E Relating to transportation ARTICLE 1 � TRANSPORTATION POLICYAuthorizing the commissioner of transportation (DOT) to allow two way+ operation of snowmobiles on either side of trunk highway rights-of-way under +certain safety determination conditions, authorizing the commissioner to +prescribe conditions of operation; expanding the rules adoption requirement of +the commissioner of public safety relating to accident prevention courses+ taken by senior citizens for automobile insurance premium reduction purposes +to allowing for recognition of courses taken in other states; modifying certain +appraisal and negotiation requirements for the acquisition of property for +transportation purposes, classifying certain appraised values data and requiring the commissioner of transportation to prepare a publication summarizing +the eminent domain process for transportation projects; authorizing and providing+ for the commissioner to enter into lease agreements with public, nonprofit or+ private entities for the use of safety rest areas and travel information +centers; authorizing sales of certain travel or tourism related merchandise by+ the commissioner at rest areas; authorizing the commissioner to enter +into agreements for public or private sponsorship of rest areas by +transportation or tourism related entities; authorizing the sale of surplus rest area +property and appropriating the proceeds to the commissioner for sale costs, +establishing a safety rest area account in the trunk highway fund to fund the rest+ areas; changing the travel information franchise program to the travel +information advertising program and authorizing and providing for commissioner +lease of advertising space under the program and for certain vendor +agreements, authorizing the commissioner of transportation and the director of +the office of tourism to enter into an interagency agreement to define the +distribution of revenues under the program; requiring and providing for the +commissioner to prepare and adopt by a certain date a draft road toll facilities plan+ covering a certain period of time, specifying certain plan requirements and +certain toll facility development agreement restrictions and providing for the +inclusion of toll facilities in the statewide transportation improvement program; prohibiting the commissioner from charging user fees to owners or +operators of singly occupied hybrid or inherently low emission vehicles (ILEV) +with decals using designated high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes, providing for +issuance of the decals by the motor vehicle registrar and exempting the vehicles +from toll charges, defining hybrid and inherently low emission vehicles; +eliminating the requirement for the commissioner to appoint local advisory committees+ to review the designation of natural preservation routes on county state aid +highways; expanding the requirement for the establishment of cartways to +landowners with access to the land only over navigable waterways; prohibiting the +issuance of vehicle registrations, license plates or permits to vehicles assigned+ to commercial motor carriers prohibited from operating in interstate +commerce by a federal agency; requiring legislative approval of certain rules +adopted by the commissioner of public safety relating to deputy motor vehicle +registrars; modifying certain requirements for motor vehicle dealer certificates +of title for vehicles sold to out of state buyers; modifying the authority of +local authorities to establish school zone speed limits, establishing a +maximum speed limit for school zones; restricting the unauthorized use or +possession of traffic signal override devices designed to change a traffic signal; prohibiting certain motor vehicle speed contests (races), penalty; +prohibiting the operation of motor vehicles by holders of instruction permits or provisional drivers licenses while operating a cellular or wireless +telephone (cellphone), excepting operators of emergency vehicles and motor +vehicle passengers; defining appropriate reduced speed in approaching or +passing emergency vehicles stopped on highways with emergency lights +flashing, increasing the surcharge on the fine for failure to drive at an +appropriate reduced speed under certain illuminated or reflective warning markers+ placement conditions and requiring the commissioner of public safety to ensure +the provision of instruction to persons enrolled in driver education or +training programs in the responsibilities of drivers approaching emergency +scenes and stopped emergency vehicles, authorizing peace officers to arrest +motor vehicle drivers after violation upon probable cause and imposing a penalty; +requiring vehicles to be driven in the right hand lane of freeways, expressways+ and laned highways, exceptions; regulating the operation of motorized scooters;+ excluding certain light rail (LRT) vehicle tracks at certain intersections from+ the requirement for certain vehicles to stop at railroad grade crossings; prohibiting leaving a child under a certain age unattended in a +passenger vehicle under certain conditions, prescribing fines for violation; +authorizing buses used to transport adults to and