Minnesota Legislature
HF 401
1st Engrossment - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/15/2023 10:37am
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A bill for an act
relating to transportation; providing for various transportation-related policies,
including establishing special license plates and modifying requirements for veteran
designations on drivers' licenses and identification cards; requiring a report;
appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 168.1293, by
adding a subdivision; 171.07, subdivision 15; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
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[168.1259] MINNESOTA PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAM
FOUNDATION PLATES.
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new text begin Definition. new text end
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For purposes of this section, "Minnesota professional sports
team" means one of the following teams while its home stadium is located in Minnesota:
Minnesota Vikings, Minnesota Timberwolves, Minnesota Lynx, Minnesota Wild, Minnesota
Twins, or Minnesota United.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end
new text begin General requirements and procedures. new text end
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(a) The commissioner must issue
Minnesota professional sports team foundation plates to an applicant who:
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(1) is a registered owner of a passenger automobile, noncommercial one-ton pickup
truck, motorcycle, or recreational vehicle;
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(2) pays an additional fee in the amount specified for special plates under section 168.12,
subdivision 5;
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(3) pays the registration tax required under section 168.013;
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(4) pays the fees required under this chapter;
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(5) contributes a minimum of $30 annually to the professional sports team foundations
account; and
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(6) complies with this chapter and rules governing registration of motor vehicles and
licensing of drivers.
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(b) Minnesota professional sports team foundation plates may be personalized according
to section 168.12, subdivision 2a.
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At the request of a Minnesota professional sports team's foundation,
the commissioner must, in consultation with the foundation, adopt a suitable plate design
incorporating the foundation's marks and colors. The commissioner may design a single
plate that incorporates the marks and colors of all foundations that have requested a plate.
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new text begin Plate transfers. new text end
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On application to the commissioner and payment of a transfer
fee of $5, special plates issued under this section may be transferred to another motor vehicle
if the subsequent vehicle is:
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(1) qualified under subdivision 2, clause (1), to bear the special plates; and
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(2) registered to the same individual to whom the special plates were originally issued.
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new text begin Contributions; account; appropriation. new text end
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Contributions collected under
subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (5), must be deposited in the Minnesota professional
sports team foundations account, which is established in the special revenue fund. Money
in the account is appropriated to the commissioner of public safety. This appropriation is
first for the annual cost of administering the account funds, and the remaining funds are for
distribution to the foundations in proportion to the total number of Minnesota professional
sports team foundation plates issued for that year. Proceeds from a plate that includes the
marks and colors of all foundations must be divided evenly between all foundations. The
foundations must only use the proceeds for philanthropic or charitable purposes.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective January 1, 2024, for Minnesota
professional sports team foundation special plates issued on or after that date.
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Sec. 2.
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[168.1287] MINNESOTA MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS
RELATIVES SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end
new text begin Issuance of plates. new text end
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The commissioner must issue Minnesota missing
and murdered Indigenous relatives special license plates or a single motorcycle plate to an
applicant who:
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(1) is a registered owner of a passenger automobile, noncommercial one-ton pickup
truck, motorcycle, or recreational vehicle;
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(2) pays an additional fee in the amount specified for special plates under section 168.12,
subdivision 5;
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(3) pays the registration tax as required under section 168.013;
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(4) pays the fees required under this chapter;
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(5) contributes a minimum of $20 annually to the Minnesota missing and murdered
Indigenous relatives account; and
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(6) complies with this chapter and rules governing registration of motor vehicles and
licensing of drivers.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end
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In consultation with the Office of Missing and Murdered Indigenous
Relatives, the commissioner must adopt a suitable plate design that includes a red handprint
to one side, a partial ribbon skirt toward the bottom corner, and reads "Missing and Murdered
Indigenous Relatives" or "MMIR."
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new text begin Plates transfer. new text end
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On application to the commissioner and payment of a transfer
fee of $5, special plates issued under this section may be transferred to another motor vehicle
if the subsequent vehicle is:
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(1) qualified under subdivision 1, clause (1), to bear the special plates; and
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(2) registered to the same individual to whom the special plates were originally issued.
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new text begin Exemption. new text end
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Special plates issued under this section are not subject to section
168.1293, subdivision 2.
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new text begin Contributions; account; appropriation. new text end
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Contributions collected under
subdivision 1, clause (5), must be deposited in the Minnesota missing and murdered
Indigenous relatives account, which is established in the special revenue fund. Money in
the account is appropriated to the commissioner of public safety. This appropriation is first
for the annual cost of administering the account funds, and the remaining funds are for
distribution to the Office of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives for investigation
of unsolved cases and to establish a reward fund for information relating to missing and
murdered Indigenous relatives.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective January 1, 2024, for Minnesota missing
and murdered Indigenous relatives special plates issued on or after that date.
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Sec. 3.
Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 168.1293, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:
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(a) By February 1 annually, the commissioner must submit
a report on special plates to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over transportation
policy and finance. At a minimum, the report must:
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(1) identify the number of special plate issuances and total plate counts for each type of
special plate, with a breakout by each alternative or additional design; and
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(2) for each special plate in which a onetime or annual contribution is required:
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(i) provide a fiscal summary of the contributions, including to specify the appropriate
contribution account, identify total contributions received in the two most recently completed
fiscal years, and identify the direct recipients of contribution funds; and
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(ii) provide a description of how contribution funds were spent in the prior fiscal or
calendar year, as provided by each direct recipient.
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(b) An entity that receives special plate special contribution funds under this chapter
directly from the commissioner must submit information on contribution funds expenditures
in the form and manner specified by the commissioner.
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Sec. 4.
Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 171.07, subdivision 15, is amended to read:
Subd. 15.
Veteran designation.
(a) At the request of an eligible applicant and on payment
of the required fee, the department deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end issue, renew, or reissue to the applicant a
driver's license or Minnesota identification card bearing a graphic or written designation
of:
(1) Veteran; or
(2) Veteran 100% T&P.
(b) At the time of the initial application for the designation provided under this
subdivision, the applicant must:
(1) benew text begin one of the following:
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new text begin (i)new text end a veteran, as defined in section 197.447;new text begin or
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(ii) a retired member of the National Guard or a reserve component of the United States
armed forces;
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(2) deleted text begin havedeleted text end new text begin providenew text end a certified copy of the deleted text begin veteran'sdeleted text end new text begin applicant'snew text end discharge papersnew text begin that confirms
an honorable or general discharge under honorable conditions status or a military retiree
identification card, Veteran Identification Card, or Veteran Health Identification Cardnew text end ; and
(3) if the applicant is seeking the disability designation under paragraph (a), clause (2),
provide satisfactory evidence of a 100 percent total and permanent service-connected
disability as determined by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
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(c) The commissioner of public safety is required to issue drivers' licenses and Minnesota
identification cards with the veteran designation only after entering a new contract or in
coordination with producing a new card design with modifications made as required by
law.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. new text end
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This section is effective August 1, 2023, and
applies to applications submitted on or after that date.
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