehicle that has been inspected and for which a
66.21 	certificate of inspection has been issued pursuant to
66.22 	subdivision 1.  The only additional fee that may be assessed for
66.23 	issuing the certificate of title is the filing fee imposed under
66.24 	section 168.33, subdivision 7.
66.25 	(b) Fees Of the fee collected by the department under this
66.26 	subdivision, for conducting inspections under subdivision 1, $20 
66.27 	must be deposited in the general fund and the remainder of the
66.28 	fee collected must be deposited in the vehicle services
66.29 	operating account in the special revenue fund as specified in
66.30 	section 299A.705.

66.31 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168A.29, is
66.32 	amended to read:
66.33 	168A.29 FEES.
66.34 		Subdivision 1.Amounts. (a) The department shall must be
66.35 	paid the following fees:
66.36 	(1) for filing an application for and the issuance of an
67.1 	original certificate of title, the sum of $3 $5.50 of which
67.2 	$2.50 must be paid into the vehicle services operating account
67.3 	of the special revenue fund under section 299A.705;
67.4 	(2) for each security interest when first noted upon a
67.5 	certificate of title, including the concurrent notation of any
67.6 	assignment thereof and its subsequent release or satisfaction,
67.7 	the sum of $2, except that no fee is due for a security interest
67.8 	filed by a public authority under section 168A.05, subdivision
67.9 	8;
67.10 	(3) for the transfer of the interest of an owner and the
67.11 	issuance of a new certificate of title, the sum of $3 $5.50 of
67.12 	which $2.50 must be paid into the vehicle services operating
67.13 	account of the special revenue fund under section 299A.705;
67.14 	(4) for each assignment of a security interest when first
67.15 	noted on a certificate of title, unless noted concurrently with
67.16 	the security interest, the sum of $1;
67.17 	(5) for issuing a duplicate certificate of title, the sum
67.18 	of $4 $6.50 of which $2.50 must be paid into the vehicle
67.19 	services operating account of the special revenue fund under
67.20 	section 299A.705.
67.21 	(b) After June 30, 1994, in addition to each of the fees
67.22 	required under paragraph (a), clauses (1) and (3), the
67.23 	department shall must be paid $3.50.  The additional $3.50 fee
67.24 	collected under this paragraph must be deposited in the special
67.25 	revenue fund and credited to the public safety motor vehicle
67.26 	account established in section 299A.70.
67.27 		Subd. 2.Fee in lieu of other fee. If a person applies
67.28 	for an original or a new certificate of title to a vehicle,
67.29 	concurrently with an application, as transferee, of registration
67.30 	of the vehicle, the fee prescribed in subdivision 1 shall must 
67.31 	be in lieu of the fee prescribed by section 168.54, with respect
67.32 	to any transfer of ownership or registration of the vehicle to
67.33 	the applicant.
67.34 		Subd. 3.No certificate issued until fees paid. Subject
67.35 	to subdivision 2, the department shall not issue a certificate
67.36 	of title to a vehicle until all fees prescribed by sections
68.1 	168.54 and 168A.10, subdivision 6, with respect to any prior
68.2 	transfer of ownership or registration of the vehicle shall have
68.3 	been paid.

68.4 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168A.31, is
68.5 	amended to read:
68.6 	168A.31 DISPOSITION OF FEES; PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.
68.7 		Subdivision 1.paid to general fund distribution. All
68.8 	fees prescribed by sections 168A.01 to 168A.31 and 168.54
68.9 	collected by the department must be paid into the general fund,
68.10 	unless otherwise specified in chapter 168A.
68.11 		Subd. 2.Expenses; appropriation. All necessary expenses
68.12 	incurred by the department for the administration of sections
68.13 	168A.01 to 168A.31shall must be paid from moneys money in the
68.14 	transfer of ownership revolving vehicle services operating
68.15 	account of the special revenue fund as specified in section
68.16 	299A.705, and such funds are hereby appropriated.

68.17 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.09,
68.18 	subdivision 13, is amended to read:
68.19 		Subd. 13.Reports confidential; evidence, fee, penalty,
68.20 	appropriation.  (a) All written reports and supplemental reports 
68.21 	information required under this section shall must be for the
68.22 	use of the commissioner of public safety and other appropriate
68.23 	state, federal, county, and municipal governmental agencies for
68.24 	accident analysis purposes, except:
68.25 	(1) the commissioner of public safety or any law
68.26 	enforcement agency shall, upon written request of any person 
68.27 	individual involved in an accident or upon written request of
68.28 	the representative of the person's individual's estate,
68.29 	surviving spouse, or one or more surviving next of kin, or a
68.30 	trustee appointed pursuant to under section 573.02, disclose to
68.31 	the requester, the requester's legal counsel, or a
68.32 	representative of the requester's insurer the report required
68.33 	under subdivision 8;
68.34 	(2) the commissioner of public safety shall, upon written
68.35 	request, provide the driver filing a report under subdivision 7
68.36 	with a copy of the report filed by the driver;
69.1 	(3) the commissioner of public safety may verify with
69.2 	insurance companies vehicle insurance information to enforce
69.3 	sections 65B.48, 169.792, 169.793, 169.796, and 169.797;
69.4 	(4) the commissioner of public safety shall provide the
69.5 	commissioner of transportation the information obtained for each
69.6 	traffic accident involving a commercial motor vehicle, for
69.7 	purposes of administering commercial vehicle safety regulations;
69.8 	and
69.9 	(5) the commissioner of public safety may give to the
69.10 	United States Department of Transportation commercial vehicle
69.11 	accident information in connection with federal grant programs
69.12 	relating to safety.
69.13 	(b) Accident reports and data contained in the reports
69.14 	shall are not be discoverable under any provision of law or rule
69.15 	of court.  No report shall be used as evidence in any trial,
69.16 	civil or criminal, or any action for damages or criminal
69.17 	proceedings arising out of an accident, except that .  However,
69.18 	the commissioner of public safety shall furnish,upon the demand
69.19 	of any person who has,or claims to have,made a report,or,
69.20 	upon demand of any court, a certificate showing that a specified
69.21 	accident report has or has not been made to the commissioner
69.22 	solely to prove compliance or failure to comply with the
69.23 	requirements that the report be made to the commissioner.
69.24 	(c) Nothing in this subdivision prevents any person 
69.25 	individual who has made a report pursuant to under this section
69.26 	from providing information to any persons individuals involved
69.27 	in an accident or their representatives or from testifying in
69.28 	any trial, civil or criminal, arising out of an accident, as to
69.29 	facts within the person's individual's knowledge.  It is
69.30 	intended by this subdivision to render privileged the reports
69.31 	required, but it is not intended to prohibit proof of the facts
69.32 	to which the reports relate.
69.33 	(d) Disclosing any information contained in any accident
69.34 	report, except as provided in this subdivision, section 13.82,
69.35 	subdivision 3 or 6, or other statutes, is a misdemeanor.
69.36 	(e) The commissioner of public safety may shall charge
70.1 	authorized persons as described in paragraph (a) a $5 fee for a
70.2 	copy of an accident report. Ninety percent of the $5 fee
70.3 	collected under this paragraph must be deposited in the special
70.4 	revenue fund and credited to the driver services operating
70.5 	account established in section 299A.705 and ten percent must be
70.6 	deposited in the general fund.The commissioner may also
70.7 	furnish copies of the modified accident records an electronic
70.8 	copy of the database of accident records, which must not contain
70.9 	personal or private data on an individual,to private agencies
70.10 	as provided in paragraph (g), for not less than the cost of
70.11 	preparing the copies on a bulk basis as provided in section
70.12 	13.03, subdivision 3.
70.13 	(f) The fees specified in paragraph (e) notwithstanding,
70.14 	the commissioner and law enforcement agencies may shall charge
70.15 	commercial users who request access to response or incident data
70.16 	relating to accidents a fee not to exceed 50 cents per
70.17 	report record.  "Commercial user" is a user who in one location
70.18 	requests access to data in more than five accident reports per
70.19 	month, unless the user establishes that access is not for a
70.20 	commercial purpose. Of the money collected by the commissioner
70.21 	under this paragraph is appropriated to the commissioner , 90
70.22 	percent must be deposited in the special revenue fund and
70.23 	credited to the driver services operating account established in
70.24 	section 299A.705 and ten percent must be deposited in the
70.25 	general fund.
70.26 	(g) The fees in paragraphs (e) and (f) notwithstanding,the
70.27 	commissioner may shall provide a modified an electronic copy of
70.28 	the accident records database that does to the public on a
70.29 	case-by-case basis using the cost-recovery charges provided for
70.30 	under section 13.03, subdivision 3.  The database provided must 
70.31 	not contain names, driver's license numbers, vehicle license
70.32 	plate numbers, addresses, or other identifying data to the
70.33 	public upon request personal or private data on an individual.
70.34 	However, unless the accident records data base includes
70.35 	the motor vehicle identification number, the commissioner shall
70.36 	include the vehicle license registration plate number if a
71.1 	private agency certifies and agrees that the agency:
71.2 	(1) is in the business of collecting accident and damage
71.3 	information on vehicles;
71.4 	(2) will use the vehicle license registration plate number
71.5 	only for the purpose of identifying vehicles that have been
71.6 	involved in accidents or damaged in order ,to provide this
71.7 	information to persons seeking access to a vehicle's history and
71.8 	not for the purpose of identifying individuals or for any other
71.9 	purpose; and
71.10 	(3) will be subject to the penalties and remedies under
71.11 	sections 13.08 and 13.09.

71.12 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169A.60,
71.13 	subdivision 16, is amended to read:
71.14 		Subd. 16.Fees credited to highway user fund.  Fees
71.15 	collected from the sale or reinstatement of license plates under
71.16 	this section must be paid into the state treasury and credited
71.17 	one-half to the highway user tax distribution fund vehicle
71.18 	services operating account in the special revenue fund specified
71.19 	in section 299A.705and one-half to the general fund.

71.20 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.06,
71.21 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
71.22 		Subd. 2.Fees.  (a) The fees for a license and Minnesota
71.23 	identification card are as follows:
71.24 	Classified Driver's License  D- $18.50 $21.50 C- $22.50 $25.50 
71.25 	 B- $29.50 $32.50 A- $37.50 $40.50 
71.26 	Classified Under-21 D.L.     D- $18.50 $21.50 C- $22.50 $25.50 
71.27 	B- $29.50 $32.50 A- $17.50 $20.50 
71.28 	Instruction Permit                              $ 9.50
71.29 	Provisional License $ 9.50$12.50 
71.30 	Duplicate License or
71.31 	 duplicate identification card $ 8.00$11.00 
71.32 	Minnesota identification card or Under-21 Minnesota
71.33 	identification card, other than duplicate,
71.34 	except as otherwise provided in section 171.07,
71.35 	subdivisions 3 and 3a $12.50 $15.50 
71.36 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a person an individual 
72.1 	who holds a provisional license and has a driving record free of
72.2 	(1) convictions for a violation of section 169A.20, 169A.33,
72.3 	169A.35, or sections 169A.50 to 169A.53, (2) convictions for
72.4 	crash-related moving violations, and (3) convictions for moving
72.5 	violations that are not crash related, shall have a $3.50 credit
72.6 	toward the fee for any classified under-21 driver's license.
72.7 	"Moving violation" has the meaning given it in section 171.04,
72.8 	subdivision 1.
72.9 	(c) In addition to the driver's license fee required under
72.10 	paragraph (a), the registrar commissioner shall collect an
72.11 	additional $4 processing fee from each new applicant or person 
72.12 	individual renewing a license with a school bus endorsement to
72.13 	cover the costs for processing an applicant's initial and
72.14 	biennial physical examination certificate.  The department shall
72.15 	not charge these applicants any other fee to receive or renew
72.16 	the endorsement.

72.17 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.061,
72.18 	subdivision 4, is amended to read:
72.19 		Subd. 4.Fee; equipment.  (a) The agent may charge and
72.20 	retain a filing fee of $3.50 $5 for each application.  Except as
72.21 	provided in paragraph (b), the fee shall cover all expenses
72.22 	involved in receiving, accepting, or forwarding to the
72.23 	department the applications and fees required under sections
72.24 	171.02, subdivision 3; 171.06, subdivisions 2 and 2a; and
72.25 	171.07, subdivisions 3 and 3a.
72.26 	(b) The department shall maintain the photo identification
72.27 	equipment for all agents appointed as of January 1, 2000.  Upon
72.28 	the retirement, resignation, death, or discontinuance of an
72.29 	existing agent, and if a new agent is appointed in an existing
72.30 	office pursuant to Minnesota Rules, chapter 7404, and
72.31 	notwithstanding the above or Minnesota Rules, part 7404.0400,
72.32 	the department shall provide and maintain photo identification
72.33 	equipment without additional cost to a newly appointed agent in
72.34 	that office if the office was provided the equipment by the
72.35 	department before January 1, 2000.  All photo identification
72.36 	equipment must be compatible with standards established by the
73.1 	department.
73.2 	(c) A filing fee retained by the agent employed by a county
73.3 	board must be paid into the county treasury and credited to the
73.4 	general revenue fund of the county.  An agent who is not an
73.5 	employee of the county shall retain the filing fee in lieu of
73.6 	county employment or salary and is considered an independent
73.7 	contractor for pension purposes, coverage under the Minnesota
73.8 	State Retirement System, or membership in the Public Employees
73.9 	Retirement Association.
73.10 	(d) Before the end of the first working day following the
73.11 	final day of the reporting period established by the department,
73.12 	the agent must forward to the department all applications and
73.13 	fees collected during the reporting period except as provided in
73.14 	paragraph (c).

73.15 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.07,
73.16 	subdivision 11, is amended to read:
73.17 		Subd. 11.Standby or temporary custodian.  (a) Upon the
73.18 	written request of the applicant and upon payment of an
73.19 	additional fee of $3.50, the department shall issue a driver's
73.20 	license or Minnesota identification card bearing a symbol or
73.21 	other appropriate identifier indicating that the license holder
73.22 	has appointed an individual to serve as a standby or temporary
73.23 	custodian under chapter 257B.
73.24 	(b) The request must be accompanied by a copy of the
73.25 	designation executed under section 257B.04.
73.26 	(c) The department shall maintain a computerized records
73.27 	system of all persons individuals listed as standby or temporary
73.28 	custodians by driver's license and identification card
73.29 	applicants.  This data shall must be released to appropriate law
73.30 	enforcement agencies under section 13.69.  Upon a parent's
73.31 	request and payment of a fee of $3.50, the department shall
73.32 	revise its list of standby or temporary custodians to reflect a
73.33 	change in the appointment.
73.34 	(d) At the request of the license or cardholder, the
73.35 	department shall cancel the standby or temporary custodian
73.36 	indication without additional charge.  However, this paragraph
74.1 	does not prohibit a fee that may be applicable for a duplicate
74.2 	or replacement license or card, renewal of a license, or other
74.3 	service applicable to a driver's license or identification card.
74.4 	(e) Notwithstanding sections 13.08, subdivision 1, and
74.5 	13.69, the department and department employees are conclusively
74.6 	presumed to be acting in good faith when employees rely on
74.7 	statements made, in person or by telephone, by persons
74.8 	purporting to be law enforcement and subsequently release
74.9 	information described in paragraph (b).  When acting in good
74.10 	faith, the department and department personnel are immune from
74.11 	civil liability and not subject to suit for damages resulting
74.12 	from the release of this information.
74.13 	(f) The department and its employees:
74.14 	(1) have no duty to inquire or otherwise determine whether
74.15 	a designation submitted under this subdivision is legally valid
74.16 	and enforceable; and
74.17 	(2) are immune from all civil liability and not subject to
74.18 	suit for damages resulting from a claim that the designation was
74.19 	not legally valid and enforceable.
74.20 	(g) Of the fees received by the department under this
74.21 	subdivision:
74.22 	(1) Up to $111,000 received in fiscal year 1997 and up to 
74.23 	$61,000 received in subsequent fiscal years must be deposited in
74.24 	the general fund.
74.25 	(2) All other fees must be deposited in the trunk highway 
74.26 	driver services operating account in the special revenue fund
74.27 	specified in section 299A.705.

74.28 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.13,
74.29 	subdivision 6, is amended to read:
74.30 		Subd. 6.Initial motorcycle endorsement fee.  A person
74.31 	applying for an initial motorcycle endorsement on a driver's
74.32 	license shall pay at the place of examination a total fee of
74.33 	$21, which includes the examination fee and endorsement fee, but
74.34 	does not include the fee for a duplicate driver's license
74.35 	prescribed in section 171.06, subdivision 2.  Of this amount,
74.36 	$11 must be credited as provided in section 171.06, subdivision
75.1 	2a, paragraph (a), clause (1), $2.50 must be credited to
75.2 	the trunk highway driver services operating account in the
75.3 	special revenue fund specified under section 299A.705, and the
75.4 	remainder must be credited to the general fund.

75.5 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.13, is
75.6 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
75.7 		Subd. 7.Repeat examination fee. (a) A fee of $10 must
75.8 	be paid by an individual to take a third and any subsequent
75.9 	knowledge test administered by the department if the individual
75.10 	has failed two previous consecutive knowledge tests on the
75.11 	subject.
75.12 	(b) A fee of $20 must be paid by an individual to take a
75.13 	third and any subsequent skills or road test administered by the
75.14 	department if the individual has previously failed two
75.15 	consecutive skill or road tests in a specified class of motor
75.16 	vehicle.
75.17 	(c) All fees received under this subdivision must be paid
75.18 	into the state treasury and credited to the driver services
75.19 	operating account in the special revenue fund specified under
75.20 	section 299A.705.

75.21 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.20,
75.22 	subdivision 4, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 136, article 18,
75.23 	section 12, is amended to read:
75.24 		Subd. 4.Reinstatement fee. (a) Before the license is
75.25 	reinstated, (1) a person an individual whose driver's license
75.26 	has been suspended under section 171.16, subdivisions 2 and 3;
75.27 	171.18; or 171.182, or who has been disqualified from holding a
75.28 	commercial driver's license under section 171.165, and (2) a
75.29 	person an individual whose driver's license has been suspended
75.30 	under section 171.186 and who is not exempt from such a fee,
75.31 	must pay a fee of $20.
75.32 	(b) Before the license is reinstated, a person an
75.33 	individual whose license has been suspended under sections
75.34 	169.791 to 169.798 must pay a $20 reinstatement fee.
75.35 	(c) When fees are collected by a licensing agent appointed
75.36 	under section 171.061, a handling charge is imposed in the
76.1 	amount specified under section 171.061, subdivision 4.  The
76.2 	reinstatement fee and surcharge must be deposited in an approved
76.3 	state depository as directed under section 171.061, subdivision
76.4 	4.
76.5 	(d) Reinstatement fees collected under paragraph (a) for
76.6 	suspensions under sections 171.16, subdivision 3, and 171.18,
76.7 	subdivision 1, clause (10), shall must be deposited in the
76.8 	special revenue fund and are appropriated to the Peace Officer
76.9 	Standards and Training Board for peace officer training
76.10 	reimbursement to local units of government.
76.11 	(e) A suspension may be rescinded without fee for good
76.12 	cause.

76.13 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.26, as
76.14 	amended by Laws 2005, chapter 136, article 18, section 13, is
76.15 	amended to read:
76.16 	171.26 [MONEY CREDITED TO FUNDS.]
76.17 		Subdivision 1.Driver services operating account. All
76.18 	money received under this chapter must be paid into the state
76.19 	treasury and credited to the trunk highway driver services
76.20 	operating account in the special revenue fund specified under
76.21 	section 299A.705, except as provided in subdivision 3;sections
76.22 	171.06, subdivision 2a; 171.07, subdivision 11, paragraph
76.23 	(g); 171.12, subdivision 8;171.20, subdivision 4, paragraph
76.24 	(d); and 171.29, subdivision 2, paragraph (b).
76.25 		Subd. 2.Trunk highway fund. (a) Notwithstanding
76.26 	subdivision 1 or any other provision in this chapter to the
76.27 	contrary, for the four fiscal years from July 1, 2005, through
76.28 	June 30, 2009, a portion of the money collected by the
76.29 	department under this chapter in each fiscal year must be
76.30 	deposited in the trunk highway fund as follows:
76.31 	(1) for fiscal year 2006, the first $833,000 collected;
76.32 	(2) for fiscal year 2007, the first $1,523,000 collected;
76.33 	(3) for fiscal year 2008, the first $1,565,000 collected;
76.34 	and 
76.35 	(4) for fiscal year 2009, the first $1,825,000 collected.
76.36 	(b) This subdivision expires July 1, 2009.

77.1 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.29,
77.2 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
77.3 		Subd. 2.Reinstatement fees and surcharges allocated and
77.4 	appropriated.  (a) A person An individual whose driver's license
77.5 	has been revoked as provided in subdivision 1, except under
77.6 	section 169A.52, 169A.54, or 609.21, shall must pay a $30 fee
77.7 	before the driver's license is reinstated.
77.8 	(b) A person whose driver's license has been revoked as
77.9 	provided in subdivision 1 under section 169A.52, 169A.54, or
77.10 	609.21, shall must pay a $250 fee plus a $40 surcharge before
77.11 	the driver's license is reinstated.  Beginning July 1, 2002, the
77.12 	surcharge is $145.  Beginning July 1, 2003, the surcharge is
77.13 	$430.  The $250 fee is to be credited as follows:
77.14 	(1) Twenty percent must be credited to the trunk highway 
77.15 	driver services operating account in the special revenue fund as
77.16 	specified in section 299A.705.
77.17 	(2) Sixty-seven percent must be credited to the general
77.18 	fund.
77.19 	(3) Eight percent must be credited to a separate account to
77.20 	be known as the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension account.  Money
77.21 	in this account may be appropriated to the commissioner of
77.22 	public safety and the appropriated amount must be apportioned 80
77.23 	percent for laboratory costs and 20 percent for carrying out the
77.24 	provisions of section 299C.065.
77.25 	(4) Five percent must be credited to a separate account to
77.26 	be known as the vehicle forfeiture account, which is created in
77.27 	the special revenue fund.  The money in the account is annually
77.28 	appropriated to the commissioner for costs of handling vehicle
77.29 	forfeitures.
77.30 	(c) The revenue from $50 of each surcharge must be credited
77.31 	to a separate account to be known as the traumatic brain injury
77.32 	and spinal cord injury account.  The money in the account is
77.33 	annually appropriated to the commissioner of health to be used
77.34 	as follows:  83 percent for contracts with a qualified
77.35 	community-based organization to provide information, resources,
77.36 	and support to assist persons with traumatic brain injury and
78.1 	their families to access services, and 17 percent to maintain
78.2 	the traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury registry
78.3 	created in section 144.662.  For the purposes of this
78.4 	clause paragraph, a "qualified community-based organization" is
78.5 	a private, not-for-profit organization of consumers of traumatic
78.6 	brain injury services and their family members.  The
78.7 	organization must be registered with the United States Internal
78.8 	Revenue Service under section 501(c)(3) as a tax-exempt
78.9 	organization and must have as its purposes:
78.10 	(i) the promotion of public, family, survivor, and
78.11 	professional awareness of the incidence and consequences of
78.12 	traumatic brain injury;
78.13 	(ii) the provision of a network of support for persons with
78.14 	traumatic brain injury, their families, and friends;
78.15 	(iii) the development and support of programs and services
78.16 	to prevent traumatic brain injury;
78.17 	(iv) the establishment of education programs for persons
78.18 	with traumatic brain injury; and
78.19 	(v) the empowerment of persons with traumatic brain injury
78.20 	through participation in its governance.
78.21 	No A patient's name, identifying information, or identifiable
78.22 	medical data will must not be disclosed to the organization
78.23 	without the informed voluntary written consent of the patient or
78.24 	patient's guardian or, if the patient is a minor, of the parent
78.25 	or guardian of the patient.
78.26 	(d) The remainder of the surcharge must be credited to a
78.27 	separate account to be known as the remote electronic
78.28 	alcohol-monitoring program account.  The commissioner shall
78.29 	transfer the balance of this account to the commissioner of
78.30 	finance on a monthly basis for deposit in the general fund.
78.31 	(e) When these fees are collected by a licensing agent,
78.32 	appointed under section 171.061, a handling charge is imposed in
78.33 	the amount specified under section 171.061, subdivision 4.  The
78.34 	reinstatement fees and surcharge must be deposited in an
78.35 	approved state depository as directed under section 171.061,
78.36 	subdivision 4.

