A bill for an act
relating to elections; requiring photo ID to register to vote and to vote; creating a
voter identification card; establishing provisional ballots; requiring reports;
appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 5B.06; 13.6905,
by adding a subdivision; 144.226, by adding subdivisions; 171.06, subdivisions
1, 2, by adding a subdivision; 171.061, subdivisions 1, 3, 4; 171.07, subdivisions
1a, 4, 14, by adding a subdivision; 171.071, subdivisions 1, 2; 171.10, subdivision
1; 171.11; 171.12, subdivision 3c; 171.121; 171.14; 201.022, subdivision 1;
201.061, subdivisions 1, 1a, 3; 201.071, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 201.091, subdivision
9; 201.121, subdivision 1; 201.13, subdivision 3; 201.14; 201.145, subdivisions
2, 3, 4, 5; 201.161; 201.221, subdivision 3; 201.225, subdivision 2; 203B.04,
subdivisions 1, 4; 203B.065; 203B.07, subdivision 3; 203B.08, subdivision 1;
203B.121, subdivision 2; 203B.17, subdivision 2; 203B.19; 203B.21, subdivision
3; 203B.24, subdivision 1; 204B.45, subdivision 2; 204B.46; 204C.08, subdivision
1d; 204C.10; 204C.32; 204C.33, subdivision 1; 204C.37; 205.065, subdivision 5;
205.185, subdivision 3; 205A.03, subdivision 4; 205A.10, subdivision 3; 256E.22,
subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 200;
201; 204C; 357; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.061, subdivision
7.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 5B.06, is amended to read:
new text begin Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, new text enda program participant who is otherwise eligible
to vote may new text beginvote pursuant to this section and may new text endregister with the secretary of state as a
permanent absentee voter. Notwithstanding section 203B.04, subdivision 5, the secretary
of state is not required to send an absentee ballot application prior to each election to a
program participant registered as a permanent absentee voter under this section. As soon
as practicable before each election, the secretary of state shall determine the precinct in
which the residential address of the program participant is located and shall request from
and receive from the county auditor or other election official the ballot for that precinct and
shall forward the absentee ballot to the program participant with the other materials for
absentee balloting as required by Minnesota law. The program participant shall complete
the ballot and return it to the secretary of state, who shall review the ballot in the manner
provided by section 203B.121, subdivision 2. If the ballot and ballot materials comply with
the requirements of that section, the ballot must be certified by the secretary of state as the
ballot of a program participant, and must be forwarded to the appropriate electoral jurisdiction
for tabulation along with all other ballots. The name and address of a program participant
must not be listed in the statewide voter registration system.
Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 13.6905, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:
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Applicant data related to a voter identification
card is governed by section 171.06, subdivision 3c.
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This section is effective June 1, 2022.
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Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 144.226, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:
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(a) Notwithstanding
provisions to the contrary in this section, no fee or surcharge shall be charged by the state
registrar or local issuance office for a certified vital record if the applicant attests that the
record is needed to obtain a voter identification card issued pursuant to section 171.07,
subdivision 3b.
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(b) The state registrar and local issuance offices shall report each year to the commissioner
of management and budget the number of records obtained under this subdivision for which
no fee or surcharge was charged.
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This section is effective June 1, 2022.
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Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 144.226, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:
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(a) Each year, an amount equal to the total
number of records reported to the commissioner of management and budget under subdivision
7, paragraph (b), for that year times the amount of the surcharge under section 144.226,
subdivision 3, paragraph (b), is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
health for the administration of this section.
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(b) Each year, an amount equal to the total number of records reported to the
commissioner of management and budget under subdivision 7, paragraph (b), for that year
times the amount of the surcharge under subdivision 4, is transferred from the general fund
to the state government special revenue fund. This amount is appropriated annually from
the state government special revenue fund to the commissioner of health for the
administration of this section.
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(c) Each year, an amount equal to the total number of records reported to the
commissioner of management and budget under subdivision 7, paragraph (b), for that year
times the amount of the surcharge under subdivision 3, paragraph (a), is transferred from
the general fund to the account for the children's trust fund for the prevention of child abuse
established under section 256E.22.
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(d) Each year an amount equal to the number of records reported to the commissioner
of management and budget by the state registrar under subdivision 7, paragraph (b), for that
year times the amount of the fee under subdivision 1, paragraph (b), is transferred from the
general fund to the state government special revenue fund. This amount is appropriated
annually from the state government special revenue fund to the commissioner of health for
the administration of this section.
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(e) The commissioner of health must transmit payment of $9 to a local issuance office
for each certified vital record issued for no charge under subdivision 7, paragraph (a). Each
year, an amount equal to the number of records reported to the commissioner of management
and budget by local issuance offices under subdivision 7, paragraph (b), for that year times
the amount of the fee under subdivision 1, paragraph (b), is appropriated from the general
fund to the commissioner of health to make payments under this paragraph.
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This section is effective June 1, 2022.
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Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Every application for a Minnesota
identification card, including an enhanced identification card, or for a driver's license,
including an instruction permit, a provisional license, deleted text beginanddeleted text end an enhanced driver's licensenew text begin, or
voter identification cardnew text end, must be made in a format approved by the department. Every
application must be accompanied by payment of the proper feenew text begin except for an application
for a voter identification card issued pursuant to section 171.07, subdivision 3bnew text end. All applicants
must sign the application and declare, under penalty of perjury, that the information and
documentation presented in the application is true and correct. All applications requiring
evidence of legal presence in the United States or United States citizenship must be signed
in the presence of the person authorized to accept the application, or the signature on the
application may be verified by a notary public.
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This section is effective June 1, 2022.
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Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.06, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
(a) The fees for a license and Minnesota identification card are as follows:
| REAL ID Compliant or Noncompliant Classified Driver's License |
D-$21.00 |
C-$25.00 |
B-$32.00 |
A-$40.00 |
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| REAL ID Compliant or Noncompliant Classified Under-21 D.L. |
D-$21.00 |
C-$25.00 |
B-$32.00 |
A-$20.00 |
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| Enhanced Driver's License |
D-$36.00 |
C-$40.00 |
B-$47.00 |
A-$55.00 |
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| REAL ID Compliant or Noncompliant Instruction Permit |
$5.25 |
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| Enhanced Instruction Permit |