1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; modifying or adding provisions relating to agency 
1.3 	duties and activities, eminent domain, highways and roads, commercial 
1.4 	vehicles, signs, highway construction contracting, transportation research, bridge 
1.5 	inspection, special mobile equipment, motor vehicles, vehicle registration 
1.6 	and title, traffic regulations, towing, commercial motor vehicles, recreational 
1.7 	vehicle combinations, parking violations, vehicle length and weight, vehicle 
1.8 	permits, statewide transportation goals and plan, drivers' licenses, pavement 
1.9 	analysis, certain fees, special transportation services, motor carriers, commercial 
1.10 	vehicles and drivers, light rail transit and other transit services and facilities, 
1.11 	and transit police; creating position of state rail inspector; requiring studies 
1.12 	and reports; providing penalties; appropriating money;amending Minnesota 
1.13 	Statutes 2006, sections 117.041, by adding a subdivision; 117.51; 117.52, 
1.14 	subdivision 1a; 160.02, subdivision 19, by adding a subdivision; 160.80; 
1.15 	161.14, subdivision 18, by adding subdivisions; 161.32, subdivisions 1, 1b, 
1.16 	4; 161.53; 164.06, subdivision 2; 165.01; 165.03; 168.011, subdivision 22; 
1.17 	168.013, subdivision 1e; 168.10, subdivisions 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1g, 1h, 1i; 168.12, 
1.18 	subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e; 168.1255, by adding a subdivision; 168A.01, 
1.19 	by adding a subdivision; 168A.05, subdivisions 3, 5; 168A.10, subdivision 
1.20 	1; 168A.101; 168A.151, subdivision 1; 168A.153; 168B.04, subdivision 2; 
1.21 	168D.06; 168D.07; 169.01, subdivisions 4c, 19, 20, 78, by adding subdivisions; 
1.22 	169.041, subdivisions 1, 2; 169.06, subdivision 5; 169.14, subdivision 2; 169.34; 
1.23 	169.471; 169.781; 169.782, subdivision 1; 169.783, subdivision 1; 169.81, 
1.24 	subdivisions 2, 3c; 169.823, subdivision 1; 169.824, subdivision 2; 169.8261; 
1.25 	169.829, subdivision 2; 169.86, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 169.862; 
1.26 	169.864, subdivisions 1, 2; 171.01, by adding a subdivision; 171.02, subdivision 
1.27 	1; 171.14; 174.01, subdivision 2; 174.02, subdivision 1a; 174.03, subdivision 
1.28 	1, by adding subdivisions; 174.30, subdivisions 4, 9; 218.041, subdivision 6; 
1.29 	221.031, subdivision 6; 221.0314, subdivision 9, by adding a subdivision; 
1.30 	221.033, subdivision 2d; 221.037, subdivision 1; 221.091, subdivision 2; 
1.31 	221.141, subdivision 1; 221.231; 221.60, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 
1.32 	222.50, subdivision 7; 222.63, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision; 299A.705, 
1.33 	subdivision 1; 299F.60, subdivision 1; 299J.16, subdivision 1; 325F.665, by 
1.34 	adding a subdivision; 473.1466; 473.166; 473.386, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 3; 
1.35 	473.399; 473.3993, subdivisions 1, 3, by adding a subdivision; 473.3994; 
1.36 	473.3997; 473.4051; 473.407, subdivision 1; 473.408, by adding subdivisions; 
1.37 	609.531, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 168.12, 
1.38 	subdivision 5; Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 1, article 4, section 39; 
1.39 	Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 6, section 7; proposing coding for new law in 
2.1 	Minnesota Statutes, chapters 160; 161; 169; 174; 219; 473; repealing Minnesota 
2.2 	Statutes 2006, sections 168A.05, subdivision 5a; 221.60, subdivisions 2, 3, 3a, 
2.3 	4, 5, 6; 221.601; 221.602; 325E.0951, subdivision 3a; 473.1465; 473.3994, 
2.4 	subdivision 13.
2.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.6 	ARTICLE 1
2.7 	TRANSPORTATION POLICY

2.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 117.041, is amended by adding a 
2.9 	subdivision to read:
2.10 		Subd. 3.Geotechnical investigation before eminent domain proceedings. (a) A 
2.11 	state agency by order of the commissioner or a political subdivision by resolution may 
2.12 	enter property for purposes of investigation, monitoring, testing, surveying, boring, or 
2.13 	other similar activities necessary or appropriate to perform geotechnical investigations.
2.14 	(b) At least ten days before entering the property, the state agency or political 
2.15 	subdivision must serve notice on the property owner requesting permission to enter the 
2.16 	property, stating the approximate time and purpose of the entry, and giving the owner the 
2.17 	option of refusing entry. If the property owner refuses to consent to the entry, the state 
2.18 	agency or political subdivision must apply for a court order authorizing the entry and the 
2.19 	removal of any sample or portion from the property, giving notice of the court order to the 
2.20 	property owner. The court shall issue an order if the state agency or political subdivision 
2.21 	meets the standards in paragraph (a). Notices under this paragraph must be served in the 
2.22 	same manner as a summons in a civil action.
2.23 	(c) The state agency or political subdivision must not cause any unnecessary damage 
2.24 	to the property and must compensate the property owner for any damages actually incurred 
2.25 	as a result of the geotechnical investigations.

2.26 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 117.51, is amended to read:
2.27 	117.51 COOPERATION WITH FEDERAL AUTHORITIES; 
2.28 	REESTABLISHMENT COSTS LIMIT.
2.29 		Subdivision 1.Cooperation with federal authorities. In all acquisitions 
2.30 	undertaken by any acquiring authority and in all voluntary rehabilitation carried out by a 
2.31 	person pursuant to acquisition or as a consequence thereof, the acquiring authority shall 
2.32 	cooperate to the fullest extent with federal departments and agencies, and it shall take all 
2.33 	necessary action in order to insure, to the maximum extent possible, federal financial 
2.34 	participation in any and all phases of acquisition, including the provision of relocation 
2.35 	assistance, services, payments and benefits to displaced persons. 
3.1 		Subd. 2.Reestablishment costs limit. For purposes of relocation benefits paid 
3.2 	by the acquiring authority in accordance with this section, the provisions of Code of 
3.3 	Federal Regulations, title 49, part 24, with respect to reimbursement of reestablishment 
3.4 	expenses for nonresidential moves are applicable, except that the acquiring authority shall 
3.5 	reimburse the displaced business for eligible expenses up to a maximum of $50,000.

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

3.7 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 117.52, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
3.8 		Subd. 1a.Reestablishment costs limit. For purposes of relocation benefits paid 
3.9 	by the acquiring authority in accordance with this section, the provisions of Code of 
3.10 	Federal Regulations, title 49, section 24.304part 24, with respect to reimbursement 
3.11 	of reestablishment expenses for nonresidential moves are applicable, except that the 
3.12 	acquiring authority shall reimburse the displaced business for eligible expenses actually 
3.13 	incurred up to a maximum of $50,000.

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

3.15 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 160.02, is amended by adding a subdivision 
3.16 	to read:
3.17 		Subd. 18a.Expressway. "Expressway" means a divided highway with partial 
3.18 	control of access.

3.19 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 160.02, subdivision 19, is amended to read:
3.20 		Subd. 19.Freeway or expressway. "Freeway" or "expressway" means a divided, 
3.21 	controlled-access highway with four or more lanes full control of access.

3.22 	Sec. 6. [160.2721] COMMERCIAL VEHICLE DRIVERS AT REST AREAS.
3.23 	(a) The commissioner shall allow a commercial motor vehicle operator who is 
3.24 	subject to hours of service regulations under Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 
3.25 	395, to stop and park continuously, for a period of up to ten hours as necessary to comply 
3.26 	with the hours of service regulations, at any Department of Transportation safety rest area 
3.27 	or travel information center that has parking stalls designed to accommodate a commercial 
3.28 	motor vehicle, as defined in section 169.01, subdivision 75.
3.29 	(b) Any clause or provision in a lease or other agreement for the operation of a 
3.30 	Department of Transportation safety rest area or travel information center that purports to 
3.31 	limit the requirements under paragraph (a) is void and without effect.

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

4.2 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 160.80, is amended to read:
4.3 	160.80 SIGN FRANCHISE PROGRAM.
4.4 		Subdivision 1.Commissioner may establish program. (a) The commissioner of 
4.5 	transportation may establish a sign franchise program for the purpose of providing on the 
4.6 	right-of-way of interstate and controlled-access trunk highways specific information on 
4.7 	gas, food, camping, and lodging, and 24-hour pharmacies for the benefit of the motoring 
4.8 	public.
4.9 	(b) The sign franchise program must include urban interstate highways.
4.10 		Subd. 1a.Eligibility criteria for business panels. (a) To be eligible for a business 
4.11 	panel on a logo sign panel, a business establishment must:
4.12 	(1) be open for business;
4.13 	(2) have a sign on site that both identifies the business and is visible to motorists;
4.14 	(3) be open to everyone, regardless of race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, 
4.15 	creed, marital status, sexual orientation, or disability;
4.16 	(4) not impose a cover charge or otherwise require customers to purchase additional 
4.17 	products or services; and
4.18 	(5) meet the appropriate criteria in paragraphs (b) to (e) (f).
4.19 	(b) Gas businesses must provide vehicle services including fuel and oil; restroom 
4.20 	facilities and drinking water; continuous, staffed operation at least 12 hours a day, seven 
4.21 	days a week; and public access to a telephone.
4.22 	(c) Food businesses must serve at least two meals a day during normal mealtimes 
4.23 	of breakfast, lunch, and dinner; provide a continuous, staffed food service operation at 
4.24 	least ten hours a day, seven days a week except holidays as defined in section 645.44, 
4.25 	subdivision 5, and except as provided for seasonal food service businesses; provide 
4.26 	seating capacity for at least 20 people; and possess any required state or local licensing or 
4.27 	approval. Seasonal food service businesses must provide a continuous, staffed food service 
4.28 	operation at least ten hours a day, seven days a week, during their months of operation.
4.29 	(d) Lodging businesses must include sleeping accommodations, provide public 
4.30 	access to a telephone, and possess any required state or local licensing or approval.
4.31 	(e) Camping businesses must include sites for camping, include parking 
4.32 	accommodations for each campsite, provide sanitary facilities and drinking water, and 
4.33 	possess any required state or local licensing or approval.
5.1 	(f) 24-hour pharmacy businesses must be continuously operated 24 hours per day, 
5.2 	seven days per week, and must have a state-licensed pharmacist present and on duty at 
5.3 	all times.
5.4 	(g) Businesses that do not meet the appropriate criteria in paragraphs (b) to (e) 
5.5 	but that have a signed lease as of January 1, 1998, may retain the business panel until 
5.6 	December 31, 2005, or until they withdraw from the program, whichever occurs first, 
5.7 	provided they continue to meet the criteria in effect in the department's contract with the 
5.8 	logo sign vendor on August 1, 1995. After December 31, 2005, or after withdrawing 
5.9 	from the program, a business must meet the appropriate criteria in paragraphs (a) to (e) 
5.10 	to qualify for a business panel.
5.11 	(g) (h) Seasonal businesses must indicate to motorists when they are open for 
5.12 	business by either putting the full months of operation directly on the business panel or 
5.13 	by having a "closed" plaque applied to the business panel when the business is closed 
5.14 	for the season.
5.15 	(h) (i) The maximum distance that an eligible business in Anoka, Carver, Dakota, 
5.16 	Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, or Washington County can be located from the interchange is: 
5.17 	for gas businesses, one mile; for food businesses, two miles; for lodging businesses and 
5.18 	24-hour pharmacies, three miles; and for camping businesses, ten miles.
5.19 	(i) (j) The maximum distance that an eligible business in any other county can be 
5.20 	located from the interchange shall not exceed 15 miles in either direction, except the 
5.21 	maximum distance that an eligible 24-hour pharmacy business can be located from the 
5.22 	interchange shall not exceed three miles in either direction.
5.23 	(j) (k) Logo sign panels must be erected so that motorists approaching an interchange 
5.24 	view the panels in the following order: 24-hour pharmacy, camping, lodging, food, gas.
5.25 	(k) (l) If there is insufficient space on a logo sign panel to display all eligible 
5.26 	businesses for a specific type of service, the businesses closest to the interchange have 
5.27 	priority over businesses farther away from the interchange.
5.28 		Subd. 2.Franchises. The commissioner may, by public negotiation or bid, grant 
5.29 	one or more franchises to qualified persons to erect and maintain, on the right-of-way of 
5.30 	interstate and controlled-access trunk highways, signs informing the motoring public of 
5.31 	gas, food, lodging, and camping facilities, and 24-hour pharmacies. A franchisee shall 
5.32 	furnish, install, maintain, and replace signs for the benefit of advertisers who provide gas, 
5.33 	food, lodging, and camping facilities, and 24-hour pharmacies for the general public, and 
5.34 	lease advertising space on the signs to operators of these facilities.
5.35 		Subd. 3.Costs. All costs incurred under the program established by this section 
5.36 	must be paid under agreements negotiated between a franchisee and an advertiser or 
6.1 	advertisers, unless otherwise provided in the contract between the commissioner and 
6.2 	the franchisee.
6.3 		Subd. 4.Contract requirements. (a) All contracts made by the commissioner 
6.4 	with a franchisee must provide for:
6.5 	(1) a requirement that the franchisee obtain liability insurance in an amount the 
6.6 	commissioner determines, jointly insuring the state and the franchisee against all liability 
6.7 	for claims for damages occurring wholly or in part because of the franchise; and
6.8 	(2) reasonable standards for the size, design, erection, and maintenance of service 
6.9 	information signs and the advertising logos thereon.
6.10 	(b) The commissioner may require additional terms and conditions, including but 
6.11 	not limited to provisions on the renewal and termination of the agreement, and in the event 
6.12 	of termination the rights of the state and franchisee relative to the franchisee's advertising 
6.13 	contracts.
6.14 		Subd. 5.Restrictions. The commissioner shall take no action under this section 
6.15 	which will result in the loss to the state of any federal highway construction funds.

6.16 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.14, subdivision 18, is amended to read:
6.17 		Subd. 18.Voyageur Highway. The following route is named and designated the 
6.18 	"Voyageur Highway":
6.19 	(a) Beginning at a point on Trunk Highway No. 26 on the boundary line between 
6.20 	the states of Minnesota and Iowa; thence northerly along Trunk Highway No. 26 to its 
6.21 	junction with Trunk Highway No. 61; thence northwesterly along Trunk Highway No. 
6.22 	61 to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 10 in the city of St. Paul; thence extending 
6.23 	in a general northwesterly direction along Trunk Highway No. 10 to its junction with 
6.24 	Trunk Highway No. 371 at Little Falls; thence extending in a general northerly direction 
6.25 	along Trunk Highway No. 371 to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 210 at Brainerd; 
6.26 	thence northeasterly along Trunk Highway No. 210 to its junction with Trunk Highway 
6.27 	No. 169 at Aitkin; thence in a general northerly direction along Trunk Highway No. 169 
6.28 	to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 2 at Grand Rapids, except that portion that is 
6.29 	designated as the Jim Oberstar Causeway; thence northwesterly along Trunk Highway 
6.30 	No. 2 to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 71 at Bemidji; thence northeasterly along 
6.31 	Trunk Highway No. 71 to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 11 at Pelland; thence 
6.32 	northeasterly along Trunk Highway No. 11 to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 53 
6.33 	at International Falls; thence southeasterly along Trunk Highway No. 53 to its junction 
6.34 	with Trunk Highway No. 61Central Entrance at Duluth;. Beginning at a point on Trunk 
6.35 	Highway No. 61 at its junction with Interstate Highway 35 and thence northeasterly 
7.1 	along Trunk Highway No. 61 to the boundary line between the state of Minnesota and 
7.2 	the province of Ontario, Canada.
7.3 	(b) The route of the Voyageur Highway designated and described in clause (a) is 
7.4 	supplemented by legs or alternative routes described as follows:
7.5 	Beginning at a point on Trunk Highway No. 1 at its junction with Trunk Highway 
7.6 	No. 61 northerly of Silver Bay; thence northwesterly along Trunk Highway No. 1 to Ely; 
7.7 	thence southwesterly along Trunk Highway No. 1 to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 
7.8 	169; thence southerly and westerly along Trunk Highway No. 169 to its junction with 
7.9 	Trunk Highway No. 53, and there terminating.
7.10 	Beginning at a point on Trunk Highway No. 11 at its junction with Trunk Highway 
7.11 	No. 53 at International Falls; thence easterly along Trunk Highway No. 11 to its easterly 
7.12 	terminus near Island View.
7.13 	Beginning at a point on Trunk Highway No. 33 at its junction with Interstate 
7.14 	Highway marked I-35 southerly of Cloquet, thence northerly along Trunk Highway No. 
7.15 	33 to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 53.
7.16 	(c) The commissioner of transportation shall:
7.17 	(1) adopt a suitable marking design of signs or informational plaques;
7.18 	(2) effect the installation of such signs or plaques in public waysides or other public 
7.19 	areas as approved and designated by the commissioner.

7.20 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.14, is amended by adding a subdivision 
7.21 	to read:
7.22 		Subd. 57.Purple Heart Trail. Statutory Route No. 392, described in section 
7.23 	161.12 and marked on the effective date of this section as Interstate Highway 94, is 
7.24 	designated in its entirety within Minnesota as the Purple Heart Trail. Subject to section 
7.25 	161.139, the commissioner shall adopt a suitable marking design to mark this highway 
7.26 	and erect appropriate signs at each safety rest area located on the highway.

7.27 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.14, is amended by adding a subdivision 
7.28 	to read:
7.29 		Subd. 58.Dallas Sams Memorial Highway. That portion of Legislative Route No. 
7.30 	2, signed as Trunk Highway 210 on the date of final enactment of this section, from 
7.31 	the city of Motley to the city of Staples, is designated as the "Dallas Sams Memorial 
7.32 	Highway." The commissioner of transportation shall adopt a suitable design to mark this 
7.33 	highway and erect appropriate signs, subject to section 161.139.

8.1 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.14, is amended by adding a subdivision 
8.2 	to read:
8.3 		Subd. 59.Walter F. Mondale Drive. Trunk Highway marked 53 from its 
8.4 	intersection with Superior Street to its intersection with Central Entrance in the city of 
8.5 	Duluth, as signed on the effective date of this section, is designated "Walter F. Mondale 
8.6 	Drive." Subject to section 161.139, the commissioner of transportation shall adopt a 
8.7 	suitable marking design to mark this highway and erect appropriate signs.

8.8 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.14, is amended by adding a subdivision 
8.9 	to read:
8.10 		Subd. 60.Jim Oberstar Causeway. The causeway over Pokegama Lake on 
8.11 	Trunk Highway 169 is designated the "Jim Oberstar Causeway." The commissioner of 
8.12 	transportation shall adopt a suitable design to mark this highway and erect appropriate 
8.13 	signs, subject to section 161.139.

8.14 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.32, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
8.15 		Subdivision 1.Advertisement for bids. The commissioner may conduct the work 
8.16 	or any part of the work incidental to the construction and maintenance of the trunk 
8.17 	highways by labor employed to do the work or by contract. In cases of construction work, 
8.18 	the commissioner shall first advertise for bids for contracts, and if no satisfactory bids are 
8.19 	received, may either reject all bids and readvertise, or do the work by labor employed to 
8.20 	do the work. Except as provided in subdivision 3 or 4, when work is to be done under 
8.21 	contract, the commissioner shall advertise for bids once each week for three successive 
8.22 	weeks prior to the date the bids are to be received. The advertisement for bids must be 
8.23 	published in a newspaper or other periodical of general circulation in the state and may be 
8.24 	placed on the Internet. The plans and specifications for the proposed work must be on file 
8.25 	in the commissioner's office prior to the first call for bids.

8.26 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.32, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:
8.27 		Subd. 1b.Lowest responsible bidder; electronic bids. Bidders may submit 
8.28 	bids electronically in a form and manner required by the commissioner; however, the 
8.29 	commissioner may require that all bids of $5,000,000 and over for trunk highway contracts 
8.30 	must be submitted electronically. Notwithstanding section 13.591, subdivision 3, or any 
8.31 	other law or rule to the contrary, bids are not required to be opened and read in public if 
8.32 	the commissioner publishes the public data specified by section 13.591, subdivision 3, 
8.33 	on a state Web site immediately after the deadline for receipt of bids has passed. Bids 
9.1 	for federal-aid highway projects must be conducted in accordance with Code of Federal 
9.2 	Regulations, title 23, section 635. Trunk highway construction contracts, including 
9.3 	design-build contracts, must be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, taking into 
9.4 	consideration conformity with the specifications, the purpose for which the contract or 
9.5 	purchase is intended, the status and capability of the vendor, and other considerations 
9.6 	imposed in the call for bids. The commissioner may decide which is the lowest responsible 
9.7 	bidder for all contracts and may use the principles of life-cycle costing, when appropriate, 
9.8 	in determining the lowest overall bid. Any or all bids may be rejected. When competitive 
9.9 	bids are required and all bids are rejected, new bids, if solicited, must be called for as in 
9.10 	the first instance, unless otherwise provided by law.

9.11 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.32, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
9.12 		Subd. 4.Trunk highways damaged by spring breakup. Contracts may be 
9.13 	let for the repair and restoration of trunk highways damaged by spring breakup upon 
9.14 	advertisement for bids and publication thereof in a newspaper or periodical of general 
9.15 	circulation for a period of one week prior to the date such bids are to be received, and 
9.16 	upon the mailing of such advertisements to all contractors who have filed a written request 
9.17 	therefor.

9.18 	Sec. 16. [161.3203] CONTRACTS FOR WORK FOR TRUNK HIGHWAY.
9.19 		Subdivision 1.Privatization transportation contracts. For purposes of this 
9.20 	section, "privatization transportation contract" means an enforceable agreement, or 
9.21 	combination or series of agreements, by which a private contractor agrees with the 
9.22 	commissioner of transportation to provide work (1) that is incidental to the construction 
9.23 	or improvement of trunk highways, or (2) for maintenance of trunk highways. A 
9.24 	privatization transportation contract does not include a design-build contract as defined 
9.25 	in section 161.3410, subdivision 3, contracts awarded pursuant to section 161.32, work 
9.26 	related to utility relocation, utility relocation agreements, state aid agreements, municipal 
9.27 	agreements, interagency agreements, joint powers agreements, partnership agreements, 
9.28 	and grant agreements. Privatization transportation contracts also do not include contracts 
9.29 	related to aerial photos, asbestos investigation or abatement, communications, computer 
9.30 	and information technology, construction contract administration, cultural resource 
9.31 	investigations, electronic communications, environmental investigations, expert witnesses, 
9.32 	contaminated soil investigations and remediation, geographic information systems, 
9.33 	hydraulic and geotechnical studies, intelligent transportation systems, management 
9.34 	support, mapping and photogrammetrics, market research, medical analysis, planning, 
10.1 	public relations, right-of-way appraisals or acquisitions and field title investigations, 
10.2 	research, relocation services, special studies, traffic studies and modeling, and employee 
10.3 	training, and does not include services by persons licensed under sections 326.02 to 326.15.
10.4 		Subd. 2.Applicability.  This section applies to privatization transportation contracts 
10.5 	in a total amount greater than $100,000. The requirements imposed by this section are in 
10.6 	addition to, and do not supersede, the requirements of any other applicable section of law.
10.7 		Subd. 3.Review of contract costs.  (a) Before entering into a privatization 
10.8 	transportation contract, the commissioner of transportation shall prepare a comprehensive 
10.9 	written estimate of the cost of having the same work provided in the most cost-effective 
10.10 	manner by agency employees. The cost estimate must include all costs of having agency 
10.11 	employees provide the work, including the cost of pension, insurance, and other employee 
10.12 	benefits. The cost estimate is nonpublic data, as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 
10.13 	9, until the day after the deadline for receipt of responses under paragraph (b), when 
10.14 	it becomes public data.
10.15 	(b) After soliciting and receiving responses, the commissioner shall publicly 
10.16 	designate the responder to which it proposes to award the privatization contract. The 
10.17 	commissioner shall prepare a comprehensive written estimate of the cost of the proposal 
10.18 	based on the designated responder's bid, including the cost of a transition from public 
10.19 	to private provision of the work, any additional unemployment and retirement benefits 
10.20 	resulting from the transfer, and costs associated with monitoring the proposed contract. If 
10.21 	the designated responder proposes to perform any or all of the desired services outside the 
10.22 	state, the commissioner of transportation shall include in the cost estimate, as nearly as 
10.23 	possible, any loss of sales and income tax revenue to the state. The cost estimate must 
10.24 	not include trade secret data which is classified as nonpublic data under section 13.37, 
10.25 	subdivision 2.
10.26 	(c) Before entering into a privatization transportation contract for $250,000 or more, 
10.27 	the commissioner shall determine that:
10.28 	(1) the cost estimated under paragraph (b) will be lower than the cost estimated 
10.29 	under paragraph (a);
10.30 	(2) the quality of the work to be provided by the designated responder is likely 
10.31 	to equal or exceed the quality of services that could be provided by Department of 
10.32 	Transportation employees;
10.33 	(3) the contract, together with other privatization transportation contracts to which 
10.34 	the department is or has been party, will not reduce full-time equivalent positions within 
10.35 	the department or result in layoffs; and
10.36 	(4) the proposed privatization contract is in the public interest.
11.1 		Subd. 4.Reports. Beginning in 2009, the commissioner shall provide, no later than 
11.2 	September 1, an annual written report to the legislature, in compliance with sections 
11.3 	3.195 and 3.197, and shall submit the report to the chairs of the senate and house of 
11.4 	representatives committees having jurisdiction over transportation. The report must list 
11.5 	all privatization transportation contracts within the meaning of this section that were 
11.6 	executed or performed, whether wholly or in part, in the previous fiscal year. The report 
11.7 	must identify, with respect to each contract: the contractor; contract amount; duration; 
11.8 	work, provided or to be provided; the comprehensive estimate derived under subdivision 
11.9 	3, paragraph (a); the comprehensive estimate derived under subdivision 3, paragraph 
11.10 	(b); the actual cost to the agency of the contractor's performance of the contract; and for 
11.11 	contracts of at least $250,000, a statement containing the commissioner's determinations 
11.12 	under subdivision 3, paragraph (c).
11.13 		Subd. 5.Short title. This section may be cited as the "Taxpayers' Transportation 
11.14 	Accountability Act."

11.15 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.53, is amended to read:
11.16 	161.53 RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.
11.17 	The commissioner may set aside in each fiscal year up to two percent of the 
11.18 	total amount of all funds appropriated to the commissioner other than county state-aid 
11.19 	and municipal state-aid highway funds for transportation research including public and 
11.20 	private research partnerships. The commissioner shall spend this money for (1) research 
11.21 	to improve the design, construction, maintenance, management, and environmental 
11.22 	compatibility of transportation systems; (2) research on transportation policies that 
11.23 	enhance energy efficiency and economic development; (3) programs for implementing 
11.24 	and monitoring research results; and (4) development of transportation education and 
11.25 	outreach activities. Of all funds appropriated to the commissioner other than state-aid 
11.26 	funds, the commissioner shall spend at least 0.1 percent, but not exceeding $800,000
11.27 	$1,200,000 in any fiscal year, for research and related activities performed by the Center 
11.28 	for Transportation Studies of the University of Minnesota. The center shall establish a 
11.29 	technology transfer and training center for Minnesota transportation professionals.

