SF 1980

1st Engrossment - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to appropriations; appropriating money for 
  1.3             transportation, Metropolitan Council, and public 
  1.4             safety activities; providing for general contingent 
  1.5             accounts and tort claims; authorizing issuance of 
  1.6             trunk highway bonds; modifying provision for handling 
  1.7             state mail; modifying vehicle registration tax and fee 
  1.8             provisions; increasing fees for motor vehicle 
  1.9             transfers and driver and vehicle services; 
  1.10            establishing and modifying accounts; abolishing 
  1.11            statewide bicycle registration program; proposing an 
  1.12            amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article XIV; 
  1.13            providing for road signs; establishing multimodal 
  1.14            transportation fund; increasing and indexing tax on 
  1.15            motor fuels and allocating proceeds of the increase; 
  1.16            reapportioning highway state-aid money to counties; 
  1.17            changing vehicle registration tax rates; allocating 
  1.18            proceeds of sales tax on motor vehicles; authorizing 
  1.19            local transportation sales and excise tax; requiring a 
  1.20            report; making technical and clarifying revisions; 
  1.21            amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 16B.49; 
  1.22            115A.908, subdivision 1; 161.04, by adding a 
  1.23            subdivision; 161.081, subdivision 3; 162.06, 
  1.24            subdivision 2; 162.07, subdivision 1, by adding 
  1.25            subdivisions; 168.011, by adding a subdivision; 
  1.26            168.013, subdivisions 1a, 8; 168.09, subdivision 7; 
  1.27            168.105, subdivisions 2, 3, 5; 168.12; 168.123; 
  1.28            168.1235; 168.124; 168.125; 168.1255; 168.127, 
  1.29            subdivision 6; 168.128; 168.129; 168.1291; 168.1293; 
  1.30            168.1296; 168.1297; 168.27, subdivision 11; 168.33; 
  1.31            168.345, subdivisions 1, 2; 168.381; 168.54, 
  1.32            subdivisions 4, 5; 168A.152, subdivision 2; 168A.29; 
  1.33            168A.31; 169.09, subdivision 13; 169A.60, subdivision 
  1.34            16; 171.06, subdivisions 2, 2a; 171.061, subdivision 
  1.35            4; 171.07, subdivision 11; 171.13, subdivision 6, by 
  1.36            adding a subdivision; 171.20, subdivision 4; 171.26; 
  1.37            171.29, subdivision 2; 171.36; 296A.07, subdivision 3, 
  1.38            by adding a subdivision; 296A.08, subdivision 2, by 
  1.39            adding a subdivision; 297B.09, subdivision 1; 
  1.40            446A.085, subdivisions 3, 8, by adding a subdivision; 
  1.41            proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.42            chapters 16A; 160; 161; 168; 297A; 299A; repealing 
  1.43            Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 168.012, subdivision 
  1.44            12; 168.041, subdivision 11; 168.105, subdivision 6; 
  1.45            168.231; 168.345, subdivisions 3, 4; 168C.01; 168C.02; 
  1.46            168C.03; 168C.04; 168C.05; 168C.06; 168C.07; 168C.08; 
  2.1             168C.09; 168C.10; 168C.11; 168C.12; 168C.13; 170.23; 
  2.2             171.12, subdivision 8; 171.185; Minnesota Rules, parts 
  2.3             7407.0100; 7407.0200; 7407.0300; 7407.0400; 7407.0500; 
  2.4             7407.0600; 7407.0700; 7407.0800; 7407.0900; 7407.1000; 
  2.5             7407.1100; 7407.1200; 7407.1300. 
  2.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  2.7                              ARTICLE 1 
  2.8                            APPROPRIATIONS 
  2.9                  TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER AGENCIES 
  2.10  Section 1.  [TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  2.11     The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  2.12  appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to 
  2.13  the agencies and for the purposes specified in this article, to 
  2.14  be available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.  
  2.15  The figures "2006" and "2007," where used in this article, mean 
  2.16  that the appropriations listed under them are available for the 
  2.17  year ending June 30, 2006, or June 30, 2007, respectively.  If 
  2.18  the figures are not used, the appropriations are available for 
  2.19  the year ending June 30, 2006, or June 30, 2007, respectively.  
  2.20  The term "first year" means the year ending June 30, 2006, and 
  2.21  the term "second year" means the year ending June 30, 2007. 
  2.22                          SUMMARY BY FUND
  2.23                            2006          2007           TOTAL
  2.24  General            $   78,966,000 $   80,221,000 $  159,187,000
  2.25  Airports               19,458,000     19,458,000     38,916,000
  2.26  C.S.A.H.              441,335,000    453,948,000    895,283,000
  2.27  M.S.A.S.              117,048,000    120,841,000    237,889,000
  2.28  Special Revenue        46,241,000     46,296,000     92,537,000
  2.29  Highway User            8,568,000      8,638,000     17,206,000
  2.30  Trunk Highway       1,148,201,000  1,262,744,000  2,410,945,000
  2.31  TOTAL              $1,859,817,000 $1,992,146,000 $3,851,963,000
  2.32                                             APPROPRIATIONS 
  2.33                                         Available for the Year 
  2.34                                             Ending June 30 
  2.35                                            2006         2007 
  2.36  Sec. 2.  TRANSPORTATION
  2.37  Subdivision 1.  Total 
  2.38  Appropriation                     $1,668,391,000 $1,799,349,000
  2.39  The appropriations in this section are 
  2.40  from the trunk highway fund, except 
  2.41  when another fund is named. 
  3.1                 Summary by Fund
  3.2                            2006          2007  
  3.3   General              16,221,000    16,221,000
  3.4   Airports             19,408,000    19,408,000
  3.5   C.S.A.H.            441,335,000   453,948,000
  3.6   M.S.A.S.            117,048,000   120,841,000
  3.7   Trunk Highway     1,074,379,000 1,188,931,000
  3.8   The amounts that may be spent from this 
  3.9   appropriation for each program are 
  3.10  specified in the following subdivisions.
  3.11  Subd. 2.  Multimodal Systems          42,147,000     42,147,000 
  3.12                Summary by Fund
  3.13  Airports             19,383,000    19,383,000
  3.14  General              16,156,000    16,156,000
  3.15  Trunk Highway         6,608,000     6,608,000
  3.16  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  3.17  appropriation for each activity are as 
  3.18  follows: 
  3.19  (a) Aeronautics  
  3.20      20,220,000     20,220,000 
  3.21                Summary by Fund
  3.22  Airports             19,383,000    19,383,000
  3.23  Trunk Highway           837,000       837,000
  3.24  Except as otherwise provided, the 
  3.25  appropriations in this subdivision are 
  3.26  from the state airports fund. 
  3.27  (1) Airport Development 
  3.28  and Assistance 
  3.29      14,298,000     14,298,000 
  3.30  These appropriations must be spent 
  3.31  according to Minnesota Statutes, 
  3.32  section 360.305, subdivision 4. 
  3.33  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
  3.34  section 16A.28, subdivision 6, funds 
  3.35  are available for five years after 
  3.36  appropriation. 
  3.37  If the appropriation for either year is 
  3.38  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
  3.39  other year is available for it. 
  3.40  Of this state airports fund 
  3.41  appropriation in Laws 2003, First 
  3.42  Special Session chapter 19, article 1, 
  3.43  section 2, subdivision 2, paragraph 
  3.44  (a), clause (1), $1,900,000 cancels to 
  3.45  the state airports fund.  This 
  3.46  cancellation is effective the day 
  4.1   following final enactment. 
  4.2   (2) Aviation Support and Services 
  4.3     5,922,000      5,922,000
  4.4                 Summary by Fund
  4.5   Airports              5,085,000     5,085,000
  4.6   Trunk Highway           837,000       837,000
  4.7   $65,000 the first year and $65,000 the 
  4.8   second year are for the Civil Air 
  4.9   Patrol. 
  4.10  (b) Transit                 
  4.11      16,605,000     16,605,000 
  4.12                Summary by Fund
  4.13  General              15,810,000    15,810,000
  4.14  Trunk Highway           795,000       795,000
  4.15  (c) Freight       
  4.16       5,322,000      5,322,000 
  4.17                Summary by Fund
  4.18  General                 346,000       346,000
  4.19  Trunk Highway         4,976,000     4,976,000
  4.20  Subd. 3.  State Roads              1,012,272,000  1,126,824,000 
  4.21                Summary by Fund
  4.22  General                   9,000         9,000
  4.23  Trunk Highway     1,012,263,000 1,126,815,000
  4.24  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  4.25  appropriation for each activity are as 
  4.26  follows: 
  4.27  (a) Infrastructure Investment and Planning
  4.28     801,561,000    916,113,000 
  4.29  (1) Infrastructure Investment Support 
  4.30      168,207,000   168,207,000 
  4.31  $266,000 the first year and $266,000 
  4.32  the second year are available for 
  4.33  grants to metropolitan planning 
  4.34  organizations outside the seven-county 
  4.35  metropolitan area. 
  4.36  $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
  4.37  second year are for a transportation 
  4.38  research contingent account to finance 
  4.39  research projects that are reimbursable 
  4.40  from the federal government or from 
  4.41  other sources.  If the appropriation 
  4.42  for either year is insufficient, the 
  4.43  appropriation for the other year is 
  4.44  available for it. 
  5.1   $600,000 the first year and $600,000 
  5.2   the second year are available for 
  5.3   grants for transportation studies 
  5.4   outside the metropolitan area to 
  5.5   identify critical concerns, problems, 
  5.6   and issues.  These grants are available 
  5.7   (1) to regional development 
  5.8   commissions, and (2) in regions where 
  5.9   no regional development commission is 
  5.10  functioning, to joint powers boards 
  5.11  established under agreement of two or 
  5.12  more political subdivisions in the 
  5.13  region to exercise the planning 
  5.14  functions of a regional development 
  5.15  commission, and (3) in regions where no 
  5.16  regional development commission or 
  5.17  joint powers board is functioning, to 
  5.18  the department's district office for 
  5.19  that region. 
  5.20  $100,000 the first year is to develop 
  5.21  and evaluate engineering concepts and 
  5.22  layouts for the reconstruction of 
  5.23  marked Interstate Highway I-35W from 
  5.24  marked Interstate Highway I-694 in 
  5.25  Ramsey County to marked Interstate 
  5.26  Highway I-35 in Anoka County.  This 
  5.27  appropriation may be used to conduct 
  5.28  all necessary planning and public 
  5.29  involvement actions leading to a 
  5.30  scoping decision based on the preferred 
  5.31  alternative.  Plans for marked 
  5.32  Interstate Highway I-35W must identify 
  5.33  all necessary improvements to 
  5.34  appropriate segments of Trunk Highway 
  5.35  marked 10, marked Interstate Highway 
  5.36  I-694, and related county and city 
  5.37  infrastructure. 
  5.38  (2) State Road Construction  
  5.39     576,950,000    680,950,000
  5.40  It is estimated that these 
  5.41  appropriations will be funded as 
  5.42  follows: 
  5.43  Federal Highway Aid         
  5.44     280,000,000    384,000,000 
  5.45  Highway User Taxes           
  5.46     296,950,000    296,950,000
  5.47  The commissioner of transportation 
  5.48  shall notify the chair of the 
  5.49  Transportation Budget Division of the 
  5.50  senate and the chair of the 
  5.51  Transportation Finance Committee of the 
  5.52  house of representatives of any 
  5.53  significant events that should cause 
  5.54  these estimates to change. 
  5.55  This appropriation is for the actual 
  5.56  construction, reconstruction, and 
  5.57  improvement of trunk highways, 
  5.58  including design-build contracts.  This 
  5.59  includes the cost of actual payment to 
  5.60  landowners for lands acquired for 
  5.61  highway rights-of-way, payment to 
  6.1   lessees, interest subsidies, and 
  6.2   relocation expenses. 
  6.3   The commissioner may transfer up to 
  6.4   $15,000,000 each year to the 
  6.5   transportation revolving loan fund. 
  6.6   The commissioner may receive money 
  6.7   covering other shares of the cost of 
  6.8   partnership projects.  These receipts 
  6.9   are appropriated to the commissioner 
  6.10  for these projects. 
  6.11  (3) Highway Debt Service     
  6.12      56,404,000     66,956,000 
  6.13  $42,086,000 the first year and 
  6.14  $62,005,000 the second year are for 
  6.15  transfer to the state bond fund.  If 
  6.16  this appropriation is insufficient to 
  6.17  make all transfers required in the year 
  6.18  for which it is made, the commissioner 
  6.19  of finance shall notify the Committee 
  6.20  on State Government Finance of the 
  6.21  senate and the Committee on Ways and 
  6.22  Means of the house of representatives 
  6.23  of the amount of the deficiency and 
  6.24  shall then transfer that amount under 
  6.25  the statutory open appropriation.  Any 
  6.26  excess appropriation cancels to the 
  6.27  trunk highway fund. 
  6.28  (b) Infrastructure Operations
  6.29  and Maintenance
  6.30     204,746,000    204,746,000 
  6.31  (c) Electronic Communications
  6.32       5,965,000      5,965,000 
  6.33                Summary by Fund
  6.34  General                   9,000         9,000
  6.35  Trunk Highway         5,956,000     5,956,000
  6.36  $9,000 the first year and $9,000 the 
  6.37  second year are from the general fund 
  6.38  for equipment and operation of the 
  6.39  Roosevelt signal tower for Lake of the 
  6.40  Woods weather broadcasting. 
  6.41  Subd. 4.  Local Roads                558,383,000    574,789,000 
  6.42                Summary by Fund
  6.43  C.S.A.H.            441,335,000   453,948,000
  6.44  M.S.A.S.            117,048,000   120,841,000
  6.45  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  6.46  appropriation for each activity are as 
  6.47  follows: 
  6.48  (a) County State Aids 
  6.49     441,335,000    453,948,000 
  6.50  This appropriation is from the county 
  7.1   state-aid highway fund and is available 
  7.2   until spent. 
  7.3   (b) Municipal State Aids     
  7.4      117,048,000     120,841,000
  7.5   This appropriation is from the 
  7.6   municipal state-aid street fund and is 
  7.7   available until spent. 
  7.8   If an appropriation for either county 
  7.9   state aids or municipal state aids does 
  7.10  not exhaust the balance in the fund 
  7.11  from which it is made in the year for 
  7.12  which it is made, the commissioner of 
  7.13  finance, upon request of the 
  7.14  commissioner of transportation, shall 
  7.15  notify the chair of the Transportation 
  7.16  Finance Committee of the house of 
  7.17  representatives and the chair of the 
  7.18  Transportation Budget Division of the 
  7.19  senate of the amount of the remainder 
  7.20  and shall then add that amount to the 
  7.21  appropriation.  The amount added is 
  7.22  appropriated for the purposes of county 
  7.23  state aids or municipal state aids, as 
  7.24  appropriate. 
  7.25  If the appropriation for either county 
  7.26  state aids or municipal state aids does 
  7.27  exhaust the balance in the fund from 
  7.28  which it is made in the year for which 
  7.29  it is made, the commissioner of finance 
  7.30  shall notify the chair of the 
  7.31  Transportation Finance Committee of the 
  7.32  house of representatives and the chair 
  7.33  of the Transportation Budget Division 
  7.34  of the senate of the amount by which 
  7.35  the appropriation exceeds the balance 
  7.36  and shall then reduce that amount from 
  7.37  the appropriation. 
  7.38  Subd. 5.  General Support   
  7.39  and Services                          55,589,000     55,589,000 
  7.40                Summary by Fund
  7.41  General                  56,000        56,000
  7.42  Airports                 25,000        25,000
  7.43  Trunk Highway        55,508,000    55,508,000
  7.44  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  7.45  appropriation for each activity are as 
  7.46  follows: 
  7.47  (a) Department Support
  7.48      38,999,000     38,999,000 
  7.49                Summary by Fund
  7.50  Airports                 25,000        25,000
  7.51  Trunk Highway        38,974,000    38,974,000
  7.52  (b) Buildings 
  7.53      16,590,000     16,590,000 
  8.1                 Summary by Fund
  8.2   General                  56,000        56,000
  8.3   Trunk Highway        16,534,000    16,534,000
  8.4   If the appropriation for either year is 
  8.5   insufficient, the appropriation for the 
  8.6   other year is available for it. 
  8.7   Subd. 6.  Transfers                                             
  8.8   (a) With the approval of the 
  8.9   commissioner of finance, the 
  8.10  commissioner of transportation may 
  8.11  transfer unencumbered balances among 
  8.12  the appropriations from the trunk 
  8.13  highway fund and the state airports 
  8.14  fund made in this section.  No transfer 
  8.15  may be made from the appropriation for 
  8.16  state road construction.  No transfer 
  8.17  may be made from the appropriations for 
  8.18  debt service to any other appropriation.
  8.19  Transfers under this paragraph may not 
  8.20  be made between funds.  Transfers 
  8.21  between programs must be reported 
  8.22  immediately to the chair of the 
  8.23  Transportation Budget Division of the 
  8.24  senate and the chair of the 
  8.25  Transportation Finance Committee of the 
  8.26  house of representatives. 
  8.27  (b) The commissioner of finance shall 
  8.28  transfer from the flexible account in 
  8.29  the county state-aid highway fund 
  8.30  $5,650,000 the first year and 
  8.31  $1,480,000 the second year to the 
  8.32  municipal turnback account in the 
  8.33  municipal state-aid street fund; 
  8.34  $7,429,000 the first year and 
  8.35  $5,277,000 the second year to the 
  8.36  county principal arterial account in 
  8.37  the county state-aid highway fund; 
  8.38  $2,961,000 the first year and 
  8.39  $2,103,000 the second year to the 
  8.40  municipal principal arterial account in 
  8.41  the municipal state-aid street fund; 
  8.42  and the remainder in each year to the 
  8.43  county turnback account in the county 
  8.44  state-aid highway fund. 
  8.45  Subd. 7.  Use of State Road 
  8.46  Construction Appropriations         
  8.47  Any money appropriated to the 
  8.48  commissioner of transportation for 
  8.49  state road construction for any fiscal 
  8.50  year before fiscal year 2006 is 
  8.51  available to the commissioner during 
  8.52  fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to the 
  8.53  extent that the commissioner spends the 
  8.54  money on the state road construction 
  8.55  project for which the money was 
  8.56  originally encumbered during the fiscal 
  8.57  year for which it was appropriated.  
  8.58  The commissioner of transportation 
  8.59  shall report to the commissioner of 
  8.60  finance by August 1, 2005, and August 
  8.61  1, 2006, on a form the commissioner of 
  8.62  finance provides, on expenditures made 
  8.63  during the previous fiscal year that 
  9.1   are authorized by this subdivision. 
  9.2   Subd. 8.  Contingent Appropriation                              
  9.3   The commissioner of transportation, 
  9.4   with the approval of the governor after 
  9.5   review by the Legislative Advisory 
  9.6   Commission under Minnesota Statutes, 
  9.7   section 3.30, may transfer all or part 
  9.8   of the unappropriated balance in the 
  9.9   trunk highway fund to an appropriation 
  9.10  (1) for trunk highway design, 
  9.11  construction, or inspection in order to 
  9.12  take advantage of an unanticipated 
  9.13  receipt of income to the trunk highway 
  9.14  fund or to take advantage of Federal 
  9.15  Advanced Construction funding, (2) for 
  9.16  trunk highway maintenance in order to 
  9.17  meet an emergency, or (3) to pay tort 
  9.18  or environmental claims.  Any transfer 
  9.19  as a result of the use of Federal 
  9.20  Advanced Construction funding must 
  9.21  include an analysis of the effects on 
  9.22  the long-term trunk highway fund 
  9.23  balance.  The amount transferred is 
  9.24  appropriated for the purpose of the 
  9.25  account to which it is transferred. 
  9.26  Sec. 3.  METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
  9.27  TRANSIT                               57,503,000     58,753,000 
  9.28  (a) Bus Transit
  9.29      53,453,000     53,453,000 
  9.30  This appropriation is for bus system 
  9.31  operations. 
  9.32  (b) Rail Operations
  9.33       4,050,000      5,300,000 
  9.34  This appropriation is for operations of 
  9.35  the Hiawatha LRT line.  
  9.36  This appropriation is for paying 50 
  9.37  percent of operating costs for the 
  9.38  Hiawatha light rail transit line after 
  9.39  operating revenue and federal funds are 
  9.40  used for light rail transit operations. 
  9.41  The remaining operating costs up to a 
  9.42  maximum of $4,050,000 the first year 
  9.43  and $5,300,000 the second year are to 
  9.44  be paid by the Hennepin County Regional 
  9.45  Rail Authority, using any or all of 
  9.46  these sources: 
  9.47  (1) general tax revenues of Hennepin 
  9.48  County; 
  9.49  (2) the authority's reserves; and 
  9.50  (3) taxes levied under Minnesota 
  9.51  Statutes, section 398A.04, subdivision 
  9.52  8, notwithstanding any provision in 
  9.53  that subdivision that limits amounts 
  9.54  that may be levied for light rail 
  9.55  transit purposes. 
  9.56  Sec. 4.  PUBLIC SAFETY
 10.1   Subdivision 1.  Total
 10.2   Appropriation                        132,948,000    133,069,000
 10.3                 Summary by Fund
 10.4   General               5,242,000     5,247,000
 10.5   Trunk Highway        73,022,000    73,013,000
 10.6   Highway User          8,443,000     8,513,000
 10.7   Special Revenue      46,241,000    46,296,000
 10.8   Subd. 2.  Administration 
 10.9   and Related Services                   9,684,000      9,689,000 
 10.10                Summary by Fund
 10.11  General               2,371,000     2,376,000
 10.12  Trunk Highway         5,938,000     5,938,000
 10.13  Highway User          1,385,000     1,385,000
 10.14  (a) Office of Communications 
 10.15         385,000        385,000 
 10.16                Summary by Fund
 10.17  General                  39,000        39,000
 10.18  Trunk Highway           346,000       346,000
 10.19  (b) Public Safety Support 
 10.20       6,855,000      6,860,000 
 10.21                Summary by Fund
 10.22  General               2,241,000     2,246,000
 10.23  Trunk Highway         3,248,000     3,248,000
 10.24  Highway User          1,366,000     1,366,000
 10.25  $375,000 the first year and $380,000 
 10.26  the second year are for payment of 
 10.27  public safety officer survivor benefits 
 10.28  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 10.29  299A.44.  If the appropriation for 
 10.30  either year is insufficient, the 
 10.31  appropriation for the other year is 
 10.32  available for it.  
 10.33  $314,000 the first year and $314,000 
 10.34  the second year are to be deposited in 
 10.35  the public safety officer's benefit 
 10.36  account.  This money is available for 
 10.37  reimbursements under Minnesota 
 10.38  Statutes, section 299A.465.  
 10.39  $508,000 the first year and $508,000 
 10.40  the second year are for soft body armor 
 10.41  reimbursements under Minnesota 
 10.42  Statutes, section 299A.38. 
 10.43  $792,000 the first year and $792,000 
 10.44  the second year are appropriated from 
 10.45  the general fund for transfer by the 
 10.46  commissioner of finance to the trunk 
 11.1   highway fund on December 31, 2005, and 
 11.2   December 31, 2006, respectively, in 
 11.3   order to reimburse the trunk highway 
 11.4   fund for expenses not related to the 
 11.5   fund.  These represent amounts 
 11.6   appropriated out of the trunk highway 
 11.7   fund for general fund purposes in the 
 11.8   administration and related services 
 11.9   program. 
 11.10  $610,000 the first year and $610,000 
 11.11  the second year are appropriated from 
 11.12  the highway user tax distribution fund 
 11.13  for transfer by the commissioner of 
 11.14  finance to the trunk highway fund on 
 11.15  December 31, 2005, and December 31, 
 11.16  2006, respectively, in order to 
 11.17  reimburse the trunk highway fund for 
 11.18  expenses not related to the fund.  
 11.19  These represent amounts appropriated 
 11.20  out of the trunk highway fund for 
 11.21  highway user tax distribution fund 
 11.22  purposes in the administration and 
 11.23  related services program. 
 11.24  $716,000 the first year and $716,000 
 11.25  the second year are appropriated from 
 11.26  the highway user tax distribution fund 
 11.27  for transfer by the commissioner of 
 11.28  finance to the general fund on December 
 11.29  31, 2005, and December 31, 2006, 
 11.30  respectively, in order to reimburse the 
 11.31  general fund for expenses not related 
 11.32  to the fund.  These represent amounts 
 11.33  appropriated out of the general fund 
 11.34  for operation of the criminal justice 
 11.35  data network related to driver and 
 11.36  motor vehicle licensing. 
 11.37  (c) Technical Support Services
 11.38       2,454,000      2,454,000 
 11.39                Summary by Fund
 11.40  General                  91,000        91,000
 11.41  Trunk Highway         2,344,000     2,344,000
 11.42  Highway User             19,000        19,000
 11.43  Subd. 3.  State Patrol                70,047,000     70,038,000 
 11.44                Summary by Fund
 11.45  General               2,871,000     2,871,000
 11.46  Trunk Highway        67,084,000    67,075,000
 11.47  Highway User             92,000        92,000
 11.48  (a) Patrolling Highways      
 11.49      60,739,000     60,730,000 
 11.50                Summary by Fund
 11.51  General                  37,000        37,000
 11.52  Trunk Highway        60,610,000    60,601,000
 12.1   Highway User             92,000        92,000
 12.2   Of this appropriation, $3,700,000 the 
 12.3   first year is for the cost of adding 
 12.4   State Patrol positions.  If money 
 12.5   transferred to the trunk highway fund 
 12.6   in the first year from the alcohol 
 12.7   enforcement account in the special 
 12.8   revenue fund is less than the amount 
 12.9   specified in this paragraph, the 
 12.10  commissioner shall make up the 
 12.11  difference by transferring to the trunk 
 12.12  highway fund money allocated to the 
 12.13  commissioner under the federal repeat 
 12.14  offender transfer program, Public Law 
 12.15  105-206, section 164. 
 12.16  (b) Commercial Vehicle Enforcement
 12.17       6,474,000      6,474,000 
 12.18  This appropriation is from the trunk 
 12.19  highway fund. 