79.1 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.36, is
79.2 	amended to read:
79.3 	171.36 LICENSE RENEWAL; FEES; PROCEEDS TO TRUNK HIGHWAY
79.4 	FUND DRIVER SERVICES OPERATING ACCOUNT.
79.5 	All licenses shall expire one year from the date of
79.6 	issuance and may be renewed upon application to the
79.7 	commissioner.  Each application for an original or renewal
79.8 	school license shall must be accompanied by a fee of $150 and
79.9 	each application for an original or renewal instructor's license
79.10 	shall must be accompanied by a fee of $50.  The license fees
79.11 	collected under sections 171.33 to 171.41shall must be paid
79.12 	into the trunk highway driver services operating account in the
79.13 	special revenue fund specified under section 299A.705. No A 
79.14 	license fee shall must not be refunded in the event that the
79.15 	license is rejected or revoked.

79.16 	Sec. 46. [299A.705] DRIVER AND VEHICLE SERVICES OPERATING
79.17 	ACCOUNTS.
79.18 		Subdivision 1.Vehicle services operating account. (a)
79.19 	The vehicle services operating account is created in the special
79.20 	revenue fund, consisting of all money from the vehicle services
79.21 	fees specified in chapters 168 and 168A and any other money
79.22 	otherwise donated, allotted, appropriated, or legislated to this
79.23 	account.
79.24 	(b) Funds appropriated are available to administer vehicle
79.25 	services as specified in chapters 168 and 168A and section
79.26 	169.345, including:
79.27 	(1) designing, producing, issuing, and mailing vehicle
79.28 	registrations, plates, emblems, and titles;
79.29 	(2) collecting title and registration taxes and fees;
79.30 	(3) transferring vehicle registration plates and titles;
79.31 	(4) maintaining vehicle records;
79.32 	(5) issuing disability certificates and plates;
79.33 	(6) licensing vehicle dealers;
79.34 	(7) appointing, monitoring, and auditing deputy registrars;
79.35 	and 
79.36 	(8) inspecting vehicles when required by law.
80.1 		Subd. 2.Driver services operating account. (a) The
80.2 	driver services operating account is created in the special
80.3 	revenue fund, consisting of all money collected under chapter
80.4 	171 and any other money otherwise donated, allotted,
80.5 	appropriated, or legislated to the account.
80.6 	(b) Money in the account must be used by the commissioner
80.7 	of public safety to administer the driver services specified in
80.8 	chapters 169A and 171, including the activities associated with
80.9 	producing and mailing drivers' licenses and identification cards
80.10 	and notices relating to issuance, renewal, or withdrawal of
80.11 	driving and identification card privileges for any fiscal year
80.12 	or years and for the testing and examination of drivers.

80.13 	Sec. 47. INSTRUCTION TO REVISOR.
 80.14 	(a) In the statute listed in column A, the revisor shall
80.15 	change the reference in column B to the reference shown in
80.16 	column C:
80.17 	A B C 
80.18 	13.6905,168.345 168.327,
80.19 	subdivision 3 subdivision 3 
80.20 	168.181,sections 168.181this section and 
80.21 	subdivision 1 to 168.231sections 168.183
80.22 	to 168.221
80.23 	168.211 168.231 168.221 
80.24 	168.221 168.231 168.211 and this 
80.25 	section 
80.26 	168.346 168.345,168.327,
80.27 	subdivision 4 subdivision 3 
80.28 	(b) The revisor of statutes shall renumber Minnesota
80.29 	Statutes, section 168.33, subdivision 3, as section 168.0185.
80.30 	(c) The revisor of statutes shall also correct any
80.31 	references in Minnesota Rules to the rules repealed or
80.32 	renumbered by this act, as appropriate.

80.33 	Sec. 48. REPEALER.
 80.34 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 168.012, subdivision
80.35 	12; 168.041, subdivision 11; 168.105, subdivision 6; 168.231;
80.36 	168.345, subdivisions 3 and 4; 170.23; 171.12, subdivision 8;
81.1 	and 171.185, are repealed.
81.2 	(b) Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 168C.01; 168C.02;
81.3 	168C.03; 168C.04; 168C.05; 168C.06; 168C.07; 168C.08; 168C.09;
81.4 	168C.10; 168C.11; 168C.12; and 168C.13, are repealed.
81.5 	(c) Minnesota Rules, parts 7407.0100; 7407.0200; 7407.0300;
81.6 	7407.0400; 7407.0500; 7407.0600; 7407.0700; 7407.0800;
81.7 	7407.0900; 7407.1000; 7407.1100; 7407.1200; and 7407.1300, are
81.8 	repealed.

81.9 	ARTICLE 3
81.10 	TRANSPORTATION POLICY

81.11 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 13.44,
81.12 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
81.13 		Subd. 3.Real property; appraisal data.  (a)
81.14 	[CONFIDENTIAL OR PROTECTED NONPUBLIC DATA.] Estimated or
81.15 	appraised values of individual parcels of real property which 
81.16 	that are made by personnel of the state, its agencies and
81.17 	departments,or a political subdivision or by independent
81.18 	appraisers acting for the state, its agencies and departments,
81.19 	or a political subdivision for the purpose of selling or
81.20 	acquiring land through purchase or condemnation are classified
81.21 	as confidential data on individuals or protected nonpublic data.
81.22 	(b) [PRIVATE OR NONPUBLIC DATA.] Appraised values of
81.23 	individual parcels of real property that are made by appraisers
81.24 	working for fee owners or contract purchasers who have received
81.25 	an offer to purchase their property from the state or a
81.26 	political subdivision are classified as private data on
81.27 	individuals or nonpublic data.
81.28 	(c) [PUBLIC DATA.] The data made confidential or protected
81.29 	nonpublic by the provisions of under paragraph (a) shall or made
81.30 	private or nonpublic under paragraph (b) become public upon the
81.31 	occurrence of any of the following:
81.32 	(1) the negotiating parties exchange appraisals;
81.33 	(2) the data are submitted to a court-appointed
81.34 	condemnation commissioner;
81.35 	(3) (2) the data are presented in court in condemnation
81.36 	proceedings; or 
82.1 	(4) (3) the negotiating parties enter into an agreement for
82.2 	the purchase and sale of the property; or 
82.3 	(5) the data are submitted to the owner under section
82.4 	117.036.

82.5 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 16B.49, is
82.6 	amended to read:
82.7 	16B.49 CENTRAL MAILING SYSTEM.
82.8 	(a) The commissioner shall maintain and operate for state
82.9 	agencies, departments, institutions, and offices a central mail
82.10 	handling unit.  Official, outgoing mail for units in St. Paul
82.11 	must be delivered unstamped to the unit.  The unit shall also
82.12 	operate an interoffice mail distribution system.  The department
82.13 	may add personnel and acquire equipment that may be necessary to
82.14 	operate the unit efficiently and cost-effectively.  Account must
82.15 	be kept of the postage required on that mail, which is then a
82.16 	proper charge against the agency delivering the mail.  To
82.17 	provide funds for the payment of postage, each agency shall make
82.18 	advance payments to the commissioner sufficient to cover its
82.19 	postage obligations for at least 60 days.  For purposes of this
82.20 	section, the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities is a
82.21 	state agency.
82.22 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) or section 16C.09, the
82.23 	commissioner may approve the performance of mail-related
82.24 	functions by an agency outside the state's central mail-handling
82.25 	unit if the agency demonstrates it furthers program
82.26 	effectiveness, better use of services, greater efficiency, or
82.27 	greater economy in state government.

82.28 	Sec. 3. [160.298] HIGHWAY SIGN PROGRAM; BILLING, ACCOUNT,
82.29 	APPROPRIATION.
82.30 	The commissioner of transportation may bill highway
82.31 	operations units of the department and local road authorities
82.32 	for the costs of a centrally managed highway sign program.
82.33 	These costs may include equipment acquisition and rental, labor,
82.34 	materials, and other costs as determined by the commissioner.
82.35 	Receipts must be credited to a special account, which is
82.36 	established in the trunk highway fund, and are appropriated to
83.1 	the commissioner to pay the costs for which the billings are
83.2 	made.  Amounts credited to the account are exempt from statewide
83.3 	and agency indirect costs payments.

83.4 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 161.14,
83.5 	subdivision 25, is amended to read:
83.6 		Subd. 25.Paul bunyan expressway.  That portion of Trunk
83.7 	Highway marked 371 from Little Falls to its intersection with
83.8 	Trunk Highway marked 2 in Cass Lake, except for that portion
83.9 	named in subdivision 45, and that portion of Trunk Highway
83.10 	marked 2 from its intersection with Trunk Highway marked 371 in
83.11 	Cass Lake to Bemidji, is named and designated the "Paul Bunyan
83.12 	Expressway."  The commissioner shall adopt a suitable marking
83.13 	design to mark this highway and shall erect the appropriate
83.14 	signs.

83.15 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 161.14, is
83.16 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
83.17 		Subd. 52.Purple heart memorial highway. (a) Except for
83.18 	that portion designated under subdivision 45, the route signed
83.19 	as Trunk Highway 371 on the effective date of this subdivision,
83.20 	from its intersection with U. S. Highway 10 near the city of
83.21 	Little Falls to its intersection with U. S. Highway 2 in the
83.22 	city of Cass Lake, is named and designated the "Purple Heart
83.23 	Memorial Highway." 
83.24 	(b) Subject to the provisions of section 161.139, the
83.25 	commissioner shall adopt a suitable marking design to mark the
83.26 	highway and shall erect the appropriate signs.

83.27 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 161.14, is
83.28 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
83.29 		Subd. 53.Biauswah bridge. The bridge over the St. Louis
83.30 	River that is part of Legislative Route No. 185, marked as Trunk
83.31 	Highway 23 on the effective date of this section, is named and
83.32 	designated "Biauswah Bridge In Honor of Native American
83.33 	Veterans."  After consulting with the Fond du Lac Band of Lake
83.34 	Superior Chippewa, the commissioner of transportation shall
83.35 	adopt a suitable marking design to memorialize this bridge and
83.36 	shall erect the appropriate signs, subject to section 161.139.

84.1 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 161.361,
84.2 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
84.3 		Subd. 2.Repayment.  Subject to the availability of state
84.4 	money, the commissioner shall repay the amounts advanced under
84.5 	this section, up to the state's share of project costs, under
84.6 	terms of the agreement.  The agreement may provide for payment
84.7 	of interest for funds advanced under subdivisions 1a and 1b at a
84.8 	rate of interest agreed upon by the parties. The maximum
84.9 	interest rate that may be paid is the rate earned by the state
84.10 	on invested commissioner of finance cash for the month before
84.11 	the date the agreement is executed or the actual interest paid
84.12 	by the road authority in borrowing for the amount advanced,
84.13 	whichever rate is less.

84.14 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 161.368, is
84.15 	amended to read:
84.16 	161.368 HIGHWAY CONTRACTS WITH TRIBAL AUTHORITIES.
84.17 	On behalf of the state, the commissioner may enter into
84.18 	cost-sharing agreements with Indian tribal authorities for the
84.19 	purpose of providing maintenance, design, and construction to
84.20 	highways on tribal lands.  These agreements may include (1) a
84.21 	provision for waiver of immunity from suit by a party to the
84.22 	contract on the part of the tribal authority with respect to any
84.23 	controversy arising out of the contract and (2) a provision
84.24 	conferring jurisdiction on state district courts to hear such a
84.25 	controversy.

84.26 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 162.02,
84.27 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
84.28 		Subd. 2.Rules; advisory committee.  (a) The rules shall
84.29 	be made and promulgated by the commissioner acting with the
84.30 	advice of a committee which shall be selected by the several
84.31 	county boards acting through the officers of the statewide
84.32 	association of county commissioners.  The committee shall be
84.33 	composed of nine members so selected that each member shall be
84.34 	from a different state highway construction district.  Not more
84.35 	than five of the nine members of the committee shall be county
84.36 	commissioners.  The remaining members shall be county highway
85.1 	engineers.  In the event that agreement cannot be reached on any
85.2 	rule, the commissioner's determination shall be final.  The
85.3 	rules shall be printed and copies thereof shall be forwarded to
85.4 	the county engineers of the several counties. For the purposes
85.5 	of this section, the expedited process for adopting rules
85.6 	established in section 14.389 may be used.
85.7 	(b) Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 5, the
85.8 	committee does not expire.

85.9 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 162.02,
85.10 	subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
85.11 		Subd. 3a.Variances from rules and engineering
85.12 	standards.  The commissioner may grant variances from the rules
85.13 	and from the engineering standards developed pursuant to section
85.14 	162.021 or 162.07, subdivision 2.  A political subdivision in
85.15 	which a county state-aid highway is located or is proposed to be
85.16 	located may submit a written request to the commissioner for a
85.17 	variance for that highway.  The commissioner shall publish
85.18 	notice of the request in the State Register and give notice to
85.19 	all persons known to the commissioner to have an interest in the
85.20 	matter.  The commissioner may grant or deny the variance within
85.21 	30 days of providing notice of the request.  If a written
85.22 	objection to the request is received within 20 seven days of
85.23 	providing notice, the variance shall be granted or denied only
85.24 	after a contested case hearing has been held on the request.  If
85.25 	no timely objection is received and the variance is denied
85.26 	without hearing, the political subdivision may request, within
85.27 	30 days of receiving notice of denial, and shall be granted a
85.28 	contested case hearing.  For purposes of this subdivision,
85.29 	"political subdivision" includes (1) an agency of a political
85.30 	subdivision which has jurisdiction over parks, and (2) a
85.31 	regional park authority.

85.32 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 162.06,
85.33 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
85.34 		Subd. 2.Administrative costs of department. A sum of
85.35 	1-1/2 Two percent shall must be deducted from the total amount
85.36 	available in the county state-aid highway fund, set aside in a
86.1 	separate account, and used for administrative costs incurred by
86.2 	the state Transportation Department in carrying out the
86.3 	provisions relating to the county state-aid highway system.

86.4 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 162.08,
86.5 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
86.6 		Subd. 3.Aid to towns. (a) Any county having within its
86.7 	boundaries organized town governments may, by resolution,
86.8 	allocate to the towns within its boundaries so much of the money
86.9 	apportioned to it under the provisions of sections 162.01 to
86.10 	162.181, that it deems necessary to aid the townships in the
86.11 	construction of town roads, including replacement of town road
86.12 	signs.  The resolution shall set forth the amount of money or
86.13 	the percentage of its apportionment that the county has
86.14 	allocated to the towns.  A certified copy of the resolution
86.15 	shall be forwarded to the commissioner on or before the second
86.16 	Tuesday of January of each year.  Upon receipt of such
86.17 	resolution and upon determining the amount of money to be
86.18 	apportioned to the county, the commissioner shall certify to the
86.19 	commissioner of finance the amount of money, as set forth in the
86.20 	resolution, that is to be paid out of the county's apportionment
86.21 	for distribution to the towns.  The commissioner of finance
86.22 	shall thereupon issue a warrant in that amount payable to the
86.23 	county treasurer, and the proceeds thereof shall be distributed
86.24 	by the county to the towns.  All money so allocated and
86.25 	distributed shall be used by the towns solely for the
86.26 	construction of town roads, including replacement of town road
86.27 	signs.
86.28 	(b) Each county board so allocating such funds may devise a
86.29 	formula taking into account each town's levy for road and bridge
86.30 	purposes, its mileage of town roads and population outside the
86.31 	corporate limits of all cities within the township, and such
86.32 	other factors as the county board shall deem advisable as a
86.33 	means of dividing the allocation among the several towns in
86.34 	order that such division among the towns be as equitable as
86.35 	possible.  No part of the money allocated for expenditure solely
86.36 	within cities having a population of less than 5,000 shall be
87.1 	allocated or distributed to the towns.  The commissioner of
87.2 	transportation shall maintain a permanent record of the
87.3 	allocations of county state-aid highway funds to for the
87.4 	townships in each county.
87.5 	(c) In making the annual apportionments of county state-aid
87.6 	highway funds, the commissioner shall reduce the money needs of
87.7 	said counties in the amounts necessary to equalize their status
87.8 	with those counties not making such township allotments. In
87.9 	complying with this paragraph, the commissioner shall disregard
87.10 	allotments to towns for replacement of town road signs.

87.11 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 162.09,
87.12 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
87.13 		Subd. 2.Rules; advisory committee.  (a) The rules shall
87.14 	be made and promulgated by the commissioner acting with the
87.15 	advice of a committee which shall be selected by the governing
87.16 	bodies of such cities, acting through the officers of the
87.17 	statewide association of municipal officials.  The committee
87.18 	shall be composed of 12 members, so selected that there shall be
87.19 	one member from each state highway construction district and in
87.20 	addition one member from each city of the first class.  Not more
87.21 	than six members of the committee shall be elected officials of
87.22 	the cities.  The remaining members of the committee shall be
87.23 	city engineers.  In the event that agreement cannot be reached
87.24 	on any rule the commissioner's determination shall be final.
87.25 	The rules shall be printed and copies thereof shall be forwarded
87.26 	to the clerks and engineers of the cities. For the purposes of
87.27 	this section, the expedited process for adopting rules
87.28 	established in section 14.389 may be used.
87.29 	(b) Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 5, the
87.30 	committee does not expire.

87.31 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 162.09,
87.32 	subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
87.33 		Subd. 3a.Variances from rules and engineering
87.34 	standards.  The commissioner may grant variances from the rules
87.35 	and from the engineering standards developed pursuant to section
87.36 	162.13, subdivision 2.  A political subdivision in which a
88.1 	municipal state-aid street is located or is proposed to be
88.2 	located may submit a written request to the commissioner for a
88.3 	variance for that street.  The commissioner shall publish notice
88.4 	of the request in the State Register and give notice to all
88.5 	persons known to the commissioner to have an interest in the
88.6 	matter.  The commissioner may grant or deny the variance within
88.7 	30 days of providing notice of the request.  If a written
88.8 	objection to the request is received within 20 seven days of
88.9 	providing notice, the variance shall be granted or denied only
88.10 	after a contested case hearing has been held on the request.  If
88.11 	no timely objection is received and the variance is denied
88.12 	without hearing, the political subdivision may request, within
88.13 	30 days of receiving notice of denial, and shall be granted a
88.14 	contested case hearing.  For purposes of this subdivision,
88.15 	"political subdivision" includes (1) an agency of a political
88.16 	subdivision which has jurisdiction over parks, and (2) a
88.17 	regional park authority.

88.18 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 162.14,
88.19 	subdivision 6, is amended to read:
88.20 		Subd. 6.Advances.  Any such city may make advances from
88.21 	any funds available to it for the purpose of expediting the
88.22 	construction, reconstruction, improvement, or maintenance of its
88.23 	municipal state-aid street system; provided that such advances
88.24 	shall not exceed the city's total estimated apportionment for
88.25 	the three years following the year the advance is made.
88.26 	Advances made by any such city shall be repaid out of subsequent
88.27 	apportionments made to such city in accordance with the
88.28 	commissioner's rules.

88.29 	Sec. 16. [162.031] CONSTRUCTION ACROSS ANOTHER COUNTY OR
88.30 	STATE.
88.31 	When a county state-aid highway route is so located that in
88.32 	order to achieve the designated objectives the commissioner
88.33 	determines that it is necessary to construct the highway across
88.34 	a portion of another county or state, the county initiating the
88.35 	construction is authorized to spend county state-aid highway
88.36 	funds for that purpose in the same manner as other expenditures
89.1 	for county state-aid highway purposes are made.  No part of that
89.2 	highway may be constructed in another county until both counties
89.3 	approve the construction.

89.4 	Sec. 17. [162.091] CONSTRUCTION ACROSS ANOTHER
89.5 	MUNICIPALITY OR STATE.
89.6 	When a municipal state-aid street route is so located that
89.7 	in order to achieve the designated objectives the commissioner
89.8 	determines that it is necessary to construct the street across a
89.9 	portion of another municipality or state, the municipality
89.10 	initiating the construction is authorized to spend municipal
89.11 	state-aid street funds for that purpose in the same manner as
89.12 	other expenditures for municipal state-aid street purposes are
89.13 	made.  No part of that street may be constructed in another
89.14 	municipality until both municipalities approve the construction.

89.15 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011,
89.16 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
89.17 		Subd. 3.Highway. A "Highway" is any public thoroughfare
89.18 	for vehicles, including streets in cities has the meaning given
89.19 	"street or highway" in section 169.01, subdivision 29.

