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License reinstatement fee uniformity (new law)

Published (5/9/2008)
By Mike Cook
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A monetary break for some offenders is no more.

Sponsored by Rep. Karla Bigham (DFL-Cottage Grove) and Sen. Ron Latz (DFL-St. Louis Park), a new law establishes driver’s license reinstatement requirements for a person whose license was revoked for violating certain laws involving sale or possession of controlled substances while operating a motor vehicle.

Effective Aug. 1, 2008, a person seeking a new license must pass a knowledge and road test and pay a $30 reinstatement fee.

The fee is placed on many other revoked license reinstatements and is expected to bring in about $51,000 annually to the Driver and Vehicle Services Division of the Department of Public Safety.

Gov. Tim Pawlenty signed the law May 8.

HF3490/SF3189*/CH283

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