 12.20  (c) Capitol Security         
 12.21       2,834,000      2,834,000 
 12.22  The commissioner may not (1) spend any 
 12.23  money from the trunk highway fund for 
 12.24  capitol security, or (2) permanently 
 12.25  transfer any state trooper from the 
 12.26  patrolling highways activity to capitol 
 12.27  security. 
 12.28  The commissioner may not transfer any 
 12.29  money (1) appropriated for Department 
 12.30  of Public Safety administration, the 
 12.31  patrolling of highways, commercial 
 12.32  vehicle enforcement, or driver and 
 12.33  vehicle services to capitol security or 
 12.34  (2) from capitol security. 
 12.35  Subd. 4.  Driver and Vehicle Services
 12.36      51,389,000     50,814,000 
 12.37                Summary by Fund
 12.38  Highway User          6,966,000     7,036,000
 12.39  Special Revenue      44,423,000    43,778,000
 12.40  (a) Vehicle Services
 12.41      23,383,000     23,849,000 
 12.42                Summary by Fund
 12.43  Highway User          6,966,000     7,036,000
 12.44  Special Revenue      16,417,000    16,813,000
 12.45  This appropriation is from the vehicle 
 12.46  services operating account in the 
 12.47  special revenue fund. 
 12.48  (b) Driver Services
 12.49      28,006,000     26,965,000 
 13.1   This appropriation is from the driver 
 13.2   services operating account in the 
 13.3   special revenue fund. 
 13.4   Subd. 5.  Traffic Safety                 824,000      1,524,000 
 13.5   This appropriation is from the driver 
 13.6   services operating account in the 
 13.7   special revenue fund. 
 13.8   Of this appropriation, $500,000 in 
 13.9   fiscal year 2006 and $1,200,000 in 
 13.10  fiscal year 2007 must be used for a 
 13.11  public information campaign to improve 
 13.12  traffic and pedestrian safety, 
 13.13  including, but not limited to, 
 13.14  producing educational and informational 
 13.15  materials on pedestrian crosswalk 
 13.16  safety, impaired driving, seat belt 
 13.17  usage, speeding, and driver 
 13.18  distraction.  The commissioner may make 
 13.19  grants to local units of government or 
 13.20  use the funds for research related to 
 13.21  traffic and pedestrian safety.  As part 
 13.22  of the next biennial budget submission, 
 13.23  the commissioner shall report on the 
 13.24  expenditure of these funds and make 
 13.25  recommendations regarding the need for 
 13.26  continued funding of traffic and 
 13.27  pedestrian safety initiatives. 
 13.28  The commissioner of public safety shall 
 13.29  spend 50 percent of the money available 
 13.30  to the state under Public Law 105-206, 
 13.31  section 164, and the remaining 50 
 13.32  percent must be transferred to the 
 13.33  commissioner of transportation for 
 13.34  hazard elimination activities under 
 13.35  United States Code, title 23, section 
 13.36  152. 
 13.37  Subd. 6.  Pipeline Safety                994,000        994,000 
 13.38  This appropriation is from the pipeline 
 13.39  safety account in the special revenue 
 13.40  fund. 
 13.41  Sec. 5.  GENERAL CONTINGENT 
 13.42  ACCOUNTS                                 375,000        375,000 
 13.43                Summary by Fund
 13.44  Trunk Highway           200,000       200,000
 13.45  Highway User            125,000       125,000
 13.46  Airports                 50,000        50,000
 13.47  The appropriations in this section may 
 13.48  only be spent with the approval of the 
 13.49  governor after consultation with the 
 13.50  Legislative Advisory Commission 
 13.51  pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 
 13.52  3.30. 
 13.53  If an appropriation in this section for 
 13.54  either year is insufficient, the 
 13.55  appropriation for the other year is 
 13.56  available for it. 
 13.57  Sec. 6.  TORT CLAIMS                     600,000        600,000 
 14.1   To be spent by the commissioner of 
 14.2   finance. 
 14.3   This appropriation is from the trunk 
 14.4   highway fund. 
 14.5   If the appropriation for either year is 
 14.6   insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 14.7   other year is available for it. 
 14.8                              ARTICLE 2
 14.9                           CAPITAL PROJECTS
 14.10     Section 1.  [TRUNK HIGHWAY BOND PROCEEDS ACCOUNT 
 14.11  APPROPRIATIONS.] 
 14.12     Subdivision 1.  [EXTERIOR REPAIR OF TRANSPORTATION 
 14.13  BUILDING.] $9,342,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of 
 14.14  transportation from the trunk highway bond proceeds account to 
 14.15  repair and renovate the exterior of the Department of 
 14.16  Transportation building at 395 John Ireland Boulevard in St. 
 14.17  Paul.  This appropriation is available until expended. 
 14.18     Subd. 2.  [MANKATO HEADQUARTERS BUILDING.] $16,620,000 is 
 14.19  appropriated to the commissioner of transportation from the 
 14.20  trunk highway bond proceeds account to design, construct, 
 14.21  furnish, and equip a new district headquarters facility in 
 14.22  Mankato.  This appropriation is available until expended. 
 14.23     Subd. 3.  [SMALL CAPITAL PROJECTS.] $4,728,000 is 
 14.24  appropriated to the commissioner of transportation from the 
 14.25  trunk highway bond proceeds account to design, construct, 
 14.26  furnish, and equip statewide building projects, consisting of 
 14.27  truck stations, salt storage facilities, cold storage 
 14.28  facilities, and Mankato headquarters site work.  Of this amount, 
 14.29  $600,000 is for the department's share of the feasibility 
 14.30  studies, design, site preparation, and upgrade of common utility 
 14.31  services for a joint use truck station and public works facility 
 14.32  with Pope County.  This appropriation is available until 
 14.33  expended. 
 14.34     Sec. 2.  [BOND SALE.] 
 14.35     To provide the money appropriated by section 1 from the 
 14.36  bond proceeds account in the trunk highway fund, the 
 14.37  commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state 
 14.38  in an amount up to $30,690,000 in the manner, on the terms, and 
 15.1   with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 
 15.2   167.50 to 167.52, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article 
 15.3   XIV, section 11. 
 15.4                              ARTICLE 3 
 15.5               PUBLIC SAFETY ACTIVITIES, FEES, ACCOUNTS 
 15.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 16B.49, is 
 15.7   amended to read: 
 15.8      16B.49 [CENTRAL MAILING SYSTEM.] 
 15.9      (a) The commissioner shall maintain and operate for state 
 15.10  agencies, departments, institutions, and offices a central mail 
 15.11  handling unit.  Official, outgoing mail for units in St. Paul 
 15.12  must be delivered unstamped to the unit.  The unit shall also 
 15.13  operate an interoffice mail distribution system.  The department 
 15.14  may add personnel and acquire equipment that may be necessary to 
 15.15  operate the unit efficiently and cost-effectively.  Account must 
 15.16  be kept of the postage required on that mail, which is then a 
 15.17  proper charge against the agency delivering the mail.  To 
 15.18  provide funds for the payment of postage, each agency shall make 
 15.19  advance payments to the commissioner sufficient to cover its 
 15.20  postage obligations for at least 60 days.  For purposes of this 
 15.21  section, the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities is a 
 15.22  state agency. 
 15.23     (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) or section 16C.09, the 
 15.24  commissioner may approve the performance of mail-related 
 15.25  functions by an agency outside the state's central mail-handling 
 15.26  unit if the agency demonstrates it furthers program 
 15.27  effectiveness, better use of services, greater efficiency, or 
 15.28  greater economy in state government. 
 15.29     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 115A.908, 
 15.30  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 15.31     Subdivision 1.  [FEE CHARGED.] A fee of $4 $8 shall be 
 15.32  charged on the initial registration and each subsequent transfer 
 15.33  of title within the state, other than transfers for resale 
 15.34  purposes, of every motor vehicle weighing more than 1,000 
 15.35  pounds.  The fee shall be collected in an appropriate manner by 
 15.36  the motor vehicle registrar commissioner of public safety.  
 16.1   Registration plates or certificates of title may not be issued 
 16.2   by the motor vehicle registrar commissioner of public safety for 
 16.3   the ownership or operation of a motor vehicle subject to the 
 16.4   transfer fee unless the fee is paid.  The fee may not be charged 
 16.5   on the transfer of:  
 16.6      (1) previously registered vehicles if the transfer is to 
 16.7   the same person; 
 16.8      (2) vehicles subject to the conditions specified in section 
 16.9   297A.70, subdivision 2; or 
 16.10     (3) vehicles purchased in another state by a resident of 
 16.11  another state if more than 60 days have elapsed after the date 
 16.12  of purchase and the purchaser is transferring title to this 
 16.13  state and has become a resident of this state after the purchase.
 16.14     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011, is 
 16.15  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 16.16     Subd. 2a.  [COMMISSIONER.] "Commissioner" means the 
 16.17  commissioner of the Department of Public Safety. 
 16.18     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.013, 
 16.19  subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
 16.20     Subd. 8.  [PROCEEDS TO HIGHWAY USER FUND; VEHICLE SERVICES 
 16.21  OPERATING ACCOUNT.] (a) Unless otherwise specified in this 
 16.22  chapter, the net proceeds of the registration tax imposed on 
 16.23  motor vehicles under this chapter shall must be collected by the 
 16.24  registrar of motor vehicles and commissioner, paid into the 
 16.25  state treasury, and credited to the highway user tax 
 16.26  distribution fund. 
 16.27     (b) All fees collected under this chapter, unless otherwise 
 16.28  specified, must be deposited in the vehicle services operating 
 16.29  account in the special revenue fund under section 299A.705. 
 16.30     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.09, 
 16.31  subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
 16.32     Subd. 7.  [DISPLAY OF TEMPORARY PERMIT; SPECIAL PLATES.] 
 16.33  (a) A vehicle that displays a special plate issued under section 
 16.34  168.021; 168.12, subdivision 2, 2a, 2b, 2c, or 2d; 168.123; 
 16.35  168.124; 168.125; 168.126; 168.128; or 168.129, may display a 
 16.36  temporary permit in conjunction with expired registration if: 
 17.1      (1) the current registration tax and all other fees have 
 17.2   been paid in full; and 
 17.3      (2) the plate requires replacement under section 168.12, 
 17.4   subdivision 1, paragraph (b) (d), clause (3). 
 17.5      (b) A vehicle that is registered under section 168.10 may 
 17.6   display a temporary permit in conjunction with expired 
 17.7   registration, with or without a registration license plate, if: 
 17.8      (1) the license plates have been applied for and the 
 17.9   registration tax has been paid in full, as provided for in 
 17.10  section 168.10; and 
 17.11     (2) the vehicle is used solely as a collector vehicle while 
 17.12  displaying the temporary permit and not used for general 
 17.13  transportation purposes. 
 17.14     (c) The permit is valid for a period of 60 days.  The 
 17.15  permit must be in a form format prescribed by the commissioner 
 17.16  of public safety and whenever practicable must be posted upon 
 17.17  the driver's side of the rear window on the inside of the 
 17.18  vehicle.  The permit is valid only for the vehicle for which it 
 17.19  was issued to allow a reasonable time for the new license plates 
 17.20  to be manufactured and delivered to the applicant. 
 17.21     Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.105, 
 17.22  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 17.23     Subd. 2.  [AFFIDAVIT FOR REGISTRATION AND TAXATION.] (a) A 
 17.24  classic motorcycle must be listed for taxation taxed and 
 17.25  registration registered by executed the vehicle owner submitting 
 17.26  an affidavit to the commissioner stating (1) the name and 
 17.27  address of the owner, (2) the name and address of the person 
 17.28  from whom purchased, (3) the make of the classic motorcycle, (4) 
 17.29  the year and number of the model, (5) the manufacturer's vehicle 
 17.30  identification number, (6) that the motorcycle is owned and 
 17.31  operated solely as a collector's item and will not be used for 
 17.32  general transportation purposes, and (7) that the owner has one 
 17.33  or more motor vehicles with regular license plates.  
 17.34     (b) When the registrar commissioner is satisfied that the 
 17.35  affidavit is true, correct, and complete and that the owner has 
 17.36  paid a $10 registration tax, the registrar commissioner shall 
 18.1   list the vehicle for taxation and registration register the 
 18.2   vehicle and shall issue special number plates.  
 18.3      Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.105, 
 18.4   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 18.5      Subd. 3.  [SPECIAL CLASSIC PLATES.] The registrar 
 18.6   commissioner shall issue number plates of the same size as 
 18.7   standard motorcycle license plates and inscribed "collector" and 
 18.8   "Minnesota" with the registration number or other combination of 
 18.9   characters authorized under section 168.12, subdivision 2a, but 
 18.10  without a date.  The plates are valid without renewal as long as 
 18.11  the classic motorcycle exists and may be issued for the 
 18.12  applicant's use only for the classic motorcycle.  The registrar 
 18.13  commissioner may revoke the plates for noncompliance with this 
 18.14  subdivision.  
 18.15     Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.105, 
 18.16  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 18.17     Subd. 5.  [ORIGINAL PLATES.] (a) Instead of being 
 18.18  issued special classic motorcycle plates, a classic motorcycle 
 18.19  registered under this section may display original Minnesota 
 18.20  number plates issued in the same year as the model year of the 
 18.21  motorcycle on which they are displayed.  The number of on the 
 18.22  original plates must be provided to the registrar commissioner.  
 18.23     (b) Original Minnesota number plates may not be used if the 
 18.24  number on the original plate is identical to the number on a 
 18.25  current collector's plate issued by the registrar commissioner.  
 18.26     (c) A person currently using classic motorcycle plates 
 18.27  issued under this section, shall return those plates to the 
 18.28  registrar before substituting original plates.  
 18.29     (d) If the vehicle is not registered as a collector 
 18.30  vehicle, the registrar may commissioner shall charge a fee of 
 18.31  $10 for registering the number on the original plates.  
 18.32     Sec. 9.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.12, is 
 18.33  amended to read: 
 18.34     168.12 [LICENSE PLATES.] 
 18.35     Subdivision 1.  [NUMBER PLATES; DESIGN, VISIBILITY, PERIODS 
 18.36  OF ISSUANCE.] (a) The registrar commissioner, upon the approval 
 19.1   and payment, shall issue to the applicant the number plates 
 19.2   required by law this chapter, bearing the state name and the an 
 19.3   assigned vehicle registration number assigned.  The number 
 19.4   assigned by the commissioner may be a combination of a letter or 
 19.5   sign with figures.  The color of the plates and the color of the 
 19.6   abbreviation of the state name and the number assigned shall 
 19.7   must be in marked contrast.  The plates shall must be lettered, 
 19.8   spaced, or distinguished to suitably indicate the registration 
 19.9   of the vehicle according to the rules of the registrar, and 
 19.10  commissioner. 
 19.11     (b) When a vehicle is registered on the basis of total 
 19.12  gross weight, the plates issued shall must clearly indicate by 
 19.13  letters or other suitable insignia the maximum gross weight for 
 19.14  which the tax has been paid.  These number 
 19.15     (c) The plates shall must be so treated as to be at least 
 19.16  100 times brighter than the conventional painted number plates.  
 19.17  When properly mounted on an unlighted vehicle, these number the 
 19.18  plates, when viewed from a vehicle equipped with standard 
 19.19  headlights, shall must be visible for a distance of not less 
 19.20  than 1,500 feet and readable for a distance of not less than 110 
 19.21  feet. 
 19.22     (b) (d) The registrar commissioner shall issue these 
 19.23  number plates for the following periods: 
 19.24     (1) New number plates issued pursuant to section 168.012, 
 19.25  subdivision 1, shall must be issued to a vehicle for as long as 
 19.26  it the vehicle is owned by the exempt agency and the plate shall 
 19.27  not be transferable from one vehicle to another but the plate 
 19.28  may be transferred with the vehicle from one tax-exempt agency 
 19.29  to another.  
 19.30     (2) Plates issued for passenger automobiles as defined in 
 19.31  section 168.011, subdivision 7, shall must be issued for a 
 19.32  seven-year period.  All plates issued under this paragraph must 
 19.33  be replaced if they are seven years old or older at the time 
 19.34  of annual registration renewal or will become so during the 
 19.35  registration period. 
 19.36     (3) Number Plates issued under sections 168.053 and 168.27, 
 20.1   subdivisions 16 and 17, shall must be for a seven-year period. 
 20.2      (4) Number Plates issued under subdivisions 2c and 2d and 
 20.3   section 168.123 shall must be issued for the life of the veteran 
 20.4   under section 169.79. 
 20.5      (5) Plates for any vehicle not specified in clauses (1) to 
 20.6   (3), except for trailers as hereafter provided, shall must be 
 20.7   issued for the life of the vehicle.  Beginning with number 
 20.8   plates issued for the year 1981, plates issued for trailers with 
 20.9   a total gross weight of 3,000 pounds or less shall must be 
 20.10  issued for the life of the trailer and shall must be not more 
 20.11  than seven inches in length and four inches in width. 
 20.12     (c) (e) In a year in which plates are not issued, the 
 20.13  registrar commissioner shall issue for each registration a tab 
 20.14  or sticker to designate the year of registration.  This tab or 
 20.15  sticker shall must show the calendar year or years for which the 
 20.16  sticker is issued, and is valid only for that period.  
 20.17  The number plates, number tabs, or and stickers issued for a 
 20.18  motor vehicle may not be transferred to another motor vehicle 
 20.19  during the period for which it the sticker is issued, except 
 20.20  when issued for a motor vehicle registered under section 168.187.
 20.21     (d) Notwithstanding (f) Despite any other provision of this 
 20.22  subdivision, number plates issued to a vehicle which is used for 
 20.23  behind-the-wheel instruction in a driver education course in a 
 20.24  public school may be transferred to another vehicle used for the 
 20.25  same purpose without payment of any additional fee.  The 
 20.26  registrar shall be notified public school shall notify the 
 20.27  commissioner of each transfer of number plates under this 
 20.28  paragraph and.  The commissioner may prescribe a form format for 
 20.29  notification. 
 20.30     Subd. 2.  [AMATEUR RADIO LICENSEE; SPECIAL PLATES.] (a) Any 
 20.31  The commissioner shall issue amateur radio plates to an 
 20.32  applicant who: 
 20.33     (1) is an owner or joint owner of a passenger automobile, 
 20.34  van or pickup truck, or a self-propelled recreational motor 
 20.35  vehicle, and; 
 20.36     (2) is a resident of this state, and who; 
 21.1      (3) holds an official amateur radio station license, or a 
 21.2   citizens radio service class D license, in good standing, issued 
 21.3   by the Federal Communications Commission shall upon compliance; 
 21.4      (4) pays the registration tax required under section 
 21.5   168.013; 
 21.6      (5) pays a fee of $10 for each set of special plates and 
 21.7   any other fees required by this chapter; and 
 21.8      (6) complies with all laws of this state relating to this 
 21.9   chapter and rules governing the registration of motor vehicles 
 21.10  and the licensing of motor vehicles and drivers, be furnished 
 21.11  with license plates for the motor vehicle, as prescribed by law, 
 21.12  upon which,; 
 21.13     (b) In lieu of the numbers registration number required for 
 21.14  identification under subdivision 1, shall be inscribed the 
 21.15  plates must indicate the official amateur call letters of the 
 21.16  applicant, as assigned by the Federal Communications Commission, 
 21.17  and the words "AMATEUR RADIO." 
 21.18     The applicant shall pay in addition to the registration tax 
 21.19  required by law, the sum of $10 for the special license plates, 
 21.20  and at the time of delivery of the special license plates the 
 21.21  applicant shall surrender to the registrar the current license 
 21.22  plates issued for the motor vehicle. 
 21.23     (c) This provision for the issue of special license plates 
 21.24  shall apply applies only if the applicant's motor vehicle is 
 21.25  already registered in Minnesota so that the applicant has valid 
 21.26  regular Minnesota plates issued for that motor vehicle under 
 21.27  which to operate it during the time that it will take to have 
 21.28  the necessary special license plates made. 
 21.29     (d) If owning or jointly owning more than one motor vehicle 
 21.30  of the type specified in this subdivision, the applicant may 
 21.31  apply for special plates for each of not more than two motor 
 21.32  vehicles, and, if each application complies with this 
 21.33  subdivision, the registrar commissioner shall furnish the 
 21.34  applicant with the special plates, inscribed with indicating the 
 21.35  official amateur call letters and other distinguishing 
 21.36  information as the registrar commissioner considers necessary, 
 22.1   for each of the two motor vehicles.  
 22.2      (e) And The registrar commissioner may make reasonable 
 22.3   rules governing the use of the special license plates as will 
 22.4   assure the full compliance by the owner and holder of the 
 22.5   special plates, with all existing laws governing the 
 22.6   registration of motor vehicles, and the transfer and the use 
 22.7   thereof of the plates. 
 22.8      (b) (f) Despite any contrary provision of subdivision 1, 
 22.9   the special license plates issued under this subdivision may be 
 22.10  transferred by an owner to another motor vehicle listed in 
 22.11  paragraph (a) and registered to the same owner, upon the payment 
 22.12  of a fee of $5.  The registrar commissioner must be notified of 
 22.13  before the transfer and may prescribe a form format for the 
 22.14  notification.  
 22.15     (c) Fees collected under this subdivision must be paid into 
 22.16  the state treasury and credited to the highway user tax 
 22.17  distribution fund. 
 22.18     Subd. 2a.  [PERSONALIZED PLATES; RULES.] (a) The 
 22.19  commissioner shall issue personalized license plates must be 
 22.20  issued to an applicant for registration of who: 
 22.21     (1) is an owner of a passenger automobile including a 
 22.22  passenger automobile registered as a classic car, pioneer car, 
 22.23  collector car, or street rod; van; pickup truck as defined in 
 22.24  section 168.011, subdivision 29, and any other truck with a 
 22.25  manufacturer's nominal rated capacity of one ton or less and 
 22.26  resembling a pickup truck; a motorcycle, including a classic 
 22.27  motorcycle; or self-propelled a recreational motor vehicle, upon 
 22.28  compliance with the laws of this state relating to registration 
 22.29  of the vehicle and upon payment of; 
 22.30     (2) pays a onetime fee of $100 in addition to and any other 
 22.31  fees required by this chapter; 
 22.32     (3) pays the registration tax required by law this chapter 
 22.33  for the motor vehicle; and 
 22.34     (4) complies with this chapter and rules governing 
 22.35  registration of motor vehicles and licensing of drivers. 
 22.36     (b) The registrar commissioner shall designate charge a 
 23.1   replacement fee for personalized license plates that is 
 23.2   calculated to cover the cost of replacement as specified in 
 23.3   subdivision 5.  This fee must be paid by the applicant whenever 
 23.4   the personalized license plates are required to be replaced by 
 23.5   law. 
 23.6      (c) In lieu of the numbers registration number assigned as 
 23.7   provided in subdivision 1, personalized license plates must have 
 23.8   imprinted on them a series of not more than seven numbers and 
 23.9   letters in any combination.  When an applicant has once obtained 
 23.10  personalized plates, the applicant shall have a prior claim for 
 23.11  similar personalized plates in the next succeeding year as long 
 23.12  as current motor vehicle registration is maintained. 
 23.13     (d) The commissioner of public safety shall adopt rules in 
 23.14  the manner provided by chapter 14, regulating the issuance and 
 23.15  transfer of personalized license plates.  No words or 
 23.16  combination of letters placed on personalized license plates may 
 23.17  be used for commercial advertising, be of an obscene, indecent, 
 23.18  or immoral nature, or be of a nature that would offend public 
 23.19  morals or decency.  The call signals or letters of a radio or 
 23.20  television station are not commercial advertising for the 
 23.21  purposes of this subdivision. 
 23.22     (b) Notwithstanding (e) Despite the provisions of 
 23.23  subdivision 1, personalized license plates issued under this 
 23.24  subdivision may be transferred to another motor vehicle owned or 
 23.25  jointly listed in paragraph (a) and owned by the applicant, upon 
 23.26  the payment of a fee of $5, which must be paid into the state 
 23.27  treasury and credited to the highway user tax distribution fund. 
 23.28     (f) The registrar commissioner may by rule provide a form 
 23.29  specify the format for notification. 
 23.30     (g) A personalized license plate issued for a classic car, 
 23.31  pioneer car, collector car, street rod, or classic motorcycle 
 23.32  may not be transferred to a vehicle not eligible for such 
 23.33  a license plate. 
 23.34     (c) Notwithstanding (h) Despite any law to the contrary, if 
 23.35  the personalized license plates are lost, stolen, or destroyed, 
 23.36  the applicant may apply and shall receive must be issued 
 24.1   duplicate license plates bearing the same combination of letters 
 24.2   and numbers as the former personalized plates upon the payment 
 24.3   of the fee required by section 168.29.  
 24.4      (d) Fees from the sale of permanent and duplicate 
 24.5   personalized license plates must be paid into the state treasury 
 24.6   and credited to the highway user tax distribution fund. 
 24.7      Subd. 2b.  [FIREFIGHTERS; SPECIAL PLATES.] (a) The 
 24.8   registrar commissioner shall issue special license plates to any 
 24.9   applicant who: 
 24.10     (1) is both a member of a fire department receiving state 
 24.11  aid under chapter 69 and an owner or joint owner of a passenger 
 24.12  automobile, or truck with a manufacturer's nominal rated 
 24.13  capacity of one ton and resembling a pickup truck, upon payment 
 24.14  of; 
 24.15     (2) pays a fee of $10 and upon payment of any other fees 
 24.16  required by this chapter; 
 24.17     (3) pays the registration tax required by law this chapter 
 24.18  for the motor vehicle and compliance with other laws of this 
 24.19  state relating to; and 
 24.20     (4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the 
 24.21  registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles 
 24.22  and drivers. 
 24.23     (b) In lieu of the identification required under 
 24.24  subdivision 1, the special license plates shall be inscribed 
 24.25  with a symbol must bear an emblem of a Maltese Cross together 
 24.26  with five any numbers or characters prescribed by the 
 24.27  commissioner.  No applicant shall receive more than two sets of 
 24.28  plates for motor vehicles owned or jointly owned by the 
 24.29  applicant.  
 24.30     (b) (c) Special plates issued under this subdivision may 
 24.31  only be used during the period that the owner or joint owner of 
 24.32  the motor vehicle is a member of a fire department as specified 
 24.33  in this subdivision.  When the person individual to whom the 
 24.34  special plates were issued is no longer a member of a fire 
 24.35  department or when the motor vehicle ownership is transferred, 
 24.36  the owner shall remove the special license plates shall be 
 25.1   removed from the motor vehicle and returned to the registrar.  
