1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; modifying or adding provisions related to geotechnical 
1.3 	investigations before eminent domain proceedings, the highway sign franchise 
1.4 	program, streets and highways, highway safety rest areas, highway construction 
1.5 	bids and training, town road abandonment, bridges, special mobile equipment, 
1.6 	motor vehicle titles, motor vehicle transfers, traffic regulations, flammable 
1.7 	liquid definition, drivers' licenses and identification cards, driver records and 
1.8 	education, the Real ID Act, traffic-control signals, transportation goals and 
1.9 	mission, statewide transportation plan, metropolitan transportation system 
1.10 	performance evaluations, transportation contracts, rail service improvement, use 
1.11 	of rail bank property, local airports, towing, vehicle impoundments, transit and 
1.12 	paratransit, special transportation, small vehicle passenger service, transportation 
1.13 	accessibility, transit ways and facilities, light rail transit, vehicle license plates, 
1.14 	vehicle size and weight restrictions, vehicle load limits and permits, paper 
1.15 	product vehicle routes and permits, definition of full-size pickup truck, vehicle 
1.16 	idle reduction technology, commercial vehicles and drivers, vehicle registration, 
1.17 	insurance requirements for vehicles owned by charitable organizations, the 
1.18 	Unified Carrier Registration Agreement, household goods movers, obsolete 
1.19 	motor carrier laws and conforming changes, railroad company requirements, 
1.20 	the position of state rail safety inspector, and the Railroad Walkways Safety 
1.21 	Act; requiring studies and reports; imposing penalties; making clarifying 
1.22 	and technical changes; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.23 	2006, sections 117.041, by adding a subdivision; 160.02, subdivision 19, by 
1.24 	adding a subdivision; 160.80; 161.14, subdivision 18, by adding subdivisions; 
1.25 	161.32, subdivisions 1, 1b, 4; 164.06, subdivision 2; 165.01; 165.03; 168.011, 
1.26 	subdivision 22; 168.013, subdivision 1e; 168.10, subdivisions 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 
1.27 	1g, 1h, 1i; 168.12, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e; 168A.01, by adding a 
1.28 	subdivision; 168A.05, subdivisions 3, 5; 168A.10, subdivision 1; 168A.101; 
1.29 	168A.151, subdivision 1; 168A.153; 168B.04, subdivision 2; 168B.051, 
1.30 	subdivision 2; 168B.06, subdivisions 1, 3; 168B.07, by adding subdivisions; 
1.31 	168B.087, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 169.01, subdivisions 4c, 19, 
1.32 	20, 78, by adding subdivisions; 169.041, subdivisions 1, 2; 169.06, subdivision 
1.33 	5; 169.14, subdivision 2, by adding subdivisions; 169.34; 169.471, subdivision 1; 
1.34 	169.781; 169.782, subdivision 1; 169.783, subdivision 1; 169.81, subdivisions 
1.35 	2, 3c; 169.823, subdivision 1; 169.824, subdivision 2; 169.8261; 169.86, 
1.36 	subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 169.862; 169.864, subdivisions 1, 2; 
1.37 	169.87, subdivision 4; 171.01, by adding a subdivision; 171.02, subdivision 1; 
1.38 	171.06, subdivision 3; 171.07, subdivisions 1, 3; 171.12, subdivision 6; 171.14; 
1.39 	174.01, subdivision 2; 174.02, subdivision 1a; 174.03, subdivision 1, by adding 
2.1 	subdivisions; 174.24, subdivision 2a; 174.255, by adding a subdivision; 174.29, 
2.2 	by adding subdivisions; 174.30, subdivisions 4, 9; 174.64, subdivisions 2, 4; 
2.3 	174.66; 218.021, subdivision 1; 218.041, subdivision 6; 221.011, subdivision 
2.4 	8, by adding a subdivision; 221.025; 221.026; 221.031, subdivisions 1, 6; 
2.5 	221.0314, subdivision 9, by adding a subdivision; 221.033, subdivision 2d; 
2.6 	221.036, subdivisions 1, 3; 221.037, subdivision 1; 221.091, subdivision 2; 
2.7 	221.131; 221.132; 221.141, subdivisions 1, 4; 221.185; 221.221, subdivision 3; 
2.8 	221.231; 221.291, subdivision 4; 221.60, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 
2.9 	222.50, subdivision 7; 222.63, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision; 299F.60, 
2.10 	subdivision 1; 299J.16, subdivision 1; 325F.665, by adding a subdivision; 
2.11 	473.1466; 473.166; 473.386, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 3; 473.399; 473.3993, 
2.12 	subdivisions 1, 3, by adding a subdivision; 473.3994; 473.3997; 473.4051; 
2.13 	473.408, by adding subdivisions; Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 
2.14 	1, article 4, section 39; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
2.15 	chapters 160; 161; 169; 174; 219; 221; 473; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, 
2.16 	sections 168A.05, subdivision 5a; 174.65; 221.011, subdivisions 24, 25, 28, 29, 
2.17 	38, 41, 44, 45; 221.0252, subdivision 7; 221.072; 221.111; 221.121, subdivisions 
2.18 	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6a, 6c, 6d, 6e, 6f, 7; 221.122; 221.123; 221.131, subdivisions 
2.19 	2a, 3; 221.141, subdivision 6; 221.151; 221.152; 221.153, subdivisions 1, 2; 
2.20 	221.161; 221.171; 221.172, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; 221.296, subdivisions 3, 
2.21 	4, 5, 6, 7, 8; 221.60, subdivisions 2, 3, 3a, 4, 5, 6; 221.601; 221.602; 325E.0951, 
2.22 	subdivision 3a; 473.1465; 473.247; 473.3994, subdivision 13; Laws 1999, 
2.23 	chapter 230, section 44.
2.24 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.25 	ARTICLE 1
2.26 	TRANSPORTATION POLICY

2.27 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 117.041, is amended by adding a 
2.28 	subdivision to read:
2.29 		Subd. 3.Geotechnical investigation before eminent domain proceedings. (a) A 
2.30 	state agency by order of the commissioner or a political subdivision by resolution may 
2.31 	enter property for purposes of investigation, monitoring, testing, surveying, boring, or 
2.32 	other similar activities necessary or appropriate to perform geotechnical investigations.
2.33 	(b) At least ten days before entering the property, the state agency or political 
2.34 	subdivision must serve notice on the property owner requesting permission to enter the 
2.35 	property, stating the approximate time and purpose of the entry, and giving the owner the 
2.36 	option of refusing entry. If the property owner refuses to consent to the entry, the state 
2.37 	agency or political subdivision must apply for a court order authorizing the entry and the 
2.38 	removal of any sample or portion from the property, giving notice of the court order to the 
2.39 	property owner. The court shall issue an order if the state agency or political subdivision 
2.40 	meets the standards in paragraph (a). Notices under this paragraph must be served in the 
2.41 	same manner as a summons in a civil action.
3.1 	(c) The state agency or political subdivision must not cause any unnecessary damage 
3.2 	to the property and must compensate the property owner for any damages actually incurred 
3.3 	as a result of the geotechnical investigations.

3.4 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 160.02, is amended by adding a subdivision 
3.5 	to read:
3.6 		Subd. 18a.Expressway. "Expressway" means a divided highway with partial 
3.7 	control of access.

3.8 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 160.02, subdivision 19, is amended to read:
3.9 		Subd. 19.Freeway or expressway. "Freeway" or "expressway" means a divided, 
3.10 	controlled-access highway with four or more lanes full control of access.

3.11 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 160.80, is amended to read:
3.12 	160.80 SIGN FRANCHISE PROGRAM.
3.13 		Subdivision 1.Commissioner may establish program. (a) The commissioner of 
3.14 	transportation may establish a sign franchise program for the purpose of providing on the 
3.15 	right-of-way of interstate and controlled-access trunk highways specific information on 
3.16 	gas, food, camping, and lodging, and 24-hour pharmacies for the benefit of the motoring 
3.17 	public.
3.18 	(b) The sign franchise program must include urban interstate highways.
3.19 		Subd. 1a.Eligibility criteria for business panels. (a) To be eligible for a business 
3.20 	panel on a logo sign panel, a business establishment must:
3.21 	(1) be open for business;
3.22 	(2) have a sign on site that both identifies the business and is visible to motorists;
3.23 	(3) be open to everyone, regardless of race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, 
3.24 	creed, marital status, sexual orientation, or disability;
3.25 	(4) not impose a cover charge or otherwise require customers to purchase additional 
3.26 	products or services; and
3.27 	(5) meet the appropriate criteria in paragraphs (b) to (e) (f).
3.28 	(b) Gas businesses must provide vehicle services including fuel and oil; restroom 
3.29 	facilities and drinking water; continuous, staffed operation at least 12 hours a day, seven 
3.30 	days a week; and public access to a telephone.
3.31 	(c) Food businesses must serve at least two meals a day during normal mealtimes 
3.32 	of breakfast, lunch, and dinner; provide a continuous, staffed food service operation at 
3.33 	least ten hours a day, seven days a week except holidays as defined in section 645.44, 
4.1 	subdivision 5, and except as provided for seasonal food service businesses; provide 
4.2 	seating capacity for at least 20 people; and possess any required state or local licensing or 
4.3 	approval. Seasonal food service businesses must provide a continuous, staffed food service 
4.4 	operation at least ten hours a day, seven days a week, during their months of operation.
4.5 	(d) Lodging businesses must include sleeping accommodations, provide public 
4.6 	access to a telephone, and possess any required state or local licensing or approval.
4.7 	(e) Camping businesses must include sites for camping, include parking 
4.8 	accommodations for each campsite, provide sanitary facilities and drinking water, and 
4.9 	possess any required state or local licensing or approval.
4.10 	(f) 24-hour pharmacy businesses must be continuously operated 24 hours per day, 
4.11 	seven days per week, and must have a state-licensed pharmacist present and on duty at 
4.12 	all times.
4.13 	(g) Businesses that do not meet the appropriate criteria in paragraphs (b) to (e) 
4.14 	but that have a signed lease as of January 1, 1998, may retain the business panel until 
4.15 	December 31, 2005, or until they withdraw from the program, whichever occurs first, 
4.16 	provided they continue to meet the criteria in effect in the department's contract with the 
4.17 	logo sign vendor on August 1, 1995. After December 31, 2005, or after withdrawing 
4.18 	from the program, a business must meet the appropriate criteria in paragraphs (a) to (e) 
4.19 	to qualify for a business panel.
4.20 	(g) (h) Seasonal businesses must indicate to motorists when they are open for 
4.21 	business by either putting the full months of operation directly on the business panel or 
4.22 	by having a "closed" plaque applied to the business panel when the business is closed 
4.23 	for the season.
4.24 	(h) (i) The maximum distance that an eligible business in Anoka, Carver, Dakota, 
4.25 	Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, or Washington County can be located from the interchange is: 
4.26 	for gas businesses, one mile; for food businesses, two miles; for lodging businesses and 
4.27 	24-hour pharmacies, three miles; and for camping businesses, ten miles.
4.28 	(i) (j) The maximum distance that an eligible business in any other county can be 
4.29 	located from the interchange shall not exceed 15 miles in either direction, except the 
4.30 	maximum distance that an eligible 24-hour pharmacy business can be located from the 
4.31 	interchange shall not exceed three miles in either direction.
4.32 	(j) (k) Logo sign panels must be erected so that motorists approaching an interchange 
4.33 	view the panels in the following order: 24-hour pharmacy, camping, lodging, food, gas.
4.34 	(k) (l) If there is insufficient space on a logo sign panel to display all eligible 
4.35 	businesses for a specific type of service, the businesses closest to the interchange have 
4.36 	priority over businesses farther away from the interchange.
5.1 		Subd. 2.Franchises. The commissioner may, by public negotiation or bid, grant 
5.2 	one or more franchises to qualified persons to erect and maintain, on the right-of-way of 
5.3 	interstate and controlled-access trunk highways, signs informing the motoring public of 
5.4 	gas, food, lodging, and camping facilities, and 24-hour pharmacies. A franchisee shall 
5.5 	furnish, install, maintain, and replace signs for the benefit of advertisers who provide gas, 
5.6 	food, lodging, and camping facilities, and 24-hour pharmacies for the general public, and 
5.7 	lease advertising space on the signs to operators of these facilities.
5.8 		Subd. 3.Costs. All costs incurred under the program established by this section 
5.9 	must be paid under agreements negotiated between a franchisee and an advertiser or 
5.10 	advertisers, unless otherwise provided in the contract between the commissioner and 
5.11 	the franchisee.
5.12 		Subd. 4.Contract requirements. (a) All contracts made by the commissioner 
5.13 	with a franchisee must provide for:
5.14 	(1) a requirement that the franchisee obtain liability insurance in an amount the 
5.15 	commissioner determines, jointly insuring the state and the franchisee against all liability 
5.16 	for claims for damages occurring wholly or in part because of the franchise; and
5.17 	(2) reasonable standards for the size, design, erection, and maintenance of service 
5.18 	information signs and the advertising logos thereon.
5.19 	(b) The commissioner may require additional terms and conditions, including but 
5.20 	not limited to provisions on the renewal and termination of the agreement, and in the event 
5.21 	of termination the rights of the state and franchisee relative to the franchisee's advertising 
5.22 	contracts.
5.23 		Subd. 5.Restrictions. The commissioner shall take no action under this section 
5.24 	which will result in the loss to the state of any federal highway construction funds.

5.25 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.14, subdivision 18, is amended to read:
5.26 		Subd. 18.Voyageur Highway. The following route is named and designated the 
5.27 	"Voyageur Highway":
5.28 	(a) Beginning at a point on Trunk Highway No. 26 on the boundary line between 
5.29 	the states of Minnesota and Iowa; thence northerly along Trunk Highway No. 26 to its 
5.30 	junction with Trunk Highway No. 61; thence northwesterly along Trunk Highway No. 
5.31 	61 to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 10 in the city of St. Paul; thence extending 
5.32 	in a general northwesterly direction along Trunk Highway No. 10 to its junction with 
5.33 	Trunk Highway No. 371 at Little Falls; thence extending in a general northerly direction 
5.34 	along Trunk Highway No. 371 to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 210 at Brainerd; 
5.35 	thence northeasterly along Trunk Highway No. 210 to its junction with Trunk Highway 
6.1 	No. 169 at Aitkin; thence in a general northerly direction along Trunk Highway No. 169 
6.2 	to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 2 at Grand Rapids; thence northwesterly along 
6.3 	Trunk Highway No. 2 to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 71 at Bemidji; thence 
6.4 	northeasterly along Trunk Highway No. 71 to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 11 
6.5 	at Pelland; thence northeasterly along Trunk Highway No. 11 to its junction with Trunk 
6.6 	Highway No. 53 at International Falls; thence southeasterly along Trunk Highway No. 53 
6.7 	to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 61Central Entrance at Duluth;. Beginning at a 
6.8 	point on Trunk Highway No. 61 at its junction with Interstate Highway 35 and thence 
6.9 	northeasterly along Trunk Highway No. 61 to the boundary line between the state of 
6.10 	Minnesota and the province of Ontario, Canada.
6.11 	(b) The route of the Voyageur Highway designated and described in clause (a) is 
6.12 	supplemented by legs or alternative routes described as follows:
6.13 	Beginning at a point on Trunk Highway No. 1 at its junction with Trunk Highway 
6.14 	No. 61 northerly of Silver Bay; thence northwesterly along Trunk Highway No. 1 to Ely; 
6.15 	thence southwesterly along Trunk Highway No. 1 to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 
6.16 	169; thence southerly and westerly along Trunk Highway No. 169 to its junction with 
6.17 	Trunk Highway No. 53, and there terminating.
6.18 	Beginning at a point on Trunk Highway No. 11 at its junction with Trunk Highway 
6.19 	No. 53 at International Falls; thence easterly along Trunk Highway No. 11 to its easterly 
6.20 	terminus near Island View.
6.21 	Beginning at a point on Trunk Highway No. 33 at its junction with Interstate 
6.22 	Highway marked I-35 southerly of Cloquet, thence northerly along Trunk Highway No. 
6.23 	33 to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 53.
6.24 	(c) The commissioner of transportation shall:
6.25 	(1) adopt a suitable marking design of signs or informational plaques;
6.26 	(2) effect the installation of such signs or plaques in public waysides or other public 
6.27 	areas as approved and designated by the commissioner.

6.28 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.14, is amended by adding a subdivision 
6.29 	to read:
6.30 		Subd. 57.Walter F. Mondale Drive. Trunk Highway marked 53 from its 
6.31 	intersection with Superior Street to its intersection with Central Entrance in the city of 
6.32 	Duluth, as signed on the effective date of this section, is designated "Walter F. Mondale 
6.33 	Drive." Subject to section 161.139, the commissioner of transportation shall adopt a 
6.34 	suitable marking design to mark this highway and erect appropriate signs.

7.1 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.14, is amended by adding a subdivision 
7.2 	to read:
7.3 		Subd. 58.Dallas Sams Memorial Highway. That portion of Legislative Route No. 
7.4 	2, signed as Trunk Highway 210 on the date of final enactment of this section, from 
7.5 	the city of Motley to the city of Staples, is designated as the "Dallas Sams Memorial 
7.6 	Highway." The commissioner of transportation shall adopt a suitable design to mark this 
7.7 	highway and erect appropriate signs, subject to section 161.139.

7.8 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.14, is amended by adding a subdivision 
7.9 	to read:
7.10 		Subd. 59.Purple Heart Trail. Statutory Route No. 392, described in section 
7.11 	161.12 and marked on the effective date of this section as Interstate Highway 94, is 
7.12 	designated in its entirety within Minnesota as the Purple Heart Trail. Subject to section 
7.13 	161.139, the commissioner shall adopt a suitable marking design to mark this highway 
7.14 	and erect appropriate signs at each safety rest area located on the highway.

7.15 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.32, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
7.16 		Subdivision 1.Advertisement for bids. The commissioner may conduct the work 
7.17 	or any part of the work incidental to the construction and maintenance of the trunk 
7.18 	highways by labor employed to do the work or by contract. In cases of construction work, 
7.19 	the commissioner shall first advertise for bids for contracts, and if no satisfactory bids are 
7.20 	received, may either reject all bids and readvertise, or do the work by labor employed to 
7.21 	do the work. Except as provided in subdivision 3 or 4, when work is to be done under 
7.22 	contract, the commissioner shall advertise for bids once each week for three successive 
7.23 	weeks prior to the date the bids are to be received. The advertisement for bids must be 
7.24 	published in a newspaper or other periodical of general circulation in the state and may be 
7.25 	placed on the Internet. The plans and specifications for the proposed work must be on file 
7.26 	in the commissioner's office prior to the first call for bids.

7.27 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.32, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:
7.28 		Subd. 1b.Lowest responsible bidder; electronic bids. Bidders may submit 
7.29 	bids electronically in a form and manner required by the commissioner; however, the 
7.30 	commissioner may require that all bids of $5,000,000 and over for trunk highway contracts 
7.31 	must be submitted electronically. Notwithstanding section 13.591, subdivision 3, or any 
7.32 	other law or rule to the contrary, bids are not required to be opened and read in public if 
7.33 	the commissioner publishes the public data specified by section 13.591, subdivision 3, 
8.1 	on a state Web site immediately after the deadline for receipt of bids has passed. Bids 
8.2 	for federal-aid highway projects must be conducted in accordance with Code of Federal 
8.3 	Regulations, title 23, section 635. Trunk highway construction contracts, including 
8.4 	design-build contracts, must be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, taking into 
8.5 	consideration conformity with the specifications, the purpose for which the contract or 
8.6 	purchase is intended, the status and capability of the vendor, and other considerations 
8.7 	imposed in the call for bids. The commissioner may decide which is the lowest responsible 
8.8 	bidder for all contracts and may use the principles of life-cycle costing, when appropriate, 
8.9 	in determining the lowest overall bid. Any or all bids may be rejected. When competitive 
8.10 	bids are required and all bids are rejected, new bids, if solicited, must be called for as in 
8.11 	the first instance, unless otherwise provided by law.

8.12 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.32, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
8.13 		Subd. 4.Trunk highways damaged by spring breakup. Contracts may be 
8.14 	let for the repair and restoration of trunk highways damaged by spring breakup upon 
8.15 	advertisement for bids and publication thereof in a newspaper or periodical of general 
8.16 	circulation for a period of one week prior to the date such bids are to be received, and 
8.17 	upon the mailing of such advertisements to all contractors who have filed a written request 
8.18 	therefor.

8.19 	Sec. 12. [161.3203] CONTRACTS FOR WORK, SUPPLIES, OR MATERIALS 
8.20 	FOR TRUNK HIGHWAY.
8.21 		Subdivision 1.Privatization transportation contracts. For purposes of this 
8.22 	section, "privatization transportation contract" means an enforceable agreement, or 
8.23 	combination or series of agreements, by which a private contractor agrees with the 
8.24 	commissioner of transportation to provide work, supplies, or materials (1) that is incidental 
8.25 	to the construction or improvement of trunk highways, including but not limited to 
8.26 	predesign, design, and preliminary engineering, or (2) for maintenance of trunk highways. 
8.27 	A privatization transportation contract does not include a design-build contract as defined 
8.28 	in section 161.3410, subdivision 3.
8.29 		Subd. 2.Applicability.  This section applies to privatization transportation contracts 
8.30 	in a total amount of $25,000 or more. The requirements imposed by this section are in 
8.31 	addition to, and do not supersede, the requirements of any other applicable section of law.
8.32 		Subd. 3.Review of contract costs.  (a) Before entering into a privatization 
8.33 	transportation contract, the commissioner of transportation shall prepare a comprehensive 
8.34 	written estimate of the cost of having the same work, supplies, or materials provided in the 
9.1 	most cost-effective manner by agency employees. The cost estimate must include all costs 
9.2 	of having agency employees provide the work, supplies, or materials, including the cost 
9.3 	of pension, insurance, and other employee benefits. The cost estimate is nonpublic data, 
9.4 	as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 9, until the day after the deadline for receipt of 
9.5 	responses under paragraph (b), when it becomes public data.
9.6 	(b) After soliciting and receiving responses, the commissioner shall publicly 
9.7 	designate the responder to which it proposes to award the privatization contract. The 
9.8 	commissioner shall prepare a comprehensive written estimate of the cost of the proposal 
9.9 	based on the designated responder's bid, including the cost of a transition from public 
9.10 	to private provision of the work, any additional unemployment and retirement benefits 
9.11 	resulting from the transfer, and costs associated with monitoring the proposed contract. If 
9.12 	the designated responder proposes to perform any or all of the desired services outside the 
9.13 	state, the commissioner of transportation shall include in the cost estimate, as nearly as 
9.14 	possible, any loss of sales and income tax revenue to the state. The cost estimate must 
9.15 	not include trade secret data which is classified as nonpublic data under section 13.37, 
9.16 	subdivision 2.
9.17 	(c) Before entering into a privatization transportation contract for $250,000 or more, 
9.18 	the commissioner shall determine that:
9.19 	(1) the cost estimated under paragraph (b) will be lower than the cost estimated 
9.20 	under paragraph (a);
9.21 	(2) the quality of the work, supplies, or materials to be provided by the designated 
9.22 	responder is likely to equal or exceed the quality of services that could be provided by 
9.23 	Department of Transportation employees; and 
9.24 	(3) the proposed privatization contract is in the public interest.
9.25 		Subd. 4.Reports. The commissioner shall provide, no later than September 1, an 
9.26 	annual written report to the legislature, in compliance with sections 3.195 and 3.197, and 
9.27 	shall submit the report to the chairs of the senate and house of representatives committees 
9.28 	having jurisdiction over transportation. The report must list all privatization transportation 
9.29 	contracts within the meaning of this section that were executed or performed, whether 
9.30 	wholly or in part, in the previous fiscal year. The report must identify, with respect to each 
9.31 	contract: the contractor; contract amount; duration; work, supplies, or materials provided 
9.32 	or to be provided; the comprehensive estimate derived under subdivision 3, paragraph (a); 
9.33 	the comprehensive estimate derived under subdivision 3, paragraph (b); the actual cost to 
9.34 	the agency of the contractor's performance of the contract; and for contracts of at least 
9.35 	$250,000, a statement containing the commissioner's determinations under subdivision 3, 
9.36 	paragraph (c).
10.1 		Subd. 5.Short title. This section may be cited as the "Taxpayers' Transportation 
10.2 	Accountability Act."

10.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2007.

10.4 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 164.06, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
10.5 		Subd. 2.Extinguishing interest in abandoned road. (a) After providing notice 
10.6 	under section 366.01, subdivision 8 as required in paragraph (c), the town board may by 
10.7 	resolution disclaim and extinguish a town interest in a town road without action under 
10.8 	subdivision 1 if:
10.9 	(1) the extinguishment is found by the town board to be in the public interest;
10.10 	(2) the interest is not a fee interest;
10.11 	(3) the interest was established more than 25 years earlier;
10.12 	(4) the interest is not recorded or filed with the county recorder;
10.13 	(5) no road improvement has been constructed on a right-of-way affected by the 
10.14 	interest within the last 25 years; and
10.15 	(6) no road maintenance on a right-of-way affected by the interest has occurred 
10.16 	within the last 25 years.
10.17 	(b) The resolution shall be filed with the county auditor and recorded with the 
10.18 	county recorder.
10.19 	(c) Before the meeting on any resolution to disclaim and extinguish a town interest 
10.20 	in a town road under this subdivision, the town board shall provide notice to affected 
10.21 	landowners in the same manner as a petitioner under section 164.07, subdivision 2. A 
10.22 	notice must also be posted as provided under section 366.01, subdivision 8.

10.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

10.24 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 165.01, is amended to read:
10.25 	165.01 DEFINITIONS.
10.26 		Subdivision 1.Scope. For the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this 
10.27 	section and section 160.02shall have the same meanings given them. 
10.28 		Subd. 2.AASHTO manual. "AASHTO manual" means the Manual for Condition 
10.29 	Evaluation of Bridges, published by the American Association of State Highway and 
10.30 	Transportation Officials.

10.31 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 165.03, is amended to read:
10.32 	165.03 STRENGTH OF BRIDGE; INSPECTION.
11.1 		Subdivision 1.Standards generally. Each bridge, including a privately owned 
11.2 	bridge, must conform to the strength, width, clearance, and safety standards imposed 
11.3 	by the commissioner for the connecting highway or street. This subdivision applies to 
11.4 	a bridge that is constructed after August 1, 1989, on any public highway or street. The 
11.5 	bridge must have sufficient strength to support with safety the maximum vehicle weights 
11.6 	allowed under sections 169.822 to 169.829 and must have the minimum width specified 
11.7 	in section 165.04, subdivision 3. 
11.8 		Subd. 1a.Inspection. (a) Each bridge must be inspected annually, unless a longer 
11.9 	interval not to exceed two years for bridges or four years for bridges classified as culverts 
11.10 	is authorized by the commissioner. The commissioner's authorization must be based 
11.11 	on factors including, but not limited to, the age and condition of the bridge, the rate of 
11.12 	deterioration of the bridge, the type of structure, the susceptibility of the bridge to failure, 
11.13 	and the characteristics of traffic on the bridge. The commissioner may require interim 
11.14 	inspections at intervals of less than one year on bridges that are posted, bridges subjected 
11.15 	to extreme scour conditions, bridges subject to significant substructure movement or 
11.16 	settlement, and for other reasons as specified or inferred in the AASHTO manual.
11.17 	(b) The thoroughness of each inspection depends on such factors as age, traffic 
11.18 	characteristics, state of maintenance, and known deficiencies. The evaluation of these 
11.19 	factors is the responsibility of the engineer assigned the responsibility for inspection as 
11.20 	defined by rule adopted by the commissioner of transportation.
11.21 		Subd. 2.Inspection and inventory responsibilities; rules; forms. (a) The 
11.22 	commissioner of transportation shall adopt official inventory and bridge inspection report 
11.23 	forms for use in making bridge inspections by the owners or highway authorities specified 
11.24 	by this subdivision. Bridge Inspections shall must be made at regular intervals, not to 
11.25 	exceed two years for bridges and not to exceed four years for culverts, by the following 
11.26 	owner or official:
11.27 	(1) the commissioner of transportation for all bridges located wholly or partially 
11.28 	within or over the right-of-way of a state trunk highway;
11.29 	(2) the county highway engineer for all bridges located wholly or partially within 
11.30 	or over the right-of-way of any county or township town road, or any street within a 
11.31 	municipality which that does not have a city engineer regularly employed;
11.32 	(3) the city engineer for all bridges located wholly or partially within or over the 
11.33 	right-of-way of any street located within or along municipal limits;
11.34 	(4) the commissioner of transportation in case of a toll bridge that is used by the 
11.35 	general public and that is not inspected and certified under subdivision 6; provided, that the 
11.36 	commissioner of transportation may assess the owner for the costs of such the inspection;
12.1 	(5) the owner of a bridge over a public highway or street or that carries a roadway 
12.2 	designated for public use by a public authority, if not required to be inventoried and 
12.3 	inspected under clause (1), (2), (3), or (4).
12.4 	(b) The commissioner of transportation shall prescribe the standards for bridge 
12.5 	inspection and inventory by rules. The owner or highway authority shall inspect and 
12.6 	inventory in accordance with these standards and furnish the commissioner with such data 
12.7 	as may be necessary to maintain a central inventory.
12.8 		Subd. 3.County inventory and inspection records and reports. The county 
12.9 	engineer shall maintain a complete inventory record of all bridges as set forth in 
12.10 	subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (2), with the inspection reports thereof, and shall 
12.11 	certify annually to the commissioner, as prescribed by the commissioner, that inspections 
12.12 	have been made at regular intervals, not to exceed two years for bridges and not to 
12.13 	exceed four years for culverts. A report of the inspections shall must be filed annually, 
12.14 	on or before February 15 of each year, with the county auditor or town clerk, or the 
12.15 	governing body of the municipality. The report shall must contain recommendations for 
12.16 	the correction of, or legal posting of load limits on any bridge or structure that is found to 
12.17 	be understrength or unsafe.
12.18 		Subd. 4.Municipal inventory and inspection records and reports. The 
12.19 	city engineer shall maintain a complete inventory record of all bridges as set forth in 
12.20 	subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (3), with the inspection reports thereof, and shall 
12.21 	certify annually to the commissioner, as prescribed by the commissioner, that inspections 
12.22 	have been made at regular intervals, not to exceed two years for bridges and not to exceed 
12.23 	four years for culverts. A report of the inspections shall must be filed annually, on or 
12.24 	before February 15 of each year, with the governing body of the municipality. The report 
12.25 	shall must contain recommendations for the correction of, or legal posting of load limits 
12.26 	on any bridge or structure that is found to be understrength or unsafe.
12.27 		Subd. 5.Agreement. Agreements may be made among the various units of 
12.28 	governments, or between governmental units and qualified engineering personnel to 
12.29 	carry out the responsibilities for the bridge inspections and reports, as established by 
12.30 	subdivision 2.
12.31 		Subd. 6.Other bridges. The owner of a toll bridge and the owner of a bridge 
12.32 	described in subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (5), shall certify to the commissioner, as 
12.33 	prescribed by the commissioner, that inspections of the bridge have been made at regular 
12.34 	intervals, not to exceed two years for bridges and not to exceed four years for culverts. 
12.35 	The certification shall must be accompanied by a report of the inspection. The report shall
13.1 	must contain recommendations for the correction of or legal posting of load limitations if 
13.2 	the bridge is found to be understrength or unsafe.
13.3 		Subd. 7.Department of Natural Resources bridge. (a) Notwithstanding 
13.4 	subdivision 2, the commissioners of transportation and natural resources shall negotiate a 
13.5 	memorandum of understanding that governs the inspection of bridges owned, operated, 
13.6 	or maintained by the commissioner of natural resources.
13.7 	(b) The memorandum of understanding must provide for:
13.8 	(1) the inspection and inventory of bridges subject to federal law or regulations;
13.9 	(2) the frequency of inspection of bridges described in paragraph (a); and
13.10 	(3) who may perform inspections required under the memorandum of understanding.

13.11 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.011, subdivision 22, is amended to read:
13.12 		Subd. 22.Special mobile equipment. "Special mobile equipment" means every 
13.13 	vehicle not designed or used primarily for the transportation of persons or property 
13.14 	and only incidentally operated or moved over a highway, including but not limited to: 
13.15 	ditch-digging apparatuses, moving dollies, pump hoists and other water well-drilling 
13.16 	equipment registered under chapter 103I, vehicle-mounted concrete pumps with or 
13.17 	without placement booms, street-sweeping vehicles, and other machinery such as 
13.18 	asphalt spreaders, bituminous mixers, bucket loaders, tractors other than truck-tractors, 
13.19 	ditchers, leveling graders, finishing machines, motor graders, road rollers, scarifiers, 
13.20 	truck-mounted log loaders, earth-moving carryalls, scrapers, power shovels, draglines, 
13.21 	self-propelled cranes, and earth-moving equipment. The term does not include travel 
13.22 	trailers, dump trucks, truck-mounted transit mixers, truck-mounted feed grinders, or other 
13.23 	motor vehicles designed for the transportation of persons or property to which machinery 
13.24 	has been attached.

13.25 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168A.01, is amended by adding a 
13.26 	subdivision to read:
13.27 		Subd. 1a.Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of public 
13.28 	safety.

13.29 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168A.05, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
13.30 		Subd. 3.Content of certificate. Each certificate of title issued by the department 
13.31 	shall contain:
13.32 	(1) the date issued;
14.1 	(2) the first, middle, and last names,and the dates of birth, and addresses of all 
14.2 	owners who are natural persons, and the full names and addresses of all other owners;
14.3 	(3) the residence address of the owner listed first if that owner is a natural person or 
14.4 	the address if that owner is not a natural person;
14.5 	(4) the names and addresses of any secured parties, and the address of the first 
14.6 	secured party, listed  in the order of priority (i) as shown on the application, or (ii) if the 
14.7 	application is based on a certificate of title, as shown on the certificate, or (iii) as otherwise 
14.8 	determined by the department;
14.9 	(4) (5) any liens filed pursuant to a court order or by a public agency responsible for 
14.10 	child support enforcement against the owner;
14.11 	(5) (6) the title number assigned to the vehicle;
14.12 	(6) (7) a description of the vehicle including, so far as the following data exists, its 
14.13 	make, model, year, identifying number, type of body, whether new or used, and if a new 
14.14 	vehicle, the date of the first sale of the vehicle for use;
14.15 	(7) (8) with respect to a motor vehicles vehicle subject to the provisions of section 
14.16 	325E.15, (i) the true cumulative mileage registered on the odometer or (ii) that the actual 
14.17 	mileage is unknown if the odometer reading is known by the owner to be different from 
14.18 	the true mileage;
14.19 	(8) (9) with respect to vehicles a vehicle subject to sections 325F.6641 and 
14.20 	325F.6642, the appropriate term "flood damaged," "rebuilt," "prior salvage," or 
14.21 	"reconstructed";
14.22 	(9) (10) with respect to a vehicle contaminated by methamphetamine production, if 
14.23 	the registrar has received the certificate of title and notice described in section 152.0275, 
14.24 	subdivision 2, paragraph (g), the term "hazardous waste contaminated vehicle"; and
14.25 	(10) (11) with respect to a vehicle subject to section 325F.665, the term "lemon law 
14.26 	vehicle"; and
14.27 	(12) any other data the department prescribes.

