SF 1233

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

A bill for an act
relating to drivers' licenses; modifying license
reinstatement provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes
2004, section 171.29, subdivision 2.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.29,
subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Reinstatement fees and surcharges allocated and
appropriated.

(a) A person whose driver's license has been
revoked as provided in subdivision 1, except under section
169A.52, 169A.54, or 609.21, shall pay a $30 fee before the
driver's license is reinstated.

(b) A person whose driver's license has been revoked as
provided in subdivision 1 under section 169A.52, 169A.54, or
609.21, shall pay a $250 fee plus a $40 surcharge before the
driver's license is reinstated new text begin , except as provided in paragraph
(f) new text end . Beginning July 1, 2002, the surcharge is $145. Beginning
July 1, 2003, the surcharge is $430. The $250 fee is to be
credited as follows:

(1) Twenty percent must be credited to the trunk highway
fund.

(2) Sixty-seven percent must be credited to the general
fund.

(3) Eight percent must be credited to a separate account to
be known as the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension account. Money
in this account may be appropriated to the commissioner of
public safety and the appropriated amount must be apportioned 80
percent for laboratory costs and 20 percent for carrying out the
provisions of section 299C.065.

(4) Five percent must be credited to a separate account to
be known as the vehicle forfeiture account, which is created in
the special revenue fund. The money in the account is annually
appropriated to the commissioner for costs of handling vehicle
forfeitures.

(c) The revenue from $50 of each surcharge new text begin , or $12.50 for
each year of reinstatement under paragraph (f), new text end must be credited
to a separate account to be known as the traumatic brain injury
and spinal cord injury account. The money in the account is
annually appropriated to the commissioner of health to be used
as follows: 83 percent for contracts with a qualified
community-based organization to provide information, resources,
and support to assist persons with traumatic brain injury and
their families to access services, and 17 percent to maintain
the traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury registry
created in section 144.662. For the purposes of this clause, a
"qualified community-based organization" is a private,
not-for-profit organization of consumers of traumatic brain
injury services and their family members. The organization must
be registered with the United States Internal Revenue Service
under section 501(c)(3) as a tax-exempt organization and must
have as its purposes:

(i) the promotion of public, family, survivor, and
professional awareness of the incidence and consequences of
traumatic brain injury;

(ii) the provision of a network of support for persons with
traumatic brain injury, their families, and friends;

(iii) the development and support of programs and services
to prevent traumatic brain injury;

(iv) the establishment of education programs for persons
with traumatic brain injury; and

(v) the empowerment of persons with traumatic brain injury
through participation in its governance.

No patient's name, identifying information, or identifiable
medical data will be disclosed to the organization without the
informed voluntary written consent of the patient or patient's
guardian or, if the patient is a minor, of the parent or
guardian of the patient.

(d) The remainder of the surcharge must be credited to a
separate account to be known as the remote electronic
alcohol-monitoring program account. The commissioner shall
transfer the balance of this account to the commissioner of
finance on a monthly basis for deposit in the general fund.

(e) When these fees are collected by a licensing agent,
appointed under section 171.061, a handling charge is imposed in
the amount specified under section 171.061, subdivision 4. The
reinstatement fees and surcharge must be deposited in an
approved state depository as directed under section 171.061,
subdivision 4.

new text begin (f) A person whose driver's license has been revoked as
provided in subdivision 1 under section 169A.52, 169A.54, or
609.21, may choose to pay 25 percent of the total amount of the
surcharge and fee required under paragraph (b) to reinstate the
person's driver's license, provided the person meets all other
requirements of reinstatement. If a person chooses to pay 25
percent of the total, the driver's license must expire after one
year. The person must pay an additional 25 percent of the total
to extend the license for an additional year for each of the
next two years, provided the person is otherwise still eligible
for the license. After a final 25 percent payment of the
surcharge and fee, the license may be renewed on a standard
schedule, as measured from the date of original license
issuance. A handling charge may be imposed for each installment
payment.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2005.
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