<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>duties and activities, eminent domain, highways and roads, commercial <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>vehicles, signs, highway construction contracting, transportation research, bridge <br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>inspection, special mobile equipment, motor vehicles, vehicle registration <br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>and title, traffic regulations, towing, commercial motor vehicles, recreational <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>vehicle combinations, parking violations, vehicle length and weight, vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>permits, statewide transportation goals and plan, drivers' licenses, pavement <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>analysis, certain fees, special transportation services, motor carriers, commercial <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>vehicles and drivers, light rail transit and other transit services and facilities, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>and transit police; creating position of state rail inspector; requiring studies <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>and reports; providing penalties; appropriating money;amending Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>Statutes 2006, sections 117.041, by adding a subdivision; 117.51; 117.52, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>subdivision 1a; 160.02, subdivision 19, by adding a subdivision; 160.80; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>161.14, subdivision 18, by adding subdivisions; 161.32, subdivisions 1, 1b, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>4; 161.53; 164.06, subdivision 2; 165.01; 165.03; 168.011, subdivision 22; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>168.013, subdivision 1e; 168.10, subdivisions 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1g, 1h, 1i; 168.12, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e; 168.1255, by adding a subdivision; 168A.01, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>by adding a subdivision; 168A.05, subdivisions 3, 5; 168A.10, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>1; 168A.101; 168A.151, subdivision 1; 168A.153; 168B.04, subdivision 2; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>168D.06; 168D.07; 169.01, subdivisions 4c, 19, 20, 78, by adding subdivisions; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>169.041, subdivisions 1, 2; 169.06, subdivision 5; 169.14, subdivision 2; 169.34; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>169.471; 169.781; 169.782, subdivision 1; 169.783, subdivision 1; 169.81, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>subdivisions 2, 3c; 169.823, subdivision 1; 169.824, subdivision 2; 169.8261; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>169.829, subdivision 2; 169.86, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 169.862; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>169.864, subdivisions 1, 2; 171.01, by adding a subdivision; 171.02, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>1; 171.14; 174.01, subdivision 2; 174.02, subdivision 1a; 174.03, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>1, by adding subdivisions; 174.30, subdivisions 4, 9; 218.041, subdivision 6; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>221.031, subdivision 6; 221.0314, subdivision 9, by adding a subdivision; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.30"></a><var>1.30</var>221.033, subdivision 2d; 221.037, subdivision 1; 221.091, subdivision 2; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.31"></a><var>1.31</var>221.141, subdivision 1; 221.231; 221.60, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.32"></a><var>1.32</var>222.50, subdivision 7; 222.63, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision; 299A.705, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.33"></a><var>1.33</var>subdivision 1; 299F.60, subdivision 1; 299J.16, subdivision 1; 325F.665, by <br/>
<a id="pl.1.34"></a><var>1.34</var>adding a subdivision; 473.1466; 473.166; 473.386, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 3; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.35"></a><var>1.35</var>473.399; 473.3993, subdivisions 1, 3, by adding a subdivision; 473.3994; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.36"></a><var>1.36</var>473.3997; 473.4051; 473.407, subdivision 1; 473.408, by adding subdivisions; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.37"></a><var>1.37</var>609.531, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 168.12, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.38"></a><var>1.38</var>subdivision 5; Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 1, article 4, section 39; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.39"></a><var>1.39</var>Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 6, section 7; proposing coding for new law in <br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>Minnesota Statutes, chapters 160; 161; 169; 174; 219; 473; repealing Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>Statutes 2006, sections 168A.05, subdivision 5a; 221.60, subdivisions 2, 3, 3a, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>4, 5, 6; 221.601; 221.602; 325E.0951, subdivision 3a; 473.1465; 473.3994, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>subdivision 13.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.1.1.0"></a><a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 117.041, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Geotechnical investigation before eminent domain proceedings.</b> (a) A <br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>state agency by order of the commissioner or a political subdivision by resolution may <br/>
<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>enter property for purposes of investigation, monitoring, testing, surveying, boring, or <br/>
<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>other similar activities necessary or appropriate to perform geotechnical investigations.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>    (b) At least ten days before entering the property, the state agency or political <br/>
<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>subdivision must serve notice on the property owner requesting permission to enter the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>property, stating the approximate time and purpose of the entry, and giving the owner the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>option of refusing entry. If the property owner refuses to consent to the entry, the state <br/>
<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>agency or political subdivision must apply for a court order authorizing the entry and the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>removal of any sample or portion from the property, giving notice of the court order to the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>property owner. The court shall issue an order if the state agency or political subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>meets the standards in paragraph (a). Notices under this paragraph must be served in the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>same manner as a summons in a civil action.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>    (c) The state agency or political subdivision must not cause any unnecessary damage <br/>
<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>to the property and must compensate the property owner for any damages actually incurred <br/>
<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>as a result of the geotechnical investigations.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 117.51, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var><b>117.51 COOPERATION WITH FEDERAL AUTHORITIES</b><b>; </b><br/>
<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var><b>REESTABLISHMENT COSTS LIMIT</b><b>.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Cooperation with federal authorities.</b> In all acquisitions <br/>
<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>undertaken by any acquiring authority and in all voluntary rehabilitation carried out by a <br/>
<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>person pursuant to acquisition or as a consequence thereof, the acquiring authority shall <br/>
<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>cooperate to the fullest extent with federal departments and agencies, and it shall take all <br/>
<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>necessary action in order to insure, to the maximum extent possible, federal financial <br/>
<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>participation in any and all phases of acquisition, including the provision of relocation <br/>
<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>assistance, services, payments and benefits to displaced persons. <br/>
<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Reestablishment costs limit.</b> For purposes of relocation benefits paid <br/>
<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>by the acquiring authority in accordance with this section, the provisions of Code of <br/>
<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>Federal Regulations, title 49, part 24, with respect to reimbursement of reestablishment <br/>
<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>expenses for nonresidential moves are applicable, except that the acquiring authority shall <br/>
<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>reimburse the displaced business for eligible expenses up to a maximum of $50,000.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective retroactively from January 16, 2007.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.3.0"></a><a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 117.52, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>Reestablishment costs limit.</b> For purposes of relocation benefits paid <br/>
<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>by the acquiring authority in accordance with this section, the provisions of Code of <br/>
<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>Federal Regulations, title 49, section 
<statute_ref>24.304</statute_ref> part 24, with respect to reimbursement <br/>
<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>of reestablishment expenses for nonresidential moves are applicable, except that the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>acquiring authority shall reimburse the displaced business for eligible expenses actually <br/>
<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>incurred up to a maximum of $50,000.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective retroactively from January 16, 2007.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.4.0"></a><a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 160.02, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>    Subd. 18a. <b>Expressway.</b> "Expressway" means a divided highway with partial <br/>
<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>control of access.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.5.0"></a><a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 160.02, subdivision 19, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>    Subd. 19. <b>Freeway </b><b>or expressway</b><b>.</b> "Freeway" or "expressway" means a divided, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>controlled-access highway with four or more lanes full control of access.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.6.0"></a><a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>    Sec. 6. <b>[160.2721] COMMERCIAL VEHICLE DRIVERS AT REST AREAS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>    (a) The commissioner shall allow a commercial motor vehicle operator who is <br/>
<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>subject to hours of service regulations under Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part <br/>
<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>395, to stop and park continuously, for a period of up to ten hours as necessary to comply <br/>
<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>with the hours of service regulations, at any Department of Transportation safety rest area <br/>
<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>or travel information center that has parking stalls designed to accommodate a commercial <br/>
<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>motor vehicle, as defined in section 169.01, subdivision 75.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>    (b) Any clause or provision in a lease or other agreement for the operation of a <br/>
<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>Department of Transportation safety rest area or travel information center that purports to <br/>
<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>limit the requirements under paragraph (a) is void and without effect.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.7.0"></a><a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 160.80, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var><b>160.80 SIGN FRANCHISE PROGRAM.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Commissioner may establish program.</b> (a) The commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>transportation may establish a sign franchise program for the purpose of providing on the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>right-of-way of interstate and controlled-access trunk highways specific information on <br/>
<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>gas, food, camping, and lodging, and 24-hour pharmacies for the benefit of the motoring <br/>
<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>public.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>    (b) The sign franchise program must include urban interstate highways.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>Eligibility criteria for business panels.</b> (a) To be eligible for a business <br/>
<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>panel on a logo sign panel, a business establishment must:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>    (1) be open for business;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>    (2) have a sign on site that both identifies the business and is visible to motorists;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>    (3) be open to everyone, regardless of race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>creed, marital status, sexual orientation, or disability;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>    (4) not impose a cover charge or otherwise require customers to purchase additional <br/>
<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>products or services; and<br/>
<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>    (5) meet the appropriate criteria in paragraphs (b) to (e) (f).<br/>
<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>    (b) Gas businesses must provide vehicle services including fuel and oil; restroom <br/>
<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>facilities and drinking water; continuous, staffed operation at least 12 hours a day, seven <br/>
<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>days a week; and public access to a telephone.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>    (c) Food businesses must serve at least two meals a day during normal mealtimes <br/>
<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>of breakfast, lunch, and dinner; provide a continuous, staffed food service operation at <br/>
<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>least ten hours a day, seven days a week except holidays as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>645.44, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>subdivision 5
         </statute_ref>, and except as provided for seasonal food service businesses; provide <br/>
<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>seating capacity for at least 20 people; and possess any required state or local licensing or <br/>
<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>approval. Seasonal food service businesses must provide a continuous, staffed food service <br/>
<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>operation at least ten hours a day, seven days a week, during their months of operation.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>    (d) Lodging businesses must include sleeping accommodations, provide public <br/>
<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>access to a telephone, and possess any required state or local licensing or approval.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>    (e) Camping businesses must include sites for camping, include parking <br/>
<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>accommodations for each campsite, provide sanitary facilities and drinking water, and <br/>
<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>possess any required state or local licensing or approval.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>    (f) 24-hour pharmacy businesses must be continuously operated 24 hours per day, <br/>
<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>seven days per week, and must have a state-licensed pharmacist present and on duty at <br/>
<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>all times.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>    (g) Businesses that do not meet the appropriate criteria in paragraphs (b) to (e) <br/>
<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>but that have a signed lease as of January 1, 1998, may retain the business panel until <br/>
<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>December 31, 2005, or until they withdraw from the program, whichever occurs first, <br/>
<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>provided they continue to meet the criteria in effect in the department's contract with the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>logo sign vendor on August 1, 1995. After December 31, 2005, or after withdrawing <br/>
<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>from the program, a business must meet the appropriate criteria in paragraphs (a) to (e) <br/>
<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>to qualify for a business panel.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>    (g) (h) Seasonal businesses must indicate to motorists when they are open for <br/>
<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>business by either putting the full months of operation directly on the business panel or <br/>
<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>by having a "closed" plaque applied to the business panel when the business is closed <br/>
<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>for the season.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>    (h) (i) The maximum distance that an eligible business in Anoka, Carver, Dakota, <br/>
<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, or Washington County can be located from the interchange is: <br/>
<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>for gas businesses, one mile; for food businesses, two miles; for lodging businesses and <br/>
<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>24-hour pharmacies, three miles; and for camping businesses, ten miles.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>    (i) (j) The maximum distance that an eligible business in any other county can be <br/>
<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>located from the interchange shall not exceed 15 miles in either direction, except the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>maximum distance that an eligible 24-hour pharmacy business can be located from the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>interchange shall not exceed three miles in either direction.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>    (j) (k) Logo sign panels must be erected so that motorists approaching an interchange <br/>
<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>view the panels in the following order: 24-hour pharmacy, camping, lodging, food, gas.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>    (k) (l) If there is insufficient space on a logo sign panel to display all eligible <br/>
<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>businesses for a specific type of service, the businesses closest to the interchange have <br/>
<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>priority over businesses farther away from the interchange.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Franchises.</b> The commissioner may, by public negotiation or bid, grant <br/>
<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>one or more franchises to qualified persons to erect and maintain, on the right-of-way of <br/>
<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>interstate and controlled-access trunk highways, signs informing the motoring public of <br/>
<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>gas, food, lodging, and camping facilities, and 24-hour pharmacies. A franchisee shall <br/>
<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>furnish, install, maintain, and replace signs for the benefit of advertisers who provide gas, <br/>
<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>food, lodging, and camping facilities, and 24-hour pharmacies for the general public, and <br/>
<a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>lease advertising space on the signs to operators of these facilities.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.35"></a><var>5.35</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Costs.</b> All costs incurred under the program established by this section <br/>
<a id="pl.5.36"></a><var>5.36</var>must be paid under agreements negotiated between a franchisee and an advertiser or <br/>
<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>advertisers, unless otherwise provided in the contract between the commissioner and <br/>
<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>the franchisee.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Contract requirements.</b> (a) All contracts made by the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>with a franchisee must provide for:<br/>
<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>    (1) a requirement that the franchisee obtain liability insurance in an amount the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>commissioner determines, jointly insuring the state and the franchisee against all liability <br/>
<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>for claims for damages occurring wholly or in part because of the franchise; and<br/>
<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>    (2) reasonable standards for the size, design, erection, and maintenance of service <br/>
<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>information signs and the advertising logos thereon.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>    (b) The commissioner may require additional terms and conditions, including but <br/>
<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>not limited to provisions on the renewal and termination of the agreement, and in the event <br/>
<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>of termination the rights of the state and franchisee relative to the franchisee's advertising <br/>
<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>contracts.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Restrictions.</b> The commissioner shall take no action under this section <br/>
<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>which will result in the loss to the state of any federal highway construction funds.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.8.0"></a><a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.14, subdivision 18, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>    Subd. 18. <b>Voyageur Highway.</b> The following route is named and designated the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>"Voyageur Highway":<br/>
<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>    (a) Beginning at a point on Trunk Highway No. 26 on the boundary line between <br/>
<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>the states of Minnesota and Iowa; thence northerly along Trunk Highway No. 26 to its <br/>
<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>junction with Trunk Highway No. 61; thence northwesterly along Trunk Highway No. <br/>
<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>61 to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 10 in the city of St. Paul; thence extending <br/>
<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>in a general northwesterly direction along Trunk Highway No. 10 to its junction with <br/>
<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>Trunk Highway No. 371 at Little Falls; thence extending in a general northerly direction <br/>
<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>along Trunk Highway No. 371 to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 210 at Brainerd; <br/>
<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>thence northeasterly along Trunk Highway No. 210 to its junction with Trunk Highway <br/>
<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>No. 169 at Aitkin; thence in a general northerly direction along Trunk Highway No. 169 <br/>
<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 2 at Grand Rapids, except that portion that is <br/>
<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>designated as the Jim Oberstar Causeway; thence northwesterly along Trunk Highway <br/>
<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>No. 2 to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 71 at Bemidji; thence northeasterly along <br/>
<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>Trunk Highway No. 71 to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 11 at Pelland; thence <br/>
<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>northeasterly along Trunk Highway No. 11 to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 53 <br/>
<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>at International Falls; thence southeasterly along Trunk Highway No. 53 to its junction <br/>
<a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var>with Trunk Highway No. 61 Central Entrance at Duluth;. Beginning at a point on Trunk <br/>
<a id="pl.6.35"></a><var>6.35</var>Highway No. 61 at its junction with Interstate Highway 35 and thence northeasterly <br/>
<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>along Trunk Highway No. 61 to the boundary line between the state of Minnesota and <br/>
<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>the province of Ontario, Canada.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>    (b) The route of the Voyageur Highway designated and described in clause (a) is <br/>
<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>supplemented by legs or alternative routes described as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>    Beginning at a point on Trunk Highway No. 1 at its junction with Trunk Highway <br/>
<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>No. 61 northerly of Silver Bay; thence northwesterly along Trunk Highway No. 1 to Ely; <br/>
<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>thence southwesterly along Trunk Highway No. 1 to its junction with Trunk Highway No. <br/>
<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>169; thence southerly and westerly along Trunk Highway No. 169 to its junction with <br/>
<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>Trunk Highway No. 53, and there terminating.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>    Beginning at a point on Trunk Highway No. 11 at its junction with Trunk Highway <br/>
<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>No. 53 at International Falls; thence easterly along Trunk Highway No. 11 to its easterly <br/>
<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>terminus near Island View.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>    Beginning at a point on Trunk Highway No. 33 at its junction with Interstate <br/>
<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>Highway marked I-35 southerly of Cloquet, thence northerly along Trunk Highway No. <br/>
<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>33 to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 53.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>    (c) The commissioner of transportation shall:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>    (1) adopt a suitable marking design of signs or informational plaques;<br/>
<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>    (2) effect the installation of such signs or plaques in public waysides or other public <br/>
<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>areas as approved and designated by the commissioner.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.9.0"></a><a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.14, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>    Subd. 57. <b>Purple Heart Trail.</b> Statutory Route No. 392, described in section <br/>
<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>161.12 and marked on the effective date of this section as Interstate Highway 94, is <br/>
<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>designated in its entirety within Minnesota as the Purple Heart Trail. Subject to section <br/>
<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>161.139, the commissioner shall adopt a suitable marking design to mark this highway <br/>
<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>and erect appropriate signs at each safety rest area located on the highway.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.10.0"></a><a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.14, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>    Subd. 58. <b>Dallas Sams Memorial Highway.</b> That portion of Legislative Route No. <br/>
<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>2, signed as Trunk Highway 210 on the date of final enactment of this section, from <br/>
<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>the city of Motley to the city of Staples, is designated as the "Dallas Sams Memorial <br/>
<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>Highway." The commissioner of transportation shall adopt a suitable design to mark this <br/>
<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>highway and erect appropriate signs, subject to section 161.139.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.11.0"></a><a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.14, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>    Subd. 59. <b>Walter F. Mondale Drive.</b> Trunk Highway marked 53 from its <br/>
<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>intersection with Superior Street to its intersection with Central Entrance in the city of <br/>
<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>Duluth, as signed on the effective date of this section, is designated "Walter F. Mondale <br/>
<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>Drive." Subject to section 161.139, the commissioner of transportation shall adopt a <br/>
<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>suitable marking design to mark this highway and erect appropriate signs.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.12.0"></a><a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.14, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>    Subd. 60. <b>Jim Oberstar Causeway.</b> The causeway over Pokegama Lake on <br/>
<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>Trunk Highway 169 is designated the "Jim Oberstar Causeway." The commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>transportation shall adopt a suitable design to mark this highway and erect appropriate <br/>
<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>signs, subject to section 161.139.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.13.0"></a><a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.32, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Advertisement for bids.</b> The commissioner may conduct the work <br/>
<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>or any part of the work incidental to the construction and maintenance of the trunk <br/>
<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>highways by labor employed to do the work or by contract. In cases of construction work, <br/>
<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>the commissioner shall first advertise for bids for contracts, and if no satisfactory bids are <br/>
<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>received, may either reject all bids and readvertise, or do the work by labor employed to <br/>
<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>do the work. Except as provided in subdivision 3 or 4, when work is to be done under <br/>
<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>contract, the commissioner shall advertise for bids once each week for three successive <br/>
<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>weeks prior to the date the bids are to be received. The advertisement for bids must be <br/>
<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>published in a newspaper or other periodical of general circulation in the state and may be <br/>
<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>placed on the Internet. The plans and specifications for the proposed work must be on file <br/>
<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>in the commissioner's office prior to the first call for bids.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.14.0"></a><a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.32, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>    Subd. 1b. <b>Lowest responsible bidder; electronic bids.</b> Bidders may submit <br/>
<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>bids electronically in a form and manner required by the commissioner; however, the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>commissioner may require that all bids of $5,000,000 and over for trunk highway contracts <br/>
<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>must be submitted electronically. Notwithstanding section 13.591, subdivision 3, or any <br/>
<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>other law or rule to the contrary, bids are not required to be opened and read in public if <br/>
<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>the commissioner publishes the public data specified by section 13.591, subdivision 3, <br/>
<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>on a state Web site immediately after the deadline for receipt of bids has passed. Bids <br/>
<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>for federal-aid highway projects must be conducted in accordance with Code of Federal <br/>
<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>Regulations, title 23, section 635. Trunk highway construction contracts, including <br/>
<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>design-build contracts, must be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, taking into <br/>
<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>consideration conformity with the specifications, the purpose for which the contract or <br/>
<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>purchase is intended, the status and capability of the vendor, and other considerations <br/>
<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>imposed in the call for bids. The commissioner may decide which is the lowest responsible <br/>
<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>bidder for all contracts and may use the principles of life-cycle costing, when appropriate, <br/>
<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>in determining the lowest overall bid. Any or all bids may be rejected. When competitive <br/>
<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>bids are required and all bids are rejected, new bids, if solicited, must be called for as in <br/>
<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>the first instance, unless otherwise provided by law.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.15.0"></a><a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.32, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Trunk highways damaged by spring breakup.</b> Contracts may be <br/>
<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>let for the repair and restoration of trunk highways damaged by spring breakup upon <br/>
<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>advertisement for bids and publication thereof in a newspaper or periodical of general <br/>
<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>circulation for a period of one week prior to the date such bids are to be received, and <br/>
<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>upon the mailing of such advertisements to all contractors who have filed a written request <br/>
<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>therefor.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.16.0"></a><a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>    Sec. 16. <b>[161.3203] CONTRACTS FOR WORK FOR TRUNK HIGHWAY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Privatization transportation contracts.</b> For purposes of this <br/>
<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>section, "privatization transportation contract" means an enforceable agreement, or <br/>
<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>combination or series of agreements, by which a private contractor agrees with the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>commissioner of transportation to provide work (1) that is incidental to the construction <br/>
<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>or improvement of trunk highways, or (2) for maintenance of trunk highways. A <br/>
<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>privatization transportation contract does not include a design-build contract as defined <br/>
<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>in section 161.3410, subdivision 3, contracts awarded pursuant to section 161.32, work <br/>
<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>related to utility relocation, utility relocation agreements, state aid agreements, municipal <br/>
<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>agreements, interagency agreements, joint powers agreements, partnership agreements, <br/>
<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>and grant agreements. Privatization transportation contracts also do not include contracts <br/>
<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>related to aerial photos, asbestos investigation or abatement, communications, computer <br/>
<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>and information technology, construction contract administration, cultural resource <br/>
<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>investigations, electronic communications, environmental investigations, expert witnesses, <br/>
<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>contaminated soil investigations and remediation, geographic information systems, <br/>
<a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var>hydraulic and geotechnical studies, intelligent transportation systems, management <br/>
<a id="pl.9.34"></a><var>9.34</var>support, mapping and photogrammetrics, market research, medical analysis, planning, <br/>
<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>public relations, right-of-way appraisals or acquisitions and field title investigations, <br/>
<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>research, relocation services, special studies, traffic studies and modeling, and employee <br/>
<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>training, and does not include services by persons licensed under sections 326.02 to 326.15.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Applicability.</b>  This section applies to privatization transportation contracts <br/>
<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>in a total amount greater than $100,000. The requirements imposed by this section are in <br/>
<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>addition to, and do not supersede, the requirements of any other applicable section of law.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Review of contract costs.</b>  (a) Before entering into a privatization <br/>
<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>transportation contract, the commissioner of transportation shall prepare a comprehensive <br/>
<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>written estimate of the cost of having the same work provided in the most cost-effective <br/>
<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>manner by agency employees. The cost estimate must include all costs of having agency <br/>
<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>employees provide the work, including the cost of pension, insurance, and other employee <br/>
<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>benefits. The cost estimate is nonpublic data, as defined in section 13.02, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>9, until the day after the deadline for receipt of responses under paragraph (b), when <br/>
<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>it becomes public data.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>    (b) After soliciting and receiving responses, the commissioner shall publicly <br/>
<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>designate the responder to which it proposes to award the privatization contract. The <br/>
<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>commissioner shall prepare a comprehensive written estimate of the cost of the proposal <br/>
<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>based on the designated responder's bid, including the cost of a transition from public <br/>
<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>to private provision of the work, any additional unemployment and retirement benefits <br/>
<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>resulting from the transfer, and costs associated with monitoring the proposed contract. If <br/>
<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>the designated responder proposes to perform any or all of the desired services outside the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>state, the commissioner of transportation shall include in the cost estimate, as nearly as <br/>
<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>possible, any loss of sales and income tax revenue to the state. The cost estimate must <br/>
<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>not include trade secret data which is classified as nonpublic data under section 13.37, <br/>
<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>subdivision 2.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>    (c) Before entering into a privatization transportation contract for $250,000 or more, <br/>
<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>the commissioner shall determine that:<br/>
<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>    (1) the cost estimated under paragraph (b) will be lower than the cost estimated <br/>
<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>under paragraph (a);<br/>
<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>    (2) the quality of the work to be provided by the designated responder is likely <br/>
<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>to equal or exceed the quality of services that could be provided by Department of <br/>
<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>Transportation employees;<br/>
<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var>    (3) the contract, together with other privatization transportation contracts to which <br/>
<a id="pl.10.34"></a><var>10.34</var>the department is or has been party, will not reduce full-time equivalent positions within <br/>
<a id="pl.10.35"></a><var>10.35</var>the department or result in layoffs; and<br/>
<a id="pl.10.36"></a><var>10.36</var>    (4) the proposed privatization contract is in the public interest.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Reports.</b> Beginning in 2009, the commissioner shall provide, no later than <br/>
<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>September 1, an annual written report to the legislature, in compliance with sections <br/>
<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>3.195 and 3.197, and shall submit the report to the chairs of the senate and house of <br/>
<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>representatives committees having jurisdiction over transportation. The report must list <br/>
<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>all privatization transportation contracts within the meaning of this section that were <br/>
<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>executed or performed, whether wholly or in part, in the previous fiscal year. The report <br/>
<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>must identify, with respect to each contract: the contractor; contract amount; duration; <br/>
<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>work, provided or to be provided; the comprehensive estimate derived under subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>3, paragraph (a); the comprehensive estimate derived under subdivision 3, paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>(b); the actual cost to the agency of the contractor's performance of the contract; and for <br/>
<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>contracts of at least $250,000, a statement containing the commissioner's determinations <br/>
<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>under subdivision 3, paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Short title.</b> This section may be cited as the "Taxpayers' Transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>Accountability Act."<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.17.0"></a><a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>    Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.53, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var><b>161.53 RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>    The commissioner may set aside in each fiscal year up to two percent of the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>total amount of all funds appropriated to the commissioner other than county state-aid <br/>
<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>and municipal state-aid highway funds for transportation research including public and <br/>
<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>private research partnerships. The commissioner shall spend this money for (1) research <br/>
<a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>to improve the design, construction, maintenance, management, and environmental <br/>
<a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>compatibility of transportation systems; (2) research on transportation policies that <br/>
<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>enhance energy efficiency and economic development; (3) programs for implementing <br/>
<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>and monitoring research results; and (4) development of transportation education and <br/>
<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>outreach activities. Of all funds appropriated to the commissioner other than state-aid <br/>
<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>funds, the commissioner shall spend at least 0.1 percent, but not exceeding $800,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>$1,200,000 in any fiscal year, for research and related activities performed by the Center <br/>
<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>for Transportation Studies of the University of Minnesota. The center shall establish a <br/>
<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>technology transfer and training center for Minnesota transportation professionals.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.18.0"></a><a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 164.06, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Extinguishing interest in abandoned road.</b> (a) After providing notice <br/>
<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>under section 
<statute_ref>366.01, subdivision 8</statute_ref> as required in paragraph (c), the town board may by <br/>
<a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var>resolution disclaim and extinguish a town interest in a town road without action under <br/>
<a id="pl.11.34"></a><var>11.34</var>subdivision 1 if:<br/>
<a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>    (1) the extinguishment is found by the town board to be in the public interest;<br/>
<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>    (2) the interest is not a fee interest;<br/>
<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>    (3) the interest was established more than 25 years earlier;<br/>
<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>    (4) the interest is not recorded or filed with the county recorder;<br/>
<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>    (5) no road improvement has been constructed on a right-of-way affected by the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>interest within the last 25 years; and<br/>
<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>    (6) no road maintenance on a right-of-way affected by the interest has occurred <br/>
<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>within the last 25 years.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>    (b) The resolution shall be filed with the county auditor and recorded with the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>county recorder.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>    (c) Not less than 30 days before the first meeting at which a resolution to disclaim <br/>
<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>and extinguish a town interest in a town road under this subdivision is discussed, the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>town board shall provide notice of the meeting by certified mail to each property owner <br/>
<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>abutting the road to be extinguished. A notice must also be posted as provided under <br/>
<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>section 366.01, subdivision 8.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.19.0"></a><a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>    Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 165.01, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var><b>165.01 DEFINITIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Scope.</b> For the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this <br/>
<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>section and section 
         <statute_ref>160.02</statute_ref> shall have the same meanings given them. <br/>
<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>    Subd. 2. <b>AASHTO manual.</b> "AASHTO manual" means the Manual for Condition <br/>
<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var>Evaluation of Bridges, published by the American Association of State Highway and <br/>
<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>Transportation Officials.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.20.0"></a><a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>    Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 165.03, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var><b>165.03 STRENGTH OF BRIDGE; INSPECTION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Standards generally.</b> Each bridge, including a privately owned <br/>
<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>bridge, must conform to the strength, width, clearance, and safety standards imposed <br/>
<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>by the commissioner for the connecting highway or street. This subdivision applies to <br/>
<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>a bridge that is constructed after August 1, 1989, on any public highway or street. The <br/>
<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>bridge must have sufficient strength to support with safety the maximum vehicle weights <br/>
<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>allowed under sections 
         <statute_ref>169.822</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>169.829</statute_ref> and must have the minimum width specified <br/>
<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>165.04, subdivision 3</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>Inspection.</b> (a) Each bridge must be inspected annually, unless a longer <br/>
<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>interval not to exceed two years for bridges or four years for bridges classified as culverts <br/>
<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>is authorized by the commissioner. The commissioner's authorization must be based <br/>
<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>on factors including, but not limited to, the age and condition of the bridge, the rate of <br/>
<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>deterioration of the bridge, the type of structure, the susceptibility of the bridge to failure, <br/>
<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>and the characteristics of traffic on the bridge. The commissioner may require interim <br/>
<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>inspections at intervals of less than one year on bridges that are posted, bridges subjected <br/>
<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>to extreme scour conditions, bridges subject to significant substructure movement or <br/>
<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>settlement, and for other reasons as specified or inferred in the AASHTO manual.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>    (b) The thoroughness of each inspection depends on such factors as age, traffic <br/>
<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>characteristics, state of maintenance, and known deficiencies. The evaluation of these <br/>
<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>factors is the responsibility of the engineer assigned the responsibility for inspection as <br/>
<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>defined by rule adopted by the commissioner of transportation.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Inspection and inventory responsibilities; rules; forms.</b> (a) The <br/>
<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>commissioner of transportation shall adopt official inventory and bridge inspection report <br/>
<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>forms for use in making bridge inspections by the owners or highway authorities specified <br/>
<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>by this subdivision. Bridge Inspections shall must be made at regular intervals, not to <br/>
<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>exceed two years for bridges and not to exceed four years for culverts, by the following <br/>
<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>owner or official:<br/>