14.28 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168A.05, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
14.29 		Subd. 5.Forms. (a) The certificate of title shall contain forms:
14.30 	(1) for assignment and warranty of title by the owner;
14.31 	(2) for assignment and warranty of title by a dealer;
14.32 	(3) to apply for a certificate of title by a transferee;
14.33 	(4) to name a secured party; and
14.34 	(5) to make the disclosure required by section 325F.6641. 
15.1 	(b) The certificate of title must also include a separate detachable postcard form
15.2 	entitled "Notice of Sale" that contains, but is not limited to, the vehicle's title number and 
15.3 	vehicle identification number. The postcard form must include sufficient space for the 
15.4 	owner to record the purchaser's name, address, and driver's license number, if any, and 
15.5 	the date of sale. The notice of sale must include clear instructions regarding the owner's 
15.6 	responsibility to complete and return the form, or to transmit the required information 
15.7 	electronically in a form acceptable to the commissioner, pursuant to section 168A.10, 
15.8 	subdivision 1. 

15.9 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168A.10, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
15.10 		Subdivision 1.Assignment and warranty of title; mileage; notice of sale. If an 
15.11 	owner transfers interest in a vehicle other than by the creation of a security interest, the 
15.12 	owner shall at the time of the delivery of the vehicle execute an assignment and warranty 
15.13 	of title to the transferee and shall state the actual selling price in the space provided on 
15.14 	the certificate. Within ten days of the date of sale, other than a sale by or to a licensed 
15.15 	motor vehicle dealer, the owner shall: (1) complete, detach, and return to the department 
15.16 	the postcard form on the certificate entitled "Notice of Sale," if one is provided, including 
15.17 	the transferee's name, address, and driver's license number, if any, and the date of sale; or 
15.18 	(2) transmit this information electronically in a form acceptable to the commissioner. With 
15.19 	respect to motor vehicles subject to the provisions of section 325E.15, the transferor shall 
15.20 	also, in the space provided therefor on the certificate, state the true cumulative mileage 
15.21 	registered on the odometer or that the actual mileage is unknown if the odometer reading 
15.22 	is known by the transferor to be different from the true mileage. The transferor shall cause 
15.23 	the certificate and assignment to be delivered to the transferee immediately. 

15.24 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168A.101, is amended to read:
15.25 	168A.101 CANCELLATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE SALE.
15.26 		Subdivision 1.Required documentation. If the parties cancel a purchase of a 
15.27 	motor vehicle after the transfer of interest, they must submit within 90 days of the original 
15.28 	purchase date the following items:
15.29 	(1) the outstanding certificate of title with proper assignment; and a written claim 
15.30 	for refund;
15.31 	(2) an affidavit correcting ownership signed by the parties.; and
15.32 	(3) the outstanding certificate of title, if available, with proper assignment.
15.33 		Subd. 2.Refunds. A party may be eligible for a refund of taxes and fees paid 
15.34 	pursuant to chapter 297B only if the items indicated in subdivision 1 are submitted within 
16.1 	the 90-day time frame unless otherwise provided by law. No other taxes or fees paid may 
16.2 	be refunded due to the cancellation of a motor vehicle sale.

16.3 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168A.151, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
16.4 		Subdivision 1.Salvage titles. (a) When an insurer, licensed to conduct business in 
16.5 	Minnesota, acquires ownership of a late-model or high-value vehicle through payment 
16.6 	of damages, the insurer shall immediately apply for a salvage certificate of title or shall 
16.7 	stamp the existing certificate of title with the legend "SALVAGE CERTIFICATE OF 
16.8 	TITLE" in a manner prescribed by the department. Within 48 hours of taking possession 
16.9 	of a vehicle through payment of damages, an insurer must notify the department in a 
16.10 	manner prescribed by the department.
16.11 	(b) Any person who acquires a damaged motor vehicle with an out-of-state title and 
16.12 	the cost of repairs exceeds the value of the damaged vehicle or a motor vehicle with an 
16.13 	out-of-state salvage title or certificate, as proof of ownership, shall immediately apply for 
16.14 	a salvage certificate of title. A person shall immediately apply for a salvage certificate 
16.15 	of title if the person acquires a damaged late-model or high-value motor vehicle with an 
16.16 	out-of-state title, and the vehicle:
16.17 	(1) is a vehicle that was acquired by an insurer through payment of damages;
16.18 	(2) is a vehicle for which the cost of repairs exceeds the value of the damaged 
16.19 	vehicle; or
16.20 	(3) has an out-of-state salvage certificate of title as proof of ownership.
16.21 	(c) A self-insured owner of a late-model or high-value vehicle who sustains damage 
16.22 	by collision or other occurrence which exceeds 70 percent of its actual cash value 
16.23 	shall immediately apply for a salvage certificate of title. Damage, for the purpose of 
16.24 	this calculation, does not include the actual cost incurred to repair, replace, or reinstall 
16.25 	inflatable safety restraints and other vehicle components that must be replaced due to the 
16.26 	deployment of the inflatable safety restraints.

16.27 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168A.153, is amended to read:
16.28 	168A.153 REPORT OF VEHICLE RECEIPT; SURRENDER OF 
16.29 	CERTIFICATE.
16.30 		Subdivision 1.Older model vehicle. A dealer who buys an older model vehicle 
16.31 	to be dismantled or destroyed shall report to the department within 30 days including 
16.32 	the vehicle's license plate number and identification number, and the seller's name and 
16.33 	driver's license number.
17.1 		Subd. 2.Late-model or high-value vehicle. A dealer who buys a late-model or 
17.2 	high-value vehicle to be dismantled or destroyed shall notify the secured party, if any, and 
17.3 	then surrender the certificate of title and a properly completed application for a salvage 
17.4 	certificate of title to the department within ten days the commissioner in the manner 
17.5 	prescribed in subdivision 3. The dealer must then properly destroy the certificate of title.
17.6 		Subd. 3.Notification on vehicle to be dismantled or destroyed; service fee.
 17.7 	Within the time frames prescribed in subdivisions 1 and 2 of acquiring a vehicle titled and 
17.8 	registered in Minnesota, a dealer shall notify the registrar that the dealership purchased the 
17.9 	vehicle to be dismantled or destroyed. The notification must be made electronically as 
17.10 	prescribed by the registrar. The dealer may contract this service to a deputy registrar and 
17.11 	the registrar may charge a fee not to exceed $7 per transaction to provide this service.

17.12 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.01, subdivision 4c, is amended to read:
17.13 		Subd. 4c.Motorized foot scooter. "Motorized foot scooter" means a device with 
17.14 	handlebars designed to be stood or sat upon by the operator, and powered by an internal 
17.15 	combustion engine or electric motor that is capable of propelling the device with or without 
17.16 	human propulsion, and that has either (1) no more than two ten-inch 12-inch or smaller 
17.17 	diameter wheels or (2) and has an engine or motor that is capable of a maximum speed of 
17.18 	15 miles per hour on a flat surface with not more than one percent grade in any direction 
17.19 	when the motor is engaged. An electric personal assistive mobility device, a motorized 
17.20 	bicycle, an electric-assisted bicycle, or a motorcycle is not a motorized foot scooter.

17.21 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.01, subdivision 19, is amended to read:
17.22 		Subd. 19.Explosives. "Explosives" means any chemical compound or mechanical 
17.23 	mixture that is commonly used or intended for the purpose of producing an explosion 
17.24 	and which contains any oxidizing and combustive units or other ingredients in such 
17.25 	proportions, quantities, or packing that an ignition by fire, by friction, by concussion, by 
17.26 	percussion, or by detonator of any part of the compound or mixture may cause such a 
17.27 	sudden generation of highly heated gases that the resultant gaseous pressures are capable 
17.28 	of producing destructible effects on contiguous objects or of destroying life or limb has 
17.29 	the meaning given in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 173.50.

17.30 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.01, subdivision 20, is amended to read:
17.31 		Subd. 20.Flammable liquid. "Flammable liquid" means any liquid which has a 
17.32 	flash point of 70 degrees Fahrenheit, or less, as determined by a tagliabue or equivalent 
18.1 	closed cup test device has the meaning given in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, 
18.2 	section 173.120.

18.3 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.01, is amended by adding a subdivision 
18.4 	to read:
18.5 		Subd. 92.Valid license; valid driver's license. "Valid license," "valid driver's 
18.6 	license," "valid Minnesota driver's license," "valid standard driver's license," or other 
18.7 	similar term, has the meaning given in section 171.01, subdivision 49a.

18.8 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.06, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
18.9 		Subd. 5.Traffic-control signal. (a) Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic-control 
18.10 	signals exhibiting different colored lights, or colored lighted arrows, successively one at a 
18.11 	time or in combination, only the colors Green, Red, and Yellow shall be used, except for 
18.12 	special pedestrian signals carrying a word or legend. The traffic-control signal lights or 
18.13 	colored lighted arrows indicate and apply to drivers of vehicles and pedestrians as follows:
18.14 	(1) Green indication:
18.15 	(i) Vehicular traffic facing a circular green signal may proceed straight through or 
18.16 	turn right or left unless a sign at such place prohibits either turn. But vehicular traffic, 
18.17 	including vehicles turning right or left, shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles 
18.18 	and to pedestrians lawfully within the intersection or adjacent crosswalk at the time this 
18.19 	signal is exhibited.
18.20 	(ii) Vehicular traffic facing a green arrow signal, shown alone or in combination with 
18.21 	another indication, may cautiously enter the intersection only to make the movement 
18.22 	indicated by the arrow, or other movement as permitted by other indications shown at the 
18.23 	same time. Such vehicular traffic shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully 
18.24 	within an adjacent crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully using the intersection.
18.25 	(iii) Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control signal as provided in 
18.26 	subdivision 6, pedestrians facing any green signal, except when the sole green signal is a 
18.27 	turn arrow, may proceed across the roadway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk. 
18.28 	Every driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to such pedestrian, except that the 
18.29 	pedestrian shall yield the right-of-way to vehicles lawfully within the intersection at the 
18.30 	time that the green signal indication is first shown.
18.31 	(2) Steady yellow indication:
18.32 	(i) Vehicular traffic facing a steady circular yellow or yellow arrow signal is thereby 
18.33 	warned that the related green movement is being terminated or that a red indication will be 
18.34 	exhibited immediately thereafter when vehicular traffic must not enter the intersection, 
19.1 	except for the continued movement allowed by any green arrow indication simultaneously 
19.2 	exhibited.
19.3 	(ii) Pedestrians facing a circular yellow signal, unless otherwise directed by a 
19.4 	pedestrian-control signal as provided in subdivision 6, are thereby advised that there is 
19.5 	insufficient time to cross the roadway before a red indication is shown and no pedestrian 
19.6 	shall then start to cross the roadway.
19.7 	(iii) Vehicular traffic facing a steady yellow arrow signal is thereby warned that 
19.8 	the protected vehicular movement permitted by the corresponding prior green arrow 
19.9 	indication is being terminated.
19.10 	(3) Steady red indication:
19.11 	(i) Vehicular traffic facing a circular red signal alone must stop at a clearly marked 
19.12 	stop line but, if none, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection 
19.13 	or, if none, then before entering the intersection and shall remain standing until a green 
19.14 	indication is shown, except as follows: (A) the driver of a vehicle stopped as close 
19.15 	as practicable at the entrance to the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, 
19.16 	if none, then at the entrance to the intersection in obedience to a red or stop signal, 
19.17 	and with the intention of making a right turn may make the right turn, after stopping, 
19.18 	unless an official sign has been erected prohibiting such movement, but shall yield the 
19.19 	right-of-way to pedestrians and other traffic lawfully proceeding as directed by the signal 
19.20 	at that intersection; or (B) the driver of a vehicle on a one-way street intersecting another 
19.21 	one-way street on which traffic moves to the left shall stop in obedience to a red or stop 
19.22 	signal and may then make a left turn into the one-way street, unless an official sign has 
19.23 	been erected prohibiting the movement, but shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and 
19.24 	other traffic lawfully proceeding as directed by the signal at that intersection.
19.25 	(ii) Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control signal as provided in 
19.26 	subdivision 6, pedestrians facing a steady red signal alone shall not enter the roadway.
19.27 	(iii) Vehicular traffic facing a steady red arrow signal, with the intention of making a 
19.28 	movement indicated by the arrow, must stop at a clearly marked stop line but, if none, 
19.29 	before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if none, then before 
19.30 	entering the intersection and must remain standing until a permissive signal indication 
19.31 	permitting the movement indicated by the red arrow is displayed, except as follows: when 
19.32 	an official sign has been erected permitting a turn on a red arrow signal, the vehicular 
19.33 	traffic facing a red arrow signal indication is permitted to enter the intersection to turn 
19.34 	right, or to turn left from a one-way street into a one-way street on which traffic moves 
19.35 	to the left, after stopping, but must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and other traffic 
19.36 	lawfully proceeding as directed by the signal at that intersection.
20.1 	(b) In the event an official traffic-control signal is erected and maintained at a place 
20.2 	other than an intersection, the provisions of this section are applicable except those which 
20.3 	can have no application. Any stop required must be made at a sign or marking on the 
20.4 	pavement indicating where the stop must be made, but in the absence of any such sign or 
20.5 	marking the stop must be made at the signal.
20.6 	(c) When a traffic-control signal indication or indications placed to control a certain 
20.7 	movement or lane are so identified by placing a sign near the indication or indications, 
20.8 	no other traffic-control signal indication or indications within the intersection controls 
20.9 	vehicular traffic for that movement or lane.

20.10 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.14, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
20.11 		Subd. 2.Speed limits. (a) Where no special hazard exists the following speeds 
20.12 	shall be lawful, but any speeds in excess of such limits shall be prima facie evidence 
20.13 	that the speed is not reasonable or prudent and that it is unlawful; except that the speed 
20.14 	limit within any municipality shall be a maximum limit and any speed in excess thereof 
20.15 	shall be unlawful:
20.16 	(1) 30 miles per hour in an urban district or on a town road in a rural residential 
20.17 	district;
20.18 	(2) 65 miles per hour on noninterstate expressways, as defined in section 160.02, 
20.19 	subdivision 18a, and noninterstate freeways and expressways, as defined in section 
20.20 	160.02, subdivision 19;
20.21 	(3) 55 miles per hour in locations other than those specified in this section;
20.22 	(4) 70 miles per hour on interstate highways outside the limits of any urbanized area 
20.23 	with a population of greater than 50,000 as defined by order of the commissioner of 
20.24 	transportation;
20.25 	(5) 65 miles per hour on interstate highways inside the limits of any urbanized area 
20.26 	with a population of greater than 50,000 as defined by order of the commissioner of 
20.27 	transportation;
20.28 	(6) ten miles per hour in alleys; and
20.29 	(7) 25 miles per hour in residential roadways if adopted by the road authority having 
20.30 	jurisdiction over the residential roadway.
20.31 	(b) A speed limit adopted under paragraph (a), clause (7), is not effective unless the 
20.32 	road authority has erected signs designating the speed limit and indicating the beginning 
20.33 	and end of the residential roadway on which the speed limit applies.
20.34 	(c) For purposes of this subdivision, "rural residential district" means the territory 
20.35 	contiguous to and including any town road within a subdivision or plat of land that is built 
21.1 	up with dwelling houses at intervals of less than 300 feet for a distance of one-quarter 
21.2 	mile or more.
21.3 	(d) Notwithstanding section 609.0331 or 609.101 or other law to the contrary, 
21.4 	a person who violates a speed limit established in this subdivision, or a speed limit 
21.5 	designated on an appropriate sign under subdivision 4, 5, 5b, 5c, or 5e, by driving 20 miles 
21.6 	per hour or more in excess of the applicable speed limit, is assessed an additional surcharge 
21.7 	equal to the amount of the fine imposed for the speed violation, but not less than $25.

21.8 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.14, is amended by adding a subdivision 
21.9 	to read:
21.10 		Subd. 2a.Speed violations; less than 20 miles over limit. Notwithstanding any 
21.11 	law or rule to the contrary, the amount of the fine imposed for a speed violation by driving 
21.12 	19 miles per hour or less in excess of the applicable speed limit is assessed at the June 
21.13 	30, 2003, amount.

21.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2009.

21.15 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.14, is amended by adding a subdivision 
21.16 	to read:
21.17 		Subd. 2b.Limit on speed violation fines. Notwithstanding any law or rule to the 
21.18 	contrary, a statutory or home rule charter city, town, county, or other political subdivision 
21.19 	may not impose a fine in excess of the amount of the fine imposed for a speed violation 
21.20 	on the effective date of this subdivision.

21.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

21.22 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.34, is amended to read:
21.23 	169.34 PROHIBITIONS; STOPPING, PARKING.
21.24 		Subdivision 1.Prohibitions. (a) No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle, 
21.25 	except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the 
21.26 	directions of a police officer or traffic-control device, in any of the following places:
21.27 	(1) on a sidewalk;
21.28 	(2) in front of a public or private driveway;
21.29 	(3) within an intersection;
21.30 	(4) within ten feet of a fire hydrant;
21.31 	(5) on a crosswalk;
21.32 	(6) within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
22.1 	(7) within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign, or 
22.2 	traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway;
22.3 	(8) between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the 
22.4 	curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated 
22.5 	by signs or markings;
22.6 	(9) within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
22.7 	(10) within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of 
22.8 	a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of said entrance when 
22.9 	properly signposted;
22.10 	(11) alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such stopping, 
22.11 	standing, or parking would obstruct traffic;
22.12 	(12) on the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a 
22.13 	street;
22.14 	(13) upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway 
22.15 	tunnel, except as otherwise provided by ordinance;
22.16 	(14) at any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
22.17 	(b) No person shall move a vehicle not owned by such person into any prohibited 
22.18 	area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.
22.19 	(c) No person shall, for camping purposes, leave or park a travel trailer on or within 
22.20 	the limits of any highway or on any highway right-of-way, except where signs are erected 
22.21 	designating the place as a campsite.
22.22 	(d) No person shall stop or park a vehicle on a street or highway when directed or 
22.23 	ordered to proceed by any peace officer invested by law with authority to direct, control, 
22.24 	or regulate traffic.
22.25 		Subd. 2.Violation; penalty for owner or lessee. (a) If a motor vehicle is stopped, 
22.26 	standing, or parked in violation of subdivision 1, the owner of the vehicle, or for a leased 
22.27 	motor vehicle the lessee of the vehicle, is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
22.28 	(b) The owner or lessee may not be fined under paragraph (a) if (1) another person 
22.29 	is convicted for, or pleads guilty to, that violation, or (2) the motor vehicle was stolen at 
22.30 	the time of the violation.
22.31 	(c) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a lessor of a motor vehicle if the lessor keeps a 
22.32 	record of the name and address of the lessee.
22.33 	(d) Paragraph (a) does not prohibit or limit the prosecution of a motor vehicle 
22.34 	operator for violating subdivision 1.
22.35 	(e) A violation under paragraph (a) does not constitute grounds for revocation or 
22.36 	suspension of the owner's or lessee's driver's license.

23.1 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.471, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
23.2 		Subdivision 1.Television screen in vehicle. No television screen shall be installed 
23.3 	or used in any motor vehicle where it is visible to the driver while operating the motor 
23.4 	vehicle except:
23.5 	(1) video screens installed in law enforcement vehicles;
23.6 	(2) closed-circuit video systems used exclusively to aid the driver's visibility to 
23.7 	the front,  rear, or sides of the vehicle; and
23.8 	(3) video screens installed as part of a vehicle control system or used in intelligent 
23.9 	vehicle highway applications.

23.10 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.01, is amended by adding a subdivision 
23.11 	to read:
23.12 		Subd. 49a.Valid license; valid driver's license. "Valid license," "valid driver's 
23.13 	license," "valid Minnesota driver's license," "valid standard driver's license," or other 
23.14 	similar term, means any operator's license, provisional license, temporary license, limited 
23.15 	license, permit, or other license to operate a motor vehicle issued or issuable under the 
23.16 	laws of this state by the commissioner, or by another state or jurisdiction if specified, 
23.17 	that is (1) not expired, suspended, revoked, or canceled, and (2) not disqualified for the 
23.18 	class of vehicle being operated.

23.19 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
23.20 		Subdivision 1.License required; duplicate identification restricted. (a) Except 
23.21 	when expressly exempted, a person shall not drive a motor vehicle upon a street or 
23.22 	highway in this state unless the person has a license valid license under this chapter for 
23.23 	the type or class of vehicle being driven. 
23.24 	(b) The department shall not issue a driver's license to a person unless and until the 
23.25 	person's license from any jurisdiction has been invalidated. The department shall provide 
23.26 	to the issuing department of any jurisdiction, information that the licensee is now licensed 
23.27 	in Minnesota. A person is not permitted to have more than one valid driver's license 
23.28 	at any time. The department shall not issue to a person to whom a current Minnesota 
23.29 	identification card has been issued a driver's license, other than a limited license, unless 
23.30 	the person's Minnesota identification card has been invalidated. This subdivision does 
23.31 	not require invalidation of a tribal identification card as a condition of receiving a driver's 
23.32 	license.

23.33 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.06, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
24.1 		Subd. 3.Contents of application; other information. (a) An application must:
24.2 	(1) state the full name, date of birth, sex, and either (i) the residence address of the 
24.3 	applicant, or (ii) the designated address under section 5B.05;
24.4 	(2) as may be required by the commissioner, contain a description of the applicant 
24.5 	and any other facts pertaining to the applicant, the applicant's driving privileges, and the 
24.6 	applicant's ability to operate a motor vehicle with safety;
24.7 	(3) state:
24.8 	(i) the applicant's Social Security number; or
24.9 	(ii) if the applicant does not have a social security number and is applying for a 
24.10 	Minnesota identification card, instruction permit, or class D provisional or driver's license, 
24.11 	that the applicant certifies that the applicant does not have a Social Security number;
24.12 	(4) contain a space where the applicant may indicate a desire to make an anatomical 
24.13 	gift according to paragraph (b); and
24.14 	(5) contain a notification to the applicant of the availability of a living will/health 
24.15 	care directive designation on the license under section   171.07, subdivision 7. 
24.16 	(b) If the applicant does not indicate a desire to make an anatomical gift when 
24.17 	the application is made, the applicant must be offered a donor document in accordance 
24.18 	with section   171.07, subdivision 5. The application must contain statements sufficient 
24.19 	to comply with the requirements of the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (1987), sections   
24.20 	525.921 to   525.9224, so that execution of the application or donor document will make 
24.21 	the anatomical gift as provided in section   171.07, subdivision 5, for those indicating a 
24.22 	desire to make an anatomical gift. The application must be accompanied by information 
24.23 	describing Minnesota laws regarding anatomical gifts and the need for and benefits of 
24.24 	anatomical gifts, and the legal implications of making an anatomical gift, including the 
24.25 	law governing revocation of anatomical gifts. The commissioner shall distribute a notice 
24.26 	that must accompany all applications for and renewals of a driver's license or Minnesota 
24.27 	identification card. The notice must be prepared in conjunction with a Minnesota organ 
24.28 	procurement organization that is certified by the federal Department of Health and Human 
24.29 	Services and must include: 
24.30 	(1) a statement that provides a fair and reasonable description of the organ donation 
24.31 	process, the care of the donor body after death, and the importance of informing family 
24.32 	members of the donation decision; and
24.33 	(2) a telephone number in a certified Minnesota organ procurement organization that 
24.34 	may be called with respect to questions regarding anatomical gifts.
24.35 	(c) The application must be accompanied also by information containing relevant 
24.36 	facts relating to:
25.1 	(1) the effect of alcohol on driving ability;
25.2 	(2) the effect of mixing alcohol with drugs;
25.3 	(3) the laws of Minnesota relating to operation of a motor vehicle while under the 
25.4 	influence of alcohol or a controlled substance; and
25.5 	(4) the levels of alcohol-related fatalities and accidents in Minnesota and of arrests 
25.6 	for alcohol-related violations.

25.7 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.07, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
25.8 		Subdivision 1.License; contents. (a) Upon the payment of the required fee, the 
25.9 	department shall issue to every qualifying applicant a license designating the type or class 
25.10 	of vehicles the applicant is authorized to drive as applied for. This license must bear a 
25.11 	distinguishing number assigned to the licensee; the licensee's full name, and date of birth, 
25.12 	and; either (1) the licensee's  residence address, or (2) the designated address under section 
25.13 	5B.05; the license class, endorsements, and restrictions imposed, if any; a description of 
25.14 	the licensee in a manner as the commissioner deems necessary; and the usual signature of 
25.15 	the licensee. No license is valid unless it bears the usual signature of the licensee. Every 
25.16 	license must bear a colored photograph or an electronically produced image of the licensee.
25.17 	(b) If the United States Postal Service will not deliver mail to the applicant's 
25.18 	residence address as listed on the license, then the applicant shall provide verification from 
25.19 	the United States Postal Service that mail will not be delivered to the applicant's residence 
25.20 	address and that mail will be delivered to a specified alternate mailing address. When an 
25.21 	applicant provides an alternate mailing address under this subdivision, the commissioner 
25.22 	shall use the alternate mailing address in lieu of the applicant's residence address for 
25.23 	all notices and mailings to the applicant.
25.24 	(c) Every license issued to an applicant under the age of 21 must be of a 
25.25 	distinguishing color and plainly marked "Under-21."
25.26 	(d) The department shall use processes in issuing a license that prohibit, as nearly as 
25.27 	possible, the ability to alter or reproduce a license, or prohibit the ability to superimpose a 
25.28 	photograph or electronically produced image on a license, without ready detection.
25.29 	(e) A license issued to an applicant age 65 or over must be plainly marked "senior" if 
25.30 	requested by the applicant.

25.31 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.07, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
25.32 		Subd. 3.Identification card; fee. (a) Upon payment of the required fee, the 
25.33 	department shall issue to every qualifying applicant a Minnesota identification card. The 
25.34 	department may not issue a Minnesota identification card to an individual who has a 
26.1 	driver's license, other than a limited license. The card must bear a distinguishing number 
26.2 	assigned to the applicant; a colored photograph or an electronically produced image of 
26.3 	the applicant; the applicant's full name, and date of birth, and; either (1) the licensee's
26.4 	residence address, or (2) the designated address under section 5B.05; a description of the 
26.5 	applicant in the manner as the commissioner deems necessary; and the usual signature of 
26.6 	the applicant.
26.7 	(b) If the United States Postal Service will not deliver mail to the applicant's 
26.8 	residence address as listed on the Minnesota identification card, then the applicant shall 
26.9 	provide verification from the United States Postal Service that mail will not be delivered 
26.10 	to the applicant's residence address and that mail will be delivered to a specified alternate 
26.11 	mailing address. When an applicant provides an alternate mailing address under this 
26.12 	subdivision, the commissioner shall use the alternate mailing address in lieu of the 
26.13 	applicant's residence address for all notices and mailings to the applicant.
26.14 	(c) Each identification card issued to an applicant under the age of 21 must be of a 
26.15 	distinguishing color and plainly marked "Under-21."
26.16 	(d) Each Minnesota identification card must be plainly marked "Minnesota 
26.17 	identification card - not a driver's license."
26.18 	(e) The fee for a Minnesota identification card is 50 cents when issued to a person 
26.19 	who is developmentally disabled, as defined in section 252A.02, subdivision 2; a 
26.20 	physically disabled person, as defined in section 169.345, subdivision 2; or, a person with 
26.21 	mental illness, as described in section 245.462, subdivision 20, paragraph (c).

26.22 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.12, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
26.23 		Subd. 6.Certain convictions not recorded. (a) Except as provided in paragraph 
26.24 	(b), the department shall not keep on the record of a driver any conviction for a violation 
26.25 	of a speed limit of 55 or 60 miles per hour unless the violation consisted of a speed greater 
26.26 	than ten miles per hour in excess of a 55 miles per hour speed limit, or more than five ten
26.27 	miles per hour in excess of a 60 miles per hour speed limit.
26.28 	(b) This subdivision does not apply to (1) a violation that occurs in a commercial 
26.29 	motor vehicle, or (2) a violation committed by a holder of a class A, B, or C commercial 
26.30 	driver's license, without regard to whether the violation was committed in a commercial 
26.31 	motor vehicle or another vehicle.

26.32 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.14, is amended to read:
26.33 	171.14 CANCELLATION.
27.1 	(a) The commissioner shall have authority to may cancel any driver's license upon 
27.2 	determination that (1) the licensee was not entitled to the issuance thereof hereunder, or 
27.3 	that of the license, (2) the licensee failed to give the required or correct information in 
27.4 	the application, or (3) the licensee committed any fraud or deceit in making such the
27.5 	application. The commissioner may also cancel the driver's license of any, or (4) the
27.6 	person who, at the time of the cancellation, would not have been entitled to receive a 
27.7 	license under the provisions of section 171.04. 
27.8 	(b) The commissioner shall cancel the driver's license of a person described in 
27.9 	paragraph (a), clause (3), for 60 days or until the required or correct information has 
27.10 	been provided, whichever is longer.

27.11 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.01, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
27.12 		Subd. 2.Transportation goals. The goals of the state transportation system are 
27.13 	as follows:
27.14 	(1) to provide safe transportation for users throughout the state;
27.15 	(2) to provide multimodal and intermodal transportation that enhances mobility and 
27.16 	economic development and provides access to all persons and businesses in Minnesota 
27.17 	while ensuring that there is no undue burden placed on any community;
27.18 	(3) to provide a reasonable travel time for commuters;
27.19 	(4) to provide for the economical, efficient, and safe movement of goods to and from 
27.20 	markets by rail, highway, and waterway;
27.21 	(5) to encourage tourism by providing appropriate transportation to Minnesota 
27.22 	facilities designed to attract tourists;
27.23 	(6) to provide transit services throughout the state to meet the needs of transit users;
27.24 	(7) to promote productivity through system management and the utilization of 
27.25 	technological advancements;
27.26 	(8) to maximize the long-term benefits received for each state transportation 
27.27 	investment;
27.28 	(9) to provide funding for transportation that, at a minimum, preserves the 
27.29 	transportation infrastructure;
27.30 	(10) to ensure that the planning and implementation of all modes of transportation 
27.31 	are consistent with the environmental and energy goals of the state;
27.32 	(11) to promote and increase the use of high-occupancy vehicle use vehicles and 
27.33 	low-emission vehicles;
27.34 	(12) to provide an air transportation system sufficient to encourage economic growth 
27.35 	and allow all regions of the state the ability to participate in the global economy;
28.1 	(13) to increase transit use in the urban areas statewide by giving highest priority to 
28.2 	the transportation modes with the greatest people-moving capacity and lowest long-term 
28.3 	economic and environmental cost; and
28.4 	(14) to promote and increase bicycling as an energy-efficient, nonpolluting, and 
28.5 	healthful form of transportation alternative.;
28.6 	(15) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the state's transportation sector; and
28.7 	(16) accomplish these goals with minimal impact on the environment.

28.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment. 

28.9 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.02, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
28.10 		Subd. 1a.Mission; efficiency; legislative report, recommendations. It is part 
28.11 	of the department's mission that within the department's resources the commissioner 
28.12 	shall endeavor to:
28.13 	(1) prevent the waste or unnecessary spending of public money;
28.14 	(2) use innovative fiscal and human resource practices to manage the state's 
28.15 	resources and operate the department as efficiently as possible;
28.16 	(3) minimize the degradation of air and water quality;
28.17 	(4) coordinate the department's activities wherever appropriate with the activities 
28.18 	of other governmental agencies;
28.19 	(4) (5) use technology where appropriate to increase agency productivity, improve 
28.20 	customer service, increase public access to information about government, and increase 
28.21 	public participation in the business of government;
28.22 	(5) (6) utilize constructive and cooperative labor-management practices to the extent 
28.23 	otherwise required by chapters 43A and 179A;
28.24 	(6) (7) report to the legislature on the performance of agency operations and the 
28.25 	accomplishment of agency goals in the agency's biennial budget according to section 
28.26 	16A.10, subdivision 1; and 
28.27 	(7) (8) recommend to the legislature appropriate changes in law necessary to carry 
28.28 	out the mission and improve the performance of the department.

28.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

28.30 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.03, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
28.31 		Subdivision 1.Statewide transportation plan; priorities; schedule of 
28.32 	expenditures. In order to best meet the present and future transportation needs of the 
28.33 	public, to insure a strong state economy, to make most efficient use of public and private 
29.1 	funds, to lessen adverse environmental impacts of the transportation sector, and to 
29.2 	promote the more efficient use of energy and other resources for transportation purposes, 
29.3 	the commissioner shall:
29.4 	(1) three months after notification that the department is ready to commence 
29.5 	operations and prior to the drafting of the statewide transportation plan, hold public 
29.6 	hearings as may be appropriate solely for the purpose of receiving suggestions for future 
29.7 	transportation alternatives and priorities for the state. The Metropolitan Council, regional 
29.8 	development commissions, and port authorities shall appear at the hearings and submit 
29.9 	information concerning transportation-related planning undertaken and accomplished by 
29.10 	these agencies. Other political subdivisions may appear and submit such information at 
29.11 	the hearings. These hearings shall be completed no later than six months from the date of 
29.12 	the commissioner's notification;
29.13 	(2) develop, adopt, revise, and monitor a statewide transportation plan, taking 
29.14 	into account the suggestions and information submitted at the public hearings held 
29.15 	pursuant to clause (1). The plan shall incorporate all modes of transportation including 
29.16 	bicycle commutation and recreation and provide for the interconnection and coordination 
29.17 	of different modes of transportation. The commissioner shall evaluate alternative all
29.18 	transportation programs and facilities proposed for inclusion in the plan in terms of 
29.19 	economic costs and benefits, safety aspects, impact on present and planned land uses, 
29.20 	environmental effects, energy efficiency, national transportation policies and priorities, 
29.21 	and availability of federal and other financial assistance;
29.22 	(3) based upon the statewide transportation plan, develop statewide transportation 
29.23 	priorities and schedule authorized public capital improvements and other authorized 
29.24 	public transportation expenditures pursuant to the priorities;
29.25 	(4) complete the plan and priorities required by this subdivision no later than July 
29.26 	1, 1978. Upon completion of the plan and priorities, the commissioner shall prepare 
29.27 	and periodically revise, as necessary, the schedule of authorized public transportation 
29.28 	expenditures. The plan, priorities, and schedule are exempt from the provisions of the 
29.29 	Administrative Procedure Act.

29.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

29.31 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.03, is amended by adding a subdivision 
29.32 	to read:
29.33 		Subd. 10.Highway construction training. (a) The commissioner of transportation 
29.34 	shall utilize, to the maximum amount feasible, federal funds available to this state 
30.1 	under United States Code, title 23, section 140, paragraph (b), to develop, conduct, and 
30.2 	administer highway construction training, including skill improvement programs.
30.3 	(b) The commissioner of transportation must report by February 1 of each 
30.4 	odd-numbered year to the house of representatives and senate committees having 
30.5 	jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance concerning the commissioner's 
30.6 	compliance with paragraph (a). The report must, with respect to each of the two previous 
30.7 	calendar years:
30.8 	(1) describe the highway construction training and skill improvement programs the 
30.9 	commissioner has conducted and administered;
30.10 	(2) analyze the results of the commissioner's training programs;
30.11 	(3) state the amount of federal funds available to this state under United States Code, 
30.12 	title 23, section 140, paragraph (b); and
30.13 	(4) identify the amount spent by the commissioner in conducting and administering 
30.14 	the programs.

