HF 1782

1st Engrossment - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to motor vehicles; authorizing personalized
veterans license plates; amending Minnesota Statutes
2004, section 168.12, subdivision 2a.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.12,
subdivision 2a, is amended to read:

Subd. 2a.

Personalized plates; rules.

(a) Personalized
license plates new text begin or, if requested for special plates issued under
section 168.123 for veterans, 168.124 for medal of honor
recipients, or 168.125 for former prisoners of war, applicable
personalized special veterans license plates new text end must be issued to
an applicant for registration of a passenger automobile
including a passenger automobile registered as a classic car,
pioneer car, collector car, or street rod; van; pickup truck as
defined in section 168.011, subdivision 29, and any other truck
with a manufacturer's nominal rated capacity of one ton or less
and resembling a pickup truck; motorcycle including a classic
motorcycle; or self-propelled recreational vehicle, upon
compliance with the laws of this state relating to registration
of the vehicle and upon payment of a onetime fee of $100 in
addition to the registration tax required by law for the
vehicle. The registrar shall designate deleted text begin a deleted text end replacement deleted text begin fee deleted text end new text begin fees
new text end for personalized license plates new text begin and personalized special
veterans license plates issued according to section 168.123 new text end that
deleted text begin is deleted text end new text begin are new text end calculated to cover the cost of replacement. deleted text begin This fee
deleted text end new text begin These fees new text end must be paid by the applicant whenever
the deleted text begin personalized license deleted text end plates are required to be replaced by
law. new text begin However, in accordance with sections 168.124, subdivision
3, and 168.125, subdivision 1b, a fee may not be charged to
replace personalized special veterans license plates issued
according to section 168.124 or 168.125. new text end In lieu of the numbers
assigned as provided in subdivision 1, personalized license
plates new text begin and personalized special veterans license plates new text end must
have imprinted on them a series of not more than seven numbers
and letters in any combination new text begin and, as applicable, satisfy the
design requirements of section 168.123, 168.124, or 168.125 new text end .
When an applicant has once obtained personalized new text begin license new text end plates
new text begin or personalized special veterans license plates new text end , the
applicant deleted text begin shall have deleted text end new text begin has new text end a prior claim for similar personalized
plates in the next succeeding year as long as current
registration is maintained. The commissioner of public safety
shall adopt rules in the manner provided by chapter 14,
regulating the issuance and transfer of personalized license
plates new text begin and personalized special veterans license plates new text end . No
words or combination of letters placed on deleted text begin personalized
license deleted text end new text begin these new text end plates may be used for commercial advertising, be
of an obscene, indecent, or immoral nature, or be of a nature
that would offend public morals or decency. The call signals or
letters of a radio or television station are not commercial
advertising for the purposes of this subdivision.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 1,
personalized license plates new text begin and personalized special veterans
license plates new text end issued under this subdivision may be transferred
to another motor vehicle new text begin described in paragraph (a) and new text end owned or
jointly owned by the applicant, upon the payment of a fee of $5,
which must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the
highway user tax distribution fund. The registrar may by rule
provide a form for notification. A personalized license
plate new text begin or personalized special veterans license plate new text end issued for
a classic car, pioneer car, collector car, street rod, or
classic motorcycle may not be transferred to a vehicle not
eligible for such a license plate.

(c) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, if the
deleted text begin personalized license deleted text end plates are lost, stolen, or destroyed, the
applicant may apply and shall receive duplicate license plates
bearing the same combination of letters and numbers new text begin and the same
design new text end as new text begin :
new text end

new text begin (1) new text end the former personalized new text begin license new text end plates new text begin or personalized
special veterans license plates issued according to section
168.123, new text end upon the payment of the fee required by section 168.29 new text begin ;
or
new text end

new text begin (2) the former personalized special veterans license plates
issued according to section 168.124 or 168.125, without charge new text end .

(d) Fees from the sale of permanent and duplicate
personalized deleted text begin license deleted text end plates must be paid into the state treasury
and credited to the highway user tax distribution fund.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2006.
new text end