 25.2   Upon return removal of the special plates, either the owner or 
 25.3   purchaser of the motor vehicle is entitled to receive regular 
 25.4   plates for the motor vehicle without cost for the remainder of 
 25.5   the registration period for which the special plates were issued.
 25.6      (d) Firefighter license plates issued pursuant to this 
 25.7   subdivision may be transferred to another motor vehicle upon 
 25.8   payment of a $5, which fee shall be paid into the state treasury 
 25.9   and credited to the highway user tax distribution fund.  
 25.10     (c) (e) The commissioner of public safety may adopt rules 
 25.11  under the Administrative Procedure Act, sections 14.001 to 
 25.12  14.69, to govern the issuance and use of the special plates 
 25.13  authorized in this subdivision.  All fees from the sale of 
 25.14  special license plates for firefighters shall be paid into the 
 25.15  state treasury and credited to the highway user tax distribution 
 25.16  fund.  
 25.17     Subd. 2c.  [NATIONAL GUARD; SPECIAL PLATES.] (a) The 
 25.18  registrar commissioner shall issue special license plates to any 
 25.19  applicant who: 
 25.20     (1) is a regularly enlisted, commissioned, or retired 
 25.21  member of the Minnesota National Guard, other than an inactive 
 25.22  member who is not a retired member, and is an owner or joint 
 25.23  owner of a passenger automobile, van, or pickup truck included 
 25.24  within the definition of a passenger automobile upon payment of; 
 25.25     (2) pays a fee of $10, payment of and any other fees 
 25.26  required by this chapter; 
 25.27     (3) pays the registration tax required by law, and 
 25.28  compliance with other laws of this state relating to this 
 25.29  chapter; and 
 25.30     (4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the 
 25.31  registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles 
 25.32  and drivers. 
 25.33     (b) The adjutant general shall design the emblem for these 
 25.34  special plates subject to the approval of the registrar 
 25.35  commissioner.  No 
 25.36     (c) An applicant shall must not be issued more than two 
 26.1   sets of plates for motor vehicles owned or jointly owned by 
 26.2   registered to the applicant.  The adjutant general shall 
 26.3   estimate the number of special plates that will be required and 
 26.4   submit the estimate to the registrar.  
 26.5      (b) (d) Special plates issued under this subdivision may 
 26.6   only be used during the period that the owner or joint owner of 
 26.7   the motor vehicle is an active or retired member of the 
 26.8   Minnesota National Guard as specified in this subdivision.  When 
 26.9   the person individual to whom the special plates were issued is 
 26.10  no longer an active or retired member of the Minnesota National 
 26.11  Guard, the special plates must be removed from the vehicle and 
 26.12  returned to by the registrar owner.  Upon return removal of 
 26.13  the special plates, either the owner or purchaser of the motor 
 26.14  vehicle is entitled to receive regular plates for the motor 
 26.15  vehicle without cost for the remainder of the registration 
 26.16  period for which the special plates were issued. 
 26.17     (e) While the person is an active or retired member of the 
 26.18  Minnesota National Guard, plates issued pursuant to this 
 26.19  subdivision may be transferred to another motor vehicle owned or 
 26.20  jointly owned by that person individual upon payment of a fee of 
 26.21  $5. 
 26.22     (c) (f) For purposes of this subdivision, "retired member" 
 26.23  means a person an individual placed on the roll of retired 
 26.24  officers or roll of retired enlisted members in the Office of 
 26.25  the Adjutant General under section 192.18 and who is not 
 26.26  deceased. 
 26.27     (d) All fees collected under the provisions of this 
 26.28  subdivision shall be paid into the state treasury and credited 
 26.29  to the highway user tax distribution fund.  
 26.30     (e) (g) The registrar commissioner may adopt rules under 
 26.31  the Administrative Procedure Act to govern the issuance and use 
 26.32  of the special plates authorized by this subdivision.  
 26.33     Subd. 2d.  [READY RESERVE; SPECIAL PLATES.] (a) The 
 26.34  registrar commissioner shall issue special license plates to an 
 26.35  applicant who: 
 26.36     (1) is not eligible for special license National Guard 
 27.1   plates under subdivision 2c, who is a member of the United 
 27.2   States Armed Forces Ready Reserve as described in United States 
 27.3   Code, title 10, section 10142 or 10143, and is an owner or joint 
 27.4   owner of a passenger automobile, van, or pickup truck, on 
 27.5   paying; 
 27.6      (2) pays a fee of $10, paying and any other fees required 
 27.7   by this chapter; 
 27.8      (3) pays the registration tax required by law, and 
 27.9   complying with other laws of this state relating to this 
 27.10  chapter; and 
 27.11     (4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the 
 27.12  registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles 
 27.13  and drivers. 
 27.14     (b) The commissioner of veterans affairs shall design the 
 27.15  emblem for these special plates subject to the approval of the 
 27.16  registrar commissioner.  No 
 27.17     (c) An applicant may must not be issued more than two sets 
 27.18  of plates for motor vehicles owned or jointly owned by the 
 27.19  applicant.  The commissioner of veterans affairs shall estimate 
 27.20  the number of special plates that will be required and submit 
 27.21  the estimate to the registrar.  
 27.22     (b) (d) Special plates issued under this subdivision may 
 27.23  only be used during the period that the owner or joint owner of 
 27.24  the motor vehicle is a member of the ready reserve.  When the 
 27.25  person owner is no longer a member, the special plates must be 
 27.26  removed from the motor vehicle and returned to the registrar by 
 27.27  the owner.  On returning removing the special plates, either the 
 27.28  owner or purchaser of the motor vehicle is entitled to receive 
 27.29  regular plates for the motor vehicle without cost for the rest 
 27.30  of the registration period for which the special plates were 
 27.31  issued.  While the person owner is a member of the ready 
 27.32  reserve, plates issued under this subdivision may be transferred 
 27.33  to another motor vehicle owned or jointly owned by that person 
 27.34  individual on paying a fee of $5.  
 27.35     (c) The fees collected under this subdivision must be paid 
 27.36  into the state treasury and credited to the highway user tax 
 28.1   distribution fund.  
 28.2      (d) (e) The registrar commissioner may adopt rules under 
 28.3   the Administrative Procedure Act to govern the issuance and use 
 28.4   of the special plates authorized by this subdivision. 
 28.5      Subd. 2e.  [VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE ATTENDANTS; SPECIAL 
 28.6   PLATES.] (a) The registrar commissioner shall issue special 
 28.7   license plates to an applicant who: 
 28.8      (1) is a volunteer ambulance attendant as defined in 
 28.9   section 144E.001, subdivision 15, and who owns or jointly owns a 
 28.10  motor vehicle taxed as a passenger automobile.  The registrar 
 28.11  shall issue the special plates on payment of; 
 28.12     (2) pays the registration tax required by law this chapter 
 28.13  for the motor vehicle, compliance with all other applicable laws 
 28.14  relating to; 
 28.15     (3) pays a fee of $10 and any other fees required by this 
 28.16  chapter; and 
 28.17     (4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the 
 28.18  registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles 
 28.19  and drivers, and payment of an additional fee of $10. 
 28.20     (b) The registrar commissioner shall not issue more than 
 28.21  two sets of these plates to each qualified applicant. 
 28.22     (b) A person (c) An individual may use special plates 
 28.23  issued under this subdivision only during the period that 
 28.24  the person individual is a volunteer ambulance attendant.  When 
 28.25  the person individual to whom the special plates were issued 
 28.26  ceases to be a volunteer ambulance attendant, the person 
 28.27  individual shall return remove each set of special plates issued 
 28.28  to that person.  When ownership of a the motor vehicle is 
 28.29  transferred, the person individual shall remove the special 
 28.30  plates from that motor vehicle and return them to the 
 28.31  registrar.  On return removal of each set of plates, the owner 
 28.32  of the motor vehicle, or new owner in case of a 
 28.33  transferred motor vehicle, is entitled to receive 
 28.34  regular license plates for the motor vehicle without cost for 
 28.35  the rest of the registration period for which the set of special 
 28.36  plates were issued.  Special plates issued under this 
 29.1   subdivision may be transferred to another motor vehicle owned by 
 29.2   the volunteer ambulance attendant on payment of a fee of $5. 
 29.3      (c) The fees specified in this subdivision must be paid 
 29.4   into the state treasury and deposited in the highway user tax 
 29.5   distribution fund.  
 29.6      (d) The commissioner may adopt rules governing the design, 
 29.7   issuance, and sale of the special plates authorized by this 
 29.8   subdivision. 
 29.9      Subd. 2f.  [ORIGINAL LICENSE PLATES.] (a) On application of 
 29.10  the owner and in lieu of issuing license plates under 
 29.11  subdivision 1 to a motor vehicle registered and taxed as a 
 29.12  passenger automobile, the registrar commissioner may assign to 
 29.13  the motor vehicle original Minnesota number registration plates 
 29.14  issued in the same year as the model year of the motor vehicle, 
 29.15  if (1) the original license plates are at least 20 years old, 
 29.16  (2) the owner of the motor vehicle has the original license 
 29.17  plates in possession at the time of the application, and (3) the 
 29.18  owner provides the license plate number to the registrar 
 29.19  commissioner. 
 29.20     (b) License Plates displayed under this subdivision, 
 29.21  including tabs and stickers applied to the plates, must be 
 29.22  clearly legible and must be displayed at the front and rear of 
 29.23  on the motor vehicle.  
 29.24     (c) The registrar commissioner shall not assign the 
 29.25  registration number on the original license plates to the motor 
 29.26  vehicle if the registrar commissioner determines that the number 
 29.27  on the original plate is identical to the number on any current 
 29.28  license plate in the current or reserved numbering system used 
 29.29  by the registrar commissioner.  A person currently using license 
 29.30  plates issued by the registrar on the vehicle shall return those 
 29.31  license plates to the registrar before displaying original 
 29.32  license plates under this subdivision.  
 29.33     (d) Notwithstanding Despite subdivision 1, an original 
 29.34  license plate whose number has been assigned under this 
 29.35  subdivision may be displayed for as long as the license plates, 
 29.36  including tabs and stickers on the plates, are clearly 
 30.1   legible and the number is not subsequently used by the 
 30.2   commissioner as a plate number in a registration numbering 
 30.3   system.  
 30.4      (e) Notwithstanding Despite subdivision 1, original license 
 30.5   plates assigned under this subdivision need not bear a tab or 
 30.6   sticker to indicate the month or year of registration if 
 30.7   the motor vehicle carries the registration certificate issued 
 30.8   under section 168.11 at all times when the motor vehicle is 
 30.9   operated on the public highways. 
 30.10     (f) The registrar commissioner may charge a fee for 
 30.11  receiving an application and assigning original license plate 
 30.12  numbers. 
 30.13     Subd. 5.  [ADDITIONAL FEE.] (a) In addition to any fee 
 30.14  otherwise authorized or any tax otherwise imposed upon any motor 
 30.15  vehicle, the payment of which is required as a condition to the 
 30.16  issuance of any number license plate or plates, the commissioner 
 30.17  of public safety shall impose the fee specified in paragraph (b) 
 30.18  that is calculated to cover the cost of manufacturing and 
 30.19  issuing the license plate or plates, except for license plates 
 30.20  issued to disabled veterans as defined in section 168.031 and 
 30.21  license plates issued pursuant to section 168.124, 168.125, or 
 30.22  168.27, subdivisions 16 and 17, for passenger automobiles.  The 
 30.23  commissioner shall issue graphic design license plates shall 
 30.24  only be issued for vehicles registered pursuant to section 
 30.25  168.017 and recreational vehicles registered pursuant to section 
 30.26  168.013, subdivision 1g. 
 30.27     (b) Unless otherwise specified or exempted by statute, the 
 30.28  following plate and validation sticker fees apply for the 
 30.29  original, duplicate, or replacement issuance of a plate in a 
 30.30  plate year: 
 30.31  Sequential Regular Double Plate                  $ 4.25
 30.32  Sequential Special Plate-Double                  $ 7.00
 30.33  Sequential Regular Single Plate                  $ 3.00
 30.34  Sequential Special Plate-Single                  $ 5.50
 30.35  Utility Trailer Self-Adhesive Plate              $ 2.50
 30.36  Nonsequential Double Plate                       $14.00
 31.1   Nonsequential Single Plate                       $10.00
 31.2   Duplicate Sticker                                $ 1.00
 31.3      (c) Fees collected under this subdivision must be paid into 
 31.4   the state treasury and credited to the highway user tax 
 31.5   distribution fund. 
 31.6      Sec. 10.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.123, is 
 31.7   amended to read: 
 31.8      168.123 [VETERANS; SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES.] 
 31.9      Subdivision 1.  [GENERAL REQUIREMENTS; FEES.] (a) On 
 31.10  payment of a fee of $10 for each set of two plates, or for a 
 31.11  single plate in the case of a motorcycle plate, payment of the 
 31.12  registration tax required by law, and compliance with other laws 
 31.13  relating to the registration and licensing of a passenger 
 31.14  automobile, pickup truck, van, self-propelled recreational 
 31.15  equipment motor vehicle, or motorcycle, as applicable, 
 31.16  the registrar commissioner shall issue: 
 31.17     (1) special license veteran's plates to an applicant who 
 31.18  served in the active military service in a branch of the armed 
 31.19  forces of the United States or of a nation or society allied 
 31.20  with the United States in conducting a foreign war, was 
 31.21  discharged under honorable conditions, and is an owner or joint 
 31.22  a registered owner of a passenger automobile, pickup truck, van, 
 31.23  or self-propelled recreational equipment motor vehicle; or 
 31.24     (2) a veteran's special motorcycle license plate as 
 31.25  described in subdivision 2, paragraph (a), or another 
 31.26  special license plate designed by the commissioner of public 
 31.27  safety to an applicant who is a Vietnam veteran who served after 
 31.28  July 1, 1961, and before July 1, 1978, and who served in the 
 31.29  active military service in a branch of the armed forces of the 
 31.30  United States in conducting a foreign war, was discharged under 
 31.31  honorable conditions, and is an owner or joint a registered 
 31.32  owner of a motorcycle.  Plates issued under this clause must be 
 31.33  the same size as standard regular motorcycle license plates.  
 31.34     (b) The additional fee of $10 is payable for each set 
 31.35  of veteran's plates, is payable only when the plates are issued, 
 31.36  and is not payable in a year in which tabs or stickers are 
 32.1   issued instead of number plates.  An applicant must not be 
 32.2   issued more than two sets of plates for more than two motor 
 32.3   vehicles listed in paragraph (a) and owned or jointly owned by 
 32.4   registered to the applicant. 
 32.5      (c) The veteran shall must have a certified copy of the 
 32.6   veteran's discharge papers, indicating character of discharge, 
 32.7   at the time of application.  If an applicant served in the 
 32.8   active military service in a branch of the armed forces of a 
 32.9   nation or society allied with the United States in conducting a 
 32.10  foreign war and is unable to obtain a record of that service and 
 32.11  discharge status, the commissioner of veterans affairs may 
 32.12  certify the applicant as qualified for the veterans' license 
 32.13  plates provided under this section. 
 32.14     Subd. 2.  [DESIGN.] The commissioner of veterans affairs 
 32.15  shall design the emblem for the veterans' special plates, 
 32.16  subject to the approval of the registrar commissioner, that 
 32.17  satisfy the following requirements:  
 32.18     (a) For a Vietnam veteran who served after July 1, 1961, 
 32.19  and before July 1, 1978, the special plates must bear the 
 32.20  inscription "VIETNAM VET" and the letters "V" and "V" with the 
 32.21  first letter directly above the second letter and both letters 
 32.22  just preceding the first numeral of the special license plate 
 32.23  number. 
 32.24     (b) For a veteran stationed on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, 
 32.25  or offshore, during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 
 32.26  1941, the special plates must bear the inscription "PEARL HARBOR 
 32.27  SURVIVOR" and the letters "P" and "H" with the first letter 
 32.28  directly above the second letter and both letters just preceding 
 32.29  the first numeral of the special license plate number. 
 32.30     (c) For a veteran who served during World War I or World 
 32.31  War II, the special plates must bear the inscription "WORLD WAR 
 32.32  VET" and: 
 32.33     (1) for a World War I veteran, the characters "W" and "I" 
 32.34  with the first character directly above the second character and 
 32.35  both characters just preceding the first numeral of the special 
 32.36  license plate number; or 
 33.1      (2) for a World War II veteran, the characters "W" and "II" 
 33.2   with the first character directly above the second character and 
 33.3   both characters just preceding the first numeral of the special 
 33.4   license plate number. 
 33.5      (d) For a veteran who served during the Korean Conflict, 
 33.6   the special plates must bear the inscription "KOREAN VET" and 
 33.7   the letters "K" and "V" with the first letter directly above the 
 33.8   second letter and both letters just preceding the first numeral 
 33.9   of the special license plate number.  
 33.10     (e) For a combat wounded veteran who is a recipient of the 
 33.11  purple heart medal, the special plates must bear the inscription 
 33.12  "COMBAT WOUNDED VET" and inscribed with have a facsimile on an 
 33.13  emblem of the official purple heart medal and the letters "C" 
 33.14  over "W" with the first letter directly over the second letter 
 33.15  just preceding the first numeral of the special license plate 
 33.16  number. 
 33.17     (f) For a Persian Gulf War veteran, the special plates must 
 33.18  bear the inscription "GULF WAR VET" and the letters "G" and "W" 
 33.19  with the first letter directly above the second letter and both 
 33.20  letters just preceding the first numeral of the special license 
 33.21  plate number.  For the purposes of this section, "Persian Gulf 
 33.22  War veteran" means a person who served on active duty after 
 33.23  August 1, 1990, in a branch of the armed forces of the United 
 33.24  States or United Nations during Operation Desert Shield, 
 33.25  Operation Desert Storm, or other military operation in the 
 33.26  Persian Gulf area combat zone as designated in United States 
 33.27  Presidential Executive Order No. 12744, dated January 21, 1991. 
 33.28     (g) For a veteran who served in the Laos War after July 1, 
 33.29  1961, and before July 1, 1978, the special plates must bear the 
 33.30  inscription "LAOS WAR VET" and the letters "L" and "V" with the 
 33.31  first letter directly above the second letter and both letters 
 33.32  just preceding the first numeral of the special license plate 
 33.33  number. 
 33.34     Subd. 3.  [NUMBER ESTIMATED.] The commissioner of veterans 
 33.35  affairs shall estimate the number of special plates that will be 
 33.36  required and submit the estimate to the registrar.  
 34.1      Subd. 4.  [PLATES TRANSFER.] (a) On payment of a fee of $5, 
 34.2   plates issued under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1), 
 34.3   may be transferred to another passenger automobile, pickup 
 34.4   truck, van, or self-propelled recreational equipment owned or 
 34.5   jointly owned by motor vehicle registered to the person 
 34.6   individual to whom the plates were issued.  
 34.7      (b) On payment of a fee of $5, a plate issued under 
 34.8   subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), may be transferred to 
 34.9   another motorcycle owned or jointly owned by registered to the 
 34.10  person individual to whom the plate was issued. 
 34.11     Subd. 5.  [FEES CREDITED.] Fees collected under this 
 34.12  section must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the 
 34.13  highway user tax distribution fund. 
 34.14     Subd. 6.  [RULES.] The registrar commissioner may adopt 
 34.15  rules under the Administrative Procedure Act to govern the 
 34.16  issuance and use of the special plates authorized by this 
 34.17  section. 
 34.18     Sec. 11.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1235, is 
 34.19  amended to read: 
 34.20     168.1235 [VETERANS SERVICE GROUPS; SPECIAL STICKERS GROUP 
 34.21  EMBLEMS.] 
 34.22     Subdivision 1.  [GENERAL REQUIREMENTS; FEES.] (a) On 
 34.23  payment of a fee of $10 for each set of two license plates, 
 34.24  payment of the registration tax required by law, and compliance 
 34.25  with other laws relating to the registration and licensing of a 
 34.26  passenger automobile, pickup truck, van, or self-propelled 
 34.27  recreational vehicle, as applicable, The registrar commissioner 
 34.28  shall issue a special license plate sticker emblem for each 
 34.29  plate to an applicant who: 
 34.30     (1) is a member of a congressionally chartered veterans 
 34.31  service organization and is an owner or joint a registered owner 
 34.32  of a passenger automobile, pickup truck, van, or self-propelled 
 34.33  recreational vehicle; 
 34.34     (2) pays the registration tax required by law; 
 34.35     (3) pays a fee of $10 for each set of two plates, and any 
 34.36  other fees required by this chapter; and 
 35.1      (4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the 
 35.2   registration of motor vehicles and licensing of drivers. 
 35.3      (b) The additional fee of $10 is payable at the time of 
 35.4   initial application for the special license plate stickers 
 35.5   emblem and when the license plates must be replaced or renewed.  
 35.6   An applicant must not be issued more than two sets of special 
 35.7   license plate stickers emblems for motor vehicles listed in 
 35.8   paragraph (a) and owned or jointly owned by registered to the 
 35.9   applicant. 
 35.10     (c) The commissioner of veterans affairs shall determine 
 35.11  what documentation is required by each applicant to show that 
 35.12  the applicant is a member of a congressionally chartered 
 35.13  veterans service organization and is entitled to the special 
 35.14  license plate stickers applicant must present a valid card 
 35.15  indicating membership in the American Legion or Veterans of 
 35.16  Foreign Wars. 
 35.17     Subd. 2.  [DESIGN.] (a) The commissioner of veterans 
 35.18  affairs, after consultation with each of the congressionally 
 35.19  chartered veterans service organizations, shall design the 
 35.20  special license plate stickers emblems, subject to the approval 
 35.21  of the registrar commissioner.  The emblem, symbol, or other 
 35.22  pictorial representation on the sticker must be at least as 
 35.23  large as the letters and numerals on the plate and the registrar 
 35.24  commissioner shall allow for plates with spaces for the stickers 
 35.25  emblem in place of a numeral or letter. 
 35.26     (b) Each congressionally chartered veterans service 
 35.27  organization must arrange for any applicable rules of the 
 35.28  national organization to be changed or copyrights to be released 
 35.29  before the commissioner may issue special license plate stickers 
 35.30  emblems to members of any particular service organization under 
 35.31  this section. 
 35.32     Subd. 3.  [NUMBER ESTIMATED.] The commissioner of veterans 
 35.33  affairs shall estimate the number of special plate stickers that 
 35.34  will be required and submit the estimate to the registrar.  
 35.35     Subd. 4.  [PLATE STICKERS EMBLEM TRANSFER.] Notwithstanding 
 35.36  Despite section 168.12 or other law to the contrary, on payment 
 36.1   of a fee of $5, the veterans service organization special plate 
 36.2   stickers emblems issued under subdivision 1, may be transferred 
 36.3   by the owner to other license plates on a passenger automobile, 
 36.4   pickup truck, van, or self-propelled recreational vehicle owned 
 36.5   or jointly owned by registered to the person to whom the 
 36.6   stickers emblems were issued. 
 36.7      Subd. 5.  [FEES CREDITED.] Fees collected under this 
 36.8   section must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the 
 36.9   highway user tax distribution fund. 
 36.10     Sec. 12.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.124, is 
 36.11  amended to read: 
 36.12     168.124 [SPECIAL PLATES FOR MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS.] 
 36.13     Subdivision 1.  [ISSUANCE AND DESIGN.] (a) The registrar of 
 36.14  motor vehicles commissioner shall issue special license plates 
 36.15  bearing the inscription "MEDAL OF HONOR" to an applicant who: 
 36.16     (1) is a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor and 
 36.17  upon the applicant's compliance with the laws of this state 
 36.18  relating to; 
 36.19     (2) is a registered owner of a passenger automobile, 
 36.20  motorcycle, or recreational motor vehicle; and 
 36.21     (3) complies with this chapter and rules governing the 
 36.22  registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles 
 36.23  and drivers.  
 36.24     (b) The special license plates must be of a design and size 
 36.25  determined by the registrar commissioner.  Only one set of 
 36.26  plates, or a single plate in the case of a motorcycle, bearing 
 36.27  the inscription "MEDAL OF HONOR" may be issued for each 
 36.28  qualified applicant. 
 36.29     Subd. 2.  [APPLICATION.] Application for issuance of these 
 36.30  plates may be made only at the time of renewal or first 
 36.31  application for registration.  
 36.32     Subd. 3.  [NO FEE.] The registrar commissioner shall issue 
 36.33  a set of medal of honor plates to qualified applicants free of 
 36.34  charge and the plates must be replaced by the department without 
 36.35  charge if they become damaged.  In addition, no fee may be 
 36.36  charged for a subsequent year when tabs or stickers are issued 
 37.1   for that a motor vehicle listed in subdivision 1 on which the 
 37.2   special medal of honor plates are placed.  The motor vehicle 
 37.3   must be for personal use, not commercial purposes. 
 37.4      Subd. 4.  [TRANSFER.] Despite the provisions of section 
 37.5   168.12, subdivision 1, medal of honor plates issued under this 
 37.6   section may be transferred to another personal motor vehicle 
 37.7   owned or jointly owned by registered to the medal of honor 
 37.8   recipient upon notification to the registrar of motor vehicles 
 37.9   commissioner.  
 37.10     Subd. 5.  [MOTOR VEHICLE; SPECIAL DEFINITION.] For purposes 
 37.11  of this section, "motor vehicle" means a vehicle for personal 
 37.12  use, not used for commercial purposes, and may include a 
 37.13  passenger automobile, van, pickup truck, motorcycle, or 
 37.14  recreational vehicle.  
 37.15     Subd. 6.  [WHEN ISSUED.] The registrar of motor vehicles 
 37.16  shall begin issuing medal of honor plates for the calendar year 
 37.17  1984 and thereafter. 
