2001 Minnesota Statutes

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

    Subdivision 1.    Forms of application.  Every 
 application for an instruction permit, for a provisional 
 license, or for a driver's license shall be made upon a form 
 furnished by the department, and every application shall be 
 accompanied by the proper fee.  All applications shall be signed 
 in the presence of the person authorized to accept the 
 applications, 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 state the full name, date of birth, sex 
 and residence address of the applicant, a description of the 
 applicant in such manner as the commissioner may require, and 
 must state whether or not the applicant has theretofore been 
 licensed as a driver; and, if so, when and by what state or 
 country and whether any such license has ever been suspended or 
 revoked, or whether an application has ever been refused; and, 
 if so, the date of and reason for such suspension, revocation, 
 or refusal, together with such facts pertaining to the applicant 
 and the applicant's ability to operate a motor vehicle with 
 safety as may be required by the commissioner.  An application 
 for a class C, class B, or class A driver's license also must 
 state the applicant's social security number.  An application 
 for a class D driver's license must 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.  The 
 application form must contain a space where the applicant may 
 indicate a desire to make an anatomical gift.  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 form 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 form must 
 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.  The application must be in 
 the form prepared by the commissioner.  

    (b) The application form must be accompanied by a pamphlet 
 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. 

    (c) The application form must also be accompanied by a 
 pamphlet describing Minnesota laws regarding anatomical gifts 
 and the need for and benefits of anatomical gifts. 

    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