<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>motor vehicles, traffic regulations, drivers' licenses and records, transit, railroads, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>motor carriers, and other transportation-related programs or activities; imposing <br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>penalties; requiring reports; making technical and clarifying corrections;<br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 86B.825, subdivision 5; 123B.88, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>subdivision 3; 161.081, subdivision 3, as amended, by adding subdivisions; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>168.011, subdivision 7; 168.012, subdivision 1; 168.021, subdivisions 1, 2; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>168.09, subdivision 7; 168.185; 168A.03, subdivision 1; 168A.05, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>9; 168B.051, subdivision 2; 168B.06, subdivisions 1, 3; 168B.07, by adding <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>subdivisions; 168B.08, subdivision 1; 168B.087, subdivision 1; 169.01, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>subdivisions 55, 76, by adding subdivisions; 169.18, subdivisions 1, 5, by <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>adding a subdivision; 169.224; 169.67, subdivision 3; 169.781, subdivisions <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>1, 2, 5; 169.79; 169.801; 169.82, subdivision 3; 169.826, subdivision 1a; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>169.85, subdivision 1; 169.86, by adding a subdivision; 169A.03, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>23; 171.01, subdivisions 35, 46; 171.02, by adding a subdivision; 171.03; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>171.055, subdivisions 1, 2; 171.0701; 171.12, subdivision 6; 171.13, by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>subdivision; 171.165, subdivision 2; 171.321, subdivision 1; 174.02, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>2; 174.03, subdivision 1; 174.24, by adding a subdivision; 221.011, by adding <br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>a subdivision; 221.031, subdivision 1; 221.036, subdivisions 1, 3; 221.121, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>subdivisions 1, 6a; 221.151, subdivision 1; 299D.03, subdivision 1; 299D.06; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>473.1465, by adding a subdivision; 473.388, subdivision 2; 473.399, by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, sections 168.017, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>3; 169.443, subdivision 9; 171.02, subdivision 2; Laws 2002, chapter 393, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>section 85; Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 2, sections 1; 3, subdivision 2; article <br/>
<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>3, sections 6; 8; article 6, section 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>Statutes, chapters 123B; 169; 171; 174; 219; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>sections 168B.087, subdivision 2; 169.145; 221.121, subdivision 4.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.30"></a><var>1.30</var>May 15, 2008<br/>
<a id="pl.1.31"></a><var>1.31</var>The Honorable Margaret Anderson Kelliher<br/>
<a id="pl.1.32"></a><var>1.32</var>Speaker of the House of Representatives<br/>
<a id="pl.1.33"></a><var>1.33</var>The Honorable James P. Metzen<br/>
<a id="pl.1.34"></a><var>1.34</var>President of the Senate<br/>
<a id="pl.1.35"></a><var>1.35</var>We, the undersigned conferees for H. F. No. 3800 report that we have agreed upon <br/>
<a id="pl.1.36"></a><var>1.36</var>the items in dispute and recommend as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.37"></a><var>1.37</var>That the Senate recede from its amendment and that H. F. No. 3800 be further <br/>
<a id="pl.1.38"></a><var>1.38</var>amended as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.1.1.0"></a><a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 86B.825, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>    Subd. 5. <b>No legal title without certificate.</b> A person acquiring a watercraft, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>required to have a certificate of title under this section, through a sale or gift does not <br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>acquire a right, title, claim, or interest in the watercraft until the person has been issued <br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>a certificate of title to the watercraft or has received a manufacturer's or importer's <br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>certificate. A waiver or estoppel does not operate in favor of that person against another <br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>person who has obtained possession of the certificate of title or manufacturer's or <br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>importer's certificate for the watercraft for valuable consideration.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.14, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>    Subd. 61. <b>Mayor William "Bill" Sandberg Memorial Bridge.</b> The bridge <br/>
<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>over Margaret Street on marked Trunk Highway 36 in North St. Paul is designated the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>"Mayor William "Bill" Sandberg Memorial Bridge." The commissioner of transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>shall adopt a suitable design to mark this highway and erect appropriate signs, subject <br/>
<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>to section 161.139.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.3.0"></a><a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 162.02, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>    Subd. 3b. <b>Insurance standards.</b> When reviewing data and information for the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>development of safety improvements for trunk highways and state-aid projects, the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>commissioner of transportation may consider, among other things, the Insurance Institute <br/>
<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>for Highway Safety's findings in addition to standards contained in Department of <br/>
<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>Transportation manuals, American Association of State Highway and Transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>Officials manual on design of highways and streets, and other applicable federal <br/>
<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>publications.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.4.0"></a><a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 163.051, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Tax authorized.</b> (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), the board <br/>
<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>of commissioners of each metropolitan county is authorized to levy a wheelage tax of $5 <br/>
<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>for the year 1972 and each subsequent year thereafter by resolution on each motor vehicle, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>except motorcycles as defined in section 
<statute_ref>169.01, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, which that is kept in such <br/>
<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>county when not in operation and which that is subject to annual registration and taxation <br/>
<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>under chapter 168. The board may provide by resolution for collection of the wheelage <br/>
<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>tax by county officials or it may request that the tax be collected by the state registrar of <br/>
<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>motor vehicles, and the state registrar of motor vehicles shall collect such tax on behalf <br/>
<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>of the county if requested, as provided in subdivision 2. <br/>
<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>    (b) The following vehicles are exempt from the wheelage tax: <br/>
<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>    (1) motorcycles, as defined in section 169.01, subdivision 4; <br/>
<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>    (2) motorized bicycles, as defined in section 169.01, subdivision 4a; <br/>
<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>    (3) electric-assisted bicycles, as defined in section 169.01, subdivision 4b; and <br/>
<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>    (4) motorized foot scooters, as defined in section 169.01, subdivision 4c. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.5.0"></a><a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.011, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Passenger automobile.</b> (a) "Passenger automobile" means any motor <br/>
<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>vehicle designed and used for carrying not more than 15 individuals, including the driver.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>    (b) "Passenger automobile" does not include motorcycles, motor scooters, buses,  <br/>
<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>school buses, or commuter vans as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>168.126</statute_ref>. Except as provided in <br/>
<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>paragraph (c), clause (1), a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of 9,000 to 13,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>pounds that is a pickup truck or a van is not a passenger automobile. <br/>
<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>    (c) "Passenger automobile" includes, but is not limited to:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>    (1) pickup trucks and vans, including those vans designed to carry passengers, with <br/>
<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>a manufacturer's nominal rated carrying capacity of one ton a vehicle that is: (i) a pickup <br/>
<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>truck or a van; (ii) not used in furtherance of a commercial enterprise; and (iii) not subject <br/>
<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>to state or federal regulation as a commercial motor vehicle; and<br/>
<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>    (2) neighborhood electric vehicles, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>169.01, subdivision 91; and<br/>
</statute_ref><a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>    (3) medium-speed electric vehicles, as defined in section 169.01, subdivision 94.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>Paragraph (b) and paragraph (c), clause (1), are effective the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>day following final enactment and apply to any additional tax for a registration period that <br/>
<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>starts on or after March 1, 2011.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.6.0"></a><a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.011, subdivision 22, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>    Subd. 22. <b>Special mobile equipment.</b> (a) "Special mobile equipment" means every <br/>
