SF 3023

as introduced - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to motor vehicles; modifying vehicle 
  1.3             registration and titling provisions; modifying vehicle 
  1.4             registration plate impoundment provisions; modifying 
  1.5             interstate commercial vehicle registration provisions 
  1.6             to conform to interstate registration plan; making 
  1.7             technical and clarifying changes; amending Minnesota 
  1.8             Statutes 1998, sections 168.012, subdivision 7; 
  1.9             168.013, by adding a subdivision; 168.017, subdivision 
  1.10            3; 168.042, subdivisions 1, 2, 9, 12, and by adding a 
  1.11            subdivision; 168.09, subdivision 6; 168.1235, 
  1.12            subdivisions 1 and 4; 168.1291; 168.13; 168.187, 
  1.13            subdivision 8; 168.31, subdivision 4; 168.33, 
  1.14            subdivision 7; 168.54, subdivisions 5 and 6; 168A.03; 
  1.15            168A.06; 168A.13; 168A.14; 168A.31, subdivision 1; and 
  1.16            171.20, subdivision 4; Minnesota Statutes 1999 
  1.17            Supplement, sections 168.15, subdivision 1; 168.16; 
  1.18            and 171.29, subdivision 2; repealing Minnesota 
  1.19            Statutes 1998, section 168.1292. 
  1.20  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.21     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.012, 
  1.22  subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
  1.23     Subd. 7.  [VEHICLE NOT USED; DOMICILED IN ANOTHER STATE.] 
  1.24  The owner of a motor vehicles which vehicle that during any 
  1.25  calendar year, or in the case of a vehicle registered pursuant 
  1.26  to under section 168.017, during the registration period there 
  1.27  provided for in that section, are is not operated on a public 
  1.28  highway shall be is exempt from the provisions of this chapter 
  1.29  requiring registration, payment of tax, and penalties for tax 
  1.30  nonpayment thereof, provided that but only if the owner of any 
  1.31  such the vehicle shall first file files a verified written 
  1.32  application with the commissioner of public safety registrar, 
  2.1   correctly describing the vehicle and certifying that it has not 
  2.2   been and will not be operated upon a public highway. 
  2.3      Motor vehicles whose domicile is A motor vehicle domiciled 
  2.4   in a foreign state and are, legally licensed in that state, and 
  2.5   owned by a Minnesota resident shall be is exempt from the 
  2.6   provisions of this chapter and; except that it is subject to the 
  2.7   provisions of section 168.181, subdivision 3., provided, that 
  2.8   this exemption does not conflict with any existing reciprocal 
  2.9   agreement with the state in which the vehicle is domiciled. 
  2.10     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.013, is 
  2.11  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  2.12     Subd. 21.  [SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT.] A special event 
  2.13  conversion permit may be issued by the registrar for a vehicle 
  2.14  registered as a school bus under subdivision 18 upon the 
  2.15  approval of the registrar and payment, for a minimum of one 
  2.16  month, of the higher registration tax for a bus registered under 
  2.17  subdivision 1f. 
  2.18     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.017, 
  2.19  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  2.20     Subd. 3.  [EXCEPTIONS.] (a) The registrar shall register 
  2.21  all vehicles subject to registration under the monthly series 
  2.22  system shall be registered by the registrar for a period of 12 
  2.23  consecutive calendar months, except as follows unless: 
  2.24     (a) if (1) the application is an original rather than 
  2.25  renewal application; or 
  2.26     (b) if (2) the applicant is a licensed motor vehicle lessor 
  2.27  under section 168.27, in which case the applicant may apply for 
  2.28  original registration of a vehicle for a period of four or more 
  2.29  months, the month of expiration to be designated by the 
  2.30  applicant at the time of registration.  However, to qualify for 
  2.31  this exemption, the applicant must present the application to 
  2.32  the registrar at St. Paul, or at deputy registrar offices as the 
  2.33  registrar may designate. 
  2.34     (b) In any instance except that of a licensed motor vehicle 
  2.35  lessor, the registrar may register shall not approve registering 
  2.36  the vehicle which is the subject of to the application for a 
  3.1   period of not less than three nor more than 15 calendar months, 
  3.2   except when the registrar determines that to do so otherwise 
  3.3   will help to equalize the registration and renewal work load of 
  3.4   the department. 
  3.5      Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.042, 
  3.6   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  3.7      Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITIONS.] (a) For purposes of this 
  3.8   section, the following terms have the meanings given. 
  3.9      (b) "Violator" means a person who was driving, operating, 
  3.10  or in physical control of the motor vehicle when the violation 
  3.11  occurred. 