30.15 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.03, is amended by adding a subdivision 
30.16 	to read:
30.17 		Subd. 11.Disadvantaged business enterprise program. (a) The commissioner 
30.18 	shall include in each contract that is funded at least in part by federal funds, sanctions 
30.19 	for each contractor who does not meet the established project disadvantaged business 
30.20 	enterprise goal or demonstrate good faith effort to meet the goal.
30.21 	(b) The commissioner of transportation shall report by February 1 of each 
30.22 	odd-numbered year to the house of representatives and senate committees having 
30.23 	jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance concerning the commissioner's 
30.24 	disadvantaged business enterprise program. The report must, with respect to each of 
30.25 	the two previous calendar years:
30.26 	(1) state the department's annual overall goal, compared with the percentage attained;
30.27 	(2) explain the methodology, applicable facts, and public participation used to 
30.28 	establish the overall goal;
30.29 	(3) describe good faith efforts to meet the goal, if the goal was not attained;
30.30 	(4) describe actions to address overconcentration of disadvantaged business 
30.31 	enterprises in certain types of work;
30.32 	(5) state the number of contracts that included disadvantaged business enterprise 
30.33 	goals, the number of contractors that met established disadvantaged business enterprise 
30.34 	goals, and sanctions imposed for lack of good faith effort; and
31.1 	(6) describe contracts with no disadvantaged business enterprise goals, and, of 
31.2 	those, state number of contracts and amount of each contract with targeted groups under 
31.3 	section 16C.16.

31.4 	Sec. 46. [174.56] REPORT ON MAJOR HIGHWAY PROJECTS.
31.5 		Subdivision 1.Report required. The commissioner of transportation shall submit a 
31.6 	report on January 15, 2008, and on January 15 of each year thereafter, on the status of 
31.7 	major highway projects under construction or planned during the year of the report and for 
31.8 	the ensuing 15 years. For purposes of this section, a "major highway project" is a highway 
31.9 	project that has a total cost for all segments that the commissioner estimates at the time of 
31.10 	the report to be at least (1) $25,000,000 in the metropolitan highway construction district, 
31.11 	or (2) $10,000,000 in any nonmetropolitan highway construction district.
31.12 		Subd. 2.Report contents. For each major highway project the report must include:
31.13 	(1) a description of the project sufficient to specify its scope and location;
31.14 	(2) a history of the project, including, but not limited to, previous official actions 
31.15 	by the department or the appropriate area transportation partnership, or both, the date 
31.16 	on which the project was first included in the state transportation improvement plan, 
31.17 	the cost of the project at that time, the dates of environmental approval, the dates of 
31.18 	municipal approval, the date of final geometric layout, and the date of establishment of 
31.19 	any construction limits;
31.20 	(3) the project's priority listing or rank within its construction district, if any, as 
31.21 	well as the reasons for that listing or rank, the criteria used in prioritization or rank, any 
31.22 	changes in that prioritization or rank since the project was first included in a department 
31.23 	work plan, and the reasons for those changes; and
31.24 	(4) past and potential future reasons for delay in letting or completing the project.

31.25 	Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 222.50, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
31.26 		Subd. 7.Expenditures. (a) The commissioner may expend money from the rail 
31.27 	service improvement account for the following purposes:
31.28 	(1) to make transfers as provided under section 222.57 or to pay interest adjustments 
31.29 	on loans guaranteed under the state rail user and rail carrier loan guarantee program; 
31.30 	(2) to pay a portion of the costs of capital improvement projects designed to 
31.31 	improve rail service including construction or improvement of short segments of rail line 
31.32 	such as side track, team track, and connections between existing lines, and construction 
31.33 	and improvement of loading, unloading, storage, and transfer facilities of a rail user or 
31.34 	a rail carrier;
32.1 	(3) to pay a portion of the costs of rehabilitation projects designed to improve rail 
32.2 	service of a rail user or a rail carrier;
32.3 	(4) to acquire, maintain, manage, and dispose of railroad right-of-way pursuant to 
32.4 	the state rail bank program;
32.5 	(4)(5) to provide for aerial photography survey of proposed and abandoned railroad 
32.6 	tracks for the purpose of recording and reestablishing by analytical triangulation the 
32.7 	existing alignment of the inplace track;
32.8 	(5)(6) to pay a portion of the costs of acquiring a rail line by a regional railroad 
32.9 	authority established pursuant to chapter 398A;
32.10 	(6)(7) to pay the state matching portion of federal grants for rail-highway grade 
32.11 	crossing improvement projects.
32.12 	(b) All money derived by the commissioner from the disposition of railroad 
32.13 	right-of-way or of any other property acquired pursuant to sections 222.46 to 222.62 shall 
32.14 	be deposited in the rail service improvement account. 

32.15 	Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 222.63, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
32.16 		Subd. 4.Disposition permitted. (a) The commissioner may lease any rail line or 
32.17 	right-of-way held in the state rail bank or enter into an agreement with any person for the 
32.18 	operation of any rail line or right-of-way for any of the purposes set forth in subdivision 2 
32.19 	in accordance with a fee schedule to be developed by the commissioner.
32.20 	(b) The commissioner may convey any rail line or right-of-way, for consideration or 
32.21 	for no consideration and upon other terms as the commissioner may determine to be in 
32.22 	the public interest, to any other state agency or to a governmental subdivision of the state 
32.23 	having power by law to utilize it for any of the purposes set forth in subdivision 2.
32.24 	(c) The commissioner may convey a portion of previously acquired rail bank 
32.25 	right-of-way to a state agency or governmental subdivision when the commissioner 
32.26 	determines that:
32.27 	(1) the portion to be conveyed is in excess of that needed for the purposes stated in 
32.28 	subdivision 2;
32.29 	(2) the conveyance is upon terms and conditions agreed upon by both the 
32.30 	commissioner and the state agency or governmental subdivision;
32.31 	(3) after the sale, the rail bank corridor will continue to meet the future public and 
32.32 	commercial transportation and transmission needs of the state; and
32.33 	(4) the conveyance will not reduce the width of the rail bank corridor to less than 
32.34 	50 100 feet.
33.1 	(d) The commissioner may lease previously acquired state rail bank right-of-way to 
33.2 	a state agency or governmental subdivision or to a private entity for nontransportation 
33.3 	purposes when:
33.4 	(1) the portion to be leased is in excess of that needed for the purposes stated in 
33.5 	subdivision 2;
33.6 	(2) the lease will not reduce the useable width of the rail bank corridor to less than 
33.7 	50 100 feet;
33.8 	(3) the cost of the lease is based on the fair market value of the portion to be leased, 
33.9 	as determined by appraisal;
33.10 	(4) the lease allows the commissioner to terminate the lease on 90 days' written 
33.11 	notice to the lessee; and
33.12 	(5) the lease prohibits the construction or erection of any permanent structure within 
33.13 	the 50-foot 100-foot rail bank corridor and requires any structure erected on the leased 
33.14 	property to be removed and the land restored to its original condition on 90 days' written 
33.15 	notice to the lessee.
33.16 	(e) Proceeds from a sale or lease must be deposited in the rail bank maintenance 
33.17 	account described in subdivision 8.

33.18 	Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 222.63, is amended by adding a subdivision 
33.19 	to read:
33.20 		Subd. 9.Rail bank property use; misdemeanors. (a) Except for the actions of 
33.21 	road authorities and their agents, employees, and contractors, and of utilities, in carrying 
33.22 	out their duties imposed by permit, law, or contract, and except as otherwise provided in 
33.23 	this section, it is unlawful to perform any of the following activities on rail bank property:
33.24 	(1) obstruct any trail;
33.25 	(2) deposit snow or ice;
33.26 	(3) remove or place any earth, gravel, or rock without authorization;
33.27 	(4) obstruct or remove any ditch-draining device, or drain any harmful or dangerous 
33.28 	materials;
33.29 	(5) erect a fence, or place or maintain any advertising, sign, or memorial;
33.30 	(6) remove, injure, displace, or destroy right-of-way markers or reference or witness 
33.31 	monuments or markers placed to preserve section or quarter-section corners defining 
33.32 	rail bank property limits;
33.33 	(7) drive upon any portion of rail bank property, except at approved crossings, and 
33.34 	except where authorized for snowmobiles, emergency vehicles, or maintenance vehicles;
34.1 	(8) deface, mar, damage, or tamper with any structure, work, material, sign, marker, 
34.2 	paving, guardrail, drain, or any other rail bank appurtenance; or
34.3 	(9) park, overhang, or abandon any unauthorized vehicle or implement of husbandry 
34.4 	on, across, or over the limits of rail bank property.
34.5 	(b) Any violation of this subdivision is a misdemeanor.
34.6 	(c) The cost to remove, repair, or perform any other corrective action necessitated by 
34.7 	a violation of this subdivision may be charged to the violator.

34.8 	Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 299F.60, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
34.9 		Subdivision 1.Money penalty. Any person who violates any provision of sections 
34.10 	299F.56 to 299F.641, or any rule issued thereunder, shall beis subject to a civil penalty to 
34.11 	be imposed by the commissioner not to exceed $10,000$100,000 for each such violation 
34.12 	for each day that suchthe violation persists, except that the maximum civil penalty shall
34.13 	must not exceed $500,000$1,000,000 for any related series of violations. 

34.14 	Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 299J.16, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
34.15 		Subdivision 1.Civil penalty. (a) A pipeline operator who violates section 299J.07, 
34.16 	subdivision 1, or 299J.15, or the rules of the commissioner implementing those sections, 
34.17 	shall forfeit and pay to the state a civil penalty in an amount to be determined by the court, 
34.18 	up to $10,000$100,000 for each day that the operator remains in violation, subject to a 
34.19 	maximum of $500,000$1,000,000 for a related series of violations. 
34.20 	(b) The penalty provided under this subdivision may be recovered by an action 
34.21 	brought by the attorney general at the request of the commissioner, in the name of the 
34.22 	state, in connection with an action to recover expenses of the director under section 
34.23 	299J.13, subdivision 4: 
34.24 	(1) in the District Court of Ramsey County; or
34.25 	(2) in the county of the defendant's residence.

34.26 	Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 325F.665, is amended by adding a 
34.27 	subdivision to read:
34.28 		Subd. 14.Title branding. (a) Upon transfer and application for title of all vehicles 
34.29 	subject to this section, the registrar of motor vehicles shall record the term "lemon law 
34.30 	vehicle" on the certificate of title and all subsequent certificates of title for that vehicle.
34.31 	(b) For vehicles with out-of-state titles that bear the term "lemon law vehicle," or 
34.32 	any similar term, the registrar of motor vehicles shall record the term "lemon law vehicle" 
35.1 	on the first Minnesota certificate of title and all subsequent Minnesota certificates of 
35.2 	title issued for that vehicle.
35.3 	(c) The designation of "lemon law vehicle" on a certificate of title must be made by 
35.4 	the registrar of motor vehicles in a clear and conspicuous manner, in a color different from 
35.5 	all other writing on the certificate of title.

35.6 	Sec. 53. CULKIN SAFETY REST AREA.
 35.7 	The commissioner of transportation shall reopen without delay the Culkin safety rest 
35.8 	area, located on marked Interstate Highway 35.

35.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

35.10 	Sec. 54. STUDY OF TRANSPORTATION LONG-RANGE SOLUTIONS.
 35.11 	(a) The commissioner of transportation shall conduct a study in consultation with 
35.12 	other state agencies and key stakeholders to evaluate the current and long-range needs of 
35.13 	the state's transportation system, and investigate possible strategies to meet these needs.
35.14 	(b) The study must include, but is not limited to:
35.15 	(1) evaluation of the current needs of the state's highway systems, bridges, and 
35.16 	transit;
35.17 	(2) analysis and quantification of the needs for the next 20 years of the state's 
35.18 	highway systems, bridges, and transit;
35.19 	(3) comparison of estimates of revenues raised by current transportation funding 
35.20 	sources, with long-term needs of the state's transportation system;
35.21 	(4) identification of options for maintenance and improvement of the state's 
35.22 	transportation system with specific reference to the effects of potential increases in vehicle 
35.23 	fuel economy, availability of alternative modes of transportation, and extreme fuel price 
35.24 	volatility on future transportation revenues;
35.25 	(5) analysis of alternative pricing options utilized in other states and countries, 
35.26 	and their potential for use, public acceptance, alleviation of congestion, and revenue 
35.27 	generation in this state; and
35.28 	(6) identification of options for road-use pricing, other alternative financing 
35.29 	mechanisms with particular consideration of key environmental impacts such as air 
35.30 	quality, water quality, and greenhouse gas emissions, and estimates of implementation 
35.31 	costs, user costs, and revenue.
35.32 	(c) The commissioner shall report the results of the study to the legislature no later 
35.33 	than November 1, 2008.

36.1 	Sec. 55. STUDY AND REPORT ON SPEED LIMITS.
 36.2 	The commissioner of transportation shall report to the chairs of the legislative 
36.3 	committees with jurisdiction over transportation and local government by January 
36.4 	30, 2008, on speed limits on local roads. The commissioner shall consult with local 
36.5 	governments and solicit input from local governments before issuing the report. The 
36.6 	report must include, at a minimum:
36.7 	(1) whether the current statutory speed limit of 30 miles per hour in urban districts 
36.8 	and rural residential districts is appropriate, or if there are locations where the appropriate 
36.9 	speed limit is 25 miles per hour;
36.10 	(2) whether the current statutory speed limit of 55 miles per hour in rural residential 
36.11 	districts within a city is appropriate, or if there are locations where the appropriate speed 
36.12 	limit is 30 miles per hour; and
36.13 	(3) whether the current definitions of urban district, rural residential district, and 
36.14 	residential roadway are appropriate, or whether and how they should be changed.

36.15 	Sec. 56. REPORT ON INTERNET-BASED DRIVER EDUCATION.
 36.16 	The commissioner of public safety shall submit a report on Internet-based driver 
36.17 	education for the instruction permit component by February 15, 2008, to the chairs and 
36.18 	ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees having 
36.19 	jurisdiction over transportation finance and policy. The report must review and analyze 
36.20 	current findings and studies on the feasibility, effectiveness, and impacts of Internet-based 
36.21 	driver education programs for the instruction permit component, including program 
36.22 	effectiveness for persons under age 18.

36.23 	Sec. 57. NONCOMPLIANCE WITH REAL ID ACT.
 36.24 	In order to promote the security and well-being of the people of Minnesota, to avoid 
36.25 	unneeded expense to the people, and to preserve the principles of federalism embodied in 
36.26 	the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, the commissioner of public safety 
36.27 	is prohibited from taking any action to implement or to plan for the implementation by 
36.28 	this state of those sections of Public Law 109-13 known as the Real ID Act.

36.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

36.30 	Sec. 58. NULLIFICATION OF EXPEDITED TOWN ROAD 
36.31 	EXTINGUISHMENT.
 36.32 	(a) Any extinguishment of town interest in a town road under Minnesota Statutes, 
36.33 	section 164.06, subdivision 2, is hereby nullified if:
37.1 	(1) the interest is not recorded or filed with the county recorder but is recorded 
37.2 	or filed with the county auditor;
37.3 	(2) the state or a political subdivision has constructed a road or bridge improvement 
37.4 	on a right-of-way affected by the interest;
37.5 	(3) the affected road was the only means of access to a property; and
37.6 	(4) the extinguishment took place within the last ten years.
37.7 	(b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 164.08, subdivision 1, for any 
37.8 	nullification under paragraph (a), the affected road is hereby deemed to be a cartway. 
37.9 	The provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 164.08, subdivision 2, apply except that 
37.10 	"petitioner" means the property owner for whom the only means of access to a property is 
37.11 	by way of the affected road, and that the petitioner must not be required to pay damages 
37.12 	for the land upon which the cartway is established, the cost of professional and other 
37.13 	services, hearing costs, administrative costs, recording costs, or other costs and expenses.
37.14 	(c) For purposes of this section, "affected road" means the road that the town board 
37.15 	extinguished town interest in.

37.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

37.17 	Sec. 59. WILLMAR AIRPORT.
 37.18 	(a) Notwithstanding any law, rule, or agreement to the contrary, the commissioner 
37.19 	of transportation may enter into an agreement with the city of Willmar to allow funds 
37.20 	appropriated by the state to the city for aeronautical purposes at its former airport to 
37.21 	instead be used by June 30, 2012, as the state's share of funds for eligible aeronautical 
37.22 	purposes at the city's new airport.
37.23 	(b) Funds not spent pursuant to paragraph (a) by June 30, 2012, must be paid to the 
37.24 	commissioner of transportation and deposited in the state airports fund.

37.25 	Sec. 60. AIRPORT ZONING EXCEPTION.
 37.26 	(a) Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or ordinance to the contrary, the 
37.27 	Eveleth-Virginia Municipal Airport Board of Adjustment must grant a variance to a 
37.28 	property owner who resides in Safety Zone A of the Eveleth-Virginia Municipal Airport 
37.29 	for the construction of, reconstruction of, remodeling of, or expansion of a structure in 
37.30 	accordance with St. Louis County Ordinance 46, provided that the structure must not 
37.31 	exceed the height restrictions imposed by the airport ordinance.
37.32 	(b) Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or ordinance to the contrary, Safety Zone A 
37.33 	of the Eveleth-Virginia Municipal Airport shall not include any residential building lot 
38.1 	riparian to the east shore of St. Mary's Lake, St. Louis County provided such residential 
38.2 	building lot was in existence on January 1, 1978.

38.3 	Sec. 61.  REPEALER.
 38.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 168A.05, subdivision 5a; and 325E.0951, 
38.5 	subdivision 3a, are repealed.

38.6 	ARTICLE 2
38.7 	TOWING

38.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168B.04, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
38.9 		Subd. 2.Unauthorized vehicles. (a) Units of government and peace officers may 
38.10 	take into custody and impound any unauthorized vehicle under section 169.041. 
38.11 	(b) A vehicle may also be impounded after it has been left unattended in one of the 
38.12 	following public or private locations for the indicated period of time:
38.13 	(1) in a public location not governed by section 169.041: 
38.14 	(i) on a highway and properly tagged by a peace officer, four hours;
38.15 	(ii) located so as to constitute an accident or traffic hazard to the traveling public, as 
38.16 	determined by a peace officer, immediately; or
38.17 	(iii) located so as to constitute an accident or traffic hazard to the traveling public 
38.18 	within the Department of Transportation's eight-county metropolitan district, as determined 
38.19 	by an authorized employee of the department's freeway service patrol, immediately; or 
38.20 	(iii)(iv) that is a parking facility or other public property owned or controlled by a 
38.21 	unit of government, properly posted, four hours; or
38.22 	(2) on private property:
38.23 	(i) that is single-family or duplex residential property, immediately;
38.24 	(ii) that is private, nonresidential property, properly posted, immediately;
38.25 	(iii) that is private, nonresidential property, not posted, 24 hours;
38.26 	(iv) that is private, nonresidential property of an operator of an establishment for the 
38.27 	servicing, repair, or maintenance of motor vehicles, five business days after notifying the 
38.28 	vehicle owner by certified mail, return receipt requested, of the property owner's intention 
38.29 	to have the vehicle removed from the property; or
38.30 	(v) that is any residential property, properly posted, immediately.
38.31 	(c) When a tow is requested under paragraph (b), clause (1) (iii), the department shall 
38.32 	ensure that the tower initially requested to remove the vehicle is given the opportunity, 
38.33 	to the greatest reasonable extent, to actually conduct and complete all towing operations 
38.34 	requested; provided that, the owner of the vehicle to be towed has not already requested 
39.1 	that another tower remove the vehicle, in which case the tower contacted by the owner 
39.2 	must be given the first reasonable opportunity to conduct the towing operations required.

39.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2007.

39.4 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168B.051, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
39.5 		Subd. 2.Sale after 45 days or title transfer. An(a) If an unauthorized vehicle 
39.6 	is impounded, but not by the city of Minneapolis or the city of St. Paul, the impounded 
39.7 	vehicle is eligible for disposal or sale under section 168B.08, the earlier of:
39.8 	(1) 45 days after notice to the owner, if the vehicle is determined to be an 
39.9 	unauthorized vehicle that was not impounded by the city of Minneapolis or the city of St. 
39.10 	Paul.; or
39.11 	(2) when the registered owner, in writing, voluntarily transfers the title to the 
39.12 	impound lot operator.
39.13 	(b) A voluntary transfer, in writing, constitutes a waiver by the registered owner of 
39.14 	any right, title, and interest in the vehicle.

39.15 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168B.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
39.16 		Subdivision 1.Contents; Written  notice given within five days of impound. (a) 
39.17 	When an impounded vehicle is taken into custody, the unit of government or impound lot 
39.18 	operator taking it into custody shall give written notice of the taking within five days to 
39.19 	the registered vehicle owner and any lienholders. 
39.20 	(b) The notice shall must:
39.21 	(1) set forth the date and place of the taking,;
39.22 	(2) provide  the year, make, model, and serial number of the impounded motor 
39.23 	vehicle, if such information can be reasonably obtained, and the place where the vehicle 
39.24 	is being held,;
39.25 	(2) (3) inform the registered owner and any lienholders of their right to reclaim the 
39.26 	vehicle and contents under section 168B.07, and; and
39.27 	(3) (4) state that failure of the owner or lienholders to exercise their right to reclaim 
39.28 	the vehicle and contents within the appropriate time allowed under section 168B.051, 
39.29 	subdivision 1, 1a, or 2, shall be deemed a waiver by them of all right, title, and interest in 
39.30 	the vehicle and contents and a consent to the transfer of title to and disposal or sale of the 
39.31 	vehicle and contents pursuant to section 168B.08. reclaim the vehicle and its contents as 
39.32 	provided under section 168B.07 results in the loss of title and consent to sell or dispose of 
39.33 	both the vehicle and its contents.

40.1 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168B.06, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
40.2 		Subd. 3.Unauthorized vehicle; second notice. If an unauthorized vehicle remains 
40.3 	unclaimed after 30 days from the date the notice was sent under subdivision 2, a second 
40.4 	notice shall must be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the registered owner, 
40.5 	if any, of the unauthorized vehicle and to all readily identifiable lienholders of record.

40.6 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168B.07, is amended by adding a subdivision 
40.7 	to read:
40.8 		Subd. 3.Retrieval of contents. (a) A unit of government or impound lot operator 
40.9 	may establish a reasonable procedure for retrieval of vehicle contents. 
40.10 	(b) At any time before the expiration of the waiting periods provided under section 
40.11 	168B.051, the registered owner of an impounded vehicle has the right to retrieve, 
40.12 	without charge and regardless of whether the registered owner pays incurred charges 
40.13 	or fees, transfers title, or reclaims the vehicle, the following contents of the vehicle: 
40.14 	medicine; medical-related items and equipment; clothing; eyeglasses; educational 
40.15 	materials belonging to a person under age 18; and legal documents related to a judicial 
40.16 	or administrative proceeding. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the 
40.17 	return of other contents at the discretion of the impound lot operator. For the purposes 
40.18 	of this subdivision, "contents" does not include any permanently affixed mechanical 
40.19 	or nonmechanical: 
40.20 	(1) automobile parts;
40.21 	(2) automobile body parts; or
40.22 	(3) automobile accessories, including audio or video players.
40.23 	(c) An impound lot operator is not required to return any contents to a person who is 
40.24 	not the registered owner of the impounded vehicle.

40.25 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168B.07, is amended by adding a subdivision 
40.26 	to read:
40.27 		Subd. 4.Waiver of right to reclaim. The failure of the registered owner or 
40.28 	lienholders to exercise the right to reclaim the vehicle before the expiration of the waiting 
40.29 	periods provided under section 168B.051 is deemed a waiver of all right, title, and interest 
40.30 	in the vehicle and a consent to the transfer of title to, and disposal or sale of, the vehicle 
40.31 	under section 168B.08. The failure of the registered owner to exercise the right provided 
40.32 	under subdivision 3 is deemed a waiver of all right, title, and interest in the contents of 
40.33 	the vehicle and a consent to the transfer of title to, and disposal or sale of, the contents 
40.34 	under section 168B.08.

41.1 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168B.087, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
41.2 		Subdivision 1.Deficiency claim. (a) The nonpublic or public impound lot operator 
41.3 	has a deficiency claim against the registered owner of the vehicle for the reasonable costs 
41.4 	of services provided in the towing, storage, and inspection of the vehicle minus the 
41.5 	proceeds of the sale or auction.
41.6 	(b) The claim for storage costs may not exceed the costs of:
41.7 	(1) 25 days storage, for a vehicle described in section 168B.051, subdivision 1; and 
41.8 	(2) 15 days storage, for a vehicle described in section 168B.051, subdivision 1a; and
41.9 	(2) (3) 55 days storage, for a vehicle described in section 168B.051, subdivision 2. 

41.10 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168B.087, is amended by adding a 
41.11 	subdivision to read:
41.12 		Subd. 3.Requirements for public impound lot operator. (a) For purposes of 
41.13 	this subdivision, "storage time period" means the time from the towing of a vehicle to 
41.14 	an impound lot through 15 days of storage of the vehicle.
41.15 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "relief based on need" includes, but is not 
41.16 	limited to, the following:
41.17 	(1) Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) and Diversionary Work Program 
41.18 	(DWP);
41.19 	(2) Medical Assistance (MA);
41.20 	(3) General Assistance (GA);
41.21 	(4) General Assistance Medical Care (GAMC);
41.22 	(5) Emergency General Assistance (EGA);
41.23 	(6) Minnesota Supplemental Aid (MSA);
41.24 	(7) MSA-Emergency Assistance (MSA-EA);
41.25 	(8) Supplemental Security Income (SSI);
41.26 	(9) Energy Assistance;
41.27 	(10) Emergency Assistance (EA); or
41.28 	(11) Food Stamps.
41.29 	(c) Before commencement of an action under this section, a public impound lot 
41.30 	operator must provide notice to a registered owner that the owner may be subject to a 
41.31 	deficiency claim. The notice must also inform the owner that the owner is exempt from 
41.32 	such claim if the owner provides proof that, during the storage time period, the owner was 
41.33 	eligible for legal aid or received relief based on need.
41.34 	(d) A public impound lot operator is prohibited from seeking to recover a deficiency 
41.35 	from a registered owner if the operator is notified by the registered owner that, during the 
42.1 	storage time period, the registered owner was eligible for legal aid or received relief 
42.2 	based on need.
42.3 	(e) It shall be a defense against a suit for a deficiency judgment sought by a public 
42.4 	impound lot operator if the defendant can establish that, during the storage time period, 
42.5 	the defendant was eligible for legal aid or received relief based on need.
42.6 	(f) Any judgment obtained by a public impound lot operator under this subdivision 
42.7 	shall be vacated pursuant to Rule 60.02(a) of the Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure upon 
42.8 	a showing that, during the storage time period, the defendant was eligible for legal aid 
42.9 	or received relief based on need.

42.10 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.041, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
42.11 		Subdivision 1.Towing authority. For purposes of this section, "towing authority" 
42.12 	means:
42.13 	(1) any local authority authorized by section 169.04 to enforce the traffic laws, and 
42.14 	also includes a private towing company authorized by a local authority to tow vehicles on 
42.15 	behalf of that local authority.; or
42.16 	(2) an authorized employee of the Department of Transportation's freeway service 
42.17 	patrol within the department's eight-county metropolitan district, and also includes a 
42.18 	private towing company authorized by the department to tow vehicles on behalf of the 
42.19 	department.

42.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2007.

42.21 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.041, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
42.22 		Subd. 2.Towing order required. A towing authority may not tow a motor vehicle 
42.23 	from public property unless a peace officer or parking enforcement officer has prepared, in 
42.24 	addition to the parking citation, a written towing report describing the motor vehicle and 
42.25 	the reasons for towing. The report must be signed by the officer and the tow driver. Within 
42.26 	the Department of Transportation's eight-county metropolitan district, an authorized 
42.27 	employee of the department's freeway service patrol may order a tow from a trunk highway 
42.28 	after preparing a written towing report provided by the Minnesota State Patrol. A citation 
42.29 	need not be issued before the employee orders a tow. The department employee shall 
42.30 	ensure that the tower initially requested to remove the vehicle is given the opportunity, 
42.31 	to the greatest reasonable extent, to actually conduct and complete all towing operations 
42.32 	requested; provided that, the owner of the vehicle to be towed has not already requested 
42.33 	that another tower remove the vehicle, in which case the tower contacted by the owner 
42.34 	must be given the first reasonable opportunity to conduct the towing operations required.

43.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2007.

43.2 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.86, is amended by adding a subdivision 
43.3 	to read:
43.4 		Subd. 8.Tow truck. A tow truck or towing vehicle, when towing a disabled or 
43.5 	damaged vehicle to a place of repair or to a place of safekeeping, may exceed the length 
43.6 	and weight limitations of this chapter, subject to a $300 annual permit fee and such 
43.7 	conditions as the commissioner may prescribe.

43.8 	ARTICLE 3
43.9 	TRANSIT

43.10 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.24, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
43.11 		Subd. 2a.Eligible activities. Activities eligible for assistance under the program 
43.12 	include but are not limited to:
43.13 	(1) planning and engineering design for transit services and facilities;
43.14 	(2) capital assistance to purchase or refurbish transit vehicles and other capital 
43.15 	expenditures necessary to provide a transit service;
43.16 	(3) operating assistance as provided under subdivision 3b; and
43.17 	(4) partnership creation to coordinate and supplement services of county, local, and 
43.18 	private transit providers;
43.19 	(5) design and operation of regional call centers; and
43.20 	(6) other assistance for public transit services that furthers the purposes of section 
43.21 	174.21.

43.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2007.

43.23 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.255, is amended by adding a subdivision 
43.24 	to read:
43.25 		Subd. 1a.Service standard. The commissioner shall require any paratransit project 
43.26 	that serves disabled individuals and receives assistance under section 174.24 to allow 
43.27 	passengers to schedule trips up to four days in advance.

43.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2010.

43.29 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.29, is amended by adding a subdivision 
43.30 	to read:
44.1 		Subd. 4.Supplementary paratransit. The commissioner shall facilitate the 
44.2 	creation of partnerships among paratransit providers, including, but not limited to, medical 
44.3 	assistance transportation providers, to supplement and coordinate with available county 
44.4 	and local transit service.

44.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 2, 2007.

44.6 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.29, is amended by adding a subdivision 
44.7 	to read:
44.8 		Subd. 5.Intercounty service. The commissioner shall require providers of 
44.9 	service to enter into regional intercounty service agreements with adjacent counties. 
44.10 	The commissioner, in cooperation with state agencies that assist, provide, reimburse, or 
44.11 	regulate special transportation services, shall establish a reimbursement mechanism to 
44.12 	facilitate reimbursement for intercounty trips.

44.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2010.

44.14 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.29, is amended by adding a subdivision 
44.15 	to read:
44.16 		Subd. 6.One-stop call centers. The commissioner shall promote, support, and 
44.17 	facilitate the establishment and operation of one-stop regional call centers that assist 
44.18 	callers in arranging the most efficient and cost-effective available rides while meeting 
44.19 	passengers' needs for special equipment.

44.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2010.

44.21 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.30, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
44.22 		Subd. 4.Vehicle and equipment inspection, rules; decal; complaint contact 
44.23 	information. (a) The commissioner shall inspect or provide for the inspection of 
44.24 	vehicles at least annually. In addition to scheduled annual inspections and reinspections 
44.25 	scheduled for the purpose of verifying that deficiencies have been corrected, unannounced 
44.26 	inspections of any vehicle may be conducted.
44.27 	(b) On determining that a vehicle or vehicle equipment is in a condition that is likely 
44.28 	to cause an accident or breakdown, the commissioner shall require the vehicle to be taken 
44.29 	out of service immediately. The commissioner shall require that vehicles and equipment 
44.30 	not meeting standards be repaired and brought into conformance with the standards 
44.31 	and shall require written evidence of compliance from the operator before allowing the 
44.32 	operator to return the vehicle to service.
45.1 	(c) The commissioner shall provide in the rules procedures for inspecting vehicles, 
45.2 	removing unsafe vehicles from service, determining and requiring compliance, and 
45.3 	reviewing driver qualifications.
45.4 	(d) The commissioner shall design a distinctive decal to be issued to special 
45.5 	transportation service providers with a current certificate of compliance under this section. 
45.6 	A decal is valid for one year from the last day of the month in which it is issued. A person 
45.7 	who is subject to the operating standards adopted under this section may not provide 
45.8 	special transportation service in a vehicle that does not conspicuously display a decal 
45.9 	issued by the commissioner.
45.10 	(e) Special transportation service providers shall prominently display in each vehicle 
45.11 	all contact information for the submission of complaints regarding the transportation 
45.12 	services provided to that individual.

45.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2007.

45.14 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.30, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
45.15 		Subd. 9.Complaint data;Complaints; report; data classification. (a) The 
45.16 	commissioner shall investigate all complaints over which the commissioner has 
45.17 	jurisdiction regarding special transportation service providers regulated under this section.
45.18 	(b) By January 15, 2008, and in every subsequent even-numbered year by 
45.19 	January 15, the commissioner shall submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority 
45.20 	members of the house of representatives and senate committees having jurisdiction over 
45.21 	transportation policy and finance. The report must identify each complaint investigated 
45.22 	by the commissioner under paragraph (a), including but not limited to any findings and 
45.23 	steps taken for resolution of the complaint.
45.24 	(c) When information is furnished to the Department of Transportation that alleges 
45.25 	a violation of this section, an operating standard adopted under this section, or section 
45.26 	174.315, the following data are classified as confidential data or protected nonpublic data: 
45.27 	(1) names of complainants;
45.28 	(2) complaint letters; and
45.29 	(3) other unsolicited data when furnished by a person who is not the subject of the 
45.30 	data and who is not a department employee.

45.31 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2007.

45.32 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.091, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
46.1 		Subd. 2.Local licensing of small vehicle passenger service. A city that licenses 
46.2 	and regulates small vehicle passenger service must do so by ordinance. The ordinance 
46.3 	must, at a minimum, provide for driver qualifications, insurance, vehicle safety, and 
46.4 	periodic vehicle inspections. A city that has adopted an ordinance complying with this 
46.5 	subdivision may enforce the registration requirement in section 221.021. A person who 
46.6 	provides small vehicle passenger service to an individual for the purpose of obtaining 
46.7 	nonemergency medical care and who receives reimbursement under section 256B.0625, 
46.8 	subdivision 17, for providing the service, must comply with the rules of the commissioner 
46.9 	adopted under section 174.30.

46.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2007.

46.11 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.1466, is amended to read:
46.12 	473.1466 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AUDIT; 
46.13 	TRANSIT EVALUATION.
46.14 	(a) In 1997 and every four years thereafter, the council shall provide for an 
46.15 	independent entity selected through a request for proposal process conducted nationwide 
46.16 	to doPrior to each major revision of the transportation policy plan, the council must carry 
46.17 	out a performance auditevaluation of the commutingmetropolitan area's transportation 
46.18 	system as a whole. The performance auditevaluation must:
46.19 	(1) evaluate the commuting area's ability to meet the region's needsneed for 
46.20 	effective and efficient transportation of goods and people,;
46.21 	(2) evaluate future trends and their impacts on the region'sarea's transportation 
46.22 	system, and;
46.23 	(3) assess the region's success in meeting the currently adopted regional 
46.24 	transportation benchmarks; and
46.25 	(4) include an evaluation of the regional transit system, including a comparison with 
46.26 	peer metropolitan regions with regard to key operating and investment measurements.
46.27 	(b) The council must update the evaluation of the regional transit system every 
46.28 	two years.
46.29 	(c) The council shall use the results of the performance evaluation to  make 
46.30 	recommendations for improving the system in each revision of the transportation policy 
46.31 	plan. The performance audit must recommend performance-funding measures.
46.32 	(b) In 1999 and every four years thereafter, the council must evaluate the 
46.33 	performance of the metropolitan transit system's operation in relationship to the regional 
46.34 	transit performance standards developed by the council.
47.1 	(d) The council must conduct a peer review of the performance evaluation using at 
47.2 	least two nationally recognized transportation and transit consultants.
47.3 	(e) The council must submit the performance evaluation to the chairs and ranking 
47.4 	minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees and divisions 
47.5 	with jurisdiction over transportation finance and policy.

