as introduced - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to highways; requiring documents relating to 1.3 contracts for trunk highways to express measurements 1.4 in English system of measurement only; prohibiting 1.5 commissioner of transportation from requiring any 1.6 measurement system other than the English system in 1.7 documents relating to contracts for county state-aid 1.8 highways and municipal state-aid streets; proposing 1.9 coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 1.10 161; and 162. 1.11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.12 Section 1. [161.366] [TRUNK HIGHWAY CONTRACTS; 1.13 MEASUREMENTS.] 1.14 All plans, specifications, and other documents relating to 1.15 contracts for the construction, improvement, or repair of a 1.16 trunk highway, offered for bid on and after July 1, 1999, must 1.17 express measurements in the English system of measurement only. 1.18 Sec. 2. [162.161] [STATE-AID CONTRACTS; MEASUREMENTS.] 1.19 The commissioner may not require plans, specifications, and 1.20 other documents relating to contracts for the construction, 1.21 improvement, or repair of a county state-aid highway or 1.22 municipal state-aid street to express measurements in any system 1.23 of measurement other than the English system. 1.24 Sec. 3. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 1.25 Sections 1 and 2 are effective July 1, 1999.