Minnesota Legislature
HF 4850
as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/11/2024 02:15pm
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A bill for an act
relating to motor vehicles; providing for license plates for certain small trailers;
making technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 168.013,
subdivision 1d; 168.12, subdivision 5; 169.79, subdivision 3a.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 168.013, subdivision 1d, is amended to read:
Subd. 1d.
Trailer.
(a) On trailers registered at a gross vehicle weight of greater than
3,000 pounds, the annual tax is based on total gross weight and is 30 percent of the Minnesota
base rate prescribed in subdivision 1e, when the gross weight is 15,000 pounds or less, and
when the gross weight of a trailer is more than 15,000 pounds, the tax for the first eight
years of vehicle life is 100 percent of the tax imposed in the Minnesota base rate schedule,
and during the ninth and succeeding years of vehicle life the tax is 75 percent of the
Minnesota base rate prescribed by subdivision 1e. A trailer registered at a gross vehicle
weight greater than 3,000 pounds but no greater than 7,200 pounds may be taxed either: (1)
annually as provided in this paragraph; or (2) once every three years on the basis of total
gross weight and is 90 percent of the Minnesota base rate prescribed in subdivision 1e,
provided that the filing fee under section 168.33, subdivision 7, paragraph (a), is multiplied
by three, with funds collected by the commissioner allocated proportionally in the same
manner as provided in section 168.33, subdivision 7, paragraph (e).
(b) Farm trailers with a gross weight in excess of 10,000 pounds and as described in
section 168.002, subdivision 8, are taxed as farm trucks as prescribed in subdivision 1c.
(c) deleted text begin Effective on and after July 1, 2001, trailersdeleted text end new text begin The owner of a trailernew text end registered at a gross
vehicle weight of 3,000 pounds or less deleted text begin must displaydeleted text end new text begin may elect to obtain either (1) a permanent
registration sticker, or (2)new text end a deleted text begin distinctivedeleted text end new text begin licensenew text end plate.new text begin The owner may obtain a license plate
regardless of prior issuance of a registration sticker. A registration sticker or license plate
is subject to a fee in the amount specified under section 168.12, subdivision 5.new text end The
registration deleted text begin on the license platedeleted text end is valid for the life of the trailer only if it remains registered
at the same gross vehicle weight.
new text begin (d) Except as provided in paragraph (e),new text end the onetime registration tax for deleted text begin trailersdeleted text end new text begin a trailernew text end
registered deleted text begin for the first time in Minnesotadeleted text end new text begin at a gross weight of 3,000 pounds or lessnew text end is $55.
deleted text begin For trailers registered in Minnesota before July 1, 2001, and for which:
deleted text end
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(1) registration is desired for the remaining life of the trailer, the registration tax is $25;
or
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(2) permanent registration is not desired, the biennial registration tax is $10 for the first
renewal if registration is renewed between and including July 1, 2001, and June 30, 2003.
These trailers must be issued permanent registration at the first renewal on or after July 1,
2003, and the registration tax is $20.
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new text begin (e) new text end For trailers registered at a gross weight of 3,000 pounds or less before July 1, 2001,
but not renewed until on or after July 1, 2003, the registration tax is $20 and permanent
registration must be issued.
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective January 1, 2025.
new text end
Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 168.12, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
Subd. 5.
Additional fee.
(a) In addition to any fee otherwise authorized or any tax
otherwise imposed upon any vehicle, the payment of which is required as a condition to the
issuance of any plate or plates, the commissioner deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end impose the fee specified in
paragraph (b) that is calculated to cover the cost of manufacturing and issuing the plate or
plates, except for plates issued to disabled veterans as defined in section 168.031 and plates
issued pursuant to section 168.124, 168.125, or 168.27, subdivisions 16 and 17, for passenger
automobiles. The commissioner deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end issue graphic design plates only for vehicles
registered pursuant to section 168.017 and recreational vehicles registered pursuant to section
168.013, subdivision 1g.
(b) Unless otherwise specified or exempted by statute, the following plate and deleted text begin validationdeleted text end
sticker fees apply for the original, duplicate, or replacement issuance deleted text begin of a plate in a plate
yeardeleted text end :
| License Plate |
Single |
Double |
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| Regular and Disability |
$ |
13.50 |
$ |
15.50 |
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| Special |
$ |
13.50 |
$ |
15.50 |
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| Personalized (Replacement) |
$ |
13.50 |
$ |
15.50 |
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| Collector Category |
$ |
13.50 |
$ |
15.50 |
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| Emergency Vehicle Display |
$ |
3.00 |
$ |
6.00 |
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| deleted text begin Utilitydeleted text end Trailer deleted text begin Self-Adhesive deleted text end |
$ |
deleted text begin
2.50 deleted text end new text begin 13.50 new text end |
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| Vertical Motorcycle Plate |
$ |
100.00 |
Nnew text begin /new text end A |
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| Replacement Dealer Plates |
$ |
5.25 |
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| Replacement Tax Exempt Plates |
$ |
5.25 |
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| Stickers |
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| new text begin Validation (new text end Duplicate yearnew text begin ) new text end |
$ |
1.50 |
$ |
1.50 |
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Small Trailer new text end |
new text begin
$ new text end |
new text begin
2.50 new text end |
new text begin
N/A new text end |
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| International Fuel Tax Agreement |
$ |
2.50 |
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(c) For vehicles that require two of the categories in paragraph (b), the registrar deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin
mustnew text end only charge the higher of the two fees and not a combined total.
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective January 1, 2025.
new text end
Sec. 3.
Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 169.79, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
Subd. 3a.
Small trailer.
If the vehicle is a trailer with 3,000 pounds or less deleted text begin GVWdeleted text end new text begin gross
vehicle weightnew text end with lifetime registration, the deleted text begin numbereddeleted text end new text begin vehicle must display:
new text end
new text begin (1) a licensenew text end platenew text begin that faces to the rear;new text end or
new text begin (2) a registrationnew text end sticker deleted text begin must bedeleted text end adhered to the side of the trailer frame tongue near the
hitch.
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective January 1, 2025.
new text end