HF 2059

as introduced - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to drivers' licenses; modifying license 
  1.3             reinstatement provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.4             2003 Supplement, section 171.29, subdivision 2. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 
  1.7   171.29, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.8      Subd. 2.  [REINSTATEMENT FEES AND SURCHARGES ALLOCATED AND 
  1.9   APPROPRIATED.] (a) A person whose driver's license has been 
  1.10  revoked as provided in subdivision 1, except under section 
  1.11  169A.52, 169A.54, or 609.21, shall pay a $30 fee before the 
  1.12  driver's license is reinstated. 
  1.13     (b) A person whose driver's license has been revoked as 
  1.14  provided in subdivision 1 under section 169A.52, 169A.54, or 
  1.15  609.21, shall pay a $250 fee plus a $40 surcharge before the 
  1.16  driver's license is reinstated, except as provided in paragraph 
  1.17  (f).  Beginning July 1, 2002, the surcharge is $145.  Beginning 
  1.18  July 1, 2003, the surcharge is $430.  The $250 fee is to be 
  1.19  credited as follows: 
  1.20     (1) Twenty percent must be credited to the trunk highway 
  1.21  fund. 
  1.22     (2) Sixty-seven percent must be credited to the general 
  1.23  fund. 
  1.24     (3) Eight percent must be credited to a separate account to 
  1.25  be known as the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension account.  Money 
  2.1   in this account may be appropriated to the commissioner of 
  2.2   public safety and the appropriated amount must be apportioned 80 
  2.3   percent for laboratory costs and 20 percent for carrying out the 
  2.4   provisions of section 299C.065. 
  2.5      (4) Five percent must be credited to a separate account to 
  2.6   be known as the vehicle forfeiture account, which is created in 
  2.7   the special revenue fund.  The money in the account is annually 
  2.8   appropriated to the commissioner for costs of handling vehicle 
  2.9   forfeitures. 
  2.10     (c) The revenue from $50 of each surcharge, or $12.50 for 
  2.11  each year of reinstatement under paragraph (f), must be credited 
  2.12  to a separate account to be known as the traumatic brain injury 
  2.13  and spinal cord injury account.  The money in the account is 
  2.14  annually appropriated to the commissioner of health to be used 
  2.15  as follows:  83 percent for contracts with a qualified 
  2.16  community-based organization to provide information, resources, 
  2.17  and support to assist persons with traumatic brain injury and 
  2.18  their families to access services, and 17 percent to maintain 
  2.19  the traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury registry 
  2.20  created in section 144.662.  For the purposes of this clause, a 
  2.21  "qualified community-based organization" is a private, 
  2.22  not-for-profit organization of consumers of traumatic brain 
  2.23  injury services and their family members.  The organization must 
  2.24  be registered with the United States Internal Revenue Service 
  2.25  under section 501(c)(3) as a tax-exempt organization and must 
  2.26  have as its purposes:  
  2.27     (i) the promotion of public, family, survivor, and 
  2.28  professional awareness of the incidence and consequences of 
  2.29  traumatic brain injury; 
  2.30     (ii) the provision of a network of support for persons with 
  2.31  traumatic brain injury, their families, and friends; 
  2.32     (iii) the development and support of programs and services 
  2.33  to prevent traumatic brain injury; 
  2.34     (iv) the establishment of education programs for persons 
  2.35  with traumatic brain injury; and 
  2.36     (v) the empowerment of persons with traumatic brain injury 
  3.1   through participation in its governance. 
  3.2   No patient's name, identifying information, or identifiable 
  3.3   medical data will be disclosed to the organization without the 
  3.4   informed voluntary written consent of the patient or patient's 
  3.5   guardian or, if the patient is a minor, of the parent or 
  3.6   guardian of the patient. 
  3.7      (d) The remainder of the surcharge must be credited to a 
  3.8   separate account to be known as the remote electronic 
  3.9   alcohol-monitoring program account.  The commissioner shall 
  3.10  transfer the balance of this account to the commissioner of 
  3.11  finance on a monthly basis for deposit in the general fund. 
  3.12     (e) When these fees are collected by a licensing agent, 
  3.13  appointed under section 171.061, a handling charge is imposed in 
  3.14  the amount specified under section 171.061, subdivision 4.  The 
  3.15  reinstatement fees and surcharge must be deposited in an 
  3.16  approved state depository as directed under section 171.061, 
  3.17  subdivision 4. 
  3.18     (f) A person whose driver's license has been revoked as 
  3.19  provided in subdivision 1 under section 169A.52, 169A.54, or 
  3.20  609.21, may choose to pay 25 percent of the total amount of the 
  3.21  surcharge and fee required under paragraph (b) to reinstate the 
  3.22  person's driver's license, provided the person meets all other 
  3.23  requirements of reinstatement.  If a person chooses to pay 25 
  3.24  percent of the total, the driver's license must expire after one 
  3.25  year.  The person must pay an additional 25 percent of the total 
  3.26  to extend the license for an additional year for each of the 
  3.27  next two years, provided the person is otherwise still eligible 
  3.28  for the license.  After a final 25 percent payment of the 
  3.29  surcharge and fee, the license may be renewed on a standard 
  3.30  schedule, as measured from the date of original license 
  3.31  issuance.  A handling charge may be imposed for each installment 
  3.32  payment. 
  3.33     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective July 1, 2004.