11.30 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 164.06, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
11.31 		Subd. 2.Extinguishing interest in abandoned road. (a) After providing notice 
11.32 	under section 366.01, subdivision 8 as required in paragraph (c), the town board may by 
11.33 	resolution disclaim and extinguish a town interest in a town road without action under 
11.34 	subdivision 1 if:
12.1 	(1) the extinguishment is found by the town board to be in the public interest;
12.2 	(2) the interest is not a fee interest;
12.3 	(3) the interest was established more than 25 years earlier;
12.4 	(4) the interest is not recorded or filed with the county recorder;
12.5 	(5) no road improvement has been constructed on a right-of-way affected by the 
12.6 	interest within the last 25 years; and
12.7 	(6) no road maintenance on a right-of-way affected by the interest has occurred 
12.8 	within the last 25 years.
12.9 	(b) The resolution shall be filed with the county auditor and recorded with the 
12.10 	county recorder.
12.11 	(c) Not less than 30 days before the first meeting at which a resolution to disclaim 
12.12 	and extinguish a town interest in a town road under this subdivision is discussed, the 
12.13 	town board shall provide notice of the meeting by certified mail to each property owner 
12.14 	abutting the road to be extinguished. A notice must also be posted as provided under 
12.15 	section 366.01, subdivision 8.

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

12.17 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 165.01, is amended to read:
12.18 	165.01 DEFINITIONS.
12.19 		Subdivision 1.Scope. For the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this 
12.20 	section and section 160.02shall have the same meanings given them. 
12.21 		Subd. 2.AASHTO manual. "AASHTO manual" means the Manual for Condition 
12.22 	Evaluation of Bridges, published by the American Association of State Highway and 
12.23 	Transportation Officials.

12.24 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 165.03, is amended to read:
12.25 	165.03 STRENGTH OF BRIDGE; INSPECTION.
12.26 		Subdivision 1.Standards generally. Each bridge, including a privately owned 
12.27 	bridge, must conform to the strength, width, clearance, and safety standards imposed 
12.28 	by the commissioner for the connecting highway or street. This subdivision applies to 
12.29 	a bridge that is constructed after August 1, 1989, on any public highway or street. The 
12.30 	bridge must have sufficient strength to support with safety the maximum vehicle weights 
12.31 	allowed under sections 169.822 to 169.829 and must have the minimum width specified 
12.32 	in section 165.04, subdivision 3. 
13.1 		Subd. 1a.Inspection. (a) Each bridge must be inspected annually, unless a longer 
13.2 	interval not to exceed two years for bridges or four years for bridges classified as culverts 
13.3 	is authorized by the commissioner. The commissioner's authorization must be based 
13.4 	on factors including, but not limited to, the age and condition of the bridge, the rate of 
13.5 	deterioration of the bridge, the type of structure, the susceptibility of the bridge to failure, 
13.6 	and the characteristics of traffic on the bridge. The commissioner may require interim 
13.7 	inspections at intervals of less than one year on bridges that are posted, bridges subjected 
13.8 	to extreme scour conditions, bridges subject to significant substructure movement or 
13.9 	settlement, and for other reasons as specified or inferred in the AASHTO manual.
13.10 	(b) The thoroughness of each inspection depends on such factors as age, traffic 
13.11 	characteristics, state of maintenance, and known deficiencies. The evaluation of these 
13.12 	factors is the responsibility of the engineer assigned the responsibility for inspection as 
13.13 	defined by rule adopted by the commissioner of transportation.
13.14 		Subd. 2.Inspection and inventory responsibilities; rules; forms. (a) The 
13.15 	commissioner of transportation shall adopt official inventory and bridge inspection report 
13.16 	forms for use in making bridge inspections by the owners or highway authorities specified 
13.17 	by this subdivision. Bridge Inspections shall must be made at regular intervals, not to 
13.18 	exceed two years for bridges and not to exceed four years for culverts, by the following 
13.19 	owner or official:
13.20 	(1) the commissioner of transportation for all bridges located wholly or partially 
13.21 	within or over the right-of-way of a state trunk highway;
13.22 	(2) the county highway engineer for all bridges located wholly or partially within 
13.23 	or over the right-of-way of any county or township town road, or any street within a 
13.24 	municipality which that does not have a city engineer regularly employed;
13.25 	(3) the city engineer for all bridges located wholly or partially within or over the 
13.26 	right-of-way of any street located within or along municipal limits;
13.27 	(4) the commissioner of transportation in case of a toll bridge that is used by the 
13.28 	general public and that is not inspected and certified under subdivision 6; provided, that the 
13.29 	commissioner of transportation may assess the owner for the costs of such the inspection;
13.30 	(5) the owner of a bridge over a public highway or street or that carries a roadway 
13.31 	designated for public use by a public authority, if not required to be inventoried and 
13.32 	inspected under clause (1), (2), (3), or (4).
13.33 	(b) The commissioner of transportation shall prescribe the standards for bridge 
13.34 	inspection and inventory by rules. The owner or highway authority shall inspect and 
13.35 	inventory in accordance with these standards and furnish the commissioner with such data 
13.36 	as may be necessary to maintain a central inventory.
14.1 		Subd. 3.County inventory and inspection records and reports. The county 
14.2 	engineer shall maintain a complete inventory record of all bridges as set forth in 
14.3 	subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (2), with the inspection reports thereof, and shall 
14.4 	certify annually to the commissioner, as prescribed by the commissioner, that inspections 
14.5 	have been made at regular intervals, not to exceed two years for bridges and not to 
14.6 	exceed four years for culverts. A report of the inspections shall must be filed annually, 
14.7 	on or before February 15 of each year, with the county auditor or town clerk, or the 
14.8 	governing body of the municipality. The report shall must contain recommendations for 
14.9 	the correction of, or legal posting of load limits on any bridge or structure that is found to 
14.10 	be understrength or unsafe.
14.11 		Subd. 4.Municipal inventory and inspection records and reports. The 
14.12 	city engineer shall maintain a complete inventory record of all bridges as set forth in 
14.13 	subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (3), with the inspection reports thereof, and shall 
14.14 	certify annually to the commissioner, as prescribed by the commissioner, that inspections 
14.15 	have been made at regular intervals, not to exceed two years for bridges and not to exceed 
14.16 	four years for culverts. A report of the inspections shall must be filed annually, on or 
14.17 	before February 15 of each year, with the governing body of the municipality. The report 
14.18 	shall must contain recommendations for the correction of, or legal posting of load limits 
14.19 	on any bridge or structure that is found to be understrength or unsafe.
14.20 		Subd. 5.Agreement. Agreements may be made among the various units of 
14.21 	governments, or between governmental units and qualified engineering personnel to 
14.22 	carry out the responsibilities for the bridge inspections and reports, as established by 
14.23 	subdivision 2.
14.24 		Subd. 6.Other bridges. The owner of a toll bridge and the owner of a bridge 
14.25 	described in subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (5), shall certify to the commissioner, as 
14.26 	prescribed by the commissioner, that inspections of the bridge have been made at regular 
14.27 	intervals, not to exceed two years for bridges and not to exceed four years for culverts. 
14.28 	The certification shall must be accompanied by a report of the inspection. The report shall
14.29 	must contain recommendations for the correction of or legal posting of load limitations if 
14.30 	the bridge is found to be understrength or unsafe.
14.31 		Subd. 7.Department of Natural Resources bridge. (a) Notwithstanding 
14.32 	subdivision 2, the commissioners of transportation and natural resources shall negotiate a 
14.33 	memorandum of understanding that governs the inspection of bridges owned, operated, 
14.34 	or maintained by the commissioner of natural resources.
14.35 	(b) The memorandum of understanding must provide for:
14.36 	(1) the inspection and inventory of bridges subject to federal law or regulations;
15.1 	(2) the frequency of inspection of bridges described in paragraph (a); and
15.2 	(3) who may perform inspections required under the memorandum of understanding.

15.3 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.011, subdivision 22, is amended to read:
15.4 		Subd. 22.Special mobile equipment. "Special mobile equipment" means every 
15.5 	vehicle not designed or used primarily for the transportation of persons or property 
15.6 	and only incidentally operated or moved over a highway, including but not limited to: 
15.7 	ditch-digging apparatuses, moving dollies, pump hoists and other water well-drilling 
15.8 	equipment registered under chapter 103I, vehicle-mounted concrete pumps with or 
15.9 	without placement booms, street-sweeping vehicles, and other machinery such as 
15.10 	asphalt spreaders, bituminous mixers, bucket loaders, tractors other than truck-tractors, 
15.11 	ditchers, leveling graders, finishing machines, motor graders, road rollers, scarifiers, 
15.12 	truck-mounted log loaders, earth-moving carryalls, scrapers, power shovels, draglines, 
15.13 	self-propelled cranes, and earth-moving equipment. The term does not include travel 
15.14 	trailers, dump trucks, truck-mounted transit mixers, truck-mounted feed grinders, or other 
15.15 	motor vehicles designed for the transportation of persons or property to which machinery 
15.16 	has been attached.

15.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2008, and expires 
15.18 	December 31, 2010.

15.19 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.013, subdivision 1e, is amended to read:
15.20 		Subd. 1e.Truck; tractor; combination; exceptions. (a) On trucks and tractors 
15.21 	except those in this chapter defined as farm trucks, on truck-tractor and semitrailer 
15.22 	combinations except those defined as farm combinations, and on commercial zone 
15.23 	vehicles, the tax based on total gross weight shall be graduated according to the Minnesota 
15.24 	base rate schedule prescribed in this subdivision, but in no event less than $120.
15.25 	Minnesota Base Rate Schedule
15.26 	Scheduled taxes include five percent
15.27 	surtax provided for in subdivision 14

15.28		TOTAL GROSS WEIGHT
			
15.29		IN POUNDS
		TAX
	
15.30		A
	0
	-
	1,500
		$ ........15 
	
15.31		B
	1,501
	-
	3,000
		20
	
15.32		C
	3,001
	-
	4,500
		25
	
15.33		D
	4,501
	-
	6,000
		35
	
15.34		E
	6,001
	-
	9,000 10,000
		45
	
15.35		F
	9,001 10,001
	-
	12,000
		70
	
16.1		G
	12,001
	-
	15,000
		105
	
16.2		H
	15,001
	-
	18,000
		145
	
16.3		I
	18,001
	-
	21,000
		190
	
16.4		J
	21,001
	-
	26,000
		270
	
16.5		K
	26,001
	-
	33,000
		360
	
16.6		L
	33,001
	-
	39,000
		475
	
16.7		M
	39,001
	-
	45,000
		595
	
16.8		N
	45,001
	-
	51,000
		715
	
16.9		O
	51,001
	-
	57,000
		865
	
16.10		P
	57,001
	-
	63,000
		1015
	
16.11		Q
	63,001
	-
	69,000
		1185
	
16.12		R
	69,001
	-
	73,280
		1325
	
16.13		S
	73,281
	-
	78,000
		1595
	
16.14		T
	78,001
	-
	81,00080,000
		1760
	
16.15 	(b) For purposes of the Minnesota base rate schedule, for vehicles with six or more 
16.16 	axles in the "S" and "T" categories, the base rates are $1,520 and $1,620 respectively.
16.17 	(c) For each vehicle with a gross weight in excess of 81,00080,000 pounds an 
16.18 	additional tax of $50 is imposed for each ton or fraction thereof in excess of 81,000
16.19 	80,000 pounds, subject to subdivision 12.
16.20 	(d) For purposes of registration identification, for vehicles registered in the "O" 
16.21 	category, the owner must declare at the time of registration whether the vehicle will carry 
16.22 	a weight of 55,000 pounds or more and therefore be subject to the federal heavy vehicle 
16.23 	use tax. For those owners who declare a weight less than 55,000 pounds, a distinctive 
16.24 	weight sticker must be issued and the owner is restricted to a gross vehicle weight of 
16.25 	less than 55,000 pounds.
16.26 	(e) Truck-tractors except those herein defined as farm and commercial zone vehicles 
16.27 	shall be taxed in accord with the foregoing gross weight tax schedule on the basis of the 
16.28 	combined gross weight of the truck-tractor and any semitrailer or semitrailers which the 
16.29 	applicant proposes to combine with the truck-tractor.
16.30 	(e)(f) Commercial zone trucks include only trucks, truck-tractors, and semitrailer 
16.31 	combinations which are:
16.32 	(1) used by an authorized local cartage carrier operating under a permit issued 
16.33 	under section  221.296 and whose gross transportation revenue consists of at least 60 
16.34 	percent obtained solely from local cartage carriage, and are operated solely within an area 
16.35 	composed of two contiguous cities of the first class and municipalities contiguous thereto 
16.36 	as defined by section  221.011, subdivision 17; or 
16.37 	(2) operated by an interstate carrier registered under section  221.60, or by an 
16.38 	authorized local cartage carrier or other carrier receiving operating authority under chapter 
17.1 	221, and operated solely within a zone exempt from regulation pursuant to United States 
17.2 	Code, title 49, section 13506. 
17.3 	(f)(g) The license plates issued for commercial zone vehicles shall be plainly 
17.4 	marked. A person operating a commercial zone vehicle outside the zone or area in which 
17.5 	its operation is authorized is guilty of a misdemeanor and, in addition to the misdemeanor 
17.6 	penalty therefor, the registrar shall have revoke the registration of the vehicle as a 
17.7 	commercial zone vehicle revoked by the registrar and shall be required to reregister
17.8 	require that the vehicle be registered at 100 percent of the full annual tax prescribed in the 
17.9 	Minnesota base rate schedule, and no part of this tax shall may be refunded during the 
17.10 	balance of the registration year.
17.11 	(g)(h) On commercial zone trucks the tax shall be based on the total gross weight of 
17.12 	the vehicle and during each of the first eight years of vehicle life shall be is 75 percent of 
17.13 	the Minnesota base rate schedule. During the ninth and succeeding years of vehicle life 
17.14 	the tax shall be is 50 percent of the Minnesota base rate schedule.
17.15 	(h)(i) On trucks, truck-tractors and semitrailer combinations, except those defined 
17.16 	as farm trucks and farm combinations, and except for those commercial zone vehicles 
17.17 	specifically provided for in this subdivision, the tax for each of the first eight years of 
17.18 	vehicle life shall be is 100 percent of the tax imposed in the Minnesota base rate schedule, 
17.19 	and during the ninth and succeeding years of vehicle life, the tax shall be is 75 percent 
17.20 	of the Minnesota base rate prescribed by this subdivision.
17.21 	(i)(j) For the purpose of registration, trailers coupled with a truck-tractor, semitrailer 
17.22 	combination are semitrailers.

17.23 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 168.12, subdivision 5, is 
17.24 	amended to read:
17.25 		Subd. 5.Additional fee. (a) In addition to any fee otherwise authorized or any tax 
17.26 	otherwise imposed upon any vehicle, the payment of which is required as a condition to 
17.27 	the issuance of any plate or plates, the commissioner shall impose the fee specified in 
17.28 	paragraph (b) that is calculated to cover the cost of manufacturing and issuing the plate 
17.29 	or plates, except for plates issued to disabled veterans as defined in section 168.031 and 
17.30 	plates issued pursuant to section 168.124, 168.125, or 168.27, subdivisions 16 and 17, 
17.31 	for passenger automobiles. The commissioner shall issue graphic design plates only 
17.32 	for vehicles registered pursuant to section 168.017 and recreational vehicles registered 
17.33 	pursuant to section 168.013, subdivision 1g.
18.1 	(b) Unless otherwise specified or exempted by statute, the following plate and 
18.2 	validation sticker fees apply for the original, duplicate, or replacement issuance of a 
18.3 	plate in a plate year:

18.4	License Plate 
			Single
		Double
	
18.5		Regular and Disability
		$
	4.50
	$
	6.00
	
18.6		Special
		$
	8.50
	$
	10.00
	
18.7		Personalized (Replacement)
		$
	10.00
	$
	14.00
	
18.8		Collector Category
		$
	13.50
	$
	15.00
	
18.9		Emergency Vehicle Display
		$
	3.00
	$
	6.00
	
18.10		Utility Trailer Self-Adhesive
		$
	2.50
			
18.11	Stickers
						
18.12		Duplicate year
		$
	1.00
	$
	1.00
	
18.13
18.14		International Fuel Tax 
Agreement
		$
	2.50
	$
	2.50
	
18.15 	(c) For vehicles that require two of the categories above, the registrar shall only 
18.16 	charge the higher of the two fees and not a combined total.

18.17 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.1255, is amended by adding a 
18.18 	subdivision to read:
18.19 		Subd. 6.World War II memorial donation matching account. Money remaining 
18.20 	in the World War II memorial donation matching account after the state share of the 
18.21 	construction costs of the World War II memorial has been paid in full is appropriated to the 
18.22 	commissioner of veterans affairs for services and programs for veterans and their families.

18.23 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168A.01, is amended by adding a 
18.24 	subdivision to read:
18.25 		Subd. 1a.Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of public 
18.26 	safety.

18.27 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168A.05, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
18.28 		Subd. 3.Content of certificate. Each certificate of title issued by the department 
18.29 	shall contain:
18.30 	(1) the date issued;
18.31 	(2) the first, middle, and last names,and the dates of birth, and addresses of all 
18.32 	owners who are natural persons, and the full names and addresses of all other owners;
18.33 	(3) the residence address of the owner listed first if that owner is a natural person or 
18.34 	the address if that owner is not a natural person;
19.1 	(4) the names and addresses of any secured parties, and the address of the first 
19.2 	secured party, listed  in the order of priority (i) as shown on the application, or (ii) if the 
19.3 	application is based on a certificate of title, as shown on the certificate, or (iii) as otherwise 
19.4 	determined by the department;
19.5 	(4) (5) any liens filed pursuant to a court order or by a public agency responsible for 
19.6 	child support enforcement against the owner;
19.7 	(5) (6) the title number assigned to the vehicle;
19.8 	(6) (7) a description of the vehicle including, so far as the following data exists, its 
19.9 	make, model, year, identifying number, type of body, whether new or used, and if a new 
19.10 	vehicle, the date of the first sale of the vehicle for use;
19.11 	(7) (8) with respect to a motor vehicles vehicle subject to the provisions of section 
19.12 	325E.15, (i) the true cumulative mileage registered on the odometer or (ii) that the actual 
19.13 	mileage is unknown if the odometer reading is known by the owner to be different from 
19.14 	the true mileage;
19.15 	(8) (9) with respect to vehicles a vehicle subject to sections 325F.6641 and 
19.16 	325F.6642, the appropriate term "flood damaged," "rebuilt," "prior salvage," or 
19.17 	"reconstructed";
19.18 	(9) (10) with respect to a vehicle contaminated by methamphetamine production, if 
19.19 	the registrar has received the certificate of title and notice described in section 152.0275, 
19.20 	subdivision 2, paragraph (g), the term "hazardous waste contaminated vehicle"; and
19.21 	(10) (11) with respect to a vehicle subject to section 325F.665, the term "lemon law 
19.22 	vehicle"; and
19.23 	(12) any other data the department prescribes.

19.24 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168A.05, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
19.25 		Subd. 5.Forms. (a) The certificate of title shall contain forms:
19.26 	(1) for assignment and warranty of title by the owner;
19.27 	(2) for assignment and warranty of title by a dealer;
19.28 	(3) to apply for a certificate of title by a transferee;
19.29 	(4) to name a secured party; and
19.30 	(5) to make the disclosure required by section 325F.6641. 
19.31 	(b) The certificate of title must also include a separate detachable postcard form
19.32 	entitled "Notice of Sale" that contains, but is not limited to, the vehicle's title number and 
19.33 	vehicle identification number. The postcard form must include sufficient space for the 
19.34 	owner to record the purchaser's name, address, and driver's license number, if any, and 
19.35 	the date of sale. The notice of sale must include clear instructions regarding the owner's 
20.1 	responsibility to complete and return the form, or to transmit the required information 
20.2 	electronically in a form acceptable to the commissioner, pursuant to section 168A.10, 
20.3 	subdivision 1. 

20.4 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168A.10, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
20.5 		Subdivision 1.Assignment and warranty of title; mileage; notice of sale. If an 
20.6 	owner transfers interest in a vehicle other than by the creation of a security interest, the 
20.7 	owner shall at the time of the delivery of the vehicle execute an assignment and warranty 
20.8 	of title to the transferee and shall state the actual selling price in the space provided on 
20.9 	the certificate. Within ten days of the date of sale, other than a sale by or to a licensed 
20.10 	motor vehicle dealer, the owner shall: (1) complete, detach, and return to the department 
20.11 	the postcard form on the certificate entitled "Notice of Sale," if one is provided, including 
20.12 	the transferee's name, address, and driver's license number, if any, and the date of sale; or 
20.13 	(2) transmit this information electronically in a form acceptable to the commissioner. With 
20.14 	respect to motor vehicles subject to the provisions of section 325E.15, the transferor shall 
20.15 	also, in the space provided therefor on the certificate, state the true cumulative mileage 
20.16 	registered on the odometer or that the actual mileage is unknown if the odometer reading 
20.17 	is known by the transferor to be different from the true mileage. The transferor shall cause 
20.18 	the certificate and assignment to be delivered to the transferee immediately. 

20.19 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168A.101, is amended to read:
20.20 	168A.101 CANCELLATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE SALE.
20.21 		Subdivision 1.Required documentation. If the parties cancel a purchase of a 
20.22 	motor vehicle after the transfer of interest, they must submit within 90 days of the original 
20.23 	purchase date the following items:
20.24 	(1) the outstanding certificate of title with proper assignment; and a written claim 
20.25 	for refund;
20.26 	(2) an affidavit correcting ownership signed by the parties.; and
20.27 	(3) the outstanding certificate of title, if available, with proper assignment.
20.28 		Subd. 2.Refunds. A party may be eligible for a refund of taxes and fees paid 
20.29 	pursuant to chapter 297B only if the items indicated in subdivision 1 are submitted within 
20.30 	the 90-day time frame unless otherwise provided by law. No other taxes or fees paid may 
20.31 	be refunded due to the cancellation of a motor vehicle sale.

20.32 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168A.151, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
21.1 		Subdivision 1.Salvage titles. (a) When an insurer, licensed to conduct business in 
21.2 	Minnesota, acquires ownership of a late-model or high-value vehicle through payment 
21.3 	of damages, the insurer shall immediately apply for a salvage certificate of title or shall 
21.4 	stamp the existing certificate of title with the legend "SALVAGE CERTIFICATE OF 
21.5 	TITLE" in a manner prescribed by the department. Within 48 hours of taking possession 
21.6 	of a vehicle through payment of damages, an insurer must notify the department in a 
21.7 	manner prescribed by the department.
21.8 	(b) Any person who acquires a damaged motor vehicle with an out-of-state title and 
21.9 	the cost of repairs exceeds the value of the damaged vehicle or a motor vehicle with an 
21.10 	out-of-state salvage title or certificate, as proof of ownership, shall immediately apply for 
21.11 	a salvage certificate of title. A person shall immediately apply for a salvage certificate 
21.12 	of title if the person acquires a damaged late-model or high-value motor vehicle with an 
21.13 	out-of-state title and the vehicle:
21.14 	(1) is a vehicle that was acquired by an insurer through payment of damages;
21.15 	(2) is a vehicle for which the cost of repairs exceeds the value of the damaged 
21.16 	vehicle; or
21.17 	(3) has an out-of-state salvage certificate of title as proof of ownership.
21.18 	(c) A self-insured owner of a late-model or high-value vehicle who sustains damage 
21.19 	by collision or other occurrence which exceeds 70 percent of its actual cash value 
21.20 	shall immediately apply for a salvage certificate of title. Damage, for the purpose of 
21.21 	this calculation, does not include the actual cost incurred to repair, replace, or reinstall 
21.22 	inflatable safety restraints and other vehicle components that must be replaced due to the 
21.23 	deployment of the inflatable safety restraints.

21.24 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168A.153, is amended to read:
21.25 	168A.153 REPORT OF VEHICLE RECEIPT; SURRENDER OF 
21.26 	CERTIFICATE.
21.27 		Subdivision 1.Older model vehicle. A dealer who buys an older model vehicle 
21.28 	to be dismantled or destroyed shall report to the department within 30 days including 
21.29 	the vehicle's license plate number and identification number, and the seller's name and 
21.30 	driver's license number.
21.31 		Subd. 2.Late-model or high-value vehicle. A dealer who buys a late-model or 
21.32 	high-value vehicle to be dismantled or destroyed shall notify the secured party, if any, and 
21.33 	then surrender the certificate of title and a properly completed application for a salvage 
21.34 	certificate of title to the department within ten days the commissioner in the manner 
21.35 	prescribed in subdivision 3. The dealer must then properly destroy the certificate of title.
22.1 		Subd. 3.Notification on vehicle to be dismantled or destroyed; service fee.
 22.2 	Within the time frames prescribed in subdivisions 1 and 2 of acquiring a vehicle titled and 
22.3 	registered in Minnesota, a dealer shall notify the registrar that the dealership purchased the 
22.4 	vehicle to be dismantled or destroyed. The notification must be made electronically as 
22.5 	prescribed by the registrar. The dealer may contract this service to a deputy registrar and 
22.6 	the registrar may charge a fee not to exceed $7 per transaction to provide this service.

22.7 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168B.04, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
22.8 		Subd. 2.Unauthorized vehicles. (a) Units of government and peace officers may 
22.9 	take into custody and impound any unauthorized vehicle under section 169.041. 
22.10 	(b) A vehicle may also be impounded after it has been left unattended in one of the 
22.11 	following public or private locations for the indicated period of time:
22.12 	(1) in a public location not governed by section 169.041: 
22.13 	(i) on a highway and properly tagged by a peace officer, four hours;
22.14 	(ii) located so as to constitute an accident or traffic hazard to the traveling public, as 
22.15 	determined by a peace officer, immediately; or
22.16 	(iii)  located so as to constitute an accident or traffic hazard to the traveling public 
22.17 	within the Department of Transportation's eight-county metropolitan district, as determined 
22.18 	by an authorized employee of the department's freeway service patrol, immediately; or 
22.19 	(iv) that is a parking facility or other public property owned or controlled by a unit 
22.20 	of government, properly posted, four hours; or
22.21 	(2) on private property:
22.22 	(i) that is single-family or duplex residential property, immediately;
22.23 	(ii) that is private, nonresidential property, properly posted, immediately;
22.24 	(iii) that is private, nonresidential property, not posted, 24 hours;
22.25 	(iv) that is private, nonresidential property of an operator of an establishment for the 
22.26 	servicing, repair, or maintenance of motor vehicles, five business days after notifying the 
22.27 	vehicle owner by certified mail, return receipt requested, of the property owner's intention 
22.28 	to have the vehicle removed from the property; or
22.29 	(v) that is any residential property, properly posted, immediately.

22.30 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168D.06, is amended to read:
22.31 	168D.06 FUEL LICENSE FEES.
22.32 	License fees paid to the commissioner under the International Fuel Tax Agreement 
22.33 	must be deposited in the highway user tax distribution fund vehicle services operating 
22.34 	account in the special revenue fund under section 299A.705. The commissioner shall 
23.1 	charge an annual fuel license fee of $15, and an annual application filing fee of $13 for 
23.2 	quarterly reporting of fuel tax.

23.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from August 1, 2005, 
23.4 	for fees collected on or after that date.

23.5 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168D.07, is amended to read:
23.6 	168D.07 FUEL DECAL FEE.
23.7 	The commissioner shall issue a decal or other identification to indicate compliance 
23.8 	with the International Fuel Tax Agreement. The commissioner shall establish a charge to 
23.9 	cover the cost of issuing the decal or other identification according to section 16A.1285, 
23.10 	subdivision 4a. Decal or other identification charges paid to the commissioner under this 
23.11 	subdivision must be deposited in the highway user tax distribution fund vehicle services 
23.12 	operating account in the special revenue fund under section 299A.705. 