47.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

47.7 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.166, is amended to read:
47.8 	473.166 CONTROLLED ACCESS; TRANSIT FIXED-GUIDEWAY;
47.9 	APPROVAL.
47.10 	Before acquiring land for or constructing a controlled access highway or transit 
47.11 	fixed-guideway in the area, the state Transportation Department or local government 
47.12 	unit proposing the acquisition or construction shall submit to the council a statement 
47.13 	describing the proposed project. The statement must be in the form and detail required by 
47.14 	the council. The council shall review the statement to ascertain its consistency with its 
47.15 	policy plan and the development guide. No project may be undertaken unless the council 
47.16 	determines that it is consistent with the policy plan. This approval is in addition to the 
47.17 	requirements of any other statute, ordinance or rule.

47.18 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.386, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
47.19 		Subdivision 1.Service objectives. The council shall implement a special 
47.20 	transportation service, as defined in section 174.29, in the metropolitan area. The service 
47.21 	has the following objectives: 
47.22 	(a) to provide greater access to transportation for the elderly, people with disabilities, 
47.23 	and others with special transportation needs in the metropolitan area;
47.24 	(b) to develop an integrated system of special transportation service providing 
47.25 	transportation tailored to meet special individual needs in the most cost-efficient manner; 
47.26 	and
47.27 	(c) to use existing public, private, and private nonprofit providers of service 
47.28 	wherever possible when feasible and cost-efficient, to supplement rather than replace 
47.29 	existing service, and to increase the productivity of all special transportation vehicles 
47.30 	available in the area.

47.31 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

47.32 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.386, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
48.1 		Subd. 2.Service contracts; management; transportation accessibility advisory 
48.2 	committee. (a) The council may contract for services necessary for the provision of 
48.3 	special transportation. Transportation service provided under a contract must specify the 
48.4 	service to be provided, the standards that must be met, and the rates for operating and 
48.5 	providing special transportation services.
48.6 	(b) The council shall establish management policies for the service and may contract 
48.7 	with a service administrator for day-to-day administration and management of the service. 
48.8 	Any contract must delegate to the service administrator clear authority to administer and 
48.9 	manage the delivery of the service pursuant to council management policies and must 
48.10 	establish performance and compliance standards for the service administrator. The council 
48.11 	may provide directly day to day administration and management of the service and may 
48.12 	own or lease vehicles used to provide the service.
48.13 	(c) The council shall ensure that the service administrator establishes a system for 
48.14 	registering and expeditiously responding to complaints by users, informing users of how 
48.15 	to register complaints, and requiring providers to report on incidents that impair the safety 
48.16 	and well-being of users or the quality of the service. 
48.17 	(d) The council shall annually report to the commissioner of transportation and the 
48.18 	legislature on complaints and provider reports, the response of the service administrator, 
48.19 	and steps taken by the council and the service administrator to identify causes and provide 
48.20 	remedies to recurring problems on its special transportation services as part of the program 
48.21 	evaluation provided for in section 473.13, subdivision 1a.
48.22 	(d) Each year before renewing contracts with providers and the service administrator, 
48.23 	the council shall provide an opportunity for the transportation accessibility advisory 
48.24 	committee, users, and other interested persons to testify before the council concerning 
48.25 	providers, contract terms, and other matters relating to council policies and procedures for 
48.26 	implementing the service.
48.27 	(e) The council shall provide, on an annual basis, an opportunity for users and 
48.28 	other interested persons to provide testimony to the council concerning services provided 
48.29 	under this section.
48.30 	(e)(f) The council shall establish a Transportation Accessibility Advisory Committee
48.31 	consisting of 15 members and a chair to advise the council on management policies for 
48.32 	the council's special transportation service. The Transportation Accessibility Advisory 
48.33 	Committee must include elderly and disabled persons, other users of special transportation 
48.34 	service, representatives of persons contracting to provide special transportation services,
48.35 	and representatives of appropriate agencies for elderly and disabled persons to advise 
48.36 	the council on management policies for the service. At least half the Transportation 
49.1 	Accessibility Advisory Committee members must be disabled or elderly persons or the 
49.2 	representatives of disabled or elderly persons who are both ADA-certified and users of 
49.3 	public transit in the metropolitan area. Two of the appointments to the Transportation 
49.4 	Accessibility Advisory Committee shall be made by the Council on Disability in 
49.5 	consultation with the chair of the Metropolitan Council. 

49.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

49.7 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.386, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
49.8 		Subd. 2a.Eligibility certification application and verification; penalty for 
49.9 	fraudulent certification. If the council requires a person to be certified as eligible for 
49.10 	special transportation services, an applicant for certification must submit an application 
49.11 	form and the applicant's eligibility must be verified by a type of professional specified by 
49.12 	the council. The council shall include the notice of penalty for fraudulent certification, and:
49.13 	(1) require the applicant to sign the application form and certify that the application 
49.14 	information is accurate; and
49.15 	(2) require the person certifyingverifying the applicantapplicant's eligibility to sign 
49.16 	the eligibility certificationverification form and the applicant to sign the application form, 
49.17 	as provided in section 174.295 certify that the verifying information is accurate. 
49.18 	The penalty provided for in section 174.295, subdivision 4, applies to the 
49.19 	certifications by the applicant and the person verifying the applicant's eligibility. The 
49.20 	council must include a notice of the penalty for fraudulent certification in the application 
49.21 	form and the eligibility verification form.

49.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

49.23 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.386, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
49.24 		Subd. 3.Duties of council. In implementing the special transportation service, the 
49.25 	council shall:
49.26 	(a) encourage participation in the service by public, private, and private nonprofit 
49.27 	providers of special transportation currently receiving capital or operating assistance 
49.28 	from a public agency;
49.29 	(b) when feasible and cost-efficient, contract with public, private, and private 
49.30 	nonprofit providers that have demonstrated their ability to effectively provide service at 
49.31 	a reasonable cost;
49.32 	(c) encourage individuals using special transportation to use the type of service 
49.33 	most appropriate to their particular needs;
50.1 	(d) ensure that all persons providing special transportation service receive equitable 
50.2 	treatment in the allocation of the ridership;
50.3 	(e)(d) require special transit service providers to allow passengers to schedule trips 
50.4 	up to four days in advance and  encourage shared rides to the greatest extent practicable;
50.5 	(f) (e) encourage public agencies that provide transportation to eligible individuals 
50.6 	as a component of human services and educational programs to coordinate with this 
50.7 	service and to allow reimbursement for transportation provided through the service at rates 
50.8 	that reflect the public cost of providing that transportation;
50.9 	(g) (f) establish criteria to be used in determining individual eligibility for special 
50.10 	transportation services;
50.11 	(h) (g) consult with the Transportation Accessibility Advisory Committee in a 
50.12 	timely manner before changes are made in the provision of special transportation services, 
50.13 	including, but not limited to, changes in policies affecting the matters subject to hearing 
50.14 	under subdivision 2;
50.15 	(i) (h) provide for effective administration and enforcement of council policies 
50.16 	and standards; and
50.17 	(j) annually evaluate providers of special transportation service to ensure compliance 
50.18 	with the standards established for the program; and 
50.19 	(k) (i) ensure that, taken as a whole including contracts with public, private, and 
50.20 	private nonprofit providers, the geographic coverage area of the special transportation 
50.21 	service is continuous within the boundaries of the transit taxing district, as defined as of 
50.22 	March 1, 2006, in section 473.446, subdivision 2.

50.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment, 
50.24 	except that paragraph (d) is effective January 1, 2010.

50.25 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.399, is amended to read:
50.26 	473.399 TRANSIT WAYS; LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT AND COMMUTER RAIL 
50.27 	PLANNING IN METROPOLITAN AREA.
50.28 		Subdivision 1.General requirements. (a) The council must identify in its 
50.29 	transportation policy plan those heavily traveled corridors where development of a transit 
50.30 	way may be feasible and cost effective. Modes of providing service in a transit way may 
50.31 	include bus rapid transit, light rail transit, commuter rail, or other available systems or 
50.32 	technologies that improve transit service.
50.33 	(b) After the completion of environmental studies and receipt of input from the 
50.34 	governing body of each statutory and home rule charter city, county, and town in which a 
51.1 	transit way is proposed to be constructed, the council must designate the locally preferred 
51.2 	alternative transit mode with respect to the corridor.
51.3 	(c) The council shall adopt a plan to ensure that any light rail transit facilities
51.4 	that are designated as the locally preferred alternative and that are to be constructed in 
51.5 	the metropolitan area will be acquired, developed, owned, and capable of operation in 
51.6 	an efficient, cost-effective, and coordinated manner in coordination with buses and other 
51.7 	transportation modes and facilities. The plan may be developed and adopted in phases 
51.8 	corresponding to phasing of construction of light rail. The council may incorporate into its 
51.9 	plan appropriate elements of the plans of regional railroad authorities in order to avoid 
51.10 	duplication of effort.
51.11 	(b) The light rail transit plan or first phase of the plan required by this section must 
51.12 	be adopted by the council before the commissioner of transportation may begin (d)
51.13 	Construction of light rail transit facilities in a particular transit corridor may not commence 
51.14 	unless and until that mode is designated as the locally preferred alternative for that corridor 
51.15 	by the council. Following adoption of the plan, the commissioner of transportation shall 
51.16 	act in conformity with the plan. The commissioner shall prepare or amend the final design 
51.17 	plans as necessary to make the plans consistent with the light rail transit plan.
51.18 	(c) Throughout the development and implementation of the plan, the council shall 
51.19 	contract for or otherwise obtain engineering services to assure that the plan adequately 
51.20 	addresses the technical aspects of light rail transit.
51.21 		Subd. 1a.Integrated transportation system. The commissioner of transportation 
51.22 	and the Metropolitan Council shall ensure that the light rail transit and commuter rail 
51.23 	facilities are planned, designed, and implemented: (1) to move commuters and transit 
51.24 	users into and out of, as well as within, the metropolitan area, and (2) to ensure that rail 
51.25 	transit lines will interface with each other and other transportation facilities and services 
51.26 	so as to provide a unified, integrated, and efficient multimodal transportation system.
51.27 		Subd. 4.Expenditure of state funds. No state funds may be expended by the 
51.28 	Metropolitan Council to study a particular light rail transit or commuter rail facility unless 
51.29 	the funds are appropriated in legislation that identifies the route, including the origin 
51.30 	and destination.

51.31 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.3993, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
51.32 		Subdivision 1.Application. The definitions in this section apply to section 
51.33 	473.3994 sections 473.3993 to 473.3997. 

52.1 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.3993, is amended by adding a 
52.2 	subdivision to read:
52.3 		Subd. 4.Responsible authority. "Responsible authority" means either the 
52.4 	Metropolitan Council or the state of Minnesota acting through the commissioner of 
52.5 	transportation, as designated by the governor under section 473.3994, subdivision 1a, for a 
52.6 	particular light rail transit facility.

52.7 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.3993, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
52.8 		Subd. 3.Final design plan. "Final design plan" means a light rail transit plan that 
52.9 	includes the items in the preliminary design plan and the preliminary engineering plan for 
52.10 	the facilities proposed but with greater detail and specificity needed for construction. The 
52.11 	final design plan must include, at a minimum:
52.12 	(1) final plans for the physical design of facilities, including the right-of-way 
52.13 	definition; environmental impacts and mitigation measures; intermodal coordination with 
52.14 	bus operations and routes; and civil engineering plans for vehicles, track, stations, parking, 
52.15 	and access, including disability access; and
52.16 	(2) final plans for civil engineering for electrification, communication, and other 
52.17 	similar facilities; operational rules, procedures, and strategies; capital costs; ridership; 
52.18 	operating costs and revenues, and sources of funds for operating subsidies; financing for 
52.19 	construction and operation; an implementation method; and other similar matters.
52.20 	The final design plan must be stated with sufficient particularity and detail to 
52.21 	allow the proposer to begin the acquisition and construction of operable facilities. If a 
52.22 	design-build implementation method is proposed, instead of civil engineering plans the 
52.23 	final design plan must state detailed design criteria and performance standards for the 
52.24 	facilities.
52.25 	The commissioner of transportation may use a design-build method of project 
52.26 	development and construction for light rail transit. Notwithstanding any law to the 
52.27 	contrary, the commissioner may award a design-build contract on the basis of requests 
52.28 	for proposals or requests for qualifications without bids. "Design-build method of 
52.29 	project development and construction" means a project delivery system in which a single 
52.30 	contractor is responsible for both the design and construction of the project and bids the 
52.31 	design and construction together.

52.32 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.3994, is amended to read:
52.33 	473.3994 LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT; DESIGN PLANS.
53.1 		Subd. 1a.Designation of responsible authority. For each proposed light rail transit 
53.2 	facility in the metropolitan area, the governor must designate either the Metropolitan 
53.3 	Council or the state of Minnesota acting through the commissioner of transportation as 
53.4 	the entity responsible for planning, designing, acquiring, constructing, and equipping 
53.5 	the facility. Notwithstanding such designation, the commissioner and the council may 
53.6 	enter into one or more cooperative agreements with respect to the planning, designing, 
53.7 	acquiring, constructing, or equipping of a particular light rail transit facility that provide 
53.8 	for the parties to exercise their respective authorities in support of the project in a manner 
53.9 	that best serves the project and the public.
53.10 		Subd. 2.Preliminary design plans; public hearing. Before final design plans are 
53.11 	prepared for a light rail transit facility in the metropolitan area, the commissioner of 
53.12 	transportation responsible authority and the regional railroad authority or authorities 
53.13 	in whose jurisdiction the line or lines are located must hold a public hearing on the 
53.14 	physical design component of the preliminary design plans. The commissioner of 
53.15 	transportation responsible authority and the regional railroad authority or authorities in 
53.16 	whose jurisdiction the line or lines are located must provide appropriate public notice of 
53.17 	the hearing and publicity to ensure that affected parties have an opportunity to present 
53.18 	their views at the hearing. The commissioner responsible authority shall summarize the 
53.19 	proceedings and testimony and maintain the record of a hearing held under this section, 
53.20 	including any written statements submitted.
53.21 		Subd. 3.Preliminary design plans; local approval. (a) At least 30 days before 
53.22 	the hearing under subdivision 2, the commissioner of transportation responsible authority
53.23 	shall submit the physical design component of the preliminary design plans to the 
53.24 	governing body of each statutory and home rule charter city, county, and town in which 
53.25 	the route is proposed to be located. The city, county, or town shall hold a public hearing. 
53.26 	Within 45 days after the hearing under subdivision 2, the city, county, or town shall review 
53.27 	and approve or disapprove the plans for the route to be located in the city, county, or town. 
53.28 	A local unit of government that disapproves the plans shall describe specific amendments 
53.29 	to the plans that, if adopted, would cause the local unit to withdraw its disapproval. Failure 
53.30 	to approve or disapprove the plans in writing within 45 days after the hearing is deemed 
53.31 	to be approval, unless an extension of time is agreed to by the city, county, or town and 
53.32 	the commissioner of transportation responsible authority.
53.33 		Subd. 4.Preliminary design plans; council referral. If the governing body of 
53.34 	one or more cities, counties, or towns disapproves the preliminary design plans within 
53.35 	the period allowed under subdivision 3, the commissioner of transportation may refer the 
53.36 	plans, along with any comments of local jurisdictions, to the Metropolitan Council. The
54.1 	council shall hold a hearing on the plans, giving the commissioner of transportation, if the 
54.2 	responsible authority, any disapproving local governmental units, and other persons an 
54.3 	opportunity to present their views on the plans. The council may conduct independent 
54.4 	study as it deems desirable and may mediate and attempt to resolve disagreements about 
54.5 	the plans. Within 90 60 days after the referral hearing, the council shall review the 
54.6 	plans submitted by the commissioner of transportation and the council and shall decide 
54.7 	what amendments to the plans, if any, must be made to accommodate the objections 
54.8 	presented by the disapproving local governmental units. The commissioner shall make the
54.9 	Amendments to the plans as decided by the council must be made before continuing the 
54.10 	planning and designing process.
54.11 		Subd. 5.Final design plans. (a) If the final design plans incorporate a substantial 
54.12 	change from the preliminary design plans with respect to location, length, or termini 
54.13 	of routes; general dimension, elevation, or alignment of routes and crossings; location 
54.14 	of tracks above ground, below ground, or at ground level; or station locations, before 
54.15 	beginning construction, the commissioner responsible authority shall submit the changed 
54.16 	component of the final design plans to the governing body of each statutory and home 
54.17 	rule city, county, and town in which the changed component is proposed to be located. 
54.18 	Within 60 days after the submission of the plans, the city, county, or town shall review 
54.19 	and approve or disapprove the changed component located in the city, county, or town. A 
54.20 	local unit of government that disapproves the change shall describe specific amendments 
54.21 	to the plans that, if adopted, would cause the local unit to withdraw its disapproval. 
54.22 	Failure to approve or disapprove the changed plans in writing within the time period is 
54.23 	deemed to be approval, unless an extension is agreed to by the city, county, or town and 
54.24 	the commissioner responsible authority.
54.25 	(b) If the governing body of one or more cities, counties, or towns disapproves the 
54.26 	changed plans within the period allowed under paragraph (a), the commissioner may refer 
54.27 	the plans, along with any comments of local jurisdictions, to the Metropolitan Council. 
54.28 	The council shall review the final design plans under the same procedure and with the 
54.29 	same effect as provided in subdivision 4 for preliminary design plans.
54.30 		Subd. 7.Council review. If the commissioner is the responsible authority, before 
54.31 	proceeding with construction of a light rail transit facility, the commissioner must submit 
54.32 	preliminary and final design plans to the Metropolitan Council. The council must review 
54.33 	the plans for consistency with the council's development guide and approve the plans.
54.34 		Subd. 8.Metropolitan significance. This section does not diminish or replace the 
54.35 	authority of the council under section 473.173. 
55.1 		Subd. 9.Light rail transit operating costs. (a) Before submitting an application for 
55.2 	federal assistance for light rail transit facilities in the metropolitan area, the applicant must 
55.3 	provide to the Metropolitan Council estimates must prepare an estimate of the amount 
55.4 	of operating subsidy which will be required to operate light rail transit in the corridor to 
55.5 	which the federal assistance would be applied. The information provided to the council
55.6 	estimate must indicate the amount of operating subsidy estimated to be required in each 
55.7 	of the first ten years of operation of the light rail transit facility. If the commissioner of 
55.8 	transportation is the responsible authority, the commissioner must provide information 
55.9 	requested by the council that is necessary to make the estimate.
55.10 	(b) The council must review and evaluate the information provided estimate 
55.11 	developed under paragraph (a) with regard to the effect of operating the light rail transit 
55.12 	facility on the currently available mechanisms for financing transit in the metropolitan area.
55.13 		Subd. 10.Corridor Management Committee. The responsible authority 
55.14 	must establish a Corridor Management Committee shall be established to advise the 
55.15 	commissioner of transportation responsible authority in the design and construction of 
55.16 	light rail transit in each corridor to be constructed. The Corridor Management Committee
55.17 	for each corridor shall consist of the following members:
55.18 	(1) one member appointed by each city and county in which the corridor is located;
55.19 	(2) the commissioner of transportation or a designee of the commissioner;
55.20 	(3) two members appointed by the Metropolitan Council, one of whom shall be 
55.21 	designated as the chair of the committee;
55.22 	(4) one member appointed by the Metropolitan Airports Commission, if the 
55.23 	designated corridor provides direct service to the Minneapolis-St. Paul International 
55.24 	Airport; and
55.25 	(5) one member appointed by the president of the University of Minnesota, if the 
55.26 	designated corridor provides direct service to the university.
55.27 	The Corridor Management Committee shall advise the commissioner of 
55.28 	transportation responsible authority on issues relating to the alternatives analysis,
55.29 	environmental review, preliminary design, preliminary engineering, final design, 
55.30 	implementation method, and construction of light rail transit in the corridor.
55.31 		Subd. 13.Dispute resolution. In the event of a dispute between any of the parties 
55.32 	arising from the parties' respective authority and responsibility under this section, the 
55.33 	dispute shall be submitted to the Metropolitan Council for final resolution by any party to 
55.34 	the dispute. The Metropolitan Council shall establish by July 1, 1993, a process to ensure 
55.35 	a prompt and speedy resolution of the dispute. This process shall allow the parties to 
55.36 	provide evidence and testimony in support of their positions.
56.1 		Subd. 14.Transfer of facility after construction. If the commissioner of 
56.2 	transportation is the responsible authority for a particular light rail transit facility, the 
56.3 	commissioner must transfer to the Metropolitan Council all facilities constructed and 
56.4 	all equipment and property acquired in developing the facility upon completion of 
56.5 	construction.

56.6 	Sec. 20. [473.3995] LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT; DESIGN-BUILD METHOD.
56.7 	(a) A responsible authority may use a design-build method of project development 
56.8 	and construction for light rail transit. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a 
56.9 	responsible authority may award a design-build contract on the basis of requests for 
56.10 	proposals or requests for qualifications without bids. "Design-build method of project 
56.11 	development and construction" means a project delivery system in which a single 
56.12 	contractor is responsible for both the design and construction of the project and bids the 
56.13 	design and construction together.
56.14 	(b) If a responsible authority utilizes a design-build method of project development 
56.15 	and construction for light rail transit, the requirements and procedures in sections 161.3410 
56.16 	to 161.3426 apply to the procurement, subject to the following conditions and exceptions:
56.17 	(1) if the Metropolitan Council is the responsible authority for a particular light rail 
56.18 	transit project, when used in sections 161.3410 to 161.3426, (i) the terms "commissioner," 
56.19 	"Minnesota Department of Transportation," "department," "state agencies," and "road 
56.20 	authority" refer to the Metropolitan Council, and (ii) the term "state" refers to the 
56.21 	Metropolitan Council except in references to state law or in references to the state as 
56.22 	a geographical location;
56.23 	(2) the provisions of section 161.3412, subdivisions 3 and 4, are not applicable 
56.24 	to the procurement; and
56.25 	(3) if any federal funds are used in developing or constructing the light rail transit 
56.26 	project, any provisions in sections 161.3410 to 161.3426 that are inconsistent with, or 
56.27 	prohibited by, any federal law, regulation, or other requirement are not applicable to the 
56.28 	procurement.

56.29 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.3997, is amended to read:
56.30 	473.3997 FEDERAL FUNDING; LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT.
56.31 	(a) Upon completion of the alternatives analysis and draft environmental impact 
56.32 	statement, and selection of the locally preferred alternative, for the central corridor 
56.33 	transit improvement project each light rail transit facility, the council, the commissioner 
56.34 	of transportation, and the affected regional rail authorities responsible authority may 
57.1 	prepare a joint an application for federal assistance for the light rail transit facilities in the 
57.2 	metropolitan area facility. If the commissioner is the responsible authority, the application 
57.3 	must be reviewed and approved by the Metropolitan Council before it is submitted by the 
57.4 	council and the commissioner. In reviewing the application the council must consider the 
57.5 	information submitted to it operating cost estimate developed under section 473.3994, 
57.6 	subdivision 9. 
57.7 	(b) Until the application described in paragraph (a) is submitted Except for the 
57.8 	designated responsible authority for a particular light rail transit facility, no political 
57.9 	subdivision in the metropolitan area may on its own apply for federal assistance for light 
57.10 	rail transit planning or construction.

57.11 	Sec. 22. [473.3999] LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT CONSTRUCTION IN THE 
57.12 	METROPOLITAN AREA; COUNCIL AUTHORITY.
57.13 	The Metropolitan Council may exercise the powers granted in this chapter and in 
57.14 	other applicable law, as necessary, to plan, design, acquire, construct, and equip light rail 
57.15 	transit facilities in the metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2.

57.16 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.4051, is amended to read:
57.17 	473.4051 LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT OPERATION.
57.18 	The council shall operate all light rail transit facilities and services located in the 
57.19 	metropolitan area upon completion of construction of the facilities and the commencement 
57.20 	of revenue service using the facilities. The commissioner of transportation and the council 
57.21 	may not allow the commencement of revenue service until after an appropriate period of 
57.22 	acceptance testing to ensure safe and satisfactory performance. In assuming the operation 
57.23 	of the system, the council must comply with section 473.415. The council shall coordinate 
57.24 	operation of the light rail transit system with bus service to avoid duplication of service 
57.25 	on a route served by light rail transit and to ensure the widest possible access to light rail 
57.26 	transit lines in both suburban and urban areas by means of a feeder bus system. 

57.27 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.408, is amended by adding a subdivision 
57.28 	to read:
57.29 		Subd. 8.Charitable organization discount passes. The council may offer passes, 
57.30 	including tokens, for regular route bus service for sale to charitable organizations, 
57.31 	described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, at a special discount.

57.32 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

58.1 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.408, is amended by adding a subdivision 
58.2 	to read:
58.3 		Subd. 9.Youth discount passes. (a) The council may offer passes, including 
58.4 	tokens, for regular route bus service to charitable organizations, described in section 
58.5 	501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, free of charge. Any passes provided under this 
58.6 	subdivision must be:
58.7 	(1) distributed to and used solely by a person who is under 16 years of age; and
58.8 	(2) restricted to use on a bus that is not operating at full capacity at the time of 
58.9 	use of the bus pass.
58.10 	(b) The council may establish additional requirements and terms of use of the 
58.11 	passes, including but not limited to charging a fee to the charitable organization for any 
58.12 	printing or production costs, restricting times of bus pass use to certain or non-peak hours 
58.13 	of operation, and establishing oversight and auditing of the charitable organization with 
58.14 	regard to bus pass distribution and use.

58.15 	Sec. 26. REPORTS ON TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR PERSONS 
58.16 	WITH DISABILITIES.
 58.17 	The commissioner of transportation with respect to transportation services for 
58.18 	persons with disabilities outside the metropolitan area, and the Metropolitan Council with 
58.19 	respect to transportation for persons with disabilities within the seven-county metropolitan 
58.20 	area, shall each report to the chairs of the senate and house of representatives committees 
58.21 	with jurisdiction over transportation finance and policy no later than December 15, 2008.
58.22 	Both reports shall:
58.23 	(1) identify transit needs of persons with disabilities, as defined under the Americans 
58.24 	with Disabilities Act;
58.25 	(2) develop a five-year phased strategy to meet identified needs to the maximum 
58.26 	extent feasible;
58.27 	(3) identify capital and operating needs for each of the five years, and ongoing needs 
58.28 	of a fully implemented program;
58.29 	(4) identify available funding sources; and
58.30 	(5) investigate intercounty service and reimbursement mechanisms.

58.31 	Sec. 27.  REPEALER.
 58.32 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 473.1465; 473.247; and 473.3994, subdivision 
58.33 	13, are repealed.
58.34 	(b) Laws 1999, chapter 230, section 44, is repealed.

59.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

59.2 	Sec. 28. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 59.3 	Sections 10 and 15 to 23 are effective the day following final enactment and apply in 
59.4 	the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.

59.5 	ARTICLE 4
59.6 	REGISTRATION PLATES

59.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.10, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
59.8 		Subd. 1a.Collector's vehicle, pioneer licenseplate. (a) Any motor vehicle 
59.9 	manufactured prior to 1936 and owned and operated solely as a collector's item shall be 
59.10 	listed for taxation and registration as follows: An affidavit shall be executed stating the 
59.11 	name and address of the owner, the name and address of the person from whom purchased, 
59.12 	the make of the motor vehicle, year and number of the model, the manufacturer's 
59.13 	identification number and that the vehicle is owned and operated solely as a collector's 
59.14 	item and not for general transportation purposes. If the registrar commissioner is satisfied 
59.15 	that the affidavit is true and correct and the owner pays a $25 tax and the plate fee 
59.16 	authorized under section 168.12, the registrar commissioner shall list such vehicle for 
59.17 	taxation and registration and shall issue a single number plate.
59.18 	(b) The number plate so issued shall bear the inscription "Pioneer," "Minnesota" 
59.19 	and the registration number or other combination of characters authorized under section  
59.20 	168.12, subdivision 2a, but no date. The number plate is valid without renewal as long 
59.21 	as the vehicle is in existence in Minnesota. The registrar commissioner has the power to 
59.22 	revoke said plate for failure to comply with this subdivision. 

59.23 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.10, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:
59.24 		Subd. 1b.Collector's vehicle, classic car licenseplate. (a) Any motor vehicle 
59.25 	manufactured between and including the years 1925 and 1948, and designated by the 
59.26 	registrar of motor vehicles commissioner as a classic car because of its fine design, high 
59.27 	engineering standards, and superior workmanship, and owned and operated solely as a 
59.28 	collector's item shall be listed for taxation and registration as follows: An affidavit shall be 
59.29 	executed stating the name and address of the owner, the name and address of the person 
59.30 	from whom purchased, the make of the motor vehicle, year and number of the model, the 
59.31 	manufacturer's identification number and that the vehicle is owned and operated solely as a 
59.32 	collector's item and not for general transportation purposes. If the registrar commissioner
59.33 	is satisfied that the affidavit is true and correct and that the motor vehicle qualifies to 
60.1 	be classified as a classic car, and the owner pays a $25 tax and the plate fee authorized 
60.2 	under section 168.12, the registrar commissioner shall list such vehicle for taxation and 
60.3 	registration and shall issue a single number plate.
60.4 	(b) The number plate so issued shall bear the inscription "Classic Car," "Minnesota," 
60.5 	and the registration number or other combination of characters authorized under section  
60.6 	168.12, subdivision 2a, but no date. The number plate is valid without renewal as long 
60.7 	as the vehicle is in existence in Minnesota. The registrar commissioner has the power to 
60.8 	revoke said plate for failure to comply with this subdivision. 
60.9 	(c) The following cars built between and including 1925 and 1948 are classic:

60.10	A.C.
		
60.11	Adler
		
60.12	Alfa Romeo
		
60.13	Alvis
	Speed 20, 25, and 4.3 litre.
	
60.14	Amilcar
		
60.15	Aston Martin
		
60.16	Auburn
	All 8-cylinder and 12-cylinder models.
	
60.17	Audi
		
60.18	Austro-Daimler
		
60.19	Avions Voisin 12
		
60.20	Bentley
		
60.21	Blackhawk
		
60.22	B.M.W.
	Models 327, 328, and 335 only.
	
60.23	Brewster (Heart-front Ford) 
		
60.24	Bugatti
		
60.25	Buick
	1931 through 1942: series 90 only.
	
60.26	Cadillac
	All 1925 through 1935.
	
60.27		All 12's and 16's.
	
60.28		1936-1948: Series 63, 65, 67,
	
60.29		70, 72, 75, 80, 85 and 90 only.
	
60.30		1938-1947: 60 special only.
	
60.31		1940-1947: All 62 Series.
	
60.32	Chrysler
	1926 through 1930: Imperial 80.
	
60.33		1929: Imperial L.
	
60.34		1931 through 1937: Imperial Series CG,
	
60.35		CH, CL, and CW.
	
60.36		All Newports and Thunderbolts.
	
60.37		1934 CX.
	
60.38		1935 C-3.
	
60.39		1936 C-11.
	
60.40		1937 through 1948: Custom Imperial,
	
60.41		Crown Imperial Series C-15, C-20, C-24,
	
60.42		C-27, C-33, C-37, and C-40.
	
61.1	Cord
		
61.2	Cunningham
		
61.3	Dagmar
	Model 25-70 only.
	
61.4	Daimler
		
61.5	Delage
		
61.6	Delahaye
		
61.7	Doble
		
61.8	Dorris
		
61.9	Duesenberg
		
61.10	du Pont
		
61.11	Franklin
	All models except 1933-34 Olympic Sixes.
	
61.12	Frazer Nash
		
61.13	Graham
	1930-1931: Series 137.
	
61.14	Graham-Paige
	1929-1930: Series 837.
	
61.15	Hispano Suiza
		
61.16	Horch
		
61.17	Hotchkiss
		
61.18	Invicta
		
61.19	Isotta Fraschini
		
61.20	Jaguar
		
61.21	Jordan
	Speedway Series 'Z' only.
	
61.22	Kissel
	1925, 1926 and 1927: Model 8-75.
	
61.23		1928: Model 8-90, and 8-90 White Eagle.
	
61.24		1929: Model 8-126, and 8-90 White Eagle.
	
61.25		1930: Model 8-126.
	
61.26		1931: Model 8-126.
	
61.27	Lagonda
		
61.28	Lancia
		
61.29	La Salle
	1927 through 1933 only.
	
61.30	Lincoln
	All models K, L, KA, and KB.
	
61.31		1941: Model 168H.
	
61.32		1942: Model 268H.
	
61.33	Lincoln Continental 
	1939 through 1948.
	
61.34	Locomobile
	All models 48 and 90.
	
61.35		1927: Model 8-80.
	
61.36		1928: Model 8-80.
	
61.37		1929: Models 8-80 and 8-88.
	
61.38	Marmon
	All 16-cylinder models.
	
61.39		1925: Model 74.
	
61.40		1926: Model 74.
	
61.41		1927: Model 75.
	
61.42		1928: Model E75.
	
61.43		1931: Model 88, and Big 8.
	
62.1	Maybach
		
62.2	McFarlan
		
62.3	Mercedes Benz
	All models 2.2 litres and up.
	
62.4	Mercer
		
62.5	M.G.
	6-cylinder models only.
	
62.6	Minerva
		
62.7	Nash
	1931: Series 8-90.
	
62.8		1932: Series 9-90,
	
62.9		Advanced 8, and Ambassador 8.
	
62.10		1933-1934: Ambassador 8.
	
62.11	Packard
	1925 through 1934: All models.
	
62.12		1935 through 1942: Models 1200,
	
62.13		1201, 1202, 1203, 1204, 1205, 1207,
	
62.14		1208, 1400, 1401, 1402, 1403, 1404,
	
62.15		1405, 1407, 1408, 1500, 1501, 1502,
	
62.16		1506, 1507, 1508, 1603, 1604, 1605,
	
62.17		1607, 1608, 1705, 1707, 1708, 1806,
	
62.18		1807, 1808, 1906, 1907, 1908, 2006,
	
62.19		2007, and 2008 only.
	
62.20		1946 and 1947: Models 2106 and
	
62.21		2126 only.
	
62.22	Peerless
	1926 through 1928: Series 69.
	
62.23		1930-1931: Custom 8.
	
62.24		1932: Deluxe Custom 8.
	
62.25	Pierce Arrow
		
62.26	Railton
		
62.27	Renault
	Grand Sport model only.
	
62.28	Reo
	1930-1931: Royale Custom 8, and
	
62.29		Series 8-35 and 8-52 Elite 8.
	
62.30		1933: Royale Custom 8.
	
62.31	Revere
		
62.32	Roamer
	1925: Series 8-88, 6-54e, and 4-75.
	
62.33		1926: Series 4-75e, and 8-88.
	
62.34		1927-1928: Series 8-88.
	
62.35		1929: Series 8-88, and 8-125.
	
62.36		1930: Series 8-125.
	