89.20 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011,
89.21 	subdivision 4, is amended to read:
89.22 		Subd. 4.Motor vehicle.  (a) "Motor vehicle" means any
89.23 	self-propelled vehicle designed and originally manufactured to
89.24 	operate primarily upon public roads and highways, and not
89.25 	operated exclusively upon railroad tracks.  It includes any
89.26 	vehicle propelled or drawn by a self-propelled vehicle and
89.27 	includes vehicles known as trackless trolleys that are propelled
89.28 	by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires but not
89.29 	operated upon rails.  It does not include snowmobiles,
89.30 	manufactured homes, or park trailers.
89.31 	(b) "Motor vehicle" also includes an all-terrain vehicle,
89.32 	as defined in section 84.92, subdivision 8, that (1) has at
89.33 	least four wheels, (2) is owned and operated by a physically
89.34 	disabled person, and (3) displays both physically disabled
89.35 	license plates and a physically disabled certificate issued
89.36 	under section 169.345, subdivision 3.
90.1 	(c) "Motor vehicle" does not include an all-terrain vehicle
90.2 	as defined in section 84.92, subdivision 8; except (1) an
90.3 	all-terrain vehicle described in paragraph (b), or (2) an
90.4 	all-terrain vehicle licensed as a motor vehicle before August 1,
90.5 	1985.  The owner may continue to license an all-terrain vehicle
90.6 	described in clause (2) as a motor vehicle until it is conveyed
90.7 	or otherwise transferred to another owner, is destroyed, or
90.8 	fails to comply with the registration and licensing requirements
90.9 	of this chapter.
90.10 	(d) "Motor vehicle" does not include an electric personal
90.11 	assistive mobility device as defined in section 169.01,
90.12 	subdivision 90.
90.13 	(e) "Motor vehicle" does not include a motorized foot
90.14 	scooter as defined in section 169.01, subdivision 4c.

90.15 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011,
90.16 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
90.17 		Subd. 5.Owner.  "Owner" means any person, firm,
90.18 	association, or corporation owning or renting leasing a motor 
90.19 	vehicle, or having the exclusive use thereof of the vehicle,
90.20 	under a lease or otherwise, for a period of greater than 30 days.

90.21 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011,
90.22 	subdivision 5a, is amended to read:
90.23 		Subd. 5a.Registered owner.  "Registered owner" means any
90.24 	person, firm, association, or corporation,other than a secured
90.25 	party, having title to a motor vehicle.  If a passenger
90.26 	automobile, as defined in subdivision 7,is under lease for a
90.27 	term of 180 days or more, the lessee is deemed to be the
90.28 	registered owner, for purposes of registration only,;provided
90.29 	that the application for renewal of the registration of a
90.30 	passenger automobile described in this subdivision shall be is 
90.31 	sent to the lessor.

90.32 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011,
90.33 	subdivision 6, is amended to read:
90.34 		Subd. 6.Tax, fee.  "Tax" or "fee" means the annual
90.35 	registration tax imposed on motor vehicles in lieu of all other
90.36 	taxes thereon, except wheelage taxes, so-called,which may be
91.1 	imposed by any city,and except gross earnings taxes paid by
91.2 	companies subject or made subject thereto. Such The annual tax
91.3 	shall be deemed is both a property tax and a highway use tax and
91.4 	shall be on the basis of the calendar year.

91.5 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011,
91.6 	subdivision 7, is amended to read:
91.7 		Subd. 7.Passenger automobile. (a) "Passenger automobile"
91.8 	means any motor vehicle designed and used for carrying not more
91.9 	than 15 persons individuals including the driver.
91.10 	(b) "Passenger automobile" does not include motorcycles,
91.11 	motor scooters, and buses described in subdivision 9, paragraph
91.12 	(a), clause (2) buses, or school buses.
91.13 	(c) For purposes of taxation only, " Passenger automobile " 
91.14 	includes pickup trucks and vans, including those vans designed
91.15 	to carry passengers,with a manufacturer's nominal rated
91.16 	carrying capacity of one ton, but does not include commuter vans
91.17 	as defined in section 168.126.

91.18 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011,
91.19 	subdivision 25, is amended to read:
91.20 		Subd. 25.Recreational equipment vehicle.  (a)
91.21 	"Recreational equipment vehicle " means travel trailers including
91.22 	those which that telescope or fold down, chassis-mounted
91.23 	campers, house cars,motor homes, tent trailers, slip-in
91.24 	campers,and converted buses that provide temporary human living
91.25 	quarters. A 
91.26 	(b) "Recreational vehicle " is considered to provide
91.27 	temporary living quarters if it a vehicle that:
91.28 	(1) is not used as the residence of the owner or occupant;
91.29 	(2) is used for temporary living quarters by the owner or
91.30 	occupant while engaged in recreational or vacation activities;
91.31 	and
91.32 	(3) is either self-propelled or towed on the public streets
91.33 	or highways incidental to the recreational or vacation
91.34 	activities.
91.35 	(b) For the purposes of this subdivision, a Subd. 25a.
91.36 	[MOTOR HOME.] (a) " Motor home " means a unit recreational vehicle 
92.1 	designed to provide temporary living quarters,.  The motor home
92.2 	has a living unit built into as an integral part of, or
92.3 	permanently attached to the chassis of, a self-propelled motor
92.4 	vehicle chassis or van.
92.5 	(b) A motor home must contain permanently installed,
92.6 	independent,life-support systems which that meet the American
92.7 	National Standards Institute standard number A119.2 for
92.8 	recreational vehicles and provide at least four of the following
92.9 	facilities, two of which must be from the systems listed in
92.10 	clauses (1), (5), and (6):  (1) a cooking facility with liquid
92.11 	propane gas supply, (2) a refrigerator, (3) a self-contained
92.12 	toilet or a toilet connected to a plumbing system with a 
92.13 	connection for external water disposal, (4) a heating or air
92.14 	conditioning system separate from the motor vehicle engine, (5)
92.15 	a potable water supply system including a sink with a faucet
92.16 	either self-contained or with connections for an external
92.17 	source, and (6) a separate 110-125 volt volts electrical power
92.18 	supply.
92.19 	(c) For purposes of this subdivision, "permanently
92.20 	installed" means built into or attached as an integral part of a
92.21 	chassis or van, and designed not to be removed except for repair
92.22 	or replacement.  A system which that is readily removable or
92.23 	held in place by clamps or tie-downs is not permanently
92.24 	installed.
92.25 	(c) (d) Motor homes include but are not limited to, the
92.26 	following a:
92.27 	(1) type A motor home-, which is a raw chassis upon which
92.28 	is built a driver's compartment and an entire body that provides
92.29 	temporary living quarters as defined described in this 
92.30 	paragraph (b);
92.31 	(2) type B motor home-, which is a van-type vehicle van 
92.32 	that conforms to the motor home definition description in this 
92.33 	paragraph (b) and has been completed or altered by the a 
92.34 	final-stage manufacturer; and
92.35 	(3) type C motor home-, which is an incomplete vehicle
92.36 	upon which is permanently attached a body designed to provide
93.1 	temporary living quarters as defined described in this 
93.2 	paragraph (b).
93.3 	(d) (e) A motor vehicle with a slip-in campers are camper
93.4 	or other removable equipment that is mounted into or on a motor 
93.5 	vehicle commonly known as a pickup truck, in the pickup box,
93.6 	either by bolting through the floor of the pickup box or by
93.7 	firmly clamping to the side of the pickup box.  The vehicle
93.8 	may is not a motor home, is not a recreational vehicle, and must 
93.9 	not be registered as a recreational vehicle under section
93.10 	168.013.

93.11 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011, is
93.12 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
93.13 		Subd. 37.All-terrain vehicle. "All-terrain vehicle" has
93.14 	the meaning given in section 84.92, subdivision 8.

93.15 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011, is
93.16 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
93.17 		Subd. 38.Person. "Person" has the meaning given in
93.18 	section 168A.01, subdivision 14.

93.19 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011, is
93.20 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
93.21 		Subd. 39.State. "State" means a state of the United
93.22 	States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States
93.23 	Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject
93.24 	to the jurisdiction of the United States.

93.25 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011, is
93.26 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
93.27 		Subd. 40.Vehicle. "Vehicle" has the meaning given in
93.28 	section 168A.011, subdivision 24.

93.29 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.012,
93.30 	subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 135, section 3,
93.31 	is amended to read:
93.32 		Subdivision 1.Vehicles exempt from tax, fees, or plate
93.33 	display. (a) The following vehicles are exempt from the
93.34 	provisions of this chapter requiring payment of tax and
93.35 	registration fees, except as provided in subdivision 1c:
93.36 	(1) vehicles owned and used solely in the transaction of
94.1 	official business by the federal government, the state, or any
94.2 	political subdivision;
94.3 	(2) vehicles owned and used exclusively by educational
94.4 	institutions and used solely in the transportation of pupils to
94.5 	and from those institutions;
94.6 	(3) vehicles used solely in driver education programs at
94.7 	nonpublic high schools;
94.8 	(4) vehicles owned by nonprofit charities and used
94.9 	exclusively to transport disabled persons for charitable,
94.10 	religious, or educational purposes;
94.11 	(5) ambulances owned by ambulance services licensed under
94.12 	section 144E.10, the general appearance of which is
94.13 	unmistakable; and 
94.14 	(6) motorized foot scooters as defined in section 169.01,
94.15 	subdivision 4c; and 
94.16 	(7) vehicles owned by a commercial driving school licensed
94.17 	under section 171.34, or an employee of a commercial driving
94.18 	school licensed under section 171.34, and the vehicle is used
94.19 	exclusively for driver education and training.
94.20 	(b) Vehicles owned by the federal government, municipal
94.21 	fire apparatuses including fire-suppression support vehicles,
94.22 	police patrols, and ambulances, the general appearance of which
94.23 	is unmistakable, are not required to register or display number
94.24 	plates.
94.25 	(c) Unmarked vehicles used in general police work, liquor
94.26 	investigations, or arson investigations, and passenger
94.27 	automobiles, pickup trucks, and buses owned or operated by the
94.28 	Department of Corrections, must be registered and must display
94.29 	appropriate license number plates, furnished by the registrar at
94.30 	cost.  Original and renewal applications for these license
94.31 	plates authorized for use in general police work and for use by
94.32 	the Department of Corrections must be accompanied by a
94.33 	certification signed by the appropriate chief of police if
94.34 	issued to a police vehicle, the appropriate sheriff if issued to
94.35 	a sheriff's vehicle, the commissioner of corrections if issued
94.36 	to a Department of Corrections vehicle, or the appropriate
95.1 	officer in charge if issued to a vehicle of any other law
95.2 	enforcement agency.  The certification must be on a form
95.3 	prescribed by the commissioner and state that the vehicle will
95.4 	be used exclusively for a purpose authorized by this section.
95.5 	(d) Unmarked vehicles used by the Departments of Revenue
95.6 	and Labor and Industry, fraud unit, in conducting seizures or
95.7 	criminal investigations must be registered and must display
95.8 	passenger vehicle classification license number plates,
95.9 	furnished at cost by the registrar.  Original and renewal
95.10 	applications for these passenger vehicle license plates must be
95.11 	accompanied by a certification signed by the commissioner of
95.12 	revenue or the commissioner of labor and industry.  The
95.13 	certification must be on a form prescribed by the commissioner
95.14 	and state that the vehicles will be used exclusively for the
95.15 	purposes authorized by this section.
95.16 	(e) Unmarked vehicles used by the Division of Disease
95.17 	Prevention and Control of the Department of Health must be
95.18 	registered and must display passenger vehicle classification
95.19 	license number plates.  These plates must be furnished at cost
95.20 	by the registrar.  Original and renewal applications for these
95.21 	passenger vehicle license plates must be accompanied by a
95.22 	certification signed by the commissioner of health.  The
95.23 	certification must be on a form prescribed by the commissioner
95.24 	and state that the vehicles will be used exclusively for the
95.25 	official duties of the Division of Disease Prevention and
95.26 	Control.
95.27 	(f) Unmarked vehicles used by staff of the Gambling Control
95.28 	Board in gambling investigations and reviews must be registered
95.29 	and must display passenger vehicle classification license number
95.30 	plates.  These plates must be furnished at cost by the
95.31 	registrar.  Original and renewal applications for these
95.32 	passenger vehicle license plates must be accompanied by a
95.33 	certification signed by the board chair.  The certification must
95.34 	be on a form prescribed by the commissioner and state that the
95.35 	vehicles will be used exclusively for the official duties of the
95.36 	Gambling Control Board.
96.1 	(g) All other motor vehicles must be registered and display
96.2 	tax-exempt number plates, furnished by the registrar at cost,
96.3 	except as provided in subdivision 1c.  All vehicles required to
96.4 	display tax-exempt number plates must have the name of the state
96.5 	department or political subdivision, nonpublic high school
96.6 	operating a driver education program, or licensed commercial
96.7 	driving school, plainly displayed on both sides of the vehicle;
96.8 	except that each state hospital and institution for the mentally
96.9 	ill and mentally retarded may have one vehicle without the
96.10 	required identification on the sides of the vehicle, and county
96.11 	social service agencies may have vehicles used for child and
96.12 	vulnerable adult protective services without the required
96.13 	identification on the sides of the vehicle.  This identification
96.14 	must be in a color giving contrast with that of the part of the
96.15 	vehicle on which it is placed and must endure throughout the
96.16 	term of the registration.  The identification must not be on a
96.17 	removable plate or placard and must be kept clean and visible at
96.18 	all times; except that a removable plate or placard may be
96.19 	utilized on vehicles leased or loaned to a political subdivision
96.20 	or to a nonpublic high school driver education program.

96.21 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.031, is
96.22 	amended to read:
96.23 	168.031 REGISTRATION EXEMPTION; ACTIVE MILITARY-RELATED 
96.24 	SERVICE.
96.25 	(a) The motor vehicle of any person who engages in active
96.26 	military service in time of war or other emergency declared by
96.27 	proper authority in any branch or unit of the military or naval
96.28 	forces of the United States armed forces shall be exempt from
96.29 	the motor vehicle registration tax during the period of such
96.30 	active service and for 40 90 days immediately thereafter if the
96.31 	owner has filed , before, during or within 90 days after
96.32 	completion of that active service, files with the registrar of
96.33 	motor vehicles a written application for exemption with such
96.34 	proof of military service as the registrar may have required and
96.35 	if the motor vehicle is not operated on a public highway within
96.36 	the state during the requested period of exemption, except by
97.1 	the owner while on furlough or leave of absence from the
97.2 	military.
97.3 	(b) The motor vehicle of any disabled war veteran, which
97.4 	vehicle has been furnished free, in whole or in part, by the
97.5 	United States government to said disabled veteran, shall be
97.6 	exempt from the motor vehicle registration tax.  The motor
97.7 	vehicle owned and registered by a former prisoner of war that
97.8 	bears the "EX-POW" plates is exempt from the motor vehicle
97.9 	registration tax.
97.10 	(c) For purposes of this section, the term "active service"
97.11 	shall have the meaning given this term in section 190.05,
97.12 	subdivisions 5b and 5c, but excludes service performed
97.13 	exclusively for purposes of:
97.14 	(1) annual training and other periodic inactive duty
97.15 	training for National Guard and other reserve members;
97.16 	(2) special training periodically made available to
97.17 	National Guard and other reserve members;
97.18 	(3) service performed in accordance with section 190.08,
97.19 	subdivision 3; and 
97.20 	(4) service performed as part of the active guard/reserve
97.21 	program pursuant to United States Code, title 32, section
97.22 	502(f), or other applicable authority.

97.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
97.24 	following final enactment and applies to persons serving in
97.25 	active military service on or after that date.

97.26 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.091,
97.27 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
97.28 		Subdivision 1.Nonresident buyer. (a) Upon payment of a
97.29 	fee of $1, the registrar commissioner may issue a permit to a
97.30 	nonresident purchasing a new or used motor vehicle in this state
97.31 	for the sole purpose of allowing such nonresident to remove the
97.32 	vehicle to be removed from this state for registration in
97.33 	another state or country. Such 
97.34 	(b) The permit shall be is in lieu of any other
97.35 	registration or taxation for use of the highways and shall be is 
97.36 	valid for a period of 31 days from the date of sale, trade, or
98.1 	gift.
98.2 	(c) The permit shall must be available in such form an
98.3 	electronic format as the registrar may determine and, whenever
98.4 	practicable, shall be determined by the commissioner.
98.5 	(d) If the sale, gift, or trade information is
98.6 	electronically transmitted to the commissioner by a dealer or
98.7 	deputy registrar of motor vehicles, the $1 fee is waived.
98.8 	(e) The permit must be posted upon the left side of the
98.9 	inside rear window of the vehicle or, if not practicable, where
98.10 	it is plainly visible to law enforcement.  Each such 
98.11 	permit shall be is valid only for the vehicle for which the
98.12 	permit was issued.

98.13 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.10,
98.14 	subdivision 1c, is amended to read:
98.15 		Subd. 1c.Collector's vehicle, collector license.  (a)
98.16 	The owner of any motor vehicle, including any truck, (1) that
98.17 	is (i) at least 20 model years old, or (ii) at least ten model
98.18 	years old and with a body or engine style of which not more than
98.19 	500 were manufactured in or imported into the United States in
98.20 	any model year, (2) that was manufactured after 1935, and (3)
98.21 	that is owned and operated solely as a collector's vehicle,
98.22 	shall list the vehicle for taxation and registration
98.23 	as follows:provided in paragraph (b).
98.24 	(1) (b) The owner shall execute an affidavit stating (1) 
98.25 	the name and address of the person from whom purchased and of
98.26 	the new owner, (2) the make of the motor vehicle, (3) the year
98.27 	and number of the model, (4) the manufacturer's identification
98.28 	number, (5) in the case of a vehicle described in paragraph (a),
98.29 	clause (1)(ii), that the vehicle has a body or engine style of
98.30 	which not more than 500 were manufactured or imported into the
98.31 	United States in any model year,and (6) that the vehicle is
98.32 	owned and operated solely as a collector's item and not for
98.33 	general transportation purposes; and .
98.34 	(2) (c) The owner shall provide a statement of the
98.35 	manufacturer or importer regarding the number of vehicles
98.36 	manufactured or imported during the model year.
99.1 	(d) The owner shall also prove that the owner also has one
99.2 	or more vehicles with regular license plates.
99.3 	If the registrar is satisfied that the affidavit is true and
99.4 	correct and the owner pays a $25 tax, the registrar shall list
99.5 	the vehicle for taxation and registration and shall issue a
99.6 	single number plate.
99.7 	(b) (e) The number plate issued shall bear the inscription
99.8 	"Collector," "Minnesota," and the registration number or other
99.9 	combination of characters authorized under section 168.12,
99.10 	subdivision 2a, but no date.  The number plate is valid without
99.11 	renewal as long as the vehicle is in existence.  The registrar
99.12 	has the power to revoke the plate for failure to comply with
99.13 	this subdivision.

99.14 	Sec. 33. [168.1251] DISABLED AMERICAN VETERAN PLATES.
99.15 		Subdivision 1.Issuance and design. The commissioner
99.16 	shall issue special license plates bearing the inscription
99.17 	"DISABLED AMERICAN VETERAN" to an applicant who is certified in
99.18 	writing by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or
99.19 	the state commissioner of veterans affairs as having a permanent
99.20 	and total service-connected disability, who complies with all
99.21 	laws relating to the registration and licensing of motor
99.22 	vehicles and drivers, and who pays a fee of $10 for each set of
99.23 	license plates applied for.  The special license plates must be
99.24 	of a design and size determined by the commissioner.
99.25 		Subd. 2.Application. Application for issuance of these
99.26 	plates may be made only at the time of renewal or first
99.27 	application for registration.
99.28 		Subd. 3.Transfer. On payment of a fee of $5, special
99.29 	plates issued under this section may be transferred to another
99.30 	personal motor vehicle owned or jointly owned by the disabled
99.31 	veteran upon notification to the commissioner.
99.32 		Subd. 4.Surcharge. For each set of special plates
99.33 	issued under this section, the commissioner shall collect a
99.34 	surcharge of $5 on each $10 fee collected under subdivision 1.
99.35 		Subd. 5.Motor vehicle; special definition. For purposes
99.36 	of this section, "motor vehicle" means a vehicle for personal
100.1 	use, not used for commercial purposes, and may include a
100.2 	passenger automobile, van, pickup truck, motorcycle, or
100.3 	recreational vehicle.
100.4 		Subd. 6.Fees credited. Fees, including surcharges,
100.5 	collected under this section must be credited to the vehicle
100.6 	services operating account in the special revenue fund.

100.7 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.185, is
100.8 	amended to read:
100.9 	168.185 USDOT NUMBERS.
100.10 	(a) An owner of a truck or truck-tractor having a gross
100.11 	vehicle weight of more than 10,000 pounds, as defined in section
100.12 	169.01, subdivision 46, other than a farm truck that is not used
100.13 	in interstate commerce, shall report to the registrar at the
100.14 	time of registration its USDOT carrier number.  A person subject
100.15 	to this paragraph who does not have a USDOT number shall apply
100.16 	for the number at the time of registration by completing a form
100.17 	MCS-150 Motor Carrier Identification Report, issued by the
100.18 	Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, or comparable
100.19 	document as determined by the registrar. The registrar shall
100.20 	not assign a USDOT carrier number to a vehicle owner who is not
100.21 	subject to this paragraph.
100.22 	(b) Assigned USDOT numbers need not be displayed on the
100.23 	outside of the vehicle, but must be made available upon request
100.24 	of an authorized agent of the registrar, peace officer, other
100.25 	employees of the State Patrol authorized in chapter 299D, or
100.26 	employees of the Minnesota Department of Transportation.  The
100.27 	vehicle owner shall notify the registrar if there is a change to
100.28 	the owner's USDOT number.
100.29 	(c) If an owner fails to report or apply for a USDOT
100.30 	number, the registrar shall suspend the owner's registration.
100.31 	(d) Until October 1, 2003, paragraphs (a) to (c) do not
100.32 	apply to an agricultural fertilizer or agricultural chemical
100.33 	retailer while exclusively engaged in delivering fertilizer or
100.34 	agricultural chemicals to a farmer for on-farm use.

100.35 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168A.20, is
100.36 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
101.1 		Subd. 5.Satisfaction of automobile lien seven years old;
101.2 	release. (a) A security interest perfected under this chapter
101.3 	expires seven years from the perfection date for a passenger
101.4 	automobile, as defined in section 168.011, subdivision 7.
101.5 	(b) A lien holder may notify the department in writing or
101.6 	in a format approved by the department during the sixth year of
101.7 	the lien, no later than 90 days in advance of the seven-year
101.8 	anniversary, if the lien will not be satisfied during this
101.9 	registration period and the lien must be extended up to seven
101.10 	additional years as requested by the lien holder.

