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 	authorizing street utility fees and assessments;
1.14 	providing for road signs; establishing multimodal
1.15 	transportation fund; increasing and indexing tax on
1.16 	motor fuels and allocating proceeds of the increase;
1.17 	reapportioning highway state-aid money to counties;
1.18 	expanding authority for county wheelage tax; changing
1.19 	vehicle registration tax rates; allocating proceeds of
1.20 	sales tax on motor vehicles; authorizing local
1.21 	transportation sales and excise tax; requiring a
1.22 	report; making technical and clarifying revisions;
1.23 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 16B.49;
1.24 	115A.908, subdivision 1; 161.04, by adding a
1.25 	subdivision; 161.081, subdivision 3; 162.06,
1.26 	subdivision 2; 162.07, subdivision 1, by adding
1.27 	subdivisions; 163.051; 168.011, by adding a
1.28 	subdivision; 168.013, subdivisions 1a, 8; 168.09,
1.29 	subdivision 7; 168.105, subdivisions 2, 3, 5; 168.12;
1.30 	168.123; 168.1235; 168.124; 168.125; 168.1255;
1.31 	168.127, subdivision 6; 168.128; 168.129; 168.1291;
1.32 	168.1293; 168.1296; 168.1297; 168.27, subdivision 11;
1.33 	168.33; 168.345, subdivisions 1, 2; 168.381; 168.54,
1.34 	subdivisions 4, 5; 168A.152, subdivision 2; 168A.29;
1.35 	168A.31; 169.09, subdivision 13; 169A.60, subdivision
1.36 	16; 171.06, subdivisions 2, 2a; 171.061, subdivision
1.37 	4; 171.07, subdivision 11; 171.13, subdivision 6, by
1.38 	adding a subdivision; 171.20, subdivision 4; 171.26;
1.39 	171.29, subdivision 2; 171.36; 296A.07, subdivision 3,
1.40 	by adding a subdivision; 296A.08, subdivision 2, by
1.41 	adding a subdivision; 297B.09, subdivision 1;
1.42 	446A.085, subdivisions 3, 8, by adding a subdivision;
1.43 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
1.44 	chapters 16A; 160; 161; 168; 297A; 299A; repealing
1.45 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 168.012, subdivision
1.46 	12; 168.041, subdivision 11; 168.105, subdivision 6;
2.1 	168.231; 168.345, subdivisions 3, 4; 168C.01; 168C.02;
2.2 	168C.03; 168C.04; 168C.05; 168C.06; 168C.07; 168C.08;
2.3 	168C.09; 168C.10; 168C.11; 168C.12; 168C.13; 170.23;
2.4 	171.12, subdivision 8; 171.185; Minnesota Rules, parts
2.5 	7407.0100; 7407.0200; 7407.0300; 7407.0400; 7407.0500;
2.6 	7407.0600; 7407.0700; 7407.0800; 7407.0900; 7407.1000;
2.7 	7407.1100; 7407.1200; 7407.1300.
2.8 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.9 	ARTICLE 1
2.10 	APPROPRIATIONS
2.11 	TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER AGENCIES

2.12 	Section 1. TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS.
 2.13 	The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are
2.14 	appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to
2.15 	the agencies and for the purposes specified in this article, to
2.16 	be available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.
2.17 	The figures "2006" and "2007," where used in this article, mean
2.18 	that the appropriations listed under them are available for the
2.19 	year ending June 30, 2006, or June 30, 2007, respectively.  If
2.20 	the figures are not used, the appropriations are available for
2.21 	the year ending June 30, 2006, or June 30, 2007, respectively.
2.22 	The term "first year" means the year ending June 30, 2006, and
2.23 	the term "second year" means the year ending June 30, 2007.
2.24 	SUMMARY BY FUND
2.25 	2006          2007           TOTAL
2.26 	General            $   78,966,000 $   80,221,000 $  159,187,000
2.27 	Airports               19,458,000     19,458,000     38,916,000
2.28 	C.S.A.H.              441,335,000    453,948,000    895,283,000
2.29 	M.S.A.S.              117,048,000    120,841,000    237,889,000
2.30 	Special Revenue        46,241,000     46,296,000     92,537,000
2.31 	Highway User            8,568,000      8,638,000     17,206,000
2.32 	Trunk Highway       1,148,201,000  1,262,744,000  2,410,945,000
2.33 	TOTAL              $1,859,817,000 $1,992,146,000 $3,851,963,000
2.34 	APPROPRIATIONS
2.35 	                                       Available for the Year
2.36 	                                           Ending June 30
2.37 	                                          2006         2007

2.38 	Sec. 2. TRANSPORTATION
 2.39 		Subdivision 1.Total
2.40 	Appropriation                     $1,668,391,000 $1,799,349,000
2.41 	The appropriations in this section are
3.1 	from the trunk highway fund, except
3.2 	when another fund is named.
3.3 	Summary by Fund
3.4 	2006          2007
3.5 	General              16,221,000    16,221,000
3.6 	Airports             19,408,000    19,408,000
3.7 	C.S.A.H.            441,335,000   453,948,000
3.8 	M.S.A.S.            117,048,000   120,841,000
3.9 	Trunk Highway     1,074,379,000 1,188,931,000
3.10 	The amounts that may be spent from this
3.11 	appropriation for each program are
3.12 	specified in the following subdivisions.
3.13 		Subd. 2.Multimodal Systems          42,147,000     42,147,000
3.14 	Summary by Fund
3.15 	Airports             19,383,000    19,383,000
3.16 	General              16,156,000    16,156,000
3.17 	Trunk Highway         6,608,000     6,608,000
3.18 	The amounts that may be spent from this
3.19 	appropriation for each activity are as
3.20 	follows:
3.21 	(a) Aeronautics
3.22 	20,220,000     20,220,000
3.23 	Summary by Fund
3.24 	Airports             19,383,000    19,383,000
3.25 	Trunk Highway           837,000       837,000
3.26 	Except as otherwise provided, the
3.27 	appropriations in this subdivision are
3.28 	from the state airports fund.
3.29 	(1) Airport Development
3.30 	and Assistance
3.31 	14,298,000     14,298,000
3.32 	These appropriations must be spent
3.33 	according to Minnesota Statutes,
3.34 	section 360.305, subdivision 4.
3.35 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes,
3.36 	section 16A.28, subdivision 6, funds
3.37 	are available for five years after
3.38 	appropriation.
3.39 	If the appropriation for either year is
3.40 	insufficient, the appropriation for the
3.41 	other year is available for it.
3.42 	Of this state airports fund
3.43 	appropriation in Laws 2003, First
3.44 	Special Session chapter 19, article 1,
3.45 	section 2, subdivision 2, paragraph
4.1 	(a), clause (1), $1,900,000 cancels to
4.2 	the state airports fund.  This
4.3 	cancellation is effective the day
4.4 	following final enactment.
4.5 	(2) Aviation Support and Services
4.6 	5,922,000      5,922,000
4.7 	Summary by Fund
4.8 	Airports              5,085,000     5,085,000
4.9 	Trunk Highway           837,000       837,000
4.10 	$65,000 the first year and $65,000 the
4.11 	second year are for the Civil Air
4.12 	Patrol.
4.13 	(b) Transit
4.14 	16,605,000     16,605,000
4.15 	Summary by Fund
4.16 	General              15,810,000    15,810,000
4.17 	Trunk Highway           795,000       795,000
4.18 	(c) Freight
4.19 	5,322,000      5,322,000
4.20 	Summary by Fund
4.21 	General                 346,000       346,000
4.22 	Trunk Highway         4,976,000     4,976,000
4.23 		Subd. 3.State Roads              1,012,272,000  1,126,824,000
4.24 	Summary by Fund
4.25 	General                   9,000         9,000
4.26 	Trunk Highway     1,012,263,000 1,126,815,000
4.27 	The amounts that may be spent from this
4.28 	appropriation for each activity are as
4.29 	follows:
4.30 	(a) Infrastructure Investment and Planning
4.31 	801,561,000    916,113,000
4.32 	(1) Infrastructure Investment Support
4.33 	168,207,000   168,207,000
4.34 	$266,000 the first year and $266,000
4.35 	the second year are available for
4.36 	grants to metropolitan planning
4.37 	organizations outside the seven-county
4.38 	metropolitan area.
4.39 	$75,000 the first year and $75,000 the
4.40 	second year are for a transportation
4.41 	research contingent account to finance
4.42 	research projects that are reimbursable
4.43 	from the federal government or from
4.44 	other sources.  If the appropriation
5.1 	for either year is insufficient, the
5.2 	appropriation for the other year is
5.3 	available for it.
5.4 	$600,000 the first year and $600,000
5.5 	the second year are available for
5.6 	grants for transportation studies
5.7 	outside the metropolitan area to
5.8 	identify critical concerns, problems,
5.9 	and issues.  These grants are available
5.10 	(1) to regional development
5.11 	commissions, and (2) in regions where
5.12 	no regional development commission is
5.13 	functioning, to joint powers boards
5.14 	established under agreement of two or
5.15 	more political subdivisions in the
5.16 	region to exercise the planning
5.17 	functions of a regional development
5.18 	commission, and (3) in regions where no
5.19 	regional development commission or
5.20 	joint powers board is functioning, to
5.21 	the department's district office for
5.22 	that region.
5.23 	$100,000 the first year is to develop
5.24 	and evaluate engineering concepts and
5.25 	layouts for the reconstruction of
5.26 	marked Interstate Highway I-35W from
5.27 	marked Interstate Highway I-694 in
5.28 	Ramsey County to marked Interstate
5.29 	Highway I-35 in Anoka County.  This
5.30 	appropriation may be used to conduct
5.31 	all necessary planning and public
5.32 	involvement actions leading to a
5.33 	scoping decision based on the preferred
5.34 	alternative.  Plans for marked
5.35 	Interstate Highway I-35W must identify
5.36 	all necessary improvements to
5.37 	appropriate segments of Trunk Highway
5.38 	marked 10, marked Interstate Highway
5.39 	I-694, and related county and city
5.40 	infrastructure.
5.41 	(2) State Road Construction
5.42 	576,950,000    680,950,000
5.43 	It is estimated that these
5.44 	appropriations will be funded as
5.45 	follows:
5.46 	Federal Highway Aid
5.47 	280,000,000    384,000,000
5.48 	Highway User Taxes
5.49 	296,950,000    296,950,000
5.50 	The commissioner of transportation
5.51 	shall notify the chair of the
5.52 	Transportation Budget Division of the
5.53 	senate and the chair of the
5.54 	Transportation Finance Committee of the
5.55 	house of representatives of any
5.56 	significant events that should cause
5.57 	these estimates to change.
5.58 	This appropriation is for the actual
5.59 	construction, reconstruction, and
5.60 	improvement of trunk highways,
6.1 	including design-build contracts.  This
6.2 	includes the cost of actual payment to
6.3 	landowners for lands acquired for
6.4 	highway rights-of-way, payment to
6.5 	lessees, interest subsidies, and
6.6 	relocation expenses.
6.7 	The commissioner may transfer up to
6.8 	$15,000,000 each year to the
6.9 	transportation revolving loan fund.
6.10 	The commissioner may receive money
6.11 	covering other shares of the cost of
6.12 	partnership projects.  These receipts
6.13 	are appropriated to the commissioner
6.14 	for these projects.
6.15 	(3) Highway Debt Service
6.16 	56,404,000     66,956,000
6.17 	$42,086,000 the first year and
6.18 	$62,005,000 the second year are for
6.19 	transfer to the state bond fund.  If
6.20 	this appropriation is insufficient to
6.21 	make all transfers required in the year
6.22 	for which it is made, the commissioner
6.23 	of finance shall notify the Committee
6.24 	on State Government Finance of the
6.25 	senate and the Committee on Ways and
6.26 	Means of the house of representatives
6.27 	of the amount of the deficiency and
6.28 	shall then transfer that amount under
6.29 	the statutory open appropriation.  Any
6.30 	excess appropriation cancels to the
6.31 	trunk highway fund.
6.32 	(b) Infrastructure Operations
6.33 	and Maintenance
6.34 	204,746,000    204,746,000
6.35 	(c) Electronic Communications
6.36 	5,965,000      5,965,000
6.37 	Summary by Fund
6.38 	General                   9,000         9,000
6.39 	Trunk Highway         5,956,000     5,956,000
6.40 	$9,000 the first year and $9,000 the
6.41 	second year are from the general fund
6.42 	for equipment and operation of the
6.43 	Roosevelt signal tower for Lake of the
6.44 	Woods weather broadcasting.
6.45 		Subd. 4.Local Roads                558,383,000    574,789,000
6.46 	Summary by Fund
6.47 	C.S.A.H.            441,335,000   453,948,000
6.48 	M.S.A.S.            117,048,000   120,841,000
6.49 	The amounts that may be spent from this
6.50 	appropriation for each activity are as
6.51 	follows:
6.52 	(a) County State Aids
7.1 	441,335,000    453,948,000
7.2 	This appropriation is from the county
7.3 	state-aid highway fund and is available
7.4 	until spent.
7.5 	(b) Municipal State Aids
7.6 	117,048,000     120,841,000
7.7 	This appropriation is from the
7.8 	municipal state-aid street fund and is
7.9 	available until spent.
7.10 	If an appropriation for either county
7.11 	state aids or municipal state aids does
7.12 	not exhaust the balance in the fund
7.13 	from which it is made in the year for
7.14 	which it is made, the commissioner of
7.15 	finance, upon request of the
7.16 	commissioner of transportation, shall
7.17 	notify the chair of the Transportation
7.18 	Finance Committee of the house of
7.19 	representatives and the chair of the
7.20 	Transportation Budget Division of the
7.21 	senate of the amount of the remainder
7.22 	and shall then add that amount to the
7.23 	appropriation.  The amount added is
7.24 	appropriated for the purposes of county
7.25 	state aids or municipal state aids, as
7.26 	appropriate.
7.27 	If the appropriation for either county
7.28 	state aids or municipal state aids does
7.29 	exhaust the balance in the fund from
7.30 	which it is made in the year for which
7.31 	it is made, the commissioner of finance
7.32 	shall notify the chair of the
7.33 	Transportation Finance Committee of the
7.34 	house of representatives and the chair
7.35 	of the Transportation Budget Division
7.36 	of the senate of the amount by which
7.37 	the appropriation exceeds the balance
7.38 	and shall then reduce that amount from
7.39 	the appropriation.
7.40 		Subd. 5.General Support
7.41 	and Services                          55,589,000     55,589,000
7.42 	Summary by Fund
7.43 	General                  56,000        56,000
7.44 	Airports                 25,000        25,000
7.45 	Trunk Highway        55,508,000    55,508,000
7.46 	The amounts that may be spent from this
7.47 	appropriation for each activity are as
7.48 	follows:
7.49 	(a) Department Support
7.50 	38,999,000     38,999,000
7.51 	Summary by Fund
7.52 	Airports                 25,000        25,000
7.53 	Trunk Highway        38,974,000    38,974,000
8.1 	(b) Buildings
8.2 	16,590,000     16,590,000
8.3 	Summary by Fund
8.4 	General                  56,000        56,000
8.5 	Trunk Highway        16,534,000    16,534,000
8.6 	If the appropriation for either year is
8.7 	insufficient, the appropriation for the
8.8 	other year is available for it.
8.9 		Subd. 6.Transfers
8.10 	(a) With the approval of the
8.11 	commissioner of finance, the
8.12 	commissioner of transportation may
8.13 	transfer unencumbered balances among
8.14 	the appropriations from the trunk
8.15 	highway fund and the state airports
8.16 	fund made in this section.  No transfer
8.17 	may be made from the appropriation for
8.18 	state road construction.  No transfer
8.19 	may be made from the appropriations for
8.20 	debt service to any other appropriation.
8.21 	Transfers under this paragraph may not
8.22 	be made between funds.  Transfers
8.23 	between programs must be reported
8.24 	immediately to the chair of the
8.25 	Transportation Budget Division of the
8.26 	senate and the chair of the
8.27 	Transportation Finance Committee of the
8.28 	house of representatives.
8.29 	(b) The commissioner of finance shall
8.30 	transfer from the flexible account in
8.31 	the county state-aid highway fund
8.32 	$5,650,000 the first year and
8.33 	$1,480,000 the second year to the
8.34 	municipal turnback account in the
8.35 	municipal state-aid street fund;
8.36 	$7,429,000 the first year and
8.37 	$5,277,000 the second year to the
8.38 	county principal arterial account in
8.39 	the county state-aid highway fund;
8.40 	$2,961,000 the first year and
8.41 	$2,103,000 the second year to the
8.42 	municipal principal arterial account in
8.43 	the municipal state-aid street fund;
8.44 	and the remainder in each year to the
8.45 	county turnback account in the county
8.46 	state-aid highway fund.
8.47 		Subd. 7.Use of State Road
8.48 	Construction Appropriations
8.49 	Any money appropriated to the
8.50 	commissioner of transportation for
8.51 	state road construction for any fiscal
8.52 	year before fiscal year 2006 is
8.53 	available to the commissioner during
8.54 	fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to the
8.55 	extent that the commissioner spends the
8.56 	money on the state road construction
8.57 	project for which the money was
8.58 	originally encumbered during the fiscal
8.59 	year for which it was appropriated.
8.60 	The commissioner of transportation
8.61 	shall report to the commissioner of
9.1 	finance by August 1, 2005, and August
9.2 	1, 2006, on a form the commissioner of
9.3 	finance provides, on expenditures made
9.4 	during the previous fiscal year that
9.5 	are authorized by this subdivision.
9.6 		Subd. 8.Contingent Appropriation
9.7 	The commissioner of transportation,
9.8 	with the approval of the governor after
9.9 	review by the Legislative Advisory
9.10 	Commission under Minnesota Statutes,
9.11 	section 3.30, may transfer all or part
9.12 	of the unappropriated balance in the
9.13 	trunk highway fund to an appropriation
9.14 	(1) for trunk highway design,
9.15 	construction, or inspection in order to
9.16 	take advantage of an unanticipated
9.17 	receipt of income to the trunk highway
9.18 	fund or to take advantage of Federal
9.19 	Advanced Construction funding, (2) for
9.20 	trunk highway maintenance in order to
9.21 	meet an emergency, or (3) to pay tort
9.22 	or environmental claims.  Any transfer
9.23 	as a result of the use of Federal
9.24 	Advanced Construction funding must
9.25 	include an analysis of the effects on
9.26 	the long-term trunk highway fund
9.27 	balance.  The amount transferred is
9.28 	appropriated for the purpose of the
9.29 	account to which it is transferred.

9.30 	Sec. 3. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
9.31 	TRANSIT                               57,503,000     58,753,000
 9.32 	(a) Bus Transit
9.33 	53,453,000     53,453,000
9.34 	This appropriation is for bus system
9.35 	operations.
9.36 	(b) Rail Operations
9.37 	4,050,000      5,300,000
9.38 	This appropriation is for operations of
9.39 	the Hiawatha LRT line.
9.40 	This appropriation is for paying 50
9.41 	percent of operating costs for the
9.42 	Hiawatha light rail transit line after
9.43 	operating revenue and federal funds are
9.44 	used for light rail transit operations.
9.45 	The remaining operating costs up to a
9.46 	maximum of $4,050,000 the first year
9.47 	and $5,300,000 the second year are to
9.48 	be paid by the Hennepin County Regional
9.49 	Rail Authority, using any or all of
9.50 	these sources:
9.51 	(1) general tax revenues of Hennepin
9.52 	County;
9.53 	(2) the authority's reserves; and
9.54 	(3) taxes levied under Minnesota
9.55 	Statutes, section 398A.04, subdivision
9.56 	8, notwithstanding any provision in
9.57 	that subdivision that limits amounts
9.58 	that may be levied for light rail
10.1 	transit purposes.

10.2 	Sec. 4. PUBLIC SAFETY
 10.3 		Subdivision 1.Total
10.4 	Appropriation                        132,948,000    133,069,000
10.5 	Summary by Fund
10.6 	General               5,242,000     5,247,000
10.7 	Trunk Highway        73,022,000    73,013,000
10.8 	Highway User          8,443,000     8,513,000
10.9 	Special Revenue      46,241,000    46,296,000
10.10 		Subd. 2.Administration
10.11 	and Related Services                   9,684,000      9,689,000
10.12 	Summary by Fund
10.13 	General               2,371,000     2,376,000
10.14 	Trunk Highway         5,938,000     5,938,000
10.15 	Highway User          1,385,000     1,385,000
10.16 	(a) Office of Communications
10.17 	385,000        385,000
10.18 	Summary by Fund
10.19 	General                  39,000        39,000
10.20 	Trunk Highway           346,000       346,000
10.21 	(b) Public Safety Support
10.22 	6,855,000      6,860,000
10.23 	Summary by Fund
10.24 	General               2,241,000     2,246,000
10.25 	Trunk Highway         3,248,000     3,248,000
10.26 	Highway User          1,366,000     1,366,000
10.27 	$375,000 the first year and $380,000
10.28 	the second year are for payment of
10.29 	public safety officer survivor benefits
10.30 	under Minnesota Statutes, section
10.31 	299A.44.  If the appropriation for
10.32 	either year is insufficient, the
10.33 	appropriation for the other year is
10.34 	available for it.
10.35 	$314,000 the first year and $314,000
10.36 	the second year are to be deposited in
10.37 	the public safety officer's benefit
10.38 	account.  This money is available for
10.39 	reimbursements under Minnesota
10.40 	Statutes, section 299A.465.
10.41 	$508,000 the first year and $508,000
10.42 	the second year are for soft body armor
10.43 	reimbursements under Minnesota
10.44 	Statutes, section 299A.38.
11.1 	$792,000 the first year and $792,000
11.2 	the second year are appropriated from
11.3 	the general fund for transfer by the
11.4 	commissioner of finance to the trunk
11.5 	highway fund on December 31, 2005, and
11.6 	December 31, 2006, respectively, in
11.7 	order to reimburse the trunk highway
11.8 	fund for expenses not related to the
11.9 	fund.  These represent amounts
11.10 	appropriated out of the trunk highway
11.11 	fund for general fund purposes in the
11.12 	administration and related services
11.13 	program.
11.14 	$610,000 the first year and $610,000
11.15 	the second year are appropriated from
11.16 	the highway user tax distribution fund
11.17 	for transfer by the commissioner of
11.18 	finance to the trunk highway fund on
11.19 	December 31, 2005, and December 31,
11.20 	2006, respectively, in order to
11.21 	reimburse the trunk highway fund for
11.22 	expenses not related to the fund.
11.23 	These represent amounts appropriated
11.24 	out of the trunk highway fund for
11.25 	highway user tax distribution fund
11.26 	purposes in the administration and
11.27 	related services program.
11.28 	$716,000 the first year and $716,000
11.29 	the second year are appropriated from
11.30 	the highway user tax distribution fund
11.31 	for transfer by the commissioner of
11.32 	finance to the general fund on December
11.33 	31, 2005, and December 31, 2006,
11.34 	respectively, in order to reimburse the
11.35 	general fund for expenses not related
11.36 	to the fund.  These represent amounts
11.37 	appropriated out of the general fund
11.38 	for operation of the criminal justice
11.39 	data network related to driver and
11.40 	motor vehicle licensing.
11.41 	(c) Technical Support Services
11.42 	2,454,000      2,454,000
11.43 	Summary by Fund
11.44 	General                  91,000        91,000
11.45 	Trunk Highway         2,344,000     2,344,000
11.46 	Highway User             19,000        19,000
11.47 		Subd. 3.State Patrol                70,047,000     70,038,000
11.48 	Summary by Fund
11.49 	General               2,871,000     2,871,000
11.50 	Trunk Highway        67,084,000    67,075,000
11.51 	Highway User             92,000        92,000
11.52 	(a) Patrolling Highways
11.53 	60,739,000     60,730,000
11.54 	Summary by Fund
12.1 	General                  37,000        37,000
12.2 	Trunk Highway        60,610,000    60,601,000
12.3 	Highway User             92,000        92,000
12.4 	Of this appropriation, $3,700,000 the
12.5 	first year is for the cost of adding
12.6 	State Patrol positions.  If money
12.7 	transferred to the trunk highway fund
12.8 	in the first year from the alcohol
12.9 	enforcement account in the special
12.10 	revenue fund is less than the amount
12.11 	specified in this paragraph, the
12.12 	commissioner shall make up the
12.13 	difference by transferring to the trunk
12.14 	highway fund money allocated to the
12.15 	commissioner under the federal repeat
12.16 	offender transfer program, Public Law
12.17 	105-206, section 164.
12.18 	(b) Commercial Vehicle Enforcement
12.19 	6,474,000      6,474,000
12.20 	This appropriation is from the trunk
12.21 	highway fund.
12.22 	(c) Capitol Security
12.23 	2,834,000      2,834,000
12.24 	The commissioner may not (1) spend any
12.25 	money from the trunk highway fund for
12.26 	capitol security, or (2) permanently
12.27 	transfer any state trooper from the
12.28 	patrolling highways activity to capitol
12.29 	security.
12.30 	The commissioner may not transfer any
12.31 	money (1) appropriated for Department
12.32 	of Public Safety administration, the
12.33 	patrolling of highways, commercial
12.34 	vehicle enforcement, or driver and
12.35 	vehicle services to capitol security or
12.36 	(2) from capitol security.
12.37 		Subd. 4.Driver and Vehicle Services
12.38 	51,389,000     50,814,000
12.39 	Summary by Fund
12.40 	Highway User          6,966,000     7,036,000
12.41 	Special Revenue      44,423,000    43,778,000
12.42 	(a) Vehicle Services
12.43 	23,383,000     23,849,000
12.44 	Summary by Fund
12.45 	Highway User          6,966,000     7,036,000
12.46 	Special Revenue      16,417,000    16,813,000
12.47 	This appropriation is from the vehicle
12.48 	services operating account in the
12.49 	special revenue fund.
13.1 	(b) Driver Services
13.2 	28,006,000     26,965,000
13.3 	This appropriation is from the driver
13.4 	services operating account in the
13.5 	special revenue fund.
13.6 		Subd. 5.Traffic Safety                 824,000      1,524,000
13.7 	This appropriation is from the driver
13.8 	services operating account in the
13.9 	special revenue fund.
13.10 	Of this appropriation, $500,000 in
13.11 	fiscal year 2006 and $1,200,000 in
13.12 	fiscal year 2007 must be used for a
13.13 	public information campaign to improve
13.14 	traffic and pedestrian safety,
13.15 	including, but not limited to,
13.16 	producing educational and informational
13.17 	materials on pedestrian crosswalk
13.18 	safety, impaired driving, seat belt
13.19 	usage, speeding, and driver
13.20 	distraction.  The commissioner may make
13.21 	grants to local units of government or
13.22 	use the funds for research related to
13.23 	traffic and pedestrian safety.  As part
13.24 	of the next biennial budget submission,
13.25 	the commissioner shall report on the
13.26 	expenditure of these funds and make
13.27 	recommendations regarding the need for
13.28 	continued funding of traffic and
13.29 	pedestrian safety initiatives.
13.30 	The commissioner of public safety shall
13.31 	spend 50 percent of the money available
13.32 	to the state under Public Law 105-206,
13.33 	section 164, and the remaining 50
13.34 	percent must be transferred to the
13.35 	commissioner of transportation for
13.36 	hazard elimination activities under
13.37 	United States Code, title 23, section
13.38 	152.
13.39 		Subd. 6.Pipeline Safety                994,000        994,000
13.40 	This appropriation is from the pipeline
13.41 	safety account in the special revenue
13.42 	fund.

