<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>from preventing commercial motor vehicle operators from observing federal <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>"Hours of Service of Drivers" regulations; modifying certain provisions relating <br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>to maximum vehicle weight on highways; incorporating federal regulations <br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>governing hours of service for drivers of well-drilling rigs;amending Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>Statutes 2006, sections 169.824, subdivision 2; 221.0314, subdivision 9; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 160.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>    Section 1. <b>[160.2721] COMMERCIAL VEHICLE DRIVERS AT REST AREAS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>    (a) The commissioner shall allow a commercial motor vehicle operator who is <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>subject to hours of service regulations under Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>395, to stop and park continuously, for a period of up to ten hours as necessary to comply <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>with the hours of service regulations, at any Department of Transportation safety rest area <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>or travel information center that has parking stalls designed to accommodate a commercial <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>motor vehicle, as defined in section 169.01, subdivision 75.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>    (b) Any clause or provision in a lease or other agreement for the operation of a <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>Department of Transportation safety rest area or travel information center that purports to <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>limit the requirements under paragraph (a) is void and without effect.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.824, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Gross vehicle weight of all axles.</b> (a) Notwithstanding the provisions <br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>of section 
         <statute_ref>169.85</statute_ref>, the gross vehicle weight of all axles of a vehicle or combination of <br/>
<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>vehicles shall must not exceed:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>    (1) 80,000 pounds for any vehicle or combination of vehicles on all state (i) trunk <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>highways as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>160.02, subdivision 29</statute_ref>, and for all (ii) routes designated <br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>169.832, subdivision 11</statute_ref>, and (iii) paved county highways, including paved <br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>county state-aid highways;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>    (2) 88,000 pounds for any vehicle or combination of vehicles with six or more <br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>axles while exclusively engaged in hauling livestock on all state trunk highways other <br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>than interstate highways, if the vehicle has a permit under section 
         <statute_ref>169.86, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>paragraph (k); and<br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>    (3) 73,280 pounds for any vehicle or combination of vehicles with five axles or less <br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>on all routes, other than state trunk highways and routes that are designated under section <br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var><statute_ref>169.832, subdivision 11</statute_ref>, except that a vehicle needing reasonable access to a terminal or <br/>
<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>facilities for food, fuel, repairs, and rest, located within three miles of a ten-ton route, may <br/>
<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>not exceed 80,000 pounds. "Terminal" means any location where freight either originates, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>terminates, or is handled in the transportation process, or where commercial motor carriers <br/>
<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>maintain operating facilities; and routes identified in clause (1).<br/>
<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>    (4) 80,000 pounds for any vehicle or combination of vehicles with six or more <br/>
<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>axles on all routes, other than state trunk highways and routes that are designated under <br/>
<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>section 
<statute_ref>169.832, subdivision 11</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>    (b) The maximum weights specified in this section for five consecutive axles shall <br/>
<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>not apply to a four-axle ready-mix concrete truck which was equipped with a fifth axle <br/>
<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>prior to June 1, 1981. The maximum gross weight on four or fewer consecutive axles of <br/>
<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>vehicles excepted by this clause shall not exceed any maximum weight specified for four <br/>
<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>or fewer consecutive axles in this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>    (b) Notwithstanding the maximum weight provisions of this section and section <br/>
<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>169.85, and in order to promote the reduction of fuel use and emissions because of engine <br/>
<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>idling, the maximum gross vehicle weight limits and the axle weight limits for any motor <br/>
<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>vehicle subject to sections 169.80 to 169.88 and equipped with idle reduction technology <br/>
<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>must be increased by the amount of weight necessary to compensate for the weight of the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>idle reduction technology, not to exceed 400 pounds. At the request of an authorized <br/>
<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>representative of the Department of Transportation or Department of Public Safety the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>vehicle operator shall provide proof that the vehicle is equipped with this technology <br/>
<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>through documentation or demonstration.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.0314, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Hours of service of driver.</b> Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part <br/>
<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>395, is incorporated by reference, except that paragraphs (a), (c), (d), (f), (h), (i), (k), (l), <br/>
<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>(m), and (n) of section 395.1 and section 
         <statute_ref>395.13</statute_ref> of that part are not incorporated. In <br/>
<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>addition, cross-references to sections or paragraphs not incorporated in this subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>are not incorporated by reference. The requirements of Code of Federal Regulations, title <br/>
<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>49, part 395, do not apply to drivers of lightweight vehicles.<br/>