<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>    (1) the commissioner of transportation for all bridges located wholly or partially <br/>
<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>within or over the right-of-way of a state trunk highway;<br/>
<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>    (2) the county highway engineer for all bridges located wholly or partially within <br/>
<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>or over the right-of-way of any county or township town road, or any street within a <br/>
<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>municipality which that does not have a city engineer regularly employed;<br/>
<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>    (3) the city engineer for all bridges located wholly or partially within or over the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>right-of-way of any street located within or along municipal limits;<br/>
<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>    (4) the commissioner of transportation in case of a toll bridge that is used by the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>general public and that is not inspected and certified under subdivision 6; provided, that the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>commissioner of transportation may assess the owner for the costs of such the inspection;<br/>
<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>    (5) the owner of a bridge over a public highway or street or that carries a roadway <br/>
<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>designated for public use by a public authority, if not required to be inventoried and <br/>
<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>inspected under clause (1), (2), (3), or (4).<br/>
<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>    (b) The commissioner of transportation shall prescribe the standards for bridge <br/>
<a id="pl.13.34"></a><var>13.34</var>inspection and inventory by rules. The owner or highway authority shall inspect and <br/>
<a id="pl.13.35"></a><var>13.35</var>inventory in accordance with these standards and furnish the commissioner with such data <br/>
<a id="pl.13.36"></a><var>13.36</var>as may be necessary to maintain a central inventory.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>    Subd. 3. <b>County inventory and inspection records and reports.</b> The county <br/>
<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>engineer shall maintain a complete inventory record of all bridges as set forth in <br/>
<a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (2), with the inspection reports thereof, and shall <br/>
<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>certify annually to the commissioner, as prescribed by the commissioner, that inspections <br/>
<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>have been made at regular intervals, not to exceed two years for bridges and not to <br/>
<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>exceed four years for culverts. A report of the inspections shall must be filed annually, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>on or before February 15 of each year, with the county auditor or town clerk, or the <br/>
<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>governing body of the municipality. The report shall must contain recommendations for <br/>
<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>the correction of, or legal posting of load limits on any bridge or structure that is found to <br/>
<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>be understrength or unsafe.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Municipal inventory and inspection records and reports.</b> The <br/>
<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>city engineer shall maintain a complete inventory record of all bridges as set forth in <br/>
<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (3), with the inspection reports thereof, and shall <br/>
<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>certify annually to the commissioner, as prescribed by the commissioner, that inspections <br/>
<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>have been made at regular intervals, not to exceed two years for bridges and not to exceed <br/>
<a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>four years for culverts. A report of the inspections shall must be filed annually, on or <br/>
<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>before February 15 of each year, with the governing body of the municipality. The report <br/>
<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>shall must contain recommendations for the correction of, or legal posting of load limits <br/>
<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>on any bridge or structure that is found to be understrength or unsafe.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Agreement.</b> Agreements may be made among the various units of <br/>
<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>governments, or between governmental units and qualified engineering personnel to <br/>
<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>carry out the responsibilities for the bridge inspections and reports, as established by <br/>
<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>subdivision 2.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Other bridges.</b> The owner of a toll bridge and the owner of a bridge <br/>
<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>described in subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (5), shall certify to the commissioner, as <br/>
<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>prescribed by the commissioner, that inspections of the bridge have been made at regular <br/>
<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>intervals, not to exceed two years for bridges and not to exceed four years for culverts. <br/>
<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>The certification shall must be accompanied by a report of the inspection. The report shall <br/>
<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>must contain recommendations for the correction of or legal posting of load limitations if <br/>
<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>the bridge is found to be understrength or unsafe.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Department of Natural Resources bridge.</b> (a) Notwithstanding <br/>
<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>subdivision 2, the commissioners of transportation and natural resources shall negotiate a <br/>
<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>memorandum of understanding that governs the inspection of bridges owned, operated, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.34"></a><var>14.34</var>or maintained by the commissioner of natural resources.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.35"></a><var>14.35</var>    (b) The memorandum of understanding must provide for:<br/>
<a id="pl.14.36"></a><var>14.36</var>    (1) the inspection and inventory of bridges subject to federal law or regulations;<br/>
<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>    (2) the frequency of inspection of bridges described in paragraph (a); and<br/>
<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>    (3) who may perform inspections required under the memorandum of understanding.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.21.0"></a><a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>    Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.011, subdivision 22, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>    Subd. 22. <b>Special mobile equipment.</b> "Special mobile equipment" means every <br/>
<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>vehicle not designed or used primarily for the transportation of persons or property <br/>
<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>and only incidentally operated or moved over a highway, including but not limited to: <br/>
<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>ditch-digging apparatuses, moving dollies, pump hoists and other water well-drilling <br/>
<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>equipment registered under chapter 103I, vehicle-mounted concrete pumps with or <br/>
<a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>without placement booms, street-sweeping vehicles, and other machinery such as <br/>
<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>asphalt spreaders, bituminous mixers, bucket loaders, tractors other than truck-tractors, <br/>
<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>ditchers, leveling graders, finishing machines, motor graders, road rollers, scarifiers, <br/>
<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>truck-mounted log loaders, earth-moving carryalls, scrapers, power shovels, draglines, <br/>
<a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>self-propelled cranes, and earth-moving equipment. The term does not include travel <br/>
<a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>trailers, dump trucks, truck-mounted transit mixers, truck-mounted feed grinders, or other <br/>
<a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>motor vehicles designed for the transportation of persons or property to which machinery <br/>
<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>has been attached.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2008, and expires <br/>
<a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>December 31, 2010.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.22.0"></a><a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>    Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.013, subdivision 1e, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>    Subd. 1e. <b>Truck; tractor; combination; exceptions.</b> (a) On trucks and tractors <br/>
<a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>except those in this chapter defined as farm trucks, on truck-tractor and semitrailer <br/>
<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>combinations except those defined as farm combinations, and on commercial zone <br/>
<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>vehicles, the tax based on total gross weight shall be graduated according to the Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>base rate schedule prescribed in this subdivision, but in no event less than $120.<br/>

<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="46px"/>
<col width="61px"/>
<col width="123px"/>
<col width="38px"/>
<col width="119px"/>
<col width="33px"/>
<col width="59px"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" colspan="4" valign="bottom">TOTAL GROSS WEIGHT<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" colspan="4" valign="bottom">IN POUNDS<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">TAX<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">A<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">0<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">-<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,500<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$ <span width="2em"></span>15 <br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">B<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,501<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">-<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">20<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">C<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,001<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">-<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">4,500<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">25<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.33"></a><var>15.33</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">D<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">4,501<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">-<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">6,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">35<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.34"></a><var>15.34</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">E<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">6,001<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">-<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">9,000 10,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">45<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.35"></a><var>15.35</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">F<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">9,001 10,001<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">-<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">12,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">70<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">G<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">12,001<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">-<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">15,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">105<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">H<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">15,001<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">-<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">18,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">145<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">I<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">18,001<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">-<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">21,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">190<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">J<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">21,001<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">-<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">26,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">270<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">K<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">26,001<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">-<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">33,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">360<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">L<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">33,001<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">-<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">39,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">475<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">M<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">39,001<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">-<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">45,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">595<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">N<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">45,001<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">-<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">51,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">715<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">O<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">51,001<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">-<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">57,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">865<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">P<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">57,001<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">-<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">63,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1015<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Q<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">63,001<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">-<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">69,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1185<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">R<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">69,001<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">-<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">73,280<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1325<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">S<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">73,281<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">-<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">78,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1595<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">T<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">78,001<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">-<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">81,00080,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1760<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>    (b) For purposes of the Minnesota base rate schedule, for vehicles with six or more <br/>
<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>axles in the "S" and "T" categories, the base rates are $1,520 and $1,620 respectively.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>    (c) For each vehicle with a gross weight in excess of 81,000 80,000 pounds an <br/>
<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>additional tax of $50 is imposed for each ton or fraction thereof in excess of 81,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>80,000 pounds, subject to subdivision 12.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>    (d) For purposes of registration identification, for vehicles registered in the "O" <br/>
<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>category, the owner must declare at the time of registration whether the vehicle will carry <br/>
<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>a weight of 55,000 pounds or more and therefore be subject to the federal heavy vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>use tax. For those owners who declare a weight less than 55,000 pounds, a distinctive <br/>
<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>weight sticker must be issued and the owner is restricted to a gross vehicle weight of <br/>
<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>less than 55,000 pounds.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>    (e) Truck-tractors except those herein defined as farm and commercial zone vehicles <br/>
<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>shall be taxed in accord with the foregoing gross weight tax schedule on the basis of the <br/>
<a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>combined gross weight of the truck-tractor and any semitrailer or semitrailers which the <br/>
<a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var>applicant proposes to combine with the truck-tractor.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var>    (e) (f) Commercial zone trucks include only trucks, truck-tractors, and semitrailer <br/>
<a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>combinations which are:<br/>
<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var>    (1) used by an authorized local cartage carrier operating under a permit issued <br/>
<a id="pl.16.33"></a><var>16.33</var>under section  
<statute_ref>221.296</statute_ref> and whose gross transportation revenue consists of at least 60 <br/>
<a id="pl.16.34"></a><var>16.34</var>percent obtained solely from local cartage carriage, and are operated solely within an area <br/>
<a id="pl.16.35"></a><var>16.35</var>composed of two contiguous cities of the first class and municipalities contiguous thereto <br/>
<a id="pl.16.36"></a><var>16.36</var>as defined by section  
<statute_ref>221.011, subdivision 17</statute_ref>; or <br/>
<a id="pl.16.37"></a><var>16.37</var>    (2) operated by an interstate carrier registered under section  
         <statute_ref>221.60</statute_ref>, or by an <br/>
<a id="pl.16.38"></a><var>16.38</var>authorized local cartage carrier or other carrier receiving operating authority under chapter <br/>
<a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>221, and operated solely within a zone exempt from regulation pursuant to United States <br/>
<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>Code, title 49, section 13506. <br/>
<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>    (f) (g) The license plates issued for commercial zone vehicles shall be plainly <br/>
<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>marked. A person operating a commercial zone vehicle outside the zone or area in which <br/>
<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>its operation is authorized is guilty of a misdemeanor and, in addition to the misdemeanor <br/>
<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>penalty therefor, the registrar shall have revoke the registration of the vehicle as a <br/>
<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>commercial zone vehicle revoked by the registrar and shall be required to reregister <br/>
<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>require that the vehicle be registered at 100 percent of the full annual tax prescribed in the <br/>
<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>Minnesota base rate schedule, and no part of this tax shall may be refunded during the <br/>
<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>balance of the registration year.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>    (g) (h) On commercial zone trucks the tax shall be based on the total gross weight of <br/>
<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>the vehicle and during each of the first eight years of vehicle life shall be is 75 percent of <br/>
<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>the Minnesota base rate schedule. During the ninth and succeeding years of vehicle life <br/>
<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>the tax shall be is 50 percent of the Minnesota base rate schedule.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>    (h) (i) On trucks, truck-tractors and semitrailer combinations, except those defined <br/>
<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>as farm trucks and farm combinations, and except for those commercial zone vehicles <br/>
<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>specifically provided for in this subdivision, the tax for each of the first eight years of <br/>
<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>vehicle life shall be is 100 percent of the tax imposed in the Minnesota base rate schedule, <br/>
<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>and during the ninth and succeeding years of vehicle life, the tax shall be is 75 percent <br/>
<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>of the Minnesota base rate prescribed by this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>    (i) (j) For the purpose of registration, trailers coupled with a truck-tractor, semitrailer <br/>
<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var>combination are semitrailers.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.23.0"></a><a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var>    Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 168.12, subdivision 5, is <br/>
<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var>amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Additional fee.</b> (a) In addition to any fee otherwise authorized or any tax <br/>
<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>otherwise imposed upon any vehicle, the payment of which is required as a condition to <br/>
<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>the issuance of any plate or plates, the commissioner shall impose the fee specified in <br/>
<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>paragraph (b) that is calculated to cover the cost of manufacturing and issuing the plate <br/>
<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>or plates, except for plates issued to disabled veterans as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>168.031</statute_ref> and <br/>
<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>plates issued pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>168.124</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>168.125</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>168.27, subdivisions 16 and 17</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>for passenger automobiles. The commissioner shall issue graphic design plates only <br/>
<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>for vehicles registered pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>168.017</statute_ref> and recreational vehicles registered <br/>
<a id="pl.17.33"></a><var>17.33</var>pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>168.013, subdivision 1g</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>    (b) Unless otherwise specified or exempted by statute, the following plate and <br/>
<a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>validation sticker fees apply for the original, duplicate, or replacement issuance of a <br/>
<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>plate in a plate year:<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="25px"/>
<col width="201px"/>
<col width="10"/>
<col width="25px"/>
<col width="63px"/>
<col width="42px"/>
<col width="63px"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="2" valign="bottom">License Plate <br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">Single<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">Double<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Regular and Disability<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.50<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">6.00<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Special<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">8.50<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Personalized (Replacement)<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">14.00<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Collector Category<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">13.50<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Emergency Vehicle Display<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">6.00<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Utility Trailer Self-Adhesive<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.50<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="2" valign="bottom">Stickers<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Duplicate year<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var><br/>
<a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">International Fuel Tax <br/>
                  		Agreement<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.50<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.50<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>    (c) For vehicles that require two of the categories above, the registrar shall only <br/>
<a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>charge the higher of the two fees and not a combined total.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.24.0"></a><a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>    Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.1255, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>    Subd. 6. <b>World War II memorial donation matching account.</b> Money remaining <br/>
<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var>in the World War II memorial donation matching account after the state share of the <br/>
<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>construction costs of the World War II memorial has been paid in full is appropriated to the <br/>
<a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>commissioner of veterans affairs for services and programs for veterans and their families.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.25.0"></a><a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>    Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168A.01, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>Commissioner.</b> "Commissioner" means the commissioner of public <br/>
<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>safety.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.26.0"></a><a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>    Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168A.05, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Content of certificate.</b> Each certificate of title issued by the department <br/>
<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>shall contain:<br/>
<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>    (1) the date issued;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>    (2) the first, middle, and last names, and the dates of birth, and addresses of all <br/>
<a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var>owners who are natural persons, and the full names and addresses of all other owners;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.33"></a><var>18.33</var>    (3) the residence address of the owner listed first if that owner is a natural person or <br/>
<a id="pl.18.34"></a><var>18.34</var>the address if that owner is not a natural person;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>    (4) the names and addresses of any secured parties, and the address of the first <br/>
<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>secured party, listed  in the order of priority (i) as shown on the application, or (ii) if the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>application is based on a certificate of title, as shown on the certificate, or (iii) as otherwise <br/>
<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>determined by the department;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>    (4) (5) any liens filed pursuant to a court order or by a public agency responsible for <br/>
<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>child support enforcement against the owner;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>    (5) (6) the title number assigned to the vehicle;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>    (6) (7) a description of the vehicle including, so far as the following data exists, its <br/>
<a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>make, model, year, identifying number, type of body, whether new or used, and if a new <br/>
<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>vehicle, the date of the first sale of the vehicle for use;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>    (7) (8) with respect to a motor vehicles vehicle subject to the provisions of section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>325E.15
         </statute_ref>, (i) the true cumulative mileage registered on the odometer or (ii) that the actual <br/>
<a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>mileage is unknown if the odometer reading is known by the owner to be different from <br/>
<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>the true mileage;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var>    (8) (9) with respect to vehicles a vehicle subject to sections 
         <statute_ref>325F.6641</statute_ref> and <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>325F.6642
         </statute_ref>, the appropriate term "flood damaged," "rebuilt," "prior salvage," or <br/>
<a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>"reconstructed";<br/>
<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>    (9) (10) with respect to a vehicle contaminated by methamphetamine production, if <br/>
<a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>the registrar has received the certificate of title and notice described in section 
         <statute_ref>152.0275, <br/>
<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (g), the term "hazardous waste contaminated vehicle"; and<br/>
<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>    (10) (11) with respect to a vehicle subject to section 325F.665, the term "lemon law <br/>
<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>vehicle"; and<br/>
<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var>    (12) any other data the department prescribes.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.27.0"></a><a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>    Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168A.05, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Forms.</b> (a) The certificate of title shall contain forms:<br/>
<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>    (1) for assignment and warranty of title by the owner;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>    (2) for assignment and warranty of title by a dealer;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>    (3) to apply for a certificate of title by a transferee;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>    (4) to name a secured party; and<br/>
<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>    (5) to make the disclosure required by section 
         <statute_ref>325F.6641</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>    (b) The certificate of title must also include a separate detachable postcard form <br/>
<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>entitled "Notice of Sale" that contains, but is not limited to, the vehicle's title number and <br/>
<a id="pl.19.33"></a><var>19.33</var>vehicle identification number. The postcard form must include sufficient space for the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.34"></a><var>19.34</var>owner to record the purchaser's name, address, and driver's license number, if any, and <br/>
<a id="pl.19.35"></a><var>19.35</var>the date of sale. The notice of sale must include clear instructions regarding the owner's <br/>
<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>responsibility to complete and return the form, or to transmit the required information <br/>
<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>electronically in a form acceptable to the commissioner, pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>168A.10, <br/>
<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.28.0"></a><a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>    Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168A.10, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Assignment and warranty of title; mileage; notice of sale.</b> If an <br/>
<a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>owner transfers interest in a vehicle other than by the creation of a security interest, the <br/>
<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>owner shall at the time of the delivery of the vehicle execute an assignment and warranty <br/>
<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>of title to the transferee and shall state the actual selling price in the space provided on <br/>
<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var>the certificate. Within ten days of the date of sale, other than a sale by or to a licensed <br/>
<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>motor vehicle dealer, the owner shall: (1) complete, detach, and return to the department <br/>
<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>the postcard form on the certificate entitled "Notice of Sale," if one is provided, including <br/>
<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>the transferee's name, address, and driver's license number, if any, and the date of sale; or <br/>
<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>(2) transmit this information electronically in a form acceptable to the commissioner. With <br/>
<a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>respect to motor vehicles subject to the provisions of section 
         <statute_ref>325E.15</statute_ref>, the transferor shall <br/>
<a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>also, in the space provided therefor on the certificate, state the true cumulative mileage <br/>
<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>registered on the odometer or that the actual mileage is unknown if the odometer reading <br/>
<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>is known by the transferor to be different from the true mileage. The transferor shall cause <br/>
<a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>the certificate and assignment to be delivered to the transferee immediately. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.29.0"></a><a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>    Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168A.101, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var><b>168A.101 CANCELLATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE SALE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Required documentation.</b> If the parties cancel a purchase of a <br/>
<a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>motor vehicle after the transfer of interest, they must submit within 90 days of the original <br/>
<a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>purchase date the following items:<br/>
<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>    (1) the outstanding certificate of title with proper assignment; and a written claim <br/>
<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>for refund;<br/>
<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>    (2) an affidavit correcting ownership signed by the parties.; and<br/>
<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>    (3) the outstanding certificate of title, if available, with proper assignment.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Refunds.</b> A party may be eligible for a refund of taxes and fees paid <br/>
<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>pursuant to chapter 297B only if the items indicated in subdivision 1 are submitted within <br/>
<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>the 90-day time frame unless otherwise provided by law. No other taxes or fees paid may <br/>
<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>be refunded due to the cancellation of a motor vehicle sale.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.30.0"></a><a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var>    Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168A.151, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Salvage titles.</b> (a) When an insurer, licensed to conduct business in <br/>
<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>Minnesota, acquires ownership of a late-model or high-value vehicle through payment <br/>
<a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>of damages, the insurer shall immediately apply for a salvage certificate of title or shall <br/>
<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var>stamp the existing certificate of title with the legend "SALVAGE CERTIFICATE OF <br/>
<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>TITLE" in a manner prescribed by the department. Within 48 hours of taking possession <br/>
<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>of a vehicle through payment of damages, an insurer must notify the department in a <br/>
<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>manner prescribed by the department.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>    (b) Any person who acquires a damaged motor vehicle with an out-of-state title and <br/>
<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>the cost of repairs exceeds the value of the damaged vehicle or a motor vehicle with an <br/>
<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>out-of-state salvage title or certificate, as proof of ownership, shall immediately apply for <br/>
<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>a salvage certificate of title. A person shall immediately apply for a salvage certificate <br/>
<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>of title if the person acquires a damaged late-model or high-value motor vehicle with an <br/>
<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>out-of-state title and the vehicle:<br/>
<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>    (1) is a vehicle that was acquired by an insurer through payment of damages; <br/>
<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>    (2) is a vehicle for which the cost of repairs exceeds the value of the damaged <br/>
<a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>vehicle; or<br/>
<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>    (3) has an out-of-state salvage certificate of title as proof of ownership.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>    (c) A self-insured owner of a late-model or high-value vehicle who sustains damage <br/>
<a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>by collision or other occurrence which exceeds 70 percent of its actual cash value <br/>
<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>shall immediately apply for a salvage certificate of title. Damage, for the purpose of <br/>
<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>this calculation, does not include the actual cost incurred to repair, replace, or reinstall <br/>
<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>inflatable safety restraints and other vehicle components that must be replaced due to the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>deployment of the inflatable safety restraints.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.31.0"></a><a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>    Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168A.153, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var><b>168A.153 REPORT OF VEHICLE RECEIPT</b><b>; SURRENDER OF </b><br/>
<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var><b>CERTIFICATE</b><b>.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Older model vehicle.</b> A dealer who buys an older model vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>to be dismantled or destroyed shall report to the department within 30 days including <br/>
<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>the vehicle's license plate number and identification number, and the seller's name and <br/>
<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>driver's license number.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Late-model or high-value vehicle.</b> A dealer who buys a late-model or <br/>
<a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var>high-value vehicle to be dismantled or destroyed shall notify the secured party, if any, and <br/>
<a id="pl.21.33"></a><var>21.33</var>then surrender the certificate of title and a properly completed application for a salvage <br/>
<a id="pl.21.34"></a><var>21.34</var>certificate of title to the department within ten days the commissioner in the manner <br/>
<a id="pl.21.35"></a><var>21.35</var>prescribed in subdivision 3. The dealer must then properly destroy the certificate of title.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Notification on vehicle to be dismantled or destroyed; service fee.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>    Within the time frames prescribed in subdivisions 1 and 2 of acquiring a vehicle titled and <br/>
<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>registered in Minnesota, a dealer shall notify the registrar that the dealership purchased the <br/>
<a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>vehicle to be dismantled or destroyed. The notification must be made electronically as <br/>
<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>prescribed by the registrar. The dealer may contract this service to a deputy registrar and <br/>
<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>the registrar may charge a fee not to exceed $7 per transaction to provide this service.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.32.0"></a><a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>    Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168B.04, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Unauthorized vehicles.</b> (a) Units of government and peace officers may <br/>
<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>take into custody and impound any unauthorized vehicle under section 
         <statute_ref>169.041</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>    (b) A vehicle may also be impounded after it has been left unattended in one of the <br/>
<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>following public or private locations for the indicated period of time:<br/>
<a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>    (1) in a public location not governed by section 
         <statute_ref>169.041</statute_ref>: <br/>
<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>    (i) on a highway and properly tagged by a peace officer, four hours;<br/>
<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var>    (ii) located so as to constitute an accident or traffic hazard to the traveling public, as <br/>
<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>determined by a peace officer, immediately; or<br/>
<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>    (iii)  located so as to constitute an accident or traffic hazard to the traveling public <br/>
<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>within the Department of Transportation's eight-county metropolitan district, as determined <br/>
<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>by an authorized employee of the department's freeway service patrol, immediately; or <br/>
<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>    (iv) that is a parking facility or other public property owned or controlled by a unit <br/>
<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>of government, properly posted, four hours; or<br/>
<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>    (2) on private property:<br/>
<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>    (i) that is single-family or duplex residential property, immediately;<br/>
<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>    (ii) that is private, nonresidential property, properly posted, immediately;<br/>
<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>    (iii) that is private, nonresidential property, not posted, 24 hours;<br/>
<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>    (iv) that is private, nonresidential property of an operator of an establishment for the <br/>
<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>servicing, repair, or maintenance of motor vehicles, five business days after notifying the <br/>
<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>vehicle owner by certified mail, return receipt requested, of the property owner's intention <br/>
<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>to have the vehicle removed from the property; or<br/>
<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>    (v) that is any residential property, properly posted, immediately.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.33.0"></a><a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>    Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168D.06, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var><b>168D.06 FUEL LICENSE FEES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var>    License fees paid to the commissioner under the International Fuel Tax Agreement <br/>
<a id="pl.22.33"></a><var>22.33</var>must be deposited in the highway user tax distribution fund vehicle services operating <br/>
<a id="pl.22.34"></a><var>22.34</var>account in the special revenue fund under section 299A.705. The commissioner shall <br/>
<a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>charge an annual fuel license fee of $15, and an annual application filing fee of $13 for <br/>
<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>quarterly reporting of fuel tax.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective retroactively from August 1, 2005, <br/>
<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>for fees collected on or after that date.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.34.0"></a><a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>    Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168D.07, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var><b>168D.07 FUEL DECAL FEE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>    The commissioner shall issue a decal or other identification to indicate compliance <br/>
<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>with the International Fuel Tax Agreement. The commissioner shall establish a charge to <br/>
<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>cover the cost of issuing the decal or other identification according to section 
         <statute_ref>16A.1285, <br/>
<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>subdivision 4a
         </statute_ref>. Decal or other identification charges paid to the commissioner under this <br/>
<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>subdivision must be deposited in the highway user tax distribution fund vehicle services <br/>
<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>operating account in the special revenue fund under section 299A.705. <br/>
<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective retroactively from August 1, 2005, <br/>
<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>for fees collected on or after that date.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.35.0"></a><a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>    Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.01, subdivision 4c, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>    Subd. 4c. <b>Motorized foot scooter.</b> "Motorized foot scooter" means a device with <br/>
<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>handlebars designed to be stood or sat upon by the operator, and powered by an internal <br/>
<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>combustion engine or electric motor that is capable of propelling the device with or without <br/>
<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>human propulsion, and that has either (1) no more than two ten-inch 12-inch or smaller <br/>
<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>diameter wheels or (2) and has an engine or motor that is capable of a maximum speed of <br/>
<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>15 miles per hour on a flat surface with not more than one percent grade in any direction <br/>
<a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var>when the motor is engaged. An electric personal assistive mobility device, a motorized <br/>
<a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>bicycle, an electric-assisted bicycle, or a motorcycle is not a motorized foot scooter.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.36.0"></a><a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>    Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.01, subdivision 19, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>    Subd. 19. <b>Explosives.</b> "Explosives" means any chemical compound or mechanical <br/>
<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>mixture that is commonly used or intended for the purpose of producing an explosion <br/>
<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>and which contains any oxidizing and combustive units or other ingredients in such <br/>
<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>proportions, quantities, or packing that an ignition by fire, by friction, by concussion, by <br/>
<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>percussion, or by detonator of any part of the compound or mixture may cause such a <br/>
<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>sudden generation of highly heated gases that the resultant gaseous pressures are capable <br/>
<a id="pl.23.31"></a><var>23.31</var>of producing destructible effects on contiguous objects or of destroying life or limb has <br/>
<a id="pl.23.32"></a><var>23.32</var>the meaning given in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 173.50.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.37.0"></a><a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>    Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.01, subdivision 20, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>    Subd. 20. <b>Flammable liquid.</b> "Flammable liquid" means any liquid which has a <br/>
<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var>flash point of 70 degrees Fahrenheit, or less, as determined by a tagliabue or equivalent <br/>
<a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var>closed cup test device has the meaning given in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, <br/>
<a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var>section 173.120.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.38.0"></a><a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var>    Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.01, subdivision 78, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>    Subd. 78. <b>Recreational vehicle combination.</b> (a) "Recreational vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var>combination" means a combination of vehicles consisting of a full-size pickup truck <br/>
<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var>as defined in section 
<statute_ref>168.011, subdivision 29</statute_ref>, or a recreational truck-tractor attached <br/>
<a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>by means of a kingpin and fifth-wheel coupling to a camper-semitrailer middle vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var>which has hitched to it a trailer carrying a watercraft as defined in section 
<statute_ref>86B.005, <br/>
<a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>subdivision 18
</statute_ref>; off-highway motorcycle as defined in section 
<statute_ref>84.787, subdivision 7</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var>motorcycle; motorized bicycle; snowmobile as defined in section 
<statute_ref>84.81, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var>3
</statute_ref>; all-terrain vehicle as defined in section 
<statute_ref>84.92, subdivision 8</statute_ref>; motorized golf cart; or <br/>
<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>equestrian equipment or supplies.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>    (b) For purposes of this subdivision:,<br/>
<a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var>    (1) a "kingpin and fifth-wheel coupling" is a coupling between a camper-semitrailer <br/>
<a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>middle vehicle and a towing full-size pickup truck or a recreational truck-tractor in which <br/>
<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var>a portion of the weight of the camper-semitrailer towed middle vehicle is carried over or <br/>
<a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>forward of the rear axle of the towing pickup.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>    (2) A "camper-semitrailer" is a trailer, other than a manufactured home as defined in <br/>
<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>section 
<statute_ref>327B.01, subdivision 13</statute_ref>, designed for human habitation and used for vacation or <br/>
<a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var>recreational purposes for limited periods.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.39.0"></a><a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>    Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.01, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>    Subd. 93. <b>Full-size pickup truck.</b> "Full-size pickup truck" means any truck with a <br/>