23.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from August 1, 2005, 
23.14 	for fees collected on or after that date.

23.15 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.01, subdivision 4c, is amended to read:
23.16 		Subd. 4c.Motorized foot scooter. "Motorized foot scooter" means a device with 
23.17 	handlebars designed to be stood or sat upon by the operator, and powered by an internal 
23.18 	combustion engine or electric motor that is capable of propelling the device with or without 
23.19 	human propulsion, and that has either (1) no more than two ten-inch 12-inch or smaller 
23.20 	diameter wheels or (2) and has an engine or motor that is capable of a maximum speed of 
23.21 	15 miles per hour on a flat surface with not more than one percent grade in any direction 
23.22 	when the motor is engaged. An electric personal assistive mobility device, a motorized 
23.23 	bicycle, an electric-assisted bicycle, or a motorcycle is not a motorized foot scooter.

23.24 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.01, subdivision 19, is amended to read:
23.25 		Subd. 19.Explosives. "Explosives" means any chemical compound or mechanical 
23.26 	mixture that is commonly used or intended for the purpose of producing an explosion 
23.27 	and which contains any oxidizing and combustive units or other ingredients in such 
23.28 	proportions, quantities, or packing that an ignition by fire, by friction, by concussion, by 
23.29 	percussion, or by detonator of any part of the compound or mixture may cause such a 
23.30 	sudden generation of highly heated gases that the resultant gaseous pressures are capable 
23.31 	of producing destructible effects on contiguous objects or of destroying life or limb has 
23.32 	the meaning given in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 173.50.

24.1 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.01, subdivision 20, is amended to read:
24.2 		Subd. 20.Flammable liquid. "Flammable liquid" means any liquid which has a 
24.3 	flash point of 70 degrees Fahrenheit, or less, as determined by a tagliabue or equivalent 
24.4 	closed cup test device has the meaning given in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, 
24.5 	section 173.120.

24.6 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.01, subdivision 78, is amended to read:
24.7 		Subd. 78.Recreational vehicle combination. (a) "Recreational vehicle 
24.8 	combination" means a combination of vehicles consisting of a full-size pickup truck 
24.9 	as defined in section 168.011, subdivision 29, or a recreational truck-tractor attached 
24.10 	by means of a kingpin and fifth-wheel coupling to a camper-semitrailermiddle vehicle
24.11 	which has hitched to it a trailer carrying a watercraft as defined in section 86B.005, 
24.12 	subdivision 18; off-highway motorcycle as defined in section 84.787, subdivision 7; 
24.13 	motorcycle; motorized bicycle; snowmobile as defined in section 84.81, subdivision 
24.14 	3; all-terrain vehicle as defined in section 84.92, subdivision 8; motorized golf cart; or 
24.15 	equestrian equipment or supplies.
24.16 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision:,
24.17 	(1) a "kingpin and fifth-wheel coupling" is a coupling between a camper-semitrailer
24.18 	middle vehicle and a towing full-size pickup truck or a recreational truck-tractor in which 
24.19 	a portion of the weight of the camper-semitrailertowed middle vehicle is carried over or 
24.20 	forward of the rear axle of the towing pickup.
24.21 	(2) A "camper-semitrailer" is a trailer, other than a manufactured home as defined in 
24.22 	section 327B.01, subdivision 13, designed for human habitation and used for vacation or 
24.23 	recreational purposes for limited periods.

24.24 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.01, is amended by adding a subdivision 
24.25 	to read:
24.26 		Subd. 93.Full-size pickup truck. "Full-size pickup truck" means any truck with a 
24.27 	manufacturer's nominal rated carrying capacity of one ton or less and commonly known 
24.28 	as or resembling a pickup truck.

24.29 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.01, is amended by adding a subdivision 
24.30 	to read:
24.31 		Subd. 94.Recreational truck-tractor. "Recreational truck-tractor" means a 
24.32 	truck-tractor with a gross vehicle weight rating of not more than 24,000 pounds, that is 
25.1 	designed exclusively or adapted specifically to tow a semitrailer coupled by means of 
25.2 	a fifth-wheel plate and kingpin assembly.

25.3 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.01, is amended by adding a subdivision 
25.4 	to read:
25.5 		Subd. 95.Valid license; valid driver's license. "Valid license," "valid driver's 
25.6 	license," "valid Minnesota driver's license," "valid standard driver's license," or other 
25.7 	similar term, has the meaning given in section 171.01, subdivision 49a.

25.8 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.041, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
25.9 		Subdivision 1.Towing authority. For purposes of this section, "towing authority" 
25.10 	means:
25.11 	(1) any local authority authorized by section 169.04 to enforce the traffic laws, and 
25.12 	also includes a private towing company authorized by a local authority to tow vehicles on 
25.13 	behalf of that local authority.; or
25.14 	(2) an authorized employee of the Department of Transportation's freeway service 
25.15 	patrol within the department's eight-county metropolitan district. 

25.16 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.041, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
25.17 		Subd. 2.Towing order required. A towing authority may not tow a motor 
25.18 	vehicle from public property unless a peace officer or parking enforcement officer has 
25.19 	prepared, in addition to the parking citation, a written towing report describing the motor 
25.20 	vehicle and the reasons for towing. The report must be signed by the officer and the tow 
25.21 	driver. Within the Department of Transportation's eight-county metropolitan district, an 
25.22 	authorized employee of the department's freeway service patrol may order a tow from a 
25.23 	trunk highway after preparing a written towing report provided by the Minnesota State 
25.24 	Patrol. A citation need not be issued before the employee orders a tow.
25.25 	Except in cases where an accident or traffic hazard to the traveling public exists, the 
25.26 	department employee shall ensure that if the tower requested to remove the vehicle by the 
25.27 	owner arrives before the tower requested by the department, the tower requested by the 
25.28 	owner is given the opportunity to actually conduct and complete all towing operations 
25.29 	requested.

25.30 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.06, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
25.31 		Subd. 5.Traffic-control signal. (a) Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic-control 
25.32 	signals exhibiting different colored lights, or colored lighted arrows, successively one at a 
26.1 	time or in combination, only the colors Green, Red, and Yellow shall be used, except for 
26.2 	special pedestrian signals carrying a word or legend. The traffic-control signal lights or 
26.3 	colored lighted arrows indicate and apply to drivers of vehicles and pedestrians as follows:
26.4 	(1) Green indication:
26.5 	(i) Vehicular traffic facing a circular green signal may proceed straight through or 
26.6 	turn right or left unless a sign at such place prohibits either turn. But vehicular traffic, 
26.7 	including vehicles turning right or left, shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles 
26.8 	and to pedestrians lawfully within the intersection or adjacent crosswalk at the time this 
26.9 	signal is exhibited.
26.10 	(ii) Vehicular traffic facing a green arrow signal, shown alone or in combination with 
26.11 	another indication, may cautiously enter the intersection only to make the movement 
26.12 	indicated by the arrow, or other movement as permitted by other indications shown at the 
26.13 	same time. Such vehicular traffic shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully 
26.14 	within an adjacent crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully using the intersection.
26.15 	(iii) Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control signal as provided in 
26.16 	subdivision 6, pedestrians facing any green signal, except when the sole green signal is a 
26.17 	turn arrow, may proceed across the roadway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk. 
26.18 	Every driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to such pedestrian, except that the 
26.19 	pedestrian shall yield the right-of-way to vehicles lawfully within the intersection at the 
26.20 	time that the green signal indication is first shown.
26.21 	(2) Steady yellow indication:
26.22 	(i) Vehicular traffic facing a steady circular yellow or yellow arrow signal is thereby 
26.23 	warned that the related green movement is being terminated or that a red indication will be 
26.24 	exhibited immediately thereafter when vehicular traffic must not enter the intersection, 
26.25 	except for the continued movement allowed by any green arrow indication simultaneously 
26.26 	exhibited.
26.27 	(ii) Pedestrians facing a circular yellow signal, unless otherwise directed by a 
26.28 	pedestrian-control signal as provided in subdivision 6, are thereby advised that there is 
26.29 	insufficient time to cross the roadway before a red indication is shown and no pedestrian 
26.30 	shall then start to cross the roadway.
26.31 	(iii) Vehicular traffic facing a steady yellow arrow signal is thereby warned that 
26.32 	the protected vehicular movement permitted by the corresponding prior green arrow 
26.33 	indication is being terminated.
26.34 	(3) Steady red indication:
26.35 	(i) Vehicular traffic facing a circular red signal alone must stop at a clearly marked 
26.36 	stop line but, if none, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection 
27.1 	or, if none, then before entering the intersection and shall remain standing until a green 
27.2 	indication is shown, except as follows: (A) the driver of a vehicle stopped as close 
27.3 	as practicable at the entrance to the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, 
27.4 	if none, then at the entrance to the intersection in obedience to a red or stop signal, 
27.5 	and with the intention of making a right turn may make the right turn, after stopping, 
27.6 	unless an official sign has been erected prohibiting such movement, but shall yield the 
27.7 	right-of-way to pedestrians and other traffic lawfully proceeding as directed by the signal 
27.8 	at that intersection; or (B) the driver of a vehicle on a one-way street intersecting another 
27.9 	one-way street on which traffic moves to the left shall stop in obedience to a red or stop 
27.10 	signal and may then make a left turn into the one-way street, unless an official sign has 
27.11 	been erected prohibiting the movement, but shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and 
27.12 	other traffic lawfully proceeding as directed by the signal at that intersection.
27.13 	(ii) Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control signal as provided in 
27.14 	subdivision 6, pedestrians facing a steady red signal alone shall not enter the roadway.
27.15 	(iii) Vehicular traffic facing a steady red arrow signal, with the intention of making a 
27.16 	movement indicated by the arrow, must stop at a clearly marked stop line but, if none, 
27.17 	before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if none, then before 
27.18 	entering the intersection and must remain standing until a permissive signal indication 
27.19 	permitting the movement indicated by the red arrow is displayed, except as follows: when 
27.20 	an official sign has been erected permitting a turn on a red arrow signal, the vehicular 
27.21 	traffic facing a red arrow signal indication is permitted to enter the intersection to turn 
27.22 	right, or to turn left from a one-way street into a one-way street on which traffic moves 
27.23 	to the left, after stopping, but must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and other traffic 
27.24 	lawfully proceeding as directed by the signal at that intersection.
27.25 	(b) In the event an official traffic-control signal is erected and maintained at a place 
27.26 	other than an intersection, the provisions of this section are applicable except those which 
27.27 	can have no application. Any stop required must be made at a sign or marking on the 
27.28 	pavement indicating where the stop must be made, but in the absence of any such sign or 
27.29 	marking the stop must be made at the signal.
27.30 	(c) When a traffic-control signal indication or indications placed to control a certain 
27.31 	movement or lane are so identified by placing a sign near the indication or indications, 
27.32 	no other traffic-control signal indication or indications within the intersection controls 
27.33 	vehicular traffic for that movement or lane.

27.34 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.14, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
28.1 		Subd. 2.Speed limits. (a) Where no special hazard exists the following speeds 
28.2 	shall be lawful, but any speeds in excess of such limits shall be prima facie evidence 
28.3 	that the speed is not reasonable or prudent and that it is unlawful; except that the speed 
28.4 	limit within any municipality shall be a maximum limit and any speed in excess thereof 
28.5 	shall be unlawful:
28.6 	(1) 30 miles per hour in an urban district or on a town road in a rural residential 
28.7 	district;
28.8 	(2) 65 miles per hour on noninterstate expressways, as defined in section 160.02, 
28.9 	subdivision 18a, and noninterstate freeways and expressways, as defined in section 
28.10 	160.02, subdivision 19;
28.11 	(3) 55 miles per hour in locations other than those specified in this section;
28.12 	(4) 70 miles per hour on interstate highways outside the limits of any urbanized area 
28.13 	with a population of greater than 50,000 as defined by order of the commissioner of 
28.14 	transportation;
28.15 	(5) 65 miles per hour on interstate highways inside the limits of any urbanized area 
28.16 	with a population of greater than 50,000 as defined by order of the commissioner of 
28.17 	transportation;
28.18 	(6) ten miles per hour in alleys; and
28.19 	(7) 25 miles per hour in residential roadways if adopted by the road authority having 
28.20 	jurisdiction over the residential roadway.
28.21 	(b) A speed limit adopted under paragraph (a), clause (7), is not effective unless the 
28.22 	road authority has erected signs designating the speed limit and indicating the beginning 
28.23 	and end of the residential roadway on which the speed limit applies.
28.24 	(c) For purposes of this subdivision, "rural residential district" means the territory 
28.25 	contiguous to and including any town road within a subdivision or plat of land that is built 
28.26 	up with dwelling houses at intervals of less than 300 feet for a distance of one-quarter 
28.27 	mile or more.
28.28 	(d) Notwithstanding section 609.0331 or 609.101 or other law to the contrary, 
28.29 	a person who violates a speed limit established in this subdivision, or a speed limit 
28.30 	designated on an appropriate sign under subdivision 4, 5, 5b, 5c, or 5e, by driving 20 miles 
28.31 	per hour or more in excess of the applicable speed limit, is assessed an additional surcharge 
28.32 	equal to the amount of the fine imposed for the speed violation, but not less than $25.

28.33 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.34, is amended to read:
28.34 	169.34 PROHIBITIONS; STOPPING, PARKING.
29.1 		Subdivision 1.Prohibitions. (a) No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle, 
29.2 	except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the 
29.3 	directions of a police officer or traffic-control device, in any of the following places:
29.4 	(1) on a sidewalk;
29.5 	(2) in front of a public or private driveway;
29.6 	(3) within an intersection;
29.7 	(4) within ten feet of a fire hydrant;
29.8 	(5) on a crosswalk;
29.9 	(6) within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
29.10 	(7) within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign, or 
29.11 	traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway;
29.12 	(8) between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the 
29.13 	curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated 
29.14 	by signs or markings;
29.15 	(9) within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
29.16 	(10) within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of 
29.17 	a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of said entrance when 
29.18 	properly signposted;
29.19 	(11) alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such stopping, 
29.20 	standing, or parking would obstruct traffic;
29.21 	(12) on the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a 
29.22 	street;
29.23 	(13) upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway 
29.24 	tunnel, except as otherwise provided by ordinance;
29.25 	(14) at any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
29.26 	(b) No person shall move a vehicle not owned by such person into any prohibited 
29.27 	area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.
29.28 	(c) No person shall, for camping purposes, leave or park a travel trailer on or within 
29.29 	the limits of any highway or on any highway right-of-way, except where signs are erected 
29.30 	designating the place as a campsite.
29.31 	(d) No person shall stop or park a vehicle on a street or highway when directed or 
29.32 	ordered to proceed by any peace officer invested by law with authority to direct, control, 
29.33 	or regulate traffic.
29.34 		Subd. 2.Violation; penalty for owner or lessee. (a) If a motor vehicle is stopped, 
29.35 	standing, or parked in violation of subdivision 1, the owner of the vehicle, or for a leased 
29.36 	motor vehicle the lessee of the vehicle, is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
30.1 	(b) The owner or lessee may not be fined under paragraph (a) if (1) another person 
30.2 	is convicted for, or pleads guilty to, that violation, or (2) the motor vehicle was stolen at 
30.3 	the time of the violation.
30.4 	(c) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a lessor of a motor vehicle if the lessor keeps a 
30.5 	record of the name and address of the lessee.
30.6 	(d) Paragraph (a) does not prohibit or limit the prosecution of a motor vehicle 
30.7 	operator for violating subdivision 1.
30.8 	(e) A violation under paragraph (a) does not constitute grounds for revocation or 
30.9 	suspension of the owner's or lessee's driver's license.

30.10 	Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.471, is amended to read:
30.11 	169.471 TELEVISION; HEADPHONES.
30.12 		Subdivision 1.Television screen in vehicle. No television screen shall be installed 
30.13 	or used in any motor vehicle where it isimages from the screen are  visible to the driver 
30.14 	while operating the motor vehicle except:
30.15 	(1) video screens installed in law enforcement vehicles;
30.16 	(2) closed-circuit video systems used exclusively to aid the driver's visibility to 
30.17 	the front, rear, or sides of the vehicle; and
30.18 	(3) video screens installed as part of a vehicle control system or used in intelligent 
30.19 	vehicle highway applications.
30.20 		Subd. 2.Use of headphones in vehicle.  (a) No person, while operating a motor 
30.21 	vehicle, shall wear headphones or earphones that are used in both ears simultaneously for 
30.22 	purposes of receiving or listening to broadcasts or reproductions from radios, tape decks, 
30.23 	or other sound-producing or transmitting devices.
30.24 	(b) Paragraph (a) does not prohibit: 
30.25 	(1) the use of a hearing aid device by a person who needs the device; or 
30.26 	(2) the use of a communication headset by a firefighter while operating a fire 
30.27 	department emergency vehicle in response to an emergency; or 
30.28 	(3) the use of a communication headset by an emergency medical services person 
30.29 	while operating an ambulance subject to section 144E.101.

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

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

35.10 	Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.782, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
35.11 		Subdivision 1.Driver; daily inspection report. (a) The driver of a commercial 
35.12 	motor vehicle shall report in writing at the completion of each day's work on each 
35.13 	commercial motor vehicle the driver has operated. A person who owns one or more 
35.14 	commercial motor vehicles and who employs drivers for those commercial motor vehicles 
35.15 	must require each driver to submit a written report as required in by this section. The 
35.16 	report must cover the following parts and accessories: service brakes, including trailer and 
35.17 	semitrailer brake connections; parking (hand) brake; steering mechanism; lighting devices 
35.18 	and reflectors; tires; horn; windshield wiper or wipers; rear vision mirror or mirrors; 
35.19 	coupling devices; wheels and rims; and emergency equipment.
35.20 	(b) The report must identify the vehicle and list any defect or deficiency discovered 
35.21 	by or reported to the driver that would affect the safe operation of the vehicle or result in 
35.22 	its mechanical breakdown. If no defect or deficiency is discovered by or reported to the 
35.23 	driver, the report must so indicate. The driver must sign the report after completing it. In 
35.24 	the case of a commercial motor vehicle operated by two drivers, the signature of one of 
35.25 	the drivers satisfies the requirements of this subdivision if both drivers agree concerning 
35.26 	the defects or deficiencies. If a driver operates more than one commercial motor vehicle 
35.27 	during a day's work, a report must be prepared for each vehicle operated.
35.28 	(c) Before operating or allowing the operation of a commercial motor vehicle on 
35.29 	which a report has been prepared under this subdivision, the owner of the vehicle or 
35.30 	the owner's agent must repair defects or deficiencies listed on the report that would be 
35.31 	sufficient under inspection procedures established by the State Patrol to require the vehicle 
35.32 	to be declared out of service likely affect the safe operation of the vehicle. Before allowing 
35.33 	the commercial motor vehicle to be operated again, the owner or the owner's agent must 
35.34 	certify, on the report listing the defect or deficiency, that the defect or deficiency has 
35.35 	been corrected or that correction is unnecessary. A motor carrier must keep the original 
36.1 	vehicle inspection report for at least three months after the date of inspection. The report 
36.2 	must be available for inspection by an authorized federal, state, or local official at any 
36.3 	time during this period.
36.4 	(d) A copy of the vehicle inspection report, including a certification of corrections 
36.5 	resulting from the report, must be carried in the commercial motor vehicle, or in the power 
36.6 	unit of a commercial motor vehicle combination, at all times when the vehicle or power 
36.7 	unit is operated until the next inspection report is completed under this subdivision. The 
36.8 	copy must be made available on demand to: (1) a peace officer;, (2) a person authorized 
36.9 	under section 221.221;, and (3) a person described in section 299D.06. 

36.10 	Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.783, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
36.11 		Subdivision 1.Postcrash inspection. (a) A peace officer responding to an accident 
36.12 	involving a commercial motor vehicle must immediately notify the State Patrol if the 
36.13 	accident results in death, personal injury, or property damage to an apparent extent of 
36.14 	more than $4,400.:
36.15 	(1) a fatality;
36.16 	(2) bodily injury to a person who, as a result of the injury, immediately receives 
36.17 	medical treatment away from the scene of the accident; or
36.18 	(3) one or more motor vehicles incurring disabling damage as a result of the 
36.19 	accident, requiring the motor vehicles to be transported away from the scene by tow 
36.20 	truck or other motor vehicle.
36.21 	(b) It is a misdemeanor for a person to drive or cause to be driven a commercial 
36.22 	motor vehicle after such an accident unless the vehicle:
36.23 	(1) has been inspected by a state trooper or other person authorized to conduct 
36.24 	inspections under section 169.781, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), who is an employee of 
36.25 	the Department of Public Safety or Transportation, and the person inspecting the vehicle 
36.26 	has determined that the vehicle may safely be operated; or 
36.27 	(2) a waiver has been granted under subdivision 2.

36.28 	Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.81, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
36.29 		Subd. 2.Length of single vehicle; exceptions. (a) Statewide, no single vehicle may 
36.30 	exceed 40 45 feet in overall length, including load and front and rear bumpers, except:
36.31 	(1) mobile cranes, which may not exceed 48 feet in overall length;
36.32 	(2) buses, which may not exceed 45 feet in overall length; and
36.33 	(3) type A, B, or C motor homes as defined in section 168.011, subdivision 25, 
36.34 	paragraph (c), which may not exceed 45 feet in overall length. 
37.1 	(b) Statewide, no semitrailer may exceed 48 feet in overall length, including bumper 
37.2 	and load, but excluding non-cargo-carrying equipment, such as refrigeration units or air 
37.3 	compressors, necessary for safe and efficient operation and located on the end of the 
37.4 	semitrailer adjacent to the truck-tractor. However, statewide, a single semitrailer may 
37.5 	exceed 48 feet, but not 53 feet, if the distance from the kingpin to the centerline of the 
37.6 	rear axle group of the semitrailer does not exceed 43 feet.
37.7 	(c) Statewide, no single trailer may have an overall length exceeding 45 feet, 
37.8 	including the tow bar assembly but exclusive of rear bumpers that do not increase the 
37.9 	overall length by more than six inches.
37.10 	(d) For determining compliance with this subdivision, the length of the semitrailer 
37.11 	or trailer must be determined separately from the overall length of the combination of 
37.12 	vehicles.
37.13 	(e) No semitrailer or trailer used in a three-vehicle combination may have an overall 
37.14 	length in excess of 28-1/2 feet, exclusive of:
37.15 	(1) non-cargo-carrying accessory equipment, including refrigeration units or air 
37.16 	compressors and upper coupler plates, necessary for safe and efficient operation, located 
37.17 	on the end of the semitrailer or trailer adjacent to the truck or truck-tractor;
37.18 	(2) the tow bar assembly; and
37.19 	(3) lower coupler equipment that is a fixed part of the rear end of the first semitrailer 
37.20 	or trailer.

37.21 	Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.81, subdivision 3c, is amended to read:
37.22 		Subd. 3c.Recreational vehicle combination. Notwithstanding subdivision 3, a 
37.23 	recreational vehicle combination may be operated without a permit if:
37.24 	(1) the combination does not consist of more than three vehicles, and the towing 
37.25 	rating of the full-size pickup truck  or recreational truck-tractor is equal to or greater than 
37.26 	the total weight of all vehicles being towed;
37.27 	(2) the combination does not exceed 70 feet in length;
37.28 	(3) the middle vehicle in the combination does not exceed 28 feet in length;
37.29 	(4) the operator of the combination is at least 18 years of age;
37.30 	(5) (4) the trailer is only carrying a watercraft, motorcycle, motorized bicycle, 
37.31 	off-highway motorcycle, snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, motorized golf cart, watercraft, 
37.32 	motorcycles, motorized bicycles, off-highway motorcycles, snowmobiles, all-terrain 
37.33 	vehicles, motorized golf carts, or equestrian equipment or supplies, and meets all 
37.34 	requirements of law;
38.1 	(6) (5) the trailers vehicles in the combination are connected to the full-size pickup 
38.2 	truck or recreational truck-tractor and each other in conformity with section 169.82; and
38.3 	(7) (6) the combination is not operated within the seven-county metropolitan area, 
38.4 	as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2, during the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. 
38.5 	and 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays.

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

38.7 	Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.823, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
38.8 		Subdivision 1.Pneumatic-tired vehicle. No vehicle or combination of vehicles 
38.9 	equipped with pneumatic tires shall be operated upon the highways of this state:
38.10 	(1) where the gross weight on any wheel exceeds 9,000 pounds, except that on paved 
38.11 	county state-aid highways, paved county roads, designated local routes, and state trunk 
38.12 	highways the gross weight on any single wheel shall not exceed 10,000 pounds unless 
38.13 	posted to a lesser weight under section 169.87, subdivision 1;
38.14 	(2) where the gross weight on any single axle exceeds 18,000 pounds, except that on 
38.15 	 paved county state-aid highways, paved county roads, designated local routes, and state 
38.16 	trunk highways the gross weight on any single axle shall not exceed 20,000 pounds unless 
38.17 	posted to a lesser weight under section 169.87, subdivision 1;
38.18 	(3) where the maximum wheel load:
38.19 	(i) on the foremost and rearmost steering axles, exceeds 600 pounds per inch of tire 
38.20 	width or the manufacturer's recommended load, whichever is less; or
38.21 	(ii) on other axles, exceeds 500 pounds per inch of tire width or the manufacturer's 
38.22 	recommended load, whichever is less. This item applies to new vehicles manufactured 
38.23 	after August 1, 1991. For vehicles manufactured before August 2, 1991, the maximum 
38.24 	weight per inch of tire width is 600 pounds per inch or the manufacturer's recommended 
38.25 	load, whichever is less, until August 1, 1996. After July 31, 1996, this item applies to all 
38.26 	vehicles regardless of date of manufacture;
38.27 	(4) where the gross weight on any axle of a tridem exceeds 15,000 pounds, except 
38.28 	that for vehicles to which an additional axle has been added prior to June 1, 1981, the 
38.29 	maximum gross weight on any axle of a tridem may be up to 16,000 pounds provided the 
38.30 	gross weight of the tridem combination does not exceed 39,900 pounds where the first 
38.31 	and third axles of the tridem are spaced nine feet apart;
38.32 	(5) where the gross weight on any group of axles exceeds the weights permitted 
38.33 	under sections 169.822 to 169.829 with any or all of the interior axles disregarded, and 
38.34 	with an exterior axle disregarded if the exterior axle is a variable load axle that is not 
39.1 	carrying its intended weight, and their gross weights subtracted from the gross weight of 
39.2 	all axles of the group under consideration. 

