HF 4168

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 02/26/2024 04:24pm

A bill for an act
relating to transportation; requiring transportation commissioner to adopt revisions
to traffic engineering studies and investigations for setting speed limits.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin TRAFFIC ENGINEERING STUDIES AND INVESTIGATIONS.
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new text begin (a) Notwithstanding the requirements of the Minnesota Manual on Uniform Traffic
Control Devices established by the commissioner of transportation under Minnesota Statutes,
section 169.06, subdivision 2, by July 1, 2024, the commissioner must implement the
standards and guidance of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and
Highways, 11th Edition, as incorporated by the United States Department of Transportation,
that pertain to traffic engineering studies and investigations for establishing or reevaluating
speed limits within speed zones.
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new text begin (b) This section expires upon adoption of relevant revisions to the Minnesota Manual
on Uniform Traffic Control Devices that pertain to traffic engineering studies and
investigations for speed zones. The commissioner must notify the revisor of statutes, whether
electronically or in writing, of the expiration.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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