<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>manufacturer's nominal rated carrying capacity of one ton or less and commonly known <br/>
<a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var>as or resembling a pickup truck.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.40.0"></a><a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var>    Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.01, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>    Subd. 94. <b>Recreational truck-tractor.</b> "Recreational truck-tractor" means a <br/>
<a id="pl.24.32"></a><var>24.32</var>truck-tractor with a gross vehicle weight rating of not more than 24,000 pounds, that is <br/>
<a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>designed exclusively or adapted specifically to tow a semitrailer coupled by means of <br/>
<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>a fifth-wheel plate and kingpin assembly.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.41.0"></a><a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var>    Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.01, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>    Subd. 95. <b>Valid license; valid driver's license.</b> "Valid license," "valid driver's <br/>
<a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var>license," "valid Minnesota driver's license," "valid standard driver's license," or other <br/>
<a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var>similar term, has the meaning given in section 171.01, subdivision 49a.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.42.0"></a><a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>    Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.041, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Towing authority.</b> For purposes of this section, "towing authority" <br/>
<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>means: <br/>
<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>    (1) any local authority authorized by section 
         <statute_ref>169.04</statute_ref> to enforce the traffic laws, and <br/>
<a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>also includes a private towing company authorized by a local authority to tow vehicles on <br/>
<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var>behalf of that local authority.; or <br/>
<a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var>    (2) an authorized employee of the Department of Transportation's freeway service <br/>
<a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var>patrol within the department's eight-county metropolitan district. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.43.0"></a><a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>    Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.041, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Towing order required.</b> A towing authority may not tow a motor <br/>
<a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>vehicle from public property unless a peace officer or parking enforcement officer has <br/>
<a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>prepared, in addition to the parking citation, a written towing report describing the motor <br/>
<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>vehicle and the reasons for towing. The report must be signed by the officer and the tow <br/>
<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>driver. Within the Department of Transportation's eight-county metropolitan district, an <br/>
<a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>authorized employee of the department's freeway service patrol may order a tow from a <br/>
<a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>trunk highway after preparing a written towing report provided by the Minnesota State <br/>
<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>Patrol. A citation need not be issued before the employee orders a tow.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var>    Except in cases where an accident or traffic hazard to the traveling public exists, the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var>department employee shall ensure that if the tower requested to remove the vehicle by the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var>owner arrives before the tower requested by the department, the tower requested by the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var>owner is given the opportunity to actually conduct and complete all towing operations <br/>
<a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var>requested.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.44.0"></a><a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>    Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.06, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Traffic-control signal.</b> (a) Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic-control <br/>
<a id="pl.25.32"></a><var>25.32</var>signals exhibiting different colored lights, or colored lighted arrows, successively one at a <br/>
<a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>time or in combination, only the colors Green, Red, and Yellow shall be used, except for <br/>
<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var>special pedestrian signals carrying a word or legend. The traffic-control signal lights or <br/>
<a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>colored lighted arrows indicate and apply to drivers of vehicles and pedestrians as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>    (1) Green indication:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>    (i) Vehicular traffic facing a circular green signal may proceed straight through or <br/>
<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var>turn right or left unless a sign at such place prohibits either turn. But vehicular traffic, <br/>
<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>including vehicles turning right or left, shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles <br/>
<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>and to pedestrians lawfully within the intersection or adjacent crosswalk at the time this <br/>
<a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>signal is exhibited.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var>    (ii) Vehicular traffic facing a green arrow signal, shown alone or in combination with <br/>
<a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>another indication, may cautiously enter the intersection only to make the movement <br/>
<a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var>indicated by the arrow, or other movement as permitted by other indications shown at the <br/>
<a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>same time. Such vehicular traffic shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully <br/>
<a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var>within an adjacent crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully using the intersection.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>    (iii) Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control signal as provided in <br/>
<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>subdivision 6, pedestrians facing any green signal, except when the sole green signal is a <br/>
<a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>turn arrow, may proceed across the roadway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk. <br/>
<a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>Every driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to such pedestrian, except that the <br/>
<a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>pedestrian shall yield the right-of-way to vehicles lawfully within the intersection at the <br/>
<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var>time that the green signal indication is first shown.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>    (2) Steady yellow indication:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>    (i) Vehicular traffic facing a steady circular yellow or yellow arrow signal is thereby <br/>
<a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var>warned that the related green movement is being terminated or that a red indication will be <br/>
<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var>exhibited immediately thereafter when vehicular traffic must not enter the intersection, <br/>
<a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>except for the continued movement allowed by any green arrow indication simultaneously <br/>
<a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>exhibited.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var>    (ii) Pedestrians facing a circular yellow signal, unless otherwise directed by a <br/>
<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>pedestrian-control signal as provided in subdivision 6, are thereby advised that there is <br/>
<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>insufficient time to cross the roadway before a red indication is shown and no pedestrian <br/>
<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>shall then start to cross the roadway.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.31"></a><var>26.31</var>    (iii) Vehicular traffic facing a steady yellow arrow signal is thereby warned that <br/>
<a id="pl.26.32"></a><var>26.32</var>the protected vehicular movement permitted by the corresponding prior green arrow <br/>
<a id="pl.26.33"></a><var>26.33</var>indication is being terminated.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.34"></a><var>26.34</var>    (3) Steady red indication:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.35"></a><var>26.35</var>    (i) Vehicular traffic facing a circular red signal alone must stop at a clearly marked <br/>
<a id="pl.26.36"></a><var>26.36</var>stop line but, if none, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection <br/>
<a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>or, if none, then before entering the intersection and shall remain standing until a green <br/>
<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>indication is shown, except as follows: (A) the driver of a vehicle stopped as close <br/>
<a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>as practicable at the entrance to the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, <br/>
<a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>if none, then at the entrance to the intersection in obedience to a red or stop signal, <br/>
<a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>and with the intention of making a right turn may make the right turn, after stopping, <br/>
<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>unless an official sign has been erected prohibiting such movement, but shall yield the <br/>
<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>right-of-way to pedestrians and other traffic lawfully proceeding as directed by the signal <br/>
<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>at that intersection; or (B) the driver of a vehicle on a one-way street intersecting another <br/>
<a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>one-way street on which traffic moves to the left shall stop in obedience to a red or stop <br/>
<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>signal and may then make a left turn into the one-way street, unless an official sign has <br/>
<a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>been erected prohibiting the movement, but shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and <br/>
<a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var>other traffic lawfully proceeding as directed by the signal at that intersection.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>    (ii) Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control signal as provided in <br/>
<a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var>subdivision 6, pedestrians facing a steady red signal alone shall not enter the roadway.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>    (iii) Vehicular traffic facing a steady red arrow signal, with the intention of making a <br/>
<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>movement indicated by the arrow, must stop at a clearly marked stop line but, if none, <br/>
<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if none, then before <br/>
<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>entering the intersection and must remain standing until a permissive signal indication <br/>
<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>permitting the movement indicated by the red arrow is displayed, except as follows: when <br/>
<a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>an official sign has been erected permitting a turn on a red arrow signal, the vehicular <br/>
<a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>traffic facing a red arrow signal indication is permitted to enter the intersection to turn <br/>
<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>right, or to turn left from a one-way street into a one-way street on which traffic moves <br/>
<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>to the left, after stopping, but must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and other traffic <br/>
<a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>lawfully proceeding as directed by the signal at that intersection.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>    (b) In the event an official traffic-control signal is erected and maintained at a place <br/>
<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>other than an intersection, the provisions of this section are applicable except those which <br/>
<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>can have no application. Any stop required must be made at a sign or marking on the <br/>
<a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>pavement indicating where the stop must be made, but in the absence of any such sign or <br/>
<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var>marking the stop must be made at the signal.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>    (c) When a traffic-control signal indication or indications placed to control a certain <br/>
<a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var>movement or lane are so identified by placing a sign near the indication or indications, <br/>
<a id="pl.27.32"></a><var>27.32</var>no other traffic-control signal indication or indications within the intersection controls <br/>
<a id="pl.27.33"></a><var>27.33</var>vehicular traffic for that movement or lane.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.45.0"></a><a id="pl.27.34"></a><var>27.34</var>    Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.14, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Speed limits.</b> (a) Where no special hazard exists the following speeds <br/>
<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>shall be lawful, but any speeds in excess of such limits shall be prima facie evidence <br/>
<a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var>that the speed is not reasonable or prudent and that it is unlawful; except that the speed <br/>
<a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>limit within any municipality shall be a maximum limit and any speed in excess thereof <br/>
<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>shall be unlawful:<br/>
<a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>    (1) 30 miles per hour in an urban district or on a town road in a rural residential <br/>
<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var>district;<br/>
<a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>    (2) 65 miles per hour on noninterstate expressways, as defined in section 160.02, <br/>
<a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>subdivision 18a, and noninterstate freeways and expressways, as defined in section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>160.02, subdivision 19
         </statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>    (3) 55 miles per hour in locations other than those specified in this section;<br/>
<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var>    (4) 70 miles per hour on interstate highways outside the limits of any urbanized area <br/>
<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>with a population of greater than 50,000 as defined by order of the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>transportation;<br/>
<a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>    (5) 65 miles per hour on interstate highways inside the limits of any urbanized area <br/>
<a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>with a population of greater than 50,000 as defined by order of the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var>transportation;<br/>
<a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var>    (6) ten miles per hour in alleys; and<br/>
<a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>    (7) 25 miles per hour in residential roadways if adopted by the road authority having <br/>
<a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>jurisdiction over the residential roadway.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>    (b) A speed limit adopted under paragraph (a), clause (7), is not effective unless the <br/>
<a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>road authority has erected signs designating the speed limit and indicating the beginning <br/>
<a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var>and end of the residential roadway on which the speed limit applies.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var>    (c) For purposes of this subdivision, "rural residential district" means the territory <br/>
<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>contiguous to and including any town road within a subdivision or plat of land that is built <br/>
<a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>up with dwelling houses at intervals of less than 300 feet for a distance of one-quarter <br/>
<a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>mile or more.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>    (d) Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>609.0331</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>609.101</statute_ref> or other law to the contrary, <br/>
<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>a person who violates a speed limit established in this subdivision, or a speed limit <br/>
<a id="pl.28.30"></a><var>28.30</var>designated on an appropriate sign under subdivision 4, 5, 5b, 5c, or 5e, by driving 20 miles <br/>
<a id="pl.28.31"></a><var>28.31</var>per hour or more in excess of the applicable speed limit, is assessed an additional surcharge <br/>
<a id="pl.28.32"></a><var>28.32</var>equal to the amount of the fine imposed for the speed violation, but not less than $25.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.46.0"></a><a id="pl.28.33"></a><var>28.33</var>    Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.34, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.28.34"></a><var>28.34</var><b>169.34 PROHIBITIONS; STOPPING, PARKING.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Prohibitions.</b> (a) No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle, <br/>
<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>directions of a police officer or traffic-control device, in any of the following places:<br/>
<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>    (1) on a sidewalk;<br/>
<a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>    (2) in front of a public or private driveway;<br/>
<a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var>    (3) within an intersection;<br/>
<a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var>    (4) within ten feet of a fire hydrant;<br/>
<a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var>    (5) on a crosswalk;<br/>
<a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var>    (6) within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;<br/>
<a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var>    (7) within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign, or <br/>
<a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var>traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway;<br/>
<a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var>    (8) between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var>curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated <br/>
<a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var>by signs or markings;<br/>
<a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>    (9) within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;<br/>
<a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var>    (10) within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of <br/>
<a id="pl.29.17"></a><var>29.17</var>a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of said entrance when <br/>
<a id="pl.29.18"></a><var>29.18</var>properly signposted;<br/>
<a id="pl.29.19"></a><var>29.19</var>    (11) alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such stopping, <br/>
<a id="pl.29.20"></a><var>29.20</var>standing, or parking would obstruct traffic;<br/>
<a id="pl.29.21"></a><var>29.21</var>    (12) on the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a <br/>
<a id="pl.29.22"></a><var>29.22</var>street;<br/>
<a id="pl.29.23"></a><var>29.23</var>    (13) upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway <br/>
<a id="pl.29.24"></a><var>29.24</var>tunnel, except as otherwise provided by ordinance;<br/>
<a id="pl.29.25"></a><var>29.25</var>    (14) at any place where official signs prohibit stopping.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.26"></a><var>29.26</var>    (b) No person shall move a vehicle not owned by such person into any prohibited <br/>
<a id="pl.29.27"></a><var>29.27</var>area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.28"></a><var>29.28</var>    (c) No person shall, for camping purposes, leave or park a travel trailer on or within <br/>
<a id="pl.29.29"></a><var>29.29</var>the limits of any highway or on any highway right-of-way, except where signs are erected <br/>
<a id="pl.29.30"></a><var>29.30</var>designating the place as a campsite.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.31"></a><var>29.31</var>    (d) No person shall stop or park a vehicle on a street or highway when directed or <br/>
<a id="pl.29.32"></a><var>29.32</var>ordered to proceed by any peace officer invested by law with authority to direct, control, <br/>
<a id="pl.29.33"></a><var>29.33</var>or regulate traffic.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.34"></a><var>29.34</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Violation; penalty for owner or lessee.</b> (a) If a motor vehicle is stopped, <br/>
<a id="pl.29.35"></a><var>29.35</var>standing, or parked in violation of subdivision 1, the owner of the vehicle, or for a leased <br/>
<a id="pl.29.36"></a><var>29.36</var>motor vehicle the lessee of the vehicle, is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.1"></a><var>30.1</var>    (b) The owner or lessee may not be fined under paragraph (a) if (1) another person <br/>
<a id="pl.30.2"></a><var>30.2</var>is convicted for, or pleads guilty to, that violation, or (2) the motor vehicle was stolen at <br/>
<a id="pl.30.3"></a><var>30.3</var>the time of the violation.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.4"></a><var>30.4</var>    (c) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a lessor of a motor vehicle if the lessor keeps a <br/>
<a id="pl.30.5"></a><var>30.5</var>record of the name and address of the lessee.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.6"></a><var>30.6</var>    (d) Paragraph (a) does not prohibit or limit the prosecution of a motor vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.30.7"></a><var>30.7</var>operator for violating subdivision 1.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.8"></a><var>30.8</var>    (e) A violation under paragraph (a) does not constitute grounds for revocation or <br/>
<a id="pl.30.9"></a><var>30.9</var>suspension of the owner's or lessee's driver's license.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.47.0"></a><a id="pl.30.10"></a><var>30.10</var>    Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.471, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.30.11"></a><var>30.11</var><b>169.471 TELEVISION; HEADPHONES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.30.12"></a><var>30.12</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Television screen in vehicle.</b> No television screen shall be installed <br/>
<a id="pl.30.13"></a><var>30.13</var>or used in any motor vehicle where it is images from the screen are  visible to the driver <br/>
<a id="pl.30.14"></a><var>30.14</var>while operating the motor vehicle except:<br/>
<a id="pl.30.15"></a><var>30.15</var>    (1) video screens installed in law enforcement vehicles;<br/>
<a id="pl.30.16"></a><var>30.16</var>    (2) closed-circuit video systems used exclusively to aid the driver's visibility to <br/>
<a id="pl.30.17"></a><var>30.17</var>the front, rear, or sides of the vehicle; and<br/>
<a id="pl.30.18"></a><var>30.18</var>    (3) video screens installed as part of a vehicle control system or used in intelligent <br/>
<a id="pl.30.19"></a><var>30.19</var>vehicle highway applications.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.20"></a><var>30.20</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Use of headphones in vehicle.</b>  (a) No person, while operating a motor <br/>
<a id="pl.30.21"></a><var>30.21</var>vehicle, shall wear headphones or earphones that are used in both ears simultaneously for <br/>
<a id="pl.30.22"></a><var>30.22</var>purposes of receiving or listening to broadcasts or reproductions from radios, tape decks, <br/>
<a id="pl.30.23"></a><var>30.23</var>or other sound-producing or transmitting devices.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.24"></a><var>30.24</var>    (b) Paragraph (a) does not prohibit: <br/>
<a id="pl.30.25"></a><var>30.25</var>    (1) the use of a hearing aid device by a person who needs the device; or <br/>
<a id="pl.30.26"></a><var>30.26</var>    (2) the use of a communication headset by a firefighter while operating a fire <br/>
<a id="pl.30.27"></a><var>30.27</var>department emergency vehicle in response to an emergency; or <br/>
<a id="pl.30.28"></a><var>30.28</var>    (3) the use of a communication headset by an emergency medical services person <br/>
<a id="pl.30.29"></a><var>30.29</var>while operating an ambulance subject to section 144E.101.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.30"></a><var>30.30</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.48.0"></a><a id="pl.30.31"></a><var>30.31</var>    Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.781, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.30.32"></a><var>30.32</var><b>169.781 ANNUAL COMMERCIAL VEHICLE INSPECTION; INSPECTORS, </b><br/>
<a id="pl.30.33"></a><var>30.33</var><b>FEE, PENALTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.31.1"></a><var>31.1</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> For purposes of sections 
         <statute_ref>169.781</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>169.783</statute_ref>: <br/>
<a id="pl.31.2"></a><var>31.2</var>    (a) "Commercial motor vehicle":<br/>
<a id="pl.31.3"></a><var>31.3</var>    (1) means a motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles used to transport <br/>
<a id="pl.31.4"></a><var>31.4</var>passengers or property if the motor vehicle:<br/>
<a id="pl.31.5"></a><var>31.5</var>    (1) a commercial motor vehicle as defined in section 
<statute_ref>169.01, subdivision 75</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.31.6"></a><var>31.6</var>paragraph (a); and (i) has a gross vehicle weight of more than 26,000 pounds; <br/>
<a id="pl.31.7"></a><var>31.7</var>    (2) each (ii) is a vehicle in a combination of more than 26,000 pounds.;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.8"></a><var>31.8</var>    (iii) is a bus; or<br/>
<a id="pl.31.9"></a><var>31.9</var>    (iv) is of any size and is used in the transportation of hazardous materials that are <br/>
<a id="pl.31.10"></a><var>31.10</var>required to be placarded under Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, parts 100-185; and<br/>
<a id="pl.31.11"></a><var>31.11</var>"Commercial motor vehicle"<br/>
<a id="pl.31.12"></a><var>31.12</var>    (2) does not include (1) (i) a school bus or Head Start bus displaying a certificate <br/>
<a id="pl.31.13"></a><var>31.13</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>169.451</statute_ref>, (2) or (ii) a bus operated by the Metropolitan Council or by a local <br/>
<a id="pl.31.14"></a><var>31.14</var>transit commission created in chapter 458A, or (3) a motor vehicle that is required to be <br/>
<a id="pl.31.15"></a><var>31.15</var>placarded under Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, parts 100-185. <br/>
<a id="pl.31.16"></a><var>31.16</var>    (b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of public safety.<br/>
<a id="pl.31.17"></a><var>31.17</var>    (c) "Owner" means a person who owns, or has control, under a lease of more than 30 <br/>
<a id="pl.31.18"></a><var>31.18</var>days' duration, of one or more commercial motor vehicles.<br/>
<a id="pl.31.19"></a><var>31.19</var>    (d) "Storage semitrailer" means a semitrailer that (1) is used exclusively to store <br/>
<a id="pl.31.20"></a><var>31.20</var>property at a location not on a street or highway, (2) does not contain any load when <br/>
<a id="pl.31.21"></a><var>31.21</var>moved on a street or highway, (3) is operated only during daylight hours, and (4) is marked <br/>
<a id="pl.31.22"></a><var>31.22</var>on each side of the semitrailer "storage only" in letters at least six inches high.<br/>
<a id="pl.31.23"></a><var>31.23</var>    (e) "Building mover vehicle" means a vehicle owned or leased by a building mover <br/>
<a id="pl.31.24"></a><var>31.24</var>as defined in section 
<statute_ref>221.81, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, paragraph (a), and used exclusively for <br/>
<a id="pl.31.25"></a><var>31.25</var>moving buildings. <br/>
<a id="pl.31.26"></a><var>31.26</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Inspection required.</b> (a) It is unlawful for a person to operate or permit <br/>
<a id="pl.31.27"></a><var>31.27</var>the operation of:<br/>
<a id="pl.31.28"></a><var>31.28</var>    (1) a commercial motor vehicle registered in Minnesota; or<br/>
<a id="pl.31.29"></a><var>31.29</var>    (2) special mobile equipment as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>168.011, subdivision 22</statute_ref>, and <br/>
<a id="pl.31.30"></a><var>31.30</var>which is self-propelled, if it is mounted on a commercial motor vehicle chassis, <br/>
<a id="pl.31.31"></a><var>31.31</var>unless the in violation of the requirements of paragraph (b).<br/>
<a id="pl.31.32"></a><var>31.32</var>    (b) A vehicle displays described in paragraph (a):<br/>
<a id="pl.31.33"></a><var>31.33</var>    (1) must display a valid safety inspection decal issued by an inspector certified by <br/>
<a id="pl.31.34"></a><var>31.34</var>the commissioner, or the vehicle carries (1); or<br/>
<a id="pl.32.1"></a><var>32.1</var>    (2) must carry (i) proof that the vehicle complies with federal motor vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.32.2"></a><var>32.2</var>inspection requirements for vehicles in interstate commerce, and (2) (ii) a certificate of <br/>
<a id="pl.32.3"></a><var>32.3</var>compliance with federal requirements issued by the commissioner under subdivision 9.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.4"></a><var>32.4</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Inspector certification; suspension and revocation; hearing.</b> (a) An <br/>
<a id="pl.32.5"></a><var>32.5</var>inspection required by this section may be performed only by:<br/>
<a id="pl.32.6"></a><var>32.6</var>    (1) an employee of the Department of Public Safety or Transportation who has <br/>
<a id="pl.32.7"></a><var>32.7</var>been certified by the commissioner after having received training provided by the State <br/>
<a id="pl.32.8"></a><var>32.8</var>Patrol; or<br/>
<a id="pl.32.9"></a><var>32.9</var>    (2) another person who has been certified by the commissioner after having received <br/>
<a id="pl.32.10"></a><var>32.10</var>training provided by the State Patrol or other training approved by the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.11"></a><var>32.11</var>    (b) A person who is not an employee of the Department of Public Safety or <br/>
<a id="pl.32.12"></a><var>32.12</var>Transportation may be certified by the commissioner if the person is:<br/>
<a id="pl.32.13"></a><var>32.13</var>    (1) an owner, or employee of the owner, of one or more commercial motor vehicles <br/>
<a id="pl.32.14"></a><var>32.14</var>that are power units;<br/>
<a id="pl.32.15"></a><var>32.15</var>    (2) a dealer licensed under section 
         <statute_ref>168.27</statute_ref> and engaged in the business of buying and <br/>
<a id="pl.32.16"></a><var>32.16</var>selling commercial motor vehicles, or an employee of the dealer; or <br/>
<a id="pl.32.17"></a><var>32.17</var>    (3) engaged in the business of repairing and servicing commercial motor vehicles; or<br/>
<a id="pl.32.18"></a><var>32.18</var>    (4) employed by a governmental agency that owns commercial vehicles.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.19"></a><var>32.19</var>    (c) Certification of persons described in paragraph (b), clauses (1) to (3) (4), is <br/>
<a id="pl.32.20"></a><var>32.20</var>effective for two years from the date of certification. The commissioner may require <br/>
<a id="pl.32.21"></a><var>32.21</var>biennial retraining of persons holding a certificate under paragraph (b) as a condition of <br/>
<a id="pl.32.22"></a><var>32.22</var>renewal of the certificate. The commissioner may charge a fee of not more than $10 <br/>
<a id="pl.32.23"></a><var>32.23</var>for each certificate issued and renewed. A certified person described in paragraph (b), <br/>
<a id="pl.32.24"></a><var>32.24</var>clauses (1) to (3) (4), may charge a reasonable fee for each inspection of a vehicle not <br/>
<a id="pl.32.25"></a><var>32.25</var>owned by the person or the person's employer.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.26"></a><var>32.26</var>    (d) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 5, the standards adopted by the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.27"></a><var>32.27</var>commissioner for commercial motor vehicle inspections under sections 
         <statute_ref>169.781</statute_ref> to <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.32.28"></a><var>32.28</var>169.783
         </statute_ref> shall must be the standards prescribed in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, <br/>
<a id="pl.32.29"></a><var>32.29</var>section 
         <statute_ref>396.17</statute_ref>, and in chapter III, subchapter B, appendix G. <br/>
<a id="pl.32.30"></a><var>32.30</var>    (e) The commissioner may classify types of vehicles for inspection purposes and <br/>
<a id="pl.32.31"></a><var>32.31</var>may issue separate classes of inspector certificates for each class. The commissioner shall <br/>
<a id="pl.32.32"></a><var>32.32</var>issue separate categories of inspector certificates based on the following classifications:<br/>
<a id="pl.32.33"></a><var>32.33</var>    (1) a class of certificate that authorizes the certificate holder to inspect commercial <br/>
<a id="pl.32.34"></a><var>32.34</var>motor vehicles without regard to ownership or lease; and<br/>
<a id="pl.32.35"></a><var>32.35</var>    (2) a class of certificate that authorizes the certificate holder to inspect only <br/>
<a id="pl.32.36"></a><var>32.36</var>commercial motor vehicles the certificate holder owns or leases.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.1"></a><var>33.1</var>The commissioner shall issue a certificate described in clause (1) only to a person <br/>
<a id="pl.33.2"></a><var>33.2</var>described in paragraph (b), clause (2) or (3).<br/>
<a id="pl.33.3"></a><var>33.3</var>    (f) The commissioner, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, may suspend a <br/>
<a id="pl.33.4"></a><var>33.4</var>certificate issued under paragraph (b) for failure to meet annual certification requirements <br/>
<a id="pl.33.5"></a><var>33.5</var>prescribed by the commissioner or failure to inspect commercial motor vehicles in <br/>
<a id="pl.33.6"></a><var>33.6</var>accordance with inspection procedures established by the State Patrol. The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.33.7"></a><var>33.7</var>shall revoke a certificate issued under paragraph (b) if the commissioner determines after <br/>
<a id="pl.33.8"></a><var>33.8</var>notice and an opportunity for a hearing that the certified person issued an inspection decal <br/>
<a id="pl.33.9"></a><var>33.9</var>for a commercial motor vehicle when the person knew or reasonably should have known <br/>
<a id="pl.33.10"></a><var>33.10</var>that the vehicle was in such a state of repair that it would have been declared out of service <br/>
<a id="pl.33.11"></a><var>33.11</var>if inspected by an employee of the State Patrol. Suspension and revocation of certificates <br/>
<a id="pl.33.12"></a><var>33.12</var>under this subdivision are not subject to sections 
         <statute_ref>14.57</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>14.69</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.33.13"></a><var>33.13</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Inspection report.</b> (a) A person performing an inspection under this <br/>
<a id="pl.33.14"></a><var>33.14</var>section shall issue an inspection report to the owner of the commercial motor vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.33.15"></a><var>33.15</var>inspected. The report must include:<br/>
<a id="pl.33.16"></a><var>33.16</var>    (1) the full name of the person performing the inspection, and the person's inspector <br/>
<a id="pl.33.17"></a><var>33.17</var>certification number;<br/>
<a id="pl.33.18"></a><var>33.18</var>    (2) the name of the owner of the vehicle and, if applicable, the United States <br/>
<a id="pl.33.19"></a><var>33.19</var>Department of Transportation carrier number issued to the owner of the vehicle, or to the <br/>
<a id="pl.33.20"></a><var>33.20</var>operator of the vehicle if other than the owner;<br/>
<a id="pl.33.21"></a><var>33.21</var>    (3) the vehicle identification number and, if applicable, the license plate number <br/>
<a id="pl.33.22"></a><var>33.22</var>of the vehicle;<br/>
<a id="pl.33.23"></a><var>33.23</var>    (4) the date and location of the inspection;<br/>
<a id="pl.33.24"></a><var>33.24</var>    (5) the vehicle components inspected and a description of the findings of the <br/>
<a id="pl.33.25"></a><var>33.25</var>inspection, including identification of the components not in compliance with federal <br/>
<a id="pl.33.26"></a><var>33.26</var>motor carrier safety regulations; and<br/>
<a id="pl.33.27"></a><var>33.27</var>    (6) the inspector's certification that the inspection was complete, accurate, and in <br/>
<a id="pl.33.28"></a><var>33.28</var>compliance with the requirements of this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.29"></a><var>33.29</var>    (b) The owner must retain a copy of the inspection report for at least 14 months at a <br/>
<a id="pl.33.30"></a><var>33.30</var>location in the state where the vehicle is domiciled or maintained. The inspector must <br/>
<a id="pl.33.31"></a><var>33.31</var>maintain a copy of the inspection report for a period of 14 months following the inspection <br/>
<a id="pl.33.32"></a><var>33.32</var>in a location in the state where the inspector conducts business. During this period the <br/>
<a id="pl.33.33"></a><var>33.33</var>report must be available for inspection by an authorized federal, state, or local official.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.34"></a><var>33.34</var>    (c) The commissioner shall prescribe the form of the inspection report and revise it <br/>
<a id="pl.33.35"></a><var>33.35</var>as necessary to comply with state and federal law and regulations. The adoption of the <br/>
<a id="pl.33.36"></a><var>33.36</var>report form is not subject to the Administrative Procedure Act.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.1"></a><var>34.1</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Inspection decal.</b> (a) A person inspecting a commercial motor vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.34.2"></a><var>34.2</var>shall issue an inspection decal for the vehicle if each inspected component of the vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.34.3"></a><var>34.3</var>complies with federal motor carrier safety regulations. The decal must state that in the <br/>
<a id="pl.34.4"></a><var>34.4</var>month specified on the decal the vehicle was inspected and each inspected component <br/>
<a id="pl.34.5"></a><var>34.5</var>complied with federal motor carrier safety regulations. The decal is valid for 12 <br/>
<a id="pl.34.6"></a><var>34.6</var>months after the month specified on the decal. The commissioners of public safety and <br/>
<a id="pl.34.7"></a><var>34.7</var>transportation shall make decals available, at a fee of not more than $2 for each decal, <br/>
<a id="pl.34.8"></a><var>34.8</var>to persons certified to perform inspections under subdivision 3, paragraph (b). Decals <br/>
<a id="pl.34.9"></a><var>34.9</var>are issued to inspectors by serial number and are not transferable unless approved by <br/>
<a id="pl.34.10"></a><var>34.10</var>the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.11"></a><var>34.11</var>    (b) Minnesota inspection decals may be affixed only to:<br/>
<a id="pl.34.12"></a><var>34.12</var>    (1) commercial motor vehicles bearing Minnesota-based license plates; or<br/>
<a id="pl.34.13"></a><var>34.13</var>    (2) special mobile equipment, within the meaning of subdivision 2, clause (2).<br/>
<a id="pl.34.14"></a><var>34.14</var>    (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a person inspecting (1) a vehicle of less <br/>
<a id="pl.34.15"></a><var>34.15</var>than 57,000 pounds gross vehicle weight and registered as a farm truck, (2) a storage <br/>
<a id="pl.34.16"></a><var>34.16</var>semitrailer, or (3) a building mover vehicle must issue an inspection decal to the vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.34.17"></a><var>34.17</var>unless the vehicle has one or more defects that would result in the vehicle being declared <br/>
<a id="pl.34.18"></a><var>34.18</var>out of service under the North American Uniform Driver, Vehicle, and Hazardous <br/>
<a id="pl.34.19"></a><var>34.19</var>Materials Out-of-Service Criteria issued by the Federal Highway Administration and the <br/>
<a id="pl.34.20"></a><var>34.20</var>Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance. A decal issued to a vehicle described in clause (1), <br/>
<a id="pl.34.21"></a><var>34.21</var>(2), or (3) is valid for two years from the date of issuance. A decal issued to such a vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.34.22"></a><var>34.22</var>must clearly indicate that it is valid for two years from the date of issuance.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.23"></a><var>34.23</var>    (d) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a commercial motor vehicle that (1) is registered <br/>
<a id="pl.34.24"></a><var>34.24</var>as a farm truck, (2) is not operated more than 75 miles from the owner's home post office, <br/>
<a id="pl.34.25"></a><var>34.25</var>and (3) was manufactured before 1979 that has a dual transmission system, is not required <br/>
<a id="pl.34.26"></a><var>34.26</var>to comply with a requirement in an inspection standard that requires that the service brake <br/>
<a id="pl.34.27"></a><var>34.27</var>system and parking brake system be separate systems in the motor vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.28"></a><var>34.28</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Record review; random inspection; audit.</b> Employees of the State Patrol <br/>
<a id="pl.34.29"></a><var>34.29</var>and motor transportation representatives of the Department of Transportation may review <br/>
<a id="pl.34.30"></a><var>34.30</var>records required to be kept under subdivision 4, paragraph (b), and conduct random <br/>
<a id="pl.34.31"></a><var>34.31</var>vehicle inspections and audits at the facility of an owner of a commercial motor vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.32"></a><var>34.32</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Disposition of revenues.</b> The commissioner shall pay all revenues received <br/>
<a id="pl.34.33"></a><var>34.33</var>under this section to the commissioner of finance for deposit in the trunk highway fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.34"></a><var>34.34</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Violation; misdemeanor.</b> A violation of this section is a misdemeanor.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.35"></a><var>34.35</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Proof of federal inspection.</b> An owner of a commercial motor vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.34.36"></a><var>34.36</var>that is subject to and in compliance with federal motor vehicle inspection requirements <br/>
<a id="pl.35.1"></a><var>35.1</var>for vehicles in interstate commerce may apply to the commissioner for a certificate <br/>
<a id="pl.35.2"></a><var>35.2</var>of compliance with federal requirements. On payment of a fee equal to the fee for an <br/>
<a id="pl.35.3"></a><var>35.3</var>inspection decal under subdivision 5, paragraph (a), the commissioner shall issue the <br/>
<a id="pl.35.4"></a><var>35.4</var>certificate to the applicant. This subdivision only applies to Minnesota-licensed vehicles <br/>
<a id="pl.35.5"></a><var>35.5</var>that are not housed or maintained in Minnesota.<br/>
<a id="pl.35.6"></a><var>35.6</var>    Subd. 10. <b>Exemption.</b> This section does not apply to a vehicle operated by a motor <br/>
<a id="pl.35.7"></a><var>35.7</var>carrier of passengers, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>221.011, subdivision 48</statute_ref>, if the vehicle has <br/>
<a id="pl.35.8"></a><var>35.8</var>been inspected under section 
         <statute_ref>221.0252, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, paragraph (a), clause (2), within <br/>
<a id="pl.35.9"></a><var>35.9</var>the previous 12 months. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.49.0"></a><a id="pl.35.10"></a><var>35.10</var>    Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.782, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.35.11"></a><var>35.11</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Driver; daily inspection report.</b> (a) The driver of a commercial <br/>
<a id="pl.35.12"></a><var>35.12</var>motor vehicle shall report in writing at the completion of each day's work on each <br/>
<a id="pl.35.13"></a><var>35.13</var>commercial motor vehicle the driver has operated. A person who owns one or more <br/>
<a id="pl.35.14"></a><var>35.14</var>commercial motor vehicles and who employs drivers for those commercial motor vehicles <br/>
<a id="pl.35.15"></a><var>35.15</var>must require each driver to submit a written report as required in by this section. The <br/>
<a id="pl.35.16"></a><var>35.16</var>report must cover the following parts and accessories: service brakes, including trailer and <br/>
<a id="pl.35.17"></a><var>35.17</var>semitrailer brake connections; parking (hand) brake; steering mechanism; lighting devices <br/>
<a id="pl.35.18"></a><var>35.18</var>and reflectors; tires; horn; windshield wiper or wipers; rear vision mirror or mirrors; <br/>
<a id="pl.35.19"></a><var>35.19</var>coupling devices; wheels and rims; and emergency equipment.<br/>
<a id="pl.35.20"></a><var>35.20</var>    (b) The report must identify the vehicle and list any defect or deficiency discovered <br/>
<a id="pl.35.21"></a><var>35.21</var>by or reported to the driver that would affect the safe operation of the vehicle or result in <br/>
<a id="pl.35.22"></a><var>35.22</var>its mechanical breakdown. If no defect or deficiency is discovered by or reported to the <br/>
<a id="pl.35.23"></a><var>35.23</var>driver, the report must so indicate. The driver must sign the report after completing it. In <br/>
<a id="pl.35.24"></a><var>35.24</var>the case of a commercial motor vehicle operated by two drivers, the signature of one of <br/>
<a id="pl.35.25"></a><var>35.25</var>the drivers satisfies the requirements of this subdivision if both drivers agree concerning <br/>
<a id="pl.35.26"></a><var>35.26</var>the defects or deficiencies. If a driver operates more than one commercial motor vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.35.27"></a><var>35.27</var>during a day's work, a report must be prepared for each vehicle operated.<br/>
<a id="pl.35.28"></a><var>35.28</var>    (c) Before operating or allowing the operation of a commercial motor vehicle on <br/>
<a id="pl.35.29"></a><var>35.29</var>which a report has been prepared under this subdivision, the owner of the vehicle or <br/>
<a id="pl.35.30"></a><var>35.30</var>the owner's agent must repair defects or deficiencies listed on the report that would be <br/>
<a id="pl.35.31"></a><var>35.31</var>sufficient under inspection procedures established by the State Patrol to require the vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.35.32"></a><var>35.32</var>to be declared out of service likely affect the safe operation of the vehicle. Before allowing <br/>
<a id="pl.35.33"></a><var>35.33</var>the commercial motor vehicle to be operated again, the owner or the owner's agent must <br/>
<a id="pl.35.34"></a><var>35.34</var>certify, on the report listing the defect or deficiency, that the defect or deficiency has <br/>
<a id="pl.35.35"></a><var>35.35</var>been corrected or that correction is unnecessary. A motor carrier must keep the original <br/>
<a id="pl.36.1"></a><var>36.1</var>vehicle inspection report for at least three months after the date of inspection. The report <br/>
<a id="pl.36.2"></a><var>36.2</var>must be available for inspection by an authorized federal, state, or local official at any <br/>
<a id="pl.36.3"></a><var>36.3</var>time during this period.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.4"></a><var>36.4</var>    (d) A copy of the vehicle inspection report, including a certification of corrections <br/>
<a id="pl.36.5"></a><var>36.5</var>resulting from the report, must be carried in the commercial motor vehicle, or in the power <br/>
<a id="pl.36.6"></a><var>36.6</var>unit of a commercial motor vehicle combination, at all times when the vehicle or power <br/>
<a id="pl.36.7"></a><var>36.7</var>unit is operated until the next inspection report is completed under this subdivision. The <br/>
<a id="pl.36.8"></a><var>36.8</var>copy must be made available on demand to: (1) a peace officer;, (2) a person authorized <br/>
<a id="pl.36.9"></a><var>36.9</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>221.221</statute_ref>;, and (3) a person described in section 
         <statute_ref>299D.06</statute_ref>. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.50.0"></a><a id="pl.36.10"></a><var>36.10</var>    Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.783, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.36.11"></a><var>36.11</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Postcrash inspection.</b> (a) A peace officer responding to an accident <br/>
<a id="pl.36.12"></a><var>36.12</var>involving a commercial motor vehicle must immediately notify the State Patrol if the <br/>
<a id="pl.36.13"></a><var>36.13</var>accident results in death, personal injury, or property damage to an apparent extent of <br/>
<a id="pl.36.14"></a><var>36.14</var>more than $4,400.:<br/>
<a id="pl.36.15"></a><var>36.15</var>    (1) a fatality;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.16"></a><var>36.16</var>    (2) bodily injury to a person who, as a result of the injury, immediately receives <br/>
<a id="pl.36.17"></a><var>36.17</var>medical treatment away from the scene of the accident; or<br/>
<a id="pl.36.18"></a><var>36.18</var>    (3) one or more motor vehicles incurring disabling damage as a result of the <br/>
<a id="pl.36.19"></a><var>36.19</var>accident, requiring the motor vehicles to be transported away from the scene by tow <br/>
<a id="pl.36.20"></a><var>36.20</var>truck or other motor vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.21"></a><var>36.21</var>     (b) It is a misdemeanor for a person to drive or cause to be driven a commercial <br/>
<a id="pl.36.22"></a><var>36.22</var>motor vehicle after such an accident unless the vehicle:<br/>
<a id="pl.36.23"></a><var>36.23</var>    (1) has been inspected by a state trooper or other person authorized to conduct <br/>
<a id="pl.36.24"></a><var>36.24</var>inspections under section 
         <statute_ref>169.781, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, paragraph (a), who is an employee of <br/>
<a id="pl.36.25"></a><var>36.25</var>the Department of Public Safety or Transportation, and the person inspecting the vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.36.26"></a><var>36.26</var>has determined that the vehicle may safely be operated; or <br/>
<a id="pl.36.27"></a><var>36.27</var>    (2) a waiver has been granted under subdivision 2.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.51.0"></a><a id="pl.36.28"></a><var>36.28</var>    Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.81, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.36.29"></a><var>36.29</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Length of single vehicle; exceptions.</b> (a) Statewide, no single vehicle may <br/>
<a id="pl.36.30"></a><var>36.30</var>exceed 40 45 feet in overall length, including load and front and rear bumpers, except:<br/>
<a id="pl.36.31"></a><var>36.31</var>    (1) mobile cranes, which may not exceed 48 feet in overall length;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.32"></a><var>36.32</var>    (2) buses, which may not exceed 45 feet in overall length; and<br/>
<a id="pl.36.33"></a><var>36.33</var>    (3) type A, B, or C motor homes as defined in section 
<statute_ref>168.011, subdivision 25</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.36.34"></a><var>36.34</var>paragraph (c), which may not exceed 45 feet in overall length. <br/>
<a id="pl.37.1"></a><var>37.1</var>    (b) Statewide, no semitrailer may exceed 48 feet in overall length, including bumper <br/>
<a id="pl.37.2"></a><var>37.2</var>and load, but excluding non-cargo-carrying equipment, such as refrigeration units or air <br/>
<a id="pl.37.3"></a><var>37.3</var>compressors, necessary for safe and efficient operation and located on the end of the <br/>
<a id="pl.37.4"></a><var>37.4</var>semitrailer adjacent to the truck-tractor. However, statewide, a single semitrailer may <br/>
<a id="pl.37.5"></a><var>37.5</var>exceed 48 feet, but not 53 feet, if the distance from the kingpin to the centerline of the <br/>
<a id="pl.37.6"></a><var>37.6</var>rear axle group of the semitrailer does not exceed 43 feet.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.7"></a><var>37.7</var>    (c) Statewide, no single trailer may have an overall length exceeding 45 feet, <br/>
<a id="pl.37.8"></a><var>37.8</var>including the tow bar assembly but exclusive of rear bumpers that do not increase the <br/>
<a id="pl.37.9"></a><var>37.9</var>overall length by more than six inches.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.10"></a><var>37.10</var>    (d) For determining compliance with this subdivision, the length of the semitrailer <br/>
