1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to transportation; repealing or modifying 
  1.3             legislative route descriptions of certain highways; 
  1.4             allowing commissioner of transportation to convey 
  1.5             interest in certain land to property owners; modifying 
  1.6             provisions for speed limits in highway work zones; 
  1.7             modifying seasonal highway weight limitations; 
  1.8             transferring responsibilities from transportation 
  1.9             regulation board to commissioner of transportation; 
  1.10            making technical and clarifying changes; repealing 
  1.11            obsolete or invalid provisions; amending Minnesota 
  1.12            Statutes 2000, sections 161.114; 161.115, subdivisions 
  1.13            36, 48, and by adding a subdivision; 161.24, 
  1.14            subdivision 4; 169.14, subdivision 5d; 169.825, 
  1.15            subdivision 11; 174.02, subdivisions 4 and 5; 174.10, 
  1.16            subdivisions 1, 3, and 4; 174A.02, subdivisions 1, 2, 
  1.17            and 4; 174A.04; 174A.06; 218.031, subdivision 2; 
  1.18            218.041, subdivisions 4, 5, and 6; 219.074, 
  1.19            subdivision 2; 219.402; and 222.632; repealing 
  1.20            Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 174A.01; 174A.02, 
  1.21            subdivision 5; 174A.03; 174A.05; 219.558; 219.559; 
  1.22            219.56; 219.681; 219.69; 219.691; 219.692; 219.695; 
  1.23            219.70; 219.71; 219.741; 219.743; 219.751; 219.755; 
  1.24            219.85; 219.88; 219.97, subdivisions 6, 7, and 10; and 
  1.25            222.633. 
  1.26  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.27     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 161.114, is 
  1.28  amended to read: 
  1.29     161.114 [CONSTITUTIONAL TRUNK HIGHWAYS.] 
  1.30     Subdivision 1.  [DESIGNATION.] The trunk highway routes, 
  1.31  numbered 1 through 70, as described in the constitutional 
  1.32  amendment adopted November 2, 1920, are designated as the 
  1.33  constitutional routes of the trunk highway system.  
  1.34     Subd. 2.  [DESCRIPTIONS.] The constitutional routes are 
  1.35  described as follows: 
  2.1      Route No. 1.  Beginning at a point on the boundary line 
  2.2   between the states of Minnesota and Iowa, southeasterly at 
  2.3   Albert Lea and thence extending in a northwesterly direction to 
  2.4   a point in Albert Lea and thence extending in a northerly 
  2.5   direction to a point and on the southerly limits of the city of 
  2.6   St. Paul and then beginning at a point on the northerly limits 
  2.7   of the city of St. Paul and thence extending in a northerly 
  2.8   direction to a point on the westerly limits of the city of 
  2.9   Duluth and then beginning at a point on the northerly limits of 
  2.10  the city of Duluth and thence extending in a northeasterly 
  2.11  direction to a point on the boundary line between the state of 
  2.12  Minnesota and the province of Ontario, affording Albert Lea, 
  2.13  Owatonna, Faribault, Northfield, Farmington, St. Paul, White 
  2.14  Bear, Forest Lake, Wyoming, Rush City, Pine City, Hinckley, 
  2.15  Sandstone, Moose Lake, Carlton, Duluth, Two Harbors, Grand 
  2.16  Marais and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable 
  2.17  means of communication, each with the other and other places 
  2.18  within the state. 
  2.19     Route No. 2.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 1 on the 
  2.20  westerly limits of the city of Duluth and thence extending in a 
  2.21  southwesterly direction along said Route No. 1 to a point on 
  2.22  said route at Carlton and thence extending in a westerly 
  2.23  direction to a point on the east bank of the Red River of the 
  2.24  North at Moorhead, affording Duluth, Carlton, McGregor, Aitkin, 
  2.25  Brainerd, Motley, Staples, Wadena, Detroit, Moorhead and 
  2.26  intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
  2.27  communication, each with the other and other places within the 
  2.28  state.  
  2.29     Route No. 3.  Beginning at a point on the boundary line 
  2.30  between the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin, westerly of La 
  2.31  Crosse, Wisconsin, and thence extending in a northwesterly 
  2.32  direction to a point on the easterly limits of the city of St. 
  2.33  Paul and then beginning at a point on the westerly limits of the 
  2.34  city of Minneapolis and thence extending in a northwesterly 
  2.35  direction to a point on the east bank of the Red River of the 
  2.36  North at Breckenridge, affording La Crescent, Winona, Kellogg, 
  3.1   Wabasha, Lake City, Red Wing, Hastings, St. Paul, Minneapolis, 
  3.2   Osseo, Champlin, Anoka, Elk River, Big Lake, St. Cloud, Albany, 
  3.3   Sauk Centre, Alexandria, Elbow Lake, Fergus Falls, Breckenridge 
  3.4   and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
  3.5   communication, each with the other and other places within the 
  3.6   state.  
  3.7      Route No. 4.  Beginning at a point on the boundary line 
  3.8   between the states of Minnesota and Iowa, southwesterly of 
  3.9   Jackson and thence extending in a northerly direction to a point 
  3.10  on Route No. 3, southeasterly of Sauk Centre and thence 
  3.11  extending in a northwesterly direction along said Route No. 3 to 
  3.12  a point on said route at Sauk Centre and thence extending in a 
  3.13  northerly direction to a point at International Falls, affording 
  3.14  Jackson, Windom, Sanborn, Redwood Falls, Morton, Olivia, 
  3.15  Willmar, Paynesville, Sauk Centre, Long Prairie, Wadena, Park 
  3.16  Rapids, Itasca State Park, Bemidji, International Falls and 
  3.17  intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
  3.18  communication, each with the other and other places within the 
  3.19  state.  
  3.20     Route No. 5.  Beginning at a point on the boundary line 
  3.21  between the states of Minnesota and Iowa, southerly of Blue 
  3.22  Earth and thence extending in a northeasterly direction to a 
  3.23  point on the southerly limits of the city of Minneapolis and 
  3.24  then beginning at a point on the northerly limits of the city of 
  3.25  Minneapolis and thence extending in a northerly direction to a 
  3.26  point in Swan River on Route No. 8, hereinafter described, 
  3.27  affording Blue Earth, Winnebago, Mankato, St. Peter, Le Sueur, 
  3.28  Jordan, Shakopee, Minneapolis, Cambridge, Mora, McGregor, Swan 
  3.29  River and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable 
  3.30  means of communication, each with the other and other places 
  3.31  within the state.  
  3.32     Route No. 6.  Beginning at a point on the boundary line 
  3.33  between the states of Minnesota and Iowa, southerly of Ash 
  3.34  Creek, and thence extending in a northerly direction to a point 
  3.35  on the boundary line between the state of Minnesota and the 
  3.36  province of Manitoba, near St. Vincent, affording Luverne, 
  4.1   Pipestone, Lake Benton, Ivanhoe, Canby, Madison, Bellingham, 
  4.2   Odessa, Ortonville, Graceville, Dumont, Wheaton, Breckenridge, 
  4.3   Moorhead, Kragnes, Georgetown, Perley, Hendrum, Ada, Crookston, 
  4.4   Warren, Donaldson, Hallock and intervening and adjacent 
  4.5   communities a reasonable means of communication, each with the 
  4.6   other and other places within the state.  
  4.7      Route No. 7.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 3 at Winona 
  4.8   and thence extending in a westerly direction to a point on the 
  4.9   boundary line between the states of Minnesota and South Dakota, 
  4.10  westerly of Lake Benton, affording Winona, St. Charles, 
  4.11  Rochester, Kasson, Dodge Center, Claremont, Owatonna, Waseca, 
  4.12  Mankato, St. Peter, New Ulm, Springfield, Tracy, Lake Benton and 
  4.13  intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
  4.14  communication, each with the other and other places within the 
  4.15  state.  
  4.16     Route No. 8.  Beginning at a point on the westerly limits 
  4.17  of the city of Duluth and thence extending in a northwesterly 
  4.18  direction to a point on Route No. 6 near Crookston and thence 
  4.19  extending in a westerly and northerly direction along said Route 
  4.20  No. 6 to a point on said route northerly of Crookston and thence 
  4.21  extending in a northwesterly direction to a point on the east 
  4.22  bank of the Red River of the North at East Grand Forks, 
  4.23  affording Duluth, Floodwood, Swan River, Grand Rapids, Cass 
  4.24  Lake, Bemidji, Bagley, Erskine, Crookston, East Grand Forks and 
  4.25  intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
  4.26  communication, each with the other and other places within the 
  4.27  state.  
