1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to crimes; driving while impaired; increasing 
  1.3             the fees related to issuance of specially coded motor 
  1.4             vehicle registration plates and reissuance of regular 
  1.5             plates following license plate impoundment for repeat 
  1.6             DWI violations; appropriating money for the remote 
  1.7             electronic alcohol monitoring program for DWI 
  1.8             offenders who are ordered to abstain from alcohol as a 
  1.9             condition of pretrial release, supervised release, or 
  1.10            probation; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 
  1.11            168.042, subdivision 12; Minnesota Statutes 1997 
  1.12            Supplement, section 168.042, subdivision 11a. 
  1.13  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.14     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 
  1.15  168.042, subdivision 11a, is amended to read: 
  1.16     Subd. 11a.  [CHARGE FOR REINSTATEMENT OF REGISTRATION 
  1.17  PLATES IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS.] When the registrar of motor 
  1.18  vehicles reinstates a person's registration plates after 
  1.19  impoundment for reasons other than those described in 
  1.20  subdivision 11, the registrar shall charge the person $25 $50 
  1.21  for each vehicle for which the registration plates are being 
  1.22  reinstated.  Money raised under this subdivision must be paid 
  1.23  into the state treasury and credited to the highway user tax 
  1.24  distribution fund. 
  1.25     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 168.042, 
  1.26  subdivision 12, is amended to read: 
  1.27     Subd. 12.  [ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES.] A 
  1.28  violator or registered owner may apply to the commissioner for 
  1.29  new registration plates, which must bear a special series of 
  2.1   numbers or letters so as to be readily identified by traffic law 
  2.2   enforcement officers.  The commissioner may authorize the 
  2.3   issuance of special plates if: 
  2.4      (1) the violator has a qualified licensed driver whom the 
  2.5   violator must identify; 
  2.6      (2) the violator or registered owner has a limited license 
  2.7   issued under section 171.30; 
  2.8      (3) the registered owner is not the violator and the 
  2.9   registered owner has a valid or limited driver's license; or 
  2.10     (4) a member of the registered owner's household has a 
  2.11  valid driver's license. 
  2.12  The commissioner may issue the special plates on payment of a 
  2.13  $25 $50 fee for each vehicle for which special plates are 
  2.14  requested. 
  2.15     Sec. 3.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
  2.16     $1,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
  2.17  commissioner of corrections for administering the remote 
  2.18  electronic alcohol monitoring program defined in Laws 1995, 
  2.19  chapter 226, article 2, section 37.  This amount is available 
  2.20  for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999. 
  2.21     Sec. 4.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.22     Sections 1 to 3 are effective July 1, 1998, and apply to 
  2.23  motor vehicle registration actions occurring on or after that 
  2.24  date.