<a id="pl.37.11"></a><var>37.11</var>or trailer must be determined separately from the overall length of the combination of <br/>
<a id="pl.37.12"></a><var>37.12</var>vehicles.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.13"></a><var>37.13</var>    (e) No semitrailer or trailer used in a three-vehicle combination may have an overall <br/>
<a id="pl.37.14"></a><var>37.14</var>length in excess of 28-1/2 feet, exclusive of:<br/>
<a id="pl.37.15"></a><var>37.15</var>    (1) non-cargo-carrying accessory equipment, including refrigeration units or air <br/>
<a id="pl.37.16"></a><var>37.16</var>compressors and upper coupler plates, necessary for safe and efficient operation, located <br/>
<a id="pl.37.17"></a><var>37.17</var>on the end of the semitrailer or trailer adjacent to the truck or truck-tractor;<br/>
<a id="pl.37.18"></a><var>37.18</var>    (2) the tow bar assembly; and<br/>
<a id="pl.37.19"></a><var>37.19</var>    (3) lower coupler equipment that is a fixed part of the rear end of the first semitrailer <br/>
<a id="pl.37.20"></a><var>37.20</var>or trailer.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.52.0"></a><a id="pl.37.21"></a><var>37.21</var>    Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.81, subdivision 3c, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.37.22"></a><var>37.22</var>    Subd. 3c. <b>Recreational vehicle combination.</b> Notwithstanding subdivision 3, a <br/>
<a id="pl.37.23"></a><var>37.23</var>recreational vehicle combination may be operated without a permit if:<br/>
<a id="pl.37.24"></a><var>37.24</var>    (1) the combination does not consist of more than three vehicles, and the towing <br/>
<a id="pl.37.25"></a><var>37.25</var>rating of the full-size pickup truck  or recreational truck-tractor is equal to or greater than <br/>
<a id="pl.37.26"></a><var>37.26</var>the total weight of all vehicles being towed;<br/>
<a id="pl.37.27"></a><var>37.27</var>    (2) the combination does not exceed 70 feet in length;<br/>
<a id="pl.37.28"></a><var>37.28</var>    (3) the middle vehicle in the combination does not exceed 28 feet in length;<br/>
<a id="pl.37.29"></a><var>37.29</var>    (4) the operator of the combination is at least 18 years of age;<br/>
<a id="pl.37.30"></a><var>37.30</var>    (5) (4) the trailer is only carrying a watercraft, motorcycle, motorized bicycle, <br/>
<a id="pl.37.31"></a><var>37.31</var>off-highway motorcycle, snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, motorized golf cart, watercraft, <br/>
<a id="pl.37.32"></a><var>37.32</var>motorcycles, motorized bicycles, off-highway motorcycles, snowmobiles, all-terrain <br/>
<a id="pl.37.33"></a><var>37.33</var>vehicles, motorized golf carts, or equestrian equipment or supplies, and meets all <br/>
<a id="pl.37.34"></a><var>37.34</var>requirements of law;<br/>
<a id="pl.38.1"></a><var>38.1</var>    (6) (5) the trailers vehicles in the combination are connected to the full-size pickup <br/>
<a id="pl.38.2"></a><var>38.2</var>truck or recreational truck-tractor and each other in conformity with section 
         <statute_ref>169.82</statute_ref>; and<br/>
<a id="pl.38.3"></a><var>38.3</var>    (7) (6) the combination is not operated within the seven-county metropolitan area, <br/>
<a id="pl.38.4"></a><var>38.4</var>as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>473.121, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, during the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. <br/>
<a id="pl.38.5"></a><var>38.5</var>and 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.6"></a><var>38.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.53.0"></a><a id="pl.38.7"></a><var>38.7</var>    Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.823, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.38.8"></a><var>38.8</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Pneumatic-tired vehicle.</b> No vehicle or combination of vehicles <br/>
<a id="pl.38.9"></a><var>38.9</var>equipped with pneumatic tires shall be operated upon the highways of this state:<br/>
<a id="pl.38.10"></a><var>38.10</var>    (1) where the gross weight on any wheel exceeds 9,000 pounds, except that on paved <br/>
<a id="pl.38.11"></a><var>38.11</var>county state-aid highways, paved county roads, designated local routes, and state trunk <br/>
<a id="pl.38.12"></a><var>38.12</var>highways the gross weight on any single wheel shall not exceed 10,000 pounds unless <br/>
<a id="pl.38.13"></a><var>38.13</var>posted to a lesser weight under section 169.87, subdivision 1;<br/>
<a id="pl.38.14"></a><var>38.14</var>    (2) where the gross weight on any single axle exceeds 18,000 pounds, except that on <br/>
<a id="pl.38.15"></a><var>38.15</var> paved county state-aid highways, paved county roads, designated local routes, and state <br/>
<a id="pl.38.16"></a><var>38.16</var>trunk highways the gross weight on any single axle shall not exceed 20,000 pounds unless <br/>
<a id="pl.38.17"></a><var>38.17</var>posted to a lesser weight under section 169.87, subdivision 1;<br/>
<a id="pl.38.18"></a><var>38.18</var>    (3) where the maximum wheel load:<br/>
<a id="pl.38.19"></a><var>38.19</var>    (i) on the foremost and rearmost steering axles, exceeds 600 pounds per inch of tire <br/>
<a id="pl.38.20"></a><var>38.20</var>width or the manufacturer's recommended load, whichever is less; or<br/>
<a id="pl.38.21"></a><var>38.21</var>    (ii) on other axles, exceeds 500 pounds per inch of tire width or the manufacturer's <br/>
<a id="pl.38.22"></a><var>38.22</var>recommended load, whichever is less. This item applies to new vehicles manufactured <br/>
<a id="pl.38.23"></a><var>38.23</var>after August 1, 1991. For vehicles manufactured before August 2, 1991, the maximum <br/>
<a id="pl.38.24"></a><var>38.24</var>weight per inch of tire width is 600 pounds per inch or the manufacturer's recommended <br/>
<a id="pl.38.25"></a><var>38.25</var>load, whichever is less, until August 1, 1996. After July 31, 1996, this item applies to all <br/>
<a id="pl.38.26"></a><var>38.26</var>vehicles regardless of date of manufacture;<br/>
<a id="pl.38.27"></a><var>38.27</var>    (4) where the gross weight on any axle of a tridem exceeds 15,000 pounds, except <br/>
<a id="pl.38.28"></a><var>38.28</var>that for vehicles to which an additional axle has been added prior to June 1, 1981, the <br/>
<a id="pl.38.29"></a><var>38.29</var>maximum gross weight on any axle of a tridem may be up to 16,000 pounds provided the <br/>
<a id="pl.38.30"></a><var>38.30</var>gross weight of the tridem combination does not exceed 39,900 pounds where the first <br/>
<a id="pl.38.31"></a><var>38.31</var>and third axles of the tridem are spaced nine feet apart;<br/>
<a id="pl.38.32"></a><var>38.32</var>    (5) where the gross weight on any group of axles exceeds the weights permitted <br/>
<a id="pl.38.33"></a><var>38.33</var>under sections 
         <statute_ref>169.822</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>169.829</statute_ref> with any or all of the interior axles disregarded, and <br/>
<a id="pl.38.34"></a><var>38.34</var>with an exterior axle disregarded if the exterior axle is a variable load axle that is not <br/>
<a id="pl.39.1"></a><var>39.1</var>carrying its intended weight, and their gross weights subtracted from the gross weight of <br/>
<a id="pl.39.2"></a><var>39.2</var>all axles of the group under consideration. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.54.0"></a><a id="pl.39.3"></a><var>39.3</var>    Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.824, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.39.4"></a><var>39.4</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Gross vehicle weight of all axles.</b> (a) Notwithstanding the provisions <br/>
<a id="pl.39.5"></a><var>39.5</var>of section 
         <statute_ref>169.85</statute_ref>, the gross vehicle weight of all axles of a vehicle or combination of <br/>
<a id="pl.39.6"></a><var>39.6</var>vehicles shall must not exceed:<br/>
<a id="pl.39.7"></a><var>39.7</var>    (1) 80,000 pounds for any vehicle or combination of vehicles on all state  (i) trunk <br/>
<a id="pl.39.8"></a><var>39.8</var>highways as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>160.02, subdivision 29</statute_ref>, and for all (ii) routes designated <br/>
<a id="pl.39.9"></a><var>39.9</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>169.832, subdivision 11</statute_ref>, and (iii) paved nine-ton routes;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.10"></a><var>39.10</var>    (2) 88,000 pounds for any vehicle or combination of vehicles with six or more <br/>
<a id="pl.39.11"></a><var>39.11</var>axles while exclusively engaged in hauling livestock on all state trunk highways other <br/>
<a id="pl.39.12"></a><var>39.12</var>than interstate highways, if the vehicle has a permit under section 
         <statute_ref>169.86, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.39.13"></a><var>39.13</var>paragraph (k); and<br/>
<a id="pl.39.14"></a><var>39.14</var>    (3) 73,280 pounds for any vehicle or combination of vehicles with five axles or less <br/>
<a id="pl.39.15"></a><var>39.15</var>on all routes, other than state trunk highways and routes that are designated under section <br/>
<a id="pl.39.16"></a><var>39.16</var><statute_ref>169.832, subdivision 11</statute_ref>, except that a vehicle needing reasonable access to a terminal or <br/>
<a id="pl.39.17"></a><var>39.17</var>facilities for food, fuel, repairs, and rest, located within three miles of a ten-ton route, may <br/>
<a id="pl.39.18"></a><var>39.18</var>not exceed 80,000 pounds. "Terminal" means any location where freight either originates, <br/>
<a id="pl.39.19"></a><var>39.19</var>terminates, or is handled in the transportation process, or where commercial motor carriers <br/>
<a id="pl.39.20"></a><var>39.20</var>maintain operating facilities; and routes identified in clause (1).<br/>
<a id="pl.39.21"></a><var>39.21</var>    (4) 80,000 pounds for any vehicle or combination of vehicles with six or more <br/>
<a id="pl.39.22"></a><var>39.22</var>axles on all routes, other than state trunk highways and routes that are designated under <br/>
<a id="pl.39.23"></a><var>39.23</var>section 
<statute_ref>169.832, subdivision 11</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.24"></a><var>39.24</var>    (b) The maximum weights specified in this section for five consecutive axles shall <br/>
<a id="pl.39.25"></a><var>39.25</var>not apply to a four-axle ready-mix concrete truck which was equipped with a fifth axle <br/>
<a id="pl.39.26"></a><var>39.26</var>prior to June 1, 1981. The maximum gross weight on four or fewer consecutive axles of <br/>
<a id="pl.39.27"></a><var>39.27</var>vehicles excepted by this clause shall not exceed any maximum weight specified for <br/>
<a id="pl.39.28"></a><var>39.28</var>four or fewer consecutive axles in this section Notwithstanding the maximum weight <br/>
<a id="pl.39.29"></a><var>39.29</var>provisions of this section and section 169.85, and in order to promote the reduction of <br/>
<a id="pl.39.30"></a><var>39.30</var>fuel use and emissions because of engine idling, the maximum gross vehicle weight <br/>
<a id="pl.39.31"></a><var>39.31</var>limits and the axle weight limits for any motor vehicle subject to sections 169.80 to <br/>
<a id="pl.39.32"></a><var>39.32</var>169.88 and equipped with idle reduction technology must be increased by the amount of <br/>
<a id="pl.39.33"></a><var>39.33</var>weight necessary to compensate for the weight of the idle reduction technology, not to <br/>
<a id="pl.39.34"></a><var>39.34</var>exceed 400 pounds. At the request of an authorized representative of the Department of <br/>
<a id="pl.40.1"></a><var>40.1</var>Transportation or the Department of Public Safety, the vehicle operator shall provide proof <br/>
<a id="pl.40.2"></a><var>40.2</var>that the vehicle is equipped with this technology through documentation or demonstration.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.55.0"></a><a id="pl.40.3"></a><var>40.3</var>    Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.8261, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.40.4"></a><var>40.4</var><b>169.8261 GROSS WEIGHT LIMITATIONS; FOREST PRODUCTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.40.5"></a><var>40.5</var>    (a) A vehicle or combination of vehicles hauling raw or unfinished forest products, <br/>
<a id="pl.40.6"></a><var>40.6</var>including wood chips, paper, pulp, oriented strand board, laminated strand lumber, <br/>
<a id="pl.40.7"></a><var>40.7</var>hardboard, treated lumber, untreated lumber, or barrel staves, by the most direct route to the <br/>
<a id="pl.40.8"></a><var>40.8</var>nearest highway that has been designated under section 
         <statute_ref>169.832, subdivision 11</statute_ref>, may be <br/>
<a id="pl.40.9"></a><var>40.9</var>operated on any highway with gross weights permitted under sections 
         <statute_ref>169.822</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>169.829</statute_ref> <br/>
<a id="pl.40.10"></a><var>40.10</var>without regard to load restrictions imposed on that highway, except that the vehicles must:<br/>
<a id="pl.40.11"></a><var>40.11</var>    (1) comply with seasonal load restrictions in effect between the dates set by the <br/>
<a id="pl.40.12"></a><var>40.12</var>commissioner under section 
         <statute_ref>169.87, subdivision 2</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.13"></a><var>40.13</var>    (2) comply with bridge load limits posted under section 
         <statute_ref>169.84</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.14"></a><var>40.14</var>    (3) be equipped and operated with six axles and brakes on all wheels;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.15"></a><var>40.15</var>    (4) not exceed 90,000 pounds gross weight, or 98,000 99,000 pounds gross weight <br/>
<a id="pl.40.16"></a><var>40.16</var>during the time when seasonal increases are authorized under section 
         <statute_ref>169.826</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.17"></a><var>40.17</var>    (5) not be operated on interstate and defense highways;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.18"></a><var>40.18</var>    (6) obtain an annual permit from the commissioner of transportation;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.19"></a><var>40.19</var>    (7) obey all road postings; and<br/>
<a id="pl.40.20"></a><var>40.20</var>    (8) not exceed 20,000 pounds gross weight on any single axle.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.21"></a><var>40.21</var>    (b) A vehicle operated under this section may exceed the legal axle weight limits <br/>
<a id="pl.40.22"></a><var>40.22</var>listed in section 
         <statute_ref>169.824</statute_ref> by not more than 12.5 percent; except that, the weight limits may <br/>
<a id="pl.40.23"></a><var>40.23</var>be exceeded by not more than 22.5 percent during the time when seasonal increases are <br/>
<a id="pl.40.24"></a><var>40.24</var>authorized under section 
         <statute_ref>169.826, subdivision 1</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.25"></a><var>40.25</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.56.0"></a><a id="pl.40.26"></a><var>40.26</var>    Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.829, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.40.27"></a><var>40.27</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Tow truck.</b> Sections 
         <statute_ref>169.822</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>169.828</statute_ref> do not apply to a tow truck or <br/>
<a id="pl.40.28"></a><var>40.28</var>towing vehicle when towing a disabled or damaged vehicle damaged in such manner that <br/>
<a id="pl.40.29"></a><var>40.29</var>the towed vehicle cannot be towed from the rear and, when the movement is temporary <br/>
<a id="pl.40.30"></a><var>40.30</var>urgent, and when the movement is for the purpose of taking removing the disabled vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.40.31"></a><var>40.31</var>from the roadway to a place of safekeeping or to a place of repair. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.57.0"></a><a id="pl.40.32"></a><var>40.32</var>    Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.86, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.41.1"></a><var>41.1</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Fee; proceeds deposited; appropriation.</b> The commissioner, with respect <br/>
<a id="pl.41.2"></a><var>41.2</var>to highways under the commissioner's jurisdiction, may charge a fee for each permit <br/>
<a id="pl.41.3"></a><var>41.3</var>issued. All such fees for permits issued by the commissioner of transportation shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.41.4"></a><var>41.4</var>deposited in the state treasury and credited to the trunk highway fund. Except for those <br/>
<a id="pl.41.5"></a><var>41.5</var>annual permits for which the permit fees are specified elsewhere in this chapter, the fees <br/>
<a id="pl.41.6"></a><var>41.6</var>shall be:<br/>
<a id="pl.41.7"></a><var>41.7</var>    (a) $15 for each single trip permit.<br/>
<a id="pl.41.8"></a><var>41.8</var>    (b) $36 for each job permit. A job permit may be issued for like loads carried on <br/>
<a id="pl.41.9"></a><var>41.9</var>a specific route for a period not to exceed two months. "Like loads" means loads of the <br/>
<a id="pl.41.10"></a><var>41.10</var>same product, weight, and dimension.<br/>
<a id="pl.41.11"></a><var>41.11</var>    (c) $60 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 consecutive <br/>
<a id="pl.41.12"></a><var>41.12</var>months. Annual permits may be issued for:<br/>
<a id="pl.41.13"></a><var>41.13</var>    (1) motor vehicles used to alleviate a temporary crisis adversely affecting the safety <br/>
<a id="pl.41.14"></a><var>41.14</var>or well-being of the public;<br/>
<a id="pl.41.15"></a><var>41.15</var>    (2) motor vehicles which travel on interstate highways and carry loads authorized <br/>
<a id="pl.41.16"></a><var>41.16</var>under subdivision 1a;<br/>
<a id="pl.41.17"></a><var>41.17</var>    (3) motor vehicles operating with gross weights authorized under section 
         <statute_ref>169.826, <br/>
<a id="pl.41.18"></a><var>41.18</var>subdivision 1a
         </statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.41.19"></a><var>41.19</var>    (4) special pulpwood vehicles described in section 
         <statute_ref>169.863</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.41.20"></a><var>41.20</var>    (5) motor vehicles bearing snowplow blades not exceeding ten feet in width; and<br/>
<a id="pl.41.21"></a><var>41.21</var>    (6) noncommercial transportation of a boat by the owner or user of the boat.; and<br/>
<a id="pl.41.22"></a><var>41.22</var>    (7) motor vehicles carrying bales of agricultural products authorized under section <br/>
<a id="pl.41.23"></a><var>41.23</var>169.862.<br/>
<a id="pl.41.24"></a><var>41.24</var>    (d) $120 for an oversize annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 <br/>
<a id="pl.41.25"></a><var>41.25</var>consecutive months. Annual permits may be issued for:<br/>
<a id="pl.41.26"></a><var>41.26</var>    (1) mobile cranes;<br/>
<a id="pl.41.27"></a><var>41.27</var>    (2) construction equipment, machinery, and supplies;<br/>
<a id="pl.41.28"></a><var>41.28</var>    (3) manufactured homes and manufactured storage buildings;<br/>
<a id="pl.41.29"></a><var>41.29</var>    (4) implements of husbandry when the movement is not made according to the <br/>
<a id="pl.41.30"></a><var>41.30</var>provisions of paragraph (i);<br/>
<a id="pl.41.31"></a><var>41.31</var>    (5) double-deck buses;<br/>
<a id="pl.41.32"></a><var>41.32</var>    (6) commercial boat hauling; and<br/>
<a id="pl.41.33"></a><var>41.33</var>    (7) three-vehicle combinations consisting of two empty, newly manufactured trailers <br/>
<a id="pl.41.34"></a><var>41.34</var>for cargo, horses, or livestock, not to exceed 28-1/2 feet per trailer; provided, however, <br/>
<a id="pl.41.35"></a><var>41.35</var>the permit allows the vehicles to be moved from a trailer manufacturer to a trailer dealer <br/>
<a id="pl.42.1"></a><var>42.1</var>only while operating on twin-trailer routes designated under section 
         <statute_ref>169.81, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.42.2"></a><var>42.2</var>paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.42.3"></a><var>42.3</var>    (e) For vehicles which have axle weights exceeding the weight limitations of <br/>
<a id="pl.42.4"></a><var>42.4</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>169.822</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>169.829</statute_ref>, an additional cost added to the fees listed above. However, <br/>
<a id="pl.42.5"></a><var>42.5</var>this paragraph applies to any vehicle described in section 
         <statute_ref>168.013, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.42.6"></a><var>42.6</var>paragraph (b), but only when the vehicle exceeds its gross weight allowance set forth in <br/>
<a id="pl.42.7"></a><var>42.7</var>that paragraph, and then the additional cost is for all weight, including the allowance <br/>
<a id="pl.42.8"></a><var>42.8</var>weight, in excess of the permitted maximum axle weight. The additional cost is equal <br/>
<a id="pl.42.9"></a><var>42.9</var>to the product of the distance traveled times the sum of the overweight axle group cost <br/>
<a id="pl.42.10"></a><var>42.10</var>factors shown in the following chart:<br/>

<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="14.2"/>
<col width="9.399999999999999"/>
<col width="9.200000000000001"/>
<col width="9.5"/>
<col width="9.3"/>
<col width="7.4"/>
<col width="11.200000000000001"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.12"></a><var>42.12</var><br/>
<a id="pl.42.13"></a><var>42.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Weight <br/>
                  		(pounds)<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" colspan="5" valign="bottom">Cost Per Mile For Each Group Of:<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.14"></a><var>42.14</var><br/>
<a id="pl.42.15"></a><var>42.15</var><br/>
<a id="pl.42.16"></a><var>42.16</var><br/>
<a id="pl.42.17"></a><var>42.17</var><br/>
<a id="pl.42.18"></a><var>42.18</var><br/>
<a id="pl.42.19"></a><var>42.19</var><br/>
<a id="pl.42.20"></a><var>42.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">exceeding <br/>
                  		weight <br/>
                  		limitations on <br/>
                  		axles<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Two <br/>
                  		consecutive <br/>
                  		axles <br/>
                  		spaced <br/>
                  		within 8 <br/>
                  		feet or <br/>
                  		less<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Three <br/>
                  		consecutive <br/>
                  		axles <br/>
                  		spaced <br/>
                  		within 9 <br/>
                  		feet or <br/>
                  		less<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Four <br/>
                  		consecutive <br/>
                  		axles spaced <br/>
                  		within 14 <br/>
                  		feet or less<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.21"></a><var>42.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">0-2,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.12<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.05<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.04<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.22"></a><var>42.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,001-4,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.14<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.06<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.05<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.23"></a><var>42.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">4,001-6,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.18<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.07<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.06<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.24"></a><var>42.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">6,001-8,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.21<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.09<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.07<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.25"></a><var>42.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">8,001-10,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.26<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.10<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.08<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.26"></a><var>42.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">10,001-12,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.30<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.12<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.09<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.27"></a><var>42.27</var><br/>
<a id="pl.42.28"></a><var>42.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">12,001-14,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Not <br/>
                  		permitted<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.14<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.11<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.29"></a><var>42.29</var><br/>
<a id="pl.42.30"></a><var>42.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">14,001-16,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Not <br/>
                  		permitted<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.17<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.12<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.31"></a><var>42.31</var><br/>
<a id="pl.42.32"></a><var>42.32</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">16,001-18,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Not <br/>
                  		permitted<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.19<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.15<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.33"></a><var>42.33</var><br/>
<a id="pl.42.34"></a><var>42.34</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">18,001-20,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Not <br/>
                  		permitted<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Not <br/>
                  		permitted<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.16<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.35"></a><var>42.35</var><br/>
<a id="pl.42.36"></a><var>42.36</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">20,001-22,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Not <br/>
                  		permitted<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Not <br/>
                  		permitted<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">.20<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.42.37"></a><var>42.37</var>The amounts added are rounded to the nearest cent for each axle or axle group. The <br/>
<a id="pl.42.38"></a><var>42.38</var>additional cost does not apply to paragraph (c), clauses (1) and (3).<br/>
<a id="pl.42.39"></a><var>42.39</var>For a vehicle found to exceed the appropriate maximum permitted weight, a cost-per-mile <br/>
<a id="pl.42.40"></a><var>42.40</var>fee of 22 cents per ton, or fraction of a ton, over the permitted maximum weight is imposed <br/>
<a id="pl.42.41"></a><var>42.41</var>in addition to the normal permit fee. Miles must be calculated based on the distance <br/>
<a id="pl.43.1"></a><var>43.1</var>already traveled in the state plus the distance from the point of detection to a transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.43.2"></a><var>43.2</var>loading site or unloading site within the state or to the point of exit from the state.<br/>
<a id="pl.43.3"></a><var>43.3</var>    (f) As an alternative to paragraph (e), an annual permit may be issued for overweight, <br/>
<a id="pl.43.4"></a><var>43.4</var>or oversize and overweight, construction equipment, machinery, and supplies. The fees <br/>
<a id="pl.43.5"></a><var>43.5</var>for the permit are as follows:<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="168px"/>
<col width="168px"/>
<col width="210px"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.43.6"></a><var>43.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="2" valign="bottom">Gross Weight (pounds) of Vehicle<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">Annual Permit Fee<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.43.7"></a><var>43.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">90,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">or less<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$200<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.43.8"></a><var>43.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">90,001<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">- 100,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$300<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.43.9"></a><var>43.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">100,001<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">- 110,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$400<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.43.10"></a><var>43.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">110,001<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">- 120,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$500<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.43.11"></a><var>43.11</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">120,001<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">- 130,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$600<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.43.12"></a><var>43.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">130,001<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">- 140,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$700<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.43.13"></a><var>43.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">140,001<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">- 145,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$800<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.43.14"></a><var>43.14</var>If the gross weight of the vehicle is more than 145,000 pounds the permit fee is determined <br/>
<a id="pl.43.15"></a><var>43.15</var>under paragraph (e).<br/>
<a id="pl.43.16"></a><var>43.16</var>    (g) For vehicles which exceed the width limitations set forth in section 
         <statute_ref>169.80</statute_ref> by <br/>
<a id="pl.43.17"></a><var>43.17</var>more than 72 inches, an additional cost equal to $120 added to the amount in paragraph (a) <br/>
<a id="pl.43.18"></a><var>43.18</var>when the permit is issued while seasonal load restrictions pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>169.87</statute_ref> are <br/>
<a id="pl.43.19"></a><var>43.19</var>in effect.<br/>
<a id="pl.43.20"></a><var>43.20</var>    (h) $85 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 months, for <br/>
<a id="pl.43.21"></a><var>43.21</var>refuse-compactor vehicles that carry a gross weight of not more than: 22,000 pounds on <br/>
<a id="pl.43.22"></a><var>43.22</var>a single rear axle; 38,000 pounds on a tandem rear axle; or, subject to section 
         <statute_ref>169.828, <br/>
<a id="pl.43.23"></a><var>43.23</var>subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>, 46,000 pounds on a tridem rear axle. A permit issued for up to 46,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.43.24"></a><var>43.24</var>pounds on a tridem rear axle must limit the gross vehicle weight to not more than 62,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.43.25"></a><var>43.25</var>pounds.<br/>
<a id="pl.43.26"></a><var>43.26</var>    (i) For vehicles exclusively transporting implements of husbandry, an annual permit <br/>
<a id="pl.43.27"></a><var>43.27</var>fee of $24. A vehicle operated under a permit authorized by this paragraph may be moved <br/>
<a id="pl.43.28"></a><var>43.28</var>at the discretion of the permit holder without prior route approval by the commissioner if:<br/>
<a id="pl.43.29"></a><var>43.29</var>    (1) the total width of the transporting vehicle, including load, does not exceed 14 feet;<br/>
<a id="pl.43.30"></a><var>43.30</var>    (2) the vehicle is operated only between sunrise and 30 minutes after sunset, and is <br/>
<a id="pl.43.31"></a><var>43.31</var>not operated at any time after 12:00 noon on Sundays or holidays;<br/>
<a id="pl.43.32"></a><var>43.32</var>    (3) the vehicle is not operated when visibility is impaired by weather, fog, or other <br/>
<a id="pl.43.33"></a><var>43.33</var>conditions that render persons and other vehicles not clearly visible at 500 feet;<br/>
<a id="pl.43.34"></a><var>43.34</var>    (4) the vehicle displays at the front and rear of the load or vehicle a pair of flashing <br/>
<a id="pl.43.35"></a><var>43.35</var>amber lights, as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>169.59, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, whenever the overall width of <br/>
<a id="pl.43.36"></a><var>43.36</var>the vehicle exceeds 126 inches; and<br/>
<a id="pl.44.1"></a><var>44.1</var>    (5) the vehicle is not operated on a trunk highway with a surfaced roadway width of <br/>
<a id="pl.44.2"></a><var>44.2</var>less than 24 feet unless such operation is authorized by the permit.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.3"></a><var>44.3</var>A permit under this paragraph authorizes movements of the permitted vehicle on an <br/>
<a id="pl.44.4"></a><var>44.4</var>interstate highway, and movements of 75 miles or more on other highways.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.5"></a><var>44.5</var>    (j) $300 for a motor vehicle described in section 
         <statute_ref>169.8261</statute_ref>. The fee under this <br/>
<a id="pl.44.6"></a><var>44.6</var>paragraph must be deposited as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.44.7"></a><var>44.7</var>    (1) in fiscal years 2005 through 2010:<br/>
<a id="pl.44.8"></a><var>44.8</var>    (i) the first $50,000 in each fiscal year must be deposited in the trunk highway fund <br/>
<a id="pl.44.9"></a><var>44.9</var>for costs related to administering the permit program and inspecting and posting bridges;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.10"></a><var>44.10</var>    (ii) all remaining money in each fiscal year must be deposited in a bridge inspection <br/>
<a id="pl.44.11"></a><var>44.11</var>and signing account in the special revenue fund. Money in the account is appropriated <br/>
<a id="pl.44.12"></a><var>44.12</var>to the commissioner for:<br/>
<a id="pl.44.13"></a><var>44.13</var>    (A) inspection of local bridges and identification of local bridges to be posted, <br/>
<a id="pl.44.14"></a><var>44.14</var>including contracting with a consultant for some or all of these functions; and<br/>
<a id="pl.44.15"></a><var>44.15</var>    (B) erection of weight-posting signs on local bridges; and<br/>
<a id="pl.44.16"></a><var>44.16</var>    (2) in fiscal year 2011 and subsequent years must be deposited in the trunk highway <br/>
<a id="pl.44.17"></a><var>44.17</var>fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.18"></a><var>44.18</var>    (k) Beginning August 1, 2006, $200 for an annual permit for a vehicle operating <br/>
<a id="pl.44.19"></a><var>44.19</var>under authority of section 
         <statute_ref>169.824, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, paragraph (a), clause (2).<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.58.0"></a><a id="pl.44.20"></a><var>44.20</var>    Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.86, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.44.21"></a><var>44.21</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.44.22"></a><var>44.22</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Tow truck.</b> A tow truck or towing vehicle, when towing a disabled or <br/>
<a id="pl.44.23"></a><var>44.23</var>damaged vehicle to a place of repair or to a place of safekeeping, may exceed the length <br/>
<a id="pl.44.24"></a><var>44.24</var>and weight limitations of this chapter, subject to a $300 annual permit fee and other <br/>
<a id="pl.44.25"></a><var>44.25</var>conditions the commissioner may prescribe.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.59.0"></a><a id="pl.44.26"></a><var>44.26</var>    Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.862, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.44.27"></a><var>44.27</var><b>169.862 PERMIT FOR WIDE LOAD OF BALED AGRICULTURAL </b><br/>
<a id="pl.44.28"></a><var>44.28</var><b>PRODUCT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.44.29"></a><var>44.29</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Annual permit authority; restrictions.</b> (a) The commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.44.30"></a><var>44.30</var>transportation with respect to highways under the commissioner's jurisdiction, and local <br/>
<a id="pl.44.31"></a><var>44.31</var>authorities with respect to highways under their jurisdiction, may issue an annual permit <br/>
<a id="pl.44.32"></a><var>44.32</var>to enable a vehicle carrying round bales of hay, straw, or cornstalks, with a total outside <br/>
<a id="pl.44.33"></a><var>44.33</var>width of the vehicle or the load not exceeding 11-1/2 12 feet, and a total height of the <br/>
<a id="pl.44.34"></a><var>44.34</var>loaded vehicle not exceeding 14-1/2 feet, to be operated on public streets and highways.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.1"></a><var>45.1</var>    (b) The commissioner of transportation and local authorities may issue an annual <br/>
<a id="pl.45.2"></a><var>45.2</var>permit to enable a vehicle, having a maximum width of 102 inches, carrying a first haul <br/>
<a id="pl.45.3"></a><var>45.3</var>of square bales of straw, each bale having a minimum size of four feet by four feet by <br/>
<a id="pl.45.4"></a><var>45.4</var>eight feet, with a total outside width of the load not exceeding 12 feet, to be operated on <br/>
<a id="pl.45.5"></a><var>45.5</var>public streets and highways between August 1 and March 1 within 35 miles of the border <br/>
<a id="pl.45.6"></a><var>45.6</var>between this state and the state of North Dakota.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.7"></a><var>45.7</var>    (c) The commissioner of transportation and local authorities may issue an annual <br/>
<a id="pl.45.8"></a><var>45.8</var>permit to enable a vehicle carrying square bales of hay, each with an outside dimension of <br/>
<a id="pl.45.9"></a><var>45.9</var>not less than three feet by four feet by seven feet, with a total height of the loaded vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.45.10"></a><var>45.10</var>not exceeding 15 feet, to be operated on those public streets and highways designated <br/>
<a id="pl.45.11"></a><var>45.11</var>in the permit.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.12"></a><var>45.12</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Additional restrictions.</b> Permits issued under this section are governed by <br/>
<a id="pl.45.13"></a><var>45.13</var>the applicable provisions of section 
         <statute_ref>169.86</statute_ref> except as otherwise provided herein and, in <br/>
<a id="pl.45.14"></a><var>45.14</var>addition, carry the following restrictions: <br/>
<a id="pl.45.15"></a><var>45.15</var>    (a) The vehicles may not be operated between sunset and sunrise, when visibility is <br/>
<a id="pl.45.16"></a><var>45.16</var>impaired by weather, fog, or other conditions rendering persons and vehicles not clearly <br/>
<a id="pl.45.17"></a><var>45.17</var>visible at a distance of 500 feet, or on Sunday from noon until sunset, or on the days the <br/>
<a id="pl.45.18"></a><var>45.18</var>following holidays are observed: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, <br/>
<a id="pl.45.19"></a><var>45.19</var>Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.20"></a><var>45.20</var>    (b) The vehicles may not be operated on interstate highways.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.21"></a><var>45.21</var>    (c) The vehicles may not be operated on a trunk highway with a pavement less <br/>
<a id="pl.45.22"></a><var>45.22</var>than 24 feet wide.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.23"></a><var>45.23</var>    (d) A vehicle operated under the permit must be equipped with a retractable or <br/>
<a id="pl.45.24"></a><var>45.24</var>removable mirror on the left side so located that it will reflect to the driver a clear view of <br/>
<a id="pl.45.25"></a><var>45.25</var>the highway for a distance of at least 200 feet to the rear of the vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.26"></a><var>45.26</var>    (e) A vehicle operated under the permit must display red, orange, or yellow flags, 18 <br/>
<a id="pl.45.27"></a><var>45.27</var>inches square, as markers at the front and rear and on both sides of the load. The load <br/>
<a id="pl.45.28"></a><var>45.28</var>must be securely bound to the transporting vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.29"></a><var>45.29</var>    (f) Farm vehicles not for hire carrying round baled hay less than 20 miles are exempt <br/>
<a id="pl.45.30"></a><var>45.30</var>from the requirement to obtain a permit. All other requirements of this section apply <br/>
<a id="pl.45.31"></a><var>45.31</var>to vehicles transporting round baled hay.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.32"></a><var>45.32</var>    The fee for the permit is $24.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.60.0"></a><a id="pl.45.33"></a><var>45.33</var>    Sec. 60. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.864, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.45.34"></a><var>45.34</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Special three-unit vehicle permit.</b> The commissioner may issue a <br/>
<a id="pl.45.35"></a><var>45.35</var>permit for a vehicle that meets the following requirements:<br/>
<a id="pl.46.1"></a><var>46.1</var>    (1) is a combination of vehicles, including a truck-tractor and a semitrailer drawing <br/>
<a id="pl.46.2"></a><var>46.2</var>one additional semitrailer, which may be equipped with an auxiliary dolly, and no <br/>
<a id="pl.46.3"></a><var>46.3</var>semitrailer used in the three-vehicle combination has an overall length in excess of 28-1/2 <br/>
<a id="pl.46.4"></a><var>46.4</var>feet;<br/>
<a id="pl.46.5"></a><var>46.5</var>    (2) has a maximum gross vehicle weight of 108,000 pounds;<br/>
<a id="pl.46.6"></a><var>46.6</var>    (3) complies with the axle weight limits in section 
         <statute_ref>169.824</statute_ref> or with the federal bridge <br/>
<a id="pl.46.7"></a><var>46.7</var>formula for axle groups not described in that section;<br/>
<a id="pl.46.8"></a><var>46.8</var>    (4) complies with the tire weight limits in section 
         <statute_ref>169.823</statute_ref> or the tire manufacturers' <br/>
<a id="pl.46.9"></a><var>46.9</var>recommended load, whichever is less;<br/>
<a id="pl.46.10"></a><var>46.10</var>    (5) is operated only in this state on Trunk Highway marked 2 between Grand Rapids <br/>
<a id="pl.46.11"></a><var>46.11</var>and the port of Duluth; on Trunk Highway marked 169 between Grand Rapids and its <br/>
<a id="pl.46.12"></a><var>46.12</var>junction with Trunk Highway marked 53; on Trunk Highway marked 194 between Trunk <br/>
<a id="pl.46.13"></a><var>46.13</var>Highway marked 2 and Trunk Highway marked 53; and on Trunk Highway marked 53 <br/>
<a id="pl.46.14"></a><var>46.14</var>between Virginia and the port of Duluth; and<br/>
<a id="pl.46.15"></a><var>46.15</var>    (6) the seasonal weight increases authorized under section 
         <statute_ref>169.826, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.46.16"></a><var>46.16</var>do not apply.<br/>
<a id="pl.46.17"></a><var>46.17</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.61.0"></a><a id="pl.46.18"></a><var>46.18</var>    Sec. 61. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.864, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.46.19"></a><var>46.19</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Special two-unit vehicle permit.</b> The commissioner may issue a permit <br/>
<a id="pl.46.20"></a><var>46.20</var>for a vehicle that meets the following requirements:<br/>
<a id="pl.46.21"></a><var>46.21</var>    (1) is a combination of vehicles consisting of a truck-tractor and a single semitrailer <br/>
<a id="pl.46.22"></a><var>46.22</var>that may exceed 48 feet, but not 53 feet, if the distance from the kingpin to the centerline <br/>
<a id="pl.46.23"></a><var>46.23</var>of the rear axle group of the semitrailer does not exceed 43 feet;<br/>
<a id="pl.46.24"></a><var>46.24</var>    (2) has a maximum gross vehicle weight of 90,000 pounds or 97,000 pounds if <br/>
<a id="pl.46.25"></a><var>46.25</var>the truck has seven axles;<br/>
<a id="pl.46.26"></a><var>46.26</var>    (3) has a maximum gross vehicle weight of 98,000 pounds during the time when <br/>
<a id="pl.46.27"></a><var>46.27</var>seasonal weight increases authorized under section 
         <statute_ref>169.826, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, are in effect;<br/>
<a id="pl.46.28"></a><var>46.28</var>    (4) complies with the axle weight limits in section 
         <statute_ref>169.824</statute_ref> or with the federal bridge <br/>
<a id="pl.46.29"></a><var>46.29</var>formula for axle groups not described in that section;<br/>
<a id="pl.46.30"></a><var>46.30</var>    (5) complies with the tire weight limits in section 
         <statute_ref>169.823</statute_ref> or the tire manufacturers' <br/>
<a id="pl.46.31"></a><var>46.31</var>recommended load, whichever is less; and<br/>
<a id="pl.46.32"></a><var>46.32</var>    (6) is operated only on the highways specified in subdivision 1, clause (5).<br/>
<a id="pl.46.33"></a><var>46.33</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.62.0"></a><a id="pl.47.1"></a><var>47.1</var>    Sec. 62. <b>[169.865] SPECIAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS PERMITS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.47.2"></a><var>47.2</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Six-axle vehicles.</b> (a) A road authority may issue an annual permit <br/>
<a id="pl.47.3"></a><var>47.3</var>authorizing a vehicle or combination of vehicles with a total of six axles to haul raw or <br/>
<a id="pl.47.4"></a><var>47.4</var>unprocessed agricultural products and be operated with a gross vehicle weight of up to:<br/>
<a id="pl.47.5"></a><var>47.5</var>    (1) 90,000 pounds; and<br/>
<a id="pl.47.6"></a><var>47.6</var>    (2) 99,000 pounds during the period set by the commissioner under section 169.826, <br/>
<a id="pl.47.7"></a><var>47.7</var>subdivision 1.<br/>
<a id="pl.47.8"></a><var>47.8</var>    (b) Notwithstanding subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (4), a vehicle or <br/>
<a id="pl.47.9"></a><var>47.9</var>combination of vehicles operated under this subdivision and transporting only sealed <br/>
<a id="pl.47.10"></a><var>47.10</var>intermodal containers may be operated on an interstate highway if allowed by the United <br/>
<a id="pl.47.11"></a><var>47.11</var>States Department of Transportation.<br/>
<a id="pl.47.12"></a><var>47.12</var>    (c) The fee for a permit issued under this subdivision is $300.<br/>
<a id="pl.47.13"></a><var>47.13</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Seven-axle vehicles.</b> (a) A road authority may issue an annual permit <br/>
<a id="pl.47.14"></a><var>47.14</var>authorizing a vehicle or combination of vehicles with a total of seven axles to haul raw or <br/>
<a id="pl.47.15"></a><var>47.15</var>unprocessed agricultural products and be operated with a gross vehicle weight of up to:<br/>
<a id="pl.47.16"></a><var>47.16</var>    (1) 97,000 pounds; and<br/>
<a id="pl.47.17"></a><var>47.17</var>    (2) 99,000 pounds during the period set by the commissioner under section 169.826, <br/>
<a id="pl.47.18"></a><var>47.18</var>subdivision 1.<br/>
<a id="pl.47.19"></a><var>47.19</var>    (b) Drivers of vehicles operating under this subdivision must comply with driver <br/>
<a id="pl.47.20"></a><var>47.20</var>qualification requirements adopted under section 221.0314, subdivisions 2 to 5, and Code <br/>
<a id="pl.47.21"></a><var>47.21</var>of Federal Regulations, title 49, parts 40 and 382.<br/>
<a id="pl.47.22"></a><var>47.22</var>    (c) The fee for a permit issued under this subdivision is $500.<br/>
<a id="pl.47.23"></a><var>47.23</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Requirements; restrictions.</b> (a) A vehicle or combination of vehicles <br/>
<a id="pl.47.24"></a><var>47.24</var>operating under this section:<br/>
<a id="pl.47.25"></a><var>47.25</var>    (1) is subject to axle weight limitations under section 169.824, subdivision 1;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.26"></a><var>47.26</var>    (2) is subject to seasonal load restrictions under section 169.87;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.27"></a><var>47.27</var>    (3) is subject to bridge load limits posted under section 169.84;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.28"></a><var>47.28</var>    (4) may only be operated on trunk highways other than interstate highways, and on <br/>
<a id="pl.47.29"></a><var>47.29</var>local roads designated under section 169.832, subdivision 11; <br/>
<a id="pl.47.30"></a><var>47.30</var>    (5) may not be operated with loads that exceed the manufacturer's gross vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.47.31"></a><var>47.31</var>weight rating as affixed to the vehicle, or other certification of gross vehicle weight rating <br/>
<a id="pl.47.32"></a><var>47.32</var>complying with Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, parts 567.4 to 567.7;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.33"></a><var>47.33</var>    (6) must be issued a permit from each road authority having jurisdiction over a road <br/>
<a id="pl.47.34"></a><var>47.34</var>on which the vehicle is operated, if required;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.35"></a><var>47.35</var>    (7) must comply with the requirements of section 169.851, subdivision 4; and<br/>
<a id="pl.47.36"></a><var>47.36</var>    (8) must have brakes on all wheels.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.1"></a><var>48.1</var>    (b) The percentage allowances for exceeding gross weights if transporting unfinished <br/>
<a id="pl.48.2"></a><var>48.2</var>forest products under section 168.013, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), or for the first haul of <br/>
<a id="pl.48.3"></a><var>48.3</var>unprocessed or raw farm products or unfinished forest products under section 168.013, <br/>
<a id="pl.48.4"></a><var>48.4</var>subdivision 3, paragraph (d), clause (3), do not apply to a vehicle or combination of <br/>
<a id="pl.48.5"></a><var>48.5</var>vehicles operated under this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.6"></a><var>48.6</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Deposit of revenues; appropriation.</b> (a) Revenue from the permits issued <br/>
<a id="pl.48.7"></a><var>48.7</var>under this section must be deposited:<br/>
<a id="pl.48.8"></a><var>48.8</var>    (1) in fiscal years 2008 through 2011, in the bridge inspection and signing account <br/>
<a id="pl.48.9"></a><var>48.9</var>in the special revenue fund; and<br/>
<a id="pl.48.10"></a><var>48.10</var>    (2) in fiscal year 2012 and subsequent years, in the trunk highway fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.11"></a><var>48.11</var>    (b) The revenue in the bridge inspection and signing account under this section is <br/>
<a id="pl.48.12"></a><var>48.12</var>annually appropriated to the commissioner for:<br/>
<a id="pl.48.13"></a><var>48.13</var>    (1) inspection of local bridges and identification of local bridges to be posted, <br/>
<a id="pl.48.14"></a><var>48.14</var>including contracting with a consultant for some or all of these functions; and<br/>
<a id="pl.48.15"></a><var>48.15</var>    (2) erection of weight posting signs on local bridges.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.63.0"></a><a id="pl.48.16"></a><var>48.16</var>    Sec. 63. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.01, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.48.17"></a><var>48.17</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.48.18"></a><var>48.18</var>    Subd. 49a. <b>Valid license; valid driver's license.</b> "Valid license," "valid driver's <br/>
<a id="pl.48.19"></a><var>48.19</var>license," "valid Minnesota driver's license," "valid standard driver's license," or other <br/>
<a id="pl.48.20"></a><var>48.20</var>similar term, means any operator's license, provisional license, temporary license, limited <br/>
<a id="pl.48.21"></a><var>48.21</var>license, permit, or other license to operate a motor vehicle issued or issuable under the laws <br/>
<a id="pl.48.22"></a><var>48.22</var>of this state by the commissioner, or by another state or jurisdiction if specified, that is:<br/>
<a id="pl.48.23"></a><var>48.23</var>    (1) not expired, suspended, revoked, or canceled; and<br/>
<a id="pl.48.24"></a><var>48.24</var>    (2) not disqualified for the class of vehicle being operated.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.64.0"></a><a id="pl.48.25"></a><var>48.25</var>    Sec. 64. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.48.26"></a><var>48.26</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>License required; duplicate identification restricted.</b> (a) Except <br/>
<a id="pl.48.27"></a><var>48.27</var>when expressly exempted, a person shall not drive a motor vehicle upon a street or <br/>
<a id="pl.48.28"></a><var>48.28</var>highway in this state unless the person has a license valid license under this chapter for <br/>
<a id="pl.48.29"></a><var>48.29</var>the type or class of vehicle being driven.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.30"></a><var>48.30</var>    (b) The department shall not issue a driver's license to a person unless and until the <br/>
<a id="pl.48.31"></a><var>48.31</var>person's license from any jurisdiction has been invalidated. The department shall provide <br/>
<a id="pl.48.32"></a><var>48.32</var>to the issuing department of any jurisdiction, information that the licensee is now licensed <br/>
<a id="pl.48.33"></a><var>48.33</var>in Minnesota. A person is not permitted to have more than one valid driver's license <br/>
<a id="pl.48.34"></a><var>48.34</var>at any time. The department shall not issue to a person to whom a current Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.49.1"></a><var>49.1</var>identification card has been issued a driver's license, other than a limited license, unless <br/>
<a id="pl.49.2"></a><var>49.2</var>the person's Minnesota identification card has been invalidated. This subdivision does <br/>
<a id="pl.49.3"></a><var>49.3</var>not require invalidation of a tribal identification card as a condition of receiving a driver's <br/>
<a id="pl.49.4"></a><var>49.4</var>license.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.65.0"></a><a id="pl.49.5"></a><var>49.5</var>    Sec. 65. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.14, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.49.6"></a><var>49.6</var><b>171.14 CANCELLATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.49.7"></a><var>49.7</var>    (a) The commissioner shall have authority to may cancel any driver's license upon <br/>
<a id="pl.49.8"></a><var>49.8</var>determination that (1) the licensee was not entitled to the issuance thereof hereunder, or <br/>
