Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House Bill HF2605 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to transportation; driver and vehicle services; establishing a full-service
3	3	1.3 provider account; modifying fee distributions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024,
4	4	1.4 sections 168.33, subdivision 7; 171.06, subdivision 2; 299A.705, by adding a
5	5	1.5 subdivision.
6	6	1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
7	7	1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 168.33, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
8	8	1.8 Subd. 7.Filing fees; allocations.(a) In addition to all other statutory fees and taxes:
9	9	1.9 (1) an $8 filing fee is imposed on every vehicle registration renewal, excluding pro rate
10	10	1.10transactions; and
11	11	1.11 (2) a $12 filing fee is imposed on every other type of vehicle transaction, including motor
12	12	1.12carrier fuel licenses under sections 168D.05 and 168D.06, and pro rate transactions.
13	13	1.13 (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a):
14	14	1.14 (1) a filing fee may not be charged for a document returned for a refund or for a correction
15	15	1.15of an error made by the Department of Public Safety, a dealer, or a deputy registrar; and
16	16	1.16 (2) no filing fee or other fee may be charged for the permanent surrender of a title for a
17	17	1.17vehicle.
18	18	1.18 (c) The filing fee must be shown as a separate item on all registration renewal notices
19	19	1.19sent out by the commissioner.
20	20	1.20 (d) The statutory fees and taxes, the filing fees imposed under paragraph (a), and the
21	21	1.21surcharge imposed under paragraph (f) may be paid by credit card or debit card. The deputy
22	22	1.22registrar may collect a surcharge on the payment made under this paragraph not greater than
23	23	1Section 1.
24	24	REVISOR KRB/LJ 25-0210101/14/25
25	25	State of Minnesota
26	26	This Document can be made available
27	27	in alternative formats upon request
28	28	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
29	29	H. F. No. 2605
30	30	NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
31	31	Authored by Olson03/20/2025
32	32	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy 2.1the cost of processing a credit card or debit card transaction, in accordance with emergency
33	33	2.2rules established by the commissioner of public safety. The surcharge authorized by this
34	34	2.3paragraph must be used to pay the cost of processing credit and debit card transactions.
35	35	2.4 (e) The fees collected under paragraph (a) by the department must be allocated as follows:
36	36	2.5 (1) of the fees collected under paragraph (a), clause (1):
37	37	2.6 (i) $6.50 must be deposited in the driver and vehicle services operating account under
38	38	2.7section 299A.705, subdivision 1; and
39	39	2.8 (ii) $1.50 must be deposited in the driver and vehicle services technology account under
40	40	2.9section 299A.705, subdivision 3; and
41	41	2.10 (2) of the fees collected under paragraph (a), clause (2):
42	42	2.11 (i) $3.50 must be deposited in the general fund;
43	43	2.12 (ii) $7 must be deposited in the driver and vehicle services operating account under
44	44	2.13section 299A.705, subdivision 1; and
45	45	2.14 (iii) $1.50 must be deposited in the driver and vehicle services technology account under
46	46	2.15section 299A.705, subdivision 3.
47	47	2.16 (f) In addition to all other statutory fees and taxes, a deputy registrar must assess a $1
48	48	2.17surcharge on every transaction for which filing fees are collected under this subdivision.
49	49	2.18The surcharge authorized by this paragraph must be (1) deposited in the treasury of the
50	50	2.19place for which the deputy registrar is appointed, or (2) if the deputy registrar is not a public
51	51	2.20official, retained by the deputy registrar. For purposes of this paragraph, a deputy registrar
52	52	2.21does not include the commissioner.
53	53	2.22 (g) The fees collected under this subdivision by the department for mail or online
54	54	2.23transactions must be allocated as follows:
55	55	2.24 (1) of the fees collected under paragraph (a), clause (1):
56	56	2.25 (i) $3.25 must be deposited in the driver and vehicle services operating account under
57	57	2.26section 299A.705, subdivision 1;
58	58	2.27 (ii) $0.75 must be deposited in the driver and vehicle services technology account under
59	59	2.28section 299A.705, subdivision 3; and
60	60	2.29 (iii) $4.00 must be deposited in the full-service provider account under section 299A.705,
61	61	2.30subdivision 5; and
62	62	2.31 (2) of the fees collected under paragraph (a), clause (2):
63	63	2Section 1.
64	64	REVISOR KRB/LJ 25-0210101/14/25 3.1 (i) $3.50 must be deposited in the general fund;
65	65	3.2 (ii) $3.50 must be deposited in the driver and vehicle services operating account under
66	66	3.3section 299A.705, subdivision 1;
67	67	3.4 (iii) $0.75 must be deposited in the driver and vehicle services technology account under
68	68	3.5section 299A.705, subdivision 3; and
69	69	3.6 (iv) $4.25 must be deposited in the full-service provider account under section 299A.705,
70	70	3.7subdivision 5.
71	71	3.8 (h) In addition to all other statutory fees and taxes, a $5.00 surcharge is imposed on
72	72	3.9every vehicle registration renewal, excluding pro rate transactions, that is submitted by mail.
73	73	3.10Of the $5.00 surcharge, $2.50 must be deposited in the driver and vehicle services operating
74	74	3.11account and $2.50 must be deposited in the full-service provider account.
75	75	3.12 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective October 1, 2025.
