SF 191

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to motor vehicles; requiring trailers with
lifetime registration to display license plate and
sticker; removing obsolete language; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 168.013, subdivision
1d; 169.79, subdivisions 3, 3a.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, 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.

(b) Farm trailers with a gross weight in excess of 10,000
pounds and as described in section 168.011, subdivision 17, are
taxed as farm trucks as prescribed in subdivision 1c.

(c) deleted text begin Effective on and after July 1, 2001, deleted text end Trailers
registered at a gross vehicle weight of 3,000 pounds or less
must display a distinctive plate new text begin and lifetime registration
sticker new text end . The registration on the license plate is valid for the
life of the trailer only if it remains registered at the same
gross vehicle weight. The onetime registration tax for trailers
registered for the first time in Minnesota is $55. deleted text begin For trailers
registered in Minnesota before July 1, 2001, and for which:
deleted text end

deleted text begin (1) registration is desired for the remaining life of the
trailer, the registration tax is $25; or
deleted text end

deleted text begin (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.
deleted 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.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.79,
subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Rear display of single plate.

If the vehicle is
a motorcycle, motor scooter, motorized bicycle, motorcycle
sidecar, trailer deleted text begin registered at greater than 3,000 pounds gross
vehicle weight (GVW) deleted text end , semitrailer, or vehicle displaying a
dealer plate, then one license plate must be displayed on the
rear of the vehicle.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, 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 GVW with lifetime registration, the
numbered plate deleted text begin or deleted text end new text begin must be displayed on the rear of the vehicle
and the lifetime registration new text end sticker must be adhered to the
side of the trailer frame tongue near the hitch.