<a id="pl.49.9"></a><var>49.9</var>that of the license, (2) the licensee failed to give the required or correct information in <br/>
<a id="pl.49.10"></a><var>49.10</var>the application, or (3) the licensee committed any fraud or deceit in making such the <br/>
<a id="pl.49.11"></a><var>49.11</var>application. The commissioner may also cancel the driver's license of any, or (4) the <br/>
<a id="pl.49.12"></a><var>49.12</var>person who, at the time of the cancellation, would not have been entitled to receive a <br/>
<a id="pl.49.13"></a><var>49.13</var>license under the provisions of section 
         <statute_ref>171.04</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.49.14"></a><var>49.14</var>    (b) The commissioner shall cancel the driver's license of a person described in <br/>
<a id="pl.49.15"></a><var>49.15</var>paragraph (a), clause (3), for 60 days or until the required or correct information has <br/>
<a id="pl.49.16"></a><var>49.16</var>been provided, whichever is longer.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.66.0"></a><a id="pl.49.17"></a><var>49.17</var>    Sec. 66. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.01, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.49.18"></a><var>49.18</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Transportation goals.</b> The goals of the state transportation system are <br/>
<a id="pl.49.19"></a><var>49.19</var>as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.49.20"></a><var>49.20</var>    (1) to provide safe transportation for users throughout the state;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.21"></a><var>49.21</var>    (2) to provide multimodal and intermodal transportation that enhances mobility and <br/>
<a id="pl.49.22"></a><var>49.22</var>economic development and provides access to all persons and businesses in Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.49.23"></a><var>49.23</var>while ensuring that there is no undue burden placed on any community;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.24"></a><var>49.24</var>    (3) to provide a reasonable travel time for commuters;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.25"></a><var>49.25</var>    (4) to provide for the economical, efficient, and safe movement of goods to and from <br/>
<a id="pl.49.26"></a><var>49.26</var>markets by rail, highway, and waterway;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.27"></a><var>49.27</var>    (5) to encourage tourism by providing appropriate transportation to Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.49.28"></a><var>49.28</var>facilities designed to attract tourists;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.29"></a><var>49.29</var>    (6) to provide transit services throughout the state to meet the needs of transit users;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.30"></a><var>49.30</var>    (7) to promote productivity through system management and the utilization of <br/>
<a id="pl.49.31"></a><var>49.31</var>technological advancements;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.32"></a><var>49.32</var>    (8) to maximize the long-term benefits received for each state transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.49.33"></a><var>49.33</var>investment;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.1"></a><var>50.1</var>    (9) to provide funding for transportation that, at a minimum, preserves the <br/>
<a id="pl.50.2"></a><var>50.2</var>transportation infrastructure;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.3"></a><var>50.3</var>    (10) to ensure that the planning and implementation of all modes of transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.50.4"></a><var>50.4</var>are consistent with the environmental and energy goals of the state;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.5"></a><var>50.5</var>    (11) to promote and increase the use of high-occupancy vehicle use vehicles and <br/>
<a id="pl.50.6"></a><var>50.6</var>low-emission vehicles;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.7"></a><var>50.7</var>    (12) to provide an air transportation system sufficient to encourage economic growth <br/>
<a id="pl.50.8"></a><var>50.8</var>and allow all regions of the state the ability to participate in the global economy;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.9"></a><var>50.9</var>    (13) to increase transit use in the urban areas statewide by giving highest priority to <br/>
<a id="pl.50.10"></a><var>50.10</var>the transportation modes with the greatest people-moving capacity and lowest long-term <br/>
<a id="pl.50.11"></a><var>50.11</var>economic and environmental cost; and<br/>
<a id="pl.50.12"></a><var>50.12</var>    (14) to promote and increase bicycling as an energy-efficient, nonpolluting, and <br/>
<a id="pl.50.13"></a><var>50.13</var>healthful form of transportation alternative.;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.14"></a><var>50.14</var>    (15) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the state's transportation sector; and<br/>
<a id="pl.50.15"></a><var>50.15</var>    (16) accomplish these goals with minimal impact on the environment.<br/>
<a id="pl.50.16"></a><var>50.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.67.0"></a><a id="pl.50.17"></a><var>50.17</var>    Sec. 67. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.02, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.50.18"></a><var>50.18</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>Mission; efficiency; legislative report, recommendations.</b> It is part <br/>
<a id="pl.50.19"></a><var>50.19</var>of the department's mission that within the department's resources the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.50.20"></a><var>50.20</var>shall endeavor to:<br/>
<a id="pl.50.21"></a><var>50.21</var>    (1) prevent the waste or unnecessary spending of public money;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.22"></a><var>50.22</var>    (2) use innovative fiscal and human resource practices to manage the state's <br/>
<a id="pl.50.23"></a><var>50.23</var>resources and operate the department as efficiently as possible;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.24"></a><var>50.24</var>    (3) minimize the degradation of air and water quality;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.25"></a><var>50.25</var>    (4) coordinate the department's activities wherever appropriate with the activities <br/>
<a id="pl.50.26"></a><var>50.26</var>of other governmental agencies;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.27"></a><var>50.27</var>    (4) (5) use technology where appropriate to increase agency productivity, improve <br/>
<a id="pl.50.28"></a><var>50.28</var>customer service, increase public access to information about government, and increase <br/>
<a id="pl.50.29"></a><var>50.29</var>public participation in the business of government;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.30"></a><var>50.30</var>    (5) (6) utilize constructive and cooperative labor-management practices to the extent <br/>
<a id="pl.50.31"></a><var>50.31</var>otherwise required by chapters 43A and 179A;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.32"></a><var>50.32</var>    (6) (7) report to the legislature on the performance of agency operations and the <br/>
<a id="pl.50.33"></a><var>50.33</var>accomplishment of agency goals in the agency's biennial budget according to section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.50.34"></a><var>50.34</var>16A.10, subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>; and <br/>
<a id="pl.51.1"></a><var>51.1</var>    (7) (8) recommend to the legislature appropriate changes in law necessary to carry <br/>
<a id="pl.51.2"></a><var>51.2</var>out the mission and improve the performance of the department.<br/>
<a id="pl.51.3"></a><var>51.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.68.0"></a><a id="pl.51.4"></a><var>51.4</var>    Sec. 68. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.03, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.51.5"></a><var>51.5</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Statewide transportation plan; priorities; schedule of </b><br/>
<a id="pl.51.6"></a><var>51.6</var><b>expenditures.</b> In order to best meet the present and future transportation needs of the <br/>
<a id="pl.51.7"></a><var>51.7</var>public, to insure a strong state economy, to make most efficient use of public and private <br/>
<a id="pl.51.8"></a><var>51.8</var>funds, to lessen adverse environmental impacts of the transportation sector, and to <br/>
<a id="pl.51.9"></a><var>51.9</var>promote the more efficient use of energy and other resources for transportation purposes, <br/>
<a id="pl.51.10"></a><var>51.10</var>the commissioner shall:<br/>
<a id="pl.51.11"></a><var>51.11</var>    (1) three months after notification that the department is ready to commence <br/>
<a id="pl.51.12"></a><var>51.12</var>operations and prior to the drafting of the statewide transportation plan, hold public <br/>
<a id="pl.51.13"></a><var>51.13</var>hearings as may be appropriate solely for the purpose of receiving suggestions for future <br/>
<a id="pl.51.14"></a><var>51.14</var>transportation alternatives and priorities for the state. The Metropolitan Council, regional <br/>
<a id="pl.51.15"></a><var>51.15</var>development commissions, and port authorities shall appear at the hearings and submit <br/>
<a id="pl.51.16"></a><var>51.16</var>information concerning transportation-related planning undertaken and accomplished by <br/>
<a id="pl.51.17"></a><var>51.17</var>these agencies. Other political subdivisions may appear and submit such information at <br/>
<a id="pl.51.18"></a><var>51.18</var>the hearings. These hearings shall be completed no later than six months from the date of <br/>
<a id="pl.51.19"></a><var>51.19</var>the commissioner's notification;<br/>
<a id="pl.51.20"></a><var>51.20</var>    (2) develop, adopt, revise, and monitor a statewide transportation plan, taking <br/>
<a id="pl.51.21"></a><var>51.21</var>into account the suggestions and information submitted at the public hearings held <br/>
<a id="pl.51.22"></a><var>51.22</var>pursuant to clause (1). The plan shall incorporate all modes of transportation including <br/>
<a id="pl.51.23"></a><var>51.23</var>bicycle commutation and recreation and provide for the interconnection and coordination <br/>
<a id="pl.51.24"></a><var>51.24</var>of different modes of transportation. The commissioner shall evaluate alternative all <br/>
<a id="pl.51.25"></a><var>51.25</var>transportation programs and facilities proposed for inclusion in the plan in terms of <br/>
<a id="pl.51.26"></a><var>51.26</var>economic costs and benefits, safety aspects, impact on present and planned land uses, <br/>
<a id="pl.51.27"></a><var>51.27</var>environmental effects, energy efficiency, national transportation policies and priorities, <br/>
<a id="pl.51.28"></a><var>51.28</var>and availability of federal and other financial assistance;<br/>
<a id="pl.51.29"></a><var>51.29</var>    (3) based upon the statewide transportation plan, develop statewide transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.51.30"></a><var>51.30</var>priorities and schedule authorized public capital improvements and other authorized <br/>
<a id="pl.51.31"></a><var>51.31</var>public transportation expenditures pursuant to the priorities;<br/>
<a id="pl.51.32"></a><var>51.32</var>    (4) complete the plan and priorities required by this subdivision no later than July <br/>
<a id="pl.51.33"></a><var>51.33</var>1, 1978. Upon completion of the plan and priorities, the commissioner shall prepare <br/>
<a id="pl.51.34"></a><var>51.34</var>and periodically revise, as necessary, the schedule of authorized public transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.52.1"></a><var>52.1</var>expenditures. The plan, priorities, and schedule are exempt from the provisions of the <br/>
<a id="pl.52.2"></a><var>52.2</var>Administrative Procedure Act.<br/>
<a id="pl.52.3"></a><var>52.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.69.0"></a><a id="pl.52.4"></a><var>52.4</var>    Sec. 69. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.03, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.52.5"></a><var>52.5</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.52.6"></a><var>52.6</var>    Subd. 10. <b>Highway construction training.</b> (a) The commissioner of transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.52.7"></a><var>52.7</var>shall utilize the maximum feasible amount of all federal funds available to this state <br/>
<a id="pl.52.8"></a><var>52.8</var>under United States Code, title 23, section 140, paragraph (b), to develop, conduct, and <br/>
<a id="pl.52.9"></a><var>52.9</var>administer highway construction training, including skill improvement programs.<br/>
<a id="pl.52.10"></a><var>52.10</var>    (b) The commissioner of transportation must report by February 1 of each <br/>
<a id="pl.52.11"></a><var>52.11</var>odd-numbered year to the house of representatives and senate committees having <br/>
<a id="pl.52.12"></a><var>52.12</var>jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance concerning the commissioner's <br/>
<a id="pl.52.13"></a><var>52.13</var>compliance with paragraph (a). The report must, with respect to each of the two previous <br/>
<a id="pl.52.14"></a><var>52.14</var>calendar years:<br/>
<a id="pl.52.15"></a><var>52.15</var>    (1) describe the highway construction training and skill improvement programs the <br/>
<a id="pl.52.16"></a><var>52.16</var>commissioner has conducted and administered;<br/>
<a id="pl.52.17"></a><var>52.17</var>    (2) analyze the results of the commissioner's training programs;<br/>
<a id="pl.52.18"></a><var>52.18</var>    (3) state the amount of federal funds available to this state under United States Code, <br/>
<a id="pl.52.19"></a><var>52.19</var>title 23, section 140, paragraph (b); and<br/>
<a id="pl.52.20"></a><var>52.20</var>    (4) identify the amount spent by the commissioner in conducting and administering <br/>
<a id="pl.52.21"></a><var>52.21</var>the programs.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.70.0"></a><a id="pl.52.22"></a><var>52.22</var>    Sec. 70. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.03, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.52.23"></a><var>52.23</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.52.24"></a><var>52.24</var>    Subd. 11. <b>Disadvantaged business enterprise program.</b> (a) The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.52.25"></a><var>52.25</var>shall include in each contract that is funded at least in part by federal funds, a sanction <br/>
<a id="pl.52.26"></a><var>52.26</var>for each contractor who does not meet the established project disadvantaged business <br/>
<a id="pl.52.27"></a><var>52.27</var>enterprise goal or demonstrate good faith effort to meet the goal.<br/>
<a id="pl.52.28"></a><var>52.28</var>    (b) The commissioner of transportation shall report by February 1 of each <br/>
<a id="pl.52.29"></a><var>52.29</var>odd-numbered year to the house of representatives and senate committees having <br/>
<a id="pl.52.30"></a><var>52.30</var>jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance concerning the commissioner's <br/>
<a id="pl.52.31"></a><var>52.31</var>disadvantaged business enterprise program. The report must, with respect to each of <br/>
<a id="pl.52.32"></a><var>52.32</var>the two previous calendar years:<br/>
<a id="pl.52.33"></a><var>52.33</var>    (1) state the department's annual overall goal, compared with the percentage attained;<br/>
<a id="pl.53.1"></a><var>53.1</var>    (2) explain the methodology, applicable facts, and public participation used to <br/>
<a id="pl.53.2"></a><var>53.2</var>establish the overall goal;<br/>
<a id="pl.53.3"></a><var>53.3</var>    (3) describe good faith efforts to meet the goal, if the goal was not attained;<br/>
<a id="pl.53.4"></a><var>53.4</var>    (4) describe actions to address overconcentration of disadvantaged business <br/>
<a id="pl.53.5"></a><var>53.5</var>enterprises in certain types of work;<br/>
<a id="pl.53.6"></a><var>53.6</var>    (5) state the number of contracts that included disadvantaged business enterprise <br/>
<a id="pl.53.7"></a><var>53.7</var>goals, the number of contractors that met established disadvantaged business enterprise <br/>
<a id="pl.53.8"></a><var>53.8</var>goals, and sanctions imposed for lack of good faith effort; and<br/>
<a id="pl.53.9"></a><var>53.9</var>    (6) describe contracts with no disadvantaged business enterprise goals, and, of <br/>
<a id="pl.53.10"></a><var>53.10</var>those, state number of contracts and amount of each contract with targeted groups under <br/>
<a id="pl.53.11"></a><var>53.11</var>section 16C.16.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.71.0"></a><a id="pl.53.12"></a><var>53.12</var>    Sec. 71. <b>[174.185] PAVEMENT LIFE-CYCLE COST ANALYSIS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.53.13"></a><var>53.13</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> For the purposes of this section, the following <br/>
<a id="pl.53.14"></a><var>53.14</var>definitions apply.<br/>
<a id="pl.53.15"></a><var>53.15</var>    (a) "Life-cycle cost" is the sum of the cost of the initial pavement project and <br/>
<a id="pl.53.16"></a><var>53.16</var>all anticipated costs for maintenance, repair, and resurfacing over the life of the <br/>
<a id="pl.53.17"></a><var>53.17</var>pavement. Anticipated costs must be based on Minnesota's actual or reasonably projected <br/>
<a id="pl.53.18"></a><var>53.18</var>maintenance, repair, and resurfacing schedules, and costs determined by the Department <br/>
<a id="pl.53.19"></a><var>53.19</var>of Transportation district personnel based upon recently awarded local projects and <br/>
<a id="pl.53.20"></a><var>53.20</var>experience with local material costs.<br/>
<a id="pl.53.21"></a><var>53.21</var>    (b) "Life-cycle cost analysis" is a comparison of life-cycle costs among competing <br/>
<a id="pl.53.22"></a><var>53.22</var>paving materials using equal design lives and equal comparison periods.<br/>
<a id="pl.53.23"></a><var>53.23</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Required analysis.</b> For each project in the reconditioning, resurfacing, <br/>
<a id="pl.53.24"></a><var>53.24</var>and road repair funding categories, the commissioner shall perform a life-cycle cost <br/>
<a id="pl.53.25"></a><var>53.25</var>analysis and shall document the lowest life-cycle costs and all alternatives considered. <br/>
<a id="pl.53.26"></a><var>53.26</var>The commissioner shall document the chosen pavement strategy and, if the lowest life <br/>
<a id="pl.53.27"></a><var>53.27</var>cycle is not selected, document the justification for the chosen strategy. A life-cycle cost <br/>
<a id="pl.53.28"></a><var>53.28</var>analysis is required for projects to be constructed after July 1, 2011. For projects to be <br/>
<a id="pl.53.29"></a><var>53.29</var>constructed prior to July 1, 2011, when feasible, the department will use its best efforts to <br/>
<a id="pl.53.30"></a><var>53.30</var>perform life-cycle cost analyses. <br/>
<a id="pl.53.31"></a><var>53.31</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Report.</b> The commissioner shall report annually to the chairs and ranking <br/>
<a id="pl.53.32"></a><var>53.32</var>minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees with jurisdiction <br/>
<a id="pl.53.33"></a><var>53.33</var>over transportation finance beginning on January 1, 2012, the results of the analyses <br/>
<a id="pl.53.34"></a><var>53.34</var>required in subdivision 2.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.72.0"></a><a id="pl.54.1"></a><var>54.1</var>    Sec. 72. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.30, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.54.2"></a><var>54.2</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Vehicle and equipment inspection</b><b>, rules</b><b>; decal</b><b>; complaint contact </b><br/>
<a id="pl.54.3"></a><var>54.3</var><b>information</b><b>.</b> (a) The commissioner shall inspect or provide for the inspection of <br/>
<a id="pl.54.4"></a><var>54.4</var>vehicles at least annually. In addition to scheduled annual inspections and reinspections <br/>
<a id="pl.54.5"></a><var>54.5</var>scheduled for the purpose of verifying that deficiencies have been corrected, unannounced <br/>
<a id="pl.54.6"></a><var>54.6</var>inspections of any vehicle may be conducted.<br/>
<a id="pl.54.7"></a><var>54.7</var>    (b) On determining that a vehicle or vehicle equipment is in a condition that is likely <br/>
<a id="pl.54.8"></a><var>54.8</var>to cause an accident or breakdown, the commissioner shall require the vehicle to be taken <br/>
<a id="pl.54.9"></a><var>54.9</var>out of service immediately. The commissioner shall require that vehicles and equipment <br/>
<a id="pl.54.10"></a><var>54.10</var>not meeting standards be repaired and brought into conformance with the standards <br/>
<a id="pl.54.11"></a><var>54.11</var>and shall require written evidence of compliance from the operator before allowing the <br/>
<a id="pl.54.12"></a><var>54.12</var>operator to return the vehicle to service.<br/>
<a id="pl.54.13"></a><var>54.13</var>    (c) The commissioner shall provide in the rules procedures for inspecting vehicles, <br/>
<a id="pl.54.14"></a><var>54.14</var>removing unsafe vehicles from service, determining and requiring compliance, and <br/>
<a id="pl.54.15"></a><var>54.15</var>reviewing driver qualifications.<br/>
<a id="pl.54.16"></a><var>54.16</var>    (d) The commissioner shall design a distinctive decal to be issued to special <br/>
<a id="pl.54.17"></a><var>54.17</var>transportation service providers with a current certificate of compliance under this section. <br/>
<a id="pl.54.18"></a><var>54.18</var>A decal is valid for one year from the last day of the month in which it is issued. A person <br/>
<a id="pl.54.19"></a><var>54.19</var>who is subject to the operating standards adopted under this section may not provide <br/>
<a id="pl.54.20"></a><var>54.20</var>special transportation service in a vehicle that does not conspicuously display a decal <br/>
<a id="pl.54.21"></a><var>54.21</var>issued by the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.54.22"></a><var>54.22</var>    (e) Special transportation service providers shall prominently display in each vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.54.23"></a><var>54.23</var>all contact information for the submission of complaints regarding the transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.54.24"></a><var>54.24</var>services provided to that individual. All vehicles providing service under section <br/>
<a id="pl.54.25"></a><var>54.25</var>473.386 shall display contact information for the Metropolitan Council. All other special <br/>
<a id="pl.54.26"></a><var>54.26</var>transportation service vehicles shall display contact information for the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.54.27"></a><var>54.27</var>transportation.<br/>
<a id="pl.54.28"></a><var>54.28</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2008.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.73.0"></a><a id="pl.54.29"></a><var>54.29</var>    Sec. 73. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.30, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.54.30"></a><var>54.30</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Complaint data;</b><b> </b><b>Complaints; report; data </b><b>classification.</b> (a) The <br/>
<a id="pl.54.31"></a><var>54.31</var>commissioner shall investigate all complaints over which the commissioner has <br/>
<a id="pl.54.32"></a><var>54.32</var>jurisdiction regarding special transportation service providers regulated under this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.54.33"></a><var>54.33</var>    (b) By January 15, 2009, and in every subsequent odd-numbered year by January 15, <br/>
<a id="pl.54.34"></a><var>54.34</var>the commissioner shall submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the <br/>
<a id="pl.54.35"></a><var>54.35</var>house of representatives and senate committees having jurisdiction over transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.55.1"></a><var>55.1</var>policy and finance. The report must identify each complaint investigated by the <br/>
<a id="pl.55.2"></a><var>55.2</var>commissioner under paragraph (a), including, but not limited to, any findings and steps <br/>
<a id="pl.55.3"></a><var>55.3</var>taken for resolution of the complaint.<br/>
<a id="pl.55.4"></a><var>55.4</var>    (c) When information is furnished to the Department of Transportation that alleges <br/>
<a id="pl.55.5"></a><var>55.5</var>a violation of this section, an operating standard adopted under this section, or section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.55.6"></a><var>55.6</var>174.315
         </statute_ref>, the following data are classified as confidential data or protected nonpublic data: <br/>
<a id="pl.55.7"></a><var>55.7</var>    (1) names of complainants;<br/>
<a id="pl.55.8"></a><var>55.8</var>    (2) complaint letters; and<br/>
<a id="pl.55.9"></a><var>55.9</var>    (3) other unsolicited data when furnished by a person who is not the subject of the <br/>
<a id="pl.55.10"></a><var>55.10</var>data and who is not a department employee.<br/>
<a id="pl.55.11"></a><var>55.11</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2008.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.74.0"></a><a id="pl.55.12"></a><var>55.12</var>    Sec. 74. <b>[174.56] REPORT ON MAJOR HIGHWAY PROJECTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.55.13"></a><var>55.13</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Report required.</b> The commissioner of transportation shall submit a <br/>
<a id="pl.55.14"></a><var>55.14</var>report on January 15, 2009, and on January 15 of each year thereafter, on the status of <br/>
<a id="pl.55.15"></a><var>55.15</var>major highway projects under construction or planned during the year of the report and for <br/>
<a id="pl.55.16"></a><var>55.16</var>the ensuing 15 years. For purposes of this section, a "major highway project" is a highway <br/>
<a id="pl.55.17"></a><var>55.17</var>project that has a total cost for all segments that the commissioner estimates at the time of <br/>
<a id="pl.55.18"></a><var>55.18</var>the report to be at least (1) $25,000,000 in the metropolitan highway construction district, <br/>
<a id="pl.55.19"></a><var>55.19</var>or (2) $10,000,000 in any nonmetropolitan highway construction district.<br/>
<a id="pl.55.20"></a><var>55.20</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Report contents.</b> For each major highway project the report must include:<br/>
<a id="pl.55.21"></a><var>55.21</var>    (1) a description of the project sufficient to specify its scope and location;<br/>
<a id="pl.55.22"></a><var>55.22</var>    (2) a history of the project, including, but not limited to, previous official actions <br/>
<a id="pl.55.23"></a><var>55.23</var>by the department or the appropriate area transportation partnership, or both, the date <br/>
<a id="pl.55.24"></a><var>55.24</var>on which the project was first included in the state transportation improvement plan, <br/>
<a id="pl.55.25"></a><var>55.25</var>the cost of the project at that time, the dates of environmental approval, the dates of <br/>
<a id="pl.55.26"></a><var>55.26</var>municipal approval, the date of final geometric layout, and the date of establishment of <br/>
<a id="pl.55.27"></a><var>55.27</var>any construction limits;<br/>
<a id="pl.55.28"></a><var>55.28</var>    (3) the project's priority listing or rank within its construction district, if any, as <br/>
<a id="pl.55.29"></a><var>55.29</var>well as the reasons for that listing or rank, the criteria used in prioritization or rank, any <br/>
<a id="pl.55.30"></a><var>55.30</var>changes in that prioritization or rank since the project was first included in a department <br/>
<a id="pl.55.31"></a><var>55.31</var>work plan, and the reasons for those changes; and<br/>
<a id="pl.55.32"></a><var>55.32</var>    (4) past and potential future reasons for delay in letting or completing the project.<br/>
<a id="pl.55.33"></a><var>55.33</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Department resources.</b> The commissioner shall prepare and submit the <br/>
<a id="pl.55.34"></a><var>55.34</var>report with existing department staff and resources.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.75.0"></a><a id="pl.56.1"></a><var>56.1</var>    Sec. 75. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 218.041, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.56.2"></a><var>56.2</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Investigative powers.</b> In the exercise of powers granted in this chapter, <br/>
<a id="pl.56.3"></a><var>56.3</var>the commissioner may:<br/>
<a id="pl.56.4"></a><var>56.4</var>    (1) subpoena books, papers, or accounts kept by any regulated business within or <br/>
<a id="pl.56.5"></a><var>56.5</var>without the state, or compel production of verified copies;<br/>
<a id="pl.56.6"></a><var>56.6</var>    (2) prepare all forms or blanks for obtaining information that the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.56.7"></a><var>56.7</var>may deem necessary or useful for the proper exercise of the authority and duties of the <br/>
<a id="pl.56.8"></a><var>56.8</var>commissioner in connection with regulated businesses, and prescribe the time and manner <br/>
<a id="pl.56.9"></a><var>56.9</var>within which the blanks and forms must be completed and filed;<br/>
<a id="pl.56.10"></a><var>56.10</var>    (3) inspect, at all reasonable times, and copy the books, records, memoranda, <br/>
<a id="pl.56.11"></a><var>56.11</var>correspondence, or other documents and records of any business under the commissioner's <br/>
<a id="pl.56.12"></a><var>56.12</var>jurisdiction; and<br/>
<a id="pl.56.13"></a><var>56.13</var>    (4) examine, under oath, any officer, agent, or employee of a business under the <br/>
<a id="pl.56.14"></a><var>56.14</var>commissioner's jurisdiction concerning any matter within the commissioner's jurisdiction; <br/>
<a id="pl.56.15"></a><var>56.15</var>and<br/>
<a id="pl.56.16"></a><var>56.16</var>    (5) assess common carriers, administer the state rail safety inspection account, and <br/>
<a id="pl.56.17"></a><var>56.17</var>perform other duties on behalf of the state rail safety inspector under section 219.015.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.76.0"></a><a id="pl.56.18"></a><var>56.18</var>    Sec. 76. <b>[219.015] STATE RAIL SAFETY INSPECTOR.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.56.19"></a><var>56.19</var>    (a) The commissioner of transportation shall establish a position of state rail safety <br/>
<a id="pl.56.20"></a><var>56.20</var>inspector in the Office of Freight and Commercial Vehicle Operations of the Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.56.21"></a><var>56.21</var>Department of Transportation. The commissioner shall apply to the Federal Railroad <br/>
<a id="pl.56.22"></a><var>56.22</var>Administration (FRA) of the United States Department of Transportation to participate <br/>
<a id="pl.56.23"></a><var>56.23</var>in the Federal State Rail Safety Partnership Program for training and certification of <br/>
<a id="pl.56.24"></a><var>56.24</var>an inspector under authority of United States Code, title 49, sections 20103, 20105, <br/>
<a id="pl.56.25"></a><var>56.25</var>20106, and 20113, and Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 212. The state rail <br/>
<a id="pl.56.26"></a><var>56.26</var>safety inspector shall inspect mainline track, secondary track, and yard and industry track; <br/>
<a id="pl.56.27"></a><var>56.27</var>inspect railroad right-of-way, including adjacent or intersecting drainage, culverts, bridges, <br/>
<a id="pl.56.28"></a><var>56.28</var>overhead structures, and traffic and other public crossings; inspect yards and physical <br/>
<a id="pl.56.29"></a><var>56.29</var>plants; review and enforce safety requirements; review maintenance and repair records; <br/>
<a id="pl.56.30"></a><var>56.30</var>and review railroad security measures. To the extent delegated by the commissioner, the <br/>
<a id="pl.56.31"></a><var>56.31</var>inspector may issue citations for violations of this chapter, or to ensure railroad employee <br/>
<a id="pl.56.32"></a><var>56.32</var>and public safety and welfare.<br/>
<a id="pl.56.33"></a><var>56.33</var>    (b) The commissioner shall annually assess railroad companies that are (1) defined <br/>
<a id="pl.56.34"></a><var>56.34</var>as common carriers under section 218.011, (2) classified by federal law or regulation as <br/>
<a id="pl.56.35"></a><var>56.35</var>Class I Railroads or Class I Rail Carriers, and (3) operating in this state, by a division of <br/>
<a id="pl.57.1"></a><var>57.1</var>equal proportion between carriers, assessed in equal amounts for 365 days of the calendar <br/>
<a id="pl.57.2"></a><var>57.2</var>year. The commissioner shall assess all start-up or re-establishment costs, and all related <br/>
<a id="pl.57.3"></a><var>57.3</var>costs of initiating the state rail safety inspector program beginning July 1, 2008. The state <br/>
<a id="pl.57.4"></a><var>57.4</var>rail inspector duties must begin and be assessed on January 1, 2009. The assessments must <br/>
<a id="pl.57.5"></a><var>57.5</var>be deposited in a special account in the special revenue fund, to be known as the state <br/>
<a id="pl.57.6"></a><var>57.6</var>rail safety inspection account. Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.57.7"></a><var>57.7</var>and may be expended to cover the costs incurred for the establishment and ongoing <br/>
<a id="pl.57.8"></a><var>57.8</var>responsibilities of the state rail safety inspector.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.9"></a><var>57.9</var>    (c) The commissioner may exempt a common carrier not federally classified as <br/>
<a id="pl.57.10"></a><var>57.10</var>Class I from violations for a period of up to two years if the common carrier applies for <br/>
<a id="pl.57.11"></a><var>57.11</var>participation in a work site safety coaching program, such as the "MNSharp" program <br/>
<a id="pl.57.12"></a><var>57.12</var>administered by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, and the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.57.13"></a><var>57.13</var>determines such participation to be preferred enforcement for safety or security violations.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.14"></a><var>57.14</var>    (d) Any person aggrieved by an assessment levied under this section may appeal <br/>
<a id="pl.57.15"></a><var>57.15</var>within 90 days any assessment, violation, or administrative penalty to the Office of <br/>
<a id="pl.57.16"></a><var>57.16</var>Administrative Hearings, with further appeal and review by the district court. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.77.0"></a><a id="pl.57.17"></a><var>57.17</var>    Sec. 77. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.031, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.57.18"></a><var>57.18</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Vehicle identification rule.</b> (a) The following carriers shall display the <br/>
<a id="pl.57.19"></a><var>57.19</var>carrier's name and address on the power unit of each vehicle:<br/>
<a id="pl.57.20"></a><var>57.20</var>    (1) motor carriers, regardless of the weight of the vehicle, except that this <br/>
<a id="pl.57.21"></a><var>57.21</var>requirement does not apply to a limousine as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>168.011, subdivision 35</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.57.22"></a><var>57.22</var>that is equipped with "LM" license plates; <br/>
<a id="pl.57.23"></a><var>57.23</var>    (2) interstate and intrastate private carriers operating vehicles with a gross vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.57.24"></a><var>57.24</var>weight of more than 10,000 pounds; and<br/>
<a id="pl.57.25"></a><var>57.25</var>    (3) vehicles providing transportation described in section 
         <statute_ref>221.025</statute_ref> with a gross <br/>
<a id="pl.57.26"></a><var>57.26</var>vehicle weight of more than 10,000 pounds except those providing transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.57.27"></a><var>57.27</var>described in section 
         <statute_ref>221.025</statute_ref>, clauses (1), (3), and (4). <br/>
<a id="pl.57.28"></a><var>57.28</var>Vehicles described in clauses (2) and (3) that are operated by farmers or farm employees <br/>
<a id="pl.57.29"></a><var>57.29</var>and have four or fewer axles are not required to comply with the vehicle identification <br/>
<a id="pl.57.30"></a><var>57.30</var>rule of the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.31"></a><var>57.31</var>    (b) Vehicles subject to this subdivision must show the name or "doing business as" <br/>
<a id="pl.57.32"></a><var>57.32</var>name of the carrier operating the vehicle and the community and abbreviation of the state <br/>
<a id="pl.57.33"></a><var>57.33</var>in which the carrier maintains its principal office or in which the vehicle is customarily <br/>
<a id="pl.57.34"></a><var>57.34</var>based. If the carrier operates a leased vehicle, it may show its name and the name of the <br/>
<a id="pl.57.35"></a><var>57.35</var>lessor on the vehicle, if the lease relationship is clearly shown. If the name of a person <br/>
<a id="pl.58.1"></a><var>58.1</var>other than the operating carrier appears on the vehicle, the words "operated by" must <br/>
<a id="pl.58.2"></a><var>58.2</var>immediately precede the name of the carrier.<br/>
<a id="pl.58.3"></a><var>58.3</var>    (c) The name and address must be in letters that contrast sharply in color with the <br/>
<a id="pl.58.4"></a><var>58.4</var>background, be readily legible during daylight hours from a distance of 50 feet while <br/>
<a id="pl.58.5"></a><var>58.5</var>the vehicle is stationary, and be maintained in a manner that retains the legibility of the <br/>
<a id="pl.58.6"></a><var>58.6</var>markings. The name and address may be shown by use of a removable device if that <br/>
<a id="pl.58.7"></a><var>58.7</var>device meets the identification and legibility requirements of this subdivision.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.78.0"></a><a id="pl.58.8"></a><var>58.8</var>    Sec. 78. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.0314, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.58.9"></a><var>58.9</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Hours of service of driver.</b> Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part <br/>
<a id="pl.58.10"></a><var>58.10</var>395, is incorporated by reference, except that paragraphs (a), (c), (d), (f), (h), (i), (k), (l), <br/>
<a id="pl.58.11"></a><var>58.11</var>(m), and (n) of section 395.1 and section 
         <statute_ref>395.13</statute_ref> of that part are not incorporated. In <br/>
<a id="pl.58.12"></a><var>58.12</var>addition, cross-references to sections or paragraphs not incorporated in this subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.58.13"></a><var>58.13</var>are not incorporated by reference. The requirements of Code of Federal Regulations, title <br/>
<a id="pl.58.14"></a><var>58.14</var>49, part 395, do not apply to drivers of lightweight vehicles.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.79.0"></a><a id="pl.58.15"></a><var>58.15</var>    Sec. 79. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.0314, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.58.16"></a><var>58.16</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.58.17"></a><var>58.17</var>    Subd. 12. <b>Hazardous materials safety permits.</b> A person who transports the <br/>
<a id="pl.58.18"></a><var>58.18</var>hazardous materials designated in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 385.403, <br/>
<a id="pl.58.19"></a><var>58.19</var>shall comply with this section and with the provisions of Code of Federal Regulations, <br/>
<a id="pl.58.20"></a><var>58.20</var>title 49, part 385, subpart E, which is incorporated by reference.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.80.0"></a><a id="pl.58.21"></a><var>58.21</var>    Sec. 80. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.033, subdivision 2d, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.58.22"></a><var>58.22</var>    Subd. 2d. <b>Age of driver under federal materials-of-trade regulation.</b> A driver <br/>
<a id="pl.58.23"></a><var>58.23</var>of a self-propelled or towed motor vehicle  transporting no hazardous material other than <br/>
<a id="pl.58.24"></a><var>58.24</var>materials of trade, as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 
         <statute_ref>171.8</statute_ref>, when <br/>
<a id="pl.58.25"></a><var>58.25</var>engaged in intrastate transportation, must be at least 18 years of age. This subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.58.26"></a><var>58.26</var>does not apply unless the transportation conforms to the requirements of Code of Federal <br/>
<a id="pl.58.27"></a><var>58.27</var>Regulations, title 49, section 
         <statute_ref>173.6</statute_ref>.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.81.0"></a><a id="pl.58.28"></a><var>58.28</var>    Sec. 81. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.037, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.58.29"></a><var>58.29</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Required to provide information.</b> A person who generates, stores, <br/>
<a id="pl.58.30"></a><var>58.30</var>treats, transports, disposes of, or otherwise handles or has handled hazardous materials, <br/>
<a id="pl.58.31"></a><var>58.31</var>hazardous substances, or hazardous waste shall (1) give to transportation representatives <br/>
<a id="pl.58.32"></a><var>58.32</var>and hazardous material specialists of the department information relating to the materials, <br/>
<a id="pl.59.1"></a><var>59.1</var>substances, or waste, or (2) permit them access to and copying of records and safety <br/>
<a id="pl.59.2"></a><var>59.2</var>permits relating to any or all of the materials, substances, or waste, or both.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.82.0"></a><a id="pl.59.3"></a><var>59.3</var>    Sec. 82. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.091, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.59.4"></a><var>59.4</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Local licensing of small vehicle passenger service.</b> A city that licenses <br/>
<a id="pl.59.5"></a><var>59.5</var>and regulates small vehicle passenger service must do so by ordinance. The ordinance <br/>
<a id="pl.59.6"></a><var>59.6</var>must, at a minimum, provide for driver qualifications, insurance, vehicle safety, and <br/>
<a id="pl.59.7"></a><var>59.7</var>periodic vehicle inspections. A city that has adopted an ordinance complying with this <br/>
<a id="pl.59.8"></a><var>59.8</var>subdivision may enforce the registration requirement in section 
         <statute_ref>221.021</statute_ref>. A person who <br/>
<a id="pl.59.9"></a><var>59.9</var>provides small vehicle passenger service to an individual for the purpose of obtaining <br/>
<a id="pl.59.10"></a><var>59.10</var>nonemergency medical care and who receives reimbursement under section 256B.0625, <br/>
<a id="pl.59.11"></a><var>59.11</var>subdivision 17, for providing the service, must comply with the rules of the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.59.12"></a><var>59.12</var>adopted under section 174.30.<br/>
<a id="pl.59.13"></a><var>59.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.83.0"></a><a id="pl.59.14"></a><var>59.14</var>    Sec. 83. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.141, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.59.15"></a><var>59.15</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Financial responsibility of carriers.</b> (a) No motor carrier and no <br/>
<a id="pl.59.16"></a><var>59.16</var>interstate carrier shall operate a vehicle until it has obtained and has in effect the minimum <br/>
<a id="pl.59.17"></a><var>59.17</var>amount of financial responsibility required by this section. Policies of insurance, surety <br/>
<a id="pl.59.18"></a><var>59.18</var>bonds, other types of security, and endorsements must be continuously in effect and must <br/>
<a id="pl.59.19"></a><var>59.19</var>remain in effect until canceled. Before providing transportation, the motor carrier or <br/>
<a id="pl.59.20"></a><var>59.20</var>interstate carrier shall secure and cause to be filed with the commissioner and maintain in <br/>
<a id="pl.59.21"></a><var>59.21</var>full effect, a certificate of insurance in a form required by the commissioner, evidencing <br/>
<a id="pl.59.22"></a><var>59.22</var>public liability insurance in the amount prescribed. The insurance must cover injuries and <br/>
<a id="pl.59.23"></a><var>59.23</var>damage to persons or property resulting from the operation or use of motor vehicles, <br/>
<a id="pl.59.24"></a><var>59.24</var>regardless of whether each vehicle is specifically described in the policy. This insurance <br/>
<a id="pl.59.25"></a><var>59.25</var>does not apply to injuries or death to the employees of the motor carrier or to property <br/>
<a id="pl.59.26"></a><var>59.26</var>being transported by the carrier.<br/>
<a id="pl.59.27"></a><var>59.27</var>    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the insurance required of <br/>
<a id="pl.59.28"></a><var>59.28</var>a motor carrier of passengers must be at least that amount required of interstate carriers <br/>
<a id="pl.59.29"></a><var>59.29</var>under Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 
         <statute_ref>387.33</statute_ref>, as amended. <br/>
<a id="pl.59.30"></a><var>59.30</var>    (c) This section does not apply to a charitable organization exempt from taxation <br/>
<a id="pl.59.31"></a><var>59.31</var>under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code when the transportation furthers <br/>
<a id="pl.59.32"></a><var>59.32</var>the charitable organization's charitable mission. The charitable organization must comply <br/>
<a id="pl.59.33"></a><var>59.33</var>with the insurance requirements of section 65B.48.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.84.0"></a><a id="pl.60.1"></a><var>60.1</var>    Sec. 84. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.231, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.60.2"></a><var>60.2</var><b>221.231 RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.60.3"></a><var>60.3</var>    The commissioner may enter into reciprocal agreements with the regulatory bodies <br/>
<a id="pl.60.4"></a><var>60.4</var>of other states and the provinces of the Dominion of Canada, whereby the payment of the <br/>
<a id="pl.60.5"></a><var>60.5</var>fees provided in section 
<statute_ref>221.60</statute_ref> may be waived in whole or in part for regarding motor <br/>
<a id="pl.60.6"></a><var>60.6</var>carriers having an established place of business in that state or province; provided that <br/>
<a id="pl.60.7"></a><var>60.7</var>reciprocal privileges are extended under the agreement to motor carriers of this state. <br/>
<a id="pl.60.8"></a><var>60.8</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.85.0"></a><a id="pl.60.9"></a><var>60.9</var>    Sec. 85. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.60, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.60.10"></a><var>60.10</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Procedure</b><b> Registration required</b><b>.</b> A motor carrier may transport <br/>
<a id="pl.60.11"></a><var>60.11</var>persons or property for hire in interstate commerce in Minnesota only if it first:<br/>
<a id="pl.60.12"></a><var>60.12</var>    (1) complies with section 
<statute_ref>221.141</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.60.13"></a><var>60.13</var>    (2) either registers with the commissioner the federal operating authority that it <br/>
<a id="pl.60.14"></a><var>60.14</var>intends to exercise, or registers and describes the transportation it performs under an <br/>
<a id="pl.60.15"></a><var>60.15</var>exemption contained in United States Code, title 49; and<br/>
<a id="pl.60.16"></a><var>60.16</var>    (3) purchases an interstate identification stamp or an interstate registration trip permit <br/>
<a id="pl.60.17"></a><var>60.17</var>for each vehicle to be used in interstate transportation in Minnesota A foreign or domestic <br/>
<a id="pl.60.18"></a><var>60.18</var>motor carrier, motor private carrier, leasing company, broker, or freight forwarder, as <br/>
<a id="pl.60.19"></a><var>60.19</var>defined in United States Code, title 49, section 13102, may operate in interstate commerce <br/>
<a id="pl.60.20"></a><var>60.20</var>in Minnesota only if it first complies with the Unified Carrier Registration Agreement <br/>
<a id="pl.60.21"></a><var>60.21</var>authorized by United States Code, title 49, section 14504a, enacted pursuant to the Unified <br/>
<a id="pl.60.22"></a><var>60.22</var>Carrier Registration Act of 2005, and the rules, regulations, and directives adopted <br/>
<a id="pl.60.23"></a><var>60.23</var>thereunder, including registering with a base state and paying all required fees.<br/>
<a id="pl.60.24"></a><var>60.24</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.86.0"></a><a id="pl.60.25"></a><var>60.25</var>    Sec. 86. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.60, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.60.26"></a><var>60.26</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.60.27"></a><var>60.27</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Commissioner's authority.</b> The commissioner of transportation is <br/>
<a id="pl.60.28"></a><var>60.28</var>authorized to take all necessary actions to enter into the Unified Carrier Registration <br/>
<a id="pl.60.29"></a><var>60.29</var>Agreement in accordance with United States Code, title 49, section 14504a, and shall <br/>
<a id="pl.60.30"></a><var>60.30</var>implement and administer the agreement and the rules and regulations adopted thereunder, <br/>
<a id="pl.60.31"></a><var>60.31</var>including directives of the Unified Carrier Registration Plan board of directors as <br/>
<a id="pl.60.32"></a><var>60.32</var>authorized by United States Code, title 49, section 14504a, subsection (d)(2).<br/>
<a id="pl.61.1"></a><var>61.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.87.0"></a><a id="pl.61.2"></a><var>61.2</var>    Sec. 87. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 222.50, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.61.3"></a><var>61.3</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Expenditures.</b> (a) The commissioner may expend money from the rail <br/>
<a id="pl.61.4"></a><var>61.4</var>service improvement account for the following purposes:<br/>
<a id="pl.61.5"></a><var>61.5</var>    (1) to make transfers as provided under section 
         <statute_ref>222.57</statute_ref> or to pay interest adjustments <br/>
<a id="pl.61.6"></a><var>61.6</var>on loans guaranteed under the state rail user and rail carrier loan guarantee program; <br/>
<a id="pl.61.7"></a><var>61.7</var>    (2) to pay a portion of the costs of capital improvement projects designed to <br/>
<a id="pl.61.8"></a><var>61.8</var>improve rail service including construction or improvement of short segments of rail line <br/>
<a id="pl.61.9"></a><var>61.9</var>such as side track, team track, and connections between existing lines, and construction <br/>
<a id="pl.61.10"></a><var>61.10</var>and improvement of loading, unloading, storage, and transfer facilities of a rail user or <br/>
<a id="pl.61.11"></a><var>61.11</var>a rail carrier;<br/>
<a id="pl.61.12"></a><var>61.12</var>    (3) to pay a portion of the costs of rehabilitation projects designed to improve rail <br/>
<a id="pl.61.13"></a><var>61.13</var>service of a rail user or a rail carrier;<br/>
<a id="pl.61.14"></a><var>61.14</var>    (4) to acquire, maintain, manage, and dispose of railroad right-of-way pursuant to <br/>
<a id="pl.61.15"></a><var>61.15</var>the state rail bank program;<br/>
<a id="pl.61.16"></a><var>61.16</var>    (4) (5) to provide for aerial photography survey of proposed and abandoned railroad <br/>
<a id="pl.61.17"></a><var>61.17</var>tracks for the purpose of recording and reestablishing by analytical triangulation the <br/>
<a id="pl.61.18"></a><var>61.18</var>existing alignment of the inplace track;<br/>
<a id="pl.61.19"></a><var>61.19</var>    (5) (6) to pay a portion of the costs of acquiring a rail line by a regional railroad <br/>
<a id="pl.61.20"></a><var>61.20</var>authority established pursuant to chapter 398A;<br/>
<a id="pl.61.21"></a><var>61.21</var>    (6) (7) to pay the state matching portion of federal grants for rail-highway grade <br/>
<a id="pl.61.22"></a><var>61.22</var>crossing improvement projects.<br/>
<a id="pl.61.23"></a><var>61.23</var>    (b) All money derived by the commissioner from the disposition of railroad <br/>
<a id="pl.61.24"></a><var>61.24</var>right-of-way or of any other property acquired pursuant to sections 
         <statute_ref>222.46</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>222.62</statute_ref> shall <br/>
<a id="pl.61.25"></a><var>61.25</var>be deposited in the rail service improvement account. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.88.0"></a><a id="pl.61.26"></a><var>61.26</var>    Sec. 88. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 222.63, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.61.27"></a><var>61.27</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Disposition permitted.</b> (a) The commissioner may lease any rail line or <br/>
<a id="pl.61.28"></a><var>61.28</var>right-of-way held in the state rail bank or enter into an agreement with any person for the <br/>
<a id="pl.61.29"></a><var>61.29</var>operation of any rail line or right-of-way for any of the purposes set forth in subdivision 2 <br/>
<a id="pl.61.30"></a><var>61.30</var>in accordance with a fee schedule to be developed by the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.61.31"></a><var>61.31</var>    (b) The commissioner may convey any rail line or right-of-way, for consideration or <br/>
<a id="pl.61.32"></a><var>61.32</var>for no consideration and upon other terms as the commissioner may determine to be in <br/>
<a id="pl.61.33"></a><var>61.33</var>the public interest, to any other state agency or to a governmental subdivision of the state <br/>
<a id="pl.61.34"></a><var>61.34</var>having power by law to utilize it for any of the purposes set forth in subdivision 2.<br/>
<a id="pl.62.1"></a><var>62.1</var>    (c) The commissioner may convey a portion of previously acquired rail bank <br/>
<a id="pl.62.2"></a><var>62.2</var>right-of-way to a state agency or governmental subdivision when the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.62.3"></a><var>62.3</var>determines that:<br/>
<a id="pl.62.4"></a><var>62.4</var>    (1) the portion to be conveyed is in excess of that needed for the purposes stated in <br/>
<a id="pl.62.5"></a><var>62.5</var>subdivision 2;<br/>
<a id="pl.62.6"></a><var>62.6</var>    (2) the conveyance is upon terms and conditions agreed upon by both the <br/>
<a id="pl.62.7"></a><var>62.7</var>commissioner and the state agency or governmental subdivision;<br/>
<a id="pl.62.8"></a><var>62.8</var>    (3) after the sale, the rail bank corridor will continue to meet the future public and <br/>
<a id="pl.62.9"></a><var>62.9</var>commercial transportation and transmission needs of the state; and<br/>
<a id="pl.62.10"></a><var>62.10</var>    (4) the conveyance will not reduce the width of the rail bank corridor to less than <br/>
<a id="pl.62.11"></a><var>62.11</var>50 100 feet.<br/>