62.37	Rohr
		
62.38	Rolls Royce
		
62.39	Ruxton
		
62.40	Salmson
		
62.41	Squire
		
62.42	Stearns Knight
		
62.43	Stevens Duryea
		
63.1	Steyr
		
63.2	Studebaker
	1929-1933: President, except model 82.
	
63.3	Stutz
		
63.4	Sunbeam
		
63.5	Talbot
		
63.6	Triumph
	Dolomite 8 and Gloria 6.
	
63.7	Vauxhall
	Series 25-70 and 30-98 only.
	
63.8	Voisin
		
63.9	Wills Saint Claire
		
63.10 	(d) No commercial vehicles such as hearses, ambulances, or trucks are considered 
63.11 	to be classic cars.

63.12 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.10, subdivision 1c, is amended to read:
63.13 		Subd. 1c.Collector's vehicle, collector plate. (a) The owner of any self-propelled 
63.14 	motor vehicle, including any truck, (1) that is (i) at least 20 model years old, or (ii) at 
63.15 	least ten model years old and with a body or engine style of which not more than 500 
63.16 	were manufactured in or imported into the United States in any model year, (2) that was 
63.17 	manufactured after 1935, and (3) that is owned and operated solely as a collector's vehicle, 
63.18 	shall list the vehicle for taxation and registration as provided in paragraph (b).
63.19 	(b) The owner shall execute an affidavit stating (1) the name and address of the 
63.20 	person from whom purchased and of the new owner, (2) the make of the motor vehicle, 
63.21 	(3) the year and number of the model, (4) the manufacturer's identification number, (5) 
63.22 	in the case of a vehicle described in paragraph (a), clause (1)(ii), that the vehicle has a 
63.23 	body or engine style of which not more than 500 were manufactured or imported into the 
63.24 	United States in any model year, and (6) that the vehicle is owned and operated solely as a 
63.25 	collector's item and not for general transportation purposes.
63.26 	(c) The owner shall provide a statement of the manufacturer or importer regarding 
63.27 	the number of vehicles manufactured or imported during the model year.
63.28 	(d) The owner shall also prove that the owner also has one or more vehicles with 
63.29 	regular license plates.
63.30 	If the registrar commissioner is satisfied that the affidavit is true and correct and the 
63.31 	owner pays a $25 tax and the plate fee authorized under section 168.12, the registrar
63.32 	commissioner shall list the vehicle for taxation and registration and shall issue a single 
63.33 	number plate.
63.34 	(e) The number plate issued shall bear the inscription "Collector," "Minnesota," 
63.35 	and the registration number or other combination of characters authorized under section 
63.36 	168.12, subdivision 2a, but no date. The number plate is valid without renewal as long 
64.1 	as the vehicle is in existence in Minnesota. The registrar commissioner has the power to 
64.2 	revoke the plate for failure to comply with this subdivision.

64.3 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.10, subdivision 1d, is amended to read:
64.4 		Subd. 1d.Collector's vehicle, street rod licenseplate. Any modernized motor 
64.5 	vehicle manufactured prior to the year 1949 or designed and manufactured to resemble 
64.6 	such vehicle shall be listed for taxation and registration as follows:
64.7 	An affidavit shall be executed stating the name and address of the person from 
64.8 	whom purchased and of the new owner, the make of the motor vehicle, year number of 
64.9 	model, and the manufacturer's identification number. The affidavit shall further state that 
64.10 	the vehicle is owned and operated solely as a street rod and not for general transportation 
64.11 	purposes. The owner must also prove that the owner has one or more vehicles with regular 
64.12 	license plates. If the registrar commissioner is satisfied that the affidavit is true and 
64.13 	correct and the owner pays a $25 tax and the plate fee authorized under section 168.12, 
64.14 	the registrar commissioner shall list such vehicle for taxation and registration and shall 
64.15 	issue a single number plate.
64.16 	The number plate issued shall bear the inscription "Street Rod", "Minnesota" and the 
64.17 	registration number or other combination of characters authorized under section  168.12, 
64.18 	subdivision 2a, but no date. The number plate is valid without renewal as long as the 
64.19 	vehicle is in existence in Minnesota. The registrar commissioner has the power to revoke 
64.20 	such plate for failure to comply with this subdivision. 

64.21 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.10, subdivision 1g, is amended to read:
64.22 		Subd. 1g.Original plates. A vehicle registered pursuant to subdivision 1a, 1b, 1c 
64.23 	or 1d may in lieu of being issued number plates by the registrar commissioner display 
64.24 	original Minnesota number plates issued in the same year as the model year of the car 
64.25 	on which they are displayed. The number of the original plates must be provided to the 
64.26 	registrar commissioner. The original plates must be in good condition and shall be used in 
64.27 	pairs one to be displayed in the front of the car and one in the rear, except for an original 
64.28 	plate issued in 1911, 1944, 1945, or 1946 which may be used singly and displayed at the 
64.29 	rear of the vehicle. Original Minnesota number plates shall not be used if the number on 
64.30 	the original plate is identical to a number on any current street rod plate or any other plate 
64.31 	in a numbering system used by the registrar commissioner without written authorization 
64.32 	from the commissioner. Any person currently using plates issued pursuant to subdivision 
64.33 	1a, 1b, 1c or 1d shall return those plates to the registrar commissioner before substituting 
65.1 	original plates. The registrar may commissioner shall charge a fee of $10 for registering 
65.2 	the number on original plates.

65.3 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.10, subdivision 1h, is amended to read:
65.4 		Subd. 1h.Collector military vehicle. (a) A motor vehicle, including a truck, shall 
65.5 	be listed and registered under this section if it meets the following conditions:
65.6 	(1) it is at least 20 years old;
65.7 	(2) its first owner following its manufacture was a branch of the armed forces of 
65.8 	the United States and it presently conforms to the vehicle specifications required during 
65.9 	the time of military ownership, or it has been restored and presently conforms to the 
65.10 	specifications required by a branch of the armed forces for the model year that the restored 
65.11 	vehicle could have been owned by that branch of the armed forces; and
65.12 	(3) it is owned by a nonprofit organization and operated solely as a collector's 
65.13 	vehicle. For purposes of this subdivision, "nonprofit organization" means a corporation, 
65.14 	society, association, foundation, or institution organized and operated exclusively for 
65.15 	historical or educational purposes, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the 
65.16 	benefit of a private individual.
65.17 	(b) The owner of the vehicle shall execute an affidavit stating the name and address 
65.18 	of the person from whom purchased and of the new owner; the make, year, and model 
65.19 	number of the motor vehicle; the manufacturer's identification number; and the collector 
65.20 	military vehicle identification number, if any, located on the exterior of the vehicle. The 
65.21 	affidavit must affirm that the vehicle is owned by a nonprofit organization and is operated 
65.22 	solely as a collector's item and not for general transportation purposes. If the registrar
65.23 	commissioner is satisfied that the affidavit is true and correct and the owner pays a $25 
65.24 	tax and the plate fee authorized under section 168.12, the registrar commissioner shall 
65.25 	list the vehicle for taxation and registration and shall issue number plates. The number 
65.26 	plates shall bear the inscriptions "Collector" and "Minnesota" and the registration number, 
65.27 	but no date. The number plates are valid without renewal as long as the vehicle is in 
65.28 	existence in Minnesota. The registrar commissioner may revoke the plates for failure 
65.29 	to comply with this subdivision.
65.30 	(c) Notwithstanding section  168.09,  168.12, or other law to the contrary, the owner 
65.31 	of a registered collector military vehicle is not required to display registration plates on the 
65.32 	exterior of the vehicle if the vehicle has an exterior number identification that conforms to 
65.33 	the identifying system for military vehicles in effect when the vehicle was last owned by 
65.34 	the branch of the armed forces of the United States or in effect in the year to which the 
66.1 	collector military vehicle has been restored. However, the state registration plates must be 
66.2 	carried in or on the collector military vehicle at all times. 
66.3 	(d) The owner of a registered collector military vehicle that is not required to display 
66.4 	registration plates under paragraph (c) may tow a registered trailer behind it. The trailer 
66.5 	is not required to display registration plates if the trailer:
66.6 	(1)  does not exceed a gross weight of 15,000 pounds;
66.7 	(2)  otherwise conforms to registration, licensing, and safety laws and specifications;
66.8 	(3) conforms to military specifications for appearance and identification;
66.9 	(4) is intended to represent and does represent a military trailer; and
66.10 	(5) carries registration plates on or in the trailer or the collector military vehicle 
66.11 	towing the trailer.

66.12 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.10, subdivision 1i, is amended to read:
66.13 		Subd. 1i.Collector plate transfer. Notwithstanding section  168.12, subdivision 1, 
66.14 	on payment of a transfer fee of $5, plates issued under this section may be transferred to 
66.15 	another vehicle owned or jointly owned by the person to whom the special plates were 
66.16 	issued or the plate may be assigned to another owner. In addition to the transfer fee a new 
66.17 	owner must pay the $25 plate tax or and any fee required by section  168.12, subdivision 
66.18 	2a. The $5 fee must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the highway user tax 
66.19 	distribution fund. License plates issued under this section may not be transferred to a 
66.20 	vehicle not eligible for the collector's vehicle license plates. 

66.21 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
66.22 		Subdivision 1.Plates; design, visibility, periods of issuance. (a) The commissioner, 
66.23 	upon approval and payment, shall issue to the applicant the plates required by this chapter, 
66.24 	bearing the state name and an assigned vehicle registration number. The number assigned 
66.25 	by the commissioner may be a combination of a letter or sign with figures. The color of the 
66.26 	plates and the color of the abbreviation of the state name and the number assigned must 
66.27 	be in marked contrast. The plates must be lettered, spaced, or distinguished to suitably 
66.28 	indicate the registration of the vehicle according to the rules of the commissioner.
66.29 	(b) When a vehicle is registered on the basis of total gross weight, the plates issued 
66.30 	must clearly indicate by letters or other suitable insignia the maximum gross weight 
66.31 	for which the tax has been paid.
66.32 	(c) The plates must be so treated as to be at least 100 times brighter than the 
66.33 	conventional painted number plates. When properly mounted on an unlighted vehicle, the 
67.1 	plates, when viewed from a vehicle equipped with standard headlights, must be visible for 
67.2 	a distance of not less than 1,500 feet and readable for a distance of not less than 110 feet.
67.3 	(d) The commissioner shall issue plates for the following periods:
67.4 	(1) New plates issued pursuant to section 168.012, subdivision 1, must be issued to a 
67.5 	vehicle for as long as the vehicle is owned by the exempt agency and the plate shall not be 
67.6 	transferable from one vehicle to another but the plate may be transferred with the vehicle 
67.7 	from one tax-exempt agency to another.
67.8 	(2) Plates issued for passenger automobiles must be issued for a seven-year period. 
67.9 	All plates issued under this paragraph must be replaced if they are seven years old or older 
67.10 	at the time of registration renewal or will become so during the registration period.
67.11 	(3) Plates issued under sections 168.053 and 168.27, subdivisions 16 and 17, must 
67.12 	be for a seven-year period.
67.13 	(4) Plates issued under subdivisions 2c and 2d and section 168.123 must be issued 
67.14 	for the life of the veteran under section 169.79.
67.15 	(5) Plates for any vehicle not specified in clauses (1) to (3), except for trailers as 
67.16 	hereafter provided, must be issued for the life of the vehicle. Beginning with plates issued 
67.17 	for the year 1981, plates issued for trailers with a total gross weight of 3,000 pounds or 
67.18 	less must be issued for the life of the trailer and must be not more than seven inches in 
67.19 	length and four inches in width.
67.20 	(e) In a year in which plates are not issued, the commissioner shall issue for each 
67.21 	registration a sticker to designate the year of registration. This sticker must show the year 
67.22 	or years for which the sticker is issued, and is valid only for that period. The plates and 
67.23 	stickers issued for a vehicle may not be transferred to another vehicle during the period 
67.24 	for which the sticker is issued, except when issued for a vehicle registered under section 
67.25 	168.187.
67.26 	(f) Despite any other provision of this subdivision, plates issued to a vehicle used 
67.27 	for behind-the-wheel instruction in a driver education course in a public school may 
67.28 	be transferred to another vehicle used for the same purpose without payment of any 
67.29 	additional fee. The public school shall notify the commissioner of each transfer of plates 
67.30 	under this paragraph. The commissioner may prescribe a format for notification.

67.31 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.12, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
67.32 		Subd. 2.Amateur radio licensee; special plates, rules. (a) The commissioner shall 
67.33 	issue amateur radio plates to an applicant who:
67.34 	(1) is an owner of a passenger automobile or recreational motor vehicle;
67.35 	(2) is a resident of this state;
68.1 	(3) holds an official amateur radio station license or a citizens radio service class D 
68.2 	license, in good standing, issued by the Federal Communications Commission;
68.3 	(4) pays the registration tax required under section 168.013;
68.4 	(5) pays a fee of $10 for each set of special plates and any other fees required by 
68.5 	this chapter; and
68.6 	(6) complies with this chapter and rules governing the registration of motor vehicles 
68.7 	and licensing of drivers;
68.8 	(b) In lieu of the registration number required for identification under subdivision 1, 
68.9 	the plates must indicate the official amateur call letters of the applicant, as assigned by the 
68.10 	Federal Communications Commission, and the words "AMATEUR RADIO."
68.11 	(c) This provision for the issue of special plates applies only if the applicant's motor 
68.12 	vehicle is already registered in Minnesota so that the applicant has valid regular Minnesota 
68.13 	plates issued for that motor vehicle under which to operate it during the time that it will 
68.14 	take to have the necessary special plates made.
68.15 	(d) If owning more than one motor vehicle of the type specified in this subdivision, 
68.16 	the applicant may apply for special plates for each of not more than two motor vehicles
68.17 	motor vehicle and, if each application complies with this subdivision, the commissioner 
68.18 	shall furnish the applicant with the special plates, indicating the official amateur call 
68.19 	letters and other distinguishing information as the commissioner considers necessary, for 
68.20 	each of the two motor vehicles.
68.21 	(e) The commissioner may make reasonable rules governing the use of the special 
68.22 	plates as will assure the full compliance by the owner of the special plates, with all existing 
68.23 	laws governing the registration of motor vehicles and the transfer and use of the plates.
68.24 	(f) Despite any contrary provision of subdivision 1, the special plates issued under 
68.25 	this subdivision may be transferred by an owner to another motor vehicle listed in 
68.26 	paragraph (a) and registered to the same owner, upon the payment of a fee of $5. The 
68.27 	commissioner must be notified before the transfer and may prescribe a format for the 
68.28 	notification.

68.29 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.12, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
68.30 		Subd. 2a.Personalized plates; rules. (a) The commissioner shall may issue 
68.31 	personalized plates or, if requested for special plates issued under section 168.123 for 
68.32 	veterans, 168.124 for medal of honor recipients, or 168.125 for former prisoners of war, 
68.33 	applicable personalized special veterans plates, to an applicant who:
68.34 	(1) is an owner of a passenger automobile including a passenger automobile 
68.35 	registered as a classic car, pioneer car, collector car, or street rod; any truck with a 
69.1 	manufacturer's nominal rated capacity of one ton or less and resembling a pickup truck; a 
69.2 	motorcycle, including a classic motorcycle; a motorized bicycle; a commuter van as 
69.3 	defined in section 168.126; or a recreational motor vehicle;
69.4 	(2) pays a onetime fee of $100 and any other fees required by this chapter;
69.5 	(3) pays the registration tax required by this chapter for the motor vehicle; and
69.6 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing registration of motor vehicles 
69.7 	and licensing of drivers.
69.8 	(b) The commissioner shall charge a replacement fee for personalized license plates 
69.9 	and personalized special veterans plates issued under section 168.123 as specified in 
69.10 	subdivision 5. This fee must be paid by the applicant whenever the personalized plates are 
69.11 	required to be replaced by law, except that as provided in section 168.124, subdivision 
69.12 	3, and 168.125, subdivision 1b, no fee may be charged to replace plates issued under 
69.13 	those sections.
69.14 	(c) In lieu of the registration number assigned as provided in subdivision 1, 
69.15 	personalized plates and personalized special veterans plates must have imprinted on them 
69.16 	a series of not more than seven numbers and letters, or five numbers and letters for 
69.17 	personalized special veterans plates, in any combination and, as applicable, satisfy the 
69.18 	design requirements of section 168.123, 168.124, or 168.125. When an applicant has once 
69.19 	obtained personalized plates or personalized special veterans plates, the applicant shall 
69.20 	have a prior claim for similar personalized plates or personalized special veterans plates in 
69.21 	the next succeeding year as long as current motor vehicle registration is maintained.
69.22 	(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules in the manner provided by chapter 14, 
69.23 	regulating the issuance and transfer of personalized plates and personalized special 
69.24 	veterans plates. No words or combination of letters placed on these plates may be used 
69.25 	for commercial advertising, be of an obscene, indecent, or immoral nature, or be of a 
69.26 	nature that would offend public morals or decency. The call signals or letters of a radio or 
69.27 	television station are not commercial advertising for the purposes of this subdivision.
69.28 	(e) Despite the provisions of subdivision 1, personalized plates and personalized 
69.29 	special veterans plates issued under this subdivision may be transferred to another motor 
69.30 	vehicle listed in paragraph (a) and owned by the applicant, upon the payment of a fee of $5.
69.31 	(f) The commissioner may by rule specify the format for notification.
69.32 	(g) A personalized plate or personalized special veterans plate issued for a classic 
69.33 	car, pioneer car, collector car, street rod, or classic motorcycle may not be transferred 
69.34 	to a vehicle not eligible for such a plate.
69.35 	(h) Despite any law to the contrary, if the personalized license plates are lost, stolen, 
69.36 	or destroyed, the applicant may apply and must be issued duplicate license plates bearing 
70.1 	the same combination of letters and numbers and the same design as (1) the former 
70.2 	personalized plates or personalized special veterans plates under section 168.123 upon 
70.3 	the payment of the fee required by section 168.29 or (2) the former personalized special 
70.4 	veterans plates issued under section 168.124 or 168.125, without charge.

70.5 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.12, subdivision 2b, is amended to read:
70.6 		Subd. 2b.Firefighters; special plates, rules. (a) The commissioner shall issue 
70.7 	special plates, or a single license plate in the case of a motorcycle plate, to any applicant 
70.8 	who:
70.9 	(1) is both a member of a fire department receiving state aid under chapter 69 and an 
70.10 	owner of a passenger automobile, a truck with a manufacturer's nominal rated capacity of 
70.11 	one ton and resembling a pickup truck, or a motorcycle;
70.12 	(2) pays a fee of $10 and any other fees required by this chapter;
70.13 	(3) pays the registration tax required by this chapter for the motor vehicle; and
70.14 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the registration of motor vehicles 
70.15 	and licensing of drivers.
70.16 	(b) In lieu of the identification required under subdivision 1, the special plates must 
70.17 	bear an emblem of a Maltese Cross together with any numbers or characters prescribed 
70.18 	by the commissioner. No applicant shall receive more than two sets of plates for motor 
70.19 	vehicles owned by the applicant.
70.20 	(c) Special plates issued under this subdivision may only be used during the period 
70.21 	that the owner of the motor vehicle is a member of a fire department as specified in this 
70.22 	subdivision. When the individual to whom the special plates were issued is no longer a 
70.23 	member of a fire department or when the motor vehicle ownership is transferred, the 
70.24 	owner shall remove the special plates from the motor vehicle. If the commissioner 
70.25 	receives written notification that an individual is no longer qualified for these special 
70.26 	plates, the commissioner shall invalidate the plates and notify the individual of this 
70.27 	action. The individual may retain the plate only upon demonstrating compliance with the 
70.28 	qualifications of this subdivision. Upon removal or invalidation of the special plates, or 
70.29 	special motorcycle plate, either the owner or purchaser of the motor vehicle is entitled 
70.30 	to receive regular plates or a regular motorcycle plate for the motor vehicle without cost 
70.31 	for the remainder of the registration period for which the special plate or plates were 
70.32 	issued shall obtain regular plates or a regular motorcycle plate for the proper registration 
70.33 	classification for the motor vehicle.
70.34 	(d) A special motorcycle license plate issued under this subdivision must be the 
70.35 	same size as a standard motorcycle license plate.
71.1 	(e) Upon payment of a fee of $5, plates issued under this subdivision for a passenger 
71.2 	automobile or truck may be transferred to another passenger automobile or truck owned 
71.3 	or jointly owned by the person to whom the plates were issued. On payment of a fee of 
71.4 	$5, a plate issued under this subdivision for a motorcycle may be transferred to another 
71.5 	motorcycle owned or jointly owned by the person to whom the plate was issued.
71.6 	(f) The commissioner may adopt rules under the Administrative Procedure Act, 
71.7 	sections 14.001 to 14.69, to govern the issuance and use of the special plates authorized 
71.8 	in this subdivision.

71.9 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.12, subdivision 2c, is amended to read:
71.10 		Subd. 2c.National Guard; special plates, rules. (a) The commissioner shall 
71.11 	issue special plates to any applicant who:
71.12 	(1) is a regularly enlisted, commissioned, or retired member of the Minnesota 
71.13 	National Guard, other than an inactive member who is not a retired member, and is an 
71.14 	owner of a passenger automobile;
71.15 	(2) pays a fee of $10 and any other fees required by this chapter;
71.16 	(3) pays the registration tax required by this chapter; and
71.17 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the registration of motor vehicles 
71.18 	and licensing of drivers.
71.19 	(b) The adjutant general shall design the emblem for these special plates subject to 
71.20 	the approval of the commissioner.
71.21 	(c) An applicant must not be issued more than two sets of plates for motor vehicles 
71.22 	registered to the applicant.
71.23 	(d) (c) Special plates issued under this subdivision may only be used during the 
71.24 	period that the owner of the motor vehicle is an active or retired member of the Minnesota 
71.25 	National Guard as specified in this subdivision. When the individual to whom the 
71.26 	special plates were issued is no longer an active or retired member of the Minnesota 
71.27 	National Guard, the special plates must be removed from the vehicle by the owner. If the 
71.28 	commissioner receives written notification that an individual is no longer qualified for 
71.29 	these special plates, the commissioner shall invalidate the plates and notify the individual 
71.30 	of this action. The individual may retain the plate only upon demonstrating compliance 
71.31 	with the qualifications of this subdivision. Upon removal or invalidation of the special 
71.32 	plates, either the owner or purchaser of the motor vehicle is entitled to receive regular 
71.33 	plates for the motor vehicle without cost for the remainder of the registration period for 
71.34 	which the special plates were issued shall obtain regular plates for the motor vehicle.
72.1 	(e) (d) While the person is an active or retired member of the Minnesota National 
72.2 	Guard, plates issued pursuant to this subdivision may be transferred to another motor 
72.3 	vehicle owned by that individual upon payment of a fee of $5.
72.4 	(f) (e) For purposes of this subdivision, "retired member" means an individual 
72.5 	placed on the roll of retired officers or roll of retired enlisted members in the Office of the 
72.6 	Adjutant General under section 192.18 and who is not deceased.
72.7 	(g) (f) The commissioner may adopt rules under the Administrative Procedure Act to 
72.8 	govern the issuance and use of the special plates authorized by this subdivision.

72.9 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.12, subdivision 2d, is amended to read:
72.10 		Subd. 2d.Ready Reserve; special plates, rules. (a) The commissioner shall issue 
72.11 	special plates to an applicant who:
72.12 	(1) is not eligible for special National Guard plates under subdivision 2c, is a 
72.13 	member of the United States armed forces ready reserve as described in United States 
72.14 	Code, title 10, section 10142 or 10143, or a retired reserve as described in United States 
72.15 	Code, title 10, section 10154, and is an owner of a passenger automobile;
72.16 	(2) pays a fee of $10 and any other fees required by this chapter;
72.17 	(3) pays the registration tax required by this chapter; and
72.18 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the registration of motor vehicles 
72.19 	and licensing of drivers.
72.20 	(b) The commissioner of veterans affairs shall design the emblem for these special 
72.21 	plates subject to the approval of the commissioner.
72.22 	(c) An applicant must not be issued more than two sets of plates for motor vehicles 
72.23 	owned by the applicant.
72.24 	(d) (c) Special plates issued under this subdivision may only be used during the 
72.25 	period that the owner of the motor vehicle is a member of the ready reserve. When the 
72.26 	owner is no longer a member, the special plates must be removed from the motor vehicle 
72.27 	by the owner. If the commissioner receives written notification that an individual is no 
72.28 	longer qualified for these special plates, the commissioner shall invalidate the plates 
72.29 	and notify the individual of this action. The individual may retain the plate only upon 
72.30 	demonstrating compliance with the qualifications of this subdivision. On removing
72.31 	removal or invalidation of the special plates, either the owner or purchaser of the motor 
72.32 	vehicle is entitled to receive regular plates for the motor vehicle without cost for the rest 
72.33 	of the registration period for which the special plates were issued shall obtain regular 
72.34 	plates for the motor vehicle. While the owner is a member of the ready reserve, plates 
73.1 	issued under this subdivision may be transferred to another motor vehicle owned by that 
73.2 	individual on paying a fee of $5.
73.3 	(e) (d) The commissioner may adopt rules under the Administrative Procedure Act 
73.4 	to govern the issuance and use of the special plates authorized by this subdivision.

73.5 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.12, subdivision 2e, is amended to read:
73.6 		Subd. 2e.Volunteer ambulance attendants; special plates. (a) The commissioner 
73.7 	shall issue special license plates to an applicant who:
73.8 	(1) is a volunteer ambulance attendant as defined in section 144E.001, subdivision 
73.9 	15, and owns a motor vehicle taxed as a passenger automobile;
73.10 	(2) pays the registration tax required by this chapter for the motor vehicle;
73.11 	(3) pays a fee of $10 and any other fees required by this chapter; and
73.12 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the registration of motor vehicles 
73.13 	and licensing of drivers.
73.14 	(b) The commissioner shall not issue more than two sets of these plates to each 
73.15 	qualified applicant.
73.16 	(c) (b) An individual may use special plates issued under this subdivision only during 
73.17 	the period that the individual is a volunteer ambulance attendant. When the individual to 
73.18 	whom the special plates were issued ceases to be a volunteer ambulance attendant, the 
73.19 	individual shall remove each set of special plates issued. If the commissioner receives 
73.20 	written notification that an individual is no longer qualified for these special plates, the 
73.21 	commissioner shall invalidate the plates and notify the individual of this action. The 
73.22 	individual may retain the plate only upon demonstrating compliance with the qualifications 
73.23 	of this subdivision. When ownership of the motor vehicle is transferred, the individual 
73.24 	shall remove the special plates from that motor vehicle. On removal or invalidation of 
73.25 	each set of the special plates, the owner or purchaser of the motor vehicle, or new owner 
73.26 	in case of a transferred motor vehicle, is entitled to receive regular plates for the motor 
73.27 	vehicle without cost for the rest of the registration period for which the set of special 
73.28 	plates were issued shall obtain regular plates for the motor vehicle. Special plates issued 
73.29 	under this subdivision may be transferred to another motor vehicle owned by the volunteer 
73.30 	ambulance attendant on payment of a fee of $5.
73.31 	(d) (c) The commissioner may adopt rules governing the design, issuance, and sale 
73.32 	of the special plates authorized by this subdivision.

74.1 	ARTICLE 5
74.2 	VEHICLE SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD RESTRICTIONS

74.3 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.01, subdivision 78, is amended to read:
74.4 		Subd. 78.Recreational vehicle combination. (a) "Recreational vehicle 
74.5 	combination" means a combination of vehicles consisting of a full-size pickup truck as 
74.6 	defined in section 168.011, subdivision 29, attached by means of a fifth-wheel coupling to 
74.7 	a camper-semitrailermiddle vehicle which has hitched to it a trailer carrying a watercraft 
74.8 	as defined in section 86B.005, subdivision 18; off-highway motorcycle as defined in 
74.9 	section 84.787, subdivision 7; motorcycle; motorized bicycle; snowmobile as defined in 
74.10 	section 84.81, subdivision 3; all-terrain vehicle as defined in section 84.92, subdivision 8; 
74.11 	motorized golf cart; or equestrian equipment or supplies.
74.12 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision:,
74.13 	(1) a "fifth-wheel coupling" is a coupling between a camper-semitrailermiddle 
74.14 	vehicle and a towing full-size pickup truck in which a portion of the weight of the 
74.15 	camper-semitrailertowed middle vehicle is carried over or forward of the rear axle of 
74.16 	the towing pickup.
74.17 	(2) A "camper-semitrailer" is a trailer, other than a manufactured home as defined in 
74.18 	section 327B.01, subdivision 13, designed for human habitation and used for vacation or 
74.19 	recreational purposes for limited periods.

74.20 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.01, is amended by adding a subdivision 
74.21 	to read:
74.22 		Subd. 92.Full-size pickup truck. "Full-size pickup truck" means any truck with a 
74.23 	manufacturer's nominal rated carrying capacity of one ton or less and commonly known 
74.24 	as or resembling a pickup truck.

74.25 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.81, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
74.26 		Subd. 2.Length of single vehicle; exceptions. (a) Statewide, no single vehicle may 
74.27 	exceed 40 45 feet in overall length, including load and front and rear bumpers, except:
74.28 	(1) mobile cranes, which may not exceed 48 feet in overall length;.
74.29 	(2) buses, which may not exceed 45 feet in overall length; and
74.30 	(3) type A, B, or C motor homes as defined in section 168.011, subdivision 25, 
74.31 	paragraph (c), which may not exceed 45 feet in overall length.
74.32 	(b) Statewide, no semitrailer may exceed 48 feet in overall length, including bumper 
74.33 	and load, but excluding non-cargo-carrying equipment, such as refrigeration units or air 
75.1 	compressors, necessary for safe and efficient operation and located on the end of the 
75.2 	semitrailer adjacent to the truck-tractor. However, statewide, a single semitrailer may 
75.3 	exceed 48 feet, but not 53 feet, if the distance from the kingpin to the centerline of the 
75.4 	rear axle group of the semitrailer does not exceed 43 feet.
75.5 	(c) Statewide, no single trailer may have an overall length exceeding 45 feet, 
75.6 	including the tow bar assembly but exclusive of rear bumpers that do not increase the 
75.7 	overall length by more than six inches.
75.8 	(d) For determining compliance with this subdivision, the length of the semitrailer 
75.9 	or trailer must be determined separately from the overall length of the combination of 
75.10 	vehicles.
75.11 	(e) No semitrailer or trailer used in a three-vehicle combination may have an overall 
75.12 	length in excess of 28-1/2 feet, exclusive of:
75.13 	(1) non-cargo-carrying accessory equipment, including refrigeration units or air 
75.14 	compressors and upper coupler plates, necessary for safe and efficient operation, located 
75.15 	on the end of the semitrailer or trailer adjacent to the truck or truck-tractor;
75.16 	(2) the tow bar assembly; and
75.17 	(3) lower coupler equipment that is a fixed part of the rear end of the first semitrailer 
75.18 	or trailer.

75.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2007.

75.20 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.81, subdivision 3c, is amended to read:
75.21 		Subd. 3c.Recreational vehicle combination. Notwithstanding subdivision 3, a 
75.22 	recreational vehicle combination may be operated without a permit if:
75.23 	(1) the combination does not consist of more than three vehicles, and the towing 
75.24 	rating of the full-size pickup truck is equal to or greater than the total weight of all 
75.25 	vehicles being towed;
75.26 	(2) the combination does not exceed 70 feet in length;
75.27 	(3) the middle vehicle in the combination does not exceed 28 feet in length;
75.28 	(4) the operator of the combination is at least 18 years of age;
75.29 	(5) (4) the trailer is only carrying a watercraft, motorcycle, motorized bicycle, 
75.30 	off-highway motorcycle, snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, motorized golf cart, or 
75.31 	equestrian equipment or supplies, and meets all requirements of law;
75.32 	(6) (5) the trailers vehicles in the combination are connected to the full-size pickup 
75.33 	truck and each other in conformity with section 169.82; and
76.1 	(7) (6) the combination is not operated within the seven-county metropolitan area, 
76.2 	as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2, during the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. 
76.3 	and 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays.

76.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

76.5 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.823, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
76.6 		Subdivision 1.Pneumatic-tired vehicle. No vehicle or combination of vehicles 
76.7 	equipped with pneumatic tires shall be operated upon the highways of this state:
76.8 	(1) where the gross weight on any wheel exceeds 9,000 pounds, except that on 
76.9 	paved county state-aid highways, paved county roads, designated local routes, and state 
76.10 	trunk highways the gross weight on any single wheel shall not exceed 10,000 pounds
76.11 	unless posted;
76.12 	(2) where the gross weight on any single axle exceeds 18,000 pounds, except that 
76.13 	on  paved county state-aid highways, paved county roads, designated local routes, and 
76.14 	state trunk highways the gross weight on any single axle shall not exceed 20,000 pounds
76.15 	unless posted;
76.16 	(3) where the maximum wheel load:
76.17 	(i) on the foremost and rearmost steering axles, exceeds 600 pounds per inch of tire 
76.18 	width or the manufacturer's recommended load, whichever is less; or
76.19 	(ii) on other axles, exceeds 500 pounds per inch of tire width or the manufacturer's 
76.20 	recommended load, whichever is less. This item applies to new vehicles manufactured 
76.21 	after August 1, 1991. For vehicles manufactured before August 2, 1991, the maximum 
76.22 	weight per inch of tire width is 600 pounds per inch or the manufacturer's recommended 
76.23 	load, whichever is less, until August 1, 1996. After July 31, 1996, this item applies to all 
76.24 	vehicles regardless of date of manufacture;
76.25 	(4) where the gross weight on any axle of a tridem exceeds 15,000 pounds, except 
76.26 	that for vehicles to which an additional axle has been added prior to June 1, 1981, the 
76.27 	maximum gross weight on any axle of a tridem may be up to 16,000 pounds provided the 
76.28 	gross weight of the tridem combination does not exceed 39,900 pounds where the first 
76.29 	and third axles of the tridem are spaced nine feet apart;
76.30 	(5) where the gross weight on any group of axles exceeds the weights permitted 
76.31 	under sections 169.822 to 169.829 with any or all of the interior axles disregarded, and 
76.32 	with an exterior axle disregarded if the exterior axle is a variable load axle that is not 
76.33 	carrying its intended weight, and their gross weights subtracted from the gross weight of 
76.34 	all axles of the group under consideration. 

77.1 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.824, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
77.2 		Subd. 2.Gross vehicle weight of all axles. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions 
77.3 	of section 169.85, the gross vehicle weight of all axles of a vehicle or combination of 
77.4 	vehicles shall must not exceed:
77.5 	(1) 80,000 pounds for any vehicle or combination of vehicles on all state (i) trunk 
77.6 	highways as defined in section 160.02, subdivision 29, and for all (ii) routes designated 
77.7 	under section 169.832, subdivision 11, and (iii) paved county highways, including paved 
77.8 	county state-aid highways;
77.9 	(2) 88,000 pounds for any vehicle or combination of vehicles with six or more 
77.10 	axles while exclusively engaged in hauling livestock on all state trunk highways other 
77.11 	than interstate highways, if the vehicle has a permit under section 169.86, subdivision 5, 
77.12 	paragraph (k); and
77.13 	(3) 73,280 pounds for any vehicle or combination of vehicles with five axles or less 
77.14 	on all routes, other than state trunk highways and routes that are designated under section 
77.15 	169.832, subdivision 11, except that a vehicle needing reasonable access to a terminal or 
77.16 	facilities for food, fuel, repairs, and rest, located within three miles of a ten-ton route, may 
77.17 	not exceed 80,000 pounds. "Terminal" means any location where freight either originates, 
77.18 	terminates, or is handled in the transportation process, or where commercial motor carriers 
77.19 	maintain operating facilities; and routes identified in clause (1).
77.20 	(4) 80,000 pounds for any vehicle or combination of vehicles with six or more 
77.21 	axles on all routes, other than state trunk highways and routes that are designated under 
77.22 	section 169.832, subdivision 11.
77.23 	(b) The maximum weights specified in this section for five consecutive axles shall 
77.24 	not apply to a four-axle ready-mix concrete truck which was equipped with a fifth axle 
77.25 	prior to June 1, 1981. The maximum gross weight on four or fewer consecutive axles of 
77.26 	vehicles excepted by this clause shall not exceed any maximum weight specified for four 
77.27 	or fewer consecutive axles in this section.
77.28 	(b) Notwithstanding the maximum weight provisions of this section and section 
77.29 	169.85, and in order to promote the reduction of fuel use and emissions because of engine 
77.30 	idling, the maximum gross vehicle weight limits and the axle weight limits for any motor 
77.31 	vehicle subject to sections 169.80 to 169.88 and equipped with idle reduction technology 
77.32 	must be increased by the amount of weight necessary to compensate for the weight of the 
77.33 	idle reduction technology, not to exceed 400 pounds. At the request of an authorized 
77.34 	representative of the Department of Transportation or Department of Public Safety the 
77.35 	vehicle operator shall provide proof that the vehicle is equipped with this technology 
77.36 	through documentation or demonstration.

