1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; modifying provisions relating to department activities, 
1.3 	data classification, eminent domain, school transportation, highways, commercial 
1.4 	vehicles, highway construction contracting, transportation research, bridge 
1.5 	inspection, special mobile equipment, motor vehicles, traffic regulations, towing, 
1.6 	transport of hazardous materials, recreational vehicle combinations, parking 
1.7 	violations, drivers' licenses and identification cards, vehicle length and weight, 
1.8 	pavement analysis, special transportation services, and motor carriers; creating 
1.9 	position of state rail inspector; establishing rail walkways requirements; changing 
1.10 	statutory surcharge; creating task forces; requiring reports; providing penalties; 
1.11 	appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 3.8841, 
1.12 	subdivision 8; 13.72, by adding subdivisions; 117.041, by adding a subdivision; 
1.13 	117.51; 117.52, subdivision 1a; 123B.88, subdivision 12; 123B.90, subdivision 
1.14 	2; 160.02, subdivision 19, by adding a subdivision; 161.115, subdivision 76; 
1.15 	161.14, subdivision 18, by adding subdivisions; 161.32, subdivisions 1, 1b, 
1.16 	4; 161.53; 165.01; 165.03; 168.011, subdivision 22; 168A.151, subdivision 1; 
1.17 	168A.153; 168B.04, subdivision 2; 169.01, subdivisions 6, 19, 20, 78, by adding 
1.18 	subdivisions; 169.041, subdivisions 1, 2; 169.06, subdivision 5; 169.34; 169.443, 
1.19 	by adding a subdivision; 169.447, subdivision 2; 169.4501, subdivisions 1, 2; 
1.20 	169.4502, subdivision 5; 169.4503, subdivisions 13, 20; 169.471; 169.685, 
1.21 	subdivisions 5, 6; 169.686, subdivision 1; 169.781; 169.782, subdivision 1; 
1.22 	169.783, subdivision 1; 169.81, subdivision 2; 169.823, subdivision 1; 169.824, 
1.23 	subdivision 2; 169.829, subdivision 2; 169.86, by adding a subdivision; 169.864, 
1.24 	subdivisions 1, 2; 171.01, by adding a subdivision; 171.02, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a; 
1.25 	171.05, subdivision 2b; 171.055, subdivision 2; 171.06, subdivision 3; 171.07, 
1.26 	subdivisions 1, 3; 171.321, subdivision 4; 174.03, by adding subdivisions; 
1.27 	174.30, subdivisions 4, 9; 218.041, subdivision 6; 221.011, subdivision 49; 
1.28 	221.031, subdivision 6; 221.0314, subdivision 9, by adding a subdivision; 
1.29 	221.033, subdivision 2d; 221.037, subdivision 1; 221.231; 221.60, subdivision 
1.30 	1, by adding a subdivision; 222.50, subdivision 7; 222.63, subdivision 4, by 
1.31 	adding a subdivision; 357.021, subdivision 6; 473.1466; Laws 2005, First 
1.32 	Special Session chapter 1, article 4, section 39; proposing coding for new law in 
1.33 	Minnesota Statutes, chapters 160; 161; 174; 219; repealing Minnesota Statutes 
1.34 	2006, sections 161.115, subdivision 193; 169.4502, subdivision 15; 169.4503, 
1.35 	subdivisions 17, 18, 26; 169.796, subdivision 3; 221.60, subdivisions 2, 3, 3a; 
1.36 	221.601; 221.602; Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 6, article 3, section 
1.37 	91.
1.38 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.1 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 3.8841, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
2.2 		Subd. 8.Powers; duties; Metropolitan Council levy, budget oversight. (a) The 
2.3 	commission must monitor, review, and make recommendations to the Metropolitan 
2.4 	Council and to the legislature for the following calendar year on:
2.5 	(1) the tax rate and dollar amount of the Metropolitan Council's property tax levies 
2.6 	and any proposed increases in the rate or dollar amount of tax;
2.7 	(2) any request for an increase in the debt of the Metropolitan Council;
2.8 	(3) the overall work and role of the Metropolitan Council;
2.9 	(4) the Metropolitan Council's proposed operating and capital budgets, work 
2.10 	program, and capital improvement program; and
2.11 	(5) the Metropolitan Council's implementation of the operating and capital budgets, 
2.12 	work program, and capital improvement program.
2.13 	(b) The commission shall review all procurements over $125,000,000 by the 
2.14 	Metropolitan Council. The chair of the Metropolitan Council shall give notice to the 
2.15 	commission when a procurement over $125,000,000 is being considered. The commission 
2.16 	shall take testimony on procurements.

2.17 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 13.72, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
2.18 	read:
2.19 		Subd. 14.Market research data; classification. (a) Names, home addresses 
2.20 	except for zip codes, home e-mail addresses, and home telephone numbers obtained 
2.21 	for or received in response to a survey conducted by or on behalf of the Department of 
2.22 	Transportation are classified as private data on individuals.
2.23 	(b) Business names, business addresses except for zip codes, business e-mail 
2.24 	addresses, and business telephone numbers obtained for or received in response to a 
2.25 	survey conducted by or on behalf of the Department of Transportation are classified 
2.26 	as nonpublic data.

2.27 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 13.72, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
2.28 	read:
2.29 		Subd. 15.Overhead rate data. Financial statements and shareholder financial data 
2.30 	provided to the commissioner of transportation by a consultant in order to establish its 
2.31 	overhead rate, and the schedule of audit adjustments and the overhead rate schedule 
2.32 	prepared by the Department of Transportation in order to establish the overhead rate for a 
2.33 	consultant, are classified as nonpublic data or private data on individuals. The overhead 
2.34 	rate percentage is public data.

3.1 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 13.72, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
3.2 	read:
3.3 		Subd. 16.Bid escrow data. Bid documentation held in escrow by the Department 
3.4 	of Transportation is classified as nonpublic data. Any data on individuals in the bid 
3.5 	documentation are classified as private data on individuals. "Bid documentation" means 
3.6 	all writings, working papers, computer printout charts, and other data calculations used 
3.7 	by a contractor to determine its bid in bidding for a contract. The bid documentation 
3.8 	includes, but is not limited to, the contractor's costs for operating each piece of equipment 
3.9 	owned by the contractor, the contractor's overhead costs and its calculated overhead rate, 
3.10 	the contractor's pay rates for its employees, efficiency or productivity factors, arithmetic 
3.11 	extensions, and the rates and quotations from subcontractors and material suppliers to 
3.12 	the extent that the rates and quotations were used by the contractor in formulating and 
3.13 	determining the amount of the bid.

3.14 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 117.041, is amended by adding a subdivision 
3.15 	to read:
3.16 		Subd. 3.Geotechnical investigation before eminent domain proceedings. (a) A 
3.17 	state agency by order of the commissioner or a political subdivision by resolution may 
3.18 	enter property for purposes of investigation, monitoring, testing, surveying, boring, or 
3.19 	other similar activities necessary or appropriate to perform geotechnical investigations.
3.20 	(b) At least ten days before entering the property, the state agency or political 
3.21 	subdivision must serve notice on the property owner requesting permission to enter the 
3.22 	property, stating the approximate time and purpose of the entry, and giving the owner the 
3.23 	option of refusing entry. If the property owner refuses to consent to the entry, the state 
3.24 	agency or political subdivision must apply for a court order authorizing the entry and the 
3.25 	removal of any sample or portion from the property, giving notice of the court order to the 
3.26 	property owner. The court shall issue an order if the state agency or political subdivision 
3.27 	meets the standards in paragraph (a). Notices under this paragraph must be served in the 
3.28 	same manner as a summons in a civil action.
3.29 	(c) The state agency or political subdivision must not cause any unnecessary damage 
3.30 	to the property and must compensate the property owner for any damages actually incurred 
3.31 	as a result of the geotechnical investigations.

3.32 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 117.51, is amended to read:
3.33 	117.51 COOPERATION WITH FEDERAL AUTHORITIES; 
3.34 	REESTABLISHMENT COSTS LIMIT.
4.1 		Subdivision 1.Cooperation with federal authorities. In all acquisitions 
4.2 	undertaken by any acquiring authority and in all voluntary rehabilitation carried out by a 
4.3 	person pursuant to acquisition or as a consequence thereof, the acquiring authority shall 
4.4 	cooperate to the fullest extent with federal departments and agencies, and it shall take all 
4.5 	necessary action in order to insure, to the maximum extent possible, federal financial 
4.6 	participation in any and all phases of acquisition, including the provision of relocation 
4.7 	assistance, services, payments and benefits to displaced persons. 
4.8 		Subd. 2.Reestablishment costs limit. For purposes of relocation benefits paid 
4.9 	by the acquiring authority in accordance with this section, the provisions of Code of 
4.10 	Federal Regulations, title 49, part 24, with respect to reimbursement of reestablishment 
4.11 	expenses for nonresidential moves are applicable, except that the acquiring authority shall 
4.12 	reimburse the displaced business for eligible expenses up to a maximum of $50,000.

4.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from January 16, 2007.

4.14 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 117.52, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
4.15 		Subd. 1a.Reestablishment costs limit. For purposes of relocation benefits paid 
4.16 	by the acquiring authority in accordance with this section, the provisions of Code of 
4.17 	Federal Regulations, title 49, section 24.304part 24, with respect to reimbursement 
4.18 	of reestablishment expenses for nonresidential moves are applicable, except that the 
4.19 	acquiring authority shall reimburse the displaced business for eligible expenses actually 
4.20 	incurred up to a maximum of $50,000.

4.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from January 16, 2007.

4.22 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.88, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
4.23 		Subd. 12.Early childhood family education participants. Districts may provide 
4.24 	bus transportation along regular school bus routes when space is available for participants 
4.25 	in early childhood family education programs and school readiness programs if these 
4.26 	services do not result in an increase in the district's expenditures for transportation. 
4.27 	The costs allocated to these services, as determined by generally accepted accounting 
4.28 	principles, shall be considered part of the authorized cost for regular transportation for 
4.29 	the purposes of section 123B.92. 

4.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
4.31 	and applies for fiscal year 2007 and later.

4.32 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.90, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
5.1 		Subd. 2.Student training. (a) Each district must provide public school pupils 
5.2 	enrolled in kindergarten through grade 10 with age-appropriate school bus safety training, 
5.3 	as described in this section, of the following concepts:
5.4 	(1) transportation by school bus is a privilege and not a right;
5.5 	(2) district policies for student conduct and school bus safety;
5.6 	(3) appropriate conduct while on the school bus;
5.7 	(4) the danger zones surrounding a school bus;
5.8 	(5) procedures for safely boarding and leaving a school bus;
5.9 	(6) procedures for safe street or road crossing; and
5.10 	(7) school bus evacuation.
5.11 	(b) Each nonpublic school located within the district must provide all nonpublic 
5.12 	school pupils enrolled in kindergarten through grade 10 who are transported by school 
5.13 	bus at public expense and attend school within the district's boundaries with training as 
5.14 	required in paragraph (a).
5.15 	(c) Students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 6 who are transported by school 
5.16 	bus and are enrolled during the first or second week of school must receive the school bus 
5.17 	safety training competencies by the end of the third week of school. Students enrolled in 
5.18 	grades 7 through 10 who are transported by school bus and are enrolled during the first or 
5.19 	second week of school and have not previously received school bus safety training must 
5.20 	receive the training or receive bus safety instructional materials by the end of the sixth 
5.21 	week of school. Students taking driver's training instructional classes and other students in 
5.22 	grades 9 and 10 must receive training in the laws and proper procedures when operating a 
5.23 	motor vehicle in the vicinity of a school bus as required by section 169.446, subdivisions 2 
5.24 	and 3. Students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 10 who enroll in a school after the 
5.25 	second week of school and are transported by school bus and have not received training 
5.26 	in their previous school district shall undergo school bus safety training or receive bus 
5.27 	safety instructional materials within four weeks of the first day of attendance. Upon 
5.28 	request of the superintendent of schools, the school transportation safety director in each 
5.29 	district must certify to the superintendent of schools annually that all students transported 
5.30 	by school bus within the district have received the school bus safety training according to 
5.31 	this section. Upon request of the superintendent of the school district where the nonpublic 
5.32 	school is located, the principal or other chief administrator of each nonpublic school must 
5.33 	certify annually to the school transportation safety director of the district in which the 
5.34 	school is located that the school's students transported by school bus at public expense 
5.35 	have received training according to this section.
6.1 	(d) A district and a nonpublic school with students transported by school bus at 
6.2 	public expense may provide kindergarten pupils with bus safety training before the first 
6.3 	day of school.
6.4 	(e) A district and a nonpublic school with students transported by school bus at 
6.5 	public expense may also provide student safety education for bicycling and pedestrian 
6.6 	safety, for students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 5.
6.7 	(f) A district and a nonpublic school with students transported by school bus at 
6.8 	public expense must make reasonable accommodations for the school bus safety training 
6.9 	of pupils known to speak English as a second language and pupils with disabilities.
6.10 	(g) The district and a nonpublic school with students transported by school bus at 
6.11 	public expense must provide students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 3 school bus 
6.12 	safety training twice during the school year.
6.13 	(h) A district and a nonpublic school with students transported by school bus at public 
6.14 	expense must conduct a school bus evacuation drill at least once during the school year.

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

6.16 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 160.02, is amended by adding a subdivision 
6.17 	to read:
6.18 		Subd. 18a.Expressway. "Expressway" means a divided highway with partial 
6.19 	control of access.

6.20 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 160.02, subdivision 19, is amended to read:
6.21 		Subd. 19.Freeway or expressway. "Freeway" or "expressway" means a divided, 
6.22 	controlled-access highway with four or more lanes full control of access.

6.23 	Sec. 12. [160.2721] COMMERCIAL VEHICLE DRIVERS AT REST AREAS.
6.24 	(a) The commissioner shall allow a commercial motor vehicle operator who is 
6.25 	subject to hours of service regulations under Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 
6.26 	395, to stop and park continuously, for a period of up to ten hours as necessary to comply 
6.27 	with the hours of service regulations, at any Department of Transportation safety rest area 
6.28 	or travel information center that has parking stalls designed to accommodate a commercial 
6.29 	motor vehicle, as defined in section 169.01, subdivision 75.
6.30 	(b) Any clause or provision in a lease or other agreement for the operation of a 
6.31 	Department of Transportation safety rest area or travel information center that purports to 
6.32 	limit the requirements under paragraph (a) is void and without effect.

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

7.2 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.115, subdivision 76, is amended to read:
7.3 		Subd. 76.Route No. 145. Beginning at a point on or near Route No. 10 at or 
7.4 	near Willmar, thence extending in a westerly direction to a point on Route No. 144 as 
7.5 	herein established.

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

7.7 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.14, subdivision 18, is amended to read:
7.8 		Subd. 18.Voyageur Highway. The following route is named and designated the 
7.9 	"Voyageur Highway":
7.10 	(a) Beginning at a point on Trunk Highway No. 26 on the boundary line between 
7.11 	the states of Minnesota and Iowa; thence northerly along Trunk Highway No. 26 to its 
7.12 	junction with Trunk Highway No. 61; thence northwesterly along Trunk Highway No. 
7.13 	61 to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 10 in the city of St. Paul; thence extending 
7.14 	in a general northwesterly direction along Trunk Highway No. 10 to its junction with 
7.15 	Trunk Highway No. 371 at Little Falls; thence extending in a general northerly direction 
7.16 	along Trunk Highway No. 371 to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 210 at Brainerd; 
7.17 	thence northeasterly along Trunk Highway No. 210 to its junction with Trunk Highway 
7.18 	No. 169 at Aitkin; thence in a general northerly direction along Trunk Highway No. 169 
7.19 	to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 2 at Grand Rapids; thence northwesterly along 
7.20 	Trunk Highway No. 2 to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 71 at Bemidji; thence 
7.21 	northeasterly along Trunk Highway No. 71 to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 11 
7.22 	at Pelland; thence northeasterly along Trunk Highway No. 11 to its junction with Trunk 
7.23 	Highway No. 53 at International Falls; thence southeasterly along Trunk Highway No. 53 
7.24 	to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 61Central Entrance at Duluth;. Beginning at a 
7.25 	point on Trunk Highway No. 61 at its junction with Interstate Highway 35 and thence 
7.26 	northeasterly along Trunk Highway No. 61 to the boundary line between the state of 
7.27 	Minnesota and the province of Ontario, Canada.
7.28 	(b) The route of the Voyageur Highway designated and described in clause (a) is 
7.29 	supplemented by legs or alternative routes described as follows:
7.30 	Beginning at a point on Trunk Highway No. 1 at its junction with Trunk Highway 
7.31 	No. 61 northerly of Silver Bay; thence northwesterly along Trunk Highway No. 1 to Ely; 
7.32 	thence southwesterly along Trunk Highway No. 1 to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 
7.33 	169; thence southerly and westerly along Trunk Highway No. 169 to its junction with 
7.34 	Trunk Highway No. 53, and there terminating.
8.1 	Beginning at a point on Trunk Highway No. 11 at its junction with Trunk Highway 
8.2 	No. 53 at International Falls; thence easterly along Trunk Highway No. 11 to its easterly 
8.3 	terminus near Island View.
8.4 	Beginning at a point on Trunk Highway No. 33 at its junction with Interstate 
8.5 	Highway marked I-35 southerly of Cloquet, thence northerly along Trunk Highway No. 
8.6 	33 to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 53.
8.7 	(c) The commissioner of transportation shall:
8.8 	(1) adopt a suitable marking design of signs or informational plaques;
8.9 	(2) effect the installation of such signs or plaques in public waysides or other public 
8.10 	areas as approved and designated by the commissioner.

8.11 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.14, is amended by adding a subdivision 
8.12 	to read:
8.13 		Subd. 57.Purple Heart Trail. Statutory Route No. 392, described in section 
8.14 	161.12 and marked on the effective date of this section as Interstate Highway 94, is 
8.15 	designated in its entirety within Minnesota as the Purple Heart Trail. Subject to section 
8.16 	161.139, the commissioner shall adopt a suitable marking design to mark this highway 
8.17 	and erect appropriate signs at each safety rest area located on the highway.

8.18 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.14, is amended by adding a subdivision 
8.19 	to read:
8.20 		Subd. 58.Dallas Sams Memorial Highway. That portion of Legislative Route No. 
8.21 	2, signed as Trunk Highway 210 on the date of final enactment of this section, from 
8.22 	the city of Motley to the city of Staples, is designated as the "Dallas Sams Memorial 
8.23 	Highway." The commissioner of transportation shall adopt a suitable design to mark this 
8.24 	highway and erect appropriate signs, subject to section 161.139.

8.25 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.14, is amended by adding a subdivision 
8.26 	to read:
8.27 		Subd. 59.Walter F. Mondale Drive. Trunk Highway marked 53 from its 
8.28 	intersection with Superior Street to its intersection with Central Entrance in the city of 
8.29 	Duluth, as signed on the effective date of this section, is designated "Walter F. Mondale 
8.30 	Drive." Subject to section 161.139, the commissioner of transportation shall adopt a 
8.31 	suitable marking design to mark this highway and erect appropriate signs.