<a id="pl.62.12"></a><var>62.12</var>    (d) The commissioner may lease previously acquired state rail bank right-of-way to <br/>
<a id="pl.62.13"></a><var>62.13</var>a state agency or governmental subdivision or to a private entity for nontransportation <br/>
<a id="pl.62.14"></a><var>62.14</var>purposes when:<br/>
<a id="pl.62.15"></a><var>62.15</var>    (1) the portion to be leased is in excess of that needed for the purposes stated in <br/>
<a id="pl.62.16"></a><var>62.16</var>subdivision 2;<br/>
<a id="pl.62.17"></a><var>62.17</var>    (2) the lease will not reduce the useable width of the rail bank corridor to less than <br/>
<a id="pl.62.18"></a><var>62.18</var>50 100 feet;<br/>
<a id="pl.62.19"></a><var>62.19</var>    (3) the cost of the lease is based on the fair market value of the portion to be leased, <br/>
<a id="pl.62.20"></a><var>62.20</var>as determined by appraisal;<br/>
<a id="pl.62.21"></a><var>62.21</var>    (4) the lease allows the commissioner to terminate the lease on 90 days' written <br/>
<a id="pl.62.22"></a><var>62.22</var>notice to the lessee; and<br/>
<a id="pl.62.23"></a><var>62.23</var>    (5) the lease prohibits the construction or erection of any permanent structure within <br/>
<a id="pl.62.24"></a><var>62.24</var>the 50-foot 100-foot rail bank corridor and requires any structure erected on the leased <br/>
<a id="pl.62.25"></a><var>62.25</var>property to be removed and the land restored to its original condition on 90 days' written <br/>
<a id="pl.62.26"></a><var>62.26</var>notice to the lessee.<br/>
<a id="pl.62.27"></a><var>62.27</var>    (e) Proceeds from a sale or lease must be deposited in the rail bank maintenance <br/>
<a id="pl.62.28"></a><var>62.28</var>account described in subdivision 8.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.89.0"></a><a id="pl.62.29"></a><var>62.29</var>    Sec. 89. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 222.63, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.62.30"></a><var>62.30</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.62.31"></a><var>62.31</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Rail bank property use; petty misdemeanors.</b> (a) Except for the actions <br/>
<a id="pl.62.32"></a><var>62.32</var>of road authorities and their agents, employees, and contractors, and of utilities, in carrying <br/>
<a id="pl.62.33"></a><var>62.33</var>out their duties imposed by permit, law, or contract, and except as otherwise provided in <br/>
<a id="pl.62.34"></a><var>62.34</var>this section, it is unlawful to perform any of the following activities on rail bank property:<br/>
<a id="pl.62.35"></a><var>62.35</var>    (1) obstruct any trail;<br/>
<a id="pl.63.1"></a><var>63.1</var>    (2) deposit snow or ice;<br/>
<a id="pl.63.2"></a><var>63.2</var>    (3) remove or place any earth, gravel, or rock without authorization;<br/>
<a id="pl.63.3"></a><var>63.3</var>    (4) obstruct or remove any ditch-draining device, or drain any harmful or dangerous <br/>
<a id="pl.63.4"></a><var>63.4</var>materials;<br/>
<a id="pl.63.5"></a><var>63.5</var>    (5) erect a fence, or place or maintain any advertising, sign, or memorial;<br/>
<a id="pl.63.6"></a><var>63.6</var>    (6) remove, injure, displace, or destroy right-of-way markers or reference or witness <br/>
<a id="pl.63.7"></a><var>63.7</var>monuments or markers placed to preserve section or quarter-section corners defining <br/>
<a id="pl.63.8"></a><var>63.8</var>rail bank property limits;<br/>
<a id="pl.63.9"></a><var>63.9</var>    (7) drive upon any portion of rail bank property, except at approved crossings, and <br/>
<a id="pl.63.10"></a><var>63.10</var>except where authorized for snowmobiles, emergency vehicles, maintenance vehicles, or <br/>
<a id="pl.63.11"></a><var>63.11</var>other vehicles authorized to use rail bank property;<br/>
<a id="pl.63.12"></a><var>63.12</var>    (8) deface, mar, damage, or tamper with any structure, work, material, sign, marker, <br/>
<a id="pl.63.13"></a><var>63.13</var>paving, guardrail, drain, or any other rail bank appurtenance; or<br/>
<a id="pl.63.14"></a><var>63.14</var>    (9) park, overhang, or abandon any unauthorized vehicle or implement of husbandry <br/>
<a id="pl.63.15"></a><var>63.15</var>on, across, or over the limits of rail bank property.<br/>
<a id="pl.63.16"></a><var>63.16</var>    (b) Unless a greater penalty is provided elsewhere in statute, any violation of this <br/>
<a id="pl.63.17"></a><var>63.17</var>subdivision is a petty misdemeanor.<br/>
<a id="pl.63.18"></a><var>63.18</var>    (c) The cost to remove, repair, or perform any other corrective action necessitated by <br/>
<a id="pl.63.19"></a><var>63.19</var>a violation of this subdivision may be charged to the violator.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.90.0"></a><a id="pl.63.20"></a><var>63.20</var>    Sec. 90. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 299A.705, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.63.21"></a><var>63.21</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Vehicle services operating account.</b> (a) The vehicle services <br/>
<a id="pl.63.22"></a><var>63.22</var>operating account is created in the special revenue fund, consisting of all money from the <br/>
<a id="pl.63.23"></a><var>63.23</var>vehicle services fees specified in chapters 168 and, 168A, and 168D, and any other money <br/>
<a id="pl.63.24"></a><var>63.24</var>otherwise donated, allotted, appropriated, or legislated to this account.<br/>
<a id="pl.63.25"></a><var>63.25</var>    (b) Funds appropriated are available to administer vehicle services as specified in <br/>
<a id="pl.63.26"></a><var>63.26</var>chapters 168 and, 168A, and 168D, and section 
         <statute_ref>169.345</statute_ref>, including:<br/>
<a id="pl.63.27"></a><var>63.27</var>    (1) designing, producing, issuing, and mailing vehicle registrations, plates, emblems, <br/>
<a id="pl.63.28"></a><var>63.28</var>and titles;<br/>
<a id="pl.63.29"></a><var>63.29</var>    (2) collecting title and registration taxes and fees;<br/>
<a id="pl.63.30"></a><var>63.30</var>    (3) transferring vehicle registration plates and titles;<br/>
<a id="pl.63.31"></a><var>63.31</var>    (4) maintaining vehicle records;<br/>
<a id="pl.63.32"></a><var>63.32</var>    (5) issuing disability certificates and plates;<br/>
<a id="pl.63.33"></a><var>63.33</var>    (6) licensing vehicle dealers;<br/>
<a id="pl.63.34"></a><var>63.34</var>    (7) appointing, monitoring, and auditing deputy registrars; and<br/>
<a id="pl.63.35"></a><var>63.35</var>    (8) inspecting vehicles when required by law.<br/>
<a id="pl.64.1"></a><var>64.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective retroactively from August 1, 2005, <br/>
<a id="pl.64.2"></a><var>64.2</var>for fees collected on or after that date.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.91.0"></a><a id="pl.64.3"></a><var>64.3</var>    Sec. 91. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 299F.60, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.64.4"></a><var>64.4</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Money penalty.</b> Any person who violates any provision of sections <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.64.5"></a><var>64.5</var>299F.56
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>299F.641</statute_ref>, or any rule issued thereunder, shall be is subject to a civil penalty to <br/>
<a id="pl.64.6"></a><var>64.6</var>be imposed by the commissioner not to exceed $10,000 $100,000 for each such violation <br/>
<a id="pl.64.7"></a><var>64.7</var>for each day that such the violation persists, except that the maximum civil penalty shall <br/>
<a id="pl.64.8"></a><var>64.8</var>must not exceed $500,000 $1,000,000 for any related series of violations. <br/>
<a id="pl.64.9"></a><var>64.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2008, and applies to <br/>
<a id="pl.64.10"></a><var>64.10</var>violations committed on or after that date.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.92.0"></a><a id="pl.64.11"></a><var>64.11</var>    Sec. 92. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 299J.16, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.64.12"></a><var>64.12</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Civil penalty.</b> (a) A pipeline operator who violates section 
         <statute_ref>299J.07, <br/>
<a id="pl.64.13"></a><var>64.13</var>subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>299J.15</statute_ref>, or the rules of the commissioner implementing those sections, <br/>
<a id="pl.64.14"></a><var>64.14</var>shall forfeit and pay to the state a civil penalty in an amount to be determined by the court, <br/>
<a id="pl.64.15"></a><var>64.15</var>up to $10,000 $100,000 for each day that the operator remains in violation, subject to a <br/>
<a id="pl.64.16"></a><var>64.16</var>maximum of $500,000 $1,000,000 for a related series of violations. <br/>
<a id="pl.64.17"></a><var>64.17</var>    (b) The penalty provided under this subdivision may be recovered by an action <br/>
<a id="pl.64.18"></a><var>64.18</var>brought by the attorney general at the request of the commissioner, in the name of the <br/>
<a id="pl.64.19"></a><var>64.19</var>state, in connection with an action to recover expenses of the director under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.64.20"></a><var>64.20</var>299J.13, subdivision 4
         </statute_ref>: <br/>
<a id="pl.64.21"></a><var>64.21</var>    (1) in the District Court of Ramsey County; or<br/>
<a id="pl.64.22"></a><var>64.22</var>    (2) in the county of the defendant's residence.<br/>
<a id="pl.64.23"></a><var>64.23</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2008, and applies to <br/>
<a id="pl.64.24"></a><var>64.24</var>violations committed on or after that date.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.93.0"></a><a id="pl.64.25"></a><var>64.25</var>    Sec. 93. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 325F.665, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.64.26"></a><var>64.26</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.64.27"></a><var>64.27</var>    Subd. 14. <b>Title branding.</b> (a) Upon transfer and application for title of all vehicles <br/>
<a id="pl.64.28"></a><var>64.28</var>subject to this section, the registrar of motor vehicles shall record the term "lemon law <br/>
<a id="pl.64.29"></a><var>64.29</var>vehicle" on the certificate of title and all subsequent certificates of title for that vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.64.30"></a><var>64.30</var>    (b) For vehicles with out-of-state titles that bear the term "lemon law vehicle," or <br/>
<a id="pl.64.31"></a><var>64.31</var>any similar term, the registrar of motor vehicles shall record the term "lemon law vehicle" <br/>
<a id="pl.65.1"></a><var>65.1</var>on the first Minnesota certificate of title and all subsequent Minnesota certificates of <br/>
<a id="pl.65.2"></a><var>65.2</var>title issued for that vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.65.3"></a><var>65.3</var>    (c) The designation of "lemon law vehicle" on a certificate of title must be made by <br/>
<a id="pl.65.4"></a><var>65.4</var>the registrar of motor vehicles in a clear and conspicuous manner, in a color different from <br/>
<a id="pl.65.5"></a><var>65.5</var>all other writing on the certificate of title.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.94.0"></a><a id="pl.65.6"></a><var>65.6</var>    Sec. 94. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.1466, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.65.7"></a><var>65.7</var><b>473.1466 </b><b>TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM </b><b>PERFORMANCE </b><b>AUDIT; </b><br/>
<a id="pl.65.8"></a><var>65.8</var><b>TRANSIT</b><b> EVALUATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.65.9"></a><var>65.9</var>    (a) In 1997 and every four years thereafter, the council shall provide for an <br/>
<a id="pl.65.10"></a><var>65.10</var>independent entity selected through a request for proposal process conducted nationwide <br/>
<a id="pl.65.11"></a><var>65.11</var>to do Prior to each major revision of the transportation policy plan, the council must carry <br/>
<a id="pl.65.12"></a><var>65.12</var>out a performance audit evaluation of the commuting metropolitan area's transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.65.13"></a><var>65.13</var>system as a whole. The performance audit evaluation must: <br/>
<a id="pl.65.14"></a><var>65.14</var>    (1) evaluate the commuting area's ability to meet the region's needs need for <br/>
<a id="pl.65.15"></a><var>65.15</var>effective and efficient transportation of goods and people,;<br/>
<a id="pl.65.16"></a><var>65.16</var>    (2) evaluate future trends and their impacts on the region's area's transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.65.17"></a><var>65.17</var>system, and;<br/>
<a id="pl.65.18"></a><var>65.18</var>    (3) assess the region's success in meeting the currently adopted regional <br/>
<a id="pl.65.19"></a><var>65.19</var>transportation benchmarks; and<br/>
<a id="pl.65.20"></a><var>65.20</var>    (4) include an evaluation of the regional transit system, including a comparison with <br/>
<a id="pl.65.21"></a><var>65.21</var>peer metropolitan regions with regard to key operating and investment measurements.<br/>
<a id="pl.65.22"></a><var>65.22</var>    (b) The council must update the evaluation of the regional transit system every <br/>
<a id="pl.65.23"></a><var>65.23</var>two years.<br/>
<a id="pl.65.24"></a><var>65.24</var>    (c) The council shall use the results of the performance evaluation to  make <br/>
<a id="pl.65.25"></a><var>65.25</var>recommendations for improving the system in each revision of the transportation policy <br/>
<a id="pl.65.26"></a><var>65.26</var>plan. The performance audit must recommend performance-funding measures.<br/>
<a id="pl.65.27"></a><var>65.27</var>    (b) In 1999 and every four years thereafter, the council must evaluate the <br/>
<a id="pl.65.28"></a><var>65.28</var>performance of the metropolitan transit system's operation in relationship to the regional <br/>
<a id="pl.65.29"></a><var>65.29</var>transit performance standards developed by the council.<br/>
<a id="pl.65.30"></a><var>65.30</var>    (d) The council must conduct a peer review of the performance evaluation using at <br/>
<a id="pl.65.31"></a><var>65.31</var>least two nationally recognized transportation and transit consultants.<br/>
<a id="pl.65.32"></a><var>65.32</var>    (e) The council must submit the performance evaluation to the chairs and ranking <br/>
<a id="pl.65.33"></a><var>65.33</var>minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees and divisions <br/>
<a id="pl.65.34"></a><var>65.34</var>with jurisdiction over transportation finance and policy.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.1"></a><var>66.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br/>
<a id="pl.66.2"></a><var>66.2</var>and applies to each revision of the transportation policy plan after the 2008 revision.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.95.0"></a><a id="pl.66.3"></a><var>66.3</var>    Sec. 95. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.166, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.66.4"></a><var>66.4</var><b>473.166 CONTROLLED ACCESS; </b><b>TRANSIT FIXED-GUIDEWAY;</b><b> </b><br/>
<a id="pl.66.5"></a><var>66.5</var><b>APPROVAL.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.66.6"></a><var>66.6</var>    Before acquiring land for or constructing a controlled access highway or transit <br/>
<a id="pl.66.7"></a><var>66.7</var>fixed-guideway in the area, the state Transportation Department or local government <br/>
<a id="pl.66.8"></a><var>66.8</var>unit proposing the acquisition or construction shall submit to the council a statement <br/>
<a id="pl.66.9"></a><var>66.9</var>describing the proposed project. The statement must be in the form and detail required by <br/>
<a id="pl.66.10"></a><var>66.10</var>the council. The council shall review the statement to ascertain its consistency with its <br/>
<a id="pl.66.11"></a><var>66.11</var>policy plan and the development guide. No project may be undertaken unless the council <br/>
<a id="pl.66.12"></a><var>66.12</var>determines that it is consistent with the policy plan. This approval is in addition to the <br/>
<a id="pl.66.13"></a><var>66.13</var>requirements of any other statute, ordinance or rule.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.14"></a><var>66.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.96.0"></a><a id="pl.66.15"></a><var>66.15</var>    Sec. 96. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.386, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.66.16"></a><var>66.16</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Service objectives.</b> The council shall implement a special <br/>
<a id="pl.66.17"></a><var>66.17</var>transportation service, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>174.29</statute_ref>, in the metropolitan area. The service <br/>
<a id="pl.66.18"></a><var>66.18</var>has the following objectives: <br/>
<a id="pl.66.19"></a><var>66.19</var>    (a) to provide greater access to transportation for the elderly, people with disabilities, <br/>
<a id="pl.66.20"></a><var>66.20</var>and others with special transportation needs in the metropolitan area;<br/>
<a id="pl.66.21"></a><var>66.21</var>    (b) to develop an integrated system of special transportation service providing <br/>
<a id="pl.66.22"></a><var>66.22</var>transportation tailored to meet special individual needs in the most cost-efficient manner; <br/>
<a id="pl.66.23"></a><var>66.23</var>and<br/>
<a id="pl.66.24"></a><var>66.24</var>    (c) to use existing public, private, and private nonprofit providers of service <br/>
<a id="pl.66.25"></a><var>66.25</var>wherever possible when feasible and cost-efficient, to supplement rather than replace <br/>
<a id="pl.66.26"></a><var>66.26</var>existing service, and to increase the productivity of all special transportation vehicles <br/>
<a id="pl.66.27"></a><var>66.27</var>available in the area.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.28"></a><var>66.28</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.97.0"></a><a id="pl.66.29"></a><var>66.29</var>    Sec. 97. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.386, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.66.30"></a><var>66.30</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Service contracts; management; transportation accessibility advisory </b><br/>
<a id="pl.66.31"></a><var>66.31</var><b>committee.</b> (a) The council may contract for services necessary for the provision of <br/>
<a id="pl.66.32"></a><var>66.32</var>special transportation. Transportation service provided under a contract must specify the <br/>
<a id="pl.67.1"></a><var>67.1</var>service to be provided, the standards that must be met, and the rates for operating and <br/>
<a id="pl.67.2"></a><var>67.2</var>providing special transportation services.<br/>
<a id="pl.67.3"></a><var>67.3</var>    (b) The council shall establish management policies for the service and may contract <br/>
<a id="pl.67.4"></a><var>67.4</var>with a service administrator for day-to-day administration and management of the service. <br/>
<a id="pl.67.5"></a><var>67.5</var>Any contract must delegate to the service administrator clear authority to administer and <br/>
<a id="pl.67.6"></a><var>67.6</var>manage the delivery of the service pursuant to council management policies and must <br/>
<a id="pl.67.7"></a><var>67.7</var>establish performance and compliance standards for the service administrator. The council <br/>
<a id="pl.67.8"></a><var>67.8</var>may provide directly day to day administration and management of the service and may <br/>
<a id="pl.67.9"></a><var>67.9</var>own or lease vehicles used to provide the service.<br/>
<a id="pl.67.10"></a><var>67.10</var>    (c) The council shall ensure that the service administrator establishes a system for <br/>
<a id="pl.67.11"></a><var>67.11</var>registering and expeditiously responding to complaints by users, informing users of how <br/>
<a id="pl.67.12"></a><var>67.12</var>to register complaints, and requiring providers to report on incidents that impair the safety <br/>
<a id="pl.67.13"></a><var>67.13</var>and well-being of users or the quality of the service. <br/>
<a id="pl.67.14"></a><var>67.14</var>    (d) The council shall annually report to the commissioner of transportation and the <br/>
<a id="pl.67.15"></a><var>67.15</var>legislature on complaints and provider reports, the response of the service administrator, <br/>
<a id="pl.67.16"></a><var>67.16</var>and steps taken by the council and the service administrator to identify causes and provide <br/>
<a id="pl.67.17"></a><var>67.17</var>remedies to recurring problems on its special transportation services as part of the program <br/>
<a id="pl.67.18"></a><var>67.18</var>evaluation provided for in section 473.13, subdivision 1a.<br/>
<a id="pl.67.19"></a><var>67.19</var>    (d) Each year before renewing contracts with providers and the service administrator, <br/>
<a id="pl.67.20"></a><var>67.20</var>the council shall provide an opportunity for the transportation accessibility advisory <br/>
<a id="pl.67.21"></a><var>67.21</var>committee, users, and other interested persons to testify before the council concerning <br/>
<a id="pl.67.22"></a><var>67.22</var>providers, contract terms, and other matters relating to council policies and procedures for <br/>
<a id="pl.67.23"></a><var>67.23</var>implementing the service.<br/>
<a id="pl.67.24"></a><var>67.24</var>    (e) The council shall provide, on an annual basis, an opportunity for users and <br/>
<a id="pl.67.25"></a><var>67.25</var>other interested persons to provide testimony to the council concerning services provided <br/>
<a id="pl.67.26"></a><var>67.26</var>under this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.67.27"></a><var>67.27</var>    (f) The council shall establish a Transportation Accessibility Advisory Committee <br/>
<a id="pl.67.28"></a><var>67.28</var>consisting of 15 members and a chair to advise the council on management policies for <br/>
<a id="pl.67.29"></a><var>67.29</var>the council's special transportation service. The Transportation Accessibility Advisory <br/>
<a id="pl.67.30"></a><var>67.30</var>Committee must include elderly and disabled persons, other users of special transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.67.31"></a><var>67.31</var>service, representatives of persons contracting to provide special transportation services, <br/>
<a id="pl.67.32"></a><var>67.32</var>and representatives of appropriate agencies for elderly and disabled persons to advise <br/>
<a id="pl.67.33"></a><var>67.33</var>the council on management policies for the service. At least half the Transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.67.34"></a><var>67.34</var>Accessibility Advisory Committee members must be disabled or elderly persons or the <br/>
<a id="pl.67.35"></a><var>67.35</var>representatives of disabled or elderly persons who are both ADA-certified and users of <br/>
<a id="pl.67.36"></a><var>67.36</var>public transit in the metropolitan area. Two of the appointments to the Transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.68.1"></a><var>68.1</var>Accessibility Advisory Committee shall be made by the Council on Disability in <br/>
<a id="pl.68.2"></a><var>68.2</var>consultation with the chair of the Metropolitan Council.<br/>
<a id="pl.68.3"></a><var>68.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.98.0"></a><a id="pl.68.4"></a><var>68.4</var>    Sec. 98. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.386, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.68.5"></a><var>68.5</var>    Subd. 2a. <b>Eligibility </b><b> application and verification; penalty for fraudulent </b><br/>
<a id="pl.68.6"></a><var>68.6</var><b>certification.</b> If the council requires a person to be certified as eligible for special <br/>
<a id="pl.68.7"></a><var>68.7</var>transportation services, an applicant for certification must submit an application form <br/>
<a id="pl.68.8"></a><var>68.8</var>and the applicant's eligibility must be verified by a type of professional specified by the <br/>
<a id="pl.68.9"></a><var>68.9</var>council. The council shall include the notice of penalty for fraudulent certification, and <br/>
<a id="pl.68.10"></a><var>68.10</var>require the person certifying the applicant to sign the eligibility certification form and the <br/>
<a id="pl.68.11"></a><var>68.11</var>applicant to sign the application form, as provided in section 
<statute_ref>174.295</statute_ref>.: <br/>
<a id="pl.68.12"></a><var>68.12</var>    (1) require the applicant to sign the application form and certify that the application <br/>
<a id="pl.68.13"></a><var>68.13</var>information is accurate; and <br/>
<a id="pl.68.14"></a><var>68.14</var>    (2) require the person verifying the applicant's eligibility to sign the eligibility <br/>
<a id="pl.68.15"></a><var>68.15</var>verification form and certify that the verifying information is accurate.<br/>
<a id="pl.68.16"></a><var>68.16</var>    The penalty provided for in section 174.295, subdivision 4, applies to the <br/>
<a id="pl.68.17"></a><var>68.17</var>certifications by the applicant and the person verifying the applicant's eligibility. The <br/>
<a id="pl.68.18"></a><var>68.18</var>council must include a notice of the penalty for fraudulent certification in the application <br/>
<a id="pl.68.19"></a><var>68.19</var>form and the eligibility verification form.<br/>
<a id="pl.68.20"></a><var>68.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.99.0"></a><a id="pl.68.21"></a><var>68.21</var>    Sec. 99. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.386, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.68.22"></a><var>68.22</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Duties of council.</b> In implementing the special transportation service, the <br/>
<a id="pl.68.23"></a><var>68.23</var>council shall:<br/>
<a id="pl.68.24"></a><var>68.24</var>    (a) encourage participation in the service by public, private, and private nonprofit <br/>
<a id="pl.68.25"></a><var>68.25</var>providers of special transportation currently receiving capital or operating assistance <br/>
<a id="pl.68.26"></a><var>68.26</var>from a public agency;<br/>
<a id="pl.68.27"></a><var>68.27</var>    (b) when feasible and cost-efficient, contract with public, private, and private <br/>
<a id="pl.68.28"></a><var>68.28</var>nonprofit providers that have demonstrated their ability to effectively provide service at <br/>
<a id="pl.68.29"></a><var>68.29</var>a reasonable cost;<br/>
<a id="pl.68.30"></a><var>68.30</var>    (c) encourage individuals using special transportation to use the type of service <br/>
<a id="pl.68.31"></a><var>68.31</var>most appropriate to their particular needs;<br/>
<a id="pl.68.32"></a><var>68.32</var>    (d) ensure that all persons providing special transportation service receive equitable <br/>
<a id="pl.68.33"></a><var>68.33</var>treatment in the allocation of the ridership;<br/>
<a id="pl.69.1"></a><var>69.1</var>    (e) encourage shared rides to the greatest extent practicable;<br/>
<a id="pl.69.2"></a><var>69.2</var>    (f) (e)  encourage public agencies that provide transportation to eligible individuals <br/>
<a id="pl.69.3"></a><var>69.3</var>as a component of human services and educational programs to coordinate with this <br/>
<a id="pl.69.4"></a><var>69.4</var>service and to allow reimbursement for transportation provided through the service at rates <br/>
<a id="pl.69.5"></a><var>69.5</var>that reflect the public cost of providing that transportation;<br/>
<a id="pl.69.6"></a><var>69.6</var>    (g) (f)  establish criteria to be used in determining individual eligibility for special <br/>
<a id="pl.69.7"></a><var>69.7</var>transportation services;<br/>
<a id="pl.69.8"></a><var>69.8</var>    (h) (g)  consult with the Transportation Accessibility Advisory Committee in a <br/>
<a id="pl.69.9"></a><var>69.9</var>timely manner before changes are made in the provision of special transportation services, <br/>
<a id="pl.69.10"></a><var>69.10</var>including, but not limited to, changes in policies affecting the matters subject to hearing <br/>
<a id="pl.69.11"></a><var>69.11</var>under subdivision 2;<br/>
<a id="pl.69.12"></a><var>69.12</var>    (i) (h)  provide for effective administration and enforcement of council policies <br/>
<a id="pl.69.13"></a><var>69.13</var>and standards; <br/>
<a id="pl.69.14"></a><var>69.14</var>    (j) annually evaluate providers of special transportation service to ensure compliance <br/>
<a id="pl.69.15"></a><var>69.15</var>with the standards established for the program; and <br/>
<a id="pl.69.16"></a><var>69.16</var>    (k) (i) ensure that, taken as a whole including contracts with public, private, and <br/>
<a id="pl.69.17"></a><var>69.17</var>private nonprofit providers, the geographic coverage area of the special transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.69.18"></a><var>69.18</var>service is continuous within the boundaries of the transit taxing district, as defined as of <br/>
<a id="pl.69.19"></a><var>69.19</var>March 1, 2006, in section 
         <statute_ref>473.446</statute_ref>, subdivision 2.<br/>
<a id="pl.69.20"></a><var>69.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.100.0"></a><a id="pl.69.21"></a><var>69.21</var>    Sec. 100. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.399, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.69.22"></a><var>69.22</var><b>473.399 </b><b>TRANSIT WAYS; </b><b>LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT AND COMMUTER RAIL </b><br/>
<a id="pl.69.23"></a><var>69.23</var><b>PLANNING</b><b> IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA</b><b>.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.69.24"></a><var>69.24</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>General requirements.</b> (a) The council must identify in its <br/>
<a id="pl.69.25"></a><var>69.25</var>transportation policy plan those heavily traveled corridors where development of a transit <br/>
<a id="pl.69.26"></a><var>69.26</var>way may be feasible and cost-effective. Modes of providing service in a transit way may <br/>
<a id="pl.69.27"></a><var>69.27</var>include bus rapid transit, light rail transit, commuter rail, or other available systems or <br/>
<a id="pl.69.28"></a><var>69.28</var>technologies that improve transit service.<br/>
<a id="pl.69.29"></a><var>69.29</var>    (b) After the completion of environmental studies and receipt of input from the <br/>
<a id="pl.69.30"></a><var>69.30</var>governing body of each statutory and home rule charter city, county, and town in which a <br/>
<a id="pl.69.31"></a><var>69.31</var>transit way is proposed to be constructed, the council must designate the locally preferred <br/>
<a id="pl.69.32"></a><var>69.32</var>alternative transit mode with respect to the corridor.<br/>
<a id="pl.69.33"></a><var>69.33</var>    (c) The council shall adopt a plan to ensure that any light rail transit facilities <br/>
<a id="pl.69.34"></a><var>69.34</var>that are designated as the locally preferred alternative and that are to be constructed in <br/>
<a id="pl.70.1"></a><var>70.1</var>the metropolitan area will be acquired, developed, owned, and capable of operation in <br/>
<a id="pl.70.2"></a><var>70.2</var>an efficient, cost-effective, and coordinated manner in coordination with buses and other <br/>
<a id="pl.70.3"></a><var>70.3</var>transportation modes and facilities. The plan may be developed and adopted in phases <br/>
<a id="pl.70.4"></a><var>70.4</var>corresponding to phasing of construction of light rail. The council may incorporate into its <br/>
<a id="pl.70.5"></a><var>70.5</var>plan appropriate elements of the plans of regional railroad authorities in order to avoid <br/>
<a id="pl.70.6"></a><var>70.6</var>duplication of effort.<br/>
<a id="pl.70.7"></a><var>70.7</var>    (b) The light rail transit plan or first phase of the plan required by this section must <br/>
<a id="pl.70.8"></a><var>70.8</var>be adopted by the council before the commissioner of transportation may begin<br/>
<a id="pl.70.9"></a><var>70.9</var>     (d) Construction of light rail transit facilities in a particular transit corridor may not <br/>
<a id="pl.70.10"></a><var>70.10</var>commence unless and until that mode is designated as the locally preferred alternative <br/>
<a id="pl.70.11"></a><var>70.11</var>for that corridor by the council. Following adoption of the plan, the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.70.12"></a><var>70.12</var>transportation shall act in conformity with the plan. The commissioner shall prepare or <br/>
<a id="pl.70.13"></a><var>70.13</var>amend the final design plans as necessary to make the plans consistent with the light <br/>
<a id="pl.70.14"></a><var>70.14</var>rail transit plan.<br/>
<a id="pl.70.15"></a><var>70.15</var>    (c) Throughout the development and implementation of the plan, the council shall <br/>
<a id="pl.70.16"></a><var>70.16</var>contract for or otherwise obtain engineering services to assure that the plan adequately <br/>
<a id="pl.70.17"></a><var>70.17</var>addresses the technical aspects of light rail transit.<br/>
<a id="pl.70.18"></a><var>70.18</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>Integrated transportation system.</b> The commissioner of transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.70.19"></a><var>70.19</var>and the Metropolitan Council shall ensure that the light rail transit and commuter rail <br/>
<a id="pl.70.20"></a><var>70.20</var>facilities are planned, designed, and implemented: (1) to move commuters and transit <br/>
<a id="pl.70.21"></a><var>70.21</var>users into and out of, as well as within, the metropolitan area, and (2) to ensure that rail <br/>
<a id="pl.70.22"></a><var>70.22</var>transit lines will interface with each other and other transportation facilities and services <br/>
<a id="pl.70.23"></a><var>70.23</var>so as to provide a unified, integrated, and efficient multimodal transportation system.<br/>
<a id="pl.70.24"></a><var>70.24</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Expenditure of state funds.</b> No state funds may be expended by the <br/>
<a id="pl.70.25"></a><var>70.25</var>Metropolitan Council to study a particular light rail transit or commuter rail facility unless <br/>
<a id="pl.70.26"></a><var>70.26</var>the funds are appropriated in legislation that identifies the route, including the origin <br/>
<a id="pl.70.27"></a><var>70.27</var>and destination.<br/>
<a id="pl.70.28"></a><var>70.28</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.101.0"></a><a id="pl.70.29"></a><var>70.29</var>    Sec. 101. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.3993, subdivision 1, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.70.30"></a><var>70.30</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.70.31"></a><var>70.31</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Application.</b> The definitions in this section apply to section <br/>
<a id="pl.70.32"></a><var>70.32</var><statute_ref>473.3994</statute_ref> sections 473.3993 to 473.3997. <br/>
<a id="pl.70.33"></a><var>70.33</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.102.0"></a><a id="pl.71.1"></a><var>71.1</var>    Sec. 102. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.3993, subdivision 3, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.71.2"></a><var>71.2</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.71.3"></a><var>71.3</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Final design plan.</b> "Final design plan" means a light rail transit plan that <br/>
<a id="pl.71.4"></a><var>71.4</var>includes the items in the preliminary design plan and the preliminary engineering plan for <br/>
<a id="pl.71.5"></a><var>71.5</var>the facilities proposed but with greater detail and specificity needed for construction. The <br/>
<a id="pl.71.6"></a><var>71.6</var>final design plan must include, at a minimum:<br/>
<a id="pl.71.7"></a><var>71.7</var>    (1) final plans for the physical design of facilities, including the right-of-way <br/>
<a id="pl.71.8"></a><var>71.8</var>definition; environmental impacts and mitigation measures; intermodal coordination with <br/>
<a id="pl.71.9"></a><var>71.9</var>bus operations and routes; and civil engineering plans for vehicles, track, stations, parking, <br/>
<a id="pl.71.10"></a><var>71.10</var>and access, including disability access; and<br/>
<a id="pl.71.11"></a><var>71.11</var>    (2) final plans for civil engineering for electrification, communication, and other <br/>
<a id="pl.71.12"></a><var>71.12</var>similar facilities; operational rules, procedures, and strategies; capital costs; ridership; <br/>
<a id="pl.71.13"></a><var>71.13</var>operating costs and revenues, and sources of funds for operating subsidies; financing for <br/>
<a id="pl.71.14"></a><var>71.14</var>construction and operation; an implementation method; and other similar matters.<br/>
<a id="pl.71.15"></a><var>71.15</var>    The final design plan must be stated with sufficient particularity and detail to <br/>
<a id="pl.71.16"></a><var>71.16</var>allow the proposer to begin the acquisition and construction of operable facilities. If a <br/>
<a id="pl.71.17"></a><var>71.17</var>design-build implementation method is proposed, instead of civil engineering plans the <br/>
<a id="pl.71.18"></a><var>71.18</var>final design plan must state detailed design criteria and performance standards for the <br/>
<a id="pl.71.19"></a><var>71.19</var>facilities.<br/>
<a id="pl.71.20"></a><var>71.20</var>    The commissioner of transportation may use a design-build method of project <br/>
<a id="pl.71.21"></a><var>71.21</var>development and construction for light rail transit. Notwithstanding any law to the <br/>
<a id="pl.71.22"></a><var>71.22</var>contrary, the commissioner may award a design-build contract on the basis of requests <br/>
<a id="pl.71.23"></a><var>71.23</var>for proposals or requests for qualifications without bids. "Design-build method of <br/>
<a id="pl.71.24"></a><var>71.24</var>project development and construction" means a project delivery system in which a single <br/>
<a id="pl.71.25"></a><var>71.25</var>contractor is responsible for both the design and construction of the project and bids the <br/>
<a id="pl.71.26"></a><var>71.26</var>design and construction together.<br/>
<a id="pl.71.27"></a><var>71.27</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.103.0"></a><a id="pl.71.28"></a><var>71.28</var>    Sec. 103. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.3993, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.71.29"></a><var>71.29</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.71.30"></a><var>71.30</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Responsible authority.</b> "Responsible authority" means either the <br/>
<a id="pl.71.31"></a><var>71.31</var>Metropolitan Council or the state of Minnesota acting through the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.71.32"></a><var>71.32</var>transportation, as designated by the governor under section 473.3994, subdivision 1a, for a <br/>
<a id="pl.71.33"></a><var>71.33</var>particular light rail transit facility.<br/>
<a id="pl.71.34"></a><var>71.34</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.104.0"></a><a id="pl.72.1"></a><var>72.1</var>    Sec. 104. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.3994, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.72.2"></a><var>72.2</var><b>473.3994 LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT; DESIGN PLANS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.72.3"></a><var>72.3</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>Designation of responsible authority.</b> For each proposed light rail transit <br/>
<a id="pl.72.4"></a><var>72.4</var>facility in the metropolitan area, the governor must designate either the Metropolitan <br/>
<a id="pl.72.5"></a><var>72.5</var>Council or the state of Minnesota acting through the commissioner of transportation as <br/>
<a id="pl.72.6"></a><var>72.6</var>the entity responsible for planning, designing, acquiring, constructing, and equipping <br/>
<a id="pl.72.7"></a><var>72.7</var>the facility. Notwithstanding such designation, the commissioner and the council may <br/>
<a id="pl.72.8"></a><var>72.8</var>enter into one or more cooperative agreements with respect to the planning, designing, <br/>
<a id="pl.72.9"></a><var>72.9</var>acquiring, constructing, or equipping of a particular light rail transit facility that provide <br/>
<a id="pl.72.10"></a><var>72.10</var>for the parties to exercise their respective authorities in support of the project in a manner <br/>
<a id="pl.72.11"></a><var>72.11</var>that best serves the project and the public.<br/>
<a id="pl.72.12"></a><var>72.12</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Preliminary design plans; public hearing.</b> Before final design plans are <br/>
<a id="pl.72.13"></a><var>72.13</var>prepared for a light rail transit facility in the metropolitan area, the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.72.14"></a><var>72.14</var>transportation responsible authority and the regional railroad authority or authorities <br/>
<a id="pl.72.15"></a><var>72.15</var>in whose jurisdiction the line or lines are located must hold a public hearing on the <br/>
<a id="pl.72.16"></a><var>72.16</var>physical design component of the preliminary design plans. The commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.72.17"></a><var>72.17</var>transportation responsible authority and the regional railroad authority or authorities in <br/>
<a id="pl.72.18"></a><var>72.18</var>whose jurisdiction the line or lines are located must provide appropriate public notice of <br/>
<a id="pl.72.19"></a><var>72.19</var>the hearing and publicity to ensure that affected parties have an opportunity to present <br/>
<a id="pl.72.20"></a><var>72.20</var>their views at the hearing. The commissioner responsible authority shall summarize the <br/>
<a id="pl.72.21"></a><var>72.21</var>proceedings and testimony and maintain the record of a hearing held under this section, <br/>
<a id="pl.72.22"></a><var>72.22</var>including any written statements submitted.<br/>
<a id="pl.72.23"></a><var>72.23</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Preliminary design plans; local approval.</b> At least 30 days before the <br/>
<a id="pl.72.24"></a><var>72.24</var>hearing under subdivision 2, the commissioner of transportation responsible authority shall <br/>
<a id="pl.72.25"></a><var>72.25</var>submit the physical design component of the preliminary design plans to the governing <br/>
<a id="pl.72.26"></a><var>72.26</var>body of each statutory and home rule charter city, county, and town in which the route <br/>
<a id="pl.72.27"></a><var>72.27</var>is proposed to be located. The city, county, or town shall hold a public hearing. Within <br/>
<a id="pl.72.28"></a><var>72.28</var>45 days after the hearing under subdivision 2, the city, county, or town shall review and <br/>
<a id="pl.72.29"></a><var>72.29</var>approve or disapprove the plans for the route to be located in the city, county, or town. A <br/>
<a id="pl.72.30"></a><var>72.30</var>local unit of government that disapproves the plans shall describe specific amendments to <br/>
<a id="pl.72.31"></a><var>72.31</var>the plans that, if adopted, would cause the local unit to withdraw its disapproval. Failure <br/>
<a id="pl.72.32"></a><var>72.32</var>to approve or disapprove the plans in writing within 45 days after the hearing is deemed <br/>
<a id="pl.72.33"></a><var>72.33</var>to be approval, unless an extension of time is agreed to by the city, county, or town and <br/>
<a id="pl.72.34"></a><var>72.34</var>the commissioner of transportation responsible authority.<br/>
<a id="pl.72.35"></a><var>72.35</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Preliminary design plans; council referral.</b> If the governing body of <br/>
<a id="pl.72.36"></a><var>72.36</var>one or more cities, counties, or towns disapproves the preliminary design plans within <br/>
<a id="pl.73.1"></a><var>73.1</var>the period allowed under subdivision 3, the commissioner of transportation may refer the <br/>
<a id="pl.73.2"></a><var>73.2</var>plans, along with any comments of local jurisdictions, to the Metropolitan Council. The <br/>
<a id="pl.73.3"></a><var>73.3</var>council shall hold a hearing on the plans, giving the commissioner of transportation, if the <br/>
<a id="pl.73.4"></a><var>73.4</var>responsible authority, any disapproving local governmental units, and other persons an <br/>
<a id="pl.73.5"></a><var>73.5</var>opportunity to present their views on the plans. The council may conduct independent <br/>
<a id="pl.73.6"></a><var>73.6</var>study as it deems desirable and may mediate and attempt to resolve disagreements about <br/>
<a id="pl.73.7"></a><var>73.7</var>the plans. Within 90 60 days after the referral hearing, the council shall review the <br/>
<a id="pl.73.8"></a><var>73.8</var>plans submitted by the commissioner of transportation and the council and shall decide <br/>
<a id="pl.73.9"></a><var>73.9</var>what amendments to the plans, if any, must be made to accommodate the objections <br/>
<a id="pl.73.10"></a><var>73.10</var>presented by the disapproving local governmental units. The commissioner shall make the <br/>
<a id="pl.73.11"></a><var>73.11</var>Amendments to the plans as decided by the council must be made before continuing the <br/>
<a id="pl.73.12"></a><var>73.12</var>planning and designing process.<br/>
<a id="pl.73.13"></a><var>73.13</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Final design plans.</b> (a) If the final design plans incorporate a substantial <br/>
<a id="pl.73.14"></a><var>73.14</var>change from the preliminary design plans with respect to location, length, or termini <br/>
<a id="pl.73.15"></a><var>73.15</var>of routes; general dimension, elevation, or alignment of routes and crossings; location <br/>
<a id="pl.73.16"></a><var>73.16</var>of tracks above ground, below ground, or at ground level; or station locations, before <br/>
<a id="pl.73.17"></a><var>73.17</var>beginning construction, the commissioner responsible authority shall submit the changed <br/>
<a id="pl.73.18"></a><var>73.18</var>component of the final design plans to the governing body of each statutory and home <br/>
<a id="pl.73.19"></a><var>73.19</var>rule city, county, and town in which the changed component is proposed to be located. <br/>
<a id="pl.73.20"></a><var>73.20</var>Within 60 days after the submission of the plans, the city, county, or town shall review <br/>
<a id="pl.73.21"></a><var>73.21</var>and approve or disapprove the changed component located in the city, county, or town. A <br/>
<a id="pl.73.22"></a><var>73.22</var>local unit of government that disapproves the change shall describe specific amendments <br/>
<a id="pl.73.23"></a><var>73.23</var>to the plans that, if adopted, would cause the local unit to withdraw its disapproval. <br/>
<a id="pl.73.24"></a><var>73.24</var>Failure to approve or disapprove the changed plans in writing within the time period is <br/>
<a id="pl.73.25"></a><var>73.25</var>deemed to be approval, unless an extension is agreed to by the city, county, or town and <br/>
<a id="pl.73.26"></a><var>73.26</var>the commissioner responsible authority.<br/>
<a id="pl.73.27"></a><var>73.27</var>    (b) If the governing body of one or more cities, counties, or towns disapproves the <br/>
<a id="pl.73.28"></a><var>73.28</var>changed plans within the period allowed under paragraph (a), the commissioner may refer <br/>
<a id="pl.73.29"></a><var>73.29</var>the plans, along with any comments of local jurisdictions, to the Metropolitan Council. <br/>
<a id="pl.73.30"></a><var>73.30</var>The council shall review the final design plans under the same procedure and with the <br/>
<a id="pl.73.31"></a><var>73.31</var>same effect as provided in subdivision 4 for preliminary design plans.<br/>
<a id="pl.73.32"></a><var>73.32</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Council review.</b> If the commissioner is the responsible authority, before <br/>
<a id="pl.73.33"></a><var>73.33</var>proceeding with construction of a light rail transit facility, the commissioner must submit <br/>
<a id="pl.73.34"></a><var>73.34</var>preliminary and final design plans to the Metropolitan Council. The council must review <br/>
<a id="pl.73.35"></a><var>73.35</var>the plans for consistency with the council's development guide and approve the plans.<br/>
<a id="pl.74.1"></a><var>74.1</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Metropolitan significance.</b> This section does not diminish or replace the <br/>
<a id="pl.74.2"></a><var>74.2</var>authority of the council under section 
         <statute_ref>473.173</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.74.3"></a><var>74.3</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Light rail transit operating costs.</b> (a) Before submitting an application for <br/>
<a id="pl.74.4"></a><var>74.4</var>federal assistance for light rail transit facilities in the metropolitan area, the applicant must <br/>
<a id="pl.74.5"></a><var>74.5</var>provide to the Metropolitan Council estimates must prepare an estimate of the amount <br/>
<a id="pl.74.6"></a><var>74.6</var>of operating subsidy which will be required to operate light rail transit in the corridor to <br/>
<a id="pl.74.7"></a><var>74.7</var>which the federal assistance would be applied. The information provided to the council <br/>
<a id="pl.74.8"></a><var>74.8</var>estimate must indicate the amount of operating subsidy estimated to be required in each <br/>
<a id="pl.74.9"></a><var>74.9</var>of the first ten years of operation of the light rail transit facility. If the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.74.10"></a><var>74.10</var>transportation is the responsible authority, the commissioner must provide information <br/>
<a id="pl.74.11"></a><var>74.11</var>requested by the council that is necessary to make the estimate.<br/>
<a id="pl.74.12"></a><var>74.12</var>    (b) The council must review and evaluate the information provided estimate <br/>
<a id="pl.74.13"></a><var>74.13</var>developed under paragraph (a) with regard to the effect of operating the light rail transit <br/>
<a id="pl.74.14"></a><var>74.14</var>facility on the currently available mechanisms for financing transit in the metropolitan area.<br/>
<a id="pl.74.15"></a><var>74.15</var>    Subd. 10. <b>Corridor Management Committee.</b> The responsible authority <br/>
<a id="pl.74.16"></a><var>74.16</var>must establish a Corridor Management Committee shall be established to advise the <br/>
<a id="pl.74.17"></a><var>74.17</var>commissioner of transportation responsible authority in the design and construction of <br/>
<a id="pl.74.18"></a><var>74.18</var>light rail transit in each corridor to be constructed. The Corridor Management Committee <br/>
<a id="pl.74.19"></a><var>74.19</var>for each corridor shall consist of the following members:<br/>
<a id="pl.74.20"></a><var>74.20</var>    (1) one member appointed by each city and county in which the corridor is located;<br/>
<a id="pl.74.21"></a><var>74.21</var>    (2) the commissioner of transportation or a designee of the commissioner;<br/>
<a id="pl.74.22"></a><var>74.22</var>    (3) two members appointed by the Metropolitan Council, one of whom shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.74.23"></a><var>74.23</var>designated as the chair of the committee;<br/>
<a id="pl.74.24"></a><var>74.24</var>    (4) one member appointed by the Metropolitan Airports Commission, if the <br/>
<a id="pl.74.25"></a><var>74.25</var>designated corridor provides direct service to the Minneapolis-St. Paul International <br/>
<a id="pl.74.26"></a><var>74.26</var>Airport; and<br/>
<a id="pl.74.27"></a><var>74.27</var>    (5) one member appointed by the president of the University of Minnesota, if the <br/>
<a id="pl.74.28"></a><var>74.28</var>designated corridor provides direct service to the university.<br/>
<a id="pl.74.29"></a><var>74.29</var>    The Corridor Management Committee shall advise the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.74.30"></a><var>74.30</var>transportation responsible authority on issues relating to the alternatives analysis, <br/>
<a id="pl.74.31"></a><var>74.31</var>environmental review, preliminary design, preliminary engineering, final design, <br/>
<a id="pl.74.32"></a><var>74.32</var>implementation method, and construction of light rail transit in the corridor.<br/>
<a id="pl.74.33"></a><var>74.33</var>    Subd. 13. <b>Dispute resolution.</b> In the event of a dispute between any of the parties <br/>
<a id="pl.74.34"></a><var>74.34</var>arising from the parties' respective authority and responsibility under this section, the <br/>
<a id="pl.74.35"></a><var>74.35</var>dispute shall be submitted to the Metropolitan Council for final resolution by any party to <br/>
<a id="pl.74.36"></a><var>74.36</var>the dispute. The Metropolitan Council shall establish by July 1, 1993, a process to ensure <br/>
<a id="pl.75.1"></a><var>75.1</var>a prompt and speedy resolution of the dispute. This process shall allow the parties to <br/>
<a id="pl.75.2"></a><var>75.2</var>provide evidence and testimony in support of their positions.<br/>
<a id="pl.75.3"></a><var>75.3</var>    Subd. 14. <b>Transfer of facility after construction.</b> If the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.75.4"></a><var>75.4</var>transportation is the responsible authority for a particular light rail transit facility, the <br/>
<a id="pl.75.5"></a><var>75.5</var>commissioner must transfer to the Metropolitan Council all facilities constructed and <br/>
<a id="pl.75.6"></a><var>75.6</var>all equipment and property acquired in developing the facility upon completion of <br/>
<a id="pl.75.7"></a><var>75.7</var>construction.<br/>
<a id="pl.75.8"></a><var>75.8</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.105.0"></a><a id="pl.75.9"></a><var>75.9</var>    Sec. 105. <b>[473.3995] LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT; DESIGN-BUILD METHOD.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.75.10"></a><var>75.10</var>    (a) A responsible authority may use a design-build method of project development <br/>
<a id="pl.75.11"></a><var>75.11</var>and construction for light rail transit. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a <br/>
<a id="pl.75.12"></a><var>75.12</var>responsible authority may award a design-build contract on the basis of requests for <br/>
<a id="pl.75.13"></a><var>75.13</var>proposals or requests for qualifications without bids. "Design-build method of project <br/>
<a id="pl.75.14"></a><var>75.14</var>development and construction" means a project delivery system in which a single <br/>
<a id="pl.75.15"></a><var>75.15</var>contractor is responsible for both the design and construction of the project and bids the <br/>
<a id="pl.75.16"></a><var>75.16</var>design and construction together.<br/>
<a id="pl.75.17"></a><var>75.17</var>    (b) If a responsible authority utilizes a design-build method of project development <br/>
<a id="pl.75.18"></a><var>75.18</var>and construction for light rail transit, the requirements and procedures in sections 161.3410 <br/>
<a id="pl.75.19"></a><var>75.19</var>to 161.3426 apply to the procurement, subject to the following conditions and exceptions:<br/>
<a id="pl.75.20"></a><var>75.20</var>    (1) if the Metropolitan Council is the responsible authority for a particular light rail <br/>
<a id="pl.75.21"></a><var>75.21</var>transit project, when used in sections 161.3410 to 161.3426, (i) the terms "commissioner," <br/>
<a id="pl.75.22"></a><var>75.22</var>"Minnesota Department of Transportation," "department," "state agencies," and "road <br/>
<a id="pl.75.23"></a><var>75.23</var>authority" refer to the Metropolitan Council, and (ii) the term "state" refers to the <br/>
