HF 140

SPECIAL SESSION CHAPTER 6
EFFECTIVE DATE: Various

Omnibus transportation funding bill, including highway funding, Metropolitan council, public transit, public safety, and related motor vehicle provisions modifications; and appropriating money.

ARTICLE 1 ¿ APPROPRIATIONS : TRANSPORTATION, METROPOLITAN COUNCIL, PUBLIC SAFETY

Section 1: Transportation, met council, and public safety money appropriations summarized.
Sec. 2: Transportation money appropriated.
Sec. 3: Metropolitan council transit money appropriated.
Sec. 4: Public safety money appropriated.
Sec. 5: General contingent account money appropriated.
Sec. 6: Tort claims money appropriated.

ARTICLE 2 ¿ PUBLIC SAFETY ACTIVITIES, FEES, ACCOUNTS

Section 1: Title transfer fee increased.
Sec. 2: Registration tax deposited to vehicle services operating account.
Sec. 3: Temporary permit display language clarified.
Sec. 4: Registration and taxation affidavit regulations provided.
Sec. 5-7: License plate language clarified to change ¿registrar¿ to ¿commissioner¿ and special license plates regulated with specified fees.
Sec. 8: Veterans license plates regulated.
Sec. 9: Veterans service group emblems regulated.
Sec. 10: Regulations governing medal of honor recipient license plates modified.
Sec. 11: POW Prisoner of war license plate regulations modified.
Sec. 12: Veteran contribution plates issuance procedure modified.
Sec. 13: Fleet registration applicant fee modified.
Sec. 14: Limousine plate regulations modified.
Sec. 15: Collegiate license plates technical reference added.
Sec. 16: Uniform design and unique emblems on license plates regulated.
Sec. 17-19: Technical statutory references added and ¿registrar¿ changed to ¿commissioner.¿
Sec. 20: Ownership transfer of vehicle regulations modified.
Sec. 21: Registration tax refund for errors regulations clarified.
Sec. 22: Dealers¿ license plate fees modified.
Sec. 23: Registration tax refund modified.
Sec. 24: Expedited driver and vehicles services fee established.
Sec. 25: Driver and vehicle record distribution fee established.
Sec. 26: Commissioner as registrar powers regulated.
Sec. 27: Language clarified.
Sec. 28: Lessee information modified.
Sec. 29: Vehicle license plate manufacture appropriations modified.
Sec. 30: Transfer fee modified.
Sec. 31: ¿registrar¿ changed to ¿commissioner.¿
Sec. 32: Inspection fee deposit in vehicle services operating account required and fee increased.
Sec. 33: Fees for filing title issuance application increased.
Sec. 34: Expense payment disposition required.
Sec. 35: Language clarified and accident report fee deposit regulations established.
Sec. 36: Technical clarification.
Sec. 37: License and MN identification card fees increased.
Sec. 38: Filing fee increased.
Sec. 39: Technical changes.
Sec. 40: Motorcycle endorsement fee application procedure modified.
Sec. 41: Repeat examination fee imposed.
Sec. 42: Reinstatement fee language clarified.
Sec. 43: Driver services operating account money credited and highway fund deposit procedures established.
Sec. 44: Technical language clarifications.
Sec. 45: Driver services operating account deposit specified and account regulated.
Sec. 46: Driver and vehicle services operating account established.
Sec. 47: Revisor¿s instruction.
Sec. 48: Repealer.