39.3 	Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.824, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
39.4 		Subd. 2.Gross vehicle weight of all axles. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions 
39.5 	of section 169.85, the gross vehicle weight of all axles of a vehicle or combination of 
39.6 	vehicles shallmust not exceed:
39.7 	(1) 80,000 pounds for any vehicle or combination of vehicles on all state (i) trunk 
39.8 	highways as defined in section 160.02, subdivision 29, and for all(ii) routes designated 
39.9 	under section 169.832, subdivision 11, and (iii) paved nine-ton routes;
39.10 	(2) 88,000 pounds for any vehicle or combination of vehicles with six or more 
39.11 	axles while exclusively engaged in hauling livestock on all state trunk highways other 
39.12 	than interstate highways, if the vehicle has a permit under section 169.86, subdivision 5, 
39.13 	paragraph (k); and
39.14 	(3) 73,280 pounds for any vehicle or combination of vehicles with five axles or less 
39.15 	on all routes, other than state trunk highways and routes that are designated under section 
39.16 	169.832, subdivision 11, except that a vehicle needing reasonable access to a terminal or 
39.17 	facilities for food, fuel, repairs, and rest, located within three miles of a ten-ton route, may 
39.18 	not exceed 80,000 pounds. "Terminal" means any location where freight either originates, 
39.19 	terminates, or is handled in the transportation process, or where commercial motor carriers 
39.20 	maintain operating facilities; and routes identified in clause (1).
39.21 	(4) 80,000 pounds for any vehicle or combination of vehicles with six or more 
39.22 	axles on all routes, other than state trunk highways and routes that are designated under 
39.23 	section 169.832, subdivision 11.
39.24 	(b) The maximum weights specified in this section for five consecutive axles shall 
39.25 	not apply to a four-axle ready-mix concrete truck which was equipped with a fifth axle 
39.26 	prior to June 1, 1981. The maximum gross weight on four or fewer consecutive axles of 
39.27 	vehicles excepted by this clause shall not exceed any maximum weight specified for 
39.28 	four or fewer consecutive axles in this section Notwithstanding the maximum weight 
39.29 	provisions of this section and section 169.85, and in order to promote the reduction of 
39.30 	fuel use and emissions because of engine idling, the maximum gross vehicle weight 
39.31 	limits and the axle weight limits for any motor vehicle subject to sections 169.80 to 
39.32 	169.88 and equipped with idle reduction technology must be increased by the amount of 
39.33 	weight necessary to compensate for the weight of the idle reduction technology, not to 
39.34 	exceed 400 pounds. At the request of an authorized representative of the Department of 
40.1 	Transportation or the Department of Public Safety, the vehicle operator shall provide proof 
40.2 	that the vehicle is equipped with this technology through documentation or demonstration.

40.3 	Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.8261, is amended to read:
40.4 	169.8261 GROSS WEIGHT LIMITATIONS; FOREST PRODUCTS.
40.5 	(a) A vehicle or combination of vehicles hauling raw or unfinished forest products, 
40.6 	including wood chips, paper, pulp, oriented strand board, laminated strand lumber, 
40.7 	hardboard, treated lumber, untreated lumber, or barrel staves, by the most direct route to the 
40.8 	nearest highway that has been designated under section 169.832, subdivision 11, may be 
40.9 	operated on any highway with gross weights permitted under sections 169.822 to 169.829
40.10 	without regard to load restrictions imposed on that highway, except that the vehicles must:
40.11 	(1) comply with seasonal load restrictions in effect between the dates set by the 
40.12 	commissioner under section 169.87, subdivision 2;
40.13 	(2) comply with bridge load limits posted under section 169.84;
40.14 	(3) be equipped and operated with six axles and brakes on all wheels;
40.15 	(4) not exceed 90,000 pounds gross weight, or 98,000 99,000 pounds gross weight 
40.16 	during the time when seasonal increases are authorized under section 169.826;
40.17 	(5) not be operated on interstate and defense highways;
40.18 	(6) obtain an annual permit from the commissioner of transportation;
40.19 	(7) obey all road postings; and
40.20 	(8) not exceed 20,000 pounds gross weight on any single axle.
40.21 	(b) A vehicle operated under this section may exceed the legal axle weight limits 
40.22 	listed in section 169.824 by not more than 12.5 percent; except that, the weight limits may 
40.23 	be exceeded by not more than 22.5 percent during the time when seasonal increases are 
40.24 	authorized under section 169.826, subdivision 1.

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

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

40.32 	Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.86, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
41.1 		Subd. 5.Fee; proceeds deposited; appropriation. The commissioner, with respect 
41.2 	to highways under the commissioner's jurisdiction, may charge a fee for each permit 
41.3 	issued. All such fees for permits issued by the commissioner of transportation shall be 
41.4 	deposited in the state treasury and credited to the trunk highway fund. Except for those 
41.5 	annual permits for which the permit fees are specified elsewhere in this chapter, the fees 
41.6 	shall be:
41.7 	(a) $15 for each single trip permit.
41.8 	(b) $36 for each job permit. A job permit may be issued for like loads carried on 
41.9 	a specific route for a period not to exceed two months. "Like loads" means loads of the 
41.10 	same product, weight, and dimension.
41.11 	(c) $60 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 consecutive 
41.12 	months. Annual permits may be issued for:
41.13 	(1) motor vehicles used to alleviate a temporary crisis adversely affecting the safety 
41.14 	or well-being of the public;
41.15 	(2) motor vehicles which travel on interstate highways and carry loads authorized 
41.16 	under subdivision 1a;
41.17 	(3) motor vehicles operating with gross weights authorized under section 169.826, 
41.18 	subdivision 1a;
41.19 	(4) special pulpwood vehicles described in section 169.863;
41.20 	(5) motor vehicles bearing snowplow blades not exceeding ten feet in width; and
41.21 	(6) noncommercial transportation of a boat by the owner or user of the boat.; and
41.22 	(7) motor vehicles carrying bales of agricultural products authorized under section 
41.23 	169.862.
41.24 	(d) $120 for an oversize annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 
41.25 	consecutive months. Annual permits may be issued for:
41.26 	(1) mobile cranes;
41.27 	(2) construction equipment, machinery, and supplies;
41.28 	(3) manufactured homes and manufactured storage buildings;
41.29 	(4) implements of husbandry when the movement is not made according to the 
41.30 	provisions of paragraph (i);
41.31 	(5) double-deck buses;
41.32 	(6) commercial boat hauling; and
41.33 	(7) three-vehicle combinations consisting of two empty, newly manufactured trailers 
41.34 	for cargo, horses, or livestock, not to exceed 28-1/2 feet per trailer; provided, however, 
41.35 	the permit allows the vehicles to be moved from a trailer manufacturer to a trailer dealer 
42.1 	only while operating on twin-trailer routes designated under section 169.81, subdivision 3, 
42.2 	paragraph (c).
42.3 	(e) For vehicles which have axle weights exceeding the weight limitations of 
42.4 	sections 169.822 to 169.829, an additional cost added to the fees listed above. However, 
42.5 	this paragraph applies to any vehicle described in section 168.013, subdivision 3, 
42.6 	paragraph (b), but only when the vehicle exceeds its gross weight allowance set forth in 
42.7 	that paragraph, and then the additional cost is for all weight, including the allowance 
42.8 	weight, in excess of the permitted maximum axle weight. The additional cost is equal 
42.9 	to the product of the distance traveled times the sum of the overweight axle group cost 
42.10 	factors shown in the following chart:
42.11 	Overweight Axle Group Cost Factors

42.12
42.13	Weight 
(pounds)
		Cost Per Mile For Each Group Of:
	
42.14
42.15
42.16
42.17
42.18
42.19
42.20	exceeding 
weight 
limitations on 
axles
		Two 
consecutive 
axles 
spaced 
within 8 
feet or 
less
		Three 
consecutive 
axles 
spaced 
within 9 
feet or 
less
		Four 
consecutive 
axles spaced 
within 14 
feet or less
	
42.21	0-2,000
		.12
		.05
		.04
	
42.22	2,001-4,000
		.14
		.06
		.05
	
42.23	4,001-6,000
		.18
		.07
		.06
	
42.24	6,001-8,000
		.21
		.09
		.07
	
42.25	8,001-10,000
		.26
		.10
		.08
	
42.26	10,001-12,000
		.30
		.12
		.09
	
42.27
42.28	12,001-14,000
		Not 
permitted
		.14
		.11
	
42.29
42.30	14,001-16,000
		Not 
permitted
		.17
		.12
	
42.31
42.32	16,001-18,000
		Not 
permitted
		.19
		.15
	
42.33
42.34	18,001-20,000
		Not 
permitted
		Not 
permitted
		.16
	
42.35
42.36	20,001-22,000
		Not 
permitted
		Not 
permitted
		.20
	
42.37 	The amounts added are rounded to the nearest cent for each axle or axle group. The 
42.38 	additional cost does not apply to paragraph (c), clauses (1) and (3).
42.39 	For a vehicle found to exceed the appropriate maximum permitted weight, a cost-per-mile 
42.40 	fee of 22 cents per ton, or fraction of a ton, over the permitted maximum weight is imposed 
42.41 	in addition to the normal permit fee. Miles must be calculated based on the distance 
43.1 	already traveled in the state plus the distance from the point of detection to a transportation 
43.2 	loading site or unloading site within the state or to the point of exit from the state.
43.3 	(f) As an alternative to paragraph (e), an annual permit may be issued for overweight, 
43.4 	or oversize and overweight, construction equipment, machinery, and supplies. The fees 
43.5 	for the permit are as follows:

43.6	Gross Weight (pounds) of Vehicle
	Annual Permit Fee
	
43.7	90,000
	or less
	$200
	
43.8	90,001
	- 100,000
	$300
	
43.9	100,001
	- 110,000
	$400
	
43.10	110,001
	- 120,000
	$500
	
43.11	120,001
	- 130,000
	$600
	
43.12	130,001
	- 140,000
	$700
	
43.13	140,001
	- 145,000
	$800
	
43.14 	If the gross weight of the vehicle is more than 145,000 pounds the permit fee is determined 
43.15 	under paragraph (e).
43.16 	(g) For vehicles which exceed the width limitations set forth in section 169.80 by 
43.17 	more than 72 inches, an additional cost equal to $120 added to the amount in paragraph (a) 
43.18 	when the permit is issued while seasonal load restrictions pursuant to section 169.87 are 
43.19 	in effect.
43.20 	(h) $85 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 months, for 
43.21 	refuse-compactor vehicles that carry a gross weight of not more than: 22,000 pounds on 
43.22 	a single rear axle; 38,000 pounds on a tandem rear axle; or, subject to section 169.828, 
43.23 	subdivision 2, 46,000 pounds on a tridem rear axle. A permit issued for up to 46,000 
43.24 	pounds on a tridem rear axle must limit the gross vehicle weight to not more than 62,000 
43.25 	pounds.
43.26 	(i) For vehicles exclusively transporting implements of husbandry, an annual permit 
43.27 	fee of $24. A vehicle operated under a permit authorized by this paragraph may be moved 
43.28 	at the discretion of the permit holder without prior route approval by the commissioner if:
43.29 	(1) the total width of the transporting vehicle, including load, does not exceed 14 feet;
43.30 	(2) the vehicle is operated only between sunrise and 30 minutes after sunset, and is 
43.31 	not operated at any time after 12:00 noon on Sundays or holidays;
43.32 	(3) the vehicle is not operated when visibility is impaired by weather, fog, or other 
43.33 	conditions that render persons and other vehicles not clearly visible at 500 feet;
43.34 	(4) the vehicle displays at the front and rear of the load or vehicle a pair of flashing 
43.35 	amber lights, as provided in section 169.59, subdivision 4, whenever the overall width of 
43.36 	the vehicle exceeds 126 inches; and
44.1 	(5) the vehicle is not operated on a trunk highway with a surfaced roadway width of 
44.2 	less than 24 feet unless such operation is authorized by the permit.
44.3 	A permit under this paragraph authorizes movements of the permitted vehicle on an 
44.4 	interstate highway, and movements of 75 miles or more on other highways.
44.5 	(j) $300 for a motor vehicle described in section 169.8261. The fee under this 
44.6 	paragraph must be deposited as follows:
44.7 	(1) in fiscal years 2005 through 2010:
44.8 	(i) the first $50,000 in each fiscal year must be deposited in the trunk highway fund 
44.9 	for costs related to administering the permit program and inspecting and posting bridges;
44.10 	(ii) all remaining money in each fiscal year must be deposited in a bridge inspection 
44.11 	and signing account in the special revenue fund. Money in the account is appropriated 
44.12 	to the commissioner for:
44.13 	(A) inspection of local bridges and identification of local bridges to be posted, 
44.14 	including contracting with a consultant for some or all of these functions; and
44.15 	(B) erection of weight-posting signs on local bridges; and
44.16 	(2) in fiscal year 2011 and subsequent years must be deposited in the trunk highway 
44.17 	fund.
44.18 	(k) Beginning August 1, 2006, $200 for an annual permit for a vehicle operating 
44.19 	under authority of section 169.824, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (2).

44.20 	Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.86, is amended by adding a subdivision 
44.21 	to read:
44.22 		Subd. 8.Tow truck. A tow truck or towing vehicle, when towing a disabled or 
44.23 	damaged vehicle to a place of repair or to a place of safekeeping, may exceed the length 
44.24 	and weight limitations of this chapter, subject to a $300 annual permit fee and other 
44.25 	conditions the commissioner may prescribe.

44.26 	Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.862, is amended to read:
44.27 	169.862 PERMIT FOR WIDE LOAD OF BALED AGRICULTURAL 
44.28 	PRODUCT.
44.29 		Subdivision 1.Annual permit authority; restrictions. (a) The commissioner of 
44.30 	transportation with respect to highways under the commissioner's jurisdiction, and local 
44.31 	authorities with respect to highways under their jurisdiction, may issue an annual permit 
44.32 	to enable a vehicle carrying round bales of hay, straw, or cornstalks, with a total outside 
44.33 	width of the vehicle or the load not exceeding 11-1/2 12 feet, and a total height of the 
44.34 	loaded vehicle not exceeding 14-1/2 feet, to be operated on public streets and highways.
45.1 	(b) The commissioner of transportation and local authorities may issue an annual 
45.2 	permit to enable a vehicle, having a maximum width of 102 inches, carrying a first haul 
45.3 	of square bales of straw, each bale having a minimum size of four feet by four feet by 
45.4 	eight feet, with a total outside width of the load not exceeding 12 feet, to be operated on 
45.5 	public streets and highways between August 1 and March 1 within 35 miles of the border 
45.6 	between this state and the state of North Dakota.
45.7 	(c) The commissioner of transportation and local authorities may issue an annual 
45.8 	permit to enable a vehicle carrying square bales of hay, each with an outside dimension of 
45.9 	not less than three feet by four feet by seven feet, with a total height of the loaded vehicle 
45.10 	not exceeding 15 feet, to be operated on those public streets and highways designated 
45.11 	in the permit.
45.12 		Subd. 2.Additional restrictions. Permits issued under this section are governed by 
45.13 	the applicable provisions of section 169.86 except as otherwise provided herein and, in 
45.14 	addition, carry the following restrictions: 
45.15 	(a) The vehicles may not be operated between sunset and sunrise, when visibility is 
45.16 	impaired by weather, fog, or other conditions rendering persons and vehicles not clearly 
45.17 	visible at a distance of 500 feet, or on Sunday from noon until sunset, or on the days the 
45.18 	following holidays are observed: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, 
45.19 	Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
45.20 	(b) The vehicles may not be operated on interstate highways.
45.21 	(c) The vehicles may not be operated on a trunk highway with a pavement less 
45.22 	than 24 feet wide.
45.23 	(d) A vehicle operated under the permit must be equipped with a retractable or 
45.24 	removable mirror on the left side so located that it will reflect to the driver a clear view of 
45.25 	the highway for a distance of at least 200 feet to the rear of the vehicle.
45.26 	(e) A vehicle operated under the permit must display red, orange, or yellow flags, 18 
45.27 	inches square, as markers at the front and rear and on both sides of the load. The load 
45.28 	must be securely bound to the transporting vehicle.
45.29 	(f) Farm vehicles not for hire carrying round baled hay less than 20 miles are exempt 
45.30 	from the requirement to obtain a permit. All other requirements of this section apply 
45.31 	to vehicles transporting round baled hay.
45.32 	The fee for the permit is $24.

45.33 	Sec. 60. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.864, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
45.34 		Subdivision 1.Special three-unit vehicle permit. The commissioner may issue a 
45.35 	permit for a vehicle that meets the following requirements:
46.1 	(1) is a combination of vehicles, including a truck-tractor and a semitrailer drawing 
46.2 	one additional semitrailer, which may be equipped with an auxiliary dolly, and no 
46.3 	semitrailer used in the three-vehicle combination has an overall length in excess of 28-1/2 
46.4 	feet;
46.5 	(2) has a maximum gross vehicle weight of 108,000 pounds;
46.6 	(3) complies with the axle weight limits in section 169.824 or with the federal bridge 
46.7 	formula for axle groups not described in that section;
46.8 	(4) complies with the tire weight limits in section 169.823 or the tire manufacturers' 
46.9 	recommended load, whichever is less;
46.10 	(5) is operated only in this state on Trunk Highway marked 2 between Grand Rapids 
46.11 	and the port of Duluth; on Trunk Highway marked 169 between Grand Rapids and its 
46.12 	junction with Trunk Highway marked 53; on Trunk Highway marked 194 between Trunk 
46.13 	Highway marked 2 and Trunk Highway marked 53; and on Trunk Highway marked 53 
46.14 	between Virginia and the port of Duluth; and
46.15 	(6) the seasonal weight increases authorized under section 169.826, subdivision 1, 
46.16 	do not apply.

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

46.18 	Sec. 61. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.864, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
46.19 		Subd. 2.Special two-unit vehicle permit. The commissioner may issue a permit 
46.20 	for a vehicle that meets the following requirements:
46.21 	(1) is a combination of vehicles consisting of a truck-tractor and a single semitrailer 
46.22 	that may exceed 48 feet, but not 53 feet, if the distance from the kingpin to the centerline 
46.23 	of the rear axle group of the semitrailer does not exceed 43 feet;
46.24 	(2) has a maximum gross vehicle weight of 90,000 pounds or 97,000 pounds if 
46.25 	the truck has seven axles;
46.26 	(3) has a maximum gross vehicle weight of 98,000 pounds during the time when 
46.27 	seasonal weight increases authorized under section 169.826, subdivision 1, are in effect;
46.28 	(4) complies with the axle weight limits in section 169.824 or with the federal bridge 
46.29 	formula for axle groups not described in that section;
46.30 	(5) complies with the tire weight limits in section 169.823 or the tire manufacturers' 
46.31 	recommended load, whichever is less; and
46.32 	(6) is operated only on the highways specified in subdivision 1, clause (5).

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

47.1 	Sec. 62. [169.865] SPECIAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS PERMITS.
47.2 		Subdivision 1.Six-axle vehicles. (a) A road authority may issue an annual permit 
47.3 	authorizing a vehicle or combination of vehicles with a total of six axles to haul raw or 
47.4 	unprocessed agricultural products and be operated with a gross vehicle weight of up to:
47.5 	(1) 90,000 pounds; and
47.6 	(2) 99,000 pounds during the period set by the commissioner under section 169.826, 
47.7 	subdivision 1.
47.8 	(b) Notwithstanding subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (4), a vehicle or 
47.9 	combination of vehicles operated under this subdivision and transporting only sealed 
47.10 	intermodal containers may be operated on an interstate highway if allowed by the United 
47.11 	States Department of Transportation.
47.12 	(c) The fee for a permit issued under this subdivision is $300.
47.13 		Subd. 2.Seven-axle vehicles. (a) A road authority may issue an annual permit 
47.14 	authorizing a vehicle or combination of vehicles with a total of seven axles to haul raw or 
47.15 	unprocessed agricultural products and be operated with a gross vehicle weight of up to:
47.16 	(1) 97,000 pounds; and
47.17 	(2) 99,000 pounds during the period set by the commissioner under section 169.826, 
47.18 	subdivision 1.
47.19 	(b) Drivers of vehicles operating under this subdivision must comply with driver 
47.20 	qualification requirements adopted under section 221.0314, subdivisions 2 to 5, and Code 
47.21 	of Federal Regulations, title 49, parts 40 and 382.
47.22 	(c) The fee for a permit issued under this subdivision is $500.
47.23 		Subd. 3.Requirements; restrictions. (a) A vehicle or combination of vehicles 
47.24 	operating under this section:
47.25 	(1) is subject to axle weight limitations under section 169.824, subdivision 1;
47.26 	(2) is subject to seasonal load restrictions under section 169.87;
47.27 	(3) is subject to bridge load limits posted under section 169.84;
47.28 	(4) may only be operated on trunk highways other than interstate highways, and on 
47.29 	local roads designated under section 169.832, subdivision 11; 
47.30 	(5) may not be operated with loads that exceed the manufacturer's gross vehicle 
47.31 	weight rating as affixed to the vehicle, or other certification of gross vehicle weight rating 
47.32 	complying with Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, parts 567.4 to 567.7;
47.33 	(6) must be issued a permit from each road authority having jurisdiction over a road 
47.34 	on which the vehicle is operated, if required;
47.35 	(7) must comply with the requirements of section 169.851, subdivision 4; and
47.36 	(8) must have brakes on all wheels.
48.1 	(b) The percentage allowances for exceeding gross weights if transporting unfinished 
48.2 	forest products under section 168.013, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), or for the first haul of 
48.3 	unprocessed or raw farm products or unfinished forest products under section 168.013, 
48.4 	subdivision 3, paragraph (d), clause (3), do not apply to a vehicle or combination of 
48.5 	vehicles operated under this section.
48.6 		Subd. 4.Deposit of revenues; appropriation. (a) Revenue from the permits issued 
48.7 	under this section must be deposited:
48.8 	(1) in fiscal years 2008 through 2011, in the bridge inspection and signing account 
48.9 	in the special revenue fund; and
48.10 	(2) in fiscal year 2012 and subsequent years, in the trunk highway fund.
48.11 	(b) The revenue in the bridge inspection and signing account under this section is 
48.12 	annually appropriated to the commissioner for:
48.13 	(1) inspection of local bridges and identification of local bridges to be posted, 
48.14 	including contracting with a consultant for some or all of these functions; and
48.15 	(2) erection of weight posting signs on local bridges.

48.16 	Sec. 63. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.01, is amended by adding a subdivision 
48.17 	to read:
48.18 		Subd. 49a.Valid license; valid driver's license. "Valid license," "valid driver's 
48.19 	license," "valid Minnesota driver's license," "valid standard driver's license," or other 
48.20 	similar term, means any operator's license, provisional license, temporary license, limited 
48.21 	license, permit, or other license to operate a motor vehicle issued or issuable under the laws 
48.22 	of this state by the commissioner, or by another state or jurisdiction if specified, that is:
48.23 	(1) not expired, suspended, revoked, or canceled; and
48.24 	(2) not disqualified for the class of vehicle being operated.

48.25 	Sec. 64. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
48.26 		Subdivision 1.License required; duplicate identification restricted. (a) Except 
48.27 	when expressly exempted, a person shall not drive a motor vehicle upon a street or 
48.28 	highway in this state unless the person has a license valid license under this chapter for 
48.29 	the type or class of vehicle being driven.
48.30 	(b) The department shall not issue a driver's license to a person unless and until the 
48.31 	person's license from any jurisdiction has been invalidated. The department shall provide 
48.32 	to the issuing department of any jurisdiction, information that the licensee is now licensed 
48.33 	in Minnesota. A person is not permitted to have more than one valid driver's license 
48.34 	at any time. The department shall not issue to a person to whom a current Minnesota 
49.1 	identification card has been issued a driver's license, other than a limited license, unless 
49.2 	the person's Minnesota identification card has been invalidated. This subdivision does 
49.3 	not require invalidation of a tribal identification card as a condition of receiving a driver's 
49.4 	license.

49.5 	Sec. 65. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.14, is amended to read:
49.6 	171.14 CANCELLATION.
49.7 	(a) The commissioner shall have authority to may cancel any driver's license upon 
49.8 	determination that (1) the licensee was not entitled to the issuance thereof hereunder, or 
49.9 	that of the license, (2) the licensee failed to give the required or correct information in 
49.10 	the application, or (3) the licensee committed any fraud or deceit in making such the
49.11 	application. The commissioner may also cancel the driver's license of any, or (4) the
49.12 	person who, at the time of the cancellation, would not have been entitled to receive a 
49.13 	license under the provisions of section 171.04. 
49.14 	(b) The commissioner shall cancel the driver's license of a person described in 
49.15 	paragraph (a), clause (3), for 60 days or until the required or correct information has 
49.16 	been provided, whichever is longer.

49.17 	Sec. 66. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.01, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
49.18 		Subd. 2.Transportation goals. The goals of the state transportation system are 
49.19 	as follows:
49.20 	(1) to provide safe transportation for users throughout the state;
49.21 	(2) to provide multimodal and intermodal transportation that enhances mobility and 
49.22 	economic development and provides access to all persons and businesses in Minnesota 
49.23 	while ensuring that there is no undue burden placed on any community;
49.24 	(3) to provide a reasonable travel time for commuters;
49.25 	(4) to provide for the economical, efficient, and safe movement of goods to and from 
49.26 	markets by rail, highway, and waterway;
49.27 	(5) to encourage tourism by providing appropriate transportation to Minnesota 
49.28 	facilities designed to attract tourists;
49.29 	(6) to provide transit services throughout the state to meet the needs of transit users;
49.30 	(7) to promote productivity through system management and the utilization of 
49.31 	technological advancements;
49.32 	(8) to maximize the long-term benefits received for each state transportation 
49.33 	investment;
50.1 	(9) to provide funding for transportation that, at a minimum, preserves the 
50.2 	transportation infrastructure;
50.3 	(10) to ensure that the planning and implementation of all modes of transportation 
50.4 	are consistent with the environmental and energy goals of the state;
50.5 	(11) to promote and increase the use of high-occupancy vehicle use vehicles and 
50.6 	low-emission vehicles;
50.7 	(12) to provide an air transportation system sufficient to encourage economic growth 
50.8 	and allow all regions of the state the ability to participate in the global economy;
50.9 	(13) to increase transit use in the urban areas statewide by giving highest priority to 
50.10 	the transportation modes with the greatest people-moving capacity and lowest long-term 
50.11 	economic and environmental cost; and
50.12 	(14) to promote and increase bicycling as an energy-efficient, nonpolluting, and 
50.13 	healthful form of transportation alternative.;
50.14 	(15) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the state's transportation sector; and
50.15 	(16) accomplish these goals with minimal impact on the environment.

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

50.17 	Sec. 67. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.02, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
50.18 		Subd. 1a.Mission; efficiency; legislative report, recommendations. It is part 
50.19 	of the department's mission that within the department's resources the commissioner 
50.20 	shall endeavor to:
50.21 	(1) prevent the waste or unnecessary spending of public money;
50.22 	(2) use innovative fiscal and human resource practices to manage the state's 
50.23 	resources and operate the department as efficiently as possible;
50.24 	(3) minimize the degradation of air and water quality;
50.25 	(4) coordinate the department's activities wherever appropriate with the activities 
50.26 	of other governmental agencies;
50.27 	(4) (5) use technology where appropriate to increase agency productivity, improve 
50.28 	customer service, increase public access to information about government, and increase 
50.29 	public participation in the business of government;
50.30 	(5) (6) utilize constructive and cooperative labor-management practices to the extent 
50.31 	otherwise required by chapters 43A and 179A;
50.32 	(6) (7) report to the legislature on the performance of agency operations and the 
50.33 	accomplishment of agency goals in the agency's biennial budget according to section 
50.34 	16A.10, subdivision 1; and 
51.1 	(7) (8) recommend to the legislature appropriate changes in law necessary to carry 
51.2 	out the mission and improve the performance of the department.