  4.28     Route No. 9.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 3 at La 
  4.29  Crescent and thence extending in a westerly direction to a point 
  4.30  on the boundary line between the states of Minnesota and South 
  4.31  Dakota southwesterly of Beaver Creek, affording La Crescent, 
  4.32  Hokah, Houston, Rushford, Lanesboro, Preston, Fountain, Spring 
  4.33  Valley, Austin, Albert Lea, Blue Earth, Fairmont, Jackson, 
  4.34  Worthington, Luverne and intervening and adjacent communities a 
  4.35  reasonable means of communication, each with the other and other 
  4.36  places within the state.  
  5.1      Route No. 10.  Beginning at a point on the westerly limits 
  5.2   of the city of Minneapolis and thence extending in a 
  5.3   northwesterly direction to a point on Route No. 6 at or near 
  5.4   Wheaton, affording Minneapolis, Montrose, Cokato, Litchfield, 
  5.5   Willmar, Benson, Morris, Herman, Wheaton and intervening and 
  5.6   adjacent communities a reasonable means of communication, each 
  5.7   with the other and other places within the state.  
  5.8      Route No. 11.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 8 at the 
  5.9   westerly limits of the city of Duluth and thence extending in a 
  5.10  northwesterly and northerly direction to a point on Route No. 4 
  5.11  at International Falls and thence extending in a southwesterly 
  5.12  direction along said Route No. 4 to a point on said route 
  5.13  southwesterly of International Falls and thence extending in a 
  5.14  westerly direction to a point on Route No. 6 at Donaldson, 
  5.15  affording Duluth, Eveleth, Virginia, Cook, Orr, Cussons, 
  5.16  International Falls, Baudette, Warroad, Roseau, Greenbush, 
  5.17  Donaldson and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable 
  5.18  means of communication, each with the other and other places 
  5.19  within the state.  
  5.20     Route No. 12.  Beginning at a point on the west bank of the 
  5.21  St. Croix River near Hudson, Wisconsin and thence extending in a 
  5.22  westerly direction to a point on the easterly limits of the city 
  5.23  of St. Paul and then beginning at a point on the westerly limits 
  5.24  of the city of Minneapolis and thence extending in a westerly 
  5.25  direction to a point on Route No. 6 at Madison, affording St. 
  5.26  Paul, Minneapolis, Hopkins, Norwood, Glencoe, Olivia, Granite 
  5.27  Falls, Montevideo, Dawson, Madison and intervening and adjacent 
  5.28  communities a reasonable means of communication, each with the 
  5.29  other and other places within the state.  
  5.30     Route No. 13.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 9 at 
  5.31  Albert Lea and thence extending in a northerly direction to a 
  5.32  point on Route No. 5 at Jordan affording Albert Lea, Waseca, 
  5.33  Waterville, Montgomery, New Prague, Jordan and intervening and 
  5.34  adjacent communities a reasonable means of communication, each 
  5.35  with the other and other places within the state.  
  5.36     Route No. 14.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 6 at 
  6.1   Ivanhoe and thence extending in an easterly direction to a point 
  6.2   on Route No. 4 at Redwood Falls and thence extending in an 
  6.3   easterly direction along said Route No. 4 to a point on said 
  6.4   route at Morton and thence extending in an easterly direction to 
  6.5   a point on Route No. 22, hereinafter described, at Gaylord 
  6.6   affording Ivanhoe, Marshall, Redwood Falls, Morton, Winthrop, 
  6.7   Gaylord and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable 
  6.8   means of communication, each with the other and other places 
  6.9   within the state.  
  6.10     Route No. 15.  Beginning at a point on the boundary line 
  6.11  between the states of Minnesota and Iowa southerly of Fairmont 
  6.12  and thence extending in a northerly direction to a point on 
  6.13  Route No. 14 at Winthrop, affording Fairmont, Madelia, New Ulm, 
  6.14  Winthrop and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable 
  6.15  means of communication each with the other and other places 
  6.16  within the state.  
  6.17     Route No. 16.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 5 
  6.18  southwesterly of Mankato and thence extending westerly to a 
  6.19  point on Route No. 15 at Madelia and thence extending in a 
  6.20  southerly direction along said Route No. 15 to a point on said 
  6.21  route southerly of Madelia and thence extending in a westerly 
  6.22  direction to a point on Route No. 4 northerly of Windom and 
  6.23  thence extending in a southerly direction along said Route No. 4 
  6.24  to a point on said route at Windom and thence extending in a 
  6.25  westerly direction to a point at Fulda and thence extending in a 
  6.26  southerly direction to a point on Route No. 9 at Worthington, 
  6.27  affording Mankato, Madelia, St. James, Windom, Fulda, 
  6.28  Worthington and intervening and adjacent communities a 
  6.29  reasonable means of communication, each with the other and other 
  6.30  places within the state.  
  6.31     Route No. 17.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 16 at 
  6.32  Fulda and thence extending in a northerly direction to a point 
  6.33  on Route No. 12 at Granite Falls, affording Fulda, Slayton, 
  6.34  Garvin, Marshall, Granite Falls and intervening and adjacent 
  6.35  communities a reasonable means of communication, each with the 
  6.36  other and other places within the state.  
  7.1      Route No. 18.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 3 at Elk 
  7.2   River and thence extending in a northerly direction to a point 
  7.3   on Route No. 2 easterly of Brainerd, affording Elk River, 
  7.4   Princeton, Milaca, Onamia and intervening and adjacent 
  7.5   communities a reasonable means of communication, each with the 
  7.6   other and other places within the state.  
  7.7      Route No. 19.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 2 at 
  7.8   Brainerd and thence extending in a northwesterly direction to a 
  7.9   point on Route No. 8 at Cass Lake, affording Brainerd, Pine 
  7.10  River, Walker, Cass Lake and intervening and adjacent 
  7.11  communities a reasonable means of communication, each with the 
  7.12  other and other places within the state.  
  7.13     Route No. 20.  Beginning at a point on the boundary line 
  7.14  between the states of Minnesota and Iowa near Canton and thence 
  7.15  extending in a northwesterly direction to a point on Route No. 9 
  7.16  at or near Preston and thence extending in a northwesterly 
  7.17  direction along said Route No. 9 to a point on said route at 
  7.18  Fountain and thence extending in a northwesterly direction to a 
  7.19  point on Route No. 3 in the town of Douglas, Dakota county (T. 
  7.20  113, R. 17 W.) affording Canton, Harmony, Preston, Fountain, 
  7.21  Chatfield, Oronoco, Pine Island, Zumbrota, Cannon Falls and 
  7.22  intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
  7.23  communication, each with the other and other places within the 
  7.24  state. 
  7.25     Route No. 21.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 20 at 
  7.26  Zumbrota and thence extending in a westerly direction to a point 
  7.27  on Route No. 5 at St. Peter, affording Zumbrota, Kenyon, 
  7.28  Faribault, Le Sueur Center, Cleveland, St. Peter and intervening 
  7.29  and adjacent communities a reasonable means of communication, 
  7.30  each with the other and other places within the state.  
  7.31     Route No. 22.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 5 at St.  
  7.32  Peter and thence extending in a northwesterly direction to a 
  7.33  point on Route No. 4 at Paynesville, affording St. Peter, 
  7.34  Gaylord, Glencoe, Hutchinson, Litchfield, Paynesville and 
  7.35  intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
  7.36  communication, each with the other and other places within the 
  8.1   state.  
  8.2      Route No. 23.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 4 at 
  8.3   Paynesville and thence extending in a northeasterly direction 
  8.4   through the village of Richmond, Coldspring, Rockville and Waite 
  8.5   Park to a point on Route No. 3 westerly of St. Cloud, and thence 
  8.6   extending in a northeasterly direction to a point on Route No. 5 
  8.7   southerly of Mora, and thence extending in a northerly direction 
  8.8   along said Route No. 5 to a point on said route at Mora, and 
  8.9   thence extending in an easterly direction to a point on Route 
  8.10  No. 1 southerly of Hinckley, affording Paynesville, St. Cloud, 
  8.11  Foley, Milaca, Ogilvie, Mora and intervening and adjacent 
  8.12  communities a reasonable means of communication, each with the 
  8.13  other and other places within the state.  
  8.14     Route No. 24.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 10 at 
  8.15  Litchfield and thence extending in a northeasterly direction to 
  8.16  a point on Route No. 3 at St. Cloud, affording Litchfield, St. 
  8.17  Cloud and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable 
  8.18  means of communication, each with the other and other places 
  8.19  within the state.  
  8.20     Route No. 25.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 5 at or 
  8.21  near Belle Plaine and thence extending in a northerly direction 
  8.22  to a point on Route No. 3 at Big Lake, affording Belle Plaine, 
  8.23  Norwood, Watertown, Montrose, Buffalo, Monticello, Big Lake and 
  8.24  intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
  8.25  communication, each with the other and other places within the 
  8.26  state.  