ARTICLE 3 ¿ TRANSPORTATION POLICY

Section 1: Real property appraisal data classified.
Sec. 2: Central mailing system authorization parameters specified.
Sec. 3: Highway sign program billing procedures detailed.
Sec. 4: Paul Bunyan Expressway specification modified.
Sec. 5: Hwy. 371 from Little Falls to Cass Lake designated as ¿Purple Heart Memorial Highway.¿
Sec. 6: Biauswah bridge designated.
Sec. 7: Repayment interest rate clarified.
Sec. 8: Tribal authority highway contract language clarified.
Sec. 9-14: Language clarified, technical statutory references added.
Sec. 15: Fund advance authorization regulations modified.
Sec. 16: State-aid highway route construction when conflicts occur regulation procedures established.
Sec. 17: Highway construction across another municipality or state procedures established.
Sec. 18: ¿Highway¿ definition modified.
Sec. 19: ¿Motor vehicle¿ definition modified.
Sec. 20: ¿Owner¿ definition modified.
Sec. 21: ¿Registered owner¿ definition modified.
Sec. 22: ¿Tax¿ definition modified.
Sec. 23: ¿Passenger automobile¿ definition modified.
Sec. 24: ¿Recreational equipment vehicle¿ definition modified.
Sec. 25: ¿All terrain vehicle¿ definition modified.
Sec. 26: ¿Person¿ definition modified.
Sec. 27: ¿State¿ defined.
Sec. 28: ¿Vehicle¿ defined.
Sec. 29: Vehicle tax exemptions modified.
Sec. 30: Active military service registration exemptions modified.
Sec. 31: Nonresident buyer permit fee procedure modified.
Sec. 32: Collector¿s vehicle and license issuance regulations clarified.
Sec. 33: Disabled American Veteran plates established and fees imposed.
Sec. 34: USDOT number regulations modified.
Sec. 35: Automobile lien extension procedures established.
Sec. 36: ¿Commerical motor vehicle¿ definition modified.
Sec. 37: ¿Hazardous materials¿ definition modified.
Sec. 38: ¿Recreational vehicle combination¿ definition modified.
Sec. 39: Right of way for pedestrians established.
Sec. 40: ¿Pedestrian control signal¿ regulations modified.
Sec. 41: License revocation penalty relating to speed violations in excess of 100 miles an hour established.
Sec. 42: Speed limit violation penalties increased for those traveling 20 miles an hour over the posted limit.
Sec. 43: Passing on the right shoulder prohibited.
Sec. 44: Self-propelled or towed implement of husbandry exempted from regulations concerning centerline on highway.
Sec. 45: Parked emergency vehicle passage definitions provided.
Sec. 46: Exempt crossing designation criteria modified.
Sec. 47: Day activity center buses authorized and regulated.
Sec. 48: Slow moving vehicle regulation language clarified.
Sec. 49: Recreational vehicle combination length limits increased.
Sec. 50: Gross weight limitations of forest products clarified.
Sec. 51: Technical reference provided.
Sec. 52: Vehicle permit fee for manufactured storage imposed.
Sec. 53: Traffic ticket issuance procedures clarified.
Sec. 54: Test refusal and license revocation standards modified to incorporate federal regulations.
Sec. 55: ¿Commercial motor vehicle¿ definition modified.
Sec. 56: ¿Hazardous materials¿ definition modified.
Sec. 57: ¿state¿ definition modified.
Sec. 58: ¿Tank vehicle¿ defined.
Sec. 59: Technical references added.
Sec. 60: Persons exempt from driver¿s licenses detailed.
Sec. 61: Commercial motor vehicle operator disqualification criteria modified.
Sec. 62: Permit issuance to persons 18 or more years of age regulations modified.
Sec. 63: Permit issuance to persons less than 18 years of age regulations modified.
Sec. 64: Individuals operating a vehicle by use of a learner¿s permit prohibited from using a cellular phone while driving.
Sec. 65: Individuals operating a vehicle by use of a provisional license prohibited from using a cellular phone while driving.
Sec. 66: Two wheeled endorsement fee increase modified.
Sec. 67: Driving restriction relating to air brake component of commercial driver¿s license test expanded.
Sec. 68: Application and record destruction regulations clarified.
Sec. 69: List of convictions not recorded on driving record modified.
Sec. 70: Examination upon renewal issuance procedures clarified.
Sec. 71: Records check for commercial driver¿s license procedures detailed.
Sec. 72: Federal standard disqualifications and penalties revised.
Sec. 73: Implied consent revocation of license procedures detailed.
Sec. 74: Recreational vehicle exemptions for violations revised.
Sec. 75: Commercial driver¿s license information system notice provided.
Sec. 76: Conforming change with section 41.
Sec. 77: License suspension authorized if driver pays with dishonored check.
Sec. 78: Commissioner issuance of certain licenses prohibited.
Sec. 79: Bridge engineering and design cost limitations established.
Sec. 80: Commuter rail corridor coordinating committee expiration prevented.
Sec. 81: ¿Essential employee¿ definition modified.
Sec. 82: Conforming change.
Sec. 83: Renewal of professional license regulations clarified.
Sec. 84: Conforming change with section 83.
Sec. 85: Grade crossing safety account created.
Sec. 86: Quiet zone establishment provided.
Sec. 87: Bell ringing failure by railroad engineer regulations clarified.
Sec. 88: Forfeited bail money deposit procedures clarified.
Sec. 89: Town road sign replacement program established and detailed.
Sec. 90: Bus rapid transit system within Cedar Avenue transit corridor development authorized.
Sec. 91: Insurance coverage through sampling verification program suspended.
Sec. 92: Suspended license reinstatement provided.
Sec. 93: Charge dismissal provided.
Sec. 94: Previous violation removal provided.
Sec. 95: Conviction remediation provided.
Sec. 96: Insurer remediation required.
Sec. 97: Report required.
Sec. 98: Public safety funding required.
Sec. 99: Roussain cemetery designation provided.
Sec. 100: Wetland replacement requirement exemption provided.
Sec. 101: Maximum train speed in city of Orr established.
Sec. 102: Ethanol mandate established.
Sec. 103: Hennepin county additional deputy registrar of motor vehicles position established.
Sec. 104: Deputy registrar and driver¿s license agent appointment procedures established.
Sec. 105: Transition provided.
Sec. 106: Floodwood safety rest area authorized to sell nonalcoholic beverages and snack foods.
Sec. 107: Revisor¿s instruction.
Sec. 108: Repealer.
Sec. 109: Effective date.

ARTICLE 4 ¿ EFFECTIVE DATES

Section 1: Effective dates.

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