 37.18     Sec. 13.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.125, is 
 37.19  amended to read: 
 37.20     168.125 [SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES FOR FORMER PRISONERS OF 
 37.21  WAR.] 
 37.22     Subdivision 1.  [ISSUANCE AND DESIGN.] (a) The registrar 
 37.23  commissioner shall issue special license plates bearing the 
 37.24  inscription "EX-POW" to any applicant who: 
 37.25     (1) is both a former prisoner of war and an owner or joint 
 37.26  a registered owner of a passenger automobile, motorcycle, or 
 37.27  recreational motor vehicle upon the applicant's compliance with 
 37.28  all the laws of this state relating to; and 
 37.29     (2) complies with this chapter and rules governing the 
 37.30  registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles 
 37.31  and drivers.  
 37.32     (b) The special license plates shall must be of a design 
 37.33  and size to be determined by the commissioner.  Only one set of 
 37.34  plates, or a single plate in the case of a motorcycle, bearing 
 37.35  the "EX-POW" inscription may be issued for only one motor 
 37.36  vehicle per each qualified applicant.  
 38.1      Subd. 1a.  [APPLICATION.] Application for issuance of these 
 38.2   plates shall must be made at the time of renewal or first 
 38.3   application for registration.  The application shall must 
 38.4   include a certification by the commissioner of veterans affairs 
 38.5   that the applicant was a member of the military forces of the 
 38.6   United States who was captured, separated, and incarcerated by 
 38.7   an enemy of the United States during a period of armed conflict. 
 38.8      Subd. 1b.  [NO FEE.] The registrar commissioner shall issue 
 38.9   a set of EX-POW plates, or a single plate for a motorcycle, to 
 38.10  qualified applicants, free of charge for the cost of the plates, 
 38.11  and shall replace them without charge if they become damaged.  
 38.12  In addition, no fee may be charged for a subsequent year 
 38.13  when tabs or stickers are issued for that motor vehicle on which 
 38.14  the special EX-POW plates are placed. 
 38.15     Subd. 1c.  [PLATES TRANSFER.] Notwithstanding Despite the 
 38.16  provisions of section 168.12, subdivision 1, the special license 
 38.17  plates issued under this section may be transferred to another 
 38.18  motor vehicle owned or jointly owned by registered to the former 
 38.19  prisoner of war upon notification to the registrar of motor 
 38.20  vehicles commissioner.  
 38.21     Subd. 1d.  [SURVIVING SPOUSE.] Upon the death of a former 
 38.22  prisoner of war, the registrar commissioner shall continue to 
 38.23  issue free of charge, upon renewal, the special license plates 
 38.24  to a motor vehicle owned by the surviving spouse of the former 
 38.25  prisoner of war.  Special license plates issued to a surviving 
 38.26  spouse may be transferred to another motor vehicle owned by 
 38.27  registered to the surviving spouse as provided in subdivision 
 38.28  1c.  No fee may be charged for replacement plates issued to a 
 38.29  surviving spouse or for tabs or stickers issued for the motor 
 38.30  vehicle on which the special "EX-POW" plates are placed.  A 
 38.31  surviving spouse is not exempt from the motor vehicle 
 38.32  registration tax. 
 38.33     Subd. 1e.  [MOTOR VEHICLE; SPECIAL DEFINITION.] For 
 38.34  purposes of this section, "motor vehicle" means a passenger 
 38.35  automobile, van, pickup truck, motorcycle, or recreational 
 38.36  vehicle. 
 39.1      Subd. 2.  [SPECIAL PLATES; EX-POW AND DISABILITY 
 39.2   INSIGNIA EMBLEMS.] The registrar commissioner shall issue 
 39.3   special license plates bearing both the "EX-POW" and 
 39.4   disability insignia emblem to any applicant who is entitled to 
 39.5   the special license plates provided under this section and who 
 39.6   is also entitled to special license plates for the physically 
 39.7   disabled under section 168.021 upon compliance with the 
 39.8   provisions of both sections.  The special license plates shall 
 39.9   must be of a design and size to be determined by the 
 39.10  commissioner.  
 39.11     Subd. 3.  [RULES; COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC SAFETY.] The 
 39.12  commissioner of public safety may promulgate adopt by rule, in 
 39.13  accordance with the provisions of chapter 14, the procedures for 
 39.14  issuance or transfer of the special license plates authorized 
 39.15  under this section.  
 39.16     Subd. 4.  [RULES; COMMISSIONER OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.] The 
 39.17  commissioner of veterans affairs shall establish the procedure 
 39.18  for obtaining the certification of former prisoner of war status.
 39.19     Subd. 5.  [SAVINGS PROVISION.] Nothing in this section 
 39.20  shall alter alters the exemption for disabled war veterans 
 39.21  provided for in section 168.031. 
 39.22     Sec. 14.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1255, is 
 39.23  amended to read: 
 39.24     168.1255 [SPECIAL VETERAN CONTRIBUTION LICENSE PLATES.] 
 39.25     Subdivision 1.  [GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES.] 
 39.26  The registrar commissioner shall issue special veteran 
 39.27  contribution license plates to an applicant who: 
 39.28     (1) is a veteran, as defined in section 197.447; 
 39.29     (2) is an owner or joint a registered owner of a passenger 
 39.30  automobile, pickup truck, or van; 
 39.31     (3) pays a fee of $10 to cover the costs of handling and 
 39.32  manufacturing the plates; 
 39.33     (4) pays the registration tax required under section 
 39.34  168.013; 
 39.35     (5) pays the fees required under this chapter; 
 39.36     (6) pays an additional onetime World War II memorial 
 40.1   contribution of $30, which the department shall retain until all 
 40.2   start-up costs associated with the development and issuing of 
 40.3   the plates have been recovered, after which the commissioner 
 40.4   shall deposit contributions in the World War II donation match 
 40.5   account; and 
 40.6      (7) complies with laws this chapter and rules governing the 
 40.7   registration of motor vehicles and licensing of vehicles and 
 40.8   drivers. 
 40.9      Subd. 2.  [DESIGN.] The commissioner of veterans affairs 
 40.10  shall design an emblem for the special plates, subject to the 
 40.11  approval of the registrar commissioner of public safety, 
 40.12  that satisfy satisfies the following requirements in this 
 40.13  subdivision: 
 40.14     (1) the special veteran contribution plates must bear the 
 40.15  inscription "PROUD TO BE A VETERAN" on the bottom of the plate; 
 40.16  and 
 40.17     (2) the flag of the United States of America must appear on 
 40.18  the left side of the plate just preceding the first letter or 
 40.19  numeral of the special license plate number. 
 40.20     Subd. 3.  [PLATE TRANSFERS.] Notwithstanding Despite 
 40.21  section 168.12, subdivision 1, on payment of a transfer fee of 
 40.22  $5, plates issued under this section may be transferred to 
 40.23  another passenger automobile, pickup truck, or van owned or 
 40.24  jointly owned by registered to the person individual to whom the 
 40.25  special veteran contribution plates were issued. 
 40.26     Subd. 4.  [FEES CREDITED.] The fees collected under this 
 40.27  section must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to 
 40.28  the highway user tax distribution fund.  Fees collected under 
 40.29  this section do not include the contributions collected for the 
 40.30  World War II memorial donation match account. 
 40.31     Subd. 5.  [RECORD.] The registrar commissioner shall 
 40.32  maintain a record of the number of special plates issued under 
 40.33  this section. 
 40.34     Sec. 15.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.127, 
 40.35  subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
 40.36     Subd. 6.  [FEES.] Instead of the filing fee described in 
 41.1   section 168.33, subdivision 7, the applicant for fleet 
 41.2   registration shall pay an equivalent administrative fee to the 
 41.3   commissioner for each vehicle in the fleet.  The administrative 
 41.4   fee must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the 
 41.5   highway user tax distribution fund.  
 41.6      Sec. 16.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.128, is 
 41.7   amended to read: 
 41.8      168.128 [LIMOUSINE REGISTRATION, LICENSE PLATES.] 
 41.9      Subdivision 1.  [UNIQUE LIMOUSINE REGISTRATION CATEGORY.] A 
 41.10  unique vehicle registration category is established for 
 41.11  limousines as defined in section 168.011, subdivision 35. 
 41.12     Subd. 2.  [LICENSE PLATES.] (a) A person who operates a 
 41.13  limousine for other than personal use shall apply to register 
 41.14  the motor vehicle as provided in this section.  
 41.15     (b) A person who operates a limousine for personal use may 
 41.16  apply.  The registrar commissioner shall issue limousine license 
 41.17  plates upon the applicant's compliance with laws relating to 
 41.18  registration and licensing of motor vehicles and drivers and 
 41.19  certification by to the registered owner of a limousine who: 
 41.20     (1) certifies that an insurance policy under section 65B.13 
 41.21  in an aggregate amount of $300,000 per accident is in effect for 
 41.22  the entire period of the registration under section 65B.135.  
 41.23  The applicant must provide the registrar; 
 41.24     (2) provides the commissioner with proof that the passenger 
 41.25  automobile license tax and a $10 fee have been paid for each 
 41.26  limousine receiving limousine license plates; and 
 41.27     (3) complies with this chapter and rules governing the 
 41.28  registration of motor vehicles and licensing of drivers.  
 41.29     (c) The limousine license plates must be designed to 
 41.30  specifically identify the vehicle as a limousine and must be 
 41.31  clearly marked with the letters "LM."  Limousine license plates 
 41.32  may not be transferred upon sale of the limousine, but may be 
 41.33  transferred to another limousine owned by the same person upon 
 41.34  notifying the registrar commissioner and paying a $5 transfer 
 41.35  fee. 
 41.36     Subd. 3.  [INSURANCE.] (a) The application must include a 
 42.1   certificate of insurance verifying that a valid commercial 
 42.2   insurance policy is in effect and giving the name of the 
 42.3   insurance company and the number of the insurance policy.  The 
 42.4   policy must provide stated limits of liability, exclusive of 
 42.5   interest and costs, with respect to each motor vehicle for which 
 42.6   coverage is granted, of not less than $100,000 because of bodily 
 42.7   injury to one person in any one accident and, subject to said 
 42.8   that limit for one person, of not less than $300,000 because of 
 42.9   injury to two or more persons in any one accident and of not 
 42.10  less than $100,000 because of injury to or destruction of 
 42.11  property.  The insurance company must notify the commissioner if 
 42.12  the policy is canceled or if the policy no longer provides the 
 42.13  coverage required by this subdivision. 
 42.14     (b) The commissioner shall immediately notify the 
 42.15  commissioner of transportation if the policy of a person 
 42.16  required to have a permit under section 221.84 is canceled or no 
 42.17  longer provides the coverage required by this subdivision. 
 42.18     Subd. 4.  [FEES CREDITED TO HIGHWAY USER FUND.] Fees 
 42.19  collected from the sale of license plates under this section 
 42.20  must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the highway 
 42.21  user tax distribution fund. 
 42.22     Sec. 17.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.129, is 
 42.23  amended to read: 
 42.24     168.129 [SPECIAL COLLEGIATE LICENSE PLATES.] 
 42.25     Subdivision 1.  [GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES.] The 
 42.26  commissioner of public safety shall issue special collegiate 
 42.27  license plates to an applicant who: 
 42.28     (1) is an owner or joint a registered owner of a passenger 
 42.29  automobile, pickup truck, or van; 
 42.30     (2) pays a fee determined by the commissioner as specified 
 42.31  in section 168.12, subdivision 5, to cover the costs of handling 
 42.32  and manufacturing the plates; 
 42.33     (3) pays the registration tax required under section 
 42.34  168.013; 
 42.35     (4) pays the fees required under this chapter; 
 42.36     (5) contributes at least $25 annually to the scholarship 
 43.1   account established in subdivision 6; and 
 43.2      (6) complies with laws this chapter and rules governing 
 43.3   registration of motor vehicles and licensing of vehicles and 
 43.4   drivers. 
 43.5      Subd. 2.  [DESIGN.] (a) After consultation with each 
 43.6   participating college, university, or postsecondary system, the 
 43.7   commissioner shall design the an emblem for each special 
 43.8   collegiate plates plate.  
 43.9      (b) In consultation with the commissioner, a participating 
 43.10  college or university annually shall indicate the anticipated 
 43.11  number of plates needed.  
 43.12     Subd. 3.  [NO REFUND.] Contributions under this section 
 43.13  must not be refunded.  
 43.14     Subd. 4.  [PLATES TRANSFER.] Notwithstanding Despite 
 43.15  section 168.12, subdivision 1, on payment of a transfer fee of 
 43.16  $5, plates issued under this section may be transferred to 
 43.17  another passenger vehicle, pickup, or van owned or jointly owned 
 43.18  by automobile registered to the person individual to whom the 
 43.19  special collegiate plates were issued. 
 43.20     Subd. 5.  [FEES CREDITED.] The fees collected under this 
 43.21  section must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to 
 43.22  the highway user tax distribution fund.  Fees collected under 
 43.23  this section do not include the contributions collected for the 
 43.24  scholarship account. 
 43.25     Subd. 6.  [SCHOLARSHIP ACCOUNT.] A scholarship account is 
 43.26  created in the state treasury.  Except for one percent that may 
 43.27  be retained by the commissioner of public safety for 
 43.28  administrative costs, all contributions received under this 
 43.29  section must be deposited by the commissioner in the scholarship 
 43.30  account.  Money in the scholarship account is appropriated to 
 43.31  the governing board of the institution to which it is 
 43.32  attributable, as provided in subdivision 7.  
 43.33     Subd. 7.  [RECORD.] The commissioner shall maintain a 
 43.34  record of the number of license plates issued for each 
 43.35  postsecondary institution or system in order to determine the 
 43.36  amount of scholarship funds available to that institution or 
 44.1   system. 
 44.2      Sec. 18.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1291, is 
 44.3   amended to read: 
 44.4      168.1291 [SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES; UNIFORM DESIGN, UNIQUE 
 44.5   EMBLEMS.] 
 44.6      Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITION.] For purposes of this section 
 44.7   "special license plates" means license plates issued under 
 44.8   sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129. 
 44.9      Subd. 2.  [UNIFORM DESIGN OF SPECIAL PLATES.] (a) The 
 44.10  commissioner shall design a single special license plate that 
 44.11  will contain a unique number and a space for a unique symbol 
 44.12  emblem for plates issued under sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b 
 44.13  and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129.  The commissioner shall design a 
 44.14  unique symbol emblem related to the purpose of each 
 44.15  special license plate. 
 44.16     (b) Any provision of sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b to 
 44.17  2e; 168.123; and 168.129, that requires the placement of a 
 44.18  specified letter or letters on a special license plate applies 
 44.19  to those license plates only to the extent that the commissioner 
 44.20  includes the letter or letters in the design.  Where 
 44.21     (c) If a law authorizing a special license plate contains a 
 44.22  specific requirement for graphic design of that license plate, 
 44.23  that requirement applies to the appropriate unique symbol the 
 44.24  commissioner designs emblem. 
 44.25     Subd. 3.  [ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PLATES WITH UNIQUE 
 44.26  SYMBOLS EMBLEMS.] Notwithstanding Despite section 168.12, 
 44.27  subdivisions 2b to 2e; 168.123; or 168.129, beginning with 
 44.28  special license plates issued in calendar year 1996, the 
 44.29  commissioner shall issue each class of special license plates 
 44.30  permanently marked with specific designs under those laws only 
 44.31  until the commissioner's supply of those license plates is 
 44.32  exhausted.  Thereafter the commissioner shall issue under those 
 44.33  laws only the license plate authorized under subdivision 2, with 
 44.34  the appropriate unique symbol emblem attached. 
 44.35     Subd. 4.  [FEES.] Notwithstanding Despite section 168.12, 
 44.36  subdivisions 2b to 2e; 168.123; or 168.129, the commissioner 
 45.1   shall charge a fee of $10 for each set of license plates issued 
 45.2   under this section. 
 45.3      Subd. 5.  [APPLICATION APPLICABILITY.] This section does 
 45.4   not apply to a special motorcycle license plate designed by the 
 45.5   registrar commissioner under section 168.123, subdivision 1, 
 45.6   clause (2). 
 45.7      Sec. 19.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1293, is 
 45.8   amended to read: 
 45.9      168.1293 [SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES; AUTHORIZATION; 
 45.10  DISCONTINUANCE.] 
 45.11     Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITION.] For purposes of this section 
 45.12  and section 168.1297, "special license plate" means a license 
 45.13  plate that is authorized by law sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b 
 45.14  and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129, to have wording and graphics that 
 45.15  differ from a Minnesota passenger vehicle license plate. 
 45.16     Subd. 2.  [SUBMISSIONS TO DEPARTMENT COMMISSIONER.] (a) A 
 45.17  person, legal entity, or other requester, however organized, 
 45.18  that plans to seek legislation establishing a new special 
 45.19  license plate shall submit the following information and fee to 
 45.20  the Department of Public Safety commissioner: 
 45.21     (1) The requester shall submit a request for the special 
 45.22  license plate being sought, describing the proposed license 
 45.23  plate in general terms, the purpose of the plate, and the 
 45.24  proposed fee or minimum contribution required for the plate. 
 45.25     (2) The requester shall submit the results of a scientific 
 45.26  sample survey of Minnesota motor vehicle owners that indicates 
 45.27  that at least 10,000 motor vehicle owners intend to purchase the 
 45.28  proposed plate with the proposed fee or minimum contribution.  
 45.29  The requester's plan to undertake the survey must be reported to 
 45.30  the department commissioner before the survey is undertaken.  
 45.31  The survey must be performed independently of the requester by 
 45.32  another person or legal entity, however organized, that conducts 
 45.33  similar sample surveys in the normal course of business. 
 45.34     (3) The requester shall submit an application fee of 
 45.35  $20,000, to cover the department's cost of reviewing the 
 45.36  application for a new plate and developing the new special 
 46.1   license plate if authorized by law.  State funds may not be used 
 46.2   to pay the application fee. 
 46.3      (4) The requester shall submit a marketing strategy that 
 46.4   contains (i) short-term and long-term marketing plans for the 
 46.5   requested plate, and (ii) a financial analysis showing the 
 46.6   anticipated revenues and the planned expenditures of any fee or 
 46.7   contribution derived from the requested plate. 
 46.8      (b) The requester shall submit the information required 
 46.9   under paragraph (a) to the department commissioner at least 120 
 46.10  days before the convening of the next regular legislative 
 46.11  session at which the requester will submit the proposal. 
 46.12     Subd. 3.  [DESIGN; REDESIGN.] (a) If the proposed new 
 46.13  special license plate sought by the requester is approved by 
 46.14  law, the requester shall submit the proposed design for the 
 46.15  plate to the department commissioner as soon as practicable, but 
 46.16  not later than 120 days after the effective date of the law 
 46.17  authorizing issuance of the plate.  The department commissioner 
 46.18  is responsible for selecting the final design for the 
 46.19  special license plate. 
 46.20     (b) The requester that originally requested a special 
 46.21  license plate subsequently approved by law may not submit a new 
 46.22  design for the plate within the five years following the date of 
 46.23  first issuance of the plate unless the inventory of those plates 
 46.24  has been exhausted.  The requester may deplete the remaining 
 46.25  inventory of the plates by reimbursing the department 
 46.26  commissioner for the cost of the plates. 
 46.27     Subd. 4.  [REFUND OF FEE.] If the special license plate 
 46.28  requested is not authorized in the legislative session at which 
 46.29  authorization was sought, the department commissioner shall 
 46.30  refund $17,500 of the application fee to the requester. 
 46.31     Subd. 5.  [DISCONTINUANCE OF PLATE.] (a) The 
 46.32  department commissioner shall discontinue the issuance or 
 46.33  renewal of any special license plate authorized by sections 
 46.34  168.12, subdivisions 2b and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129, if (1) 
 46.35  fewer than 1,000 sets of those plates are currently registered 
 46.36  at the end of the first six years during which the plates are 
 47.1   available, or (2) fewer than 1,000 sets of those plates are 
 47.2   currently registered at the end of any subsequent two-year 
 47.3   period following the first six years of availability. 
 47.4      (b) The department may commissioner shall discontinue the 
 47.5   issuance or renewal of any special license plate authorized by 
 47.6   sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129, 
 47.7   and distribution of any contributions resulting from that plate, 
 47.8   if the department commissioner determines that (1) the fund or 
 47.9   requester receiving the contributions no longer exists, (2) the 
 47.10  requester has stopped providing services that are authorized to 
 47.11  be funded from the contribution proceeds, (3) the requester has 
 47.12  requested discontinuance, or (4) contributions have been used in 
 47.13  violation of subdivision 6. 
 47.14     (c) Nothing in this subdivision applies to license plates 
 47.15  issued under section 168.123, 168.124, 168.125, or 168.1255. 
 47.16     Subd. 6.  [USE OF CONTRIBUTIONS.] Contributions made as a 
 47.17  condition of obtaining a special license plate authorized by 
 47.18  sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129, 
 47.19  and interest earned on the contributions, may not be spent for 
 47.20  commercial or for-profit purposes. 
 47.21     Subd. 7.  [DEPOSIT OF FEE; APPROPRIATION.] The commissioner 
 47.22  shall deposit the application fee under subdivision 2, paragraph 
 47.23  (a), clause (3), in the highway user tax distribution fund 
 47.24  vehicle services operating account of the special revenue fund 
 47.25  under section 299A.705.  An amount sufficient to pay the 
 47.26  department's cost in implementing and administering this 
 47.27  section, including payment of refunds under subdivision 4, is 
 47.28  appropriated to the commissioner. 
 47.29     Sec. 20.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1296, is 
 47.30  amended to read: 
 47.31     168.1296 [SPECIAL CRITICAL HABITAT LICENSE PLATES.] 
 47.32     Subdivision 1.  [GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES.] (a) 
 47.33  The registrar commissioner shall issue special critical 
 47.34  habitat license plates to an applicant who: 
 47.35     (1) is an owner or joint a registered owner of a passenger 
 47.36  automobile, pickup truck, or van; 
 48.1      (2) pays a fee of $10 to cover the costs of handling and 
 48.2   manufacturing the plates; 
 48.3      (3) pays the registration tax required under section 
 48.4   168.013; 
 48.5      (4) pays the fees required under this chapter; 
 48.6      (5) contributes a minimum of $30 annually to the Minnesota 
 48.7   critical habitat private sector matching account established in 
 48.8   section 84.943; and 
 48.9      (6) complies with laws this chapter and rules governing 
 48.10  registration of motor vehicles and licensing of vehicles and 
 48.11  drivers. 
 48.12     (b) The critical habitat license plate application form 
 48.13  must clearly indicate that the annual contribution specified 
 48.14  under paragraph (a), clause (5), is a minimum contribution to 
 48.15  receive the license plate and that the applicant may make an 
 48.16  additional contribution to the account. 
 48.17     Subd. 2.  [DESIGN.] After consultation with interested 
 48.18  groups, the commissioner of natural resources and the 
 48.19  registrar commissioner shall jointly select a suitable symbol 
 48.20  for use by the registrar commissioner to design the special 
 48.21  plates. 
 48.22     Subd. 3.  [NO REFUND.] Contributions under this section 
 48.23  must not be refunded. 
 48.24     Subd. 4.  [PLATE TRANSFERS.] Notwithstanding section 
 48.25  168.12, subdivision 1, on payment of a transfer fee of $5, 
 48.26  plates issued under this section may be transferred to another 
 48.27  passenger automobile, pickup truck, or van owned or jointly 
 48.28  owned by registered to the person to whom the special plates 
 48.29  were issued. 
 48.30     Subd. 5.  [CONTRIBUTION AND FEES CREDITED.] Contributions 
 48.31  under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (5), must be paid to 
 48.32  the registrar commissioner and credited to the Minnesota 
 48.33  critical habitat private sector matching account established in 
 48.34  section 84.943.  The fees collected under this section must be 
 48.35  deposited in the highway user tax distribution fund vehicle 
 48.36  services operating account of the special revenue fund under 
 49.1   section 299A.705.  
 49.2      Subd. 6.  [RECORD.] The registrar commissioner shall 
 49.3   maintain a record of the number of special plates issued under 
 49.4   this section. 
 49.5      Sec. 21.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1297, is 
 49.6   amended to read: 
 49.7      168.1297 [SPECIAL "ROTARY MEMBER" LICENSE PLATES.] 
 49.8      Subdivision 1.  [GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES.] 
 49.9   The registrar commissioner shall issue special "Rotary member" 
 49.10  license plates to an applicant who: 
 49.11     (1) is an owner or joint a registered owner of a passenger 
 49.12  automobile, pickup truck, or van; 
 49.13     (2) pays a fee of $10 to cover the costs of handling and 
 49.14  manufacturing the plates; 
 49.15     (3) pays the registration tax required under section 
 49.16  168.013; 
 49.17     (4) pays the fees required under this chapter; 
 49.18     (5) submits proof to the registrar commissioner that the 
 49.19  applicant is a member of Rotary International; and 
 49.20     (6) complies with laws this chapter and rules governing 
 49.21  registration of motor vehicles and licensing of vehicles and 
 49.22  drivers. 
 49.23     Subd. 2.  [DESIGN.] A special license plate under this 
 49.24  section consists of a special license plate as described in 
 49.25  section 168.1291 with a unique symbol emblem that is the 
 49.26  recognized emblem of Rotary International. 
 49.27     Subd. 3.  [COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAW.] The commissioner 
 49.28  shall take no action under this section unless the commissioner 
 49.29  determines that Rotary International, or one or more districts 
 49.30  of Rotary International, has complied with section 168.1293, 
 49.31  subdivision 2, paragraph (a).  Issuance and renewal of license 
 49.32  plates under this section are subject to section 168.1293, 
 49.33  subdivisions 3 to 6. 
 49.34     Sec. 22.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.27, 
 49.35  subdivision 11, is amended to read: 
 49.36     Subd. 11.  [DEALER'S LICENSES; LOCATION CHANGE NOTICE; 
 50.1   FEE.] (a) Application for a dealer's license or notification of 
 50.2   a change of location of the place of business on a dealer's 
 50.3   license must include a street address, not a post office box, 
 50.4   and is subject to the registrar's commissioner's approval. 
 50.5      (b) Upon the filing of an application for a dealer's 
 50.6   license and the proper fee, the registrar is authorized, unless 
 50.7   the application on its face appears to be invalid, to the 
 50.8   commissioner shall grant a 90-day temporary license.  During the 
 50.9   90-day period following issuance of the temporary license, 
 50.10  the registrar commissioner shall investigate the fitness of the 
 50.11  applicant, inspect the place of business site, and make other 
 50.12  investigation as necessary to insure compliance with the 
 50.13  licensing law this section and rules adopted under this section. 