  8.27     Route No. 26.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 10 at 
  8.28  Benson and thence extending in a westerly direction to a point 
  8.29  on Route No. 6 near Ortonville, affording Benson, Ortonville and 
  8.30  intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
  8.31  communication, each with the other and other places within the 
  8.32  state.  
  8.33     Route No. 27.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 3 at St.  
  8.34  Cloud and thence extending in a northerly direction to a point 
  8.35  on Route No. 2 at Brainerd, affording St. Cloud, Sauk Rapids, 
  8.36  Royalton, Little Falls, Brainerd and intervening and adjacent 
  9.1   communities a reasonable means of communication, each with the 
  9.2   other and other places within the state.  
  9.3      Route No. 28.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 27 at 
  9.4   Little Falls and thence extending in a southwesterly direction 
  9.5   to a point on the boundary line between the states of Minnesota 
  9.6   and South Dakota at Browns Valley, affording Little Falls, Sauk 
  9.7   Centre, Glenwood, Starbuck, Morris, Graceville, Browns Valley 
  9.8   and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
  9.9   communication, each with the other and other places within the 
  9.10  state.  
  9.11     Route No. 29.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 28 at 
  9.12  Glenwood and thence extending in a northerly direction to a 
  9.13  point on Route No. 2 westerly of Wadena affording Glenwood, 
  9.14  Alexandria, Parkers Prairie, Deer Creek and intervening and 
  9.15  adjacent communities a reasonable means of communication, each 
  9.16  with the other and other places within the state.  
  9.17     Route No. 30.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 3 at 
  9.18  Fergus Falls, and thence extending in a northerly direction to a 
  9.19  point on Route No. 8 at Erskine, affording Fergus Falls, Pelican 
  9.20  Rapids, Detroit, Mahnomen, Erskine and intervening and adjacent 
  9.21  communities a reasonable means of communication, each with the 
  9.22  other and other places within the state.  
  9.23     Route No. 31.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 6 at Ada, 
  9.24  and thence extending in an easterly direction to a point on 
  9.25  Route No. 30 near Mahnomen, affording Ada, Mahnomen and 
  9.26  intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
  9.27  communication, each with the other and other places within the 
  9.28  state.  
  9.29     Route No. 32.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 8 easterly 
  9.30  of Crookston and thence extending in a northerly direction to a 
  9.31  point on Route No. 11 at Greenbush, affording Red Lake Falls, 
  9.32  Thief River Falls, Middle River, Greenbush and intervening and 
  9.33  adjacent communities a reasonable means of communication, each 
  9.34  with the other and other places within the state.  
  9.35     Route No. 33.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 32 at 
  9.36  Thief River Falls and thence extending in a northwesterly 
 10.1   direction to a point on Route No. 6 at Warren, affording Thief 
 10.2   River Falls, Warren and intervening and adjacent communities a 
 10.3   reasonable means of communication, each with the other and other 
 10.4   places within the state.  
 10.5      Route No. 34.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 2 at 
 10.6   Detroit and thence extending in a northeasterly direction to a 
 10.7   point on Route No. 8 westerly of Grand Rapids, affording 
 10.8   Detroit, Park Rapids, Walker, Remer, Grand Rapids and 
 10.9   intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 10.10  communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 10.11  state.  
 10.12     Route No. 35.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 18 near 
 10.13  Mille Lacs Lake and thence extending in a northerly direction to 
 10.14  a point at Grand Rapids and thence extending in a northeasterly 
 10.15  direction to a point at Ely, affording Aitkin, Grand Rapids, 
 10.16  Hibbing, Chisholm, Buhl, Mountain Iron, Virginia, Gilbert, 
 10.17  McKinley, Biwabik, Aurora, Tower, and Ely and intervening and 
 10.18  adjacent communities a reasonable means of communication, each 
 10.19  with the other and other places within the state.  
 10.20     Route No. 36.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 3 at 
 10.21  Fergus Falls and thence extending in an easterly direction to a 
 10.22  point on Route No. 29 easterly of Henning, affording Fergus 
 10.23  Falls, Henning and intervening and adjacent communities a 
 10.24  reasonable means of communication, each with the other and other 
 10.25  places within the state.  
 10.26     Route No. 37.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 27 at 
 10.27  Little Falls and thence extending in a northwesterly direction 
 10.28  to a point on Route No. 2 at Motley, affording Little Falls, 
 10.29  Motley and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable 
 10.30  means of communication, each with the other and other places 
 10.31  within the state.  
 10.32     Route No. 38.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 12 at 
 10.33  Montevideo and thence extending in a northerly direction to a 
 10.34  point on Route No. 28 at Starbuck, affording Montevideo, Benson, 
 10.35  Starbuck and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable 
 10.36  means of communication, each with the other and other places 
 11.1   within the state.  
 11.2      Route No. 39.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 7 at 
 11.3   Mankato and thence extending in a southeasterly direction to a 
 11.4   point on Route No. 9 westerly of Albert Lea, affording Mankato, 
 11.5   Mapleton, Minnesota Lake, Wells and intervening and adjacent 
 11.6   communities a reasonable means of communication, each with the 
 11.7   other and other places within the state.  
 11.8      Route No. 40.  Beginning at a point on the boundary line 
 11.9   between the states of Minnesota and Iowa at Lyle and thence 
 11.10  extending in a northwesterly direction to a point on Route No. 7 
 11.11  at Owatonna, affording Lyle, Austin, Blooming Prairie, Owatonna 
 11.12  and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 11.13  communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 11.14  state.  
 11.15     Route No. 41.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 40 at or 
 11.16  near Blooming Prairie and thence extending in an easterly 
 11.17  direction to a point on Route No. 56, hereinafter described, 
 11.18  near Hayfield, affording Blooming Prairie, Hayfield and 
 11.19  intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 11.20  communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 11.21  state.  
 11.22     Route No. 42.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 7 easterly 
 11.23  of Rochester and thence extending (1) in a northeasterly 
 11.24  direction to a point on Route No. 3 at Kellogg, affording 
 11.25  Rochester, Elgin, Plainview, Kellogg and intervening and 
 11.26  adjacent communities a reasonable means of communication, each 
 11.27  with the other and other places within the state and (2) in a 
 11.28  southerly direction to a point on Route No. 391.  
 11.29     Route No. 43.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 9 at 
 11.30  Rushford and thence extending in a northeasterly direction to a 
 11.31  point on Route No. 3 at Winona, affording Rushford, Winona and 
 11.32  intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 11.33  communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 11.34  state.  
 11.35     Route No. 44.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 9 at Hokah 
 11.36  and thence extending in a southwesterly direction to a point on 
 12.1   Route No. 20 near Canton, affording Hokah, Caledonia, Canton and 
 12.2   intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 12.3   communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 12.4   state.  
 12.5      Route No. 45.  Beginning at a point on the west bank of the 
 12.6   St. Croix River at Stillwater and thence extending in a 
 12.7   southwesterly direction to a point on the easterly limits of the 
 12.8   city of St. Paul, affording Stillwater, Lake Elmo, St. Paul and 
 12.9   intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 12.10  communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 12.11  state.  
 12.12     Route No. 46.  Beginning at a point on the west bank of the 
 12.13  St. Croix River at Taylors Falls and thence extending in a 
 12.14  southwesterly direction to a point on Route No. 1 near Wyoming, 
 12.15  affording Taylors Falls, Center City, Wyoming and intervening 
 12.16  and adjacent communities a reasonable means of communication, 
 12.17  each with the other and other places within the state.  
 12.18     Route No. 47.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 17 at 
 12.19  Slayton and thence extending in a westerly direction to a point 
 12.20  on Route No. 6 at Pipestone, affording Slayton, Pipestone and 
 12.21  intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 12.22  communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 12.23  state.  
 12.24     Route No. 48.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 17 
 12.25  westerly of Granite Falls and thence extending in a westerly 
 12.26  direction to a point on Route No. 6 at Canby, affording Granite 
 12.27  Falls, Clarkfield, Canby and intervening and adjacent 
 12.28  communities a reasonable means of communication, each with the 
 12.29  other and other places within the state.  
 12.30     Route No. 49.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 12 
 12.31  easterly of Montevideo and thence extending in a northeasterly 
 12.32  direction to a point on Route No. 4 southerly of Willmar, 
 12.33  affording Montevideo, Clara City, Willmar and intervening and 
 12.34  adjacent communities a reasonable means of communication, each 
 12.35  with the other and other places within the state.  
 12.36     Route No. 50.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 20 at 
 13.1   Cannon Falls and thence extending in a northwesterly direction 
 13.2   to a point on the southerly limits of the city of Minneapolis, 
 13.3   affording Cannon Falls, Farmington, Minneapolis and intervening 
 13.4   and adjacent communities a reasonable means of communication, 
 13.5   each with the other and other places within the state.  
