2002 Minnesota Statutes

     171.06 Application for license, permit, identification 
  card; fees. 

    Subdivision 1.    Forms of application.  Every 
 application for a Minnesota identification card, for an 
 instruction permit, for a provisional license, or for a driver's 
 license must be made in a format approved by the department, and 
 every application must be accompanied by the proper fee.  All 
 first-time applications and change-of-status applications must 
 be signed in the presence of the person authorized to accept the 
 application, or the signature on the application may be verified 
 by a notary public.  All applications requiring evidence of 
 legal presence in the United States must be signed in the 
 presence of the person authorized to accept the application, or 
 the signature on the application may be verified by a notary 
 public. 

    Subd. 2.    Fees.  (a) The fees for a license and 
 Minnesota identification card are as follows: 

 Classified Driver's License  D-$18.50 C-$22.50 B-$29.50 A-$37.50
 Classified Under-21 D.L.     D-$18.50 C-$22.50 B-$29.50 A-$17.50
 Instruction Permit                                        $ 9.50
 Provisional License                                       $ 9.50
 Duplicate License or
  duplicate identification card                            $ 8.00
 Minnesota identification card or Under-21 Minnesota
 identification card, other than duplicate,
 except as otherwise provided in section 171.07,
 subdivisions 3 and 3a                                     $12.50

    (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a person who holds a 
 provisional license and has a driving record free of (1) 
 convictions for a violation of section 169A.20, 169A.33, 
 169A.35, or sections 169A.50 to 169A.53, (2) convictions for 
 crash-related moving violations, and (3) convictions for moving 
 violations that are not crash related, shall have a $3.50 credit 
 toward the fee for any classified under-21 driver's license.  
 "Moving violation" has the meaning given it in section 171.04, 
 subdivision 1. 

    (c) In addition to the driver's license fee required under 
 paragraph (a), the registrar shall collect an additional $4 
 processing fee from each new applicant or person renewing a 
 license with a school bus endorsement to cover the costs for 
 processing an applicant's initial and biennial physical 
 examination certificate.  The department shall not charge these 
 applicants any other fee to receive or renew the endorsement. 

    Subd. 2a.    Two-wheeled vehicle endorsement fee 
 increased.  (a) The fee for any duplicate driver's license 
 which is obtained for the purpose of adding a two-wheeled 
 vehicle endorsement is increased by $18.50 for each first such 
 duplicate license and $13 for each renewal thereof.  The 
 additional fee shall be paid into the state treasury and 
 credited as follows: 

    (1) $11 of the additional fee for each first duplicate 
 license, and $7 of the additional fee for each renewal, must be 
 credited to the motorcycle safety fund which is hereby created; 
 provided that any fee receipts in excess of $750,000 in a fiscal 
 year shall be credited 90 percent to the trunk highway fund and 
 ten percent to the general fund, as provided in section 171.26. 

    (2) The remainder of the additional fee must be credited to 
 the general fund. 

    (b) All application forms prepared by the commissioner for 
 two-wheeled vehicle endorsements shall clearly state the amount 
 of the total fee that is dedicated to the motorcycle safety fund.

    Subd. 2b.  Never effective.  See Laws 1991, c 291 art 19 
 s 11 

    Subd. 3.    Contents of application; other information.  
 (a) An application must: 

    (1) state the full name, date of birth, sex, and residence 
 address of the applicant; 

    (2) as may be required by the commissioner, contain a 
 description of the applicant and any other facts pertaining to 
 the applicant, the applicant's driving privileges, and the 
 applicant's ability to operate a motor vehicle with safety; 

    (3) for a class C, class B, or class A driver's license, 
 state the applicant's social security number or, for a class D 
 driver's license, have a space for the applicant's social 
 security number and state that providing the number is optional, 
 or otherwise convey that the applicant is not required to enter 
 the social security number; 

    (4) contain a space where the applicant may indicate a 
 desire to make an anatomical gift according to paragraph (b); 
 and 

    (5) contain a notification to the applicant of the 
 availability of a living will/health care directive designation 
 on the license under section 171.07, subdivision 7.  