8.32 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.32, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
9.1 		Subdivision 1.Advertisement for bids. The commissioner may conduct the work 
9.2 	or any part of the work incidental to the construction and maintenance of the trunk 
9.3 	highways by labor employed to do the work or by contract. In cases of construction work, 
9.4 	the commissioner shall first advertise for bids for contracts, and if no satisfactory bids are 
9.5 	received, may either reject all bids and readvertise, or do the work by labor employed to 
9.6 	do the work. Except as provided in subdivision 3 or 4, when work is to be done under 
9.7 	contract, the commissioner shall advertise for bids once each week for three successive 
9.8 	weeks prior to the date the bids are to be received. The advertisement for bids must be 
9.9 	published in a newspaper or other periodical of general circulation in the state and may be 
9.10 	placed on the Internet. The plans and specifications for the proposed work must be on file 
9.11 	in the commissioner's office prior to the first call for bids.

9.12 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.32, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:
9.13 		Subd. 1b.Lowest responsible bidder; electronic bids. Bidders may submit 
9.14 	bids electronically in a form and manner required by the commissioner; however, the 
9.15 	commissioner may require that all bids of $5,000,000 and over for trunk highway contracts 
9.16 	must be submitted electronically. Notwithstanding section 13.591, subdivision 3, or any 
9.17 	other law or rule to the contrary, bids are not required to be opened and read in public if 
9.18 	the commissioner publishes the public data specified by section 13.591, subdivision 3, 
9.19 	on a state Web site immediately after the deadline for receipt of bids has passed. Bids 
9.20 	for federal-aid highway projects must be conducted in accordance with Code of Federal 
9.21 	Regulations, title 23, section 635. Trunk highway construction contracts, including 
9.22 	design-build contracts, must be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, taking into 
9.23 	consideration conformity with the specifications, the purpose for which the contract or 
9.24 	purchase is intended, the status and capability of the vendor, and other considerations 
9.25 	imposed in the call for bids. The commissioner may decide which is the lowest responsible 
9.26 	bidder for all contracts and may use the principles of life-cycle costing, when appropriate, 
9.27 	in determining the lowest overall bid. Any or all bids may be rejected. When competitive 
9.28 	bids are required and all bids are rejected, new bids, if solicited, must be called for as in 
9.29 	the first instance, unless otherwise provided by law.

9.30 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.32, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
9.31 		Subd. 4.Trunk highways damaged by spring breakup. Contracts may be 
9.32 	let for the repair and restoration of trunk highways damaged by spring breakup upon 
9.33 	advertisement for bids and publication thereof in a newspaper or periodical of general 
9.34 	circulation for a period of one week prior to the date such bids are to be received, and 
10.1 	upon the mailing of such advertisements to all contractors who have filed a written request 
10.2 	therefor.

10.3 	Sec. 21. [161.3203] CONTRACTS FOR WORK, SUPPLIES, OR MATERIALS 
10.4 	FOR TRUNK HIGHWAY.
10.5 		Subdivision 1.Privatization transportation contracts. For purposes of this 
10.6 	section, "privatization transportation contract" means an enforceable agreement, or 
10.7 	combination or series of agreements, by which a private contractor agrees with the 
10.8 	commissioner of transportation to provide work, supplies, or materials:
10.9 	(1) that is incidental to the construction or improvement of trunk highways; or
10.10 	(2) for maintenance of trunk highways.
10.11 	A privatization transportation contract does not include a design-build contract as defined 
10.12 	in section 161.3410, subdivision 3, and does not include services by persons licensed 
10.13 	under section 326.02 or 326.15.
10.14 		Subd. 2.Applicability. This section applies to privatization transportation contracts 
10.15 	in a total amount of $25,000 or more. The requirements imposed by this section are in 
10.16 	addition to, and do not supersede, the requirements of any other applicable section of law.
10.17 		Subd. 3.Review of contract costs. (a) Before entering into a privatization 
10.18 	transportation contract, the commissioner of transportation shall prepare a comprehensive 
10.19 	written estimate of the cost of having the same work, supplies, or materials provided in 
10.20 	the most cost-effective manner by agency employees. The cost estimate must include 
10.21 	all direct costs of having agency employees provide the work, supplies, or materials, 
10.22 	including the cost of pension, insurance, and other employee benefits.
10.23 	(b) After soliciting and receiving responses, the commissioner shall publicly 
10.24 	designate the responder to which it proposes to award the privatization contract. The 
10.25 	commissioner shall prepare a comprehensive written estimate of the cost of the proposal 
10.26 	based on the designated responder's bid, including the cost of a transition from public 
10.27 	to private provision of the work, any additional unemployment and retirement benefits 
10.28 	resulting from the transfer, and costs associated with monitoring the proposed contract. If 
10.29 	the designated responder proposes to perform any or all of the desired services outside the 
10.30 	state, the commissioner of transportation shall include in the cost estimate, as nearly as 
10.31 	possible, any loss of sales and income tax revenue to the state. The cost estimate must 
10.32 	not include trade secret data which is classified as nonpublic data under section 13.37, 
10.33 	subdivision 2.
10.34 	(c) Before entering into a privatization transportation contact for $250,000 or more, 
10.35 	the commissioner shall determine that:
11.1 	(1) the cost estimated under paragraph (b) will be lower than the cost estimated 
11.2 	under paragraph (a);
11.3 	(2) the quality of the work, supplies, or materials to be provided by the designated 
11.4 	responder is likely to equal or exceed the quality of services that could be provided by 
11.5 	Department of Transportation employees; and
11.6 	(3) the proposed privatization contract is in the public interest.
11.7 		Subd. 4.Reports. The commissioner shall provide, no later than September 1, an 
11.8 	annual written report to the legislature, in compliance with sections 3.195 and 3.197, and 
11.9 	shall submit the report to the chairs of the senate and house of representatives committees 
11.10 	having jurisdiction over transportation. The report must list all privatization transportation 
11.11 	contracts within the meaning of this section that were executed or performed, whether 
11.12 	wholly or in part, in the previous fiscal year. The report must identify, with respect to each 
11.13 	contract, the contractor; contract amount; duration; work, supplies, or materials provided 
11.14 	or to be provided; the comprehensive estimate derived under subdivision 3, paragraph (a); 
11.15 	the comprehensive estimate derived under subdivision 3, paragraph (b); the actual cost to 
11.16 	the agency of the contractor's performance of the contract; and for contracts of at least 
11.17 	$250,000 a statement containing the commissioner's determinations under subdivision 3, 
11.18 	paragraph (c).
11.19 		Subd. 5.Short title. This section may be cited as the "Taxpayers' Transportation 
11.20 	Accountability Act."

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

11.22 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.53, is amended to read:
11.23 	161.53 RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.
11.24 	The commissioner may set aside in each fiscal year up to two percent of the 
11.25 	total amount of all funds appropriated to the commissioner other than county state-aid 
11.26 	and municipal state-aid highway funds for transportation research including public and 
11.27 	private research partnerships. The commissioner shall spend this money for (1) research 
11.28 	to improve the design, construction, maintenance, management, and environmental 
11.29 	compatibility of transportation systems; (2) research on transportation policies that 
11.30 	enhance energy efficiency and economic development; (3) programs for implementing and 
11.31 	monitoring research results; and (4) development of transportation education and outreach 
11.32 	activities. Of all funds appropriated to the commissioner other than state-aid funds, the 
11.33 	commissioner shall spend at least 0.1 percent, but not exceeding $800,000 in any fiscal 
11.34 	year, for research and related activities performed by the Center for Transportation Studies 
12.1 	of the University of Minnesota. The center shall establish a technology transfer and 
12.2 	training center for Minnesota transportation professionals.

12.3 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 165.01, is amended to read:
12.4 	165.01 DEFINITIONS.
12.5 		Subdivision 1.Scope. For the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this 
12.6 	section and section 160.02shall have the same meanings given them. 
12.7 		Subd. 2.AASHTO manual. "AASHTO manual" means the Manual for Condition 
12.8 	Evaluation of Bridges, published by the American Association of State Highway and 
12.9 	Transportation Officials.

12.10 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 165.03, is amended to read:
12.11 	165.03 STRENGTH OF BRIDGE; INSPECTION.
12.12 		Subdivision 1.Standards generally. Each bridge, including a privately owned 
12.13 	bridge, must conform to the strength, width, clearance, and safety standards imposed 
12.14 	by the commissioner for the connecting highway or street. This subdivision applies to 
12.15 	a bridge that is constructed after August 1, 1989, on any public highway or street. The 
12.16 	bridge must have sufficient strength to support with safety the maximum vehicle weights 
12.17 	allowed under sections 169.822 to 169.829 and must have the minimum width specified 
12.18 	in section 165.04, subdivision 3. 
12.19 		Subd. 1a.Inspection. (a) Each bridge must be inspected annually, unless a longer 
12.20 	interval not to exceed two years for bridges or four years for bridges classified as culverts 
12.21 	is authorized by the commissioner. The commissioner's authorization must be based 
12.22 	on factors including, but not limited to, the age and condition of the bridge, the rate of 
12.23 	deterioration of the bridge, the type of structure, the susceptibility of the bridge to failure, 
12.24 	and the characteristics of traffic on the bridge. Interim inspections at intervals of less than 
12.25 	one year may be necessary on bridges that are posted, bridges subjected to extreme scour 
12.26 	conditions, bridges subject to significant substructure movement or settlement, and for 
12.27 	other reasons as specified or inferred in the AASHTO manual.
12.28 	(b) The thoroughness of each inspection depends on such factors as age, traffic 
12.29 	characteristics, state of maintenance, and known deficiencies. The evaluation of these 
12.30 	factors is the responsibility of the engineer assigned the responsibility for inspection as 
12.31 	defined by rule adopted by the commissioner of transportation.
12.32 		Subd. 2.Inspection and inventory responsibilities; rules; forms. (a) The 
12.33 	commissioner of transportation shall adopt official inventory and bridge inspection report 
12.34 	forms for use in making bridge inspections by the owners or highway authorities specified 
13.1 	by this subdivision. Bridge Inspections shall must be made at regular intervals, not to 
13.2 	exceed two years for bridges and not to exceed four years for culverts, by the following 
13.3 	owner or official:
13.4 	(1) the commissioner of transportation for all bridges located wholly or partially 
13.5 	within or over the right-of-way of a state trunk highway;
13.6 	(2) the county highway engineer for all bridges located wholly or partially within 
13.7 	or over the right-of-way of any county or township town road, or any street within a 
13.8 	municipality which that does not have a city engineer regularly employed;
13.9 	(3) the city engineer for all bridges located wholly or partially within or over the 
13.10 	right-of-way of any street located within or along municipal limits;
13.11 	(4) the commissioner of transportation in case of a toll bridge that is used by the 
13.12 	general public and that is not inspected and certified under subdivision 6; provided, that the 
13.13 	commissioner of transportation may assess the owner for the costs of such the inspection;
13.14 	(5) the owner of a bridge over a public highway or street or that carries a roadway 
13.15 	designated for public use by a public authority, if not required to be inventoried and 
13.16 	inspected under clause (1), (2), (3), or (4).
13.17 	(b) The commissioner of transportation shall prescribe the standards for bridge 
13.18 	inspection and inventory by rules. The owner or highway authority shall inspect and 
13.19 	inventory in accordance with these standards and furnish the commissioner with such data 
13.20 	as may be necessary to maintain a central inventory.
13.21 		Subd. 3.County inventory and inspection records and reports. The county 
13.22 	engineer shall maintain a complete inventory record of all bridges as set forth in 
13.23 	subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (2), with the inspection reports thereof, and shall 
13.24 	certify annually to the commissioner, as prescribed by the commissioner, that inspections 
13.25 	have been made at regular intervals, not to exceed two years for bridges and not to 
13.26 	exceed four years for culverts. A report of the inspections shall must be filed annually, 
13.27 	on or before February 15 of each year, with the county auditor or town clerk, or the 
13.28 	governing body of the municipality. The report shall must contain recommendations for 
13.29 	the correction of, or legal posting of load limits on any bridge or structure that is found to 
13.30 	be understrength or unsafe.
13.31 		Subd. 4.Municipal inventory and inspection records and reports. The 
13.32 	city engineer shall maintain a complete inventory record of all bridges as set forth in 
13.33 	subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (3), with the inspection reports thereof, and shall 
13.34 	certify annually to the commissioner, as prescribed by the commissioner, that inspections 
13.35 	have been made at regular intervals, not to exceed two years for bridges and not to exceed 
13.36 	four years for culverts. A report of the inspections shall must be filed annually, on or 
14.1 	before February 15 of each year, with the governing body of the municipality. The report 
14.2 	shall must contain recommendations for the correction of, or legal posting of load limits 
14.3 	on any bridge or structure that is found to be understrength or unsafe.
14.4 		Subd. 5.Agreement. Agreements may be made among the various units of 
14.5 	governments, or between governmental units and qualified engineering personnel to 
14.6 	carry out the responsibilities for the bridge inspections and reports, as established by 
14.7 	subdivision 2.
14.8 		Subd. 6.Other bridges. The owner of a toll bridge and the owner of a bridge 
14.9 	described in subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (5), shall certify to the commissioner, as 
14.10 	prescribed by the commissioner, that inspections of the bridge have been made at regular 
14.11 	intervals, not to exceed two years for bridges and not to exceed four years for culverts. 
14.12 	The certification shall must be accompanied by a report of the inspection. The report shall
14.13 	must contain recommendations for the correction of or legal posting of load limitations if 
14.14 	the bridge is found to be understrength or unsafe.
14.15 		Subd. 7.Department of Natural Resources bridge. (a) Notwithstanding 
14.16 	subdivision 2, the commissioners of transportation and natural resources shall negotiate a 
14.17 	memorandum of understanding that governs the inspection of bridges owned, operated, 
14.18 	or maintained by the commissioner of natural resources.
14.19 	(b) The memorandum of understanding must provide for:
14.20 	(1) the inspection and inventory of bridges subject to federal law or regulations;
14.21 	(2) the frequency of inspection of bridges described in paragraph (a); and
14.22 	(3) who may perform inspections required under the memorandum of understanding.

14.23 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.011, subdivision 22, is amended to read:
14.24 		Subd. 22.Special mobile equipment. "Special mobile equipment" means every 
14.25 	vehicle not designed or used primarily for the transportation of persons or property 
14.26 	and only incidentally operated or moved over a highway, including but not limited to: 
14.27 	ditch-digging apparatuses, moving dollies, pump hoists and other water well-drilling 
14.28 	equipment registered under chapter 103I, vehicle-mounted concrete pumps with or 
14.29 	without placement booms, street-sweeping vehicles, and other machinery such as 
14.30 	asphalt spreaders, bituminous mixers, bucket loaders, tractors other than truck-tractors, 
14.31 	ditchers, leveling graders, finishing machines, motor graders, road rollers, scarifiers, 
14.32 	truck-mounted log loaders, earth-moving carryalls, scrapers, power shovels, draglines, 
14.33 	self-propelled cranes, and earth-moving equipment. The term does not include travel 
14.34 	trailers, dump trucks, truck-mounted transit mixers, truck-mounted feed grinders, or other 
15.1 	motor vehicles designed for the transportation of persons or property to which machinery 
15.2 	has been attached.

15.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2007, and expires 
15.4 	December 31, 2009.

15.5 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168A.151, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
15.6 		Subdivision 1.Salvage titles. (a) When an insurer, licensed to conduct business in 
15.7 	Minnesota, acquires ownership of a late-model or high-value vehicle through payment 
15.8 	of damages, the insurer shall immediately apply for a salvage certificate of title or shall 
15.9 	stamp the existing certificate of title with the legend "SALVAGE CERTIFICATE OF 
15.10 	TITLE" in a manner prescribed by the department. Within 48 hours of taking possession 
15.11 	of a vehicle through payment of damages, an insurer must notify the department in a 
15.12 	manner prescribed by the department.
15.13 	(b) Any person who acquires a damaged motor vehicle with an out-of-state title and 
15.14 	the cost of repairs exceeds the value of the damaged vehicle or a motor vehicle with an 
15.15 	out-of-state salvage title or certificate, as proof of ownership, shall immediately apply for 
15.16 	a salvage certificate of title. A person shall immediately apply for a salvage certificate 
15.17 	of title if the person acquires a damaged late-model or high-value motor vehicle with an 
15.18 	out-of-state title and the vehicle:
15.19 	(1) is a vehicle that was acquired by an insurer through payment of damages;
15.20 	(2) is a vehicle for which the cost of repairs exceeds the value of the damaged 
15.21 	vehicle; or
15.22 	(3) has an out-of-state salvage certificate of title as proof of ownership.
15.23 	(c) A self-insured owner of a late-model or high-value vehicle who sustains damage 
15.24 	by collision or other occurrence which exceeds 70 percent of its actual cash value 
15.25 	shall immediately apply for a salvage certificate of title. Damage, for the purpose of 
15.26 	this calculation, does not include the actual cost incurred to repair, replace, or reinstall 
15.27 	inflatable safety restraints and other vehicle components that must be replaced due to the 
15.28 	deployment of the inflatable safety restraints.

15.29 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168A.153, is amended to read:
15.30 	168A.153 REPORT OF VEHICLE RECEIPT; SURRENDER OF 
15.31 	CERTIFICATE.
15.32 		Subdivision 1.Older model vehicle. A dealer who buys an older model vehicle 
15.33 	to be dismantled or destroyed shall report to the department within 30 days including 
16.1 	the vehicle's license plate number and identification number, and the seller's name and 
16.2 	driver's license number.
16.3 		Subd. 2.Late-model or high-value vehicle. A dealer who buys a late-model or 
16.4 	high-value vehicle to be dismantled or destroyed shall notify the secured party, if any, and 
16.5 	then surrender the certificate of title and a properly completed application for a salvage 
16.6 	certificate of title to the department within ten days the commissioner in the manner 
16.7 	prescribed in subdivision 3. The dealer must then properly destroy the certificate of title.
16.8 		Subd. 3.Notification on vehicle to be dismantled or destroyed; service fee.
 16.9 	Within the time frames prescribed in subdivisions 1 and 2 of acquiring a vehicle titled and 
16.10 	registered in Minnesota, a dealer shall notify the registrar that the dealership purchased the 
16.11 	vehicle to be dismantled or destroyed. The notification must be made electronically as 
16.12 	prescribed by the registrar. The dealer may contract this service to a deputy registrar and 
16.13 	the registrar may charge a fee not to exceed $7 per transaction to provide this service.

16.14 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168B.04, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
16.15 		Subd. 2.Unauthorized vehicles. (a) Units of government and peace officers may 
16.16 	take into custody and impound any unauthorized vehicle under section 169.041. 
16.17 	(b) A vehicle may also be impounded after it has been left unattended in one of the 
16.18 	following public or private locations for the indicated period of time:
16.19 	(1) in a public location not governed by section 169.041: 
16.20 	(i) on a highway and properly tagged by a peace officer, four hours;
16.21 	(ii) located so as to constitute an accident or traffic hazard to the traveling public, as 
16.22 	determined by a peace officer, immediately; or
16.23 	(iii)  located so as to constitute an accident or traffic hazard to the traveling public 
16.24 	within the Department of Transportation's eight-county metropolitan district, as determined 
16.25 	by an authorized employee of the department's freeway service patrol, immediately; or 
16.26 	(iv) that is a parking facility or other public property owned or controlled by a unit 
16.27 	of government, properly posted, four hours; or
16.28 	(2) on private property:
16.29 	(i) that is single-family or duplex residential property, immediately;
16.30 	(ii) that is private, nonresidential property, properly posted, immediately;
16.31 	(iii) that is private, nonresidential property, not posted, 24 hours;
16.32 	(iv) that is private, nonresidential property of an operator of an establishment for the 
16.33 	servicing, repair, or maintenance of motor vehicles, five business days after notifying the 
16.34 	vehicle owner by certified mail, return receipt requested, of the property owner's intention 
16.35 	to have the vehicle removed from the property; or
17.1 	(v) that is any residential property, properly posted, immediately.
17.2 	(c) When a tow is requested under paragraph (b), clause (1), item (iii), the 
17.3 	department shall ensure that the tower initially requested to remove the vehicle is given 
17.4 	the opportunity, to the greatest reasonable extent, to actually conduct and complete all 
17.5 	towing operations requested, provided that the owner of the vehicle to be towed has 
17.6 	not already requested that another tower remove the vehicle, in which case the tower 
17.7 	contacted by the owner must be given the first reasonable opportunity to conduct the 
17.8 	towing operations required.