<a id="pl.75.24"></a><var>75.24</var>Metropolitan Council except in references to state law or in references to the state as <br/>
<a id="pl.75.25"></a><var>75.25</var>a geographical location;<br/>
<a id="pl.75.26"></a><var>75.26</var>    (2) the provisions of section 161.3412, subdivisions 3 and 4, are not applicable <br/>
<a id="pl.75.27"></a><var>75.27</var>to the procurement; and<br/>
<a id="pl.75.28"></a><var>75.28</var>    (3) if any federal funds are used in developing or constructing the light rail transit <br/>
<a id="pl.75.29"></a><var>75.29</var>project, any provisions in sections 161.3410 to 161.3426 that are inconsistent with, or <br/>
<a id="pl.75.30"></a><var>75.30</var>prohibited by, any federal law, regulation, or other requirement are not applicable to the <br/>
<a id="pl.75.31"></a><var>75.31</var>procurement.<br/>
<a id="pl.75.32"></a><var>75.32</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.106.0"></a><a id="pl.76.1"></a><var>76.1</var>    Sec. 106. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.3997, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.76.2"></a><var>76.2</var><b>473.3997 FEDERAL FUNDING; LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.76.3"></a><var>76.3</var>    (a) Upon completion of the alternatives analysis and draft environmental impact <br/>
<a id="pl.76.4"></a><var>76.4</var>statement, and selection of the locally preferred alternative, for the central corridor <br/>
<a id="pl.76.5"></a><var>76.5</var>transit improvement project each light rail transit facility, the council, the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.76.6"></a><var>76.6</var>of transportation, and the affected regional rail authorities responsible authority may <br/>
<a id="pl.76.7"></a><var>76.7</var>prepare a joint an application for federal assistance for the light rail transit facilities in the <br/>
<a id="pl.76.8"></a><var>76.8</var>metropolitan area facility. If the commissioner is the responsible authority, the application <br/>
<a id="pl.76.9"></a><var>76.9</var>must be reviewed and approved by the Metropolitan Council before it is submitted by the <br/>
<a id="pl.76.10"></a><var>76.10</var>council and the commissioner. In reviewing the application the council must consider the <br/>
<a id="pl.76.11"></a><var>76.11</var>information submitted to it operating cost estimate developed under section 
         <statute_ref>473.3994, <br/>
<a id="pl.76.12"></a><var>76.12</var>subdivision 9
         </statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.76.13"></a><var>76.13</var>    (b) Until the application described in paragraph (a) is submitted Except for the <br/>
<a id="pl.76.14"></a><var>76.14</var>designated responsible authority for a particular light rail transit facility, no political <br/>
<a id="pl.76.15"></a><var>76.15</var>subdivision in the metropolitan area may on its own apply for federal assistance for light <br/>
<a id="pl.76.16"></a><var>76.16</var>rail transit planning or construction.<br/>
<a id="pl.76.17"></a><var>76.17</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.107.0"></a><a id="pl.76.18"></a><var>76.18</var>    Sec. 107. <b>[473.3999] LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT CONSTRUCTION IN </b><br/>
<a id="pl.76.19"></a><var>76.19</var><b>METROPOLITAN AREA; COUNCIL AUTHORITY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.76.20"></a><var>76.20</var>    The Metropolitan Council may exercise the powers granted in this chapter and in <br/>
<a id="pl.76.21"></a><var>76.21</var>other applicable law, as necessary, to plan, design, acquire, construct, and equip light rail <br/>
<a id="pl.76.22"></a><var>76.22</var>transit facilities in the metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2.<br/>
<a id="pl.76.23"></a><var>76.23</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.108.0"></a><a id="pl.76.24"></a><var>76.24</var>    Sec. 108. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.4051, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.76.25"></a><var>76.25</var><b>473.4051 LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT OPERATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.76.26"></a><var>76.26</var>    The council shall operate all light rail transit facilities and services located in the <br/>
<a id="pl.76.27"></a><var>76.27</var>metropolitan area upon completion of construction of the facilities and the commencement <br/>
<a id="pl.76.28"></a><var>76.28</var>of revenue service using the facilities. The commissioner of transportation and the council <br/>
<a id="pl.76.29"></a><var>76.29</var>may not allow the commencement of revenue service until after an appropriate period of <br/>
<a id="pl.76.30"></a><var>76.30</var>acceptance testing to ensure safe and satisfactory performance. In assuming the operation <br/>
<a id="pl.76.31"></a><var>76.31</var>of the system, the council must comply with section 
         <statute_ref>473.415</statute_ref>. The council shall coordinate <br/>
<a id="pl.76.32"></a><var>76.32</var>operation of the light rail transit system with bus service to avoid duplication of service <br/>
<a id="pl.77.1"></a><var>77.1</var>on a route served by light rail transit and to ensure the widest possible access to light rail <br/>
<a id="pl.77.2"></a><var>77.2</var>transit lines in both suburban and urban areas by means of a feeder bus system. <br/>
<a id="pl.77.3"></a><var>77.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.109.0"></a><a id="pl.77.4"></a><var>77.4</var>    Sec. 109. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.407, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.77.5"></a><var>77.5</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Authorization.</b> The council may appoint peace officers, as defined <br/>
<a id="pl.77.6"></a><var>77.6</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>626.84, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, paragraph (c), and establish a law enforcement agency, <br/>
<a id="pl.77.7"></a><var>77.7</var>as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>626.84, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, paragraph (f), known as the Metropolitan <br/>
<a id="pl.77.8"></a><var>77.8</var>Transit Police, to police its transit property and routes, to carry out investigations, and to <br/>
<a id="pl.77.9"></a><var>77.9</var>make arrests under sections 
         <statute_ref>629.30</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>629.34</statute_ref>. The jurisdiction of the law enforcement <br/>
<a id="pl.77.10"></a><var>77.10</var>agency is limited to offenses relating to council transit property, equipment, employees, <br/>
<a id="pl.77.11"></a><var>77.11</var>and passengers.  The jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Transit Police shall include traffic <br/>
<a id="pl.77.12"></a><var>77.12</var>lanes designed for bus or transit use, freeway or expressway shoulders in the seven-county <br/>
<a id="pl.77.13"></a><var>77.13</var>metropolitan area used by authorized transit buses and metro mobility buses under section <br/>
<a id="pl.77.14"></a><var>77.14</var>169.306, and high-occupancy vehicle lanes used by transit buses. Upon request from, or <br/>
<a id="pl.77.15"></a><var>77.15</var>under an agreement with, any law enforcement agency and subject to the availability of <br/>
<a id="pl.77.16"></a><var>77.16</var>its personnel and other resources, the Metropolitan Transit Police may exercise general <br/>
<a id="pl.77.17"></a><var>77.17</var>law enforcement agency authority to assist any law enforcement agency in implementing <br/>
<a id="pl.77.18"></a><var>77.18</var>or carrying out law enforcement activities, programs, or initiatives. If the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.77.19"></a><var>77.19</var>of transportation contracts with the Metropolitan Council for operation of commuter rail <br/>
<a id="pl.77.20"></a><var>77.20</var>facilities under section 174.90, the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Transit Police extends <br/>
<a id="pl.77.21"></a><var>77.21</var>to offenses relating to the operation, property, facilities, equipment, employees, and <br/>
<a id="pl.77.22"></a><var>77.22</var>passengers of the commuter rail facilities located in and outside of the metropolitan area.<br/>
<a id="pl.77.23"></a><var>77.23</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.110.0"></a><a id="pl.77.24"></a><var>77.24</var>    Sec. 110. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.408, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.77.25"></a><var>77.25</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.77.26"></a><var>77.26</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Charitable organization discount passes.</b> The council may offer passes, <br/>
<a id="pl.77.27"></a><var>77.27</var>including tokens, for regular route bus service for sale to charitable organizations, <br/>
<a id="pl.77.28"></a><var>77.28</var>described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, at a special discount.<br/>
<a id="pl.77.29"></a><var>77.29</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.111.0"></a><a id="pl.77.30"></a><var>77.30</var>    Sec. 111. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.408, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.77.31"></a><var>77.31</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.78.1"></a><var>78.1</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Youth discount passes.</b> (a) The council may offer passes, including <br/>
<a id="pl.78.2"></a><var>78.2</var>tokens, for regular route bus service to charitable organizations, described in section <br/>
<a id="pl.78.3"></a><var>78.3</var>501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, free of charge. Any passes provided under this <br/>
<a id="pl.78.4"></a><var>78.4</var>subdivision must be:<br/>
<a id="pl.78.5"></a><var>78.5</var>    (1) distributed to and used solely by a person who is under 16 years of age; and<br/>
<a id="pl.78.6"></a><var>78.6</var>    (2) restricted to use on a bus that is not operating at full capacity at the time of <br/>
<a id="pl.78.7"></a><var>78.7</var>use of the bus pass.<br/>
<a id="pl.78.8"></a><var>78.8</var>    (b) The council may establish additional requirements and terms of use of the <br/>
<a id="pl.78.9"></a><var>78.9</var>passes, including but not limited to charging a fee to the charitable organization for any <br/>
<a id="pl.78.10"></a><var>78.10</var>printing or production costs, restricting times of bus pass use to certain or nonpeak hours <br/>
<a id="pl.78.11"></a><var>78.11</var>of operation, and establishing oversight and auditing of the charitable organization with <br/>
<a id="pl.78.12"></a><var>78.12</var>regard to bus pass distribution and use.<br/>
<a id="pl.78.13"></a><var>78.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.112.0"></a><a id="pl.78.14"></a><var>78.14</var>    Sec. 112. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 609.531, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.78.15"></a><var>78.15</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> For the purpose of sections 
         <statute_ref>609.531</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>609.5318</statute_ref>, the <br/>
<a id="pl.78.16"></a><var>78.16</var>following terms have the meanings given them.<br/>
<a id="pl.78.17"></a><var>78.17</var>    (a) "Conveyance device" means a device used for transportation and includes, but <br/>
<a id="pl.78.18"></a><var>78.18</var>is not limited to, a motor vehicle, trailer, snowmobile, airplane, and vessel and any <br/>
<a id="pl.78.19"></a><var>78.19</var>equipment attached to it. The term "conveyance device" does not include property which <br/>
<a id="pl.78.20"></a><var>78.20</var>is, in fact, itself stolen or taken in violation of the law.<br/>
<a id="pl.78.21"></a><var>78.21</var>    (b) "Weapon used" means a dangerous weapon as defined under section 
         <statute_ref>609.02, <br/>
<a id="pl.78.22"></a><var>78.22</var>subdivision 6
         </statute_ref>, that the actor used or had in possession in furtherance of a crime.<br/>
<a id="pl.78.23"></a><var>78.23</var>    (c) "Property" means property as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>609.52, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, clause (1).<br/>
<a id="pl.78.24"></a><var>78.24</var>    (d) "Contraband" means property which is illegal to possess under Minnesota law.<br/>
<a id="pl.78.25"></a><var>78.25</var>    (e) "Appropriate agency" means the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the <br/>
<a id="pl.78.26"></a><var>78.26</var>Minnesota Division of Driver and Vehicle Services, the Minnesota State Patrol, a <br/>
<a id="pl.78.27"></a><var>78.27</var>county sheriff's department, the Three Rivers Park District park rangers, the Department <br/>
<a id="pl.78.28"></a><var>78.28</var>of Natural Resources Division of Enforcement, the University of Minnesota Police <br/>
<a id="pl.78.29"></a><var>78.29</var>Department, the Department of Corrections' Fugitive Apprehension Unit, or a city, <br/>
<a id="pl.78.30"></a><var>78.30</var>metropolitan transit,  or airport police department.<br/>
<a id="pl.78.31"></a><var>78.31</var>    (f) "Designated offense" includes:<br/>
<a id="pl.78.32"></a><var>78.32</var>    (1) for weapons used: any violation of this chapter, chapter 152, or chapter 624;<br/>
<a id="pl.78.33"></a><var>78.33</var>    (2) for driver's license or identification card transactions: any violation of section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.78.34"></a><var>78.34</var>171.22
         </statute_ref>; and<br/>
<a id="pl.79.1"></a><var>79.1</var>    (3) for all other purposes: a felony violation of, or a felony-level attempt or <br/>
<a id="pl.79.2"></a><var>79.2</var>conspiracy to violate, section 
         <statute_ref>325E.17</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>325E.18</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.185</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.19</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.195</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.21</statute_ref>; <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.79.3"></a><var>79.3</var>609.221
         </statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.222</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.223</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.2231</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.24</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.245</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.25</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.255</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.282</statute_ref>; <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.79.4"></a><var>79.4</var>609.283
         </statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.322</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.342, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, clauses (a) to (f); 
         <statute_ref>609.343, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.79.5"></a><var>79.5</var>clauses (a) to (f); 
         <statute_ref>609.344, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, clauses (a) to (e), and (h) to (j); 
         <statute_ref>609.345, <br/>
<a id="pl.79.6"></a><var>79.6</var>subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>, clauses (a) to (e), and (h) to (j); 
         <statute_ref>609.352</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.42</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.425</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.466</statute_ref>; <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.79.7"></a><var>79.7</var>609.485
         </statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.487</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.52</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.525</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.527</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.528</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.53</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.54</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.551</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.561</statute_ref>; <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.79.8"></a><var>79.8</var>609.562
         </statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.563</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.582</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.59</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.595</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.631</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.66, subdivision 1e</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.671, <br/>
<a id="pl.79.9"></a><var>79.9</var>subdivisions 3, 4, 5, 8, and 12
         </statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.687</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.821</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.825</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.86</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.88</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.89</statute_ref>; <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.79.10"></a><var>79.10</var>609.893
         </statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>609.895</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>617.246</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>617.247</statute_ref>; or a gross misdemeanor or felony violation of <br/>
<a id="pl.79.11"></a><var>79.11</var>section 
         <statute_ref>609.891</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>624.7181</statute_ref>; or any violation of section 
         <statute_ref>609.324</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.79.12"></a><var>79.12</var>    (g) "Controlled substance" has the meaning given in section 
         <statute_ref>152.01, subdivision 4</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.79.13"></a><var>79.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.113.0"></a><a id="pl.79.14"></a><var>79.14</var>    Sec. 113. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 1, article 4, section 39, the effective <br/>
<a id="pl.79.15"></a><var>79.15</var>date, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.79.16"></a><var>79.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the latter of August 1, 2006, or the <br/>
<a id="pl.79.17"></a><var>79.17</var>date on which the commissioner determines that building permits have been issued for <br/>
<a id="pl.79.18"></a><var>79.18</var>the construction of a new pulp and paper manufacturing facility at Grand Rapids on the <br/>
<a id="pl.79.19"></a><var>79.19</var>effective date of 2007 House File 1351, article 1, sections 60 and 61, as amended.<br/>
<a id="pl.79.20"></a><var>79.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.114.0"></a><a id="pl.79.21"></a><var>79.21</var>    Sec. 114. Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 6, section 7, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.79.22"></a><var>79.22</var>    Sec. 7. <b>[398A.10] TRANSIT FUNDING. </b><br/>
<a id="pl.79.23"></a><var>79.23</var>    Subdivision 1.  <b>Capital costs.</b> A county regional railroad authority may not <br/>
<a id="pl.79.24"></a><var>79.24</var>contribute more than ten percent of the capital costs of a light rail transit or commuter rail <br/>
<a id="pl.79.25"></a><var>79.25</var>project. This subdivision does not apply to a light rail transit project for which a county <br/>
<a id="pl.79.26"></a><var>79.26</var>regional railroad authority commits to providing an amount greater than ten percent of <br/>
<a id="pl.79.27"></a><var>79.27</var>the capital costs, if the commitment (1) is made before October 2, 2008, (2) is made as <br/>
<a id="pl.79.28"></a><var>79.28</var>part of an application for federal funds, and (3) is adjusted by the county regional railroad <br/>
<a id="pl.79.29"></a><var>79.29</var>authority to meet the requirements of this subdivision as part of the next scheduled federal <br/>
<a id="pl.79.30"></a><var>79.30</var>funding application for the project.<br/>
<a id="pl.79.31"></a><var>79.31</var>    Subd. 2.  <b>Operating and maintenance costs.</b> A county regional railroad authority <br/>
<a id="pl.79.32"></a><var>79.32</var>may not contribute any funds to pay the operating and maintenance costs for a light rail <br/>
<a id="pl.79.33"></a><var>79.33</var>transit or commuter rail project. If a county regional railroad authority is contributing <br/>
<a id="pl.80.1"></a><var>80.1</var>funds for operating and maintenance costs on a light rail transit or commuter rail project <br/>
<a id="pl.80.2"></a><var>80.2</var>on the date of the enactment of this act, the authority may continue to contribute funds <br/>
<a id="pl.80.3"></a><var>80.3</var>for these purposes until January 1, 2009. <br/>
<a id="pl.80.4"></a><var>80.4</var>    Subd. 3.  <b>Application.</b> This section only applies if to a county that has imposed the <br/>
<a id="pl.80.5"></a><var>80.5</var>metropolitan transportation sales and use tax under section 
         <statute_ref>297A.992</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.80.6"></a><var>80.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day after the metropolitan <br/>
<a id="pl.80.7"></a><var>80.7</var>transportation area sales tax is imposed under Minnesota Statutes, section 
<statute_ref>297A.992, <br/>
<a id="pl.80.8"></a><var>80.8</var>subdivision 2
</statute_ref>. This section is effective July 1, 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.80.9"></a><var>80.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.115.0"></a><a id="pl.80.10"></a><var>80.10</var>    Sec. 115. <b>LEGISLATIVE INTENT CONCERNING TRUCK WEIGHT </b><br/>
<a id="pl.80.11"></a><var>80.11</var><b>INCREASES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.80.12"></a><var>80.12</var>    It is the intent of the legislature to study, during the 2010 legislative session, the <br/>
<a id="pl.80.13"></a><var>80.13</var>effects of the sections in this chapter that increase allowable size, weight, or load limits on <br/>
<a id="pl.80.14"></a><var>80.14</var>state or local roads or bridges, and to modify statutes as necessary to achieve the goals of <br/>
<a id="pl.80.15"></a><var>80.15</var>promoting mobility while protecting infrastructure.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.116.0"></a><a id="pl.80.16"></a><var>80.16</var>    Sec. 116. <b>CULKIN SAFETY REST AREA.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.80.17"></a><var>80.17</var>    The commissioner of transportation shall reopen without delay the Culkin safety rest <br/>
<a id="pl.80.18"></a><var>80.18</var>area, located on marked Interstate Highway 35.<br/>
<a id="pl.80.19"></a><var>80.19</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.117.0"></a><a id="pl.80.20"></a><var>80.20</var>    Sec. 117. <b>CREDIT CARD PAYMENT STUDY; PROPOSAL.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.80.21"></a><var>80.21</var>    (a) By February 1, 2009, the commissioner of public safety shall submit a proposal <br/>
<a id="pl.80.22"></a><var>80.22</var>to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives <br/>
<a id="pl.80.23"></a><var>80.23</var>committees with jurisdiction over transportation finance. The proposal must identify a <br/>
<a id="pl.80.24"></a><var>80.24</var>method that allows the Department of Public Safety, its deputy registrars, and driver's <br/>
<a id="pl.80.25"></a><var>80.25</var>license agents to collect  by credit or debit card, motor vehicle registration taxes under <br/>
<a id="pl.80.26"></a><var>80.26</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 168.013; motor vehicle certificates of title and related <br/>
<a id="pl.80.27"></a><var>80.27</var>document fees under Minnesota Statutes, section 168A.29; motor vehicle sales tax under <br/>
<a id="pl.80.28"></a><var>80.28</var>Minnesota Statutes, sections 297B.02 and 297B.025; and driver's license and Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.80.29"></a><var>80.29</var>identification card fees under Minnesota Statutes, section 171.06.<br/>
<a id="pl.80.30"></a><var>80.30</var>    (b) The proposal must identify the total estimated statewide cost of the processing <br/>
<a id="pl.80.31"></a><var>80.31</var>fees paid to either a vendor, financial institution, or credit card company. The proposal <br/>
<a id="pl.80.32"></a><var>80.32</var>must consider options to finance the acceptance fees through either (1) state fee increases <br/>
<a id="pl.81.1"></a><var>81.1</var>necessary to finance (i) the costs of credit and debit card processing fees paid to a <br/>
<a id="pl.81.2"></a><var>81.2</var>processing vendor, (ii) the administrative costs of the department to implement the <br/>
<a id="pl.81.3"></a><var>81.3</var>acceptance of credit and debit cards, including hardware and software costs of the <br/>
<a id="pl.81.4"></a><var>81.4</var>department, its deputy registrars, and agents, and (iii) associated ongoing administrative <br/>
<a id="pl.81.5"></a><var>81.5</var>cost increases, or (2) an agreement with a vendor that allows the addition of a convenience <br/>
<a id="pl.81.6"></a><var>81.6</var>fee to each transaction to be paid directly by customers who choose to utilize credit or <br/>
<a id="pl.81.7"></a><var>81.7</var>debit cards.<br/>
<a id="pl.81.8"></a><var>81.8</var>    (c) The commissioner of public safety, with the assistance of the commissioners of <br/>
<a id="pl.81.9"></a><var>81.9</var>finance and administration, shall develop a request for proposals from vendors, to be <br/>
<a id="pl.81.10"></a><var>81.10</var>issued by January 1, 2010, to implement the acceptance of credit and debit payments by <br/>
<a id="pl.81.11"></a><var>81.11</var>the Department of Public Safety, its deputy registrars, and agents. The department shall <br/>
<a id="pl.81.12"></a><var>81.12</var>consult deputy registrars and driver's license agents in developing the request for proposals.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.118.0"></a><a id="pl.81.13"></a><var>81.13</var>    Sec. 118. <b>STUDY OF TRANSPORTATION LONG-RANGE SOLUTIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.81.14"></a><var>81.14</var>    (a) The commissioner of transportation shall conduct a study in consultation with <br/>
<a id="pl.81.15"></a><var>81.15</var>other state agencies and key stakeholders to evaluate the current and long-range needs of <br/>
<a id="pl.81.16"></a><var>81.16</var>the state's transportation system, and investigate possible strategies to meet these needs.<br/>
<a id="pl.81.17"></a><var>81.17</var>    (b) The study must include, but is not limited to:<br/>
<a id="pl.81.18"></a><var>81.18</var>    (1) evaluation of the current needs of the state's highway systems, bridges, and <br/>
<a id="pl.81.19"></a><var>81.19</var>transit;<br/>
<a id="pl.81.20"></a><var>81.20</var>    (2) analysis and quantification of the needs for the next 20 years of the state's <br/>
<a id="pl.81.21"></a><var>81.21</var>highway systems, bridges, and transit;<br/>
<a id="pl.81.22"></a><var>81.22</var>    (3) comparison of estimates of revenues raised by current transportation funding <br/>
<a id="pl.81.23"></a><var>81.23</var>sources, with long-term needs of the state's transportation system;<br/>
<a id="pl.81.24"></a><var>81.24</var>    (4) identification of options for maintenance and improvement of the state's <br/>
<a id="pl.81.25"></a><var>81.25</var>transportation system with specific reference to the effects of potential increases in vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.81.26"></a><var>81.26</var>fuel economy, availability of alternative modes of transportation, and extreme fuel price <br/>
<a id="pl.81.27"></a><var>81.27</var>volatility on future transportation revenues;<br/>
<a id="pl.81.28"></a><var>81.28</var>    (5) analysis of alternative pricing options utilized in other states and countries, <br/>
<a id="pl.81.29"></a><var>81.29</var>and their potential for use, public acceptance, alleviation of congestion, and revenue <br/>
<a id="pl.81.30"></a><var>81.30</var>generation in this state; and<br/>
<a id="pl.81.31"></a><var>81.31</var>    (6) identification of options for road-use pricing, other alternative financing <br/>
<a id="pl.81.32"></a><var>81.32</var>mechanisms with particular consideration of key environmental impacts such as air <br/>
<a id="pl.81.33"></a><var>81.33</var>quality, water quality, and greenhouse gas emissions, and estimates of implementation <br/>
<a id="pl.81.34"></a><var>81.34</var>costs, user costs, and revenue.<br/>
<a id="pl.82.1"></a><var>82.1</var>    (c) The commissioner shall report the results of the study to the legislature no later <br/>
<a id="pl.82.2"></a><var>82.2</var>than November 1, 2009.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.119.0"></a><a id="pl.82.3"></a><var>82.3</var>    Sec. 119. <b>STUDY AND REPORT ON SPEED LIMITS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.82.4"></a><var>82.4</var>    The commissioner of transportation shall report to the chairs and ranking minority <br/>
<a id="pl.82.5"></a><var>82.5</var>members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over transportation and local <br/>
<a id="pl.82.6"></a><var>82.6</var>government by January 30, 2009, on speed limits on local roads. The commissioner shall <br/>
<a id="pl.82.7"></a><var>82.7</var>consult with local governments and solicit input from local governments before issuing <br/>
<a id="pl.82.8"></a><var>82.8</var>the report. The report must include, at a minimum:<br/>
<a id="pl.82.9"></a><var>82.9</var>    (1) whether the current statutory speed limit of 30 miles per hour in urban districts <br/>
<a id="pl.82.10"></a><var>82.10</var>and rural residential districts is appropriate, or if there are locations where the appropriate <br/>
<a id="pl.82.11"></a><var>82.11</var>speed limit is 25 miles per hour;<br/>
<a id="pl.82.12"></a><var>82.12</var>    (2) whether the current statutory speed limit of 55 miles per hour in rural residential <br/>
<a id="pl.82.13"></a><var>82.13</var>districts within a city is appropriate, or if there are locations where the appropriate speed <br/>
<a id="pl.82.14"></a><var>82.14</var>limit is 30 miles per hour; and<br/>
<a id="pl.82.15"></a><var>82.15</var>    (3) whether the current definitions of urban district, rural residential district, and <br/>
<a id="pl.82.16"></a><var>82.16</var>residential roadway are appropriate, or whether and how they should be changed.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.120.0"></a><a id="pl.82.17"></a><var>82.17</var>    Sec. 120. <b>RAIL TRANSIT FEASIBILITY STUDY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.82.18"></a><var>82.18</var>    The Metropolitan Council may conduct a study of the feasibility of the use of light <br/>
<a id="pl.82.19"></a><var>82.19</var>rail or commuter rail transit in a corridor aligned on marked Interstate Highway 394 or <br/>
<a id="pl.82.20"></a><var>82.20</var>between marked Interstate Highway 394 and marked Trunk Highway 55, from downtown <br/>
<a id="pl.82.21"></a><var>82.21</var>Minneapolis to Ridgedale Drive in Minnetonka, with the alternative of extending to <br/>
<a id="pl.82.22"></a><var>82.22</var>Wayzata. The study must include consideration of the feasibility of combining the <br/>
<a id="pl.82.23"></a><var>82.23</var>Southwest Rail Transit Corridor with the Interstate Highway 394 Corridor between <br/>
<a id="pl.82.24"></a><var>82.24</var>downtown Minneapolis and a point of divergence west of downtown. The Metropolitan <br/>
<a id="pl.82.25"></a><var>82.25</var>Council may hire a consultant to assist in the study and report.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.121.0"></a><a id="pl.82.26"></a><var>82.26</var>    Sec. 121. <b>REPORT ON INTERNET-BASED DRIVER EDUCATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.82.27"></a><var>82.27</var>    The commissioner of public safety shall submit a report on Internet-based driver <br/>
<a id="pl.82.28"></a><var>82.28</var>education for the instruction permit component by February 15, 2009, to the chairs and <br/>
<a id="pl.82.29"></a><var>82.29</var>ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees having <br/>
<a id="pl.82.30"></a><var>82.30</var>jurisdiction over transportation finance and policy. The report must review and analyze <br/>
<a id="pl.82.31"></a><var>82.31</var>current findings and studies on the feasibility, effectiveness, and impacts of Internet-based <br/>
<a id="pl.82.32"></a><var>82.32</var>driver education programs for the instruction permit component, including program <br/>
<a id="pl.82.33"></a><var>82.33</var>effectiveness for persons under age 18.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.122.0"></a><a id="pl.83.1"></a><var>83.1</var>    Sec. 122. <b>NULLIFICATION OF EXPEDITED TOWN ROAD </b><br/>
<a id="pl.83.2"></a><var>83.2</var><b>EXTINGUISHMENT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.83.3"></a><var>83.3</var>    (a) Any extinguishment of town interest in a town road under Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.83.4"></a><var>83.4</var>section 164.06, subdivision 2, is hereby nullified if:<br/>
<a id="pl.83.5"></a><var>83.5</var>    (1) the interest was not recorded or filed with the county recorder but was recorded <br/>
<a id="pl.83.6"></a><var>83.6</var>or filed with the county auditor prior to 1972;<br/>
<a id="pl.83.7"></a><var>83.7</var>    (2) the state or a political subdivision has constructed a road or bridge improvement <br/>
<a id="pl.83.8"></a><var>83.8</var>on a right-of-way affected by the interest;<br/>
<a id="pl.83.9"></a><var>83.9</var>    (3) the affected road was the only means of access to a property; <br/>
<a id="pl.83.10"></a><var>83.10</var>    (4) the extinguishment took place within the last ten years; and<br/>
<a id="pl.83.11"></a><var>83.11</var>    (5) a person whose only access to property was lost because of the extinguishment <br/>
<a id="pl.83.12"></a><var>83.12</var>files a petition of a nullification with the town board stating that the person's property <br/>
<a id="pl.83.13"></a><var>83.13</var>became landlocked because of the extinguishment and that the road satisfies all of the <br/>
<a id="pl.83.14"></a><var>83.14</var>requirements of paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (4). A copy of the road order found filed or <br/>
<a id="pl.83.15"></a><var>83.15</var>recorded with the county auditor must be attached to the petition. The town shall file the <br/>
<a id="pl.83.16"></a><var>83.16</var>petition with the county auditor and record it with the county recorder.<br/>
<a id="pl.83.17"></a><var>83.17</var>    (b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 164.08, subdivision 1, and <br/>
<a id="pl.83.18"></a><var>83.18</var>541.023, for any nullification under paragraph (a), the affected road is hereby deemed to <br/>
<a id="pl.83.19"></a><var>83.19</var>be a cartway. No additional damages or other payments may be required other than those <br/>
<a id="pl.83.20"></a><var>83.20</var>paid at the time the fee interest was originally acquired and the order filed with the county <br/>
<a id="pl.83.21"></a><var>83.21</var>auditor. A cartway created by this paragraph may be converted to a private driveway <br/>
<a id="pl.83.22"></a><var>83.22</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 164.08, subdivision 2.<br/>
<a id="pl.83.23"></a><var>83.23</var>    (c) For purposes of this section, "affected road" means the road in which the town <br/>
<a id="pl.83.24"></a><var>83.24</var>board extinguished its interest.<br/>
<a id="pl.83.25"></a><var>83.25</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.123.0"></a><a id="pl.83.26"></a><var>83.26</var>    Sec. 123. <b>WILLMAR AIRPORT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.83.27"></a><var>83.27</var>    (a) Notwithstanding any law, rule, or agreement to the contrary, the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.83.28"></a><var>83.28</var>of transportation may enter into an agreement with the city of Willmar to allow funds <br/>
<a id="pl.83.29"></a><var>83.29</var>granted by the state to the city for land acquisition purposes at its former airport to instead <br/>
<a id="pl.83.30"></a><var>83.30</var>be used by June 30, 2012, as the state's share of funds for aeronautical purposes at the <br/>
<a id="pl.83.31"></a><var>83.31</var>city's new airport.<br/>
<a id="pl.83.32"></a><var>83.32</var>    (b) Funds not spent pursuant to paragraph (a) by June 30, 2012, must be paid to the <br/>
<a id="pl.83.33"></a><var>83.33</var>commissioner of transportation and deposited in the state airports fund.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.124.0"></a><a id="pl.83.34"></a><var>83.34</var>    Sec. 124. <b>AIRPORT ZONING EXCEPTION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.84.1"></a><var>84.1</var>    (a) Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or ordinance to the contrary, the <br/>
<a id="pl.84.2"></a><var>84.2</var>Eveleth-Virginia Municipal Airport Board of Adjustment must grant a variance to a <br/>
<a id="pl.84.3"></a><var>84.3</var>property owner who resides in Safety Zone A of the Eveleth-Virginia Municipal Airport <br/>
<a id="pl.84.4"></a><var>84.4</var>for the construction of, reconstruction of, remodeling of, or expansion of a structure in <br/>
<a id="pl.84.5"></a><var>84.5</var>accordance with St. Louis County Ordinance 46, provided that the structure must not <br/>
<a id="pl.84.6"></a><var>84.6</var>exceed the height restrictions imposed by the airport ordinance.<br/>
<a id="pl.84.7"></a><var>84.7</var>    (b) Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or ordinance to the contrary, Safety Zone A <br/>
<a id="pl.84.8"></a><var>84.8</var>of the Eveleth-Virginia Municipal Airport shall not include any residential building lot <br/>
<a id="pl.84.9"></a><var>84.9</var>riparian to the east shore of St. Mary's Lake, St. Louis County provided such residential <br/>
<a id="pl.84.10"></a><var>84.10</var>building lot was in existence on January 1, 1978.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.125.0"></a><a id="pl.84.11"></a><var>84.11</var>    Sec. 125. <b>APPLICATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.84.12"></a><var>84.12</var>    Sections 94 to 111 apply in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, <br/>
<a id="pl.84.13"></a><var>84.13</var>Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.<br/>
<a id="pl.84.14"></a><var>84.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.126.0"></a><a id="pl.84.15"></a><var>84.15</var>    Sec. 126. <b> REPEALER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.84.16"></a><var>84.16</var>(a) Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 221.60, subdivisions 2, 3, 3a, 4, 5, and 6; <br/>
<a id="pl.84.17"></a><var>84.17</var>221.601; and 221.602, are repealed.<br/>
<a id="pl.84.18"></a><var>84.18</var>(b) Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 168A.05, subdivision 5a; and 325E.0951, <br/>
<a id="pl.84.19"></a><var>84.19</var>subdivision 3a, are repealed.<br/>
<a id="pl.84.20"></a><var>84.20</var>(c) Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 473.1465; and 473.3994, subdivision 13, are <br/>
<a id="pl.84.21"></a><var>84.21</var>repealed.<br/>
<a id="pl.84.22"></a><var>84.22</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>Paragraph (a) is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.1.0"></a><a id="pl.84.25"></a><var>84.25</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.10, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.84.26"></a><var>84.26</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>Collector's vehicle, pioneer </b><b>license</b><b> </b><b>plate</b><b>.</b> (a) Any motor vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.84.27"></a><var>84.27</var>manufactured prior to 1936 and owned and operated solely as a collector's item shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.84.28"></a><var>84.28</var>listed for taxation and registration as follows: An affidavit shall be executed stating the <br/>
<a id="pl.84.29"></a><var>84.29</var>name and address of the owner, the name and address of the person from whom purchased, <br/>
<a id="pl.84.30"></a><var>84.30</var>the make of the motor vehicle, year and number of the model, the manufacturer's <br/>
<a id="pl.84.31"></a><var>84.31</var>identification number and that the vehicle is owned and operated solely as a collector's <br/>
<a id="pl.84.32"></a><var>84.32</var>item and not for general transportation purposes. If the registrar commissioner is satisfied <br/>
<a id="pl.85.1"></a><var>85.1</var>that the affidavit is true and correct and the owner pays a $25 tax and the plate fee <br/>
<a id="pl.85.2"></a><var>85.2</var>authorized under section 168.12, the registrar commissioner shall list such vehicle for <br/>
<a id="pl.85.3"></a><var>85.3</var>taxation and registration and shall issue a single number plate.<br/>
<a id="pl.85.4"></a><var>85.4</var>    (b) The number plate so issued shall bear the inscription "Pioneer," "Minnesota" <br/>
<a id="pl.85.5"></a><var>85.5</var>and the registration number or other combination of characters authorized under section  <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.85.6"></a><var>85.6</var>168.12, subdivision 2a
         </statute_ref>, but no date. The number plate is valid without renewal as long <br/>
<a id="pl.85.7"></a><var>85.7</var>as the vehicle is in existence in Minnesota. The registrar commissioner has the power to <br/>
<a id="pl.85.8"></a><var>85.8</var>revoke said plate for failure to comply with this subdivision. <br/>
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<a id="bill.2.2.0"></a><a id="pl.85.9"></a><var>85.9</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.10, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.85.10"></a><var>85.10</var>    Subd. 1b. <b>Collector's vehicle, classic car </b><b>license</b><b> </b><b>plate</b><b>.</b> (a) Any motor vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.85.11"></a><var>85.11</var>manufactured between and including the years 1925 and 1948, and designated by the <br/>
<a id="pl.85.12"></a><var>85.12</var>registrar of motor vehicles commissioner as a classic car because of its fine design, high <br/>
<a id="pl.85.13"></a><var>85.13</var>engineering standards, and superior workmanship, and owned and operated solely as a <br/>
<a id="pl.85.14"></a><var>85.14</var>collector's item shall be listed for taxation and registration as follows: An affidavit shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.85.15"></a><var>85.15</var>executed stating the name and address of the owner, the name and address of the person <br/>
<a id="pl.85.16"></a><var>85.16</var>from whom purchased, the make of the motor vehicle, year and number of the model, the <br/>
<a id="pl.85.17"></a><var>85.17</var>manufacturer's identification number and that the vehicle is owned and operated solely as a <br/>
<a id="pl.85.18"></a><var>85.18</var>collector's item and not for general transportation purposes. If the registrar commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.85.19"></a><var>85.19</var>is satisfied that the affidavit is true and correct and that the motor vehicle qualifies to <br/>
<a id="pl.85.20"></a><var>85.20</var>be classified as a classic car, and the owner pays a $25 tax and the plate fee authorized <br/>
<a id="pl.85.21"></a><var>85.21</var>under section 168.12, the registrar commissioner shall list such vehicle for taxation and <br/>
<a id="pl.85.22"></a><var>85.22</var>registration and shall issue a single number plate.<br/>
<a id="pl.85.23"></a><var>85.23</var>    (b) The number plate so issued shall bear the inscription "Classic Car," "Minnesota," <br/>
<a id="pl.85.24"></a><var>85.24</var>and the registration number or other combination of characters authorized under section  <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.85.25"></a><var>85.25</var>168.12, subdivision 2a
         </statute_ref>, but no date. The number plate is valid without renewal as long <br/>
<a id="pl.85.26"></a><var>85.26</var>as the vehicle is in existence in Minnesota. The registrar commissioner has the power to <br/>
<a id="pl.85.27"></a><var>85.27</var>revoke said plate for failure to comply with this subdivision. <br/>
<a id="pl.85.28"></a><var>85.28</var>    (c) The following cars built between and including 1925 and 1948 are classic:<br/>
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<tr>
<td><a id="pl.85.29"></a><var>85.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">A.C.<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.85.30"></a><var>85.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Adler<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.85.31"></a><var>85.31</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Alfa Romeo<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.85.32"></a><var>85.32</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Alvis<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Speed 20, 25, and 4.3 litre.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.85.33"></a><var>85.33</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Amilcar<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.85.34"></a><var>85.34</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Aston Martin<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.85.35"></a><var>85.35</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Auburn<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">All 8-cylinder and 12-cylinder models.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.85.36"></a><var>85.36</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Audi<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.1"></a><var>86.1</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Austro-Daimler<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.2"></a><var>86.2</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Avions Voisin 12<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.3"></a><var>86.3</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Bentley<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
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<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.4"></a><var>86.4</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Blackhawk<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.5"></a><var>86.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">B.M.W.<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Models 327, 328, and 335 only.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.6"></a><var>86.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Brewster (Heart-front Ford) <br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.7"></a><var>86.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Bugatti<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.8"></a><var>86.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Buick<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1931 through 1942: series 90 only.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.9"></a><var>86.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Cadillac<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">All 1925 through 1935.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.10"></a><var>86.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">All 12's and 16's.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.11"></a><var>86.11</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1936-1948: Series 63, 65, 67,<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.12"></a><var>86.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">70, 72, 75, 80, 85 and 90 only.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.13"></a><var>86.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1938-1947: 60 special only.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.14"></a><var>86.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1940-1947: All 62 Series.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.15"></a><var>86.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Chrysler<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1926 through 1930: Imperial 80.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.16"></a><var>86.16</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1929: Imperial L.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.17"></a><var>86.17</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1931 through 1937: Imperial Series CG,<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.18"></a><var>86.18</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">CH, CL, and CW.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.19"></a><var>86.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">All Newports and Thunderbolts.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.20"></a><var>86.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1934 CX.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.21"></a><var>86.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1935 C-3.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.22"></a><var>86.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1936 C-11.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.23"></a><var>86.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1937 through 1948: Custom Imperial,<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.24"></a><var>86.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Crown Imperial Series C-15, C-20, C-24,<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.25"></a><var>86.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">C-27, C-33, C-37, and C-40.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.26"></a><var>86.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Cord<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.27"></a><var>86.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Cunningham<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.28"></a><var>86.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Dagmar<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Model 25-70 only.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.29"></a><var>86.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Daimler<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.30"></a><var>86.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Delage<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.31"></a><var>86.31</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Delahaye<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.32"></a><var>86.32</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Doble<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.33"></a><var>86.33</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Dorris<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.34"></a><var>86.34</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Duesenberg<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.35"></a><var>86.35</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">du Pont<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.36"></a><var>86.36</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Franklin<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">All models except 1933-34 Olympic Sixes.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.37"></a><var>86.37</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Frazer Nash<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.38"></a><var>86.38</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Graham<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1930-1931: Series 137.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.39"></a><var>86.39</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Graham-Paige<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1929-1930: Series 837.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.40"></a><var>86.40</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Hispano Suiza<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.41"></a><var>86.41</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Horch<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.42"></a><var>86.42</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Hotchkiss<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.86.43"></a><var>86.43</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Invicta<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.1"></a><var>87.1</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Isotta Fraschini<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.2"></a><var>87.2</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Jaguar<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.3"></a><var>87.3</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Jordan<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Speedway Series 'Z' only.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.4"></a><var>87.4</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Kissel<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1925, 1926 and 1927: Model 8-75.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.5"></a><var>87.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1928: Model 8-90, and 8-90 White Eagle.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.6"></a><var>87.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1929: Model 8-126, and 8-90 White Eagle.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.7"></a><var>87.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1930: Model 8-126.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.8"></a><var>87.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1931: Model 8-126.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.9"></a><var>87.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Lagonda<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.10"></a><var>87.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Lancia<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.11"></a><var>87.11</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">La Salle<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1927 through 1933 only.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.12"></a><var>87.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Lincoln<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">All models K, L, KA, and KB.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.13"></a><var>87.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1941: Model 168H.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.14"></a><var>87.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1942: Model 268H.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.15"></a><var>87.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Lincoln Continental <br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1939 through 1948.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.16"></a><var>87.16</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Locomobile<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">All models 48 and 90.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.17"></a><var>87.17</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1927: Model 8-80.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.18"></a><var>87.18</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1928: Model 8-80.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.19"></a><var>87.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1929: Models 8-80 and 8-88.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.20"></a><var>87.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Marmon<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">All 16-cylinder models.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.21"></a><var>87.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1925: Model 74.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.22"></a><var>87.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1926: Model 74.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.23"></a><var>87.