101.11 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.01,
101.12 	subdivision 75, is amended to read:
101.13 		Subd. 75.Commercial motor vehicle.  (a) "Commercial
101.14 	motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle or combination of motor
101.15 	vehicles used to transport passengers or property if the motor
101.16 	vehicle:
101.17 	(1) has a gross vehicle weight of more than 26,000 pounds;
101.18 	(2) has a towed unit with a gross vehicle weight of more
101.19 	than 10,000 pounds and the combination of vehicles has a
101.20 	combined gross vehicle weight of more than 26,000 pounds;
101.21 	(3) is a bus;
101.22 	(4) is of any size and is used in the transportation of
101.23 	hazardous materials, except for those vehicles having a gross
101.24 	vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or less while carrying in bulk
101.25 	tanks a total of not more than 200 gallons of petroleum products
101.26 	and liquid fertilizer that are required to be placarded under
101.27 	Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, parts 100-185; or
101.28 	(5) is outwardly equipped and identified as a school bus,
101.29 	except for type A-I and type III school buses as defined in
101.30 	subdivision 6.
101.31 	(b) For purposes of chapter 169A:
101.32 	(1) a commercial motor vehicle does not include a farm
101.33 	truck, fire-fighting equipment an authorized emergency vehicle,
101.34 	or a recreational equipment vehicle being operated by a person
101.35 	within the scope of section 171.02, subdivision 2, paragraph
101.36 	(b); and
102.1 	(2) a commercial motor vehicle includes a vehicle capable
102.2 	of or designed to meet the standards described in paragraph (a),
102.3 	clause (2), whether or not the towed unit is attached to the
102.4 	truck-tractor at the time of the violation or stop.

102.5 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.01,
102.6 	subdivision 76, is amended to read:
102.7 		Subd. 76.Hazardous materials.  "Hazardous materials"
102.8 	means those materials found to be hazardous for the purposes of
102.9 	the federal Hazardous Materials Transportation Act and that
102.10 	require the motor vehicle to be placarded under Code of Federal
102.11 	Regulations, title 49, part 172, subpart F parts 100-185.

102.12 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.01,
102.13 	subdivision 78, is amended to read:
102.14 		Subd. 78.Recreational vehicle combination. (a) 
102.15 	"Recreational vehicle combination" means a combination of
102.16 	vehicles consisting of a pickup truck as defined in section
102.17 	168.011, subdivision 29, attached by means of a fifth-wheel
102.18 	coupling to a camper-semitrailer which has hitched to it a
102.19 	trailer carrying a watercraft as defined in section 86B.005,
102.20 	subdivision 18; off-highway motorcycle as defined in section
102.21 	84.787, subdivision 7; motorcycle; motorized bicycle; snowmobile
102.22 	as defined in section 84.81, subdivision 3; or all-terrain
102.23 	vehicle as defined in section 84.92, subdivision 8; or
102.24 	equestrian equipment or supplies.
102.25 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision:
102.26 	(a) (1) A "fifth-wheel coupling" is a coupling between a
102.27 	camper-semitrailer and a towing pickup truck in which a portion
102.28 	of the weight of the camper-semitrailer is carried over or
102.29 	forward of the rear axle of the towing pickup.
102.30 	(b) (2) A "camper-semitrailer" is a trailer, other than a
102.31 	manufactured home as defined in section 327B.01, subdivision 13,
102.32 	designed for human habitation and used for vacation or
102.33 	recreational purposes for limited periods.

102.34 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.06,
102.35 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
102.36 		Subd. 5.Traffic-control signal.  (a) Whenever traffic is
103.1 	controlled by traffic-control signals exhibiting different
103.2 	colored lights, or colored lighted arrows, successively one at a
103.3 	time or in combination, only the colors Green, Red, and Yellow
103.4 	shall be used, except for special pedestrian signals carrying a
103.5 	word or legend, and said .  The traffic-control signal lights
103.6 	shall or colored lighted arrows indicate and apply to drivers of
103.7 	vehicles and pedestrians as follows:
103.8 	(1) Green indication:
103.9 	(i) Vehicular traffic facing a circular green signal may
103.10 	proceed straight through or turn right or left unless a sign at
103.11 	such place prohibits either such turn.  But vehicular traffic,
103.12 	including vehicles turning right or left, shall yield the
103.13 	right-of-way to other vehicles and to pedestrians lawfully
103.14 	within the intersection or adjacent crosswalk at the time such 
103.15 	this signal is exhibited.
103.16 	(ii) Vehicular traffic facing a green arrow signal, shown
103.17 	alone or in combination with another indication, may cautiously
103.18 	enter the intersection only to make the movement indicated by
103.19 	such the arrow, or such other movement as is permitted by other
103.20 	indications shown at the same time.  Such vehicular traffic
103.21 	shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully within an
103.22 	adjacent crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully using the
103.23 	intersection.
103.24 	(iii) Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control
103.25 	signal as provided in subdivision 6, pedestrians facing any
103.26 	green signal, except when the sole green signal is a turn arrow,
103.27 	may proceed across the roadway within any marked or unmarked
103.28 	crosswalk. Every driver of a vehicle shall yield the
103.29 	right-of-way to such pedestrian, except that the pedestrian
103.30 	shall yield the right-of-way to vehicles lawfully within the
103.31 	intersection at the time that the green signal indication is
103.32 	first shown.
103.33 	(2) Steady yellow indication:
103.34 	(i) Vehicular traffic facing a circular yellow signal is
103.35 	thereby warned that the related green movement is being
103.36 	terminated or that a red indication will be exhibited
104.1 	immediately thereafter when vehicular traffic shall must not
104.2 	enter the intersection, except for the continued movement
104.3 	allowed by any green arrow indication simultaneously exhibited.
104.4 	(ii) Pedestrians facing a circular yellow signal, unless
104.5 	otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control signal as provided in
104.6 	subdivision 6, are thereby advised that there is insufficient
104.7 	time to cross the roadway before a red indication is shown and
104.8 	no pedestrian shall then start to cross the roadway.
104.9 	(iii) Vehicular traffic facing a steady yellow arrow signal
104.10 	is thereby warned that the protected vehicular movement
104.11 	permitted by the corresponding prior green arrow indication is
104.12 	being terminated.
104.13 	(3) Steady red indication:
104.14 	(i) Vehicular traffic facing a circular red signal alone
104.15 	shall must stop at a clearly marked stop line,but,if none,
104.16 	before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the
104.17 	intersection,or,if none, then before entering the intersection
104.18 	and shall remain standing until a green indication is shown,
104.19 	except as follows:  (A) the driver of a vehicle which is stopped
104.20 	as close as practicable at the entrance to the crosswalk on the
104.21 	near side of the intersection or, if none, then at the entrance
104.22 	to the intersection in obedience to a red or stop signal, and
104.23 	with the intention of making a right turn may make such the 
104.24 	right turn, after stopping, unless an official sign has been
104.25 	erected prohibiting such movement, but shall yield the
104.26 	right-of-way to pedestrians and other traffic lawfully
104.27 	proceeding as directed by the signal at said that intersection;
104.28 	or (B) the driver of a vehicle on a one-way street which
104.29 	intersects intersecting another one-way street on which traffic
104.30 	moves to the left shall stop in obedience to a red or stop
104.31 	signal and may then make a left turn into said the one-way
104.32 	street, unless an official sign has been erected prohibiting the
104.33 	movement, but shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and
104.34 	other traffic lawfully proceeding as directed by the signal at
104.35 	said that intersection.
104.36 	(ii) Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control
105.1 	signal as provided in subdivision 6, pedestrians facing a steady
105.2 	red signal alone shall not enter the roadway.
105.3 	(iii) Vehicular traffic facing a steady red arrow signal,
105.4 	with the intention of making a movement indicated by the arrow,
105.5 	shall must stop at a clearly marked stop line,but,if none,
105.6 	before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the
105.7 	intersection,or,if none, then before entering the intersection
105.8 	and shall must remain standing until a permissive signal
105.9 	indication permitting the movement indicated by the red arrow is
105.10 	displayed, except as follows:  when an official sign has been
105.11 	erected permitting a turn on a red arrow signal, the vehicular
105.12 	traffic facing a red arrow signal indication is permitted to
105.13 	enter the intersection to turn right, or to turn left from a
105.14 	one-way street into a one-way street on which traffic moves to
105.15 	the left, after stopping, but must yield the right-of-way to
105.16 	pedestrians and other traffic lawfully proceeding as directed by
105.17 	the signal at that intersection.
105.18 	(b) In the event an official traffic-control signal is
105.19 	erected and maintained at a place other than an intersection,
105.20 	the provisions of this section are applicable except those which
105.21 	can have no application.  Any stop required shall must be made
105.22 	at a sign or marking on the pavement indicating where the
105.23 	stop shall must be made, but in the absence of any such sign or
105.24 	marking the stop shall must be made at the signal.
105.25 	(c) When a traffic-control signal indication or indications
105.26 	placed to control a certain movement or lane are so identified
105.27 	by placing a sign near the indication or indications, no other
105.28 	traffic-control signal indication or indications within the
105.29 	intersection shall control controls vehicular traffic for
105.30 	such that movement or lane.

105.31 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.06,
105.32 	subdivision 6, is amended to read:
105.33 		Subd. 6.Pedestrian control signal.  (a) Whenever special
105.34 	pedestrian-control signals exhibiting the words "Walk" or "Don't
105.35 	Walk" or symbols of a "walking person" or "upraised hand" are in
105.36 	place such , the signals shall or symbols indicate as follows:
106.1 	(1) A steady "Walk," flashing or steady.  Pedestrians 
106.2 	signal or the symbol of a "walking person" indicates that a
106.3 	pedestrian facing such either of these signals may proceed
106.4 	across the roadway in the direction of the signal, possibly in
106.5 	conflict with turning vehicles. Every driver of a vehicle shall
106.6 	yield the right-of-way to such pedestrian except that the
106.7 	pedestrian shall yield the right-of-way to vehicles lawfully
106.8 	within the intersection at the time that either signal
106.9 	indication is first shown.
106.10 	(2) A "Don't Walk," signal or the symbol of an "upraised
106.11 	hand," flashing or steady.  No , indicates that a pedestrian
106.12 	shall not start to cross the roadway in the direction of such
106.13 	signals either signal, but any pedestrian who has partially
106.14 	crossed on the "Walk" or "walking person" signal indication 
106.15 	shall proceed to a sidewalk or safety island while the "Don't
106.16 	Walk" signal is showing.
106.17 	(b) A pedestrian crossing a roadway in conformity with this
106.18 	section is lawfully within the intersection and, when in a
106.19 	crosswalk, is lawfully within the crosswalk.

106.20 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.14, is
106.21 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
106.22 		Subd. 1a.License revocation. The driver's license of a
106.23 	person who violates any speed limit established in this section,
106.24 	by driving in excess of 100 miles per hour, is revoked for six
106.25 	months under section 171.17, or for a longer minimum period of
106.26 	time applicable under section 169A.53, 169A.54, or 171.174.
106.27 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2005,
106.28 	and applies to violations committed on or after that date.

106.29 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.14,
106.30 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
106.31 		Subd. 2.Speed limits.  (a) Where no special hazard
106.32 	exists the following speeds shall be lawful, but any speeds in
106.33 	excess of such limits shall be prima facie evidence that the
106.34 	speed is not reasonable or prudent and that it is unlawful;
106.35 	except that the speed limit within any municipality shall be a
106.36 	maximum limit and any speed in excess thereof shall be unlawful:
107.1 	(1) 30 miles per hour in an urban district or on a town
107.2 	road in a rural residential district;
107.3 	(2) 65 miles per hour on noninterstate freeways and
107.4 	expressways, as defined in section 160.02, subdivision 19;
107.5 	(3) 55 miles per hour in locations other than those
107.6 	specified in this section;
107.7 	(4) 70 miles per hour on interstate highways outside the
107.8 	limits of any urbanized area with a population of greater than
107.9 	50,000 as defined by order of the commissioner of
107.10 	transportation;
107.11 	(5) 65 miles per hour on interstate highways inside the
107.12 	limits of any urbanized area with a population of greater than
107.13 	50,000 as defined by order of the commissioner of
107.14 	transportation;
107.15 	(6) ten miles per hour in alleys; and
107.16 	(7) 25 miles per hour in residential roadways if adopted by
107.17 	the road authority having jurisdiction over the residential
107.18 	roadway.
107.19 	(b) A speed limit adopted under paragraph (a), clause (7),
107.20 	is not effective unless the road authority has erected signs
107.21 	designating the speed limit and indicating the beginning and end
107.22 	of the residential roadway on which the speed limit applies.
107.23 	(c) For purposes of this subdivision, "rural residential
107.24 	district" means the territory contiguous to and including any
107.25 	town road within a subdivision or plat of land that is built up
107.26 	with dwelling houses at intervals of less than 300 feet for a
107.27 	distance of one-quarter mile or more.
107.28 	(d) Notwithstanding section 609.0331 or 609.101 or other
107.29 	law to the contrary, a person who violates a speed limit
107.30 	established in this subdivision, or a speed limit designated on
107.31 	an appropriate sign under subdivision 4, 5, 5b, 5c, or 5e, by
107.32 	driving 20 miles per hour or more in excess of the applicable
107.33 	speed limit, is assessed an additional surcharge equal to the
107.34 	amount of the fine imposed for the speed violation, but not less
107.35 	than $25.
107.36 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2005,
108.1 	and applies to violations committed on or after that date.

108.2 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.18,
108.3 	subdivision 4, is amended to read:
108.4 		Subd. 4.Passing on the right.  The driver of a vehicle
108.5 	may overtake and pass upon the right of another vehicle only
108.6 	upon the following conditions:
108.7 	(1) when the vehicle overtaken is making or about to make a
108.8 	left turn;
108.9 	(2) upon a street or highway with unobstructed pavement not
108.10 	occupied by parked vehicles of sufficient width for two or more
108.11 	lines of moving vehicles in each direction;
108.12 	(3) upon a one-way street, or upon any roadway on which
108.13 	traffic is restricted to one direction of movement, where the
108.14 	roadway is free from obstructions and of sufficient width for
108.15 	two or more lines of moving vehicles;
108.16 	(4) when the driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass
108.17 	another vehicle upon the right only under conditions permitting
108.18 	such movement in safety.  In no event shall such movement be
108.19 	made by driving onto the shoulder, whether paved or unpaved, or 
108.20 	off the pavement or main-traveled portion of the roadway.
108.21 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2005.

108.22 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.18,
108.23 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
108.24 		Subd. 5.Driving left of roadway center; exception.  (a)
108.25 	No vehicle shall be driven to the left side of the center of the
108.26 	roadway in overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in
108.27 	the same direction unless such left side is clearly visible and
108.28 	is free of oncoming traffic for a sufficient distance ahead to
108.29 	permit such overtaking and passing to be completely made without
108.30 	interfering with the safe operation of any vehicle approaching
108.31 	from the opposite direction or any vehicle overtaken.  In every
108.32 	event the overtaking vehicle must return to the right-hand side
108.33 	of the roadway before coming within 100 feet of any vehicle
108.34 	approaching from the opposite direction;
108.35 	(b) Except on a one-way roadway or as provided in paragraph
108.36 	(c), no vehicle shall, in overtaking and passing another vehicle
109.1 	or at any other time, be driven to the left half of the roadway
109.2 	under the following conditions:
109.3 	(1) when approaching the crest of a grade or upon a curve
109.4 	in the highway where the driver's view along the highway is
109.5 	obstructed within a distance of 700 feet;
109.6 	(2) when approaching within 100 feet of any underpass or
109.7 	tunnel, railroad grade crossing, intersection within a city, or
109.8 	intersection outside of a city if the presence of the
109.9 	intersection is marked by warning signs; or
109.10 	(3) where official signs are in place prohibiting passing,
109.11 	or a distinctive centerline is marked, which distinctive line
109.12 	also so prohibits passing, as declared in the Manual on Uniform
109.13 	Traffic Control Devices adopted by the commissioner.
109.14 	(c) Paragraph (b) does not apply to a self-propelled or
109.15 	towed implement of husbandry that (1) is escorted at the front
109.16 	by a registered motor vehicle that is displaying vehicular
109.17 	hazard warning lights visible to the front and rear in normal
109.18 	sunlight, and (2) does not extend into the left half of the
109.19 	roadway to any greater extent than made necessary by the total
109.20 	width of the right half of the roadway together with any
109.21 	adjacent shoulder that is suitable for travel.
109.22 	(d) Paragraph (b) does not apply to a self-propelled or
109.23 	towed implement of husbandry that is operated to the left half
109.24 	of the roadway if such operation is not to a greater extent than
109.25 	is necessary to avoid collision with a parked vehicle, sign, or
109.26 	other stationary object located on the highway right-of-way.

109.27 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.18,
109.28 	subdivision 11, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 120, section 2,
109.29 	is amended to read:
109.30 		Subd. 11.Passing parked emergency vehicle; citation;
109.31 	probable cause. (a) When approaching and before passing an
109.32 	authorized emergency vehicle with its emergency lights activated
109.33 	that is parked or otherwise stopped on or next to a street or
109.34 	highway having two lanes in the same direction, the driver of a
109.35 	vehicle shall safely move the vehicle to the lane farthest away
109.36 	from the emergency vehicle, if it is possible to do so.
110.1 	(b) When approaching and before passing an authorized
110.2 	emergency vehicle with its emergency lights activated that is
110.3 	parked or otherwise stopped on or next to a street or highway
110.4 	having more than two lanes in the same direction, the driver of
110.5 	a vehicle shall safely move the vehicle so as to leave a full
110.6 	lane vacant between the driver and any lane in which the
110.7 	emergency vehicle is completely or partially parked or otherwise
110.8 	stopped, if it is possible to do so.
110.9 	(c) A peace officer may issue a citation to the driver of a
110.10 	motor vehicle if the peace officer has probable cause to believe
110.11 	that the driver has operated the vehicle in violation of this
110.12 	subdivision within the four-hour period following the
110.13 	termination of the incident or a receipt of a report under
110.14 	paragraph (d).  The citation may be issued even though the
110.15 	violation was not committed in the presence of the peace officer.
110.16 	(d) Although probable cause may be otherwise satisfied by
110.17 	other evidentiary elements or factors, probable cause is
110.18 	sufficient for purposes of this subdivision when the person
110.19 	cited is operating the vehicle described by a member of the crew
110.20 	of an authorized emergency vehicle responding to an incident in
110.21 	a timely report of the violation of this subdivision, which
110.22 	includes a description of the vehicle used to commit the offense
110.23 	and the vehicle's license plate number.  For the purposes of
110.24 	issuance of a citation under paragraph (c), "timely" means that
110.25 	the report must be made within a four-hour period following the
110.26 	termination of the incident.
110.27 	(e) For purposes of paragraphs (a) and (b) only,
110.28 	"authorized emergency vehicle" and "emergency vehicle" includes
110.29 	a towing vehicle defined in section 169.01, subdivision 52, that
110.30 	has activated flashing lights authorized under section 169.64,
110.31 	subdivision 3.

110.32 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.28,
110.33 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
110.34 		Subd. 2.Exempt crossing.  (a) The commissioner may
110.35 	designate a crossing as an exempt crossing if the crossing is:
110.36 	(1) if the crossing is on a rail line on which service has
111.1 	been abandoned; or 
111.2 	(2) if the crossing is on a rail line that carries fewer
111.3 	than five trains each year, traveling at speeds of ten miles per
111.4 	hour or less; or 
111.5 	(3) as agreed to by the operating railroad and the
111.6 	Department of Transportation, following a diagnostic review of
111.7 	the crossing.
111.8 	(b) The commissioner shall direct the railroad to erect at
111.9 	the crossing signs bearing the word "Exempt" that conform to
111.10 	section 169.06.  The installation or presence of an exempt sign
111.11 	does not relieve a driver of the duty to use due care.  A train
111.12 	must not proceed across an exempt crossing unless a police
111.13 	officer is present to direct traffic or a railroad employee is
111.14 	on the ground to warn traffic until the train enters the
111.15 	crossing.
111.16 	(c) A vehicle that must stop at grade crossings under
111.17 	subdivision 1 is not required to stop at a marked exempt
111.18 	crossing unless directed otherwise by a police officer or a
111.19 	railroad employee.

111.20 	Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.448, is
111.21 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
111.22 		Subd. 4.Day activity center buses. Notwithstanding
111.23 	subdivision 1, a vehicle used to transport adults to and from a
111.24 	day activity center may be equipped with prewarning flashing
111.25 	amber signals and a stop-signal arm, and the operator of the
111.26 	vehicle may activate this equipment, under the following
111.27 	circumstances:
111.28 	(1) the operator possesses a commercial driver's license
111.29 	with a school bus endorsement;
111.30 	(2) the vehicle is engaged in picking up or dropping off
111.31 	adults at locations predesignated by the day activity center
111.32 	that owns or leases the bus;
111.33 	(3) the vehicle is identified as a "day activity center
111.34 	bus" in letters at least eight inches high on the front and rear
111.35 	top of the bus; and 
111.36 	(4) the name, address, and telephone number of the owner
112.1 	and operator of the bus is identified on each front door of the
112.2 	bus in letters not less than three inches high.
112.3 	The provisions of section 169.444 relating to duties of
112.4 	care of a motorist to a school bus, and violations thereof,
112.5 	apply to a vehicle described in this section when the vehicle is
112.6 	operated in conformity with this subdivision.  The provisions of
112.7 	section 169.443 relating to bus driver's duties apply to a
112.8 	vehicle described in this section except those that by their
112.9 	nature have no application.