78.1 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.8261, is amended to read:
78.2 	169.8261 GROSS WEIGHT LIMITATIONS; FOREST PRODUCTS.
78.3 	(a) A vehicle or combination of vehicles hauling raw or unfinished forest products, 
78.4 	including wood chips, paper, pulp, oriented strand board, laminated strand lumber, 
78.5 	hardboard, treated lumber, untreated lumber, or barrel staves, by the most direct route to the 
78.6 	nearest highway that has been designated under section 169.832, subdivision 11, may be 
78.7 	operated on any highway with gross weights permitted under sections 169.822 to 169.829
78.8 	without regard to load restrictions imposed on that highway, except that the vehicles must:
78.9 	(1) comply with seasonal load restrictions in effect between the dates set by the 
78.10 	commissioner under section 169.87, subdivision 2;
78.11 	(2) comply with bridge load limits posted under section 169.84;
78.12 	(3) be equipped and operated with six axles and brakes on all wheels;
78.13 	(4) not exceed 90,000 pounds gross weight, or 98,000 99,000 pounds gross weight 
78.14 	during the time when seasonal increases are authorized under section 169.826;
78.15 	(5) not be operated on interstate and defense highways;
78.16 	(6) obtain an annual permit from the commissioner of transportation;
78.17 	(7) obey all road postings; and
78.18 	(8) not exceed 20,000 pounds gross weight on any single axle.
78.19 	(b) A vehicle operated under this section may exceed the legal axle weight limits 
78.20 	listed in section 169.824 by not more than 12.5 percent; except that, the weight limits may 
78.21 	be exceeded by not more than 22.5 percent during the time when seasonal increases are 
78.22 	authorized under section 169.826, subdivision 1.

78.23 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.86, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
78.24 		Subd. 5.Fee; proceeds deposited; appropriation. The commissioner, with respect 
78.25 	to highways under the commissioner's jurisdiction, may charge a fee for each permit 
78.26 	issued. All such fees for permits issued by the commissioner of transportation shall be 
78.27 	deposited in the state treasury and credited to the trunk highway fund. Except for those 
78.28 	annual permits for which the permit fees are specified elsewhere in this chapter, the fees 
78.29 	shall be:
78.30 	(a) $15 for each single trip permit.
78.31 	(b) $36 for each job permit. A job permit may be issued for like loads carried on 
78.32 	a specific route for a period not to exceed two months. "Like loads" means loads of the 
78.33 	same product, weight, and dimension.
78.34 	(c) $60 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 consecutive 
78.35 	months. Annual permits may be issued for:
79.1 	(1) motor vehicles used to alleviate a temporary crisis adversely affecting the safety 
79.2 	or well-being of the public;
79.3 	(2) motor vehicles which travel on interstate highways and carry loads authorized 
79.4 	under subdivision 1a;
79.5 	(3) motor vehicles operating with gross weights authorized under section 169.826, 
79.6 	subdivision 1a;
79.7 	(4) special pulpwood vehicles described in section 169.863;
79.8 	(5) motor vehicles bearing snowplow blades not exceeding ten feet in width; and
79.9 	(6) noncommercial transportation of a boat by the owner or user of the boat.; and
79.10 	(7) motor vehicles carrying bales of agricultural products authorized under section 
79.11 	169.862.
79.12 	(d) $120 for an oversize annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 
79.13 	consecutive months. Annual permits may be issued for:
79.14 	(1) mobile cranes;
79.15 	(2) construction equipment, machinery, and supplies;
79.16 	(3) manufactured homes and manufactured storage buildings;
79.17 	(4) implements of husbandry when the movement is not made according to the 
79.18 	provisions of paragraph (i);
79.19 	(5) double-deck buses;
79.20 	(6) commercial boat hauling; and
79.21 	(7) three-vehicle combinations consisting of two empty, newly manufactured trailers 
79.22 	for cargo, horses, or livestock, not to exceed 28-1/2 feet per trailer; provided, however, 
79.23 	the permit allows the vehicles to be moved from a trailer manufacturer to a trailer dealer 
79.24 	only while operating on twin-trailer routes designated under section 169.81, subdivision 3, 
79.25 	paragraph (c).
79.26 	(e) For vehicles which have axle weights exceeding the weight limitations of 
79.27 	sections 169.822 to 169.829, an additional cost added to the fees listed above. However, 
79.28 	this paragraph applies to any vehicle described in section 168.013, subdivision 3, 
79.29 	paragraph (b), but only when the vehicle exceeds its gross weight allowance set forth in 
79.30 	that paragraph, and then the additional cost is for all weight, including the allowance 
79.31 	weight, in excess of the permitted maximum axle weight. The additional cost is equal 
79.32 	to the product of the distance traveled times the sum of the overweight axle group cost 
79.33 	factors shown in the following chart:
79.34 	Overweight Axle Group Cost Factors

80.1
80.2	Weight 
(pounds)
		Cost Per Mile For Each Group Of:
	
80.3
80.4
80.5
80.6
80.7
80.8
80.9	exceeding 
weight 
limitations on 
axles
		Two 
consecutive 
axles 
spaced 
within 8 
feet or 
less
		Three 
consecutive 
axles 
spaced 
within 9 
feet or 
less
		Four 
consecutive 
axles spaced 
within 14 
feet or less
	
80.10	0-2,000
		.12
		.05
		.04
	
80.11	2,001-4,000
		.14
		.06
		.05
	
80.12	4,001-6,000
		.18
		.07
		.06
	
80.13	6,001-8,000
		.21
		.09
		.07
	
80.14	8,001-10,000
		.26
		.10
		.08
	
80.15	10,001-12,000
		.30
		.12
		.09
	
80.16
80.17	12,001-14,000
		Not 
permitted
		.14
		.11
	
80.18
80.19	14,001-16,000
		Not 
permitted
		.17
		.12
	
80.20
80.21	16,001-18,000
		Not 
permitted
		.19
		.15
	
80.22
80.23	18,001-20,000
		Not 
permitted
		Not 
permitted
		.16
	
80.24
80.25	20,001-22,000
		Not 
permitted
		Not 
permitted
		.20
	
80.26 	The amounts added are rounded to the nearest cent for each axle or axle group. The 
80.27 	additional cost does not apply to paragraph (c), clauses (1) and (3).
80.28 	For a vehicle found to exceed the appropriate maximum permitted weight, a cost-per-mile 
80.29 	fee of 22 cents per ton, or fraction of a ton, over the permitted maximum weight is imposed 
80.30 	in addition to the normal permit fee. Miles must be calculated based on the distance 
80.31 	already traveled in the state plus the distance from the point of detection to a transportation 
80.32 	loading site or unloading site within the state or to the point of exit from the state.
80.33 	(f) As an alternative to paragraph (e), an annual permit may be issued for overweight, 
80.34 	or oversize and overweight, construction equipment, machinery, and supplies. The fees 
80.35 	for the permit are as follows:

80.36	Gross Weight (pounds) of Vehicle
	Annual Permit Fee
	
80.37	90,000
	or less
	$200
	
80.38	90,001
	- 100,000
	$300
	
80.39	100,001
	- 110,000
	$400
	
80.40	110,001
	- 120,000
	$500
	
80.41	120,001
	- 130,000
	$600
	
80.42	130,001
	- 140,000
	$700
	
80.43	140,001
	- 145,000
	$800
	
81.1 	If the gross weight of the vehicle is more than 145,000 pounds the permit fee is determined 
81.2 	under paragraph (e).
81.3 	(g) For vehicles which exceed the width limitations set forth in section 169.80 by 
81.4 	more than 72 inches, an additional cost equal to $120 added to the amount in paragraph (a) 
81.5 	when the permit is issued while seasonal load restrictions pursuant to section 169.87 are 
81.6 	in effect.
81.7 	(h) $85 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 months, for 
81.8 	refuse-compactor vehicles that carry a gross weight of not more than: 22,000 pounds on 
81.9 	a single rear axle; 38,000 pounds on a tandem rear axle; or, subject to section 169.828, 
81.10 	subdivision 2, 46,000 pounds on a tridem rear axle. A permit issued for up to 46,000 
81.11 	pounds on a tridem rear axle must limit the gross vehicle weight to not more than 62,000 
81.12 	pounds.
81.13 	(i) For vehicles exclusively transporting implements of husbandry, an annual permit 
81.14 	fee of $24. A vehicle operated under a permit authorized by this paragraph may be moved 
81.15 	at the discretion of the permit holder without prior route approval by the commissioner if:
81.16 	(1) the total width of the transporting vehicle, including load, does not exceed 14 feet;
81.17 	(2) the vehicle is operated only between sunrise and 30 minutes after sunset, and is 
81.18 	not operated at any time after 12:00 noon on Sundays or holidays;
81.19 	(3) the vehicle is not operated when visibility is impaired by weather, fog, or other 
81.20 	conditions that render persons and other vehicles not clearly visible at 500 feet;
81.21 	(4) the vehicle displays at the front and rear of the load or vehicle a pair of flashing 
81.22 	amber lights, as provided in section 169.59, subdivision 4, whenever the overall width of 
81.23 	the vehicle exceeds 126 inches; and
81.24 	(5) the vehicle is not operated on a trunk highway with a surfaced roadway width of 
81.25 	less than 24 feet unless such operation is authorized by the permit.
81.26 	A permit under this paragraph authorizes movements of the permitted vehicle on an 
81.27 	interstate highway, and movements of 75 miles or more on other highways.
81.28 	(j) $300 for a motor vehicle described in section 169.8261. The fee under this 
81.29 	paragraph must be deposited as follows:
81.30 	(1) in fiscal years 2005 through 2010:
81.31 	(i) the first $50,000 in each fiscal year must be deposited in the trunk highway fund 
81.32 	for costs related to administering the permit program and inspecting and posting bridges;
81.33 	(ii) all remaining money in each fiscal year must be deposited in a bridge inspection 
81.34 	and signing account in the special revenue fund. Money in the account is appropriated 
81.35 	to the commissioner for:
82.1 	(A) inspection of local bridges and identification of local bridges to be posted, 
82.2 	including contracting with a consultant for some or all of these functions; and
82.3 	(B) erection of weight-posting signs on local bridges; and
82.4 	(2) in fiscal year 2011 and subsequent years must be deposited in the trunk highway 
82.5 	fund.
82.6 	(k) Beginning August 1, 2006, $200 for an annual permit for a vehicle operating 
82.7 	under authority of section 169.824, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (2).

82.8 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.862, is amended to read:
82.9 	169.862 PERMIT FOR WIDE LOAD OF BALED AGRICULTURAL 
82.10 	PRODUCT.
82.11 		Subdivision 1.Annual permit authority; restrictions. (a) The commissioner of 
82.12 	transportation with respect to highways under the commissioner's jurisdiction, and local 
82.13 	authorities with respect to highways under their jurisdiction, may issue an annual permit 
82.14 	to enable a vehicle carrying round bales of hay, straw, or cornstalks, with a total outside 
82.15 	width of the vehicle or the load not exceeding 11-1/2 12 feet, and a total height of the 
82.16 	loaded vehicle not exceeding 15 feet, to be operated on public streets and highways.
82.17 	(b) The commissioner of transportation and local authorities may issue an annual 
82.18 	permit to enable a vehicle, having a maximum width of 102 inches, carrying a first haul 
82.19 	of square bales of straw, each bale having a minimum size of four feet by four feet by 
82.20 	eight feet, with a total outside width of the load not exceeding 12 feet, to be operated on 
82.21 	public streets and highways between August 1 and March 1 within 35 miles of the border 
82.22 	between this state and the state of North Dakota.
82.23 	(c) The commissioner of transportation and local authorities may issue an annual 
82.24 	permit to enable a vehicle carrying square bales of hay, each with an outside dimension of 
82.25 	not less than three feet by four feet by seven feet, with a total height of the loaded vehicle 
82.26 	not exceeding 15 feet, to be operated on those public streets and highways designated 
82.27 	in the permit.
82.28 		Subd. 2.Additional restrictions. Permits issued under this section are governed by 
82.29 	the applicable provisions of section 169.86 except as otherwise provided herein and, in 
82.30 	addition, carry the following restrictions: 
82.31 	(a) The vehicles may not be operated between sunset and sunrise, when visibility is 
82.32 	impaired by weather, fog, or other conditions rendering persons and vehicles not clearly 
82.33 	visible at a distance of 500 feet, or on Sunday from noon until sunset, or on the days the 
82.34 	following holidays are observed: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, 
82.35 	Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
83.1 	(b) The vehicles may not be operated on interstate highways.
83.2 	(c) The vehicles may not be operated on a trunk highway with a pavement less 
83.3 	than 24 feet wide.
83.4 	(d) A vehicle operated under the permit must be equipped with a retractable or 
83.5 	removable mirror on the left side so located that it will reflect to the driver a clear view of 
83.6 	the highway for a distance of at least 200 feet to the rear of the vehicle.
83.7 	(e) A vehicle operated under the permit must display red, orange, or yellow flags, 18 
83.8 	inches square, as markers at the front and rear and on both sides of the load. The load 
83.9 	must be securely bound to the transporting vehicle.
83.10 	(f) Farm vehicles not for hire carrying round baled hay less than 20 miles are exempt 
83.11 	from the requirement to obtain a permit. All other requirements of this section apply 
83.12 	to vehicles transporting round baled hay.
83.13 	The fee for the permit is $24.

83.14 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.864, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
83.15 		Subdivision 1.Special three-unit vehicle permit. The commissioner may issue a 
83.16 	permit for a vehicle that meets the following requirements:
83.17 	(1) is a combination of vehicles, including a truck-tractor and a semitrailer drawing 
83.18 	one additional semitrailer, which may be equipped with an auxiliary dolly, and no 
83.19 	semitrailer used in the three-vehicle combination has an overall length in excess of 28-1/2 
83.20 	feet;
83.21 	(2) has a maximum gross vehicle weight of 108,000 pounds;
83.22 	(3) complies with the axle weight limits in section 169.824 or with the federal bridge 
83.23 	formula for axle groups not described in that section;
83.24 	(4) complies with the tire weight limits in section 169.823 or the tire manufacturers' 
83.25 	recommended load, whichever is less;
83.26 	(5) is operated only in this state on Trunk Highway marked 2 between Grand Rapids 
83.27 	and the port of Duluth; on Trunk Highway marked 169 between Grand Rapids and its 
83.28 	junction with Trunk Highway marked 53; on Trunk Highway marked 194 between Trunk 
83.29 	Highway marked 2 and Trunk Highway marked 53; and on Trunk Highway marked 53 
83.30 	between Virginia and the port of Duluth; and
83.31 	(6) the seasonal weight increases authorized under section 169.826, subdivision 1, 
83.32 	do not apply.

83.33 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.864, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
84.1 		Subd. 2.Special two-unit vehicle permit. The commissioner may issue a permit 
84.2 	for a vehicle that meets the following requirements:
84.3 	(1) is a combination of vehicles consisting of a truck-tractor and a single semitrailer 
84.4 	that may exceed 48 feet, but not 53 feet, if the distance from the kingpin to the centerline 
84.5 	of the rear axle group of the semitrailer does not exceed 43 feet;
84.6 	(2) has a maximum gross vehicle weight of 90,000 pounds or 97,000 pounds if 
84.7 	the truck has seven axles;
84.8 	(3) has a maximum gross vehicle weight of 98,000 pounds during the time when 
84.9 	seasonal weight increases authorized under section 169.826, subdivision 1, are in effect;
84.10 	(4) complies with the axle weight limits in section 169.824 or with the federal bridge 
84.11 	formula for axle groups not described in that section;
84.12 	(5) complies with the tire weight limits in section 169.823 or the tire manufacturers' 
84.13 	recommended load, whichever is less; and
84.14 	(6) is operated only on the highways specified in subdivision 1, clause (5).

84.15 	Sec. 12. [169.865] EXTENDED WEIGHT LIMIT PERMITS.
84.16 		Subdivision 1.Six-axle vehicles. (a) A road authority may issue an annual permit 
84.17 	authorizing a vehicle or combination of vehicles with a total of six axles to haul raw or 
84.18 	unprocessed agricultural products and be operated with a gross vehicle weight of up to:
84.19 	(1) 90,000 pounds; and
84.20 	(2) 99,000 pounds during the period set by the commissioner under section 169.826, 
84.21 	subdivision 1.
84.22 	(b) Notwithstanding subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clause (4), a vehicle or 
84.23 	combination of vehicles operated under this subdivision and transporting only sealed 
84.24 	intermodal containers may be operated on an interstate highway if allowed by the United 
84.25 	States Department of Transportation.
84.26 	(c) The fee for a permit issued under this subdivision is $300.
84.27 		Subd. 2.Seven-axle vehicles. (a) A road authority may issue an annual permit 
84.28 	authorizing a vehicle or combination of vehicles with a total of seven axles to haul raw or 
84.29 	unprocessed agricultural products and be operated with a gross vehicle weight of up to:
84.30 	(1) 97,000 pounds; and
84.31 	(2) 99,000 pounds during the period set by the commissioner under section 169.826, 
84.32 	subdivision 1.
84.33 	(b) Drivers of vehicles operating under this subdivision must comply with driver 
84.34 	qualification requirements adopted under section 221.0314, subdivisions 2 to 5, and Code 
84.35 	of Federal Regulations, title 49, parts 40 and 382.
85.1 	(c) The fee for a permit issued under this subdivision is $500.
85.2 		Subd. 3.Single unit vehicles. (a) A road authority may issue an annual permit 
85.3 	authorizing a single unit vehicle with a total of seven axles up to 45 feet in length to haul 
85.4 	raw or unprocessed agricultural products and be operated with a gross vehicle weight 
85.5 	of up to:
85.6 	(1) 80,000 pounds; and
85.7 	(2) 88,000 pounds during the period set by the commissioner under section 169.826, 
85.8 	subdivisions 1 and 1a.
85.9 	(b) The fee for a permit issued under this subdivision is $300.
85.10 		Subd. 4.Requirements; restrictions. (a) A vehicle or combination of vehicles 
85.11 	operating under this section:
85.12 	(1) is subject to axle weight limitations under section 169.824, subdivision 1;
85.13 	(2) is subject to seasonal load restrictions under section 169.87;
85.14 	(3) is subject to bridge load limits posted under section 169.84;
85.15 	(4) may only be operated on trunk highways other than interstate highways, and on 
85.16 	local roads designated under section 169.832, subdivision 11; 
85.17 	(5) may not be operated with loads that exceed the manufacturer's gross vehicle 
85.18 	weight rating as affixed to the vehicle, or other certification of gross vehicle weight rating 
85.19 	complying with Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, parts 567.4 to 567.7;
85.20 	(6) must be issued a permit from each road authority having jurisdiction over a road 
85.21 	on which the vehicle is operated, if required;
85.22 	(7) must comply with the requirements of section 169.851, subdivision 4; and
85.23 	(8) must have brakes on all wheels.
85.24 	(b) The percentage allowances for exceeding gross weights if transporting unfinished 
85.25 	forest products under section 168.013, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), or for the first haul of 
85.26 	unprocessed or raw farm products or unfinished forest products under section 168.013, 
85.27 	subdivision 3, paragraph (d), clause (3), do not apply to a vehicle or combination of 
85.28 	vehicles operated under this section.
85.29 		Subd. 5.Deposit of revenues; appropriation. (a) Revenue from the permits issued 
85.30 	under this section must be deposited:
85.31 	(1) in fiscal years 2007 through 2010, in the bridge inspection and signing account 
85.32 	in the special revenue fund; and
85.33 	(2) in fiscal year 2011 and subsequent years, in the trunk highway fund.
85.34 	(b) The revenue in the bridge inspection and signing account under this section is 
85.35 	annually appropriated to the commissioner for:
86.1 	(1) inspection of local bridges and identification of local bridges to be posted, 
86.2 	including contracting with a consultant for some or all of these functions; and
86.3 	(2) erection of weight posting signs on local bridges.

86.4 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.87, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
86.5 		Subd. 4.Vehicle transporting milk. Until June 1, 2007, A weight restriction 
86.6 	imposed under subdivision 1 by the commissioner of transportation or a local road 
86.7 	authority, or imposed by subdivision 2, does not apply to a vehicle transporting milk from 
86.8 	the point of production to the point of first processing if, at the time the weight restriction 
86.9 	is exceeded, the vehicle is carrying milk loaded at only one point of production. This 
86.10 	subdivision does not authorize a vehicle described in this subdivision to exceed a weight 
86.11 	restriction of five tons per axle by more than two tons per axle.

86.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

86.13 	Sec. 14. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 1, article 4, section 39, the effective 
86.14 	date, is amended to read:

86.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the latter of August 1, 2006, or the 
86.16 	date on which the commissioner determines that building permits have been issued for the 
86.17 	construction of a new pulp and paper manufacturing facility at Grand Rapids 2007.

86.18 	Sec. 15. CONDITIONAL EFFECTIVE DATE.
 86.19 	Sections 5, 6, and 10, are effective July 1, 2007, if an increase in the excise tax on 
86.20 	gasoline under Minnesota Statutes, section 296A.07, to 30 cents per gallon is enacted 
86.21 	during the 2007 legislative session.

86.22 	ARTICLE 6
86.23 	COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES

86.24 	Section 1. [160.2721] COMMERCIAL VEHICLE DRIVERS AT REST AREAS.
86.25 	(a) The commissioner shall allow a commercial motor vehicle operator who is 
86.26 	subject to hours of service regulations under Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 
86.27 	395, to stop and park continuously, for a period of up to ten hours as necessary to comply 
86.28 	with the hours of service regulations, at any Department of Transportation safety rest area 
86.29 	or travel information center that has parking stalls designed to accommodate a commercial 
86.30 	motor vehicle, as defined in section 169.01, subdivision 75.
87.1 	(b) Any clause or provision in a lease or other agreement for the operation of a 
87.2 	Department of Transportation safety rest area or travel information center that purports to 
87.3 	limit the requirements under paragraph (a) is void and without effect.

87.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

87.5 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.013, subdivision 1e, is amended to read:
87.6 		Subd. 1e.Truck; tractor; combination; exceptions. (a) On trucks and tractors 
87.7 	except those in this chapter defined as farm trucks, on truck-tractor and semitrailer 
87.8 	combinations except those defined as farm combinations, and on commercial zone 
87.9 	vehicles, the tax based on total gross weight shall be graduated according to the Minnesota 
87.10 	base rate schedule prescribed in this subdivision, but in no event less than $120.
87.11 	Minnesota Base Rate Schedule
87.12 	Scheduled taxes include five percent
87.13 	surtax provided for in subdivision 14

87.14		TOTAL GROSS WEIGHT
			
87.15		IN POUNDS
		TAX
	
87.16		A
	0
	-
	1,500
		$ ........15 
	
87.17		B
	1,501
	-
	3,000
		20
	
87.18		C
	3,001
	-
	4,500
		25
	
87.19		D
	4,501
	-
	6,000
		35
	
87.20		E
	6,001
	-
	9,000 10,000
		45
	
87.21		F
	9,001 10,001
	-
	12,000
		70
	
87.22		G
	12,001
	-
	15,000
		105
	
87.23		H
	15,001
	-
	18,000
		145
	
87.24		I
	18,001
	-
	21,000
		190
	
87.25		J
	21,001
	-
	26,000
		270
	
87.26		K
	26,001
	-
	33,000
		360
	
87.27		L
	33,001
	-
	39,000
		475
	
87.28		M
	39,001
	-
	45,000
		595
	
87.29		N
	45,001
	-
	51,000
		715
	
87.30		O
	51,001
	-
	57,000
		865
	
87.31		P
	57,001
	-
	63,000
		1015
	
87.32		Q
	63,001
	-
	69,000
		1185
	
87.33		R
	69,001
	-
	73,280
		1325
	
87.34		S
	73,281
	-
	78,000
		1595
	
87.35		T
	78,001
	-
	81,00080,000
		1760
	
87.36 	(b) For purposes of the Minnesota base rate schedule, for vehicles with six or more 
87.37 	axles in the "S" and "T" categories, the base rates are $1,520 and $1,620 respectively.
88.1 	(c) For each vehicle with a gross weight in excess of 81,00080,000 pounds an 
88.2 	additional tax of $50 is imposed for each ton or fraction thereof in excess of 81,000
88.3 	80,000 pounds, subject to subdivision 12.
88.4 	(d) For purposes of registration identification, for vehicles registered in the "O" 
88.5 	category, the owner must declare at the time of registration whether the vehicle will carry 
88.6 	a weight of 55,000 pounds or more and therefore be subject to the federal heavy vehicle 
88.7 	use tax. For those owners who declare a weight less than 55,000 pounds, a distinctive 
88.8 	weight sticker must be issued and the owner is restricted to a gross vehicle weight of 
88.9 	less than 55,000 pounds.
88.10 	(e) Truck-tractors except those herein defined as farm and commercial zone vehicles 
88.11 	shall be taxed in accord with the foregoing gross weight tax schedule on the basis of the 
88.12 	combined gross weight of the truck-tractor and any semitrailer or semitrailers which the 
88.13 	applicant proposes to combine with the truck-tractor.
88.14 	(e)(f) Commercial zone trucks include only trucks, truck-tractors, and semitrailer 
88.15 	combinations which are:
88.16 	(1) used by an authorized local cartage carrier operating under a permit issued 
88.17 	under section  221.296 and whose gross transportation revenue consists of at least 60 
88.18 	percent obtained solely from local cartage carriage, and are operated solely within an area 
88.19 	composed of two contiguous cities of the first class and municipalities contiguous thereto 
88.20 	as defined by section  221.011, subdivision 17; or 
88.21 	(2) operated by an interstate carrier registered under section  221.60, or by an 
88.22 	authorized local cartage carrier or other carrier receiving operating authority under chapter 
88.23 	221, and operated solely within a zone exempt from regulation pursuant to United States 
88.24 	Code, title 49, section 13506. 
88.25 	(f)(g) The license plates issued for commercial zone vehicles shall be plainly 
88.26 	marked. A person operating a commercial zone vehicle outside the zone or area in which 
88.27 	its operation is authorized is guilty of a misdemeanor and, in addition to the misdemeanor 
88.28 	penalty therefor, the registrar shall have revoke the registration of the vehicle as a 
88.29 	commercial zone vehicle revoked by the registrar and shall be required to reregister
88.30 	require that the vehicle be registered at 100 percent of the full annual tax prescribed in the 
88.31 	Minnesota base rate schedule, and no part of this tax shall may be refunded during the 
88.32 	balance of the registration year.
88.33 	(g)(h) On commercial zone trucks the tax shall be based on the total gross weight of 
88.34 	the vehicle and during each of the first eight years of vehicle life shall be is 75 percent of 
88.35 	the Minnesota base rate schedule. During the ninth and succeeding years of vehicle life 
88.36 	the tax shall be is 50 percent of the Minnesota base rate schedule.
89.1 	(h)(i) On trucks, truck-tractors and semitrailer combinations, except those defined 
89.2 	as farm trucks and farm combinations, and except for those commercial zone vehicles 
89.3 	specifically provided for in this subdivision, the tax for each of the first eight years of 
89.4 	vehicle life shall be is 100 percent of the tax imposed in the Minnesota base rate schedule, 
89.5 	and during the ninth and succeeding years of vehicle life, the tax shall be is 75 percent 
89.6 	of the Minnesota base rate prescribed by this subdivision.
89.7 	(i)(j) For the purpose of registration, trailers coupled with a truck-tractor, semitrailer 
89.8 	combination are semitrailers.

89.9 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.781, is amended to read:
89.10 	169.781 ANNUAL COMMERCIAL VEHICLE INSPECTION; INSPECTORS, 
89.11 	FEE, PENALTY.
89.12 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of sections 169.781 to 169.783: 
89.13 	(a) "Commercial motor vehicle":
89.14 	(1) means a motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles used to transport 
89.15 	passengers or property if the motor vehicle:
89.16 	(1) a commercial motor vehicle as defined in section 169.01, subdivision 75, 
89.17 	paragraph (a); and (i) has a gross vehicle weight of more than 26,000 pounds;
89.18 	(2) each (ii) is a vehicle in a combination of more than 26,000 pounds.;
89.19 	(iii) is a bus; or
89.20 	(iv) is of any size and is used in the transportation of hazardous materials that are 
89.21 	required to be placarded under Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, parts 100-185; and
89.22 	"Commercial motor vehicle"
89.23 	(2) does not include (1) (i) a school bus or Head Start bus displaying a certificate 
89.24 	under section 169.451, (2) or (ii) a bus operated by the Metropolitan Council or by a local 
89.25 	transit commission created in chapter 458A, or (3) a motor vehicle that is required to be 
89.26 	placarded under Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, parts 100-185. 
89.27 	(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of public safety.
89.28 	(c) "Owner" means a person who owns, or has control, under a lease of more than 30 
89.29 	days' duration, of one or more commercial motor vehicles.
89.30 	(d) "Storage semitrailer" means a semitrailer that (1) is used exclusively to store 
89.31 	property at a location not on a street or highway, (2) does not contain any load when 
89.32 	moved on a street or highway, (3) is operated only during daylight hours, and (4) is marked 
89.33 	on each side of the semitrailer "storage only" in letters at least six inches high.
90.1 	(e) "Building mover vehicle" means a vehicle owned or leased by a building mover 
90.2 	as defined in section 221.81, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), and used exclusively for 
90.3 	moving buildings. 
90.4 		Subd. 2.Inspection required. (a) It is unlawful for a person to operate or permit 
90.5 	the operation of:
90.6 	(1) a commercial motor vehicle registered in Minnesota; or
90.7 	(2) special mobile equipment as defined in section 168.011, subdivision 22, and 
90.8 	which is self-propelled, if it is mounted on a commercial motor vehicle chassis, 
90.9 	unless the in violation of the requirements of paragraph (b).
90.10 	(b) A vehicle displays described in paragraph (a):
90.11 	(1) must display a valid safety inspection decal issued by an inspector certified by 
90.12 	the commissioner, or the vehicle carries (1); or
90.13 	(2) must carry (i) proof that the vehicle complies with federal motor vehicle 
90.14 	inspection requirements for vehicles in interstate commerce, and (2) (ii) a certificate of 
90.15 	compliance with federal requirements issued by the commissioner under subdivision 9.
90.16 		Subd. 3.Inspector certification; suspension and revocation; hearing. (a) An 
90.17 	inspection required by this section may be performed only by:
90.18 	(1) an employee of the Department of Public Safety or Transportation who has 
90.19 	been certified by the commissioner after having received training provided by the State 
90.20 	Patrol; or
90.21 	(2) another person who has been certified by the commissioner after having received 
90.22 	training provided by the State Patrol or other training approved by the commissioner.
90.23 	(b) A person who is not an employee of the Department of Public Safety or 
90.24 	Transportation may be certified by the commissioner if the person is:
90.25 	(1) an owner, or employee of the owner, of one or more commercial motor vehicles 
90.26 	that are power units;
90.27 	(2) a dealer licensed under section 168.27 and engaged in the business of buying and 
90.28 	selling commercial motor vehicles, or an employee of the dealer; or
90.29 	(3) engaged in the business of repairing and servicing commercial motor vehicles.; or
90.30 	(4) employed by a governmental agency that owns commercial vehicles.
90.31 	(c) Certification of persons described in paragraph (b), clauses (1) to (3) (4), is 
90.32 	effective for two years from the date of certification. The commissioner may require 
90.33 	biennial retraining of persons holding a certificate under paragraph (b) as a condition of 
90.34 	renewal of the certificate. The commissioner may charge a fee of not more than $10 
90.35 	for each certificate issued and renewed. A certified person described in paragraph (b), 
91.1 	clauses (1) to (3) (4), may charge a reasonable fee for each inspection of a vehicle not 
91.2 	owned by the person or the person's employer.
91.3 	(d) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 5, the standards adopted by the 
91.4 	commissioner for commercial motor vehicle inspections under sections 169.781 to 
91.5 	169.783shall must be the standards prescribed in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, 
91.6 	section 396.17, and in chapter III, subchapter B, appendix G. 
91.7 	(e) The commissioner may classify types of vehicles for inspection purposes and 
91.8 	may issue separate classes of inspector certificates for each class. The commissioner shall 
91.9 	issue separate categories of inspector certificates based on the following classifications:
91.10 	(1) a class of certificate that authorizes the certificate holder to inspect commercial 
91.11 	motor vehicles without regard to ownership or lease; and
91.12 	(2) a class of certificate that authorizes the certificate holder to inspect only 
91.13 	commercial motor vehicles the certificate holder owns or leases.
91.14 	The commissioner shall issue a certificate described in clause (1) only to a person 
91.15 	described in paragraph (b), clause (2) or (3).
91.16 	(f) The commissioner, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, may suspend a 
91.17 	certificate issued under paragraph (b) for failure to meet annual certification requirements 
91.18 	prescribed by the commissioner or failure to inspect commercial motor vehicles in 
91.19 	accordance with inspection procedures established by the State Patrol. The commissioner 
91.20 	shall revoke a certificate issued under paragraph (b) if the commissioner determines after 
91.21 	notice and an opportunity for a hearing that the certified person issued an inspection decal 
91.22 	for a commercial motor vehicle when the person knew or reasonably should have known 
91.23 	that the vehicle was in such a state of repair that it would have been declared out of service 
91.24 	if inspected by an employee of the State Patrol. Suspension and revocation of certificates 
91.25 	under this subdivision are not subject to sections 14.57 to 14.69. 
91.26 		Subd. 4.Inspection report. (a) A person performing an inspection under this 
91.27 	section shall issue an inspection report to the owner of the commercial motor vehicle 
91.28 	inspected. The report must include:
91.29 	(1) the full name of the person performing the inspection, and the person's inspector 
91.30 	certification number;
91.31 	(2) the name of the owner of the vehicle and, if applicable, the United States 
91.32 	Department of Transportation carrier number issued to the owner of the vehicle, or to the 
91.33 	operator of the vehicle if other than the owner;
91.34 	(3) the vehicle identification number and, if applicable, the license plate number 
91.35 	of the vehicle;
91.36 	(4) the date and location of the inspection;
92.1 	(5) the vehicle components inspected and a description of the findings of the 
92.2 	inspection, including identification of the components not in compliance with federal 
92.3 	motor carrier safety regulations; and
92.4 	(6) the inspector's certification that the inspection was complete, accurate, and in 
92.5 	compliance with the requirements of this section.
92.6 	(b) The owner must retain a copy of the inspection report for at least 14 months at a 
92.7 	location in the state where the vehicle is domiciled or maintained. The inspector must 
92.8 	maintain a copy of the inspection report for a period of 14 months following the inspection 
92.9 	in a location in the state where the inspector conducts business. During this period the 
92.10 	report must be available for inspection by an authorized federal, state, or local official.
92.11 	(c) The commissioner shall prescribe the form of the inspection report and revise it 
92.12 	as necessary to comply with state and federal law and regulations. The adoption of the 
92.13 	report form is not subject to the Administrative Procedure Act.
92.14 		Subd. 5.Inspection decal. (a) A person inspecting a commercial motor vehicle 
92.15 	shall issue an inspection decal for the vehicle if each inspected component of the vehicle 
92.16 	complies with federal motor carrier safety regulations. The decal must state that in the 
92.17 	month specified on the decal the vehicle was inspected and each inspected component 
92.18 	complied with federal motor carrier safety regulations. The decal is valid for 12 
92.19 	months after the month specified on the decal. The commissioners of public safety and 
92.20 	transportation shall make decals available, at a fee of not more than $2 for each decal, 
92.21 	to persons certified to perform inspections under subdivision 3, paragraph (b). Decals 
92.22 	are issued to inspectors by serial number and are not transferable unless approved by 
92.23 	the commissioner.
92.24 	(b) Minnesota inspection decals may be affixed only to:
92.25 	(1) commercial motor vehicles bearing Minnesota-based license plates; or
92.26 	(2) special mobile equipment, within the meaning of subdivision 2, clause (2).
92.27 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a person inspecting (1) a vehicle of less 
92.28 	than 57,000 pounds gross vehicle weight and registered as a farm truck, (2) a storage 
92.29 	semitrailer, or (3) a building mover vehicle must issue an inspection decal to the vehicle 
92.30 	unless the vehicle has one or more defects that would result in the vehicle being declared 
92.31 	out of service under the North American Uniform Driver, Vehicle, and Hazardous 
92.32 	Materials Out-of-Service Criteria issued by the Federal Highway Administration and the 
92.33 	Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance. A decal issued to a vehicle described in clause (1), 
92.34 	(2), or (3) is valid for two years from the date of issuance. A decal issued to such a vehicle 
92.35 	must clearly indicate that it is valid for two years from the date of issuance.
93.1 	(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a commercial motor vehicle that (1) is registered 
93.2 	as a farm truck, (2) is not operated more than 75 miles from the owner's home post office, 
93.3 	and (3) was manufactured before 1979 that has a dual transmission system, is not required 
93.4 	to comply with a requirement in an inspection standard that requires that the service brake 
93.5 	system and parking brake system be separate systems in the motor vehicle.
93.6 		Subd. 6.Record review; random inspection; audit. Employees of the State Patrol 
93.7 	and motor transportation representatives of the Department of Transportation may review 
93.8 	records required to be kept under subdivision 4, paragraph (b), and conduct random 
93.9 	vehicle inspections and audits at the facility of an owner of a commercial motor vehicle.
93.10 		Subd. 7.Disposition of revenues. The commissioner shall pay all revenues received 
93.11 	under this section to the commissioner of finance for deposit in the trunk highway fund.
93.12 		Subd. 8.Violation; misdemeanor. A violation of this section is a misdemeanor.
93.13 		Subd. 9.Proof of federal inspection. An owner of a commercial motor vehicle 
93.14 	that is subject to and in compliance with federal motor vehicle inspection requirements 
93.15 	for vehicles in interstate commerce may apply to the commissioner for a certificate 
93.16 	of compliance with federal requirements. On payment of a fee equal to the fee for an 
93.17 	inspection decal under subdivision 5, paragraph (a), the commissioner shall issue the 
93.18 	certificate to the applicant. This subdivision only applies to Minnesota-licensed vehicles 
93.19 	that are not housed or maintained in Minnesota.
93.20 		Subd. 10.Exemption. This section does not apply to a vehicle operated by a motor 
93.21 	carrier of passengers, as defined in section 221.011, subdivision 48, if the vehicle has 
93.22 	been inspected under section 221.0252, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (2), within 
93.23 	the previous 12 months. 