17.9 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.01, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
17.10 		Subd. 6.School bus. (a) "School bus" means a motor vehicle used to transport 
17.11 	pupils to or from a school defined in section 120A.22, or to or from school-related 
17.12 	activities, by the school or a school district, or by someone under an agreement with the 
17.13 	school or a school district. A school bus does not include a motor vehicle transporting 
17.14 	children to or from school for which parents or guardians receive direct compensation 
17.15 	from a school district, a motor coach operating under charter carrier authority, a transit 
17.16 	bus providing services as defined in section 174.22, subdivision 7, a multifunction school 
17.17 	activity bus as defined by federal motor vehicle safety standards, or a vehicle otherwise 
17.18 	qualifying as a type III vehicle under paragraph (5) (6), when the vehicle is properly 
17.19 	registered and insured and being driven by an employee or agent of a school district for 
17.20 	nonscheduled or nonregular transportation. A school bus may be type A, type B, type C, 
17.21 	or type D, a multifunctional school activity bus, or type III as follows: 
17.22 	(1) A "type A school bus" is a van conversion or bus constructed utilizing a cutaway 
17.23 	front section vehicle with a left-side driver's door. The entrance door is behind the front 
17.24 	wheels. This definition includes two classifications: type A-I, with a gross vehicle weight 
17.25 	rating (GVWR) less than or equal to 10,000 14,500 pounds or less; and type A-II, with a 
17.26 	GVWR greater than 10,000 14,500 pounds and less than or equal to 21,500 pounds.
17.27 	(2) A "type B school bus" is constructed utilizing a stripped chassis. The entrance 
17.28 	door is behind the front wheels. This definition includes two classifications: type B-I, 
17.29 	with a GVWR less than or equal to 10,000 pounds; and type B-II, with a GVWR greater 
17.30 	than 10,000 pounds.
17.31 	(3) A "type C school bus" is constructed utilizing a chassis with a hood and front 
17.32 	fender assembly. The entrance door is behind the front wheels. A "type C school bus" also 
17.33 	includes a cutaway truck chassis or truck chassis with cab with or without a left side door 
17.34 	and with a GVWR greater than 21,500 pounds.
18.1 	(4) A "type D school bus" is constructed utilizing a stripped chassis. The entrance 
18.2 	door is ahead of the front wheels.
18.3 	(5) A "multifunctional school activity bus" is a bus that meets the federal motor 
18.4 	vehicle safety standards definition, except for vehicles classified as type III school buses 
18.5 	according to paragraph (6). 
18.6 	(6) Type III school buses and type III Head Start buses are restricted to passenger 
18.7 	cars, station wagons, vans, and buses having a maximum manufacturer's rated seating 
18.8 	capacity of ten or fewer people, including the driver, and a gross vehicle weight rating of 
18.9 	10,000 pounds or less. In this subdivision, "gross vehicle weight rating" means the value 
18.10 	specified by the manufacturer as the loaded weight of a single vehicle. A "type III school 
18.11 	bus" and "type III Head Start bus" must not be outwardly equipped and identified as a type 
18.12 	A, B, C, or D school bus or type A, B, C, or D Head Start bus. A van or bus converted to a 
18.13 	seating capacity of ten or fewer and placed in service on or after August 1, 1999, must 
18.14 	have been originally manufactured to comply with the passenger safety standards.

18.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2008.

18.16 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.01, subdivision 19, is amended to read:
18.17 		Subd. 19.Explosives. "Explosives" means any chemical compound or mechanical 
18.18 	mixture that is commonly used or intended for the purpose of producing an explosion 
18.19 	and which contains any oxidizing and combustive units or other ingredients in such 
18.20 	proportions, quantities, or packing that an ignition by fire, by friction, by concussion, by 
18.21 	percussion, or by detonator of any part of the compound or mixture may cause such a 
18.22 	sudden generation of highly heated gases that the resultant gaseous pressures are capable 
18.23 	of producing destructible effects on contiguous objects or of destroying life or limb has 
18.24 	the meaning given in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 173.50.

18.25 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.01, subdivision 20, is amended to read:
18.26 		Subd. 20.Flammable liquid. "Flammable liquid" meanshas the meaning given 
18.27 	any liquid which has a flash point of 70 degrees Fahrenheit, or less, as determined by a 
18.28 	tagliabue or equivalent closed cup test device defined in Code of Federal Regulations, 
18.29 	title 49, section 173.120.

18.30 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.01, subdivision 78, is amended to read:
18.31 		Subd. 78.Recreational vehicle combination. (a) "Recreational vehicle 
18.32 	combination" means a combination of vehicles consisting of a pickup truck as defined 
18.33 	in section 168.011, subdivision 29, attached by means of a fifth-wheel coupling to 
19.1 	a camper-semitrailer which middle vehicle that has hitched to it a trailer carrying a 
19.2 	watercraft as defined in section 86B.005, subdivision 18; off-highway motorcycle as 
19.3 	defined in section 84.787, subdivision 7; motorcycle; motorized bicycle; snowmobile as 
19.4 	defined in section 84.81, subdivision 3; all-terrain vehicle as defined in section 84.92, 
19.5 	subdivision 8; motorized golf cart; or equestrian equipment or supplies.
19.6 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision:,
19.7 	(1) a "fifth-wheel coupling" is a coupling between a camper-semitrailer
19.8 	middle vehicle and a towing pickup truck in which a portion of the weight of the 
19.9 	camper-semitrailer towed middle vehicle is carried over or forward of the rear axle of 
19.10 	the towing pickup.
19.11 	(2) A "camper-semitrailer" is a trailer, other than a manufactured home as defined in 
19.12 	section 327B.01, subdivision 13, designed for human habitation and used for vacation or 
19.13 	recreational purposes for limited periods.

19.14 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.01, is amended by adding a subdivision 
19.15 	to read:
19.16 		Subd. 92.Cellular phone. "Cellular phone" means a cellular, analog, wireless, or 
19.17 	digital telephone capable of sending or receiving telephone or text messages without 
19.18 	an access line for service.

19.19 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.01, is amended by adding a subdivision 
19.20 	to read:
19.21 		Subd. 93.Valid license; valid driver's license. "Valid license," "valid driver's 
19.22 	license," "valid Minnesota driver's license," "valid standard driver's license," or other 
19.23 	similar term, has the meaning given in section 171.01, subdivision 49a.

19.24 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.041, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
19.25 		Subdivision 1.Towing authority. For purposes of this section, "towing authority" 
19.26 	means:
19.27 	(1) any local authority authorized by section 169.04 to enforce the traffic laws, and 
19.28 	also includes a private towing company authorized by a local authority to tow vehicles on 
19.29 	behalf of that local authority.; or
19.30 	(2) an authorized employee of the Department of Transportation's freeway service 
19.31 	patrol within the department's eight-county metropolitan district, and also includes a 
19.32 	private towing company authorized by the department to tow vehicles on behalf of the 
19.33 	department.

20.1 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.041, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
20.2 		Subd. 2.Towing order required. A towing authority may not tow a motor vehicle 
20.3 	from public property unless a peace officer or parking enforcement officer has prepared, in 
20.4 	addition to the parking citation, a written towing report describing the motor vehicle and 
20.5 	the reasons for towing. The report must be signed by the officer and the tow driver. Within 
20.6 	the Department of Transportation's eight-county metropolitan district, an authorized 
20.7 	employee of the department's freeway service patrol may order a tow from a trunk highway 
20.8 	after preparing a written towing report provided by the Minnesota State Patrol. A citation 
20.9 	need not be issued before the employee orders a tow. The department employee shall 
20.10 	ensure that the tower initially requested to remove the vehicle is given the opportunity, 
20.11 	to the greatest reasonable extent, to actually conduct and complete all towing operations 
20.12 	requested, provided that the owner of the vehicle to be towed has not already requested 
20.13 	that another tower remove the vehicle, in which case the tower contacted by the owner 
20.14 	must be given the first reasonable opportunity to conduct the towing operations required.

20.15 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.06, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
20.16 		Subd. 5.Traffic-control signal. (a) Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic-control 
20.17 	signals exhibiting different colored lights, or colored lighted arrows, successively one at a 
20.18 	time or in combination, only the colors Green, Red, and Yellow shall be used, except for 
20.19 	special pedestrian signals carrying a word or legend. The traffic-control signal lights or 
20.20 	colored lighted arrows indicate and apply to drivers of vehicles and pedestrians as follows:
20.21 	(1) Green indication:
20.22 	(i) Vehicular traffic facing a circular green signal may proceed straight through or 
20.23 	turn right or left unless a sign at such place prohibits either turn. But vehicular traffic, 
20.24 	including vehicles turning right or left, shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles 
20.25 	and to pedestrians lawfully within the intersection or adjacent crosswalk at the time this 
20.26 	signal is exhibited.
20.27 	(ii) Vehicular traffic facing a green arrow signal, shown alone or in combination with 
20.28 	another indication, may cautiously enter the intersection only to make the movement 
20.29 	indicated by the arrow, or other movement as permitted by other indications shown at the 
20.30 	same time. Such vehicular traffic shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully 
20.31 	within an adjacent crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully using the intersection.
20.32 	(iii) Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control signal as provided in 
20.33 	subdivision 6, pedestrians facing any green signal, except when the sole green signal is a 
20.34 	turn arrow, may proceed across the roadway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk. 
20.35 	Every driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to such pedestrian, except that the 
21.1 	pedestrian shall yield the right-of-way to vehicles lawfully within the intersection at the 
21.2 	time that the green signal indication is first shown.
21.3 	(2) Steady yellow indication:
21.4 	(i) Vehicular traffic facing a steady circular yellow or yellow arrow signal is thereby 
21.5 	warned that the related green movement is being terminated or that a red indication will be 
21.6 	exhibited immediately thereafter when vehicular traffic must not enter the intersection, 
21.7 	except for the continued movement allowed by any green arrow indication simultaneously 
21.8 	exhibited.
21.9 	(ii) Pedestrians facing a circular yellow signal, unless otherwise directed by a 
21.10 	pedestrian-control signal as provided in subdivision 6, are thereby advised that there is 
21.11 	insufficient time to cross the roadway before a red indication is shown and no pedestrian 
21.12 	shall then start to cross the roadway.
21.13 	(iii) Vehicular traffic facing a steady yellow arrow signal is thereby warned that 
21.14 	the protected vehicular movement permitted by the corresponding prior green arrow 
21.15 	indication is being terminated.
21.16 	(3) Steady red indication:
21.17 	(i) Vehicular traffic facing a circular red signal alone must stop at a clearly marked 
21.18 	stop line but, if none, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection 
21.19 	or, if none, then before entering the intersection and shall remain standing until a green 
21.20 	indication is shown, except as follows: (A) the driver of a vehicle stopped as close 
21.21 	as practicable at the entrance to the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, 
21.22 	if none, then at the entrance to the intersection in obedience to a red or stop signal, 
21.23 	and with the intention of making a right turn may make the right turn, after stopping, 
21.24 	unless an official sign has been erected prohibiting such movement, but shall yield the 
21.25 	right-of-way to pedestrians and other traffic lawfully proceeding as directed by the signal 
21.26 	at that intersection; or (B) the driver of a vehicle on a one-way street intersecting another 
21.27 	one-way street on which traffic moves to the left shall stop in obedience to a red or stop 
21.28 	signal and may then make a left turn into the one-way street, unless an official sign has 
21.29 	been erected prohibiting the movement, but shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and 
21.30 	other traffic lawfully proceeding as directed by the signal at that intersection.
21.31 	(ii) Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control signal as provided in 
21.32 	subdivision 6, pedestrians facing a steady red signal alone shall not enter the roadway.
21.33 	(iii) Vehicular traffic facing a steady red arrow signal, with the intention of making a 
21.34 	movement indicated by the arrow, must stop at a clearly marked stop line but, if none, 
21.35 	before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if none, then before 
21.36 	entering the intersection and must remain standing until a permissive signal indication 
22.1 	permitting the movement indicated by the red arrow is displayed, except as follows: when 
22.2 	an official sign has been erected permitting a turn on a red arrow signal, the vehicular 
22.3 	traffic facing a red arrow signal indication is permitted to enter the intersection to turn 
22.4 	right, or to turn left from a one-way street into a one-way street on which traffic moves 
22.5 	to the left, after stopping, but must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and other traffic 
22.6 	lawfully proceeding as directed by the signal at that intersection.
22.7 	(b) In the event an official traffic-control signal is erected and maintained at a place 
22.8 	other than an intersection, the provisions of this section are applicable except those which 
22.9 	can have no application. Any stop required must be made at a sign or marking on the 
22.10 	pavement indicating where the stop must be made, but in the absence of any such sign or 
22.11 	marking the stop must be made at the signal.
22.12 	(c) When a traffic-control signal indication or indications placed to control a certain 
22.13 	movement or lane are so identified by placing a sign near the indication or indications, 
22.14 	no other traffic-control signal indication or indications within the intersection controls 
22.15 	vehicular traffic for that movement or lane.

22.16 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.34, is amended to read:
22.17 	169.34 PROHIBITIONS; STOPPING, PARKING.
22.18 		Subdivision 1.Prohibitions. (a) No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle, 
22.19 	except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the 
22.20 	directions of a police officer or traffic-control device, in any of the following places:
22.21 	(1) on a sidewalk;
22.22 	(2) in front of a public or private driveway;
22.23 	(3) within an intersection;
22.24 	(4) within ten feet of a fire hydrant;
22.25 	(5) on a crosswalk;
22.26 	(6) within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
22.27 	(7) within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign, or 
22.28 	traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway;
22.29 	(8) between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the 
22.30 	curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated 
22.31 	by signs or markings;
22.32 	(9) within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
22.33 	(10) within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of 
22.34 	a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of said entrance when 
22.35 	properly signposted;
23.1 	(11) alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such stopping, 
23.2 	standing, or parking would obstruct traffic;
23.3 	(12) on the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a 
23.4 	street;
23.5 	(13) upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway 
23.6 	tunnel, except as otherwise provided by ordinance;
23.7 	(14) at any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
23.8 	(b) No person shall move a vehicle not owned by such person into any prohibited 
23.9 	area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.
23.10 	(c) No person shall, for camping purposes, leave or park a travel trailer on or within 
23.11 	the limits of any highway or on any highway right-of-way, except where signs are erected 
23.12 	designating the place as a campsite.
23.13 	(d) No person shall stop or park a vehicle on a street or highway when directed or 
23.14 	ordered to proceed by any peace officer invested by law with authority to direct, control, 
23.15 	or regulate traffic.
23.16 		Subd. 2.Violation; penalty for owner or lessee. (a) If a motor vehicle is stopped, 
23.17 	standing, or parked in violation of subdivision 1, the owner of the vehicle, or for a leased 
23.18 	motor vehicle the lessee of the vehicle, is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
23.19 	(b) The owner or lessee may not be fined under paragraph (a) if (1) another person 
23.20 	is convicted for, or pleads guilty to, that violation, or (2) the motor vehicle was stolen at 
23.21 	the time of the violation.
23.22 	(c) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a lessor of a motor vehicle if the lessor keeps a 
23.23 	record of the name and address of the lessee.
23.24 	(d) Paragraph (a) does not prohibit or limit the prosecution of a motor vehicle 
23.25 	operator for violating subdivision 1.
23.26 	(e) A violation under paragraph (a) does not constitute grounds for revocation or 
23.27 	suspension of the owner's or lessee's driver's license.

23.28 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.443, is amended by adding a subdivision 
23.29 	to read:
23.30 		Subd. 9.Personal cellular phone call prohibition. A school bus driver may not 
23.31 	operate a school bus while communicating over, or otherwise operating, a cellular phone 
23.32 	for personal reasons, whether hand-held or hands free, when the vehicle is in motion.

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

23.34 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.447, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
24.1 		Subd. 2.Driver seat belt. New School buses and Head Start buses manufactured 
24.2 	after December 31, 1994, must be equipped with driver seat belts and seat belt assemblies 
24.3 	of the type described in section 169.685, subdivision 3. School bus drivers and Head 
24.4 	Start bus drivers must use these seat belts. 

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

24.6 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.4501, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
24.7 		Subdivision 1.National standards adopted. Except as provided in sections 
24.8 	169.4502 and 169.4503, the construction, design, equipment, and color of types A, B, C, 
24.9 	and D, and multifunctional school activity bus school buses used for the transportation 
24.10 	of school children shall meet the requirements of the "bus chassis standards" and "bus 
24.11 	body standards" in the 2000 2005 edition of the "National School Transportation 
24.12 	Specifications and Procedures" adopted by the National Conference Congress on School 
24.13 	Transportation. Except as provided in section 169.4504, the construction, design, and 
24.14 	equipment of types A, B, C, and D, and multifunctional school activity bus school buses 
24.15 	used for the transportation of students with disabilities also shall meet the requirements 
24.16 	of the "specially equipped school bus standards" in the 2000 2005 National School 
24.17 	Transportation Specifications and Procedures. The "bus chassis standards," "bus body 
24.18 	standards," and "specially equipped school bus standards" sections of the 2000 2005
24.19 	edition of the "National School Transportation Specifications and Procedures" are 
24.20 	incorporated by reference in this chapter. 

24.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2008.

24.22 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.4501, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
24.23 		Subd. 2.Applicability. (a) The standards adopted in this section and sections 
24.24 	169.4502 and 169.4503, govern the construction, design, equipment, and color of school 
24.25 	buses used for the transportation of school children, when owned or leased and operated 
24.26 	by a school or privately owned or leased and operated under a contract with a school. 
24.27 	Each school, its officers and employees, and each person employed under the contract is 
24.28 	subject to these standards. 
24.29 	(b) The standards apply to school buses manufactured after October 31, 2004
24.30 	December 31, 2007. Buses complying with the standards when manufactured need not 
24.31 	comply with standards established later except as specifically provided for by law.
25.1 	(c) A school bus manufactured on or before October 31, 2004 December 31, 
25.2 	2007, must conform to the Minnesota standards in effect on the date the vehicle was 
25.3 	manufactured except as specifically provided for in law.
25.4 	(d) A new bus body may be remounted on a used chassis provided that the remounted 
25.5 	vehicle meets state and federal standards for new buses which are current at the time of the 
25.6 	remounting. Permission must be obtained from the commissioner of public safety before 
25.7 	the remounting is done. A used bus body may not be remounted on a new or used chassis.

25.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2008.