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

51.4 	Sec. 68. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.03, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
51.5 		Subdivision 1.Statewide transportation plan; priorities; schedule of 
51.6 	expenditures. In order to best meet the present and future transportation needs of the 
51.7 	public, to insure a strong state economy, to make most efficient use of public and private 
51.8 	funds, to lessen adverse environmental impacts of the transportation sector, and to 
51.9 	promote the more efficient use of energy and other resources for transportation purposes, 
51.10 	the commissioner shall:
51.11 	(1) three months after notification that the department is ready to commence 
51.12 	operations and prior to the drafting of the statewide transportation plan, hold public 
51.13 	hearings as may be appropriate solely for the purpose of receiving suggestions for future 
51.14 	transportation alternatives and priorities for the state. The Metropolitan Council, regional 
51.15 	development commissions, and port authorities shall appear at the hearings and submit 
51.16 	information concerning transportation-related planning undertaken and accomplished by 
51.17 	these agencies. Other political subdivisions may appear and submit such information at 
51.18 	the hearings. These hearings shall be completed no later than six months from the date of 
51.19 	the commissioner's notification;
51.20 	(2) develop, adopt, revise, and monitor a statewide transportation plan, taking 
51.21 	into account the suggestions and information submitted at the public hearings held 
51.22 	pursuant to clause (1). The plan shall incorporate all modes of transportation including 
51.23 	bicycle commutation and recreation and provide for the interconnection and coordination 
51.24 	of different modes of transportation. The commissioner shall evaluate alternative all
51.25 	transportation programs and facilities proposed for inclusion in the plan in terms of 
51.26 	economic costs and benefits, safety aspects, impact on present and planned land uses, 
51.27 	environmental effects, energy efficiency, national transportation policies and priorities, 
51.28 	and availability of federal and other financial assistance;
51.29 	(3) based upon the statewide transportation plan, develop statewide transportation 
51.30 	priorities and schedule authorized public capital improvements and other authorized 
51.31 	public transportation expenditures pursuant to the priorities;
51.32 	(4) complete the plan and priorities required by this subdivision no later than July 
51.33 	1, 1978. Upon completion of the plan and priorities, the commissioner shall prepare 
51.34 	and periodically revise, as necessary, the schedule of authorized public transportation 
52.1 	expenditures. The plan, priorities, and schedule are exempt from the provisions of the 
52.2 	Administrative Procedure Act.

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

52.4 	Sec. 69. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.03, is amended by adding a subdivision 
52.5 	to read:
52.6 		Subd. 10.Highway construction training. (a) The commissioner of transportation 
52.7 	shall utilize the maximum feasible amount of all federal funds available to this state 
52.8 	under United States Code, title 23, section 140, paragraph (b), to develop, conduct, and 
52.9 	administer highway construction training, including skill improvement programs.
52.10 	(b) The commissioner of transportation must report by February 1 of each 
52.11 	odd-numbered year to the house of representatives and senate committees having 
52.12 	jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance concerning the commissioner's 
52.13 	compliance with paragraph (a). The report must, with respect to each of the two previous 
52.14 	calendar years:
52.15 	(1) describe the highway construction training and skill improvement programs the 
52.16 	commissioner has conducted and administered;
52.17 	(2) analyze the results of the commissioner's training programs;
52.18 	(3) state the amount of federal funds available to this state under United States Code, 
52.19 	title 23, section 140, paragraph (b); and
52.20 	(4) identify the amount spent by the commissioner in conducting and administering 
52.21 	the programs.

52.22 	Sec. 70. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.03, is amended by adding a subdivision 
52.23 	to read:
52.24 		Subd. 11.Disadvantaged business enterprise program. (a) The commissioner 
52.25 	shall include in each contract that is funded at least in part by federal funds, a sanction 
52.26 	for each contractor who does not meet the established project disadvantaged business 
52.27 	enterprise goal or demonstrate good faith effort to meet the goal.
52.28 	(b) The commissioner of transportation shall report by February 1 of each 
52.29 	odd-numbered year to the house of representatives and senate committees having 
52.30 	jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance concerning the commissioner's 
52.31 	disadvantaged business enterprise program. The report must, with respect to each of 
52.32 	the two previous calendar years:
52.33 	(1) state the department's annual overall goal, compared with the percentage attained;
53.1 	(2) explain the methodology, applicable facts, and public participation used to 
53.2 	establish the overall goal;
53.3 	(3) describe good faith efforts to meet the goal, if the goal was not attained;
53.4 	(4) describe actions to address overconcentration of disadvantaged business 
53.5 	enterprises in certain types of work;
53.6 	(5) state the number of contracts that included disadvantaged business enterprise 
53.7 	goals, the number of contractors that met established disadvantaged business enterprise 
53.8 	goals, and sanctions imposed for lack of good faith effort; and
53.9 	(6) describe contracts with no disadvantaged business enterprise goals, and, of 
53.10 	those, state number of contracts and amount of each contract with targeted groups under 
53.11 	section 16C.16.

53.12 	Sec. 71. [174.185] PAVEMENT LIFE-CYCLE COST ANALYSIS.
53.13 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following 
53.14 	definitions apply.
53.15 	(a) "Life-cycle cost" is the sum of the cost of the initial pavement project and 
53.16 	all anticipated costs for maintenance, repair, and resurfacing over the life of the 
53.17 	pavement. Anticipated costs must be based on Minnesota's actual or reasonably projected 
53.18 	maintenance, repair, and resurfacing schedules, and costs determined by the Department 
53.19 	of Transportation district personnel based upon recently awarded local projects and 
53.20 	experience with local material costs.
53.21 	(b) "Life-cycle cost analysis" is a comparison of life-cycle costs among competing 
53.22 	paving materials using equal design lives and equal comparison periods.
53.23 		Subd. 2.Required analysis. For each project in the reconditioning, resurfacing, 
53.24 	and road repair funding categories, the commissioner shall perform a life-cycle cost 
53.25 	analysis and shall document the lowest life-cycle costs and all alternatives considered. 
53.26 	The commissioner shall document the chosen pavement strategy and, if the lowest life 
53.27 	cycle is not selected, document the justification for the chosen strategy. A life-cycle cost 
53.28 	analysis is required for projects to be constructed after July 1, 2011. For projects to be 
53.29 	constructed prior to July 1, 2011, when feasible, the department will use its best efforts to 
53.30 	perform life-cycle cost analyses. 
53.31 		Subd. 3.Report. The commissioner shall report annually to the chairs and ranking 
53.32 	minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees with jurisdiction 
53.33 	over transportation finance beginning on January 1, 2012, the results of the analyses 
53.34 	required in subdivision 2.

54.1 	Sec. 72. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.30, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
54.2 		Subd. 4.Vehicle and equipment inspection, rules; decal; complaint contact 
54.3 	information. (a) The commissioner shall inspect or provide for the inspection of 
54.4 	vehicles at least annually. In addition to scheduled annual inspections and reinspections 
54.5 	scheduled for the purpose of verifying that deficiencies have been corrected, unannounced 
54.6 	inspections of any vehicle may be conducted.
54.7 	(b) On determining that a vehicle or vehicle equipment is in a condition that is likely 
54.8 	to cause an accident or breakdown, the commissioner shall require the vehicle to be taken 
54.9 	out of service immediately. The commissioner shall require that vehicles and equipment 
54.10 	not meeting standards be repaired and brought into conformance with the standards 
54.11 	and shall require written evidence of compliance from the operator before allowing the 
54.12 	operator to return the vehicle to service.
54.13 	(c) The commissioner shall provide in the rules procedures for inspecting vehicles, 
54.14 	removing unsafe vehicles from service, determining and requiring compliance, and 
54.15 	reviewing driver qualifications.
54.16 	(d) The commissioner shall design a distinctive decal to be issued to special 
54.17 	transportation service providers with a current certificate of compliance under this section. 
54.18 	A decal is valid for one year from the last day of the month in which it is issued. A person 
54.19 	who is subject to the operating standards adopted under this section may not provide 
54.20 	special transportation service in a vehicle that does not conspicuously display a decal 
54.21 	issued by the commissioner.
54.22 	(e) Special transportation service providers shall prominently display in each vehicle 
54.23 	all contact information for the submission of complaints regarding the transportation 
54.24 	services provided to that individual. All vehicles providing service under section 
54.25 	473.386 shall display contact information for the Metropolitan Council. All other special 
54.26 	transportation service vehicles shall display contact information for the commissioner of 
54.27 	transportation.

54.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2008.

54.29 	Sec. 73. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.30, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
54.30 		Subd. 9.Complaint data;Complaints; report; data classification. (a) The 
54.31 	commissioner shall investigate all complaints over which the commissioner has 
54.32 	jurisdiction regarding special transportation service providers regulated under this section.
54.33 	(b) By January 15, 2009, and in every subsequent odd-numbered year by January 15, 
54.34 	the commissioner shall submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the 
54.35 	house of representatives and senate committees having jurisdiction over transportation 
55.1 	policy and finance. The report must identify each complaint investigated by the 
55.2 	commissioner under paragraph (a), including, but not limited to, any findings and steps 
55.3 	taken for resolution of the complaint.
55.4 	(c) When information is furnished to the Department of Transportation that alleges 
55.5 	a violation of this section, an operating standard adopted under this section, or section 
55.6 	174.315, the following data are classified as confidential data or protected nonpublic data: 
55.7 	(1) names of complainants;
55.8 	(2) complaint letters; and
55.9 	(3) other unsolicited data when furnished by a person who is not the subject of the 
55.10 	data and who is not a department employee.

55.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2008.

55.12 	Sec. 74. [174.56] REPORT ON MAJOR HIGHWAY PROJECTS.
55.13 		Subdivision 1.Report required. The commissioner of transportation shall submit a 
55.14 	report on January 15, 2009, and on January 15 of each year thereafter, on the status of 
55.15 	major highway projects under construction or planned during the year of the report and for 
55.16 	the ensuing 15 years. For purposes of this section, a "major highway project" is a highway 
55.17 	project that has a total cost for all segments that the commissioner estimates at the time of 
55.18 	the report to be at least (1) $25,000,000 in the metropolitan highway construction district, 
55.19 	or (2) $10,000,000 in any nonmetropolitan highway construction district.
55.20 		Subd. 2.Report contents. For each major highway project the report must include:
55.21 	(1) a description of the project sufficient to specify its scope and location;
55.22 	(2) a history of the project, including, but not limited to, previous official actions 
55.23 	by the department or the appropriate area transportation partnership, or both, the date 
55.24 	on which the project was first included in the state transportation improvement plan, 
55.25 	the cost of the project at that time, the dates of environmental approval, the dates of 
55.26 	municipal approval, the date of final geometric layout, and the date of establishment of 
55.27 	any construction limits;
55.28 	(3) the project's priority listing or rank within its construction district, if any, as 
55.29 	well as the reasons for that listing or rank, the criteria used in prioritization or rank, any 
55.30 	changes in that prioritization or rank since the project was first included in a department 
55.31 	work plan, and the reasons for those changes; and
55.32 	(4) past and potential future reasons for delay in letting or completing the project.
55.33 		Subd. 3.Department resources. The commissioner shall prepare and submit the 
55.34 	report with existing department staff and resources.

56.1 	Sec. 75. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 218.041, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
56.2 		Subd. 6.Investigative powers. In the exercise of powers granted in this chapter, 
56.3 	the commissioner may:
56.4 	(1) subpoena books, papers, or accounts kept by any regulated business within or 
56.5 	without the state, or compel production of verified copies;
56.6 	(2) prepare all forms or blanks for obtaining information that the commissioner 
56.7 	may deem necessary or useful for the proper exercise of the authority and duties of the 
56.8 	commissioner in connection with regulated businesses, and prescribe the time and manner 
56.9 	within which the blanks and forms must be completed and filed;
56.10 	(3) inspect, at all reasonable times, and copy the books, records, memoranda, 
56.11 	correspondence, or other documents and records of any business under the commissioner's 
56.12 	jurisdiction; and
56.13 	(4) examine, under oath, any officer, agent, or employee of a business under the 
56.14 	commissioner's jurisdiction concerning any matter within the commissioner's jurisdiction; 
56.15 	and
56.16 	(5) assess common carriers, administer the state rail safety inspection account, and 
56.17 	perform other duties on behalf of the state rail safety inspector under section 219.015.

56.18 	Sec. 76. [219.015] STATE RAIL SAFETY INSPECTOR.
56.19 	(a) The commissioner of transportation shall establish a position of state rail safety 
56.20 	inspector in the Office of Freight and Commercial Vehicle Operations of the Minnesota 
56.21 	Department of Transportation. The commissioner shall apply to the Federal Railroad 
56.22 	Administration (FRA) of the United States Department of Transportation to participate 
56.23 	in the Federal State Rail Safety Partnership Program for training and certification of 
56.24 	an inspector under authority of United States Code, title 49, sections 20103, 20105, 
56.25 	20106, and 20113, and Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 212. The state rail 
56.26 	safety inspector shall inspect mainline track, secondary track, and yard and industry track; 
56.27 	inspect railroad right-of-way, including adjacent or intersecting drainage, culverts, bridges, 
56.28 	overhead structures, and traffic and other public crossings; inspect yards and physical 
56.29 	plants; review and enforce safety requirements; review maintenance and repair records; 
56.30 	and review railroad security measures. To the extent delegated by the commissioner, the 
56.31 	inspector may issue citations for violations of this chapter, or to ensure railroad employee 
56.32 	and public safety and welfare.
56.33 	(b) The commissioner shall annually assess railroad companies that are (1) defined 
56.34 	as common carriers under section 218.011, (2) classified by federal law or regulation as 
56.35 	Class I Railroads or Class I Rail Carriers, and (3) operating in this state, by a division of 
57.1 	equal proportion between carriers, assessed in equal amounts for 365 days of the calendar 
57.2 	year. The commissioner shall assess all start-up or re-establishment costs, and all related 
57.3 	costs of initiating the state rail safety inspector program beginning July 1, 2008. The state 
57.4 	rail inspector duties must begin and be assessed on January 1, 2009. The assessments must 
57.5 	be deposited in a special account in the special revenue fund, to be known as the state 
57.6 	rail safety inspection account. Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner 
57.7 	and may be expended to cover the costs incurred for the establishment and ongoing 
57.8 	responsibilities of the state rail safety inspector.
57.9 	(c) The commissioner may exempt a common carrier not federally classified as 
57.10 	Class I from violations for a period of up to two years if the common carrier applies for 
57.11 	participation in a work site safety coaching program, such as the "MNSharp" program 
57.12 	administered by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, and the commissioner 
57.13 	determines such participation to be preferred enforcement for safety or security violations.
57.14 	(d) Any person aggrieved by an assessment levied under this section may appeal 
57.15 	within 90 days any assessment, violation, or administrative penalty to the Office of 
57.16 	Administrative Hearings, with further appeal and review by the district court. 

57.17 	Sec. 77. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.031, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
57.18 		Subd. 6.Vehicle identification rule. (a) The following carriers shall display the 
57.19 	carrier's name and address on the power unit of each vehicle:
57.20 	(1) motor carriers, regardless of the weight of the vehicle, except that this 
57.21 	requirement does not apply to a limousine as defined in section 168.011, subdivision 35, 
57.22 	that is equipped with "LM" license plates; 
57.23 	(2) interstate and intrastate private carriers operating vehicles with a gross vehicle 
57.24 	weight of more than 10,000 pounds; and
57.25 	(3) vehicles providing transportation described in section 221.025 with a gross 
57.26 	vehicle weight of more than 10,000 pounds except those providing transportation 
57.27 	described in section 221.025, clauses (1), (3), and (4). 
57.28 	Vehicles described in clauses (2) and (3) that are operated by farmers or farm employees 
57.29 	and have four or fewer axles are not required to comply with the vehicle identification 
57.30 	rule of the commissioner.
57.31 	(b) Vehicles subject to this subdivision must show the name or "doing business as" 
57.32 	name of the carrier operating the vehicle and the community and abbreviation of the state 
57.33 	in which the carrier maintains its principal office or in which the vehicle is customarily 
57.34 	based. If the carrier operates a leased vehicle, it may show its name and the name of the 
57.35 	lessor on the vehicle, if the lease relationship is clearly shown. If the name of a person 
58.1 	other than the operating carrier appears on the vehicle, the words "operated by" must 
58.2 	immediately precede the name of the carrier.
58.3 	(c) The name and address must be in letters that contrast sharply in color with the 
58.4 	background, be readily legible during daylight hours from a distance of 50 feet while 
58.5 	the vehicle is stationary, and be maintained in a manner that retains the legibility of the 
58.6 	markings. The name and address may be shown by use of a removable device if that 
58.7 	device meets the identification and legibility requirements of this subdivision.

58.8 	Sec. 78. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.0314, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
58.9 		Subd. 9.Hours of service of driver. Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 
58.10 	395, is incorporated by reference, except that paragraphs (a), (c), (d), (f), (h), (i), (k), (l),
58.11 	(m), and (n) of section 395.1 and section 395.13 of that part are not incorporated. In 
58.12 	addition, cross-references to sections or paragraphs not incorporated in this subdivision 
58.13 	are not incorporated by reference. The requirements of Code of Federal Regulations, title 
58.14 	49, part 395, do not apply to drivers of lightweight vehicles.

58.15 	Sec. 79. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.0314, is amended by adding a 
58.16 	subdivision to read:
58.17 		Subd. 12.Hazardous materials safety permits. A person who transports the 
58.18 	hazardous materials designated in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 385.403, 
58.19 	shall comply with this section and with the provisions of Code of Federal Regulations, 
58.20 	title 49, part 385, subpart E, which is incorporated by reference.

58.21 	Sec. 80. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.033, subdivision 2d, is amended to read:
58.22 		Subd. 2d.Age of driver under federal materials-of-trade regulation. A driver 
58.23 	of a self-propelled or towed motor vehicle  transporting no hazardous material other than 
58.24 	materials of trade, as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 171.8, when 
58.25 	engaged in intrastate transportation, must be at least 18 years of age. This subdivision 
58.26 	does not apply unless the transportation conforms to the requirements of Code of Federal 
58.27 	Regulations, title 49, section 173.6.

58.28 	Sec. 81. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.037, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
58.29 		Subdivision 1.Required to provide information. A person who generates, stores, 
58.30 	treats, transports, disposes of, or otherwise handles or has handled hazardous materials, 
58.31 	hazardous substances, or hazardous waste shall (1) give to transportation representatives 
58.32 	and hazardous material specialists of the department information relating to the materials, 
59.1 	substances, or waste, or (2) permit them access to and copying of records and safety 
59.2 	permits relating to any or all of the materials, substances, or waste, or both.

59.3 	Sec. 82. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.091, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
59.4 		Subd. 2.Local licensing of small vehicle passenger service. A city that licenses 
59.5 	and regulates small vehicle passenger service must do so by ordinance. The ordinance 
59.6 	must, at a minimum, provide for driver qualifications, insurance, vehicle safety, and 
59.7 	periodic vehicle inspections. A city that has adopted an ordinance complying with this 
59.8 	subdivision may enforce the registration requirement in section 221.021. A person who 
59.9 	provides small vehicle passenger service to an individual for the purpose of obtaining 
59.10 	nonemergency medical care and who receives reimbursement under section 256B.0625, 
59.11 	subdivision 17, for providing the service, must comply with the rules of the commissioner 
59.12 	adopted under section 174.30.

59.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2008.

59.14 	Sec. 83. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.141, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
59.15 		Subdivision 1.Financial responsibility of carriers. (a) No motor carrier and no 
59.16 	interstate carrier shall operate a vehicle until it has obtained and has in effect the minimum 
59.17 	amount of financial responsibility required by this section. Policies of insurance, surety 
59.18 	bonds, other types of security, and endorsements must be continuously in effect and must 
59.19 	remain in effect until canceled. Before providing transportation, the motor carrier or 
59.20 	interstate carrier shall secure and cause to be filed with the commissioner and maintain in 
59.21 	full effect, a certificate of insurance in a form required by the commissioner, evidencing 
59.22 	public liability insurance in the amount prescribed. The insurance must cover injuries and 
59.23 	damage to persons or property resulting from the operation or use of motor vehicles, 
59.24 	regardless of whether each vehicle is specifically described in the policy. This insurance 
59.25 	does not apply to injuries or death to the employees of the motor carrier or to property 
59.26 	being transported by the carrier.
59.27 	(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the insurance required of 
59.28 	a motor carrier of passengers must be at least that amount required of interstate carriers 
59.29 	under Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 387.33, as amended. 
59.30 	(c) This section does not apply to a charitable organization exempt from taxation 
59.31 	under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code when the transportation furthers 
59.32 	the charitable organization's charitable mission. The charitable organization must comply 
59.33 	with the insurance requirements of section 65B.48.

60.1 	Sec. 84. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.231, is amended to read:
60.2 	221.231 RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT.
60.3 	The commissioner may enter into reciprocal agreements with the regulatory bodies 
60.4 	of other states and the provinces of the Dominion of Canada, whereby the payment of the 
60.5 	fees provided in section 221.60 may be waived in whole or in part for regarding motor 
60.6 	carriers having an established place of business in that state or province; provided that 
60.7 	reciprocal privileges are extended under the agreement to motor carriers of this state. 

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

60.9 	Sec. 85. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.60, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
60.10 		Subdivision 1.Procedure Registration required. A motor carrier may transport 
60.11 	persons or property for hire in interstate commerce in Minnesota only if it first:
60.12 	(1) complies with section 221.141;
60.13 	(2) either registers with the commissioner the federal operating authority that it 
60.14 	intends to exercise, or registers and describes the transportation it performs under an 
60.15 	exemption contained in United States Code, title 49; and
60.16 	(3) purchases an interstate identification stamp or an interstate registration trip permit 
60.17 	for each vehicle to be used in interstate transportation in Minnesota A foreign or domestic 
60.18 	motor carrier, motor private carrier, leasing company, broker, or freight forwarder, as 
60.19 	defined in United States Code, title 49, section 13102, may operate in interstate commerce 
60.20 	in Minnesota only if it first complies with the Unified Carrier Registration Agreement 
60.21 	authorized by United States Code, title 49, section 14504a, enacted pursuant to the Unified 
60.22 	Carrier Registration Act of 2005, and the rules, regulations, and directives adopted 
60.23 	thereunder, including registering with a base state and paying all required fees.

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

60.25 	Sec. 86. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.60, is amended by adding a subdivision 
60.26 	to read:
60.27 		Subd. 7.Commissioner's authority. The commissioner of transportation is 
60.28 	authorized to take all necessary actions to enter into the Unified Carrier Registration 
60.29 	Agreement in accordance with United States Code, title 49, section 14504a, and shall 
60.30 	implement and administer the agreement and the rules and regulations adopted thereunder, 
60.31 	including directives of the Unified Carrier Registration Plan board of directors as 
60.32 	authorized by United States Code, title 49, section 14504a, subsection (d)(2).

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

61.2 	Sec. 87. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 222.50, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
61.3 		Subd. 7.Expenditures. (a) The commissioner may expend money from the rail 
61.4 	service improvement account for the following purposes:
61.5 	(1) to make transfers as provided under section 222.57 or to pay interest adjustments 
61.6 	on loans guaranteed under the state rail user and rail carrier loan guarantee program; 
61.7 	(2) to pay a portion of the costs of capital improvement projects designed to 
61.8 	improve rail service including construction or improvement of short segments of rail line 
61.9 	such as side track, team track, and connections between existing lines, and construction 
61.10 	and improvement of loading, unloading, storage, and transfer facilities of a rail user or 
61.11 	a rail carrier;
61.12 	(3) to pay a portion of the costs of rehabilitation projects designed to improve rail 
61.13 	service of a rail user or a rail carrier;
61.14 	(4) to acquire, maintain, manage, and dispose of railroad right-of-way pursuant to 
61.15 	the state rail bank program;
61.16 	(4)(5) to provide for aerial photography survey of proposed and abandoned railroad 
61.17 	tracks for the purpose of recording and reestablishing by analytical triangulation the 
61.18 	existing alignment of the inplace track;
61.19 	(5)(6) to pay a portion of the costs of acquiring a rail line by a regional railroad 
61.20 	authority established pursuant to chapter 398A;
61.21 	(6)(7) to pay the state matching portion of federal grants for rail-highway grade 
61.22 	crossing improvement projects.
61.23 	(b) All money derived by the commissioner from the disposition of railroad 
61.24 	right-of-way or of any other property acquired pursuant to sections 222.46 to 222.62 shall 
61.25 	be deposited in the rail service improvement account. 

61.26 	Sec. 88. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 222.63, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
61.27 		Subd. 4.Disposition permitted. (a) The commissioner may lease any rail line or 
61.28 	right-of-way held in the state rail bank or enter into an agreement with any person for the 
61.29 	operation of any rail line or right-of-way for any of the purposes set forth in subdivision 2 
61.30 	in accordance with a fee schedule to be developed by the commissioner.
61.31 	(b) The commissioner may convey any rail line or right-of-way, for consideration or 
61.32 	for no consideration and upon other terms as the commissioner may determine to be in 
61.33 	the public interest, to any other state agency or to a governmental subdivision of the state 
61.34 	having power by law to utilize it for any of the purposes set forth in subdivision 2.
62.1 	(c) The commissioner may convey a portion of previously acquired rail bank 
62.2 	right-of-way to a state agency or governmental subdivision when the commissioner 
62.3 	determines that:
62.4 	(1) the portion to be conveyed is in excess of that needed for the purposes stated in 
62.5 	subdivision 2;
62.6 	(2) the conveyance is upon terms and conditions agreed upon by both the 
62.7 	commissioner and the state agency or governmental subdivision;
62.8 	(3) after the sale, the rail bank corridor will continue to meet the future public and 
62.9 	commercial transportation and transmission needs of the state; and
62.10 	(4) the conveyance will not reduce the width of the rail bank corridor to less than 
62.11 	50 100 feet.
62.12 	(d) The commissioner may lease previously acquired state rail bank right-of-way to 
62.13 	a state agency or governmental subdivision or to a private entity for nontransportation 
62.14 	purposes when:
62.15 	(1) the portion to be leased is in excess of that needed for the purposes stated in 
62.16 	subdivision 2;
62.17 	(2) the lease will not reduce the useable width of the rail bank corridor to less than 
62.18 	50 100 feet;
62.19 	(3) the cost of the lease is based on the fair market value of the portion to be leased, 
62.20 	as determined by appraisal;
62.21 	(4) the lease allows the commissioner to terminate the lease on 90 days' written 
62.22 	notice to the lessee; and
62.23 	(5) the lease prohibits the construction or erection of any permanent structure within 
62.24 	the 50-foot 100-foot rail bank corridor and requires any structure erected on the leased 
62.25 	property to be removed and the land restored to its original condition on 90 days' written 
62.26 	notice to the lessee.
62.27 	(e) Proceeds from a sale or lease must be deposited in the rail bank maintenance 
62.28 	account described in subdivision 8.

62.29 	Sec. 89. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 222.63, is amended by adding a subdivision 
62.30 	to read:
62.31 		Subd. 9.Rail bank property use; petty misdemeanors. (a) Except for the actions 
62.32 	of road authorities and their agents, employees, and contractors, and of utilities, in carrying 
62.33 	out their duties imposed by permit, law, or contract, and except as otherwise provided in 
62.34 	this section, it is unlawful to perform any of the following activities on rail bank property:
62.35 	(1) obstruct any trail;
63.1 	(2) deposit snow or ice;
63.2 	(3) remove or place any earth, gravel, or rock without authorization;
63.3 	(4) obstruct or remove any ditch-draining device, or drain any harmful or dangerous 
63.4 	materials;
63.5 	(5) erect a fence, or place or maintain any advertising, sign, or memorial;
63.6 	(6) remove, injure, displace, or destroy right-of-way markers or reference or witness 
63.7 	monuments or markers placed to preserve section or quarter-section corners defining 
63.8 	rail bank property limits;
63.9 	(7) drive upon any portion of rail bank property, except at approved crossings, and 
63.10 	except where authorized for snowmobiles, emergency vehicles, maintenance vehicles, or 
63.11 	other vehicles authorized to use rail bank property;
63.12 	(8) deface, mar, damage, or tamper with any structure, work, material, sign, marker, 
63.13 	paving, guardrail, drain, or any other rail bank appurtenance; or
63.14 	(9) park, overhang, or abandon any unauthorized vehicle or implement of husbandry 
63.15 	on, across, or over the limits of rail bank property.
63.16 	(b) Unless a greater penalty is provided elsewhere in statute, any violation of this 
63.17 	subdivision is a petty misdemeanor.
63.18 	(c) The cost to remove, repair, or perform any other corrective action necessitated by 
63.19 	a violation of this subdivision may be charged to the violator.

