1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to drivers' licenses; increasing the 
  1.3             surcharge on the driver's license reinstatement fee to 
  1.4             fund the remote electronic alcohol monitoring pilot 
  1.5             program for certain DWI offenders; appropriating 
  1.6             money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, 
  1.7             section 171.29, subdivision 2. 
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 
  1.10  171.29, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.11     Subd. 2.  [FEES, ALLOCATION.] (a) A person whose driver's 
  1.12  license has been revoked as provided in subdivision 1, except 
  1.13  under section 169.121 or 169.123, shall pay a $30 fee before the 
  1.14  driver's license is reinstated. 
  1.15     (b) A person whose driver's license has been revoked as 
  1.16  provided in subdivision 1 under section 169.121 or 169.123 shall 
  1.17  pay a $250 fee plus a ~~$10~~ $40 surcharge before the driver's 
  1.18  license is reinstated.  The $250 fee is to be credited as 
  1.19  follows: 
  1.20     (1) Twenty percent shall be credited to the trunk highway 
  1.21  fund. 
  1.22     (2) Fifty-five percent shall be credited to the general 
  1.23  fund. 
  1.24     (3) Eight percent shall be credited to a separate account 
  1.25  to be known as the bureau of criminal apprehension account.  
  1.26  Money in this account may be appropriated to the commissioner of 
  2.1   public safety and the appropriated amount shall be apportioned 
  2.2   80 percent for laboratory costs and 20 percent for carrying out 
  2.3   the provisions of section 299C.065. 
  2.4      (4) Twelve percent shall be credited to a separate account 
  2.5   to be known as the alcohol-impaired driver education account.  
  2.6   Money in the account is appropriated as follows: 
  2.7      (i) The first $200,000 in a fiscal year is to the 
  2.8   commissioner of children, families, and learning for programs in 
  2.9   elementary and secondary schools. 
  2.10     (ii) The remainder credited in a fiscal year is 
  2.11  appropriated to the commissioner of transportation to be spent 
  2.12  as grants to the Minnesota highway safety center at St. Cloud 
  2.13  State University for programs relating to alcohol and highway 
  2.14  safety education in elementary and secondary schools. 
  2.15     (5) Five percent shall be credited to a separate account to 
  2.16  be known as the traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury 
  2.17  account.  $100,000 is annually appropriated from the account to 
  2.18  the commissioner of human services for traumatic brain injury 
  2.19  case management services.  The remaining money in the account is 
  2.20  annually appropriated to the commissioner of health to establish 
  2.21  and maintain the traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury 
  2.22  registry created in section 144.662 and to reimburse the 
  2.23  commissioner of economic security for the reasonable cost of 
  2.24  services provided under section 268A.03, clause (o). 
  2.25     (c) The ~~$10~~ $40 surcharge shall be credited to a separate 
  2.26  account to be known as the remote electronic alcohol monitoring 
  2.27  pilot program account.  The commissioner shall transfer the 
  2.28  balance of this account to the commissioner of finance on a 
  2.29  monthly basis for deposit in the general fund. 
  2.30     Sec. 2.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
  2.31     $1,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
  2.32  commissioner of corrections to administer the remote electronic 
  2.33  alcohol monitoring program defined in Laws 1995, chapter 226, 
  2.34  article 2, section 37.  This appropriation is available until 
  2.35  June 30, 1999.  
  2.36     Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  3.1      Sections 1 and 2 are effective July 1, 1998, and apply to 
  3.2   license reinstatements occurring on or after that date.