13.43 	Sec. 5. GENERAL CONTINGENT
13.44 	ACCOUNTS                                 375,000        375,000
 13.45 	Summary by Fund
13.46 	Trunk Highway           200,000       200,000
13.47 	Highway User            125,000       125,000
13.48 	Airports                 50,000        50,000
13.49 	The appropriations in this section may
13.50 	only be spent with the approval of the
13.51 	governor after consultation with the
13.52 	Legislative Advisory Commission
13.53 	pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section
13.54 	3.30.
13.55 	If an appropriation in this section for
13.56 	either year is insufficient, the
14.1 	appropriation for the other year is
14.2 	available for it.

14.3 	Sec. 6. TORT CLAIMS                     600,000        600,000
 14.4 	To be spent by the commissioner of
14.5 	finance.
14.6 	This appropriation is from the trunk
14.7 	highway fund.
14.8 	If the appropriation for either year is
14.9 	insufficient, the appropriation for the
14.10 	other year is available for it.

14.11 	ARTICLE 2
14.12 	CAPITAL PROJECTS

14.13 	Section 1. TRUNK HIGHWAY BOND PROCEEDS ACCOUNT
14.14 	APPROPRIATIONS.
 14.15 		Subdivision 1.Exterior repair of transportation
14.16 	building. $9,342,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of
14.17 	transportation from the trunk highway bond proceeds account to
14.18 	repair and renovate the exterior of the Department of
14.19 	Transportation building at 395 John Ireland Boulevard in St.
14.20 	Paul.  This appropriation is available until expended.
14.21 		Subd. 2.Mankato headquarters building. $16,620,000 is
14.22 	appropriated to the commissioner of transportation from the
14.23 	trunk highway bond proceeds account to design, construct,
14.24 	furnish, and equip a new district headquarters facility in
14.25 	Mankato.  This appropriation is available until expended.
14.26 		Subd. 3.Small capital projects. $4,728,000 is
14.27 	appropriated to the commissioner of transportation from the
14.28 	trunk highway bond proceeds account to design, construct,
14.29 	furnish, and equip statewide building projects, consisting of
14.30 	truck stations, salt storage facilities, cold storage
14.31 	facilities, and Mankato headquarters site work.  Of this amount,
14.32 	$600,000 is for the department's share of the feasibility
14.33 	studies, design, site preparation, and upgrade of common utility
14.34 	services for a joint use truck station and public works facility
14.35 	with Pope County.  This appropriation is available until
14.36 	expended.

14.37 	Sec. 2. BOND SALE.
 14.38 	To provide the money appropriated by section 1 from the
15.1 	bond proceeds account in the trunk highway fund, the
15.2 	commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state
15.3 	in an amount up to $30,690,000 in the manner, on the terms, and
15.4 	with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections
15.5 	167.50 to 167.52, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article
15.6 	XIV, section 11.

15.7 	ARTICLE 3
15.8 	PUBLIC SAFETY ACTIVITIES, FEES, ACCOUNTS

15.9 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 16B.49, is
15.10 	amended to read:
15.11 	16B.49 CENTRAL MAILING SYSTEM.
15.12 	(a) The commissioner shall maintain and operate for state
15.13 	agencies, departments, institutions, and offices a central mail
15.14 	handling unit.  Official, outgoing mail for units in St. Paul
15.15 	must be delivered unstamped to the unit.  The unit shall also
15.16 	operate an interoffice mail distribution system.  The department
15.17 	may add personnel and acquire equipment that may be necessary to
15.18 	operate the unit efficiently and cost-effectively.  Account must
15.19 	be kept of the postage required on that mail, which is then a
15.20 	proper charge against the agency delivering the mail.  To
15.21 	provide funds for the payment of postage, each agency shall make
15.22 	advance payments to the commissioner sufficient to cover its
15.23 	postage obligations for at least 60 days.  For purposes of this
15.24 	section, the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities is a
15.25 	state agency.
15.26 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) or section 16C.09, the
15.27 	commissioner may approve the performance of mail-related
15.28 	functions by an agency outside the state's central mail-handling
15.29 	unit if the agency demonstrates it furthers program
15.30 	effectiveness, better use of services, greater efficiency, or
15.31 	greater economy in state government.

15.32 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 115A.908,
15.33 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
15.34 		Subdivision 1.Fee charged.  A fee of $4 $8 shall be
15.35 	charged on the initial registration and each subsequent transfer
15.36 	of title within the state, other than transfers for resale
16.1 	purposes, of every motor vehicle weighing more than 1,000
16.2 	pounds.  The fee shall be collected in an appropriate manner by
16.3 	the motor vehicle registrar commissioner of public safety.
16.4 	Registration plates or certificates of title may not be issued
16.5 	by the motor vehicle registrar commissioner of public safety for
16.6 	the ownership or operation of a motor vehicle subject to the
16.7 	transfer fee unless the fee is paid.  The fee may not be charged
16.8 	on the transfer of:
16.9 	(1) previously registered vehicles if the transfer is to
16.10 	the same person;
16.11 	(2) vehicles subject to the conditions specified in section
16.12 	297A.70, subdivision 2; or
16.13 	(3) vehicles purchased in another state by a resident of
16.14 	another state if more than 60 days have elapsed after the date
16.15 	of purchase and the purchaser is transferring title to this
16.16 	state and has become a resident of this state after the purchase.

16.17 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.011, is
16.18 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
16.19 		Subd. 2a.Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the
16.20 	commissioner of the Department of Public Safety.

16.21 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.013,
16.22 	subdivision 8, is amended to read:
16.23 		Subd. 8.Proceeds to highway user fund; vehicle services
16.24 	operating account. (a) Unless otherwise specified in this
16.25 	chapter,the net proceeds of the registration tax imposed on
16.26 	motor vehicles under this chapter shall must be collected by the
16.27 	registrar of motor vehicles and commissioner,paid into the
16.28 	state treasury,and credited to the highway user tax
16.29 	distribution fund.
16.30 	(b) All fees collected under this chapter, unless otherwise
16.31 	specified, must be deposited in the vehicle services operating
16.32 	account in the special revenue fund under section 299A.705.

16.33 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.09,
16.34 	subdivision 7, is amended to read:
16.35 		Subd. 7.Display of temporary permit; special plates.
 16.36 	(a) A vehicle that displays a special plate issued under section
17.1 	168.021; 168.12, subdivision 2, 2a, 2b, 2c, or 2d; 168.123;
17.2 	168.124; 168.125; 168.126; 168.128; or 168.129,may display a
17.3 	temporary permit in conjunction with expired registration if:
17.4 	(1) the current registration tax and all other fees have
17.5 	been paid in full; and
17.6 	(2) the plate requires replacement under section 168.12,
17.7 	subdivision 1, paragraph (b) (d), clause (3).
17.8 	(b) A vehicle that is registered under section 168.10 may
17.9 	display a temporary permit in conjunction with expired
17.10 	registration, with or without a registration license plate, if:
17.11 	(1) the license plates have been applied for and the
17.12 	registration tax has been paid in full, as provided for in
17.13 	section 168.10; and
17.14 	(2) the vehicle is used solely as a collector vehicle while
17.15 	displaying the temporary permit and not used for general
17.16 	transportation purposes.
17.17 	(c) The permit is valid for a period of 60 days.  The
17.18 	permit must be in a form format prescribed by the commissioner
17.19 	of public safety and whenever practicable must be posted upon
17.20 	the driver's side of the rear window on the inside of the
17.21 	vehicle.  The permit is valid only for the vehicle for which it
17.22 	was issued to allow a reasonable time for the new license plates
17.23 	to be manufactured and delivered to the applicant.

17.24 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.105,
17.25 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
17.26 		Subd. 2.Affidavit for registration and taxation.  (a) A
17.27 	classic motorcycle must be listed for taxation taxed and
17.28 	registration registered by executed the vehicle owner submitting
17.29 	an affidavit to the commissioner stating (1) the name and
17.30 	address of the owner, (2) the name and address of the person
17.31 	from whom purchased, (3) the make of the classic motorcycle, (4)
17.32 	the year and number of the model, (5) the manufacturer's vehicle 
17.33 	identification number, (6) that the motorcycle is owned and
17.34 	operated solely as a collector's item and will not be used for
17.35 	general transportation purposes, and (7) that the owner has one
17.36 	or more motor vehicles with regular license plates.
18.1 	(b) When the registrar commissioner is satisfied that the
18.2 	affidavit is true, correct, and complete and that the owner has
18.3 	paid a $10 registration tax, the registrar commissioner shall
18.4 	list the vehicle for taxation and registration register the
18.5 	vehicle and shall issue special number plates.

18.6 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.105,
18.7 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
18.8 		Subd. 3.special classic plates.  The registrar 
18.9 	commissioner shall issue number plates of the same size as
18.10 	standard motorcycle license plates and inscribed "collector" and
18.11 	"Minnesota" with the registration number or other combination of
18.12 	characters authorized under section 168.12, subdivision 2a, but
18.13 	without a date.  The plates are valid without renewal as long as
18.14 	the classic motorcycle exists and may be issued for the
18.15 	applicant's use only for the classic motorcycle.  The registrar 
18.16 	commissioner may revoke the plates for noncompliance with this
18.17 	subdivision.

18.18 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.105,
18.19 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
18.20 		Subd. 5.Original plates.  (a) Instead of being
18.21 	issued special classic motorcycle plates, a classic motorcycle
18.22 	registered under this section may display original Minnesota
18.23 	number plates issued in the same year as the model year of the
18.24 	motorcycle on which they are displayed.  The number of on the
18.25 	original plates must be provided to the registrar commissioner.
18.26 	(b) Original Minnesota number plates may not be used if the
18.27 	number on the original plate is identical to the number on a
18.28 	current collector's plate issued by the registrar commissioner.
18.29 	(c) A person currently using classic motorcycle plates
18.30 	issued under this section, shall return those plates to the
18.31 	registrar before substituting original plates.
18.32 	(d) If the vehicle is not registered as a collector
18.33 	vehicle,the registrar may commissioner shall charge a fee of
18.34 	$10 for registering the number on the original plates.

18.35 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.12, is
18.36 	amended to read:
19.1 	168.12  LICENSE PLATES.
19.2 		Subdivision 1.number plates; design, visibility, periods
19.3 	of issuance. (a) The registrar commissioner, upon the approval
19.4 	and payment, shall issue to the applicant the number plates
19.5 	required by law this chapter, bearing the state name and the an
19.6 	assigned vehicle registration number assigned.  The number
19.7 	assigned by the commissioner may be a combination of a letter or
19.8 	sign with figures.  The color of the plates and the color of the
19.9 	abbreviation of the state name and the number assigned shall 
19.10 	must be in marked contrast.  The plates shall must be lettered,
19.11 	spaced, or distinguished to suitably indicate the registration
19.12 	of the vehicle according to the rules of the registrar, and 
19.13 	commissioner.
19.14 	(b) When a vehicle is registered on the basis of total
19.15 	gross weight, the plates issued shall must clearly indicate by
19.16 	letters or other suitable insignia the maximum gross weight for
19.17 	which the tax has been paid. These number 
19.18 	(c) The plates shall must be so treated as to be at least
19.19 	100 times brighter than the conventional painted number plates.
19.20 	When properly mounted on an unlighted vehicle, these number the 
19.21 	plates, when viewed from a vehicle equipped with standard
19.22 	headlights, shall must be visible for a distance of not less
19.23 	than 1,500 feet and readable for a distance of not less than 110
19.24 	feet.
19.25 	(b) (d) The registrar commissioner shall issue these
19.26 	number plates for the following periods:
19.27 	(1) New number plates issued pursuant to section 168.012,
19.28 	subdivision 1, shall must be issued to a vehicle for as long as
19.29 	it the vehicle is owned by the exempt agency and the plate shall
19.30 	not be transferable from one vehicle to another but the plate 
19.31 	may be transferred with the vehicle from one tax-exempt agency
19.32 	to another.
19.33 	(2) Plates issued for passenger automobiles as defined in
19.34 	section 168.011, subdivision 7, shall must be issued for a
19.35 	seven-year period.  All plates issued under this paragraph must
19.36 	be replaced if they are seven years old or older at the time
20.1 	of annual registration renewal or will become so during the
20.2 	registration period.
20.3 	(3) Number Plates issued under sections 168.053 and 168.27,
20.4 	subdivisions 16 and 17, shall must be for a seven-year period.
20.5 	(4) Number Plates issued under subdivisions 2c and 2d and
20.6 	section 168.123shall must be issued for the life of the veteran
20.7 	under section 169.79.
20.8 	(5) Plates for any vehicle not specified in clauses (1) to
20.9 	(3), except for trailers as hereafter provided, shall must be
20.10 	issued for the life of the vehicle.  Beginning with number 
20.11 	plates issued for the year 1981, plates issued for trailers with
20.12 	a total gross weight of 3,000 pounds or less shall must be
20.13 	issued for the life of the trailer and shall must be not more
20.14 	than seven inches in length and four inches in width.
20.15 	(c) (e) In a year in which plates are not issued, the
20.16 	registrar commissioner shall issue for each registration a tab
20.17 	or sticker to designate the year of registration.  This tab or 
20.18 	sticker shall must show the calendar year or years for which the
20.19 	sticker is issued, and is valid only for that period.
20.20 	The number plates, number tabs, or and stickers issued for a
20.21 	motor vehicle may not be transferred to another motor vehicle
20.22 	during the period for which it the sticker is issued, except
20.23 	when issued for a motor vehicle registered under section 168.187.
20.24 	(d) Notwithstanding (f) Despite any other provision of this
20.25 	subdivision, number plates issued to a vehicle which is used for
20.26 	behind-the-wheel instruction in a driver education course in a
20.27 	public school may be transferred to another vehicle used for the
20.28 	same purpose without payment of any additional fee.  The
20.29 	registrar shall be notified public school shall notify the
20.30 	commissioner of each transfer of number plates under this
20.31 	paragraph and .  The commissioner may prescribe a form format for
20.32 	notification.
20.33 		Subd. 2.Amateur radio licensee; special plates. (a) Any 
20.34 	The commissioner shall issue amateur radio plates to an 
20.35 	applicant who:
20.36 	(1) is an owner or joint owner of a passenger automobile,
21.1 	van or pickup truck,or a self-propelled recreational motor 
21.2 	vehicle, and ;
21.3 	(2) is a resident of this state, and who ;
21.4 	(3) holds an official amateur radio station license,or a
21.5 	citizens radio service class D license, in good standing, issued
21.6 	by the Federal Communications Commission shall upon compliance ;
21.7 	(4) pays the registration tax required under section
21.8 	168.013;
21.9 	(5) pays a fee of $10 for each set of special plates and
21.10 	any other fees required by this chapter; and 
21.11 	(6) complies with all laws of this state relating to this
21.12 	chapter and rules governing the registration of motor vehicles 
21.13 	and the licensing of motor vehicles and drivers, be furnished
21.14 	with license plates for the motor vehicle, as prescribed by law,
21.15 	upon which,;
21.16 	(b) In lieu of the numbers registration number required for
21.17 	identification under subdivision 1, shall be inscribed the
21.18 	plates must indicate the official amateur call letters of the
21.19 	applicant, as assigned by the Federal Communications Commission,
21.20 	and the words "AMATEUR RADIO."
21.21 	The applicant shall pay in addition to the registration tax
21.22 	required by law, the sum of $10 for the special license plates,
21.23 	and at the time of delivery of the special license plates the
21.24 	applicant shall surrender to the registrar the current license
21.25 	plates issued for the motor vehicle.
21.26 	(c) This provision for the issue of special license plates
21.27 	shall apply applies only if the applicant's motor vehicle is
21.28 	already registered in Minnesota so that the applicant has valid
21.29 	regular Minnesota plates issued for that motor vehicle under
21.30 	which to operate it during the time that it will take to have
21.31 	the necessary special license plates made.
21.32 	(d) If owning or jointly owning more than one motor vehicle
21.33 	of the type specified in this subdivision, the applicant may
21.34 	apply for special plates for each of not more than two motor 
21.35 	vehicles,and, if each application complies with this
21.36 	subdivision, the registrar commissioner shall furnish the
22.1 	applicant with the special plates, inscribed with indicating the
22.2 	official amateur call letters and other distinguishing
22.3 	information as the registrar commissioner considers necessary,
22.4 	for each of the two motor vehicles.
22.5 	(e) And The registrar commissioner may make reasonable
22.6 	rules governing the use of the special license plates as will
22.7 	assure the full compliance by the owner and holder of the
22.8 	special plates, with all existing laws governing the
22.9 	registration of motor vehicles,and the transfer and the use
22.10 	thereof of the plates.
22.11 	(b) (f) Despite any contrary provision of subdivision 1,
22.12 	the special license plates issued under this subdivision may be
22.13 	transferred by an owner to another motor vehicle listed in
22.14 	paragraph (a) and registered to the same owner,upon the payment
22.15 	of a fee of $5.  The registrar commissioner must be notified of 
22.16 	before the transfer and may prescribe a form format for the
22.17 	notification.
22.18 	(c) Fees collected under this subdivision must be paid into
22.19 	the state treasury and credited to the highway user tax
22.20 	distribution fund.
22.21 		Subd. 2a.Personalized plates; rules. (a) The
22.22 	commissioner shall issue personalized license plates must be
22.23 	issued to an applicant for registration of who:
22.24 	(1) is an owner of a passenger automobile including a
22.25 	passenger automobile registered as a classic car, pioneer car,
22.26 	collector car, or street rod; van; pickup truck as defined in
22.27 	section 168.011, subdivision 29, and any other truck with a
22.28 	manufacturer's nominal rated capacity of one ton or less and
22.29 	resembling a pickup truck; a motorcycle,including a classic
22.30 	motorcycle; or self-propelled a recreational motor vehicle, upon
22.31 	compliance with the laws of this state relating to registration
22.32 	of the vehicle and upon payment of ;
22.33 	(2) pays a onetime fee of $100 in addition to and any other
22.34 	fees required by this chapter;
22.35 	(3) pays the registration tax required by law this chapter 
22.36 	for the motor vehicle; and 
23.1 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing
23.2 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of drivers.
23.3 	(b) The registrar commissioner shall designate charge a
23.4 	replacement fee for personalized license plates that is
23.5 	calculated to cover the cost of replacement as specified in
23.6 	subdivision 5.  This fee must be paid by the applicant whenever
23.7 	the personalized license plates are required to be replaced by
23.8 	law.
23.9 	(c) In lieu of the numbers registration number assigned as
23.10 	provided in subdivision 1, personalized license plates must have
23.11 	imprinted on them a series of not more than seven numbers and
23.12 	letters in any combination.  When an applicant has once obtained
23.13 	personalized plates, the applicant shall have a prior claim for
23.14 	similar personalized plates in the next succeeding year as long
23.15 	as current motor vehicle registration is maintained.
23.16 	(d) The commissioner of public safety shall adopt rules in
23.17 	the manner provided by chapter 14, regulating the issuance and
23.18 	transfer of personalized license plates.  No words or
23.19 	combination of letters placed on personalized license plates may
23.20 	be used for commercial advertising, be of an obscene, indecent,
23.21 	or immoral nature, or be of a nature that would offend public
23.22 	morals or decency.  The call signals or letters of a radio or
23.23 	television station are not commercial advertising for the
23.24 	purposes of this subdivision.
23.25 	(b) Notwithstanding (e) Despite the provisions of
23.26 	subdivision 1, personalized license plates issued under this
23.27 	subdivision may be transferred to another motor vehicle owned or
23.28 	jointly listed in paragraph (a) and owned by the applicant, upon
23.29 	the payment of a fee of $5, which must be paid into the state
23.30 	treasury and credited to the highway user tax distribution fund.
23.31 	(f) The registrar commissioner may by rule provide a form 
23.32 	specify the format for notification.
23.33 	(g) A personalized license plate issued for a classic car,
23.34 	pioneer car, collector car, street rod, or classic motorcycle
23.35 	may not be transferred to a vehicle not eligible for such
23.36 	a license plate.
24.1 	(c) Notwithstanding (h) Despite any law to the contrary, if
24.2 	the personalized license plates are lost, stolen, or destroyed,
24.3 	the applicant may apply and shall receive must be issued 
24.4 	duplicate license plates bearing the same combination of letters
24.5 	and numbers as the former personalized plates upon the payment
24.6 	of the fee required by section 168.29.
24.7 	(d) Fees from the sale of permanent and duplicate
24.8 	personalized license plates must be paid into the state treasury
24.9 	and credited to the highway user tax distribution fund.
24.10 		Subd. 2b.Firefighters; special plates. (a) The
24.11 	registrar commissioner shall issue special license plates to any
24.12 	applicant who:
24.13 	(1) is both a member of a fire department receiving state
24.14 	aid under chapter 69 and an owner or joint owner of a passenger
24.15 	automobile, or truck with a manufacturer's nominal rated
24.16 	capacity of one ton and resembling a pickup truck, upon payment
24.17 	of ;
24.18 	(2) pays a fee of $10 and upon payment of any other fees
24.19 	required by this chapter;
24.20 	(3) pays the registration tax required by law this chapter 
24.21 	for the motor vehicle and compliance with other laws of this
24.22 	state relating to ; and 
24.23 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the 
24.24 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles
24.25 	and drivers.
24.26 	(b) In lieu of the identification required under
24.27 	subdivision 1, the special license plates shall be inscribed
24.28 	with a symbol must bear an emblem of a Maltese Cross together
24.29 	with five any numbers or characters prescribed by the
24.30 	commissioner.  No applicant shall receive more than two sets of
24.31 	plates for motor vehicles owned or jointly owned by the
24.32 	applicant.
24.33 	(b) (c) Special plates issued under this subdivision may
24.34 	only be used during the period that the owner or joint owner of
24.35 	the motor vehicle is a member of a fire department as specified
24.36 	in this subdivision.  When the person individual to whom the
25.1 	special plates were issued is no longer a member of a fire
25.2 	department or when the motor vehicle ownership is transferred,
25.3 	the owner shall remove the special license plates shall be
25.4 	removed from the motor vehicle and returned to the registrar.
25.5 	Upon return removal of the special plates, either the owner or
25.6 	purchaser of the motor vehicle is entitled to receive regular
25.7 	plates for the motor vehicle without cost for the remainder of
25.8 	the registration period for which the special plates were issued.
25.9 	(d) Firefighter license plates issued pursuant to this
25.10 	subdivision may be transferred to another motor vehicle upon
25.11 	payment of a $5, which fee shall be paid into the state treasury
25.12 	and credited to the highway user tax distribution fund.
25.13 	(c) (e) The commissioner of public safety may adopt rules
25.14 	under the Administrative Procedure Act, sections 14.001 to
25.15 	14.69, to govern the issuance and use of the special plates
25.16 	authorized in this subdivision. All fees from the sale of
25.17 	special license plates for firefighters shall be paid into the
25.18 	state treasury and credited to the highway user tax distribution
25.19 	fund.
25.20 		Subd. 2c.National guard; special plates. (a) The
25.21 	registrar commissioner shall issue special license plates to any
25.22 	applicant who:
25.23 	(1) is a regularly enlisted, commissioned, or retired
25.24 	member of the Minnesota National Guard, other than an inactive
25.25 	member who is not a retired member, and is an owner or joint
25.26 	owner of a passenger automobile, van, or pickup truck included
25.27 	within the definition of a passenger automobile upon payment of ;
25.28 	(2) pays a fee of $10, payment of and any other fees
25.29 	required by this chapter;
25.30 	(3) pays the registration tax required by law, and
25.31 	compliance with other laws of this state relating to this
25.32 	chapter; and 
25.33 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the 
25.34 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles
25.35 	and drivers.
25.36 	(b) The adjutant general shall design the emblem for these
26.1 	special plates subject to the approval of the registrar 
26.2 	commissioner. No 
26.3 	(c) An applicant shall must not be issued more than two
26.4 	sets of plates for motor vehicles owned or jointly owned by 
26.5 	registered to the applicant. The adjutant general shall
26.6 	estimate the number of special plates that will be required and
26.7 	submit the estimate to the registrar.
26.8 	(b) (d) Special plates issued under this subdivision may
26.9 	only be used during the period that the owner or joint owner of
26.10 	the motor vehicle is an active or retired member of the
26.11 	Minnesota National Guard as specified in this subdivision.  When
26.12 	the person individual to whom the special plates were issued is
26.13 	no longer an active or retired member of the Minnesota National
26.14 	Guard, the special plates must be removed from the vehicle and
26.15 	returned to by the registrar owner.  Upon return removal of
26.16 	the special plates, either the owner or purchaser of the motor 
26.17 	vehicle is entitled to receive regular plates for the motor 
26.18 	vehicle without cost for the remainder of the registration
26.19 	period for which the special plates were issued.
26.20 	(e) While the person is an active or retired member of the
26.21 	Minnesota National Guard, plates issued pursuant to this
26.22 	subdivision may be transferred to another motor vehicle owned or
26.23 	jointly owned by that person individual upon payment of a fee of
26.24 	$5.
26.25 	(c) (f) For purposes of this subdivision, "retired member"
26.26 	means a person an individual placed on the roll of retired
26.27 	officers or roll of retired enlisted members in the Office of
26.28 	the Adjutant General under section 192.18 and who is not
26.29 	deceased.
26.30 	(d) All fees collected under the provisions of this
26.31 	subdivision shall be paid into the state treasury and credited
26.32 	to the highway user tax distribution fund.
26.33 	(e) (g) The registrar commissioner may adopt rules under
26.34 	the Administrative Procedure Act to govern the issuance and use
26.35 	of the special plates authorized by this subdivision.
26.36 		Subd. 2d.Ready reserve; special plates. (a) The
27.1 	registrar commissioner shall issue special license plates to an
27.2 	applicant who:
27.3 	(1) is not eligible for special license National Guard 
27.4 	plates under subdivision 2c, who is a member of the United
27.5 	States Armed Forces Ready Reserve as described in United States
27.6 	Code, title 10, section 10142 or 10143, and is an owner or joint
27.7 	owner of a passenger automobile, van, or pickup truck, on
27.8 	paying ;
27.9 	(2) pays a fee of $10, paying and any other fees required
27.10 	by this chapter;
27.11 	(3) pays the registration tax required by law, and
27.12 	complying with other laws of this state relating to this
27.13 	chapter; and 
27.14 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the 
27.15 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles
27.16 	and drivers.
27.17 	(b) The commissioner of veterans affairs shall design the
27.18 	emblem for these special plates subject to the approval of the
27.19 	registrar commissioner. No 
27.20 	(c) An applicant may must not be issued more than two sets
27.21 	of plates for motor vehicles owned or jointly owned by the
27.22 	applicant. The commissioner of veterans affairs shall estimate
27.23 	the number of special plates that will be required and submit
27.24 	the estimate to the registrar.
27.25 	(b) (d) Special plates issued under this subdivision may
27.26 	only be used during the period that the owner or joint owner of
27.27 	the motor vehicle is a member of the ready reserve.  When the
27.28 	person owner is no longer a member, the special plates must be
27.29 	removed from the motor vehicle and returned to the registrar by
27.30 	the owner.  On returning removing the special plates, either the
27.31 	owner or purchaser of the motor vehicle is entitled to receive
27.32 	regular plates for the motor vehicle without cost for the rest
27.33 	of the registration period for which the special plates were
27.34 	issued.  While the person owner is a member of the ready
27.35 	reserve, plates issued under this subdivision may be transferred
27.36 	to another motor vehicle owned or jointly owned by that person 
28.1 	individual on paying a fee of $5.
28.2 	(c) The fees collected under this subdivision must be paid
28.3 	into the state treasury and credited to the highway user tax
28.4 	distribution fund.
28.5 	(d) (e) The registrar commissioner may adopt rules under
28.6 	the Administrative Procedure Act to govern the issuance and use
28.7 	of the special plates authorized by this subdivision.
28.8 		Subd. 2e.Volunteer ambulance attendants; special
28.9 	plates. (a) The registrar commissioner shall issue special
28.10 	license plates to an applicant who:
28.11 	(1) is a volunteer ambulance attendant as defined in
28.12 	section 144E.001, subdivision 15, and who owns or jointly owns a
28.13 	motor vehicle taxed as a passenger automobile.  The registrar
28.14 	shall issue the special plates on payment of ;
28.15 	(2) pays the registration tax required by law this chapter 
28.16 	for the motor vehicle, compliance with all other applicable laws
28.17 	relating to ;
28.18 	(3) pays a fee of $10 and any other fees required by this
28.19 	chapter; and 
28.20 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the 
28.21 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles
28.22 	and drivers, and payment of an additional fee of $10.
28.23 	(b) The registrar commissioner shall not issue more than
28.24 	two sets of these plates to each qualified applicant.
28.25 	(b) A person (c) An individual may use special plates
28.26 	issued under this subdivision only during the period that
28.27 	the person individual is a volunteer ambulance attendant.  When
28.28 	the person individual to whom the special plates were issued
28.29 	ceases to be a volunteer ambulance attendant, the person 
28.30 	individual shall return remove each set of special plates issued
28.31 	to that person.  When ownership of a the motor vehicle is
28.32 	transferred, the person individual shall remove the special
28.33 	plates from that motor vehicle and return them to the
28.34 	registrar.  On return removal of each set of plates, the owner
28.35 	of the motor vehicle, or new owner in case of a
28.36 	transferred motor vehicle, is entitled to receive
29.1 	regular license plates for the motor vehicle without cost for
29.2 	the rest of the registration period for which the set of special
29.3 	plates were issued.  Special plates issued under this
29.4 	subdivision may be transferred to another motor vehicle owned by
29.5 	the volunteer ambulance attendant on payment of a fee of $5.
29.6 	(c) The fees specified in this subdivision must be paid
29.7 	into the state treasury and deposited in the highway user tax
29.8 	distribution fund.
29.9 	(d) The commissioner may adopt rules governing the design,
29.10 	issuance, and sale of the special plates authorized by this
29.11 	subdivision.
29.12 		Subd. 2f.Original license plates. (a) On application of
29.13 	the owner and in lieu of issuing license plates under
29.14 	subdivision 1 to a motor vehicle registered and taxed as a
29.15 	passenger automobile, the registrar commissioner may assign to
29.16 	the motor vehicle original Minnesota number registration plates
29.17 	issued in the same year as the model year of the motor vehicle,
29.18 	if (1) the original license plates are at least 20 years old,
29.19 	(2) the owner of the motor vehicle has the original license 
29.20 	plates in possession at the time of the application, and (3) the
29.21 	owner provides the license plate number to the registrar 
29.22 	commissioner.
29.23 	(b) License Plates displayed under this subdivision,
29.24 	including tabs and stickers applied to the plates, must be
29.25 	clearly legible and must be displayed at the front and rear of 
29.26 	on the motor vehicle.
29.27 	(c) The registrar commissioner shall not assign the
29.28 	registration number on the original license plates to the motor 
29.29 	vehicle if the registrar commissioner determines that the number
29.30 	on the original plate is identical to the number on any current
29.31 	license plate in the current or reserved numbering system used
29.32 	by the registrar commissioner. A person currently using license
29.33 	plates issued by the registrar on the vehicle shall return those
29.34 	license plates to the registrar before displaying original
29.35 	license plates under this subdivision.
29.36 	(d) Notwithstanding Despite subdivision 1, an original
30.1 	license plate whose number has been assigned under this
30.2 	subdivision may be displayed for as long as the license plates,
30.3 	including tabs and stickers on the plates, are clearly
30.4 	legible and the number is not subsequently used by the
30.5 	commissioner as a plate number in a registration numbering
30.6 	system.
30.7 	(e) Notwithstanding Despite subdivision 1, original license 
30.8 	plates assigned under this subdivision need not bear a tab or
30.9 	sticker to indicate the month or year of registration if
30.10 	the motor vehicle carries the registration certificate issued
30.11 	under section 168.11 at all times when the motor vehicle is
30.12 	operated on the public highways.
30.13 	(f) The registrar commissioner may charge a fee for
30.14 	receiving an application and assigning original license plate
30.15 	numbers.
30.16 		Subd. 5.Additional fee. (a) In addition to any fee
30.17 	otherwise authorized or any tax otherwise imposed upon any motor 
30.18 	vehicle, the payment of which is required as a condition to the
30.19 	issuance of any number license plate or plates, the commissioner
30.20 	of public safety shall impose the fee specified in paragraph (b)
30.21 	that is calculated to cover the cost of manufacturing and
30.22 	issuing the license plate or plates, except for license plates
30.23 	issued to disabled veterans as defined in section 168.031 and
30.24 	license plates issued pursuant to section 168.124, 168.125, or
30.25 	168.27, subdivisions 16 and 17, for passenger automobiles. The
30.26 	commissioner shall issue graphic design license plates shall 
30.27 	only be issued for vehicles registered pursuant to section
30.28 	168.017 and recreational vehicles registered pursuant to section
30.29 	168.013, subdivision 1g.
30.30 	(b) Unless otherwise specified or exempted by statute, the
30.31 	following plate and validation sticker fees apply for the
30.32 	original, duplicate, or replacement issuance of a plate in a
30.33 	plate year:
30.34 	Sequential Regular Double Plate                  $ 4.25
30.35 	Sequential Special Plate-Double                  $ 7.00
30.36 	Sequential Regular Single Plate                  $ 3.00
31.1 	Sequential Special Plate-Single                  $ 5.50
31.2 	Utility Trailer Self-Adhesive Plate              $ 2.50
31.3 	Nonsequential Double Plate                       $14.00
31.4 	Nonsequential Single Plate                       $10.00
31.5 	Duplicate Sticker                                $ 1.00
31.6 	(c) Fees collected under this subdivision must be paid into
31.7 	the state treasury and credited to the highway user tax
31.8 	distribution fund.