63.20 	Sec. 90. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 299A.705, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
63.21 		Subdivision 1.Vehicle services operating account. (a) The vehicle services 
63.22 	operating account is created in the special revenue fund, consisting of all money from the 
63.23 	vehicle services fees specified in chapters 168 and, 168A, and 168D, and any other money 
63.24 	otherwise donated, allotted, appropriated, or legislated to this account.
63.25 	(b) Funds appropriated are available to administer vehicle services as specified in 
63.26 	chapters 168 and, 168A, and 168D, and section 169.345, including:
63.27 	(1) designing, producing, issuing, and mailing vehicle registrations, plates, emblems, 
63.28 	and titles;
63.29 	(2) collecting title and registration taxes and fees;
63.30 	(3) transferring vehicle registration plates and titles;
63.31 	(4) maintaining vehicle records;
63.32 	(5) issuing disability certificates and plates;
63.33 	(6) licensing vehicle dealers;
63.34 	(7) appointing, monitoring, and auditing deputy registrars; and
63.35 	(8) inspecting vehicles when required by law.

64.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from August 1, 2005, 
64.2 	for fees collected on or after that date.

64.3 	Sec. 91. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 299F.60, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
64.4 		Subdivision 1.Money penalty. Any person who violates any provision of sections 
64.5 	299F.56 to 299F.641, or any rule issued thereunder, shall beis subject to a civil penalty to 
64.6 	be imposed by the commissioner not to exceed $10,000$100,000 for each such violation 
64.7 	for each day that suchthe violation persists, except that the maximum civil penalty shall
64.8 	must not exceed $500,000$1,000,000 for any related series of violations. 

64.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2008, and applies to 
64.10 	violations committed on or after that date.

64.11 	Sec. 92. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 299J.16, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
64.12 		Subdivision 1.Civil penalty. (a) A pipeline operator who violates section 299J.07, 
64.13 	subdivision 1, or 299J.15, or the rules of the commissioner implementing those sections, 
64.14 	shall forfeit and pay to the state a civil penalty in an amount to be determined by the court, 
64.15 	up to $10,000$100,000 for each day that the operator remains in violation, subject to a 
64.16 	maximum of $500,000$1,000,000 for a related series of violations. 
64.17 	(b) The penalty provided under this subdivision may be recovered by an action 
64.18 	brought by the attorney general at the request of the commissioner, in the name of the 
64.19 	state, in connection with an action to recover expenses of the director under section 
64.20 	299J.13, subdivision 4: 
64.21 	(1) in the District Court of Ramsey County; or
64.22 	(2) in the county of the defendant's residence.

64.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2008, and applies to 
64.24 	violations committed on or after that date.

64.25 	Sec. 93. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 325F.665, is amended by adding a 
64.26 	subdivision to read:
64.27 		Subd. 14.Title branding. (a) Upon transfer and application for title of all vehicles 
64.28 	subject to this section, the registrar of motor vehicles shall record the term "lemon law 
64.29 	vehicle" on the certificate of title and all subsequent certificates of title for that vehicle.
64.30 	(b) For vehicles with out-of-state titles that bear the term "lemon law vehicle," or 
64.31 	any similar term, the registrar of motor vehicles shall record the term "lemon law vehicle" 
65.1 	on the first Minnesota certificate of title and all subsequent Minnesota certificates of 
65.2 	title issued for that vehicle.
65.3 	(c) The designation of "lemon law vehicle" on a certificate of title must be made by 
65.4 	the registrar of motor vehicles in a clear and conspicuous manner, in a color different from 
65.5 	all other writing on the certificate of title.

65.6 	Sec. 94. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.1466, is amended to read:
65.7 	473.1466 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AUDIT; 
65.8 	TRANSIT EVALUATION.
65.9 	(a) In 1997 and every four years thereafter, the council shall provide for an 
65.10 	independent entity selected through a request for proposal process conducted nationwide 
65.11 	to doPrior to each major revision of the transportation policy plan, the council must carry 
65.12 	out a performance auditevaluation of the commutingmetropolitan area's transportation 
65.13 	system as a whole. The performance auditevaluation must:
65.14 	(1) evaluate the commuting area's ability to meet the region's needsneed for 
65.15 	effective and efficient transportation of goods and people,;
65.16 	(2) evaluate future trends and their impacts on the region'sarea's transportation 
65.17 	system, and;
65.18 	(3) assess the region's success in meeting the currently adopted regional 
65.19 	transportation benchmarks; and
65.20 	(4) include an evaluation of the regional transit system, including a comparison with 
65.21 	peer metropolitan regions with regard to key operating and investment measurements.
65.22 	(b) The council must update the evaluation of the regional transit system every 
65.23 	two years.
65.24 	(c) The council shall use the results of the performance evaluation to  make 
65.25 	recommendations for improving the system in each revision of the transportation policy 
65.26 	plan. The performance audit must recommend performance-funding measures.
65.27 	(b) In 1999 and every four years thereafter, the council must evaluate the 
65.28 	performance of the metropolitan transit system's operation in relationship to the regional 
65.29 	transit performance standards developed by the council.
65.30 	(d) The council must conduct a peer review of the performance evaluation using at 
65.31 	least two nationally recognized transportation and transit consultants.
65.32 	(e) The council must submit the performance evaluation to the chairs and ranking 
65.33 	minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees and divisions 
65.34 	with jurisdiction over transportation finance and policy.

66.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
66.2 	and applies to each revision of the transportation policy plan after the 2008 revision.

66.3 	Sec. 95. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.166, is amended to read:
66.4 	473.166 CONTROLLED ACCESS; TRANSIT FIXED-GUIDEWAY;
66.5 	APPROVAL.
66.6 	Before acquiring land for or constructing a controlled access highway or transit 
66.7 	fixed-guideway in the area, the state Transportation Department or local government 
66.8 	unit proposing the acquisition or construction shall submit to the council a statement 
66.9 	describing the proposed project. The statement must be in the form and detail required by 
66.10 	the council. The council shall review the statement to ascertain its consistency with its 
66.11 	policy plan and the development guide. No project may be undertaken unless the council 
66.12 	determines that it is consistent with the policy plan. This approval is in addition to the 
66.13 	requirements of any other statute, ordinance or rule.

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

66.15 	Sec. 96. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.386, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
66.16 		Subdivision 1.Service objectives. The council shall implement a special 
66.17 	transportation service, as defined in section 174.29, in the metropolitan area. The service 
66.18 	has the following objectives: 
66.19 	(a) to provide greater access to transportation for the elderly, people with disabilities, 
66.20 	and others with special transportation needs in the metropolitan area;
66.21 	(b) to develop an integrated system of special transportation service providing 
66.22 	transportation tailored to meet special individual needs in the most cost-efficient manner; 
66.23 	and
66.24 	(c) to use existing public, private, and private nonprofit providers of service 
66.25 	wherever possible when feasible and cost-efficient, to supplement rather than replace 
66.26 	existing service, and to increase the productivity of all special transportation vehicles 
66.27 	available in the area.

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

66.29 	Sec. 97. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.386, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
66.30 		Subd. 2.Service contracts; management; transportation accessibility advisory 
66.31 	committee. (a) The council may contract for services necessary for the provision of 
66.32 	special transportation. Transportation service provided under a contract must specify the 
67.1 	service to be provided, the standards that must be met, and the rates for operating and 
67.2 	providing special transportation services.
67.3 	(b) The council shall establish management policies for the service and may contract 
67.4 	with a service administrator for day-to-day administration and management of the service. 
67.5 	Any contract must delegate to the service administrator clear authority to administer and 
67.6 	manage the delivery of the service pursuant to council management policies and must 
67.7 	establish performance and compliance standards for the service administrator. The council 
67.8 	may provide directly day to day administration and management of the service and may 
67.9 	own or lease vehicles used to provide the service.
67.10 	(c) The council shall ensure that the service administrator establishes a system for 
67.11 	registering and expeditiously responding to complaints by users, informing users of how 
67.12 	to register complaints, and requiring providers to report on incidents that impair the safety 
67.13 	and well-being of users or the quality of the service. 
67.14 	(d) The council shall annually report to the commissioner of transportation and the 
67.15 	legislature on complaints and provider reports, the response of the service administrator, 
67.16 	and steps taken by the council and the service administrator to identify causes and provide 
67.17 	remedies to recurring problems on its special transportation services as part of the program 
67.18 	evaluation provided for in section 473.13, subdivision 1a.
67.19 	(d) Each year before renewing contracts with providers and the service administrator, 
67.20 	the council shall provide an opportunity for the transportation accessibility advisory 
67.21 	committee, users, and other interested persons to testify before the council concerning 
67.22 	providers, contract terms, and other matters relating to council policies and procedures for 
67.23 	implementing the service.
67.24 	(e) The council shall provide, on an annual basis, an opportunity for users and 
67.25 	other interested persons to provide testimony to the council concerning services provided 
67.26 	under this section.
67.27 	(f) The council shall establish a Transportation Accessibility Advisory Committee
67.28 	consisting of 15 members and a chair to advise the council on management policies for 
67.29 	the council's special transportation service. The Transportation Accessibility Advisory 
67.30 	Committee must include elderly and disabled persons, other users of special transportation 
67.31 	service, representatives of persons contracting to provide special transportation services,
67.32 	and representatives of appropriate agencies for elderly and disabled persons to advise 
67.33 	the council on management policies for the service. At least half the Transportation 
67.34 	Accessibility Advisory Committee members must be disabled or elderly persons or the 
67.35 	representatives of disabled or elderly persons who are both ADA-certified and users of 
67.36 	public transit in the metropolitan area. Two of the appointments to the Transportation 
68.1 	Accessibility Advisory Committee shall be made by the Council on Disability in 
68.2 	consultation with the chair of the Metropolitan Council.

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

68.4 	Sec. 98. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.386, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
68.5 		Subd. 2a.Eligibility  application and verification; penalty for fraudulent 
68.6 	certification. If the council requires a person to be certified as eligible for special 
68.7 	transportation services, an applicant for certification must submit an application form 
68.8 	and the applicant's eligibility must be verified by a type of professional specified by the 
68.9 	council. The council shall include the notice of penalty for fraudulent certification, and 
68.10 	require the person certifying the applicant to sign the eligibility certification form and the 
68.11 	applicant to sign the application form, as provided in section 174.295.:
68.12 	(1) require the applicant to sign the application form and certify that the application 
68.13 	information is accurate; and 
68.14 	(2) require the person verifying the applicant's eligibility to sign the eligibility 
68.15 	verification form and certify that the verifying information is accurate.
68.16 	The penalty provided for in section 174.295, subdivision 4, applies to the 
68.17 	certifications by the applicant and the person verifying the applicant's eligibility. The 
68.18 	council must include a notice of the penalty for fraudulent certification in the application 
68.19 	form and the eligibility verification form.

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

68.21 	Sec. 99. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.386, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
68.22 		Subd. 3.Duties of council. In implementing the special transportation service, the 
68.23 	council shall:
68.24 	(a) encourage participation in the service by public, private, and private nonprofit 
68.25 	providers of special transportation currently receiving capital or operating assistance 
68.26 	from a public agency;
68.27 	(b) when feasible and cost-efficient, contract with public, private, and private 
68.28 	nonprofit providers that have demonstrated their ability to effectively provide service at 
68.29 	a reasonable cost;
68.30 	(c) encourage individuals using special transportation to use the type of service 
68.31 	most appropriate to their particular needs;
68.32 	(d) ensure that all persons providing special transportation service receive equitable 
68.33 	treatment in the allocation of the ridership;
69.1 	(e) encourage shared rides to the greatest extent practicable;
69.2 	(f) (e)  encourage public agencies that provide transportation to eligible individuals 
69.3 	as a component of human services and educational programs to coordinate with this 
69.4 	service and to allow reimbursement for transportation provided through the service at rates 
69.5 	that reflect the public cost of providing that transportation;
69.6 	(g) (f)  establish criteria to be used in determining individual eligibility for special 
69.7 	transportation services;
69.8 	(h) (g)  consult with the Transportation Accessibility Advisory Committee in a 
69.9 	timely manner before changes are made in the provision of special transportation services, 
69.10 	including, but not limited to, changes in policies affecting the matters subject to hearing 
69.11 	under subdivision 2;
69.12 	(i) (h)  provide for effective administration and enforcement of council policies 
69.13 	and standards; 
69.14 	(j) annually evaluate providers of special transportation service to ensure compliance 
69.15 	with the standards established for the program; and 
69.16 	(k)(i) ensure that, taken as a whole including contracts with public, private, and 
69.17 	private nonprofit providers, the geographic coverage area of the special transportation 
69.18 	service is continuous within the boundaries of the transit taxing district, as defined as of 
69.19 	March 1, 2006, in section 473.446, subdivision 2.

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

69.21 	Sec. 100. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.399, is amended to read:
69.22 	473.399 TRANSIT WAYS; LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT AND COMMUTER RAIL 
69.23 	PLANNING IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA.
69.24 		Subdivision 1.General requirements. (a) The council must identify in its 
69.25 	transportation policy plan those heavily traveled corridors where development of a transit 
69.26 	way may be feasible and cost-effective. Modes of providing service in a transit way may 
69.27 	include bus rapid transit, light rail transit, commuter rail, or other available systems or 
69.28 	technologies that improve transit service.
69.29 	(b) After the completion of environmental studies and receipt of input from the 
69.30 	governing body of each statutory and home rule charter city, county, and town in which a 
69.31 	transit way is proposed to be constructed, the council must designate the locally preferred 
69.32 	alternative transit mode with respect to the corridor.
69.33 	(c) The council shall adopt a plan to ensure that any light rail transit facilities
69.34 	that are designated as the locally preferred alternative and that are to be constructed in 
70.1 	the metropolitan area will be acquired, developed, owned, and capable of operation in 
70.2 	an efficient, cost-effective, and coordinated manner in coordination with buses and other 
70.3 	transportation modes and facilities. The plan may be developed and adopted in phases 
70.4 	corresponding to phasing of construction of light rail. The council may incorporate into its 
70.5 	plan appropriate elements of the plans of regional railroad authorities in order to avoid 
70.6 	duplication of effort.
70.7 	(b) The light rail transit plan or first phase of the plan required by this section must 
70.8 	be adopted by the council before the commissioner of transportation may begin
70.9 	 (d) Construction of light rail transit facilities in a particular transit corridor may not 
70.10 	commence unless and until that mode is designated as the locally preferred alternative 
70.11 	for that corridor by the council. Following adoption of the plan, the commissioner of 
70.12 	transportation shall act in conformity with the plan. The commissioner shall prepare or 
70.13 	amend the final design plans as necessary to make the plans consistent with the light 
70.14 	rail transit plan.
70.15 	(c) Throughout the development and implementation of the plan, the council shall 
70.16 	contract for or otherwise obtain engineering services to assure that the plan adequately 
70.17 	addresses the technical aspects of light rail transit.
70.18 		Subd. 1a.Integrated transportation system. The commissioner of transportation 
70.19 	and the Metropolitan Council shall ensure that the light rail transit and commuter rail 
70.20 	facilities are planned, designed, and implemented: (1) to move commuters and transit 
70.21 	users into and out of, as well as within, the metropolitan area, and (2) to ensure that rail 
70.22 	transit lines will interface with each other and other transportation facilities and services 
70.23 	so as to provide a unified, integrated, and efficient multimodal transportation system.
70.24 		Subd. 4.Expenditure of state funds. No state funds may be expended by the 
70.25 	Metropolitan Council to study a particular light rail transit or commuter rail facility unless 
70.26 	the funds are appropriated in legislation that identifies the route, including the origin 
70.27 	and destination.

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

70.29 	Sec. 101. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.3993, subdivision 1, is amended to 
70.30 	read:
70.31 		Subdivision 1.Application. The definitions in this section apply to section 
70.32 	473.3994 sections 473.3993 to 473.3997. 

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

71.1 	Sec. 102. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.3993, subdivision 3, is amended to 
71.2 	read:
71.3 		Subd. 3.Final design plan. "Final design plan" means a light rail transit plan that 
71.4 	includes the items in the preliminary design plan and the preliminary engineering plan for 
71.5 	the facilities proposed but with greater detail and specificity needed for construction. The 
71.6 	final design plan must include, at a minimum:
71.7 	(1) final plans for the physical design of facilities, including the right-of-way 
71.8 	definition; environmental impacts and mitigation measures; intermodal coordination with 
71.9 	bus operations and routes; and civil engineering plans for vehicles, track, stations, parking, 
71.10 	and access, including disability access; and
71.11 	(2) final plans for civil engineering for electrification, communication, and other 
71.12 	similar facilities; operational rules, procedures, and strategies; capital costs; ridership; 
71.13 	operating costs and revenues, and sources of funds for operating subsidies; financing for 
71.14 	construction and operation; an implementation method; and other similar matters.
71.15 	The final design plan must be stated with sufficient particularity and detail to 
71.16 	allow the proposer to begin the acquisition and construction of operable facilities. If a 
71.17 	design-build implementation method is proposed, instead of civil engineering plans the 
71.18 	final design plan must state detailed design criteria and performance standards for the 
71.19 	facilities.
71.20 	The commissioner of transportation may use a design-build method of project 
71.21 	development and construction for light rail transit. Notwithstanding any law to the 
71.22 	contrary, the commissioner may award a design-build contract on the basis of requests 
71.23 	for proposals or requests for qualifications without bids. "Design-build method of 
71.24 	project development and construction" means a project delivery system in which a single 
71.25 	contractor is responsible for both the design and construction of the project and bids the 
71.26 	design and construction together.

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

71.28 	Sec. 103. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.3993, is amended by adding a 
71.29 	subdivision to read:
71.30 		Subd. 4.Responsible authority. "Responsible authority" means either the 
71.31 	Metropolitan Council or the state of Minnesota acting through the commissioner of 
71.32 	transportation, as designated by the governor under section 473.3994, subdivision 1a, for a 
71.33 	particular light rail transit facility.

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

72.1 	Sec. 104. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.3994, is amended to read:
72.2 	473.3994 LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT; DESIGN PLANS.
72.3 		Subd. 1a.Designation of responsible authority. For each proposed light rail transit 
72.4 	facility in the metropolitan area, the governor must designate either the Metropolitan 
72.5 	Council or the state of Minnesota acting through the commissioner of transportation as 
72.6 	the entity responsible for planning, designing, acquiring, constructing, and equipping 
72.7 	the facility. Notwithstanding such designation, the commissioner and the council may 
72.8 	enter into one or more cooperative agreements with respect to the planning, designing, 
72.9 	acquiring, constructing, or equipping of a particular light rail transit facility that provide 
72.10 	for the parties to exercise their respective authorities in support of the project in a manner 
72.11 	that best serves the project and the public.
72.12 		Subd. 2.Preliminary design plans; public hearing. Before final design plans are 
72.13 	prepared for a light rail transit facility in the metropolitan area, the commissioner of 
72.14 	transportation responsible authority and the regional railroad authority or authorities 
72.15 	in whose jurisdiction the line or lines are located must hold a public hearing on the 
72.16 	physical design component of the preliminary design plans. The commissioner of 
72.17 	transportation responsible authority and the regional railroad authority or authorities in 
72.18 	whose jurisdiction the line or lines are located must provide appropriate public notice of 
72.19 	the hearing and publicity to ensure that affected parties have an opportunity to present 
72.20 	their views at the hearing. The commissioner responsible authority shall summarize the 
72.21 	proceedings and testimony and maintain the record of a hearing held under this section, 
72.22 	including any written statements submitted.
72.23 		Subd. 3.Preliminary design plans; local approval. At least 30 days before the 
72.24 	hearing under subdivision 2, the commissioner of transportation responsible authority shall 
72.25 	submit the physical design component of the preliminary design plans to the governing 
72.26 	body of each statutory and home rule charter city, county, and town in which the route 
72.27 	is proposed to be located. The city, county, or town shall hold a public hearing. Within 
72.28 	45 days after the hearing under subdivision 2, the city, county, or town shall review and 
72.29 	approve or disapprove the plans for the route to be located in the city, county, or town. A 
72.30 	local unit of government that disapproves the plans shall describe specific amendments to 
72.31 	the plans that, if adopted, would cause the local unit to withdraw its disapproval. Failure 
72.32 	to approve or disapprove the plans in writing within 45 days after the hearing is deemed 
72.33 	to be approval, unless an extension of time is agreed to by the city, county, or town and 
72.34 	the commissioner of transportation responsible authority.
72.35 		Subd. 4.Preliminary design plans; council referral. If the governing body of 
72.36 	one or more cities, counties, or towns disapproves the preliminary design plans within 
73.1 	the period allowed under subdivision 3, the commissioner of transportation may refer the 
73.2 	plans, along with any comments of local jurisdictions, to the Metropolitan Council. The
73.3 	council shall hold a hearing on the plans, giving the commissioner of transportation, if the 
73.4 	responsible authority, any disapproving local governmental units, and other persons an 
73.5 	opportunity to present their views on the plans. The council may conduct independent 
73.6 	study as it deems desirable and may mediate and attempt to resolve disagreements about 
73.7 	the plans. Within 90 60 days after the referral hearing, the council shall review the 
73.8 	plans submitted by the commissioner of transportation and the council and shall decide 
73.9 	what amendments to the plans, if any, must be made to accommodate the objections 
73.10 	presented by the disapproving local governmental units. The commissioner shall make the
73.11 	Amendments to the plans as decided by the council must be made before continuing the 
73.12 	planning and designing process.
73.13 		Subd. 5.Final design plans. (a) If the final design plans incorporate a substantial 
73.14 	change from the preliminary design plans with respect to location, length, or termini 
73.15 	of routes; general dimension, elevation, or alignment of routes and crossings; location 
73.16 	of tracks above ground, below ground, or at ground level; or station locations, before 
73.17 	beginning construction, the commissioner responsible authority shall submit the changed 
73.18 	component of the final design plans to the governing body of each statutory and home 
73.19 	rule city, county, and town in which the changed component is proposed to be located. 
73.20 	Within 60 days after the submission of the plans, the city, county, or town shall review 
73.21 	and approve or disapprove the changed component located in the city, county, or town. A 
73.22 	local unit of government that disapproves the change shall describe specific amendments 
73.23 	to the plans that, if adopted, would cause the local unit to withdraw its disapproval. 
73.24 	Failure to approve or disapprove the changed plans in writing within the time period is 
73.25 	deemed to be approval, unless an extension is agreed to by the city, county, or town and 
73.26 	the commissioner responsible authority.
73.27 	(b) If the governing body of one or more cities, counties, or towns disapproves the 
73.28 	changed plans within the period allowed under paragraph (a), the commissioner may refer 
73.29 	the plans, along with any comments of local jurisdictions, to the Metropolitan Council. 
73.30 	The council shall review the final design plans under the same procedure and with the 
73.31 	same effect as provided in subdivision 4 for preliminary design plans.
73.32 		Subd. 7.Council review. If the commissioner is the responsible authority, before 
73.33 	proceeding with construction of a light rail transit facility, the commissioner must submit 
73.34 	preliminary and final design plans to the Metropolitan Council. The council must review 
73.35 	the plans for consistency with the council's development guide and approve the plans.
74.1 		Subd. 8.Metropolitan significance. This section does not diminish or replace the 
74.2 	authority of the council under section 473.173. 
74.3 		Subd. 9.Light rail transit operating costs. (a) Before submitting an application for 
74.4 	federal assistance for light rail transit facilities in the metropolitan area, the applicant must 
74.5 	provide to the Metropolitan Council estimates must prepare an estimate of the amount 
74.6 	of operating subsidy which will be required to operate light rail transit in the corridor to 
74.7 	which the federal assistance would be applied. The information provided to the council
74.8 	estimate must indicate the amount of operating subsidy estimated to be required in each 
74.9 	of the first ten years of operation of the light rail transit facility. If the commissioner of 
74.10 	transportation is the responsible authority, the commissioner must provide information 
74.11 	requested by the council that is necessary to make the estimate.
74.12 	(b) The council must review and evaluate the information provided estimate 
74.13 	developed under paragraph (a) with regard to the effect of operating the light rail transit 
74.14 	facility on the currently available mechanisms for financing transit in the metropolitan area.
74.15 		Subd. 10.Corridor Management Committee. The responsible authority 
74.16 	must establish a Corridor Management Committee shall be established to advise the 
74.17 	commissioner of transportation responsible authority in the design and construction of 
74.18 	light rail transit in each corridor to be constructed. The Corridor Management Committee
74.19 	for each corridor shall consist of the following members:
74.20 	(1) one member appointed by each city and county in which the corridor is located;
74.21 	(2) the commissioner of transportation or a designee of the commissioner;
74.22 	(3) two members appointed by the Metropolitan Council, one of whom shall be 
74.23 	designated as the chair of the committee;
74.24 	(4) one member appointed by the Metropolitan Airports Commission, if the 
74.25 	designated corridor provides direct service to the Minneapolis-St. Paul International 
74.26 	Airport; and
74.27 	(5) one member appointed by the president of the University of Minnesota, if the 
74.28 	designated corridor provides direct service to the university.
74.29 	The Corridor Management Committee shall advise the commissioner of 
74.30 	transportation responsible authority on issues relating to the alternatives analysis,
74.31 	environmental review, preliminary design, preliminary engineering, final design, 
74.32 	implementation method, and construction of light rail transit in the corridor.
74.33 		Subd. 13.Dispute resolution. In the event of a dispute between any of the parties 
74.34 	arising from the parties' respective authority and responsibility under this section, the 
74.35 	dispute shall be submitted to the Metropolitan Council for final resolution by any party to 
74.36 	the dispute. The Metropolitan Council shall establish by July 1, 1993, a process to ensure 
75.1 	a prompt and speedy resolution of the dispute. This process shall allow the parties to 
75.2 	provide evidence and testimony in support of their positions.
75.3 		Subd. 14.Transfer of facility after construction. If the commissioner of 
75.4 	transportation is the responsible authority for a particular light rail transit facility, the 
75.5 	commissioner must transfer to the Metropolitan Council all facilities constructed and 
75.6 	all equipment and property acquired in developing the facility upon completion of 
75.7 	construction.

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

75.9 	Sec. 105. [473.3995] LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT; DESIGN-BUILD METHOD.
75.10 	(a) A responsible authority may use a design-build method of project development 
75.11 	and construction for light rail transit. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a 
75.12 	responsible authority may award a design-build contract on the basis of requests for 
75.13 	proposals or requests for qualifications without bids. "Design-build method of project 
75.14 	development and construction" means a project delivery system in which a single 
75.15 	contractor is responsible for both the design and construction of the project and bids the 
75.16 	design and construction together.
75.17 	(b) If a responsible authority utilizes a design-build method of project development 
75.18 	and construction for light rail transit, the requirements and procedures in sections 161.3410 
75.19 	to 161.3426 apply to the procurement, subject to the following conditions and exceptions:
75.20 	(1) if the Metropolitan Council is the responsible authority for a particular light rail 
75.21 	transit project, when used in sections 161.3410 to 161.3426, (i) the terms "commissioner," 
75.22 	"Minnesota Department of Transportation," "department," "state agencies," and "road 
75.23 	authority" refer to the Metropolitan Council, and (ii) the term "state" refers to the 
75.24 	Metropolitan Council except in references to state law or in references to the state as 
75.25 	a geographical location;
75.26 	(2) the provisions of section 161.3412, subdivisions 3 and 4, are not applicable 
75.27 	to the procurement; and
75.28 	(3) if any federal funds are used in developing or constructing the light rail transit 
75.29 	project, any provisions in sections 161.3410 to 161.3426 that are inconsistent with, or 
75.30 	prohibited by, any federal law, regulation, or other requirement are not applicable to the 
75.31 	procurement.

