2005 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 driver's license has been revoked by reason of conviction, plea 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 169.792 or 
 169A.52 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.    Reinstatement fees and surcharges allocated 
 and appropriated.  (a) An individual whose driver's license 
 has been revoked as provided in subdivision 1, except under 
 section 169A.52, 169A.54, or 609.21, must 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    (b) A person whose driver's license has been revoked as 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 169A.52, 169A.54, or 
 609.21, must pay a $250 fee plus a $40 surcharge before the 
 driver's license is reinstated.  Beginning July 1, 2002, the 
 surcharge is $145.  Beginning July 1, 2003, the surcharge is 
 $430.  The $250 fee is to be credited as follows: 

    (1) Twenty percent must be credited to the driver services 
 operating account in the special revenue fund as specified in 
 section 299A.705. 

    (2) Sixty-seven percent must be credited to the general 
 fund. 

    (3) Eight percent must 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 must be apportioned 80 
 percent for laboratory costs and 20 percent for carrying out the 
 provisions of section 299C.065. 

    (4) Five percent must be credited to a separate account to 
 be known as the vehicle forfeiture account, which is created in 
 the special revenue fund.  The money in the account is annually 
 appropriated to the commissioner for costs of handling vehicle 
 forfeitures. 

    (c) The revenue from $50 of each surcharge must be credited 
 to a separate account to be known as the traumatic brain injury 
 and spinal cord injury account.  The money in the account is 
 annually appropriated to the commissioner of health to be used 
 as follows:  83 percent for contracts with a qualified 
 community-based organization to provide information, resources, 
 and support to assist persons with traumatic brain injury and 
 their families to access services, and 17 percent to maintain 
 the traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury registry 
 created in section 144.662.  For the purposes of this paragraph, 
 a "qualified community-based organization" is a private, 
 not-for-profit organization of consumers of traumatic brain 
 injury services and their family members.  The organization must 
 be registered with the United States Internal Revenue Service 
 under section 501(c)(3) as a tax-exempt organization and must 
 have as its purposes:  

    (i) the promotion of public, family, survivor, and 
 professional awareness of the incidence and consequences of 
 traumatic brain injury; 

    (ii) the provision of a network of support for persons with 
 traumatic brain injury, their families, and friends; 

    (iii) the development and support of programs and services 
 to prevent traumatic brain injury; 

    (iv) the establishment of education programs for persons 
 with traumatic brain injury; and 

    (v) the empowerment of persons with traumatic brain injury 
 through participation in its governance. 

 A patient's name, identifying information, or identifiable 
 medical data must not be disclosed to the organization without 
 the informed voluntary written consent of the patient or 
 patient's guardian or, if the patient is a minor, of the parent 
 or guardian of the patient. 

    (d) The remainder of the surcharge must be credited to a 
 separate account to be known as the remote electronic 
 alcohol-monitoring 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. 

    (e) When these fees are collected by a licensing agent, 
 appointed under section 171.061, a handling charge is imposed in 
 the amount specified under section 171.061, subdivision 4.  The 
 reinstatement fees and surcharge must be deposited in an 
 approved depository as directed under section 171.061, 
 subdivision 4. 

    Subd. 3.    Compliance with impoundment laws.  A person 
 whose license has been revoked under section 169A.52 or 169A.54 
 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 169A.60. 

    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; 1998 c 367 art 11 s 
 7; 1998 c 405 s 8; 1998 c 407 art 4 s 1; 1999 c 205 art 3 s 4; 
 2000 c 426 s 29; 2000 c 478 art 2 s 7; 1Sp2001 c 8 art 2 s 48; 
 art 11 s 12; art 12 s 15; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 19 s 13; 2002 c 220 
 art 7 s 10; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 1Sp2003 c 19 art 2 s 40; 
 1Sp2005 c 6 art 2 s 44