31.9 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.123, is
31.10 	amended to read:
31.11 	168.123 VETERANS; SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES.
31.12 		Subdivision 1.General requirements; fees. (a) On
31.13 	payment of a fee of $10 for each set of two plates, or for a
31.14 	single plate in the case of a motorcycle plate, payment of the
31.15 	registration tax required by law, and compliance with other laws
31.16 	relating to the registration and licensing of a passenger
31.17 	automobile, pickup truck, van, self-propelled recreational
31.18 	equipment motor vehicle, or motorcycle, as applicable,
31.19 	the registrar commissioner shall issue:
31.20 	(1) special license veteran's plates to an applicant who
31.21 	served in the active military service in a branch of the armed
31.22 	forces of the United States or of a nation or society allied
31.23 	with the United States in conducting a foreign war, was
31.24 	discharged under honorable conditions, and is an owner or joint 
31.25 	a registered owner of a passenger automobile, pickup truck, van,
31.26 	or self-propelled recreational equipment motor vehicle; or
31.27 	(2) a veteran's special motorcycle license plate as
31.28 	described in subdivision 2, paragraph (a), or another
31.29 	special license plate designed by the commissioner of public
31.30 	safety to an applicant who is a Vietnam veteran who served after
31.31 	July 1, 1961, and before July 1, 1978, and who served in the
31.32 	active military service in a branch of the armed forces of the
31.33 	United States in conducting a foreign war, was discharged under
31.34 	honorable conditions, and is an owner or joint a registered 
31.35 	owner of a motorcycle.  Plates issued under this clause must be
31.36 	the same size as standard regular motorcycle license plates.
32.1 	(b) The additional fee of $10 is payable for each set
32.2 	of veteran's plates, is payable only when the plates are issued,
32.3 	and is not payable in a year in which tabs or stickers are
32.4 	issued instead of number plates.  An applicant must not be
32.5 	issued more than two sets of plates for more than two motor 
32.6 	vehicles listed in paragraph (a) and owned or jointly owned by 
32.7 	registered to the applicant.
32.8 	(c) The veteran shall must have a certified copy of the
32.9 	veteran's discharge papers, indicating character of discharge,
32.10 	at the time of application.  If an applicant served in the
32.11 	active military service in a branch of the armed forces of a
32.12 	nation or society allied with the United States in conducting a
32.13 	foreign war and is unable to obtain a record of that service and
32.14 	discharge status, the commissioner of veterans affairs may
32.15 	certify the applicant as qualified for the veterans' license 
32.16 	plates provided under this section.
32.17 		Subd. 2.Design. The commissioner of veterans affairs
32.18 	shall design the emblem for the veterans' special plates,
32.19 	subject to the approval of the registrar commissioner, that
32.20 	satisfy the following requirements:
32.21 	(a) For a Vietnam veteran who served after July 1, 1961,
32.22 	and before July 1, 1978, the special plates must bear the
32.23 	inscription "VIETNAM VET" and the letters "V" and "V" with the
32.24 	first letter directly above the second letter and both letters
32.25 	just preceding the first numeral of the special license plate
32.26 	number.
32.27 	(b) For a veteran stationed on the island of Oahu, Hawaii,
32.28 	or offshore, during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7,
32.29 	1941, the special plates must bear the inscription "PEARL HARBOR
32.30 	SURVIVOR" and the letters "P" and "H" with the first letter
32.31 	directly above the second letter and both letters just preceding
32.32 	the first numeral of the special license plate number.
32.33 	(c) For a veteran who served during World War I or World
32.34 	War II, the special plates must bear the inscription "WORLD WAR
32.35 	VET" and:
32.36 	(1) for a World War I veteran, the characters "W" and "I"
33.1 	with the first character directly above the second character and
33.2 	both characters just preceding the first numeral of the special
33.3 	license plate number; or
33.4 	(2) for a World War II veteran, the characters "W" and "II"
33.5 	with the first character directly above the second character and
33.6 	both characters just preceding the first numeral of the special
33.7 	license plate number.
33.8 	(d) For a veteran who served during the Korean Conflict,
33.9 	the special plates must bear the inscription "KOREAN VET" and
33.10 	the letters "K" and "V" with the first letter directly above the
33.11 	second letter and both letters just preceding the first numeral
33.12 	of the special license plate number.
33.13 	(e) For a combat wounded veteran who is a recipient of the
33.14 	purple heart medal, the special plates must bear the inscription
33.15 	"COMBAT WOUNDED VET" and inscribed with have a facsimile on an
33.16 	emblem of the official purple heart medal and the letters "C"
33.17 	over "W" with the first letter directly over the second letter
33.18 	just preceding the first numeral of the special license plate
33.19 	number.
33.20 	(f) For a Persian Gulf War veteran, the special plates must
33.21 	bear the inscription "GULF WAR VET" and the letters "G" and "W"
33.22 	with the first letter directly above the second letter and both
33.23 	letters just preceding the first numeral of the special license 
33.24 	plate number.  For the purposes of this section, "Persian Gulf
33.25 	War veteran" means a person who served on active duty after
33.26 	August 1, 1990, in a branch of the armed forces of the United
33.27 	States or United Nations during Operation Desert Shield,
33.28 	Operation Desert Storm, or other military operation in the
33.29 	Persian Gulf area combat zone as designated in United States
33.30 	Presidential Executive Order No. 12744, dated January 21, 1991.
33.31 	(g) For a veteran who served in the Laos War after July 1,
33.32 	1961, and before July 1, 1978, the special plates must bear the
33.33 	inscription "LAOS WAR VET" and the letters "L" and "V" with the
33.34 	first letter directly above the second letter and both letters
33.35 	just preceding the first numeral of the special license plate
33.36 	number.
34.1 		Subd. 3.Number estimated. The commissioner of veterans
34.2 	affairs shall estimate the number of special plates that will be
34.3 	required and submit the estimate to the registrar.
34.4 		Subd. 4.Plates transfer. (a) On payment of a fee of $5,
34.5 	plates issued under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1),
34.6 	may be transferred to another passenger automobile, pickup
34.7 	truck, van,or self-propelled recreational equipment owned or
34.8 	jointly owned by motor vehicle registered to the person 
34.9 	individual to whom the plates were issued.
34.10 	(b) On payment of a fee of $5, a plate issued under
34.11 	subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), may be transferred to
34.12 	another motorcycle owned or jointly owned by registered to the
34.13 	person individual to whom the plate was issued.
34.14 		Subd. 5.Fees credited. Fees collected under this
34.15 	section must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the
34.16 	highway user tax distribution fund.
34.17 		Subd. 6.Rules. The registrar commissioner may adopt
34.18 	rules under the Administrative Procedure Act to govern the
34.19 	issuance and use of the special plates authorized by this
34.20 	section.

34.21 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1235, is
34.22 	amended to read:
34.23 	168.1235 VETERANS SERVICE GROUPS; SPECIAL STICKERS GROUP
34.24 	EMBLEMS.
34.25 		Subdivision 1.General requirements; fees. (a) On
34.26 	payment of a fee of $10 for each set of two license plates,
34.27 	payment of the registration tax required by law, and compliance
34.28 	with other laws relating to the registration and licensing of a
34.29 	passenger automobile, pickup truck, van, or self-propelled
34.30 	recreational vehicle, as applicable,The registrar commissioner 
34.31 	shall issue a special license plate sticker emblem for each
34.32 	plate to an applicant who:
34.33 	(1) is a member of a congressionally chartered veterans
34.34 	service organization and is an owner or joint a registered owner
34.35 	of a passenger automobile, pickup truck, van, or self-propelled
34.36 	recreational vehicle;
35.1 	(2) pays the registration tax required by law;
35.2 	(3) pays a fee of $10 for each set of two plates, and any
35.3 	other fees required by this chapter; and 
35.4 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the
35.5 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of drivers.
35.6 	(b) The additional fee of $10 is payable at the time of
35.7 	initial application for the special license plate stickers 
35.8 	emblem and when the license plates must be replaced or renewed.
35.9 	An applicant must not be issued more than two sets of special
35.10 	license plate stickers emblems for motor vehicles listed in
35.11 	paragraph (a) and owned or jointly owned by registered to the
35.12 	applicant.
35.13 	(c) The commissioner of veterans affairs shall determine
35.14 	what documentation is required by each applicant to show that
35.15 	the applicant is a member of a congressionally chartered
35.16 	veterans service organization and is entitled to the special
35.17 	license plate stickers applicant must present a valid card
35.18 	indicating membership in the American Legion or Veterans of
35.19 	Foreign Wars.
35.20 		Subd. 2.Design. (a) The commissioner of veterans
35.21 	affairs, after consultation with each of the congressionally
35.22 	chartered veterans service organizations, shall design the
35.23 	special license plate stickers emblems, subject to the approval
35.24 	of the registrar commissioner.  The emblem, symbol, or other
35.25 	pictorial representation on the sticker must be at least as
35.26 	large as the letters and numerals on the plate and the registrar 
35.27 	commissioner shall allow for plates with spaces for the stickers 
35.28 	emblem in place of a numeral or letter.
35.29 	(b) Each congressionally chartered veterans service
35.30 	organization must arrange for any applicable rules of the
35.31 	national organization to be changed or copyrights to be released
35.32 	before the commissioner may issue special license plate stickers 
35.33 	emblems to members of any particular service organization under
35.34 	this section.
35.35 		Subd. 3.Number estimated. The commissioner of veterans
35.36 	affairs shall estimate the number of special plate stickers that
36.1 	will be required and submit the estimate to the registrar.
36.2 		Subd. 4.Plate stickers emblem transfer. Notwithstanding 
36.3 	Despite section 168.12 or other law to the contrary, on payment
36.4 	of a fee of $5, the veterans service organization special plate
36.5 	stickers emblems issued under subdivision 1, may be transferred
36.6 	by the owner to other license plates on a passenger automobile,
36.7 	pickup truck, van, or self-propelled recreational vehicle owned
36.8 	or jointly owned by registered to the person to whom the
36.9 	stickers emblems were issued.
36.10 		Subd. 5.Fees credited. Fees collected under this
36.11 	section must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the
36.12 	highway user tax distribution fund.

36.13 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.124, is
36.14 	amended to read:
36.15 	168.124 SPECIAL PLATES FOR MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS.
36.16 		Subdivision 1.Issuance and design. (a) The registrar of
36.17 	motor vehicles commissioner shall issue special license plates
36.18 	bearing the inscription "MEDAL OF HONOR" to an applicant who:
36.19 	(1) is a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor and
36.20 	upon the applicant's compliance with the laws of this state
36.21 	relating to ;
36.22 	(2) is a registered owner of a passenger automobile,
36.23 	motorcycle, or recreational motor vehicle; and 
36.24 	(3) complies with this chapter and rules governing the
36.25 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles
36.26 	and drivers.
36.27 	(b) The special license plates must be of a design and size
36.28 	determined by the registrar commissioner.  Only one set of
36.29 	plates, or a single plate in the case of a motorcycle,bearing
36.30 	the inscription "MEDAL OF HONOR" may be issued for each
36.31 	qualified applicant.
36.32 		Subd. 2.Application. Application for issuance of these
36.33 	plates may be made only at the time of renewal or first
36.34 	application for registration.
36.35 		Subd. 3.No fee. The registrar commissioner shall issue
36.36 	a set of medal of honor plates to qualified applicants free of
37.1 	charge and the plates must be replaced by the department without
37.2 	charge if they become damaged.  In addition, no fee may be
37.3 	charged for a subsequent year when tabs or stickers are issued
37.4 	for that a motor vehicle listed in subdivision 1 on which the
37.5 	special medal of honor plates are placed. The motor vehicle
37.6 	must be for personal use, not commercial purposes.
37.7 		Subd. 4.Transfer. Despite the provisions of section
37.8 	168.12, subdivision 1, medal of honor plates issued under this
37.9 	section may be transferred to another personal motor vehicle
37.10 	owned or jointly owned by registered to the medal of honor
37.11 	recipient upon notification to the registrar of motor vehicles 
37.12 	commissioner.
37.13 		Subd. 5.Motor vehicle; special definition. For purposes
37.14 	of this section, "motor vehicle" means a vehicle for personal
37.15 	use, not used for commercial purposes, and may include a
37.16 	passenger automobile, van, pickup truck, motorcycle, or
37.17 	recreational vehicle.
37.18 		Subd. 6.When issued. The registrar of motor vehicles
37.19 	shall begin issuing medal of honor plates for the calendar year
37.20 	1984 and thereafter.

37.21 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.125, is
37.22 	amended to read:
37.23 	168.125 SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES FOR FORMER PRISONERS OF
37.24 	WAR.
37.25 		Subdivision 1.Issuance and design. (a) The registrar 
37.26 	commissioner shall issue special license plates bearing the
37.27 	inscription "EX-POW" to any applicant who:
37.28 	(1) is both a former prisoner of war and an owner or joint 
37.29 	a registered owner of a passenger automobile, motorcycle, or
37.30 	recreational motor vehicle upon the applicant's compliance with
37.31 	all the laws of this state relating to ; and 
37.32 	(2) complies with this chapter and rules governing the
37.33 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of motor vehicles
37.34 	and drivers.
37.35 	(b) The special license plates shall must be of a design
37.36 	and size to be determined by the commissioner. Only one set of 
38.1 	plates, or a single plate in the case of a motorcycle,bearing
38.2 	the "EX-POW" inscription may be issued for only one motor
38.3 	vehicle per each qualified applicant.
38.4 		Subd. 1a.Application. Application for issuance of these
38.5 	plates shall must be made at the time of renewal or first
38.6 	application for registration.  The application shall must 
38.7 	include a certification by the commissioner of veterans affairs
38.8 	that the applicant was a member of the military forces of the
38.9 	United States who was captured, separated, and incarcerated by
38.10 	an enemy of the United States during a period of armed conflict.
38.11 		Subd. 1b.No fee. The registrar commissioner shall issue
38.12 	a set of EX-POW plates, or a single plate for a motorcycle,to
38.13 	qualified applicants, free of charge for the cost of the plates,
38.14 	and shall replace them without charge if they become damaged.
38.15 	In addition, no fee may be charged for a subsequent year
38.16 	when tabs or stickers are issued for that motor vehicle on which
38.17 	the special EX-POW plates are placed.
38.18 		Subd. 1c.Plates transfer. Notwithstanding Despite the
38.19 	provisions of section 168.12, subdivision 1, the special license 
38.20 	plates issued under this section may be transferred to another
38.21 	motor vehicle owned or jointly owned by registered to the former
38.22 	prisoner of war upon notification to the registrar of motor
38.23 	vehicles commissioner.
38.24 		Subd. 1d.Surviving spouse. Upon the death of a former
38.25 	prisoner of war, the registrar commissioner shall continue to
38.26 	issue free of charge, upon renewal, the special license plates
38.27 	to a motor vehicle owned by the surviving spouse of the former
38.28 	prisoner of war.  Special license plates issued to a surviving
38.29 	spouse may be transferred to another motor vehicle owned by 
38.30 	registered to the surviving spouse as provided in subdivision
38.31 	1c.  No fee may be charged for replacement plates issued to a
38.32 	surviving spouse or for tabs or stickers issued for the motor
38.33 	vehicle on which the special "EX-POW" plates are placed.  A
38.34 	surviving spouse is not exempt from the motor vehicle
38.35 	registration tax.
38.36 		Subd. 1e.Motor vehicle; special definition. For
39.1 	purposes of this section, "motor vehicle" means a passenger
39.2 	automobile, van, pickup truck, motorcycle, or recreational
39.3 	vehicle.
39.4 		Subd. 2.special plates; ex-pow and disability
39.5 	insignia emblems. The registrar commissioner shall issue
39.6 	special license plates bearing both the "EX-POW" and
39.7 	disability insignia emblem to any applicant who is entitled to
39.8 	the special license plates provided under this section and who
39.9 	is also entitled to special license plates for the physically
39.10 	disabled under section 168.021 upon compliance with the
39.11 	provisions of both sections.  The special license plates shall 
39.12 	must be of a design and size to be determined by the
39.13 	commissioner.
39.14 		Subd. 3.Rules; commissioner of public safety. The
39.15 	commissioner of public safety may promulgate adopt by rule, in
39.16 	accordance with the provisions of chapter 14, the procedures for
39.17 	issuance or transfer of the special license plates authorized
39.18 	under this section.
39.19 		Subd. 4.Rules; commissioner of veterans affairs. The
39.20 	commissioner of veterans affairs shall establish the procedure
39.21 	for obtaining the certification of former prisoner of war status.
39.22 		Subd. 5.Savings provision. Nothing in this section
39.23 	shall alter alters the exemption for disabled war veterans
39.24 	provided for in section 168.031.

