1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to motor vehicles; extending permissible route for three-unit paper 
1.3 	products vehicles; allowing certain trucks to qualify for special paper products 
1.4 	vehicle permit; changing effective date authorizing permit for special paper 
1.5 	products vehicle;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.864, 
1.6 	subdivisions 1, 2; Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 1, article 4, section 
1.7 	39.
1.8 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.9 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.864, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.10 		Subdivision 1.Special three-unit vehicle permit. The commissioner may issue a 
1.11 	permit for a vehicle that meets the following requirements:
1.12 	(1) is a combination of vehicles, including a truck-tractor and a semitrailer drawing 
1.13 	one additional semitrailer, which may be equipped with an auxiliary dolly, and no 
1.14 	semitrailer used in the three-vehicle combination has an overall length in excess of 28-1/2 
1.15 	feet;
1.16 	(2) has a maximum gross vehicle weight of 108,000 pounds;
1.17 	(3) complies with the axle weight limits in section 169.824 or with the federal bridge 
1.18 	formula for axle groups not described in that section;
1.19 	(4) complies with the tire weight limits in section 169.823 or the tire manufacturers' 
1.20 	recommended load, whichever is less;
1.21 	(5) is operated only in this state on Trunk Highway marked 2 between Grand Rapids 
1.22 	and the port of Duluth; on Trunk Highway marked 169 between Grand Rapids and its 
1.23 	junction with Trunk Highway marked 53; on Trunk Highway marked 194 between Trunk 
1.24 	Highway marked 2 and Trunk Highway marked 53; and on Trunk Highway marked 53 
1.25 	between Virginia and the port of Duluth; and
2.1 	(6) the seasonal weight increases authorized under section 169.826, subdivision 1, 
2.2 	do not apply.

2.3 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.864, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.4 		Subd. 2.Special two-unit vehicle permit. The commissioner may issue a permit 
2.5 	for a vehicle that meets the following requirements:
2.6 	(1) is a combination of vehicles consisting of a truck-tractor and a single semitrailer 
2.7 	that may exceed 48 feet, but not 53 feet, if the distance from the kingpin to the centerline 
2.8 	of the rear axle group of the semitrailer does not exceed 43 feet;
2.9 	(2) has a maximum gross vehicle weight of 90,000 pounds or 97,000 pounds if 
2.10 	the truck has seven axles;
2.11 	(3) has a maximum gross vehicle weight of 98,000 pounds during the time when 
2.12 	seasonal weight increases authorized under section 169.826, subdivision 1, are in effect;
2.13 	(4) complies with the axle weight limits in section 169.824 or with the federal bridge 
2.14 	formula for axle groups not described in that section;
2.15 	(5) complies with the tire weight limits in section 169.823 or the tire manufacturers' 
2.16 	recommended load, whichever is less; and
2.17 	(6) is operated only on the highways specified in subdivision 1, clause (5).

2.18 	Sec. 3. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 1, article 4, section 39, the effective 
2.19 	date, is amended to read:

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