  3.12     (c) "Violation" includes: 
  3.13     (1) a violation of section 169.121, subdivision 1, clause 
  3.14  (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (g), or (h); 169.121, subdivision 1a; 
  3.15  or 169.123; or a conforming ordinance from this state or a 
  3.16  conforming statute or ordinance from another state; that results 
  3.17  in the revocation of a person's driver's license or driving 
  3.18  privileges: 
  3.19     (i) within five years of a prior impaired driving 
  3.20  conviction or a prior license revocation; or 
  3.21     (ii) within 15 years of two or more prior impaired driving 
  3.22  convictions, two or more prior license revocations, or a prior 
  3.23  impaired driving conviction and a prior license revocation, 
  3.24  based on separate incidents; 
  3.25     (2) a violation of section 169.121, subdivision 1, clause 
  3.26  (f), or section 169.121, subdivision 3, paragraph (c), clause 
  3.27  (4); 
  3.28     (3) a violation of section 169.129; and 
  3.29     (4) a violation of section 171.24 by a person whose 
  3.30  driver's license or driving privileges have been privilege is 
  3.31  canceled under section 171.04, subdivision 1, clause (9) for 
  3.32  failure to provide proof of financial responsibility under the 
  3.33  Minnesota No-Fault Automobile Insurance Act. 
  3.34     (d) "Prior impaired driving conviction" has the meaning 
  3.35  given it in section 169.121, subdivision 3. 
  3.36     (e) "Prior license revocation" has the meaning given it in 
  4.1   section 169.121, subdivision 3. 
  4.2      Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.042, 
  4.3   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  4.4      Subd. 2.  [VIOLATION; ISSUANCE OF IMPOUNDMENT ORDER.] The 
  4.5   commissioner shall issue a registration plate impoundment order 
  4.6   when: 
  4.7      (1) a person's driver's license or driving privileges are 
  4.8   revoked for a violation; or 
  4.9      (2) a person is arrested for or charged with a violation 
  4.10  described in subdivision 1, paragraph (c), clause (3) or (4); or 
  4.11     (3) a person's driver's license or driving privilege is 
  4.12  canceled under section 171.04, subdivision 1, for failure to 
  4.13  provide proof of financial responsibility under the Minnesota 
  4.14  No-Fault Automobile Insurance Act. 
  4.15     The order shall require the impoundment of the registration 
  4.16  plates of the self-propelled motor vehicle involved in the 
  4.17  violation and all self-propelled motor vehicles owned by, 
  4.18  registered, or leased in the name of the violator, including 
  4.19  self-propelled motor vehicles registered jointly or leased in 
  4.20  the name of the violator and another.  An impoundment order 
  4.21  shall not be issued for the registration plates of a rental 
  4.22  vehicle as defined in section 168.041, subdivision 10, or a 
  4.23  vehicle registered in another state. 
  4.24     Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.042, 
  4.25  subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
  4.26     Subd. 9.  [ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW.] At any time during the 
  4.27  effective period of an impoundment order, a person may request 
  4.28  in writing a review of the impoundment order by the 
  4.29  commissioner.  On receiving a request, the commissioner or the 
  4.30  commissioner's designee shall review the order, the evidence 
  4.31  upon which the order was based, and any other material 
  4.32  information brought to the attention of the commissioner, and 
  4.33  determine whether sufficient cause exists to sustain the order.  
  4.34  The commissioner shall report in writing the results of the 
  4.35  review within 15 days of receiving the request.  The review 
  4.36  provided in this subdivision is not subject to the contested 
  5.1   case provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act in sections 
  5.2   14.01 to 14.69.  As a result of this review, the commissioner 
  5.3   may authorize the issuance at no cost of new registration plates 
  5.4   to the registered owner of the vehicle if the registered owner's 
  5.5   license or driving privileges were privilege was not revoked as 
  5.6   a result of the violation. 
  5.7      The commissioner or commissioner's designee shall conduct 
  5.8   the review under this subdivision shall take place, if possible, 
  5.9   at the same time, if possible, as any administrative review of 
  5.10  the person's license revocation under section 169.123, 
  5.11  subdivision 5b. 
  5.12     Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.042, 
  5.13  subdivision 12, is amended to read: 
  5.14     Subd. 12.  [SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES.] A violator or 
  5.15  registered owner may apply to the commissioner for new 
  5.16  registration plates, which must bear a special series of numbers 
  5.17  or letters so as to be readily identified by traffic law 
  5.18  enforcement officers.  The commissioner may authorize the 
  5.19  issuance of special plates if: 
  5.20     (1) the violator has a qualified licensed driver whom the 
  5.21  violator must identify; 
  5.22     (2) the violator or registered owner has a limited license 
  5.23  issued under section 171.30; 
  5.24     (3) the registered owner is not the violator and the 
  5.25  registered owner has a valid or limited driver's license; or 
  5.26     (4) a member of the registered owner's household has a 
  5.27  valid driver's license. 
  5.28  The commissioner may issue the special plates on payment of a 
  5.29  $50 fee for each vehicle for which special plates are 
  5.30  requested.  The commissioner shall issue the special 
  5.31  registration plates for a minimum period of one year from the 
  5.32  effective date of either the impoundment order or reinstatement 
  5.33  of the violator's driver's license whichever date is later.  At 
  5.34  the time of the next registration renewal following this period, 
  5.35  the owner may apply for regular registration plates. 