25.9 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.4502, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
25.10 		Subd. 5.Electrical system; battery. (a) The storage battery, as established by the 
25.11 	manufacturer's rating, must be of sufficient capacity to care for starting, lighting, signal 
25.12 	devices, heating, and other electrical equipment. In a bus with a gas-powered chassis, the 
25.13 	battery or batteries must provide a minimum of 800 cold cranking amperes. In a bus 
25.14 	with a diesel-powered chassis, the battery or batteries must provide a minimum of 1050 
25.15 	cold cranking amperes.
25.16 	(b) In a type B bus with a gross vehicle weight rating of 15,000 pounds or more, and 
25.17 	type C and D buses, the battery shall be temporarily mounted on the chassis frame. The 
25.18 	final location of the battery and the appropriate cable lengths in these buses must comply 
25.19 	with the SBMI design objectives booklet.
25.20 	(c) All batteries shall be mounted according to chassis manufacturers' 
25.21 	recommendations.
25.22 	(d) In a type C bus, other than are powered by diesel fuel, a battery providing at least 
25.23 	550 cold cranking amperes may be installed in the engine compartment only if used in 
25.24 	combination with a generator or alternator of at least 120 130 amperes.
25.25 	(e) A bus with a gross vehicle weight rating of 15,000 pounds or less may be 
25.26 	equipped with a battery to provide a minimum of 550 cold cranking amperes only if used 
25.27 	in combination with an alternator of at least 80 130 amperes. This paragraph does not 
25.28 	apply to those buses with wheelchair lifts or diesel engines.

25.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2008.

25.30 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.4503, subdivision 13, is amended to 
25.31 	read:
25.32 		Subd. 13.Identification. (a) Each bus shall, in the beltline, identify the school 
25.33 	district serviced, or company name, or owner of the bus. Numbers necessary for 
26.1 	identification must appear on the sides and rear of the bus. Symbols or letters may 
26.2 	be used on the outside of the bus near the entrance door for student identification. A 
26.3 	manufacturer's nameplate or logo may be placed on the bus.
26.4 	(b) Effective December 31, 1994, all type A, B, C, and D buses sold must display 
26.5 	lettering "Unlawful to pass when red lights are flashing" on the rear of the bus. The 
26.6 	lettering shall be in two-inch black letters on school bus yellow background. This message 
26.7 	shall be displayed directly below the upper window of the rear door. On rear engine buses, 
26.8 	it shall be centered at approximately the same location. Only signs and lettering approved 
26.9 	or required by state law may be displayed.

26.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2008.

26.11 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.4503, subdivision 20, is amended to 
26.12 	read:
26.13 		Subd. 20.Seat and crash barriers. (a) All restraining barriers and passenger seats 
26.14 	shall be covered with a material that has fire retardant or fire block characteristics.
26.15 	(b) All seats must have a minimum cushion depth of 15 inches and a seat back 
26.16 	height of at least 20 inches above the seating reference point.

26.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2008.

26.18 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.471, is amended to read:
26.19 	169.471 TELEVISION; HEADPHONES.
26.20 		Subdivision 1.Television screen in vehicle. No television screen shall be installed 
26.21 	or used in any motor vehicle where it is visible to the driver while operating the motor 
26.22 	vehicle except:
26.23 	(1) video screens installed in law enforcement vehicles;
26.24 	(2) closed-circuit video systems used exclusively to aid the driver's visibility to 
26.25 	the front, rear, or sides of the vehicle; and
26.26 	(3) video screens installed as part of a vehicle control system or used in intelligent 
26.27 	vehicle highway applications.
26.28 		Subd. 2.Use of headphones in vehicle.  (a) No person, while operating a motor 
26.29 	vehicle, shall wear headphones or earphones that are used in both ears simultaneously for 
26.30 	purposes of receiving or listening to broadcasts or reproductions from radios, tape decks, 
26.31 	or other sound-producing or transmitting devices.
26.32 	(b) Paragraph (a) does not prohibit: 
26.33 	(1) the use of a hearing aid device by a person who needs the device; or 
27.1 	(2) the use of a communication headset by a firefighter while operating a fire 
27.2 	department emergency vehicle in response to an emergency; or 
27.3 	(3) the use of a communication headset by an emergency medical services person 
27.4 	while operating an ambulance subject to section 144E.101.

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

27.6 	Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.685, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
27.7 		Subd. 5.Violation; petty misdemeanor. (a) Every motor vehicle operator, when 
27.8 	transporting a child under the age of foureight on the streets and highways of this state 
27.9 	in a motor vehicle equipped with factory-installed seat belts, shall equip and install for 
27.10 	use in the motor vehicle, according to the manufacturer's instructions, a child passenger 
27.11 	restraint system meeting federal motor vehicle safety standards.
27.12 	(b) No motor vehicle operator who is operating a motor vehicle on the streets and 
27.13 	highways of this state may transport a child under the age of foureight in a seat of a motor 
27.14 	vehicle equipped with a factory-installed seat belt, unless the child is properly fastened 
27.15 	in the child passenger restraint system. Any motor vehicle operator who violates this 
27.16 	subdivision is guilty of a petty misdemeanor and may be sentenced to pay a fine of not 
27.17 	more than $50. The fine maymust be waived or the amount reduced if the motor vehicle 
27.18 	operator produces evidence that within 14 days after the date of the violation a child 
27.19 	passenger restraint system meeting federal motor vehicle safety standards was purchased 
27.20 	or obtained for the exclusive use of the operator.
27.21 	(c) The fines collected for violations of this subdivision must be deposited in the 
27.22 	state treasury and credited to a special account to be known as the Minnesota child 
27.23 	passenger restraint and education account.

27.24 	Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.685, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
27.25 		Subd. 6.Exceptions. (a) This section does not apply to:
27.26 	(1) a person transporting a child in an emergency medical vehicle while in the 
27.27 	performance of official duties and when the physical or medical needs of the child make 
27.28 	the use of a child passenger restraint system unreasonable or when a child passenger 
27.29 	restraint system is not available; and
27.30 	(2) a peace officer transporting a child while in the performance of official duties 
27.31 	and when a child passenger restraint system is not available, provided that a seat belt 
27.32 	must be substituted; and
27.33 	(3) a person while operating a motor vehicle for hire, including a taxi, airport 
27.34 	limousine, and bus, but excluding a rented, leased, or borrowed motor vehicle.
28.1 	(b) A child passenger restraint system is not required for a child who cannot, in the 
28.2 	judgment of a licensed physician, be safely transported in a child passenger restraint 
28.3 	system because of a medical condition, body size, or physical disability. A motor vehicle 
28.4 	operator claiming exemption for a child under this paragraph must possess a typewritten 
28.5 	statement from the physician stating that the child cannot be safely transported in a child 
28.6 	passenger restraint system. The statement must give the name and birth date of the child, 
28.7 	be dated within the previous six months, and be made on the physician's letterhead or 
28.8 	contain the physician's name, address, and telephone number. A person charged with 
28.9 	violating subdivision 5 may not be convicted if the person produces the physician's 
28.10 	statement in court or in the office of the arresting officer.
28.11 	(c) A person offering a motor vehicle for rent or lease shall provide a child passenger 
28.12 	restraint device to a customer renting or leasing the motor vehicle who requests the device. 
28.13 	A reasonable rent or fee may be charged for use of the child passenger restraint device.

28.14 	Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.686, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
28.15 		Subdivision 1.Seat belt requirement. (a) A properly adjusted and fastened seat 
28.16 	belt, including both the shoulder and lap belt when the vehicle is so equipped, shall be 
28.17 	worn by:
28.18 	(1) the driver and passengers of a passenger vehicle or commercial motor vehicle;
28.19 	(2) a passenger riding in the front seat of a passenger vehicle or commercial motor 
28.20 	vehicle; and
28.21 	(3) a passenger riding in any seat of a passenger vehicle who is older than three 
28.22 	but younger than 11 years of age.
28.23 	(b) A person who is 15 years of age or older and who violates paragraph (a), clause 
28.24 	(1) or (2), is subject to a fine of $25. The driver of the passenger vehicle or commercial 
28.25 	motor vehicle in which the violation occurred is subject to a $25 fine for a each violation 
28.26 	of paragraph (a), clause (2) or (3), by the driver or by a child of the driver passenger under 
28.27 	the age of 15 or any child under the age of 11. A peace officer may not issue a citation 
28.28 	for a violation of this section unless the officer lawfully stopped or detained the driver of 
28.29 	the motor vehicle for a moving violation other than a violation involving motor vehicle 
28.30 	equipment, but the court may not impose more than one surcharge under section 357.021, 
28.31 	subdivision 6, on the driver. The Department of Public Safety shall not record a violation 
28.32 	of this subdivision on a person's driving record.

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

29.1 	Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.781, is amended to read:
29.2 	169.781 ANNUAL COMMERCIAL VEHICLE INSPECTION; INSPECTORS, 
29.3 	FEE, PENALTY.
29.4 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of sections 169.781 to 169.783: 
29.5 	(a) "Commercial motor vehicle":
29.6 	(1) means a motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles used to transport 
29.7 	passengers or property if the motor vehicle:
29.8 	(1) a commercial motor vehicle as defined in section 169.01, subdivision 75, 
29.9 	paragraph (a); and (i) has a gross vehicle weight of more than 26,000 pounds;
29.10 	(2) each (ii) is a vehicle in a combination of more than 26,000 pounds.;
29.11 	(iii) is a bus; or
29.12 	(iv) is of any size and is used in the transportation of hazardous materials that are 
29.13 	required to be placarded under Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, parts 100-185; and
29.14 	"Commercial motor vehicle"
29.15 	(2) does not include (1) (i) a school bus or Head Start bus displaying a certificate 
29.16 	under section 169.451, (2) or (ii) a bus operated by the Metropolitan Council or by a local 
29.17 	transit commission created in chapter 458A, or (3) a motor vehicle that is required to be 
29.18 	placarded under Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, parts 100-185. 
29.19 	(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of public safety.
29.20 	(c) "Owner" means a person who owns, or has control, under a lease of more than 30 
29.21 	days' duration, of one or more commercial motor vehicles.
29.22 	(d) "Storage semitrailer" means a semitrailer that (1) is used exclusively to store 
29.23 	property at a location not on a street or highway, (2) does not contain any load when 
29.24 	moved on a street or highway, (3) is operated only during daylight hours, and (4) is marked 
29.25 	on each side of the semitrailer "storage only" in letters at least six inches high.
29.26 	(e) "Building mover vehicle" means a vehicle owned or leased by a building mover 
29.27 	as defined in section 221.81, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), and used exclusively for 
29.28 	moving buildings. 
29.29 		Subd. 2.Inspection required. (a) It is unlawful for a person to operate or permit 
29.30 	the operation of:
29.31 	(1) a commercial motor vehicle registered in Minnesota; or
29.32 	(2) special mobile equipment as defined in section 168.011, subdivision 22, and 
29.33 	which is self-propelled, if it is mounted on a commercial motor vehicle chassis, 
29.34 	unless the in violation of the requirements of paragraph (b).
29.35 	(b) A vehicle displays described in paragraph (a):
30.1 	(1) must display a valid safety inspection decal issued by an inspector certified by 
30.2 	the commissioner, or the vehicle carries (1); or
30.3 	(2) must carry (i) proof that the vehicle complies with federal motor vehicle 
30.4 	inspection requirements for vehicles in interstate commerce, and (2) (ii) a certificate of 
30.5 	compliance with federal requirements issued by the commissioner under subdivision 9.
30.6 		Subd. 3.Inspector certification; suspension and revocation; hearing. (a) An 
30.7 	inspection required by this section may be performed only by:
30.8 	(1) an employee of the Department of Public Safety or Transportation who has 
30.9 	been certified by the commissioner after having received training provided by the State 
30.10 	Patrol; or
30.11 	(2) another person who has been certified by the commissioner after having received 
30.12 	training provided by the State Patrol or other training approved by the commissioner.
30.13 	(b) A person who is not an employee of the Department of Public Safety or 
30.14 	Transportation may be certified by the commissioner if the person is:
30.15 	(1) an owner, or employee of the owner, of one or more commercial motor vehicles 
30.16 	that are power units;
30.17 	(2) a dealer licensed under section 168.27 and engaged in the business of buying and 
30.18 	selling commercial motor vehicles, or an employee of the dealer; or
30.19 	(3) engaged in the business of repairing and servicing commercial motor vehicles; or
30.20 	(4) employed by a governmental agency that owns commercial vehicles.
30.21 	(c) Certification of persons described in paragraph (b), clauses (1) to (3) (4), is 
30.22 	effective for two years from the date of certification. The commissioner may require 
30.23 	biennial retraining of persons holding a certificate under paragraph (b) as a condition of 
30.24 	renewal of the certificate. The commissioner may charge a fee of not more than $10 
30.25 	for each certificate issued and renewed. A certified person described in paragraph (b), 
30.26 	clauses (1) to (3) (4), may charge a reasonable fee for each inspection of a vehicle not 
30.27 	owned by the person or the person's employer.
30.28 	(d) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 5, the standards adopted by the 
30.29 	commissioner for commercial motor vehicle inspections under sections 169.781 to 
30.30 	169.783shall must be the standards prescribed in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, 
30.31 	section 396.17, and in chapter III, subchapter B, appendix G. 
30.32 	(e) The commissioner may classify types of vehicles for inspection purposes and 
30.33 	may issue separate classes of inspector certificates for each class. The commissioner shall 
30.34 	issue separate categories of inspector certificates based on the following classifications:
30.35 	(1) a class of certificate that authorizes the certificate holder to inspect commercial 
30.36 	motor vehicles without regard to ownership or lease; and
31.1 	(2) a class of certificate that authorizes the certificate holder to inspect only 
31.2 	commercial motor vehicles the certificate holder owns or leases.
31.3 	The commissioner shall issue a certificate described in clause (1) only to a person 
31.4 	described in paragraph (b), clause (2) or (3).
31.5 	(f) The commissioner, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, may suspend a 
31.6 	certificate issued under paragraph (b) for failure to meet annual certification requirements 
31.7 	prescribed by the commissioner or failure to inspect commercial motor vehicles in 
31.8 	accordance with inspection procedures established by the State Patrol. The commissioner 
31.9 	shall revoke a certificate issued under paragraph (b) if the commissioner determines after 
31.10 	notice and an opportunity for a hearing that the certified person issued an inspection decal 
31.11 	for a commercial motor vehicle when the person knew or reasonably should have known 
31.12 	that the vehicle was in such a state of repair that it would have been declared out of service 
31.13 	if inspected by an employee of the State Patrol. Suspension and revocation of certificates 
31.14 	under this subdivision are not subject to sections 14.57 to 14.69. 
31.15 		Subd. 4.Inspection report. (a) A person performing an inspection under this 
31.16 	section shall issue an inspection report to the owner of the commercial motor vehicle 
31.17 	inspected. The report must include:
31.18 	(1) the full name of the person performing the inspection, and the person's inspector 
31.19 	certification number;
31.20 	(2) the name of the owner of the vehicle and, if applicable, the United States 
31.21 	Department of Transportation carrier number issued to the owner of the vehicle, or to the 
31.22 	operator of the vehicle if other than the owner;
31.23 	(3) the vehicle identification number and, if applicable, the license plate number 
31.24 	of the vehicle;
31.25 	(4) the date and location of the inspection;
31.26 	(5) the vehicle components inspected and a description of the findings of the 
31.27 	inspection, including identification of the components not in compliance with federal 
31.28 	motor carrier safety regulations; and
31.29 	(6) the inspector's certification that the inspection was complete, accurate, and in 
31.30 	compliance with the requirements of this section.
31.31 	(b) The owner must retain a copy of the inspection report for at least 14 months at a 
31.32 	location in the state where the vehicle is domiciled or maintained. The inspector must 
31.33 	maintain a copy of the inspection report for a period of 14 months following the inspection 
31.34 	in a location in the state where the inspector conducts business. During this period the 
31.35 	report must be available for inspection by an authorized federal, state, or local official.
32.1 	(c) The commissioner shall prescribe the form of the inspection report and revise it 
32.2 	as necessary to comply with state and federal law and regulations. The adoption of the 
32.3 	report form is not subject to the Administrative Procedure Act.
32.4 		Subd. 5.Inspection decal. (a) A person inspecting a commercial motor vehicle 
32.5 	shall issue an inspection decal for the vehicle if each inspected component of the vehicle 
32.6 	complies with federal motor carrier safety regulations. The decal must state that in the 
32.7 	month specified on the decal the vehicle was inspected and each inspected component 
32.8 	complied with federal motor carrier safety regulations. The decal is valid for 12 
32.9 	months after the month specified on the decal. The commissioners of public safety and 
32.10 	transportation shall make decals available, at a fee of not more than $2 for each decal, 
32.11 	to persons certified to perform inspections under subdivision 3, paragraph (b). Decals 
32.12 	are issued to inspectors by serial number and are not transferable unless approved by 
32.13 	the commissioner.
32.14 	(b) Minnesota inspection decals may be affixed only to:
32.15 	(1) commercial motor vehicles bearing Minnesota-based license plates; or
32.16 	(2) special mobile equipment, within the meaning of subdivision 2, clause (2).
32.17 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a person inspecting (1) a vehicle of less 
32.18 	than 57,000 pounds gross vehicle weight and registered as a farm truck, (2) a storage 
32.19 	semitrailer, or (3) a building mover vehicle must issue an inspection decal to the vehicle 
32.20 	unless the vehicle has one or more defects that would result in the vehicle being declared 
32.21 	out of service under the North American Uniform Driver, Vehicle, and Hazardous 
32.22 	Materials Out-of-Service Criteria issued by the Federal Highway Administration and the 
32.23 	Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance. A decal issued to a vehicle described in clause (1), 
32.24 	(2), or (3) is valid for two years from the date of issuance. A decal issued to such a vehicle 
32.25 	must clearly indicate that it is valid for two years from the date of issuance.
32.26 	(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a commercial motor vehicle that (1) is registered 
32.27 	as a farm truck, (2) is not operated more than 75 miles from the owner's home post office, 
32.28 	and (3) was manufactured before 1979 that has a dual transmission system, is not required 
32.29 	to comply with a requirement in an inspection standard that requires that the service brake 
32.30 	system and parking brake system be separate systems in the motor vehicle.
32.31 		Subd. 6.Record review; random inspection; audit. Employees of the State Patrol 
32.32 	and motor transportation representatives of the Department of Transportation may review 
32.33 	records required to be kept under subdivision 4, paragraph (b), and conduct random 
32.34 	vehicle inspections and audits at the facility of an owner of a commercial motor vehicle.
32.35 		Subd. 7.Disposition of revenues. The commissioner shall pay all revenues received 
32.36 	under this section to the commissioner of finance for deposit in the trunk highway fund.
33.1 		Subd. 8.Violation; misdemeanor. A violation of this section is a misdemeanor.
33.2 		Subd. 9.Proof of federal inspection. An owner of a commercial motor vehicle 
33.3 	that is subject to and in compliance with federal motor vehicle inspection requirements 
33.4 	for vehicles in interstate commerce may apply to the commissioner for a certificate 
33.5 	of compliance with federal requirements. On payment of a fee equal to the fee for an 
33.6 	inspection decal under subdivision 5, paragraph (a), the commissioner shall issue the 
33.7 	certificate to the applicant. This subdivision only applies to Minnesota-licensed vehicles 
33.8 	that are not housed or maintained in Minnesota.
33.9 		Subd. 10.Exemption. This section does not apply to a vehicle operated by a motor 
33.10 	carrier of passengers, as defined in section 221.011, subdivision 48, if the vehicle has 
33.11 	been inspected under section 221.0252, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (2), within 
33.12 	the previous 12 months. 

