1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to highways; requiring highways constructed,
1.3 	reconstructed, or resurfaced wholly or partly with
1.4 	federal or state funds to be constructed to a ten-ton
1.5 	standard with certain exceptions; proposing coding for
1.6 	new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 160.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. [160.94] CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS.
1.9 		Subdivision 1.Ten-ton standard. When the construction,
1.10 	reconstruction, or resurfacing of the roadway of a trunk
1.11 	highway, county state-aid highway, or municipal state-aid street
1.12 	is financed in whole or in part with federal or state funds, the
1.13 	road authority must construct, reconstruct, or resurface the
1.14 	roadway to a standard that allows the operation of vehicles with
1.15 	a gross weight on any single axle of up to 20,000 pounds,
1.16 	including operation during periods of seasonal load restrictions
1.17 	under section 169.87.
1.18 		Subd. 2.Exceptions. Subdivision 1 does not apply to the
1.19 	construction, reconstruction, or resurfacing of:
1.20 	(1) a federally designated or state-designated scenic
1.21 	byway;
1.22 	(2) a natural preservation route designated under section
1.23 	162.021;
1.24 	(3) a highway located in a national, state, regional, or
1.25 	local park; or 
1.26 	(4) a gravel-surfaced road where the project does not
2.1 	involve resurfacing with a hard surface.
2.2 		Subd. 3.Restriction. At the conclusion of the project,
2.3 	a road authority that has constructed, reconstructed, or
2.4 	resurfaced a roadway subject to subdivision 1 must post that
2.5 	roadway to allow operation of motor vehicles with axle weights
2.6 	of up to 20,000 pounds, and may not post the roadway for any
2.7 	lower weight except where necessary to prevent imminent damage
2.8 	to the roadway or subsurface.