1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; drivers' licenses; increasing the filing fee charged by 
1.3 	driver's license agents;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 171.061, 
1.4 	subdivision 4.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 171.061, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 4.Fee; equipment. (a) The agent may charge and retain a filing fee of $5 $8
1.8 	 for each application. Except as provided in paragraph (c), the fee shall cover all expenses 
1.9 	involved in receiving, accepting, or forwarding to the department the applications and 
1.10 	fees required under sections 171.02, subdivision 3; 171.06, subdivisions 2 and 2a; and 
1.11 	171.07, subdivisions 3 and 3a.
1.12 	(b) The statutory fees and the filing fees imposed under paragraph (a) may be paid 
1.13 	by credit card or debit card. The driver's license agent may collect a convenience fee on 
1.14 	the statutory fees and filing fees not greater than the cost of processing a credit card or 
1.15 	debit card transaction. The convenience fee must be used to pay the cost of processing 
1.16 	credit card and debit card transactions. The commissioner shall adopt rules to administer 
1.17 	this paragraph using the exempt procedures of section 14.386, except that section 14.386, 
1.18 	paragraph (b), does not apply.
1.19 	(c) The department shall maintain the photo identification equipment for all 
1.20 	agents appointed as of January 1, 2000. Upon the retirement, resignation, death, or 
1.21 	discontinuance of an existing agent, and if a new agent is appointed in an existing office 
1.22 	pursuant to Minnesota Rules, chapter 7404, and notwithstanding the above or Minnesota 
1.23 	Rules, part 7404.0400, the department shall provide and maintain photo identification 
1.24 	equipment without additional cost to a newly appointed agent in that office if the office 
2.1 	was provided the equipment by the department before January 1, 2000. All photo 
2.2 	identification equipment must be compatible with standards established by the department.
2.3 	(d) A filing fee retained by the agent employed by a county board must be paid into 
2.4 	the county treasury and credited to the general revenue fund of the county. An agent who 
2.5 	is not an employee of the county shall retain the filing fee in lieu of county employment 
2.6 	or salary and is considered an independent contractor for pension purposes, coverage 
2.7 	under the Minnesota State Retirement System, or membership in the Public Employees 
2.8 	Retirement Association.
2.9 	(e) Before the end of the first working day following the final day of the reporting 
2.10 	period established by the department, the agent must forward to the department all 
2.11 	applications and fees collected during the reporting period except as provided in paragraph 
2.12 	(d).