33.13 	Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.782, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
33.14 		Subdivision 1.Driver; daily inspection report. (a) The driver of a commercial 
33.15 	motor vehicle shall report in writing at the completion of each day's work on each 
33.16 	commercial motor vehicle the driver has operated. A person who owns one or more 
33.17 	commercial motor vehicles and who employs drivers for those commercial motor vehicles 
33.18 	must require each driver to submit a written report as required in by this section. The 
33.19 	report must cover the following parts and accessories: service brakes, including trailer and 
33.20 	semitrailer brake connections; parking (hand) brake; steering mechanism; lighting devices 
33.21 	and reflectors; tires; horn; windshield wiper or wipers; rear vision mirror or mirrors; 
33.22 	coupling devices; wheels and rims; and emergency equipment.
33.23 	(b) The report must identify the vehicle and list any defect or deficiency discovered 
33.24 	by or reported to the driver that would affect the safe operation of the vehicle or result in 
33.25 	its mechanical breakdown. If no defect or deficiency is discovered by or reported to the 
33.26 	driver, the report must so indicate. The driver must sign the report after completing it. In 
33.27 	the case of a commercial motor vehicle operated by two drivers, the signature of one of 
33.28 	the drivers satisfies the requirements of this subdivision if both drivers agree concerning 
33.29 	the defects or deficiencies. If a driver operates more than one commercial motor vehicle 
33.30 	during a day's work, a report must be prepared for each vehicle operated.
33.31 	(c) Before operating or allowing the operation of a commercial motor vehicle on 
33.32 	which a report has been prepared under this subdivision, the owner of the vehicle or 
33.33 	the owner's agent must repair defects or deficiencies listed on the report that would be 
33.34 	sufficient under inspection procedures established by the State Patrol to require the vehicle 
33.35 	to be declared out of service likely affect the safe operation of the vehicle. Before allowing 
34.1 	the commercial motor vehicle to be operated again, the owner or the owner's agent must 
34.2 	certify, on the report listing the defect or deficiency, that the defect or deficiency has 
34.3 	been corrected or that correction is unnecessary. A motor carrier must keep the original 
34.4 	vehicle inspection report for at least three months after the date of inspection. The report 
34.5 	must be available for inspection by an authorized federal, state, or local official at any 
34.6 	time during this period.
34.7 	(d) A copy of the vehicle inspection report, including a certification of corrections 
34.8 	resulting from the report, must be carried in the commercial motor vehicle, or in the power 
34.9 	unit of a commercial motor vehicle combination, at all times when the vehicle or power 
34.10 	unit is operated until the next inspection report is completed under this subdivision. The 
34.11 	copy must be made available on demand to: (1) a peace officer;, (2) a person authorized 
34.12 	under section 221.221;, and (3) a person described in section 299D.06. 

34.13 	Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.783, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
34.14 		Subdivision 1.Postcrash inspection. (a) A peace officer responding to an accident 
34.15 	involving a commercial motor vehicle must immediately notify the State Patrol if the 
34.16 	accident results in death, personal injury, or property damage to an apparent extent of 
34.17 	more than $4,400.:
34.18 	(1) a fatality;
34.19 	(2) bodily injury to a person who, as a result of the injury, immediately receives 
34.20 	medical treatment away from the scene of the accident; or
34.21 	(3) one or more motor vehicles incurring disabling damage as a result of the 
34.22 	accident, requiring the motor vehicles to be transported away from the scene by tow 
34.23 	truck or other motor vehicle.
34.24 	(b) It is a misdemeanor for a person to drive or cause to be driven a commercial 
34.25 	motor vehicle after such an accident unless the vehicle:
34.26 	(1) has been inspected by a state trooper or other person authorized to conduct 
34.27 	inspections under section 169.781, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), who is an employee of 
34.28 	the Department of Public Safety or Transportation, and the person inspecting the vehicle 
34.29 	has determined that the vehicle may safely be operated; or 
34.30 	(2) a waiver has been granted under subdivision 2.

34.31 	Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.81, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
34.32 		Subd. 2.Length of single vehicle; exceptions. (a) Statewide, no single vehicle may 
34.33 	exceed 40 45 feet in overall length, including load and front and rear bumpers, except:
34.34 	(1) mobile cranes, which may not exceed 48 feet in overall length;
35.1 	(2) buses, which may not exceed 45 feet in overall length; and
35.2 	(3) type A, B, or C motor homes as defined in section 168.011, subdivision 25, 
35.3 	paragraph (c), which may not exceed 45 feet in overall length. 
35.4 	(b) Statewide, no semitrailer may exceed 48 feet in overall length, including bumper 
35.5 	and load, but excluding non-cargo-carrying equipment, such as refrigeration units or air 
35.6 	compressors, necessary for safe and efficient operation and located on the end of the 
35.7 	semitrailer adjacent to the truck-tractor. However, statewide, a single semitrailer may 
35.8 	exceed 48 feet, but not 53 feet, if the distance from the kingpin to the centerline of the 
35.9 	rear axle group of the semitrailer does not exceed 43 feet.
35.10 	(c) Statewide, no single trailer may have an overall length exceeding 45 feet, 
35.11 	including the tow bar assembly but exclusive of rear bumpers that do not increase the 
35.12 	overall length by more than six inches.
35.13 	(d) For determining compliance with this subdivision, the length of the semitrailer 
35.14 	or trailer must be determined separately from the overall length of the combination of 
35.15 	vehicles.
35.16 	(e) No semitrailer or trailer used in a three-vehicle combination may have an overall 
35.17 	length in excess of 28-1/2 feet, exclusive of:
35.18 	(1) non-cargo-carrying accessory equipment, including refrigeration units or air 
35.19 	compressors and upper coupler plates, necessary for safe and efficient operation, located 
35.20 	on the end of the semitrailer or trailer adjacent to the truck or truck-tractor;
35.21 	(2) the tow bar assembly; and
35.22 	(3) lower coupler equipment that is a fixed part of the rear end of the first semitrailer 
35.23 	or trailer.

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

35.25 	Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.823, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
35.26 		Subdivision 1.Pneumatic-tired vehicle. No vehicle or combination of vehicles 
35.27 	equipped with pneumatic tires shall be operated upon the highways of this state:
35.28 	(1) where the gross weight on any wheel exceeds 9,000 pounds, except that on 
35.29 	paved county state-aid highways, paved county roads, designated local routes, and state 
35.30 	trunk highways the gross weight on any single wheel shall not exceed 10,000 pounds
35.31 	unless posted;
35.32 	(2) where the gross weight on any single axle exceeds 18,000 pounds, except that 
35.33 	on  paved county state-aid highways, paved county roads, designated local routes, and 
35.34 	state trunk highways the gross weight on any single axle shall not exceed 20,000 pounds
35.35 	unless posted;
36.1 	(3) where the maximum wheel load:
36.2 	(i) on the foremost and rearmost steering axles, exceeds 600 pounds per inch of tire 
36.3 	width or the manufacturer's recommended load, whichever is less; or
36.4 	(ii) on other axles, exceeds 500 pounds per inch of tire width or the manufacturer's 
36.5 	recommended load, whichever is less. This item applies to new vehicles manufactured 
36.6 	after August 1, 1991. For vehicles manufactured before August 2, 1991, the maximum 
36.7 	weight per inch of tire width is 600 pounds per inch or the manufacturer's recommended 
36.8 	load, whichever is less, until August 1, 1996. After July 31, 1996, this item applies to all 
36.9 	vehicles regardless of date of manufacture;
36.10 	(4) where the gross weight on any axle of a tridem exceeds 15,000 pounds, except 
36.11 	that for vehicles to which an additional axle has been added prior to June 1, 1981, the 
36.12 	maximum gross weight on any axle of a tridem may be up to 16,000 pounds provided the 
36.13 	gross weight of the tridem combination does not exceed 39,900 pounds where the first 
36.14 	and third axles of the tridem are spaced nine feet apart;
36.15 	(5) where the gross weight on any group of axles exceeds the weights permitted 
36.16 	under sections 169.822 to 169.829 with any or all of the interior axles disregarded, and 
36.17 	with an exterior axle disregarded if the exterior axle is a variable load axle that is not 
36.18 	carrying its intended weight, and their gross weights subtracted from the gross weight of 
36.19 	all axles of the group under consideration. 

36.20 	Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.824, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
36.21 		Subd. 2.Gross vehicle weight of all axles. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions 
36.22 	of section 169.85, the gross vehicle weight of all axles of a vehicle or combination of 
36.23 	vehicles shallmust not exceed:
36.24 	(1) 80,000 pounds for any vehicle or combination of vehicles on all state (i) trunk 
36.25 	highways as defined in section 160.02, subdivision 29, and for all(ii) routes designated 
36.26 	under section 169.832, subdivision 11, and (iii) paved nine-ton routes;
36.27 	(2) 88,000 pounds for any vehicle or combination of vehicles with six or more 
36.28 	axles while exclusively engaged in hauling livestock on all state trunk highways other 
36.29 	than interstate highways, if the vehicle has a permit under section 169.86, subdivision 5, 
36.30 	paragraph (k); and
36.31 	(3) 73,280 pounds for any vehicle or combination of vehicles with five axles or less 
36.32 	on all routes, other than state trunk highways and routes that are designated under section 
36.33 	169.832, subdivision 11, except that a vehicle needing reasonable access to a terminal or 
36.34 	facilities for food, fuel, repairs, and rest, located within three miles of a ten-ton route, may 
36.35 	not exceed 80,000 pounds. "Terminal" means any location where freight either originates, 
37.1 	terminates, or is handled in the transportation process, or where commercial motor carriers 
37.2 	maintain operating facilities; and routes identified in clause (1).
37.3 	(4) 80,000 pounds for any vehicle or combination of vehicles with six or more 
37.4 	axles on all routes, other than state trunk highways and routes that are designated under 
37.5 	section 169.832, subdivision 11.
37.6 	(b) The maximum weights specified in this section for five consecutive axles shall 
37.7 	not apply to a four-axle ready-mix concrete truck which was equipped with a fifth axle 
37.8 	prior to June 1, 1981. The maximum gross weight on four or fewer consecutive axles of 
37.9 	vehicles excepted by this clause shall not exceed any maximum weight specified for 
37.10 	four or fewer consecutive axles in this section Notwithstanding the maximum weight 
37.11 	provisions of this section and section 169.85, and in order to promote the reduction of 
37.12 	fuel use and emissions because of engine idling, the maximum gross vehicle weight 
37.13 	limits and the axle weight limits for any motor vehicle subject to sections 169.80 to 
37.14 	169.88 and equipped with idle reduction technology must be increased by the amount of 
37.15 	weight necessary to compensate for the weight of the idle reduction technology, not to 
37.16 	exceed 400 pounds. At the request of an authorized representative of the Department of 
37.17 	Transportation or the Department of Public Safety, the vehicle operator shall provide proof 
37.18 	that the vehicle is equipped with this technology through documentation or demonstration.

37.19 	Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.829, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
37.20 		Subd. 2.Tow truck. Sections 169.822 to 169.828 do not apply to a tow truck or 
37.21 	towing vehicle when towing a disabled or damaged vehicle damaged in such manner that 
37.22 	the towed vehicle cannot be towed from the rear and, when the movement is temporary
37.23 	urgent, and when the movement is for the purpose of takingremoving the disabled vehicle 
37.24 	from the roadway to a place of safekeeping or to a place of repair. 

37.25 	Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.86, is amended by adding a subdivision 
37.26 	to read:
37.27 		Subd. 8.Tow truck. A tow truck or towing vehicle, when towing a disabled or 
37.28 	damaged vehicle to a place of repair or to a place of safekeeping, may exceed the length 
37.29 	and weight limitations of this chapter, subject to a $300 annual permit fee and such 
37.30 	conditions as the commissioner may prescribe.

37.31 	Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.864, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
37.32 		Subdivision 1.Special three-unit vehicle permit. The commissioner may issue a 
37.33 	permit for a vehicle that meets the following requirements:
38.1 	(1) is a combination of vehicles, including a truck-tractor and a semitrailer drawing 
38.2 	one additional semitrailer, which may be equipped with an auxiliary dolly, and no 
38.3 	semitrailer used in the three-vehicle combination has an overall length in excess of 28-1/2 
38.4 	feet;
38.5 	(2) has a maximum gross vehicle weight of 108,000 pounds;
38.6 	(3) complies with the axle weight limits in section 169.824 or with the federal bridge 
38.7 	formula for axle groups not described in that section;
38.8 	(4) complies with the tire weight limits in section 169.823 or the tire manufacturers' 
38.9 	recommended load, whichever is less;
38.10 	(5) is operated only in this state on Trunk Highway marked 2 between Grand Rapids 
38.11 	and the port of Duluth; on Trunk Highway marked 169 between Grand Rapids and its 
38.12 	junction with Trunk Highway marked 53; on Trunk Highway marked 194 between Trunk 
38.13 	Highway marked 2 and Trunk Highway marked 53; and on Trunk Highway marked 53 
38.14 	between Virginia and the port of Duluth; and
38.15 	(6) the seasonal weight increases authorized under section 169.826, subdivision 1, 
38.16 	do not apply.

38.17 	Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.864, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
38.18 		Subd. 2.Special two-unit vehicle permit. The commissioner may issue a permit 
38.19 	for a vehicle that meets the following requirements:
38.20 	(1) is a combination of vehicles consisting of a truck-tractor and a single semitrailer 
38.21 	that may exceed 48 feet, but not 53 feet, if the distance from the kingpin to the centerline 
38.22 	of the rear axle group of the semitrailer does not exceed 43 feet;
38.23 	(2) has a maximum gross vehicle weight of 90,000 pounds or 97,000 pounds if 
38.24 	the truck has seven axles;
38.25 	(3) has a maximum gross vehicle weight of 98,000 pounds during the time when 
38.26 	seasonal weight increases authorized under section 169.826, subdivision 1, are in effect;
38.27 	(4) complies with the axle weight limits in section 169.824 or with the federal bridge 
38.28 	formula for axle groups not described in that section;
38.29 	(5) complies with the tire weight limits in section 169.823 or the tire manufacturers' 
38.30 	recommended load, whichever is less; and
38.31 	(6) is operated only on the highways specified in subdivision 1, clause (5).

38.32 	Sec. 60. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.01, is amended by adding a subdivision 
38.33 	to read:
39.1 		Subd. 49a.Valid license; valid driver's license. "Valid license," "valid driver's 
39.2 	license," "valid Minnesota driver's license," "valid standard driver's license," or other 
39.3 	similar term, means any operator's license, provisional license, temporary license, limited 
39.4 	license, permit, or other license to operate a motor vehicle issued or issuable under the laws 
39.5 	of this state by the commissioner, or by another state or jurisdiction if specified, that is:
39.6 	(1) not expired, suspended, revoked, or canceled; and
39.7 	(2) not disqualified for the class of vehicle being operated.

39.8 	Sec. 61. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
39.9 		Subdivision 1.License required; duplicate identification restricted. (a) Except 
39.10 	when expressly exempted, a person shall not drive a motor vehicle upon a street or 
39.11 	highway in this state unless the person has a license valid license under this chapter for 
39.12 	the type or class of vehicle being driven.
39.13 	(b) The department shall not issue a driver's license to a person unless and until the 
39.14 	person's license from any jurisdiction has been invalidated. The department shall provide 
39.15 	to the issuing department of any jurisdiction, information that the licensee is now licensed 
39.16 	in Minnesota. A person is not permitted to have more than one valid driver's license 
39.17 	at any time. The department shall not issue to a person to whom a current Minnesota 
39.18 	identification card has been issued a driver's license, other than a limited license, unless 
39.19 	the person's Minnesota identification card has been invalidated. This subdivision does 
39.20 	not require invalidation of a tribal identification card as a condition of receiving a driver's 
39.21 	license.

39.22 	Sec. 62. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.02, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
39.23 		Subd. 2.Driver's license classifications, endorsements, exemptions. (a) Drivers' 
39.24 	licenses are classified according to the types of vehicles that may be driven by the holder 
39.25 	of each type or class of license. The commissioner may, as appropriate, subdivide the 
39.26 	classes listed in this subdivision and issue licenses classified accordingly.
39.27 	(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), clauses (1) and (2), and subdivision 2a, no 
39.28 	class of license is valid to operate a motorcycle, school bus, tank vehicle, double-trailer 
39.29 	or triple-trailer combination, vehicle transporting hazardous materials, or bus, unless 
39.30 	so endorsed. There are four general classes of licenses as described in paragraphs (c) 
39.31 	through (f).
39.32 	(c) Class D drivers' licenses are valid for:
39.33 	(1) operating all farm trucks if the farm truck is:
40.1 	(i) controlled and operated by a farmer, including operation by an immediate family 
40.2 	member or an employee of the farmer;
40.3 	(ii) used to transport agricultural products, farm machinery, or farm supplies, 
40.4 	including hazardous materials, to or from a farm;
40.5 	(iii) not used in the operations of a common or contract motor carrier as governed by 
40.6 	Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 365; and
40.7 	(iv) used within 150 miles of the farm;
40.8 	(2) notwithstanding paragraph (b), operating an authorized emergency vehicle, 
40.9 	as defined in section 169.01, subdivision 5, whether or not in excess of 26,000 pounds 
40.10 	gross vehicle weight;
40.11 	(3) operating a recreational vehicle as defined in section 168.011, subdivision 25, 
40.12 	that is operated for personal use;
40.13 	(4) operating all single-unit vehicles except vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 
40.14 	more than 26,000 pounds, vehicles designed to carry more than 15 passengers including 
40.15 	the driver, and vehicles that carry hazardous materials;
40.16 	(5) notwithstanding paragraph (d), operating a type A school bus or a multifunctional 
40.17 	school activity bus without a school bus endorsement if:
40.18 	(i) the bus has a gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or less;
40.19 	(ii) the bus is designed to transport 15 or fewer passengers, including the driver; and
40.20 	(iii) the requirements of subdivision 2a are satisfied, as determined by the 
40.21 	commissioner;
40.22 	(i) the bus is designed to transport 15 or fewer passengers, including the driver;
40.23 	(ii) the requirements of subdivision 2a are satisfied, as determined by the 
40.24 	commissioner; and
40.25 	(iii) the type A school bus or a multifunctional school activity bus has a gross vehicle 
40.26 	weight of 14,500 pounds or less;
40.27 	(6) operating any vehicle or combination of vehicles when operated by a licensed 
40.28 	peace officer while on duty; and
40.29 	(7) towing vehicles if:
40.30 	(i) the towed vehicles have a gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or less; or
40.31 	(ii) the towed vehicles have a gross vehicle weight of more than 10,000 pounds and 
40.32 	the combination of vehicles has a gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or less.
40.33 	(d) Class C drivers' licenses are valid for:
40.34 	(1) operating class D motor vehicles;
40.35 	(2) with a hazardous materials endorsement, transporting hazardous materials 
40.36 	in class D vehicles; and
41.1 	(3) with a school bus endorsement, operating school buses designed to transport 15 
41.2 	or fewer passengers, including the driver.
41.3 	(e) Class B drivers' licenses are valid for:
41.4 	(1) operating all class C motor vehicles, class D motor vehicles, and all other 
41.5 	single-unit motor vehicles including, with a passenger endorsement, buses; and
41.6 	(2) towing only vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or less.
41.7 	(f) Class A drivers' licenses are valid for operating any vehicle or combination of 
41.8 	vehicles.

41.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2008.