  5.36     Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.042, is 
  6.1   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  6.2      Subd. 12a.  [IMPOUNDMENT ORDER; REINSTATEMENT OF REGULAR 
  6.3   LICENSE PLATES.] A violator is ineligible to receive regular 
  6.4   license plates for a vehicle subject to an impoundment order 
  6.5   until the driver's license or driving privilege of the violator 
  6.6   is reinstated or unless a period of one year from the effective 
  6.7   date of the impoundment order has passed, whichever date is 
  6.8   later, unless otherwise provided for in this section.  At the 
  6.9   next registration renewal following this period, the violator is 
  6.10  eligible to receive regular registration plates for the vehicle. 
  6.11     Sec. 9.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.09, 
  6.12  subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
  6.13     Subd. 6.  [SEMITRAILER.] On semitrailers For a semitrailer, 
  6.14  as defined in section 168.011, subdivision 14, a number plate 
  6.15  must be assigned to the registered owner as identification for 
  6.16  the vehicle and correlate with the certificate of title 
  6.17  documentation on file with the department.  This number 
  6.18  plate shall must not display a year designator.  The 
  6.19  registration card must indicate the number plate for the number 
  6.20  plate to be valid. 
  6.21     Sec. 10.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.1235, 
  6.22  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  6.23     Subdivision 1.  [GENERAL REQUIREMENTS; FEES.] (a) On 
  6.24  payment of a fee of $10 for each set of two license plates, or 
  6.25  for a single plate in the case of a motorcycle plate, payment of 
  6.26  the registration tax required by law, and compliance with other 
  6.27  laws relating to the registration and licensing of a passenger 
  6.28  automobile, pickup truck, van, or self-propelled recreational 
  6.29  equipment, or motorcycle vehicle, as applicable, the registrar 
  6.30  shall issue a special license plate sticker for each plate to an 
  6.31  applicant who is a member of a congressionally chartered 
  6.32  veterans service organization and is an owner or joint owner of 
  6.33  a passenger automobile, pickup truck, van, or self-propelled 
  6.34  recreational equipment, or motorcycle vehicle. 
  6.35     (b) The additional fee of $10 is payable at the time of 
  6.36  initial application for the special license plate stickers and 
  7.1   when the license plates must be replaced or renewed.  An 
  7.2   applicant must not be issued more than two sets of special 
  7.3   license plate stickers for vehicles listed in paragraph (a) and 
  7.4   owned or jointly owned by the applicant. 
  7.5      (c) The commissioner of veterans affairs shall determine 
  7.6   what documentation is required by each applicant to show that 
  7.7   the applicant is a member of a congressionally chartered 
  7.8   veterans service organization and is entitled to the special 
  7.9   license plate stickers. 
  7.10     Sec. 11.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.1235, 
  7.11  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  7.12     Subd. 4.  [PLATES TRANSFER.] Notwithstanding section 168.12 
  7.13  or other law to the contrary, on payment of a fee of $5, the 
  7.14  special plate stickers issued under subdivision 1, may be 
  7.15  transferred to other license plates on a passenger automobile, 
  7.16  pickup truck, van, motorcycle, or self-propelled recreational 
  7.17  equipment vehicle owned or jointly owned by the person to whom 
  7.18  the stickers were issued.  
  7.19     Sec. 12.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.1291, is 
  7.20  amended to read: 
  7.21     168.1291 [SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES; DESIGN.] 
  7.22     Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITION.] For purposes of this section 
  7.23  "special license plates" means license plates issued under 
  7.24  sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b to 2e; 168.123; 168.1235; and 
  7.25  168.129; and 168.1292. 
  7.26     Subd. 2.  [DESIGN OF SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES.] The 
  7.27  commissioner shall design a single special license plate that 
  7.28  will contain a unique number and a space for a unique symbol.  
  7.29  The commissioner shall design a unique symbol related to the 
  7.30  purpose of each special license plate.  Any provision of 
  7.31  sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b to 2e; 168.123; and 168.129; 
  7.32  and 168.1292 that requires the placement of a specified letter 
  7.33  or letters on a special license plate applies to those license 
  7.34  plates only to the extent that the commissioner includes the 
  7.35  letter or letters in the design.  Where a law authorizing a 
  7.36  special license plate contains a specific requirement for 
  8.1   graphic design of that license plate, that requirement applies 
  8.2   to the appropriate unique symbol the commissioner designs. 
  8.3      Subd. 3.  [ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES WITH UNIQUE 
  8.4   SYMBOLS.] Notwithstanding section 168.12, subdivisions 2b to 2e; 
  8.5   168.123; or 168.129; or 168.1292, beginning with special license 
  8.6   plates issued in calendar year 1996 the commissioner shall issue 
  8.7   each class of special license plates permanently marked with 
  8.8   specific designs under those laws only until the commissioner's 
  8.9   supply of those license plates is exhausted.  Thereafter the 
  8.10  commissioner shall issue under those laws only the license plate 
  8.11  authorized under subdivision 2, with the appropriate unique 
  8.12  symbol attached. 
