2002 Minnesota Statutes

     84.8205 Snowmobile state trail sticker. 

    Subdivision 1.    Sticker required; fee.  A person may 
 not operate a snowmobile that is not registered in this state on 
 a state or grant-in-aid snowmobile trail unless a snowmobile 
 state trail sticker is affixed to the snowmobile.  The 
 commissioner of natural resources shall issue a sticker upon 
 application and payment of a $15 fee.  The sticker is valid from 
 November 1 through April 30.  Fees collected under this section 
 shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the 
 snowmobile trails and enforcement account in the natural 
 resources fund. 

    Subd. 2.    Placement of sticker.  The state trail 
 sticker shall be permanently affixed to the forward half of the 
 snowmobile directly above or below the headlight of the 
 snowmobile. 

    Subd. 3.    License agents.  County auditors are 
 appointed agents of the commissioner for the sale of snowmobile 
 state trail stickers.  The commissioner may appoint other state 
 agencies as agents for the sale of the stickers.  A county 
 auditor may appoint subagents within the county or within 
 adjacent counties to sell stickers.  Upon appointment of a 
 subagent, the auditor shall notify the commissioner of the name 
 and address of the subagent.  The auditor may revoke the 
 appointment of a subagent, and the commissioner may revoke the 
 appointment of a state agency at any time.  The commissioner may 
 require an auditor to revoke a subagent's appointment.  The 
 auditor shall furnish stickers on consignment to any subagent 
 who furnishes a surety bond in favor of the county in an amount 
 at least equal to the value of the stickers to be consigned to 
 that subagent.  A surety bond is not required for a state agency 
 appointed by the commissioner.  The county auditor shall be 
 responsible for all stickers issued to and user fees received by 
 agents except in a county where the county auditor does not 
 retain fees paid for license purposes.  In these counties, the 
 responsibilities imposed by this section upon the county auditor 
 are imposed upon the county.  The commissioner may promulgate 
 additional rules governing the accounting and procedures for 
 handling state trail stickers as provided in section 97A.485, 
 subdivision 11. 

    Any resident desiring to sell snowmobile state trail 
 stickers may either purchase for cash or obtain on consignment 
 stickers from a county auditor in groups of not less than ten 
 individual stickers.  In selling stickers, the resident shall be 
 deemed a subagent of the county auditor and the commissioner, 
 and shall observe all rules promulgated by the commissioner for 
 accounting and handling of licenses and stickers pursuant to 
 section 97A.485, subdivision 11. 

    The county auditor shall promptly deposit all money 
 received from the sale of the stickers with the county treasurer 
 and shall promptly transmit any reports required by the 
 commissioner, plus 96 percent of the price paid by each 
 stickerholder, exclusive of the issuing fee, for each sticker 
 sold or consigned by the auditor and subsequently sold to a 
 stickerholder during the accounting period.  The county auditor 
 shall retain as a commission four percent of all sticker fees, 
 excluding the issuing fee for stickers consigned to subagents 
 and the issuing fee on stickers sold by the auditor to 
 stickerholders. 

    Unsold stickers in the hands of any subagent shall be 
 redeemed by the commissioner if presented for redemption within 
 the time prescribed by the commissioner.  Any stickers not 
 presented for redemption within the period prescribed shall be 
 conclusively presumed to have been sold, and the subagent 
 possessing the same or to whom they are charged shall be 
 accountable. 

    Subd. 4.    Distribution of stickers.  The commissioner 
 shall provide stickers to all agents authorized to issue 
 stickers by the commissioner. 

    Subd. 5.    Agent's fee.  The fee for a sticker shall be 
 increased by the amount of an issuing fee of $1 per sticker.  
 The issuing fee may be retained by the seller of the sticker.  

    Subd. 6.    Duplicate state trail stickers.  The 
 commissioner shall issue a duplicate sticker to persons whose 
 sticker is lost or destroyed using the process established under 
 section 97A.405, subdivision 3, and rules promulgated 
 thereunder.  The fee for a duplicate state trail sticker is $2, 
 with an issuing fee of 50 cents. 

    HIST: 1997 c 216 s 62; 1998 c 401 s 21; 1999 c 231 s 87