41.10 	Sec. 63. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.02, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
41.11 		Subd. 2a.Exception for certain school bus drivers. Notwithstanding subdivision 
41.12 	2, paragraph (c), the holder of a class D driver's license, without a school bus endorsement, 
41.13 	may operate a type A school bus or a multifunctional school activity bus described in 
41.14 	subdivision 2, paragraph (b), under the following conditions:
41.15 	(a) The operator is an employee of the entity that owns, leases, or contracts for the 
41.16 	school bus and is not solely hired to provide transportation services under this subdivision.
41.17 	(b) The operator drives the school bus only from points of origin to points of 
41.18 	destination, not including home-to-school trips to pick up or drop off students.
41.19 	(c) The operator is prohibited from using the type A school bus eight-light system. 
41.20 	Violation of this paragraph is a misdemeanor.
41.21 	(d) The operator's employer has adopted and implemented a policy that provides for 
41.22 	annual training and certification of the operator in:
41.23 	(1) safe operation of the type of school bus the operator will be driving;
41.24 	(2) understanding student behavior, including issues relating to students with 
41.25 	disabilities;
41.26 	(3) encouraging orderly conduct of students on the bus and handling incidents of 
41.27 	misconduct appropriately;
41.28 	(4) knowing and understanding relevant laws, rules of the road, and local school 
41.29 	bus safety policies;
41.30 	(5) handling emergency situations; and
41.31 	(6) safe loading and unloading of students.
41.32 	(e) A background check or background investigation of the operator has been 
41.33 	conducted that meets the requirements under section 122A.18, subdivision 8, or 123B.03
41.34 	for teachers; section 144.057 or chapter 245C for day care employees; or section 171.321, 
42.1 	subdivision 3, for all other persons operating a type A school bus vehicle under this 
42.2 	subdivision.
42.3 	(f) Operators shall submit to a physical examination as required by section 171.321, 
42.4 	subdivision 2.
42.5 	(g) The operator's driver's license is verified annually by the entity that owns, leases, 
42.6 	or contracts for the school bus vehicle.
42.7 	(h) A person who sustains a conviction, as defined under section 609.02, of violating 
42.8 	section 169A.25, 169A.26, 169A.27, 169A.31, 169A.51, or 169A.52, or a similar statute 
42.9 	or ordinance of another state is precluded from operating a school bus for five years 
42.10 	from the date of conviction.
42.11 	(i) A person who has ever been convicted of a disqualifying offense as defined in 
42.12 	section 171.3215, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), may not operate a school bus under this 
42.13 	subdivision.
42.14 	(j) A person who sustains a conviction, as defined under section 609.02, of a fourth 
42.15 	moving offense in violation of chapter 169 is precluded from operating a school bus for 
42.16 	one year from the date of the last conviction.
42.17 	(k) Students riding the school bus vehicle must have training required under section 
42.18 	123B.90, subdivision 2.
42.19 	(l) An operator must be trained in the proper use of child safety restraints as set 
42.20 	forth in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's "Guideline for the Safe 
42.21 	Transportation of Pre-school Age Children in School Buses.," if child safety restraints are 
42.22 	used by the passengers.
42.23 	(m) Annual certification of the requirements listed in this subdivision must be 
42.24 	maintained under separate file at the business location for each operator licensed under 
42.25 	this subdivision and subdivision 2, paragraph (b), clause (5). The business manager, 
42.26 	school board, governing body of a nonpublic school, or any other entity that owns, 
42.27 	leases, or contracts for the school bus operating under this subdivision is responsible 
42.28 	for maintaining these files for inspection.
42.29 	(n) The school bus vehicle must bear a current certificate of inspection issued under 
42.30 	section 169.451.
42.31 	(o) On a type A school bus, the word "School" on the front and rear of the bus 
42.32 	must be covered by a sign that reads "Activities" when the bus is being operated under 
42.33 	authority of this subdivision.

42.34 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2008.

42.35 	Sec. 64. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.05, subdivision 2b, is amended to read:
43.1 		Subd. 2b.Instruction permit use by person under age 18. (a) This subdivision 
43.2 	applies to persons who have applied for and received an instruction permit under 
43.3 	subdivision 2.
43.4 	(b) The permit holder may, with the permit in possession, operate a motor vehicle, 
43.5 	but must be accompanied by and be under the supervision of a certified driver education 
43.6 	instructor, the permit holder's parent or guardian, or another licensed driver age 21 or 
43.7 	older. The supervisor must occupy the seat beside the permit holder.
43.8 	(c) The permit holder may operate a motor vehicle only when every occupant under 
43.9 	the age of 18 has a seat belt or child passenger restraint system properly fastened. A 
43.10 	person who violates this paragraph is subject to a fine of $25. A peace officer may 
43.11 	not issue a citation for a violation of this paragraph unless the officer lawfully stopped 
43.12 	or detained the driver of the motor vehicle for a moving violation as defined in section 
43.13 	171.04, subdivision 1. The commissioner shall not record a violation of this paragraph on 
43.14 	a person's driving record.
43.15 	(d) The permit holder may not operate a vehicle while communicating over, or 
43.16 	otherwise operating, a cellular or wireless telephone, whether handheld or hands free, 
43.17 	when the vehicle is in motion. The permit holder may assert as an affirmative defense that 
43.18 	the violation was made for the sole purpose of obtaining emergency assistance to prevent 
43.19 	a crime about to be committed, or in the reasonable belief that a person's life or safety 
43.20 	was in danger. Violation of this paragraph is a petty misdemeanor subject to section 
43.21 	169.89, subdivision 2.
43.22 	(e) (d) The permit holder must maintain a driving record free of convictions for 
43.23 	moving violations, as defined in section 171.04, subdivision 1, and free of convictions 
43.24 	for violation of section 169A.20, 169A.33, 169A.35, or sections 169A.50 to 169A.53. If 
43.25 	the permit holder drives a motor vehicle in violation of the law, the commissioner shall 
43.26 	suspend, cancel, or revoke the permit in accordance with the statutory section violated.

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

43.28 	Sec. 65. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.055, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
43.29 		Subd. 2.Use of provisional license. (a) A provisional license holder may operate a 
43.30 	motor vehicle only when every occupant under the age of 18 has a seat belt or child 
43.31 	passenger restraint system properly fastened. A person who violates this paragraph is 
43.32 	subject to a fine of $25. A peace officer may not issue a citation for a violation of this 
43.33 	paragraph unless the officer lawfully stopped or detained the driver of the motor vehicle 
43.34 	for a moving violation as defined in section 171.04. The commissioner shall not record a 
43.35 	violation of this paragraph on a person's driving record.
44.1 	(b) A provisional license holder may not operate a vehicle while communicating 
44.2 	over, or otherwise operating, a cellular or wireless telephone, whether handheld or 
44.3 	hands free, when the vehicle is in motion. The provisional license holder may assert 
44.4 	as an affirmative defense that the violation was made for the sole purpose of obtaining 
44.5 	emergency assistance to prevent a crime about to be committed, or in the reasonable 
44.6 	belief that a person's life or safety was in danger. Violation of this paragraph is a petty 
44.7 	misdemeanor subject to section 169.89, subdivision 2.
44.8 	(c) (b) For the first six months of provisional licensure, a provisional license holder 
44.9 	may not operate a motor vehicle carrying more than one passenger under the age of 20 
44.10 	years who is not a member of the holder's immediate family. For the second six months, 
44.11 	the holder of the license may not operate a motor vehicle that is carrying more than three 
44.12 	passengers who are under the age of 20 years and who are not members of the holder's 
44.13 	immediate family.
44.14 	(c) For the first six months of provisional licensure, a provisional license holder 
44.15 	may operate a motor vehicle between the hours of midnight and 5:00 a.m. only when 
44.16 	the license holder is:
44.17 	(1) driving between the license holder's home and place of employment;
44.18 	(2) driving between the license holder's home and a school event for which the 
44.19 	school has not provided transportation;
44.20 	(3) driving for employment purposes; or
44.21 	(4) accompanied by a licensed driver at least 25 years of age.
44.22 	(d)  If the holder of a provisional license during the period of provisional licensing 
44.23 	incurs (1) a conviction for a violation of section 169A.20, 169A.33, 169A.35, or sections 
44.24 	169A.50 to 169A.53, (2) a conviction for a crash-related moving violation, or (3) more 
44.25 	than one conviction for a moving violation that is not crash related, the person may not be 
44.26 	issued a driver's license until 12 consecutive months have expired since the date of the 
44.27 	conviction or until the person reaches the age of 18 years, whichever occurs first.

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

44.29 	Sec. 66. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.06, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
44.30 		Subd. 3.Contents of application; other information. (a) An application must:
44.31 	(1) state the full name, date of birth, sex, and either (i) the residence address of the 
44.32 	applicant, or (ii) the designated address under section 5B.05;
44.33 	(2) as may be required by the commissioner, contain a description of the applicant 
44.34 	and any other facts pertaining to the applicant, the applicant's driving privileges, and the 
44.35 	applicant's ability to operate a motor vehicle with safety;
45.1 	(3) state:
45.2 	(i) the applicant's Social Security number; or
45.3 	(ii) if the applicant does not have a social security number and is applying for a 
45.4 	Minnesota identification card, instruction permit, or class D provisional or driver's license, 
45.5 	that the applicant certifies that the applicant does not have a Social Security number;
45.6 	(4) contain a space where the applicant may indicate a desire to make an anatomical 
45.7 	gift according to paragraph (b); and
45.8 	(5) contain a notification to the applicant of the availability of a living will/health 
45.9 	care directive designation on the license under section   171.07, subdivision 7. 
45.10 	(b) If the applicant does not indicate a desire to make an anatomical gift when 
45.11 	the application is made, the applicant must be offered a donor document in accordance 
45.12 	with section   171.07, subdivision 5. The application must contain statements sufficient 
45.13 	to comply with the requirements of the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (1987), sections   
45.14 	525.921 to   525.9224, so that execution of the application or donor document will make 
45.15 	the anatomical gift as provided in section   171.07, subdivision 5, for those indicating a 
45.16 	desire to make an anatomical gift. The application must be accompanied by information 
45.17 	describing Minnesota laws regarding anatomical gifts and the need for and benefits of 
45.18 	anatomical gifts, and the legal implications of making an anatomical gift, including the 
45.19 	law governing revocation of anatomical gifts. The commissioner shall distribute a notice 
45.20 	that must accompany all applications for and renewals of a driver's license or Minnesota 
45.21 	identification card. The notice must be prepared in conjunction with a Minnesota organ 
45.22 	procurement organization that is certified by the federal Department of Health and Human 
45.23 	Services and must include: 
45.24 	(1) a statement that provides a fair and reasonable description of the organ donation 
45.25 	process, the care of the donor body after death, and the importance of informing family 
45.26 	members of the donation decision; and
45.27 	(2) a telephone number in a certified Minnesota organ procurement organization that 
45.28 	may be called with respect to questions regarding anatomical gifts.
45.29 	(c) The application must be accompanied also by information containing relevant 
45.30 	facts relating to:
45.31 	(1) the effect of alcohol on driving ability;
45.32 	(2) the effect of mixing alcohol with drugs;
45.33 	(3) the laws of Minnesota relating to operation of a motor vehicle while under the 
45.34 	influence of alcohol or a controlled substance; and
45.35 	(4) the levels of alcohol-related fatalities and accidents in Minnesota and of arrests 
45.36 	for alcohol-related violations.

46.1 	Sec. 67. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.07, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
46.2 		Subdivision 1.License; contents. (a) Upon the payment of the required fee, the 
46.3 	department shall issue to every qualifying applicant a license designating the type or 
46.4 	class of vehicles the applicant is authorized to drive as applied for. This license must 
46.5 	bear a distinguishing number assigned to the licensee; the licensee's full name, and date 
46.6 	of birth, and; either (1) the licensee's residence address, or (2) the designated address 
46.7 	under section 5B.05; a description of the licensee in a manner as the commissioner deems 
46.8 	necessary; and the usual signature of the licensee. No license is valid unless it bears 
46.9 	the usual signature of the licensee. Every license must bear a colored photograph or an 
46.10 	electronically produced image of the licensee.
46.11 	(b) If the United States Postal Service will not deliver mail to the applicant's 
46.12 	residence address as listed on the license, then the applicant shall provide verification from 
46.13 	the United States Postal Service that mail will not be delivered to the applicant's residence 
46.14 	address and that mail will be delivered to a specified alternate mailing address. When an 
46.15 	applicant provides an alternate mailing address under this subdivision, the commissioner 
46.16 	shall use the alternate mailing address in lieu of the applicant's residence address for 
46.17 	all notices and mailings to the applicant.
46.18 	(c) Every license issued to an applicant under the age of 21 must be of a 
46.19 	distinguishing color and plainly marked "Under-21."
46.20 	(d) The department shall use processes in issuing a license that prohibit, as nearly as 
46.21 	possible, the ability to alter or reproduce a license, or prohibit the ability to superimpose a 
46.22 	photograph or electronically produced image on a license, without ready detection.
46.23 	(e) A license issued to an applicant age 65 or over must be plainly marked "senior" if 
46.24 	requested by the applicant.

46.25 	Sec. 68. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.07, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
46.26 		Subd. 3.Identification card; fee. (a) Upon payment of the required fee, the 
46.27 	department shall issue to every qualifying applicant a Minnesota identification card. The 
46.28 	department may not issue a Minnesota identification card to an individual who has a 
46.29 	driver's license, other than a limited license. The card must bear a distinguishing number 
46.30 	assigned to the applicant; a colored photograph or an electronically produced image of 
46.31 	the applicant; the applicant's full name, and date of birth, and; either (1) the licensee's
46.32 	residence address, or (2) the designated address under section 5B.05; a description of the 
46.33 	applicant in the manner as the commissioner deems necessary; and the usual signature of 
46.34 	the applicant.
47.1 	(b) If the United States Postal Service will not deliver mail to the applicant's 
47.2 	residence address as listed on the Minnesota identification card, then the applicant shall 
47.3 	provide verification from the United States Postal Service that mail will not be delivered 
47.4 	to the applicant's residence address and that mail will be delivered to a specified alternate 
47.5 	mailing address. When an applicant provides an alternate mailing address under this 
47.6 	subdivision, the commissioner shall use the alternate mailing address in lieu of the 
47.7 	applicant's residence address for all notices and mailings to the applicant.
47.8 	(c) Each identification card issued to an applicant under the age of 21 must be of a 
47.9 	distinguishing color and plainly marked "Under-21."
47.10 	(d) Each Minnesota identification card must be plainly marked "Minnesota 
47.11 	identification card - not a driver's license."
47.12 	(e) The fee for a Minnesota identification card is 50 cents when issued to a person 
47.13 	who is developmentally disabled, as defined in section 252A.02, subdivision 2; a 
47.14 	physically disabled person, as defined in section 169.345, subdivision 2; or, a person with 
47.15 	mental illness, as described in section 245.462, subdivision 20, paragraph (c).

47.16 	Sec. 69. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.321, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
47.17 		Subd. 4.Training. (a) No person shall drive a class A, B, C, or D school bus when 
47.18 	transporting school children to or from school or upon a school-related trip or activity 
47.19 	without having demonstrated sufficient skills and knowledge to transport students in 
47.20 	a safe and legal manner.
47.21 	(b) A bus driver must have training or experience that allows the driver to meet at 
47.22 	least the following competencies:
47.23 	(1) safely operate the type of school bus the driver will be driving;
47.24 	(2) understand student behavior, including issues relating to students with 
47.25 	disabilities;
47.26 	(3) encourage orderly conduct of students on the bus and handle incidents of 
47.27 	misconduct appropriately;
47.28 	(4) know and understand relevant laws, rules of the road, and local school bus 
47.29 	safety policies;
47.30 	(5) handle emergency situations; and
47.31 	(6) safely load and unload students.
47.32 	(c) The commissioner of public safety shall develop a comprehensive model 
47.33 	school bus driver training program and model assessments for school bus driver training 
47.34 	competencies, which are not subject to chapter 14. A school district, nonpublic school, or 
47.35 	private contractor may use alternative assessments for bus driver training competencies 
48.1 	with the approval of the commissioner of public safety. A driver may receive at least eight 
48.2 	hours of school bus in-service training any year, as an alternative to being assessed for bus 
48.3 	driver competencies after the initial year of being assessed for bus driver competencies. 
48.4 	The employer shall keep the assessment or a record of the in-service training for the 
48.5 	current period available for inspection by representatives of the commissioner.

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

48.7 	Sec. 70. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.03, is amended by adding a subdivision 
48.8 	to read:
48.9 		Subd. 10.Highway construction training. (a) The commissioner of transportation 
48.10 	shall utilize the maximum feasible amount of all federal funds available to this state 
48.11 	under United States Code, title 23, section 140, paragraph (b), to develop, conduct, and 
48.12 	administer highway construction training, including skill improvement programs.
48.13 	(b) The commissioner of transportation must report by February 1 of each 
48.14 	odd-numbered year to the house of representatives and senate committees having 
48.15 	jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance concerning the commissioner's 
48.16 	compliance with paragraph (a). The report must, with respect to each of the two previous 
48.17 	calendar years:
48.18 	(1) describe the highway construction training and skill improvement programs the 
48.19 	commissioner has conducted and administered;
48.20 	(2) analyze the results of the commissioner's training programs;
48.21 	(3) state the amount of federal funds available to this state under United States Code, 
48.22 	title 23, section 140, paragraph (b); and
48.23 	(4) identify the amount spent by the commissioner in conducting and administering 
48.24 	the programs.

48.25 	Sec. 71. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.03, is amended by adding a subdivision 
48.26 	to read:
48.27 		Subd. 11.Disadvantaged business enterprise program. (a) The commissioner 
48.28 	shall include in each contract that is funded at least in part by federal funds, a sanction 
48.29 	for each contractor who does not meet the established project disadvantaged business 
48.30 	enterprise goal or demonstrate good faith effort to meet the goal.
48.31 	(b) The commissioner of transportation shall report by February 1 of each 
48.32 	odd-numbered year to the house of representatives and senate committees having 
48.33 	jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance concerning the commissioner's 
49.1 	disadvantaged business enterprise program. The report must, with respect to each of 
49.2 	the two previous calendar years:
49.3 	(1) state the department's annual overall goal, compared with the percentage attained;
49.4 	(2) explain the methodology, applicable facts, and public participation used to 
49.5 	establish the overall goal;
49.6 	(3) describe good faith efforts to meet the goal, if the goal was not attained;
49.7 	(4) describe actions to address overconcentration of disadvantaged business 
49.8 	enterprises in certain types of work;
49.9 	(5) state the number of contracts that included disadvantaged business enterprise 
49.10 	goals, the number of contractors that met established disadvantaged business enterprise 
49.11 	goals, and sanctions imposed for lack of good faith effort; and
49.12 	(6) describe contracts with no disadvantaged business enterprise goals, and, of 
49.13 	those, state number of contracts and amount of each contract with targeted groups under 
49.14 	section 16C.16.

49.15 	Sec. 72. [174.185] PAVEMENT LIFE-CYCLE COST ANALYSIS.
49.16 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following 
49.17 	definitions apply.
49.18 	(a) "Life-cycle cost" is the sum of the cost of the initial pavement project and 
49.19 	all anticipated costs for maintenance, repair, and resurfacing over the life of the 
49.20 	pavement. Anticipated costs must be based on Minnesota's actual or reasonably projected 
49.21 	maintenance, repair, and resurfacing schedules, and costs as recorded by the pavement 
49.22 	management system.
49.23 	(b) "Life-cycle cost analysis" is a comparison of life-cycle costs among competing 
49.24 	paving materials using equal design lives.
49.25 		Subd. 2.Required analysis. For each project involving paving costs anticipated 
49.26 	to exceed $100,000, the commissioner shall perform a life-cycle cost analysis and shall 
49.27 	design and award the project utilizing the paving material having the lowest life-cycle cost.