<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>vehicle not designed or used primarily for the transportation of persons or property and <br/>
<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>only incidentally operated or moved over a highway, including except vehicles described <br/>
<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>in paragraph (b). Special mobile equipment includes, but is not limited to: ditch-digging <br/>
<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>apparatuses, moving dollies, pump hoists and other water well-drilling equipment <br/>
<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>registered and licensed under chapter 103I, street-sweeping vehicles, and other road <br/>
<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>construction or road maintenance machinery such as asphalt spreaders, bituminous mixers, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>bucket loaders, tractors other than truck-tractors, ditchers, leveling graders, finishing <br/>
<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>machines, motor graders, road rollers, scarifiers, aggregate processing and conveying <br/>
<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>equipment, truck-mounted log loaders, earth-moving carryalls, scrapers, power shovels, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>draglines, self-propelled cranes, and earth-moving equipment that are used exclusively for <br/>
<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>commercial logging, and self-propelled cranes. The term<br/>
<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>     (b) "Special mobile equipment" does not include travel trailers,: (1) machinery that <br/>
<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>has been temporarily or permanently mounted on a commercial motor vehicle chassis <br/>
<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>that is used only to provide a service and is not able to haul goods for resale; or (2) <br/>
<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>dump trucks, truck-mounted transit mixers, truck-mounted feed grinders, or other motor <br/>
<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>vehicles designed for the transportation of persons or property to which machinery has <br/>
<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>been attached.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment and <br/>
<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>applies to any additional tax for a registration period that starts on or after March 1, 2009.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.7.0"></a><a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.012, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Vehicles exempt from tax, fees, or plate display.</b> (a) The following <br/>
<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>vehicles are exempt from the provisions of this chapter requiring payment of tax and <br/>
<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>registration fees, except as provided in subdivision 1c:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>    (1) vehicles owned and used solely in the transaction of official business by the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>federal government, the state, or any political subdivision;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>    (2) vehicles owned and used exclusively by educational institutions and used solely <br/>
<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>in the transportation of pupils to and from those institutions;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>    (3) vehicles used solely in driver education programs at nonpublic high schools;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>    (4) vehicles owned by nonprofit charities and used exclusively to transport disabled <br/>
<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>persons for charitable, religious, or educational purposes;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>    (5) vehicles owned by nonprofit charities and used exclusively for disaster response <br/>
<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>and related activities; <br/>
<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>    (6) ambulances owned by ambulance services licensed under section 
         <statute_ref>144E.10</statute_ref>, the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>general appearance of which is unmistakable; and<br/>
<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>    (6) (7) vehicles owned by a commercial driving school licensed under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>171.34
         </statute_ref>, or an employee of a commercial driving school licensed under section 
         <statute_ref>171.34</statute_ref>, and <br/>
<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>the vehicle is used exclusively for driver education and training.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>    (b) Vehicles owned by the federal government, municipal fire apparatuses including <br/>
<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var>fire-suppression support vehicles, police patrols, and ambulances, the general appearance <br/>
<a id="pl.4.35"></a><var>4.35</var>of which is unmistakable, are not required to register or display number plates.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>    (c) Unmarked vehicles used in general police work, liquor investigations, or arson <br/>
<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>investigations, and passenger automobiles, pickup trucks, and buses owned or operated by <br/>
<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>the Department of Corrections, must be registered and must display appropriate license <br/>
<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>number plates, furnished by the registrar at cost. Original and renewal applications for <br/>
<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>these license plates authorized for use in general police work and for use by the Department <br/>
<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>of Corrections must be accompanied by a certification signed by the appropriate chief of <br/>
<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>police if issued to a police vehicle, the appropriate sheriff if issued to a sheriff's vehicle, <br/>
<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>the commissioner of corrections if issued to a Department of Corrections vehicle, or the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>appropriate officer in charge if issued to a vehicle of any other law enforcement agency. <br/>
<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>The certification must be on a form prescribed by the commissioner and state that the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>vehicle will be used exclusively for a purpose authorized by this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>    (d) Unmarked vehicles used by the Departments of Revenue and Labor and Industry, <br/>
<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>fraud unit, in conducting seizures or criminal investigations must be registered and must <br/>
<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>display passenger vehicle classification license number plates, furnished at cost by the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>registrar. Original and renewal applications for these passenger vehicle license plates <br/>
<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>must be accompanied by a certification signed by the commissioner of revenue or the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>commissioner of labor and industry. The certification must be on a form prescribed by <br/>
<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>the commissioner and state that the vehicles will be used exclusively for the purposes <br/>
<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>authorized by this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>    (e) Unmarked vehicles used by the Division of Disease Prevention and Control of the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>Department of Health must be registered and must display passenger vehicle classification <br/>
<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>license number plates. These plates must be furnished at cost by the registrar. Original <br/>
<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>and renewal applications for these passenger vehicle license plates must be accompanied <br/>
<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>by a certification signed by the commissioner of health. The certification must be on a <br/>
<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>form prescribed by the commissioner and state that the vehicles will be used exclusively <br/>
<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>for the official duties of the Division of Disease Prevention and Control.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>    (f) Unmarked vehicles used by staff of the Gambling Control Board in gambling <br/>
<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>investigations and reviews must be registered and must display passenger vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>classification license number plates. These plates must be furnished at cost by the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>registrar. Original and renewal applications for these passenger vehicle license plates must <br/>
<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>be accompanied by a certification signed by the board chair. The certification must be on a <br/>
<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>form prescribed by the commissioner and state that the vehicles will be used exclusively <br/>
<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>for the official duties of the Gambling Control Board.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>    (g) Each state hospital and institution for persons who are mentally ill and <br/>
<a id="pl.5.35"></a><var>5.35</var>developmentally disabled may have one vehicle without the required identification on <br/>
<a id="pl.5.36"></a><var>5.36</var>the sides of the vehicle. The vehicle must be registered and must display passenger <br/>
<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>vehicle classification license number plates. These plates must be furnished at cost by the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>registrar. Original and renewal applications for these passenger vehicle license plates must <br/>
<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>be accompanied by a certification signed by the hospital administrator. The certification <br/>
<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>must be on a form prescribed by the commissioner and state that the vehicles will be used <br/>
<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>exclusively for the official duties of the state hospital or institution.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>    (h) Each county social service agency may have vehicles used for child and <br/>
<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>vulnerable adult protective services without the required identification on the sides of the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>vehicle. The vehicles must be registered and must display passenger vehicle classification <br/>