112.10 	Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.522, is
112.11 	amended to read:
112.12 	169.522 SLOW-MOVING VEHICLE, SIGN REQUIRED.
112.13 		Subdivision 1.Displaying emblem; rules. (a) All
112.14 	animal-drawn vehicles, motorized golf carts when operated on
112.15 	designated roadways pursuant to section 169.045, implements of
112.16 	husbandry, and other machinery, including all road construction
112.17 	machinery, which are designed for operation at a speed of 30
112.18 	miles per hour or less shall , must display a triangular
112.19 	slow-moving vehicle emblem, except (1) when being used in actual
112.20 	construction and maintenance work and traveling within the
112.21 	limits of a construction area which is marked in accordance with
112.22 	requirements of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices,
112.23 	as set forth in section 169.06, or (2) for a towed implement of
112.24 	husbandry that is empty and that is not self-propelled, in which
112.25 	case it may be towed at lawful speeds greater than 30 miles per
112.26 	hour without removing the slow-moving vehicle emblem.  The
112.27 	emblem shall must consist of a fluorescent yellow-orange or
112.28 	illuminated red-orange triangle with a dark red reflective
112.29 	border and be mounted so as to be visible from a distance of not
112.30 	less than 600 feet to the rear.  When a primary power unit
112.31 	towing an implement of husbandry or other machinery displays a
112.32 	slow-moving vehicle emblem visible from a distance of 600 feet
112.33 	to the rear, it shall is not be necessary to display a similar
112.34 	emblem on the secondary unit. After January 1, 1975,All
112.35 	slow-moving vehicle emblems sold in this state shall must be so
112.36 	designed that when properly mounted they are visible from a
113.1 	distance of not less than 600 feet to the rear when directly in
113.2 	front of lawful lower beam of headlamps on a motor vehicle.  The
113.3 	commissioner of public safety shall adopt standards and
113.4 	specifications for the design and position of mounting the
113.5 	slow-moving vehicle emblem.  Such standards and
113.6 	specifications shall must be adopted by rule in accordance with
113.7 	the Administrative Procedure Act. A violation of this section
113.8 	shall not be admissible evidence in any civil cause of action
113.9 	arising prior to January 1, 1970.
113.10 	(b) An alternate slow-moving vehicle emblem consisting of a
113.11 	dull black triangle with a white reflective border may be used
113.12 	after obtaining a permit from the commissioner under rules of
113.13 	the commissioner.  A person with a permit to use an alternate
113.14 	slow-moving vehicle emblem must:
113.15 	(1) carry in the vehicle a regular slow-moving vehicle
113.16 	emblem and display the emblem when operating a vehicle between
113.17 	sunset and sunrise, and at any other time when visibility is
113.18 	impaired by weather, smoke, fog, or other conditions; and
113.19 	(2) permanently affix to the rear of the slow-moving
113.20 	vehicle at least 72 square inches of reflective tape that
113.21 	reflects the color red.
113.22 		Subd. 2.Prohibition on use. The use of this emblem
113.23 	shall be is restricted to the slow-moving vehicles specified in
113.24 	subdivision 1 and its use on any other type of vehicle or
113.25 	stationary object on the highway is prohibited.
113.26 		Subd. 3.Display required. No person shall sell, lease,
113.27 	rent, or operate any slow-moving vehicle, as defined in
113.28 	subdivision 1, except motorized golf carts and except those
113.29 	units designed to be completely mounted on a primary power unit,
113.30 	which is manufactured or assembled on or after July 1, 1967,
113.31 	unless such the vehicle is equipped with a slow-moving vehicle
113.32 	emblem-mounting device as specified in subdivision 1.  Provided
113.33 	however, no a slow-moving vehicle shall must not be operated
113.34 	without such slow-moving vehicle emblem after January 1, 1968.

113.35 	Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.81,
113.36 	subdivision 3c, is amended to read:
114.1 		Subd. 3c.Recreational vehicle combination.
 114.2 	Notwithstanding subdivision 3, a recreational vehicle
114.3 	combination may be operated without a permit if:
114.4 	(1) the combination does not consist of more than three
114.5 	vehicles, and the towing rating of the pickup truck is equal to
114.6 	or greater than the total weight of all vehicles being towed;
114.7 	(2) the combination does not exceed 60 70 feet in length;
114.8 	(3) the camper-semitrailer middle vehicle in the
114.9 	combination does not exceed 28 feet in length;
114.10 	(4) the operator of the combination is at least 18 years of
114.11 	age;
114.12 	(5) the trailer carrying a watercraft, motorcycle,
114.13 	motorized bicycle, off-highway motorcycle, snowmobile, or 
114.14 	all-terrain vehicle, or equestrian equipment or supplies meets
114.15 	all requirements of law;
114.16 	(6) the trailers in the combination are connected to the
114.17 	pickup truck and each other in conformity with section 169.82;
114.18 	and
114.19 	(7) the combination is not operated within the seven-county
114.20 	metropolitan area, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2,
114.21 	during the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 7:00
114.22 	p.m. on Mondays through Fridays.

114.23 	Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.8261, is
114.24 	amended to read:
114.25 	169.8261 GROSS WEIGHT LIMITATIONS; FOREST PRODUCTS.
114.26 	(a) A vehicle or combination of vehicles hauling raw or
114.27 	unfinished forest products, including wood chips, by the most
114.28 	direct route to the nearest highway that has been designated
114.29 	under section 169.832, subdivision 11, may be operated on any
114.30 	highway with gross weights permitted under sections 169.822 to
114.31 	169.829 without regard to load restrictions imposed on that
114.32 	highway, except that such the vehicles must:
114.33 	(1) comply with seasonal load restrictions in effect
114.34 	between the dates set by the commissioner under section 169.87,
114.35 	subdivision 2;
114.36 	(2) comply with bridge load limits posted under section
115.1 	169.84;
115.2 	(3) be equipped and operated with six axles and brakes;
115.3 	(4) not exceed 90,000 pounds gross weight, or 98,000 pounds
115.4 	gross weight during the time when seasonal increases are
115.5 	authorized under section 169.826;
115.6 	(5) not be operated on interstate and defense highways;
115.7 	(6) obtain an annual permit from the commissioner of
115.8 	transportation; and 
115.9 	(7) obey all road postings; and 
115.10 	(8) not exceed 20,000 pounds gross weight on any single
115.11 	axle.
115.12 	(b) A vehicle operated under this section may exceed the
115.13 	legal axle weight limits listed in section 169.824 by not more
115.14 	than 12.5 percent; except that, the weight limits may be
115.15 	exceeded by not more than 22.5 percent during the time when
115.16 	seasonal increases are authorized under section 169.826,
115.17 	subdivision 1.

115.18 	Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.851,
115.19 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
115.20 		Subd. 5.Exception for farm and forest products. The
115.21 	maximum weight provisions of this section do Subdivision 4 does 
115.22 	not apply to the first haul of unprocessed or raw farm products
115.23 	and the transportation of raw and unfinished forest products,
115.24 	including wood chips,when the prescribed maximum
115.25 	weight limitation is limitations permitted under sections
115.26 	169.822 to 169.829 are not exceeded by more than ten percent.

115.27 	Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.86,
115.28 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
115.29 		Subd. 5.Fee; proceeds deposited; appropriation.  The
115.30 	commissioner, with respect to highways under the commissioner's
115.31 	jurisdiction, may charge a fee for each permit issued.  All such
115.32 	fees for permits issued by the commissioner of transportation
115.33 	shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the
115.34 	trunk highway fund.  Except for those annual permits for which
115.35 	the permit fees are specified elsewhere in this chapter, the
115.36 	fees shall be:
116.1 	(a) $15 for each single trip permit.
116.2 	(b) $36 for each job permit.  A job permit may be issued
116.3 	for like loads carried on a specific route for a period not to
116.4 	exceed two months.  "Like loads" means loads of the same
116.5 	product, weight, and dimension.
116.6 	(c) $60 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not
116.7 	to exceed 12 consecutive months.  Annual permits may be issued
116.8 	for:
116.9 	(1) motor vehicles used to alleviate a temporary crisis
116.10 	adversely affecting the safety or well-being of the public;
116.11 	(2) motor vehicles which travel on interstate highways and
116.12 	carry loads authorized under subdivision 1a;
116.13 	(3) motor vehicles operating with gross weights authorized
116.14 	under section 169.826, subdivision 1a;
116.15 	(4) special pulpwood vehicles described in section 169.863;
116.16 	(5) motor vehicles bearing snowplow blades not exceeding
116.17 	ten feet in width; and
116.18 	(6) noncommercial transportation of a boat by the owner or
116.19 	user of the boat.
116.20 	(d) $120 for an oversize annual permit to be issued for a
116.21 	period not to exceed 12 consecutive months.  Annual permits may
116.22 	be issued for:
116.23 	(1) mobile cranes;
116.24 	(2) construction equipment, machinery, and supplies;
116.25 	(3) manufactured homes and manufactured storage buildings;
116.26 	(4) implements of husbandry when the movement is not made
116.27 	according to the provisions of paragraph (i);
116.28 	(5) double-deck buses;
116.29 	(6) commercial boat hauling; and
116.30 	(7) three-vehicle combinations consisting of two empty,
116.31 	newly manufactured trailers for cargo, horses, or livestock, not
116.32 	to exceed 28-1/2 feet per trailer; provided, however, the permit
116.33 	allows the vehicles to be moved from a trailer manufacturer to a
116.34 	trailer dealer only while operating on twin-trailer routes
116.35 	designated under section 169.81, subdivision 3, paragraph (c).
116.36 	(e) For vehicles which have axle weights exceeding the
117.1 	weight limitations of sections 169.822 to 169.829, an additional
117.2 	cost added to the fees listed above.  However, this paragraph
117.3 	applies to any vehicle described in section 168.013, subdivision
117.4 	3, paragraph (b), but only when the vehicle exceeds its gross
117.5 	weight allowance set forth in that paragraph, and then the
117.6 	additional cost is for all weight, including the allowance
117.7 	weight, in excess of the permitted maximum axle weight.  The
117.8 	additional cost is equal to the product of the distance traveled
117.9 	times the sum of the overweight axle group cost factors shown in
117.10 	the following chart:
117.11 	Overweight Axle Group Cost Factors
117.12 	Weight (pounds)         Cost Per Mile For Each Group Of:
117.13 	exceeding       Two consec-     Three consec-   Four consec-
117.14 	weight          utive axles     utive axles     utive axles
117.15 	limitations     spaced within   spaced within   spaced within
117.16 	on axles        8 feet or less  9 feet or less  14 feet or less
117.17 	     0-2,000    .12             .05             .04
117.18 	 2,001-4,000    .14             .06             .05
117.19 	 4,001-6,000    .18             .07             .06
117.20 	 6,001-8,000    .21             .09             .07
117.21 	 8,001-10,000   .26             .10             .08
117.22 	10,001-12,000   .30             .12             .09
117.23 	12,001-14,000   Not permitted   .14             .11
117.24 	14,001-16,000   Not permitted   .17             .12
117.25 	16,001-18,000   Not permitted   .19             .15
117.26 	18,001-20,000   Not permitted   Not permitted   .16
117.27 	20,001-22,000   Not permitted   Not permitted   .20
117.28 	The amounts added are rounded to the nearest cent for each axle
117.29 	or axle group.  The additional cost does not apply to paragraph
117.30 	(c), clauses (1) and (3).
117.31 	For a vehicle found to exceed the appropriate maximum permitted
117.32 	weight, a cost-per-mile fee of 22 cents per ton, or fraction of
117.33 	a ton, over the permitted maximum weight is imposed in addition
117.34 	to the normal permit fee.  Miles must be calculated based on the
117.35 	distance already traveled in the state plus the distance from
117.36 	the point of detection to a transportation loading site or
118.1 	unloading site within the state or to the point of exit from the
118.2 	state.
118.3 	(f) As an alternative to paragraph (e), an annual permit
118.4 	may be issued for overweight, or oversize and overweight,
118.5 	construction equipment, machinery, and supplies.  The fees for
118.6 	the permit are as follows:
118.7 	Gross Weight (pounds) of Vehicle          Annual Permit Fee
118.8 	     90,000 or less                             $200
118.9 	     90,001 - 100,000                           $300
118.10 	    100,001 - 110,000                           $400
118.11 	    110,001 - 120,000                           $500
118.12 	    120,001 - 130,000                           $600
118.13 	    130,001 - 140,000                           $700
118.14 	    140,001 - 145,000                           $800
118.15 	If the gross weight of the vehicle is more than 145,000 pounds
118.16 	the permit fee is determined under paragraph (e).
118.17 	(g) For vehicles which exceed the width limitations set
118.18 	forth in section 169.80 by more than 72 inches, an additional
118.19 	cost equal to $120 added to the amount in paragraph (a) when the
118.20 	permit is issued while seasonal load restrictions pursuant to
118.21 	section 169.87 are in effect.
118.22 	(h) $85 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not
118.23 	to exceed 12 months, for refuse-compactor vehicles that carry a
118.24 	gross weight of not more than:  22,000 pounds on a single rear
118.25 	axle; 38,000 pounds on a tandem rear axle; or, subject to
118.26 	section 169.828, subdivision 2, 46,000 pounds on a tridem rear
118.27 	axle.  A permit issued for up to 46,000 pounds on a tridem rear
118.28 	axle must limit the gross vehicle weight to not more than 62,000
118.29 	pounds.
118.30 	(i) For vehicles exclusively transporting implements of
118.31 	husbandry, an annual permit fee of $24.  A vehicle operated
118.32 	under a permit authorized by this paragraph may be moved at the
118.33 	discretion of the permit holder without prior route approval by
118.34 	the commissioner if:
118.35 	(1) the total width of the transporting vehicle, including
118.36 	load, does not exceed 14 feet;
119.1 	(2) the vehicle is operated only between sunrise and 30
119.2 	minutes after sunset, and is not operated at any time after
119.3 	12:00 noon on Sundays or holidays;
119.4 	(3) the vehicle is not operated when visibility is impaired
119.5 	by weather, fog, or other conditions that render persons and
119.6 	other vehicles not clearly visible at 500 feet;
119.7 	(4) the vehicle displays at the front and rear of the load
119.8 	or vehicle a pair of flashing amber lights, as provided in
119.9 	section 169.59, subdivision 4, whenever the overall width of the
119.10 	vehicle exceeds 126 inches; and
119.11 	(5) the vehicle is not operated on a trunk highway with a
119.12 	surfaced roadway width of less than 24 feet unless such
119.13 	operation is authorized by the permit.
119.14 	A permit under this paragraph authorizes movements of the
119.15 	permitted vehicle on an interstate highway, and movements of 75
119.16 	miles or more on other highways.
119.17 	(j) $300 for a motor vehicle described in section
119.18 	169.8261.  The fee under this paragraph must be deposited as
119.19 	follows:
119.20 	(1) in fiscal years 2005 through 2010:
119.21 	(i) the first $50,000 in each fiscal year must be deposited
119.22 	in the trunk highway fund for costs related to administering the
119.23 	permit program and inspecting and posting bridges;
119.24 	(ii) all remaining money in each fiscal year must be
119.25 	deposited in a bridge inspection and signing account in the
119.26 	special revenue fund.  Money in the account is appropriated to
119.27 	the commissioner for:
119.28 	(A) inspection of local bridges and identification of local
119.29 	bridges to be posted, including contracting with a consultant
119.30 	for some or all of these functions; and
119.31 	(B) erection of weight-posting signs on local bridges; and
119.32 	(2) in fiscal year 2011 and subsequent years must be
119.33 	deposited in the trunk highway fund.
119.34 	(k) Beginning August 1, 2006, $200 for an annual permit for
119.35 	a vehicle operating under authority of section 169.824,
119.36 	subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (2).

120.1 	Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.99,
120.2 	subdivision 1b, is amended to read:
120.3 		Subd. 1b.Speed.  The uniform traffic ticket must provide
120.4 	a blank or space wherein an officer who issues a citation for a
120.5 	violation of section 169.14, subdivision 2, paragraph (a),
120.6 	clause (3),a speed limit of 55 or 60 miles per hour must
120.7 	specify whether the speed was greater than ten miles per hour in
120.8 	excess of the lawful speed a 55 miles per hour speed limit, or
120.9 	more than five miles per hour in excess of a 60 miles per hour
120.10 	speed limit.

120.11 	Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169A.52,
120.12 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
120.13 		Subd. 3.Test refusal; license revocation.  (a) Upon
120.14 	certification by the peace officer that there existed probable
120.15 	cause to believe the person had been driving, operating, or in
120.16 	physical control of a motor vehicle in violation of section
120.17 	169A.20 (driving while impaired), and that the person refused to
120.18 	submit to a test, the commissioner shall revoke the person's
120.19 	license or permit to drive, or nonresident operating privilege,
120.20 	for a period of one year even if a test was obtained pursuant to
120.21 	this section after the person refused to submit to testing.
120.22 	(b) Upon certification by the peace officer that there
120.23 	existed probable cause to believe the person had been driving,
120.24 	operating, or in physical control of a commercial motor vehicle
120.25 	with the presence of any alcohol in violation of section 169A.20
120.26 	(driving while impaired), and that the person refused to submit
120.27 	to a test, the commissioner shall disqualify the person from
120.28 	operating a commercial motor vehicle for a period of one year
120.29 	under section 171.165 (commercial driver's license
120.30 	disqualification) and shall revoke the person's license or
120.31 	permit to drive or nonresident operating privilege for a period
120.32 	of one year according to the federal regulations adopted by
120.33 	reference in section 171.165, subdivision 2.

120.34 	Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.01,
120.35 	subdivision 22, is amended to read:
120.36 		Subd. 22.Commercial motor vehicle.  "Commercial motor
121.1 	vehicle" means a motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles
121.2 	used to transport passengers or property if the motor vehicle:
121.3 	(1) has a gross vehicle weight of more than 26,000 pounds;
121.4 	(2) has a towed unit with a gross vehicle weight of more
121.5 	than 10,000 pounds and the combination of vehicles has a
121.6 	combined gross vehicle weight of more than 26,000 pounds;
121.7 	(3) is a bus;
121.8 	(4) is of any size and is used in the transportation of
121.9 	hazardous materials, except for those vehicles having a gross
121.10 	vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or less and carrying in bulk
121.11 	tanks a total of not more than 200 gallons of liquid fertilizer
121.12 	and petroleum products that are required to be placarded under
121.13 	Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, parts 100-185; or
121.14 	(5) is outwardly equipped and identified as a school bus,
121.15 	except for type III school buses defined in section 169.01,
121.16 	subdivision 6, clause (5).

121.17 	Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.01,
121.18 	subdivision 35, is amended to read:
121.19 		Subd. 35.Hazardous materials.  "Hazardous materials"
121.20 	means those materials found to be hazardous for the purposes of
121.21 	the federal Hazardous Materials Transportation Act and that
121.22 	require the motor vehicle to be placarded under Code of Federal
121.23 	Regulations, title 49, part 172, subpart F parts 100-185.

121.24 	Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.01,
121.25 	subdivision 47, is amended to read:
121.26 		Subd. 47.State.  "State" means any a state of the United
121.27 	States, territory or possession of the United States,the
121.28 	District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any
121.29 	province of the Dominion of Canada , the United States Virgin
121.30 	Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the
121.31 	jurisdiction of the United States.

121.32 	Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.01, is
121.33 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
121.34 		Subd. 48a.Tank vehicle. "Tank vehicle" means any
121.35 	commercial motor vehicle that is designed to transport any
121.36 	liquid or gaseous materials within a tank, as defined in Code of
122.1 	Federal Regulations, title 49, section 178.320, including a
122.2 	cargo tank or a portable tank as defined in Code of Federal
122.3 	Regulations, title 49, section 171.8, that is either permanently
122.4 	or temporarily attached to the vehicle or the chassis, except
122.5 	portable tanks having a rated capacity under 1,000 gallons.