93.24 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.782, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
93.25 		Subdivision 1.Driver; daily inspection report. (a) The driver of a commercial 
93.26 	motor vehicle shall report in writing at the completion of each day's work on each 
93.27 	commercial motor vehicle the driver has operated. A person who owns one or more 
93.28 	commercial motor vehicles and who employs drivers for those commercial motor vehicles 
93.29 	must require each driver to submit a written report as required in by this section. The 
93.30 	report must cover the following parts and accessories: service brakes, including trailer and 
93.31 	semitrailer brake connections; parking (hand) brake; steering mechanism; lighting devices 
93.32 	and reflectors; tires; horn; windshield wiper or wipers; rear vision mirror or mirrors; 
93.33 	coupling devices; wheels and rims; and emergency equipment.
93.34 	(b) The report must identify the vehicle and list any defect or deficiency discovered 
93.35 	by or reported to the driver that would affect the safe operation of the vehicle or result in 
94.1 	its mechanical breakdown. If no defect or deficiency is discovered by or reported to the 
94.2 	driver, the report must so indicate. The driver must sign the report after completing it. In 
94.3 	the case of a commercial motor vehicle operated by two drivers, the signature of one of 
94.4 	the drivers satisfies the requirements of this subdivision if both drivers agree concerning 
94.5 	the defects or deficiencies. If a driver operates more than one commercial motor vehicle 
94.6 	during a day's work, a report must be prepared for each vehicle operated.
94.7 	(c) Before operating or allowing the operation of a commercial motor vehicle on 
94.8 	which a report has been prepared under this subdivision, the owner of the vehicle or 
94.9 	the owner's agent must repair defects or deficiencies listed on the report that would be 
94.10 	sufficient under inspection procedures established by the State Patrol to require the vehicle 
94.11 	to be declared out of service likely affect the safe operation of the vehicle. Before allowing 
94.12 	the commercial motor vehicle to be operated again, the owner or the owner's agent must 
94.13 	certify, on the report listing the defect or deficiency, that the defect or deficiency has 
94.14 	been corrected or that correction is unnecessary. A motor carrier must keep the original 
94.15 	vehicle inspection report for at least three months after the date of inspection. The report 
94.16 	must be available for inspection by an authorized federal, state, or local official at any 
94.17 	time during this period.
94.18 	(d) A copy of the vehicle inspection report, including a certification of corrections 
94.19 	resulting from the report, must be carried in the commercial motor vehicle, or in the power 
94.20 	unit of a commercial motor vehicle combination, at all times when the vehicle or power 
94.21 	unit is operated until the next inspection report is completed under this subdivision. The 
94.22 	copy must be made available on demand to: (1) a peace officer;, (2) a person authorized 
94.23 	under section 221.221;, and (3) a person described in section 299D.06. 

94.24 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.783, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
94.25 		Subdivision 1.Postcrash inspection. (a) A peace officer responding to an accident 
94.26 	involving a commercial motor vehicle must immediately notify the State Patrol if the 
94.27 	accident results in death, personal injury, or property damage to an apparent extent of 
94.28 	more than $4,400.:
94.29 	(1) a fatality;
94.30 	(2) bodily injury to a person who, as a result of the injury, immediately receives 
94.31 	medical treatment away from the scene of the accident; or
94.32 	(3) one or more motor vehicles incurring disabling damage as a result of the 
94.33 	accident, requiring the motor vehicles to be transported away from the scene by tow 
94.34 	truck or other motor vehicle.
95.1 	(b) It is a misdemeanor for a person to drive or cause to be driven a commercial 
95.2 	motor vehicle after such an accident unless the vehicle:
95.3 	(1) has been inspected by a state trooper or other person authorized to conduct 
95.4 	inspections under section 169.781, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), who is an employee of 
95.5 	the Department of Public Safety or Transportation, and the person inspecting the vehicle 
95.6 	has determined that the vehicle may safely be operated; or 
95.7 	(2) a waiver has been granted under subdivision 2.

95.8 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.031, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
95.9 		Subd. 6.Vehicle identification rule. (a) The following carriers shall display the 
95.10 	carrier's name and address on the power unit of each vehicle:
95.11 	(1) motor carriers, regardless of the weight of the vehicle, except that this 
95.12 	requirement does not apply to a limousine as defined in section 168.011, subdivision 35, 
95.13 	that is equipped with "LM" license plates; 
95.14 	(2) interstate and intrastate private carriers operating vehicles with a gross vehicle 
95.15 	weight of more than 10,000 pounds; and
95.16 	(3) vehicles providing transportation described in section 221.025 with a gross 
95.17 	vehicle weight of more than 10,000 pounds except those providing transportation 
95.18 	described in section 221.025, clauses (1), (3), and (4). 
95.19 	Vehicles described in clauses (2) and (3) that are operated by farmers or farm employees 
95.20 	and have four or fewer axles are not required to comply with the vehicle identification 
95.21 	rule of the commissioner.
95.22 	(b) Vehicles subject to this subdivision must show the name or "doing business as" 
95.23 	name of the carrier operating the vehicle and the community and abbreviation of the state 
95.24 	in which the carrier maintains its principal office or in which the vehicle is customarily 
95.25 	based. If the carrier operates a leased vehicle, it may show its name and the name of the 
95.26 	lessor on the vehicle, if the lease relationship is clearly shown. If the name of a person 
95.27 	other than the operating carrier appears on the vehicle, the words "operated by" must 
95.28 	immediately precede the name of the carrier.
95.29 	(c) The name and address must be in letters that contrast sharply in color with the 
95.30 	background, be readily legible during daylight hours from a distance of 50 feet while 
95.31 	the vehicle is stationary, and be maintained in a manner that retains the legibility of the 
95.32 	markings. The name and address may be shown by use of a removable device if that 
95.33 	device meets the identification and legibility requirements of this subdivision.

95.34 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.0314, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
96.1 		Subd. 9.Hours of service of driver. Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 
96.2 	395, is incorporated by reference, except that paragraphs (a), (c), (d), (f), (h), (i), (k), (l),
96.3 	(m), and (n) of section 395.1 and section 395.13 of that part are not incorporated. In 
96.4 	addition, cross-references to sections or paragraphs not incorporated in this subdivision 
96.5 	are not incorporated by reference. The requirements of Code of Federal Regulations, title 
96.6 	49, part 395, do not apply to drivers of lightweight vehicles. 

96.7 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.0314, is amended by adding a subdivision 
96.8 	to read:
96.9 		Subd. 12.Hazardous materials safety permits. A person who transports the 
96.10 	hazardous materials designated in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 385.403, 
96.11 	shall comply with this section and with the provisions of Code of Federal Regulations, 
96.12 	title 49, part 385, subpart E, which is incorporated by reference.

96.13 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.033, subdivision 2d, is amended to read:
96.14 		Subd. 2d.Age of driver under federal materials-of-trade regulation. A driver 
96.15 	of a self-propelled or towed motor vehicle  transporting no hazardous material other than 
96.16 	materials of trade, as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 171.8, when 
96.17 	engaged in intrastate transportation, must be at least 18 years of age. This subdivision 
96.18 	does not apply unless the transportation conforms to the requirements of Code of Federal 
96.19 	Regulations, title 49, section 173.6.

96.20 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.037, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
96.21 		Subdivision 1.Required to provide information. A person who generates, stores, 
96.22 	treats, transports, disposes of, or otherwise handles or has handled hazardous materials, 
96.23 	hazardous substances, or hazardous waste shall (1) give to transportation representatives 
96.24 	and hazardous material specialists of the department information relating to the materials, 
96.25 	substances, or waste, or (2) permit them access to and copying of records and safety 
96.26 	permits relating to any or all of the materials, substances, or waste, or both.

96.27 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.141, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
96.28 		Subdivision 1.Financial responsibility of carriers. (a) No motor carrier and no 
96.29 	interstate carrier shall operate a vehicle until it has obtained and has in effect the minimum 
96.30 	amount of financial responsibility required by this section. Policies of insurance, surety 
96.31 	bonds, other types of security, and endorsements must be continuously in effect and must 
96.32 	remain in effect until canceled. Before providing transportation, the motor carrier or 
97.1 	interstate carrier shall secure and cause to be filed with the commissioner and maintain in 
97.2 	full effect, a certificate of insurance in a form required by the commissioner, evidencing 
97.3 	public liability insurance in the amount prescribed. The insurance must cover injuries and 
97.4 	damage to persons or property resulting from the operation or use of motor vehicles, 
97.5 	regardless of whether each vehicle is specifically described in the policy. This insurance 
97.6 	does not apply to injuries or death to the employees of the motor carrier or to property 
97.7 	being transported by the carrier.
97.8 	(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the insurance required of 
97.9 	a motor carrier of passengers must be at least that amount required of interstate carriers 
97.10 	under Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 387.33, as amended. 
97.11 	(c) This section does not apply to a charitable organization exempt from taxation 
97.12 	under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code when the transportation furthers 
97.13 	the charitable organization's charitable mission. The charitable organization must comply 
97.14 	with the insurance requirements of section 65B.48.

97.15 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.231, is amended to read:
97.16 	221.231 RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT.
97.17 	The commissioner may enter into reciprocal agreements with the regulatory bodies 
97.18 	of other states and the provinces of the Dominion of Canada, whereby the payment of the 
97.19 	fees provided in section 221.60 may be waived in whole or in part for regarding motor 
97.20 	carriers having an established place of business in that state or province; provided that 
97.21 	reciprocal privileges are extended under the agreement to motor carriers of this state. 

97.22 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.60, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
97.23 		Subdivision 1.Procedure. A motor carrier may transport persons or property for 
97.24 	hire in interstate commerce in Minnesota only if it first:
97.25 	(1) complies with section 221.141;
97.26 	(2) either registers with the commissioner the federal operating authority that it 
97.27 	intends to exercise, or registers and describes the transportation it performs under an 
97.28 	exemption contained in United States Code, title 49; and
97.29 	(3) purchases an interstate identification stamp or an interstate registration trip 
97.30 	permit for each vehicle to be used in interstate transportation in Minnesota the Unified 
97.31 	Carrier Registration Agreement authorized by United States Code, title 49, section 
97.32 	14504a, enacted pursuant to the Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005, and the federal 
97.33 	regulations adopted thereunder.

98.1 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.60, is amended by adding a subdivision 
98.2 	to read:
98.3 		Subd. 7.Commissioner's authority. The commissioner of transportation shall 
98.4 	take all necessary actions to enter into the Unified Carrier Registration Agreement when 
98.5 	it becomes effective. The commissioner shall implement and administer United States 
98.6 	Code, title 49, section 14504a, and the regulations adopted thereunder.

98.7 	Sec. 15.  REPEALER.
 98.8 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 221.60, subdivisions 2, 3, 3a, 4, 5, and 6; 221.601; 
98.9 	and 221.602, are repealed.

98.10 	ARTICLE 7
98.11 	HOUSEHOLD GOODS MOVERS

98.12 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.011, is amended by adding a 
98.13 	subdivision to read:
98.14 		Subd. 50.Household goods mover. (a) "Household goods mover" means a motor 
98.15 	carrier who engages in for-hire transportation service for moving household goods and 
98.16 	offers the services of: 
98.17 	(1) binding and nonbinding estimates; 
98.18 	(2) inventorying; 
98.19 	(3) protective packing and unpacking of individual items at a personal residence; or 
98.20 	(4) loading and unloading at a personal residence. 
98.21 	(b) Household goods mover does not include a carrier transporting property from a 
98.22 	factory or store to a personal residence.

98.23 	Sec. 2. [221.0253] HOUSEHOLD GOODS MOVERS; REGISTRATION.
98.24 		Subdivision 1.Definition. For purposes of this section, "registrant" means a person 
98.25 	applying for a certificate of registration as a household goods mover under this section.
98.26 		Subd. 2.Registration required. No person may engage in the for-hire 
98.27 	transportation of household goods in Minnesota unless the person has been issued a 
98.28 	certificate of registration by the commissioner.
98.29 		Subd. 3.Registration statement. A registrant shall file a complete and accurate 
98.30 	registration statement with the commissioner. A registration statement must be on a form 
98.31 	provided by the commissioner and include:
98.32 	(1) the registrant's name, including an assumed or fictitious name used by the 
98.33 	registrant in doing business;
99.1 	(2) the registrant's mailing address and business telephone number;
99.2 	(3) the registrant's federal employer identification number, Minnesota business 
99.3 	identification number, and the identification number, if any, assigned to the registrant by 
99.4 	the United States Department of Transportation;
99.5 	(4) the name, title, and telephone number of the individual who is principally 
99.6 	responsible for the operation of the registrant's transportation business;
99.7 	(5) the principal location from which the registrant conducts its transportation 
99.8 	business and where the records required by this chapter will be kept;
99.9 	(6) if different from clause (5), the location in Minnesota where the records required 
99.10 	by this chapter will be available for inspection and copying by the commissioner;
99.11 	(7) whether the registrant's business is a corporation, partnership, limited liability 
99.12 	partnership, limited liability company, sole proprietorship, or other legal form;
99.13 	(8) if the registrant is a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in 
99.14 	Minnesota, the state of incorporation and the name and address of its registered agent; and
99.15 	(9) a record of each initial background check as required under subdivision 4.
99.16 		Subd. 4.Background check; denial of registration. (a) The registrant shall 
99.17 	conduct, or cause to be conducted, an initial background check of any person employed by 
99.18 	the registrant, or with whom the registrant contracts, whose duties include operating a 
99.19 	vehicle used to transport household goods.
99.20 	(b) Sections 299C.67; 299C.68, subdivisions 2 to 5; and 299C.71 apply to 
99.21 	background checks conducted under this subdivision. For purposes of this subdivision, 
99.22 	when used in sections 299C.67, 299C.68, and 299C.71, the term "owner" refers to the 
99.23 	registrant and the term "manager" refers to a driver.
99.24 	(c) The commissioner may deny registration to any registrant who employs a driver 
99.25 	that the background check response shows has been convicted of a background check 
99.26 	crime, as defined in section 299C.67, subdivision 2, paragraph (a) or (b).
99.27 	(d) The registrant shall conduct, or cause to be conducted, a subsequent background 
99.28 	check every three years. The registrant shall keep a record, identified by the employee's 
99.29 	name, of a background check conducted under this section. A record must be made 
99.30 	available to the commissioner upon request.
99.31 	(e) This subdivision does not apply to a driver who holds a valid driver's license 
99.32 	with a school bus endorsement.
99.33 		Subd. 5.Signature required. A corporate officer, general partner, or sole proprietor 
99.34 	must sign the registration statement and the vehicle and insurance statement.
99.35 		Subd. 6.Fee. An initial fee of $200 must be paid at the time of filing the registration 
99.36 	statement. It must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the trunk highway fund.
100.1 		Subd. 7.Certificate of registration; issuance. (a) The commissioner shall issue a 
100.2 	certificate of registration to a registrant who does not have an unsatisfactory safety rating 
100.3 	and has met the requirements of this section.
100.4 	(b) A certificate of registration must be numbered and bear an effective date.
100.5 	(c) A certificate of registration must be kept at the registrant's principal place of 
100.6 	business.
100.7 		Subd. 8.Compliance with other laws. A household goods mover shall comply 
100.8 	with sections 169.781 and 221.141.
100.9 		Subd. 9.Duration. A certificate of registration is valid for for-hire transportation 
100.10 	of household goods throughout Minnesota, is not assignable or transferable, and is valid 
100.11 	until it is suspended, revoked, or canceled.
100.12 		Subd. 10.Obligation to keep information current. A registrant shall notify the 
100.13 	commissioner in writing of any change in the information described in subdivision 3.
100.14 		Subd. 11.Suspension and cancellation of registration. The commissioner 
100.15 	shall suspend or cancel, following the procedures for suspension or cancellation in 
100.16 	section 221.185, the registration of a household goods mover who fails to file with the 
100.17 	commissioner or maintain the insurance or bond required under section 221.141. A person 
100.18 	may not engage in the for-hire transportation of household goods in Minnesota while the 
100.19 	person's registration is under suspension or cancellation under this subdivision.

100.20 	Sec. 3. [221.027] HOUSEHOLD GOODS MOVERS; CONSUMER 
100.21 	PROTECTION.
100.22 		Subdivision 1.Arbitration, price estimates, relinquishment of possession to 
100.23 	consumers. Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, sections 375.209; 375.211; 375.401 
100.24 	through 375.409; 375.503; 375.505; 376.603; and 375.703 are incorporated by reference 
100.25 	and apply to household goods movers.
100.26 		Subd. 2.Contact information. A household goods mover shall include contact 
100.27 	information for the Department of Transportation on all bills of lading and estimates 
100.28 	required under subdivision 1.

100.29 	Sec. 4. [221.028] HOUSEHOLD GOODS MOVERS; EXPIRATION AND 
100.30 	CONVERSION OF PERMITS.
100.31 		Subdivision 1.Expiration of permits. Any permit issued by the commissioner 
100.32 	before August 1, 2007, that authorizes for-hire transportation of household goods in 
100.33 	Minnesota, is only valid through February 29, 2008.
101.1 		Subd. 2.Conversion to registration. A holder of a permit issued by the 
101.2 	commissioner before August 1, 2007, that authorizes for-hire transportation of household 
101.3 	goods in Minnesota, who wishes to continue as a household goods mover, shall meet the 
101.4 	requirements of section 221.0253, before March 1, 2008. The commissioner shall not 
101.5 	require a criminal background check under section 221.0253, subdivision 4, and shall not 
101.6 	charge a registration fee under section 221.0253, subdivision 6.

101.7 	ARTICLE 8
101.8 	REPEAL OF OBSOLETE PERMITS AND CONFORMING CHANGES

101.9 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.64, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
101.10 		Subd. 2.Specific functions and powers. (a) To the extent allowed under federal 
101.11 	law or regulation, the commissioner shall further hold hearings and issue orders in cases 
101.12 	brought on the commissioner's own motion or by a third party in the following areas:
101.13 	(1) adequacy of services that carriers are providing to the public, including the 
101.14 	continuation, termination, or modification of services and facilities;
101.15 	(2) reasonableness of tariffs of rates, fares, and charges, or a part or classification 
101.16 	of a tariff; and
101.17 	(3) issuing permits.
101.18 	(b) For purposes of paragraph (a), clause (2), the commissioner may authorize 
101.19 	common carriers by rail and motor carriers for hire to file tariffs of rates, fares, and 
101.20 	charges individually or by group. Carriers participating in group ratemaking have the free 
101.21 	and unrestrained right to take independent action either before or after a determination 
101.22 	arrived at through that procedure.

101.23 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.64, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
101.24 		Subd. 4.Petition, notice, and hearing. (a) With respect to those matters within 
101.25 	the commissioner's jurisdiction, the commissioner shall receive, hear, and determine all 
101.26 	petitions filed with the commissioner in accordance with the procedures established by law 
101.27 	and may hold hearings and make determinations upon the commissioner's own motion to 
101.28 	the same extent, and in every instance, in which the commissioner may do so upon petition.
101.29 	(b) Upon receiving a petition filed pursuant to section 221.121, subdivision 1, or 
101.30 	221.151, the commissioner shall give notice of the filing of the petition to representatives 
101.31 	of associations or other interested groups or persons who have registered their names 
101.32 	with the commissioner for that purpose and to whomever the commissioner deems to be 
101.33 	interested in the petition. The commissioner may grant or deny the request of the petition 
101.34 	30 days after notice of the filing has been fully given. 
102.1 	(c) If the commissioner receives a written objection and notice of intent to appear at 
102.2 	a hearing to object to the petition from any person within 20 days of the notice having been 
102.3 	fully given, the request of the petition must be granted or denied only after a contested 
102.4 	case hearing has been conducted on the petition, unless the objection is withdrawn before 
102.5 	the hearing. The commissioner may elect to hold a contested case hearing if no objections 
102.6 	to the petition are received. If a timely objection is not received, or if received and 
102.7 	withdrawn, and the request of the petition is denied without hearing, the petitioner may 
102.8 	request within 30 days of receiving the notice of denial, and must be granted, a contested 
102.9 	case hearing on the petition.

102.10 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.66, is amended to read:
102.11 	174.66 CONTINUATION OF CARRIER RULES.
102.12 	(a) Orders and directives in force, issued, or promulgated under authority of chapters 
102.13 	174A, 216A, 218, 219, 221, and 222 remain and continue in force and effect until repealed, 
102.14 	modified, or superseded by duly authorized orders or directives of the commissioner of 
102.15 	transportation. To the extent allowed under federal law or regulation, rules adopted under 
102.16 	authority of the following sections are transferred to the commissioner of transportation 
102.17 	and continue in force and effect until repealed, modified, or superseded by duly authorized 
102.18 	rules of the commissioner:
102.19 	(1) section 218.041 except rules related to the form and manner of filing railroad 
102.20 	rates, railroad accounting rules, and safety rules; 
102.21 	(2) section 219.40; and
102.22 	(3) rules relating to rates or tariffs, or the granting, limiting, or modifying of permits 
102.23 	or certificates of convenience and necessity under section 221.031, subdivision 1;.
102.24 	(4) rules relating to the sale, assignment, pledge, or other transfer of a stock interest 
102.25 	in a corporation holding authority to operate as a permit carrier as prescribed in section 
102.26 	221.151, subdivision 1; 
102.27 	(5) rules relating to rates, charges, and practices under section 221.161, subdivision 
102.28 	4; and 
102.29 	(6) rules relating to rates, tariffs, or the granting, limiting, or modifying of permits 
102.30 	under sections 221.121 and 221.151.
102.31 	(b) The commissioner shall review the transferred rules, orders, and directives and, 
102.32 	when appropriate, develop and adopt new rules, orders, or directives.

102.33 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.011, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
103.1 		Subd. 8.Permit. "Permit" means the license, or franchise, which may be issued to 
103.2 	motor carriers other than regular route common carriers of passengers, class I common 
103.3 	carriers, and petroleum carriers, and household goods movers under the provisions of this 
103.4 	chapter, authorizing the use of the highways of Minnesota for transportation for hire.

103.5 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.025, is amended to read:
103.6 	221.025 EXEMPTIONS.
103.7 	The provisions of this chapter requiring a certificate or permit to operate as a motor 
103.8 	carrier do not apply to the intrastate transportation described below:
103.9 	(1) the transportation of students to or from school or school activities in a school 
103.10 	bus inspected and certified under section 169.451 and the transportation of children or 
103.11 	parents to or from a Head Start facility or Head Start activity in a Head Start bus inspected 
103.12 	and certified under section 169.451; 
103.13 	(2) the transportation of solid waste, as defined in section 116.06, subdivision 22, 
103.14 	including recyclable materials and waste tires, except that the term "hazardous waste" has 
103.15 	the meaning given it in section 221.011, subdivision 31; 
103.16 	(3) a commuter van as defined in section 221.011, subdivision 27; 
103.17 	(4) authorized emergency vehicles as defined in section 169.01, subdivision 5, 
103.18 	including ambulances; and tow trucks equipped with proper and legal warning devices 
103.19 	when picking up and transporting (i) disabled or wrecked motor vehicles or (ii) vehicles 
103.20 	towed or transported under a towing order issued by a public employee authorized to 
103.21 	issue a towing order; 
103.22 	(5) the transportation of grain samples under conditions prescribed by the 
103.23 	commissioner;
103.24 	(6) the delivery of agricultural lime;
103.25 	(7) the transportation of dirt and sod within an area having a 50-mile radius from the 
103.26 	home post office of the person performing the transportation;
103.27 	(8) the transportation of sand, gravel, bituminous asphalt mix, concrete ready mix, 
103.28 	concrete blocks or tile and the mortar mix to be used with the concrete blocks or tile, or 
103.29 	crushed rock to or from the point of loading or a place of gathering within an area having a 
103.30 	50-mile radius from that person's home post office or a 50-mile radius from the site of 
103.31 	construction or maintenance of public roads and streets;
103.32 	(9) the transportation of pulpwood, cordwood, mining timber, poles, posts, decorator 
103.33 	evergreens, wood chips, sawdust, shavings, and bark from the place where the products 
103.34 	are produced to the point where they are to be used or shipped;
104.1 	(10) the transportation of fresh vegetables from farms to canneries or viner stations, 
104.2 	from viner stations to canneries, or from canneries to canneries during the harvesting, 
104.3 	canning, or packing season, or transporting sugar beets, wild rice, or rutabagas from the 
104.4 	field of production to the first place of delivery or unloading, including a processing 
104.5 	plant, warehouse, or railroad siding;
104.6 	(11) the transportation of property or freight, other than household goods and 
104.7 	petroleum products in bulk, entirely within the corporate limits of a city or between 
104.8 	contiguous cities except as provided in section 221.296; 
104.9 	(12) the transportation of unprocessed dairy products in bulk within an area having a 
104.10 	100-mile radius from the home post office of the person providing the transportation;
104.11 	(13) the transportation of agricultural, horticultural, dairy, livestock, or other farm 
104.12 	products within an area having a 100-mile radius from the person's home post office and 
104.13 	the carrier may transport other commodities within the 100-mile radius if the destination 
104.14 	of each haul is a farm;
104.15 	(14) the transportation of newspapers, as defined in section 331A.01, subdivision 
104.16 	5, telephone books, handbills, circulars, or pamphlets in a vehicle with a gross vehicle 
104.17 	weight of 10,000 pounds or less; and 
104.18 	(15) transportation of potatoes from the field of production, or a storage site owned 
104.19 	or otherwise controlled by the producer, to the first place of processing.
104.20 	The exemptions provided in this section apply to a person only while the person is 
104.21 	exclusively engaged in exempt transportation.

104.22 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.026, is amended to read:
104.23 	221.026 MOTOR CARRIER OF PROPERTY; EXEMPTIONS.
104.24 		Subdivision 1.Registration. No person may engage in the for-hire transportation 
104.25 	of property, other than household goods, in Minnesota unless the person has filed a 
104.26 	registration statement with the commissioner on a form the commissioner prescribes.
104.27 		Subd. 2.Exemptions from requirements. Notwithstanding any other law, a motor 
104.28 	carrier of property is exempt from sections 221.021; 221.072; 221.121; 221.122; 221.123;
104.29 	221.131; 221.132; 221.151; 221.161;221.172, subdivisions 3 to 8; and 221.185, except as 
104.30 	provided in subdivision 4; and 221.296. The exemptions in this subdivision do not apply 
104.31 	to a motor carrier of property while transporting household goods. 
104.32 		Subd. 3.Safety regulations. A motor carrier of property is subject to those federal 
104.33 	regulations incorporated by reference in section 221.0314, unless exempted from those 
104.34 	regulations by section 221.031. 
105.1 		Subd. 4.Suspension and cancellation of registration. The commissioner 
105.2 	shall suspend or cancel, following the procedures for suspension or cancellation in 
105.3 	section 221.185, the registration of a motor carrier of property who fails to file with the 
105.4 	commissioner or maintain the insurance or bond required under section 221.141. A person 
105.5 	may not engage in the for-hire transportation of property, other than household goods,
105.6 	in Minnesota while the person's registration is under suspension or cancellation under 
105.7 	this subdivision. 
105.8 		Subd. 5.Local regulation. Section 221.091 applies to registration statements under 
105.9 	this section to the same extent that it applies to certificates and permits issued by the board. 

105.10 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.031, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
105.11 		Subdivision 1.Powers, duties, reports, limitations. (a) This subdivision applies to 
105.12 	motor carriers engaged in intrastate commerce.
105.13 	(b) The commissioner shall prescribe rules for the operation of motor carriers, 
105.14 	including their facilities; accounts; leasing of vehicles and drivers; service; safe operation 
105.15 	of vehicles; equipment, parts, and accessories; hours of service of drivers; driver 
105.16 	qualifications; accident reporting; identification of vehicles; installation of safety devices; 
105.17 	inspection, repair, and maintenance; and proper automatic speed regulators if, in the 
105.18 	opinion of the commissioner, there is a need for the rules.
105.19 	(c) The commissioner shall direct the repair and reconstruction or replacement of 
105.20 	an inadequate or unsafe motor carrier vehicle or facility. The commissioner may require 
105.21 	the construction and maintenance or furnishing of suitable and proper freight terminals, 
105.22 	passenger depots, waiting rooms, and accommodations or shelters in a city in this state or 
105.23 	at a point on the highway traversed which the commissioner, after investigation by the 
105.24 	department, may deem just and proper for the protection of passengers or property.
105.25 	(d) The commissioner shall require holders of household goods mover permits to file 
105.26 	annual and other reports including annual accounts of motor carriers, schedules of rates 
105.27 	and charges, or other data by motor carriers, regulate motor carriers in matters affecting 
105.28 	the relationship between them and the traveling and shipping public, and prescribe other 
105.29 	rules as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
105.30 	(e) A motor carrier subject to paragraph (d) but having gross revenues from for-hire 
105.31 	transportation in a calendar year of less than $200,000 may, at the discretion of the 
105.32 	commissioner, be exempted from the filing of an annual report, if instead the motor carrier 
105.33 	files an abbreviated annual report, in a form as may be prescribed by the commissioner, 
105.34 	attesting that the motor carrier's gross revenues did not exceed $200,000 in the previous 
105.35 	calendar year. Motor carrier gross revenues from for-hire transportation, for the purposes 
106.1 	of this subdivision only, do not include gross revenues received from the operation of 
106.2 	school buses as defined in section 169.01, subdivision 6. 
106.3 	(f) The commissioner shall enforce sections 169.781 to 169.783. 

106.4 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.036, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
106.5 		Subdivision 1.Order. The commissioner may issue an order requiring violations 
106.6 	to be corrected and administratively assessing monetary penalties for a violation of (1) 
106.7 	section 221.021; (2) section 221.033, subdivision 2b; (3) section 221.151; (4) section 
106.8 	221.171; (5) section 221.141; or (6) (4) rules of the commissioner relating to the 
106.9 	transportation of hazardous waste, motor carrier operations, or insurance, or tariffs and 
106.10 	accounting. An order must be issued as provided in this section. 

106.11 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.036, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
106.12 		Subd. 3.Amount of penalty; considerations. (a) The commissioner may issue an 
106.13 	order assessing a penalty of up to $5,000 for all violations of section 221.021; 221.141; 
106.14 	221.151; or 221.171, or rules of the commissioner relating to motor carrier operations, 
106.15 	insurance, or tariffs and accounting,identified under subdivision 1, except for rules of the 
106.16 	commissioner relating to the transportation of hazardous waste or as otherwise provided 
106.17 	under paragraph (b), identified during a single inspection, audit, or investigation. 
106.18 	(b) The commissioner may issue an order assessing a penalty up to a maximum of 
106.19 	$10,000 for all violations of section 221.033, subdivision 2b, identified during a single 
106.20 	inspection or audit. 
106.21 	(c) In determining the amount of a penalty, the commissioner shall consider:
106.22 	(1) the willfulness of the violation;
106.23 	(2) the gravity of the violation, including damage to humans, animals, air, water, 
106.24 	land, or other natural resources of the state;
106.25 	(3) the history of past violations, including the similarity of the most recent violation 
106.26 	and the violation to be penalized, the time elapsed since the last violation, the number of 
106.27 	previous violations, and the response of the person to the most recent violation identified;
106.28 	(4) the economic benefit gained by the person by allowing or committing the 
106.29 	violation; and
106.30 	(5) other factors as justice may require, if the commissioner specifically identifies 
106.31 	the additional factors in the commissioner's order.
106.32 	(d) The commissioner shall assess a penalty of not less than $1,000 against a driver 
106.33 	who is convicted of a violation of an out-of-service order. The commissioner shall assess 
107.1 	a penalty of not more than $10,000 against an employer who knowingly allows or requires 
107.2 	an employee to operate a commercial motor vehicle in violation of an out-of-service order.