    (b) If the applicant does not indicate a desire to make an 
 anatomical gift when the application is made, the applicant must 
 be offered a donor document in accordance with section 171.07, 
 subdivision 5.  The application must contain statements 
 sufficient to comply with the requirements of the Uniform 
 Anatomical Gift Act (1987), sections 525.921 to 525.9224, so 
 that execution of the application or donor document will make 
 the anatomical gift as provided in section 171.07, subdivision 
 5, for those indicating a desire to make an anatomical gift.  
 The application must be accompanied by information describing 
 Minnesota laws regarding anatomical gifts and the need for and 
 benefits of anatomical gifts, and the legal implications of 
 making an anatomical gift, including the law governing 
 revocation of anatomical gifts.  The commissioner shall 
 distribute a notice that must accompany all applications for and 
 renewals of a driver's license or Minnesota identification 
 card.  The notice must be prepared in conjunction with a 
 Minnesota organ procurement organization that is certified by 
 the federal Department of Health and Human Services and must 
 include: 

    (1) a statement that provides a fair and reasonable 
 description of the organ donation process, the care of the donor 
 body after death, and the importance of informing family members 
 of the donation decision; and 

    (2) a telephone number in a certified Minnesota organ 
 procurement organization that may be called with respect to 
 questions regarding anatomical gifts. 

    (c) The application must be accompanied also by information 
 containing relevant facts relating to:  

    (1) the effect of alcohol on driving ability; 

    (2) the effect of mixing alcohol with drugs; 

    (3) the laws of Minnesota relating to operation of a motor 
 vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or a controlled 
 substance; and 

    (4) the levels of alcohol-related fatalities and accidents 
 in Minnesota and of arrests for alcohol-related violations. 

    Subd. 3a.    Middle name.  For the purposes of 
 subdivision 3, and section 171.07, subdivision 1, the full name 
 of a married applicant may include, at the option of the 
 applicant, the applicant's family name prior to marriage instead 
 of the applicant's given middle name, notwithstanding the middle 
 name specified on the applicant's marriage certificate.  

    Subd. 4. Repealed, 1997 c 250 s 17 

    Subd. 5. Repealed, 1979 c 150 s 2 

    HIST: (2720-144c) 1939 c 401 s 6; 1949 c 689 s 1,2; 1955 c 798 
 s 1,2; 1957 c 564 s 2,3; 1959 c 634 s 1; 1965 c 36 s 1; 1971 c 
 129 s 1; 1971 c 625 s 2; 1971 c 644 s 8,9; 1971 c 659 s 1; 1973 
 c 59 s 1; 1973 c 698 s 1-3; 1978 c 628 s 1; 1981 c 363 s 31-35; 
 1982 c 583 s 1; 1985 c 291 s 20; 1986 c 330 s 1; 1986 c 444; 
 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1987 c 358 s 111; 1987 c 383 s 14; 1988 
 c 715 s 2; 1989 c 301 s 6; 1989 c 307 s 20,21; 1990 c 509 s 1; 
 1990 c 510 s 1; 1990 c 529 s 8; 1990 c 573 s 21; 1991 c 202 s 
 13; 1991 c 233 s 60; 1991 c 291 art 19 s 1,11; 1992 c 464 art 1 
 s 23; 1993 c 166 s 1; 1993 c 266 s 21,22; 1994 c 501 s 3; 1994 c 
 536 s 22; 1994 c 632 art 1 s 5; 1995 c 265 art 2 s 19; 1996 c 
 275 s 5,6; 1997 c 13 s 1; 1997 c 60 s 1; 1997 c 159 art 2 s 32; 
 1997 c 250 s 9,18; 3Sp1997 c 3 s 2; 1998 c 388 s 14-16; 1999 c 
 86 art 1 s 83; 2000 c 478 art 2 s 7; 2000 c 489 art 6 s 32; 2002 
 c 349 s 1; 2002 c 371 art 1 s 55,56