  8.13     Subd. 4.  [FEES.] Notwithstanding section 168.12, 
  8.14  subdivisions 2b to 2e; 168.123; or 168.129; or 168.1292, the 
  8.15  commissioner shall charge a fee of $10 for each set of license 
  8.16  plates issued under this section. 
  8.17     Subd. 5.  [APPLICATION.] This section does not apply to a 
  8.18  special motorcycle license plate designed by the registrar under 
  8.19  section 168.123, subdivision 1, clause (2). 
  8.20     Sec. 13.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.13, is 
  8.21  amended to read: 
  8.22     168.13 [PROOF OF OWNERSHIP.] 
  8.23     (a) The registrar shall not approve no an application and 
  8.24  shall not issue no number plates for any motor vehicle, unless 
  8.25  and until the title certificate theretofore issued under chapter 
  8.26  168A, or registration certificate if not titled, is delivered to 
  8.27  the registrar, who shall.  The registrar must be satisfied from 
  8.28  the records that all taxes and fees due hereunder shall have 
  8.29  been paid, and that endorsements upon the certificate are in 
  8.30  writing and have been signed by the seller and purchaser.  
  8.31     (b) The registrar shall not register and shall not issue 
  8.32  number plates for a motor vehicles vehicle brought into 
  8.33  Minnesota from other states shall not be registered or have 
  8.34  number plates issued therefor another state until such: 
  8.35     (1) a registration certificate or other evidence of title 
  8.36  as may reasonably be required from the registrant within that 
  9.1   state be is surrendered to the registrar in the same manner as 
  9.2   certificates of this state,; or in lieu thereof, such view and 
  9.3      (2) the registrar receives evidence of the chain of 
  9.4   ownership be had as will assure the payment of the proper tax so 
  9.5   long as the motor vehicle shall be is in the state.  
  9.6      Sec. 14.  Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 
  9.7   168.15, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  9.8      Subdivision 1.  [TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP.] (a) Upon the 
  9.9   transfer of ownership, destruction, theft, dismantling as such, 
  9.10  or the permanent removal by the owner thereof from this state of 
  9.11  any motor vehicle registered in accordance with the provisions 
  9.12  of this chapter, the right of the owner of such the vehicle to 
  9.13  use the registration certificate and number plates assigned such 
  9.14  to the vehicle shall expire, and such certificate and any 
  9.15  existing plates shall be, by such owner, forthwith returned, 
  9.16  with transportation prepaid, to the registrar with a signed 
  9.17  notice of the date and manner of termination of ownership, 
  9.18  giving the name and post office address, with street and number, 
  9.19  if in a city, of the person to whom transferred.  No fee may be 
  9.20  charged for a return of plates under this section expires.  
  9.21     (b) When the ownership of a motor vehicle shall be is 
  9.22  transferred to another who shall forthwith register the same in 
  9.23  the other's name, the registrar may permit the manual delivery 
  9.24  of such plates to the new owner of such vehicle resident of this 
  9.25  state, the transferor shall surrender the registration plates, 
  9.26  unless otherwise provided for in this chapter, and assign the 
  9.27  registration tax paid to the credit of the transferee.  
  9.28     (c) When seeking to become the owner by gift, trade, or 
  9.29  purchase of any vehicle for which a registration certificate has 
  9.30  been theretofore issued under the provisions of this chapter, a 
  9.31  person shall join with the registered owner in transmitting with 
  9.32  the application the registration certificate, with the 
  9.33  assignment and notice of sale duly executed upon the reverse 
  9.34  side thereof, or, in case of loss of such the certificate, 
  9.35  with such proof of loss by sworn statement, in writing, as shall 
  9.36  be and satisfactory to the registrar.  Upon the transfer of any 
 10.1   motor vehicle by a manufacturer or dealer, for use within the 
 10.2   state, whether by sale, lease, or otherwise, such the 
 10.3   manufacturer or dealer shall, within ten days after such the 
 10.4   transfer, file with the registrar a notice or report containing 
 10.5   the date of such transfer, a description of such the motor 
 10.6   vehicles vehicle, and the transferee's name, street and number 
 10.7   of residence, if in a city, and the post office address of the 
 10.8   transferee, and shall also transmit therewith with it the 
 10.9   transferee's application for registration thereof. 
 10.10     Sec. 15.  Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 
 10.11  168.16, is amended to read: 
 10.12     168.16 [REFUND; APPROPRIATION.] 