107.3 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.131, is amended to read:
107.4 	221.131 CARRIER ANNUAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION; FEES, 
107.5 	IDENTIFICATION CARD FOR MOTOR CARRIERS OF PASSENGERS.
107.6 		Subdivision 1.Permit Registration renewal. Permits Certificates of registration
107.7 	issued under section 221.121 to a motor carrier of passengers under section 221.0252 are 
107.8 	effective for a 12-month period. A permit certificate of registration holder must renew the 
107.9 	permit certificate annually by registration of the vehicles operated under authority of that 
107.10 	permit as required by subdivision 2 certificate. A permit certificate holder has one annual 
107.11 	renewal date encompassing all of the permits certificates held by the holder. 
107.12 		Subd. 2.Annual vehicle registration; fee. (a) This subdivision applies only to 
107.13 	holders of household goods mover permits and motor carriers of passengers.
107.14 	(b) A permit holder or motor carrier of passengers shall pay an annual registration 
107.15 	fee of $75 on each vehicle, including pickup and delivery vehicles, operated by the carrier 
107.16 	under authority of the permit or certificate of registration during the 12-month period or 
107.17 	fraction of the 12-month period. Trailers and semitrailers used by a permit certificate
107.18 	holder in combination with power units may not be counted as vehicles in the computation 
107.19 	of fees under this section if the permit holder pays the fees for power units.
107.20 	(c) (b) The commissioner shall furnish a distinguishing annual identification card for 
107.21 	each vehicle or power unit for which a fee has been paid. The identification card must 
107.22 	at all times be carried in the vehicle or power unit to which it has been assigned. An 
107.23 	identification card may be reassigned to another vehicle or power unit upon application 
107.24 	of the carrier and payment of a transfer fee of $10. An identification card issued under 
107.25 	this section is valid only for the period for which the permit or certificate of registration is 
107.26 	effective.
107.27 	(d) (c) A fee of $10 is charged for the replacement of an unexpired identification 
107.28 	card that has been lost.
107.29 	(e) (d) The proceeds of the fees collected under this subdivision must be deposited in 
107.30 	the trunk highway fund.
107.31 		Subd. 2a.Vehicle identification. The permit holder must be identified on the 
107.32 	power unit of each registered vehicle operated under the permit. Vehicles must show the 
107.33 	name or the "doing business as" name of the permit holder operating the vehicle and 
107.34 	the community and abbreviation of the state in which the permit holder maintains its 
107.35 	principal office or in which the vehicle is customarily based. If the permit holder operates 
108.1 	a leased vehicle, it may show its name and the name of the lessor on the vehicle, if the 
108.2 	lease relationship is clearly shown. If the name of a person other than the operating permit 
108.3 	holder appears on the vehicle, the words "operated by" must immediately precede the 
108.4 	name of the permit holder. The name and address must be in letters that contrast sharply in 
108.5 	color with the background, be readily legible during daylight hours from a distance of 50 
108.6 	feet while the vehicle is stationary, and be maintained in a manner that retains the legibility 
108.7 	of the markings. The name and address may be shown by use of a removable device if that 
108.8 	device meets the identification and legibility requirements of this subdivision.
108.9 		Subd. 3.Certificate carrier; annual vehicle registration. Certificated passenger 
108.10 	carriers shall pay an annual registration fee of $40 for each vehicle, including pickup 
108.11 	and delivery vehicles, operated during a calendar year. The commissioner shall issue 
108.12 	distinguishing identification cards as provided in subdivision 2.
108.13 		Subd. 4.Floater card; fee. The department may issue to carriers subject to 
108.14 	subdivision 2 or 3 special "floater" identification cards up to a maximum of five per motor 
108.15 	carrier. Floater cards may be freely transferred between vehicles that have evidence of 
108.16 	being inspected under section 221.0252, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (2), within 
108.17 	the previous 12 months, or have a current Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance decal, and 
108.18 	that are used under short-term leases by the motor carrier. The motor carrier shall pay a 
108.19 	fee of $100 for each floater card issued. 
108.20 		Subd. 5.Limitation. The provisions of this section are limited by applicable 
108.21 	federal law.

108.22 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.132, is amended to read:
108.23 	221.132 PREPAID TEMPORARY VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION CARD.
108.24 	For special or extraordinary events, the commissioner may issue a prepaid 
108.25 	temporary vehicle identification card to a permit or certificate holder subject to section 
108.26 	221.131, subdivision 2or 3, for a fee of $5 per card. The card must be preprinted by the 
108.27 	commissioner with the carrier's name, address, and permit or certificate number. The card 
108.28 	may be used by the motor carrier to whom it is issued to identify a vehicle temporarily 
108.29 	added to its fleet, if the vehicle has evidence of being inspected under section 221.0252, 
108.30 	subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (2), within the previous 12 months, or has a current 
108.31 	Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance decal. The card must be executed by the motor carrier 
108.32 	by dating and signing the card and describing the vehicle in which it will be carried. The 
108.33 	identification card is valid for a period of ten days from the date the motor carrier places 
108.34 	on the card when the card is executed. The card must be used within one year from the 
108.35 	date of issuance by the commissioner. The card may not be used if the permit or certificate 
109.1 	is not in full force and effect. The card may not be transferred. The commissioner may not 
109.2 	refund the cost of unused prepaid temporary vehicle identification cards. 

109.3 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.141, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
109.4 		Subd. 4.Household goods mover. A household goods mover shall maintain 
109.5 	in effect cargo insurance or cargo bond in the amount of $50,000 and shall file with 
109.6 	the commissioner a cargo certificate of insurance or cargo bond. A cargo certificate of 
109.7 	insurance must conform to Form H, Uniform Motor Cargo Certificate of Insurance, 
109.8 	described in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 1023. A cargo bond must conform 
109.9 	to Form J, described in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 1023. Both Form H and 
109.10 	Form J are incorporated by reference. The cargo certificate of insurance or cargo bond 
109.11 	must be issued in the full and correct name of the person, corporation, or partnership to 
109.12 	whom the household goods mover permit certificate of registration was issued and whose 
109.13 	operations are being insured.

109.14 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.185, is amended to read:
109.15 	221.185 OPERATING AUTHORITY; SUSPENSION, CANCELLATION.
109.16 		Subdivision 1.Grounds Order for suspension. Despite the provisions of section 
109.17 	221.021, a household goods mover permit or a motor carrier certificate of  registration 
109.18 	issued under section sections221.0251or,221.0252, or 221.0253 is suspended without a 
109.19 	hearing, by order of the commissioner, if the permit certificate holder or carrier fails to:
109.20 	(1) maintain and file with the commissioner, the insurance or bond required by 
109.21 	section 221.141 and rules adopted under that section or the carrier or permit holder fails to; 
109.22 	(2) pay annual vehicle registration fees or renew permits as required by section 
109.23 	221.131, or the permit holder or carrier fails to; or
109.24 	(3) pay an administrative penalty under section 221.036. 
109.25 		Subd. 2.Notice of suspension. (a) Failure to file and maintain insurance, renew 
109.26 	permits under section 221.131, or to pay annual vehicle registration fees or renew 
109.27 	permits under section 221.131or 221.296, or to maintain in good standing a protective 
109.28 	agent's or private detective's license required under section 221.121, subdivision 6g, or 
109.29 	221.153, subdivision 3, suspends a motor carrier's permit or certificate two days after the 
109.30 	commissioner sends notice of the suspension by certified mail, return receipt requested, to 
109.31 	the last known address of the motor carrier. 
109.32 	(b) In order to avoid permanent cancellation of the permit or certificate, the motor 
109.33 	carrier must do one of the following within 45 days from the date of suspension:
110.1 	(1) comply with the law by filing insurance or bond, renewing permits, or paying 
110.2 	vehicle registration fees; or
110.3 	(2) request a hearing before the commissioner regarding the failure to comply 
110.4 	with the law.
110.5 		Subd. 2a.Notice of suspension; effective date. The commissioner shall issue a 
110.6 	notice of suspension if one of the conditions described in subdivision 1 occurs. The notice 
110.7 	must give the reason for suspension and must be sent to the last known address of the 
110.8 	carrier by certified mail, return receipt requested. A suspension is effective two days 
110.9 	after a notice is mailed.
110.10 		Subd. 3.Suspension rescission. If the motor carrier complies with the requirements 
110.11 	of this chapter within 45 days after the date of suspension and pays the required fees, 
110.12 	including a late vehicle registration fee of $5 for each vehicle registered, the commissioner 
110.13 	shall rescind the suspension unless the carrier's registration has expired. If a registered 
110.14 	carrier fails to comply within one year of the effective date of a suspension, the carrier's 
110.15 	registration is canceled.
110.16 		Subd. 3a.Hearing. If the motor carrier requests a hearing within 45 days after the 
110.17 	date of suspension, the commissioner shall review the suspension and:
110.18 	(1) determine that the carrier has complied with the law and rescind the suspension;
110.19 	(2) for just cause, grant an extension which must not exceed 20 days; or
110.20 	(3) schedule a hearing to ascertain whether the carrier has failed to comply with the 
110.21 	law. If it is determined after the hearing that the carrier has failed to comply with the law, 
110.22 	the commissioner shall cancel the carrier's suspended permit or certificate.
110.23 		Subd. 4.Grounds for cancellation. Except as provided in subdivision 5a, failure to 
110.24 	comply with the requirements of sections section221.141and 221.296 relating to bonds 
110.25 	and insurance, 221.131 relating to permit renewal,221.131or 221.296 relating to annual 
110.26 	vehicle registration or permit renewal, 221.121, subdivision 6g, or 221.153, subdivision 3, 
110.27 	relating to protective agent or private detective licensure, or to request a hearing within 45 
110.28 	days of the date of suspension, is deemed an abandonment of the motor carrier's permit or
110.29 	certificate and the permit or certificate must be canceled by the commissioner. 
110.30 		Subd. 5.Notice of cancellation. The commissioner shall notify the motor carrier by 
110.31 	certified mail, return receipt requested, that the permit or certificate is canceled effective 
110.32 	on the date of mailing the notice of cancellation.
110.33 		Subd. 5a.Reinstatement after cancellation. A motor carrier whose permit or 
110.34 	certificate is canceled for failure to comply with sections section221.141and 221.296
110.35 	relating to bonds and insurance may ask the commissioner to review the cancellation. 
110.36 	Upon review, the commissioner shall rescind the cancellation if (1) the motor carrier 
111.1 	presents evidence showing that before the effective date of the notice of cancellation 
111.2 	issued under subdivision 5, the motor carrier had obtained and paid for the insurance 
111.3 	required by sections section221.141and 221.296, and the rules of the commissioner, and 
111.4 	(2) the commissioner is satisfied that the motor carrier has complied with the requirements 
111.5 	of sections section221.141and 221.296 and the rules of the commissioner. 
111.6 		Subd. 9.New petition. If the holder of a canceled permit or certificate seeks 
111.7 	authority to operate as a motor carrier it shall file a petition with the commissioner for a 
111.8 	permit or certificate as provided in section 221.121 or 221.296, whichever is applicable. 

111.9 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.221, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
111.10 		Subd. 3.Delegated powers. Representatives of the department to whom authority 
111.11 	has been delegated by the commissioner for the purpose of enforcing sections 169.781 to 
111.12 	169.783and 221.171 and the rules, orders, or directives of the commissioner adopted or 
111.13 	issued under those sections, and for no other purpose, shall have the powers conferred 
111.14 	by law upon police officers. The representatives of the department have the power to 
111.15 	inspect records, logs, freight bills, bills of lading, or other documents, which may provide 
111.16 	evidence to determine compliance with sections 169.781 to 169.783and 221.171. 

111.17 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.291, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
111.18 		Subd. 4.Operating without registration or permit. A person who operates a 
111.19 	motor carrier without first registering under section sections221.0251or,221.0252, or 
111.20 	who operates as a household goods mover without having obtained the necessary permit
111.21 	221.0253, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shallmust be fined not less 
111.22 	than the maximum fine whichthat may be imposed for a misdemeanor for each violation. 

111.23 	Sec. 16. REVISION OF RULES.
 111.24 	The commissioner of transportation shall repeal, amend, and adopt revisions to rules 
111.25 	relating to household goods contained in Minnesota Rules, chapters 7800 and 7805, and 
111.26 	may use the expedited process for adopting rules under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.389. 

111.27 	Sec. 17. INSTRUCTION TO REVISOR.
 111.28 	The revisor of statutes shall change the phrase "sections 221.011 to 221.296" to 
111.29 	read "this chapter" where found in Minnesota Statutes, sections 221.021, subdivision 
111.30 	1; 221.022; and 221.091, subdivision 1.

111.31 	Sec. 18.  REPEALER.
 112.1 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 174.65; 221.011, subdivisions 24, 25, 28, 29, 38, 
112.2 	41, 44, and 45; 221.0252, subdivision 7; 221.072; 221.111; 221.121, subdivisions 1, 
112.3 	2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6a, 6c, 6d, 6e, 6f, and 7; 221.122; 221.123; 221.131, subdivisions 2a and 
112.4 	3; 221.141, subdivision 6; 221.151; 221.152; 221.153, subdivisions 1 and 2; 221.161; 
112.5 	221.171; 221.172, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8; and 221.296, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, 
112.6 	6, 7, and 8, are repealed.

112.7 	ARTICLE 9
112.8 	RAILROADS

112.9 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 218.021, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
112.10 		Subdivision 1.Discriminatory practices. It shall be unlawful for any common 
112.11 	carrier:
112.12 	(1) to charge, demand, collect or receive for any service a greater or a lesser sum 
112.13 	than that fixed in its published schedules;
112.14 	(2) to make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage, or any undue 
112.15 	or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage, to any person, company, firm, corporation, 
112.16 	transit point or locality or to any particular description of traffic;
112.17 	(3) by any special rate, rebate, drawback or other device, directly or indirectly, to 
112.18 	charge, demand, collect or receive a greater or less compensation for any service rendered 
112.19 	in the transportation of any property within this state than the regular established schedule 
112.20 	of rates and charges for like and contemporaneous service for any other person, or for the 
112.21 	public generally; or, directly or indirectly, to offer or give any shipper, in connection with 
112.22 	or as an inducement or reward for receiving any property for transportation, any gift, 
112.23 	gratuity or free pass or any rate less than that offered to the public;
112.24 	(4) except as expressly permitted, to charge a greater rate per ton or per ton mile for 
112.25 	a single carload of freight of any kind or class than for a greater number of carloads of the 
112.26 	same kind or class, to and from the same points of origin or destination;
112.27 	(5) to charge or receive any greater compensation for the transportation of a quantity 
112.28 	of property for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line, the shorter being 
112.29 	included within the longer, but this shall not be so construed as to authorize any carrier 
112.30 	to charge or receive as great compensation for a shorter as for a longer distance; or to 
112.31 	charge or receive any greater compensation per ton per mile for the contemporaneous 
112.32 	transportation of the same class of freight for a longer than for a shorter distance over the 
112.33 	same line in the same general direction, or from the same original point of departure or to 
112.34 	the same point of arrival, but this shall not be construed so as to authorize any carrier to 
112.35 	charge as high a rate per ton per mile for a longer as for a shorter distance;
113.1 	(6) to charge or receive for the transportation of freight of any description for any 
113.2 	distance within this state a greater amount than is at the same time charged or received for 
113.3 	a like quantity of freight of the same class over a greater distance of the same railway; 
113.4 	or to charge or receive at any point upon its road a higher rate for receiving, handling or 
113.5 	delivering freight of the same class or quantity than it shall at the same time charge or 
113.6 	receive to any other point upon the same line; or to charge or receive for freight of any 
113.7 	description over its railway a greater amount than at the same time is charged or received 
113.8 	for the transportation of a like quantity of freight of the same class being transported over 
113.9 	any portion of the same railway of equal distance; or to charge or receive from any person 
113.10 	a greater amount than it shall at the same time charge or receive from any other person 
113.11 	for the same class and like quantity of freight at the same point upon its railway; or to 
113.12 	charge or receive from any person for the transportation of any freight upon its railway a 
113.13 	greater amount than it shall at the same time charge or receive from any other person for 
113.14 	the transportation of a like quantity of freight of the same class being transported from 
113.15 	the same point over an equal distance of the same railway; or to charge or receive from 
113.16 	any person for the use and transportation of any railway car upon its railroad for any 
113.17 	distance, a greater amount than is at the same time charged or received from any other 
113.18 	person for the use and transportation of any railway car of the same class or number for a 
113.19 	like purpose being transported over a greater distance of the same railway; or to charge or 
113.20 	receive from any person for the use and transportation of any railway car upon its railroad 
113.21 	a greater amount in the aggregate than it shall at the same time charge or receive from 
113.22 	any other person for the use and transportation of any railway car of the same class for a 
113.23 	like purpose being transported from the same original point of an equal distance of the 
113.24 	same railway; provided, however, where two or more railroads serve a common point one 
113.25 	having a shorter mileage than the other from a given point, the railroad having the longer 
113.26 	mileage may be authorized by the commissioner to meet the rate made by the shortest line;
113.27 	(7) to charge or receive more for transporting a car of freight than is charged or 
113.28 	received per car for several cars of a like class of freight over the same railway for the 
113.29 	same distance; or to charge or receive more for transporting a ton of freight than is charged 
113.30 	or received per ton for more than a ton but less than a carload of like class over the same 
113.31 	railway for the same distance; or to charge or receive more for transporting one hundred 
113.32 	pounds of freight than is charged or received per hundred pounds above one hundred 
113.33 	pounds but less than a ton of like class over the same railway for the same distance.;
113.34 	(8) to fail to provide local first responders with an emergency phone number that is 
113.35 	accessible at all times through which first responders can receive information regarding 
113.36 	the location of and materials involved in a hazardous materials accident;
114.1 	(9) to fail, upon request, to provide local first responders with an annual listing of 
114.2 	hazardous materials transported by rail through their respective territories; and
114.3 	(10) to fail to have annual training sessions as required under Code of Federal 
114.4 	Regulations, title 49, parts 172.700 to 172.704, for all employees who may come in 
114.5 	contact with hazardous materials, concerning the proper identification and response to 
114.6 	accidents involving hazardous materials.

114.7 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 218.041, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
114.8 		Subd. 6.Investigative powers. In the exercise of powers granted in this chapter, 
114.9 	the commissioner may:
114.10 	(1) subpoena books, papers, or accounts kept by any regulated business within or 
114.11 	without the state, or compel production of verified copies;
114.12 	(2) prepare all forms or blanks for obtaining information that the commissioner 
114.13 	may deem necessary or useful for the proper exercise of the authority and duties of the 
114.14 	commissioner in connection with regulated businesses, and prescribe the time and manner 
114.15 	within which the blanks and forms must be completed and filed;
114.16 	(3) inspect, at all reasonable times, and copy the books, records, memoranda, 
114.17 	correspondence, or other documents and records of any business under the commissioner's 
114.18 	jurisdiction; and
114.19 	(4) examine, under oath, any officer, agent, or employee of a business under the 
114.20 	commissioner's jurisdiction concerning any matter within the commissioner's jurisdiction.; 
114.21 	and
114.22 	(5) assess common carriers, administer the state rail safety inspection account, and 
114.23 	perform other duties on behalf of the state rail safety inspector under section 219.015.

114.24 	Sec. 3. [219.015] STATE RAIL SAFETY INSPECTOR.
114.25 	(a) The commissioner of transportation shall establish a position of state rail safety 
114.26 	inspector in the Office of Freight and Commercial Vehicle Operations of the Minnesota 
114.27 	Department of Transportation. The commissioner shall apply to the Federal Railroad 
114.28 	Administration (FRA) of the United States Department of Transportation to participate 
114.29 	in the Federal State Rail Safety Partnership Program for training and certification of 
114.30 	an inspector under authority of United States Code, title 49, sections 20103, 20105, 
114.31 	20106, and 20113, and Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 212. The state rail 
114.32 	safety inspector shall inspect mainline track, secondary track, and yard and industry track; 
114.33 	inspect railroad right-of-way, including adjacent or intersecting drainage, culverts, bridges, 
114.34 	overhead structures, and traffic and other public crossings; inspect yards and physical 
115.1 	plants; review and enforce safety requirements; review maintenance and repair records; 
115.2 	and review railroad security measures. To the extent delegated by the commissioner, the 
115.3 	inspector may issue citations for violations of this chapter, or to ensure railroad employee 
115.4 	and public safety and welfare.
115.5 	(b) The commissioner shall annually assess railroad companies that are (1) defined 
115.6 	as common carriers under section 218.011, (2) classified by federal law or regulation as 
115.7 	Class I Railroads or Class I Rail Carriers, and (3) operating in this state, by a division of 
115.8 	equal proportion between carriers, assessed in equal amounts for 365 days of the calendar 
115.9 	year. The commissioner shall assess all start-up or re-establishment costs, and all related 
115.10 	costs of initiating the state rail safety inspector program beginning July 1, 2007. The state 
115.11 	rail inspector duties must begin and be assessed on January 1, 2008. The assessments must 
115.12 	be deposited in a special account in the special revenue fund, to be known as the state 
115.13 	rail safety inspection account. Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner 
115.14 	and may be expended to cover the costs incurred for the establishment and ongoing 
115.15 	responsibilities of the state rail safety inspector.
115.16 	(c) The commissioner may exempt a common carrier not federally classified as 
115.17 	Class I from violations for a period of up to two years if the common carrier applies for 
115.18 	participation in a work site safety coaching program, such as the "MNSharp" program 
115.19 	administered by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, and the commissioner 
115.20 	determines such participation to be preferred enforcement for safety or security violations.
115.21 	(d) Any person aggrieved by an assessment levied under this section may appeal 
115.22 	within 90 days any assessment, violation, or administrative penalty to the Office of 
115.23 	Administrative Hearings, with further appeal and review by the district court. 

115.24 	Sec. 4. [219.371] DEFINITIONS.
115.25 		Subdivision 1.Scope. The terms used in sections 219.371 to 219.382 have the 
115.26 	meanings given them in this section and section 218.011.
115.27 		Subd. 2.Inside edge of a walkway. "Inside edge of a walkway" means that edge of 
115.28 	a walkway closest to the nearest rail of the track for which the walkway is constructed.
115.29 		Subd. 3.Major repair. "Major repair" means a repair that normally requires 
115.30 	greater than four hours of work to accomplish or involves the use of specialized tools and 
115.31 	equipment. Major repairs include such activities as coupler replacement, draft gear repair, 
115.32 	and repairs requiring the use of an air jack, but the term does not include changing wheels 
115.33 	on intermodal loading ramps either with or without an air jack.
116.1 		Subd. 4.Railroad shop or repair track. "Railroad shop" or "repair track" means 
116.2 	a fixed repair facility or track that is regularly and consistently used to perform major 
116.3 	repairs, regardless of whether a mobile repair vehicle is used to conduct the repairs.
116.4 		Subd. 5.Structure. "Structure" means any bridge or trestle on which a railroad 
116.5 	track is constructed.
116.6 		Subd. 6.Walkway. "Walkway" means a pathway located alongside or in the 
116.7 	vicinity of a railroad track for the purpose of providing an area for railroad employees 
116.8 	to perform their normal trackside duties.
116.9 		Subd. 7.Yard. "Yard" means a system of tracks other than main tracks and sidings 
116.10 	used for making up trains, storing cars, and other purposes including the inspection, 
116.11 	repair, and cleaning of cars.

116.12 	Sec. 5. [219.372] WALKWAYS ON BRIDGES AND TRESTLES.
116.13 	(a) All walkways must be kept free from obstacles that would render them unsafe or 
116.14 	difficult to traverse on foot, except those facilities with minimum clearances prescribed 
116.15 	by other sections of this chapter.
116.16 	(b) Walkways must be equipped with a securely attached handrail located on the side 
116.17 	of the walkway farthest from the track, except no handrails are required on through-girder 
116.18 	structures. Handrails must be located so as to comply with the clearance standards in 
116.19 	sections 219.45 to 219.53.
116.20 	(c) Walkways on bridges and trestles must conform to the standards of width, 
116.21 	surface, and vertical placement for walkways alongside track set forth in section 219.373, 
116.22 	except that the inside edge of such a walkway may be placed closer than six feet from 
116.23 	the nearest rail when necessary.
116.24 	(d) This section does not apply to culverts.

116.25 	Sec. 6. [219.373] WALKWAYS BY TRACK; GENERAL STANDARDS.
116.26 	(a) Consistent with section 219.50, every railroad company shall provide a walkway 
116.27 	alongside track that has a regular surface that is smooth and safe for use by railroad 
116.28 	employees and other persons who have duties in proximity to trains. The walkway must 
116.29 	be kept reasonably free of hazards and obstructions, including, but not limited to, debris, 
116.30 	litter, fuel, oil, sand, boulders, posts, tie materials, holes, ruts, potholes, grains, grain 
116.31 	products or byproducts, fertilizer products, chemical, chemical molten, steel, tin, metallic 
116.32 	products, solid raw minerals, palletized products, silica products, materials spilled during 
116.33 	revenue shipment, and detached pieces or parts of railroad rolling stock or track structure.
117.1 	(b) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (g) or otherwise exempted by other 
117.2 	law, a walkway alongside track that is required under sections 219.373 to 219.382 must be 
117.3 	constructed and maintained in conformity to the standards in sections 219.373 to 219.383.
117.4 	(c) A walkway alongside track that is required pursuant to sections 219.373 to 
117.5 	219.382 must:
117.6 	(1) provide a reasonably regular surface that is smooth and safe for use by railroad 
117.7 	employees and other persons who have duties in proximity to trains;
117.8 	(2) be surfaced with crushed material, asphaltic concrete, planking, or other material 
117.9 	that does not compromise track drainage;
117.10 	(3) unless the grade of the track is greater than one inch in eight inches, have a grade 
117.11 	that is less than one inch in eight inches;
117.12 	(4) if the walkway is alongside track with a curve greater than 18 degrees, be not 
117.13 	less than one foot wider than otherwise required; and
117.14 	(5) be kept reasonably free of hazards and obstructions listed in paragraph (a).
117.15 	(d) Except as provided otherwise in this section or sections 219.374 to 219.379, 
117.16 	walkways located along main-line tracks and tracks where switching is regularly 
117.17 	performed more than twice in a seven-day period must be surfaced with crushed material 
117.18 	not to exceed American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association 
117.19 	(AREMA) standard number 4, 1-1/2 inches in size, or with asphalt, concrete, planking, 
117.20 	grating, or similar material.
117.21 	(e) Walkways located along switching lead tracks, switches in yards, car spotting 
117.22 	areas, and railroad shop or repair tracks must be surfaced with crushed material not to 
117.23 	exceed AREMA standard number 5, three-fourths to one inch in size, or with asphalt, 
117.24 	concrete, planking, grating, or similar material.
117.25 	(f) This section is temporarily suspended during periods of heavy rain or snow, 
117.26 	derailments, rocks and earth slides, and similar abnormal periods and for a reasonable 
117.27 	time thereafter to permit restoration work.
117.28 	(g) Compliance with sections 219.372 to 219.379 is not a defense to any civil action 
117.29 	brought for the violation of a railroad safety law, regulation, rule, or order.
117.30 	(h) The commissioner, after investigation, upon the commissioner's own motion, 
117.31 	or upon the petition of the aggrieved person, may determine that the safety of railroad 
117.32 	employees requires implementation of the applicable standards set forth in paragraphs (b) 
117.33 	to (e), for any walkway.

117.34 	Sec. 7. [219.374] WALKWAYS BY MAIN-LINE TRACK.
118.1 	Except as otherwise provided in section 219.375, 219.377, or 219.378, walkways 
118.2 	alongside main-line track, in addition to the requirements of section 219.373, must:
118.3 	(1) be present on each side of the track within two miles in either direction of a 
118.4 	track-side train defect detector, with a total walkway length of not less than 300 feet at 
118.5 	each inspection location;
118.6 	(2) be not less than two feet in width; and
118.7 	(3) provide a minimum side clearance of 8-1/2 feet from the centerline of the track 
118.8 	to the outside edge of the walkway.

118.9 	Sec. 8. [219.375] WALKWAYS BY TRACK AT SIDING LOCATIONS.
118.10 	Walkways alongside main-line and branch-line track at siding locations, in addition 
118.11 	to the requirements of section 219.373, must:
118.12 	(1) be present:
118.13 	(i) on the outside of the main-line or branch-line track; and
118.14 	(ii) on the outside of the siding track;
118.15 	(2) be not less than two feet in width; and
118.16 	(3) provide a minimum side clearance of 8-1/2 feet from the centerline of the track 
118.17 	to the outside edge of the walkway.

118.18 	Sec. 9. [219.3755] WALKWAYS BY TRACKS WHERE TRAIN CREWS SHIFT.
118.19 	Walkways alongside main-line and siding tracks at nonterminal locations that are 
118.20 	frequently used as train crew relief for boarding and deboarding crews, in addition to 
118.21 	the requirements of section 219.373, must: 
118.22 	(1) be present:
118.23 	(i) on the outside of the main-line or branch-line track; and 
118.24 	(ii) on the outside of the siding track; 
118.25 	(2) be not less than two feet in width; 
118.26 	(3) provide a minimum side clearance of 8-1/2 feet from the centerline of the track 
118.27 	to the outside edge of the walkway; 
118.28 	(4) be surfaced according to AREMA standard number 5 or with three-fourths inch 
118.29 	to one inch crushed material, asphalt, concrete, planking, or other material that does not 
118.30 	compromise track drainage; and 
118.31 	(5) run continuous from a road, walkway, or other right-of-way to 100 feet past the 
118.32 	designated stopping point for the train or locomotive.

119.1 	Sec. 10. [219.376] WALKWAYS BY TRACK IN YARDS, INDUSTRY 
119.2 	TURNOUTS, AND SPOTTING AREAS.
119.3 	Walkways alongside track in all yards and in advance thereof, wherever an 
119.4 	employee's assigned duties regularly require the employee to be present on the ground in 
119.5 	proximity to the track and, except as otherwise provided in section 219.377 or 219.378, in 
119.6 	industry turnouts and spotting areas, in addition to the requirements of section 219.373, 
119.7 	must:
119.8 	(1) be present on each side of the track not less than 50 feet in advance of the turnout;
119.9 	(2) be not less than two feet in width;
119.10 	(3) provide a minimum side clearance of 8-1/2 feet from the centerline of the track 
119.11 	to the outside edge of the walkway; and
119.12 	(4) if the track is in a yard where substantial switching is performed, be:
119.13 	(i) present between tracks;
119.14 	(ii) present alongside tracks bordering the yard or switching area; and
119.15 	(iii) if the tracks are 17 feet apart or less, continuous between the tracks.

119.16 	Sec. 11. [219.377] WALKWAYS BY TRACK AT MAIN-LINE TURNOUTS 
119.17 	ENTERING YARDS OR SERVING INDUSTRY TRACKS.
119.18 	Except as otherwise provided in section 219.378 or 219.379, walkways alongside 
119.19 	track at main-line turnouts entering yards or serving industry tracks, in addition to the 
119.20 	requirements of section 219.373, must:
119.21 	(1) be present on the switch stand side of the track from not less than 50 feet ahead 
119.22 	of each switch stand to not less than 25 feet beyond the 12-1/2 feet clearance point 
119.23 	behind the switch stand;
119.24 	(2) if 20 feet or more from the switch stand, be not less than six feet in width;
119.25 	(3) if less than 20 feet, but more than four feet from the switch stand:
119.26 	(i) be not less than six feet in width;
119.27 	(ii) have a straight outer edge; and
119.28 	(iii) occupy a total area of not less than 120 square feet; and
119.29 	(4) if less than four feet from the switch stand, be not less than three feet in width.

119.30 	Sec. 12. [219.378] WALKWAYS BY MAIN-LINE TRACK AT TURNOUTS FOR 
119.31 	SWITCHING CARS.
119.32 	Walkways alongside main-line track at turnouts used frequently for switching cars, 
119.33 	in addition to the requirements of sections 219.373 to 219.377, must:
120.1 	(1) be present on the switch stand side of the track from not less than 125 feet 
120.2 	ahead of the switch stand to not less than 25 feet beyond the 12-1/2 feet clearance point 
120.3 	behind the switch stand;
120.4 	(2) if 20 feet or more from the switch stand, be not less than six feet in width;
120.5 	(3) if less than 20 feet, but more than four feet from the switch stand:
120.6 	(i) be not less than six feet in width;
120.7 	(ii) have a straight outer edge; and
120.8 	(iii) occupy a total area of not less than 120 square feet; and
120.9 	(4) if less than four feet from the switch stand, be not less than three feet in width.

120.10 	Sec. 13. [219.379] WALKWAYS BY TRACK AT OTHER TURNOUTS.
120.11 	Walkways alongside tracks at short-line and branch-line turnouts and, except as 
120.12 	otherwise provided in section 219.378, at all power-operated turnouts, in addition to 
120.13 	the requirements of section 219.373, must:
120.14 	(1) be present on the switch stand side of the track from not less than 50 feet ahead 
120.15 	of the switch stand to not less than the 12-1/2 feet clearance point behind the switch stand;
120.16 	(2) if ten feet or more from the switch stand, be not less than five feet in width;
120.17 	(3) if less than ten feet, but more than four feet from the switch stand:
120.18 	(i) be not less than five feet in width;
120.19 	(ii) have a straight outer edge; and
120.20 	(iii) occupy a total area of not less than 39 square feet; and
120.21 	(4) if four feet or less from the switch stand, be not less than three feet in width.

120.22 	Sec. 14. [219.381] WALKWAY EXEMPTIONS.
120.23 		Subdivision 1.Existing track. (a) Section 219.373, paragraphs (b) to (g), and 
120.24 	sections 219.374 to 219.379 and 219.382 do not apply to track placed in revenue service 
120.25 	before the effective date of this section until the date and time track and supporting 
120.26 	structure are repaired, resurfaced, replaced, or as ordered by the commissioner of 
120.27 	transportation pursuant to paragraph (b).
120.28 	(b) The commissioner of transportation shall issue an order requiring the construction 
120.29 	or maintenance of a walkway alongside track described in paragraph (a) on determining, 
120.30 	after notice and hearing, that the construction or maintenance of a walkway alongside the 
120.31 	track is necessary to eliminate an unsafe or hazardous condition.
120.32 		Subd. 2.Small business. (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), a small 
120.33 	business that owns or operates any track in this state is exempt from sections 219.373 to 
120.34 	219.382.
121.1 	(b) On determining after notice and hearing that exempting a small business that 
121.2 	owns or operates any track in this state pursuant to paragraph (a) poses an unreasonable 
121.3 	threat of substantial harm to the public safety, the commissioner of transportation shall 
121.4 	order that business to eliminate any unsafe walkway condition.
121.5 	(c) As used in this section, "small business" has the meaning given it in section 
121.6 	645.445.

121.7 	Sec. 15. [219.382] LIABILITY.
121.8 	Sections 219.371 to 219.379 do not preclude or preempt civil liability to an injured 
121.9 	party under state or federal laws for failure to provide a reasonably safe walkway.

121.10 	Sec. 16. SHORT TITLE.
 121.11 	Sections 2 to 15 may be cited as the "Railroad Walkways Safety Act."

121.12 	Sec. 17. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 121.13 	This article is effective July 1, 2007.