1997 Minnesota Statutes

     168.1296 Special critical habitat license plates. 

    Subdivision 1.    General requirements and procedures.  
 (a) The registrar shall issue special critical habitat license 
 plates to an applicant who: 

    (1) is an owner or joint owner of a passenger automobile, 
 pickup truck, or van; 

    (2) pays a fee of $10 to cover the costs of handling and 
 manufacturing the plates; 

    (3) pays the registration tax required under section 
 168.013; 

    (4) pays the fees required under this chapter; 

    (5) contributes a minimum of $30 annually to the Minnesota 
 critical habitat private sector matching account established in 
 section 84.943; and 

    (6) complies with laws and rules governing registration and 
 licensing of vehicles and drivers. 

    (b) The critical habitat license application form must 
 clearly indicate that the annual contribution specified under 
 paragraph (a), clause (5), is a minimum contribution to receive 
 the license plate and that the applicant may make an additional 
 contribution to the account. 

    Subd. 2.    Design.  After consultation with interested 
 groups, the commissioner of natural resources and the registrar 
 shall jointly select a suitable symbol for use by the registrar 
 to design the special plates. 

    Subd. 3.    No refund.  Contributions under this section 
 must not be refunded. 

    Subd. 4.    Plate transfers.  Notwithstanding section 
 168.12, subdivision 1, on payment of a transfer fee of $5, 
 plates issued under this section may be transferred to another 
 passenger automobile, pickup truck, or van owned or jointly 
 owned by the person to whom the special plates were issued. 

    Subd. 5.    Contribution and fees credited.  
 Contributions under subdivision 1, clause (5), must be paid to 
 the registrar and credited to the Minnesota critical habitat 
 private sector matching account established in section 84.943.  
 The fees collected under this section must be deposited in the 
 highway user tax distribution fund.  

    Subd. 6.    Record.  The registrar shall maintain a 
 record of the number of special plates issued under this section.

    HIST: 1995 c 220 s 112; 1996 c 455 art 4 s 8; 1997 c 226 s 43