 13.6      Route No. 51.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 5 at 
 13.7   Shakopee and thence extending in a northerly direction to a 
 13.8   point on Route No. 12 northerly of Shakopee, affording a 
 13.9   connection between said Route No. 5 and said Route No. 12.  
 13.10     Route No. 52.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 5 south of 
 13.11  the city of Minneapolis and thence extending in a northeasterly 
 13.12  direction to a point on the westerly limits of the United States 
 13.13  Military reservation at Fort Snelling, affording St. Paul and 
 13.14  adjacent communities a reasonable communication with said Route 
 13.15  No. 5.  
 13.16     Route No. 53.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 3 at 
 13.17  Hastings and thence extending in a northwesterly direction to a 
 13.18  point on the southerly limits of the city of South St. Paul, 
 13.19  affording Hastings, South St. Paul and intervening and adjacent 
 13.20  communities a reasonable means of communication, each with the 
 13.21  other and other places within the state.  
 13.22     Route No. 54.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 3 at Elbow 
 13.23  Lake and thence extending in a southwesterly direction to a 
 13.24  point on Route No. 10 at Herman, affording Elbow Lake, Herman 
 13.25  and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 13.26  communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 13.27  state.  
 13.28     Route No. 55.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 2 
 13.29  northwesterly of Carlton and thence extending in a northerly 
 13.30  direction to a point in Cloquet, affording Carlton, Cloquet and 
 13.31  intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 13.32  communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 13.33  state.  
 13.34     Route No. 56.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 9 easterly 
 13.35  of Austin and thence extending in a northerly direction to a 
 13.36  point on Route No. 21 at or near Kenyon, affording Brownsdale, 
 14.1   Hayfield, Dodge Center, West Concord, Kenyon and intervening and 
 14.2   adjacent communities a reasonable means of communication, each 
 14.3   with the other and other places within the state.  
 14.4      Route No. 57.  Beginning at a point in Mantorville and 
 14.5   extending in a southerly direction to a point on Route No. 7 
 14.6   southerly of Mantorville, affording Mantorville a reasonable 
 14.7   means of communication with said Route No. 7.  
 14.8      Route No. 58.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 20 at 
 14.9   Zumbrota and thence extending in a northeasterly direction to a 
 14.10  point on Route No. 3 at Red Wing, affording Zumbrota, Red Wing 
 14.11  and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 14.12  communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 14.13  state.  
 14.14     Route No. 59.  Beginning at a point on the boundary line 
 14.15  between the states of Minnesota and Iowa southerly of Spring 
 14.16  Valley and thence extending in a northerly direction to a point 
 14.17  on No. 3 at Lake City, affording Spring Valley, Stewartville, 
 14.18  Rochester, Zumbrota Falls, Lake City and intervening and 
 14.19  adjacent communities a reasonable means of communication, each 
 14.20  with the other and other places within the state.  
 14.21     Route No. 60.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 1 at 
 14.22  Faribault and thence extending in a southwesterly direction to a 
 14.23  point on Route No. 7 at or near Madison Lake, affording 
 14.24  Faribault, Morristown, Waterville, Madison Lake and intervening 
 14.25  and adjacent communities a reasonable means of communication, 
 14.26  each with the other and other places within the state.  
 14.27     Route No. 61.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 8 at Deer 
 14.28  River and thence extending in a northerly direction to a point 
 14.29  on Route No. 4 at or near Big Falls, affording Deer River, Big 
 14.30  Falls and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable 
 14.31  means of communication, each with the other and other places 
 14.32  within the state.  
 14.33     Route No. 62.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 3 at Anoka 
 14.34  and thence extending in a southeasterly direction to a point on 
 14.35  the northerly limits of the city of St. Paul, affording Anoka, 
 14.36  St. Paul and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable 
 15.1   means of communication, each with the other and other places 
 15.2   within the state.  
 15.3      Route No. 63.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 1 
 15.4   southerly of Forest Lake and thence extending in a southwesterly 
 15.5   direction to a point on the northerly and easterly limits of the 
 15.6   city of Minneapolis, affording a reasonable means of 
 15.7   communication between Route No. 1 and Minneapolis.  
 15.8      Route No. 64.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 30 
 15.9   northerly of Fergus Falls and thence extending in a northerly 
 15.10  and westerly direction to a point on Route No. 6 southerly of 
 15.11  Moorhead, affording Fergus Falls, Rothsay, Barnesville, Moorhead 
 15.12  and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 15.13  communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 15.14  state.  
 15.15     Route No. 65.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 8 at 
 15.16  Bagley, and thence extending in a northerly and westerly 
 15.17  direction to a point on Route No. 32 southerly of Red Lake 
 15.18  Falls, affording Bagley, Clearbrook, Gonvick, Gully, Brooks, 
 15.19  Terrebonne and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable 
 15.20  means of communication, each with the other and other places 
 15.21  within the state.  
 15.22     Route No. 66.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 12 at 
 15.23  Montevideo and thence extending in a northwesterly direction to 
 15.24  a point on Route No. 26 northerly of Appleton affording 
 15.25  Montevideo, Appleton and intervening and adjacent communities a 
 15.26  reasonable means of communication, each with the other and other 
 15.27  places within the state.  
 15.28     Route No. 67.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 14 
 15.29  southerly of Echo and thence extending in a northerly and 
 15.30  westerly direction to a point on Route No. 17 at or near Granite 
 15.31  Falls, affording Echo, Granite Falls and intervening and 
 15.32  adjacent communities a reasonable means of communication, each 
 15.33  with the other and other places within the state.  
 15.34     Route No. 68.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 14 at 
 15.35  Marshall and thence extending in a northwesterly direction to a 
 15.36  point on Route No. 6 near Canby, affording Marshall, Minneota, 
 16.1   Canby and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable 
 16.2   means of communication, each with the other and other places 
 16.3   within the state.  
 16.4      Route No. 69.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 25 at 
 16.5   Buffalo and thence extending in a northwesterly direction to a 
 16.6   point on Route No. 22 southeasterly of Paynesville, affording 
 16.7   Buffalo, Maple Lake, Annandale, Eden Valley, Paynesville and 
 16.8   intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 16.9   communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 16.10  state.  
 16.11     Route No. 70.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 7 westerly 
 16.12  of New Ulm and thence extending in a northerly direction to a 
 16.13  point on Route No. 12 at or near the village of Hector, 
 16.14  affording Fort Ridgely, Fairfax, Hector and intervening and 
 16.15  adjacent communities a reasonable means of communication, each 
 16.16  with the other and other places within the state.  
 16.17     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective when the 
 16.18  transfer of jurisdiction of approximately 3.5 miles of county 
 16.19  state-aid highway 7 from marked U.S. highway 14 to interstate 
 16.20  highway I-90 is agreed to by the commissioner of transportation 
 16.21  and Olmsted county and a copy of the agreement, signed by the 
 16.22  commissioner and the chair of the Olmsted county board, has been 
 16.23  filed in the office of the commissioner. 
 16.24     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 161.115, 
 16.25  subdivision 36, is amended to read: 
 16.26     Subd. 36.  [ROUTE NO. 105.] Beginning at a point on the 
 16.27  southerly limits of Washington avenue in the city of 
 16.28  Minneapolis, thence extending in a northeasterly direction 
 16.29  through Minneapolis to a point at the beginning of Route No. 5 
 16.30  on the northerly limits of the city of Minneapolis. 
 16.31     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective when the 
 16.32  transfer of jurisdiction of a portion of legislative route No. 
 16.33  105, from 10th street south to Washington avenue south in 
 16.34  Minneapolis, is agreed to by the commissioner of transportation 
 16.35  and the city of Minneapolis and a copy of the agreement, signed 
 16.36  by the commissioner and the mayor of the city of Minneapolis, 
 17.1   has been filed in the office of the commissioner. 
 17.2      Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 161.115, 
 17.3   subdivision 48, is amended to read: 
 17.4      Subd. 48.  [ROUTE NO. 117.] Beginning at a point on Route 
 17.5   No. 100 as herein established easterly of New Prague, thence 
 17.6   extending in a northeasterly direction and crossing the 
 17.7   Mississippi River easterly of the city of South St. Paul, thence 
 17.8   extending in a northerly direction to a point on Route No. 1 at 
 17.9   or near White Bear 393. 
 17.10     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective when the 
 17.11  transfer of jurisdiction of a portion of legislative route No. 
 17.12  117, marked as trunk highway 120, is agreed to by the 
 17.13  commissioner of transportation and the counties of Ramsey and 
 17.14  Washington and a copy of the agreement, signed by the 
 17.15  commissioner and the chair of the Ramsey county board and the 
 17.16  chair of the Washington county board, has been filed in the 
 17.17  office of the commissioner. 