<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>license number plates. These plates must be furnished at cost by the registrar. Original <br/>
<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>and renewal applications for these passenger vehicle license plates must be accompanied <br/>
<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>by a certification signed by the agency administrator. The certification must be on a form <br/>
<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>prescribed by the commissioner and state that the vehicles will be used exclusively for the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>official duties of the social service agency.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>    (i) All other motor vehicles must be registered and display tax-exempt number <br/>
<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>plates, furnished by the registrar at cost, except as provided in subdivision 1c. All vehicles <br/>
<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>required to display tax-exempt number plates must have the name of the state department <br/>
<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>or political subdivision, nonpublic high school operating a driver education program, or <br/>
<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>licensed commercial driving school, or other qualifying organization or entity, plainly <br/>
<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>displayed on both sides of the vehicle; except that each state hospital and institution for <br/>
<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>persons who are mentally ill and developmentally disabled may have one vehicle without <br/>
<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>the required identification on the sides of the vehicle, and county social service agencies <br/>
<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>may have vehicles used for child and vulnerable adult protective services without the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>required identification on the sides of the vehicle. This identification must be in a color <br/>
<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>giving contrast with that of the part of the vehicle on which it is placed and must endure <br/>
<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>throughout the term of the registration. The identification must not be on a removable <br/>
<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>plate or placard and must be kept clean and visible at all times; except that a removable <br/>
<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>plate or placard may be utilized on vehicles leased or loaned to a political subdivision or <br/>
<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>to a nonpublic high school driver education program.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.8.0"></a><a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.012, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>    Subd. 2c. <b>Spotter trucks.</b> Spotter trucks, as defined in section 169.01, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>7a, shall not be taxed as motor vehicles using the public streets and highways, and shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>exempt from the provisions of this chapter.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br/>
<a id="pl.6.35"></a><var>6.35</var>and expires June 30, 2013.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.9.0"></a><a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.013, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>    Subd. 1l. <b>Concrete pumps and street-sweeping vehicles.</b> The tax on <br/>
<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>vehicle-mounted concrete pumps and street-sweeping vehicles that are not registered <br/>
<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>under section 168.187 is 15 percent of the Minnesota base rate schedule. Vehicles <br/>
<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>registered under this subdivision must display plates from a distinctive series.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment and <br/>
<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>applies to any additional tax for a registration period that starts on or after March 1, 2009.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.10.0"></a><a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.021, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Disability plates; application.</b> (a) When a motor vehicle registered <br/>
<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>168.017</statute_ref>, a motorcycle, a truck having a manufacturer's nominal rated <br/>
<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>capacity of one ton and resembling a pickup truck, or a self-propelled recreational vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>is owned or primarily operated by a permanently physically disabled person or a custodial <br/>
<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>parent or guardian of a permanently physically disabled minor, the owner may apply for <br/>
<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>and secure from the commissioner (1) immediately, a temporary permit valid for 30 days <br/>
<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>if the applicant is eligible for the disability plates issued under this section and (2) two <br/>
<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>disability plates with attached emblems, one plate to be attached to the front, and one <br/>
<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>to the rear of the motor vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>    (b) The commissioner shall not issue more than one set of plates to any owner of a <br/>
<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>motor vehicle at the same time unless all motor vehicles have been specifically modified <br/>
<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>for and are used exclusively by a permanently physically disabled person the state council <br/>
<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>on disability approves the issuance of a second set of plates to a motor vehicle owner.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>    (c) When the owner first applies for the disability plates, the owner must submit a <br/>
<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>medical statement in a format approved by the commissioner under section 
         <statute_ref>169.345</statute_ref>, or <br/>
<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>proof of physical disability provided for in that section.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>    (d) No medical statement or proof of disability is required when an owner of a motor <br/>
<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>vehicle applies for plates for one or more motor vehicles that are specially modified for <br/>
<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>and used exclusively by permanently physically disabled persons.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>    (e) The owner of a motor vehicle may apply for and secure (i) immediately, a permit <br/>
<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>valid for 30 days, if the applicant is eligible to receive the disability plates issued under <br/>
<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>this section, and (ii) a set of disability plates for a motor vehicle if:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>    (1) the owner employs a permanently physically disabled person who would qualify <br/>
<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>for disability plates under this section; and<br/>
<a id="pl.7.34"></a><var>7.34</var>    (2) the owner furnishes the motor vehicle to the physically disabled person for the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.35"></a><var>7.35</var>exclusive use of that person in the course of employment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.11.0"></a><a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.021, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Plate design; furnished by commissioner.</b> The commissioner shall design <br/>
<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>and furnish two disability plates with attached emblems to each an eligible owner. The <br/>
<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>emblem must bear the internationally accepted wheelchair symbol, as designated in <br/>
<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>section 
         <statute_ref>16B.61, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, approximately three inches square. The emblem must <br/>
<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>be large enough to be visible plainly from a distance of 50 feet. An applicant eligible <br/>
<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>for disability plates shall pay the motor vehicle registration fee authorized by sections <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>168.013
         </statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>168.09</statute_ref>.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.12.0"></a><a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.09, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Display of temporary permit</b><b>; special plates</b><b>.</b> (a) A vehicle that displays a <br/>
<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>special Minnesota plate issued under section 
<statute_ref>168.021</statute_ref>; 
<statute_ref>168.12, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, 2a, 2b, 2c, or <br/>
<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>2d; 
<statute_ref>168.123</statute_ref>; 
<statute_ref>168.124</statute_ref>; 
<statute_ref>168.125</statute_ref>; 
<statute_ref>168.126</statute_ref>; 
<statute_ref>168.128</statute_ref>; or 
<statute_ref>168.129</statute_ref>, chapter 168 may display a <br/>
<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>temporary permit in conjunction with expired registration if:<br/>
<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>    (1) the current registration tax and all other fees and taxes have been paid in full; and<br/>
<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>    (2) the plate requires replacement under section 
<statute_ref>168.12, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>(d), clause (3) has been applied for.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>    (b) A vehicle that is registered under section 
<statute_ref>168.10</statute_ref> may display a temporary permit <br/>
<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>in conjunction with expired registration, with or without a registration plate, if:<br/>
<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>    (1) the plates have been applied for and;<br/>
<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>    (2) the registration tax has and other fees and taxes have been paid in full, as <br/>
<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>provided for in section 
<statute_ref>168.10</statute_ref>; and<br/>
