as introduced - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
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Introduction | Posted on 02/04/2004 |
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to highways; repealing requirement that 1.3 designation of natural preservation routes on county 1.4 state-aid highways be reviewed by advisory committee; 1.5 amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 162.021, 1.6 subdivision 5. 1.7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 162.021, 1.9 subdivision 5, is amended to read: 1.10 Subd. 5. [DESIGNATION.](a)The commissioner may designate 1.11 a county state-aid highway as a natural preservation route only 1.12 on petition of the county board of the county having 1.13 jurisdiction over the road. Within 60 days after a county board 1.14 receives a written request to designate a county state-aid 1.15 highway as a natural preservation route, the county board shall 1.16 act on the request. 1.17(b) The commissioner shall appoint an advisory committee1.18for each construction district consisting of seven members: one1.19member of the Department of Natural Resources, one county1.20commissioner, one county highway engineer, one representative of1.21a recognized environmental organization, and three members of1.22the public. The commissioner shall refer each petition received1.23under this subdivision to the appropriate advisory committee.1.24The advisory committee shall consider the petition for1.25designation and make a recommendation to the commissioner.1.26Following receipt of the committee's recommendation, the2.1commissioner may designate the highway as a natural preservation2.2route.