49.28 	Sec. 73. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.30, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
49.29 		Subd. 4.Vehicle and equipment inspection, rules; decal; complaint contact 
49.30 	information. (a) The commissioner shall inspect or provide for the inspection of 
49.31 	vehicles at least annually. In addition to scheduled annual inspections and reinspections 
49.32 	scheduled for the purpose of verifying that deficiencies have been corrected, unannounced 
49.33 	inspections of any vehicle may be conducted.
50.1 	(b) On determining that a vehicle or vehicle equipment is in a condition that is likely 
50.2 	to cause an accident or breakdown, the commissioner shall require the vehicle to be taken 
50.3 	out of service immediately. The commissioner shall require that vehicles and equipment 
50.4 	not meeting standards be repaired and brought into conformance with the standards 
50.5 	and shall require written evidence of compliance from the operator before allowing the 
50.6 	operator to return the vehicle to service.
50.7 	(c) The commissioner shall provide in the rules procedures for inspecting vehicles, 
50.8 	removing unsafe vehicles from service, determining and requiring compliance, and 
50.9 	reviewing driver qualifications.
50.10 	(d) The commissioner shall design a distinctive decal to be issued to special 
50.11 	transportation service providers with a current certificate of compliance under this section. 
50.12 	A decal is valid for one year from the last day of the month in which it is issued. A person 
50.13 	who is subject to the operating standards adopted under this section may not provide 
50.14 	special transportation service in a vehicle that does not conspicuously display a decal 
50.15 	issued by the commissioner.
50.16 	(e) Special transportation service providers shall prominently display in each vehicle 
50.17 	all contact information for the submission of complaints regarding the transportation 
50.18 	services provided to that individual. All vehicles providing service under section 
50.19 	473.386 shall display contact information for the Metropolitan Council. All other special 
50.20 	transportation service vehicles shall display contact information for the commissioner of 
50.21 	transportation.

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

50.23 	Sec. 74. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.30, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
50.24 		Subd. 9.Complaint data;Complaints; report; data classification. (a) The 
50.25 	commissioner shall investigate all complaints over which the commissioner has 
50.26 	jurisdiction regarding special transportation service providers regulated under this section.
50.27 	(b) By January 15, 2008, and in every subsequent even-numbered year by 
50.28 	January 15, the commissioner shall submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority 
50.29 	members of the house of representatives and senate committees having jurisdiction over 
50.30 	transportation policy and finance. The report must identify each complaint investigated 
50.31 	by the commissioner under paragraph (a), including, but not limited to, any findings and 
50.32 	steps taken for resolution of the complaint.
50.33 	(c) When information is furnished to the Department of Transportation that alleges 
50.34 	a violation of this section, an operating standard adopted under this section, or section 
50.35 	174.315, the following data are classified as confidential data or protected nonpublic data: 
51.1 	(1) names of complainants;
51.2 	(2) complaint letters; and
51.3 	(3) other unsolicited data when furnished by a person who is not the subject of the 
51.4 	data and who is not a department employee.

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

51.6 	Sec. 75. [174.56] REPORT ON MAJOR HIGHWAY PROJECTS.
51.7 		Subdivision 1.Report required. The commissioner of transportation shall submit a 
51.8 	report on January 15, 2008, and on January 15 of each year thereafter, on the status of 
51.9 	major highway projects under construction or planned during the year of the report and for 
51.10 	the ensuing 15 years. For purposes of this section, a "major highway project" is a highway 
51.11 	project that has a total cost for all segments that the commissioner estimates at the time of 
51.12 	the report to be at least (1) $25,000,000 in the metropolitan highway construction district, 
51.13 	or (2) $10,000,000 in any nonmetropolitan highway construction district.
51.14 		Subd. 2.Report contents. For each major highway project the report must include:
51.15 	(1) a description of the project sufficient to specify its scope and location;
51.16 	(2) a history of the project, including, but not limited to, previous official actions 
51.17 	by the department or the appropriate area transportation partnership, or both, the date 
51.18 	on which the project was first included in the state transportation improvement plan, 
51.19 	the cost of the project at that time, the dates of environmental approval, the dates of 
51.20 	municipal approval, the date of final geometric layout, and the date of establishment of 
51.21 	any construction limits;
51.22 	(3) the project's priority listing or rank within its construction district, if any, as 
51.23 	well as the reasons for that listing or rank, the criteria used in prioritization or rank, any 
51.24 	changes in that prioritization or rank since the project was first included in a department 
51.25 	work plan, and the reasons for those changes; and
51.26 	(4) past and potential future reasons for delay in letting or completing the project.
51.27 		Subd. 3.Department resources. The commissioner shall prepare and submit the 
51.28 	report with existing department staff and resources.

51.29 	Sec. 76. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 218.041, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
51.30 		Subd. 6.Investigative powers. In the exercise of powers granted in this chapter, 
51.31 	the commissioner may:
51.32 	(1) subpoena books, papers, or accounts kept by any regulated business within or 
51.33 	without the state, or compel production of verified copies;
52.1 	(2) prepare all forms or blanks for obtaining information that the commissioner 
52.2 	may deem necessary or useful for the proper exercise of the authority and duties of the 
52.3 	commissioner in connection with regulated businesses, and prescribe the time and manner 
52.4 	within which the blanks and forms must be completed and filed;
52.5 	(3) inspect, at all reasonable times, and copy the books, records, memoranda, 
52.6 	correspondence, or other documents and records of any business under the commissioner's 
52.7 	jurisdiction; and
52.8 	(4) examine, under oath, any officer, agent, or employee of a business under the 
52.9 	commissioner's jurisdiction concerning any matter within the commissioner's jurisdiction; 
52.10 	and
52.11 	(5) assess common carriers, administer the state rail safety inspection account, and 
52.12 	perform other duties on behalf of the state rail safety inspector under section 219.015.

52.13 	Sec. 77. [219.015] STATE RAIL SAFETY INSPECTOR.
52.14 	(a) The commissioner of transportation shall establish two positions of state rail 
52.15 	safety inspector in the Office of Freight and Commercial Vehicle Operations of the 
52.16 	Minnesota Department of Transportation. The commissioner shall apply to the Federal 
52.17 	Railroad Administration (FRA) of the United States Department of Transportation 
52.18 	to participate in the Federal State Rail Safety Partnership Program for training and 
52.19 	certification of two inspectors under authority of United States Code, title 49, sections 
52.20 	20103, 20105, 20106, and 20113, and Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 212. The 
52.21 	state rail safety inspectors shall inspect mainline, secondary yard track and industry track; 
52.22 	inspect railroad right-of-way, including adjacent or intersecting drainage, culverts, bridges, 
52.23 	overhead structures, and traffic and other public crossings; inspect yards and physical 
52.24 	plants; review and enforce safety requirements; review maintenance and repair records; 
52.25 	and review railroad security measures. To the extent delegated by the commissioner, 
52.26 	the inspectors may issue citations for violations of this chapter, or to ensure railroad 
52.27 	employee and public safety and welfare.
52.28 	(b) The commissioner shall annually assess railroad companies that are (1) defined 
52.29 	as common carriers under section 218.011, (2) classified by federal law or regulation as 
52.30 	Class I Railroads or Class I Rail Carriers, and (3) operating in this state by a divisor of 
52.31 	equal proportion between carriers in equal amounts for 365 days of the calendar year. The 
52.32 	commissioner shall assess all start-up or re-establishment costs, and all related costs of 
52.33 	initiating the state rail safety inspector program beginning July 1, 2007. The state rail 
52.34 	inspector duties must begin and be assessed on January 1, 2008. The assessments must 
52.35 	be deposited in a special account in the special revenue fund, to be known as the state 
53.1 	rail safety inspection account. Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner 
53.2 	and may be expended to cover the costs incurred for the establishment and ongoing 
53.3 	responsibilities of the state rail safety inspector.
53.4 	(c) The commissioner may exempt a common carrier not federally classified as 
53.5 	Class I from violations for a period of up to two years if the common carrier applies for 
53.6 	participation in a work site safety coaching program, such as the "MNSharp" program 
53.7 	administered by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, and the commissioner 
53.8 	determines such participation to be preferred enforcement for safety or security violations.
53.9 	(d) Any person aggrieved by an assessment levied under this section may appeal 
53.10 	within 90 days any assessment, violation, or administrative penalty to the Office of 
53.11 	Administrative Hearings, with further appeal and review by the district court. 

53.12 	Sec. 78. [219.373] WALKWAYS BY TRACK.
53.13 		Subdivision 1.General standards. (a) Consistent with section 219.50, every 
53.14 	railroad company shall provide a walkway alongside track that has a regular surface 
53.15 	that is smooth and safe for use by railroad employees and other persons who have 
53.16 	duties in proximity to trains. The walkway must be kept reasonably free of hazards and 
53.17 	obstructions, including, but not limited to, debris, litter, fuel, oil, sand, boulders, posts, tie 
53.18 	materials, holes, ruts, potholes, grains, grain products or byproducts, fertilizer products, 
53.19 	chemical, chemical molten, steel, tin, metallic products, solid raw minerals, palletized 
53.20 	products, silica products, materials spilled during revenue shipment, and detached pieces 
53.21 	or parts of railroad rolling stock or track structure.
53.22 	(b) Compliance with this section is not a defense to any civil action brought for the 
53.23 	violation of a railroad safety law, regulation, rule, or order.
53.24 	(c) The commissioner, after investigation, upon the commissioner's own motion, or 
53.25 	upon the petition of the aggrieved person or the person's representative, may determine 
53.26 	that the safety of railroad employees requires implementation of a reasonable safety 
53.27 	standard for any walkway. "Reasonable" and "reasonably" are defined according to 
53.28 	the standards set forth in the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way 
53.29 	Association (AREMA), for the purposes of walkway decisions before the commissioner.
53.30 		Subd. 2.Liability. Nothing in this section precludes or preempts civil liability to an 
53.31 	injured party under state or federal laws for failure to provide a reasonably safe walkway.

53.32 	Sec. 79. [219.374] WALKWAY EXEMPTIONS.
53.33 	(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), a small business that owns or 
53.34 	operates any track in this state is exempt from section 219.373.
54.1 	(b) On determining after notice and hearing that exempting a small business that 
54.2 	owns or operates any track in this state pursuant to paragraph (a) poses an unreasonable 
54.3 	threat of substantial harm to the public safety, the commissioner of transportation shall 
54.4 	order that business to eliminate any unsafe walkway condition.
54.5 	(c) As used in this section, "small business" has the meaning given it in section 
54.6 	645.445.

54.7 	Sec. 80. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.011, subdivision 49, is amended to read:
54.8 		Subd. 49.Small vehicle passenger service. (a) "Small vehicle passenger service" 
54.9 	means a service provided by a person engaged in the for-hire transportation of passengers,
54.10 	in a vehicle designed to transport seven or fewer persons, including the driver.
54.11 	(b) In the metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2, "small 
54.12 	vehicle passenger service" also includes for-hire transportation of persons who are certified 
54.13 	by the Metropolitan Council to use special transportation service provided under section 
54.14 	473.386, in a vehicle designed to transport not more than 15 persons including the driver, 
54.15 	that is equipped with a wheelchair lift and at least three wheelchair securement positions. 
54.16 	(c) A person providing small vehicle passenger service to an individual for the 
54.17 	purpose of obtaining nonemergency medical care and who receives reimbursement under 
54.18 	section 256B.0625, subdivision 17, for providing the service, must comply with the rules 
54.19 	of the commissioner adopted under section 174.30.

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

54.21 	Sec. 81. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.031, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
54.22 		Subd. 6.Vehicle identification rule. (a) The following carriers shall display the 
54.23 	carrier's name and address on the power unit of each vehicle:
54.24 	(1) motor carriers, regardless of the weight of the vehicle, except that this 
54.25 	requirement does not apply to a limousine as defined in section 168.011, subdivision 35, 
54.26 	that is equipped with "LM" license plates; 
54.27 	(2) interstate and intrastate private carriers operating vehicles with a gross vehicle 
54.28 	weight of more than 10,000 pounds; and
54.29 	(3) vehicles providing transportation described in section 221.025 with a gross 
54.30 	vehicle weight of more than 10,000 pounds except those providing transportation 
54.31 	described in section 221.025, clauses (1), (3), and (4). 
55.1 	Vehicles described in clauses (2) and (3) that are operated by farmers or farm employees 
55.2 	and have four or fewer axles are not required to comply with the vehicle identification 
55.3 	rule of the commissioner.
55.4 	(b) Vehicles subject to this subdivision must show the name or "doing business as" 
55.5 	name of the carrier operating the vehicle and the community and abbreviation of the state 
55.6 	in which the carrier maintains its principal office or in which the vehicle is customarily 
55.7 	based. If the carrier operates a leased vehicle, it may show its name and the name of the 
55.8 	lessor on the vehicle, if the lease relationship is clearly shown. If the name of a person 
55.9 	other than the operating carrier appears on the vehicle, the words "operated by" must 
55.10 	immediately precede the name of the carrier.
55.11 	(c) The name and address must be in letters that contrast sharply in color with the 
55.12 	background, be readily legible during daylight hours from a distance of 50 feet while 
55.13 	the vehicle is stationary, and be maintained in a manner that retains the legibility of the 
55.14 	markings. The name and address may be shown by use of a removable device if that 
55.15 	device meets the identification and legibility requirements of this subdivision.

55.16 	Sec. 82. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.0314, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
55.17 		Subd. 9.Hours of service of driver. Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 
55.18 	395, is incorporated by reference, except that paragraphs (a), (c), (d), (f), (h), (i), (k), (l),
55.19 	(m), and (n) of section 395.1 and section 395.13 of that part are not incorporated. In 
55.20 	addition, cross-references to sections or paragraphs not incorporated in this subdivision 
55.21 	are not incorporated by reference. The requirements of Code of Federal Regulations, title 
55.22 	49, part 395, do not apply to drivers of lightweight vehicles.

55.23 	Sec. 83. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.0314, is amended by adding a 
55.24 	subdivision to read:
55.25 		Subd. 12.Hazardous materials safety permits. A person who transports the 
55.26 	hazardous materials designated in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 385.403, 
55.27 	shall comply with this section and with the provisions of Code of Federal Regulations, 
55.28 	title 49, part 385, subpart E, which is incorporated by reference.

55.29 	Sec. 84. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.033, subdivision 2d, is amended to read:
55.30 		Subd. 2d.Age of driver under federal materials-of-trade regulation. A driver 
55.31 	of a self-propelled or towed motor vehicle  transporting no hazardous material other than 
55.32 	materials of trade, as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 171.8, when 
55.33 	engaged in intrastate transportation, must be at least 18 years of age. This subdivision 
56.1 	does not apply unless the transportation conforms to the requirements of Code of Federal 
56.2 	Regulations, title 49, section 173.6.

56.3 	Sec. 85. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.037, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
56.4 		Subdivision 1.Required to provide information. A person who generates, stores, 
56.5 	treats, transports, disposes of, or otherwise handles or has handled hazardous materials, 
56.6 	hazardous substances, or hazardous waste shall (1) give to transportation representatives 
56.7 	and hazardous material specialists of the department information relating to the materials, 
56.8 	substances, or waste, or (2) permit them access to and copying of records and safety 
56.9 	permits relating to any or all of the materials, substances, or waste, or both.

56.10 	Sec. 86. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.231, is amended to read:
56.11 	221.231 RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT.
56.12 	The commissioner may enter into reciprocal agreements with the regulatory bodies 
56.13 	of other states and the provinces of the Dominion of Canada, whereby the payment of the 
56.14 	fees provided in section 221.60 may be waived in whole or in part for regarding motor 
56.15 	carriers having an established place of business in that state or province; provided that 
56.16 	reciprocal privileges are extended under the agreement to motor carriers of this state. 

56.17 	Sec. 87. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.60, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
56.18 		Subdivision 1.Procedure. A motor carrier may transport persons or property for 
56.19 	hire in interstate commerce in Minnesota only if it first:
56.20 	(1) complies with section 221.141;
56.21 	(2) either registers with the commissioner the federal operating authority that it 
56.22 	intends to exercise, or registers and describes the transportation it performs under an 
56.23 	exemption contained in United States Code, title 49; and
56.24 	(3) purchases an interstate identification stamp or an interstate registration trip 
56.25 	permit for each vehicle to be used in interstate transportation in Minnesota the Unified 
56.26 	Carrier Registration Agreement authorized by United States Code, title 49, section 
56.27 	14504a, enacted pursuant to the Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005, and the federal 
56.28 	regulations adopted thereunder.

56.29 	Sec. 88. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.60, is amended by adding a subdivision 
56.30 	to read:
56.31 		Subd. 7.Commissioner's authority. The commissioner of transportation shall 
56.32 	take all necessary actions to enter into the Unified Carrier Registration Agreement when 
57.1 	it becomes effective. The commissioner shall implement and administer United States 
57.2 	Code, title 49, section 14504a, and the regulations adopted thereunder. Until the Unified 
57.3 	Carrier Registration Agreement becomes effective, the commissioner shall implement a 
57.4 	temporary program for registering interstate motor carriers, including the Single State 
57.5 	Registration System, if the program is authorized by federal legislation.

57.6 	Sec. 89. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 222.50, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
57.7 		Subd. 7.Expenditures. (a) The commissioner may expend money from the rail 
57.8 	service improvement account for the following purposes:
57.9 	(1) to make transfers as provided under section 222.57 or to pay interest adjustments 
57.10 	on loans guaranteed under the state rail user and rail carrier loan guarantee program; 
57.11 	(2) to pay a portion of the costs of capital improvement projects designed to 
57.12 	improve rail service including construction or improvement of short segments of rail line 
57.13 	such as side track, team track, and connections between existing lines, and construction 
57.14 	and improvement of loading, unloading, storage, and transfer facilities of a rail user or 
57.15 	a rail carrier;
57.16 	(3) to pay a portion of the costs of rehabilitation projects designed to improve rail 
57.17 	service of a rail user or a rail carrier;
57.18 	(4) to acquire, maintain, manage, and dispose of railroad right-of-way pursuant to 
57.19 	the state rail bank program;
57.20 	(4)(5) to provide for aerial photography survey of proposed and abandoned railroad 
57.21 	tracks for the purpose of recording and reestablishing by analytical triangulation the 
57.22 	existing alignment of the inplace track;
57.23 	(5)(6) to pay a portion of the costs of acquiring a rail line by a regional railroad 
57.24 	authority established pursuant to chapter 398A;
57.25 	(6)(7) to pay the state matching portion of federal grants for rail-highway grade 
57.26 	crossing improvement projects.
57.27 	(b) All money derived by the commissioner from the disposition of railroad 
57.28 	right-of-way or of any other property acquired pursuant to sections 222.46 to 222.62 shall 
57.29 	be deposited in the rail service improvement account. 

