1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to drivers' licenses; requiring approval by 
  1.3             driver and vehicle services division of department of 
  1.4             public safety of appointments by district court 
  1.5             administrators of agents for accepting driver's 
  1.6             license applications; authorizing rulemaking; amending 
  1.7             Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 171.06, subdivision 4.
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 171.06, 
  1.10  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  1.11     Subd. 4.  [APPLICATION, FILING; FEE RETAINED FOR EXPENSES.] 
  1.12  Any applicant for an instruction permit, a driver's license, 
  1.13  restricted license, or duplicate license may file an application 
  1.14  with a court administrator of the district court or at a state 
  1.15  office.  The administrator or state office shall receive and 
  1.16  accept the application.  To cover all expenses involved in 
  1.17  receiving, accepting, or forwarding to the department 
  1.18  applications and fees, the court administrator of the district 
  1.19  court or agent appointed by the administrator may retain a 
  1.20  county fee of $3.50 for each application for a Minnesota 
  1.21  identification card, instruction permit, duplicate 
  1.22  license, driver driver's license, or restricted license.  The 
  1.23  amount allowed to be retained by the court administrator of the 
  1.24  district court shall be paid into the county treasury and 
  1.25  credited to the general revenue fund of the county.  Before the 
  1.26  end of the first working day following the final day of an 
  2.1   established reporting period, the court administrator or agent 
  2.2   shall forward to the department all applications and fees 
  2.3   collected during the reporting period, less the amount herein 
  2.4   allowed to be retained for expenses.  The court administrators 
  2.5   of the district courts, with the approval of the director of the 
  2.6   driver and vehicle services division of the department, may 
  2.7   appoint agents to assist in accepting applications, but the 
  2.8   administrators shall require every agent to forward to the 
  2.9   administrators by whom the agent is appointed all applications 
  2.10  accepted and fees collected by the agent, except that an agent 
  2.11  shall retain the county fee to cover the agent's expenses 
  2.12  involved in receiving, accepting or forwarding the applications 
  2.13  and fees.  If a court administrator does not accept applications 
  2.14  and does not appoint an agent, the commissioner may establish an 
  2.15  office for accepting applications or may appoint an agent as the 
  2.16  public interest and convenience may require.  The commissioner 
  2.17  may adopt rules prescribing the qualifications needed to 
  2.18  establish and operate a driver's license application office.  
  2.19  The court administrators shall be responsible for the acts of 
  2.20  agents appointed by them and for the forwarding to the 
  2.21  department of all applications accepted and those fees collected 
  2.22  by agents and by themselves as are required to be forwarded to 
  2.23  the department.