1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to motor vehicles; modifying fees for transactions relating to motor 
1.3 	vehicles and drivers' licenses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 
1.4 	168.33, subdivision 7; 171.06, subdivisions 2, 2a.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168.33, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 7.Filing fees; allocations. (a) In addition to all other statutory fees and 
1.8 	taxes, a filing fee of:
1.9 	(1) ~~$4.50~~ $6 is imposed on every vehicle registration renewal, excluding pro rate 
1.10 	transactions; and
1.11 	(2) ~~$8.50~~ $10 is imposed on every other type of vehicle transaction, including pro 
1.12 	rate transactions;
1.13 	except that a filing fee may not be charged for a document returned for a refund or for 
1.14 	a correction of an error made by the Department of Public Safety, a dealer, or a deputy 
1.15 	registrar. The filing fee must be shown as a separate item on all registration renewal 
1.16 	notices sent out by the commissioner. No filing fee or other fee may be charged for the 
1.17 	permanent surrender of a title for a vehicle.
1.18 	(b) The statutory fees and taxes, and the filing fees imposed under paragraph (a) 
1.19 	may be paid by credit card or debit card. The deputy registrar may collect a surcharge 
1.20 	on the statutory fees, taxes, and filing fee not greater than the cost of processing a credit 
1.21 	card or debit card transaction, in accordance with emergency rules established by the 
1.22 	commissioner of public safety. The surcharge must be used to pay the cost of processing 
1.23 	credit and debit card transactions.
2.1 	(c) All of the fees collected under paragraph (a), clause (1), by the department, must 
2.2 	be paid into the vehicle services operating account in the special revenue fund under 
2.3 	section 299A.705. Of the fee collected under paragraph (a), clause (2), by the department, 
2.4 	$3.50 must be paid into the general fund with the remainder deposited into the vehicle 
2.5 	services operating account in the special revenue fund under section 299A.705.

2.6 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 171.06, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.7 		Subd. 2.Fees. (a) The fees for a license and Minnesota identification card are 
2.8 	as follows:

2.92.10

Classified Driver's License

~~D-$22.25~~
D-$17.25

~~C-$26.25~~
C-$21.25

~~B-$33.25~~
B-$28.25

~~A-$41.25~~
A-$36.25

2.11

2.12

Classified Under-21 D.L.

~~D-$22.25~~
D-$17.25

~~C-$26.25~~
C-$21.25

~~B-$33.25~~
B-$28.25

~~A-$21.25~~
A-$16.25

2.13

2.14

Enhanced Driver's License

~~D-$37.25~~
D-$32.25

~~C-$41.25~~
C-$36.25

~~B-$48.25~~
B-$43.25

~~A-$56.25~~
A-$51.25

2.15 | Instruction Permit | | | | | ~~$10.25~~$5.25
2.16

2.17

Enhanced Instruction 
Permit

~~$25.25~~
$20.25

2.18 | Provisional License | | | | | ~~$13.25~~$8.25
2.19

2.20

Enhanced Provisional 
License

~~$28.25~~
$23.25

2.21
2.22

2.23

Duplicate License or 
duplicate identification 
card

~~$11.75~~$6.75

2.24
2.25
2.26

2.27

Enhanced Duplicate 
License or enhanced 
duplicate identification 
card

~~$26.75~~
$21.75

2.28
2.29
2.30
2.31
2.32
2.33

2.34

Minnesota identification 
card or Under-21 
Minnesota identification 
card, other than duplicate, 
except as otherwise 
provided in section 171.07, 
subdivisions 3 and 3a

~~$16.25~~
$11.25

2.35

2.36

Enhanced Minnesota 
identification card

~~$31.25~~
$26.25

2.37 	In addition to each fee required in this paragraph, the commissioner shall collect a 
2.38 	surcharge of $1.75 until June 30, 2012. Surcharges collected under this paragraph must be 
2.39 	credited to the driver and vehicle services technology account in the special revenue fund 
2.40 	under section 299A.705.
2.41 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), an individual who holds a provisional license and 
2.42 	has a driving record free of (1) convictions for a violation of section 169A.20, 169A.33, 
2.43 	169A.35, or sections 169A.50 to 169A.53, (2) convictions for crash-related moving 
3.1 	violations, and (3) convictions for moving violations that are not crash related, shall have a 
3.2 	$3.50 credit toward the fee for any classified under-21 driver's license. "Moving violation" 
3.3 	has the meaning given it in section 171.04, subdivision 1.
3.4 	(c) In addition to the driver's license fee required under paragraph (a), the 
3.5 	commissioner shall collect an additional $4 processing fee from each new applicant 
3.6 	or individual renewing a license with a school bus endorsement to cover the costs for 
3.7 	processing an applicant's initial and biennial physical examination certificate. The 
3.8 	department shall not charge these applicants any other fee to receive or renew the 
3.9 	endorsement.
3.10 	(d) In addition to the fee required under paragraph (a), a driver's license agent may 
3.11 	charge and retain a filing fee under section 171.061, subdivision 4.

3.12 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 171.06, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
3.13 		Subd. 2a.Two-wheeled vehicle endorsement fee. (a) The fee for any duplicate 
3.14 	driver's license obtained for the purpose of adding a two-wheeled vehicle endorsement 
3.15 	is increased by ~~$18.50~~$13.50 for each first such duplicate license and ~~$13~~ $8 for each 
3.16 	renewal thereof. The additional fee must be paid into the state treasury and credited 
3.17 	as follows:
3.18 	(1) $11 of the additional fee for each first duplicate license, and $7 of the additional 
3.19 	fee for each renewal, must be credited to the motorcycle safety fund, which is hereby 
3.20 	created; provided that ten percent of fee receipts in excess of $750,000 in a fiscal year 
3.21 	must be credited to the general fund.
3.22 	(2) The remainder of the additional fee must be credited to the general fund.
3.23 	(b) All application forms prepared by the commissioner for two-wheeled vehicle 
3.24 	endorsements must clearly state the amount of the total fee that is dedicated to the 
3.25 	motorcycle safety fund.
3.26 	(c) In addition to the fee required under paragraph (a), a driver's license agent may 
3.27 	charge and retain a filing fee under section 171.061, subdivision 4. The department shall 
3.28 	charge the same amount as an agent under section 171.061, which must be credited to the 
3.29 	driver services operating account in section 299A.705, subdivision 2.

3.30 	Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 3.31 	Sections 1 to 3 are effective July 1, 2011.