57.30 	Sec. 90. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 222.63, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
57.31 		Subd. 4.Disposition permitted. (a) The commissioner may lease any rail line or 
57.32 	right-of-way held in the state rail bank or enter into an agreement with any person for the 
57.33 	operation of any rail line or right-of-way for any of the purposes set forth in subdivision 2 
57.34 	in accordance with a fee schedule to be developed by the commissioner.
58.1 	(b) The commissioner may convey any rail line or right-of-way, for consideration or 
58.2 	for no consideration and upon other terms as the commissioner may determine to be in 
58.3 	the public interest, to any other state agency or to a governmental subdivision of the state 
58.4 	having power by law to utilize it for any of the purposes set forth in subdivision 2.
58.5 	(c) The commissioner may convey a portion of previously acquired rail bank 
58.6 	right-of-way to a state agency or governmental subdivision when the commissioner 
58.7 	determines that:
58.8 	(1) the portion to be conveyed is in excess of that needed for the purposes stated in 
58.9 	subdivision 2;
58.10 	(2) the conveyance is upon terms and conditions agreed upon by both the 
58.11 	commissioner and the state agency or governmental subdivision;
58.12 	(3) after the sale, the rail bank corridor will continue to meet the future public and 
58.13 	commercial transportation and transmission needs of the state; and
58.14 	(4) the conveyance will not reduce the width of the rail bank corridor to less than 
58.15 	50 100 feet.
58.16 	(d) The commissioner may lease previously acquired state rail bank right-of-way to 
58.17 	a state agency or governmental subdivision or to a private entity for nontransportation 
58.18 	purposes when:
58.19 	(1) the portion to be leased is in excess of that needed for the purposes stated in 
58.20 	subdivision 2;
58.21 	(2) the lease will not reduce the useable width of the rail bank corridor to less than 
58.22 	50 100 feet;
58.23 	(3) the cost of the lease is based on the fair market value of the portion to be leased, 
58.24 	as determined by appraisal;
58.25 	(4) the lease allows the commissioner to terminate the lease on 90 days' written 
58.26 	notice to the lessee; and
58.27 	(5) the lease prohibits the construction or erection of any permanent structure within 
58.28 	the 50-foot 100-foot rail bank corridor and requires any structure erected on the leased 
58.29 	property to be removed and the land restored to its original condition on 90 days' written 
58.30 	notice to the lessee.
58.31 	(e) Proceeds from a sale or lease must be deposited in the rail bank maintenance 
58.32 	account described in subdivision 8.

58.33 	Sec. 91. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 222.63, is amended by adding a subdivision 
58.34 	to read:
59.1 		Subd. 9.Rail bank property use; petty misdemeanors. (a) Except for the actions 
59.2 	of road authorities and their agents, employees, and contractors, and of utilities, in carrying 
59.3 	out their duties imposed by permit, law, or contract, and except as otherwise provided in 
59.4 	this section, it is unlawful to perform any of the following activities on rail bank property:
59.5 	(1) obstruct any trail;
59.6 	(2) deposit snow or ice;
59.7 	(3) remove or place any earth, gravel, or rock without authorization;
59.8 	(4) obstruct or remove any ditch-draining device, or drain any harmful or dangerous 
59.9 	materials;
59.10 	(5) erect a fence, or place or maintain any advertising, sign, or memorial;
59.11 	(6) remove, injure, displace, or destroy right-of-way markers or reference or witness 
59.12 	monuments or markers placed to preserve section or quarter-section corners defining 
59.13 	rail bank property limits;
59.14 	(7) drive upon any portion of rail bank property, except at approved crossings, and 
59.15 	except where authorized for snowmobiles, emergency vehicles, maintenance vehicles, or 
59.16 	other vehicles authorized to use rail bank property;
59.17 	(8) deface, mar, damage, or tamper with any structure, work, material, sign, marker, 
59.18 	paving, guardrail, drain, or any other rail bank appurtenance; or
59.19 	(9) park, overhang, or abandon any unauthorized vehicle or implement of husbandry 
59.20 	on, across, or over the limits of rail bank property.
59.21 	(b) Unless a greater penalty is provided elsewhere in statute, any violation of this 
59.22 	subdivision is a petty misdemeanor.
59.23 	(c) The cost to remove, repair, or perform any other corrective action necessitated by 
59.24 	a violation of this subdivision may be charged to the violator.

59.25 	Sec. 92. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 357.021, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
59.26 		Subd. 6.Surcharges on criminal and traffic offenders. (a) Except as provided 
59.27 	in this paragraph, the court shall impose and the court administrator shall collect a $72 
59.28 	surcharge on every person convicted of any felony, gross misdemeanor, misdemeanor, 
59.29 	or petty misdemeanor offense, other than a violation of a law or ordinance relating to 
59.30 	vehicle parking, for which there shall be a $4 surcharge or a violation of section 169.686, 
59.31 	for which there shall be a $73 surcharge. In the Second Judicial District, the court shall 
59.32 	impose, and the court administrator shall collect, an additional $1 surcharge on every 
59.33 	person convicted of any felony, gross misdemeanor, misdemeanor, or petty misdemeanor 
59.34 	offense, including a violation of a law or ordinance relating to vehicle parking, if the 
59.35 	Ramsey County Board of Commissioners authorizes the $1 surcharge. The surcharge 
60.1 	shall be imposed whether or not the person is sentenced to imprisonment or the sentence 
60.2 	is stayed. The surcharge shall not be imposed when a person is convicted of a petty 
60.3 	misdemeanor for which no fine is imposed.
60.4 	(b) If the court fails to impose a surcharge as required by this subdivision, the court 
60.5 	administrator shall show the imposition of the surcharge, collect the surcharge, and 
60.6 	correct the record.
60.7 	(c) The court may not waive payment of the surcharge required under this 
60.8 	subdivision. Upon a showing of indigency or undue hardship upon the convicted person 
60.9 	or the convicted person's immediate family, the sentencing court may authorize payment 
60.10 	of the surcharge in installments.
60.11 	(d) The court administrator or other entity collecting a surcharge shall forward it 
60.12 	to the commissioner of finance.
60.13 	(e) If the convicted person is sentenced to imprisonment and has not paid the 
60.14 	surcharge before the term of imprisonment begins, the chief executive officer of the 
60.15 	correctional facility in which the convicted person is incarcerated shall collect the 
60.16 	surcharge from any earnings the inmate accrues from work performed in the facility 
60.17 	or while on conditional release. The chief executive officer shall forward the amount 
60.18 	collected to the commissioner of finance.

60.19 	Sec. 93. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.1466, is amended to read:
60.20 	473.1466 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AUDIT; 
60.21 	TRANSIT EVALUATION.
60.22 	(a) In 1997 and every four years thereafter, the council shall provide for an 
60.23 	independent entity selected through a request for proposal process conducted nationwide 
60.24 	to do Prior to each major revision of the transportation policy plan, the council must carry 
60.25 	out a performance auditevaluation of the commutingmetropolitan area's transportation 
60.26 	system as a whole. The performance auditevaluation must evaluate the commuting
60.27 	area's ability to meet the region's needsneed for effective and efficient transportation of 
60.28 	goods and people, and evaluate future trends and their impacts on the region'sarea's 
60.29 	transportation system, and . The performance evaluation must include an evaluation of 
60.30 	the regional transit system, including a comparison with peer metropolitan regions with 
60.31 	regard to key operating and investment measurements. The council must update the transit 
60.32 	evaluation every two years. The council shall use the results of the performance evaluation 
60.33 	to make recommendations for improving the system in each revision of the transportation 
60.34 	policy plan. The performance audit must recommend performance-funding measures.
61.1 	(b) In 1999 and every four years thereafter, the council must evaluate the 
61.2 	performance of the metropolitan transit system's operation in relationship to the regional 
61.3 	transit performance standards developed by the council The performance evaluation must 
61.4 	also assess the region's success in meeting the currently adopted regional transportation 
61.5 	benchmarks.
61.6 	The council must conduct a peer review of the performance evaluation using at least 
61.7 	two nationally recognized transportation and transit consultants. The council must submit 
61.8 	the performance evaluation to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and 
61.9 	house of representatives committees and divisions with jurisdiction over transportation 
61.10 	and transit.

61.11 	Sec. 94. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 1, article 4, section 39, the effective 
61.12 	date, is amended to read:

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

61.16 	Sec. 95. CONGESTION REDUCTION TASK FORCE.
 61.17 		Subdivision 1.Creation of task force. The Congestion Reduction Task Force is 
61.18 	established to advise and consult with the commissioner of transportation concerning 
61.19 	participation by the state in the federal Urban Partnership program.
61.20 		Subd. 2.Task force membership; organization. (a) The task force is comprised of 
61.21 	the following members:
61.22 	(1) three people appointed by the Subcommittee on Committees of the Committee 
61.23 	on Rules and Administration of the senate, at least two of whom must reside in the 
61.24 	metropolitan area;
61.25 	(2) three people appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, at least 
61.26 	two of whom must reside in the metropolitan area; and
61.27 	(3) six people appointed by the governor, at least three of whom must reside in the 
61.28 	metropolitan area.
61.29 	(b) The commissioner of transportation or the commissioner's designee shall be 
61.30 	a member of the task force and shall convene the first meeting of the task force. The 
61.31 	task force shall select a chair from its membership at the first meeting. Support staff for 
61.32 	the task force must be provided by the Department of Transportation and Metropolitan 
61.33 	Council. Task force members must be appointed no later than August 1, 2007.
61.34 		Subd. 3.Duties of the task force. The task force shall:
62.1 	(1) consult with the commissioner in the development of a congestion reduction 
62.2 	program that incorporates the strategies of the Urban Partnership program; and
62.3 	(2) consult with the commissioner of transportation and Metropolitan Council 
62.4 	concerning the implementation of the Urban Partnership program.
62.5 		Subd. 4.Report. If a metropolitan area in this state is chosen to participate in an 
62.6 	Urban Partnership agreement, by January 15, 2008, the commissioner of transportation 
62.7 	shall report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees and 
62.8 	divisions with jurisdiction over transportation policies concerning the status and future of 
62.9 	the state's participation in the Urban Partnership program. The report must:
62.10 	(1) identify the metropolitan area that has been designated as an Urban Partner;
62.11 	(2) present the elements of the congestion reduction strategies to be implemented 
62.12 	under the Urban Partnership program;
62.13 	(3) identify the costs of participation and the sources of funding secured or to be 
62.14 	secured;
62.15 	(4) describe the involvement of the Congestion Reduction Task Force; and
62.16 	(5) include any draft legislation needed to implement the program.

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

62.18 	Sec. 96. AIRPORT FUNDING ADVISORY TASK FORCE.
 62.19 		Subdivision 1.Task force established. An advisory task force on airport funding 
62.20 	issues is established to study and make recommendations regarding the best methods for 
62.21 	funding airports in the state and the state airports fund. The task force shall study:
62.22 	(1) the adequacy of current sources of revenue for the state airports fund and airports 
62.23 	in the state;
62.24 	(2) policy considerations regarding the use of the sales tax on aircraft as a potential 
62.25 	source of revenue for airports;
62.26 	(3) how other states fund airports;
62.27 	(4) projected aviation needs of the future, including required investments in aviation 
62.28 	infrastructure;
62.29 	(5) aircraft registration taxes; and
62.30 	(6) other issues relating to the funding of airports as determined by the task force.
62.31 		Subd. 2.Membership. (a) The task force is comprised of the following members:
62.32 	(1) three members of the senate, including at least one member from the minority 
62.33 	party, appointed by the Subcommittee on Committees of the Committee on Rules and 
62.34 	Administration of the senate; and
63.1 	(2) three members of the house of representatives, two appointed by the speaker of 
63.2 	the house and one appointed by the minority leader.
63.3 	The appointing authorities must select members based on knowledge and experience in 
63.4 	aviation funding issues. All appointments required by this paragraph must be completed 
63.5 	by September 1, 2007.
63.6 	(b) The chair of the task force may appoint additional nonvoting members to the task 
63.7 	force, including, but not limited to, representatives of the following organizations:
63.8 	(1) the Department of Transportation Aeronautics Office;
63.9 	(2) the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association;
63.10 	(3) the Experimental Aircraft Association/ACAA;
63.11 	(4) the Metropolitan Airports Commission;
63.12 	(5) the Minnesota Aviation Trades Association;
63.13 	(6) the Minnesota Business Aviation Association;
63.14 	(7) the Minnesota Council of Airports;
63.15 	(8) the Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association;
63.16 	(9) the National Business Aviation Association; and
63.17 	(10) the Minnesota Wing, Civil Air Patrol.
63.18 	(c) The director of the aeronautics office in the Department of Transportation shall 
63.19 	convene the first meeting of the task force within two weeks after the legislative members 
63.20 	have been appointed to the task force. The members shall elect a chairperson from their 
63.21 	membership at the first meeting.
63.22 		Subd. 3.Report. By February 15, 2008, the task force shall report its 
63.23 	recommendations to the chairs of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over airports 
63.24 	and aviation issues and to the legislature as required by Minnesota Statutes, section 3.195. 
63.25 		Subd. 4.Expiration. This section expires after the submission of the report as 
63.26 	required under subdivision 3.

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

63.28 	Sec. 97. CULKIN SAFETY REST AREA.
 63.29 	The commissioner of transportation shall reopen without delay the Culkin safety rest 
63.30 	area, located on marked Interstate Highway 35.

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

63.32 	Sec. 98. NONCOMPLIANCE WITH REAL ID ACT.
 64.1 	The commissioner of public safety is prohibited from taking any action to implement 
64.2 	or to plan for the implementation by this state of those sections of Public Law 109-13 
64.3 	known as the Real ID Act.

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

64.5 	Sec. 99. CREDIT CARD PAYMENT STUDY.
 64.6 	By January 15, 2008, the commissioner of public safety shall submit a proposal to 
64.7 	the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate transportation committee and the 
64.8 	house of representatives transportation finance division that will allow the department, 
64.9 	deputy registrars, and driver's license agents to collect motor vehicle registration taxes 
64.10 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 168.013, motor vehicle certificates of title and related 
64.11 	document fees under Minnesota Statutes, section 168A.29, motor vehicle sales tax under 
64.12 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 297B.02 and 297B.025, and driver's license and Minnesota 
64.13 	identification card fees under Minnesota Statutes, section 171.06, by credit or debit card. 
64.14 	The proposal shall include options to finance the costs of credit and debit card processing 
64.15 	fees paid to the processing vendor, the administrative costs of the department to implement 
64.16 	the acceptance of credit and debit cards, including hardware and software costs of the 
64.17 	department, its deputies and agents, and the ongoing administrative cost increases. Those 
64.18 	financing options may include, but are not limited to, increasing the filing fees under 
64.19 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 168.33 and 171.06. To the extent feasible, the proposal shall 
64.20 	limit any fee increases or other additional costs paid by the registrant or transferor to those 
64.21 	paying by credit or debit card. As part of its proposal, the department may:
64.22 	(1) elect to not allow credit or debit cards to be used on transactions exceeding 
64.23 	$1,000;
64.24 	(2) choose to limit which credit cards or debit cards may be accepted for payment; 
64.25 	and
64.26 	(3) choose not to allow dealers, registrants of fleet vehicles under Minnesota 
64.27 	Statutes, section 168.127, or motor vehicles of 26,000 pounds or greater, and other 
64.28 	designated registrants to pay by credit or debit card.
64.29 	The department shall consult deputy registrars and driver's license agents in coming up 
64.30 	with its proposal.

64.31 	Sec. 100. STUDY OF TRANSPORTATION LONG-RANGE SOLUTIONS.
 65.1 	(a) The commissioner of transportation shall conduct a study in consultation with 
65.2 	other state agencies and key stakeholders to evaluate the current and long-range needs of 
65.3 	the state's transportation system, and investigate possible strategies to meet these needs.
65.4 	(b) The study must include, but is not limited to:
65.5 	(1) evaluation of the current needs of the state's highway systems, bridges, and 
65.6 	transit;
65.7 	(2) analysis and quantification of the needs for the next 20 years of the state's 
65.8 	highway systems, bridges, and transit;
65.9 	(3) comparison of estimates of revenues raised by current transportation funding 
65.10 	sources, with long-term needs of the state's transportation system;
65.11 	(4) identification of options for maintenance and improvement of the state's 
65.12 	transportation system with specific reference to the effects of potential increases in vehicle 
65.13 	fuel economy, availability of alternative modes of transportation, and extreme fuel price 
65.14 	volatility on future transportation revenues;
65.15 	(5) analysis of alternative pricing options utilized in other states and countries, 
65.16 	and their potential for use, public acceptance, alleviation of congestion, and revenue 
65.17 	generation in this state; and
65.18 	(6) identification of options for road-use pricing, other alternative financing 
65.19 	mechanisms with particular consideration of key environmental impacts such as air 
65.20 	quality, water quality, and greenhouse gas emissions, and estimates of implementation 
65.21 	costs, user costs, and revenue.
65.22 	(c) The commissioner shall report the results of the study to the legislature no later 
65.23 	than November 1, 2008.

65.24 	Sec. 101. STUDY AND REPORT ON SPEED LIMITS.
 65.25 	The commissioner of transportation shall report to the chairs of the legislative 
65.26 	committees with jurisdiction over transportation and local government by January 
65.27 	30, 2008, on speed limits on local roads. The commissioner shall consult with local 
65.28 	governments and solicit input from local governments before issuing the report. The 
65.29 	report must include, at a minimum:
65.30 	(1) whether the current statutory speed limit of 30 miles per hour in urban districts 
65.31 	and rural residential districts is appropriate, or if there are locations where the appropriate 
65.32 	speed limit is 25 miles per hour;
65.33 	(2) whether the current statutory speed limit of 55 miles per hour in rural residential 
65.34 	districts within a city is appropriate, or if there are locations where the appropriate speed 
65.35 	limit is 30 miles per hour; and
66.1 	(3) whether the current definitions of urban district, rural residential district, and 
66.2 	residential roadway are appropriate, or whether and how they should be changed.

66.3 	Sec. 102. HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION IN ROCHESTER.
 66.4 	The commissioner of transportation shall proceed without delay to issue to the city 
66.5 	of Rochester the necessary permits that allow the city to complete the construction of a 
66.6 	new folded diamond interchange in the Northeast and Northwest quadrants at marked 
66.7 	Trunk Highway 52 and 65th Street NW in the city of Rochester. The commissioner 
66.8 	shall review the environmental documentation prepared by the city in a timely manner 
66.9 	and shall issue the necessary construction permits without delay upon the issuance of a 
66.10 	finding of no significant impact.
66.11 	The entire cost of the 55th Street NW interchange design, right-of-way acquisition, 
66.12 	and construction shall be the responsibility of the state.

66.13 	Sec. 103. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 66.14 	The revisor of statutes shall delete the route identified as Legislative Route No. 262 
66.15 	in Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.115, subdivision 193, from Minnesota Statutes 
66.16 	when the commissioner of transportation sends notice to the revisor in writing that the 
66.17 	conditions required to transfer the route are satisfied.

66.18 	Sec. 104.  REPEALER.
 66.19 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.115, subdivision 193, is repealed effective 
66.20 	the day after the commissioner of transportation receives a copy of the agreement between 
66.21 	the commissioner and Martin County to transfer jurisdiction of Legislative Route No. 262 
66.22 	and notifies the revisor of statutes under section 103.
66.23 	(b) Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 221.60, subdivisions 2, 3, and 3a; 221.601; 
66.24 	and 221.602, are repealed.
66.25 	(c) Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 169.4502, subdivision 15; and 169.4503, 
66.26 	subdivisions 17, 18, and 26, are repealed effective January 1, 2008.
66.27 	(d) Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.796, subdivision 3, is repealed effective 
66.28 	the day following final enactment.
66.29 	(e) Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 6, article 3, section 91, is repealed 
66.30 	effective the day following final enactment.