<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>    (2) (3) either the vehicle is used solely as a collector vehicle while displaying the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>temporary permit and not used for general transportation purposes or the vehicle was <br/>
<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>issued a 21-day permit under section 168.092, subdivision 1.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>    (c) The permit is valid for a period of 60 days. The permit must be in a format <br/>
<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>prescribed by the commissioner and whenever practicable must be posted upon the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>driver's side of the rear window on the inside of the vehicle. The permit is valid only <br/>
<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>for the vehicle for which it was issued to allow a reasonable time for the new plates to <br/>
<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>be manufactured and delivered to the applicant.  The permit may be issued only by the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>commissioner or by a deputy registrar under section 168.33.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.13.0"></a><a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>    Sec. 13. <b>[168.1295] MINNESOTA SESQUICENTENNIAL SPECIAL PLATES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Issuance and design.</b> Notwithstanding section 168.1293, the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>commissioner shall issue Minnesota sesquicentennial plates or one motorcycle plate to <br/>
<a id="pl.8.34"></a><var>8.34</var>an applicant who:<br/>
<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>    (1) is a registered owner of a passenger automobile, one-ton pickup truck, <br/>
<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>motorcycle, or recreational vehicle;<br/>
<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>    (2) pays a fee of $10 for each set of license plates;<br/>
<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>    (3) contributes a minimum of $25 to the Minnesota Sesquicentennial Commission; <br/>
<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>and<br/>
<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>    (4) complies with this chapter and rules governing registration of motor vehicles <br/>
<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>and licensing of drivers.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Novelty plates.</b> Notwithstanding subdivision 1, the commissioner may <br/>
<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>issue distinctive Minnesota Sesquicentennial novelty plates for a fee of $5 for each plate, <br/>
<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>and a minimum contribution of $25 to the Minnesota Sesquicentennial Commission.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Design.</b> After consultation with the Minnesota Sesquicentennial <br/>
<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>Commission, the commissioner shall design the special plate.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Plates transfer.</b> On payment of a transfer fee of $5, plates issued under <br/>
<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>subdivision 1 may be transferred to another passenger automobile, one-ton pickup truck, <br/>
<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>motorcycle, or recreational vehicle registered to the individual to whom the special <br/>
<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>plates were issued.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Fees.</b> Fees collected under subdivision 1, clause (2), or under subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>2, are credited to the vehicle services operating account in the special revenue fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Contributions.</b> Contributions collected under subdivision 1, clause (3), or <br/>
<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>under subdivision 2, are credited to the sesquicentennial account, which is established <br/>
<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>in the special revenue fund. Money in the account is appropriated to the Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>Sesquicentennial Commission to be used in performance of the commission's powers <br/>
<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>and duties. After the commission expires, money in the account is appropriated to the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board for restoration and renovation of the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>Capitol Building.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br/>
<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>and expires for issuance of plates after June 30, 2011.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.14.0"></a><a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.185, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var><b>168.185 USDOT NUMBERS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (d), an owner of a truck or truck-tractor having a <br/>
<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>gross vehicle weight of more than 10,000 pounds, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>169.01, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>46
         </statute_ref>, other than a farm truck that is not used in interstate commerce, shall report to the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var>registrar commissioner at the time of registration its USDOT carrier number. A person <br/>
<a id="pl.9.34"></a><var>9.34</var>subject to this paragraph who does not have a USDOT number shall apply for the number <br/>
<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>at the time of registration by completing a form MCS-150 Motor Carrier Identification <br/>
<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>Report, issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, or comparable <br/>
<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>document as determined by the registrar commissioner. The registrar commissioner shall <br/>
<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>not assign a USDOT carrier number to a vehicle owner who is not subject to this paragraph.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>    (b) Assigned USDOT numbers need not be displayed on the outside of the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>vehicle, but must be made available upon request of an authorized agent of the registrar <br/>
<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>commissioner, peace officer, other employees of the State Patrol authorized in chapter <br/>
<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>299D, or employees of the Minnesota Department of Transportation. The vehicle owner <br/>
<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>shall notify the registrar commissioner if there is a change to the owner's USDOT number.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>    (c) If an owner fails to report or apply for a USDOT number, the registrar <br/>
<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>commissioner shall suspend the owner's registration.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>    (d) Until October 1, 2003, paragraphs (a) to (c) do not apply to an agricultural <br/>
<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>fertilizer or agricultural chemical retailer while exclusively engaged in delivering fertilizer <br/>
<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>or agricultural chemicals to a farmer for on-farm use. This section does not apply to <br/>
<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>(1) a farm truck that is not used in interstate commerce, (2) a vehicle that is not used <br/>
<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>in intrastate commerce or interstate commerce, or (3) a vehicle that is owned and used <br/>
<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>solely in the transaction of official business by the federal government, the state, or any <br/>
<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>political subdivision.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.15.0"></a><a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.28, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var><b>168.28 VEHICLES SUBJECT TO TAX; EXCEPTIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>    Every motor vehicle (except those exempted in section 
         <statute_ref>168.012</statute_ref>, and except those <br/>
<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>which are being towed upon the streets and highways and which shall not be deemed to <br/>
<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>be using the streets and highways within the meaning of this section) shall be deemed to <br/>
<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>be one using the public streets and highways and hence as such subject to taxation under <br/>
<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>this chapter if such motor vehicle has since April 23, 1921, used such public streets or <br/>
<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>highways, or shall actually use them, or if it shall come into the possession of an owner <br/>
<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>other than as a manufacturer, dealer, warehouse operator, mortgagee or pledgee. New and <br/>
<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>unused motor vehicles in the possession of a dealer solely for the purpose of sale, and <br/>
<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>used or secondhand motor vehicles which have not theretofore used the public streets or <br/>
<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>highways of this state which are in the possession of a dealer solely for the purpose of sale <br/>
<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>and which are duly listed as herein provided, shall not be deemed to be vehicles using the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>public streets or highways. The driving or operating of a motor vehicle upon the public <br/>
<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var>streets or highways of this state by a motor vehicle dealer or any employee of such motor <br/>
<a id="pl.10.34"></a><var>10.34</var>vehicle dealer for demonstration purposes or for any purpose incident to the usual and <br/>
<a id="pl.10.35"></a><var>10.35</var>customary conduct and operation of the business in which licensed under section 
         <statute_ref>168.27</statute_ref> <br/>
<a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>to engage, or solely for the purpose of moving it from points outside or within the state <br/>
<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>to the place of business or storage of a licensed dealer within the state or solely for the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>purpose of moving it from the place of business of a manufacturer, or licensed dealer <br/>
<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>within the state to the place of business or residence of a purchaser outside the state, shall <br/>
<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>not be deemed to be using the public streets or highways in the state within the meaning <br/>