 17.18     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 161.115, is 
 17.19  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 17.20     Subd. 268.  [ROUTE NO. 337.] From a point on Route No. 2 in 
 17.21  the city of Brainerd thence extending southwesterly to its 
 17.22  intersection with new, marked trunk highway 371 as signed on the 
 17.23  day following final enactment of this subdivision. 
 17.24     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 161.24, 
 17.25  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 17.26     Subd. 4.  [ACCESS TO ISOLATED PROPERTY.] When the 
 17.27  establishment, construction, or reconstruction of a trunk 
 17.28  highway closes off any other highway or street, including a city 
 17.29  streets street, private road, or entrance at the boundary 
 17.30  of such the trunk highway, the commissioner may, in mitigation 
 17.31  of damages, or in the interest of safety and convenient public 
 17.32  travel, construct a road either within the limits of the trunk 
 17.33  highway, or without outside the limits of the trunk highway, 
 17.34  connecting the closed off closed-off highway, street, private 
 17.35  road, or entrance with another public highway.  In determining 
 17.36  whether to build the road within or without outside the limits 
 18.1   of the trunk highway, the commissioner may take into 
 18.2   consideration economy to the state and local traffic needs.  The 
 18.3   commissioner, in mitigation of damages, may connect the closed 
 18.4   off closed-off private road with the remaining portion of the 
 18.5   private road or with another private road.  All lands necessary 
 18.6   therefor for connecting a highway, street, private road, or 
 18.7   entrance to another public highway or for connecting a 
 18.8   closed-off private road to the remaining portion of a private 
 18.9   road or to another private road, may be acquired by purchase, 
 18.10  gift, or condemnation.  Notwithstanding section 161.23, 161.43, 
 18.11  161.431, or 161.44, the commissioner may convey and quitclaim a 
 18.12  fee title or easement held or owned by the state in land used to 
 18.13  construct a road to connect the closed-off highway, street, 
 18.14  entrance, or private road with another public highway or to 
 18.15  reconnect the private road to the property served by the road.  
 18.16     Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 169.14, 
 18.17  subdivision 5d, is amended to read: 
 18.18     Subd. 5d.  [SPEED ZONING IN WORK ZONE; SURCHARGE.] (a) The 
 18.19  commissioner, on trunk highways and temporary trunk highways, 
 18.20  and local authorities, on streets and highways under their 
 18.21  jurisdiction, may authorize the use of reduced maximum speed 
 18.22  limits in highway work zones.  The commissioner or local 
 18.23  authority is not required to conduct an engineering and traffic 
 18.24  investigation before authorizing a reduced speed limit in a 
 18.25  highway work zone. 
 18.26     (b) The minimum highway work zone speed limit is 20 miles 
 18.27  per hour.  The work zone speed limit must not reduce the 
 18.28  established speed limit on the affected street or highway by 
 18.29  more than 15 miles per hour, except that the highway work zone 
 18.30  speed limit shall must not exceed 40 miles per hour.  The 
 18.31  commissioner or local authority shall post the limits of the 
 18.32  work zone.  Highway work zone speed limits are effective on 
 18.33  erection of appropriate regulatory speed limit signs.  The signs 
 18.34  must be removed or covered when they are not required.  A speed 
 18.35  greater than the posted highway work zone speed limit is 
 18.36  unlawful.  
 19.1      (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), on divided highways the 
 19.2   commissioner or local authority may establish a highway work 
 19.3   zone speed limit that does not exceed 55 miles per hour. 
 19.4      (c) (d) For purposes of this subdivision, "highway work 
 19.5   zone" means a segment of highway or street where a road 
 19.6   authority or its agent is constructing, reconstructing, or 
 19.7   maintaining the physical structure of the roadway, its 
 19.8   shoulders, or features adjacent to the roadway, including 
 19.9   underground and overhead utilities and highway appurtenances, 
 19.10  when workers are present. 
 19.11     (d) (e) Notwithstanding section 609.0331 or 609.101 or 
 19.12  other law to the contrary, a person who violates a speed limit 
 19.13  established under paragraph (b) or (c), or who violates any 
 19.14  other provision of this section while in a highway work zone, is 
 19.15  assessed an additional surcharge equal to the amount of the fine 
 19.16  imposed for the speed violation, but not less than $25. 
 19.17     Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 169.825, 
 19.18  subdivision 11, is amended to read: 
 19.19     Subd. 11.  [GROSS WEIGHT SEASONAL INCREASES.] (a) The 
 19.20  limitations provided in this section are increased:  
 19.21     (1) by ten percent from January 1 to March 7 between the 
 19.22  dates set by the commissioner based on a freezing index model 
 19.23  each winter, statewide; 
 19.24     (2) by ten percent from December 1 through December 31 
 19.25  between the dates set by the commissioner based on a freezing 
 19.26  index model each winter, in the zone bounded as follows:  
 19.27  beginning at Pigeon River in the northeast corner of Minnesota; 
 19.28  thence in a southwesterly direction along the north shore of 
 19.29  Lake Superior along trunk highway No. 61 to the junction with 
 19.30  trunk highway No. 210; thence westerly along trunk highway No. 
 19.31  210 to the junction with trunk highway No. 10; thence 
 19.32  northwesterly along trunk highway No. 10 to the Minnesota-North 
 19.33  Dakota border; thence northerly along that border to the 
 19.34  Minnesota-Canadian Border; thence easterly along said Border to 
 19.35  Lake Superior; and 
 19.36     (3) by ten percent from the beginning of harvest to 
 20.1   November 30 each year for the movement of sugar beets and 
 20.2   potatoes within an area having a 75-mile radius from the field 
 20.3   of harvest to the point of the first unloading.  The 
 20.4   commissioner shall not issue permits under this clause if to do 
 20.5   so will result in a loss of federal highway funding to the state.
 20.6      (b) The duration of a ten percent increase in load limits 
 20.7   is subject to limitation by order of the commissioner, subject 
 20.8   to implementation of springtime load restrictions, or March 7.  
 20.9      (c) When the ten percent increase is in effect, a permit is 
 20.10  required for a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer 
 20.11  combination that has a gross weight in excess of 80,000 pounds, 
 20.12  an axle group weight in excess of that prescribed in subdivision 
 20.13  10, or a single axle weight in excess of 20,000 pounds and which 
 20.14  travels on interstate routes.  
 20.15     (d) In cases where gross weights in an amount less than 
 20.16  that set forth in this section are fixed, limited, or restricted 
 20.17  on a highway or bridge by or under another section of this 
 20.18  chapter, the lesser gross weight as fixed, limited, or 
 20.19  restricted may not be exceeded and must control instead of the 
 20.20  gross weights set forth in this section.  
 20.21     (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
 20.22  subdivision, no vehicle may exceed a total gross vehicle weight 
 20.23  of 80,000 pounds on routes which have not been designated by the 
 20.24  commissioner under section 169.832, subdivision 11. 
 20.25     (f) The commissioner may, after determining the ability of 
 20.26  the highway structure and frost condition to support additional 
 20.27  loads, grant a permit extending seasonal increases for vehicles 
 20.28  using portions of routes falling within two miles of the 
 20.29  southern boundary of the zone described under paragraph (a), 
 20.30  clause (2). 
 20.31     Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 174.02, 
 20.32  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 20.33     Subd. 4.  [APPEARANCES ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION MATTERS.] 
 20.34  The commissioner may appear as a party on behalf of the public 
 20.35  in any proceeding or matter before the interstate commerce 
 20.36  commission, the civil aeronautics surface transportation board 
 21.1   or any other agency or instrumentality of government which that 
 21.2   regulates public services or rates relating to transportation or 
 21.3   other matters related to the powers and responsibilities of the 
 21.4   commissioner as prescribed by law.  The commissioner shall 
 21.5   appear as a party on behalf of the public in proceedings before 
 21.6   the transportation regulation board as provided by law on 
 21.7   matters which that directly relate to the powers and duties of 
 21.8   the commissioner or which substantially affect the statewide 
 21.9   transportation plan.  On all other transportation matters the 
 21.10  commissioner may appear before the transportation regulation 
 21.11  board. 
 21.12     Sec. 9.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 174.02, 
 21.13  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 21.14     Subd. 5.  [COOPERATION.] To facilitate the development of a 
 21.15  unified and coordinated intrastate and interstate transportation 
 21.16  system: 
 21.17     (1) the commissioner shall maintain close liaison, 
 21.18  coordination and cooperation with the private sectors of 
 21.19  transportation, the upper great lakes seaway development 
 21.20  commission corporation, and any multistate organization involved 
 21.21  in transportation issues affecting the state; 
 21.22     (2) the commissioner shall participate in the planning, 
 21.23  regulation and development of the port authorities of the state; 
 21.24  and 
 21.25     (3) the commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall 
 21.26  be is a nonvoting, ex officio member of the metropolitan 
 21.27  airports commission, as organized and established under sections 
 21.28  473.601 to 473.679.; 
 21.29     (4) the commissioner shall cooperate with all federal 
 21.30  agencies for the purpose of harmonizing state rules and federal 
 21.31  regulations within the state to the extent and in the manner 
 21.32  deemed advisable; 
 21.33     (5) the commissioner may conduct joint hearings with any 
 21.34  federal agency within or outside the state and, to the extent 
 21.35  allowed under federal law or regulation, may approve and 
 21.36  establish freight rates and charges that depart from the 
 22.1   distance principle required by any state law; and 
 22.2      (6) the commissioner may nominate members to any joint 
 22.3   board as provided by federal acts. 
