2E Relating to transportation; classifying certain real property appraisal data; authorizing the commissioner of administration to approve the performance of mail related functions by outside agencies under the central mail handling unit under certain conditions; modifying certain appraisal and negotiation requirements for the acquisition of property for transportation purposes and regulating the use or consideration of appraisals in condemnation hearings; requiring the commissioner of transportation (DOT) to designate off peak hours for use of certain high occupancy vehicle lanes without a fee and requiring and providing for the commissioner to temporarily allow the use of HOV lanes on the trunk highway system by single occupant hybrid vehicles; designating the interstate bridge on trunk highway #10 connecting the city of Moorhead with the city of Fargo, North Dakota as the veterans memorial bridge; authorizing use of the expedited rulemaking process to adopt rules relating to the county state aid highway or municipal state aid street systems and reducing the time limit for written objections to requests for variances from rules and engineering standards; authorizing the construction of county state aid highway or city state aid street routes across other counties, cities or states upon commissioner determination of necessity and county or city approval; removing the limit on advances to expedite the construction, improvement or maintenance of municipal state aid streets; defining or redefining certain terms for motor vehicle registration purposes; exempting vehicles used to transport disabled persons for charitable or religious purposes from motor vehicle registration requirements; modifying and clarifying the registration exemption for persons engaged in active military service; clarifying a certain provision regulating issuance by the commissioner of public safety of temporary vehicle permits, waiving the permit fee for information electronically transmitted to the commissioner of public safety by dealers and deputy motor vehicle registrars and modifying the permit posting requirement; authorizing and providing for the issuance of personalized special veterans motor vehicle license plates and authorizing display of the license plates on certain larger noncommercial trucks; providing for special motorcycle license plates for firefighters and authorizing transfer of firefighter plates upon payment of a fee; authorizing and providing for the issuance of special motor vehicle license plates for veterans of the global war on terrorism and to recipients of the Iraq or Afghanistan campaign medals, imposing a temporary surcharge for deposit in the highway user tax distribution fund; providing for the issuance of special license plates for eligible members of the disabled American veterans and of the knights of Columbus; modifying certain requirements relating to motor vehicle ownership transfers and registration tax refunds; restricting motor vehicle registrar assignment of USDOT carrier numbers; requiring motor vehicle dealers offering for sale vehicles capable of operating on E85 fuel to affix a temporary identification label on the vehicles; providing for commissioner removal of certain old liens on passenger automobiles from department records; defining or redefining certain terms for traffic regulations and drivers license purposes; clarifying certain traffic control signal requirements and the authority to turn right or left on a red light, requiring yielding of the right-of-way to pedestrians and authorizing drivers to proceed on metered ramps without stopping for a red signal under certain conditions; imposing a penalty on motor vehicle owners or lessees for certain hit and run offenses, exceptions; recodifying the provision designating the commissioner of public safety as the agent for service of process in the case of an absent resident or nonresident involved in an accident, use of a motor vehicle in the state to be considered an irrevocable appointment of the commissioner as agent and prescribing the service procedure, providing for continuance of court proceedings under certain conditions; requiring drivers license revocation for violating speed limits in excess of a certain number of miles per hour, establishing a school zone speed limit and modifying certain school zone speed limit regulations; imposing a surcharge on certain speed limit violations; expanding the authority of the commissioner to designate exempt railroad crossings; authorizing vehicles used to transport adults to and from day activity centers to be equipped with prewarning flashing amber signals and stop signal arms; prohibiting the use of mobile or wireless telephones while operating a bus; authorizing the use of certain slow moving vehicle signs visible at night; modifying certain truck and trailer wheel flap requirements and certain highway length and weight restrictions; providing for the issuance of special permits for certain vehicles hauling paper products, requiring compliance with certain restrictions and imposing an annual fee; extending the exemption for vehicles transporting milk from seasonal highway weight restrictions; modifying certain uniform traffic ticket content requirements; modifying the period of drivers license revocation for commercial motor vehicle operators driving while impaired (DWI); modifying