 50.14     (c) The registrar commissioner may extend the temporary 
 50.15  license 30 days to allow the temporarily licensed dealer to come 
 50.16  into full compliance with this section and rules adopted under 
 50.17  this section.  
 50.18     At the end of the period of investigation (d) In no more 
 50.19  than 120 days following issuance of the temporary license, the 
 50.20  dealer license must either be granted or denied. 
 50.21     (e) A license must be denied under the following conditions:
 50.22     (1) The license must be denied if within the previous ten 
 50.23  years the applicant was enjoined due to a violation of section 
 50.24  325F.69 or convicted of violating section 325E.14, 325E.15, 
 50.25  325E.16, or 325F.69, or convicted under section 609.53 of 
 50.26  receiving or selling stolen vehicles, or convicted of violating 
 50.27  United States Code, title 15, sections 1981 to 1991, as amended 
 50.28  through December 31, 1984, or pleaded guilty, entered a plea of 
 50.29  nolo contendere or no contest, or has been found guilty in a 
 50.30  court of competent jurisdiction of any charge of failure to pay 
 50.31  state or federal income or sales taxes or felony charge of 
 50.32  forgery, embezzlement, obtaining money under false pretenses, 
 50.33  theft by swindle, extortion, conspiracy to defraud, or bribery.  
 50.34     (2) The license must also be denied if within the previous 
 50.35  year the applicant has been denied a dealer license.  
 50.36     (3) A license must also be denied if the applicant has had 
 51.1   a dealer license revoked within the previous ten years. 
 51.2      (f) If the application is approved, the registrar 
 51.3   commissioner shall license the applicant as a motor vehicle 
 51.4   dealer for one year from the date the temporary license is 
 51.5   granted and issue a certificate of license that must include a 
 51.6   distinguishing number of identification of the dealer.  The 
 51.7   license must be displayed in a prominent place in the dealer's 
 51.8   licensed location place of business. 
 51.9      (g) Each initial application for a license must be 
 51.10  accompanied by a fee of $50 $100 in addition to the annual fee.  
 51.11  The annual fee shall be $100 is $150.  All The initial fees and 
 51.12  annual fees must be paid into the state treasury and credited to 
 51.13  the general fund except that $50 of each initial and annual fee 
 51.14  must be paid into the vehicle services operating account in the 
 51.15  special revenue fund under section 299A.705.  
 51.16     Sec. 23.  [168.326] [EXPEDITED DRIVER AND VEHICLES 
 51.17  SERVICES; FEE.] 
 51.18     (a) When an applicant requests and pays an expedited 
 51.19  service fee of $20, in addition to other specified and 
 51.20  statutorily mandated fees and taxes, the commissioner shall 
 51.21  expedite the processing of an application for a driver's 
 51.22  license, driving instruction permit, Minnesota identification 
 51.23  card, or vehicle title transaction. 
 51.24     (b) A driver's license agent or deputy registrar may retain 
 51.25  $10 of the expedited service fee for each expedited service 
 51.26  request processed by the licensing agent or deputy registrar. 
 51.27     (c) When expedited service is requested, materials must be 
 51.28  mailed or delivered to the requestor within three days of 
 51.29  receipt of the expedited service fee excluding Saturdays, 
 51.30  Sundays, or the holidays listed in section 645.44, subdivision 
 51.31  5.  The requestor shall comply with all relevant requirements of 
 51.32  the requested document. 
 51.33     (d) The commissioner may decline to accept an expedited 
 51.34  service request if it is apparent at the time it is made that 
 51.35  the request cannot be granted. 
 51.36     (e) The expedited service fees collected under this section 
 52.1   for an application for a driver's license, driving instruction 
 52.2   permit, or Minnesota identification card minus any portion 
 52.3   retained by a licensing agent or deputy registrar under 
 52.4   paragraph (b) must be paid into the driver services operating 
 52.5   account in the special revenue fund specified under section 
 52.6   299A.705. 
 52.7      (f) The expedited service fees collected under this section 
 52.8   for a transaction for a vehicle service minus any portion 
 52.9   retained by a licensing agent or deputy registrar under 
 52.10  paragraph (b) must be paid into the vehicle services operating 
 52.11  account in the special revenue fund specified under section 
 52.12  299A.705. 
 52.13     Sec. 24.  [168.327] [DRIVER AND VEHICLE RECORD FEES.] 
 52.14     Subdivision 1.  [RECORDS AND FEES.] (a) Upon request by any 
 52.15  person authorized in this section, the commissioner shall 
 52.16  furnish a certified copy of any driver's license record, 
 52.17  instruction permit record, Minnesota identification card record, 
 52.18  vehicle registration record, vehicle title record, or accident 
 52.19  record. 
 52.20     (b) Other than accident records governed under section 
 52.21  169.09, subdivision 13, the requester shall pay a fee of $10 for 
 52.22  each certified record specified in paragraph (a) or a fee of $9 
 52.23  for each record that is not certified. 
 52.24     (c) In addition to the record fee in paragraph (b), the fee 
 52.25  for a copy of the history of any vehicle title not in electronic 
 52.26  format is $1 for each page of the historical record. 
 52.27     (d) Fees collected under paragraph (b) for driver's 
 52.28  license, instruction permit, and Minnesota identification card 
 52.29  records must be paid into the state treasury with 50 cents of 
 52.30  each fee credited to the general fund.  The remainder of the 
 52.31  fees collected must be credited to the driver services operating 
 52.32  account in the special revenue fund under section 299A.705. 
 52.33     (e) Fees collected under paragraphs (b) and (c) for vehicle 
 52.34  registration or title records must be paid into the state 
 52.35  treasury with 50 cents of each fee credited to the general 
 52.36  fund.  The remainder of the fees collected must be credited to 
 53.1   the vehicle services operating account in the special revenue 
 53.2   fund specified in section 299A.705. 
 53.3      (f) The commissioner shall permit a person to inquire into 
 53.4   a record by the person's own electronic means for a fee of $4.50 
 53.5   for each inquiry, except that no fee may be charged when the 
 53.6   requester is the subject of the data. 
 53.7      (1) Of the $4.50 fee, $2.70 must be deposited in the 
 53.8   general fund. 
 53.9      (2) For driver's license, instruction permit, or Minnesota 
 53.10  identification card records, the remainder must be deposited in 
 53.11  the driver services operating account in the special revenue 
 53.12  fund under section 299A.705. 
 53.13     (3) For vehicle title or registration records, the 
 53.14  remainder must be deposited in the vehicle services operating 
 53.15  account in the special revenue fund under section 299A.705. 
 53.16     (g) Fees and the deposit of the fees for accident records 
 53.17  and reports are governed by section 169.09, subdivision 13. 
 53.18     Subd. 2.  [REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION; SURCHARGE ON FEE.] (a) 
 53.19  Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 3, the commissioner 
 53.20  shall impose a surcharge of 50 cents on each fee charged by the 
 53.21  commissioner under section 13.03, subdivision 3, for copies or 
 53.22  electronic transmittals of public information about the 
 53.23  registration of a vehicle or an applicant, or holder of a 
 53.24  driver's license, instruction permit, or Minnesota 
 53.25  identification card. 
 53.26     (b) The surcharge only applies to a fee imposed in response 
 53.27  to a request made in person or by mail, or to a request for 
 53.28  transmittal through a computer modem.  The surcharge does not 
 53.29  apply to the request of an individual for information about that 
 53.30  individual's driver's license, instruction permit, or Minnesota 
 53.31  identification card or about vehicles registered or titled in 
 53.32  the individual's name. 
 53.33     (c) The surcharges collected under this subdivision must be 
 53.34  credited to the general fund. 
 53.35     Subd. 3.  [EXCEPTION TO FEE AND SURCHARGE.] (a) 
 53.36  Notwithstanding subdivision 2 or section 13.03, a fee or 
 54.1   surcharge may not be imposed in response to a request for public 
 54.2   information about the registration of a vehicle if the 
 54.3   commissioner is satisfied that: 
 54.4      (1) the requester seeks the information on behalf of a 
 54.5   community-based, nonprofit organization designated by a local 
 54.6   law enforcement agency to be a requester; and 
 54.7      (2) the information is needed to identify suspected 
 54.8   prostitution law violators, controlled substance law violators, 
 54.9   or health code violators. 
 54.10     (b) The commissioner shall not require a requester under 
 54.11  paragraph (a) to make a minimum number of data requests or limit 
 54.12  the requester to a maximum number of data requests. 
 54.13     Sec. 25.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.33, is 
 54.14  amended to read: 
 54.15     168.33 [COMMISSIONER AS REGISTRAR OF MOTOR VEHICLES; DEPUTY 
 54.16  REGISTRARS.] 
 54.17     Subdivision 1.  [REGISTRAR COMMISSIONER'S DUTIES AND 
 54.18  POWERS, GENERALLY.] The commissioner of public safety shall be 
 54.19  is the registrar of motor vehicles of the state of Minnesota, 
 54.20  and shall exercise all the powers granted to and perform all the 
 54.21  duties imposed by this chapter.  The commissioner of public 
 54.22  safety may employ not to exceed eight persons as inspectors, is 
 54.23  authorized to obtain information and report to the registrar 
 54.24  regarding motor about all vehicles subject to taxation under 
 54.25  this chapter upon which the tax has not been paid, and to 
 54.26  present suitable complaints to courts of competent jurisdiction. 
 54.27     Subd. 2.  [DEPUTY REGISTRARS.] (a) The registrar may 
 54.28  appoint, hire, and discharge and fix the compensation of the 
 54.29  necessary employees, in the manner provided by law, as may be 
 54.30  required to enable the registrar to properly carry out the 
 54.31  duties imposed by this chapter.  The registrar commissioner may 
 54.32  appoint, and for cause discontinue, a deputy registrar for any 
 54.33  statutory or home rule charter city as the public interest and 
 54.34  convenience may require, without regard to whether the county 
 54.35  auditor of the county in which the city is situated has been 
 54.36  appointed as the deputy registrar for the county or has been 
 55.1   discontinued as the deputy registrar for the county, and without 
 55.2   regard to whether the county in which the city is situated has 
 55.3   established a county license bureau which that issues motor 
 55.4   vehicle licenses as provided in section 373.32. 
 55.5      (b) The registrar commissioner may appoint, and for cause 
 55.6   discontinue, a deputy registrar for any statutory or home rule 
 55.7   charter city as the public interest and convenience may require, 
 55.8   if the auditor for the county in which the city is situated 
 55.9   chooses not to accept appointment as the deputy registrar for 
 55.10  the county or is discontinued as a deputy registrar, or if the 
 55.11  county in which the city is situated has not established a 
 55.12  county license bureau which that issues motor vehicle licenses 
 55.13  as provided in section 373.32.  A person The individual 
 55.14  appointed by the registrar commissioner as a deputy registrar 
 55.15  for any statutory or home rule charter city must be a resident 
 55.16  of the county in which the city is situated. 
 55.17     (c) The registrar commissioner may appoint, and for cause 
 55.18  discontinue, the county auditor of each county as a deputy 
 55.19  registrar.  Upon approval of the county board, the auditor, with 
 55.20  the approval of the director of motor vehicles, may appoint, and 
 55.21  for cause discontinue, the clerk or equivalent officer of each 
 55.22  statutory or home rule charter city or any other person as a 
 55.23  deputy registrar as public interest and convenience may require, 
 55.24  regardless of the appointee's county of residence.  At the 
 55.25  request of the governing body of a statutory or home rule 
 55.26  charter city, the auditor shall appoint, and may for cause 
 55.27  discontinue, the clerk or equivalent officer of a city, or 
 55.28  another officer or employee of the city designated by the 
 55.29  governing body, as a deputy registrar: 
 55.30     (1) if the city is a county seat or, if not, is larger than 
 55.31  the seat of the county in which it is situated; and 
 55.32     (2) no office of a deputy registrar is situated within the 
 55.33  city or within 15 miles of the city by the most direct public 
 55.34  route. 
 55.35     (d) Notwithstanding Despite any other provision, a person 
 55.36  other than a county auditor or a director of a county license 
 56.1   bureau, who was appointed by the registrar before August 1, 
 56.2   1976, as a deputy registrar for any statutory or home rule 
 56.3   charter city, may continue to serve as deputy registrar and may 
 56.4   be discontinued for cause only by the registrar commissioner.  
 56.5   The county auditor who appointed the deputy registrars is 
 56.6   responsible for the acts of deputy registrars appointed by the 
 56.7   auditor.  
 56.8      (e) Each deputy, before entering upon the discharge of 
 56.9   duties, shall take and subscribe an oath to faithfully discharge 
 56.10  the duties and to uphold the laws of the state.  
 56.11     (f) If a deputy registrar appointed under this subdivision 
 56.12  is not an officer or employee of a county or statutory or home 
 56.13  rule charter city, the deputy shall in addition give bond to the 
 56.14  state in the sum of $10,000, or a larger sum as may be required 
 56.15  by the registrar commissioner, conditioned upon the faithful 
 56.16  discharge of duties as deputy registrar.  
 56.17     (e) (g) Until January 1, 2009, a corporation governed by 
 56.18  chapter 302A may be appointed a deputy registrar.  Upon 
 56.19  application by an individual serving as a deputy registrar and 
 56.20  the giving of the requisite bond as provided in this 
 56.21  subdivision, personally assured by the individual or another 
 56.22  individual approved by the commissioner of public safety, a 
 56.23  corporation named in an application shall become then becomes 
 56.24  the duly appointed and qualified successor to the deputy 
 56.25  registrar.  The appointment of any corporation as a deputy 
 56.26  registrar expires January 1, 2009.  A county board shall 
 56.27  appoint, or The commissioner shall appoint if the county board 
 56.28  declines to do so, an individual as successor to the corporation 
 56.29  as a deputy registrar.  The county board or commissioner shall 
 56.30  appoint as the successor agent to a corporation whose 
 56.31  appointment expires under this paragraph an officer of the 
 56.32  corporation if the officer applies for appointment before July 
 56.33  1, 2009. 
 56.34     (f) (h) Each deputy registrar appointed under this 
 56.35  subdivision shall keep and maintain, in a convenient public 
 56.36  place within or in close proximity to the place for which 
 57.1   appointed, a registration and motor vehicle tax collection 
 57.2   bureau, to be approved by the registrar, office locations 
 57.3   approved by the commissioner for the registration of motor 
 57.4   vehicles and the collection of taxes and fees on motor vehicles. 
 57.5      (i) The deputy registrar shall keep records and make 
 57.6   reports to the registrar commissioner as the registrar, from 
 57.7   time to time, may require commissioner requires.  The records 
 57.8   must be maintained at the facility offices of the deputy 
 57.9   registrar.  The records and facilities offices of the deputy 
 57.10  registrar must at all times be open to the inspection of 
 57.11  the registrar commissioner or the registrar's commissioner's 
 57.12  agents.  The deputy registrar shall report to the registrar 
 57.13  commissioner by the next working day following receipt all 
 57.14  registrations made and taxes and fees collected by the deputy 
 57.15  registrar.  
 57.16     (j) The filing fee imposed under subdivision 7 must be 
 57.17  deposited in the treasury of the place for which appointed or, 
 57.18  if not a public official, a deputy shall retain the filing fee, 
 57.19  but the registration tax and any additional fees for delayed 
 57.20  registration the deputy registrar has collected the deputy 
 57.21  registrar shall deposit by the next working day following 
 57.22  receipt in an approved state depository to the credit of the 
 57.23  state through the commissioner of finance.  The place for which 
 57.24  the deputy registrar is appointed through its governing body 
 57.25  must provide the deputy registrar with facilities and personnel 
 57.26  to carry out the duties imposed by this subdivision if the 
 57.27  deputy is a public official.  In all other cases, the deputy 
 57.28  shall maintain a suitable facility for serving the public. 
 57.29     Subd. 2a.  [DEPUTY REGISTRARS, CONTINUATION IN OFFICE.] 
 57.30  Persons serving as deputy registrars on the effective date of 
 57.31  this act shall July 1, 1970, continue to hold such office until 
 57.32  a successor is duly appointed and qualifies. 
 57.33     Subd. 2b.  [DEPUTY REGISTRARS, EMPLOYMENT STATUS.] (a) 
 57.34  Deputy registrars, and their employees, who retain the filing 
 57.35  fee in lieu of a salary, shall, after July 1, 1971, be 
 57.36  considered as independent contractors for pension purposes, and 
 58.1   ineligible because of such service for coverage under the 
 58.2   Minnesota State Retirement System or membership in the Public 
 58.3   Employees Retirement Association. 
 58.4      (b) Those deputy registrars as defined in this subdivision 
 58.5   who are covered by the Minnesota State Retirement System on June 
 58.6   30, 1971, shall have the option of terminating said may 
 58.7   terminate coverage on July 1, 1971, or of continuing said 
 58.8   continue coverage until termination of state service.  The form 
 58.9   of the this option and the time for filing shall must be as 
 58.10  prescribed by the board of directors of the system.  Those 
 58.11  choosing to continue said coverage, shall provide from the 
 58.12  filing fees retained the employee and employer contributions as 
 58.13  required by chapter 352. 
 58.14     Subd. 3.  [RECORD OF VEHICLE REGISTRATION; DISCLOSURE.] (a) 
 58.15  The registrar commissioner shall keep a suitable record of all 
 58.16  motor registered vehicles registered in the registrar's office, 
 58.17  indexed, according to (1) registration plate number, according 
 58.18  to (2) name of the registered owner, according to (3) make of 
 58.19  motor vehicle and the factory vehicle's identification number, 
 58.20  for such makes as are a vehicle so identified, or according 
 58.21  to, if none, the vehicle's serial number of such makes as are so 
 58.22  identified until the manufacturers thereof adopt and use 
 58.23  an manufacturer adopts and uses a vehicle identification number, 
 58.24  and according to such other information as the registrar shall 
 58.25  deem advisable.  Duplicates of the certificate of registration 
 58.26  shall be used, until a more efficient system is evolved, to make 
 58.27  the registration number and registered owner's indexes herein 
 58.28  required, and such other copies as are desirable.  The registrar 
 58.29  may furnish to any one applying therefor transcripts of such 
 58.30  records for not less than the cost of preparing the same; 
 58.31  provided, that any sums in excess of such cost received by the 
 58.32  registrar for furnishing such transcripts shall be paid by the 
 58.33  registrar into the state treasury.  
 58.34     (b) The commissioner shall furnish to any person applying 
 58.35  for a copy of the registration, a copy as specified in section 
 58.36  168.327. 
 59.1      (c) The registrar commissioner shall also furnish copies 
 59.2   thereof vehicle registration records, without charge, to the 
 59.3   chiefs of police of the cities of Minneapolis, St. Paul, and 
 59.4   Duluth, county sheriffs, prosecuting attorneys, and other law 
 59.5   enforcement agencies with the power to arrest. 
 59.6      Subd. 6.  [APPLICATION FORMS.] The Every deputy registrar 
 59.7   shall provide, in a manner and format prescribed by the 
 59.8   registrar, necessary forms and information to deputy 
 59.9   registrars.  The registrar and deputy registrars shall 
 59.10  immediately destroy all number plates surrendered and shall 
 59.11  cancel all certificates surrendered use application forms or 
 59.12  formats as prescribed by or approved by the commissioner. 
 59.13     Subd. 7.  [FILING FEE.] (a) In addition to all other 
 59.14  statutory fees and taxes, a filing fee of: 
 59.15     (i) (1) $4.50 is imposed on every motor vehicle 
 59.16  registration renewal, excluding pro rate transactions; and 
 59.17     (ii) $7 (2) $8.50 is imposed on every other type of vehicle 
 59.18  transaction, including pro rate transactions; 
 59.19  except that a filing fee may not be charged for a document 
 59.20  returned for a refund or for a correction of an error made by 
 59.21  the Department of Public Safety, a licensed auto dealer, or a 
 59.22  deputy registrar.  The filing fee must be shown as a separate 
 59.23  item on all registration renewal notices sent out by the 
 59.24  department commissioner.  No filing fee or other fee may be 
 59.25  charged for the permanent surrender of a certificate of title 
 59.26  and license plates for a motor vehicle.  
 59.27     (b) Filing All of the fees collected under this subdivision 
 59.28  by the department paragraph (a), clause (1), must be paid into 
 59.29  the state treasury and credited to the highway user tax 
 59.30  distribution fund, except fees for registrations of motor 
 59.31  vehicles.  Filing fees collected for registrations of motor 
 59.32  vehicles in conjunction with a title transfer or first 
 59.33  application in this state must be paid into the state treasury 
 59.34  with 50 percent of the money credited to the general fund and 50 
 59.35  percent credited to the highway user tax distribution 
 59.36  fund vehicle services operating account in the special revenue 
 60.1   fund under section 299A.705.  Of the fee collected under 
 60.2   paragraph (a), clause (2), $3.50 must be paid into the general 
 60.3   fund with the remainder deposited into the vehicle services 
 60.4   operating account in the special revenue fund under section 
 60.5   299A.705. 
 60.6      (c) A motor vehicle dealer shall retain $2.50 of each 
 60.7   filing fee imposed under this subdivision for a completed 
 60.8   transaction involving the sale of a motor vehicle to or by a 
 60.9   licensed dealer, if the dealer electronically transmits the 
 60.10  transaction to the department commissioner or a deputy registrar.
 60.11  The department commissioner shall develop procedures to 
 60.12  implement this subdivision in consultation with the Minnesota 
 60.13  Deputy Registrar Association and the Minnesota Automobile 
 60.14  Dealers Association.  Deputy registrars shall must not be 
 60.15  prohibited from receiving and processing required documents 
 60.16  supporting an electronic transaction. 
 60.17     Subd. 8.  [TEMPORARY DISABILITY PERMIT AND FEE.] The 
 60.18  registrar commissioner shall allow deputy registrars to 
 60.19  implement and follow procedures for processing applications and 
 60.20  accepting and remitting fee payments for 30-day temporary 
 60.21  disability permits issued under section 169.345, subdivision 3, 
 60.22  paragraph (c), that are identical or substantially similar to 
 60.23  the procedures required by law or rule for motor vehicle 
 60.24  registration and titling transactions. 
 60.25     Subd. 9.  [RULES.] The commissioner of public safety may 
 60.26  adopt rules for administering and enforcing this section. 
 60.27     Sec. 26.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.345, 
 60.28  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 60.29     Subdivision 1.  [INFORMATION BY TELEPHONE.] Information 
 60.30  concerning motor about vehicle registrations shall not be 
 60.31  furnished on the telephone to any person except the personnel of 
 60.32  law enforcement agencies and the personnel of governmental motor 
 60.33  vehicle and registration offices. 
 60.34     Sec. 27.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.345, 
 60.35  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 60.36     Subd. 2.  [LESSEES; INFORMATION.] The registrar 
 61.1   commissioner may not furnish information concerning about 
 61.2   registered owners of passenger automobiles who are lessees under 
 61.3   a lease for a term of 180 days or more to any person except the 
 61.4   personnel of law enforcement agencies and federal, state, and 
 61.5   local governmental units, and, at the registrar's commissioner's 
 61.6   discretion, to persons who use the information to notify lessees 
 61.7   of automobile recalls.  The registrar commissioner may release 
 61.8   information about lessees in the form of summary data, as 
 61.9   defined in section 13.02, to persons who use the information in 
 61.10  conducting statistical analysis and market research. 
 61.11     Sec. 28.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.381, is 
 61.12  amended to read: 
 61.13     168.381 [MANUFACTURE OF VEHICLE LICENSE PLATES; 
 61.14  APPROPRIATIONS.] 
 61.15     Subdivision 1.  [CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES; OTHER 
 61.16  MANUFACTURERS.] (a) License number Plates required by law this 
 61.17  chapter may be manufactured by the Minnesota Correctional 
 61.18  Facility-St. Cloud, the Minnesota Correctional 
 61.19  Facility-Stillwater, or other facility established by law for 
 61.20  the confinement of persons convicted of felony, upon order from 
 61.21  the registrar of motor vehicles commissioner.  The order must 
 61.22  state the quality of material desired in the plates, the plate 
 61.23  specifications, and the amount or number desired.  
 61.24     (b) Should the commissioner of corrections decide not to 
 61.25  supply the required quantity of license plates, or discontinue 
 61.26  the manufacture of plates, the commissioner of public safety is 
 61.27  authorized to seek other suppliers on a competitive basis.  
 61.28     Subd. 2.  [LABORATORY TESTING; COSTS.] (a) Materials 
 61.29  purchased to be used in the manufacture of motor vehicle number 
 61.30  plates must be tested as to conformance with specifications 
 61.31  established by the commissioner of public safety in a privately 
 61.32  operated laboratory service to be designated by the 
 61.33  commissioner.  The cost of the laboratory must be included in 
 61.34  the cost of materials purchased.  
 61.35     (b) The cost of delivery of number plates to the 
 61.36  commissioner of public safety at places designated by the 
 62.1   commissioner must be included in the expenses incurred in their 
 62.2   manufacture.  
 62.3      Subd. 3.  [SPECIFICATIONS.] The commissioner of public 
 62.4   safety shall establish new or revised specifications for the 
 62.5   material and equipment used in the manufacture of number plates 
 62.6   ordered for manufacture after August 1, 1975, and may from time 
 62.7   to time revise the specifications; provided that the 
 62.8   specifications conform to the requirements of section 168.12.  
 62.9   In establishing new or revised specifications, the commissioner 
 62.10  shall consult with and give consideration to the advice and 
 62.11  recommendations of representatives of the Minnesota State 
 62.12  Patrol, local police officers' associations, and the county 
 62.13  sheriffs' association.  
 62.14     Subd. 4.  [APPROPRIATIONS.] (a) Money appropriated to the 
 62.15  Department of Public Safety to procure the plates for any fiscal 
 62.16  year or years are is available for allotment, encumbrance, and 
 62.17  expenditure from and after the date of the enactment of the 
 62.18  appropriation.  Materials and equipment used in the manufacture 
 62.19  of number plates are subject only to the approval of the 
 62.20  commissioner of public safety.  
 62.21     (b) This section contemplates that money to be appropriated 
 62.22  to the Department of Public Safety in order to carry out the 
 62.23  terms and provisions of this section will be appropriated by the 
 62.24  legislature from the highway user tax distribution vehicle 
 62.25  services operating account in the special revenue fund. 