 10.13     After the tax upon any motor vehicle shall have has been 
 10.14  paid for any year, refund shall must be made for errors made in 
 10.15  computing the tax or fees and for the error on the part of an 
 10.16  owner who may in error have registered a motor vehicle that was 
 10.17  not before, nor at the time of registration, nor at any time 
 10.18  thereafter during the current past year, subject to tax in this 
 10.19  state as provided by section 168.012.  Unless otherwise provided 
 10.20  in this chapter, a claim for a refund of an overpayment of 
 10.21  registration tax must be filed within 3-1/2 years from the date 
 10.22  of payment.  The refundment shall refund must be made from any 
 10.23  fund in possession of the registrar and shall be deducted from 
 10.24  the registrar's monthly report to the commissioner of finance.  
 10.25  A detailed report of the refundment shall refund must accompany 
 10.26  the report.  The former owner of a transferred vehicle, by an 
 10.27  assignment in writing endorsed upon the registration certificate 
 10.28  and delivered to the registrar within the time provided herein 
 10.29  may sell and in this subdivision, shall assign, except for 
 10.30  vehicles registered under section 168.187, to the new owner 
 10.31  thereof the right to have the tax paid by the former owner 
 10.32  accredited to the owner who duly registers the vehicle.  Any 
 10.33  owner at the time of such occurrence, whose vehicle shall be is 
 10.34  declared by an insurance company to be a total loss due to flood 
 10.35  or tornado damage, permanently destroyed, or sold to the federal 
 10.36  government, the state, or a political subdivision thereof of the 
 11.1   state, shall upon filing a verified claim be entitled to a 
 11.2   refund of the unused portion of the tax paid upon the vehicle, 
 11.3   computed as follows: 
 11.4      (1) if the vehicle is registered under the calendar year 
 11.5   system of registration, the refund is computed pro rata by the 
 11.6   month, 1/12 of the annual tax paid for each month of the year 
 11.7   remaining after the month in which the plates and certificate 
 11.8   were returned to the registrar; 
 11.9      (2) in the case of a if the vehicle is registered under the 
 11.10  monthly series system of registration, the amount of the refund 
 11.11  is equal to the sum of the amounts of the license fee 
 11.12  attributable to those months remaining in the licensing period 
 11.13  after the month in which the plates and certificate were 
 11.14  returned to the registrar. 
 11.15     There is hereby appropriated to the persons entitled to a 
 11.16  refund, from the fund or account in the state treasury to which 
 11.17  the money was credited, an amount sufficient to make the refund 
 11.18  and payment.  
 11.19     Sec. 16.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.187, 
 11.20  subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
 11.21     Subd. 8.  [BASE STATE RECIPROCITY.] (1) Any agreement, 
 11.22  arrangement, or declaration made under the authority of this 
 11.23  section may contain provisions authorizing the registration or 
 11.24  licensing in another state of vehicles based in such the other 
 11.25  state, which vehicles otherwise would be required to be 
 11.26  registered or licensed in this state, except that such those 
 11.27  provisions shall not apply to passenger cars. 
 11.28     (2) For the purpose of this section, a vehicle shall be 
 11.29  deemed to be based in the state where it is most frequently 
 11.30  dispatched, garaged, serviced, maintained, operated or otherwise 
 11.31  controlled. 
 11.32     (3) For the purpose of this section, the owner of a vehicle 
 11.33  shall declare the state in which it is based, but the 
 11.34  commissioner of public safety shall make the final determination 
 11.35  of the state in which a the vehicle is based shall be made by 
 11.36  the commissioner of public safety of this state for the purpose 
 12.1   of determining liability for registration and other fees and 
 12.2   penalties due this state.  To the extent possible, The 
 12.3   commissioner of public safety shall be is governed, to the 
 12.4   extent possible, by the criteria specified in this section, and 
 12.5   agreement with the administrator of any other interested state. 
 12.6      (4) (3) Any agreement, arrangement, or declaration made 
 12.7   under this section may grant exemptions, benefits, and 
 12.8   privileges for vehicles in accordance with the its terms thereof.
 12.9      Sec. 17.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.31, 
 12.10  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 12.11     Subd. 4.  [INSTALLMENTS.] If the tax for a vehicle assessed 
 12.12  under section 168.013, subdivision 1c, 1d, 1e, or 1g, amounts to 
 12.13  more than $400, the owner may pay such the tax by installments.  
