Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House Bill HF1021 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to judiciary; reallocating fee revenue; increasing funding for the Minnesota
3	3	1.3 Family Resiliency Partnership; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections
4	4	1.4 357.021, subdivision 1a; 517.08, subdivision 1c.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 357.021, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
7	7	1.7 Subd. 1a.Transmittal of fees to commissioner of management and budget.(a) Every
8	8	1.8person, including the state of Minnesota and all bodies politic and corporate, who shall
9	9	1.9transact any business in the district court, shall pay to the court administrator of said court
10	10	1.10the sundry fees prescribed in subdivision 2. Except as provided in paragraph (d), the court
11	11	1.11administrator shall transmit the fees monthly to the commissioner of management and budget
12	12	1.12for deposit in the state treasury and credit to the general fund. $30 $60 of each fee collected
13	13	1.13in a dissolution action under subdivision 2, clause (1), must be deposited by the commissioner
14	14	1.14of management and budget in the special revenue fund and is appropriated to the
15	15	1.15commissioner of employment and economic development for the Minnesota Family
16	16	1.16Resiliency Partnership under section 116L.96.
17	17	1.17 (b) In a county which has a screener-collector position, fees paid by a county pursuant
18	18	1.18to this subdivision shall be transmitted monthly to the county treasurer, who shall apply the
19	19	1.19fees first to reimburse the county for the amount of the salary paid for the screener-collector
20	20	1.20position. The balance of the fees collected shall then be forwarded to the commissioner of
21	21	1.21management and budget for deposit in the state treasury and credited to the general fund.
22	22	1.22In a county in a judicial district under section 480.181, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), which
23	23	1.23has a screener-collector position, the fees paid by a county shall be transmitted monthly to
24	24	1Section 1.
25	25	REVISOR KLL/HL 25-0035011/12/24
26	26	State of Minnesota
27	27	This Document can be made available
28	28	in alternative formats upon request
29	29	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
30	30	H. F. No. 1021
31	31	NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
32	32	Authored by Scott, Liebling and Reyer02/17/2025
33	33	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
34	34	2.2to the general fund. A screener-collector position for purposes of this paragraph is an
35	35	2.3employee whose function is to increase the collection of fines and to review the incomes
36	36	2.4of potential clients of the public defender, in order to verify eligibility for that service.
37	37	2.5 (c) No fee is required under this section from the public authority or the party the public
38	38	2.6authority represents in an action for:
39	39	2.7 (1) child support enforcement or modification, medical assistance enforcement, or
40	40	2.8establishment of parentage in the district court, or in a proceeding under section 484.702;
41	41	2.9 (2) civil commitment under chapter 253B;
42	42	2.10 (3) the appointment of a public conservator or public guardian or any other action under
43	43	2.11chapters 252A and 525;
44	44	2.12 (4) wrongfully obtaining public assistance under section 256.98 or 256D.07, or recovery
45	45	2.13of overpayments of public assistance;
46	46	2.14 (5) court relief under chapters 260, 260A, 260B, and 260C;
47	47	2.15 (6) forfeiture of property under sections 169A.63 and 609.531 to 609.5317;
48	48	2.16 (7) recovery of amounts issued by political subdivisions or public institutions under
49	49	2.17sections 246.52, 252.27, 256.045, 256.25, 256B.042, 256B.14, 256B.15, 256B.37, 260B.331,
50	50	2.18260C.331, and 518A.82, or other sections referring to other forms of public assistance;
51	51	2.19 (8) restitution under section 611A.04; or
52	52	2.20 (9) actions seeking monetary relief in favor of the state pursuant to section 16D.14,
53	53	2.21subdivision 5.
54	54	2.22 (d) $20 from each fee collected for child support modifications under subdivision 2,
55	55	2.23clause (13), must be transmitted to the county treasurer for deposit in the county general
56	56	2.24fund and $35 from each fee shall be credited to the state general fund. The fees must be
57	57	2.25used by the county to pay for child support enforcement efforts by county attorneys.
58	58	2.26 (e) No fee is required under this section from any federally recognized Indian Tribe or
59	59	2.27its representative in an action for:
60	60	2.28 (1) child support enforcement or modification, medical assistance enforcement, or
61	61	2.29establishment of parentage in the district court or in a proceeding under section 484.702;
62	62	2.30 (2) civil commitment under chapter 253B;
63	63	2Section 1.
64	64	REVISOR KLL/HL 25-0035011/12/24 3.1 (3) the appointment of a public conservator or public guardian or any other action under
65	65	3.2chapters 252A and 525; or
66	66	3.3 (4) court relief under chapters 260, 260A, 260B, 260C, and 260D.
67	67	3.4 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 517.08, subdivision 1c, is amended to read:
68	68	3.5 Subd. 1c.Disposition of license fee.(a) Of the civil marriage license fee collected
69	69	3.6pursuant to subdivision 1b, paragraph (a), $25 must be retained by the county. The local
70	70	3.7registrar must pay $90 to the commissioner of management and budget to be deposited as
71	71	3.8follows:
72	72	3.9 (1) $55 $25 in the general fund;
73	73	3.10 (2) $3 in the state government special revenue fund to be appropriated to the
74	74	3.11commissioner of public safety for parenting time centers under section 119A.37;
75	75	3.12 (3) $2 in the special revenue fund to be appropriated to the commissioner of health for
76	76	3.13developing and implementing the MN ENABL program under section 145.9255;
77	77	3.14 (4) $25 $55 in the special revenue fund is appropriated to the commissioner of
78	78	3.15employment and economic development for the Minnesota Family Resiliency Partnership
79	79	3.16under section 116L.96; and
80	80	3.17 (5) $5 in the special revenue fund, which is appropriated to the Board of Regents of the
81	81	3.18University of Minnesota for the Minnesota couples on the brink project under section 137.32.
82	82	3.19 (b) Of the $40 fee under subdivision 1b, paragraph (b), $25 must be retained by the
83	83	3.20county. The local registrar must pay $15 to the commissioner of management and budget
84	84	3.21to be deposited as follows:
85	85	3.22 (1) $5 as provided in paragraph (a), clauses (2) and (3); and
86	86	3.23 (2) $10 in the special revenue fund is appropriated to the commissioner of employment
87	87	3.24and economic development for the Minnesota Family Resiliency Partnership under section
88	88	3.25116L.96.
89	89	3Sec. 2.
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