Minnesota SF 2716: Employers requiring disclosure of past wages prohibition

Status: Referred to Jobs and Economic Growth Finance and Policy (as of 2018-02-26)
State: Minnesota · Session: 2017-2018 · Bill: SF 2716
Subjects: Employment and Economic Development Department, Labor, Employment, and Labor and Industry Department, Wages and Salaries
Sponsors: Pappas, Franzen, Kent, Torres Ray, Wiklund
Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to motor vehicles; exempting veterans from certain motor vehicle
1.3 registration taxes and fees, including certain registration taxes, license plate fees,
1.4 title fees, driver's license and identification card fees, and motor vehicle sales taxes;
1.5 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 168.012, subdivision 13; 171.06,
1.6 subdivision 2c; 297B.03.
1.7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 168.012, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
1.9 Subd. 13.Vehicles registered by certain veterans.(a) A passenger automobile, one-ton
1.10 pickup truck, motorcycle, or recreational vehicle registered by a veteran with a total
1.11 service-connected disability, as defined in section 171.01, subdivision 51 197.447, is not
1.12 subject to:
1.13 (1) registration taxes under this chapter;
1.14 (2) administrative fees imposed under subdivision 1c;
1.15 (3) filing fees and surcharges imposed under section 168.33, subdivision 7; or
1.16 (4) plate and validation sticker fees imposed under this chapter, including but not limited
1.17 to:
1.18 (i) fees under section 168.12, subdivision 5;
1.19 (ii) fees identified in any section authorizing special plates; and
1.20 (iii) transfer fees.
1.21 (b) The exemptions under this subdivision apply to a motor vehicle that is jointly
1.22 registered by a qualifying veteran and a spouse or domestic partner.
1Section 1.
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STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 2716NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: SEEBERGER, Lang, Duckworth, Hauschild and Gustafson)
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2.1 (c) The fees identified under paragraph (a), clause (4), do not include:
2.2 (1) a fee for personalized plates under section 168.12, subdivision 2a; or
2.3 (2) a required contribution or donation for a special plate, including but not limited to
2.4 a contribution under sections 168.1255, subdivision 1, clause (6); 168.1258, subdivision 1,
2.5 clause (4); 168.1259, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (5); 168.1287, subdivision 1,
2.6 clause (5); 168.129, subdivision 1, clause (5); 168.1295, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause
2.7 (5); 168.1296, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (5); and 168.1299, subdivision 1, clause
2.8 (3).
2.9 (d) A qualifying veteran may register no more than two motor vehicles at the same time
2.10 with the exemptions under this subdivision. Nothing in this paragraph prevents registration
2.11 of additional motor vehicles as otherwise provided in this chapter.
2.12 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment and
2.13 applies to taxes payable for a registration period starting on or after January 1, 2026.
2.14 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 171.06, subdivision 2c, is amended to read:
2.15 Subd. 2c.Exemption; certain veterans.For an applicant who is a veteran with a total
2.16 service-connected disability, as defined in section 197.447, the commissioner must not
2.17 impose:
2.18 (1) a license or endorsement fee, including fees and surcharges specified under:
2.19 (i) subdivisions 2 and 2a; and
2.20 (ii) section 171.02, subdivision 3;
2.21 (2) a filing fee under subdivision 2 or section 171.061, subdivision 4; or
2.22 (3) a fee for an identification card under section 171.07, subdivision 3 or 3a.
2.23 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2026.
2.24 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297B.03, is amended to read:
2.25 297B.03 EXEMPTIONS.
2.26 There is specifically exempted from the provisions of this chapter and from computation
2.27 of the amount of tax imposed by it the following:
2.28 (1) purchase or use, including use under a lease purchase agreement or installment sales
2.29 contract made pursuant to section 465.71, of any motor vehicle by the United States and its
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3.1 agencies and instrumentalities and by any person described in and subject to the conditions
3.2 provided in section 297A.67, subdivision 11;
3.3 (2) purchase or use of any motor vehicle by any person who was a resident of another
3.4 state or country at the time of the purchase and who subsequently becomes a resident of
3.5 Minnesota, provided the purchase occurred more than 60 days prior to the date such person
3.6 began residing in the state of Minnesota and the motor vehicle was registered in the person's
3.7 name in the other state or country;
3.8 (3) purchase or use of any motor vehicle by any person making a valid election to be
3.9 taxed under the provisions of section 297A.90;
3.10 (4) purchase or use of any motor vehicle previously registered in the state of Minnesota
3.11 when such transfer constitutes a transfer within the meaning of section 118, 331, 332, 336,
3.12 337, 338, 351, 355, 368, 721, 73
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