the validity of class D drivers licenses for the operation of farm trucks and for the towing of vehicles and authorizing peace officers to operate any vehicle or combination of vehicles while on duty; making certain technical and clarifying modifications; expanding the drivers license exemption for persons employed by the federal government to operate motor vehicles owned by or leased to the federal government and clarifying the exemption for military personnel; extending the period of validity for instruction permits and prohibiting the use of cellphones by permit or provisional drivers license holders while driving; authorizing an alternate mailing address for drivers licenses and identification cards under certain conditions; requiring the commissioner of public safety to indicate on commercial drivers licenses restrictions on the operation of commercial motor vehicles equipped with air brakes for persons not successfully completing the air brake component of the skills test; extending certain drivers records retention requirements relating to violations of driver or vehicle out of service orders or to certain alcohol related offenses; modifying the requirement relating to the recording of certain speed limit violations; requiring applicant consent to release of certain personal information on driving records and regulating the retention of information obtained from scanning drivers licenses, permits or ID cards; specifying certain commissioner commercial drivers license records check requirements; requiring commercial motor vehicle operation disqualification under federal standards, expanding the exemptions to authorized emergency vehicle operators operating commercial motor vehicles and excluding certain violation convictions relating to the operation of vehicles other than commercial vehicles from disqualification period determination; requiring the department of public safety to participate fully in the commercial drivers license information system; clarifying the authority of the commissioner to deny limited drivers licenses; specifying certain state aviation planning requirements, requiring the commissioner of transportation to create an advisory council; making permanent the commuter rail corridor coordinating committee and expanding the membership of the committee to railroad union labor representation; providing for drivers license renewal and motor vehicle registration for persons in active military service; modifying certain requirements for the establishment of railroad quiet zones and for engineers driving locomotives to ring the bell or sound the whistle; declaring the operation and maintenance of airports as an essential public service; denying state airports fund assistance to local government units adopting comprehensive plans incompatible with the state aviation plan; requiring sellers of real property located in certain safety zones to disclose to buyers the existence of airport zoning regulations affecting the property; authorizing the metropolitan council to enter into agreements with cities or towns to join the metropolitan transit taxing district, specifying certain agreement content requirements and certain property tax levy options; requiring unit owners associations under the common interest ownership act (CIC) to accept service of process on behalf of the unit owners upon the acquisition of common elements by eminent domain and authorizing the associations to grant transportation easements through, over or under common elements; requiring the commissioner of public safety to appoint an additional motor vehicle deputy registrar for Hennepin county and to appoint the Carver county auditor as a deputy motor vehicle registrar and drivers license agent in the city of Chanhassen; establishing a speed limit for trains operated within the city of Orr; requiring the DOT to erect and operate a changeable message sign on U.S. highway 2 on the approach to the Richard I. Bong bridge in the city of Duluth; suspending the automobile insurance coverage verification sampling program, requiring reinstatement of suspended drivers licenses and refund of reinstatement fees, dismissal of charges, purging of violation notations on driving records and vacation of convictions, prohibiting insurers from increasing premiums based on violations under the program, requiring remediations and a commissioner of public safety report to the legislature on the operation of the program, requiring the commissioner to use certain unspent funds for program suspension administration; exempting the highway safety rest area in the city of Floodwood from certain restrictions on food and beverage sales; temporarily authorizing the transport of participants in the national veterans wheelchair games in Hennepin and Ramsey counties in transit vehicles in side facing positions; requiring the revisor of statutes to change a certain rule relating to objections to requests for variances from engineering standards; requiring the commissioner of transportation to develop and implement a town road sign replacement program; repealing the definition of sworn statement and the requirement for notice to the registrar of engine or motor transfers and certain accident form use, commercial motor vehicle operation disqualification and motor bicycle business license requirements
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