39.25 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1255, is
39.26 	amended to read:
39.27 	168.1255  SPECIAL VETERAN CONTRIBUTION LICENSE PLATES.
39.28 		Subdivision 1.General requirements and procedures.
 39.29 	The registrar commissioner shall issue special veteran
39.30 	contribution license plates to an applicant who:
39.31 	(1) is a veteran, as defined in section 197.447;
39.32 	(2) is an owner or joint a registered owner of a passenger
39.33 	automobile, pickup truck, or van;
39.34 	(3) pays a fee of $10 to cover the costs of handling and
39.35 	manufacturing the plates;
39.36 	(4) pays the registration tax required under section
40.1 	168.013;
40.2 	(5) pays the fees required under this chapter;
40.3 	(6) pays an additional onetime World War II memorial
40.4 	contribution of $30, which the department shall retain until all
40.5 	start-up costs associated with the development and issuing of
40.6 	the plates have been recovered, after which the commissioner
40.7 	shall deposit contributions in the World War II donation match
40.8 	account; and
40.9 	(7) complies with laws this chapter and rules governing the 
40.10 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of vehicles and 
40.11 	drivers.
40.12 		Subd. 2.Design. The commissioner of veterans affairs
40.13 	shall design an emblem for the special plates, subject to the
40.14 	approval of the registrar commissioner of public safety,
40.15 	that satisfy satisfies the following requirements in this
40.16 	subdivision:
40.17 	(1) the special veteran contribution plates must bear the
40.18 	inscription "PROUD TO BE A VETERAN" on the bottom of the plate;
40.19 	and
40.20 	(2) the flag of the United States of America must appear on
40.21 	the left side of the plate just preceding the first letter or
40.22 	numeral of the special license plate number.
40.23 		Subd. 3.Plate transfers. Notwithstanding Despite 
40.24 	section 168.12, subdivision 1, on payment of a transfer fee of
40.25 	$5, plates issued under this section may be transferred to
40.26 	another passenger automobile, pickup truck, or van owned or
40.27 	jointly owned by registered to the person individual to whom the
40.28 	special veteran contribution plates were issued.
40.29 		Subd. 4.Fees credited. The fees collected under this
40.30 	section must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to
40.31 	the highway user tax distribution fund.Fees collected under
40.32 	this section do not include the contributions collected for the
40.33 	World War II memorial donation match account.
40.34 		Subd. 5.Record. The registrar commissioner shall
40.35 	maintain a record of the number of special plates issued under
40.36 	this section.

41.1 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.127,
41.2 	subdivision 6, is amended to read:
41.3 		Subd. 6.Fees.  Instead of the filing fee described in
41.4 	section 168.33, subdivision 7, the applicant for fleet
41.5 	registration shall pay an equivalent administrative fee to the
41.6 	commissioner for each vehicle in the fleet. The administrative
41.7 	fee must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the
41.8 	highway user tax distribution fund.

41.9 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.128, is
41.10 	amended to read:
41.11 	168.128 LIMOUSINE REGISTRATION, LICENSE PLATES.
41.12 		Subdivision 1.unique limousine registration category. A
41.13 	unique vehicle registration category is established for
41.14 	limousines as defined in section 168.011, subdivision 35.
41.15 		Subd. 2.license plates. (a) A person who operates a
41.16 	limousine for other than personal use shall apply to register
41.17 	the motor vehicle as provided in this section.
41.18 	(b) A person who operates a limousine for personal use may
41.19 	apply.  The registrar commissioner shall issue limousine license 
41.20 	plates upon the applicant's compliance with laws relating to
41.21 	registration and licensing of motor vehicles and drivers and
41.22 	certification by to the registered owner of a limousine who:
41.23 	(1) certifies that an insurance policy under section 65B.13
41.24 	in an aggregate amount of $300,000 per accident is in effect for
41.25 	the entire period of the registration under section 65B.135.
41.26 	The applicant must provide the registrar ;
41.27 	(2) provides the commissioner with proof that the passenger
41.28 	automobile license tax and a $10 fee have been paid for each
41.29 	limousine receiving limousine license plates; and 
41.30 	(3) complies with this chapter and rules governing the
41.31 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of drivers.
41.32 	(c) The limousine license plates must be designed to
41.33 	specifically identify the vehicle as a limousine and must be
41.34 	clearly marked with the letters "LM."  Limousine license plates
41.35 	may not be transferred upon sale of the limousine, but may be
41.36 	transferred to another limousine owned by the same person upon
42.1 	notifying the registrar commissioner and paying a $5 transfer
42.2 	fee.
42.3 		Subd. 3.Insurance. (a) The application must include a
42.4 	certificate of insurance verifying that a valid commercial
42.5 	insurance policy is in effect and giving the name of the
42.6 	insurance company and the number of the insurance policy.  The
42.7 	policy must provide stated limits of liability, exclusive of
42.8 	interest and costs, with respect to each motor vehicle for which
42.9 	coverage is granted, of not less than $100,000 because of bodily
42.10 	injury to one person in any one accident and, subject to said 
42.11 	that limit for one person, of not less than $300,000 because of
42.12 	injury to two or more persons in any one accident and of not
42.13 	less than $100,000 because of injury to or destruction of
42.14 	property.  The insurance company must notify the commissioner if
42.15 	the policy is canceled or if the policy no longer provides the
42.16 	coverage required by this subdivision.
42.17 	(b) The commissioner shall immediately notify the
42.18 	commissioner of transportation if the policy of a person
42.19 	required to have a permit under section 221.84 is canceled or no
42.20 	longer provides the coverage required by this subdivision.
42.21 		Subd. 4.Fees credited to highway user fund. Fees
42.22 	collected from the sale of license plates under this section
42.23 	must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the highway
42.24 	user tax distribution fund.

42.25 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.129, is
42.26 	amended to read:
42.27 	168.129 SPECIAL COLLEGIATE LICENSE PLATES.
42.28 		Subdivision 1.General requirements and procedures. The
42.29 	commissioner of public safety shall issue special collegiate
42.30 	license plates to an applicant who:
42.31 	(1) is an owner or joint a registered owner of a passenger
42.32 	automobile, pickup truck, or van;
42.33 	(2) pays a fee determined by the commissioner as specified
42.34 	in section 168.12, subdivision 5,to cover the costs of handling
42.35 	and manufacturing the plates;
42.36 	(3) pays the registration tax required under section
43.1 	168.013;
43.2 	(4) pays the fees required under this chapter;
43.3 	(5) contributes at least $25 annually to the scholarship
43.4 	account established in subdivision 6; and
43.5 	(6) complies with laws this chapter and rules governing
43.6 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of vehicles and 
43.7 	drivers.
43.8 		Subd. 2.Design. (a) After consultation with each
43.9 	participating college, university,or postsecondary system, the
43.10 	commissioner shall design the an emblem for each special
43.11 	collegiate plates plate.
43.12 	(b) In consultation with the commissioner, a participating
43.13 	college or university annually shall indicate the anticipated
43.14 	number of plates needed.
43.15 		Subd. 3.No refund. Contributions under this section
43.16 	must not be refunded.
43.17 		Subd. 4.Plates transfer. Notwithstanding Despite 
43.18 	section 168.12, subdivision 1, on payment of a transfer fee of
43.19 	$5, plates issued under this section may be transferred to
43.20 	another passenger vehicle, pickup, or van owned or jointly owned
43.21 	by automobile registered to the person individual to whom the
43.22 	special collegiate plates were issued.
43.23 		Subd. 5.Fees credited. The fees collected under this
43.24 	section must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to
43.25 	the highway user tax distribution fund.Fees collected under
43.26 	this section do not include the contributions collected for the
43.27 	scholarship account.
43.28 		Subd. 6.Scholarship account. A scholarship account is
43.29 	created in the state treasury.  Except for one percent that may
43.30 	be retained by the commissioner of public safety for
43.31 	administrative costs, all contributions received under this
43.32 	section must be deposited by the commissioner in the scholarship
43.33 	account.  Money in the scholarship account is appropriated to
43.34 	the governing board of the institution to which it is
43.35 	attributable, as provided in subdivision 7.
43.36 		Subd. 7.Record. The commissioner shall maintain a
44.1 	record of the number of license plates issued for each
44.2 	postsecondary institution or system in order to determine the
44.3 	amount of scholarship funds available to that institution or
44.4 	system.

44.5 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1291, is
44.6 	amended to read:
44.7 	168.1291 SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES; UNIFORM DESIGN, UNIQUE
44.8 	EMBLEMS.
44.9 		Subdivision 1.Definition. For purposes of this section
44.10 	"special license plates" means license plates issued under
44.11 	sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129.
44.12 		Subd. 2.uniform design of special plates. (a) The
44.13 	commissioner shall design a single special license plate that
44.14 	will contain a unique number and a space for a unique symbol 
44.15 	emblem for plates issued under sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b
44.16 	and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129.  The commissioner shall design a
44.17 	unique symbol emblem related to the purpose of each
44.18 	special license plate.
44.19 	(b) Any provision of sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b to
44.20 	2e; 168.123; and 168.129,that requires the placement of a
44.21 	specified letter or letters on a special license plate applies
44.22 	to those license plates only to the extent that the commissioner
44.23 	includes the letter or letters in the design. Where 
44.24 	(c) If a law authorizing a special license plate contains a
44.25 	specific requirement for graphic design of that license plate,
44.26 	that requirement applies to the appropriate unique symbol the
44.27 	commissioner designs emblem.
44.28 		Subd. 3.Issuance of special plates with unique
44.29 	symbols emblems. Notwithstanding Despite section 168.12,
44.30 	subdivisions 2b to 2e; 168.123; or 168.129, beginning with
44.31 	special license plates issued in calendar year 1996,the
44.32 	commissioner shall issue each class of special license plates
44.33 	permanently marked with specific designs under those laws only
44.34 	until the commissioner's supply of those license plates is
44.35 	exhausted.  Thereafter the commissioner shall issue under those
44.36 	laws only the license plate authorized under subdivision 2, with
45.1 	the appropriate unique symbol emblem attached.
45.2 		Subd. 4.Fees. Notwithstanding Despite section 168.12,
45.3 	subdivisions 2b to 2e; 168.123; or 168.129, the commissioner
45.4 	shall charge a fee of $10 for each set of license plates issued
45.5 	under this section.
45.6 		Subd. 5.application applicability. This section does
45.7 	not apply to a special motorcycle license plate designed by the
45.8 	registrar commissioner under section 168.123, subdivision 1,
45.9 	clause (2).

45.10 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1293, is
45.11 	amended to read:
45.12 	168.1293 SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES; AUTHORIZATION;
45.13 	DISCONTINUANCE.
45.14 		Subdivision 1.Definition. For purposes of this section
45.15 	and section 168.1297, "special license plate" means a license 
45.16 	plate that is authorized by law sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b
45.17 	and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129,to have wording and graphics that
45.18 	differ from a Minnesota passenger vehicle license plate.
45.19 		Subd. 2.Submissions to department commissioner. (a) A
45.20 	person, legal entity, or other requester, however organized,
45.21 	that plans to seek legislation establishing a new special
45.22 	license plate shall submit the following information and fee to
45.23 	the Department of Public Safety commissioner:
45.24 	(1) The requester shall submit a request for the special
45.25 	license plate being sought, describing the proposed license 
45.26 	plate in general terms, the purpose of the plate, and the
45.27 	proposed fee or minimum contribution required for the plate.
45.28 	(2) The requester shall submit the results of a scientific
45.29 	sample survey of Minnesota motor vehicle owners that indicates
45.30 	that at least 10,000 motor vehicle owners intend to purchase the
45.31 	proposed plate with the proposed fee or minimum contribution.
45.32 	The requester's plan to undertake the survey must be reported to
45.33 	the department commissioner before the survey is undertaken.
45.34 	The survey must be performed independently of the requester by
45.35 	another person or legal entity, however organized, that conducts
45.36 	similar sample surveys in the normal course of business.
46.1 	(3) The requester shall submit an application fee of
46.2 	$20,000, to cover the department's cost of reviewing the
46.3 	application for a new plate and developing the new special
46.4 	license plate if authorized by law.  State funds may not be used
46.5 	to pay the application fee.
46.6 	(4) The requester shall submit a marketing strategy that
46.7 	contains (i) short-term and long-term marketing plans for the
46.8 	requested plate, and (ii) a financial analysis showing the
46.9 	anticipated revenues and the planned expenditures of any fee or
46.10 	contribution derived from the requested plate.
46.11 	(b) The requester shall submit the information required
46.12 	under paragraph (a) to the department commissioner at least 120
46.13 	days before the convening of the next regular legislative
46.14 	session at which the requester will submit the proposal.
46.15 		Subd. 3.Design; redesign. (a) If the proposed new 
46.16 	special license plate sought by the requester is approved by
46.17 	law, the requester shall submit the proposed design for the
46.18 	plate to the department commissioner as soon as practicable, but
46.19 	not later than 120 days after the effective date of the law
46.20 	authorizing issuance of the plate.  The department commissioner 
46.21 	is responsible for selecting the final design for the
46.22 	special license plate.
46.23 	(b) The requester that originally requested a special
46.24 	license plate subsequently approved by law may not submit a new
46.25 	design for the plate within the five years following the date of
46.26 	first issuance of the plate unless the inventory of those plates
46.27 	has been exhausted.  The requester may deplete the remaining
46.28 	inventory of the plates by reimbursing the department 
46.29 	commissioner for the cost of the plates.
46.30 		Subd. 4.Refund of fee. If the special license plate
46.31 	requested is not authorized in the legislative session at which
46.32 	authorization was sought, the department commissioner shall
46.33 	refund $17,500 of the application fee to the requester.
46.34 		Subd. 5.Discontinuance of plate. (a) The
46.35 	department commissioner shall discontinue the issuance or
46.36 	renewal of any special license plate authorized by sections
47.1 	168.12, subdivisions 2b and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129,if (1)
47.2 	fewer than 1,000 sets of those plates are currently registered
47.3 	at the end of the first six years during which the plates are
47.4 	available, or (2) fewer than 1,000 sets of those plates are
47.5 	currently registered at the end of any subsequent two-year
47.6 	period following the first six years of availability.
47.7 	(b) The department may commissioner shall discontinue the
47.8 	issuance or renewal of any special license plate authorized by
47.9 	sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129,
47.10 	and distribution of any contributions resulting from that plate,
47.11 	if the department commissioner determines that (1) the fund or
47.12 	requester receiving the contributions no longer exists, (2) the
47.13 	requester has stopped providing services that are authorized to
47.14 	be funded from the contribution proceeds, (3) the requester has
47.15 	requested discontinuance, or (4) contributions have been used in
47.16 	violation of subdivision 6.
47.17 	(c) Nothing in this subdivision applies to license plates
47.18 	issued under section 168.123, 168.124, 168.125, or 168.1255.
47.19 		Subd. 6.Use of contributions. Contributions made as a
47.20 	condition of obtaining a special license plate authorized by
47.21 	sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b and 2e; 168.1235; and 168.129,
47.22 	and interest earned on the contributions, may not be spent for
47.23 	commercial or for-profit purposes.
47.24 		Subd. 7.Deposit of fee; appropriation. The commissioner
47.25 	shall deposit the application fee under subdivision 2, paragraph
47.26 	(a), clause (3), in the highway user tax distribution fund 
47.27 	vehicle services operating account of the special revenue fund
47.28 	under section 299A.705.  An amount sufficient to pay the
47.29 	department's cost in implementing and administering this
47.30 	section, including payment of refunds under subdivision 4, is
47.31 	appropriated to the commissioner.

47.32 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1296, is
47.33 	amended to read:
47.34 	168.1296  SPECIAL CRITICAL HABITAT LICENSE PLATES.
47.35 		Subdivision 1.General requirements and procedures. (a)
47.36 	The registrar commissioner shall issue special critical
48.1 	habitat license plates to an applicant who:
48.2 	(1) is an owner or joint a registered owner of a passenger
48.3 	automobile, pickup truck, or van;
48.4 	(2) pays a fee of $10 to cover the costs of handling and
48.5 	manufacturing the plates;
48.6 	(3) pays the registration tax required under section
48.7 	168.013;
48.8 	(4) pays the fees required under this chapter;
48.9 	(5) contributes a minimum of $30 annually to the Minnesota
48.10 	critical habitat private sector matching account established in
48.11 	section 84.943; and
48.12 	(6) complies with laws this chapter and rules governing
48.13 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of vehicles and 
48.14 	drivers.
48.15 	(b) The critical habitat license plate application form 
48.16 	must clearly indicate that the annual contribution specified
48.17 	under paragraph (a), clause (5), is a minimum contribution to
48.18 	receive the license plate and that the applicant may make an
48.19 	additional contribution to the account.
48.20 		Subd. 2.Design. After consultation with interested
48.21 	groups, the commissioner of natural resources and the
48.22 	registrar commissioner shall jointly select a suitable symbol
48.23 	for use by the registrar commissioner to design the special 
48.24 	plates.
48.25 		Subd. 3.No refund. Contributions under this section
48.26 	must not be refunded.
48.27 		Subd. 4.Plate transfers. Notwithstanding section
48.28 	168.12, subdivision 1, on payment of a transfer fee of $5,
48.29 	plates issued under this section may be transferred to another
48.30 	passenger automobile, pickup truck, or van owned or jointly
48.31 	owned by registered to the person to whom the special plates
48.32 	were issued.
48.33 		Subd. 5.Contribution and fees credited. Contributions
48.34 	under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (5), must be paid to
48.35 	the registrar commissioner and credited to the Minnesota
48.36 	critical habitat private sector matching account established in
49.1 	section 84.943.  The fees collected under this section must be
49.2 	deposited in the highway user tax distribution fund vehicle
49.3 	services operating account of the special revenue fund under
49.4 	section 299A.705.
49.5 		Subd. 6.Record. The registrar commissioner shall
49.6 	maintain a record of the number of special plates issued under
49.7 	this section.

49.8 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.1297, is
49.9 	amended to read:
49.10 	168.1297 SPECIAL "ROTARY MEMBER" LICENSE PLATES.
49.11 		Subdivision 1.General requirements and procedures.
 49.12 	The registrar commissioner shall issue special "Rotary member"
49.13 	license plates to an applicant who:
49.14 	(1) is an owner or joint a registered owner of a passenger
49.15 	automobile, pickup truck, or van;
49.16 	(2) pays a fee of $10 to cover the costs of handling and
49.17 	manufacturing the plates;
49.18 	(3) pays the registration tax required under section
49.19 	168.013;
49.20 	(4) pays the fees required under this chapter;
49.21 	(5) submits proof to the registrar commissioner that the
49.22 	applicant is a member of Rotary International; and
49.23 	(6) complies with laws this chapter and rules governing
49.24 	registration of motor vehicles and licensing of vehicles and 
49.25 	drivers.
49.26 		Subd. 2.Design. A special license plate under this
49.27 	section consists of a special license plate as described in
49.28 	section 168.1291 with a unique symbol emblem that is the
49.29 	recognized emblem of Rotary International.
49.30 		Subd. 3.Compliance with other law. The commissioner
49.31 	shall take no action under this section unless the commissioner
49.32 	determines that Rotary International, or one or more districts
49.33 	of Rotary International, has complied with section 168.1293,
49.34 	subdivision 2, paragraph (a).  Issuance and renewal of license 
49.35 	plates under this section are subject to section 168.1293,
49.36 	subdivisions 3 to 6.

50.1 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.27,
50.2 	subdivision 11, is amended to read:
50.3 		Subd. 11.dealer's licenses; location change notice;
50.4 	fee. (a) Application for a dealer's license or notification of
50.5 	a change of location of the place of business on a dealer's 
50.6 	license must include a street address, not a post office box,
50.7 	and is subject to the registrar's commissioner's approval.
50.8 	(b) Upon the filing of an application for a dealer's 
50.9 	license and the proper fee, the registrar is authorized,unless
50.10 	the application on its face appears to be invalid, to the
50.11 	commissioner shall grant a 90-day temporary license.  During the
50.12 	90-day period following issuance of the temporary license,
50.13 	the registrar commissioner shall investigate the fitness of the
50.14 	applicant,inspect the place of business site,and make other
50.15 	investigation as necessary to insure compliance with the
50.16 	licensing law this section and rules adopted under this section.
50.17 	(c) The registrar commissioner may extend the temporary
50.18 	license 30 days to allow the temporarily licensed dealer to come
50.19 	into full compliance with this section and rules adopted under
50.20 	this section.
50.21 	At the end of the period of investigation (d) In no more
50.22 	than 120 days following issuance of the temporary license, the
50.23 	dealer license must either be granted or denied.
50.24 	(e) A license must be denied under the following conditions:
50.25 	(1) The license must be denied if within the previous ten
50.26 	years the applicant was enjoined due to a violation of section
50.27 	325F.69 or convicted of violating section 325E.14, 325E.15,
50.28 	325E.16, or 325F.69, or convicted under section 609.53 of
50.29 	receiving or selling stolen vehicles, or convicted of violating
50.30 	United States Code, title 15, sections 1981 to 1991, as amended
50.31 	through December 31, 1984,or pleaded guilty, entered a plea of
50.32 	nolo contendere or no contest, or has been found guilty in a
50.33 	court of competent jurisdiction of any charge of failure to pay
50.34 	state or federal income or sales taxes or felony charge of
50.35 	forgery, embezzlement, obtaining money under false pretenses,
50.36 	theft by swindle, extortion, conspiracy to defraud, or bribery.
51.1 	(2) The license must also be denied if within the previous
51.2 	year the applicant has been denied a dealer license.
51.3 	(3) A license must also be denied if the applicant has had
51.4 	a dealer license revoked within the previous ten years.
51.5 	(f) If the application is approved, the registrar 
51.6 	commissioner shall license the applicant as a motor vehicle 
51.7 	dealer for one year from the date the temporary license is
51.8 	granted and issue a certificate of license that must include a
51.9 	distinguishing number of identification of the dealer.  The
51.10 	license must be displayed in a prominent place in the dealer's 
51.11 	licensed location place of business.
51.12 	(g) Each initial application for a license must be
51.13 	accompanied by a fee of $50 $100 in addition to the annual fee.
51.14 	The annual fee shall be $100 is $150. All The initial fees and
51.15 	annual fees must be paid into the state treasury and credited to
51.16 	the general fund except that $50 of each initial and annual fee
51.17 	must be paid into the vehicle services operating account in the
51.18 	special revenue fund under section 299A.705.

51.19 	Sec. 23. [168.326] EXPEDITED DRIVER AND VEHICLES
51.20 	SERVICES; FEE.
51.21 	(a) When an applicant requests and pays an expedited
51.22 	service fee of $20, in addition to other specified and
51.23 	statutorily mandated fees and taxes, the commissioner shall
51.24 	expedite the processing of an application for a driver's
51.25 	license, driving instruction permit, Minnesota identification
51.26 	card, or vehicle title transaction.
51.27 	(b) A driver's license agent or deputy registrar may retain
51.28 	$10 of the expedited service fee for each expedited service
51.29 	request processed by the licensing agent or deputy registrar.
51.30 	(c) When expedited service is requested, materials must be
51.31 	mailed or delivered to the requestor within three days of
51.32 	receipt of the expedited service fee excluding Saturdays,
51.33 	Sundays, or the holidays listed in section 645.44, subdivision
51.34 	5.  The requestor shall comply with all relevant requirements of
51.35 	the requested document.
51.36 	(d) The commissioner may decline to accept an expedited
52.1 	service request if it is apparent at the time it is made that
52.2 	the request cannot be granted.
52.3 	(e) The expedited service fees collected under this section
52.4 	for an application for a driver's license, driving instruction
52.5 	permit, or Minnesota identification card minus any portion
52.6 	retained by a licensing agent or deputy registrar under
52.7 	paragraph (b) must be paid into the driver services operating
52.8 	account in the special revenue fund specified under section
52.9 	299A.705.
52.10 	(f) The expedited service fees collected under this section
52.11 	for a transaction for a vehicle service minus any portion
52.12 	retained by a licensing agent or deputy registrar under
52.13 	paragraph (b) must be paid into the vehicle services operating
52.14 	account in the special revenue fund specified under section
52.15 	299A.705.