122.6 	Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.02, is
122.7 	amended to read:
122.8 	171.02 LICENSES; TYPES, ENDORSEMENTS, RESTRICTIONS.
122.9 		Subdivision 1.License required. Except when expressly
122.10 	exempted, a person shall not drive a motor vehicle upon a street
122.11 	or highway in this state unless the person has a license valid
122.12 	under this chapter for the type or class of vehicle being
122.13 	driven.  The department shall not issue a driver's license to a
122.14 	person unless and until the person's license from any
122.15 	jurisdiction has been invalidated.  The department shall provide
122.16 	to the issuing department of any jurisdiction, information that
122.17 	the licensee is now licensed in Minnesota.  A person is not
122.18 	permitted to have more than one valid driver's license at any
122.19 	time.  The department shall not issue to a person to whom a
122.20 	current Minnesota identification card has been issued a driver's
122.21 	license, other than an instruction permit or a limited license,
122.22 	unless the person's Minnesota identification card has been
122.23 	invalidated.
122.24 	Subd. 2.  [DRIVER'S LICENSE CLASSIFICATIONS, ENDORSEMENTS,
122.25 	EXEMPTIONS.] (a) Drivers' licenses shall be are classified
122.26 	according to the types of vehicles which that may be driven by
122.27 	the holder of each type or class of license.  The commissioner
122.28 	may, as appropriate, subdivide the classes listed in this
122.29 	subdivision and issue licenses classified accordingly.
122.30 	(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), clauses (1) and
122.31 	(2), and subdivision 2a, no class of license shall be is valid
122.32 	to operate a motorcycle, school bus, tank vehicle,
122.33 	double-trailer or triple-trailer combination, vehicle
122.34 	transporting hazardous materials, or bus, unless so endorsed.
122.35 	There shall be are four general classes of licenses as
122.36 	follows:described in paragraphs (c) through (f).
123.1 	(b) (c) Class D;drivers' licenses are valid for:
123.2 	(1) operating all farm trucks operated by if the farm truck
123.3 	is:
123.4 	(i) the owner, (ii) controlled and operated by a farmer,
123.5 	including operation by an immediate family member of the owner,
123.6 	(iii) or an employee of the owner not primarily employed to
123.7 	operate the farm truck, within 150 miles of the farm, or farmer;
123.8 	(ii) used to transport agricultural products, farm
123.9 	machinery, or farm supplies, including hazardous materials, to
123.10 	or from a farm;
123.11 	(iii) not used in the operations of a common or contract
123.12 	motor carrier as governed by Code of Federal Regulations, title
123.13 	49, part 365; and 
123.14 	(iv) an employee of the owner employed during harvest to
123.15 	operate the farm truck for the first, continuous transportation
123.16 	of agricultural products from the production site or on-farm
123.17 	storage site to any other location within 50 miles of that
123.18 	site used within 150 miles of the farm;
123.19 	(2) notwithstanding paragraph (b),operating fire trucks
123.20 	and emergency fire equipment an authorized emergency vehicle, as
123.21 	defined in section 169.01, subdivision 5, whether or not in
123.22 	excess of 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, operated by a
123.23 	firefighter while on duty, or a tiller operator employed by a
123.24 	fire department who drives the rear portion of a midmount aerial
123.25 	ladder truck;
123.26 	(3) operating a recreational equipment vehicle as defined
123.27 	in section 168.011, subdivision 25, that is operated for
123.28 	personal use;
123.29 	(4) operating all single-unit vehicles except vehicles with
123.30 	a gross vehicle weight of more than 26,000 pounds, vehicles
123.31 	designed to carry more than 15 passengers including the driver,
123.32 	and vehicles that carry hazardous materials; and 
123.33 	(5) notwithstanding paragraph (c) (d), operating a type A
123.34 	school bus without a school bus endorsement if:
123.35 	(i) the bus has a gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or
123.36 	less;
124.1 	(ii) the bus is designed to transport 15 or fewer
124.2 	passengers, including the driver; and
124.3 	(iii) the requirements of subdivision 2a, paragraph (b),
124.4 	are satisfied, as determined by the commissioner.; and 
124.5 	The holder of a class D license may also tow 
124.6 	(6) towing vehicles if:
124.7 	(i) the towed vehicles have a gross vehicle weight of
124.8 	10,000 pounds or less; or 
124.9 	(ii) the towed vehicles have a gross vehicle weight of more
124.10 	than 10,000 pounds and the combination of vehicles has a gross
124.11 	vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or less.
124.12 	(c) (d) Class C;drivers' licenses are valid for:
124.13 	(1) operating class D motor vehicles;
124.14 	(2) with a hazardous materials endorsement, transporting
124.15 	hazardous materials in class D vehicles; and
124.16 	(3) with a school bus endorsement, operating school buses
124.17 	designed to transport 15 or fewer passengers, including the
124.18 	driver.
124.19 	(d) (e) Class B;drivers' licenses are valid for operating
124.20 	all vehicles in class C motor vehicles, class D motor vehicles,
124.21 	and all other single-unit motor vehicles including, with a
124.22 	passenger endorsement, buses.  The holder of a class B license
124.23 	may tow only vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 10,000
124.24 	pounds or less.
124.25 	(e) (f) Class A;drivers' licenses are valid for operating
124.26 	any vehicle or combination of vehicles.
124.27 		Subd. 2a.exceptions exception for certain school bus
124.28 	drivers. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision 2, (1) a hazardous
124.29 	materials endorsement is not required to operate a vehicle
124.30 	having a gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or less while
124.31 	carrying in bulk tanks a total of not more than 200 gallons of
124.32 	petroleum products and (2) a class C license or hazardous
124.33 	materials endorsement is not required to operate a farm vehicle
124.34 	as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section
124.35 	390.5, having a gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or less
124.36 	while carrying in bulk tanks a total of not more than 1,500
125.1 	gallons of liquid fertilizer.
125.2 	(b) Notwithstanding subdivision 2, paragraph (c), the
125.3 	holder of a class D driver's license, without a school bus
125.4 	endorsement, may operate a type A school bus described in
125.5 	subdivision 2, paragraph (b), under the following conditions:
125.6 	(1) (a) The operator is an employee of the entity that
125.7 	owns, leases, or contracts for the school bus and is not solely
125.8 	hired to provide transportation services under this paragraph 
125.9 	subdivision.
125.10 	(2) (b) The operator drives the school bus only from points
125.11 	of origin to points of destination, not including home-to-school
125.12 	trips to pick up or drop off students.
125.13 	(3) (c) The operator is prohibited from using the
125.14 	eight-light system.  Violation of this clause paragraph is a
125.15 	misdemeanor.
125.16 	(4) (d) The operator's employer has adopted and implemented
125.17 	a policy that provides for annual training and certification of
125.18 	the operator in:
125.19 	(i) (1) safe operation of the type of school bus the
125.20 	operator will be driving;
125.21 	(ii) (2) understanding student behavior, including issues
125.22 	relating to students with disabilities;
125.23 	(iii) (3) encouraging orderly conduct of students on the
125.24 	bus and handling incidents of misconduct appropriately;
125.25 	(iv) (4) knowing and understanding relevant laws, rules of
125.26 	the road, and local school bus safety policies;
125.27 	(v) (5) handling emergency situations; and
125.28 	(vi) (6) safe loading and unloading of students.
125.29 	(5) (e) A background check or background investigation of
125.30 	the operator has been conducted that meets the requirements
125.31 	under section 122A.18, subdivision 8, or 123B.03 for teachers;
125.32 	section 144.057 or chapter 245C for day care employees; or
125.33 	section 171.321, subdivision 3, for all other persons operating
125.34 	a type A school bus under this paragraph subdivision.
125.35 	(6) (f) Operators shall submit to a physical examination as
125.36 	required by section 171.321, subdivision 2.
126.1 	(7) (g) The operator's driver's license is verified
126.2 	annually by the entity that owns, leases, or contracts for the
126.3 	school bus.
126.4 	(8) (h) A person who sustains a conviction, as defined
126.5 	under section 609.02, of violating section 169A.25, 169A.26,
126.6 	169A.27, 169A.31, 169A.51, or 169A.52, or a similar statute or
126.7 	ordinance of another state is precluded from operating a school
126.8 	bus for five years from the date of conviction.
126.9 	(9) (i) A person who has ever been convicted of a
126.10 	disqualifying offense as defined in section 171.3215,
126.11 	subdivision 1, paragraph (c), may not operate a school bus under
126.12 	this paragraph subdivision.
126.13 	(10) (j) A person who sustains a conviction, as defined
126.14 	under section 609.02, of a fourth moving offense in violation of
126.15 	chapter 169 is precluded from operating a school bus for one
126.16 	year from the date of the last conviction.
126.17 	(11) (k) Students riding the school bus must have training
126.18 	required under section 123B.90, subdivision 2.
126.19 	(12) (l) An operator must be trained in the proper use of
126.20 	child safety restraints as set forth in the National Highway
126.21 	Traffic Safety Administration's "Guideline for the Safe
126.22 	Transportation of Pre-school Age Children in School Buses."
126.23 	(13) (m) Annual certification of the requirements listed in
126.24 	this paragraph subdivision must be maintained under separate
126.25 	file at the business location for each operator licensed under
126.26 	this paragraph subdivision and subdivision 2, paragraph (b),
126.27 	clause (5).  The business manager, school board, governing body
126.28 	of a nonpublic school, or any other entity that owns, leases, or
126.29 	contracts for the school bus operating under this paragraph 
126.30 	subdivision is responsible for maintaining these files for
126.31 	inspection.
126.32 	(14) (n) The school bus must bear a current certificate of
126.33 	inspection issued under section 169.451.
126.34 	(15) (o) The word "School" on the front and rear of the bus
126.35 	must be covered by a sign that reads "Activities" when the bus
126.36 	is being operated under authority of this paragraph subdivision.
127.1 		Subd. 3.Motorized bicycle. (a) No A motorized bicycle
127.2 	shall may not be operated on any public roadway by any person
127.3 	who does not possess a valid driver's license, unless the person
127.4 	has obtained a motorized bicycle operator's permit or motorized
127.5 	bicycle instruction permit from the commissioner of public
127.6 	safety.  The operator's permit may be issued to any person who
127.7 	has attained the age of 15 years and who has passed the
127.8 	examination prescribed by the commissioner.  The instruction
127.9 	permit may be issued to any person who has attained the age of
127.10 	15 years and who has successfully completed an approved safety
127.11 	course and passed the written portion of the examination
127.12 	prescribed by the commissioner.
127.13 	(b) This course must consist of, but is not limited to, a
127.14 	basic understanding of:
127.15 	(1) motorized bicycles and their limitations;
127.16 	(2) motorized bicycle laws and rules;
127.17 	(3) safe operating practices and basic operating
127.18 	techniques;
127.19 	(4) helmets and protective clothing;
127.20 	(5) motorized bicycle traffic strategies; and
127.21 	(6) effects of alcohol and drugs on motorized bicycle
127.22 	operators.
127.23 	(c) The commissioner may promulgate adopt rules prescribing
127.24 	the content of the safety course, examination, and the
127.25 	information to be contained on the permits.  A person operating
127.26 	a motorized bicycle under a motorized bicycle permit is subject
127.27 	to the restrictions imposed by section 169.974, subdivision 2,
127.28 	on operation of a motorcycle under a two-wheel instruction
127.29 	permit.
127.30 	(d) The fees for motorized bicycle operator's permits are
127.31 	as follows:
127.32 	(1) Examination and operator's permit,
127.33 	          valid for one year                     $ 6
127.34 	      (2) Duplicate                              $ 3
127.35 	      (3) Renewal permit before age 21
127.36 	          and valid until age 21                 $ 9
128.1 	      (4) Renewal permit after age 21 or older 
128.2 	          and valid for four years               $15
128.3 	      (5) Duplicate of any renewal permit        $ 4.50
128.4 	      (6) Written examination and
128.5 	          instruction permit, valid for
128.6 	          30 days                                $ 6
128.7 	Subd. 4.  [RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE.] (a) The
128.8 	commissioner may issue restricted commercial drivers' licenses
128.9 	and take the following actions to the extent that the actions
128.10 	are authorized by regulation of the United States Department of
128.11 	Transportation entitled "Waiver for Farm-Related Service
128.12 	Industries" as published in the Federal Register, April 17, 1992 
128.13 	in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 383.3,
128.14 	paragraph (f):
128.15 	(1) prescribe examination requirements and other
128.16 	qualifications for the license;
128.17 	(2) prescribe classes of vehicles that may be operated by
128.18 	holders of the license;
128.19 	(3) specify commercial motor vehicle operation that is
128.20 	authorized by the license, and prohibit other commercial motor 
128.21 	vehicle operation by holders of the license; and
128.22 	(4) prescribe the period of time during which the license
128.23 	is valid.
128.24 	(b) Restricted commercial drivers' licenses are subject to
128.25 	sections 171.165 and 171.166 in the same manner as other
128.26 	commercial drivers' licenses.
128.27 	(c) Actions of the commissioner under this subdivision are
128.28 	not subject to sections 14.05 to 14.47 of the Administrative
128.29 	Procedure Act.
128.30 		Subd. 5.Exemption for certain backup snowplow drivers.
 128.31 	Pursuant to the waiver authorization set forth in Public Law
128.32 	104-59, section 345, subsection (a), paragraph (5), a person who
128.33 	operates a commercial motor vehicle for the purpose of removing
128.34 	snow or ice from a roadway by plowing, salting, or sanding is
128.35 	not required to hold a commercial driver's license if the person:
128.36 	(1) is an employee of a local unit of government with a
129.1 	population of 3,000 or less;
129.2 	(2) is operating within the boundaries of the local unit of
129.3 	government;
129.4 	(3) holds a valid class D driver's license; and
129.5 	(4) except in the event of a lawful strike, is temporarily
129.6 	replacing the employee who normally operates the vehicle but
129.7 	either is unable to operate the vehicle or is in need of
129.8 	additional assistance due to a snow emergency as determined by
129.9 	the local unit of government.

129.10 	Sec. 60. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.03, is
129.11 	amended to read:
129.12 	171.03 PERSONS EXEMPT.
129.13 	The following persons are exempt from license hereunder:
129.14 	(1) (a) A person in the employ or service of the United
129.15 	States federal government is exempt while driving or operating a
129.16 	motor vehicle owned by or leased to the United States federal
129.17 	government, except that only a noncivilian operator of a
129.18 	commercial motor vehicle owned or leased by the United States
129.19 	Department of Defense or the Minnesota National Guard is exempt
129.20 	from the requirement to possess a valid commercial motor vehicle
129.21 	driver's license;.
129.22 	(b) A person in the employ or service of the United States
129.23 	federal government is exempt from the requirement to possess a
129.24 	valid class A, class B, or class C commercial driver's license
129.25 	while driving or operating for military purposes a commercial
129.26 	motor vehicle owned by or leased to the United States federal
129.27 	government if the person is:
129.28 	(1) on active duty in the U. S. Coast Guard;
129.29 	(2) on active duty in a branch of the U. S. Armed Forces,
129.30 	which includes the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps;
129.31 	(3) a member of a reserve component of the U. S. Armed
129.32 	Forces; or 
129.33 	(4) on active duty in the Army National Guard or Air
129.34 	National Guard, which includes (i) a member on full-time
129.35 	National Guard duty, (ii) a member undergoing part-time National
129.36 	Guard training, and (iii) a National Guard military technician,
130.1 	who is a civilian required to wear a military uniform.
130.2 	The exemption provided under this paragraph does not apply to a
130.3 	U. S. Armed Forces Reserve technician.
130.4 	(2) (c) Any person while driving or operating any farm
130.5 	tractor,or implement of husbandry temporarily operated or moved 
130.6 	on a highway, and is exempt.For purposes of this section,an
130.7 	all-terrain vehicle, as defined in section 84.92, subdivision 8,
130.8 	an off-highway motorcycle, as defined in section 84.787,
130.9 	subdivision 7, and an off-road vehicle, as defined in section
130.10 	84.797, subdivision 7, are not implements of husbandry;.
130.11 	(3) (d) A nonresident who is at least 15 years of age and
130.12 	who has in immediate possession a valid driver's license issued
130.13 	to the nonresident in the home state or country may operate a
130.14 	motor vehicle in this state only as a driver;.
130.15 	(4) (e) A nonresident who has in immediate possession a
130.16 	valid commercial driver's license issued by a state or
130.17 	jurisdiction in compliance accordance with the Commercial Motor
130.18 	Vehicle Safety Act of 1986, United States Code, title 49,
130.19 	sections 521, 2304, and 2701 to 2716 standards of Code of
130.20 	Federal Regulations, title 49, part 383, and who is operating in
130.21 	Minnesota the class of commercial motor vehicle authorized by
130.22 	the issuing state;or jurisdiction is exempt.
130.23 	(5) (f) Any nonresident who is at least 18 years of age,
130.24 	whose home state or country does not require the licensing of
130.25 	drivers may operate a motor vehicle as a driver, but only for a
130.26 	period of not more than 90 days in any calendar year,if the
130.27 	motor vehicle so operated is duly registered for the current
130.28 	calendar year in the home state or country of such the 
130.29 	nonresident;.
130.30 	(6) (g) Any person who becomes a resident of the state of
130.31 	Minnesota and who has in possession a valid driver's license
130.32 	issued to the person under and pursuant to the laws of some
130.33 	other state or province jurisdiction or by military authorities
130.34 	of the United States may operate a motor vehicle as a
130.35 	driver, but only for a period of not more than 60 days after
130.36 	becoming a resident of this state,without being required to
131.1 	have a Minnesota driver's license as provided in this chapter;.
131.2 	(7) (h) Any person who becomes a resident of the state of
131.3 	Minnesota and who has in possession a valid commercial driver's
131.4 	license issued by another state or jurisdiction in
131.5 	compliance accordance with the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety
131.6 	Act of 1986, United States Code, title 49, sections 521, 2304,
131.7 	and 2701 to 2716 standards of Code of Federal Regulations, title
131.8 	49, part 383, is exempt for not more than 30 days after becoming
131.9 	a resident of this state; and .
131.10 	(8) (i) Any person operating a snowmobile, as defined in
131.11 	section 84.81, is exempt.

131.12 	Sec. 61. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.04,
131.13 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
131.14 		Subd. 2.Disqualified operators of commercial motor 
131.15 	vehicles.  During the period of disqualification, the department
131.16 	shall not issue a class C, class B, or class A commercial 
131.17 	driver's license, including a limited license,to a person who
131.18 	has been disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle
131.19 	under section 171.165.

131.20 	Sec. 62. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.05,
131.21 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
131.22 		Subdivision 1.Person 18 or more years of age. (a) Any
131.23 	person who is 18 or more years of age and who, except for a lack
131.24 	of instruction in operating a motor vehicle, would otherwise be
131.25 	qualified to obtain a class D driver's license under this
131.26 	chapter, may apply for an instruction permit and the department
131.27 	shall issue such the permit entitling .  The instruction permit
131.28 	entitles the applicant, while having such permit in immediate
131.29 	possession,to drive a motor vehicle for which a class D license
131.30 	is valid upon the highways for a period of one year, but such
131.31 	person must be two years if the permit holder:
131.32 	(1) has the permit in immediate possession; and 
131.33 	(2) is driving the vehicle while accompanied by an adult
131.34 	licensed driver who is actually occupying a seat beside the
131.35 	driver.
131.36 	(b) Any license of a lower class may be used as an
132.1 	instruction permit for to operate a vehicle requiring a higher
132.2 	class license for a period of six months after passage of the
132.3 	written test or tests required for the higher class and when the
132.4 	licensee is accompanied by and receiving instruction from a
132.5 	holder of the appropriate higher class license.  A copy of the
132.6 	record of examination taken for the higher class license must be
132.7 	carried by the driver while using such the lower class license
132.8 	as an instruction permit.

132.9 	Sec. 63. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.05,
132.10 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
132.11 		Subd. 2.Person less than 18 years of age.  (a)
132.12 	Notwithstanding any provision in subdivision 1 to the contrary,
132.13 	the department may issue an instruction permit to an applicant
132.14 	who is 15, 16, or 17 years of age and who:
132.15 	(1) has completed a course of driver education in another
132.16 	state, has a previously issued valid license from another state,
132.17 	or is enrolled in either:
132.18 	(i) a public, private, or commercial driver education
132.19 	program that is approved by the commissioner of public safety
132.20 	and that includes classroom and behind-the-wheel training; or
132.21 	(ii) an approved behind-the-wheel driver education program
132.22 	when the student is receiving full-time instruction in a home
132.23 	school within the meaning of sections 120A.22 and 120A.24, the
132.24 	student is working toward a home-school diploma, the student's
132.25 	status as a home-school student has been certified by the
132.26 	superintendent of the school district in which the student
132.27 	resides, and the student is taking home-classroom driver
132.28 	training with classroom materials approved by the commissioner
132.29 	of public safety;
132.30 	(2) has completed the classroom phase of instruction in the
132.31 	driver education program;
132.32 	(3) has passed a test of the applicant's eyesight;
132.33 	(4) has passed a department-administered test of the
132.34 	applicant's knowledge of traffic laws;
132.35 	(5) has completed the required application, which must be
132.36 	approved by (i) either parent when both reside in the same
133.1 	household as the minor applicant or, if otherwise, then (ii) the
133.2 	parent or spouse of the parent having custody or, in the event
133.3 	there is no court order for custody, then (iii) the parent or
133.4 	spouse of the parent with whom the minor is living or, if items
133.5 	(i) to (iii) do not apply, then (iv) the guardian having custody
133.6 	of the minor or, in the event a person under the age of 18 has
133.7 	no living father, mother, or guardian, or is married or
133.8 	otherwise legally emancipated, then (v) the applicant's adult
133.9 	spouse, adult close family member, or adult employer; provided,
133.10 	that the approval required by this clause contains a
133.11 	verification of the age of the applicant and the identity of the
133.12 	parent, guardian, adult spouse, adult close family member, or
133.13 	adult employer; and
133.14 	(6) has paid the fee required in section 171.06,
133.15 	subdivision 2.
133.16 	(b) The instruction permit is valid for one year two years 
133.17 	from the date of application and may be renewed upon payment of
133.18 	a fee equal to the fee for issuance of an instruction permit
133.19 	under section 171.06, subdivision 2.

133.20 	Sec. 64. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.05,
133.21 	subdivision 2b, is amended to read:
133.22 		Subd. 2b.Instruction permit use by person under age 18.
 133.23 	(a) This subdivision applies to persons who have applied for and
133.24 	received an instruction permit under subdivision 2.
133.25 	(b) The permit holder may, with the permit in possession,
133.26 	operate a motor vehicle, but must be accompanied by and be under
133.27 	the supervision of a certified driver education instructor, the
133.28 	permit holder's parent or guardian, or another licensed driver
133.29 	age 21 or older.  The supervisor must occupy the seat beside the
133.30 	permit holder.
133.31 	(c) The permit holder may operate a motor vehicle only when
133.32 	every occupant under the age of 18 has a seat belt or child
133.33 	passenger restraint system properly fastened.  A person who
133.34 	violates this paragraph is subject to a fine of $25.  A peace
133.35 	officer may not issue a citation for a violation of this
133.36 	paragraph unless the officer lawfully stopped or detained the
134.1 	driver of the motor vehicle for a moving violation as defined in
134.2 	section 171.04, subdivision 1.  The commissioner shall not
134.3 	record a violation of this paragraph on a person's driving
134.4 	record.
134.5 	(d) The permit holder may not operate a vehicle while
134.6 	communicating over, or otherwise operating, a cellular or
134.7 	wireless telephone, whether handheld or hands free, when the
134.8 	vehicle is in motion.  The permit holder may assert as an
134.9 	affirmative defense that the violation was made for the sole
134.10 	purpose of obtaining emergency assistance to prevent a crime
134.11 	about to be committed, or in the reasonable belief that a
134.12 	person's life or safety was in danger.
134.13 	(e) The permit holder must maintain a driving record free
134.14 	of convictions for moving violations, as defined in section
134.15 	171.04, subdivision 1, and free of convictions for violation of
134.16 	section 169A.20, 169A.33, 169A.35, or sections 169A.50 to
134.17 	169A.53.  If the permit holder drives a motor vehicle in
134.18 	violation of the law, the commissioner shall suspend, cancel, or
134.19 	revoke the permit in accordance with the statutory section
134.20 	violated.
134.21 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2006.

134.22 	Sec. 65. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.055,
134.23 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
134.24 		Subd. 2.Use of provisional license.  (a) A provisional
134.25 	license holder may operate a motor vehicle only when every
134.26 	occupant under the age of 18 has a seat belt or child passenger
134.27 	restraint system properly fastened.  A person who violates this
134.28 	paragraph is subject to a fine of $25.  A peace officer may not
134.29 	issue a citation for a violation of this paragraph unless the
134.30 	officer lawfully stopped or detained the driver of the motor
134.31 	vehicle for a moving violation as defined in section 171.04.
134.32 	The commissioner shall not record a violation of this paragraph
134.33 	on a person's driving record.
134.34 	(b) A provisional license holder may not operate a vehicle
134.35 	while communicating over, or otherwise operating, a cellular or
134.36 	wireless telephone, whether handheld or hands free, when the
135.1 	vehicle is in motion.  The provisional license holder may assert
135.2 	as an affirmative defense that the violation was made for the
135.3 	sole purpose of obtaining emergency assistance to prevent a
135.4 	crime about to be committed, or in the reasonable belief that a
135.5 	person's life or safety was in danger.
135.6 	(c) If the holder of a provisional license during the
135.7 	period of provisional licensing incurs (1) a conviction for a
135.8 	violation of section 169A.20, 169A.33, 169A.35, or sections
135.9 	169A.50 to 169A.53, (2) a conviction for a crash-related moving
135.10 	violation, or (3) more than one conviction for a moving
135.11 	violation that is not crash related, the person may not be
135.12 	issued a driver's license until 12 consecutive months have
135.13 	expired since the date of the conviction or until the person
135.14 	reaches the age of 18 years, whichever occurs first.
135.15 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2006.

