1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; motor vehicles; crediting vehicle service fees to the 
1.3 	vehicle services operating account; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 
1.4 	168.017, subdivision 5; 168.021, subdivision 4; 168.10, subdivision 1i; 168.29; 
1.5 	168.62, subdivision 3.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 168.017, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 5.Registration period extension for leased vehicle. (a) Notwithstanding 
1.9 	subdivisions 3 and 4, a person leasing for at least one year a vehicle registered under 
1.10 	this section may obtain an extension of the motor vehicle's registration period for the 
1.11 	unexpired portion of the lease period, for a period not to exceed 11 months beyond the 
1.12 	expiration of the registration period.
1.13 	(b) In order to obtain an extension under this subdivision a lessee must
1.14 	(1) apply to the registrar on a form the registrar prescribes;
1.15 	(2) submit to the registrar a copy of the lease;
1.16 	(3) pay an administrative fee of $5; and
1.17 	(4) pay a tax of 1/12 of the tax for the registration period being extended for each 
1.18 	month of the extension.
1.19 	(c) On an applicant's compliance with paragraph (b) the registrar shall issue the 
1.20 	applicant a license plate tab or sticker designating the new month of expiration of the 
1.21 	registration. The extended registration expires on the tenth day of the month following 
1.22 	the month designated on the tab or sticker.
1.23 	(d) All fees collected under paragraph (b), clause (3), must be deposited in the vehicle 
1.24 	services operating account under section 299A.705, subdivision 1. Taxes collected under 
1.25 	paragraph (b), clause (4), must be deposited in the highway user tax distribution fund.

2.1 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 168.021, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
2.2 		Subd. 4.Fees; disposition. All fees collected from the sale of disability plates 
2.3 	under this section must be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the ~~highway~~ 
2.4 	~~user tax distribution fund~~ vehicle services operating account under section 299A.705, 
2.5 	subdivision 1.

2.6 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 168.10, subdivision 1i, is amended to read:
2.7 		Subd. 1i.Collector plate transfer. Notwithstanding section 168.12, subdivision 1, 
2.8 	on payment of a transfer fee of $5, plates issued under this section may be transferred to 
2.9 	another vehicle owned or jointly owned by the person to whom the special plates were 
2.10 	issued or the plate may be assigned to another owner. In addition to the transfer fee a new 
2.11 	owner must pay the $25 tax and any fee required by section 168.12, subdivision 2a. The 
2.12 	$5 fee must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the ~~highway user tax distribution~~ 
2.13 	~~fund~~ vehicle services operating account under section 299A.705, subdivision 1. License 
2.14 	plates issued under this section may not be transferred to a vehicle not eligible for the 
2.15 	collector's vehicle license plates.

2.16 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 168.29, is amended to read:
2.17 	168.29 REPLACEMENT PLATES.
2.18 	(a) In the event of the defacement, loss or destruction of any number plates or 
2.19 	validation stickers, the registrar, upon receiving and filing a sworn statement of the vehicle 
2.20 	owner, setting forth the circumstances of the defacement, loss, destruction or theft of 
2.21 	the number plates or validation stickers, together with any defaced plates or stickers 
2.22 	and the payment of a fee calculated to cover the cost of replacement, shall issue a new 
2.23 	set of plates or stickers.
2.24 	(b) The registrar shall then note on the registrar's records the issue of new number 
2.25 	plates and shall proceed in such manner as the registrar may deem advisable to cancel and 
2.26 	call in the original plates so as to insure against their use on another motor vehicle.
2.27 	(c) Duplicate registration certificates plainly marked as duplicates may be issued 
2.28 	in like cases upon the payment of a $1 fee. Fees collected under this section must be 
2.29 	paid into the state treasury and credited to the ~~highway user tax distribution fund~~ vehicle 
2.30 	services operating account under section 299A.705, subdivision 1.

2.31 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 168.62, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.32 		Subd. 3.Special plates or certificate; fee; proceeds to highway user fund. At the 
2.33 	same time that an owner or operator of intercity buses registers them in Minnesota and 
3.1 	obtains number plates therefor, the owner or operator shall apply for special identification 
3.2 	plates or certificates for the remainder of that fleet of intercity buses. The registrar of 
3.3 	motor vehicles shall design an appropriate plate or identification certificate for this 
3.4 	purpose which shall be issued upon the payment of a fee of $10 covering each intercity 
3.5 	bus so identified. The proceeds of such fees shall be deposited to the credit of the ~~highway~~ 
3.6 	~~user tax distribution fund~~ vehicle services operating account under section 299A.705, 
3.7 	subdivision 1. No intercity bus shall at any time be operated in the state of Minnesota 
3.8 	without either Minnesota number plates or special identification plates or certificates 
3.9 	issued as herein provided.

3.10 	Sec. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 3.11 	Sections 1 to 5 are effective retroactively from August 1, 2005, for fees collected 
3.12 	on or after that date.