1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to motor vehicles; increasing filing fee for 
  1.3             deputy registrars of motor vehicles; amending 
  1.4             Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.33, subdivision 7.
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.33, 
  1.7   subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
  1.8      Subd. 7.  [FILING FEE.] In addition to all other statutory 
  1.9   fees and taxes, a filing fee of ~~$3.50~~ $4.75 is imposed on every 
  1.10  application; except that a filing fee may not be charged for a 
  1.11  document returned for a refund or for a correction of an error 
  1.12  made by the department or a deputy registrar.  The filing fee 
  1.13  shall be shown as a separate item on all registration renewal 
  1.14  notices sent out by the department of public safety.  No filing 
  1.15  fee or other fee may be charged for the permanent surrender of a 
  1.16  certificate of title and license plates for a motor vehicle.  
  1.17  Filing fees collected under this subdivision by the registrar 
  1.18  must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the highway 
  1.19  user tax distribution fund, except fees for registrations of new 
  1.20  motor vehicles.  Filing fees collected for registrations of new 
  1.21  motor vehicles must be paid into the state treasury with 50 
  1.22  percent of the money credited to the general fund and 50 percent 
  1.23  credited to the highway user tax distribution fund. 
  1.24     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.25     Section 1 is effective July 1, 2000.