52.16 	Sec. 24. [168.327] DRIVER AND VEHICLE RECORD FEES.
52.17 		Subdivision 1.Records and fees. (a) Upon request by any
52.18 	person authorized in this section, the commissioner shall
52.19 	furnish a certified copy of any driver's license record,
52.20 	instruction permit record, Minnesota identification card record,
52.21 	vehicle registration record, vehicle title record, or accident
52.22 	record.
52.23 	(b) Other than accident records governed under section
52.24 	169.09, subdivision 13, the requester shall pay a fee of $10 for
52.25 	each certified record specified in paragraph (a) or a fee of $9
52.26 	for each record that is not certified.
52.27 	(c) In addition to the record fee in paragraph (b), the fee
52.28 	for a copy of the history of any vehicle title not in electronic
52.29 	format is $1 for each page of the historical record.
52.30 	(d) Fees collected under paragraph (b) for driver's
52.31 	license, instruction permit, and Minnesota identification card
52.32 	records must be paid into the state treasury with 50 cents of
52.33 	each fee credited to the general fund.  The remainder of the
52.34 	fees collected must be credited to the driver services operating
52.35 	account in the special revenue fund under section 299A.705.
52.36 	(e) Fees collected under paragraphs (b) and (c) for vehicle
53.1 	registration or title records must be paid into the state
53.2 	treasury with 50 cents of each fee credited to the general
53.3 	fund.  The remainder of the fees collected must be credited to
53.4 	the vehicle services operating account in the special revenue
53.5 	fund specified in section 299A.705.
53.6 	(f) The commissioner shall permit a person to inquire into
53.7 	a record by the person's own electronic means for a fee of $4.50
53.8 	for each inquiry, except that no fee may be charged when the
53.9 	requester is the subject of the data.
53.10 	(1) Of the $4.50 fee, $2.70 must be deposited in the
53.11 	general fund.
53.12 	(2) For driver's license, instruction permit, or Minnesota
53.13 	identification card records, the remainder must be deposited in
53.14 	the driver services operating account in the special revenue
53.15 	fund under section 299A.705.
53.16 	(3) For vehicle title or registration records, the
53.17 	remainder must be deposited in the vehicle services operating
53.18 	account in the special revenue fund under section 299A.705.
53.19 	(g) Fees and the deposit of the fees for accident records
53.20 	and reports are governed by section 169.09, subdivision 13.
53.21 		Subd. 2.Requests for information; surcharge on fee. (a)
53.22 	Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 3, the commissioner
53.23 	shall impose a surcharge of 50 cents on each fee charged by the
53.24 	commissioner under section 13.03, subdivision 3, for copies or
53.25 	electronic transmittals of public information about the
53.26 	registration of a vehicle or an applicant, or holder of a
53.27 	driver's license, instruction permit, or Minnesota
53.28 	identification card.
53.29 	(b) The surcharge only applies to a fee imposed in response
53.30 	to a request made in person or by mail, or to a request for
53.31 	transmittal through a computer modem.  The surcharge does not
53.32 	apply to the request of an individual for information about that
53.33 	individual's driver's license, instruction permit, or Minnesota
53.34 	identification card or about vehicles registered or titled in
53.35 	the individual's name.
53.36 	(c) The surcharges collected under this subdivision must be
54.1 	credited to the general fund.
54.2 		Subd. 3.Exception to fee and surcharge. (a)
54.3 	Notwithstanding subdivision 2 or section 13.03, a fee or
54.4 	surcharge may not be imposed in response to a request for public
54.5 	information about the registration of a vehicle if the
54.6 	commissioner is satisfied that:
54.7 	(1) the requester seeks the information on behalf of a
54.8 	community-based, nonprofit organization designated by a local
54.9 	law enforcement agency to be a requester; and 
54.10 	(2) the information is needed to identify suspected
54.11 	prostitution law violators, controlled substance law violators,
54.12 	or health code violators.
54.13 	(b) The commissioner shall not require a requester under
54.14 	paragraph (a) to make a minimum number of data requests or limit
54.15 	the requester to a maximum number of data requests.

54.16 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.33, is
54.17 	amended to read:
54.18 	168.33  COMMISSIONER AS REGISTRAR OF MOTOR VEHICLES; DEPUTY
54.19 	REGISTRARS.
54.20 	Subdivision 1.  [ REGISTRAR COMMISSIONER'S DUTIES AND
54.21 	POWERS, GENERALLY.] The commissioner of public safety shall be 
54.22 	is the registrar of motor vehicles of the state of Minnesota,
54.23 	and shall exercise all the powers granted to and perform all the
54.24 	duties imposed by this chapter.  The commissioner of public
54.25 	safety may employ not to exceed eight persons as inspectors,is
54.26 	authorized to obtain information and report to the registrar
54.27 	regarding motor about all vehicles subject to taxation under
54.28 	this chapter upon which the tax has not been paid, and to
54.29 	present suitable complaints to courts of competent jurisdiction.
54.30 		Subd. 2.Deputy registrars. (a) The registrar may
54.31 	appoint, hire, and discharge and fix the compensation of the
54.32 	necessary employees, in the manner provided by law, as may be
54.33 	required to enable the registrar to properly carry out the
54.34 	duties imposed by this chapter.The registrar commissioner may
54.35 	appoint, and for cause discontinue, a deputy registrar for any
54.36 	statutory or home rule charter city as the public interest and
55.1 	convenience may require, without regard to whether the county
55.2 	auditor of the county in which the city is situated has been
55.3 	appointed as the deputy registrar for the county or has been
55.4 	discontinued as the deputy registrar for the county, and without
55.5 	regard to whether the county in which the city is situated has
55.6 	established a county license bureau which that issues motor
55.7 	vehicle licenses as provided in section 373.32.
55.8 	(b) The registrar commissioner may appoint, and for cause
55.9 	discontinue, a deputy registrar for any statutory or home rule
55.10 	charter city as the public interest and convenience may require,
55.11 	if the auditor for the county in which the city is situated
55.12 	chooses not to accept appointment as the deputy registrar for
55.13 	the county or is discontinued as a deputy registrar, or if the
55.14 	county in which the city is situated has not established a
55.15 	county license bureau which that issues motor vehicle licenses
55.16 	as provided in section 373.32. A person The individual 
55.17 	appointed by the registrar commissioner as a deputy registrar
55.18 	for any statutory or home rule charter city must be a resident
55.19 	of the county in which the city is situated.
55.20 	(c) The registrar commissioner may appoint, and for cause
55.21 	discontinue, the county auditor of each county as a deputy
55.22 	registrar. Upon approval of the county board, the auditor, with
55.23 	the approval of the director of motor vehicles, may appoint, and
55.24 	for cause discontinue, the clerk or equivalent officer of each
55.25 	statutory or home rule charter city or any other person as a
55.26 	deputy registrar as public interest and convenience may require,
55.27 	regardless of the appointee's county of residence.  At the
55.28 	request of the governing body of a statutory or home rule
55.29 	charter city, the auditor shall appoint, and may for cause
55.30 	discontinue, the clerk or equivalent officer of a city, or
55.31 	another officer or employee of the city designated by the
55.32 	governing body, as a deputy registrar:
55.33 	(1) if the city is a county seat or, if not, is larger than
55.34 	the seat of the county in which it is situated; and 
55.35 	(2) no office of a deputy registrar is situated within the
55.36 	city or within 15 miles of the city by the most direct public
56.1 	route.
56.2 	(d) Notwithstanding Despite any other provision, a person
56.3 	other than a county auditor or a director of a county license
56.4 	bureau, who was appointed by the registrar before August 1,
56.5 	1976, as a deputy registrar for any statutory or home rule
56.6 	charter city, may continue to serve as deputy registrar and may
56.7 	be discontinued for cause only by the registrar commissioner.
56.8 	The county auditor who appointed the deputy registrars is
56.9 	responsible for the acts of deputy registrars appointed by the
56.10 	auditor.
56.11 	(e) Each deputy, before entering upon the discharge of
56.12 	duties, shall take and subscribe an oath to faithfully discharge
56.13 	the duties and to uphold the laws of the state.
56.14 	(f) If a deputy registrar appointed under this subdivision
56.15 	is not an officer or employee of a county or statutory or home
56.16 	rule charter city, the deputy shall in addition give bond to the
56.17 	state in the sum of $10,000, or a larger sum as may be required
56.18 	by the registrar commissioner, conditioned upon the faithful
56.19 	discharge of duties as deputy registrar.
56.20 	(e) (g) Until January 1, 2009, a corporation governed by
56.21 	chapter 302A may be appointed a deputy registrar.  Upon
56.22 	application by an individual serving as a deputy registrar and
56.23 	the giving of the requisite bond as provided in this
56.24 	subdivision, personally assured by the individual or another
56.25 	individual approved by the commissioner of public safety, a
56.26 	corporation named in an application shall become then becomes 
56.27 	the duly appointed and qualified successor to the deputy
56.28 	registrar.  The appointment of any corporation as a deputy
56.29 	registrar expires January 1, 2009. A county board shall
56.30 	appoint, or The commissioner shall appoint if the county board
56.31 	declines to do so,an individual as successor to the corporation
56.32 	as a deputy registrar.  The county board or commissioner shall
56.33 	appoint as the successor agent to a corporation whose
56.34 	appointment expires under this paragraph an officer of the
56.35 	corporation if the officer applies for appointment before July
56.36 	1, 2009.
57.1 	(f) (h) Each deputy registrar appointed under this
57.2 	subdivision shall keep and maintain, in a convenient public
57.3 	place within or in close proximity to the place for which
57.4 	appointed, a registration and motor vehicle tax collection
57.5 	bureau, to be approved by the registrar,office locations
57.6 	approved by the commissioner for the registration of motor 
57.7 	vehicles and the collection of taxes and fees on motor vehicles.
57.8 	(i) The deputy registrar shall keep records and make
57.9 	reports to the registrar commissioner as the registrar, from
57.10 	time to time, may require commissioner requires.  The records
57.11 	must be maintained at the facility offices of the deputy
57.12 	registrar.  The records and facilities offices of the deputy
57.13 	registrar must at all times be open to the inspection of
57.14 	the registrar commissioner or the registrar's commissioner's 
57.15 	agents.  The deputy registrar shall report to the registrar 
57.16 	commissioner by the next working day following receipt all
57.17 	registrations made and taxes and fees collected by the deputy
57.18 	registrar.
57.19 	(j) The filing fee imposed under subdivision 7 must be
57.20 	deposited in the treasury of the place for which appointed or,
57.21 	if not a public official, a deputy shall retain the filing fee,
57.22 	but the registration tax and any additional fees for delayed
57.23 	registration the deputy registrar has collected the deputy
57.24 	registrar shall deposit by the next working day following
57.25 	receipt in an approved state depository to the credit of the
57.26 	state through the commissioner of finance.  The place for which
57.27 	the deputy registrar is appointed through its governing body
57.28 	must provide the deputy registrar with facilities and personnel
57.29 	to carry out the duties imposed by this subdivision if the
57.30 	deputy is a public official.  In all other cases, the deputy
57.31 	shall maintain a suitable facility for serving the public.
57.32 		Subd. 2a.Deputy registrars, continuation in office.
 57.33 	Persons serving as deputy registrars on the effective date of
57.34 	this act shall July 1, 1970,continue to hold such office until
57.35 	a successor is duly appointed and qualifies.
57.36 		Subd. 2b.Deputy registrars, employment status. (a)
58.1 	Deputy registrars, and their employees, who retain the filing
58.2 	fee in lieu of a salary, shall, after July 1, 1971, be
58.3 	considered as independent contractors for pension purposes, and
58.4 	ineligible because of such service for coverage under the
58.5 	Minnesota State Retirement System or membership in the Public
58.6 	Employees Retirement Association.
58.7 	(b) Those deputy registrars as defined in this subdivision
58.8 	who are covered by the Minnesota State Retirement System on June
58.9 	30, 1971, shall have the option of terminating said may
58.10 	terminate coverage on July 1, 1971, or of continuing said 
58.11 	continue coverage until termination of state service.  The form
58.12 	of the this option and the time for filing shall must be as
58.13 	prescribed by the board of directors of the system.  Those
58.14 	choosing to continue said coverage,shall provide from the
58.15 	filing fees retained the employee and employer contributions as
58.16 	required by chapter 352.
58.17 		Subd. 3.Record of vehicle registration; disclosure. (a) 
58.18 	The registrar commissioner shall keep a suitable record of all
58.19 	motor registered vehicles registered in the registrar's office,
58.20 	indexed,according to (1) registration plate number, according
58.21 	to (2) name of the registered owner, according to (3) make of
58.22 	motor vehicle and the factory vehicle's identification number,
58.23 	for such makes as are a vehicle so identified,or according
58.24 	to , if none,the vehicle's serial number of such makes as are so
58.25 	identified until the manufacturers thereof adopt and use
58.26 	an manufacturer adopts and uses a vehicle identification number,
58.27 	and according to such other information as the registrar shall
58.28 	deem advisable. Duplicates of the certificate of registration
58.29 	shall be used, until a more efficient system is evolved, to make
58.30 	the registration number and registered owner's indexes herein
58.31 	required, and such other copies as are desirable.  The registrar
58.32 	may furnish to any one applying therefor transcripts of such
58.33 	records for not less than the cost of preparing the same;
58.34 	provided, that any sums in excess of such cost received by the
58.35 	registrar for furnishing such transcripts shall be paid by the
58.36 	registrar into the state treasury.
59.1 	(b) The commissioner shall furnish to any person applying
59.2 	for a copy of the registration, a copy as specified in section
59.3 	168.327.
59.4 	(c) The registrar commissioner shall also furnish copies
59.5 	thereof vehicle registration records, without charge, to the 
59.6 	chiefs of police of the cities of Minneapolis, St. Paul, and
59.7 	Duluth , county sheriffs, prosecuting attorneys, and other law
59.8 	enforcement agencies with the power to arrest.
59.9 		Subd. 6.Application forms. The Every deputy registrar
59.10 	shall provide, in a manner and format prescribed by the
59.11 	registrar, necessary forms and information to deputy
59.12 	registrars.  The registrar and deputy registrars shall
59.13 	immediately destroy all number plates surrendered and shall
59.14 	cancel all certificates surrendered use application forms or
59.15 	formats as prescribed by or approved by the commissioner.
59.16 		Subd. 7.Filing fee. (a) In addition to all other
59.17 	statutory fees and taxes, a filing fee of:
59.18 	(i) (1) $4.50 is imposed on every motor vehicle
59.19 	registration renewal, excluding pro rate transactions; and
59.20 	(ii) $7 (2) $8.50 is imposed on every other type of vehicle
59.21 	transaction, including pro rate transactions;
59.22 	except that a filing fee may not be charged for a document
59.23 	returned for a refund or for a correction of an error made by
59.24 	the Department of Public Safety, a licensed auto dealer, or a
59.25 	deputy registrar.  The filing fee must be shown as a separate
59.26 	item on all registration renewal notices sent out by the
59.27 	department commissioner.  No filing fee or other fee may be
59.28 	charged for the permanent surrender of a certificate of title
59.29 	and license plates for a motor vehicle.
59.30 	(b) Filing All of the fees collected under this subdivision
59.31 	by the department paragraph (a), clause (1),must be paid into
59.32 	the state treasury and credited to the highway user tax
59.33 	distribution fund, except fees for registrations of motor
59.34 	vehicles.  Filing fees collected for registrations of motor
59.35 	vehicles in conjunction with a title transfer or first
59.36 	application in this state must be paid into the state treasury
60.1 	with 50 percent of the money credited to the general fund and 50
60.2 	percent credited to the highway user tax distribution
60.3 	fund vehicle services operating account in the special revenue
60.4 	fund under section 299A.705.  Of the fee collected under
60.5 	paragraph (a), clause (2), $3.50 must be paid into the general
60.6 	fund with the remainder deposited into the vehicle services
60.7 	operating account in the special revenue fund under section
60.8 	299A.705.
60.9 	(c) A motor vehicle dealer shall retain $2.50 of each
60.10 	filing fee imposed under this subdivision for a completed
60.11 	transaction involving the sale of a motor vehicle to or by a
60.12 	licensed dealer, if the dealer electronically transmits the
60.13 	transaction to the department commissioner or a deputy registrar.
60.14 	The department commissioner shall develop procedures to
60.15 	implement this subdivision in consultation with the Minnesota
60.16 	Deputy Registrar Association and the Minnesota Automobile
60.17 	Dealers Association.  Deputy registrars shall must not be
60.18 	prohibited from receiving and processing required documents
60.19 	supporting an electronic transaction.
60.20 		Subd. 8.Temporary disability permit and fee. The
60.21 	registrar commissioner shall allow deputy registrars to
60.22 	implement and follow procedures for processing applications and
60.23 	accepting and remitting fee payments for 30-day temporary
60.24 	disability permits issued under section 169.345, subdivision 3,
60.25 	paragraph (c), that are identical or substantially similar to
60.26 	the procedures required by law or rule for motor vehicle
60.27 	registration and titling transactions.
60.28 		Subd. 9.Rules. The commissioner of public safety may
60.29 	adopt rules for administering and enforcing this section.

60.30 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.345,
60.31 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
60.32 		Subdivision 1.Information by telephone.  Information
60.33 	concerning motor about vehicle registrations shall not be
60.34 	furnished on the telephone to any person except the personnel of
60.35 	law enforcement agencies and the personnel of governmental motor
60.36 	vehicle and registration offices.

61.1 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.345,
61.2 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
61.3 		Subd. 2.Lessees; information.  The registrar 
61.4 	commissioner may not furnish information concerning about 
61.5 	registered owners of passenger automobiles who are lessees under
61.6 	a lease for a term of 180 days or more to any person except the
61.7 	personnel of law enforcement agencies and federal, state, and
61.8 	local governmental units, and, at the registrar's commissioner's 
61.9 	discretion, to persons who use the information to notify lessees
61.10 	of automobile recalls.  The registrar commissioner may release
61.11 	information about lessees in the form of summary data, as
61.12 	defined in section 13.02, to persons who use the information in
61.13 	conducting statistical analysis and market research.

61.14 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.381, is
61.15 	amended to read:
61.16 	168.381 MANUFACTURE OF VEHICLE LICENSE PLATES;
61.17 	APPROPRIATIONS.
61.18 		Subdivision 1.Correctional facilities; other
61.19 	manufacturers. (a) License number Plates required by law this
61.20 	chapter may be manufactured by the Minnesota Correctional
61.21 	Facility-St. Cloud, the Minnesota Correctional
61.22 	Facility-Stillwater, or other facility established by law for
61.23 	the confinement of persons convicted of felony, upon order from
61.24 	the registrar of motor vehicles commissioner.  The order must
61.25 	state the quality of material desired in the plates, the plate
61.26 	specifications, and the amount or number desired.
61.27 	(b) Should the commissioner of corrections decide not to
61.28 	supply the required quantity of license plates, or discontinue
61.29 	the manufacture of plates, the commissioner of public safety is
61.30 	authorized to seek other suppliers on a competitive basis.
61.31 		Subd. 2.Laboratory testing; costs. (a) Materials
61.32 	purchased to be used in the manufacture of motor vehicle number 
61.33 	plates must be tested as to conformance with specifications
61.34 	established by the commissioner of public safety in a privately
61.35 	operated laboratory service to be designated by the
61.36 	commissioner.  The cost of the laboratory must be included in
62.1 	the cost of materials purchased.
62.2 	(b) The cost of delivery of number plates to the
62.3 	commissioner of public safety at places designated by the
62.4 	commissioner must be included in the expenses incurred in their
62.5 	manufacture.
62.6 		Subd. 3.Specifications. The commissioner of public
62.7 	safety shall establish new or revised specifications for the
62.8 	material and equipment used in the manufacture of number plates
62.9 	ordered for manufacture after August 1, 1975, and may from time
62.10 	to time revise the specifications; provided that the
62.11 	specifications conform to the requirements of section 168.12.
62.12 	In establishing new or revised specifications, the commissioner
62.13 	shall consult with and give consideration to the advice and
62.14 	recommendations of representatives of the Minnesota State
62.15 	Patrol, local police officers' associations, and the county
62.16 	sheriffs' association.
62.17 		Subd. 4.Appropriations. (a) Money appropriated to the
62.18 	Department of Public Safety to procure the plates for any fiscal
62.19 	year or years are is available for allotment, encumbrance, and
62.20 	expenditure from and after the date of the enactment of the
62.21 	appropriation.  Materials and equipment used in the manufacture
62.22 	of number plates are subject only to the approval of the
62.23 	commissioner of public safety.
62.24 	(b) This section contemplates that money to be appropriated
62.25 	to the Department of Public Safety in order to carry out the
62.26 	terms and provisions of this section will be appropriated by the
62.27 	legislature from the highway user tax distribution vehicle
62.28 	services operating account in the special revenue fund.
62.29 	(c) A sum sufficient is appropriated annually from the
62.30 	highway user tax distribution fund to the commissioner of public
62.31 	safety to pay the costs of purchasing, delivering, and mailing
62.32 	motor vehicle license number plates, license plate registration
62.33 	tabs or stickers, and license plate registration notices.

62.34 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.54,
62.35 	subdivision 4, is amended to read:
62.36 		Subd. 4.Transfer fee.  A fee of $3 is imposed upon every
63.1 	transfer of ownership by the commissioner of public safety of
63.2 	any motor vehicle for which a registration certificate has
63.3 	heretofore been issued under this chapter, except vehicles sold
63.4 	for the purposes of salvage or ,dismantling,or permanent
63.5 	removal from the state.

63.6 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.54,
63.7 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
63.8 		Subd. 5.Proceeds to general fund.  The
63.9 	registrar commissioner shall collect the proceeds of the fee
63.10 	imposed under this section and deposit them in the general fund
63.11 	pursuant to section 168A.31.

63.12 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168A.152,
63.13 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
63.14 		Subd. 2.Inspection fee; proceeds to general fund vehicle
63.15 	services operating account.  (a) A fee of $20 $35 must be paid
63.16 	to the department before the department issues a certificate of
63.17 	title for a vehicle that has been inspected and for which a
63.18 	certificate of inspection has been issued pursuant to
63.19 	subdivision 1.  The only additional fee that may be assessed for
63.20 	issuing the certificate of title is the filing fee imposed under
63.21 	section 168.33, subdivision 7.
63.22 	(b) Fees Of the fee collected by the department under this
63.23 	subdivision, for conducting inspections under subdivision 1, $20 
63.24 	must be deposited in the general fund and the remainder of the
63.25 	fee collected must be deposited in the vehicle services
63.26 	operating account in the special revenue fund as specified in
63.27 	section 299A.705.

63.28 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168A.29, is
63.29 	amended to read:
63.30 	168A.29 FEES.
63.31 		Subdivision 1.Amounts. (a) The department shall must be
63.32 	paid the following fees:
63.33 	(1) for filing an application for and the issuance of an
63.34 	original certificate of title, the sum of $3 $5.50 of which
63.35 	$2.50 must be paid into the vehicle services operating account
63.36 	of the special revenue fund under section 299A.705;
64.1 	(2) for each security interest when first noted upon a
64.2 	certificate of title, including the concurrent notation of any
64.3 	assignment thereof and its subsequent release or satisfaction,
64.4 	the sum of $2, except that no fee is due for a security interest
64.5 	filed by a public authority under section 168A.05, subdivision
64.6 	8;
64.7 	(3) for the transfer of the interest of an owner and the
64.8 	issuance of a new certificate of title, the sum of $3 $5.50 of
64.9 	which $2.50 must be paid into the vehicle services operating
64.10 	account of the special revenue fund under section 299A.705;
64.11 	(4) for each assignment of a security interest when first
64.12 	noted on a certificate of title, unless noted concurrently with
64.13 	the security interest, the sum of $1;
64.14 	(5) for issuing a duplicate certificate of title, the sum
64.15 	of $4 $6.50 of which $2.50 must be paid into the vehicle
64.16 	services operating account of the special revenue fund under
64.17 	section 299A.705.
64.18 	(b) After June 30, 1994, in addition to each of the fees
64.19 	required under paragraph (a), clauses (1) and (3), the
64.20 	department shall must be paid $3.50.  The additional $3.50 fee
64.21 	collected under this paragraph must be deposited in the special
64.22 	revenue fund and credited to the public safety motor vehicle
64.23 	account established in section 299A.70.
64.24 		Subd. 2.Fee in lieu of other fee. If a person applies
64.25 	for an original or a new certificate of title to a vehicle,
64.26 	concurrently with an application, as transferee, of registration
64.27 	of the vehicle, the fee prescribed in subdivision 1 shall must 
64.28 	be in lieu of the fee prescribed by section 168.54, with respect
64.29 	to any transfer of ownership or registration of the vehicle to
64.30 	the applicant.
64.31 		Subd. 3.No certificate issued until fees paid. Subject
64.32 	to subdivision 2, the department shall not issue a certificate
64.33 	of title to a vehicle until all fees prescribed by sections
64.34 	168.54 and 168A.10, subdivision 6, with respect to any prior
64.35 	transfer of ownership or registration of the vehicle shall have
64.36 	been paid.

65.1 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168A.31, is
65.2 	amended to read:
65.3 	168A.31 DISPOSITION OF FEES; PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.
65.4 		Subdivision 1.paid to general fund distribution. All
65.5 	fees prescribed by sections 168A.01 to 168A.31 and 168.54
65.6 	collected by the department must be paid into the general fund,
65.7 	unless otherwise specified in chapter 168A.
65.8 		Subd. 2.Expenses; appropriation. All necessary expenses
65.9 	incurred by the department for the administration of sections
65.10 	168A.01 to 168A.31shall must be paid from moneys money in the
65.11 	transfer of ownership revolving vehicle services operating
65.12 	account of the special revenue fund, and such funds are hereby
65.13 	appropriated as specified in section 299A.705.