 62.26     (c) A sum sufficient is appropriated annually from the 
 62.27  highway user tax distribution fund to the commissioner of public 
 62.28  safety to pay the costs of purchasing, delivering, and mailing 
 62.29  motor vehicle license number plates, license plate registration 
 62.30  tabs or stickers, and license plate registration notices. 
 62.31     Sec. 29.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.54, 
 62.32  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 62.33     Subd. 4.  [TRANSFER FEE.] A fee of $3 is imposed upon every 
 62.34  transfer of ownership by the commissioner of public safety of 
 62.35  any motor vehicle for which a registration certificate has 
 62.36  heretofore been issued under this chapter, except vehicles sold 
 63.1   for the purposes of salvage or, dismantling, or permanent 
 63.2   removal from the state. 
 63.3      Sec. 30.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.54, 
 63.4   subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 63.5      Subd. 5.  [PROCEEDS TO GENERAL FUND.] The 
 63.6   registrar commissioner shall collect the proceeds of the fee 
 63.7   imposed under this section and deposit them in the general fund 
 63.8   pursuant to section 168A.31. 
 63.9      Sec. 31.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168A.152, 
 63.10  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 63.11     Subd. 2.  [INSPECTION FEE; PROCEEDS TO GENERAL FUND VEHICLE 
 63.12  SERVICES OPERATING ACCOUNT.] (a) A fee of $20 $35 must be paid 
 63.13  to the department before the department issues a certificate of 
 63.14  title for a vehicle that has been inspected and for which a 
 63.15  certificate of inspection has been issued pursuant to 
 63.16  subdivision 1.  The only additional fee that may be assessed for 
 63.17  issuing the certificate of title is the filing fee imposed under 
 63.18  section 168.33, subdivision 7. 
 63.19     (b) Fees Of the fee collected by the department under this 
 63.20  subdivision, for conducting inspections under subdivision 1, $20 
 63.21  must be deposited in the general fund and the remainder of the 
 63.22  fee collected must be deposited in the vehicle services 
 63.23  operating account in the special revenue fund as specified in 
 63.24  section 299A.705. 
 63.25     Sec. 32.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168A.29, is 
 63.26  amended to read: 
 63.27     168A.29 [FEES.] 
 63.28     Subdivision 1.  [AMOUNTS.] (a) The department shall must be 
 63.29  paid the following fees: 
 63.30     (1) for filing an application for and the issuance of an 
 63.31  original certificate of title, the sum of $3 $5.50 of which 
 63.32  $2.50 must be paid into the vehicle services operating account 
 63.33  of the special revenue fund under section 299A.705; 
 63.34     (2) for each security interest when first noted upon a 
 63.35  certificate of title, including the concurrent notation of any 
 63.36  assignment thereof and its subsequent release or satisfaction, 
 64.1   the sum of $2, except that no fee is due for a security interest 
 64.2   filed by a public authority under section 168A.05, subdivision 
 64.3   8; 
 64.4      (3) for the transfer of the interest of an owner and the 
 64.5   issuance of a new certificate of title, the sum of $3 $5.50 of 
 64.6   which $2.50 must be paid into the vehicle services operating 
 64.7   account of the special revenue fund under section 299A.705; 
 64.8      (4) for each assignment of a security interest when first 
 64.9   noted on a certificate of title, unless noted concurrently with 
 64.10  the security interest, the sum of $1; 
 64.11     (5) for issuing a duplicate certificate of title, the sum 
 64.12  of $4 $6.50 of which $2.50 must be paid into the vehicle 
 64.13  services operating account of the special revenue fund under 
 64.14  section 299A.705.  
 64.15     (b) After June 30, 1994, in addition to each of the fees 
 64.16  required under paragraph (a), clauses (1) and (3), the 
 64.17  department shall must be paid $3.50.  The additional $3.50 fee 
 64.18  collected under this paragraph must be deposited in the special 
 64.19  revenue fund and credited to the public safety motor vehicle 
 64.20  account established in section 299A.70. 
 64.21     Subd. 2.  [FEE IN LIEU OF OTHER FEE.] If a person applies 
 64.22  for an original or a new certificate of title to a vehicle, 
 64.23  concurrently with an application, as transferee, of registration 
 64.24  of the vehicle, the fee prescribed in subdivision 1 shall must 
 64.25  be in lieu of the fee prescribed by section 168.54, with respect 
 64.26  to any transfer of ownership or registration of the vehicle to 
 64.27  the applicant.  
 64.28     Subd. 3.  [NO CERTIFICATE ISSUED UNTIL FEES PAID.] Subject 
 64.29  to subdivision 2, the department shall not issue a certificate 
 64.30  of title to a vehicle until all fees prescribed by sections 
 64.31  168.54 and 168A.10, subdivision 6, with respect to any prior 
 64.32  transfer of ownership or registration of the vehicle shall have 
 64.33  been paid. 
 64.34     Sec. 33.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168A.31, is 
 64.35  amended to read: 
 64.36     168A.31 [DISPOSITION OF FEES; PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.] 
 65.1      Subdivision 1.  [PAID TO GENERAL FUND DISTRIBUTION.] All 
 65.2   fees prescribed by sections 168A.01 to 168A.31 and 168.54 
 65.3   collected by the department must be paid into the general fund, 
 65.4   unless otherwise specified in chapter 168A.  
 65.5      Subd. 2.  [EXPENSES; APPROPRIATION.] All necessary expenses 
 65.6   incurred by the department for the administration of sections 
 65.7   168A.01 to 168A.31 shall must be paid from moneys money in the 
 65.8   transfer of ownership revolving vehicle services operating 
 65.9   account of the special revenue fund, and such funds are hereby 
 65.10  appropriated as specified in section 299A.705. 
 65.11     Sec. 34.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.09, 
 65.12  subdivision 13, is amended to read: 
 65.13     Subd. 13.  [REPORTS CONFIDENTIAL; EVIDENCE, FEE, PENALTY, 
 65.14  APPROPRIATION.] (a) All written reports and supplemental reports 
 65.15  information required under this section shall must be for the 
 65.16  use of the commissioner of public safety and other appropriate 
 65.17  state, federal, county, and municipal governmental agencies for 
 65.18  accident analysis purposes, except: 
 65.19     (1) the commissioner of public safety or any law 
 65.20  enforcement agency shall, upon written request of any person 
 65.21  individual involved in an accident or upon written request of 
 65.22  the representative of the person's individual's estate, 
 65.23  surviving spouse, or one or more surviving next of kin, or a 
 65.24  trustee appointed pursuant to under section 573.02, disclose to 
 65.25  the requester, the requester's legal counsel, or a 
 65.26  representative of the requester's insurer the report required 
 65.27  under subdivision 8; 
 65.28     (2) the commissioner of public safety shall, upon written 
 65.29  request, provide the driver filing a report under subdivision 7 
 65.30  with a copy of the report filed by the driver; 
 65.31     (3) the commissioner of public safety may verify with 
 65.32  insurance companies vehicle insurance information to enforce 
 65.33  sections 65B.48, 169.792, 169.793, 169.796, and 169.797; 
 65.34     (4) the commissioner of public safety shall provide the 
 65.35  commissioner of transportation the information obtained for each 
 65.36  traffic accident involving a commercial motor vehicle, for 
 66.1   purposes of administering commercial vehicle safety regulations; 
 66.2   and 
 66.3      (5) the commissioner of public safety may give to the 
 66.4   United States Department of Transportation commercial vehicle 
 66.5   accident information in connection with federal grant programs 
 66.6   relating to safety. 
 66.7      (b) Accident reports and data contained in the reports 
 66.8   shall are not be discoverable under any provision of law or rule 
 66.9   of court.  No report shall be used as evidence in any trial, 
 66.10  civil or criminal, or any action for damages or criminal 
 66.11  proceedings arising out of an accident, except that.  However, 
 66.12  the commissioner of public safety shall furnish, upon the demand 
 66.13  of any person who has, or claims to have, made a report, or, 
 66.14  upon demand of any court, a certificate showing that a specified 
 66.15  accident report has or has not been made to the commissioner 
 66.16  solely to prove compliance or failure to comply with the 
 66.17  requirements that the report be made to the commissioner. 
 66.18     (c) Nothing in this subdivision prevents any person 
 66.19  individual who has made a report pursuant to under this section 
 66.20  from providing information to any persons individuals involved 
 66.21  in an accident or their representatives or from testifying in 
 66.22  any trial, civil or criminal, arising out of an accident, as to 
 66.23  facts within the person's individual's knowledge.  It is 
 66.24  intended by this subdivision to render privileged the reports 
 66.25  required, but it is not intended to prohibit proof of the facts 
 66.26  to which the reports relate. 
 66.27     (d) Disclosing any information contained in any accident 
 66.28  report, except as provided in this subdivision, section 13.82, 
 66.29  subdivision 3 or 6, or other statutes, is a misdemeanor. 
 66.30     (e) The commissioner of public safety may shall charge 
 66.31  authorized persons as described in paragraph (a) a $5 fee for a 
 66.32  copy of an accident report.  Ninety percent of the $5 fee 
 66.33  collected under this paragraph must be deposited in the special 
 66.34  revenue fund and credited to the driver services operating 
 66.35  account established in section 299A.705 and ten percent must be 
 66.36  deposited in the general fund.  The commissioner may also 
 67.1   furnish copies of the modified accident records an electronic 
 67.2   copy of the database of accident records, which must not contain 
 67.3   personal or private data on an individual, to private agencies 
 67.4   as provided in paragraph (g), for not less than the cost of 
 67.5   preparing the copies on a bulk basis as provided in section 
 67.6   13.03, subdivision 3.  
 67.7      (f) The fees specified in paragraph (e) notwithstanding, 
 67.8   the commissioner and law enforcement agencies may shall charge 
 67.9   commercial users who request access to response or incident data 
 67.10  relating to accidents a fee not to exceed 50 cents per 
 67.11  report record.  "Commercial user" is a user who in one location 
 67.12  requests access to data in more than five accident reports per 
 67.13  month, unless the user establishes that access is not for a 
 67.14  commercial purpose.  Of the money collected by the commissioner 
 67.15  under this paragraph is appropriated to the commissioner, 90 
 67.16  percent must be deposited in the special revenue fund and 
 67.17  credited to the driver services operating account established in 
 67.18  section 299A.705 and ten percent must be deposited in the 
 67.19  general fund. 
 67.20     (g) The fees in paragraphs (e) and (f) notwithstanding, the 
 67.21  commissioner may shall provide a modified an electronic copy of 
 67.22  the accident records database that does to the public on a 
 67.23  case-by-case basis using the cost-recovery charges provided for 
 67.24  under section 13.03, subdivision 3.  The database provided must 
 67.25  not contain names, driver's license numbers, vehicle license 
 67.26  plate numbers, addresses, or other identifying data to the 
 67.27  public upon request personal or private data on an individual.  
 67.28  However, unless the accident records data base includes 
 67.29  the motor vehicle identification number, the commissioner shall 
 67.30  include the vehicle license registration plate number if a 
 67.31  private agency certifies and agrees that the agency: 
 67.32     (1) is in the business of collecting accident and damage 
 67.33  information on vehicles; 
 67.34     (2) will use the vehicle license registration plate number 
 67.35  only for the purpose of identifying vehicles that have been 
 67.36  involved in accidents or damaged in order, to provide this 
 68.1   information to persons seeking access to a vehicle's history and 
 68.2   not for the purpose of identifying individuals or for any other 
 68.3   purpose; and 
 68.4      (3) will be subject to the penalties and remedies under 
 68.5   sections 13.08 and 13.09. 
 68.6      Sec. 35.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169A.60, 
 68.7   subdivision 16, is amended to read: 
 68.8      Subd. 16.  [FEES CREDITED TO HIGHWAY USER FUND.] Fees 
 68.9   collected from the sale or reinstatement of license plates under 
 68.10  this section must be paid into the state treasury and credited 
 68.11  one-half to the highway user tax distribution fund vehicle 
 68.12  services operating account in the special revenue fund specified 
 68.13  in section 299A.705 and one-half to the general fund. 
 68.14     Sec. 36.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.06, 
 68.15  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 68.16     Subd. 2.  [FEES.] (a) The fees for a license and Minnesota 
 68.17  identification card are as follows: 
 68.18  Classified Driver's License  D-$18.50 $21.50 C-$22.50 $25.50
 68.19   B-$29.50 $32.50 A-$37.50 $40.50 
 68.20  Classified Under-21 D.L.     D-$18.50 $21.50 C-$22.50 $25.50 
 68.21  B-$29.50 $32.50 A-$17.50 $20.50 
 68.22  Instruction Permit                              $ 9.50 
 68.23  Provisional License                             $ 9.50 $12.50
 68.24  Duplicate License or
 68.25   duplicate identification card                  $ 8.00 $11.00
 68.26  Minnesota identification card or Under-21 Minnesota
 68.27  identification card, other than duplicate,
 68.28  except as otherwise provided in section 171.07,
 68.29  subdivisions 3 and 3a                           $12.50 $15.50
 68.30     (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a person an individual 
 68.31  who holds a provisional license and has a driving record free of 
 68.32  (1) convictions for a violation of section 169A.20, 169A.33, 
 68.33  169A.35, or sections 169A.50 to 169A.53, (2) convictions for 
 68.34  crash-related moving violations, and (3) convictions for moving 
 68.35  violations that are not crash related, shall have a $3.50 credit 
 68.36  toward the fee for any classified under-21 driver's license.  
 69.1   "Moving violation" has the meaning given it in section 171.04, 
 69.2   subdivision 1. 
 69.3      (c) In addition to the driver's license fee required under 
 69.4   paragraph (a), the registrar commissioner shall collect an 
 69.5   additional $4 processing fee from each new applicant or person 
 69.6   individual renewing a license with a school bus endorsement to 
 69.7   cover the costs for processing an applicant's initial and 
 69.8   biennial physical examination certificate.  The department shall 
 69.9   not charge these applicants any other fee to receive or renew 
 69.10  the endorsement. 
 69.11     Sec. 37.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.06, 
 69.12  subdivision 2a, is amended to read: 
 69.13     Subd. 2a.  [TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE ENDORSEMENT FEE INCREASED.] 
 69.14  (a) The fee for any duplicate driver's license which is obtained 
 69.15  for the purpose of adding a two-wheeled vehicle endorsement is 
 69.16  increased by $18.50 for each first such duplicate license and 
 69.17  $13 for each renewal thereof.  The additional fee shall must be 
 69.18  paid into the state treasury and credited as follows: 
 69.19     (1) $11 of the additional fee for each first duplicate 
 69.20  license, and $7 of the additional fee for each renewal, must be 
 69.21  credited to the motorcycle safety fund, which is hereby created; 
 69.22  provided, that any ten percent of fee receipts in excess of 
 69.23  $750,000 in a fiscal year shall must be credited 90 percent to 
 69.24  the trunk highway fund and ten percent to the general fund, as 
 69.25  provided in section 171.26. 
 69.26     (2) The remainder of the additional fee must be credited to 
 69.27  the general fund. 
 69.28     (b) All application forms prepared by the commissioner for 
 69.29  two-wheeled vehicle endorsements shall must clearly state the 
 69.30  amount of the total fee that is dedicated to the motorcycle 
 69.31  safety fund. 
 69.32     Sec. 38.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.061, 
 69.33  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 69.34     Subd. 4.  [FEE; EQUIPMENT.] (a) The agent may charge and 
 69.35  retain a filing fee of $3.50 $5 for each application.  Except as 
 69.36  provided in paragraph (b), the fee shall cover all expenses 
 70.1   involved in receiving, accepting, or forwarding to the 
 70.2   department the applications and fees required under sections 
 70.3   171.02, subdivision 3; 171.06, subdivisions 2 and 2a; and 
 70.4   171.07, subdivisions 3 and 3a. 
 70.5      (b) The department shall maintain the photo identification 
 70.6   equipment for all agents appointed as of January 1, 2000.  Upon 
 70.7   the retirement, resignation, death, or discontinuance of an 
 70.8   existing agent, and if a new agent is appointed in an existing 
 70.9   office pursuant to Minnesota Rules, chapter 7404, and 
 70.10  notwithstanding the above or Minnesota Rules, part 7404.0400, 
 70.11  the department shall provide and maintain photo identification 
 70.12  equipment without additional cost to a newly appointed agent in 
 70.13  that office if the office was provided the equipment by the 
 70.14  department before January 1, 2000.  All photo identification 
 70.15  equipment must be compatible with standards established by the 
 70.16  department. 
 70.17     (c) A filing fee retained by the agent employed by a county 
 70.18  board must be paid into the county treasury and credited to the 
 70.19  general revenue fund of the county.  An agent who is not an 
 70.20  employee of the county shall retain the filing fee in lieu of 
 70.21  county employment or salary and is considered an independent 
 70.22  contractor for pension purposes, coverage under the Minnesota 
 70.23  State Retirement System, or membership in the Public Employees 
 70.24  Retirement Association. 
 70.25     (d) Before the end of the first working day following the 
 70.26  final day of the reporting period established by the department, 
 70.27  the agent must forward to the department all applications and 
 70.28  fees collected during the reporting period except as provided in 
 70.29  paragraph (c). 
 70.30     Sec. 39.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.07, 
 70.31  subdivision 11, is amended to read: 
 70.32     Subd. 11.  [STANDBY OR TEMPORARY CUSTODIAN.] (a) Upon the 
 70.33  written request of the applicant and upon payment of an 
 70.34  additional fee of $3.50, the department shall issue a driver's 
 70.35  license or Minnesota identification card bearing a symbol or 
 70.36  other appropriate identifier indicating that the license holder 
 71.1   has appointed an individual to serve as a standby or temporary 
 71.2   custodian under chapter 257B. 
 71.3      (b) The request must be accompanied by a copy of the 
 71.4   designation executed under section 257B.04. 
 71.5      (c) The department shall maintain a computerized records 
 71.6   system of all persons individuals listed as standby or temporary 
 71.7   custodians by driver's license and identification card 
 71.8   applicants.  This data shall must be released to appropriate law 
 71.9   enforcement agencies under section 13.69.  Upon a parent's 
 71.10  request and payment of a fee of $3.50, the department shall 
 71.11  revise its list of standby or temporary custodians to reflect a 
 71.12  change in the appointment. 
 71.13     (d) At the request of the license or cardholder, the 
 71.14  department shall cancel the standby or temporary custodian 
 71.15  indication without additional charge.  However, this paragraph 
 71.16  does not prohibit a fee that may be applicable for a duplicate 
 71.17  or replacement license or card, renewal of a license, or other 
 71.18  service applicable to a driver's license or identification card. 
 71.19     (e) Notwithstanding sections 13.08, subdivision 1, and 
 71.20  13.69, the department and department employees are conclusively 
 71.21  presumed to be acting in good faith when employees rely on 
 71.22  statements made, in person or by telephone, by persons 
 71.23  purporting to be law enforcement and subsequently release 
 71.24  information described in paragraph (b).  When acting in good 
 71.25  faith, the department and department personnel are immune from 
 71.26  civil liability and not subject to suit for damages resulting 
 71.27  from the release of this information. 
 71.28     (f) The department and its employees: 
 71.29     (1) have no duty to inquire or otherwise determine whether 
 71.30  a designation submitted under this subdivision is legally valid 
 71.31  and enforceable; and 
 71.32     (2) are immune from all civil liability and not subject to 
 71.33  suit for damages resulting from a claim that the designation was 
 71.34  not legally valid and enforceable. 
 71.35     (g) Of the fees received by the department under this 
 71.36  subdivision: 
 72.1      (1) Up to $111,000 received in fiscal year 1997 and up to 
 72.2   $61,000 received in subsequent fiscal years must be deposited in 
 72.3   the general fund. 
 72.4      (2) All other fees must be deposited in the trunk highway 
 72.5   driver services operating account in the special revenue fund 
 72.6   specified in section 299A.705. 
 72.7      Sec. 40.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.13, 
 72.8   subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
 72.9      Subd. 6.  [INITIAL MOTORCYCLE ENDORSEMENT FEE.] A person 
 72.10  applying for an initial motorcycle endorsement on a driver's 
 72.11  license shall pay at the place of examination a total fee of 
 72.12  $21, which includes the examination fee and endorsement fee, but 
 72.13  does not include the fee for a duplicate driver's license 
 72.14  prescribed in section 171.06, subdivision 2.  Of this amount, 
 72.15  $11 must be credited as provided in section 171.06, subdivision 
 72.16  2a, paragraph (a), clause (1), $2.50 must be credited to 
 72.17  the trunk highway driver services operating account in the 
 72.18  special revenue fund specified under section 299A.705, and the 
 72.19  remainder must be credited to the general fund. 
 72.20     Sec. 41.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.13, is 
 72.21  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 72.22     Subd. 7.  [REPEAT EXAMINATION FEE.] (a) A fee of $10 must 
 72.23  be paid by an individual to take a third and any subsequent 
 72.24  knowledge test administered by the department if the individual 
 72.25  has failed two previous consecutive knowledge tests on the 
 72.26  subject. 
 72.27     (b) A fee of $20 must be paid by an individual to take a 
 72.28  third and any subsequent skills or road test administered by the 
 72.29  department if the individual has previously failed two 
 72.30  consecutive skill or road tests in a specified class of motor 
 72.31  vehicle. 
 72.32     (c) All fees received under this subdivision must be paid 
 72.33  into the state treasury and credited to the driver services 
 72.34  operating account in the special revenue fund specified under 
 72.35  section 299A.705. 
 72.36     Sec. 42.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.20, 
 73.1   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 73.2      Subd. 4.  [REINSTATEMENT FEE.] (a) Before the license is 
 73.3   reinstated, (1) a person an individual whose driver's license 
 73.4   has been suspended under section 171.16, subdivision 2; 171.18, 
 73.5   except subdivision 1, clause (10); or 171.182, or who has been 
 73.6   disqualified from holding a commercial driver's license under 
 73.7   section 171.165, and (2) a person an individual whose driver's 
 73.8   license has been suspended under section 171.186 and who is not 
 73.9   exempt from such a fee, must pay a fee of $20.  
 73.10     (b) Before the license is reinstated, a person an 
 73.11  individual whose license has been suspended under sections 
 73.12  169.791 to 169.798 must pay a $20 reinstatement fee. 
 73.13     (c) When fees are collected by a licensing agent appointed 
 73.14  under section 171.061, a handling charge is imposed in the 
 73.15  amount specified under section 171.061, subdivision 4.  The 
 73.16  reinstatement fee and surcharge must be deposited in an approved 
 73.17  state depository as directed under section 171.061, subdivision 
 73.18  4.  
 73.19     (d) A suspension may be rescinded without fee for good 
 73.20  cause. 
 73.21     Sec. 43.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.26, is 
 73.22  amended to read: 
 73.23     171.26 [MONEY CREDITED TO FUNDS.] 
 73.24     All money received under this chapter must be paid into the 
 73.25  state treasury and credited to the trunk highway driver services 
 73.26  operating account in the special revenue fund specified under 
 73.27  section 299A.705, except as provided in sections 171.06, 
 73.28  subdivision 2a; 171.07, subdivision 11, paragraph (g); 171.12, 
 73.29  subdivision 8; and 171.29, subdivision 2, paragraph (b). 
 73.30     Sec. 44.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.29, 
 73.31  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 73.32     Subd. 2.  [REINSTATEMENT FEES AND SURCHARGES ALLOCATED AND 
 73.33  APPROPRIATED.] (a) A person An individual whose driver's license 
 73.34  has been revoked as provided in subdivision 1, except under 
 73.35  section 169A.52, 169A.54, or 609.21, shall must pay a $30 fee 
 73.36  before the driver's license is reinstated. 
 74.1      (b) A person whose driver's license has been revoked as 
 74.2   provided in subdivision 1 under section 169A.52, 169A.54, or 
 74.3   609.21, shall must pay a $250 fee plus a $40 surcharge before 
 74.4   the driver's license is reinstated.  Beginning July 1, 2002, the 
 74.5   surcharge is $145.  Beginning July 1, 2003, the surcharge is 
 74.6   $430.  The $250 fee is to be credited as follows: 
 74.7      (1) Twenty percent must be credited to the trunk highway 
 74.8   driver services operating account in the special revenue fund as 
 74.9   specified in section 299A.705. 
 74.10     (2) Sixty-seven percent must be credited to the general 
 74.11  fund. 
 74.12     (3) Eight percent must be credited to a separate account to 
 74.13  be known as the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension account.  Money 
 74.14  in this account may be appropriated to the commissioner of 
 74.15  public safety and the appropriated amount must be apportioned 80 
 74.16  percent for laboratory costs and 20 percent for carrying out the 
 74.17  provisions of section 299C.065. 
 74.18     (4) Five percent must be credited to a separate account to 
 74.19  be known as the vehicle forfeiture account, which is created in 
 74.20  the special revenue fund.  The money in the account is annually 
 74.21  appropriated to the commissioner for costs of handling vehicle 
 74.22  forfeitures. 
 74.23     (c) The revenue from $50 of each surcharge must be credited 
 74.24  to a separate account to be known as the traumatic brain injury 
 74.25  and spinal cord injury account.  The money in the account is 
 74.26  annually appropriated to the commissioner of health to be used 
 74.27  as follows:  83 percent for contracts with a qualified 
 74.28  community-based organization to provide information, resources, 
 74.29  and support to assist persons with traumatic brain injury and 
 74.30  their families to access services, and 17 percent to maintain 
 74.31  the traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury registry 
 74.32  created in section 144.662.  For the purposes of this 
 74.33  clause paragraph, a "qualified community-based organization" is 
 74.34  a private, not-for-profit organization of consumers of traumatic 
 74.35  brain injury services and their family members.  The 
 74.36  organization must be registered with the United States Internal 
 75.1   Revenue Service under section 501(c)(3) as a tax-exempt 
 75.2   organization and must have as its purposes:  
 75.3      (i) the promotion of public, family, survivor, and 
 75.4   professional awareness of the incidence and consequences of 
 75.5   traumatic brain injury; 
 75.6      (ii) the provision of a network of support for persons with 
 75.7   traumatic brain injury, their families, and friends; 
 75.8      (iii) the development and support of programs and services 
 75.9   to prevent traumatic brain injury; 
 75.10     (iv) the establishment of education programs for persons 
 75.11  with traumatic brain injury; and 
 75.12     (v) the empowerment of persons with traumatic brain injury 
 75.13  through participation in its governance. 