<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>of this chapter or of the Constitution of the state of Minnesota, article XIV, and shall not <br/>
<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>be held to make the motor vehicle subject to taxation under this chapter as one using the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>public streets or highways, if during such driving or moving the dealer's plates herein <br/>
<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>provided for shall be duly displayed upon such vehicle. Any dealer or distributor may <br/>
<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>register a motor vehicle prior to its assessment or taxation as personal property, and pay <br/>
<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>the license fee and tax thereon for the full calendar year as one using the public streets and <br/>
<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>highways, and thereafter such vehicle shall be deemed to be one using the public streets <br/>
<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>and highways and shall not be subject to assessment or taxation as personal property <br/>
<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>during the calendar year for which it is so registered, whether or not such vehicle shall <br/>
<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>actually have used the streets or highways. Special mobile equipment is subject to a <br/>
<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>penalty equal to the tax due under this chapter for the full registration year if it is used to <br/>
<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>transport persons or property at any time using the public streets. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.16.0"></a><a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168A.01, subdivision 21, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>    Subd. 21. <b>Special mobile equipment.</b> "Special mobile equipment" means every <br/>
<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>vehicle not designed or used primarily for the transportation of persons or property <br/>
<a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>and only incidentally operated or moved over a highway, including but not limited to: <br/>
<a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>ditch-digging apparatuses, well-boring apparatuses, moving dollies, sawing machines, <br/>
<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>corn shellers, and road construction and maintenance machinery such as asphalt spreaders, <br/>
<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>bituminous mixers, bucket loaders, tractors other than truck-tractors, ditchers, leveling <br/>
<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>graders, finishing machines, motor graders, road rollers, scarifiers, earth-moving carryalls <br/>
<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>and scrapers, power shovels and draglines, and self-propelled cranes and earth-moving <br/>
<a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>equipment. The term does not include travel trailers, dump trucks, truck-mounted transit <br/>
<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>mixers, truck-mounted feed grinders, or other vehicles designed for the transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>of persons or property to which machinery has been attached has the meaning given it <br/>
<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>in section 168.011.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.17.0"></a><a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>    Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168A.03, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>No certificate issued.</b> The registrar shall not issue a certificate of <br/>
<a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var>title for:<br/>
<a id="pl.11.34"></a><var>11.34</var>    (1) a vehicle owned by the United States;<br/>
<a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>    (2) a vehicle owned by a nonresident and not required by law to be registered in <br/>
<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>this state;<br/>
<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>    (3) a vehicle owned by a nonresident and regularly engaged in the interstate <br/>
<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>transportation of persons or property for which a currently effective certificate of title <br/>
<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>has been issued in another state;<br/>
<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>    (4) a vehicle moved solely by animal power;<br/>
<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>    (5) an implement of husbandry;<br/>
<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>    (6) special mobile equipment;<br/>
<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>    (7) a self-propelled wheelchair or invalid tricycle;<br/>
<a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>    (8) a trailer (i) having a gross weight of 4,000 pounds or less unless a secured party <br/>
<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>holds an interest in the trailer or a certificate of title was previously issued by this state or <br/>
<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>any other state or (ii) designed primarily for agricultural purposes except a recreational <br/>
<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>vehicle or a manufactured home, both as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>168.011, subdivisions 8 and 25</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>    (9) a snowmobile.; and<br/>
<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>    (10) a spotter truck, as defined in section 169.01, subdivision 7a.<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/>
<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>and expires June 30, 2013.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.18.0"></a><a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168A.05, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Neighborhood electric vehicle</b><b> and medium-speed electric vehicles</b><b>; </b><br/>
<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var><b>certificate required.</b> Neighborhood electric vehicles and medium-speed electric vehicles, <br/>
<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>as defined in section 169.01, subdivision subdivisions 91 and 94, must be titled as <br/>
<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var>specified in section 168A.02. The department shall not issue a title for a neighborhood <br/>
<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>electric vehicle or a medium-speed electric vehicle (1) that lacks a vehicle identification <br/>
<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>number, and (2) for which a manufacturer's certificate of origin clearly labeling the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>vehicle as a neighborhood electric vehicle or similar designation has not been issued. The <br/>
<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>department shall not issue a vehicle identification number to a homemade neighborhood <br/>
<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>electric or low-speed vehicle or retrofitted golf cart, and such vehicles do not qualify as <br/>
<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>neighborhood electric vehicles.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.19.0"></a><a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>    Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168B.051, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Sale after 45 days</b><b> or title transfer</b><b>.</b> An (a) If an unauthorized vehicle is <br/>
<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>impounded, other than by the city of Minneapolis or the city of St. Paul, the impounded <br/>
<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>vehicle is eligible for disposal or sale under section 
         <statute_ref>168B.08</statute_ref>, the earlier of:<br/>
<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>    (1) 45 days after notice to the owner, if the vehicle is determined to be an <br/>
<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>unauthorized vehicle that was not impounded by the city of Minneapolis or the city of <br/>
<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>St. Paul; or<br/>
<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>    (2) the date of a voluntary written title transfer by the registered owner to the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>impound lot operator.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>    (b) A voluntary written title transfer constitutes a waiver by the registered owner of <br/>
<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>any right, title, and interest in the vehicle.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.20.0"></a><a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>    Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168B.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Contents;</b><b> </b><b>Written </b><b>notice </b><b>given within five days</b><b> of impound</b><b>.</b> (a) <br/>
<a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>When an impounded vehicle is taken into custody, the unit of government or impound lot <br/>
<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>operator taking it into custody shall give written notice of the taking within five days to <br/>
<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>the registered vehicle owner and any lienholders. <br/>
<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>    (b) The notice shall must:<br/>
<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>    (1) set forth the date and place of the taking,;<br/>
<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>    (2) provide the year, make, model, and serial number of the impounded motor <br/>
<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>vehicle, if such information can be reasonably obtained, and the place where the vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>is being held,;<br/>
<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>    (2) (3) inform the owner and any lienholders of their right to reclaim the vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>168B.07</statute_ref>, and;<br/>
<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>    (3) (4) state that failure of the owner or lienholders to:<br/>
<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>    (i)  exercise their right to reclaim the vehicle and contents within the appropriate time <br/>
<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>allowed under section 
         <statute_ref>168B.051, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, 1a, or 2, shall be deemed and under the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>conditions set forth in section 168B.07, subdivision 1, constitutes a waiver by them of all <br/>
<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>right, title, and interest in the vehicle and contents and a consent to the transfer of title to <br/>
<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>and disposal or sale of the vehicle and contents pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>168B.08</statute_ref>; or<br/>