65.14 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.09,
65.15 	subdivision 13, is amended to read:
65.16 		Subd. 13.Reports confidential; evidence, fee, penalty,
65.17 	appropriation.  (a) All written reports and supplemental reports 
65.18 	information required under this section shall must be for the
65.19 	use of the commissioner of public safety and other appropriate
65.20 	state, federal, county, and municipal governmental agencies for
65.21 	accident analysis purposes, except:
65.22 	(1) the commissioner of public safety or any law
65.23 	enforcement agency shall, upon written request of any person 
65.24 	individual involved in an accident or upon written request of
65.25 	the representative of the person's individual's estate,
65.26 	surviving spouse, or one or more surviving next of kin, or a
65.27 	trustee appointed pursuant to under section 573.02, disclose to
65.28 	the requester, the requester's legal counsel, or a
65.29 	representative of the requester's insurer the report required
65.30 	under subdivision 8;
65.31 	(2) the commissioner of public safety shall, upon written
65.32 	request, provide the driver filing a report under subdivision 7
65.33 	with a copy of the report filed by the driver;
65.34 	(3) the commissioner of public safety may verify with
65.35 	insurance companies vehicle insurance information to enforce
65.36 	sections 65B.48, 169.792, 169.793, 169.796, and 169.797;
66.1 	(4) the commissioner of public safety shall provide the
66.2 	commissioner of transportation the information obtained for each
66.3 	traffic accident involving a commercial motor vehicle, for
66.4 	purposes of administering commercial vehicle safety regulations;
66.5 	and
66.6 	(5) the commissioner of public safety may give to the
66.7 	United States Department of Transportation commercial vehicle
66.8 	accident information in connection with federal grant programs
66.9 	relating to safety.
66.10 	(b) Accident reports and data contained in the reports
66.11 	shall are not be discoverable under any provision of law or rule
66.12 	of court.  No report shall be used as evidence in any trial,
66.13 	civil or criminal, or any action for damages or criminal
66.14 	proceedings arising out of an accident, except that .  However,
66.15 	the commissioner of public safety shall furnish,upon the demand
66.16 	of any person who has,or claims to have,made a report,or,
66.17 	upon demand of any court, a certificate showing that a specified
66.18 	accident report has or has not been made to the commissioner
66.19 	solely to prove compliance or failure to comply with the
66.20 	requirements that the report be made to the commissioner.
66.21 	(c) Nothing in this subdivision prevents any person 
66.22 	individual who has made a report pursuant to under this section
66.23 	from providing information to any persons individuals involved
66.24 	in an accident or their representatives or from testifying in
66.25 	any trial, civil or criminal, arising out of an accident, as to
66.26 	facts within the person's individual's knowledge.  It is
66.27 	intended by this subdivision to render privileged the reports
66.28 	required, but it is not intended to prohibit proof of the facts
66.29 	to which the reports relate.
66.30 	(d) Disclosing any information contained in any accident
66.31 	report, except as provided in this subdivision, section 13.82,
66.32 	subdivision 3 or 6, or other statutes, is a misdemeanor.
66.33 	(e) The commissioner of public safety may shall charge
66.34 	authorized persons as described in paragraph (a) a $5 fee for a
66.35 	copy of an accident report. Ninety percent of the $5 fee
66.36 	collected under this paragraph must be deposited in the special
67.1 	revenue fund and credited to the driver services operating
67.2 	account established in section 299A.705 and ten percent must be
67.3 	deposited in the general fund.The commissioner may also
67.4 	furnish copies of the modified accident records an electronic
67.5 	copy of the database of accident records, which must not contain
67.6 	personal or private data on an individual,to private agencies
67.7 	as provided in paragraph (g), for not less than the cost of
67.8 	preparing the copies on a bulk basis as provided in section
67.9 	13.03, subdivision 3.
67.10 	(f) The fees specified in paragraph (e) notwithstanding,
67.11 	the commissioner and law enforcement agencies may shall charge
67.12 	commercial users who request access to response or incident data
67.13 	relating to accidents a fee not to exceed 50 cents per
67.14 	report record.  "Commercial user" is a user who in one location
67.15 	requests access to data in more than five accident reports per
67.16 	month, unless the user establishes that access is not for a
67.17 	commercial purpose. Of the money collected by the commissioner
67.18 	under this paragraph is appropriated to the commissioner , 90
67.19 	percent must be deposited in the special revenue fund and
67.20 	credited to the driver services operating account established in
67.21 	section 299A.705 and ten percent must be deposited in the
67.22 	general fund.
67.23 	(g) The fees in paragraphs (e) and (f) notwithstanding,the
67.24 	commissioner may shall provide a modified an electronic copy of
67.25 	the accident records database that does to the public on a
67.26 	case-by-case basis using the cost-recovery charges provided for
67.27 	under section 13.03, subdivision 3.  The database provided must 
67.28 	not contain names, driver's license numbers, vehicle license
67.29 	plate numbers, addresses, or other identifying data to the
67.30 	public upon request personal or private data on an individual.
67.31 	However, unless the accident records data base includes
67.32 	the motor vehicle identification number, the commissioner shall
67.33 	include the vehicle license registration plate number if a
67.34 	private agency certifies and agrees that the agency:
67.35 	(1) is in the business of collecting accident and damage
67.36 	information on vehicles;
68.1 	(2) will use the vehicle license registration plate number
68.2 	only for the purpose of identifying vehicles that have been
68.3 	involved in accidents or damaged in order ,to provide this
68.4 	information to persons seeking access to a vehicle's history and
68.5 	not for the purpose of identifying individuals or for any other
68.6 	purpose; and
68.7 	(3) will be subject to the penalties and remedies under
68.8 	sections 13.08 and 13.09.

68.9 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169A.60,
68.10 	subdivision 16, is amended to read:
68.11 		Subd. 16.Fees credited to highway user fund.  Fees
68.12 	collected from the sale or reinstatement of license plates under
68.13 	this section must be paid into the state treasury and credited
68.14 	one-half to the highway user tax distribution fund vehicle
68.15 	services operating account in the special revenue fund specified
68.16 	in section 299A.705and one-half to the general fund.

68.17 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.06,
68.18 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
68.19 		Subd. 2.Fees.  (a) The fees for a license and Minnesota
68.20 	identification card are as follows:
68.21 	Classified Driver's License  D- $18.50 $21.50 C- $22.50 $25.50 
68.22 	 B- $29.50 $32.50 A- $37.50 $40.50 
68.23 	Classified Under-21 D.L.     D- $18.50 $21.50 C- $22.50 $25.50 
68.24 	B- $29.50 $32.50 A- $17.50 $20.50 
68.25 	Instruction Permit                              $ 9.50
68.26 	Provisional License $ 9.50$12.50 
68.27 	Duplicate License or
68.28 	 duplicate identification card $ 8.00$11.00 
68.29 	Minnesota identification card or Under-21 Minnesota
68.30 	identification card, other than duplicate,
68.31 	except as otherwise provided in section 171.07,
68.32 	subdivisions 3 and 3a $12.50 $15.50 
68.33 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a person an individual 
68.34 	who holds a provisional license and has a driving record free of
68.35 	(1) convictions for a violation of section 169A.20, 169A.33,
68.36 	169A.35, or sections 169A.50 to 169A.53, (2) convictions for
69.1 	crash-related moving violations, and (3) convictions for moving
69.2 	violations that are not crash related, shall have a $3.50 credit
69.3 	toward the fee for any classified under-21 driver's license.
69.4 	"Moving violation" has the meaning given it in section 171.04,
69.5 	subdivision 1.
69.6 	(c) In addition to the driver's license fee required under
69.7 	paragraph (a), the registrar commissioner shall collect an
69.8 	additional $4 processing fee from each new applicant or person 
69.9 	individual renewing a license with a school bus endorsement to
69.10 	cover the costs for processing an applicant's initial and
69.11 	biennial physical examination certificate.  The department shall
69.12 	not charge these applicants any other fee to receive or renew
69.13 	the endorsement.

69.14 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.06,
69.15 	subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
69.16 		Subd. 2a.Two-wheeled vehicle endorsement fee increased.
 69.17 	(a) The fee for any duplicate driver's license which is obtained
69.18 	for the purpose of adding a two-wheeled vehicle endorsement is
69.19 	increased by $18.50 for each first such duplicate license and
69.20 	$13 for each renewal thereof.  The additional fee shall must be
69.21 	paid into the state treasury and credited as follows:
69.22 	(1) $11 of the additional fee for each first duplicate
69.23 	license, and $7 of the additional fee for each renewal, must be
69.24 	credited to the motorcycle safety fund,which is hereby created;
69.25 	provided,that any ten percent of fee receipts in excess of
69.26 	$750,000 in a fiscal year shall must be credited 90 percent to
69.27 	the trunk highway fund and ten percent to the general fund, as
69.28 	provided in section 171.26.
69.29 	(2) The remainder of the additional fee must be credited to
69.30 	the general fund.
69.31 	(b) All application forms prepared by the commissioner for
69.32 	two-wheeled vehicle endorsements shall must clearly state the
69.33 	amount of the total fee that is dedicated to the motorcycle
69.34 	safety fund.

69.35 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.061,
69.36 	subdivision 4, is amended to read:
70.1 		Subd. 4.Fee; equipment.  (a) The agent may charge and
70.2 	retain a filing fee of $3.50 $5 for each application.  Except as
70.3 	provided in paragraph (b), the fee shall cover all expenses
70.4 	involved in receiving, accepting, or forwarding to the
70.5 	department the applications and fees required under sections
70.6 	171.02, subdivision 3; 171.06, subdivisions 2 and 2a; and
70.7 	171.07, subdivisions 3 and 3a.
70.8 	(b) The department shall maintain the photo identification
70.9 	equipment for all agents appointed as of January 1, 2000.  Upon
70.10 	the retirement, resignation, death, or discontinuance of an
70.11 	existing agent, and if a new agent is appointed in an existing
70.12 	office pursuant to Minnesota Rules, chapter 7404, and
70.13 	notwithstanding the above or Minnesota Rules, part 7404.0400,
70.14 	the department shall provide and maintain photo identification
70.15 	equipment without additional cost to a newly appointed agent in
70.16 	that office if the office was provided the equipment by the
70.17 	department before January 1, 2000.  All photo identification
70.18 	equipment must be compatible with standards established by the
70.19 	department.
70.20 	(c) A filing fee retained by the agent employed by a county
70.21 	board must be paid into the county treasury and credited to the
70.22 	general revenue fund of the county.  An agent who is not an
70.23 	employee of the county shall retain the filing fee in lieu of
70.24 	county employment or salary and is considered an independent
70.25 	contractor for pension purposes, coverage under the Minnesota
70.26 	State Retirement System, or membership in the Public Employees
70.27 	Retirement Association.
70.28 	(d) Before the end of the first working day following the
70.29 	final day of the reporting period established by the department,
70.30 	the agent must forward to the department all applications and
70.31 	fees collected during the reporting period except as provided in
70.32 	paragraph (c).

70.33 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.07,
70.34 	subdivision 11, is amended to read:
70.35 		Subd. 11.Standby or temporary custodian.  (a) Upon the
70.36 	written request of the applicant and upon payment of an
71.1 	additional fee of $3.50, the department shall issue a driver's
71.2 	license or Minnesota identification card bearing a symbol or
71.3 	other appropriate identifier indicating that the license holder
71.4 	has appointed an individual to serve as a standby or temporary
71.5 	custodian under chapter 257B.
71.6 	(b) The request must be accompanied by a copy of the
71.7 	designation executed under section 257B.04.
71.8 	(c) The department shall maintain a computerized records
71.9 	system of all persons individuals listed as standby or temporary
71.10 	custodians by driver's license and identification card
71.11 	applicants.  This data shall must be released to appropriate law
71.12 	enforcement agencies under section 13.69.  Upon a parent's
71.13 	request and payment of a fee of $3.50, the department shall
71.14 	revise its list of standby or temporary custodians to reflect a
71.15 	change in the appointment.
71.16 	(d) At the request of the license or cardholder, the
71.17 	department shall cancel the standby or temporary custodian
71.18 	indication without additional charge.  However, this paragraph
71.19 	does not prohibit a fee that may be applicable for a duplicate
71.20 	or replacement license or card, renewal of a license, or other
71.21 	service applicable to a driver's license or identification card.
71.22 	(e) Notwithstanding sections 13.08, subdivision 1, and
71.23 	13.69, the department and department employees are conclusively
71.24 	presumed to be acting in good faith when employees rely on
71.25 	statements made, in person or by telephone, by persons
71.26 	purporting to be law enforcement and subsequently release
71.27 	information described in paragraph (b).  When acting in good
71.28 	faith, the department and department personnel are immune from
71.29 	civil liability and not subject to suit for damages resulting
71.30 	from the release of this information.
71.31 	(f) The department and its employees:
71.32 	(1) have no duty to inquire or otherwise determine whether
71.33 	a designation submitted under this subdivision is legally valid
71.34 	and enforceable; and
71.35 	(2) are immune from all civil liability and not subject to
71.36 	suit for damages resulting from a claim that the designation was
72.1 	not legally valid and enforceable.
72.2 	(g) Of the fees received by the department under this
72.3 	subdivision:
72.4 	(1) Up to $111,000 received in fiscal year 1997 and up to 
72.5 	$61,000 received in subsequent fiscal years must be deposited in
72.6 	the general fund.
72.7 	(2) All other fees must be deposited in the trunk highway 
72.8 	driver services operating account in the special revenue fund
72.9 	specified in section 299A.705.

72.10 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.13,
72.11 	subdivision 6, is amended to read:
72.12 		Subd. 6.Initial motorcycle endorsement fee.  A person
72.13 	applying for an initial motorcycle endorsement on a driver's
72.14 	license shall pay at the place of examination a total fee of
72.15 	$21, which includes the examination fee and endorsement fee, but
72.16 	does not include the fee for a duplicate driver's license
72.17 	prescribed in section 171.06, subdivision 2.  Of this amount,
72.18 	$11 must be credited as provided in section 171.06, subdivision
72.19 	2a, paragraph (a), clause (1), $2.50 must be credited to
72.20 	the trunk highway driver services operating account in the
72.21 	special revenue fund specified under section 299A.705, and the
72.22 	remainder must be credited to the general fund.

72.23 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.13, is
72.24 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
72.25 		Subd. 7.Repeat examination fee. (a) A fee of $10 must
72.26 	be paid by an individual to take a third and any subsequent
72.27 	knowledge test administered by the department if the individual
72.28 	has failed two previous consecutive knowledge tests on the
72.29 	subject.
72.30 	(b) A fee of $20 must be paid by an individual to take a
72.31 	third and any subsequent skills or road test administered by the
72.32 	department if the individual has previously failed two
72.33 	consecutive skill or road tests in a specified class of motor
72.34 	vehicle.
72.35 	(c) All fees received under this subdivision must be paid
72.36 	into the state treasury and credited to the driver services
73.1 	operating account in the special revenue fund specified under
73.2 	section 299A.705.

73.3 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.20,
73.4 	subdivision 4, is amended to read:
73.5 		Subd. 4.Reinstatement fee.  (a) Before the license is
73.6 	reinstated, (1) a person an individual whose driver's license
73.7 	has been suspended under section 171.16, subdivision 2; 171.18,
73.8 	except subdivision 1, clause (10); or 171.182, or who has been
73.9 	disqualified from holding a commercial driver's license under
73.10 	section 171.165, and (2) a person an individual whose driver's
73.11 	license has been suspended under section 171.186 and who is not
73.12 	exempt from such a fee, must pay a fee of $20.
73.13 	(b) Before the license is reinstated, a person an
73.14 	individual whose license has been suspended under sections
73.15 	169.791 to 169.798 must pay a $20 reinstatement fee.
73.16 	(c) When fees are collected by a licensing agent appointed
73.17 	under section 171.061, a handling charge is imposed in the
73.18 	amount specified under section 171.061, subdivision 4.  The
73.19 	reinstatement fee and surcharge must be deposited in an approved
73.20 	state depository as directed under section 171.061, subdivision
73.21 	4.
73.22 	(d) A suspension may be rescinded without fee for good
73.23 	cause.

73.24 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.26, is
73.25 	amended to read:
73.26 	171.26 MONEY CREDITED TO FUNDS.
73.27 	All money received under this chapter must be paid into the
73.28 	state treasury and credited to the trunk highway driver services
73.29 	operating account in the special revenue fund specified under
73.30 	section 299A.705, except as provided in sections 171.06,
73.31 	subdivision 2a; 171.07, subdivision 11, paragraph (g); 171.12,
73.32 	subdivision 8;and 171.29, subdivision 2, paragraph (b).

73.33 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.29,
73.34 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
73.35 		Subd. 2.Reinstatement fees and surcharges allocated and
73.36 	appropriated.  (a) A person An individual whose driver's license
74.1 	has been revoked as provided in subdivision 1, except under
74.2 	section 169A.52, 169A.54, or 609.21, shall must pay a $30 fee
74.3 	before the driver's license is reinstated.
74.4 	(b) A person whose driver's license has been revoked as
74.5 	provided in subdivision 1 under section 169A.52, 169A.54, or
74.6 	609.21, shall must pay a $250 fee plus a $40 surcharge before
74.7 	the driver's license is reinstated.  Beginning July 1, 2002, the
74.8 	surcharge is $145.  Beginning July 1, 2003, the surcharge is
74.9 	$430.  The $250 fee is to be credited as follows:
74.10 	(1) Twenty percent must be credited to the trunk highway 
74.11 	driver services operating account in the special revenue fund as
74.12 	specified in section 299A.705.
74.13 	(2) Sixty-seven percent must be credited to the general
74.14 	fund.
74.15 	(3) Eight percent must be credited to a separate account to
74.16 	be known as the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension account.  Money
74.17 	in this account may be appropriated to the commissioner of
74.18 	public safety and the appropriated amount must be apportioned 80
74.19 	percent for laboratory costs and 20 percent for carrying out the
74.20 	provisions of section 299C.065.
74.21 	(4) Five percent must be credited to a separate account to
74.22 	be known as the vehicle forfeiture account, which is created in
74.23 	the special revenue fund.  The money in the account is annually
74.24 	appropriated to the commissioner for costs of handling vehicle
74.25 	forfeitures.
74.26 	(c) The revenue from $50 of each surcharge must be credited
74.27 	to a separate account to be known as the traumatic brain injury
74.28 	and spinal cord injury account.  The money in the account is
74.29 	annually appropriated to the commissioner of health to be used
74.30 	as follows:  83 percent for contracts with a qualified
74.31 	community-based organization to provide information, resources,
74.32 	and support to assist persons with traumatic brain injury and
74.33 	their families to access services, and 17 percent to maintain
74.34 	the traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury registry
74.35 	created in section 144.662.  For the purposes of this
74.36 	clause paragraph, a "qualified community-based organization" is
75.1 	a private, not-for-profit organization of consumers of traumatic
75.2 	brain injury services and their family members.  The
75.3 	organization must be registered with the United States Internal
75.4 	Revenue Service under section 501(c)(3) as a tax-exempt
75.5 	organization and must have as its purposes:
75.6 	(i) the promotion of public, family, survivor, and
75.7 	professional awareness of the incidence and consequences of
75.8 	traumatic brain injury;
75.9 	(ii) the provision of a network of support for persons with
75.10 	traumatic brain injury, their families, and friends;
75.11 	(iii) the development and support of programs and services
75.12 	to prevent traumatic brain injury;
75.13 	(iv) the establishment of education programs for persons
75.14 	with traumatic brain injury; and
75.15 	(v) the empowerment of persons with traumatic brain injury
75.16 	through participation in its governance.
75.17 	No A patient's name, identifying information, or identifiable
75.18 	medical data will must not be disclosed to the organization
75.19 	without the informed voluntary written consent of the patient or
75.20 	patient's guardian or, if the patient is a minor, of the parent
75.21 	or guardian of the patient.
75.22 	(d) The remainder of the surcharge must be credited to a
75.23 	separate account to be known as the remote electronic
75.24 	alcohol-monitoring program account.  The commissioner shall
75.25 	transfer the balance of this account to the commissioner of
75.26 	finance on a monthly basis for deposit in the general fund.
75.27 	(e) When these fees are collected by a licensing agent,
75.28 	appointed under section 171.061, a handling charge is imposed in
75.29 	the amount specified under section 171.061, subdivision 4.  The
75.30 	reinstatement fees and surcharge must be deposited in an
75.31 	approved state depository as directed under section 171.061,
75.32 	subdivision 4.

75.33 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.36, is
75.34 	amended to read:
75.35 	171.36 LICENSE RENEWAL; FEES; PROCEEDS TO TRUNK HIGHWAY
75.36 	FUND DRIVER SERVICES OPERATING ACCOUNT.
76.1 	All licenses shall expire one year from the date of
76.2 	issuance and may be renewed upon application to the
76.3 	commissioner.  Each application for an original or renewal
76.4 	school license shall must be accompanied by a fee of $150 and
76.5 	each application for an original or renewal instructor's license
76.6 	shall must be accompanied by a fee of $50.  The license fees
76.7 	collected under sections 171.33 to 171.41shall must be paid
76.8 	into the trunk highway driver services operating account in the
76.9 	special revenue fund specified under section 299A.705. No A 
76.10 	license fee shall must not be refunded in the event that the
76.11 	license is rejected or revoked.

76.12 	Sec. 46. [299A.705] DRIVER AND VEHICLE SERVICES OPERATING
76.13 	ACCOUNTS.
76.14 		Subdivision 1.Vehicle services operating account. (a)
76.15 	The vehicle services operating account is created in the special
76.16 	revenue fund, consisting of all money from the vehicle services
76.17 	fees specified in chapters 168 and 168A and any other money
76.18 	otherwise donated, allotted, appropriated, or legislated to this
76.19 	account.
76.20 	(b) Funds appropriated are available to administer vehicle
76.21 	services as specified in chapters 168 and 168A and section
76.22 	169.345, including:
76.23 	(1) designing, producing, issuing, and mailing vehicle
76.24 	registrations, plates, emblems, and titles;
76.25 	(2) collecting title and registration taxes and fees;
76.26 	(3) transferring vehicle registration plates and titles;
76.27 	(4) maintaining vehicle records;
76.28 	(5) issuing disability certificates and plates;
76.29 	(6) licensing vehicle dealers;
76.30 	(7) appointing, monitoring, and auditing deputy registrars;
76.31 	and 
76.32 	(8) inspecting vehicles when required by law.
76.33 		Subd. 2.Driver services operating account. (a) The
76.34 	driver services operating account is created in the special
76.35 	revenue fund, consisting of all money collected under chapter
76.36 	171 and any other money otherwise donated, allotted,
77.1 	appropriated, or legislated to the account.
77.2 	(b) Money in the account must be used by the commissioner
77.3 	of public safety to administer the driver services specified in
77.4 	chapters 169A and 171, including the activities associated with
77.5 	producing and mailing drivers' licenses and identification cards
77.6 	and notices relating to issuance, renewal, or withdrawal of
77.7 	driving and identification card privileges for any fiscal year
77.8 	or years and for the testing and examination of drivers.  Money
77.9 	in the account may also be used for driver and traffic safety
77.10 	activities.

77.11 	Sec. 47. INSTRUCTION TO REVISOR.
 77.12 	(a) In the statute listed in column A, the revisor shall
77.13 	change the reference in column B to the reference shown in
77.14 	column C:
77.15 	A B C 
77.16 	168.181,sections 168.181this section and 
77.17 	subdivision 1 to 168.231sections 168.183
77.18 	to 168.221
77.19 	168.211 168.231 168.221 
77.20 	168.221 168.231 168.211 and this 
77.21 	section 
77.22 	168.346 168.345,168.327,
77.23 	subdivision 4 subdivision 3 
77.24 	(b) The revisor of statutes shall renumber Minnesota
77.25 	Statutes, section 168.33, subdivision 3, as section 168.0185.
77.26 	(c) The revisor of statutes shall also correct any
77.27 	references in Minnesota Rules to the rules repealed or
77.28 	renumbered by this act, as appropriate.

77.29 	Sec. 48. REPEALER.
 77.30 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 168.012, subdivision
77.31 	12; 168.041, subdivision 11; 168.105, subdivision 6; 168.231;
77.32 	168.345, subdivisions 3 and 4; 170.23; 171.12, subdivision 8;
77.33 	and 171.185, are repealed.
77.34 	(b) Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 168C.01; 168C.02;
77.35 	168C.03; 168C.04; 168C.05; 168C.06; 168C.07; 168C.08; 168C.09;
77.36 	168C.10; 168C.11; 168C.12; and 168C.13, are repealed.
78.1 	(c) Minnesota Rules, parts 7407.0100; 7407.0200; 7407.0300;
78.2 	7407.0400; 7407.0500; 7407.0600; 7407.0700; 7407.0800;
78.3 	7407.0900; 7407.1000; 7407.1100; 7407.1200; and 7407.1300, are
78.4 	repealed.

78.5 	ARTICLE 4
78.6 	MISCELLANEOUS FINANCE POLICY

78.7 	Section 1. [160.298] HIGHWAY SIGN PROGRAM; BILLING,
78.8 	ACCOUNT, APPROPRIATION.
78.9 	The commissioner of transportation may bill highway
78.10 	operations units of the department and local road authorities
78.11 	for the costs of a centrally managed highway sign program.
78.12 	These costs may include equipment acquisition and rental, labor,
78.13 	materials, and other costs as determined by the commissioner.
78.14 	Receipts must be credited to a special account, which is
78.15 	established in the trunk highway fund, and are appropriated to
78.16 	the commissioner to pay the costs for which the billings are
78.17 	made.  Amounts credited to the account are exempt from statewide
78.18 	and agency indirect costs payments.