 75.14  No A patient's name, identifying information, or identifiable 
 75.15  medical data will must not be disclosed to the organization 
 75.16  without the informed voluntary written consent of the patient or 
 75.17  patient's guardian or, if the patient is a minor, of the parent 
 75.18  or guardian of the patient. 
 75.19     (d) The remainder of the surcharge must be credited to a 
 75.20  separate account to be known as the remote electronic 
 75.21  alcohol-monitoring program account.  The commissioner shall 
 75.22  transfer the balance of this account to the commissioner of 
 75.23  finance on a monthly basis for deposit in the general fund. 
 75.24     (e) When these fees are collected by a licensing agent, 
 75.25  appointed under section 171.061, a handling charge is imposed in 
 75.26  the amount specified under section 171.061, subdivision 4.  The 
 75.27  reinstatement fees and surcharge must be deposited in an 
 75.28  approved state depository as directed under section 171.061, 
 75.29  subdivision 4. 
 75.30     Sec. 45.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.36, is 
 75.31  amended to read: 
 75.32     171.36 [LICENSE RENEWAL; FEES; PROCEEDS TO TRUNK HIGHWAY 
 75.33  FUND DRIVER SERVICES OPERATING ACCOUNT.] 
 75.34     All licenses shall expire one year from the date of 
 75.35  issuance and may be renewed upon application to the 
 75.36  commissioner.  Each application for an original or renewal 
 76.1   school license shall must be accompanied by a fee of $150 and 
 76.2   each application for an original or renewal instructor's license 
 76.3   shall must be accompanied by a fee of $50.  The license fees 
 76.4   collected under sections 171.33 to 171.41 shall must be paid 
 76.5   into the trunk highway driver services operating account in the 
 76.6   special revenue fund specified under section 299A.705.  No A 
 76.7   license fee shall must not be refunded in the event that the 
 76.8   license is rejected or revoked. 
 76.9      Sec. 46.  [299A.705] [DRIVER AND VEHICLE SERVICES OPERATING 
 76.10  ACCOUNTS.] 
 76.11     Subdivision 1.  [VEHICLE SERVICES OPERATING ACCOUNT.] (a) 
 76.12  The vehicle services operating account is created in the special 
 76.13  revenue fund, consisting of all money from the vehicle services 
 76.14  fees specified in chapters 168 and 168A and any other money 
 76.15  otherwise donated, allotted, appropriated, or legislated to this 
 76.16  account. 
 76.17     (b) Funds appropriated are available to administer vehicle 
 76.18  services as specified in chapters 168 and 168A and section 
 76.19  169.345, including: 
 76.20     (1) designing, producing, issuing, and mailing vehicle 
 76.21  registrations, plates, emblems, and titles; 
 76.22     (2) collecting title and registration taxes and fees; 
 76.23     (3) transferring vehicle registration plates and titles; 
 76.24     (4) maintaining vehicle records; 
 76.25     (5) issuing disability certificates and plates; 
 76.26     (6) licensing vehicle dealers; 
 76.27     (7) appointing, monitoring, and auditing deputy registrars; 
 76.28  and 
 76.29     (8) inspecting vehicles when required by law. 
 76.30     Subd. 2.  [DRIVER SERVICES OPERATING ACCOUNT.] (a) The 
 76.31  driver services operating account is created in the special 
 76.32  revenue fund, consisting of all money collected under chapter 
 76.33  171 and any other money otherwise donated, allotted, 
 76.34  appropriated, or legislated to the account. 
 76.35     (b) Money in the account must be used by the commissioner 
 76.36  of public safety to administer the driver services specified in 
 77.1   chapters 169A and 171, including the activities associated with 
 77.2   producing and mailing drivers' licenses and identification cards 
 77.3   and notices relating to issuance, renewal, or withdrawal of 
 77.4   driving and identification card privileges for any fiscal year 
 77.5   or years and for the testing and examination of drivers.  Money 
 77.6   in the account may also be used for driver and traffic safety 
 77.7   activities. 
 77.8      Sec. 47.  [INSTRUCTION TO REVISOR.] 
 77.9      (a) In the statute listed in column A, the revisor shall 
 77.10  change the reference in column B to the reference shown in 
 77.11  column C: 
 77.12        A                    B                   C
 77.13     168.181,            sections 168.181  this section and
 77.14     subdivision 1       to 168.231        sections 168.183
 77.15                                           to 168.221
 77.16     168.211             168.231           168.221
 77.17     168.221             168.231           168.211 and this
 77.18                                           section
 77.19     168.346             168.345,          168.327,
 77.20                         subdivision 4     subdivision 3
 77.21     (b) The revisor of statutes shall renumber Minnesota 
 77.22  Statutes, section 168.33, subdivision 3, as section 168.0185. 
 77.23     (c) The revisor of statutes shall also correct any 
 77.24  references in Minnesota Rules to the rules repealed or 
 77.25  renumbered by this act, as appropriate. 
 77.26     Sec. 48.  [REPEALER.] 
 77.27     (a) Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 168.012, subdivision 
 77.28  12; 168.041, subdivision 11; 168.105, subdivision 6; 168.231; 
 77.29  168.345, subdivisions 3 and 4; 170.23; 171.12, subdivision 8; 
 77.30  and 171.185, are repealed. 
 77.31     (b) Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 168C.01; 168C.02; 
 77.32  168C.03; 168C.04; 168C.05; 168C.06; 168C.07; 168C.08; 168C.09; 
 77.33  168C.10; 168C.11; 168C.12; and 168C.13, are repealed. 
 77.34     (c) Minnesota Rules, parts 7407.0100; 7407.0200; 7407.0300; 
 77.35  7407.0400; 7407.0500; 7407.0600; 7407.0700; 7407.0800; 
 77.36  7407.0900; 7407.1000; 7407.1100; 7407.1200; and 7407.1300, are 
 78.1   repealed. 
 78.2                              ARTICLE 4
 78.3                     MISCELLANEOUS FINANCE POLICY
 78.4      Section 1.  [160.298] [HIGHWAY SIGN PROGRAM; BILLING, 
 78.5   ACCOUNT, APPROPRIATION.] 
 78.6      The commissioner of transportation may bill highway 
 78.7   operations units of the department and local road authorities 
 78.8   for the costs of a centrally managed highway sign program.  
 78.9   These costs may include equipment acquisition and rental, labor, 
 78.10  materials, and other costs as determined by the commissioner.  
 78.11  Receipts must be credited to a special account, which is 
 78.12  established in the trunk highway fund, and are appropriated to 
 78.13  the commissioner to pay the costs for which the billings are 
 78.14  made.  Amounts credited to the account are exempt from statewide 
 78.15  and agency indirect costs payments. 
 78.16     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 161.081, 
 78.17  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 78.18     Subd. 3.  [FLEXIBLE HIGHWAY ACCOUNT; TURNBACK ACCOUNTS.] 
 78.19  (a) The flexible highway account is created in the state 
 78.20  treasury.  Money in the account may be used either for the 
 78.21  restoration of former trunk highways that have reverted to 
 78.22  counties or to statutory or home rule charter cities, for grants 
 78.23  to counties for rural road safety under section 161.088, or 
 78.24  for regular trunk highway purposes construction, reconstruction, 
 78.25  and maintenance of local roads functionally classified as 
 78.26  principal arterial roads under section 161.087. 
 78.27     (b) For purposes of this subdivision, "restoration" means 
 78.28  the level of effort required to improve the route that will be 
 78.29  turned back to an acceptable condition as determined by 
 78.30  agreement made between the commissioner and the county or city 
 78.31  before the route is turned back. 
 78.32     (c) The commissioner shall review the need for funds to 
 78.33  restore highways that have been or will be turned back and the 
 78.34  need for funds for the trunk highway system rural road safety 
 78.35  and local principal arterials.  The commissioner 
 78.36  shall determine, on a recommend as part of the biennial basis 
 79.1   budget, the percentage of this flexible account to be used for 
 79.2   county turnbacks, for municipal turnbacks, and for regular trunk 
 79.3   highway projects rural road safety grants, and for construction, 
 79.4   reconstruction, and maintenance of local principal arterials.  
 79.5   The commissioner shall make this determination recommendation 
 79.6   only after meeting and holding discussions with committees 
 79.7   selected by the statewide associations of both county 
 79.8   commissioners and municipal officials. 
 79.9      (d) Money that will be used for the restoration of trunk 
 79.10  highways that have reverted or that will revert to cities must 
 79.11  be deposited in the municipal turnback account, which is created 
 79.12  in the state treasury.  
 79.13     (e) Money that will be used for the restoration of trunk 
 79.14  highways that have reverted or that will revert to counties must 
 79.15  be deposited in the county turnback account, which is created in 
 79.16  the state treasury. 
 79.17     (f) Money that will be used for grants to counties for 
 79.18  rural road safety must be deposited in the rural road safety 
 79.19  account under section 161.088. 
 79.20     (g) Money that will be used for the construction and 
 79.21  maintenance of county principal arterials must be deposited in 
 79.22  the county principal arterial account under section 161.087. 
 79.23     (h) Money that will be used for the construction, 
 79.24  reconstruction, and maintenance of municipal principal arterials 
 79.25  must be deposited in the municipal principal arterial account 
 79.26  under section 161.087. 
 79.27     (i) As part of each biennial budget submission to the 
 79.28  legislature, the commissioner shall describe how the money in 
 79.29  the flexible highway account will be apportioned among the 
 79.30  county turnback account, the municipal turnback account, and the 
 79.31  trunk highway fund rural road safety account, county principal 
 79.32  arterial account, and municipal principal arterial account.  
 79.33     (g) Money apportioned from the flexible highway account to 
 79.34  the trunk highway fund must be used for state road construction 
 79.35  and engineering costs. 
 79.36     Sec. 3.  [161.087] [PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL ACCOUNTS.] 
 80.1      (a) A county principal arterial account is established in 
 80.2   the county state-aid highway fund.  Money in the account is 
 80.3   annually appropriated to the commissioner of transportation for 
 80.4   expenditure as specified in this subdivision.  Money in the 
 80.5   account must be used as grants to counties to assist in paying 
 80.6   the costs of capital improvement projects on county state-aid 
 80.7   highways that are functionally classified as principal arterials.
 80.8      (b) A municipal principal arterial account is established 
 80.9   in the municipal state-aid street fund.  Money in the account is 
 80.10  annually appropriated to the commissioner of transportation for 
 80.11  expenditure as specified in this subdivision.  Money in the 
 80.12  account must be used as grants to cities to assist in paying the 
 80.13  costs of capital improvement projects on municipal state-aid 
 80.14  streets that are functionally classified as principal arterials. 
 80.15     (c) The commissioner shall establish procedures for 
 80.16  counties and cities to apply for grants from the principal 
 80.17  arterial accounts and criteria to be used to select projects for 
 80.18  funding.  The commissioner shall establish these procedures in 
 80.19  consultation with representatives appointed by the Association 
 80.20  of Minnesota Counties and the League of Minnesota Cities.  
 80.21  Project selection must be based on the ability of each project 
 80.22  to improve traffic flow in the principal arterial corridor and 
 80.23  improve safety. 
 80.24     Sec. 4.  [161.088] [RURAL ROAD SAFETY ACCOUNT.] 
 80.25     (a) A rural road safety account is established in the 
 80.26  county state-aid highway fund.  Money in the account is annually 
 80.27  appropriated to the commissioner of transportation for 
 80.28  expenditure as specified in this subdivision.  Money in the 
 80.29  account must be used as grants to counties to assist in paying 
 80.30  the costs of capital improvement projects on county state-aid 
 80.31  highways that are intended primarily to reduce traffic crashes, 
 80.32  deaths, injuries, and property damage. 
 80.33     (b) The commissioner shall establish procedures for 
 80.34  counties to apply for grants from the rural road safety account 
 80.35  and criteria to be used to select projects for funding.  The 
 80.36  commissioner shall establish these procedures and criteria in 
 81.1   consultation with representatives appointed by the Association 
 81.2   of Minnesota Counties.  Eligibility for project selection must 
 81.3   be based on the ability of each proposed project to reduce the 
 81.4   frequency and severity of crashes. 
 81.5      (c) Money in the account must be allocated in each fiscal 
 81.6   year as follows: 
 81.7      (1) one-half of money in the account must be used for 
 81.8   projects in the counties of Anoka, Chisago, Carver, Dakota, 
 81.9   Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington; and 
 81.10     (2) the remainder must be used for projects elsewhere in 
 81.11  the state. 
 81.12     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 162.06, 
 81.13  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 81.14     Subd. 2.  [ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OF DEPARTMENT.] A sum of 
 81.15  1-1/2 Two percent shall must be deducted from the total amount 
 81.16  available in the county state-aid highway fund, set aside in a 
 81.17  separate account, and used for administrative costs incurred by 
 81.18  the state Transportation Department in carrying out the 
 81.19  provisions relating to the county state-aid highway system.  
 81.20     Sec. 6.  [FEDERAL FUNDS FORMULA.] 
 81.21     The commissioner of transportation may not implement a new 
 81.22  formula for allocating federal transportation funds that results 
 81.23  in any construction district receiving an annual amount of 
 81.24  federal funds that is less than the annual average amount of 
 81.25  federal funding that district received in the previous three 
 81.26  years. 
 81.27     Sec. 7.  [TOWN ROAD SIGN REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.] 
 81.28     Subdivision 1.  [SCOPE OF PROGRAM.] The commissioner of 
 81.29  transportation shall develop and implement a town road sign 
 81.30  replacement program to: 
 81.31     (1) inventory all county and town road signs; 
 81.32     (2) evaluate town road signs for compliance with applicable 
 81.33  sign standards; 
 81.34     (3) remove and replace town road signs as the commissioner 
 81.35  deems necessary; and 
 81.36     (4) establish an ongoing sign maintenance program. 
 82.1      Subd. 2.  [SIGN STANDARDS.] Standards for sign removal, 
 82.2   replacement, and installation must conform to applicable 
 82.3   federal, state, and local safety standards, including 
 82.4   retroreflectivity standards and other provisions of the Manual 
 82.5   on Uniform Traffic Control Devices adopted by the commissioner. 
 82.6      Subd. 3.  [LOCAL GOVERNMENT PARTICIPATION.] The 
 82.7   commissioner may establish conditions for local government 
 82.8   participation in the town road sign replacement program, 
 82.9   including, but not limited to, involvement of county engineers, 
 82.10  and establishment and maintenance by the local government of a 
 82.11  database of county and town road signs. 
 82.12     Subd. 4.  [USE OF APPROPRIATIONS.] The commissioner may 
 82.13  utilize the proceeds of state appropriations for the town road 
 82.14  sign replacement program to match federal funds.  The 
 82.15  commissioner may establish a pilot program in consultation with 
 82.16  the Minnesota Association of Townships. 
 82.17     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section takes effect on the 
 82.18  effective date of a state or federal appropriation for the town 
 82.19  road sign replacement program. 
 82.20                             ARTICLE 5 
 82.21                       TRANSPORTATION FINANCE
 82.22     Section 1.  [CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSED.] 
 82.23     An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is proposed to 
 82.24  the people.  If the amendment is adopted, a section must be 
 82.25  added to article XIV, to read: 
 82.26     Sec. 12.  The proceeds of a tax imposed by the state on the 
 82.27  sale of new and used motor vehicles must be appropriated 
 82.28  exclusively for surface transportation purposes as defined by 
 82.29  law. 
 82.30     Sec. 2.  [SCHEDULE AND QUESTION.] 
 82.31     The constitutional amendment proposed in section 1 must be 
 82.32  submitted to the people at the 2006 general election.  If 
 82.33  approved, motor vehicle sales tax proceeds will be used 
 82.34  exclusively for surface transportation purposes as of July 1, 
 82.35  2010.  The question submitted must be: 
 82.36     "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to use the 
 83.1   revenue from the state motor vehicle sales tax exclusively for 
 83.2   surface transportation purposes, beginning July 1, 2010? 
 83.3                                      Yes .......
 83.4                                      No ........"
 83.5      Sec. 3.  [16A.89] [MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION FUND.] 
 83.6      A multimodal transportation fund is established in the 
 83.7   state treasury.  The fund consists of money credited under 
 83.8   section 297B.09, subdivision 1, and other money credited to the 
 83.9   fund by law.  Money in the fund must be appropriated for 
 83.10  multimodal surface transportation purposes including, but not 
 83.11  limited to, state road construction, transit capital and 
 83.12  operations, state patrol operations, local road construction and 
 83.13  maintenance, transportation safety and research activities, and 
 83.14  Department of Transportation tort claims. 
 83.15     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 162.07, 
 83.16  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 83.17     Subdivision 1.  [FORMULA.] After deducting for 
 83.18  administrative costs and for the disaster account and research 
 83.19  account and state park roads as heretofore provided in section 
 83.20  162.06, subdivisions 2 to 5, the remainder of the total sum 
 83.21  provided for in section 162.06, subdivision 1, shall be is 
 83.22  identified as the apportionment sum and shall be apportioned by 
 83.23  the commissioner to the several counties on the basis of the 
 83.24  needs of the counties as determined in accordance with the 
 83.25  following formula: 
 83.26     (a) An amount equal to ten percent of the apportionment sum 
 83.27  shall be apportioned equally among the 87 counties.  
 83.28     (b) An amount equal to ten percent of the apportionment sum 
 83.29  shall be apportioned among the several counties so that each 
 83.30  county shall receive of such amount the percentage that its 
 83.31  motor vehicle registration for the calendar year preceding the 
 83.32  one last past, determined by residence of registrants, bears to 
 83.33  the total statewide motor vehicle registration.  
 83.34     (c) An amount equal to 30 percent of the apportionment sum 
 83.35  shall be apportioned among the several counties so that each 
 83.36  county shall receive of such amount the percentage that its 
 84.1   total lane-miles of approved county state-aid highways bears to 
 84.2   the total lane-miles of approved statewide county state-aid 
 84.3   highways.  In 1997 and subsequent years no county may receive, 
 84.4   as a result of an apportionment under this clause based on 
 84.5   lane-miles rather than miles of approved county state-aid 
 84.6   highways, an apportionment that is less than its apportionment 
 84.7   in 1996. 
 84.8      (d) An amount equal to 50 percent of the apportionment sum 
 84.9   shall be apportioned among the several counties so that each 
 84.10  county shall receive of such amount the percentage that its 
 84.11  money needs bears to the sum of the money needs of all of the 
 84.12  individual counties; provided, that the percentage of such 
 84.13  amount that each county is to receive shall be adjusted so that 
 84.14  each county shall receive in 1958 a total apportionment at least 
 84.15  ten percent greater than its total 1956 apportionments from the 
 84.16  state road and bridge fund; and provided further that those 
 84.17  counties whose money needs are thus adjusted shall never receive 
 84.18  a percentage of the apportionment sum less than the percentage 
 84.19  that such county received in 1958 the excess sum.  
 84.20     (a) The excess sum is calculated as the sum of the amounts 
 84.21  described in clauses (1) and (2), reduced by a proportionate 
 84.22  share of the deductions for administrative costs and for the 
 84.23  disaster account and research account, as follows: 
 84.24     (1) on or after July 1, 2005, the amount due to an increase 
 84.25  imposed in the gasoline excise tax rate above a rate of 20 cents 
 84.26  per gallon; or in the excise tax rate for E85, M85, and special 
 84.27  fuels above the energy equivalent of a gasoline tax rate of 20 
 84.28  cents per gallon; and 
 84.29     (2) the amount due to a change in the passenger vehicle 
 84.30  registration tax under section 168.013, imposed on or after July 
 84.31  1, 2005, that exceeds the amount collected in fiscal year 2005 
 84.32  multiplied by the annual average United States Consumer Price 
 84.33  Index for all urban consumers, United States city average, as 
 84.34  determined by the United States Department of Labor for the 
 84.35  previous year, divided by that annual average for calendar year 
 84.36  2004. 
 85.1      (b) The apportionment sum is calculated by subtracting the 
 85.2   excess sum from the remainder of the total sum. 
 85.3      Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 162.07, is 
 85.4   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 85.5      Subd. 1a.  [APPORTIONMENT SUM.] The commissioner shall 
 85.6   apportion the apportionment sum among the several counties on 
 85.7   the basis of the needs of the counties as determined in 
 85.8   accordance with the following formula: 
 85.9      (a) An amount equal to ten percent of the apportionment sum 
 85.10  must be apportioned equally among the 87 counties. 
 85.11     (b) An amount equal to ten percent of the apportionment sum 
 85.12  must be apportioned among the several counties so that each 
 85.13  county receives of that amount the percentage that its motor 
 85.14  vehicle registration for the calendar year preceding the one 
 85.15  last past, determined by residence of registrants, bears to the 
 85.16  total statewide motor vehicle registration. 
 85.17     (c) An amount equal to 30 percent of the apportionment sum 
 85.18  must be apportioned among the several counties so that each 
 85.19  county receives of that amount the percentage that its total 
 85.20  lane-miles of approved county state-aid highways bears to the 
 85.21  total lane-miles of approved statewide county state-aid 
 85.22  highways.  In 1997 and subsequent years, no county may receive, 
 85.23  as a result of an apportionment under this paragraph based on 
 85.24  lane-miles rather than miles of approved county state-aid 
 85.25  highways, an apportionment that is less than its apportionment 
 85.26  in 1996. 
 85.27     (d) An amount equal to 50 percent of the apportionment sum 
 85.28  must be apportioned among the several counties so that each 
 85.29  county receives of that amount the percentage that its money 
 85.30  needs bears to the sum of the money needs of all of the 
 85.31  individual counties; provided that the percentage of the amount 
 85.32  that each county is to receive must be adjusted so that each 
 85.33  county receives in 1958 a total apportionment at least ten 
 85.34  percent greater than its total 1956 apportionments from the 
 85.35  state road and bridge fund; and provided, further, that those 
 85.36  counties whose money needs are thus adjusted shall never receive 
 86.1   a percentage of the apportionment sum less than the percentage 
 86.2   that such county received in 1958. 
 86.3      Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 162.07, is 
 86.4   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 86.5      Subd. 1b.  [EXCESS SUM.] The commissioner shall apportion 
 86.6   the excess sum to the several counties on the basis of the needs 
 86.7   of the counties as determined in accordance with the following 
 86.8   formula: 
 86.9      (a) An amount equal to 40 percent of the excess sum must be 
 86.10  apportioned among the several counties so that each county 
 86.11  receives of that amount the percentage that its motor vehicle 
 86.12  registration for the calendar year preceding the one last past, 
 86.13  determined by residence of registrants, bears to the total 
 86.14  statewide motor vehicle registration. 
 86.15     (b) An amount equal to 60 percent of the excess sum must be 
 86.16  apportioned among the several counties so that each county 
 86.17  receives of that amount the percentage that its money needs 
 86.18  bears to the sum of the money needs of all of the individual 
 86.19  counties. 
 86.20     Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.013, 
 86.21  subdivision 1a, is amended to read: 
 86.22     Subd. 1a.  [PASSENGER AUTOMOBILE; HEARSE.] (a) On passenger 
 86.23  automobiles as defined in section 168.011, subdivision 7, and 
 86.24  hearses, except as otherwise provided, the tax shall be $10 plus 
 86.25  an additional tax equal to 1.25 percent of the base value.  
 86.26     (b) Subject to the classification provisions herein, "base 
 86.27  value" means the manufacturer's suggested retail price of the 
 86.28  vehicle including destination charge using list price 
 86.29  information published by the manufacturer or determined by the 
 86.30  registrar if no suggested retail price exists, and shall not 
 86.31  include the cost of each accessory or item of optional equipment 
 86.32  separately added to the vehicle and the suggested retail price. 
 86.33     (c) If the manufacturer's list price information contains a 
 86.34  single vehicle identification number followed by various 
 86.35  descriptions and suggested retail prices, the registrar shall 
 86.36  select from those listings only the lowest price for determining 
 87.1   base value. 
 87.2      (d) If unable to determine the base value because the 
 87.3   vehicle is specially constructed, or for any other reason, the 
 87.4   registrar may establish such value upon the cost price to the 
 87.5   purchaser or owner as evidenced by a certificate of cost but not 
 87.6   including Minnesota sales or use tax or any local sales or other 
 87.7   local tax. 
 87.8      (e) The registrar shall classify every vehicle in its 
 87.9   proper base value class as follows: 
 87.10                        FROM                   TO
 87.11                        $  0                $199.99
 87.12                         200                 399.99
 87.13  and thereafter a series of classes successively set in brackets 
 87.14  having a spread of $200 consisting of such number of classes as 
 87.15  will permit classification of all vehicles. 
 87.16     (f) The base value for purposes of this section shall be 
 87.17  the middle point between the extremes of its class. 
 87.18     (g) The registrar shall establish the base value, when new, 
 87.19  of every passenger automobile and hearse registered prior to the 
 87.20  effective date of Extra Session Laws 1971, chapter 31, using 
 87.21  list price information published by the manufacturer or any 
 87.22  nationally recognized firm or association compiling such data 
 87.23  for the automotive industry.  If unable to ascertain the base 
 87.24  value of any registered vehicle in the foregoing manner, the 
 87.25  registrar may use any other available source or method.  The 
 87.26  registrar shall calculate tax using base value information 
 87.27  available to dealers and deputy registrars at the time the 
 87.28  application for registration is submitted.  The tax on all 
 87.29  previously registered vehicles shall be computed upon the base 
 87.30  value thus determined taking into account the depreciation 
 87.31  provisions of paragraph (h). 
 87.32     (h) The annual additional tax computed upon the base value 
 87.33  as provided herein, during the first and second years year of 
 87.34  vehicle life shall be computed upon 100 percent of the base 
 87.35  value; for the second year, 80 percent of such value; for the 
 87.36  third and fourth years, 90 year, 70 percent of such value; for 
 88.1   the fourth year, 60 percent of such value; for the fifth and 
 88.2   sixth years, 75 year, 50 percent of such value; for the sixth 
 88.3   year, 40 percent of such value; for the seventh year, 60 35 
 88.4   percent of such value; for the eighth year, 40 30 percent of 
 88.5   such value; for the ninth year, 30 20 percent of such value; for 
 88.6   the tenth year, ten percent of such value; for the 11th and each 
 88.7   succeeding year, the sum of $25.  