76	76	3.13 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 171.06, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
77	77	3.14 Subd. 2.Fees.(a) The fees for a license and Minnesota identification card are as follows:
78	78	A-$46.75B-$38.75C-$31.75D-$27.75
79	79	3.15REAL ID Compliant or
80	80	3.16Noncompliant Classified
81	81	3.17Driver's License
82	82	A-$26.75B-$38.75C-$31.75D-$27.75
83	83	3.18REAL ID Compliant or
84	84	3.19Noncompliant Classified
85	85	3.20Under-21 D.L.
86	86	A-$61.75B-$53.75C-$46.75D-$42.753.21Enhanced Driver's License
87	87	$11.25
88	88	3.22REAL ID Compliant or
89	89	3.23Noncompliant Instruction
90	90	3.24Permit
91	91	$26.25
92	92	3.25Enhanced Instruction
93	93	3.26Permit
94	94	$8.50
95	95	3.27Commercial Learner's
96	96	3.28Permit
97	97	$14.25
98	98	3.29REAL ID Compliant or
99	99	3.30Noncompliant Provisional
100	100	3.31License
101	101	$29.25
102	102	3.32Enhanced Provisional
103	103	3.33License
104	104	$12.75
105	105	3.34Duplicate REAL ID
106	106	3.35Compliant or Noncompliant
107	107	3.36License or duplicate REAL
108	108	3.37ID Compliant or
109	109	3.38Noncompliant
110	110	3.39identification card
111	111	3Sec. 2.
112	112	REVISOR KRB/LJ 25-0210101/14/25 $27.75
113	113	4.1Enhanced Duplicate
114	114	4.2License or enhanced
115	115	4.3duplicate identification card
116	116	$17.25
117	117	4.4REAL ID Compliant or
118	118	4.5Noncompliant Minnesota
119	119	4.6identification card or REAL
120	120	4.7ID Compliant or
121	121	4.8Noncompliant Under-21
122	122	4.9Minnesota identification
123	123	4.10card, other than duplicate,
124	124	4.11except as otherwise
125	125	4.12provided in section 171.07,
126	126	4.13subdivisions 3 and 3a
127	127	$32.25
128	128	4.14Enhanced Minnesota
129	129	4.15identification card
130	130	4.16 (b) In addition to each fee required in paragraph (a), the commissioner must collect a
131	131	4.17surcharge of $2.25. Surcharges collected under this paragraph must be credited to the driver
132	132	4.18and vehicle services technology account under section 299A.705.
133	133	4.19 (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), an individual who holds a provisional license and
134	134	4.20has a driving record free of (1) convictions for a violation of section 169A.20, 169A.33,
135	135	4.21169A.35, sections 169A.50 to 169A.53, or section 171.177, (2) convictions for crash-related
136	136	4.22moving violations, and (3) convictions for moving violations that are not crash related, has
137	137	4.23a $3.50 credit toward the fee for any classified under-21 driver's license. "Moving violation"
138	138	4.24has the meaning given it in section 171.04, subdivision 1.
139	139	4.25 (d) In addition to the driver's license fee required under paragraph (a), the commissioner
140	140	4.26must collect an additional $4 processing fee from each new applicant or individual renewing
141	141	4.27a license with a school bus endorsement to cover the costs for processing an applicant's
142	142	4.28initial and biennial physical examination certificate. The department must not charge these
143	143	4.29applicants any other fee to receive or renew the endorsement.
144	144	4.30 (e) In addition to the fee required under paragraph (a), a driver's license agent may charge
145	145	4.31and retain a filing fee as provided under section 171.061, subdivision 4.
146	146	4.32 (f) In addition to the fee required under paragraph (a), the commissioner must charge a
147	147	4.33filing fee at the same amount as a driver's license agent under section 171.061, subdivision
148	148	4.344. Revenue collected under this paragraph for in-person transactions must be deposited in
149	149	4.35the driver and vehicle services operating account under section 299A.705. Revenue collected
150	150	4.36under this paragraph for mail or online transactions must be allocated as follows:
151	151	4.37 (1) 50 percent must be deposited in the driver and vehicle services operating account
152	152	4.38under section 299A.705, subdivision 1; and
153	153	4Sec. 2.
154	154	REVISOR KRB/LJ 25-0210101/14/25 5.1 (2) 50 percent must be deposited in the full-service provider account under section
155	155	5.2299A.705, subdivision 5.
156	156	5.3 (g) An application for a Minnesota identification card, instruction permit, provisional
157	157	5.4license, or driver's license, including an application for renewal, must contain a provision
158	158	5.5that allows the applicant to add to the fee under paragraph (a), a $2 donation for the purposes
159	159	5.6of public information and education on anatomical gifts under section 171.075.
160	160	5.7 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective October 1, 2025.
161	161	5.8 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.705, is amended by adding a subdivision
162	162	5.9to read:
163	163	5.10 Subd. 5.Full-service provider account.(a) The full-service provider account is created
164	164	5.11in the special revenue fund, consisting of fees described in sections 168.33, subdivision 7,
165	165	5.12and 171.06, subdivision 2, and any other money donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise
166	166	5.13provided to the account.
167	167	5.14 (b) Money in the account is annually appropriated to the commissioner of public safety
168	168	5.15to distribute to full-service providers, as defined in section 168.002, subdivision 12a. At
169	169	5.16least quarterly, the commissioner must distribute the money in the account to each full-service
170	170	5.17provider that was in operation during that quarter based proportionally on the total number
171	171	5.18of transactions completed by each full-service provider.
172	172	5.19 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective October 1, 2025, and the first quarterly
173	173	5.20distribution shall be made on or before January 15, 2026.
174	174	5Sec. 3.
175	175	REVISOR KRB/LJ 25-0210101/14/25