 22.4      Sec. 10.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 174.10, 
 22.5   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 22.6      Subdivision 1.  [NOTICE OF CONTESTED CASE; FEE.] The 
 22.7   commissioner in any contested case before the transportation 
 22.8   regulation board that involves a motor carrier or common carrier 
 22.9   by rail as a party shall give reasonable notice to 
 22.10  representatives of associations or other interested groups or 
 22.11  persons who have registered their names with the board 
 22.12  commissioner for that purpose, to all parties and to cities and 
 22.13  municipalities which that the board commissioner deems to be 
 22.14  interested in the proceeding.  The commissioner may prescribe an 
 22.15  annual fee to be credited to the general fund, which fee shall 
 22.16  be as a charge to all registered groups or persons.  The fee 
 22.17  must be credited to the general fund.  This charge is to cover 
 22.18  the out-of-pocket costs involved in giving such providing the 
 22.19  notice. 
 22.20     Sec. 11.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 174.10, 
 22.21  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 22.22     Subd. 3.  [PROSECUTION.] In proceedings which that involve 
 22.23  a hearing before the transportation regulation board motor 
 22.24  carrier or common carrier by rail as a party, the matter shall 
 22.25  must be investigated and prosecuted before the board heard by 
 22.26  the commissioner of transportation representing the interests of 
 22.27  the people of this state as authorized by law.  
 22.28     Sec. 12.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 174.10, 
 22.29  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 22.30     Subd. 4.  [WHEN BOARD LACKS LACK OF JURISDICTION.] If, in 
 22.31  any proceeding before the transportation regulation board 
 22.32  relating to or involving the reasonableness of rates, fares, 
 22.33  charges, or classifications, the board commissioner decides that 
 22.34  it the department does not have jurisdiction because the traffic 
 22.35  covered by the rates, fares, charges, or classifications is 
 22.36  interstate commerce, the transportation regulation 
 23.1   board commissioner shall issue an order dismissing the 
 23.2   proceeding and stating the ground of the dismissal, which order 
 23.3   may be appealed from in like manner as other appealable orders. 
 23.4      Sec. 13.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 174A.02, 
 23.5   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 23.6      Subdivision 1.  [COMMISSIONER'S POWERS GENERALLY.] Some of 
 23.7   the functions of the transportation regulation board shall be 
 23.8   legislative and commissioner of transportation, related to motor 
 23.9   carriers and common carriers by rail, are quasi-judicial in 
 23.10  nature.  It The commissioner may make such investigations and 
 23.11  determinations, hold such hearings, prescribe such rules, and 
 23.12  issue such orders with respect to the control and conduct of the 
 23.13  carrier businesses coming within its the commissioner's 
 23.14  jurisdiction as the legislature itself might make but only as it 
 23.15  shall from time to time authorize authorized by law.  
 23.16     Sec. 14.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 174A.02, 
 23.17  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 23.18     Subd. 2.  [SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS AND POWERS.] (a) To the 
 23.19  extent allowed under federal law or regulation, the board 
 23.20  commissioner shall further hold hearings and issue orders in 
 23.21  cases brought before it by either the commissioner on the 
 23.22  commissioner's own motion or by a third party in the following 
 23.23  areas:  
 23.24     (a) (1) adequacy of services which that carriers are 
 23.25  providing to the public, including the continuation, termination 
 23.26  or modification of services and facilities.; 
 23.27     (b) The (2) reasonableness of tariffs of rates, fares, and 
 23.28  charges, or a part or classification thereof of a tariff; and 
 23.29     (3) issuing permits.  
 23.30     (b) For purposes of paragraph (a), clause (2), the board 
 23.31  commissioner may authorize common carriers by rail and 
 23.32  motor carrier carriers for hire to file tariffs of rates, fares, 
 23.33  and charges individually or by group.  Carriers participating in 
 23.34  group rate making have the free and unrestrained right to take 
 23.35  independent action either before or after a determination 
 23.36  arrived at through such that procedure.  
 24.1      (c) The issuing of franchises, permits, or certificates of 
 24.2   convenience and necessity.  
 24.3      Sec. 15.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 174A.02, 
 24.4   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 24.5      Subd. 4.  [HEARINGS; NOTICE.] With respect to those matters 
 24.6   within its the commissioner's jurisdiction, the board 
 24.7   commissioner shall receive, hear, and determine all petitions 
 24.8   filed with it the commissioner in accordance with the procedures 
 24.9   established by law and may hold hearings and make determinations 
 24.10  upon its the commissioner's own motion to the same extent, and 
 24.11  in every instance, in which it the commissioner may do so upon 
 24.12  petition.  Upon receiving petitions filed pursuant to sections 
 24.13  221.121, subdivision 1, 221.151, 221.296, and 221.55, the board 
 24.14  commissioner shall give notice of the filing of the petition to 
 24.15  representatives of associations or other interested groups or 
 24.16  persons who have registered their names with the board 
 24.17  commissioner for that purpose and to whomever the board 
 24.18  commissioner deems to be interested in the petition.  The board 
 24.19  commissioner may grant or deny the request of the petition 30 
 24.20  days after notice of the filing has been fully given.  If 
 24.21  the board commissioner receives a written objection and notice 
 24.22  of intent to appear at a hearing to object to the petition from 
 24.23  any person within 20 days of the notice having been fully given, 
 24.24  the request of the petition shall must be granted or denied only 
 24.25  after a contested case hearing has been conducted on the 
 24.26  petition, unless the objection is withdrawn prior to before the 
 24.27  hearing.  The board commissioner may elect to hold a contested 
 24.28  case hearing if no objections to the petition are received.  If 
 24.29  a timely objection is not received, or if received and 
 24.30  withdrawn, and the request of the petition is denied without 
 24.31  hearing, the petitioner may request within 30 days of receiving 
 24.32  the notice of denial, and shall must be granted, a contested 
 24.33  case hearing on the petition. 
 24.34     Sec. 16.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 174A.04, is 
 24.35  amended to read: 
 24.36     174A.04 [HEARINGS AND APPEALS.] 
 25.1      Subdivision 1.  [HEARINGS.] All hearings related to common 
 25.2   carriers by rail or motor carriers and required to be conducted 
 25.3   by the commissioner of transportation regulation board shall 
 25.4   must be conducted pursuant to sections 14.001 to 14.69.  
 25.5      Subd. 2.  [APPEALS.] An appeal from an order of the 
 25.6   commissioner must be in accordance with chapter 14. 
 25.7      Sec. 17.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 174A.06, is 
 25.8   amended to read: 
 25.9      174A.06 [CONTINUATION OF RULES.] 
 25.10     (a) Orders and directives in force, issued, or promulgated 
 25.11  under authority of chapters 174A, 216A, 218, 219, 221, and 222 
 25.12  remain and continue in force and effect until repealed, 
 25.13  modified, or superseded by duly authorized orders or directives 
 25.14  of the commissioner of transportation.  To the extent allowed 
 25.15  under federal law or regulation, rules adopted under authority 
 25.16  of the following sections are transferred to the commissioner of 
 25.17  transportation and continue in force and effect until repealed, 
 25.18  modified, or superseded by duly authorized rules of the 
 25.19  commissioner:  
 25.20     (1) section 218.041 except rules related to the form and 
 25.21  manner of filing railroad rates, railroad accounting rules, and 
 25.22  safety rules; 
 25.23     (2) section 219.40; 
 25.24     (3) rules relating to rates or tariffs, or the granting, 
 25.25  limiting, or modifying of permits or certificates of convenience 
 25.26  and necessity under section 221.031, subdivision 1; 
 25.27     (4) rules relating to the sale, assignment, pledge, or 
 25.28  other transfer of a stock interest in a corporation holding 
 25.29  authority to operate as a permit carrier as prescribed in 
 25.30  section 221.151, subdivision 1, or a local cartage carrier under 
 25.31  section 221.296, subdivision 8; 
 25.32     (5) rules relating to rates, charges, and practices under 
 25.33  section 221.161, subdivision 4; and 
 25.34     (6) rules relating to rates, tariffs, or the granting, 
 25.35  limiting, or modifying of permits under sections 221.121, and 
 25.36  221.151, and 221.296.  
