2004 Minnesota Statutes

     168.1291 Special license plates; design. 

    Subdivision 1.    Definition.  For purposes of this 
 section "special license plates" means license plates issued 
 under sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b and 2e; 168.1235; and 
 168.129. 

    Subd. 2.    Design of special plates.  The commissioner 
 shall design a single special license plate that will contain a 
 unique number and a space for a unique symbol.  The commissioner 
 shall design a unique symbol related to the purpose of each 
 special license plate.  Any provision of sections 168.12, 
 subdivisions 2b to 2e; 168.123; and 168.129 that requires the 
 placement of a specified letter or letters on a special license 
 plate applies to those license plates only to the extent that 
 the commissioner includes the letter or letters in the design.  
 Where a law authorizing a special license plate contains a 
 specific requirement for graphic design of that license plate, 
 that requirement applies to the appropriate unique symbol the 
 commissioner designs. 

    Subd. 3.    Issuance of special plates with unique 
 symbols.  Notwithstanding section 168.12, subdivisions 2b to 
 2e; 168.123; or 168.129, beginning with special license plates 
 issued in calendar year 1996 the commissioner shall issue each 
 class of special license plates permanently marked with specific 
 designs under those laws only until the commissioner's supply of 
 those license plates is exhausted.  Thereafter the commissioner 
 shall issue under those laws only the license plate authorized 
 under subdivision 2, with the appropriate unique symbol attached.

    Subd. 4.    Fees.  Notwithstanding section 168.12, 
 subdivisions 2b to 2e; 168.123; or 168.129, the commissioner 
 shall charge a fee of $10 for each set of license plates issued 
 under this section. 

    Subd. 5.    Application.  This section does not apply to 
 a special motorcycle license plate designed by the registrar 
 under section 168.123, subdivision 1, clause (2). 

    HIST: 1996 c 455 art 4 s 6; 1997 c 159 art 2 s 14; 1997 c 226 
 s 42; 2000 c 426 s 6; 1Sp2001 c 8 art 2 s 33