135.16 	Sec. 66. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.06,
135.17 	subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
135.18 		Subd. 2a.Two-wheeled vehicle endorsement fee increased.
 135.19 	(a) The fee for any duplicate driver's license which is obtained
135.20 	for the purpose of adding a two-wheeled vehicle endorsement is
135.21 	increased by $18.50 for each first such duplicate license and
135.22 	$13 for each renewal thereof.  The additional fee shall must be
135.23 	paid into the state treasury and credited as follows:
135.24 	(1) $11 of the additional fee for each first duplicate
135.25 	license, and $7 of the additional fee for each renewal, must be
135.26 	credited to the motorcycle safety fund,which is hereby created;
135.27 	provided that any ten percent of fee receipts in excess of
135.28 	$750,000 in a fiscal year shall must be credited 90 percent to
135.29 	the trunk highway fund and ten percent to the general fund, as
135.30 	provided in section 171.26.
135.31 	(2) The remainder of the additional fee must be credited to
135.32 	the general fund.
135.33 	(b) All application forms prepared by the commissioner for
135.34 	two-wheeled vehicle endorsements shall must clearly state the
135.35 	amount of the total fee that is dedicated to the motorcycle
135.36 	safety fund.

136.1 	Sec. 67. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.09, as
136.2 	amended by Laws 2005, chapter 136, article 18, section 11, is
136.3 	amended to read:
136.4 	171.09 [DRIVING RESTRICTIONS; AUTHORITY, VIOLATIONS.]
136.5 		Subdivision 1.Authority; violations. (a) The
136.6 	commissioner shall have the authority, when good cause appears,
136.7 	to may impose restrictions suitable to the licensee's driving
136.8 	ability or such other restrictions applicable to the licensee as
136.9 	the commissioner may determine to be appropriate to assure the
136.10 	safe operation of a motor vehicle by the licensee. The
136.11 	commissioner may,
136.12 	(b) Pursuant to Code of Federal Regulations, title 49,
136.13 	section 383.95, if an applicant for a commercial driver's
136.14 	license either does not successfully complete the air brake
136.15 	component of the knowledge test, or does not successfully
136.16 	complete the skills test in a vehicle equipped with air brakes
136.17 	as such tests are prescribed in Code of Federal Regulations,
136.18 	title 49, part 384, the department shall indicate on the class
136.19 	C, class B, or class A commercial driver's license, if issued,
136.20 	that the individual is restricted from operating a commercial
136.21 	motor vehicle equipped with air brakes.
136.22 	(c) Upon receiving satisfactory evidence of any violation
136.23 	of the restrictions of on the license, the commissioner may 
136.24 	suspend or revoke the license.  A license suspension under this
136.25 	section is subject to section 171.18, subdivisions 2 and 3.
136.26 	(b) (d) A person who drives, operates, or is in physical
136.27 	control of a motor vehicle while in violation of the
136.28 	restrictions imposed in a restricted driver's license issued to
136.29 	that person under paragraph (a) this section is guilty of a
136.30 	crime as follows:
136.31 	(1) if the restriction relates to the possession or
136.32 	consumption of alcohol or controlled substances, the person is
136.33 	guilty of a gross misdemeanor; or
136.34 	(2) if the restriction relates to another matter, the
136.35 	person is guilty of a misdemeanor.
136.36 		Subd. 2.No-alcohol restriction. (a) Upon proper
137.1 	application by a person having a valid driver's license
137.2 	containing the restriction that the person must consume no
137.3 	alcohol and whose driving record contains no impaired driving
137.4 	incident within the past ten years, the commissioner must issue
137.5 	to the person a duplicate driver's license that does not show
137.6 	that restriction.  Such issuance of a duplicate license does not
137.7 	rescind the no-alcohol restriction on the recipient's driving
137.8 	record.  "Impaired driving incident" has the meaning given in
137.9 	section 169A.03, subdivision 22.
137.10 	(b) Upon the issuance of a duplicate license to a person
137.11 	under paragraph (a), the no-alcohol restriction on the person's
137.12 	driving record is classified as private data on individuals, as
137.13 	defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12, but may be provided to
137.14 	requesting law enforcement agencies, probation and parole
137.15 	agencies, and courts.

137.16 	Sec. 68. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.12,
137.17 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
137.18 		Subd. 3.Application and record, when destroyed.  The
137.19 	department may cause applications for drivers' licenses,
137.20 	provisional licenses, and instruction permits, and related
137.21 	records, to be destroyed immediately after the period for which
137.22 	issued, except that:
137.23 	(1) the driver's record pertaining to revocations,
137.24 	suspensions, cancellations, disqualifications, convictions, and
137.25 	accidents shall be is cumulative and must be kept for a period
137.26 	of at least five years;
137.27 	(2) the driver's record pertaining to violations of a
137.28 	driver or vehicle out-of-service order must be kept for a period
137.29 	of at least ten years; and 
137.30 	(3) the driver's record pertaining to felony convictions in
137.31 	the commission of which a motor vehicle was used, to the
137.32 	alcohol-related offenses and licensing actions listed in section
137.33 	169A.03, subdivisions 20 and 21, and to violations of sections 
137.34 	section 169.09, to violations of section 169A.31,and to
137.35 	violations of section 171.24, subdivision 5, shall must 
137.36 	be cumulative and kept for a period of at least 15 years, except
138.1 	as provided in clause (3); and 
138.2 	(3) the driver's record pertaining to an offense, or a
138.3 	related licensing action, under section 169A.20, subdivision 1,
138.4 	clause (1) or (5), must be purged after ten years of any
138.5 	reference to the offense or action if (i) this offense or action
138.6 	involved an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more but less than
138.7 	0.10, (ii) this offense or action was a first impaired driving
138.8 	incident, and (iii) the driver has incurred no other impaired
138.9 	driving incident during the ten-year period.  For purposes of
138.10 	this clause, "impaired driving incident" includes any incident
138.11 	that may be counted as a prior impaired driving conviction or a
138.12 	prior impaired driving-related loss of license, as defined in
138.13 	section 169A.03, subdivisions 20 and 21.  This clause does not
138.14 	apply to the driver's record of a person to whom a commercial
138.15 	driver's license has been issued retained permanently.

138.16 	Sec. 69. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.12,
138.17 	subdivision 6, is amended to read:
138.18 		Subd. 6.Certain convictions not recorded. (a) Except as
138.19 	provided in paragraph (b),the department shall not keep on the
138.20 	record of a driver any conviction for a violation of section
138.21 	169.14, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (3),a speed limit
138.22 	of 55 or 60 miles per hour unless the violation consisted of a
138.23 	speed greater than ten miles per hour in excess of the lawful
138.24 	speed a 55 miles per hour speed limit, or more than five miles
138.25 	per hour in excess of a 60 miles per hour speed limit.
138.26 	(b) This subdivision does not apply to (1) a violation that
138.27 	occurs in a commercial motor vehicle, or (2) a violation
138.28 	committed by a holder of a class A, B, or C commercial driver's
138.29 	license, without regard to whether the violation was committed
138.30 	in a commercial motor vehicle or another vehicle.

138.31 	Sec. 70. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.13,
138.32 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
138.33 		Subd. 2.Examination upon renewal. (a) The department
138.34 	shall issue a driver's license upon renewal:
138.35 	(1) when the applicant has passed an examination consisting
138.36 	of a screening of the applicant's eyesight since the last
139.1 	previous license renewal or issuance; and 
139.2 	(2) if applicable, when an applicant has passed a written
139.3 	examination since the last previous license renewal or issuance
139.4 	and after receiving a warning letter or attending a preliminary
139.5 	hearing as a habitual violator, within the meaning of rules
139.6 	adopted by the commissioner; and 
139.7 	(3) if applicable, when an applicant has passed a road
139.8 	examination since the last previous license renewal or issuance
139.9 	and after having had driving privileges suspended as a habitual
139.10 	violator, within the meaning of rules adopted by the
139.11 	commissioner.
139.12 	(b) A screening of eyesight required by this subdivision
139.13 	does not constitute the practice of optometry as defined in
139.14 	section 148.56.
139.15 	(c) The commissioner may adopt rules to administer this
139.16 	subdivision.
139.17 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2006.

139.18 	Sec. 71. [171.162] COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE, RECORDS
139.19 	CHECK.
139.20 	As required by Code of Federal Regulations, title 49,
139.21 	section 383.73, before issuing a class A, class B, or class C
139.22 	commercial driver's license, the department shall request the
139.23 	applicant's complete driving record from all states where the
139.24 	applicant was previously licensed over the last ten years to
139.25 	operate any type of motor vehicle.

139.26 	Sec. 72. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.165,
139.27 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
139.28 		Subdivision 1.first violation federal standards.
 139.29 	Subject to section 171.166, the commissioner shall disqualify a
139.30 	person from operating commercial motor vehicles for one year
139.31 	upon receiving a record of the first conviction of the person
139.32 	for committing a violation of any of the following offenses
139.33 	while operating a commercial motor vehicle:
139.34 	(1) section 169A.20 or 169A.31;
139.35 	(2) section 169.09, subdivision 1 or 2;
139.36 	(3) a felony, other than a felony described in subdivision
140.1 	3, paragraph (a), clause (2), item (ii);
140.2 	(4) driving with a revoked, suspended, canceled, denied, or
140.3 	disqualified commercial driver's license;
140.4 	(5) causing a fatality through the negligent or criminal
140.5 	operation of a commercial motor vehicle; or 
140.6 	(6) an offense committed in another state that would be
140.7 	grounds for disqualification under this subdivision or
140.8 	subdivision 2 if committed in Minnesota in accordance with the
140.9 	driver disqualifications and penalties in Code of Federal
140.10 	Regulations, title 49, part 383, subpart D and Code of Federal
140.11 	Regulations, title 49, section 384.219.

140.12 	Sec. 73. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.165,
140.13 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
140.14 		Subd. 2.Implied consent revocation.  The commissioner
140.15 	shall disqualify a person from operating commercial motor
140.16 	vehicles for one year from the effective date of a revocation
140.17 	under section 169A.52 or a statute or ordinance from another
140.18 	state or jurisdiction in conformity with it, if the person was
140.19 	driving, operating, or in physical control of a commercial motor
140.20 	vehicle at the time of the incident on which the revocation is
140.21 	based in accordance with the driver disqualifications and
140.22 	penalties in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 383,
140.23 	subpart D.

140.24 	Sec. 74. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.165,
140.25 	subdivision 6, is amended to read:
140.26 		Subd. 6.Exemptions. (a) A disqualification shall not be
140.27 	imposed under this section on a recreational equipment vehicle 
140.28 	operator, farmer, or firefighter authorized emergency vehicle
140.29 	operator operating a commercial motor vehicle within the scope
140.30 	of section 171.02, subdivision 2, paragraph (b).
140.31 	(b) A conviction for a violation that occurred before
140.32 	August 1, 2005, while operating a vehicle that is not a
140.33 	commercial motor vehicle shall not be counted as a first or
140.34 	subsequent violation for purposes of determining the period for
140.35 	which a driver must be disqualified under this section.

140.36 	Sec. 75. [171.167] NOTICE TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE
141.1 	INFORMATION SYSTEM.
141.2 	The department shall participate fully in the commercial
141.3 	driver's license information system established under the
141.4 	Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 at United States
141.5 	Code, title 49, section 31309.

141.6 	Sec. 76. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.17,
141.7 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
141.8 		Subdivision 1.Offenses.  (a) The department shall
141.9 	immediately revoke the license of a driver upon receiving a
141.10 	record of the driver's conviction of:
141.11 	(1) manslaughter resulting from the operation of a motor
141.12 	vehicle or criminal vehicular homicide or injury under section
141.13 	609.21;
141.14 	(2) a violation of section 169A.20 or 609.487;
141.15 	(3) a felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle was
141.16 	used;
141.17 	(4) failure to stop and disclose identity and render aid,
141.18 	as required under section 169.09, in the event of a motor
141.19 	vehicle accident, resulting in the death or personal injury of
141.20 	another;
141.21 	(5) perjury or the making of a false affidavit or statement
141.22 	to the department under any law relating to the ownership or
141.23 	operation of a motor vehicle;
141.24 	(6) except as this section otherwise provides, three
141.25 	charges of violating within a period of 12 months any of the
141.26 	provisions of chapter 169 or of the rules or municipal
141.27 	ordinances enacted in conformance with chapter 169, for which
141.28 	the accused may be punished upon conviction by imprisonment;
141.29 	(7) two or more violations, within five years, of the
141.30 	misdemeanor offense described in section 169.444, subdivision 2,
141.31 	paragraph (a);
141.32 	(8) the gross misdemeanor offense described in section
141.33 	169.444, subdivision 2, paragraph (b); or 
141.34 	(9) an offense in another state that, if committed in this
141.35 	state, would be grounds for revoking the driver's license; or 
141.36 	(10) a violation of an applicable speed limit by a person
142.1 	driving in excess of 100 miles per hour.  The person's license
142.2 	must be revoked for six months for a violation of this clause,
142.3 	or for a longer minimum period of time applicable under section
142.4 	169A.53, 169A.54, or 171.174.
142.5 	(b) The department shall immediately revoke the school bus
142.6 	endorsement of a driver upon receiving a record of the driver's
142.7 	conviction of the misdemeanor offense described in section
142.8 	169.443, subdivision 7.
142.9 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2005,
142.10 	and applies to violations committed on or after that date.

142.11 	Sec. 77. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.18,
142.12 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
142.13 		Subdivision 1.Offenses.  The commissioner may suspend
142.14 	the license of a driver without preliminary hearing upon a
142.15 	showing by department records or other sufficient evidence that
142.16 	the licensee:
142.17 	(1) has committed an offense for which mandatory revocation
142.18 	of license is required upon conviction;
142.19 	(2) has been convicted by a court for violating a provision
142.20 	of chapter 169 or an ordinance regulating traffic, other than a
142.21 	conviction for a petty misdemeanor, and department records show
142.22 	that the violation contributed in causing an accident resulting
142.23 	in the death or personal injury of another, or serious property
142.24 	damage;
142.25 	(3) is an habitually reckless or negligent driver of a
142.26 	motor vehicle;
142.27 	(4) is an habitual violator of the traffic laws;
142.28 	(5) is incompetent to drive a motor vehicle as determined
142.29 	in a judicial proceeding;
142.30 	(6) has permitted an unlawful or fraudulent use of the
142.31 	license;
142.32 	(7) has committed an offense in another state that, if
142.33 	committed in this state, would be grounds for suspension;
142.34 	(8) has committed a violation of section 169.444,
142.35 	subdivision 2, paragraph (a), within five years of a prior
142.36 	conviction under that section;
143.1 	(9) has committed a violation of section 171.22, except
143.2 	that the commissioner may not suspend a person's driver's
143.3 	license based solely on the fact that the person possessed a
143.4 	fictitious or fraudulently altered Minnesota identification
143.5 	card;
143.6 	(10) has failed to appear in court as provided in section
143.7 	169.92, subdivision 4;
143.8 	(11) has failed to report a medical condition that, if
143.9 	reported, would have resulted in cancellation of driving
143.10 	privileges; or 
143.11 	(12) has been found to have committed an offense under
143.12 	section 169A.33; or 
143.13 	(13) has paid or attempted to pay a fee required under this
143.14 	chapter for a license or permit by means of a dishonored check
143.15 	issued to the state or a driver's license agent, which must be
143.16 	continued until the registrar determines or is informed by the
143.17 	agent that the dishonored check has been paid in full.
143.18 	However, an action taken by the commissioner under clause (2) or
143.19 	(5) must conform to the recommendation of the court when made in
143.20 	connection with the prosecution of the licensee.

143.21 	Sec. 78. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.30,
143.22 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
143.23 		Subdivision 1.Conditions of issuance.  (a) In any case
143.24 	where a person's license has been suspended under section
143.25 	171.18, 171.173, or 171.186, or revoked under section 169.792,
143.26 	169.797, 169A.52, 169A.54, 171.17, or 171.172, the commissioner
143.27 	may issue a limited license to the driver including under the
143.28 	following conditions:
143.29 	(1) if the driver's livelihood or attendance at a chemical
143.30 	dependency treatment or counseling program depends upon the use
143.31 	of the driver's license;
143.32 	(2) if the use of a driver's license by a homemaker is
143.33 	necessary to prevent the substantial disruption of the
143.34 	education, medical, or nutritional needs of the family of the
143.35 	homemaker; or
143.36 	(3) if attendance at a postsecondary institution of
144.1 	education by an enrolled student of that institution depends
144.2 	upon the use of the driver's license.
144.3 	(b) The commissioner in issuing a limited license may
144.4 	impose such conditions and limitations as in the commissioner's
144.5 	judgment are necessary to the interests of the public safety and
144.6 	welfare including reexamination as to the driver's
144.7 	qualifications.  The license may be limited to the operation of
144.8 	particular vehicles, to particular classes and times of
144.9 	operation, and to particular conditions of traffic.  The
144.10 	commissioner may require that an applicant for a limited license
144.11 	affirmatively demonstrate that use of public transportation or
144.12 	carpooling as an alternative to a limited license would be a
144.13 	significant hardship.
144.14 	(c) For purposes of this subdivision, "homemaker" refers to
144.15 	the person primarily performing the domestic tasks in a
144.16 	household of residents consisting of at least the person and the
144.17 	person's dependent child or other dependents.
144.18 	(d) The limited license issued by the commissioner shall
144.19 	clearly indicate the limitations imposed and the driver
144.20 	operating under the limited license shall have the license in
144.21 	possession at all times when operating as a driver.
144.22 	(e) In determining whether to issue a limited license, the
144.23 	commissioner shall consider the number and the seriousness of
144.24 	prior convictions and the entire driving record of the driver
144.25 	and shall consider the number of miles driven by the driver
144.26 	annually.
144.27 	(f) If the person's driver's license or permit to drive has
144.28 	been revoked under section 169.792 or 169.797, the commissioner
144.29 	may only issue a limited license to the person after the person
144.30 	has presented an insurance identification card, policy, or
144.31 	written statement indicating that the driver or owner has
144.32 	insurance coverage satisfactory to the commissioner of public
144.33 	safety.  The commissioner of public safety may require the
144.34 	insurance identification card provided to satisfy this
144.35 	subdivision be certified by the insurance company to be
144.36 	noncancelable for a period not to exceed 12 months.
145.1 	(g) The limited license issued by the commissioner to a
145.2 	person under section 171.186, subdivision 4, must expire 90 days
145.3 	after the date it is issued.  The commissioner must not issue a
145.4 	limited license to a person who previously has been issued a
145.5 	limited license under section 171.186, subdivision 4.
145.6 	(h) The commissioner shall not issue a limited driver's
145.7 	license to any person described in section 171.04, subdivision
145.8 	1, clause (6), (7), (8), (10), (11), or (14).
145.9 	(i) The commissioner shall not issue a class A, class B, or
145.10 	class C limited license.

145.11 	Sec. 79. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 174.50, is
145.12 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
145.13 		Subd. 6b.Bridge engineering and design costs in smaller
145.14 	cities. Until June 30, 2007, the commissioner may make grants
145.15 	from the state transportation fund to a home rule or statutory
145.16 	city with a population of 5,000 or less and a net tax capacity
145.17 	of under $200,000 for design and preliminary engineering of
145.18 	bridges on city streets.  Grants under this subdivision are
145.19 	subject to the procedures and criteria established under
145.20 	subdivisions 5 and 6, and may be used for 100 percent of the
145.21 	design and preliminary engineering costs.  Total grants under
145.22 	this subdivision to all cities may not exceed $200,000.

145.23 	Sec. 80. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 174.86,
145.24 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
145.25 		Subd. 5.Commuter rail corridor coordinating committee.
 145.26 	(a) A Commuter Rail Corridor Coordinating Committee shall be
145.27 	established to advise the commissioner on issues relating to the
145.28 	alternatives analysis, environmental review, advanced corridor
145.29 	planning, preliminary engineering, final design, implementation
145.30 	method, construction of commuter rail, public involvement, land
145.31 	use, service, and safety.  The Commuter Rail Corridor
145.32 	Coordinating Committee shall consist of:
145.33 	(1) one member representing each significant funding
145.34 	partner in whose jurisdiction the line or lines are located;
145.35 	(2) one member appointed by each county in which the
145.36 	corridors are located;
146.1 	(3) one member appointed by each city in which advanced
146.2 	corridor plans indicate that a station may be located;
146.3 	(4) two members appointed by the commissioner, one of whom
146.4 	shall be designated by the commissioner as the chair of the
146.5 	committee;
146.6 	(5) one member appointed by each metropolitan planning
146.7 	organization through which the commuter rail line may pass; and
146.8 	(6) one member appointed by the president of the University
146.9 	of Minnesota, if a designated corridor provides direct service
146.10 	to the university.
146.11 	(b) A joint powers board existing on April 1, 1999,
146.12 	consisting of local governments along a commuter rail corridor,
146.13 	shall perform the functions set forth in paragraph (a) in place
146.14 	of the committee.
146.15 	(c) Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 5, the
146.16 	committee does not expire.
146.17 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively
146.18 	from June 30, 2003.  All actions taken in reliance on Minnesota
146.19 	Statutes, section 15.059 or 174.86, are ratified by the
146.20 	enactment of this section.

146.21 	Sec. 81. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 179A.03,
146.22 	subdivision 7, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 125, article 2,
146.23 	section 1, is amended to read:
146.24 		Subd. 7.Essential employee. "Essential employee" means
146.25 	firefighters, peace officers subject to licensure under sections
146.26 	626.84 to 626.863, 911 system and police and fire department
146.27 	public safety dispatchers, guards at correctional facilities,
146.28 	confidential employees, supervisory employees, assistant county
146.29 	attorneys, assistant city attorneys, principals, and assistant
146.30 	principals.  However, for state employees, "essential employee"
146.31 	means all employees in law enforcement, public safety radio
146.32 	communications operators,health care professionals,
146.33 	correctional guards, professional engineering, and supervisory
146.34 	collective bargaining units, irrespective of severance, and no
146.35 	other employees.  For University of Minnesota employees,
146.36 	"essential employee" means all employees in law enforcement,
147.1 	nursing professional and supervisory units, irrespective of
147.2 	severance, and no other employees.  "Firefighters" means
147.3 	salaried employees of a fire department whose duties include,
147.4 	directly or indirectly, controlling, extinguishing, preventing,
147.5 	detecting, or investigating fires.  Employees for whom the state
147.6 	court administrator is the negotiating employer are not
147.7 	essential employees.  For Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc.
147.8 	employees, "essential employees" means all employees.