<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>    (ii) exercise their right to reclaim the contents of the vehicle within the appropriate <br/>
<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>time allowed and under the conditions set forth in section 168B.07, subdivision 3, <br/>
<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>constitutes a waiver by them of all right, title, and interest in the contents and consent to <br/>
<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>sell or dispose of the contents under section 168B.08; and<br/>
<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>    (5) state that a vehicle owner who provides to the impound lot operator <br/>
<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>documentation from a government or nonprofit agency or legal aid office that the owner <br/>
<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>is homeless, receives relief based on need, is eligible for legal aid services, or has a <br/>
<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>household income at or below 50 percent of state median income has the unencumbered <br/>
<a id="pl.13.34"></a><var>13.34</var>right to retrieve any and all contents without charge. <br/>
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<a id="bill.1.21.0"></a><a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>    Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168B.06, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Unauthorized vehicle; </b><b>second </b><b>notice.</b> If an unauthorized vehicle remains <br/>
<a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>unclaimed after 30 days from the date the notice was sent under subdivision 2, a second <br/>
<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>notice shall must be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the registered owner, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>if any, of the unauthorized vehicle and to all readily identifiable lienholders of record.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.22.0"></a><a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>    Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168B.07, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Retrieval of contents.</b> (a) For purposes of this subdivision:<br/>
<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>    (1) "contents" does not include any permanently affixed mechanical or <br/>
<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>nonmechanical automobile parts; automobile body parts; or automobile accessories, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>including audio or video players; and<br/>
<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>    (2) "relief based on need" includes, but is not limited to, receipt of MFIP <br/>
<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>and Diversionary Work Program, medical assistance, general assistance, general <br/>
<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>assistance medical care, emergency general assistance, Minnesota supplemental aid, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>MSA-emergency assistance, MinnesotaCare, Supplemental Security Income, energy <br/>
<a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>assistance, emergency assistance, Food Stamps, earned income tax credit, or Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>working family tax credit.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>    (b) A unit of government or impound lot operator shall establish reasonable <br/>
<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>procedures for retrieval of vehicle contents, and may establish reasonable procedures to <br/>
<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>protect the safety and security of the impound lot and its personnel.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>    (c) At any time before the expiration of the waiting periods provided in section <br/>
<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>168B.051, a registered owner who provides documentation from a government or <br/>
<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>nonprofit agency or legal aid office that the registered owner is homeless, receives relief <br/>
<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>based on need, is eligible for legal aid services, or has a household income at or below 50 <br/>
<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>percent of state median income has the unencumbered right to retrieve any and all contents <br/>
<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>without charge and regardless of whether the registered owner pays incurred charges or <br/>
<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>fees, transfers title, or reclaims the vehicle.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.23.0"></a><a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>    Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168B.07, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Waiver of rights.</b> The failure of the registered owner or lienholders to <br/>
<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>exercise the right to reclaim the vehicle before the expiration of the waiting periods <br/>
<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>provided under section 168B.051 constitutes a waiver of all right, title, and interest in <br/>
<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>the vehicle and a consent to the transfer of title to, and disposal or sale of, the vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.14.34"></a><var>14.34</var>under section 168B.08. The failure of the registered owner to exercise the right provided <br/>
<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>under subdivision 3 constitutes a waiver of all right, title, and interest in the contents and <br/>
<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>a consent to the transfer of title to, and disposal or sale of, the contents under section <br/>
<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>168B.08.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.24.0"></a><a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>    Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168B.08, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Auction or sale.</b> (a) If an abandoned or unauthorized vehicle and <br/>
<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>contents taken into custody by a unit of government or any impound lot is not reclaimed <br/>
<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>168B.07</statute_ref>, subdivision 1, it may be disposed of or sold at auction or sale when <br/>
<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>eligible pursuant to sections 
         <statute_ref>168B.06</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>168B.07</statute_ref>. If the contents of an abandoned or <br/>
<a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>unauthorized vehicle taken into custody by a unit of government or any impound lot is not <br/>
<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>reclaimed under section 168B.07, subdivision 3, it may be disposed of or sold at auction <br/>
<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>or sale when eligible pursuant to sections 168B.06 and 168B.07.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>    (b) The purchaser shall be given a receipt in a form prescribed by the registrar of <br/>
<a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>motor vehicles which shall be sufficient title to dispose of the vehicle. The receipt shall <br/>
<a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>also entitle the purchaser to register the vehicle and receive a certificate of title, free and <br/>
<a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>clear of all liens and claims of ownership. Before such a vehicle is issued a new certificate <br/>
<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>of title it must receive a motor vehicle safety check.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.25.0"></a><a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>    Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.01, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>    Subd. 7a. <b>Spotter truck.</b> "Spotter truck" means a truck-tractor with a manufacturer's <br/>
<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>certificate of origin "not for on road use" specification, used exclusively for staging or <br/>
<a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>shuttling trailers in the course of a truck freight operation or freight shipping operation.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br/>
<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>and expires June 30, 2013.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.26.0"></a><a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>    Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.01, subdivision 55, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>    Subd. 55. <b>Implement of husbandry.</b> "Implement of husbandry" has the meaning <br/>
<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>given in section 
<statute_ref>168A.01, subdivision 8</statute_ref> means a self-propelled or towed vehicle designed <br/>
<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>or adapted to be used exclusively for timber-harvesting, agricultural, horticultural, or <br/>
<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>livestock-raising operations.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.27.0"></a><a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>    Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.01, subdivision 76, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var>    Subd. 76. <b>Hazardous materials.</b> "Hazardous materials" means those materials <br/>
<a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>found to be hazardous for the purposes of the federal Hazardous Materials Transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>Act and that require the motor vehicle any material that has been designated as hazardous <br/>
<a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>under United States Code, title 49, section 5103, and is required to be placarded under <br/>
<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, parts 100-185 part 172, subpart F, or any quantity of <br/>
<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>a material listed as a select agent or toxin in Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, part 73.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.28.0"></a><a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>    Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.01, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>    Subd. 93. <b>Wireless communications device.</b> "Wireless communications device" <br/>
<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>means (1) a cellular phone, or (2) a portable electronic device that is capable of receiving <br/>
<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>and transmitting data, including but not limited to text messages and e-mail, without an <br/>
<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>access line for service. A wireless communications device does not include a device that <br/>