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1927: Model 75.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.24"></a><var>87.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1928: Model E75.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.25"></a><var>87.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1931: Model 88, and Big 8.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.26"></a><var>87.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Maybach<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.27"></a><var>87.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">McFarlan<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.28"></a><var>87.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Mercedes Benz<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">All models 2.2 litres and up.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.29"></a><var>87.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Mercer<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.30"></a><var>87.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">M.G.<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">6-cylinder models only.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.31"></a><var>87.31</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Minerva<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.32"></a><var>87.32</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Nash<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1931: Series 8-90.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.33"></a><var>87.33</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1932: Series 9-90,<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.34"></a><var>87.34</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Advanced 8, and Ambassador 8.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.35"></a><var>87.35</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1933-1934: Ambassador 8.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.36"></a><var>87.36</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Packard<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1925 through 1934: All models.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.37"></a><var>87.37</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1935 through 1942: Models 1200,<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.38"></a><var>87.38</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1201, 1202, 1203, 1204, 1205, 1207,<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.39"></a><var>87.39</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1208, 1400, 1401, 1402, 1403, 1404,<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.40"></a><var>87.40</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1405, 1407, 1408, 1500, 1501, 1502,<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.41"></a><var>87.41</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1506, 1507, 1508, 1603, 1604, 1605,<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.42"></a><var>87.42</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1607, 1608, 1705, 1707, 1708, 1806,<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.87.43"></a><var>87.43</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1807, 1808, 1906, 1907, 1908, 2006,<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.88.1"></a><var>88.1</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">2007, and 2008 only.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.88.2"></a><var>88.2</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1946 and 1947: Models 2106 and<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.88.3"></a><var>88.3</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">2126 only.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.88.4"></a><var>88.4</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Peerless<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1926 through 1928: Series 69.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.88.5"></a><var>88.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1930-1931: Custom 8.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.88.6"></a><var>88.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1932: Deluxe Custom 8.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.88.7"></a><var>88.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Pierce Arrow<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.88.8"></a><var>88.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Railton<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.88.9"></a><var>88.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Renault<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Grand Sport model only.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.88.10"></a><var>88.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Reo<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1930-1931: Royale Custom 8, and<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.88.11"></a><var>88.11</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Series 8-35 and 8-52 Elite 8.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.88.12"></a><var>88.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1933: Royale Custom 8.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.88.13"></a><var>88.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Revere<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.88.14"></a><var>88.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Roamer<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1925: Series 8-88, 6-54e, and 4-75.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.88.15"></a><var>88.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1926: Series 4-75e, and 8-88.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.88.16"></a><var>88.16</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1927-1928: Series 8-88.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.88.17"></a><var>88.17</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1929: Series 8-88, and 8-125.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.88.18"></a><var>88.18</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1930: Series 8-125.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.88.19"></a><var>88.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Rohr<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.88.20"></a><var>88.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Rolls Royce<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.88.21"></a><var>88.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Ruxton<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.88.22"></a><var>88.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Salmson<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.88.23"></a><var>88.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Squire<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.88.24"></a><var>88.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Stearns Knight<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.88.25"></a><var>88.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Stevens Duryea<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.88.26"></a><var>88.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Steyr<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.88.27"></a><var>88.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Studebaker<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">1929-1933: President, except model 82.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.88.28"></a><var>88.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Stutz<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.88.29"></a><var>88.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Sunbeam<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.88.30"></a><var>88.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Talbot<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.88.31"></a><var>88.31</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Triumph<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Dolomite 8 and Gloria 6.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.88.32"></a><var>88.32</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Vauxhall<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Series 25-70 and 30-98 only.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.88.33"></a><var>88.33</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Voisin<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.88.34"></a><var>88.34</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Wills Saint Claire<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.88.35"></a><var>88.35</var>    (d) No commercial vehicles such as hearses, ambulances, or trucks are considered <br/>
<a id="pl.88.36"></a><var>88.36</var>to be classic cars.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.3.0"></a><a id="pl.88.37"></a><var>88.37</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.10, subdivision 1c, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.88.38"></a><var>88.38</var>    Subd. 1c. <b>Collector's vehicle, collector plate.</b> (a) The owner of any self-propelled <br/>
<a id="pl.88.39"></a><var>88.39</var>motor vehicle, including any truck, (1) that is (i) at least 20 model years old, or (ii) at <br/>
<a id="pl.88.40"></a><var>88.40</var>least ten model years old and with a body or engine style of which not more than 500 <br/>
<a id="pl.88.41"></a><var>88.41</var>were manufactured in or imported into the United States in any model year, (2) that was <br/>
<a id="pl.89.1"></a><var>89.1</var>manufactured after 1935, and (3) that is owned and operated solely as a collector's vehicle, <br/>
<a id="pl.89.2"></a><var>89.2</var>shall list the vehicle for taxation and registration as provided in paragraph (b).<br/>
<a id="pl.89.3"></a><var>89.3</var>    (b) The owner shall execute an affidavit stating (1) the name and address of the <br/>
<a id="pl.89.4"></a><var>89.4</var>person from whom purchased and of the new owner, (2) the make of the motor vehicle, <br/>
<a id="pl.89.5"></a><var>89.5</var>(3) the year and number of the model, (4) the manufacturer's identification number, (5) <br/>
<a id="pl.89.6"></a><var>89.6</var>in the case of a vehicle described in paragraph (a), clause (1)(ii), that the vehicle has a <br/>
<a id="pl.89.7"></a><var>89.7</var>body or engine style of which not more than 500 were manufactured or imported into the <br/>
<a id="pl.89.8"></a><var>89.8</var>United States in any model year, and (6) that the vehicle is owned and operated solely as a <br/>
<a id="pl.89.9"></a><var>89.9</var>collector's item and not for general transportation purposes.<br/>
<a id="pl.89.10"></a><var>89.10</var>    (c) The owner shall provide a statement of the manufacturer or importer regarding <br/>
<a id="pl.89.11"></a><var>89.11</var>the number of vehicles manufactured or imported during the model year.<br/>
<a id="pl.89.12"></a><var>89.12</var>    (d) The owner shall also prove that the owner also has one or more vehicles with <br/>
<a id="pl.89.13"></a><var>89.13</var>regular license plates.<br/>
<a id="pl.89.14"></a><var>89.14</var>If the registrar commissioner is satisfied that the affidavit is true and correct and the <br/>
<a id="pl.89.15"></a><var>89.15</var>owner pays a $25 tax and the plate fee authorized under section 168.12, the registrar <br/>
<a id="pl.89.16"></a><var>89.16</var>commissioner shall list the vehicle for taxation and registration and shall issue a single <br/>
<a id="pl.89.17"></a><var>89.17</var>number plate.<br/>
<a id="pl.89.18"></a><var>89.18</var>    (e) The number plate issued shall bear the inscription "Collector," "Minnesota," <br/>
<a id="pl.89.19"></a><var>89.19</var>and the registration number or other combination of characters authorized under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.89.20"></a><var>89.20</var>168.12, subdivision 2a
         </statute_ref>, but no date. The number plate is valid without renewal as long <br/>
<a id="pl.89.21"></a><var>89.21</var>as the vehicle is in existence in Minnesota. The registrar commissioner has the power to <br/>
<a id="pl.89.22"></a><var>89.22</var>revoke the plate for failure to comply with this subdivision.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.4.0"></a><a id="pl.89.23"></a><var>89.23</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.10, subdivision 1d, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.89.24"></a><var>89.24</var>    Subd. 1d. <b>Collector's vehicle, street rod </b><b>license</b><b> </b><b>plate</b><b>.</b> Any modernized motor <br/>
<a id="pl.89.25"></a><var>89.25</var>vehicle manufactured prior to the year 1949 or designed and manufactured to resemble <br/>
<a id="pl.89.26"></a><var>89.26</var>such vehicle shall be listed for taxation and registration as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.89.27"></a><var>89.27</var>    An affidavit shall be executed stating the name and address of the person from <br/>
<a id="pl.89.28"></a><var>89.28</var>whom purchased and of the new owner, the make of the motor vehicle, year number of <br/>
<a id="pl.89.29"></a><var>89.29</var>model, and the manufacturer's identification number. The affidavit shall further state that <br/>
<a id="pl.89.30"></a><var>89.30</var>the vehicle is owned and operated solely as a street rod and not for general transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.89.31"></a><var>89.31</var>purposes. The owner must also prove that the owner has one or more vehicles with regular <br/>
<a id="pl.89.32"></a><var>89.32</var>license plates. If the registrar commissioner is satisfied that the affidavit is true and <br/>
<a id="pl.89.33"></a><var>89.33</var>correct and the owner pays a $25 tax and the plate fee authorized under section 168.12, <br/>
<a id="pl.89.34"></a><var>89.34</var>the registrar commissioner shall list such vehicle for taxation and registration and shall <br/>
<a id="pl.89.35"></a><var>89.35</var>issue a single number plate.<br/>
<a id="pl.90.1"></a><var>90.1</var>    The number plate issued shall bear the inscription "Street Rod", "Minnesota" and the <br/>
<a id="pl.90.2"></a><var>90.2</var>registration number or other combination of characters authorized under section  
         <statute_ref>168.12, <br/>
<a id="pl.90.3"></a><var>90.3</var>subdivision 2a
         </statute_ref>, but no date. The number plate is valid without renewal as long as the <br/>
<a id="pl.90.4"></a><var>90.4</var>vehicle is in existence in Minnesota. The registrar commissioner has the power to revoke <br/>
<a id="pl.90.5"></a><var>90.5</var>such plate for failure to comply with this subdivision. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.5.0"></a><a id="pl.90.6"></a><var>90.6</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.10, subdivision 1g, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.90.7"></a><var>90.7</var>    Subd. 1g. <b>Original plates.</b> A vehicle registered pursuant to subdivision 1a, 1b, 1c <br/>
<a id="pl.90.8"></a><var>90.8</var>or 1d may in lieu of being issued number plates by the registrar commissioner display <br/>
<a id="pl.90.9"></a><var>90.9</var>original Minnesota number plates issued in the same year as the model year of the car <br/>
<a id="pl.90.10"></a><var>90.10</var>on which they are displayed. The number of the original plates must be provided to the <br/>
<a id="pl.90.11"></a><var>90.11</var>registrar commissioner. The original plates must be in good condition and shall be used in <br/>
<a id="pl.90.12"></a><var>90.12</var>pairs one to be displayed in the front of the car and one in the rear, except for an original <br/>
<a id="pl.90.13"></a><var>90.13</var>plate issued in 1911, 1944, 1945, or 1946 which may be used singly and displayed at the <br/>
<a id="pl.90.14"></a><var>90.14</var>rear of the vehicle. Original Minnesota number plates shall not be used if the number on <br/>
<a id="pl.90.15"></a><var>90.15</var>the original plate is identical to a number on any current street rod plate or any other plate <br/>
<a id="pl.90.16"></a><var>90.16</var>in a numbering system used by the registrar commissioner without written authorization <br/>
<a id="pl.90.17"></a><var>90.17</var>from the commissioner. Any person currently using plates issued pursuant to subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.90.18"></a><var>90.18</var>1a, 1b, 1c or 1d shall return those plates to the registrar commissioner before substituting <br/>
<a id="pl.90.19"></a><var>90.19</var>original plates. The registrar may commissioner shall charge a fee of $10 for registering <br/>
<a id="pl.90.20"></a><var>90.20</var>the number on original plates.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.6.0"></a><a id="pl.90.21"></a><var>90.21</var>    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.10, subdivision 1h, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.90.22"></a><var>90.22</var>    Subd. 1h. <b>Collector military vehicle.</b> (a) A motor vehicle, including a truck, shall <br/>
<a id="pl.90.23"></a><var>90.23</var>be listed and registered under this section if it meets the following conditions:<br/>
<a id="pl.90.24"></a><var>90.24</var>    (1) it is at least 20 years old;<br/>
<a id="pl.90.25"></a><var>90.25</var>    (2) its first owner following its manufacture was a branch of the armed forces of <br/>
<a id="pl.90.26"></a><var>90.26</var>the United States and it presently conforms to the vehicle specifications required during <br/>
<a id="pl.90.27"></a><var>90.27</var>the time of military ownership, or it has been restored and presently conforms to the <br/>
<a id="pl.90.28"></a><var>90.28</var>specifications required by a branch of the armed forces for the model year that the restored <br/>
<a id="pl.90.29"></a><var>90.29</var>vehicle could have been owned by that branch of the armed forces; and<br/>
<a id="pl.90.30"></a><var>90.30</var>    (3) it is owned by a nonprofit organization and operated solely as a collector's <br/>
<a id="pl.90.31"></a><var>90.31</var>vehicle. For purposes of this subdivision, "nonprofit organization" means a corporation, <br/>
<a id="pl.90.32"></a><var>90.32</var>society, association, foundation, or institution organized and operated exclusively for <br/>
<a id="pl.90.33"></a><var>90.33</var>historical or educational purposes, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the <br/>
<a id="pl.90.34"></a><var>90.34</var>benefit of a private individual.<br/>
<a id="pl.91.1"></a><var>91.1</var>    (b) The owner of the vehicle shall execute an affidavit stating the name and address <br/>
<a id="pl.91.2"></a><var>91.2</var>of the person from whom purchased and of the new owner; the make, year, and model <br/>
<a id="pl.91.3"></a><var>91.3</var>number of the motor vehicle; the manufacturer's identification number; and the collector <br/>
<a id="pl.91.4"></a><var>91.4</var>military vehicle identification number, if any, located on the exterior of the vehicle. The <br/>
<a id="pl.91.5"></a><var>91.5</var>affidavit must affirm that the vehicle is owned by a nonprofit organization and is operated <br/>
<a id="pl.91.6"></a><var>91.6</var>solely as a collector's item and not for general transportation purposes. If the registrar <br/>
<a id="pl.91.7"></a><var>91.7</var>commissioner is satisfied that the affidavit is true and correct and the owner pays a $25 <br/>
<a id="pl.91.8"></a><var>91.8</var>tax and the plate fee authorized under section 168.12, the registrar commissioner shall <br/>
<a id="pl.91.9"></a><var>91.9</var>list the vehicle for taxation and registration and shall issue number plates. The number <br/>
<a id="pl.91.10"></a><var>91.10</var>plates shall bear the inscriptions "Collector" and "Minnesota" and the registration number, <br/>
<a id="pl.91.11"></a><var>91.11</var>but no date. The number plates are valid without renewal as long as the vehicle is in <br/>
<a id="pl.91.12"></a><var>91.12</var>existence in Minnesota. The registrar commissioner may revoke the plates for failure <br/>
<a id="pl.91.13"></a><var>91.13</var>to comply with this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.91.14"></a><var>91.14</var>    (c) Notwithstanding section  
         <statute_ref>168.09</statute_ref>,  
         <statute_ref>168.12</statute_ref>, or other law to the contrary, the owner <br/>
<a id="pl.91.15"></a><var>91.15</var>of a registered collector military vehicle is not required to display registration plates on the <br/>
<a id="pl.91.16"></a><var>91.16</var>exterior of the vehicle if the vehicle has an exterior number identification that conforms to <br/>
<a id="pl.91.17"></a><var>91.17</var>the identifying system for military vehicles in effect when the vehicle was last owned by <br/>
<a id="pl.91.18"></a><var>91.18</var>the branch of the armed forces of the United States or in effect in the year to which the <br/>
<a id="pl.91.19"></a><var>91.19</var>collector military vehicle has been restored. However, the state registration plates must be <br/>
<a id="pl.91.20"></a><var>91.20</var>carried in or on the collector military vehicle at all times. <br/>
<a id="pl.91.21"></a><var>91.21</var>    (d) The owner of a registered collector military vehicle that is not required to display <br/>
<a id="pl.91.22"></a><var>91.22</var>registration plates under paragraph (c) may tow a registered trailer behind it. The trailer <br/>
<a id="pl.91.23"></a><var>91.23</var>is not required to display registration plates if the trailer:<br/>
<a id="pl.91.24"></a><var>91.24</var>    (1)  does not exceed a gross weight of 15,000 pounds;<br/>
<a id="pl.91.25"></a><var>91.25</var>    (2)  otherwise conforms to registration, licensing, and safety laws and specifications;<br/>
<a id="pl.91.26"></a><var>91.26</var>    (3) conforms to military specifications for appearance and identification;<br/>
<a id="pl.91.27"></a><var>91.27</var>    (4) is intended to represent and does represent a military trailer; and<br/>
<a id="pl.91.28"></a><var>91.28</var>    (5) carries registration plates on or in the trailer or the collector military vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.91.29"></a><var>91.29</var>towing the trailer.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.7.0"></a><a id="pl.91.30"></a><var>91.30</var>    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.10, subdivision 1i, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.91.31"></a><var>91.31</var>    Subd. 1i. <b>Collector plate transfer.</b> Notwithstanding section  
         <statute_ref>168.12, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.91.32"></a><var>91.32</var>on payment of a transfer fee of $5, plates issued under this section may be transferred to <br/>
<a id="pl.91.33"></a><var>91.33</var>another vehicle owned or jointly owned by the person to whom the special plates were <br/>
<a id="pl.91.34"></a><var>91.34</var>issued or the plate may be assigned to another owner. In addition to the transfer fee a new <br/>
<a id="pl.91.35"></a><var>91.35</var>owner must pay the $25 plate tax or and any fee required by section  
         <statute_ref>168.12, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.92.1"></a><var>92.1</var>2a
         </statute_ref>. The $5 fee must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the highway user tax <br/>
<a id="pl.92.2"></a><var>92.2</var>distribution fund. License plates issued under this section may not be transferred to a <br/>
<a id="pl.92.3"></a><var>92.3</var>vehicle not eligible for the collector's vehicle license plates. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.8.0"></a><a id="pl.92.4"></a><var>92.4</var>    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.92.5"></a><var>92.5</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Plates; design, visibility, periods of issuance.</b> (a) The commissioner, <br/>
<a id="pl.92.6"></a><var>92.6</var>upon approval and payment, shall issue to the applicant the plates required by this chapter, <br/>
<a id="pl.92.7"></a><var>92.7</var>bearing the state name and an assigned vehicle registration number. The number assigned <br/>
<a id="pl.92.8"></a><var>92.8</var>by the commissioner may be a combination of a letter or sign with figures. The color of the <br/>
<a id="pl.92.9"></a><var>92.9</var>plates and the color of the abbreviation of the state name and the number assigned must <br/>
<a id="pl.92.10"></a><var>92.10</var>be in marked contrast. The plates must be lettered, spaced, or distinguished to suitably <br/>
<a id="pl.92.11"></a><var>92.11</var>indicate the registration of the vehicle according to the rules of the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.92.12"></a><var>92.12</var>    (b) When a vehicle is registered on the basis of total gross weight, the plates issued <br/>
<a id="pl.92.13"></a><var>92.13</var>must clearly indicate by letters or other suitable insignia the maximum gross weight <br/>
<a id="pl.92.14"></a><var>92.14</var>for which the tax has been paid.<br/>
<a id="pl.92.15"></a><var>92.15</var>    (c) The plates must be so treated as to be at least 100 times brighter than the <br/>
<a id="pl.92.16"></a><var>92.16</var>conventional painted number plates. When properly mounted on an unlighted vehicle, the <br/>
<a id="pl.92.17"></a><var>92.17</var>plates, when viewed from a vehicle equipped with standard headlights, must be visible for <br/>
<a id="pl.92.18"></a><var>92.18</var>a distance of not less than 1,500 feet and readable for a distance of not less than 110 feet.<br/>
<a id="pl.92.19"></a><var>92.19</var>    (d) The commissioner shall issue plates for the following periods:<br/>
<a id="pl.92.20"></a><var>92.20</var>    (1) New plates issued pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>168.012, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, must be issued to a <br/>
<a id="pl.92.21"></a><var>92.21</var>vehicle for as long as the vehicle is owned by the exempt agency and the plate shall not be <br/>
<a id="pl.92.22"></a><var>92.22</var>transferable from one vehicle to another but the plate may be transferred with the vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.92.23"></a><var>92.23</var>from one tax-exempt agency to another.<br/>
<a id="pl.92.24"></a><var>92.24</var>    (2) Plates issued for passenger automobiles must be issued for a seven-year period. <br/>
<a id="pl.92.25"></a><var>92.25</var>All plates issued under this paragraph must be replaced if they are seven years old or older <br/>
<a id="pl.92.26"></a><var>92.26</var>at the time of registration renewal or will become so during the registration period.<br/>
<a id="pl.92.27"></a><var>92.27</var>    (3) Plates issued under sections 
         <statute_ref>168.053</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>168.27, subdivisions 16 and 17</statute_ref>, must <br/>
<a id="pl.92.28"></a><var>92.28</var>be for a seven-year period.<br/>
<a id="pl.92.29"></a><var>92.29</var>    (4) Plates issued under subdivisions 2c and 2d and section 
         <statute_ref>168.123</statute_ref> must be issued <br/>
<a id="pl.92.30"></a><var>92.30</var>for the life of the veteran under section 
         <statute_ref>169.79</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.92.31"></a><var>92.31</var>    (5) Plates for any vehicle not specified in clauses (1) to (3), except for trailers as <br/>
<a id="pl.92.32"></a><var>92.32</var>hereafter provided, must be issued for the life of the vehicle. Beginning with plates issued <br/>
<a id="pl.92.33"></a><var>92.33</var>for the year 1981, plates issued for trailers with a total gross weight of 3,000 pounds or <br/>
<a id="pl.92.34"></a><var>92.34</var>less must be issued for the life of the trailer and must be not more than seven inches in <br/>
<a id="pl.92.35"></a><var>92.35</var>length and four inches in width.<br/>
<a id="pl.93.1"></a><var>93.1</var>    (e) In a year in which plates are not issued, the commissioner shall issue for each <br/>
<a id="pl.93.2"></a><var>93.2</var>registration a sticker to designate the year of registration. This sticker must show the year <br/>
<a id="pl.93.3"></a><var>93.3</var>or years for which the sticker is issued, and is valid only for that period. The plates and <br/>
<a id="pl.93.4"></a><var>93.4</var>stickers issued for a vehicle may not be transferred to another vehicle during the period <br/>
<a id="pl.93.5"></a><var>93.5</var>for which the sticker is issued, except when issued for a vehicle registered under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.93.6"></a><var>93.6</var>168.187
         </statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.93.7"></a><var>93.7</var>    (f) Despite any other provision of this subdivision, plates issued to a vehicle used <br/>
<a id="pl.93.8"></a><var>93.8</var>for behind-the-wheel instruction in a driver education course in a public school may <br/>
<a id="pl.93.9"></a><var>93.9</var>be transferred to another vehicle used for the same purpose without payment of any <br/>
<a id="pl.93.10"></a><var>93.10</var>additional fee. The public school shall notify the commissioner of each transfer of plates <br/>
<a id="pl.93.11"></a><var>93.11</var>under this paragraph. The commissioner may prescribe a format for notification.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.9.0"></a><a id="pl.93.12"></a><var>93.12</var>    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.12, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.93.13"></a><var>93.13</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Amateur radio licensee; special plates, rules.</b> (a) The commissioner shall <br/>
<a id="pl.93.14"></a><var>93.14</var>issue amateur radio plates to an applicant who:<br/>
<a id="pl.93.15"></a><var>93.15</var>    (1) is an owner of a passenger automobile or recreational motor vehicle;<br/>
<a id="pl.93.16"></a><var>93.16</var>    (2) is a resident of this state;<br/>
<a id="pl.93.17"></a><var>93.17</var>    (3) holds an official amateur radio station license or a citizens radio service class D <br/>
<a id="pl.93.18"></a><var>93.18</var>license, in good standing, issued by the Federal Communications Commission;<br/>
<a id="pl.93.19"></a><var>93.19</var>    (4) pays the registration tax required under section 
         <statute_ref>168.013</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.93.20"></a><var>93.20</var>    (5) pays a fee of $10 for each set of special plates and any other fees required by <br/>
<a id="pl.93.21"></a><var>93.21</var>this chapter; and<br/>
<a id="pl.93.22"></a><var>93.22</var>    (6) complies with this chapter and rules governing the registration of motor vehicles <br/>
<a id="pl.93.23"></a><var>93.23</var>and licensing of drivers;<br/>
<a id="pl.93.24"></a><var>93.24</var>    (b) In lieu of the registration number required for identification under subdivision 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.93.25"></a><var>93.25</var>the plates must indicate the official amateur call letters of the applicant, as assigned by the <br/>
<a id="pl.93.26"></a><var>93.26</var>Federal Communications Commission, and the words "AMATEUR RADIO."<br/>
<a id="pl.93.27"></a><var>93.27</var>    (c) This provision for the issue of special plates applies only if the applicant's motor <br/>
<a id="pl.93.28"></a><var>93.28</var>vehicle is already registered in Minnesota so that the applicant has valid regular Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.93.29"></a><var>93.29</var>plates issued for that motor vehicle under which to operate it during the time that it will <br/>
<a id="pl.93.30"></a><var>93.30</var>take to have the necessary special plates made.<br/>
<a id="pl.93.31"></a><var>93.31</var>    (d) If owning more than one motor vehicle of the type specified in this subdivision, <br/>
<a id="pl.93.32"></a><var>93.32</var>the applicant may apply for special plates for each of not more than two motor vehicles <br/>
<a id="pl.93.33"></a><var>93.33</var>motor vehicle and, if each application complies with this subdivision, the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.93.34"></a><var>93.34</var>shall furnish the applicant with the special plates, indicating the official amateur call <br/>
<a id="pl.94.1"></a><var>94.1</var>letters and other distinguishing information as the commissioner considers necessary, for <br/>
<a id="pl.94.2"></a><var>94.2</var>each of the two motor vehicles.<br/>
<a id="pl.94.3"></a><var>94.3</var>    (e) The commissioner may make reasonable rules governing the use of the special <br/>
<a id="pl.94.4"></a><var>94.4</var>plates as will assure the full compliance by the owner of the special plates, with all existing <br/>
<a id="pl.94.5"></a><var>94.5</var>laws governing the registration of motor vehicles and the transfer and use of the plates.<br/>
<a id="pl.94.6"></a><var>94.6</var>    (f) Despite any contrary provision of subdivision 1, the special plates issued under <br/>
<a id="pl.94.7"></a><var>94.7</var>this subdivision may be transferred by an owner to another motor vehicle listed in <br/>
<a id="pl.94.8"></a><var>94.8</var>paragraph (a) and registered to the same owner, upon the payment of a fee of $5. The <br/>
<a id="pl.94.9"></a><var>94.9</var>commissioner must be notified before the transfer and may prescribe a format for the <br/>
<a id="pl.94.10"></a><var>94.10</var>notification.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.10.0"></a><a id="pl.94.11"></a><var>94.11</var>    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.12, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.94.12"></a><var>94.12</var>    Subd. 2a. <b>Personalized plates; rules.</b> (a) The commissioner shall may issue <br/>
<a id="pl.94.13"></a><var>94.13</var>personalized plates or, if requested for special plates issued under section 
         <statute_ref>168.123</statute_ref> for <br/>
<a id="pl.94.14"></a><var>94.14</var>veterans, 
         <statute_ref>168.124</statute_ref> for medal of honor recipients, or 
         <statute_ref>168.125</statute_ref> for former prisoners of war, <br/>
<a id="pl.94.15"></a><var>94.15</var>applicable personalized special veterans plates, to an applicant who:<br/>
<a id="pl.94.16"></a><var>94.16</var>    (1) is an owner of a passenger automobile including a passenger automobile <br/>
<a id="pl.94.17"></a><var>94.17</var>registered as a classic car, pioneer car, collector car, or street rod; any truck with a <br/>
<a id="pl.94.18"></a><var>94.18</var>manufacturer's nominal rated capacity of one ton or less and resembling a pickup truck; a <br/>
<a id="pl.94.19"></a><var>94.19</var>motorcycle, including a classic motorcycle; a motorized bicycle; a commuter van as <br/>
<a id="pl.94.20"></a><var>94.20</var>defined in section 168.126; or a recreational motor vehicle;<br/>
<a id="pl.94.21"></a><var>94.21</var>    (2) pays a onetime fee of $100 and any other fees required by this chapter;<br/>
<a id="pl.94.22"></a><var>94.22</var>    (3) pays the registration tax required by this chapter for the motor vehicle; and<br/>
<a id="pl.94.23"></a><var>94.23</var>    (4) complies with this chapter and rules governing registration of motor vehicles <br/>
<a id="pl.94.24"></a><var>94.24</var>and licensing of drivers.<br/>
<a id="pl.94.25"></a><var>94.25</var>    (b) The commissioner shall charge a replacement fee for personalized license plates <br/>
<a id="pl.94.26"></a><var>94.26</var>and personalized special veterans plates issued under section 
         <statute_ref>168.123</statute_ref> as specified in <br/>
<a id="pl.94.27"></a><var>94.27</var>subdivision 5. This fee must be paid by the applicant whenever the personalized plates are <br/>
<a id="pl.94.28"></a><var>94.28</var>required to be replaced by law, except that as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>168.124, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.94.29"></a><var>94.29</var>3
         </statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>168.125, subdivision 1b</statute_ref>, no fee may be charged to replace plates issued under <br/>
<a id="pl.94.30"></a><var>94.30</var>those sections.<br/>
<a id="pl.94.31"></a><var>94.31</var>    (c) In lieu of the registration number assigned as provided in subdivision 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.94.32"></a><var>94.32</var>personalized plates and personalized special veterans plates must have imprinted on them <br/>
<a id="pl.94.33"></a><var>94.33</var>a series of not more than seven numbers and letters, or five numbers and letters for <br/>
<a id="pl.94.34"></a><var>94.34</var>personalized special veterans plates, in any combination and, as applicable, satisfy the <br/>
<a id="pl.94.35"></a><var>94.35</var>design requirements of section 
         <statute_ref>168.123</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>168.124</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>168.125</statute_ref>. When an applicant has once <br/>
<a id="pl.95.1"></a><var>95.1</var>obtained personalized plates or personalized special veterans plates, the applicant shall <br/>
<a id="pl.95.2"></a><var>95.2</var>have a prior claim for similar personalized plates or personalized special veterans plates in <br/>
<a id="pl.95.3"></a><var>95.3</var>the next succeeding year as long as current motor vehicle registration is maintained.<br/>
<a id="pl.95.4"></a><var>95.4</var>    (d) The commissioner shall adopt rules in the manner provided by chapter 14, <br/>
<a id="pl.95.5"></a><var>95.5</var>regulating the issuance and transfer of personalized plates and personalized special <br/>
<a id="pl.95.6"></a><var>95.6</var>veterans plates. No words or combination of letters placed on these plates may be used <br/>
<a id="pl.95.7"></a><var>95.7</var>for commercial advertising, be of an obscene, indecent, or immoral nature, or be of a <br/>
<a id="pl.95.8"></a><var>95.8</var>nature that would offend public morals or decency. The call signals or letters of a radio or <br/>
<a id="pl.95.9"></a><var>95.9</var>television station are not commercial advertising for the purposes of this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.95.10"></a><var>95.10</var>    (e) Despite the provisions of subdivision 1, personalized plates and personalized <br/>
<a id="pl.95.11"></a><var>95.11</var>special veterans plates issued under this subdivision may be transferred to another motor <br/>
<a id="pl.95.12"></a><var>95.12</var>vehicle listed in paragraph (a) and owned by the applicant, upon the payment of a fee of $5.<br/>
<a id="pl.95.13"></a><var>95.13</var>    (f) The commissioner may by rule specify the format for notification.<br/>
<a id="pl.95.14"></a><var>95.14</var>    (g) A personalized plate or personalized special veterans plate issued for a classic <br/>
<a id="pl.95.15"></a><var>95.15</var>car, pioneer car, collector car, street rod, or classic motorcycle may not be transferred <br/>
<a id="pl.95.16"></a><var>95.16</var>to a vehicle not eligible for such a plate.<br/>
<a id="pl.95.17"></a><var>95.17</var>    (h) Despite any law to the contrary, if the personalized license plates are lost, stolen, <br/>
<a id="pl.95.18"></a><var>95.18</var>or destroyed, the applicant may apply and must be issued duplicate license plates bearing <br/>
<a id="pl.95.19"></a><var>95.19</var>the same combination of letters and numbers and the same design as (1) the former <br/>
<a id="pl.95.20"></a><var>95.20</var>personalized plates or personalized special veterans plates under section 
         <statute_ref>168.123</statute_ref> upon <br/>
<a id="pl.95.21"></a><var>95.21</var>the payment of the fee required by section 
         <statute_ref>168.29</statute_ref> or (2) the former personalized special <br/>
<a id="pl.95.22"></a><var>95.22</var>veterans plates issued under section 
         <statute_ref>168.124</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>168.125</statute_ref>, without charge.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.11.0"></a><a id="pl.95.23"></a><var>95.23</var>    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.12, subdivision 2b, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.95.24"></a><var>95.24</var>    Subd. 2b. <b>Firefighters; special plates, rules.</b> (a) The commissioner shall issue <br/>
<a id="pl.95.25"></a><var>95.25</var>special plates, or a single license plate in the case of a motorcycle plate, to any applicant <br/>
<a id="pl.95.26"></a><var>95.26</var>who:<br/>
<a id="pl.95.27"></a><var>95.27</var>    (1) is both a member of a fire department receiving state aid under chapter 69, <br/>
<a id="pl.95.28"></a><var>95.28</var>has a letter from the fire chief, and is an owner of a passenger automobile, a truck with <br/>
<a id="pl.95.29"></a><var>95.29</var>a manufacturer's nominal rated capacity of one ton and resembling a pickup truck, or <br/>
<a id="pl.95.30"></a><var>95.30</var>a motorcycle;<br/>
<a id="pl.95.31"></a><var>95.31</var>    (2) pays a fee of $10 and any other fees required by this chapter;<br/>
<a id="pl.95.32"></a><var>95.32</var>    (3) pays the registration tax required by this chapter for the motor vehicle; and<br/>
<a id="pl.95.33"></a><var>95.33</var>    (4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the registration of motor vehicles <br/>
<a id="pl.95.34"></a><var>95.34</var>and licensing of drivers.<br/>
<a id="pl.96.1"></a><var>96.1</var>    (b) In lieu of the identification required under subdivision 1, the special plates must <br/>
<a id="pl.96.2"></a><var>96.2</var>bear an emblem of a Maltese Cross together with any numbers or characters prescribed <br/>
<a id="pl.96.3"></a><var>96.3</var>by the commissioner. No applicant shall receive more than two sets of plates for motor <br/>
<a id="pl.96.4"></a><var>96.4</var>vehicles owned by the applicant.<br/>
<a id="pl.96.5"></a><var>96.5</var>    (c) Special plates issued under this subdivision may only be used during the period <br/>
<a id="pl.96.6"></a><var>96.6</var>that the owner of the motor vehicle is a member of a fire department as specified in this <br/>
<a id="pl.96.7"></a><var>96.7</var>subdivision. When the individual to whom the special plates were issued is no longer a <br/>
<a id="pl.96.8"></a><var>96.8</var>member of a fire department or when the motor vehicle ownership is transferred, the <br/>
<a id="pl.96.9"></a><var>96.9</var>owner shall remove the special plates from the motor vehicle. If the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.96.10"></a><var>96.10</var>receives written notification that an individual is no longer qualified for these special <br/>
<a id="pl.96.11"></a><var>96.11</var>plates, the commissioner shall invalidate the plates and notify the individual of this <br/>
<a id="pl.96.12"></a><var>96.12</var>action. The individual may retain the plate only upon demonstrating compliance with the <br/>
<a id="pl.96.13"></a><var>96.13</var>qualifications of this subdivision. Upon removal or invalidation of the special plates, or <br/>
<a id="pl.96.14"></a><var>96.14</var>special motorcycle plate, either the owner or purchaser of the motor vehicle is entitled <br/>
<a id="pl.96.15"></a><var>96.15</var>to receive regular plates or a regular motorcycle plate for the motor vehicle without cost <br/>
<a id="pl.96.16"></a><var>96.16</var>for the remainder of the registration period for which the special plate or plates were <br/>
<a id="pl.96.17"></a><var>96.17</var>issued shall obtain regular plates or a regular motorcycle plate for the proper registration <br/>
<a id="pl.96.18"></a><var>96.18</var>classification for the motor vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.96.19"></a><var>96.19</var>    (d) A special motorcycle license plate issued under this subdivision must be the <br/>
<a id="pl.96.20"></a><var>96.20</var>same size as a standard motorcycle license plate.<br/>
<a id="pl.96.21"></a><var>96.21</var>    (e) Upon payment of a fee of $5, plates issued under this subdivision for a passenger <br/>
<a id="pl.96.22"></a><var>96.22</var>automobile or truck may be transferred to another passenger automobile or truck owned <br/>
<a id="pl.96.23"></a><var>96.23</var>or jointly owned by the person to whom the plates were issued. On payment of a fee of <br/>
<a id="pl.96.24"></a><var>96.24</var>$5, a plate issued under this subdivision for a motorcycle may be transferred to another <br/>
<a id="pl.96.25"></a><var>96.25</var>motorcycle owned or jointly owned by the person to whom the plate was issued.<br/>
<a id="pl.96.26"></a><var>96.26</var>    (f) The commissioner may adopt rules under the Administrative Procedure Act, <br/>
<a id="pl.96.27"></a><var>96.27</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>14.001</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>14.69</statute_ref>, to govern the issuance and use of the special plates authorized <br/>
<a id="pl.96.28"></a><var>96.28</var>in this subdivision.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.12.0"></a><a id="pl.96.29"></a><var>96.29</var>    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.12, subdivision 2c, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.96.30"></a><var>96.30</var>    Subd. 2c. <b>National Guard; special plates, rules.</b> (a) The commissioner shall <br/>
<a id="pl.96.31"></a><var>96.31</var>issue special plates to any applicant who:<br/>
<a id="pl.96.32"></a><var>96.32</var>    (1) is a regularly enlisted, commissioned, or retired member of the Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.96.33"></a><var>96.33</var>National Guard, other than an inactive member who is not a retired member, and is an <br/>
<a id="pl.96.34"></a><var>96.34</var>owner of a passenger automobile;<br/>
<a id="pl.96.35"></a><var>96.35</var>    (2) pays a fee of $10 and any other fees required by this chapter;<br/>
<a id="pl.97.1"></a><var>97.1</var>    (3) pays the registration tax required by this chapter; and<br/>
<a id="pl.97.2"></a><var>97.2</var>    (4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the registration of motor vehicles <br/>
<a id="pl.97.3"></a><var>97.3</var>and licensing of drivers.<br/>
<a id="pl.97.4"></a><var>97.4</var>    (b) The adjutant general shall design the emblem for these special plates subject to <br/>
<a id="pl.97.5"></a><var>97.5</var>the approval of the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.97.6"></a><var>97.6</var>    (c) An applicant must not be issued more than two sets of plates for motor vehicles <br/>
<a id="pl.97.7"></a><var>97.7</var>registered to the applicant.<br/>
<a id="pl.97.8"></a><var>97.8</var>    (d) (c) Special plates issued under this subdivision may only be used during the <br/>
<a id="pl.97.9"></a><var>97.9</var>period that the owner of the motor vehicle is an active or retired member of the Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.97.10"></a><var>97.10</var>National Guard as specified in this subdivision. When the individual to whom the <br/>
<a id="pl.97.11"></a><var>97.11</var>special plates were issued is no longer an active or retired member of the Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.97.12"></a><var>97.12</var>National Guard, the special plates must be removed from the vehicle by the owner. If the <br/>
<a id="pl.97.13"></a><var>97.13</var>commissioner receives written notification that an individual is no longer qualified for <br/>
<a id="pl.97.14"></a><var>97.14</var>these special plates, the commissioner shall invalidate the plates and notify the individual <br/>
<a id="pl.97.15"></a><var>97.15</var>of this action. The individual may retain the plate only upon demonstrating compliance <br/>
<a id="pl.97.16"></a><var>97.16</var>with the qualifications of this subdivision. Upon removal or invalidation of the special <br/>
<a id="pl.97.17"></a><var>97.17</var>plates, either the owner or purchaser of the motor vehicle is entitled to receive regular <br/>
<a id="pl.97.18"></a><var>97.18</var>plates for the motor vehicle without cost for the remainder of the registration period for <br/>
<a id="pl.97.19"></a><var>97.19</var>which the special plates were issued shall obtain regular plates for the motor vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.97.20"></a><var>97.20</var>    (e) (d) While the person is an active or retired member of the Minnesota National <br/>
<a id="pl.97.21"></a><var>97.21</var>Guard, plates issued pursuant to this subdivision may be transferred to another motor <br/>
<a id="pl.97.22"></a><var>97.22</var>vehicle owned by that individual upon payment of a fee of $5.<br/>
<a id="pl.97.23"></a><var>97.23</var>    (f) (e) For purposes of this subdivision, "retired member" means an individual <br/>
<a id="pl.97.24"></a><var>97.24</var>placed on the roll of retired officers or roll of retired enlisted members in the Office of the <br/>
<a id="pl.97.25"></a><var>97.25</var>Adjutant General under section 
         <statute_ref>192.18</statute_ref> and who is not deceased.<br/>
<a id="pl.97.26"></a><var>97.26</var>    (g) (f) The commissioner may adopt rules under the Administrative Procedure Act to <br/>
<a id="pl.97.27"></a><var>97.27</var>govern the issuance and use of the special plates authorized by this subdivision.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.13.0"></a><a id="pl.97.28"></a><var>97.28</var>    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.12, subdivision 2d, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.97.29"></a><var>97.29</var>    Subd. 2d. <b>Ready Reserve; special plates, rules.</b> (a) The commissioner shall issue <br/>
<a id="pl.97.30"></a><var>97.30</var>special plates to an applicant who:<br/>
<a id="pl.97.31"></a><var>97.31</var>    (1) is not eligible for special National Guard plates under subdivision 2c, is a <br/>
<a id="pl.97.32"></a><var>97.32</var>member of the United States armed forces ready reserve as described in United States <br/>
<a id="pl.97.33"></a><var>97.33</var>Code, title 10, section 10142 or 10143, or a retired reserve as described in United States <br/>
<a id="pl.97.34"></a><var>97.34</var>Code, title 10, section 10154, and is an owner of a passenger automobile;<br/>
<a id="pl.97.35"></a><var>97.35</var>    (2) pays a fee of $10 and any other fees required by this chapter;<br/>
<a id="pl.98.1"></a><var>98.1</var>    (3) pays the registration tax required by this chapter; and<br/>
<a id="pl.98.2"></a><var>98.2</var>    (4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the registration of motor vehicles <br/>
<a id="pl.98.3"></a><var>98.3</var>and licensing of drivers.<br/>
<a id="pl.98.4"></a><var>98.4</var>    (b) The commissioner of veterans affairs shall design the emblem for these special <br/>
<a id="pl.98.5"></a><var>98.5</var>plates subject to the approval of the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.98.6"></a><var>98.6</var>    (c) An applicant must not be issued more than two sets of plates for motor vehicles <br/>
<a id="pl.98.7"></a><var>98.7</var>owned by the applicant.<br/>
<a id="pl.98.8"></a><var>98.8</var>    (d) (c) Special plates issued under this subdivision may only be used during the <br/>
<a id="pl.98.9"></a><var>98.9</var>period that the owner of the motor vehicle is a member of the ready reserve. When the <br/>
<a id="pl.98.10"></a><var>98.10</var>owner is no longer a member, the special plates must be removed from the motor vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.98.11"></a><var>98.11</var>by the owner. If the commissioner receives written notification that an individual is no <br/>
<a id="pl.98.12"></a><var>98.12</var>longer qualified for these special plates, the commissioner shall invalidate the plates <br/>
<a id="pl.98.13"></a><var>98.13</var>and notify the individual of this action. The individual may retain the plate only upon <br/>
<a id="pl.98.14"></a><var>98.14</var>demonstrating compliance with the qualifications of this subdivision. On removing <br/>
<a id="pl.98.15"></a><var>98.15</var>removal or invalidation of the special plates, either the owner or purchaser of the motor <br/>
<a id="pl.98.16"></a><var>98.16</var>vehicle is entitled to receive regular plates for the motor vehicle without cost for the rest <br/>
<a id="pl.98.17"></a><var>98.17</var>of the registration period for which the special plates were issued shall obtain regular <br/>
<a id="pl.98.18"></a><var>98.18</var>plates for the motor vehicle. While the owner is a member of the ready reserve, plates <br/>
<a id="pl.98.19"></a><var>98.19</var>issued under this subdivision may be transferred to another motor vehicle owned by that <br/>
<a id="pl.98.20"></a><var>98.20</var>individual on paying a fee of $5.<br/>
<a id="pl.98.21"></a><var>98.21</var>    (e) (d) The commissioner may adopt rules under the Administrative Procedure Act <br/>
<a id="pl.98.22"></a><var>98.22</var>to govern the issuance and use of the special plates authorized by this subdivision.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.14.0"></a><a id="pl.98.23"></a><var>98.23</var>    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.12, subdivision 2e, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.98.24"></a><var>98.24</var>    Subd. 2e. <b>Volunteer ambulance attendants; special plates.</b> (a) The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.98.25"></a><var>98.25</var>shall issue special license plates to an applicant who:<br/>
<a id="pl.98.26"></a><var>98.26</var>    (1) is a volunteer ambulance attendant as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>144E.001, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.98.27"></a><var>98.27</var>15
         </statute_ref>, and owns a motor vehicle taxed as a passenger automobile;<br/>
<a id="pl.98.28"></a><var>98.28</var>    (2) pays the registration tax required by this chapter for the motor vehicle;<br/>
<a id="pl.98.29"></a><var>98.29</var>    (3) pays a fee of $10 and any other fees required by this chapter; and<br/>
<a id="pl.98.30"></a><var>98.30</var>    (4) complies with this chapter and rules governing the registration of motor vehicles <br/>
<a id="pl.98.31"></a><var>98.31</var>and licensing of drivers.<br/>
<a id="pl.98.32"></a><var>98.32</var>    (b) The commissioner shall not issue more than two sets of these plates to each <br/>
<a id="pl.98.33"></a><var>98.33</var>qualified applicant.<br/>
<a id="pl.98.34"></a><var>98.34</var>    (c) (b) An individual may use special plates issued under this subdivision only during <br/>
<a id="pl.98.35"></a><var>98.35</var>the period that the individual is a volunteer ambulance attendant. When the individual to <br/>
<a id="pl.99.1"></a><var>99.1</var>whom the special plates were issued ceases to be a volunteer ambulance attendant, the <br/>
<a id="pl.99.2"></a><var>99.2</var>individual shall remove each set of special plates issued. If the commissioner receives <br/>
<a id="pl.99.3"></a><var>99.3</var>written notification that an individual is no longer qualified for these special plates, the <br/>
<a id="pl.99.4"></a><var>99.4</var>commissioner shall invalidate the plates and notify the individual of this action. The <br/>
<a id="pl.99.5"></a><var>99.5</var>individual may retain the plate only upon demonstrating compliance with the qualifications <br/>
<a id="pl.99.6"></a><var>99.6</var>of this subdivision. When ownership of the motor vehicle is transferred, the individual <br/>
<a id="pl.99.7"></a><var>99.7</var>shall remove the special plates from that motor vehicle. On removal or invalidation of <br/>
<a id="pl.99.8"></a><var>99.8</var>each set of the special plates, the owner or purchaser of the motor vehicle, or new owner <br/>
<a id="pl.99.9"></a><var>99.9</var>in case of a transferred motor vehicle, is entitled to receive regular plates for the motor <br/>
<a id="pl.99.10"></a><var>99.10</var>vehicle without cost for the rest of the registration period for which the set of special <br/>
<a id="pl.99.11"></a><var>99.11</var>plates were issued shall obtain regular plates for the motor vehicle. Special plates issued <br/>
<a id="pl.99.12"></a><var>99.12</var>under this subdivision may be transferred to another motor vehicle owned by the volunteer <br/>
<a id="pl.99.13"></a><var>99.13</var>ambulance attendant on payment of a fee of $5.<br/>
<a id="pl.99.14"></a><var>99.14</var>    (d) (c) The commissioner may adopt rules governing the design, issuance, and sale <br/>
<a id="pl.99.15"></a><var>99.15</var>of the special plates authorized by this subdivision.<br/>