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

76.1 	Sec. 106. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.3997, is amended to read:
76.2 	473.3997 FEDERAL FUNDING; LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT.
76.3 	(a) Upon completion of the alternatives analysis and draft environmental impact 
76.4 	statement, and selection of the locally preferred alternative, for the central corridor 
76.5 	transit improvement project each light rail transit facility, the council, the commissioner 
76.6 	of transportation, and the affected regional rail authorities responsible authority may 
76.7 	prepare a joint an application for federal assistance for the light rail transit facilities in the 
76.8 	metropolitan area facility. If the commissioner is the responsible authority, the application 
76.9 	must be reviewed and approved by the Metropolitan Council before it is submitted by the 
76.10 	council and the commissioner. In reviewing the application the council must consider the 
76.11 	information submitted to it operating cost estimate developed under section 473.3994, 
76.12 	subdivision 9. 
76.13 	(b) Until the application described in paragraph (a) is submitted Except for the 
76.14 	designated responsible authority for a particular light rail transit facility, no political 
76.15 	subdivision in the metropolitan area may on its own apply for federal assistance for light 
76.16 	rail transit planning or construction.

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

76.18 	Sec. 107. [473.3999] LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT CONSTRUCTION IN 
76.19 	METROPOLITAN AREA; COUNCIL AUTHORITY.
76.20 	The Metropolitan Council may exercise the powers granted in this chapter and in 
76.21 	other applicable law, as necessary, to plan, design, acquire, construct, and equip light rail 
76.22 	transit facilities in the metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2.

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

76.24 	Sec. 108. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.4051, is amended to read:
76.25 	473.4051 LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT OPERATION.
76.26 	The council shall operate all light rail transit facilities and services located in the 
76.27 	metropolitan area upon completion of construction of the facilities and the commencement 
76.28 	of revenue service using the facilities. The commissioner of transportation and the council 
76.29 	may not allow the commencement of revenue service until after an appropriate period of 
76.30 	acceptance testing to ensure safe and satisfactory performance. In assuming the operation 
76.31 	of the system, the council must comply with section 473.415. The council shall coordinate 
76.32 	operation of the light rail transit system with bus service to avoid duplication of service 
77.1 	on a route served by light rail transit and to ensure the widest possible access to light rail 
77.2 	transit lines in both suburban and urban areas by means of a feeder bus system. 

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

77.4 	Sec. 109. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.407, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
77.5 		Subdivision 1.Authorization. The council may appoint peace officers, as defined 
77.6 	in section 626.84, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), and establish a law enforcement agency, 
77.7 	as defined in section 626.84, subdivision 1, paragraph (f), known as the Metropolitan 
77.8 	Transit Police, to police its transit property and routes, to carry out investigations, and to 
77.9 	make arrests under sections 629.30 and 629.34. The jurisdiction of the law enforcement 
77.10 	agency is limited to offenses relating to council transit property, equipment, employees, 
77.11 	and passengers.  The jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Transit Police shall include traffic 
77.12 	lanes designed for bus or transit use, freeway or expressway shoulders in the seven-county 
77.13 	metropolitan area used by authorized transit buses and metro mobility buses under section 
77.14 	169.306, and high-occupancy vehicle lanes used by transit buses. Upon request from, or 
77.15 	under an agreement with, any law enforcement agency and subject to the availability of 
77.16 	its personnel and other resources, the Metropolitan Transit Police may exercise general 
77.17 	law enforcement agency authority to assist any law enforcement agency in implementing 
77.18 	or carrying out law enforcement activities, programs, or initiatives. If the commissioner 
77.19 	of transportation contracts with the Metropolitan Council for operation of commuter rail 
77.20 	facilities under section 174.90, the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Transit Police extends 
77.21 	to offenses relating to the operation, property, facilities, equipment, employees, and 
77.22 	passengers of the commuter rail facilities located in and outside of the metropolitan area.

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

77.24 	Sec. 110. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.408, is amended by adding a 
77.25 	subdivision to read:
77.26 		Subd. 8.Charitable organization discount passes. The council may offer passes, 
77.27 	including tokens, for regular route bus service for sale to charitable organizations, 
77.28 	described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, at a special discount.

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

77.30 	Sec. 111. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.408, is amended by adding a 
77.31 	subdivision to read:
78.1 		Subd. 9.Youth discount passes. (a) The council may offer passes, including 
78.2 	tokens, for regular route bus service to charitable organizations, described in section 
78.3 	501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, free of charge. Any passes provided under this 
78.4 	subdivision must be:
78.5 	(1) distributed to and used solely by a person who is under 16 years of age; and
78.6 	(2) restricted to use on a bus that is not operating at full capacity at the time of 
78.7 	use of the bus pass.
78.8 	(b) The council may establish additional requirements and terms of use of the 
78.9 	passes, including but not limited to charging a fee to the charitable organization for any 
78.10 	printing or production costs, restricting times of bus pass use to certain or nonpeak hours 
78.11 	of operation, and establishing oversight and auditing of the charitable organization with 
78.12 	regard to bus pass distribution and use.

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

78.14 	Sec. 112. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 609.531, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
78.15 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purpose of sections 609.531 to 609.5318, the 
78.16 	following terms have the meanings given them.
78.17 	(a) "Conveyance device" means a device used for transportation and includes, but 
78.18 	is not limited to, a motor vehicle, trailer, snowmobile, airplane, and vessel and any 
78.19 	equipment attached to it. The term "conveyance device" does not include property which 
78.20 	is, in fact, itself stolen or taken in violation of the law.
78.21 	(b) "Weapon used" means a dangerous weapon as defined under section 609.02, 
78.22 	subdivision 6, that the actor used or had in possession in furtherance of a crime.
78.23 	(c) "Property" means property as defined in section 609.52, subdivision 1, clause (1).
78.24 	(d) "Contraband" means property which is illegal to possess under Minnesota law.
78.25 	(e) "Appropriate agency" means the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the 
78.26 	Minnesota Division of Driver and Vehicle Services, the Minnesota State Patrol, a 
78.27 	county sheriff's department, the Three Rivers Park District park rangers, the Department 
78.28 	of Natural Resources Division of Enforcement, the University of Minnesota Police 
78.29 	Department, the Department of Corrections' Fugitive Apprehension Unit, or a city, 
78.30 	metropolitan transit,  or airport police department.
78.31 	(f) "Designated offense" includes:
78.32 	(1) for weapons used: any violation of this chapter, chapter 152, or chapter 624;
78.33 	(2) for driver's license or identification card transactions: any violation of section 
78.34 	171.22; and
79.1 	(3) for all other purposes: a felony violation of, or a felony-level attempt or 
79.2 	conspiracy to violate, section 325E.17; 325E.18; 609.185; 609.19; 609.195; 609.21; 
79.3 	609.221; 609.222; 609.223; 609.2231; 609.24; 609.245; 609.25; 609.255; 609.282; 
79.4 	609.283; 609.322; 609.342, subdivision 1, clauses (a) to (f); 609.343, subdivision 1, 
79.5 	clauses (a) to (f); 609.344, subdivision 1, clauses (a) to (e), and (h) to (j); 609.345, 
79.6 	subdivision 1, clauses (a) to (e), and (h) to (j); 609.352; 609.42; 609.425; 609.466; 
79.7 	609.485; 609.487; 609.52; 609.525; 609.527; 609.528; 609.53; 609.54; 609.551; 609.561; 
79.8 	609.562; 609.563; 609.582; 609.59; 609.595; 609.631; 609.66, subdivision 1e; 609.671, 
79.9 	subdivisions 3, 4, 5, 8, and 12; 609.687; 609.821; 609.825; 609.86; 609.88; 609.89; 
79.10 	609.893; 609.895; 617.246; 617.247; or a gross misdemeanor or felony violation of 
79.11 	section 609.891 or 624.7181; or any violation of section 609.324.
79.12 	(g) "Controlled substance" has the meaning given in section 152.01, subdivision 4.

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

79.14 	Sec. 113. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 1, article 4, section 39, the effective 
79.15 	date, is amended to read:

79.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the latter of August 1, 2006, or the 
79.17 	date on which the commissioner determines that building permits have been issued for 
79.18 	the construction of a new pulp and paper manufacturing facility at Grand Rapids on the 
79.19 	effective date of 2007 House File 1351, article 1, sections 60 and 61, as amended.

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

79.21 	Sec. 114. Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 6, section 7, is amended to read:
79.22 	Sec. 7. [398A.10] TRANSIT FUNDING. 
79.23 		Subdivision 1. Capital costs. A county regional railroad authority may not 
79.24 	contribute more than ten percent of the capital costs of a light rail transit or commuter rail 
79.25 	project. This subdivision does not apply to a light rail transit project for which a county 
79.26 	regional railroad authority commits to providing an amount greater than ten percent of 
79.27 	the capital costs, if the commitment (1) is made before October 2, 2008, (2) is made as 
79.28 	part of an application for federal funds, and (3) is adjusted by the county regional railroad 
79.29 	authority to meet the requirements of this subdivision as part of the next scheduled federal 
79.30 	funding application for the project.
79.31 		Subd. 2. Operating and maintenance costs. A county regional railroad authority 
79.32 	may not contribute any funds to pay the operating and maintenance costs for a light rail 
79.33 	transit or commuter rail project. If a county regional railroad authority is contributing 
80.1 	funds for operating and maintenance costs on a light rail transit or commuter rail project 
80.2 	on the date of the enactment of this act, the authority may continue to contribute funds 
80.3 	for these purposes until January 1, 2009. 
80.4 		Subd. 3. Application. This section only applies if to a county that has imposed the 
80.5 	metropolitan transportation sales and use tax under section 297A.992. 

80.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day after the metropolitan 
80.7 	transportation area sales tax is imposed under Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.992, 
80.8 	subdivision 2. This section is effective July 1, 2008.

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

80.10 	Sec. 115. LEGISLATIVE INTENT CONCERNING TRUCK WEIGHT 
80.11 	INCREASES.
 80.12 	It is the intent of the legislature to study, during the 2010 legislative session, the 
80.13 	effects of the sections in this chapter that increase allowable size, weight, or load limits on 
80.14 	state or local roads or bridges, and to modify statutes as necessary to achieve the goals of 
80.15 	promoting mobility while protecting infrastructure.

80.16 	Sec. 116. CULKIN SAFETY REST AREA.
 80.17 	The commissioner of transportation shall reopen without delay the Culkin safety rest 
80.18 	area, located on marked Interstate Highway 35.

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

80.20 	Sec. 117. CREDIT CARD PAYMENT STUDY; PROPOSAL.
 80.21 	(a) By February 1, 2009, the commissioner of public safety shall submit a proposal 
80.22 	to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives 
80.23 	committees with jurisdiction over transportation finance. The proposal must identify a 
80.24 	method that allows the Department of Public Safety, its deputy registrars, and driver's 
80.25 	license agents to collect  by credit or debit card, motor vehicle registration taxes under 
80.26 	Minnesota Statutes, section 168.013; motor vehicle certificates of title and related 
80.27 	document fees under Minnesota Statutes, section 168A.29; motor vehicle sales tax under 
80.28 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 297B.02 and 297B.025; and driver's license and Minnesota 
80.29 	identification card fees under Minnesota Statutes, section 171.06.
80.30 	(b) The proposal must identify the total estimated statewide cost of the processing 
80.31 	fees paid to either a vendor, financial institution, or credit card company. The proposal 
80.32 	must consider options to finance the acceptance fees through either (1) state fee increases 
81.1 	necessary to finance (i) the costs of credit and debit card processing fees paid to a 
81.2 	processing vendor, (ii) the administrative costs of the department to implement the 
81.3 	acceptance of credit and debit cards, including hardware and software costs of the 
81.4 	department, its deputy registrars, and agents, and (iii) associated ongoing administrative 
81.5 	cost increases, or (2) an agreement with a vendor that allows the addition of a convenience 
81.6 	fee to each transaction to be paid directly by customers who choose to utilize credit or 
81.7 	debit cards.
81.8 	(c) The commissioner of public safety, with the assistance of the commissioners of 
81.9 	finance and administration, shall develop a request for proposals from vendors, to be 
81.10 	issued by January 1, 2010, to implement the acceptance of credit and debit payments by 
81.11 	the Department of Public Safety, its deputy registrars, and agents. The department shall 
81.12 	consult deputy registrars and driver's license agents in developing the request for proposals.

81.13 	Sec. 118. STUDY OF TRANSPORTATION LONG-RANGE SOLUTIONS.
 81.14 	(a) The commissioner of transportation shall conduct a study in consultation with 
81.15 	other state agencies and key stakeholders to evaluate the current and long-range needs of 
81.16 	the state's transportation system, and investigate possible strategies to meet these needs.
81.17 	(b) The study must include, but is not limited to:
81.18 	(1) evaluation of the current needs of the state's highway systems, bridges, and 
81.19 	transit;
81.20 	(2) analysis and quantification of the needs for the next 20 years of the state's 
81.21 	highway systems, bridges, and transit;
81.22 	(3) comparison of estimates of revenues raised by current transportation funding 
81.23 	sources, with long-term needs of the state's transportation system;
81.24 	(4) identification of options for maintenance and improvement of the state's 
81.25 	transportation system with specific reference to the effects of potential increases in vehicle 
81.26 	fuel economy, availability of alternative modes of transportation, and extreme fuel price 
81.27 	volatility on future transportation revenues;
81.28 	(5) analysis of alternative pricing options utilized in other states and countries, 
81.29 	and their potential for use, public acceptance, alleviation of congestion, and revenue 
81.30 	generation in this state; and
81.31 	(6) identification of options for road-use pricing, other alternative financing 
81.32 	mechanisms with particular consideration of key environmental impacts such as air 
81.33 	quality, water quality, and greenhouse gas emissions, and estimates of implementation 
81.34 	costs, user costs, and revenue.
82.1 	(c) The commissioner shall report the results of the study to the legislature no later 
82.2 	than November 1, 2009.

82.3 	Sec. 119. STUDY AND REPORT ON SPEED LIMITS.
 82.4 	The commissioner of transportation shall report to the chairs and ranking minority 
82.5 	members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over transportation and local 
82.6 	government by January 30, 2009, on speed limits on local roads. The commissioner shall 
82.7 	consult with local governments and solicit input from local governments before issuing 
82.8 	the report. The report must include, at a minimum:
82.9 	(1) whether the current statutory speed limit of 30 miles per hour in urban districts 
82.10 	and rural residential districts is appropriate, or if there are locations where the appropriate 
82.11 	speed limit is 25 miles per hour;
82.12 	(2) whether the current statutory speed limit of 55 miles per hour in rural residential 
82.13 	districts within a city is appropriate, or if there are locations where the appropriate speed 
82.14 	limit is 30 miles per hour; and
82.15 	(3) whether the current definitions of urban district, rural residential district, and 
82.16 	residential roadway are appropriate, or whether and how they should be changed.

82.17 	Sec. 120. RAIL TRANSIT FEASIBILITY STUDY.
 82.18 	The Metropolitan Council may conduct a study of the feasibility of the use of light 
82.19 	rail or commuter rail transit in a corridor aligned on marked Interstate Highway 394 or 
82.20 	between marked Interstate Highway 394 and marked Trunk Highway 55, from downtown 
82.21 	Minneapolis to Ridgedale Drive in Minnetonka, with the alternative of extending to 
82.22 	Wayzata. The study must include consideration of the feasibility of combining the 
82.23 	Southwest Rail Transit Corridor with the Interstate Highway 394 Corridor between 
82.24 	downtown Minneapolis and a point of divergence west of downtown. The Metropolitan 
82.25 	Council may hire a consultant to assist in the study and report.

82.26 	Sec. 121. REPORT ON INTERNET-BASED DRIVER EDUCATION.
 82.27 	The commissioner of public safety shall submit a report on Internet-based driver 
82.28 	education for the instruction permit component by February 15, 2009, to the chairs and 
82.29 	ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees having 
82.30 	jurisdiction over transportation finance and policy. The report must review and analyze 
82.31 	current findings and studies on the feasibility, effectiveness, and impacts of Internet-based 
82.32 	driver education programs for the instruction permit component, including program 
82.33 	effectiveness for persons under age 18.

83.1 	Sec. 122. NULLIFICATION OF EXPEDITED TOWN ROAD 
83.2 	EXTINGUISHMENT.
 83.3 	(a) Any extinguishment of town interest in a town road under Minnesota Statutes, 
83.4 	section 164.06, subdivision 2, is hereby nullified if:
83.5 	(1) the interest was not recorded or filed with the county recorder but was recorded 
83.6 	or filed with the county auditor prior to 1972;
83.7 	(2) the state or a political subdivision has constructed a road or bridge improvement 
83.8 	on a right-of-way affected by the interest;
83.9 	(3) the affected road was the only means of access to a property; 
83.10 	(4) the extinguishment took place within the last ten years; and
83.11 	(5) a person whose only access to property was lost because of the extinguishment 
83.12 	files a petition of a nullification with the town board stating that the person's property 
83.13 	became landlocked because of the extinguishment and that the road satisfies all of the 
83.14 	requirements of paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (4). A copy of the road order found filed or 
83.15 	recorded with the county auditor must be attached to the petition. The town shall file the 
83.16 	petition with the county auditor and record it with the county recorder.
83.17 	(b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 164.08, subdivision 1, and 
83.18 	541.023, for any nullification under paragraph (a), the affected road is hereby deemed to 
83.19 	be a cartway. No additional damages or other payments may be required other than those 
83.20 	paid at the time the fee interest was originally acquired and the order filed with the county 
83.21 	auditor. A cartway created by this paragraph may be converted to a private driveway 
83.22 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 164.08, subdivision 2.
83.23 	(c) For purposes of this section, "affected road" means the road in which the town 
83.24 	board extinguished its interest.

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

83.26 	Sec. 123. WILLMAR AIRPORT.
 83.27 	(a) Notwithstanding any law, rule, or agreement to the contrary, the commissioner 
83.28 	of transportation may enter into an agreement with the city of Willmar to allow funds 
83.29 	granted by the state to the city for land acquisition purposes at its former airport to instead 
83.30 	be used by June 30, 2012, as the state's share of funds for aeronautical purposes at the 
83.31 	city's new airport.
83.32 	(b) Funds not spent pursuant to paragraph (a) by June 30, 2012, must be paid to the 
83.33 	commissioner of transportation and deposited in the state airports fund.

83.34 	Sec. 124. AIRPORT ZONING EXCEPTION.
 84.1 	(a) Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or ordinance to the contrary, the 
84.2 	Eveleth-Virginia Municipal Airport Board of Adjustment must grant a variance to a 
84.3 	property owner who resides in Safety Zone A of the Eveleth-Virginia Municipal Airport 
84.4 	for the construction of, reconstruction of, remodeling of, or expansion of a structure in 
84.5 	accordance with St. Louis County Ordinance 46, provided that the structure must not 
84.6 	exceed the height restrictions imposed by the airport ordinance.
84.7 	(b) Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or ordinance to the contrary, Safety Zone A 
84.8 	of the Eveleth-Virginia Municipal Airport shall not include any residential building lot 
84.9 	riparian to the east shore of St. Mary's Lake, St. Louis County provided such residential 
84.10 	building lot was in existence on January 1, 1978.

84.11 	Sec. 125. APPLICATION.
 84.12 	Sections 94 to 111 apply in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, 
84.13 	Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.

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

84.15 	Sec. 126.  REPEALER.
 84.16 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 221.60, subdivisions 2, 3, 3a, 4, 5, and 6; 
84.17 	221.601; and 221.602, are repealed.
84.18 	(b) Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 168A.05, subdivision 5a; and 325E.0951, 
84.19 	subdivision 3a, are repealed.
84.20 	(c) Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 473.1465; and 473.3994, subdivision 13, are 
84.21 	repealed.

84.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. Paragraph (a) is effective the day following final enactment.

84.23 	ARTICLE 2
84.24 	REGISTRATION PLATES

84.25 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.10, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
84.26 		Subd. 1a.Collector's vehicle, pioneer licenseplate. (a) Any motor vehicle 
84.27 	manufactured prior to 1936 and owned and operated solely as a collector's item shall be 
84.28 	listed for taxation and registration as follows: An affidavit shall be executed stating the 
84.29 	name and address of the owner, the name and address of the person from whom purchased, 
84.30 	the make of the motor vehicle, year and number of the model, the manufacturer's 
84.31 	identification number and that the vehicle is owned and operated solely as a collector's 
84.32 	item and not for general transportation purposes. If the registrar commissioner is satisfied 
85.1 	that the affidavit is true and correct and the owner pays a $25 tax and the plate fee 
85.2 	authorized under section 168.12, the registrar commissioner shall list such vehicle for 
85.3 	taxation and registration and shall issue a single number plate.
85.4 	(b) The number plate so issued shall bear the inscription "Pioneer," "Minnesota" 
85.5 	and the registration number or other combination of characters authorized under section  
85.6 	168.12, subdivision 2a, but no date. The number plate is valid without renewal as long 
85.7 	as the vehicle is in existence in Minnesota. The registrar commissioner has the power to 
85.8 	revoke said plate for failure to comply with this subdivision. 

85.9 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.10, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:
85.10 		Subd. 1b.Collector's vehicle, classic car licenseplate. (a) Any motor vehicle 
85.11 	manufactured between and including the years 1925 and 1948, and designated by the 
85.12 	registrar of motor vehicles commissioner as a classic car because of its fine design, high 
85.13 	engineering standards, and superior workmanship, and owned and operated solely as a 
85.14 	collector's item shall be listed for taxation and registration as follows: An affidavit shall be 
85.15 	executed stating the name and address of the owner, the name and address of the person 
85.16 	from whom purchased, the make of the motor vehicle, year and number of the model, the 
85.17 	manufacturer's identification number and that the vehicle is owned and operated solely as a 
85.18 	collector's item and not for general transportation purposes. If the registrar commissioner
85.19 	is satisfied that the affidavit is true and correct and that the motor vehicle qualifies to 
85.20 	be classified as a classic car, and the owner pays a $25 tax and the plate fee authorized 
85.21 	under section 168.12, the registrar commissioner shall list such vehicle for taxation and 
85.22 	registration and shall issue a single number plate.
85.23 	(b) The number plate so issued shall bear the inscription "Classic Car," "Minnesota," 
85.24 	and the registration number or other combination of characters authorized under section  
85.25 	168.12, subdivision 2a, but no date. The number plate is valid without renewal as long 
85.26 	as the vehicle is in existence in Minnesota. The registrar commissioner has the power to 
85.27 	revoke said plate for failure to comply with this subdivision. 
85.28 	(c) The following cars built between and including 1925 and 1948 are classic:

85.29	A.C.
		
85.30	Adler
		
85.31	Alfa Romeo
		
85.32	Alvis
	Speed 20, 25, and 4.3 litre.
	
85.33	Amilcar
		
85.34	Aston Martin
		
85.35	Auburn
	All 8-cylinder and 12-cylinder models.
	
85.36	Audi
		
86.1	Austro-Daimler
		
86.2	Avions Voisin 12
		
86.3	Bentley
		
86.4	Blackhawk
		
86.5	B.M.W.
	Models 327, 328, and 335 only.
	
86.6	Brewster (Heart-front Ford) 
		
86.7	Bugatti
		
86.8	Buick
	1931 through 1942: series 90 only.
	
86.9	Cadillac
	All 1925 through 1935.
	
86.10		All 12's and 16's.
	
86.11		1936-1948: Series 63, 65, 67,
	
86.12		70, 72, 75, 80, 85 and 90 only.
	
86.13		1938-1947: 60 special only.
	
86.14		1940-1947: All 62 Series.
	
86.15	Chrysler
	1926 through 1930: Imperial 80.
	
86.16		1929: Imperial L.
	
86.17		1931 through 1937: Imperial Series CG,
	
86.18		CH, CL, and CW.
	
86.19		All Newports and Thunderbolts.
	
86.20		1934 CX.
	
86.21		1935 C-3.
	
86.22		1936 C-11.
	
86.23		1937 through 1948: Custom Imperial,
	
86.24		Crown Imperial Series C-15, C-20, C-24,
	
86.25		C-27, C-33, C-37, and C-40.
	
86.26	Cord
		
86.27	Cunningham
		
86.28	Dagmar
	Model 25-70 only.
	
86.29	Daimler
		
86.30	Delage
		
86.31	Delahaye
		
86.32	Doble
		
86.33	Dorris
		
86.34	Duesenberg
		
86.35	du Pont
		
86.36	Franklin
	All models except 1933-34 Olympic Sixes.
	
86.37	Frazer Nash
		
86.38	Graham
	1930-1931: Series 137.
	
86.39	Graham-Paige
	1929-1930: Series 837.
	
86.40	Hispano Suiza
		
86.41	Horch
		
86.42	Hotchkiss
		
86.43	Invicta
		
87.1	Isotta Fraschini
		
87.2	Jaguar
		
87.3	Jordan
	Speedway Series 'Z' only.
	
87.4	Kissel
	1925, 1926 and 1927: Model 8-75.
	
87.5		1928: Model 8-90, and 8-90 White Eagle.
	
87.6		1929: Model 8-126, and 8-90 White Eagle.
	
87.7		1930: Model 8-126.
	
87.8		1931: Model 8-126.
	
87.9	Lagonda
		
87.10	Lancia
		
87.11	La Salle
	1927 through 1933 only.
	
87.12	Lincoln
	All models K, L, KA, and KB.
	
87.13		1941: Model 168H.
	
87.14		1942: Model 268H.
	
87.15	Lincoln Continental 
	1939 through 1948.
	
87.16	Locomobile
	All models 48 and 90.
	
87.17		1927: Model 8-80.
	
87.18		1928: Model 8-80.
	
87.19		1929: Models 8-80 and 8-88.
	
87.20	Marmon
	All 16-cylinder models.
	
87.21		1925: Model 74.
	
87.22		1926: Model 74.
	
87.23		1927: Model 75.
	
87.24		1928: Model E75.
	
87.25		1931: Model 88, and Big 8.
	
87.26	Maybach
		
87.27	McFarlan
		
87.28	Mercedes Benz
	All models 2.2 litres and up.
	
87.29	Mercer
		
87.30	M.G.
	6-cylinder models only.
	
87.31	Minerva
		
87.32	Nash
	1931: Series 8-90.
	
87.33		1932: Series 9-90,
	
87.34		Advanced 8, and Ambassador 8.
	
87.35		1933-1934: Ambassador 8.
	
87.36	Packard
	1925 through 1934: All models.
	
87.37		1935 through 1942: Models 1200,
	
87.38		1201, 1202, 1203, 1204, 1205, 1207,
	
87.39		1208, 1400, 1401, 1402, 1403, 1404,
	
87.40		1405, 1407, 1408, 1500, 1501, 1502,
	
87.41		1506, 1507, 1508, 1603, 1604, 1605,
	
87.42		1607, 1608, 1705, 1707, 1708, 1806,
	
87.43		1807, 1808, 1906, 1907, 1908, 2006,
	
88.1		2007, and 2008 only.
	
88.2		1946 and 1947: Models 2106 and
	
88.3		2126 only.
	
88.4	Peerless
	1926 through 1928: Series 69.
	
88.5		1930-1931: Custom 8.
	
88.6		1932: Deluxe Custom 8.
	
88.7	Pierce Arrow
		
88.8	Railton
		
88.9	Renault
	Grand Sport model only.
	
88.10	Reo
	1930-1931: Royale Custom 8, and
	
88.11		Series 8-35 and 8-52 Elite 8.
	
88.12		1933: Royale Custom 8.
	