78.19 	Sec. 2. [160.95] STREET UTILITY FEE.
78.20 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of this
78.21 	section, the following terms have the meanings given.
78.22 	(a) "Municipality" means a home rule charter or statutory
78.23 	city.
78.24 	(b) "Governing body" means the city council of a
78.25 	municipality.
78.26 	(c) "Reconstruction" means paving, grading, curbs and
78.27 	gutters, bridge repair, overlays, drainage, base work, subgrade
78.28 	corrections, and boulevard restoration.
78.29 	(d) "Facility upgrade" means traffic signals, turn lanes,
78.30 	medians, street approaches, alleys, rights-of-way, sidewalks,
78.31 	retaining walls, fence installation, and additional traffic
78.32 	lanes.
78.33 	(e) "Maintenance" means striping, seal coating, crack
78.34 	sealing, sidewalk maintenance, signal maintenance, street light
78.35 	maintenance, and signage.
78.36 		Subd. 2.Authorization. A municipality may impose the
79.1 	street utility fee provided in this section against land located
79.2 	within its boundaries.
79.3 		Subd. 3.Procedures for adoption. A municipality may
79.4 	impose the street utility fee provided in this section by
79.5 	ordinance adopted by a two-thirds vote of its governing body.
79.6 	The ordinance must not be voted on or adopted until after a
79.7 	public hearing has been held on the question.  A notice of the
79.8 	time, place, and purpose of the hearing must be published at
79.9 	least once in each week for two successive weeks in the official
79.10 	newspaper of the municipality, or in a newspaper of general
79.11 	content and circulation within the municipality, and the last
79.12 	notice must be published at least seven days before the
79.13 	hearing.  The municipality must file the ordinance of record, if
79.14 	adopted, with the county recorder and provide a copy to the
79.15 	county auditor.
79.16 		Subd. 4.Collection. The ordinance adopted under this
79.17 	section must provide for the billing and payment of the fee on a
79.18 	monthly, quarterly, or other basis as directed by the governing
79.19 	body.  Fees that, as of October 15 each calendar year, have
79.20 	remained unpaid for at least 30 days must be certified to the
79.21 	county auditor for collection as a special assessment payable in
79.22 	the following calendar year against the affected property.
79.23 		Subd. 5.Master plan requirement. A municipality may not
79.24 	impose the fee provided in this section unless it has prepared
79.25 	and adopted a master plan that includes information on the
79.26 	proposed reconstruction, facility upgrade, and maintenance for
79.27 	the following five years.  A capital improvement plan, public
79.28 	facility plan, or comparable information qualifies as a master
79.29 	plan.  The master plan must include information on the proposed
79.30 	funding sources for all projects required to be included in the
79.31 	plan.  The master plan must be adopted by the governing body
79.32 	following a hearing and publication of notice of the hearing, as
79.33 	provided in subdivision 3.
79.34 		Subd. 6.Use of proceeds. Revenues from the fee
79.35 	authorized in this section may only be used for specific
79.36 	projects listed in the master plan.  The municipality may not
80.1 	accumulate revenues from the fee beyond the estimated costs for
80.2 	reconstructions, facility upgrades, and maintenance that are
80.3 	described in the master plan.
80.4 		Subd. 7.Determination of fees. The fee imposed must be
80.5 	based on the relationship of the revenues the municipality
80.6 	proposes to generate and the traffic impact of each type of land
80.7 	use, and may be established:
80.8 	(1) by reference to the trip-generation rate for each type
80.9 	of land use based on the most current edition of the Institute
80.10 	of Traffic Engineers Trip Generation Manual;
80.11 	(2) on another methodology that recognizes the relationship
80.12 	between land use and traffic impact; or 
80.13 	(3) on any other equitable basis as may be determined by
80.14 	the municipality.
80.15 		Subd. 8.Appeals. A property owner may administratively
80.16 	appeal the amount of the fee or the basis on which the
80.17 	municipality calculated the fee, to the governing body within 60
80.18 	days after notice of the amount of fee due has been mailed to
80.19 	the property owner.  The appeal must be in writing, signed, and
80.20 	dated by the property owner, and must state the reasons why the
80.21 	amount of the fee or the basis for its calculation is
80.22 	incorrect.  The decision of the governing body may be appealed
80.23 	to the district court.  If the governing body does not make a
80.24 	decision within six months after the filing of an administrative
80.25 	appeal, the property owner may elect to appeal to the district
80.26 	court.  Appeals of a fee or the basis for its calculation to the
80.27 	district court shall be made as prescribed in section 429.081.
80.28 		Subd. 9.Special assessments; bonds; property tax
80.29 	levies. The use of the street utility fee by a municipality
80.30 	does not restrict the municipality from imposing other measures
80.31 	to pay the costs of local street reconstruction, facility
80.32 	upgrades, or maintenance, such as levying special assessments,
80.33 	issuing bond debt, or levying property taxes.
80.34 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for fees
80.35 	payable in 2006 and thereafter.

80.36 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 161.081,
81.1 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
81.2 		Subd. 3.Flexible highway account; turnback accounts.
 81.3 	(a) The flexible highway account is created in the state
81.4 	treasury.  Money in the account may be used either for the
81.5 	restoration of former trunk highways that have reverted to
81.6 	counties or to statutory or home rule charter cities, for grants
81.7 	to counties for rural road safety under section 161.088,or
81.8 	for regular trunk highway purposes construction, reconstruction,
81.9 	and maintenance of local roads functionally classified as
81.10 	principal arterial roads under section 161.087.
81.11 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "restoration" means
81.12 	the level of effort required to improve the route that will be
81.13 	turned back to an acceptable condition as determined by
81.14 	agreement made between the commissioner and the county or city
81.15 	before the route is turned back.
81.16 	(c) The commissioner shall review the need for funds to
81.17 	restore highways that have been or will be turned back and the
81.18 	need for funds for the trunk highway system rural road safety
81.19 	and local principal arterials.  The commissioner
81.20 	shall determine, on a recommend as part of the biennial basis 
81.21 	budget, the percentage of this flexible account to be used for
81.22 	county turnbacks, for municipal turnbacks, and for regular trunk
81.23 	highway projects rural road safety grants, and for construction,
81.24 	reconstruction, and maintenance of local principal arterials.
81.25 	The commissioner shall make this determination recommendation 
81.26 	only after meeting and holding discussions with committees
81.27 	selected by the statewide associations of both county
81.28 	commissioners and municipal officials.
81.29 	(d) Money that will be used for the restoration of trunk
81.30 	highways that have reverted or that will revert to cities must
81.31 	be deposited in the municipal turnback account, which is created
81.32 	in the state treasury.
81.33 	(e) Money that will be used for the restoration of trunk
81.34 	highways that have reverted or that will revert to counties must
81.35 	be deposited in the county turnback account, which is created in
81.36 	the state treasury.
82.1 	(f) Money that will be used for grants to counties for
82.2 	rural road safety must be deposited in the rural road safety
82.3 	account under section 161.088.
82.4 	(g) Money that will be used for the construction and
82.5 	maintenance of county principal arterials must be deposited in
82.6 	the county principal arterial account under section 161.087.
82.7 	(h) Money that will be used for the construction,
82.8 	reconstruction, and maintenance of municipal principal arterials
82.9 	must be deposited in the municipal principal arterial account
82.10 	under section 161.087.
82.11 	(i) As part of each biennial budget submission to the
82.12 	legislature, the commissioner shall describe how the money in
82.13 	the flexible highway account will be apportioned among the
82.14 	county turnback account, the municipal turnback account, and the
82.15 	trunk highway fund rural road safety account, county principal
82.16 	arterial account, and municipal principal arterial account.
82.17 	(g) Money apportioned from the flexible highway account to
82.18 	the trunk highway fund must be used for state road construction
82.19 	and engineering costs.

82.20 	Sec. 4. [161.087] PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL ACCOUNTS.
82.21 	(a) A county principal arterial account is established in
82.22 	the county state-aid highway fund.  Money in the account is
82.23 	annually appropriated to the commissioner of transportation for
82.24 	expenditure as specified in this subdivision.  Money in the
82.25 	account must be used as grants to counties to assist in paying
82.26 	the costs of capital improvement projects on county state-aid
82.27 	highways that are functionally classified as principal arterials.
82.28 	(b) A municipal principal arterial account is established
82.29 	in the municipal state-aid street fund.  Money in the account is
82.30 	annually appropriated to the commissioner of transportation for
82.31 	expenditure as specified in this subdivision.  Money in the
82.32 	account must be used as grants to cities to assist in paying the
82.33 	costs of capital improvement projects on municipal state-aid
82.34 	streets that are functionally classified as principal arterials.
82.35 	(c) The commissioner shall establish procedures for
82.36 	counties and cities to apply for grants from the principal
83.1 	arterial accounts and criteria to be used to select projects for
83.2 	funding.  The commissioner shall establish these procedures in
83.3 	consultation with representatives appointed by the Association
83.4 	of Minnesota Counties and the League of Minnesota Cities.
83.5 	Project selection must be based on the ability of each project
83.6 	to improve traffic flow in the principal arterial corridor and
83.7 	improve safety.

83.8 	Sec. 5. [161.088] RURAL ROAD SAFETY ACCOUNT.
83.9 	(a) A rural road safety account is established in the
83.10 	county state-aid highway fund.  Money in the account is annually
83.11 	appropriated to the commissioner of transportation for
83.12 	expenditure as specified in this subdivision.  Money in the
83.13 	account must be used as grants to counties to assist in paying
83.14 	the costs of capital improvement projects on county state-aid
83.15 	highways that are intended primarily to reduce traffic crashes,
83.16 	deaths, injuries, and property damage.
83.17 	(b) The commissioner shall establish procedures for
83.18 	counties to apply for grants from the rural road safety account
83.19 	and criteria to be used to select projects for funding.  The
83.20 	commissioner shall establish these procedures and criteria in
83.21 	consultation with representatives appointed by the Association
83.22 	of Minnesota Counties.  Eligibility for project selection must
83.23 	be based on the ability of each proposed project to reduce the
83.24 	frequency and severity of crashes.
83.25 	(c) Money in the account must be allocated in each fiscal
83.26 	year as follows:
83.27 	(1) one-half of money in the account must be used for
83.28 	projects in the counties of Anoka, Chisago, Carver, Dakota,
83.29 	Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington; and 
83.30 	(2) the remainder must be used for projects elsewhere in
83.31 	the state.

83.32 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 162.06,
83.33 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
83.34 		Subd. 2.Administrative costs of department. A sum of
83.35 	1-1/2 Two percent shall must be deducted from the total amount
83.36 	available in the county state-aid highway fund, set aside in a
84.1 	separate account, and used for administrative costs incurred by
84.2 	the state Transportation Department in carrying out the
84.3 	provisions relating to the county state-aid highway system.

84.4 	Sec. 7. FEDERAL FUNDS FORMULA.
 84.5 	The commissioner of transportation may not implement a new
84.6 	formula for allocating federal transportation funds that results
84.7 	in any construction district receiving an annual amount of
84.8 	federal funds that is less than the annual average amount of
84.9 	federal funding that district received in the previous three
84.10 	years.

84.11 	Sec. 8. TOWN ROAD SIGN REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.
 84.12 		Subdivision 1.Scope of program. The commissioner of
84.13 	transportation shall develop and implement a town road sign
84.14 	replacement program to:
84.15 	(1) inventory all county and town road signs;
84.16 	(2) evaluate town road signs for compliance with applicable
84.17 	sign standards;
84.18 	(3) remove and replace town road signs as the commissioner
84.19 	deems necessary; and 
84.20 	(4) establish an ongoing sign maintenance program.
84.21 		Subd. 2.Sign standards. Standards for sign removal,
84.22 	replacement, and installation must conform to applicable
84.23 	federal, state, and local safety standards, including
84.24 	retroreflectivity standards and other provisions of the Manual
84.25 	on Uniform Traffic Control Devices adopted by the commissioner.
84.26 		Subd. 3.Local government participation. The
84.27 	commissioner may establish conditions for local government
84.28 	participation in the town road sign replacement program,
84.29 	including, but not limited to, involvement of county engineers,
84.30 	and establishment and maintenance by the local government of a
84.31 	database of county and town road signs.
84.32 		Subd. 4.Use of appropriations. The commissioner may
84.33 	utilize the proceeds of state appropriations for the town road
84.34 	sign replacement program to match federal funds.  The
84.35 	commissioner may establish a pilot program in consultation with
84.36 	the Minnesota Association of Townships.
85.1 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section takes effect on the
85.2 	effective date of a state or federal appropriation for the town
85.3 	road sign replacement program.

85.4 	ARTICLE 5
85.5 	TRANSPORTATION FINANCE

85.6 	Section 1. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSED.
 85.7 	An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is proposed to
85.8 	the people.  If the amendment is adopted, a section must be
85.9 	added to article XIV, to read:
85.10 	Sec. 12.  The proceeds of a tax imposed by the state on the
85.11 	sale of new and used motor vehicles must be appropriated
85.12 	exclusively for surface transportation purposes as defined by
85.13 	law.

85.14 	Sec. 2. SCHEDULE AND QUESTION.
 85.15 	The constitutional amendment proposed in section 1 must be
85.16 	submitted to the people at the 2006 general election.  If
85.17 	approved, motor vehicle sales tax proceeds will be used
85.18 	exclusively for surface transportation purposes as of July 1,
85.19 	2010.  The question submitted must be:
85.20 	"Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to use the
85.21 	revenue from the state motor vehicle sales tax exclusively for
85.22 	surface transportation purposes, beginning July 1, 2010? 
85.23 	Yes .......
85.24 	                                   No ........" 

85.25 	Sec. 3. [16A.89] MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION FUND.
85.26 	A multimodal transportation fund is established in the
85.27 	state treasury.  The fund consists of money credited under
85.28 	section 297B.09, subdivision 1, and other money credited to the
85.29 	fund by law.  Money in the fund must be appropriated for
85.30 	multimodal surface transportation purposes including, but not
85.31 	limited to, state road construction, transit capital and
85.32 	operations, state patrol operations, local road construction and
85.33 	maintenance, transportation safety and research activities, and
85.34 	Department of Transportation tort claims.

85.35 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 162.07,
85.36 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
86.1 		Subdivision 1.Formula.  After deducting for
86.2 	administrative costs and for the disaster account and research
86.3 	account and state park roads as heretofore provided in section
86.4 	162.06, subdivisions 2 to 5, the remainder of the total sum
86.5 	provided for in section 162.06, subdivision 1, shall be is 
86.6 	identified as the apportionment sum and shall be apportioned by
86.7 	the commissioner to the several counties on the basis of the
86.8 	needs of the counties as determined in accordance with the
86.9 	following formula:
86.10 	(a) An amount equal to ten percent of the apportionment sum
86.11 	shall be apportioned equally among the 87 counties.
86.12 	(b) An amount equal to ten percent of the apportionment sum
86.13 	shall be apportioned among the several counties so that each
86.14 	county shall receive of such amount the percentage that its
86.15 	motor vehicle registration for the calendar year preceding the
86.16 	one last past, determined by residence of registrants, bears to
86.17 	the total statewide motor vehicle registration.
86.18 	(c) An amount equal to 30 percent of the apportionment sum
86.19 	shall be apportioned among the several counties so that each
86.20 	county shall receive of such amount the percentage that its
86.21 	total lane-miles of approved county state-aid highways bears to
86.22 	the total lane-miles of approved statewide county state-aid
86.23 	highways.  In 1997 and subsequent years no county may receive,
86.24 	as a result of an apportionment under this clause based on
86.25 	lane-miles rather than miles of approved county state-aid
86.26 	highways, an apportionment that is less than its apportionment
86.27 	in 1996.
86.28 	(d) An amount equal to 50 percent of the apportionment sum
86.29 	shall be apportioned among the several counties so that each
86.30 	county shall receive of such amount the percentage that its
86.31 	money needs bears to the sum of the money needs of all of the
86.32 	individual counties; provided, that the percentage of such
86.33 	amount that each county is to receive shall be adjusted so that
86.34 	each county shall receive in 1958 a total apportionment at least
86.35 	ten percent greater than its total 1956 apportionments from the
86.36 	state road and bridge fund; and provided further that those
87.1 	counties whose money needs are thus adjusted shall never receive
87.2 	a percentage of the apportionment sum less than the percentage
87.3 	that such county received in 1958 the excess sum.
87.4 	(a) The excess sum is calculated as the sum of the amounts
87.5 	described in clauses (1) and (2), reduced by a proportionate
87.6 	share of the deductions for administrative costs and for the
87.7 	disaster account and research account, as follows:
87.8 	(1) on or after July 1, 2005, the amount due to an increase
87.9 	imposed in the gasoline excise tax rate above a rate of 20 cents
87.10 	per gallon; or in the excise tax rate for E85, M85, and special
87.11 	fuels above the energy equivalent of a gasoline tax rate of 20
87.12 	cents per gallon; and 
87.13 	(2) the amount due to a change in the passenger vehicle
87.14 	registration tax under section 168.013, imposed on or after July
87.15 	1, 2005, that exceeds the amount collected in fiscal year 2005
87.16 	multiplied by the annual average United States Consumer Price
87.17 	Index for all urban consumers, United States city average, as
87.18 	determined by the United States Department of Labor for the
87.19 	previous year, divided by that annual average for calendar year
87.20 	2004.
87.21 	(b) The apportionment sum is calculated by subtracting the
87.22 	excess sum from the remainder of the total sum.

87.23 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 162.07, is
87.24 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
87.25 		Subd. 1a.Apportionment sum. The commissioner shall
87.26 	apportion the apportionment sum among the several counties on
87.27 	the basis of the needs of the counties as determined in
87.28 	accordance with the following formula:
87.29 	(a) An amount equal to ten percent of the apportionment sum
87.30 	must be apportioned equally among the 87 counties.
87.31 	(b) An amount equal to ten percent of the apportionment sum
87.32 	must be apportioned among the several counties so that each
87.33 	county receives of that amount the percentage that its motor
87.34 	vehicle registration for the calendar year preceding the one
87.35 	last past, determined by residence of registrants, bears to the
87.36 	total statewide motor vehicle registration.
88.1 	(c) An amount equal to 30 percent of the apportionment sum
88.2 	must be apportioned among the several counties so that each
88.3 	county receives of that amount the percentage that its total
88.4 	lane-miles of approved county state-aid highways bears to the
88.5 	total lane-miles of approved statewide county state-aid
88.6 	highways.  In 1997 and subsequent years, no county may receive,
88.7 	as a result of an apportionment under this paragraph based on
88.8 	lane-miles rather than miles of approved county state-aid
88.9 	highways, an apportionment that is less than its apportionment
88.10 	in 1996.
88.11 	(d) An amount equal to 50 percent of the apportionment sum
88.12 	must be apportioned among the several counties so that each
88.13 	county receives of that amount the percentage that its money
88.14 	needs bears to the sum of the money needs of all of the
88.15 	individual counties; provided that the percentage of the amount
88.16 	that each county is to receive must be adjusted so that each
88.17 	county receives in 1958 a total apportionment at least ten
88.18 	percent greater than its total 1956 apportionments from the
88.19 	state road and bridge fund; and provided, further, that those
88.20 	counties whose money needs are thus adjusted shall never receive
88.21 	a percentage of the apportionment sum less than the percentage
88.22 	that such county received in 1958.

88.23 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 162.07, is
88.24 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
88.25 		Subd. 1b.Excess sum. The commissioner shall apportion
88.26 	the excess sum to the several counties on the basis of the needs
88.27 	of the counties as determined in accordance with the following
88.28 	formula:
88.29 	(a) An amount equal to 40 percent of the excess sum must be
88.30 	apportioned among the several counties so that each county
88.31 	receives of that amount the percentage that its motor vehicle
88.32 	registration for the calendar year preceding the one last past,
88.33 	determined by residence of registrants, bears to the total
88.34 	statewide motor vehicle registration.
88.35 	(b) An amount equal to 60 percent of the excess sum must be
88.36 	apportioned among the several counties so that each county
89.1 	receives of that amount the percentage that its money needs
89.2 	bears to the sum of the money needs of all of the individual
89.3 	counties.

89.4 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 163.051, is
89.5 	amended to read:
89.6 	163.051  METROPOLITAN COUNTY WHEELAGE TAX.
89.7 		Subdivision 1.Tax authorized. The board of
89.8 	commissioners of each metropolitan county is authorized to levy
89.9 	by resolution a wheelage tax of $5 for the year 1972 and each
89.10 	subsequent year thereafter by resolution up to $20 on each motor
89.11 	vehicle, except motorcycles as defined in section 169.01,
89.12 	subdivision 4, which is kept in such the county when not in
89.13 	operation and which is subject to annual registration and
89.14 	taxation under chapter 168.  The board may provide by resolution
89.15 	for collection of the wheelage tax by county officials or it may
89.16 	request that the tax be collected by the state registrar of
89.17 	motor vehicles, and the state registrar of motor vehicles shall
89.18 	collect such the tax on behalf of the county if requested, as
89.19 	provided in subdivision 2.
89.20 		Subd. 2.Collection by registrar of motor vehicles. The
89.21 	wheelage tax levied by any metropolitan county, if made
89.22 	collectible by the state registrar of motor vehicles, shall must 
89.23 	be certified by the county auditor to the registrar not later
89.24 	than August 1 in the year before the calendar year or years for
89.25 	which the tax is levied, and the registrar shall collect such 
89.26 	the tax with the motor vehicle taxes on the affected vehicles
89.27 	for such year or years.  Every owner and every operator of such 
89.28 	a motor vehicle subject to the wheelage tax shall furnish to the
89.29 	registrar all information requested by the registrar.  No state
89.30 	motor vehicle tax on any such motor vehicle for any such year
89.31 	shall be received or deemed paid unless the applicable wheelage
89.32 	tax is paid therewith. The proceeds of the wheelage tax levied
89.33 	by any metropolitan county, less any amount retained by the
89.34 	registrar to pay costs of collection of the wheelage tax, shall
89.35 	be paid to the commissioner of finance and deposited in the
89.36 	state treasury to the credit of the county wheelage tax fund of
90.1 	each metropolitan county.
90.2 		Subd. 2a.Tax proceeds deposited; costs of collection;
90.3 	appropriation. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law,
90.4 	the state registrar of motor vehicles shall deposit the proceeds
90.5 	of the wheelage tax imposed by subdivision 2, to the credit of
90.6 	the county wheelage tax road and bridge fund of each
90.7 	metropolitan county levying the tax.  The amount necessary to
90.8 	pay the costs of collection of said the tax is appropriated to
90.9 	the state registrar of motor vehicles from the county wheelage
90.10 	tax road and bridge fund of each metropolitan county to the
90.11 	state registrar of motor vehicles levying the tax.
90.12 		Subd. 3.Distribution to metropolitan county;
90.13 	appropriation. On or before April 1 in 1972 and each subsequent
90.14 	year, the commissioner of finance shall issue a warrant in favor
90.15 	of the treasurer of each metropolitan county for which the
90.16 	registrar has collected a wheelage tax in the amount of such tax
90.17 	then on hand in the county wheelage tax fund.  There is hereby
90.18 	appropriated from the county wheelage tax fund each year, to
90.19 	each metropolitan county entitled to payments authorized by this
90.20 	section, sufficient moneys to make such payments.
90.21 		Subd. 4.Use of tax. The treasurer of each metropolitan
90.22 	county receiving moneys under subdivision 3 shall deposit such
90.23 	moneys in the county road and bridge fund.  The moneys shall be
90.24 	used for purposes authorized by law which are highway purposes
90.25 	within the meaning of the Minnesota Constitution, article 14.
90.26 		Subd. 5.Effect on road and bridge levy. The county
90.27 	auditor of each metropolitan county shall reduce the amount of
90.28 	the property taxes levied pursuant to law in 1973 for collection
90.29 	in 1974, by the board of commissioners of such county for the
90.30 	county road and bridge fund, by the following amount:  Anoka
90.31 	County, $341,750; Carver County, $86,725; Dakota County,
90.32 	$386,165; Hennepin County, $2,728,425; Ramsey County,
90.33 	$1,276,815; Scott County, $104,805; Washington County, $227,220,
90.34 	and shall spread only the balance thereof on the tax rolls for
90.35 	collection in 1972.  The county auditor shall also reduce the
90.36 	amount of such taxes levied pursuant to law in 1972 and any
91.1 	subsequent year, for collection in the respective ensuing years,
91.2 	by the amount of wheelage taxes received by the county in the 12
91.3 	months immediately preceding such levy.
91.4 		Subd. 6.Metropolitan county defined. "Metropolitan
91.5 	county" means any of the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota,
91.6 	Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.
91.7 		Subd. 7.Offenses; penalties; application of other laws.
 91.8 	Any owner or operator of a motor vehicle who shall willfully
91.9 	give gives any false information relative to the tax herein 
91.10 	authorized under this section to the registrar of motor vehicles
91.11 	or any metropolitan county, or who shall willfully fail or
91.12 	refuse fails or refuses to furnish any such information, shall
91.13 	be is guilty of a misdemeanor.  Except as otherwise herein
91.14 	provided, the collection and payment of a wheelage tax and all
91.15 	matters relating thereto shall be subject to all provisions of
91.16 	law relating to collection and payment of motor vehicle taxes so
91.17 	far as applicable.