<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>is permanently affixed to the vehicle, or a global positioning system or navigation system <br/>
<a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var>when the system is used exclusively for navigation purposes.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.29.0"></a><a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>    Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.01, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>    Subd. 94. <b>Medium-speed electric vehicle.</b> "Medium-speed electric vehicle" <br/>
<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>means an electrically powered four-wheeled motor vehicle, equipped with a roll cage <br/>
<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>or crushproof body design, that can attain a maximum speed of 35 miles per hour on a <br/>
<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>paved level surface, is fully enclosed and has at least one door for entry, has a wheelbase <br/>
<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>of 40 inches or greater and a wheel diameter of ten inches or greater, and except with <br/>
<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>respect to maximum speed, otherwise meets or exceeds regulations in the Code of Federal <br/>
<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>Regulations, title 49, section 571.500, and successor requirements.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.30.0"></a><a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>    Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.18, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Keep to the right.</b> Upon all roadways of sufficient width a vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>shall be driven upon the right half of the roadway, except as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>    (1) when overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction <br/>
<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>under the rules governing such movement;<br/>
<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>    (2) when the right half of a roadway is closed to traffic while under construction <br/>
<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>or repair;<br/>
<a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>    (3) upon a roadway divided into three marked lanes for traffic under the rules <br/>
<a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var>applicable thereon;<br/>
<a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var>    (4) upon a roadway designated and signposted for one-way traffic as a one-way <br/>
<a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>roadway; or<br/>
<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var>    (5) as necessary to comply with subdivision 11 when approaching an authorized <br/>
<a id="pl.16.33"></a><var>16.33</var>emergency vehicle parked or stopped on the roadway.; or<br/>
<a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>    (6) as necessary to comply with subdivision 12 when approaching a road <br/>
<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>maintenance or construction vehicle parked or stopped on the roadway.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.31.0"></a><a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>    Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.18, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Driving left of roadway center; exception.</b> (a) No vehicle shall be driven <br/>
<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>to the left side of the center of the roadway in overtaking and passing another vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>proceeding in the same direction unless such left side is clearly visible and is free of <br/>
<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>oncoming traffic for a sufficient distance ahead to permit such overtaking and passing to <br/>
<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>be completely made without interfering with the safe operation of any vehicle approaching <br/>
<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>from the opposite direction or any vehicle overtaken. In every event the overtaking <br/>
<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>vehicle must return to the right-hand side of the roadway before coming within 100 feet <br/>
<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>of any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>    (b) Except on a one-way roadway or as provided in paragraph (c), no vehicle shall, <br/>
<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>in overtaking and passing another vehicle or at any other time, be driven to the left half of <br/>
<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>the roadway under the following conditions:<br/>
<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>    (1) when approaching the crest of a grade or upon a curve in the highway where the <br/>
<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>driver's view along the highway is obstructed within a distance of 700 feet;<br/>
<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>    (2) when approaching within 100 feet of any underpass or tunnel, railroad grade <br/>
<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>crossing, intersection within a city, or intersection outside of a city if the presence of the <br/>
<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>intersection is marked by warning signs; or<br/>
<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>    (3) where official signs are in place prohibiting passing, or a distinctive centerline <br/>
<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>is marked, which distinctive line also so prohibits passing, as declared in the Manual on <br/>
<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var>Uniform Traffic Control Devices adopted by the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var>    (c) Paragraph (b) does not apply to a self-propelled or towed implement of <br/>
<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var>husbandry that (1) is escorted at the front by a registered motor vehicle that is displaying <br/>
<a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>vehicular hazard warning lights visible to the front and rear in normal sunlight, and (2) <br/>
<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>does not extend into the left half of the roadway to any greater extent than made necessary <br/>
<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>by the total width of the right half of the roadway together with any adjacent shoulder <br/>
<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>that is suitable for travel.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>    (d) Paragraph (b) does not apply to a self-propelled or towed implement of <br/>
<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>husbandry that is operated to the left half of the roadway if such operation is not to a <br/>
<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>greater extent than is necessary to avoid collision with a parked vehicle, sign, or other <br/>
<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>stationary object located on the highway right-of-way.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.32.0"></a><a id="pl.17.33"></a><var>17.33</var>    Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.18, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.17.34"></a><var>17.34</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>    Subd. 12. <b>Passing certain parked vehicles.</b> (a) When approaching and before <br/>
<a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>passing a freeway service patrol, road maintenance, or construction vehicle with its <br/>
<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>warning lights activated that is parked or otherwise stopped on or next to a street or <br/>
<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>highway having two lanes in the same direction, the driver of a vehicle shall safely move <br/>
<a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>the vehicle to the lane farthest away from the vehicle, if it is possible to do so.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var>    (b) When approaching and before passing a freeway service patrol, road <br/>
<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>maintenance, or construction vehicle with its warning lights activated that is parked or <br/>
<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>otherwise stopped on or next to a street or highway having more than two lanes in the <br/>
<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>same direction, the driver of a vehicle shall safely move the vehicle so as to leave a full <br/>
<a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>lane vacant between the driver and any lane in which the vehicle is completely or partially <br/>
<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var>parked or otherwise stopped, if it is possible to do so.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.33.0"></a><a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>    Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.21, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Driver education curriculum.</b> The class D curriculum, in addition to <br/>
<a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>driver education classroom curriculum prescribed in rules of statutes for class D motor <br/>
<a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>vehicles, must include instruction on the duties of a driver when encountering a bicycle, <br/>
<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>other nonmotorized vehicles, or a pedestrian.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.34.0"></a><a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>    Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.224, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var><b>169.224 NEIGHBORHOOD </b><b>AND MEDIUM-SPEED </b><b>ELECTRIC VEHICLES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definition.</b> For purposes of this section, "road authority" means the <br/>
<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>commissioner, as to trunk highways; the county board, as to county state-aid highways <br/>
<a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>and county highways; the town board, as to town roads; and the governing body of <br/>
<a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>a city, as to city streets. <br/>
<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Required equipment.</b> Notwithstanding any other law, a neighborhood <br/>
<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>electric vehicle or a medium-speed electric vehicle may be operated on public streets and <br/>
<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>highways if it meets all equipment and vehicle safety requirements in Code of Federal <br/>
<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>Regulations, title 49, section 571.500, and successor requirements. <br/>
<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Operation.</b> A neighborhood electric vehicle or a medium-speed electric <br/>
<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>vehicle may not be operated on a street or highway with a speed limit greater than 35 miles <br/>