 12.14  The owner shall tender with the application for registration 
 12.15  one-third of the annual tax due or $400, whichever is greater, 
 12.16  plus any penalties or arrears, plus a fee of $10.  Instead of 
 12.17  this fee, the applicant may furnish a bond, bank letter of 
 12.18  credit, or certificate of deposit approved by the registrar of 
 12.19  motor vehicles, for the total of the tax still due.  The amount 
 12.20  of the bond, letter of credit, or certificate of deposit may 
 12.21  include any penalties which are assessed.  The bond, letter of 
 12.22  credit, or certificate of deposit shall must be for the benefit 
 12.23  of the state for monetary loss caused by failure of the vehicle 
 12.24  owner to pay delinquent license fees and penalties.  The 
 12.25  remainder of the tax due shall must be paid in two equal 
 12.26  installments; the due date of the first installment shall be is 
 12.27  the first day of the fifth month of the registration period for 
 12.28  which the tax is assessed and the second installment shall be is 
 12.29  due on the first day of the ninth month of the registration 
 12.30  period for which the tax is assessed.  When the applicant elects 
 12.31  to pay the administrative fee, the registrar shall issue to the 
 12.32  applicant distinctive validation stickers for the installment 
 12.33  paid.  When the applicant elects to furnish a bond, bank letter, 
 12.34  or letter of deposit, the registrar shall issue regular 
 12.35  validation stickers for the registration year.  If an owner of a 
 12.36  vehicle fails to pay an installment on or before the its due 
 13.1   date thereof, the vehicle shall must not use be used on the 
 13.2   public streets or highways in this state until the installment 
 13.3   or installments of the tax remaining due on such the vehicle 
 13.4   shall have been paid in full for the licensed year together with 
 13.5   a penalty at the rate of $1 per day for the remainder of the 
 13.6   month in which the balance of the tax becomes due and $4 a month 
 13.7   for each succeeding month or fraction thereof of a month during 
 13.8   which the balance of the tax remains unpaid.  Upon the payment 
 13.9   of the balance of the tax and the penalties, the registrar shall 
 13.10  issue a registration certificate to the owner of the vehicle in 
 13.11  the manner provided by law.  The registrar shall deny 
 13.12  installment payment privileges provided in this subdivision in 
 13.13  the subsequent year to any owner on any or all vehicles of such 
 13.14  the owner who during the current year fails to pay any 
 13.15  installment due within one month after the due date. 
 13.16     Sec. 18.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.33, 
 13.17  subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
 13.18     Subd. 7.  [FILING FEE.] In addition to all other statutory 
 13.19  fees and taxes, a filing fee of $3.50 is imposed on every 
 13.20  application; except that a filing fee may not be charged for a 
 13.21  document returned for a refund or for a correction of an error 
 13.22  made by the department or a deputy registrar.  The filing fee 
 13.23  shall be shown as a separate item on all registration renewal 
 13.24  notices sent out by the department of public safety.  No filing 
 13.25  fee or other fee may be charged for the permanent surrender of a 
 13.26  certificate of title and license plates for a motor vehicle.  
 13.27  Filing fees collected under this subdivision by the registrar 
 13.28  must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the highway 
 13.29  user tax distribution fund, except fees for registrations of new 
 13.30  motor vehicles.  Filing fees collected for registrations of new 
 13.31  motor vehicles in conjunction with a title transfer or first 
 13.32  application in this state must be paid into the state treasury 
 13.33  with 50 percent of the money credited to the general fund and 50 
 13.34  percent credited to the highway user tax distribution fund. 
 13.35     Sec. 19.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.54, 
 13.36  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 14.1      Subd. 5.  [PROCEEDS TO GENERAL FUND.] The registrar shall 
 14.2   collect the proceeds of the fee imposed under the provisions of 
 14.3   this section shall be collected by the commissioner of public 
 14.4   safety and paid into deposit them in the general fund pursuant 
 14.5   to section 168A.31. 
 14.6      Sec. 20.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.54, 
 14.7   subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
 14.8      Subd. 6.  [BALANCE TO GENERAL FUND.] The unobligated 
 14.9   balances in excess of $4,000 in said the transfer of ownership 
 14.10  revolving fund as of June 30 of each fiscal year shall be 
 14.11  canceled into cancel to the general fund.  
 14.12     Sec. 21.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168A.03, is 
 14.13  amended to read: 
 14.14     168A.03 [EXEMPT VEHICLES.] 
 14.15     No The registrar shall not issue a certificate of 
 14.16  title need be obtained for: 
 14.17     (1) a vehicle owned by the United States, unless it is 
 14.18  registered in this state; 
 14.19     (2) a vehicle owned by a manufacturer or dealer and held 
 14.20  for sale, even though incidentally moved on the highway or used 
 14.21  pursuant to section 168.27 or 168.28, or a vehicle used by a 
 14.22  manufacturer solely for testing; 
 14.23     (3) a vehicle owned by a nonresident and not required by 
 14.24  law to be registered in this state; 
 14.25     (4) a vehicle owned by a nonresident and regularly engaged 
 14.26  in the interstate transportation of persons or property for 
 14.27  which a currently effective certificate of title has been issued 
 14.28  in another state; 
 14.29     (5) a vehicle moved solely by animal power; 
 14.30     (6) an implement of husbandry; 
 14.31     (7) special mobile equipment; 
 14.32     (8) a self-propelled wheelchair or invalid tricycle; 
 14.33     (9) a trailer (i) having a gross weight of 4,000 pounds or 
 14.34  less unless a secured party holds an interest in the trailer or 
 14.35  a certificate of title was previously issued by this state or 
 14.36  any other state or a trailer (ii) designed primarily for 
 15.1   agricultural purposes except recreational equipment or a 
 15.2   manufactured home, both as defined in section 168.011, 
 15.3   subdivisions 8 and 25; 
 15.4      (10) a snowmobile.  