 26.1      (b) The commissioner shall review the transferred rules, 
 26.2   orders, and directives and, when appropriate, develop and adopt 
 26.3   new rules, orders, or directives. 
 26.4      Sec. 18.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 218.031, 
 26.5   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 26.6      Subd. 2.  [INFORMATION FURNISHED COMMISSIONER.] Every 
 26.7   common carrier shall furnish to the commissioner: 
 26.8      (1) all schedules of rates, fares and charges, every part 
 26.9   and classification thereof, together with minimum weights and 
 26.10  rules with respect thereto, and any and all amendments, 
 26.11  modifications or changes therein; 
 26.12     (2) all information duly required in blanks and forms 
 26.13  furnished by the commissioner; 
 26.14     (3) a copy of all annual reports and valuation data 
 26.15  furnished to the Interstate Commerce Commission not later than 
 26.16  June 30th, covering the preceding calendar year, together with 
 26.17  any additional information regarding valuation of its properties 
 26.18  requested by the commissioner; 
 26.19     (4) a report of accidents, wrecks, and casualties occurring 
 26.20  in this state in such a manner and form and at such the times 
 26.21  as prescribed by the commissioner.  All such reports 
 26.22  administered by the department of public safety shall must be 
 26.23  received and administered in accordance with the provisions of 
 26.24  section 169.09, subdivision 13.  All other reports shall be are 
 26.25  open to public inspection but shall are not be admissible in 
 26.26  evidence in any suit or action for damages growing out of such 
 26.27  accident, wreck, or casualty;. 
 26.28     (5) all tariff agreements or arrangements with other 
 26.29  carriers; 
 26.30     (6) all joint schedules of rates, fares or classifications. 
 26.31     Sec. 19.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 218.041, 
 26.32  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 26.33     Subd. 4.  [COMMISSIONER DUTIES UPON PETITION.] (a) The 
 26.34  commissioner shall, upon petition: 
 26.35     (1) at all points of intersection and crossings of 
 26.36  different railroads, or where two railroads are not more than 
 27.1   one-half mile apart, and at all terminals, prescribe ample 
 27.2   facilities by track connection, joint use of tracks, freight 
 27.3   platforms and depots, warehouses, docks over which general 
 27.4   merchandise is handled and forwarded, and other necessary 
 27.5   appliances and conveniences for the transfer, forwarding and 
 27.6   handling of general merchandise and parcel freight between such 
 27.7   railroads and between such railroads and such docks, warehouses 
 27.8   and vessels at such docks; 
 27.9      (2) determine the proportionate share of each company in 
 27.10  the cost of providing connecting and transfer facilities in the 
 27.11  event the companies fail to agree; 
 27.12     (3) direct construction, maintenance and operation at any 
 27.13  points prescribed by law of all side tracks and reasonable 
 27.14  facilities connecting any road with any grain warehouse or mill, 
 27.15  dock, wharf, coal yard, quarry, brick or lime kiln, sand or 
 27.16  gravel pit, crushed rock or concrete plant, or manufactory 
 27.17  adjacent thereto, and prescribe the terms therefor; 
 27.18     (4) (1) prescribe reasonable rules for handling property, 
 27.19  passenger, baggage, express and mail, partly over privately 
 27.20  owned rights-of-way and partly over highways, so that reasonable 
 27.21  and adequate accommodations and service may be afforded; and 
 27.22     (5) prescribe the extent to which any designated carrier, 
 27.23  upon its petition, may be relieved from the operation of the 
 27.24  principles established by section 218.021, subdivision 1, 
 27.25  clauses (5), (6) and (7); 
 27.26     (6) (2) direct the repair, reconstruction, or replacement 
 27.27  of any inadequate or unsafe trackage, structure or facility. 
 27.28     (b) Upon receipt of a petition for action pursuant to this 
 27.29  subdivision the commissioner shall give notice to all persons 
 27.30  known to it the commissioner to have an interest in the matter 
 27.31  and publish notice of the petition in the State Register.  The 
 27.32  commissioner may grant the petition 30 days' after notice has 
 27.33  been fully made.  If the commissioner receives a written 
 27.34  objection to the petition from any person within 20 days after 
 27.35  the notice of filing has been fully made, the exemption shall 
 27.36  must be granted or denied only after a contested case hearing 
 28.1   has been held on the matter.  The commissioner may elect to hold 
 28.2   a contested case hearing if no objections to the petition or 
 28.3   application are received.  If a timely objection is not received 
 28.4   and the commissioner declines to act without a hearing, the 
 28.5   petitioner may request within 30 days of receiving a notice of 
 28.6   denial, and shall must be granted, a contested case hearing on 
 28.7   the application. 
 28.8      Sec. 20.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 218.041, 
 28.9   subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 28.10     Subd. 5.  [INVESTIGATIVE AND ENFORCEMENT DUTIES.] The 
 28.11  commissioner shall: 
 28.12     (1) investigate and determine whether any common carriers 
 28.13  are granting rebates or, in any other particular, failing to 
 28.14  comply with laws or with orders, rules, or directives of the 
 28.15  commissioner; and 
 28.16     (2) appear and press before the Interstate Commerce 
 28.17  Commission any petition, whether filed by a resident of the 
 28.18  state or otherwise, charging any common carrier doing business 
 28.19  in this state with any violation of the Interstate Commerce Act 
 28.20  of the United States, whenever the department deems the matter 
 28.21  to be one of public interest; 
 28.22     (3) institute and prosecute all actions and proceedings in 
 28.23  the appropriate courts for the enforcement of the provisions of 
 28.24  this chapter,; the orders, rules, and directives of the 
 28.25  commissioner issued thereunder under this chapter; and any 
 28.26  violations thereof.  
 28.27     Sec. 21.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 218.041, 
 28.28  subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
 28.29     Subd. 6.  [INVESTIGATIVE, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND RULEMAKING 
 28.30  POWERS.] In the exercise of powers granted in this chapter, the 
 28.31  commissioner may: 
 28.32     (1) subpoena books, papers, or accounts kept by any 
 28.33  regulated business within or without the state, or compel 
 28.34  production of verified copies; 
 28.35     (2) prepare all forms or blanks for the purpose of 
 28.36  obtaining information which that the commissioner may deem 
 29.1   necessary or useful for the proper exercise of the authority and 
 29.2   duties of the commissioner in connection with regulated 
 29.3   businesses, and prescribe the time and manner within which the 
 29.4   blanks and forms shall must be completed and filed; 
 29.5      (3) inspect, at all reasonable times, and copy the books, 
 29.6   records, memoranda, correspondence, or other documents and 
 29.7   records of any business under the commissioner's 
 29.8   jurisdiction; and 
 29.9      (4) examine, under oath, any officer, agent, or employee of 
 29.10  a business under the commissioner's jurisdiction concerning its 
 29.11  business and affairs; and 
 29.12     (5) prescribe rules, duly promulgated in accordance with 
 29.13  chapter 14, relating to rates, care in handling and other 
 29.14  livestock transportation matters any matter within the 
 29.15  commissioner's jurisdiction. 
 29.16     Sec. 22.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 219.074, 
 29.17  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 29.18     Subd. 2.  [CROSSING VACATION PROGRAM.] On or before July 1, 
 29.19  1992, and on or before July 1 of each of the next four years, 
 29.20  and as necessary afterward, the commissioner shall develop a 
 29.21  list of grade crossings proposed to be vacated.  The list must 
 29.22  be developed by applying the standards set forth in the rules 
 29.23  adopted under section 219.073.  Grade crossings that are part of 
 29.24  an abandonment, closing, or removal under section 219.741 may 
 29.25  not be included in the list.  The commissioner shall notify the 
 29.26  public officials having the necessary authority and the railway 
 29.27  companies operating the railroads of the proposed vacations.  
 29.28  Either affected party may request a hearing.  If requested, the 
 29.29  commissioner shall hold a contested case hearing applying in the 
 29.30  commissioner's determination the rules developed under section 
 29.31  219.073.  If after the hearing the commissioner determines that 
 29.32  the vacation is consistent with the standards adopted under 
 29.33  section 219.073, the commissioner may order the crossing 
 29.34  vacated.  If a request for a hearing on a particular crossing is 
 29.35  not received within 30 days of the publication in the State 
 29.36  Register, the commissioner shall order the crossing vacated. 
 30.1      Sec. 23.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 219.402, is 
 30.2   amended to read: 
 30.3      219.402 [ADEQUATE CROSSING PROTECTION.] 
 30.4      Crossing warning devices or improvements installed or 
 30.5   maintained under this chapter as approved by the commissioner or 
 30.6   any predecessor, whether by order or otherwise, are adequate and 
 30.7   appropriate warning for the crossing. 