from day activity centers to be+ equipped with school bus prewarning flashing amber signals and stop signal +arms; requiring motor vehicle operators to fasten children between certain +ages in booster seats, exceptions; expanding the seat belt requirement to all passengers in a passenger or commercial motor vehicle, making +violation of the requirement a primary offense and increasing the fine for violation, +dedicating the increase to county detoxification services for drug dependent +persons; authorizing registered motor carriers of passengers to operate +articulated buses exceeding certain length limits; excepting vehicles hauling +unfinished forest products and certain additional recycling and garbage trucks +from certain highway weight limits; prohibiting the issuance of drivers +licenses or instruction permits to persons convicted of driving while impaired +(DWI), underage drinking and driving, violations of the open bottle or +implied consent laws or a crash related moving violation, specifying certain +conditions for reinstatement or issuance of drivers licenses after conviction; +extending the validity of instruction permits; modifying the restrictions on the +use of provisional drivers licenses; authorizing peace officers to operate +any vehicle or combination of vehicles while on duty; authorizing the department +of public safety to accept advanced hunter certificates issued for successful +completion of an advanced hunter education course for firearms safety +designation identification on drivers licenses; requiring the inclusion of +certain additional safety regulations in the drivers manual and on drivers +tests; requiring drivers license renewal applicants warned or having +attended preliminary hearings as habitual violators and applicants at fault in+ multiple crashes or with suspended driving privileges as habitual violators to+ pass written or road examinations; requiring revisions of the state +transportation plan to include a chapter setting out a state aviation plan, +specifying certain plan content requirements and requiring the commissioner of +transportation to create a temporary advisory council on aviation planning to advise +the commissioner on the chapter; establishing a rural road safety account+ in the local road improvement fund and providing for application for grants +or loans from the trunk highway corridor projects account and local road +account for routes of regional significance; requiring the commissioner to +develop a plan for a statewide system of ten ton county and county state aid +highways; conforming certain driver hours of service restrictions to certain +federal regulations; regulating the transportation of animals on public +roadways in the cargo portion of a motor vehicle; prohibiting the closure of +municipal airports without a notice of intent to the commissioner, defining municipal +airport; modifying certain regulations relating to review of plans for +subdivision of lands abutting trunk highways; expanding the definition of +appropriate agency under the criminal forfeiture law to the division of driver and +vehicle services in the department of public safety relating to drivers +license or identification card transactions; clarifying the crime of unlawfully +obtaining transit services in the metropolitan area; placing a moratorium on +commissioner of transportation closing or substantially reducing the hours of +operation of certain trunk or interstate highway safety rest areas; requiring the commissioner of administration to develop a plan to allow deputy +registrars to avoid or minimize the payment of transaction fees and costs relating +to the acceptance of credit card charges and to report the plan to the +legislature by a certain date; establishing a town road sign replacement program; +requiring the commissioner of administration to review and report to the +legislature by a certain date on the department of transportation right of way +acquisition practices including the use of eminent domain; specifying certain +renumbering and cross reference change instructions to the revisor of statutes; +repealing certain Minnesota state transportation fund dispersal requirements ARTICLE 2 � CAPITAL PROJECTSAppropriating money to the commissioner of transportation for design, construction, furnishing and equipping of certain statewide building +projects, for feasibility studies, design, site preparation and upgrade of +common utility services for a joint use truck station and public works facility in +Pope county, for repair and renovation of the exterior of the DOT +building, for a Mankato headquarters building and for construction of a permanent +flood control perimeter dike along the south and east edges of the St. Paul +downtown airport/Holman field and to the commissioner of employment and +economic development (DEED) for a grant to the city of Buffalo Lake to design, construct, furnish and equip a municipal maintenance garage and to +reconstruct city streets damaged by a tornado, authorizing the issuance of state +bonds for certain projects; authorizing a DOT commissioner grant to the Duluth +port authority to determine the cause of freshwater corrosion of harbor +sheet piling (mk, ja)