1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to motor vehicles; increasing fee for deputy 
  1.3             registrars; making clarifying changes; 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.] (a) In addition to all other 
  1.9   statutory fees and taxes, a filing fee of ~~$3.50~~ $4 is imposed on 
  1.10  every application~~; except that~~.  However, a filing fee may not 
  1.11  be charged for a document returned for a refund or for a 
  1.12  correction of an error made by the department of public safety 
  1.13  or a deputy registrar.  The filing fee ~~shall~~ must be shown as a 
  1.14  separate item on all registration renewal notices sent out by 
  1.15  the department ~~of public safety~~.  No filing fee or other fee may 
  1.16  be charged for the permanent surrender of a certificate of title 
  1.17  and license plates for a motor vehicle.  
  1.18     (b) Filing fees collected under this subdivision by the 
  1.19  ~~registrar~~ department of public safety must be paid into the 
  1.20  state treasury and credited to the highway user tax distribution 
  1.21  fund, except fees for registrations of new motor vehicles.  
  1.22  Filing fees collected for registrations of new motor vehicles 
  1.23  must be paid into the state treasury with 50 percent of the 
  1.24  money credited to the general fund and 50 percent credited to 
  1.25  the highway user tax distribution fund.