1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to judiciary; reallocating fee revenue; increasing funding for the Minnesota
1.3 Family Resiliency Partnership; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections
1.4 357.021, subdivision 1a; 517.08, subdivision 1c.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 357.021, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 1a.Transmittal of fees to commissioner of management and budget.(a) Every
1.8person, including the state of Minnesota and all bodies politic and corporate, who shall
1.9transact any business in the district court, shall pay to the court administrator of said court
1.10the sundry fees prescribed in subdivision 2. Except as provided in paragraph (d), the court
1.11administrator shall transmit the fees monthly to the commissioner of management and budget
1.12for deposit in the state treasury and credit to the general fund. $30 $60 of each fee collected
1.13in a dissolution action under subdivision 2, clause (1), must be deposited by the commissioner
1.14of management and budget in the special revenue fund and is appropriated to the
1.15commissioner of employment and economic development for the Minnesota Family
1.16Resiliency Partnership under section 116L.96.
1.17 (b) In a county which has a screener-collector position, fees paid by a county pursuant
1.18to this subdivision shall be transmitted monthly to the county treasurer, who shall apply the
1.19fees first to reimburse the county for the amount of the salary paid for the screener-collector
1.20position. The balance of the fees collected shall then be forwarded to the commissioner of
1.21management and budget for deposit in the state treasury and credited to the general fund.
1.22In a county in a judicial district under section 480.181, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), which
1.23has a screener-collector position, the fees paid by a county shall be transmitted monthly to
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State of Minnesota
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H. F. No. 1021
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Scott, Liebling and Reyer02/17/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law 2.1the commissioner of management and budget for deposit in the state treasury and credited
2.2to the general fund. A screener-collector position for purposes of this paragraph is an
2.3employee whose function is to increase the collection of fines and to review the incomes
2.4of potential clients of the public defender, in order to verify eligibility for that service.
2.5 (c) No fee is required under this section from the public authority or the party the public
2.6authority represents in an action for:
2.7 (1) child support enforcement or modification, medical assistance enforcement, or
2.8establishment of parentage in the district court, or in a proceeding under section 484.702;
2.9 (2) civil commitment under chapter 253B;
2.10 (3) the appointment of a public conservator or public guardian or any other action under
2.11chapters 252A and 525;
2.12 (4) wrongfully obtaining public assistance under section 256.98 or 256D.07, or recovery
2.13of overpayments of public assistance;
2.14 (5) court relief under chapters 260, 260A, 260B, and 260C;
2.15 (6) forfeiture of property under sections 169A.63 and 609.531 to 609.5317;
2.16 (7) recovery of amounts issued by political subdivisions or public institutions under
2.17sections 246.52, 252.27, 256.045, 256.25, 256B.042, 256B.14, 256B.15, 256B.37, 260B.331,
2.18260C.331, and 518A.82, or other sections referring to other forms of public assistance;
2.19 (8) restitution under section 611A.04; or
2.20 (9) actions seeking monetary relief in favor of the state pursuant to section 16D.14,
2.21subdivision 5.
2.22 (d) $20 from each fee collected for child support modifications under subdivision 2,
2.23clause (13), must be transmitted to the county treasurer for deposit in the county general
2.24fund and $35 from each fee shall be credited to the state general fund. The fees must be
2.25used by the county to pay for child support enforcement efforts by county attorneys.
2.26 (e) No fee is required under this section from any federally recognized Indian Tribe or
2.27its representative in an action for:
2.28 (1) child support enforcement or modification, medical assistance enforcement, or
2.29establishment of parentage in the district court or in a proceeding under section 484.702;
2.30 (2) civil commitment under chapter 253B;
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REVISOR KLL/HL 25-0035011/12/24 3.1 (3) the appointment of a public conservator or public guardian or any other action under
3.2chapters 252A and 525; or
3.3 (4) court relief under chapters 260, 260A, 260B, 260C, and 260D.
3.4 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 517.08, subdivision 1c, is amended to read:
3.5 Subd. 1c.Disposition of license fee.(a) Of the civil marriage license fee collected
3.6pursuant to subdivision 1b, paragraph (a), $25 must be retained by the county. The local
3.7registrar must pay $90 to the commissioner of management and budget to be deposited as
3.8follows:
3.9 (1) $55 $25 in the general fund;
3.10 (2) $3 in the state government special revenue fund to be appropriated to the
3.11commissioner of public safety for parenting time centers under section 119A.37;
3.12 (3) $2 in the special revenue fund to be appropriated to the commissioner of health for
3.13developing and implementing the MN ENABL program under section 145.9255;
3.14 (4) $25 $55 in the special revenue fund is appropriated to the commissioner of
3.15employment and economic development for the Minnesota Family Resiliency Partnership
3.16under section 116L.96; and
3.17 (5) $5 in the special revenue fund, which is appropriated to the Board of Regents of the
3.18University of Minnesota for the Minnesota couples on the brink project under section 137.32.
3.19 (b) Of the $40 fee under subdivision 1b, paragraph (b), $25 must be retained by the
3.20county. The local registrar must pay $15 to the commissioner of management and budget
3.21to be deposited as follows:
3.22 (1) $5 as provided in paragraph (a), clauses (2) and (3); and
3.23 (2) $10 in the special revenue fund is appropriated to the commissioner of employment
3.24and economic development for the Minnesota Family Resiliency Partnership under section
3.25116L.96.
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