 15.5      Sec. 22.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168A.06, is 
 15.6   amended to read: 
 15.7      168A.06 [DELIVERY OF CERTIFICATE.] 
 15.8      The certificate of title shall must be mailed delivered to 
 15.9   the owner named in it.  Secured parties, if any, shall must be 
 15.10  mailed notification of their security interest filed. 
 15.11     Sec. 23.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168A.13, is 
 15.12  amended to read: 
 15.13     168A.13 [FEE ACCOMPANIES APPLICATION; DELIVERY OF 
 15.14  REGISTRATION CARD AND PLATES.] 
 15.15     Subdivision 1.  [FEE ACCOMPANIES APPLICATION FOR 
 15.16  CERTIFICATE.] An application for a certificate of title shall 
 15.17  must be accompanied by the required fee fees when mailed or 
 15.18  delivered to the department.  
 15.19     Subd. 2.  [FEE ACCOMPANIES APPLICATION FOR NAMING SECURED 
 15.20  PARTY.] An application for the naming of a secured party or the 
 15.21  party's assignee on a certificate of title shall must be 
 15.22  accompanied by the required fee fees when mailed or delivered to 
 15.23  the department.  
 15.24     Subd. 3.  [DELIVERY OF REGISTRATION CARD AND PLATES.] A 
 15.25  transferor of a vehicle, other than a dealer transferring a new 
 15.26  vehicle, shall deliver to the transferee at the time of the 
 15.27  delivery of possession of the vehicle the registration card and 
 15.28  license plates for the vehicle.  
 15.29     Sec. 24.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168A.14, is 
 15.30  amended to read: 
 15.31     168A.14 [NEW CERTIFICATES ISSUED, OLD CERTIFICATES 
 15.32  SURRENDERED.] 
 15.33     Subdivision 1.  [NEW CERTIFICATE AFTER ASSIGNMENT.] The 
 15.34  department, upon receipt of a properly assigned certificate of 
 15.35  title, with an application for a new certificate of title, the 
 15.36  required fees and taxes, and any other documents required by 
 16.1   law, shall issue a new certificate of title in the name of the 
 16.2   transferee as owner and list any secured party named on it and 
 16.3   mail deliver it to the owner.  The secured party or parties 
 16.4   shall must be issued a notification that the security interest 
 16.5   has been filed. 
 16.6      Subd. 1a.  [NEW CERTIFICATE AFTER SECURITY INTEREST FILED.] 
 16.7   The department, upon receipt of an affidavit as provided in 
 16.8   section 524.3-1201(a), an application for a new certificate of 
 16.9   title, and any required fee, shall issue a new certificate of 
 16.10  title in the name of the successor as owner, listing any secured 
 16.11  party on it.  The department shall mail deliver the certificate 
 16.12  to the successor and shall issue any secured party a 
 16.13  notification that the security interest has been filed. 
 16.14     Subd. 2.  [NEW CERTIFICATE AFTER NONVOLUNTARY TRANSFER.] 
 16.15  The department, upon receipt of an application for a new 
 16.16  certificate of title by a transferee other than by voluntary 
 16.17  transfer, with proof of the transfer, the required fees and 
 16.18  taxes, and any other documents required by law, shall issue a 
 16.19  new certificate of title in the name of the transferee as 
 16.20  owner.  If the outstanding certificate of title is not delivered 
 16.21  to it, the department shall make demand therefor from the holder 
 16.22  thereof.  
 16.23     Subd. 3.  [SURRENDERED CERTIFICATE.] The department shall 
 16.24  file and retain for seven years every surrendered certificate of 
 16.25  title, the file to be maintained so as to permit the tracing of 
 16.26  title of the vehicle designated therein.  
 16.27     Sec. 25.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168A.31, 
 16.28  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 16.29     Subdivision 1.  [PAID TO GENERAL FUND.] All fees prescribed 
 16.30  by sections 168A.01 to 168A.31 and 168.54 collected by the 
 16.31  department shall must be paid into the general fund.  
 16.32     Sec. 26.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 171.20, 
 16.33  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 16.34     Subd. 4.  [REINSTATEMENT FEE.] Before the license is 
 16.35  reinstated, a person whose driver's license has been suspended 
 16.36  under section 171.16, subdivision 2; 171.18, except subdivision 
 17.1   1, clause (10); or 171.182, or who has been disqualified from 
 17.2   holding a commercial driver's license under section 171.165, 
 17.3   must pay a fee of $25 until June 30, 1999, and $20 thereafter.  