91.18 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.013,
91.19 	subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
91.20 		Subd. 1a.Passenger automobile; hearse.  (a) On passenger
91.21 	automobiles as defined in section 168.011, subdivision 7, and
91.22 	hearses, except as otherwise provided, the tax shall be $10 plus
91.23 	an additional tax equal to 1.25 percent of the base value.
91.24 	(b) Subject to the classification provisions herein, "base
91.25 	value" means the manufacturer's suggested retail price of the
91.26 	vehicle including destination charge using list price
91.27 	information published by the manufacturer or determined by the
91.28 	registrar if no suggested retail price exists, and shall not
91.29 	include the cost of each accessory or item of optional equipment
91.30 	separately added to the vehicle and the suggested retail price.
91.31 	(c) If the manufacturer's list price information contains a
91.32 	single vehicle identification number followed by various
91.33 	descriptions and suggested retail prices, the registrar shall
91.34 	select from those listings only the lowest price for determining
91.35 	base value.
91.36 	(d) If unable to determine the base value because the
92.1 	vehicle is specially constructed, or for any other reason, the
92.2 	registrar may establish such value upon the cost price to the
92.3 	purchaser or owner as evidenced by a certificate of cost but not
92.4 	including Minnesota sales or use tax or any local sales or other
92.5 	local tax.
92.6 	(e) The registrar shall classify every vehicle in its
92.7 	proper base value class as follows:
92.8 	FROM                   TO
92.9 	                      $  0                $199.99
92.10 	                       200                 399.99
92.11 	and thereafter a series of classes successively set in brackets
92.12 	having a spread of $200 consisting of such number of classes as
92.13 	will permit classification of all vehicles.
92.14 	(f) The base value for purposes of this section shall be
92.15 	the middle point between the extremes of its class.
92.16 	(g) The registrar shall establish the base value, when new,
92.17 	of every passenger automobile and hearse registered prior to the
92.18 	effective date of Extra Session Laws 1971, chapter 31, using
92.19 	list price information published by the manufacturer or any
92.20 	nationally recognized firm or association compiling such data
92.21 	for the automotive industry.  If unable to ascertain the base
92.22 	value of any registered vehicle in the foregoing manner, the
92.23 	registrar may use any other available source or method.  The
92.24 	registrar shall calculate tax using base value information
92.25 	available to dealers and deputy registrars at the time the
92.26 	application for registration is submitted.  The tax on all
92.27 	previously registered vehicles shall be computed upon the base
92.28 	value thus determined taking into account the depreciation
92.29 	provisions of paragraph (h).
92.30 	(h) The annual additional tax computed upon the base value
92.31 	as provided herein, during the first and second years year of
92.32 	vehicle life shall be computed upon 100 percent of the base
92.33 	value; for the second year, 80 percent of such value;for the
92.34 	third and fourth years, 90 year, 70 percent of such value; for
92.35 	the fourth year, 60 percent of such value;for the fifth and
92.36 	sixth years, 75 year, 50 percent of such value; for the sixth
93.1 	year, 40 percent of such value;for the seventh year, 60 35 
93.2 	percent of such value; for the eighth year, 40 30 percent of
93.3 	such value; for the ninth year, 30 20 percent of such value; for
93.4 	the tenth year, ten percent of such value; for the 11th and each
93.5 	succeeding year, the sum of $25.
93.6 	In no event shall the annual additional tax be less than
93.7 	$25. The total tax under this subdivision shall not exceed $189
93.8 	for the first renewal period and shall not exceed $99 for
93.9 	subsequent renewal periods.  The total tax under this
93.10 	subdivision on any vehicle filing its initial registration in
93.11 	Minnesota in the second year of vehicle life shall not exceed
93.12 	$189 and shall not exceed $99 for subsequent renewal periods.
93.13 	The total tax under this subdivision on any vehicle filing its
93.14 	initial registration in Minnesota in the third or subsequent
93.15 	year of vehicle life shall not exceed $99 and shall not exceed
93.16 	$99 in any subsequent renewal period.
93.17 	(i) As used in this subdivision and section 168.017, the
93.18 	following terms have the meanings given:  "initial registration"
93.19 	means the 12 consecutive months calendar period from the day of
93.20 	first registration of a vehicle in Minnesota; and "renewal
93.21 	periods" means the 12 consecutive calendar months periods
93.22 	following the initial registration period The annual additional
93.23 	tax under paragraph (h) must not exceed the annual additional
93.24 	tax that was previously paid or due on that vehicle.

93.25 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 296A.07,
93.26 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
93.27 		Subd. 3.Rate of tax.  The gasoline excise tax is imposed
93.28 	at the following rates:
93.29 	(1) (a) From July 1, 2005, to June 30, 2006,E85 is taxed
93.30 	at the rate of 14.2 17.0 cents per gallon;
93.31 	(2) M85 is taxed at the rate of 11.4 13.7 cents per gallon;
93.32 	and
93.33 	(3) all other gasoline is taxed at the rate of 20 24 cents
93.34 	per gallon.
93.35 	(b) From July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007, E85 is taxed at
93.36 	the rate of 19.2 cents per gallon; M85 is taxed at the rate of
94.1 	15.4 cents per gallon; and all other gasoline is taxed at the
94.2 	rate of 27 cents per gallon.
94.3 	(c) On and after July 1, 2007, E85 is taxed at the rate of
94.4 	21.3 cents per gallon; M85 is taxed at the rate of 17.1 cents
94.5 	per gallon; and all other gasoline is taxed at the rate of 30
94.6 	cents per gallon.

94.7 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 296A.07, is
94.8 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
94.9 		Subd. 5.Annual gasoline tax rate adjustment. (a) Before
94.10 	April 1 of each year, the commissioner of revenue shall
94.11 	recompute and publish the rate of the gasoline excise tax.  The
94.12 	new rate per gallon must be calculated by multiplying the rate
94.13 	in effect at the time of the calculation by an amount obtained
94.14 	under paragraph (b).  The new rate must be rounded to the
94.15 	nearest 0.1 cent and is effective on April 1 of each year.
94.16 	(b) Divide the annual average United States Consumer Price
94.17 	Index for all urban consumers, United States city average, as
94.18 	determined by the United States Department of Labor for the
94.19 	previous year by that annual average for the year before the
94.20 	previous year.

94.21 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 296A.08,
94.22 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
94.23 		Subd. 2.Rate of tax.  The special fuel excise tax is
94.24 	imposed at the following rates:
94.25 	(a) From July 1, 2005, to June 30, 2006,liquefied
94.26 	petroleum gas or propane is taxed at the rate of 15 18 cents per
94.27 	gallon.;
94.28 	(b) liquefied natural gas is taxed at the rate of 12 14.4 
94.29 	cents per gallon.; and 
94.30 	(c) compressed natural gas is taxed at the rate
94.31 	of $1.739 $2.087 per thousand cubic feet; or 20 24 cents per
94.32 	gasoline equivalent, as defined by the National Conference on
94.33 	Weights and Measures, which is 5.66 pounds of natural gas.
94.34 	(b) From July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007, liquefied
94.35 	petroleum gas or propane is taxed at the rate of 20.3 cents per
94.36 	gallon; liquefied natural gas is taxed at the rate of 16.2 cents
95.1 	per gallon; and compressed natural gas is taxed at the rate of
95.2 	$2.348 per thousand cubic feet; or 27 cents per gasoline
95.3 	equivalent, as defined by the National Conference on Weights and
95.4 	Measures, which is 5.66 pounds of natural gas.
95.5 	(c) On and after July 1, 2007, liquefied petroleum gas or
95.6 	propane is taxed at the rate of 22.5 cents per gallon; liquefied
95.7 	natural gas is taxed at the rate of 18 cents per gallon; and
95.8 	compressed natural gas is taxed at the rate of $2.609 per
95.9 	thousand cubic feet; or 30 cents per gasoline equivalent, as
95.10 	defined by the National Conference on Weights and Measures,
95.11 	which is 5.66 pounds of natural gas.
95.12 	(d) All other special fuel is taxed at the same rate as the
95.13 	gasoline excise tax as specified in section 296A.07, subdivision
95.14 	2.  The tax is payable in the form and manner prescribed by the
95.15 	commissioner.

95.16 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 296A.08, is
95.17 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
95.18 		Subd. 7.Annual special fuel tax rate adjustment. (a)
95.19 	Before June 1 of each year, the commissioner of revenue shall
95.20 	recompute and publish the rate of the special fuel tax.  The new
95.21 	rate must be calculated by multiplying the rate in effect at the
95.22 	time of the calculation by an amount obtained under paragraph
95.23 	(b).  The new rate must be rounded to the nearest 0.1 cent and
95.24 	is effective on June 1 of each year.
95.25 	(b) Divide the annual average United States Consumer Price
95.26 	Index for all urban consumers, United States city average, as
95.27 	determined by the United States Department of Labor for the
95.28 	previous year by that annual average for the year before the
95.29 	previous year.

95.30 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 297B.09,
95.31 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
95.32 		Subdivision 1.Deposit of revenues.  (a) Money collected
95.33 	and received under this chapter must be deposited as provided in
95.34 	this subdivision.
95.35 	(b) From July 1, 2002, to June 30, 2003, 32 percent of the
95.36 	money collected and received must be deposited in the highway
96.1 	user tax distribution fund, 20.5 percent must be deposited in
96.2 	the metropolitan area transit fund under section 16A.88, and
96.3 	1.25 percent must be deposited in the greater Minnesota transit
96.4 	fund under section 16A.88.  The remaining money must be
96.5 	deposited in the general fund.
96.6 	(c) From July 1, 2003, to June 30, 2007 2005, 30 percent of
96.7 	the money collected and received must be deposited in the
96.8 	highway user tax distribution fund, 21.5 percent must be
96.9 	deposited in the metropolitan area transit fund under section
96.10 	16A.88, 1.43 percent must be deposited in the greater Minnesota
96.11 	transit fund under section 16A.88, 0.65 percent must be
96.12 	deposited in the county state-aid highway fund, and 0.17 percent
96.13 	must be deposited in the municipal state-aid street fund.  The
96.14 	remaining money must be deposited in the general fund.
96.15 	(c) From July 1, 2005, to June 30, 2006, 23 percent of the
96.16 	money collected and received must be deposited in the highway
96.17 	user tax distribution fund, one percent must be deposited in the
96.18 	right-of-way advance acquisition loan account established under
96.19 	section 446A.085, subdivision 3, 27.25 percent must be deposited
96.20 	in the metropolitan area transit fund under section 16A.88, and
96.21 	2.5 percent must be deposited in the greater Minnesota transit
96.22 	fund under section 16A.88.  The remaining money must be
96.23 	deposited in the general fund.
96.24 	(d) From July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007, 19 percent of the
96.25 	money collected and received must be deposited in the highway
96.26 	user tax distribution fund, one percent must be deposited in the
96.27 	right-of-way advance acquisition loan account under section
96.28 	446A.085, subdivision 3, 31 percent must be deposited in the
96.29 	metropolitan area transit fund under section 16A.88, and 2.75
96.30 	percent must be deposited in the greater Minnesota transit fund
96.31 	under section 16A.88.  The remaining money must be deposited in
96.32 	the general fund.
96.33 	(e) From July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2008, 18 percent of the
96.34 	money collected and received must be deposited in the highway
96.35 	user tax distribution fund, 42.75 percent must be deposited in
96.36 	the metropolitan area transit fund under section 16A.88, 5.25
97.1 	percent must be deposited in the greater Minnesota transit fund
97.2 	under section 16A.88, and ten percent must be deposited in the
97.3 	multimodal transportation fund under section 16A.89.  The
97.4 	remaining money must be deposited in the general fund.
97.5 	(f) From July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009, 16 percent of the
97.6 	money collected and received must be deposited in the highway
97.7 	user tax distribution fund, 44.5 percent must be deposited in
97.8 	the metropolitan area transit fund under section 16A.88, 5.5
97.9 	percent must be deposited in the greater Minnesota transit fund
97.10 	under section 16A.88, and 20 percent must be deposited in the
97.11 	multimodal transportation fund under section 16A.89.  The
97.12 	remaining money must be deposited in the general fund.
97.13 	(g) From July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2010, 14 percent of the
97.14 	money collected and received must be deposited in the highway
97.15 	user tax distribution fund, 46 percent must be deposited in the
97.16 	metropolitan area transit fund under section 16A.88, six percent
97.17 	must be deposited in the greater Minnesota transit fund under
97.18 	section 16A.88, and 30 percent must be deposited in the
97.19 	multimodal transportation fund under section 16A.89.  The
97.20 	remaining money must be deposited in the general fund.
97.21 	(d) (h) On and after July 1, 2007 2010, 32 14 percent
97.22 	of the money collected and received must be deposited in the
97.23 	highway user tax distribution fund, 20.5 46 percent must be
97.24 	deposited in the metropolitan area transit fund under section
97.25 	16A.88, and 1.25six percent must be deposited in the greater
97.26 	Minnesota transit fund under section 16A.88, and 34 percent must
97.27 	be deposited in the multimodal transportation fund under section
97.28 	16A.89. The remaining money must be deposited in the general
97.29 	fund.

97.30 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 446A.085,
97.31 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
97.32 		Subd. 3.Establishment of fund; accounts. (a) A
97.33 	transportation revolving loan fund is established to make loans
97.34 	for the purposes described in subdivision 2.  A highway account
97.35 	is established in the fund for highway projects eligible under
97.36 	United States Code, title 23.  A transit account is established
98.1 	in the fund for transit capital projects eligible under United
98.2 	States Code, title 49.  A state funds general loan account is
98.3 	established in the fund for transportation projects eligible
98.4 	under state law. A right-of-way advance acquisition loan
98.5 	account is established in the fund for projects described in
98.6 	subdivision 10a.Other accounts may be established in the fund
98.7 	as necessary for its management and administration.
98.8 	(b) The transportation revolving loan fund receives federal
98.9 	money under the act and money from any source.  Money received
98.10 	under this section must be paid to the commissioner of finance
98.11 	and credited to the transportation revolving loan fund.  Money
98.12 	in the fund is annually appropriated to the authority and does
98.13 	not lapse.  The fund must be credited with investment income,
98.14 	and with repayments of principal and interest, except for
98.15 	servicing fees assessed under sections 446A.04, subdivision 5,
98.16 	and 446A.11, subdivision 8.

98.17 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 446A.085,
98.18 	subdivision 8, is amended to read:
98.19 		Subd. 8.Certification of projects. (a) Except as
98.20 	provided in paragraph (b),the commissioner of transportation
98.21 	shall consider the following information when evaluating
98.22 	projects to certify for funding to the Transportation Committee:
98.23 	(1) a description of the nature and purpose of the proposed
98.24 	transportation project including an explanation of the need for
98.25 	the project and the reasons why it is in the public interest;
98.26 	(2) the relationship of the project to the area
98.27 	transportation improvement program, the approved statewide
98.28 	transportation improvement program, and to any transportation
98.29 	plans required under state or federal law;
98.30 	(3) the estimated cost of the project and the amount of
98.31 	loans sought;
98.32 	(4) proposed sources of funding in addition to loans sought
98.33 	from the transportation revolving loan fund;
98.34 	(5) the need for the project as part of the overall
98.35 	transportation system;
98.36 	(6) the overall economic impact of the project; and
99.1 	(7) the extent to which completion of the project will
99.2 	improve the movement of people and freight.
99.3 	(b) For loans made from the right-of-way advance
99.4 	acquisition loan account, the commissioner of transportation
99.5 	shall consider the following information when evaluating
99.6 	projects to certify for funding to the transportation committee:
99.7 	(1) a description of the highway project, including
99.8 	estimated schedules and costs, for which advance acquisition of
99.9 	right-of-way is sought;
99.10 	(2) the importance of the project as measured by the
99.11 	criteria in paragraph (a), clauses (2) and (5) to (7);
99.12 	(3) other sources of funding available for the acquisition;
99.13 	(4) the necessity of preserving right-of-way for the
99.14 	project as a means of reducing overall project costs and
99.15 	preventing incompatible land uses;
99.16 	(5) other options available for right-of-way preservation;
99.17 	and 
99.18 	(6) the overall cost-effectiveness of advance right-of-way
99.19 	acquisition for the project.

99.20 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 446A.085, is
99.21 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
99.22 		Subd. 10a.Right-of-way advance acquisition loans. (a)
99.23 	Loans from the right-of-way advance acquisition loan account may
99.24 	be made to the state, counties, towns, and statutory or home
99.25 	rule charter cities for purchasing property within the
99.26 	right-of-way of a state trunk highway shown on an official map
99.27 	adopted under section 394.361 or 462.359.
99.28 	(b) Loans under this subdivision may be made only:
99.29 	(1) to accelerate the acquisition of primarily undeveloped
99.30 	property when there is a reasonable probability that the
99.31 	property will increase in value before highway construction, and
99.32 	to update an expired environmental impact statement on a project
99.33 	for which the right-of-way is being purchased;
99.34 	(2) to avert the imminent conversion or the granting of
99.35 	approvals that would allow the conversion of property to uses
99.36 	that would jeopardize its availability for highway construction;
100.1 	or 
100.2 	(3) to take advantage of open market opportunities when
100.3 	developed properties become available for sale, provided all
100.4 	parties involved are agreeable to the sale and funds are
100.5 	available.
100.6 	(c) A private property owner whose property is purchased
100.7 	with proceeds of a loan under this subdivision may elect to
100.8 	receive the purchase price either in a lump sum or in not more
100.9 	than four annual installments without interest on the deferred
100.10 	installments.  If the purchase agreement provides for
100.11 	installment payments, the loan may be made in installments
100.12 	corresponding to those in the purchase agreement.  The recipient
100.13 	of an acquisition loan shall convey the property for the
100.14 	construction of the highway at the same price the recipient paid
100.15 	for the property.  The price may include the costs of preparing
100.16 	environmental documents that were required for the acquisition
100.17 	and that were paid for with money that the recipient received
100.18 	from the account.  Upon notification by the commissioner to the
100.19 	loan recipient that the plan to construct the highway has been
100.20 	abandoned or the anticipated location of the highway changed,
100.21 	the recipient shall sell the property at market value in
100.22 	accordance with the procedures required for the disposition of
100.23 	the property.
100.24 	(d) All rents and other money received by the loan
100.25 	recipient because of the recipient's ownership of the property
100.26 	and all proceeds from the conveyance or sale of the property
100.27 	must be paid to the commissioner for deposit in the account.
100.28 	Amounts so received may be applied to repayment of the loan.

100.29 	Sec. 17. TRUNK HIGHWAY BONDS; ISSUANCE.
 100.30 	The commissioner of finance shall, on recommendation of the
100.31 	commissioner of transportation, sell and issue Minnesota trunk
100.32 	highway bonds under Minnesota Statutes, sections 167.50 to
100.33 	167.52, and the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4
100.34 	to 7, and article XIV, section 11, at times and in amounts
100.35 	determined by the commissioner of transportation.  Bonds issued
100.36 	under this section are authorized in an aggregate principal
101.1 	amount of $1,000,000,000 over a ten-year period.  The proceeds
101.2 	of the bonds, except accrued interest and any premium received
101.3 	on the sale of the bonds, must be credited to the bond proceeds
101.4 	account in the trunk highway fund.  Notwithstanding Minnesota
101.5 	Statutes, section 16A.642, this authorization must not be
101.6 	canceled before February 1, 2017.

101.7 	Sec. 18. TRUNK HIGHWAY BOND PROCEEDS APPROPRIATION.
 101.8 	$1,000,000,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of
101.9 	transportation from the separate bond proceeds account in the
101.10 	trunk highway fund for the construction, reconstruction, and
101.11 	improvement of trunk highways, including acquisition of real
101.12 	property.  No more than $100,000,000 of this appropriation may
101.13 	be encumbered in each of fiscal years 2006 to 2015.  Up to 17
101.14 	percent of the appropriation each year may be used by the
101.15 	department for program delivery.

101.16 	Sec. 19. ROAD CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS.
 101.17 	(a) $61,000,000 in fiscal year 2006 and $123,000,000 in
101.18 	fiscal year 2007 are appropriated from the trunk highway fund to
101.19 	the commissioner of transportation for state road construction.
101.20 	Up to 17 percent of the appropriation each year may be used by
101.21 	the department for program delivery.
101.22 	(b) $25,300,000 in fiscal year 2006 and $54,000,000 in
101.23 	fiscal year 2007 is appropriated to the commissioner from the
101.24 	county state-aid highway fund for county state aid.
101.25 	(c) $8,600,000 in fiscal year 2006 and $16,900,000 in
101.26 	fiscal year 2007 is appropriated to the commissioner from the
101.27 	municipal state-aid street fund for municipal state aid.
101.28 	(d) These appropriations are in addition to any other
101.29 	appropriation made for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 for the same
101.30 	purposes.

101.31 	Sec. 20. TRANSIT BUDGET BASE.
 101.32 	The general fund budget base for metropolitan transit and
101.33 	greater Minnesota transit for fiscal years 2008 and 2009 is zero.

101.34 	Sec. 21. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 101.35 	Section 8 is effective for first registration periods in
101.36 	which the tax is first due on or after July 1, 2005, and for
102.1 	renewals of registrations on those vehicles assigned
102.2 	registration periods of July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006, or
102.3 	later.  Sections 1 to 7, 9, 11, and 13 to 20, are effective July
102.4 	1, 2005.  Sections 10 and 12 are effective July 1, 2007.
102.5 	Sections 9 and 11 apply to all gasoline, undyed diesel fuel, and
102.6 	special fuel in distributor storage on July 1, 2005.

102.7 	ARTICLE 6
102.8 	LOCAL SALES TAX

102.9 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 161.04, is
102.10 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
102.11 		Subd. 5.Highway spending in metropolitan transportation
102.12 	district. In any year during which taxes authorized in section
102.13 	297A.992, subdivision 3, are imposed, and exclusive of the
102.14 	expenditure of these revenues, the percentage of total trunk
102.15 	highway fund expenditures attributable to projects in the
102.16 	metropolitan transportation area, within the meaning of section
102.17 	297A.992, subdivision 1, may not vary more than two percentage
102.18 	points from the average of the previous five years of trunk
102.19 	highway fund metropolitan transportation area expenditures.

102.20 	Sec. 2. [297A.992] LOCAL TRANSPORTATION SALES AND EXCISE
102.21 	TAX.
102.22 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this section
102.23 	and section 161.04, subdivision 5:
102.24 	(a) "Metropolitan transportation area" means the area of
102.25 	all counties designated on or before September 1, 2005, by
102.26 	resolution of each county board, to be a part of the
102.27 	metropolitan transportation area, together with counties so
102.28 	designated after September 1, 2005, subject to the concurrence
102.29 	of the joint powers board.  Counties eligible for designation as
102.30 	part of the metropolitan transportation area are Anoka, Carver,
102.31 	Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington, and any adjacent
102.32 	county.
102.33 	(b) "Joint powers board" means the Metropolitan
102.34 	Transportation Area Joint Powers Board.
102.35 		Subd. 2.Authorization; rates. Notwithstanding sections
102.36 	297A.99, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5, and 13; 477A.016; or any other
103.1 	law, the joint powers board may impose a transportation sales
103.2 	and use tax, at a rate of one-half of one percent on retail
103.3 	sales and uses taxable under chapter 297A, and may impose an
103.4 	excise tax on the sale of new motor vehicles, at the rate of $20
103.5 	per vehicle, occurring within the jurisdiction of the taxing
103.6 	authority, to fund transportation improvements, as provided in
103.7 	this section.
103.8 		Subd. 3.Metropolitan transportation area sales tax. (a)
103.9 	The joint powers board may impose the transportation sales and
103.10 	use tax and motor vehicle excise tax within the metropolitan
103.11 	transportation area, if approved by a majority of the members of
103.12 	the joint powers board.
103.13 	(b) A metropolitan transportation area fund is created in
103.14 	the state treasury.  After the deductions allowed in section
103.15 	297A.99, subdivision 11, the commissioner of revenue shall
103.16 	deposit all revenue from taxes imposed under this section in the
103.17 	fund.  Money in the fund is appropriated to the commissioner of
103.18 	finance.  The commissioner of finance shall allocate money in
103.19 	the fund as directed by resolution of the joint powers board
103.20 	under paragraph (d).
103.21 	(c) Before imposing the tax under paragraph (a), counties
103.22 	in the metropolitan transportation area shall enter into a joint
103.23 	powers agreement to create the joint powers board to exercise
103.24 	the powers provided in this section.  The joint powers board
103.25 	must consist of one representative of each county in the
103.26 	metropolitan transportation area.  The joint powers board has
103.27 	the powers and duties provided in this section and in section
103.28 	471.59, except that the joint powers board may not issue bonds.
103.29 	(d) By May 1 of each year, the joint powers board shall, by
103.30 	resolution, direct the commissioner of finance to allocate
103.31 	revenue in the metropolitan transportation area fund for the
103.32 	next fiscal year.  The resolution must direct the commissioner
103.33 	to allocate funds to the following recipients for the following
103.34 	purposes:
103.35 	(1) to the commissioner of transportation for metropolitan
103.36 	transportation area highway projects included in the
104.1 	commissioner's current ten-year highway work plan;
104.2 	(2) to the commissioner of transportation for
104.3 	implementation of the commissioner's greater Minnesota transit
104.4 	plan in counties in the metropolitan transportation area that
104.5 	are directly served by greater Minnesota transit;
104.6 	(3) to the Metropolitan Council for implementation of the
104.7 	public transit components of the council's 2030 transportation
104.8 	policy plan, and for other public transit operations and capital
104.9 	improvements provided or assisted by the council in counties in
104.10 	the metropolitan transportation area;
104.11 	(4) to counties in the metropolitan transportation area for
104.12 	construction, maintenance, and improvement of local roads; and 
104.13 	(5) to counties in the metropolitan transportation area for
104.14 	operation of and capital assistance to public transit systems
104.15 	that the county, or one or more cities in the county owns,
104.16 	operates, or contracts for.
104.17 		Subd. 4.Tax in counties outside metropolitan
104.18 	transportation area. Notwithstanding sections 297A.99,
104.19 	subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5, and 13; 477A.016; or any other law, the
104.20 	board of a county outside the metropolitan transportation area,
104.21 	or more than one county acting under a joint powers agreement,
104.22 	may impose, either or both, a transportation sales tax at a rate
104.23 	of one-half of one percent on retail sales and uses taxable
104.24 	under chapter 297A and a motor vehicle excise tax on the sale of
104.25 	new motor vehicles at the rate of $20 per vehicle, occurring
104.26 	within the jurisdiction of the taxing authority.  The board of a
104.27 	county that is eligible for designation as part of the
104.28 	metropolitan transportation area under section 297A.992,
104.29 	subdivision 1, may not impose a transportation sales tax other
104.30 	than through participation in the Metropolitan Transportation
104.31 	Area Joint Powers Board.  The proceeds of the tax must be
104.32 	dedicated exclusively to payment of the cost of a specific
104.33 	transportation project or to the costs of transit operations.
104.34 	The tax must terminate on the date determined by majority vote
104.35 	of the county board or joint powers board.
104.36 		Subd. 5.Administration, collection, enforcement. The
105.1 	administration, collection, and enforcement provisions in
105.2 	section 297A.99, subdivisions 4 and 6 to 12, apply to all taxes
105.3 	imposed under this section.

105.4 	Sec. 3. REPORT.
 105.5 	In each year during the period of imposition of the taxes
105.6 	authorized in Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.992, subdivision
105.7 	3, the commissioner of transportation and the Metropolitan
105.8 	Council shall report by February 1 to the house of
105.9 	representatives and senate committees having jurisdiction over
105.10 	transportation policy and finance concerning the revenues
105.11 	received from the metropolitan transportation area sales tax and
105.12 	the expenditures of that money.