147.9 	Sec. 82. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 179A.10,
147.10 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
147.11 		Subd. 2.State employees.  Unclassified employees, unless
147.12 	otherwise excluded, are included within the units which include
147.13 	the classifications to which they are assigned for purposes of
147.14 	compensation.  Supervisory employees shall only be assigned to
147.15 	units 12 and 16.  The following are the appropriate units of
147.16 	executive branch state employees:
147.17 	(1) law enforcement unit;
147.18 	(2) craft, maintenance, and labor unit;
147.19 	(3) service unit;
147.20 	(4) health care nonprofessional unit;
147.21 	(5) health care professional unit;
147.22 	(6) clerical and office unit;
147.23 	(7) technical unit;
147.24 	(8) correctional guards unit;
147.25 	(9) state university instructional unit;
147.26 	(10) state college instructional unit;
147.27 	(11) state university administrative unit;
147.28 	(12) professional engineering unit;
147.29 	(13) health treatment unit;
147.30 	(14) general professional unit;
147.31 	(15) professional state residential instructional unit; and 
147.32 	(16) supervisory employees unit; and 
147.33 	(17) public safety radio communications operator unit.
147.34 	Each unit consists of the classifications or positions
147.35 	assigned to it in the schedule of state employee job
147.36 	classification and positions maintained by the commissioner.
148.1 	The commissioner may only make changes in the schedule in
148.2 	existence on the day prior to August 1, 1984, as required by law
148.3 	or as provided in subdivision 4.

148.4 	Sec. 83. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 192.502,
148.5 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
148.6 		Subd. 2.Renewal of professional licenses or
148.7 	certifications license, driver's license and motor vehicle
148.8 	registration.  The renewal of a license or certificate of
148.9 	registration for a member of the Minnesota National Guard or
148.10 	other military reserves person who has been ordered to active
148.11 	military service and who is required by law to be licensed or
148.12 	registered in order to carry on or practice a health or other 
148.13 	trade, employment, occupation, or profession in the state is
148.14 	governed under sections 326.55 and 326.56.
148.15 	(b) The renewal of a driver's license for a person who has
148.16 	been ordered to active military service is governed under
148.17 	section 171.27.
148.18 	(c) The renewal and payment of the motor vehicle
148.19 	registration tax for a vehicle of a person who has been ordered
148.20 	to active military service is governed under section 168.031.

148.21 	Sec. 84. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 197.65, is
148.22 	amended to read:
148.23 	197.65 RENEWAL OF PROFESSIONAL LICENSES OR
148.24 	CERTIFICATIONS LICENSE, MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND DRIVER'S
148.25 	LICENSE.
148.26 	(a) The renewal of a license or certificate of registration
148.27 	for a person who is serving in or has recently been separated or 
148.28 	discharged from active military service and who is required by
148.29 	law to be licensed or registered in order to carry on or
148.30 	practice a health or other trade, employment, occupation, or
148.31 	profession in the state is governed under sections 326.55 and
148.32 	326.56.
148.33 	(b) The renewal of a driver's license for a person who is
148.34 	serving in or has recently been separated or discharged from
148.35 	active military service is governed under section 171.27.
148.36 	(c) The renewal and payment of the motor vehicle
149.1 	registration tax for a vehicle of a person who is serving in or
149.2 	has recently been separated or discharged from active military
149.3 	service is governed under section 168.031.

149.4 	Sec. 85. [219.1651] GRADE CROSSING SAFETY ACCOUNT.
149.5 	A Minnesota grade crossing safety account is created in the
149.6 	special revenue fund, consisting of money credited to the
149.7 	account by law.  Money in the account is appropriated to the
149.8 	commissioner of transportation for rail-highway grade crossing
149.9 	safety projects on public streets and highways, including
149.10 	engineering costs.  Money in the account at the end of each
149.11 	fiscal year cancels to the trunk highway fund.

149.12 	Sec. 86. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 219.166, is
149.13 	amended to read:
149.14 	219.166 ESTABLISHMENT OF QUIET ZONES.
149.15 	A county, statutory or home rule charter city, or town may
149.16 	by ordinance establish a defined apply to the Federal Railroad
149.17 	Administration for the establishment of a "quiet zone" in which
149.18 	the sounding of horns, whistles, or other audible warnings by
149.19 	locomotives is regulated or prohibited. A quiet zone
149.20 	established under this section must consist of at least one-half
149.21 	mile of railroad right-of-way.All quiet zones, regulations,
149.22 	and ordinances adopted under this section must conform to
149.23 	federal law and the regulations of the Federal Railroad
149.24 	Administration under United States Code, title 49, section 20153.

149.25 	Sec. 87. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 219.567, is
149.26 	amended to read:
149.27 	219.567 FAILURE TO RING BELL.
149.28 	An engineer driving a locomotive on a railway who fails (1) 
149.29 	to ring the bell or sound the whistle on the locomotive, or have
149.30 	it rung or sounded, at least 80 rods from a place where the
149.31 	railway crosses a traveled road or street on the same level,
149.32 	except in cities, or (2) to continue ringing the bell or
149.33 	sounding the whistle at intervals until the locomotive and
149.34 	attached train have completely crossed the road or street,in
149.35 	accordance with Federal Railroad Administration regulations
149.36 	under United States Code, title 49, section 20153,is guilty of
150.1 	a misdemeanor.

150.2 	Sec. 88. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 299D.03,
150.3 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
150.4 		Subd. 5.Traffic fines and forfeited bail money.  (a) All
150.5 	fines and forfeited bail money, from traffic and motor vehicle
150.6 	law violations, collected from persons apprehended or arrested
150.7 	by officers of the State Patrol, shall be paid by the person or
150.8 	officer collecting the fines, forfeited bail money, or
150.9 	installments thereof, on or before the tenth day after the last
150.10 	day of the month in which these moneys were collected, to the
150.11 	county treasurer of the county where the violation occurred.
150.12 	Three-eighths of these receipts shall be credited to the general
150.13 	revenue fund of the county, except that in a county in a
150.14 	judicial district under section 480.181, subdivision 1,
150.15 	paragraph (b), this three-eighths share must be transmitted to
150.16 	the commissioner of finance for deposit in the state treasury
150.17 	and credited to the general fund.  The other five-eighths of
150.18 	these receipts shall be transmitted by that officer to the
150.19 	commissioner of finance and must be credited as follows:  (1)
150.20 	the first $600,000 in each fiscal year must be credited to the
150.21 	Minnesota grade crossing safety account in the special revenue
150.22 	fund, and (2) remaining receipts must be credited to the trunk
150.23 	highway fund.  If, however, the violation occurs within a
150.24 	municipality and the city attorney prosecutes the offense, and a
150.25 	plea of not guilty is entered, one-third of the receipts shall
150.26 	be credited to the general revenue fund of the county, one-third
150.27 	of the receipts shall be paid to the municipality prosecuting
150.28 	the offense, and one-third shall be transmitted to the
150.29 	commissioner of finance as provided in this subdivision.  All
150.30 	costs of participation in a nationwide police communication
150.31 	system chargeable to the state of Minnesota shall be paid from
150.32 	appropriations for that purpose.
150.33 	(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, all fines
150.34 	and forfeited bail money from violations of statutes governing
150.35 	the maximum weight of motor vehicles, collected from persons
150.36 	apprehended or arrested by employees of the state of Minnesota,
151.1 	by means of stationary or portable scales operated by these
151.2 	employees, shall be paid by the person or officer collecting the
151.3 	fines or forfeited bail money, on or before the tenth day after
151.4 	the last day of the month in which the collections were made, to
151.5 	the county treasurer of the county where the violation
151.6 	occurred.  Five-eighths of these receipts shall be transmitted
151.7 	by that officer to the commissioner of finance and shall be
151.8 	credited to the highway user tax distribution fund.
151.9 	Three-eighths of these receipts shall be credited to the general
151.10 	revenue fund of the county, except that in a county in a
151.11 	judicial district under section 480.181, subdivision 1,
151.12 	paragraph (b), this three-eighths share must be transmitted to
151.13 	the commissioner of finance for deposit in the state treasury
151.14 	and credited to the general fund.

151.15 	Sec. 89. TOWN ROAD SIGN REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.
 151.16 		Subdivision 1.Scope of program. The commissioner of
151.17 	transportation shall develop and implement a town road sign
151.18 	replacement program to:
151.19 	(1) inventory all county and town road signs;
151.20 	(2) evaluate town road signs for compliance with applicable
151.21 	sign standards;
151.22 	(3) remove and replace town road signs as the commissioner
151.23 	deems necessary; and 
151.24 	(4) establish an ongoing sign maintenance program.
151.25 		Subd. 2.Sign standards. Standards for sign removal,
151.26 	replacement, and installation must conform to applicable
151.27 	federal, state, and local safety standards, including
151.28 	retroreflectivity standards and other provisions of the Manual
151.29 	on Uniform Traffic Control Devices adopted by the commissioner.
151.30 		Subd. 3.Local government participation. The
151.31 	commissioner may establish conditions for local government
151.32 	participation in the town road sign replacement program,
151.33 	including, but not limited to, involvement of county engineers,
151.34 	and establishment and maintenance by the local government of a
151.35 	database of county and town road signs.
151.36 		Subd. 4.Use of appropriations. The commissioner may
152.1 	utilize the proceeds of state appropriations for the town road
152.2 	sign replacement program to match federal funds.  The
152.3 	commissioner may establish a pilot program in consultation with
152.4 	the Minnesota Association of Townships.
152.5 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section takes effect on the
152.6 	effective date of a state or federal appropriation for the town
152.7 	road sign replacement program.

152.8 	Sec. 90. DEVELOPMENT AUTHORIZED.
 152.9 	Dakota County Regional Railroad Authority may exercise the
152.10 	powers conferred by Minnesota Statutes, section 398A.04, to
152.11 	plan, establish, acquire, develop, construct, purchase, enlarge,
152.12 	extend, improve, maintain, equip, operate, regulate, and protect
152.13 	a bus rapid transit system located within the Cedar Avenue
152.14 	transit corridor within Dakota County.

152.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section
152.16 	645.023, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), this section is effective
152.17 	without local approval the day following final enactment.

152.18 	Sec. 91. SUSPENSION OF PROGRAM TO VERIFY INSURANCE
152.19 	COVERAGE THROUGH SAMPLING.
 152.20 	The commissioner of public safety shall take no action
152.21 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 169.796, subdivision 3, and
152.22 	shall discontinue all activities related to the program to
152.23 	verify insurance coverage through sampling, except as provided
152.24 	in sections 92 to 98.

152.25 	Sec. 92. REINSTATEMENT OF SUSPENDED LICENSES.
 152.26 	The commissioner, without requiring proof of insurance or
152.27 	payment of a reinstatement fee, shall reinstate the driver's
152.28 	license of every vehicle owner whose license is suspended under
152.29 	Minnesota Statutes, section 169.796, subdivision 3, retroactive
152.30 	to the date of the suspension.  The commissioner shall promptly
152.31 	refund any such reinstatement fees previously paid.

152.32 	Sec. 93. DISMISSAL OF CHARGES.
 152.33 	All charges, complaints, and citations issued for a
152.34 	violation of Minnesota Statutes, section 169.796, subdivision 3,
152.35 	or a related violation, including driving after a license
152.36 	suspension imposed for failure to comply with the provisions of
153.1 	Minnesota Statutes, section 169.796, subdivision 3, are void and
153.2 	must be dismissed.

153.3 	Sec. 94. REMOVAL OF PREVIOUS VIOLATIONS.
 153.4 	The commissioner shall purge from a person's driving record
153.5 	any notation of a violation of Minnesota Statutes, section
153.6 	169.796, subdivision 3, and any notation of a related suspension
153.7 	or violation, including driving after a license suspension
153.8 	imposed for failure to comply with the provisions of Minnesota
153.9 	Statutes, section 169.796, subdivision 3.  An insurer may not
153.10 	increase a premium for a policy of vehicle insurance on the
153.11 	basis of a violation described in this section by a named
153.12 	insured if the violation occurred before the effective date of
153.13 	this section, and any such increase previously imposed must be
153.14 	rescinded and any related premium increase promptly refunded.

153.15 	Sec. 95. REMEDIATION FOR CONVICTIONS.
 153.16 	A court in which a conviction for an offense referred to in
153.17 	section 101 occurred, must vacate the conviction, on its own
153.18 	motion, without cost to the person convicted, and must
153.19 	immediately notify the commissioner of public safety.  The
153.20 	commissioner must then notify the person convicted that the
153.21 	conviction has been vacated and that the person's driving record
153.22 	has been purged of a violation of Minnesota Statutes, section
153.23 	169.796, subdivision 3, or any other related suspension or
153.24 	violation, including driving after license suspension, for
153.25 	failure to comply with that subdivision.

153.26 	Sec. 96. REMEDIATION BY INSURERS.
 153.27 	(a) Insurers that issue or renew motor vehicle insurance in
153.28 	this state shall, within 60 days after the effective date of
153.29 	this section, inform the commissioner of commerce as to whether
153.30 	it has canceled, failed to renew, denied an application for
153.31 	coverage, or imposed a surcharge on any motor vehicle insurance
153.32 	due to a suspension or conviction as a result of the law
153.33 	referenced in section 91, provide a list of any such persons,
153.34 	and indicate for each person the remediation the insurer intends
153.35 	to provide.
153.36 	(b) Remediation under paragraph (a) must compensate the
154.1 	victim by providing refunds and reinstatements of coverage.
154.2 	(c) Insurers shall provide the remediation without
154.3 	requiring that the person make a request for remediation.
154.4 	(d) The commissioner of commerce shall enforce this section
154.5 	under its general enforcement powers under Minnesota Statutes,
154.6 	chapter 45.

154.7 	Sec. 97. REPORT.
 154.8 	The commissioner of public safety shall report to the
154.9 	chairs of the house of representatives and senate committees
154.10 	with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance by
154.11 	September 1, 2006, concerning the operation of the vehicle
154.12 	insurance verification program, and the impact of the program on
154.13 	the identification and number of uninsured motorists.

154.14 	Sec. 98. PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDING.
 154.15 	The commissioner of public safety shall use unspent funds
154.16 	appropriated for purposes of administering Minnesota Statutes,
154.17 	section 169.796, subdivision 3, to carry out the provisions of
154.18 	sections 92 and 94.  Funds remaining at the conclusion of fiscal
154.19 	year 2005 may be carried over to fiscal year 2006 until
154.20 	expended, to complete the required provisions of sections 92 and
154.21 	94.

154.22 	Sec. 99. ROUSSAIN CEMETERY; DESIGNATION.
 154.23 	On agreement of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior
154.24 	Chippewa and the city of Duluth, the city shall name and
154.25 	dedicate the cemetery that is on land leased to the band by the
154.26 	city as "Roussain Cemetery."  After consulting with the Fond du
154.27 	Lac Band, the city shall adopt a suitable marking design to
154.28 	memorialize the cemetery and erect the appropriate signs or
154.29 	memorials on assurance of the availability of noncity funds
154.30 	sufficient to pay all costs related to designing, erecting, and
154.31 	preserving the signs or memorials.

154.32 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day after
154.33 	the governing body of Duluth and its chief clerical officer
154.34 	comply with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 2
154.35 	and 3.

154.36 	Sec. 100. WETLAND REPLACEMENT REQUIREMENT EXEMPTION.
 155.1 	Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, due to the
155.2 	construction of a trail in or near the city of Cologne on type I
155.3 	and type III wetlands in the area between the improved portion
155.4 	of marked State Highway 284 and Benton Lake, wetland replacement
155.5 	is eligible for replacement under Minnesota Statutes, section
155.6 	103G.222, subdivision 1, paragraph (l).

155.7 	Sec. 101. MAXIMUM TRAIN SPEED IN CITY OF ORR.
 155.8 	In order to eliminate or reduce local safety hazards, a
155.9 	railway corporation may not permit a train to be operated at a
155.10 	speed in excess of 30 miles per hour while any portion of the
155.11 	engine or train is within the limits of the city of Orr in St.
155.12 	Louis County.
155.13 	[EFFECTIVE DATE; LOCAL APPROVAL.]This section is effective
155.14 	the day after the governing body of the city of Orr and its
155.15 	chief clerical officer comply with Minnesota Statutes, section
155.16 	645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.

155.17 	Sec. 102. ETHANOL MANDATE.
 155.18 	Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the minimum
155.19 	percentage of denatured alcohol that must be contained in
155.20 	gasoline sold or offered for sale in Minnesota under Minnesota
155.21 	Statutes, section 239.731, is more than ten percent, that
155.22 	percentage reverts to ten percent 90 days after the effective
155.23 	date of any federal law relating to (1) the federal excise tax
155.24 	rate on gasoline-ethanol blends, or (2) the deposit of revenues
155.25 	from the federal excise tax on gasoline-ethanol blends, that in
155.26 	the determination of the commissioner of transportation will
155.27 	result in a loss of federal transportation funds to Minnesota
155.28 	that is directly attributable to requiring a minimum of more
155.29 	than ten percent denatured ethanol in gasoline sold or offered
155.30 	for sale in Minnesota.

155.31 	Sec. 103. ADDITIONAL DEPUTY REGISTRAR OF MOTOR VEHICLES
155.32 	FOR HENNEPIN COUNTY.
 155.33 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 168.33, and
155.34 	rules adopted by the commissioner of public safety, limiting
155.35 	sites for the office of deputy registrar based on either the
155.36 	distance to an existing deputy registrar office or the annual
156.1 	volume of transactions processed by any deputy registrar within
156.2 	Hennepin County before or after the proposed appointment, the
156.3 	commissioner of public safety shall appoint a new deputy
156.4 	registrar of motor vehicles and driver's license agent for
156.5 	Hennepin County to operate a new full-service office of deputy
156.6 	registrar, with full authority to function as a registration and
156.7 	motor vehicle tax collection and driver's license bureau, at the
156.8 	Midtown Exchange Building in the city of Minneapolis.  All other
156.9 	provisions regarding the appointment and operation of a deputy
156.10 	registrar of motor vehicles and driver's license agent under
156.11 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 168.33 and 171.061, and Minnesota
156.12 	Rules, chapter 7406, apply to the office.

156.13 	Sec. 104. DEPUTY REGISTRAR AND DRIVER'S LICENSE AGENT
156.14 	APPOINTMENT.
 156.15 	Notwithstanding any restriction in law or rule concerning
156.16 	proximity of deputy motor vehicle registrar offices or predicted
156.17 	number of annual applications processed, the commissioner of
156.18 	public safety shall appoint the auditor of Carver County as a
156.19 	deputy motor vehicle registrar and driver's license agent in the
156.20 	city of Chanhassen.  All provisions of Minnesota Statutes,
156.21 	sections 168.33 and 171.061, not inconsistent with this section,
156.22 	apply to the appointments under this section.

156.23 	Sec. 105. TRANSITION.
 156.24 		Subdivision 1.Assignment of job classification to unit.
 156.25 	The commissioner of the Bureau of Mediation Services shall
156.26 	assign the job classifications and positions of employees
156.27 	working as public safety radio communications operators to state
156.28 	employee bargaining unit 17.
156.29 		Subd. 2.Terms and conditions of employment. The terms
156.30 	and conditions of the collective bargaining agreement, memoranda
156.31 	of understanding, or other salary and benefit provisions
156.32 	covering public safety radio communications operators
156.33 	immediately before the effective date of this section remain in
156.34 	effect until a successor agreement between the commissioner of
156.35 	employee relations and the exclusive representative of
156.36 	bargaining unit 17 becomes effective, subject to Minnesota
157.1 	Statutes, section 179A.20, subdivision 6.
157.2 		Subd. 3.Exclusive representative. The employee
157.3 	organization that is the exclusive representative of employees
157.4 	assigned to bargaining unit 17 on the day before the effective
157.5 	date of this section must be certified by the commissioner of
157.6 	the Bureau of Mediation Services as the exclusive representative
157.7 	of newly created bargaining unit 17, subject to future changes
157.8 	as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 179A.12.  For
157.9 	employees assigned to bargaining unit 17, the exclusive
157.10 	representative retains all rights and obligations under the
157.11 	contract governing these employees immediately before the
157.12 	effective date of this section, so long as that contract
157.13 	continues to apply to those employees.

157.14 	Sec. 106. FLOODWOOD SAFETY REST AREA.
 157.15 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 160.2725,
157.16 	subdivisions 1 and 5, or section 160.08, subdivision 7, or other
157.17 	lease or agreement to the contrary, the operator of the safety
157.18 	rest area in the city of Floodwood may sell nonalcoholic
157.19 	beverages and snack foods.  This provision may not be waived by
157.20 	contract or other agreement.

157.21 	Sec. 107. RULE CHANGE; INSTRUCTION TO REVISOR.
 157.22 	The revisor of statutes shall change Minnesota Rules, part
157.23 	8820.3300, subpart 2, to require that comments be directed to
157.24 	the commissioner of transportation in conformity with the same
157.25 	period allowed for written objections to be received by the
157.26 	commissioner under this act's amendments to Minnesota Statutes
157.27 	2004, sections 162.02, subdivision 3a, and 162.09, subdivision
157.28 	3a.  The rule change is effective the same day as the effective
157.29 	date of this act's amendments to Minnesota Statutes 2004,
157.30 	sections 162.02, subdivision 3a, and 162.09, subdivision 3a.

157.31 	Sec. 108. REPEALER.
 157.32 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 168.011, subdivision
157.33 	19; and 168.15, subdivision 2, are repealed.
157.34 	(b) Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.165, subdivisions
157.35 	3, 4, 4a, and 4b, are repealed.
157.36 	(c) Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 473.408, subdivision
158.1 	1, is repealed.
158.2 	(d) Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 168.831; 168.832;
158.3 	168.833; 168.834; 168.835; 168.836; and 168.837, are repealed.
158.4 	(e) Minnesota Rules, part 7503.2400, is repealed.
158.5 	(f) Minnesota Rules, parts 7800.0600; 7800.3200, subpart 1;
158.6 	7805.0700; 8850.6900, subpart 20; and 8855.0500, subpart 1, are
158.7 	repealed.

158.8 	Sec. 109. EFFECTIVE DATE; EXPIRATION.
 158.9 	Sections 91 to 98 are effective the day following final
158.10 	enactment and expire on June 10, 2006.

158.11 	ARTICLE 4
158.12 	EFFECTIVE DATES

158.13 	Section 1. EFFECTIVE DATES.
 158.14 	(a) Except as otherwise provided in this act, all
158.15 	provisions of this act are effective the day following final
158.16 	enactment.
158.17 	(b) All provisions in article 2 that provide for the
158.18 	deposit of money in the driver services operating account or the
158.19 	vehicle services operating account in the special revenue fund
158.20 	are effective retroactively from July 1, 2005.
158.21 	(c) All fee increases provided for in article 2 are
158.22 	effective August 1, 2005.
158.23 	(d) Appropriations in this act are effective retroactively
158.24 	from July 1, 2005, and supersede and replace funding authorized
158.25 	by order of the Ramsey County District Court in Case No.
158.26 	C9-05-5928, as well as by Laws 2005, First Special Session
158.27 	chapter 2, which provided temporary funding through July 14,
158.28 	2005.