 17.4   When fees are collected by a county-operated office of deputy 
 17.5   registrar licensing agent appointed under section 171.061, a 
 17.6   handling charge is imposed in the amount specified under section 
 17.7   168.33 171.061, subdivision 7 4.  The handling charge must be 
 17.8   deposited in the treasury of the place for which the deputy 
 17.9   registrar was appointed and the reinstatement fee and surcharge 
 17.10  must be deposited in an approved state depository as directed 
 17.11  under section 168.33 171.061, subdivision 2 4.  A suspension may 
 17.12  be rescinded without fee for good cause. 
 17.13     Sec. 27.  Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 
 17.14  171.29, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 17.15     Subd. 2.  [FEES, ALLOCATION.] (a) A person whose driver's 
 17.16  license has been revoked as provided in subdivision 1, except 
 17.17  under section 169.121 or 169.123, shall pay a $30 fee before the 
 17.18  driver's license is reinstated. 
 17.19     (b) A person whose driver's license has been revoked as 
 17.20  provided in subdivision 1 under section 169.121 or 169.123 shall 
 17.21  pay a $250 fee plus a $40 surcharge before the driver's license 
 17.22  is reinstated.  The $250 fee is to be credited as follows: 
 17.23     (1) Twenty percent shall must be credited to the trunk 
 17.24  highway fund. 
 17.25     (2) Fifty-five percent shall must be credited to the 
 17.26  general fund. 
 17.27     (3) Eight percent shall must be credited to a separate 
 17.28  account to be known as the bureau of criminal apprehension 
 17.29  account.  Money in this account may be appropriated to the 
 17.30  commissioner of public safety and the appropriated amount shall 
 17.31  must be apportioned 80 percent for laboratory costs and 20 
 17.32  percent for carrying out the provisions of section 299C.065. 
 17.33     (4) Twelve percent shall must be credited to a separate 
 17.34  account to be known as the alcohol-impaired driver education 
 17.35  account.  Money in the account is appropriated as follows: 
 17.36     (i) the first $200,000 in a fiscal year is to the 
 18.1   commissioner of children, families, and learning for programs 
 18.2   for elementary and secondary school students.; and 
 18.3      (ii) the remainder credited in a fiscal year is 
 18.4   appropriated to the commissioner of transportation to be spent 
 18.5   as grants to the Minnesota highway safety center at St. Cloud 
 18.6   State University for programs relating to alcohol and highway 
 18.7   safety education in elementary and secondary schools. 
 18.8      (5) Five percent shall must be credited to a separate 
 18.9   account to be known as the traumatic brain injury and spinal 
 18.10  cord injury account.  The money in the account is annually 
 18.11  appropriated to the commissioner of health to be used as 
 18.12  follows:  35 percent for a contract with a qualified 
 18.13  community-based organization to provide information, resources, 
 18.14  and support to assist persons with traumatic brain injury and 
 18.15  their families to access services, and 65 percent to maintain 
 18.16  the traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury registry 
 18.17  created in section 144.662.  For the purposes of this clause, a 
 18.18  "qualified community-based organization" is a private, 
 18.19  not-for-profit organization of consumers of traumatic brain 
 18.20  injury services and their family members.  The organization must 
 18.21  be registered with the United States Internal Revenue Service 
 18.22  under the provisions of section 501(c)(3) as a tax-exempt 
 18.23  organization and must have as its purposes:  
 18.24     (i) the promotion of public, family, survivor, and 
 18.25  professional awareness of the incidence and consequences of 
 18.26  traumatic brain injury; 
 18.27     (ii) the provision of a network of support for persons with 
 18.28  traumatic brain injury, their families, and friends; 
 18.29     (iii) the development and support of programs and services 
 18.30  to prevent traumatic brain injury; 
 18.31     (iv) the establishment of education programs for persons 
 18.32  with traumatic brain injury; and 
 18.33     (v) the empowerment of persons with traumatic brain injury 
 18.34  through participation in its governance. 
 18.35     No patient's name, identifying information or identifiable 
 18.36  medical data will be disclosed to the organization without the 
 19.1   informed voluntary written consent of the patient or patient's 
 19.2   guardian, or if the patient is a minor, of the parent or 
 19.3   guardian of the patient. 
 19.4      (c) The $40 surcharge shall must be credited to a separate 
 19.5   account to be known as the remote electronic alcohol monitoring 
 19.6   program account.  The commissioner shall transfer the balance of 
 19.7   this account to the commissioner of finance on a monthly basis 
 19.8   for deposit in the general fund. 
 19.9      (d) When these fees are collected by a county-operated 
 19.10  office of deputy registrar licensing agent, appointed under 
 19.11  section 171.061, a handling charge is imposed in the amount 
 19.12  specified under section 168.33 171.061, subdivision 7 4.  The 
 19.13  handling charge must be deposited in the treasury of the place 
 19.14  for which the deputy registrar was appointed and the 
 19.15  reinstatement fees and surcharge must be deposited in an 
 19.16  approved state depository as directed under section 168.33 
 19.17  171.061, subdivision 2 4. 
 19.18     Sec. 28.  [REPEALER.] 
 19.19     Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.1292, is repealed.