88.13	Revere
		
88.14	Roamer
	1925: Series 8-88, 6-54e, and 4-75.
	
88.15		1926: Series 4-75e, and 8-88.
	
88.16		1927-1928: Series 8-88.
	
88.17		1929: Series 8-88, and 8-125.
	
88.18		1930: Series 8-125.
	
88.19	Rohr
		
88.20	Rolls Royce
		
88.21	Ruxton
		
88.22	Salmson
		
88.23	Squire
		
88.24	Stearns Knight
		
88.25	Stevens Duryea
		
88.26	Steyr
		
88.27	Studebaker
	1929-1933: President, except model 82.
	
88.28	Stutz
		
88.29	Sunbeam
		
88.30	Talbot
		
88.31	Triumph
	Dolomite 8 and Gloria 6.
	
88.32	Vauxhall
	Series 25-70 and 30-98 only.
	
88.33	Voisin
		
88.34	Wills Saint Claire
		
88.35 	(d) No commercial vehicles such as hearses, ambulances, or trucks are considered 
88.36 	to be classic cars.

88.37 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.10, subdivision 1c, is amended to read:
88.38 		Subd. 1c.Collector's vehicle, collector plate. (a) The owner of any self-propelled 
88.39 	motor vehicle, including any truck, (1) that is (i) at least 20 model years old, or (ii) at 
88.40 	least ten model years old and with a body or engine style of which not more than 500 
88.41 	were manufactured in or imported into the United States in any model year, (2) that was 
89.1 	manufactured after 1935, and (3) that is owned and operated solely as a collector's vehicle, 
89.2 	shall list the vehicle for taxation and registration as provided in paragraph (b).
89.3 	(b) The owner shall execute an affidavit stating (1) the name and address of the 
89.4 	person from whom purchased and of the new owner, (2) the make of the motor vehicle, 
89.5 	(3) the year and number of the model, (4) the manufacturer's identification number, (5) 
89.6 	in the case of a vehicle described in paragraph (a), clause (1)(ii), that the vehicle has a 
89.7 	body or engine style of which not more than 500 were manufactured or imported into the 
89.8 	United States in any model year, and (6) that the vehicle is owned and operated solely as a 
89.9 	collector's item and not for general transportation purposes.
89.10 	(c) The owner shall provide a statement of the manufacturer or importer regarding 
89.11 	the number of vehicles manufactured or imported during the model year.
89.12 	(d) The owner shall also prove that the owner also has one or more vehicles with 
89.13 	regular license plates.
89.14 	If the registrar commissioner is satisfied that the affidavit is true and correct and the 
89.15 	owner pays a $25 tax and the plate fee authorized under section 168.12, the registrar
89.16 	commissioner shall list the vehicle for taxation and registration and shall issue a single 
89.17 	number plate.
89.18 	(e) The number plate issued shall bear the inscription "Collector," "Minnesota," 
89.19 	and the registration number or other combination of characters authorized under section 
89.20 	168.12, subdivision 2a, but no date. The number plate is valid without renewal as long 
89.21 	as the vehicle is in existence in Minnesota. The registrar commissioner has the power to 
89.22 	revoke the plate for failure to comply with this subdivision.

89.23 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.10, subdivision 1d, is amended to read:
89.24 		Subd. 1d.Collector's vehicle, street rod licenseplate. Any modernized motor 
89.25 	vehicle manufactured prior to the year 1949 or designed and manufactured to resemble 
89.26 	such vehicle shall be listed for taxation and registration as follows:
89.27 	An affidavit shall be executed stating the name and address of the person from 
89.28 	whom purchased and of the new owner, the make of the motor vehicle, year number of 
89.29 	model, and the manufacturer's identification number. The affidavit shall further state that 
89.30 	the vehicle is owned and operated solely as a street rod and not for general transportation 
89.31 	purposes. The owner must also prove that the owner has one or more vehicles with regular 
89.32 	license plates. If the registrar commissioner is satisfied that the affidavit is true and 
89.33 	correct and the owner pays a $25 tax and the plate fee authorized under section 168.12, 
89.34 	the registrar commissioner shall list such vehicle for taxation and registration and shall 
89.35 	issue a single number plate.
90.1 	The number plate issued shall bear the inscription "Street Rod", "Minnesota" and the 
90.2 	registration number or other combination of characters authorized under section  168.12, 
90.3 	subdivision 2a, but no date. The number plate is valid without renewal as long as the 
90.4 	vehicle is in existence in Minnesota. The registrar commissioner has the power to revoke 
90.5 	such plate for failure to comply with this subdivision. 

90.6 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.10, subdivision 1g, is amended to read:
90.7 		Subd. 1g.Original plates. A vehicle registered pursuant to subdivision 1a, 1b, 1c 
90.8 	or 1d may in lieu of being issued number plates by the registrar commissioner display 
90.9 	original Minnesota number plates issued in the same year as the model year of the car 
90.10 	on which they are displayed. The number of the original plates must be provided to the 
90.11 	registrar commissioner. The original plates must be in good condition and shall be used in 
90.12 	pairs one to be displayed in the front of the car and one in the rear, except for an original 
90.13 	plate issued in 1911, 1944, 1945, or 1946 which may be used singly and displayed at the 
90.14 	rear of the vehicle. Original Minnesota number plates shall not be used if the number on 
90.15 	the original plate is identical to a number on any current street rod plate or any other plate 
90.16 	in a numbering system used by the registrar commissioner without written authorization 
90.17 	from the commissioner. Any person currently using plates issued pursuant to subdivision 
90.18 	1a, 1b, 1c or 1d shall return those plates to the registrar commissioner before substituting 
90.19 	original plates. The registrar may commissioner shall charge a fee of $10 for registering 
90.20 	the number on original plates.

90.21 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.10, subdivision 1h, is amended to read:
90.22 		Subd. 1h.Collector military vehicle. (a) A motor vehicle, including a truck, shall 
90.23 	be listed and registered under this section if it meets the following conditions:
90.24 	(1) it is at least 20 years old;
90.25 	(2) its first owner following its manufacture was a branch of the armed forces of 
90.26 	the United States and it presently conforms to the vehicle specifications required during 
90.27 	the time of military ownership, or it has been restored and presently conforms to the 
90.28 	specifications required by a branch of the armed forces for the model year that the restored 
90.29 	vehicle could have been owned by that branch of the armed forces; and
90.30 	(3) it is owned by a nonprofit organization and operated solely as a collector's 
90.31 	vehicle. For purposes of this subdivision, "nonprofit organization" means a corporation, 
90.32 	society, association, foundation, or institution organized and operated exclusively for 
90.33 	historical or educational purposes, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the 
90.34 	benefit of a private individual.
91.1 	(b) The owner of the vehicle shall execute an affidavit stating the name and address 
91.2 	of the person from whom purchased and of the new owner; the make, year, and model 
91.3 	number of the motor vehicle; the manufacturer's identification number; and the collector 
91.4 	military vehicle identification number, if any, located on the exterior of the vehicle. The 
91.5 	affidavit must affirm that the vehicle is owned by a nonprofit organization and is operated 
91.6 	solely as a collector's item and not for general transportation purposes. If the registrar
91.7 	commissioner is satisfied that the affidavit is true and correct and the owner pays a $25 
91.8 	tax and the plate fee authorized under section 168.12, the registrar commissioner shall 
91.9 	list the vehicle for taxation and registration and shall issue number plates. The number 
91.10 	plates shall bear the inscriptions "Collector" and "Minnesota" and the registration number, 
91.11 	but no date. The number plates are valid without renewal as long as the vehicle is in 
91.12 	existence in Minnesota. The registrar commissioner may revoke the plates for failure 
91.13 	to comply with this subdivision.
91.14 	(c) Notwithstanding section  168.09,  168.12, or other law to the contrary, the owner 
91.15 	of a registered collector military vehicle is not required to display registration plates on the 
91.16 	exterior of the vehicle if the vehicle has an exterior number identification that conforms to 
91.17 	the identifying system for military vehicles in effect when the vehicle was last owned by 
91.18 	the branch of the armed forces of the United States or in effect in the year to which the 
91.19 	collector military vehicle has been restored. However, the state registration plates must be 
91.20 	carried in or on the collector military vehicle at all times. 
91.21 	(d) The owner of a registered collector military vehicle that is not required to display 
91.22 	registration plates under paragraph (c) may tow a registered trailer behind it. The trailer 
91.23 	is not required to display registration plates if the trailer:
91.24 	(1)  does not exceed a gross weight of 15,000 pounds;
91.25 	(2)  otherwise conforms to registration, licensing, and safety laws and specifications;
91.26 	(3) conforms to military specifications for appearance and identification;
91.27 	(4) is intended to represent and does represent a military trailer; and
91.28 	(5) carries registration plates on or in the trailer or the collector military vehicle 
91.29 	towing the trailer.

91.30 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.10, subdivision 1i, is amended to read:
91.31 		Subd. 1i.Collector plate transfer. Notwithstanding section  168.12, subdivision 1, 
91.32 	on payment of a transfer fee of $5, plates issued under this section may be transferred to 
91.33 	another vehicle owned or jointly owned by the person to whom the special plates were 
91.34 	issued or the plate may be assigned to another owner. In addition to the transfer fee a new 
91.35 	owner must pay the $25 plate tax or and any fee required by section  168.12, subdivision 
92.1 	2a. The $5 fee must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the highway user tax 
92.2 	distribution fund. License plates issued under this section may not be transferred to a 
92.3 	vehicle not eligible for the collector's vehicle license plates. 

92.4 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
92.5 		Subdivision 1.Plates; design, visibility, periods of issuance. (a) The commissioner, 
92.6 	upon approval and payment, shall issue to the applicant the plates required by this chapter, 
92.7 	bearing the state name and an assigned vehicle registration number. The number assigned 
92.8 	by the commissioner may be a combination of a letter or sign with figures. The color of the 
92.9 	plates and the color of the abbreviation of the state name and the number assigned must 
92.10 	be in marked contrast. The plates must be lettered, spaced, or distinguished to suitably 
92.11 	indicate the registration of the vehicle according to the rules of the commissioner.
92.12 	(b) When a vehicle is registered on the basis of total gross weight, the plates issued 
92.13 	must clearly indicate by letters or other suitable insignia the maximum gross weight 
92.14 	for which the tax has been paid.
92.15 	(c) The plates must be so treated as to be at least 100 times brighter than the 
92.16 	conventional painted number plates. When properly mounted on an unlighted vehicle, the 
92.17 	plates, when viewed from a vehicle equipped with standard headlights, must be visible for 
92.18 	a distance of not less than 1,500 feet and readable for a distance of not less than 110 feet.
92.19 	(d) The commissioner shall issue plates for the following periods:
92.20 	(1) New plates issued pursuant to section 168.012, subdivision 1, must be issued to a 
92.21 	vehicle for as long as the vehicle is owned by the exempt agency and the plate shall not be 
92.22 	transferable from one vehicle to another but the plate may be transferred with the vehicle 
92.23 	from one tax-exempt agency to another.
92.24 	(2) Plates issued for passenger automobiles must be issued for a seven-year period. 
92.25 	All plates issued under this paragraph must be replaced if they are seven years old or older 
92.26 	at the time of registration renewal or will become so during the registration period.
92.27 	(3) Plates issued under sections 168.053 and 168.27, subdivisions 16 and 17, must 
92.28 	be for a seven-year period.
92.29 	(4) Plates issued under subdivisions 2c and 2d and section 168.123 must be issued 
92.30 	for the life of the veteran under section 169.79.
92.31 	(5) Plates for any vehicle not specified in clauses (1) to (3), except for trailers as 
92.32 	hereafter provided, must be issued for the life of the vehicle. Beginning with plates issued 
92.33 	for the year 1981, plates issued for trailers with a total gross weight of 3,000 pounds or 
92.34 	less must be issued for the life of the trailer and must be not more than seven inches in 
92.35 	length and four inches in width.
93.1 	(e) In a year in which plates are not issued, the commissioner shall issue for each 
93.2 	registration a sticker to designate the year of registration. This sticker must show the year 
93.3 	or years for which the sticker is issued, and is valid only for that period. The plates and 
93.4 	stickers issued for a vehicle may not be transferred to another vehicle during the period 
93.5 	for which the sticker is issued, except when issued for a vehicle registered under section 
93.6 	168.187.
93.7 	(f) Despite any other provision of this subdivision, plates issued to a vehicle used 
93.8 	for behind-the-wheel instruction in a driver education course in a public school may 
93.9 	be transferred to another vehicle used for the same purpose without payment of any 
93.10 	additional fee. The public school shall notify the commissioner of each transfer of plates 
93.11 	under this paragraph. The commissioner may prescribe a format for notification.

93.12 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.12, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
93.13 		Subd. 2.Amateur radio licensee; special plates, rules. (a) The commissioner shall 
93.14 	issue amateur radio plates to an applicant who:
93.15 	(1) is an owner of a passenger automobile or recreational motor vehicle;
93.16 	(2) is a resident of this state;
93.17 	(3) holds an official amateur radio station license or a citizens radio service class D 
93.18 	license, in good standing, issued by the Federal Communications Commission;
93.19 	(4) pays the registration tax required under section 168.013;
93.20 	(5) pays a fee of $10 for each set of special plates and any other fees required by 
93.21 	this chapter; and
93.22 	(6) complies with this chapter and rules governing the registration of motor vehicles 
93.23 	and licensing of drivers;
93.24 	(b) In lieu of the registration number required for identification under subdivision 1, 
93.25 	the plates must indicate the official amateur call letters of the applicant, as assigned by the 
93.26 	Federal Communications Commission, and the words "AMATEUR RADIO."
93.27 	(c) This provision for the issue of special plates applies only if the applicant's motor 
93.28 	vehicle is already registered in Minnesota so that the applicant has valid regular Minnesota 
93.29 	plates issued for that motor vehicle under which to operate it during the time that it will 
93.30 	take to have the necessary special plates made.
93.31 	(d) If owning more than one motor vehicle of the type specified in this subdivision, 
93.32 	the applicant may apply for special plates for each of not more than two motor vehicles
93.33 	motor vehicle and, if each application complies with this subdivision, the commissioner 
93.34 	shall furnish the applicant with the special plates, indicating the official amateur call 
94.1 	letters and other distinguishing information as the commissioner considers necessary, for 
94.2 	each of the two motor vehicles.
94.3 	(e) The commissioner may make reasonable rules governing the use of the special 
94.4 	plates as will assure the full compliance by the owner of the special plates, with all existing 
94.5 	laws governing the registration of motor vehicles and the transfer and use of the plates.
94.6 	(f) Despite any contrary provision of subdivision 1, the special plates issued under 
94.7 	this subdivision may be transferred by an owner to another motor vehicle listed in 
94.8 	paragraph (a) and registered to the same owner, upon the payment of a fee of $5. The 
94.9 	commissioner must be notified before the transfer and may prescribe a format for the 
94.10 	notification.

94.11 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.12, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
94.12 		Subd. 2a.Personalized plates; rules. (a) The commissioner shall may issue 
94.13 	personalized plates or, if requested for special plates issued under section 168.123 for 
94.14 	veterans, 168.124 for medal of honor recipients, or 168.125 for former prisoners of war, 
94.15 	applicable personalized special veterans plates, to an applicant who:
94.16 	(1) is an owner of a passenger automobile including a passenger automobile 
94.17 	registered as a classic car, pioneer car, collector car, or street rod; any truck with a 
94.18 	manufacturer's nominal rated capacity of one ton or less and resembling a pickup truck; a 
94.19 	motorcycle, including a classic motorcycle; a motorized bicycle; a commuter van as 
94.20 	defined in section 168.126; or a recreational motor vehicle;
94.21 	(2) pays a onetime fee of $100 and any other fees required by this chapter;
94.22 	(3) pays the registration tax required by this chapter for the motor vehicle; and
94.23 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing registration of motor vehicles 
94.24 	and licensing of drivers.
94.25 	(b) The commissioner shall charge a replacement fee for personalized license plates 
94.26 	and personalized special veterans plates issued under section 168.123 as specified in 
94.27 	subdivision 5. This fee must be paid by the applicant whenever the personalized plates are 
94.28 	required to be replaced by law, except that as provided in section 168.124, subdivision 
94.29 	3, and 168.125, subdivision 1b, no fee may be charged to replace plates issued under 
94.30 	those sections.
94.31 	(c) In lieu of the registration number assigned as provided in subdivision 1, 
94.32 	personalized plates and personalized special veterans plates must have imprinted on them 
94.33 	a series of not more than seven numbers and letters, or five numbers and letters for 
94.34 	personalized special veterans plates, in any combination and, as applicable, satisfy the 
94.35 	design requirements of section 168.123, 168.124, or 168.125. When an applicant has once 
95.1 	obtained personalized plates or personalized special veterans plates, the applicant shall 
95.2 	have a prior claim for similar personalized plates or personalized special veterans plates in 
95.3 	the next succeeding year as long as current motor vehicle registration is maintained.
95.4 	(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules in the manner provided by chapter 14, 
95.5 	regulating the issuance and transfer of personalized plates and personalized special 
95.6 	veterans plates. No words or combination of letters placed on these plates may be used 
95.7 	for commercial advertising, be of an obscene, indecent, or immoral nature, or be of a 
95.8 	nature that would offend public morals or decency. The call signals or letters of a radio or 
95.9 	television station are not commercial advertising for the purposes of this subdivision.
95.10 	(e) Despite the provisions of subdivision 1, personalized plates and personalized 
95.11 	special veterans plates issued under this subdivision may be transferred to another motor 
95.12 	vehicle listed in paragraph (a) and owned by the applicant, upon the payment of a fee of $5.
95.13 	(f) The commissioner may by rule specify the format for notification.
95.14 	(g) A personalized plate or personalized special veterans plate issued for a classic 
95.15 	car, pioneer car, collector car, street rod, or classic motorcycle may not be transferred 
95.16 	to a vehicle not eligible for such a plate.
95.17 	(h) Despite any law to the contrary, if the personalized license plates are lost, stolen, 
95.18 	or destroyed, the applicant may apply and must be issued duplicate license plates bearing 
95.19 	the same combination of letters and numbers and the same design as (1) the former 
95.20 	personalized plates or personalized special veterans plates under section 168.123 upon 
95.21 	the payment of the fee required by section 168.29 or (2) the former personalized special 
95.22 	veterans plates issued under section 168.124 or 168.125, without charge.

95.23 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.12, subdivision 2b, is amended to read:
95.24 		Subd. 2b.Firefighters; special plates, rules. (a) The commissioner shall issue 
95.25 	special plates, or a single license plate in the case of a motorcycle plate, to any applicant 
95.26 	who:
95.27 	(1) is both a member of a fire department receiving state aid under chapter 69, 
95.28 	has a letter from the fire chief, and is an owner of a passenger automobile, a truck with 
95.29 	a manufacturer's nominal rated capacity of one ton and resembling a pickup truck, or 
95.30 	a motorcycle;
95.31 	(2) pays a fee of $10 and any other fees required by this chapter;
95.32 	(3) pays the registration tax required by this chapter for the motor vehicle; and
95.33 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the registration of motor vehicles 
95.34 	and licensing of drivers.
96.1 	(b) In lieu of the identification required under subdivision 1, the special plates must 
96.2 	bear an emblem of a Maltese Cross together with any numbers or characters prescribed 
96.3 	by the commissioner. No applicant shall receive more than two sets of plates for motor 
96.4 	vehicles owned by the applicant.
96.5 	(c) Special plates issued under this subdivision may only be used during the period 
96.6 	that the owner of the motor vehicle is a member of a fire department as specified in this 
96.7 	subdivision. When the individual to whom the special plates were issued is no longer a 
96.8 	member of a fire department or when the motor vehicle ownership is transferred, the 
96.9 	owner shall remove the special plates from the motor vehicle. If the commissioner 
96.10 	receives written notification that an individual is no longer qualified for these special 
96.11 	plates, the commissioner shall invalidate the plates and notify the individual of this 
96.12 	action. The individual may retain the plate only upon demonstrating compliance with the 
96.13 	qualifications of this subdivision. Upon removal or invalidation of the special plates, or 
96.14 	special motorcycle plate, either the owner or purchaser of the motor vehicle is entitled 
96.15 	to receive regular plates or a regular motorcycle plate for the motor vehicle without cost 
96.16 	for the remainder of the registration period for which the special plate or plates were 
96.17 	issued shall obtain regular plates or a regular motorcycle plate for the proper registration 
96.18 	classification for the motor vehicle.
96.19 	(d) A special motorcycle license plate issued under this subdivision must be the 
96.20 	same size as a standard motorcycle license plate.
96.21 	(e) Upon payment of a fee of $5, plates issued under this subdivision for a passenger 
96.22 	automobile or truck may be transferred to another passenger automobile or truck owned 
96.23 	or jointly owned by the person to whom the plates were issued. On payment of a fee of 
96.24 	$5, a plate issued under this subdivision for a motorcycle may be transferred to another 
96.25 	motorcycle owned or jointly owned by the person to whom the plate was issued.
96.26 	(f) The commissioner may adopt rules under the Administrative Procedure Act, 
96.27 	sections 14.001 to 14.69, to govern the issuance and use of the special plates authorized 
96.28 	in this subdivision.

96.29 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.12, subdivision 2c, is amended to read:
96.30 		Subd. 2c.National Guard; special plates, rules. (a) The commissioner shall 
96.31 	issue special plates to any applicant who:
96.32 	(1) is a regularly enlisted, commissioned, or retired member of the Minnesota 
96.33 	National Guard, other than an inactive member who is not a retired member, and is an 
96.34 	owner of a passenger automobile;
96.35 	(2) pays a fee of $10 and any other fees required by this chapter;
97.1 	(3) pays the registration tax required by this chapter; and
97.2 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the registration of motor vehicles 
97.3 	and licensing of drivers.
97.4 	(b) The adjutant general shall design the emblem for these special plates subject to 
97.5 	the approval of the commissioner.
97.6 	(c) An applicant must not be issued more than two sets of plates for motor vehicles 
97.7 	registered to the applicant.
97.8 	(d) (c) Special plates issued under this subdivision may only be used during the 
97.9 	period that the owner of the motor vehicle is an active or retired member of the Minnesota 
97.10 	National Guard as specified in this subdivision. When the individual to whom the 
97.11 	special plates were issued is no longer an active or retired member of the Minnesota 
97.12 	National Guard, the special plates must be removed from the vehicle by the owner. If the 
97.13 	commissioner receives written notification that an individual is no longer qualified for 
97.14 	these special plates, the commissioner shall invalidate the plates and notify the individual 
97.15 	of this action. The individual may retain the plate only upon demonstrating compliance 
97.16 	with the qualifications of this subdivision. Upon removal or invalidation of the special 
97.17 	plates, either the owner or purchaser of the motor vehicle is entitled to receive regular 
97.18 	plates for the motor vehicle without cost for the remainder of the registration period for 
97.19 	which the special plates were issued shall obtain regular plates for the motor vehicle.
97.20 	(e) (d) While the person is an active or retired member of the Minnesota National 
97.21 	Guard, plates issued pursuant to this subdivision may be transferred to another motor 
97.22 	vehicle owned by that individual upon payment of a fee of $5.
97.23 	(f) (e) For purposes of this subdivision, "retired member" means an individual 
97.24 	placed on the roll of retired officers or roll of retired enlisted members in the Office of the 
97.25 	Adjutant General under section 192.18 and who is not deceased.
97.26 	(g) (f) The commissioner may adopt rules under the Administrative Procedure Act to 
97.27 	govern the issuance and use of the special plates authorized by this subdivision.

97.28 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.12, subdivision 2d, is amended to read:
97.29 		Subd. 2d.Ready Reserve; special plates, rules. (a) The commissioner shall issue 
97.30 	special plates to an applicant who:
97.31 	(1) is not eligible for special National Guard plates under subdivision 2c, is a 
97.32 	member of the United States armed forces ready reserve as described in United States 
97.33 	Code, title 10, section 10142 or 10143, or a retired reserve as described in United States 
97.34 	Code, title 10, section 10154, and is an owner of a passenger automobile;
97.35 	(2) pays a fee of $10 and any other fees required by this chapter;
98.1 	(3) pays the registration tax required by this chapter; and
98.2 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the registration of motor vehicles 
98.3 	and licensing of drivers.
98.4 	(b) The commissioner of veterans affairs shall design the emblem for these special 
98.5 	plates subject to the approval of the commissioner.
98.6 	(c) An applicant must not be issued more than two sets of plates for motor vehicles 
98.7 	owned by the applicant.
98.8 	(d) (c) Special plates issued under this subdivision may only be used during the 
98.9 	period that the owner of the motor vehicle is a member of the ready reserve. When the 
98.10 	owner is no longer a member, the special plates must be removed from the motor vehicle 
98.11 	by the owner. If the commissioner receives written notification that an individual is no 
98.12 	longer qualified for these special plates, the commissioner shall invalidate the plates 
98.13 	and notify the individual of this action. The individual may retain the plate only upon 
98.14 	demonstrating compliance with the qualifications of this subdivision. On removing
98.15 	removal or invalidation of the special plates, either the owner or purchaser of the motor 
98.16 	vehicle is entitled to receive regular plates for the motor vehicle without cost for the rest 
98.17 	of the registration period for which the special plates were issued shall obtain regular 
98.18 	plates for the motor vehicle. While the owner is a member of the ready reserve, plates 
98.19 	issued under this subdivision may be transferred to another motor vehicle owned by that 
98.20 	individual on paying a fee of $5.
98.21 	(e) (d) The commissioner may adopt rules under the Administrative Procedure Act 
98.22 	to govern the issuance and use of the special plates authorized by this subdivision.

98.23 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.12, subdivision 2e, is amended to read:
98.24 		Subd. 2e.Volunteer ambulance attendants; special plates. (a) The commissioner 
98.25 	shall issue special license plates to an applicant who:
98.26 	(1) is a volunteer ambulance attendant as defined in section 144E.001, subdivision 
98.27 	15, and owns a motor vehicle taxed as a passenger automobile;
98.28 	(2) pays the registration tax required by this chapter for the motor vehicle;
98.29 	(3) pays a fee of $10 and any other fees required by this chapter; and
98.30 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the registration of motor vehicles 
98.31 	and licensing of drivers.
98.32 	(b) The commissioner shall not issue more than two sets of these plates to each 
98.33 	qualified applicant.
98.34 	(c) (b) An individual may use special plates issued under this subdivision only during 
98.35 	the period that the individual is a volunteer ambulance attendant. When the individual to 
99.1 	whom the special plates were issued ceases to be a volunteer ambulance attendant, the 
99.2 	individual shall remove each set of special plates issued. If the commissioner receives 
99.3 	written notification that an individual is no longer qualified for these special plates, the 
99.4 	commissioner shall invalidate the plates and notify the individual of this action. The 
99.5 	individual may retain the plate only upon demonstrating compliance with the qualifications 
99.6 	of this subdivision. When ownership of the motor vehicle is transferred, the individual 
99.7 	shall remove the special plates from that motor vehicle. On removal or invalidation of 
99.8 	each set of the special plates, the owner or purchaser of the motor vehicle, or new owner 
99.9 	in case of a transferred motor vehicle, is entitled to receive regular plates for the motor 
99.10 	vehicle without cost for the rest of the registration period for which the set of special 
99.11 	plates were issued shall obtain regular plates for the motor vehicle. Special plates issued 
99.12 	under this subdivision may be transferred to another motor vehicle owned by the volunteer 
99.13 	ambulance attendant on payment of a fee of $5.
99.14 	(d) (c) The commissioner may adopt rules governing the design, issuance, and sale 
99.15 	of the special plates authorized by this subdivision.