 88.8   In no event shall the annual additional tax be less than 
 88.9   $25.  The total tax under this subdivision shall not exceed $189 
 88.10  for the first renewal period and shall not exceed $99 for 
 88.11  subsequent renewal periods.  The total tax under this 
 88.12  subdivision on any vehicle filing its initial registration in 
 88.13  Minnesota in the second year of vehicle life shall not exceed 
 88.14  $189 and shall not exceed $99 for subsequent renewal periods.  
 88.15  The total tax under this subdivision on any vehicle filing its 
 88.16  initial registration in Minnesota in the third or subsequent 
 88.17  year of vehicle life shall not exceed $99 and shall not exceed 
 88.18  $99 in any subsequent renewal period. 
 88.19     (i) As used in this subdivision and section 168.017, the 
 88.20  following terms have the meanings given:  "initial registration" 
 88.21  means the 12 consecutive months calendar period from the day of 
 88.22  first registration of a vehicle in Minnesota; and "renewal 
 88.23  periods" means the 12 consecutive calendar months periods 
 88.24  following the initial registration period The annual additional 
 88.25  tax under paragraph (h) must not exceed the annual additional 
 88.26  tax that was previously paid or due on that vehicle. 
 88.27     Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 296A.07, 
 88.28  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 88.29     Subd. 3.  [RATE OF TAX.] The gasoline excise tax is imposed 
 88.30  at the following rates: 
 88.31     (1) (a) From July 1, 2005, to June 30, 2006, E85 is taxed 
 88.32  at the rate of 14.2 17.0 cents per gallon; 
 88.33     (2) M85 is taxed at the rate of 11.4 13.7 cents per gallon; 
 88.34  and 
 88.35     (3) all other gasoline is taxed at the rate of 20 24 cents 
 88.36  per gallon. 
 89.1      (b) From July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007, E85 is taxed at 
 89.2   the rate of 19.2 cents per gallon; M85 is taxed at the rate of 
 89.3   15.4 cents per gallon; and all other gasoline is taxed at the 
 89.4   rate of 27 cents per gallon. 
 89.5      (c) On and after July 1, 2007, E85 is taxed at the rate of 
 89.6   21.3 cents per gallon; M85 is taxed at the rate of 17.1 cents 
 89.7   per gallon; and all other gasoline is taxed at the rate of 30 
 89.8   cents per gallon. 
 89.9      Sec. 9.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 296A.07, is 
 89.10  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 89.11     Subd. 5.  [ANNUAL GASOLINE TAX RATE ADJUSTMENT.] (a) Before 
 89.12  April 1 of each year, the commissioner of revenue shall 
 89.13  recompute and publish the rate of the gasoline excise tax.  The 
 89.14  new rate per gallon must be calculated by multiplying the rate 
 89.15  in effect at the time of the calculation by an amount obtained 
 89.16  under paragraph (b).  The new rate must be rounded to the 
 89.17  nearest 0.1 cent and is effective on April 1 of each year. 
 89.18     (b) Divide the annual average United States Consumer Price 
 89.19  Index for all urban consumers, United States city average, as 
 89.20  determined by the United States Department of Labor for the 
 89.21  previous year by that annual average for the year before the 
 89.22  previous year. 
 89.23     Sec. 10.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 296A.08, 
 89.24  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 89.25     Subd. 2.  [RATE OF TAX.] The special fuel excise tax is 
 89.26  imposed at the following rates: 
 89.27     (a) From July 1, 2005, to June 30, 2006, liquefied 
 89.28  petroleum gas or propane is taxed at the rate of 15 18 cents per 
 89.29  gallon.; 
 89.30     (b) liquefied natural gas is taxed at the rate of 12 14.4 
 89.31  cents per gallon.; and 
 89.32     (c) compressed natural gas is taxed at the rate 
 89.33  of $1.739 $2.087 per thousand cubic feet; or 20 24 cents per 
 89.34  gasoline equivalent, as defined by the National Conference on 
 89.35  Weights and Measures, which is 5.66 pounds of natural gas. 
 89.36     (b) From July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007, liquefied 
 90.1   petroleum gas or propane is taxed at the rate of 20.3 cents per 
 90.2   gallon; liquefied natural gas is taxed at the rate of 16.2 cents 
 90.3   per gallon; and compressed natural gas is taxed at the rate of 
 90.4   $2.348 per thousand cubic feet; or 27 cents per gasoline 
 90.5   equivalent, as defined by the National Conference on Weights and 
 90.6   Measures, which is 5.66 pounds of natural gas. 
 90.7      (c) On and after July 1, 2007, liquefied petroleum gas or 
 90.8   propane is taxed at the rate of 22.5 cents per gallon; liquefied 
 90.9   natural gas is taxed at the rate of 18 cents per gallon; and 
 90.10  compressed natural gas is taxed at the rate of $2.609 per 
 90.11  thousand cubic feet; or 30 cents per gasoline equivalent, as 
 90.12  defined by the National Conference on Weights and Measures, 
 90.13  which is 5.66 pounds of natural gas. 
 90.14     (d) All other special fuel is taxed at the same rate as the 
 90.15  gasoline excise tax as specified in section 296A.07, subdivision 
 90.16  2.  The tax is payable in the form and manner prescribed by the 
 90.17  commissioner. 
 90.18     Sec. 11.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 296A.08, is 
 90.19  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 90.20     Subd. 7.  [ANNUAL SPECIAL FUEL TAX RATE ADJUSTMENT.] (a) 
 90.21  Before June 1 of each year, the commissioner of revenue shall 
 90.22  recompute and publish the rate of the special fuel tax.  The new 
 90.23  rate must be calculated by multiplying the rate in effect at the 
 90.24  time of the calculation by an amount obtained under paragraph 
 90.25  (b).  The new rate must be rounded to the nearest 0.1 cent and 
 90.26  is effective on June 1 of each year. 
 90.27     (b) Divide the annual average United States Consumer Price 
 90.28  Index for all urban consumers, United States city average, as 
 90.29  determined by the United States Department of Labor for the 
 90.30  previous year by that annual average for the year before the 
 90.31  previous year. 
 90.32     Sec. 12.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 297B.09, 
 90.33  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 90.34     Subdivision 1.  [DEPOSIT OF REVENUES.] (a) Money collected 
 90.35  and received under this chapter must be deposited as provided in 
 90.36  this subdivision.  
 91.1      (b) From July 1, 2002, to June 30, 2003, 32 percent of the 
 91.2   money collected and received must be deposited in the highway 
 91.3   user tax distribution fund, 20.5 percent must be deposited in 
 91.4   the metropolitan area transit fund under section 16A.88, and 
 91.5   1.25 percent must be deposited in the greater Minnesota transit 
 91.6   fund under section 16A.88.  The remaining money must be 
 91.7   deposited in the general fund. 
 91.8      (c) From July 1, 2003, to June 30, 2007 2005, 30 percent of 
 91.9   the money collected and received must be deposited in the 
 91.10  highway user tax distribution fund, 21.5 percent must be 
 91.11  deposited in the metropolitan area transit fund under section 
 91.12  16A.88, 1.43 percent must be deposited in the greater Minnesota 
 91.13  transit fund under section 16A.88, 0.65 percent must be 
 91.14  deposited in the county state-aid highway fund, and 0.17 percent 
 91.15  must be deposited in the municipal state-aid street fund.  The 
 91.16  remaining money must be deposited in the general fund. 
 91.17     (c) From July 1, 2005, to June 30, 2006, 23 percent of the 
 91.18  money collected and received must be deposited in the highway 
 91.19  user tax distribution fund, one percent must be deposited in the 
 91.20  right-of-way advance acquisition loan account established under 
 91.21  section 446A.085, subdivision 3, 27.25 percent must be deposited 
 91.22  in the metropolitan area transit fund under section 16A.88, and 
 91.23  2.5 percent must be deposited in the greater Minnesota transit 
 91.24  fund under section 16A.88.  The remaining money must be 
 91.25  deposited in the general fund. 
 91.26     (d) From July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007, 19 percent of the 
 91.27  money collected and received must be deposited in the highway 
 91.28  user tax distribution fund, one percent must be deposited in the 
 91.29  right-of-way advance acquisition loan account under section 
 91.30  446A.085, subdivision 3, 31 percent must be deposited in the 
 91.31  metropolitan area transit fund under section 16A.88, and 2.75 
 91.32  percent must be deposited in the greater Minnesota transit fund 
 91.33  under section 16A.88.  The remaining money must be deposited in 
 91.34  the general fund. 
 91.35     (e) From July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2008, 18 percent of the 
 91.36  money collected and received must be deposited in the highway 
 92.1   user tax distribution fund, 42.75 percent must be deposited in 
 92.2   the metropolitan area transit fund under section 16A.88, 5.25 
 92.3   percent must be deposited in the greater Minnesota transit fund 
 92.4   under section 16A.88, and ten percent must be deposited in the 
 92.5   multimodal transportation fund under section 16A.89.  The 
 92.6   remaining money must be deposited in the general fund. 
 92.7      (f) From July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009, 16 percent of the 
 92.8   money collected and received must be deposited in the highway 
 92.9   user tax distribution fund, 44.5 percent must be deposited in 
 92.10  the metropolitan area transit fund under section 16A.88, 5.5 
 92.11  percent must be deposited in the greater Minnesota transit fund 
 92.12  under section 16A.88, and 20 percent must be deposited in the 
 92.13  multimodal transportation fund under section 16A.89.  The 
 92.14  remaining money must be deposited in the general fund. 
 92.15     (g) From July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2010, 14 percent of the 
 92.16  money collected and received must be deposited in the highway 
 92.17  user tax distribution fund, 46 percent must be deposited in the 
 92.18  metropolitan area transit fund under section 16A.88, six percent 
 92.19  must be deposited in the greater Minnesota transit fund under 
 92.20  section 16A.88, and 30 percent must be deposited in the 
 92.21  multimodal transportation fund under section 16A.89.  The 
 92.22  remaining money must be deposited in the general fund. 
 92.23     (d) (h) On and after July 1, 2007 2010, 32 14 percent 
 92.24  of the money collected and received must be deposited in the 
 92.25  highway user tax distribution fund, 20.5 46 percent must be 
 92.26  deposited in the metropolitan area transit fund under section 
 92.27  16A.88, and 1.25 six percent must be deposited in the greater 
 92.28  Minnesota transit fund under section 16A.88, and 34 percent must 
 92.29  be deposited in the multimodal transportation fund under section 
 92.30  16A.89.  The remaining money must be deposited in the general 
 92.31  fund. 
 92.32     Sec. 13.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 446A.085, 
 92.33  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 92.34     Subd. 3.  [ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND; ACCOUNTS.] (a) A 
 92.35  transportation revolving loan fund is established to make loans 
 92.36  for the purposes described in subdivision 2.  A highway account 
 93.1   is established in the fund for highway projects eligible under 
 93.2   United States Code, title 23.  A transit account is established 
 93.3   in the fund for transit capital projects eligible under United 
 93.4   States Code, title 49.  A state funds general loan account is 
 93.5   established in the fund for transportation projects eligible 
 93.6   under state law.  A right-of-way advance acquisition loan 
 93.7   account is established in the fund for projects described in 
 93.8   subdivision 10a.  Other accounts may be established in the fund 
 93.9   as necessary for its management and administration.  
 93.10     (b) The transportation revolving loan fund receives federal 
 93.11  money under the act and money from any source.  Money received 
 93.12  under this section must be paid to the commissioner of finance 
 93.13  and credited to the transportation revolving loan fund.  Money 
 93.14  in the fund is annually appropriated to the authority and does 
 93.15  not lapse.  The fund must be credited with investment income, 
 93.16  and with repayments of principal and interest, except for 
 93.17  servicing fees assessed under sections 446A.04, subdivision 5, 
 93.18  and 446A.11, subdivision 8. 
 93.19     Sec. 14.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 446A.085, 
 93.20  subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
 93.21     Subd. 8.  [CERTIFICATION OF PROJECTS.] (a) Except as 
 93.22  provided in paragraph (b), the commissioner of transportation 
 93.23  shall consider the following information when evaluating 
 93.24  projects to certify for funding to the Transportation Committee: 
 93.25     (1) a description of the nature and purpose of the proposed 
 93.26  transportation project including an explanation of the need for 
 93.27  the project and the reasons why it is in the public interest; 
 93.28     (2) the relationship of the project to the area 
 93.29  transportation improvement program, the approved statewide 
 93.30  transportation improvement program, and to any transportation 
 93.31  plans required under state or federal law; 
 93.32     (3) the estimated cost of the project and the amount of 
 93.33  loans sought; 
 93.34     (4) proposed sources of funding in addition to loans sought 
 93.35  from the transportation revolving loan fund; 
 93.36     (5) the need for the project as part of the overall 
 94.1   transportation system; 
 94.2      (6) the overall economic impact of the project; and 
 94.3      (7) the extent to which completion of the project will 
 94.4   improve the movement of people and freight. 
 94.5      (b) For loans made from the right-of-way advance 
 94.6   acquisition loan account, the commissioner of transportation 
 94.7   shall consider the following information when evaluating 
 94.8   projects to certify for funding to the transportation committee: 
 94.9      (1) a description of the highway project, including 
 94.10  estimated schedules and costs, for which advance acquisition of 
 94.11  right-of-way is sought; 
 94.12     (2) the importance of the project as measured by the 
 94.13  criteria in paragraph (a), clauses (2) and (5) to (7); 
 94.14     (3) other sources of funding available for the acquisition; 
 94.15     (4) the necessity of preserving right-of-way for the 
 94.16  project as a means of reducing overall project costs and 
 94.17  preventing incompatible land uses; 
 94.18     (5) other options available for right-of-way preservation; 
 94.19  and 
 94.20     (6) the overall cost-effectiveness of advance right-of-way 
 94.21  acquisition for the project. 
 94.22     Sec. 15.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 446A.085, is 
 94.23  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 94.24     Subd. 10a.  [RIGHT-OF-WAY ADVANCE ACQUISITION LOANS.] (a) 
 94.25  Loans from the right-of-way advance acquisition loan account may 
 94.26  be made to the state, counties, towns, and statutory or home 
 94.27  rule charter cities for purchasing property within the 
 94.28  right-of-way of a state trunk highway shown on an official map 
 94.29  adopted under section 394.361 or 462.359. 
 94.30     (b) Loans under this subdivision may be made only: 
 94.31     (1) to accelerate the acquisition of primarily undeveloped 
 94.32  property when there is a reasonable probability that the 
 94.33  property will increase in value before highway construction, and 
 94.34  to update an expired environmental impact statement on a project 
 94.35  for which the right-of-way is being purchased; 
 94.36     (2) to avert the imminent conversion or the granting of 
 95.1   approvals that would allow the conversion of property to uses 
 95.2   that would jeopardize its availability for highway construction; 
 95.3   or 
 95.4      (3) to take advantage of open market opportunities when 
 95.5   developed properties become available for sale, provided all 
 95.6   parties involved are agreeable to the sale and funds are 
 95.7   available. 
 95.8      (c) A private property owner whose property is purchased 
 95.9   with proceeds of a loan under this subdivision may elect to 
 95.10  receive the purchase price either in a lump sum or in not more 
 95.11  than four annual installments without interest on the deferred 
 95.12  installments.  If the purchase agreement provides for 
 95.13  installment payments, the loan may be made in installments 
 95.14  corresponding to those in the purchase agreement.  The recipient 
 95.15  of an acquisition loan shall convey the property for the 
 95.16  construction of the highway at the same price the recipient paid 
 95.17  for the property.  The price may include the costs of preparing 
 95.18  environmental documents that were required for the acquisition 
 95.19  and that were paid for with money that the recipient received 
 95.20  from the account.  Upon notification by the commissioner to the 
 95.21  loan recipient that the plan to construct the highway has been 
 95.22  abandoned or the anticipated location of the highway changed, 
 95.23  the recipient shall sell the property at market value in 
 95.24  accordance with the procedures required for the disposition of 
 95.25  the property. 
 95.26     (d) All rents and other money received by the loan 
 95.27  recipient because of the recipient's ownership of the property 
 95.28  and all proceeds from the conveyance or sale of the property 
 95.29  must be paid to the commissioner for deposit in the account.  
 95.30  Amounts so received may be applied to repayment of the loan. 
 95.31     Sec. 16.  [TRUNK HIGHWAY BONDS; ISSUANCE.] 
 95.32     The commissioner of finance shall, on recommendation of the 
 95.33  commissioner of transportation, sell and issue Minnesota trunk 
 95.34  highway bonds under Minnesota Statutes, sections 167.50 to 
 95.35  167.52, and the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 
 95.36  to 7, and article XIV, section 11, at times and in amounts 
 96.1   determined by the commissioner of transportation.  Bonds issued 
 96.2   under this section are authorized in an aggregate principal 
 96.3   amount of $1,000,000,000 over a ten-year period.  The proceeds 
 96.4   of the bonds, except accrued interest and any premium received 
 96.5   on the sale of the bonds, must be credited to the bond proceeds 
 96.6   account in the trunk highway fund.  Notwithstanding Minnesota 
 96.7   Statutes, section 16A.642, this authorization must not be 
 96.8   canceled before February 1, 2017. 
 96.9      Sec. 17.  [TRUNK HIGHWAY BOND PROCEEDS APPROPRIATION.] 
 96.10     $1,000,000,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of 
 96.11  transportation from the separate bond proceeds account in the 
 96.12  trunk highway fund for the construction, reconstruction, and 
 96.13  improvement of trunk highways, including acquisition of real 
 96.14  property.  No more than $100,000,000 of this appropriation may 
 96.15  be encumbered in each of fiscal years 2006 to 2015.  Up to 17 
 96.16  percent of the appropriation each year may be used by the 
 96.17  department for program delivery. 
 96.18     Sec. 18.  [ROAD CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS.] 
 96.19     (a) $61,000,000 in fiscal year 2006 and $123,000,000 in 
 96.20  fiscal year 2007 are appropriated from the trunk highway fund to 
 96.21  the commissioner of transportation for state road construction.  
 96.22  Up to 17 percent of the appropriation each year may be used by 
 96.23  the department for program delivery. 
 96.24     (b) $25,300,000 in fiscal year 2006 and $54,000,000 in 
 96.25  fiscal year 2007 is appropriated to the commissioner from the 
 96.26  county state-aid highway fund for county state aid. 
 96.27     (c) $8,600,000 in fiscal year 2006 and $16,900,000 in 
 96.28  fiscal year 2007 is appropriated to the commissioner from the 
 96.29  municipal state-aid street fund for municipal state aid. 
 96.30     (d) These appropriations are in addition to any other 
 96.31  appropriation made for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 for the same 
 96.32  purposes. 
 96.33     Sec. 19.  [TRANSIT BUDGET BASE.] 
 96.34     The general fund budget base for metropolitan transit and 
 96.35  greater Minnesota transit for fiscal years 2008 and 2009 is zero.
 96.36     Sec. 20.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 97.1      Section 7 is effective for first registration periods in 
 97.2   which the tax is first due on or after July 1, 2005, and for 
 97.3   renewals of registrations on those vehicles assigned 
 97.4   registration periods of July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006, or 
 97.5   later.  Sections 1 to 6, 8, 10, and 12 to 19, are effective July 
 97.6   1, 2005.  Sections 9 and 11 are effective July 1, 2007.  
 97.7   Sections 8 and 10 apply to all gasoline, undyed diesel fuel, and 
 97.8   special fuel in distributor storage on July 1, 2005. 
 97.9                              ARTICLE 6
 97.10                          LOCAL SALES TAX 
 97.11     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 161.04, is 
 97.12  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 97.13     Subd. 5.  [HIGHWAY SPENDING IN METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION 
 97.14  DISTRICT.] In any year during which taxes authorized in section 
 97.15  297A.992, subdivision 3, are imposed, and exclusive of the 
 97.16  expenditure of these revenues, the percentage of total trunk 
 97.17  highway fund expenditures attributable to projects in the 
 97.18  metropolitan transportation area, within the meaning of section 
 97.19  297A.992, subdivision 1, may not vary more than two percentage 
 97.20  points from the average of the previous five years of trunk 
 97.21  highway fund metropolitan transportation area expenditures. 
 97.22     Sec. 2.  [297A.992] [LOCAL TRANSPORTATION SALES AND EXCISE 
 97.23  TAX.] 
 97.24     Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITIONS.] For purposes of this section 
 97.25  and section 161.04, subdivision 5: 
 97.26     (a) "Metropolitan transportation area" means the area of 
 97.27  all counties designated on or before September 1, 2005, by 
 97.28  resolution of each county board, to be a part of the 
 97.29  metropolitan transportation area, together with counties so 
 97.30  designated after September 1, 2005, subject to the concurrence 
 97.31  of the joint powers board.  Counties eligible for designation as 
 97.32  part of the metropolitan transportation area are Anoka, Carver, 
 97.33  Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington, and any adjacent 
 97.34  county.  
 97.35     (b) "Joint powers board" means the Metropolitan 
 97.36  Transportation Area Joint Powers Board. 
 98.1      Subd. 2.  [AUTHORIZATION; RATES.] Notwithstanding sections 
 98.2   297A.99, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5, and 13; 477A.016; or any other 
 98.3   law, the joint powers board may impose a transportation sales 
 98.4   and use tax, at a rate of one-half of one percent on retail 
 98.5   sales and uses taxable under chapter 297A, and may impose an 
 98.6   excise tax on the sale of new motor vehicles, at the rate of $20 
 98.7   per vehicle, occurring within the jurisdiction of the taxing 
 98.8   authority, to fund transportation improvements, as provided in 
 98.9   this section. 
 98.10     Subd. 3.  [METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AREA SALES TAX.] (a) 
 98.11  The joint powers board may impose the transportation sales and 
 98.12  use tax and motor vehicle excise tax within the metropolitan 
 98.13  transportation area, if approved by a majority of the members of 
 98.14  the joint powers board.  
 98.15     (b) A metropolitan transportation area fund is created in 
 98.16  the state treasury.  After the deductions allowed in section 
 98.17  297A.99, subdivision 11, the commissioner of revenue shall 
 98.18  deposit all revenue from taxes imposed under this section in the 
 98.19  fund.  Money in the fund is appropriated to the commissioner of 
 98.20  finance.  The commissioner of finance shall allocate money in 
 98.21  the fund as directed by resolution of the joint powers board 
 98.22  under paragraph (d). 
 98.23     (c) Before imposing the tax under paragraph (a), counties 
 98.24  in the metropolitan transportation area shall enter into a joint 
 98.25  powers agreement to create the joint powers board to exercise 
 98.26  the powers provided in this section.  The joint powers board 
 98.27  must consist of one representative of each county in the 
 98.28  metropolitan transportation area.  The joint powers board has 
 98.29  the powers and duties provided in this section and in section 
 98.30  471.59, except that the joint powers board may not issue bonds. 
 98.31     (d) By May 1 of each year, the joint powers board shall, by 
 98.32  resolution, direct the commissioner of finance to allocate 
 98.33  revenue in the metropolitan transportation area fund for the 
 98.34  next fiscal year.  The resolution must direct the commissioner 
 98.35  to allocate funds to the following recipients for the following 
 98.36  purposes: 
 99.1      (1) to the commissioner of transportation for metropolitan 
 99.2   transportation area highway projects included in the 
 99.3   commissioner's current ten-year highway work plan; 
 99.4      (2) to the commissioner of transportation for 
 99.5   implementation of the commissioner's greater Minnesota transit 
 99.6   plan in counties in the metropolitan transportation area that 
 99.7   are directly served by greater Minnesota transit; 
 99.8      (3) to the Metropolitan Council for implementation of the 
 99.9   public transit components of the council's 2030 transportation 
 99.10  policy plan, and for other public transit operations and capital 
 99.11  improvements provided or assisted by the council in counties in 
 99.12  the metropolitan transportation area; 
 99.13     (4) to counties in the metropolitan transportation area for 
 99.14  construction, maintenance, and improvement of local roads; and 
 99.15     (5) to counties in the metropolitan transportation area for 
 99.16  operation of and capital assistance to public transit systems 
 99.17  that the county, or one or more cities in the county owns, 
 99.18  operates, or contracts for. 
 99.19     Subd. 4.  [TAX IN COUNTIES OUTSIDE METROPOLITAN 
 99.20  TRANSPORTATION AREA.] Notwithstanding sections 297A.99, 
 99.21  subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5, and 13; 477A.016; or any other law, the 
 99.22  board of a county outside the metropolitan transportation area, 
 99.23  or more than one county acting under a joint powers agreement, 
 99.24  may impose, either or both, a transportation sales tax at a rate 
 99.25  of one-half of one percent on retail sales and uses taxable 
 99.26  under chapter 297A and a motor vehicle excise tax on the sale of 
 99.27  new motor vehicles at the rate of $20 per vehicle, occurring 
 99.28  within the jurisdiction of the taxing authority.  The board of a 
 99.29  county that is eligible for designation as part of the 
 99.30  metropolitan transportation area under section 297A.992, 
 99.31  subdivision 1, may not impose a transportation sales tax other 
 99.32  than through participation in the Metropolitan Transportation 
 99.33  Area Joint Powers Board.  The proceeds of the tax must be 
 99.34  dedicated exclusively to payment of the cost of a specific 
 99.35  transportation project or to the costs of transit operations.  
 99.36  The tax must terminate on the date determined by majority vote 
100.1   of the county board or joint powers board. 
100.2      Subd. 5.  [ADMINISTRATION, COLLECTION, ENFORCEMENT.] The 
100.3   administration, collection, and enforcement provisions in 
100.4   section 297A.99, subdivisions 4 and 6 to 12, apply to all taxes 
100.5   imposed under this section. 
100.6      Sec. 3.  [REPORT.] 
100.7      In each year during the period of imposition of the taxes 
100.8   authorized in Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.992, subdivision 
100.9   3, the commissioner of transportation and the Metropolitan 
100.10  Council shall report by February 1 to the house of 
100.11  representatives and senate committees having jurisdiction over 
100.12  transportation policy and finance concerning the revenues 
100.13  received from the metropolitan transportation area sales tax and 
100.14  the expenditures of that money.