1997 Minnesota Statutes

     171.29 Revoked license; examination for new license. 

    Subdivision 1.    Examination required.  No person whose 
 driver's license has been revoked by reason of conviction, plea 
 of guilty, or forfeiture of bail not vacated, under section 
 169.791, 169.797, or 171.17, or revoked under section 169.123 or 
 169.792 shall be issued another license unless and until that 
 person shall have successfully passed an examination as required 
 by the commissioner of public safety.  This subdivision does not 
 apply to an applicant for early reinstatement under section 
 169.792, subdivision 7a. 

    Subd. 2.    Fees, allocation.  (a) A person whose 
 driver's license has been revoked as provided in subdivision 1, 
 except under section 169.121 or 169.123, shall pay a $30 fee 
 before the driver's license is reinstated. 

    (b) A person whose driver's license has been revoked as 
 provided in subdivision 1 under section 169.121 or 169.123 shall 
 pay a $250 fee plus a $10 surcharge before the driver's license 
 is reinstated.  The $250 fee is to be credited as follows: 

    (1) Twenty percent shall be credited to the trunk highway 
 fund. 

    (2) Fifty-five percent shall be credited to the general 
 fund. 

    (3) Eight percent shall be credited to a separate account 
 to be known as the bureau of criminal apprehension account.  
 Money in this account may be appropriated to the commissioner of 
 public safety and the appropriated amount shall be apportioned 
 80 percent for laboratory costs and 20 percent for carrying out 
 the provisions of section 299C.065. 

    (4) Twelve percent shall be credited to a separate account 
 to be known as the alcohol-impaired driver education account.  
 Money in the account is appropriated as follows: 

    (i) The first $200,000 in a fiscal year is to the 
 commissioner of children, families, and learning for programs in 
 elementary and secondary schools. 

    (ii) The remainder credited in a fiscal year is 
 appropriated to the commissioner of transportation to be spent 
 as grants to the Minnesota highway safety center at St. Cloud 
 State University for programs relating to alcohol and highway 
 safety education in elementary and secondary schools. 

    (5) Five percent shall be credited to a separate account to 
 be known as the traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury 
 account.  $100,000 is annually appropriated from the account to 
 the commissioner of human services for traumatic brain injury 
 case management services.  The remaining money in the account is 
 annually appropriated to the commissioner of health to establish 
 and maintain the traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury 
 registry created in section 144.662 and to reimburse the 
 commissioner of economic security for the reasonable cost of 
 services provided under section 268A.03, clause (o). 

    (c) The $10 surcharge shall be credited to a separate 
 account to be known as the remote electronic alcohol monitoring 
 pilot program account.  The commissioner shall transfer the 
 balance of this account to the commissioner of finance on a 
 monthly basis for deposit in the general fund. 

    Subd. 3.    Compliance with impoundment laws.  A person 
 whose license has been revoked under section 169.121 or 169.123 
 may not be issued another license at the end of the revocation 
 period unless the person has complied with all applicable 
 registration plate impoundment provisions of sections 168.041 
 and 168.042. 

    HIST: 1959 c 515 s 1,2; 1981 c 363 s 40; 1983 c 293 s 71; 
 1Sp1985 c 9 art 2 s 23; 1986 c 330 s 3; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 398 
 art 7 s 38; 1987 c 403 art 2 s 15; 1988 c 681 s 5; 1988 c 684 
 art 1 s 19; 1989 c 329 art 8 s 10; 1991 c 265 art 8 s 12; 1991 c 
 292 art 8 s 3; 1991 c 301 s 9; 1991 c 333 s 30; 1992 c 571 art 
 14 s 11; 1993 c 224 art 11 s 6; 1994 c 398 s 1; 1994 c 483 s 1; 
 1994 c 501 s 9; 1995 c 226 art 5 s 2; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 
 1997 c 159 art 2 s 35; 1997 c 239 art 8 s 2