 30.8      Sec. 24.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 222.632, is 
 30.9   amended to read: 
 30.10     222.632 [RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL.] 
 30.11     A railroad interest that is in bankruptcy proceedings may 
 30.12  not sell or offer for sale an interest in real property that is 
 30.13  within the right-of-way, a railroad interest that is abandoning 
 30.14  a railroad line may not sell or offer for sale an interest in 
 30.15  real property within the right-of-way to be abandoned, and a 
 30.16  nonrailroad lessor may not sell or offer for sale an interest in 
 30.17  real property within the right-of-way with respect to which it 
 30.18  is a nonrailroad lessor, unless it first extends a written offer 
 30.19  to sell that interest at a fair market value price to each 
 30.20  person who is a leaseholder with respect to the property.  
 30.21  Leaseholders must respond to the offer within 60 days of receipt 
 30.22  of the notice and the railroad interest must negotiate in good 
 30.23  faith with an interested leaseholder for a period of 90 days 
 30.24  following the leaseholder's response.  After the 90-day 
 30.25  negotiation period, either party may file a notice of dispute 
 30.26  with the commissioner of transportation under section 222.633.  
 30.27  The property may not be sold to a party other than the 
 30.28  leaseholder during the response and negotiation periods or while 
 30.29  a dispute is pending before the commissioner.  This section does 
 30.30  not apply to a sale of an entire operating railroad line by one 
 30.31  operating railroad to another for the purpose of operating a 
 30.32  railroad. 
 30.33     Sec. 25.  [TRANSFERRING CARRIER REGULATORY 
 30.34  RESPONSIBILITIES.] 
 30.35     (a) Responsibilities, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, 
 30.36  section 15.039, subdivision 1, held by the transportation 
 31.1   regulation board including, but not limited to, responsibilities 
 31.2   relating to administration, regulation, recordkeeping, operating 
 31.3   authority, permitting, rate making, rulemaking, and enforcement 
 31.4   of transportation laws, rules, and regulations relating to motor 
 31.5   carriers and common carriers by rail under Minnesota Statutes, 
 31.6   chapters 218, 219, 221, and 222, are transferred to the 
 31.7   commissioner of the Minnesota department of transportation under 
 31.8   Minnesota Statutes, section 15.039. 
 31.9      (b) The legislative and quasi-judicial functions and powers 
 31.10  conferred on the board under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 174A, 
 31.11  are also transferred to the commissioner.  
 31.12     (c) The position of transportation regulation board member 
 31.13  and the transportation regulation board as previously 
 31.14  constituted are abolished.  
 31.15     Sec. 26.  [TRUNK HIGHWAYS DISCONTINUED; REPEALER, 
 31.16  CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 31.17     (a) Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 161.115, subdivision 
 31.18  164, is repealed on the date the transfer of jurisdiction of 
 31.19  legislative route No. 233 is agreed to by the commissioner of 
 31.20  transportation and the county of Crow Wing and a copy of the 
 31.21  agreement, signed by the commissioner and the chair of the Crow 
 31.22  Wing county board, has been filed in the office of the 
 31.23  commissioner. 
 31.24     (b) Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 161.115, subdivision 
 31.25  175, is repealed on the date the transfer of jurisdiction of 
 31.26  legislative route No. 244 is agreed to by the commissioner of 
 31.27  transportation and the counties of Ramsey and Washington and a 
 31.28  copy of each agreement, signed by the commissioner and the chair 
 31.29  of the Ramsey county board and the chair of the Washington 
 31.30  county board, as applicable, has been filed in the office of the 
 31.31  commissioner. 
 31.32     (c) Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 161.115, subdivision 
 31.33  236, is repealed on the date the transfer of jurisdiction of 
 31.34  legislative route No. 305 is agreed to by the commissioner of 
 31.35  transportation and the city of Brainerd and a copy of the 
 31.36  agreement, signed by the commissioner and the mayor of the city 
 32.1   of Brainerd, has been filed in the office of the commissioner. 
 32.2      (d) Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 161.115, subdivision 
 32.3   253, is repealed on the date the transfer of jurisdiction of 
 32.4   legislative route No. 322 is agreed to by the commissioner of 
 32.5   transportation and the city of Brainerd and a copy of the 
 32.6   agreement, signed by the commissioner and the mayor of the city 
 32.7   of Brainerd, has been filed in the office of the commissioner. 
 32.8      Sec. 27.  [INSTRUCTIONS TO REVISOR.] 
 32.9      (a) Except when used in the phrases to be changed by the 
 32.10  revisor under paragraph (b), the revisor of statutes is directed 
 32.11  to change the word "board" or "board's," or similar term or 
 32.12  phrase, when it refers to the transportation regulation board, 
 32.13  to the term "commissioner," "commissioner's," or "commissioner 
 32.14  of transportation," as appropriate, where it appears in: 
 32.15     (1) Minnesota Statutes, sections 174A.02, subdivision 3; 
 32.16  221.025; 221.101; 221.121, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 
 32.17  6a; 221.122, subdivisions 1 and 3; 221.123; 221.151; 221.161, 
 32.18  subdivisions 2, 3, and 4; 221.165; 221.171, subdivision 1; 
 32.19  221.185, subdivisions 2 and 3a; 221.221, subdivision 2; 221.291, 
 32.20  subdivision 5; 221.293; 221.296, subdivisions 3, 4, and 8; and 
 32.21  221.55; and 
 32.22     (2) Minnesota Rules, chapters 7800; 8900; 8910; and 8920. 
 32.23     (b) The revisor of statutes is directed to change the 
 32.24  phrases "board or commissioner," "commissioner or board," "board 
 32.25  or the commissioner," "commissioner or the board," "commissioner 
 32.26  and the board," "commissioner and board," "board and the 
 32.27  commissioner," "board and commissioner," "department and board," 
 32.28  "board or department," and "board and the department," when the 
 32.29  word "board" refers to the transportation regulation board, to 
 32.30  the term "commissioner," or "commissioner of transportation," as 
 32.31  appropriate, where it appears in: 
 32.32     (1) Minnesota Statutes, sections 221.011, subdivision 15; 
 32.33  221.031, subdivision 5; 221.121, subdivisions 1 and 5; 221.122, 
 32.34  subdivision 1; 221.151, subdivision 2; 221.221, subdivisions 1 
 32.35  and 3; 221.261; 221.271; 221.291, subdivisions 1 and 3; 221.293; 
 32.36  221.295; 221.296, subdivisions 3 and 4; and 221.68; and 
 33.1      (2) Minnesota Rules, chapter 8850. 
 33.2      (c) Except when amended accordingly in this act, the 
 33.3   revisor of statutes is directed to change the words 
 33.4   "transportation regulation board" to "commissioner of 
 33.5   transportation" wherever they appear in Minnesota Statutes and 
 33.6   Minnesota Rules. 
 33.7      (d) In Minnesota Statutes, the revisor of statutes shall 
 33.8   renumber sections 174A.02 as 174.64; 174A.04 as 174.65; and 
 33.9   174A.06 as 174.66. 
 33.10     (e) In Minnesota Rules, chapters 7800 and 8830, the revisor 
 33.11  of statutes shall change the term "commission" to "commissioner 
 33.12  of transportation" or "commissioner," as appropriate. 
 33.13     (f) The revisor of statutes shall change the description of 
 33.14  the route identified in section 1 in the next publication of 
 33.15  Minnesota Statutes unless the commissioner of transportation 
 33.16  informs the revisor that the conditions required to modify the 
 33.17  route were not satisfied. 
 33.18     (g) The revisor of statutes shall change the description of 
 33.19  each route identified in sections 2 and 3 in the next 
 33.20  publication of Minnesota Statutes unless the commissioner of 
 33.21  transportation informs the revisor that the conditions required 
 33.22  to modify a particular route were not satisfied. 
 33.23     (h) The revisor of statutes shall delete each route 
 33.24  identified in section 26 in the next publication of Minnesota 
 33.25  Statutes unless the commissioner of transportation informs the 
 33.26  revisor that the conditions required to transfer the routes were 
 33.27  not satisfied. 
 33.28     (i) The revisor of statutes shall make other changes in 
 33.29  chapter titles; section, subdivision, part, and subpart 
 33.30  headnotes; and in other terminology necessary as a result of the 
 33.31  enactment of this act. 
 33.32     Sec. 28.  [REPEALER.] 
 33.33     Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 174A.01; 174A.02, 
 33.34  subdivision 5; 174A.03; 174A.05; 219.558; 219.559; 219.56; 
 33.35  219.681; 219.69; 219.691; 219.692; 219.695; 219.70; 219.71; 
 33.36  219.741; 219.743; 219.751; 219.755; 219.85; 219.88; 219.97, 
 34.1   subdivisions 6, 7, and 10; and 222.633, are repealed.