1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to motor vehicles; allowing option to 
  1.3             register recreational trailers for three years; 
  1.4             amending Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 168.013, 
  1.5             subdivision 1g. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 168.013, 
  1.8   subdivision 1g, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 1g.  [RECREATIONAL VEHICLES.] (a) Self-propelled 
  1.10  recreational vehicles shall be separately licensed and taxed 
  1.11  annually on the basis of total gross weight and the tax shall be 
  1.12  graduated according to the Minnesota base rate schedule 
  1.13  prescribed in subdivision 1e, but in no event less than $20, 
  1.14  except as otherwise provided in this subdivision.  
  1.15     (b) For all self-propelled recreational vehicles, the tax 
  1.16  for the ninth and succeeding years of vehicle life shall be 75 
  1.17  percent of the tax imposed in the Minnesota base rate schedule.  
  1.18     (c) At the option of the owner, towed recreational vehicles 
  1.19  shall be separately licensed and taxed either annually or for a 
  1.20  three-year period, on the basis of total gross weight at 30 
  1.21  percent of the Minnesota base rate for each year, as prescribed 
  1.22  in subdivision 1e, but in no event less than $5 for annual 
  1.23  registration and $15 for three-year registration. 
  1.24     (d) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, all trailers 
  1.25  and semitrailers taxed pursuant to this section shall be exempt 
  2.1   from any wheelage tax now or hereafter imposed by any political 
  2.2   subdivision or political subdivisions.