<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>per hour, except to make a direct crossing of that street or highway. <br/>
<a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Restrictions and prohibitions.</b> (a) A road authority, including the <br/>
<a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var>commissioner of transportation by order, may prohibit or further restrict the operation <br/>
<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>of neighborhood electric vehicles and medium-speed electric vehicles on any street or <br/>
<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>highway under the road authority's jurisdiction.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>    (b) Neither a neighborhood electric vehicle nor a medium-speed electric vehicle may <br/>
<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>not be used to take any examination to demonstrate ability to exercise control in the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>operation of a motor vehicle as required under section 171.13.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.35.0"></a><a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>    Sec. 35. <b>[169.228] SPOTTER TRUCKS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>    Notwithstanding any other law, a spotter truck may be operated on public streets <br/>
<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>and highways if:<br/>
<a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>    (1) the operator has the appropriate class of driver's license;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>    (2) the vehicle complies with the size, weight, and load restrictions under this <br/>
<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>chapter;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>    (3) the vehicle meets all inspection requirements under section 169.781; and<br/>
<a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>    (4) the vehicle is operated (i) within a zone of two air miles from the truck freight <br/>
<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>operation or freight shipping operation where the vehicle is housed, or (ii) directly to and <br/>
<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var>from a repair shop, service station, or fueling station for the purpose of repair, servicing, <br/>
<a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>or refueling.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br/>
<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>and expires June 30, 2013.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.36.0"></a><a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>    Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.435, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var><b>169.435 </b><b>STATE SCHOOL BUS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION</b><b> OFFICE OF </b><br/>
<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var><b>PUPIL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY</b><b>.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Responsibility; Department of Public Safety.</b> The Department of <br/>
<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var>Public Safety has the primary responsibility for school transportation safety. The Office of <br/>
<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>Pupil Transportation Safety is created as a section under the Division of State Patrol. The <br/>
<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall serve as state designate a director of <br/>
<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>pupil transportation according to subdivision 3.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Pupil transportation safety director.</b> (a) The commissioner of public <br/>
<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>safety or the commissioner's designee shall serve as pupil transportation safety director.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>    (b) The duties of the pupil transportation safety director shall include:<br/>
<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>    (1) overseeing all department activities related to school bus safety;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>    (2) assisting in the development, interpretation, and implementation of laws <br/>
<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>and policies relating to school bus safety, in consultation with a stakeholder group <br/>
<a id="pl.19.33"></a><var>19.33</var>consisting of, but not limited to, representatives of the school board association, school <br/>
<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>superintendents, private bus contractors, directors of transportation, school bus employees <br/>
<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>or their exclusive bargaining representatives, and parent organizations;<br/>
<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>    (3) supervising preparation of the School Bus Inspection Manual; and<br/>
<a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>    (4) in conjunction with the Department of Education and the stakeholder group <br/>
<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>described in clause (2), assisting school districts in developing and implementing <br/>
<a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>comprehensive transportation policies and establishing best practices for private contracts;<br/>
<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>    (5) developing and maintaining a consistent record-keeping system to document <br/>
<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>school bus inspections, out-of-service school transportation vehicles, driver turnover <br/>
<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var>rate, and driver files; and<br/>
<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>    (6) conducting periodic audits of selected school districts to determine compliance <br/>
<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>with federal law and state statute concerning: (i) school bus driver requirements and <br/>
<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>driver employee background and license checks, including controlled substance and <br/>
<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>alcohol testing requirements; and (ii) duty to report violations to the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>public safety. Audit results must be documented and retained by the Office of Pupil <br/>
<a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>Transportation Safety, and any statutory violations documented in the audit must be <br/>
<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>reported to the commissioners of public safety and education.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Staff.</b> In addition to the pupil transportation safety director, who must be a <br/>
<a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>state trooper, the Office of Pupil Transportation Safety must be staffed by a minimum of:<br/>
<a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>    (1) three state troopers, each of whom must be assigned to the metropolitan area, <br/>
<a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var>northern Minnesota, or southern Minnesota; and<br/>
<a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>    (2) 15 school bus vehicle inspectors, one of whom must be designated chief <br/>
<a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>inspector. The school bus vehicle inspectors shall perform annual and spot inspections <br/>
<a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>of school buses and Head Start buses as required by law.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.37.0"></a><a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>    Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.446, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Driver training programs.</b> The commissioner of public safety shall <br/>
<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>adopt rules requiring a minimum of 30 minutes of thorough instruction concerning <br/>
<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>section 
         <statute_ref>169.444</statute_ref> for persons enrolled in driver training programs offered at public, private <br/>
<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>and parochial schools, and commercial driver training schools. The instruction must <br/>
<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>encompass at least the responsibilities of drivers, the content and requirements of section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>169.444
         </statute_ref>, and the penalties for violating that section. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.38.0"></a><a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var>    Sec. 38. <b>[169.475] USE OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.20.33"></a><var>20.33</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definition.</b> For purposes of this section, "electronic message" <br/>
<a id="pl.20.34"></a><var>20.34</var>means a self-contained piece of digital communication that is designed or intended to <br/>
<a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>be transmitted between physical devices. An electronic message includes, but is not <br/>
<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>limited to, e-mail, a text message, an instant message, a command or request to access <br/>
<a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>a World Wide Web page, or other data that uses a commonly recognized electronic <br/>
<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var>communications protocol. An electronic message does not include voice or other data <br/>
<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>transmitted as a result of making a phone call, or data transmitted automatically by a <br/>
<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>wireless communications device without direct initiation by a person.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Prohibition on use.</b> No person may operate a motor vehicle while using a <br/>
<a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>wireless communications device to compose, read, or send an electronic message, when <br/>
<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>the vehicle is in motion or a part of traffic.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Exceptions.</b> This section does not apply if a wireless communications <br/>
<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>device is used:<br/>
<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>    (1) solely in a voice-activated or other hands-free mode;<br/>
<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>    (2) for making a cellular phone call;<br/>
<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>    (3) for obtaining emergency assistance to (i) report a traffic accident, medical <br/>
<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>emergency, or serious traffic hazard, or (ii) prevent a crime about to be committed; <br/>
<a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>    (4) in the reasonable belief that a person's life or safety is in immediate danger; or<br/>
<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>    (5) in an authorized emergency vehicle while in the performance of official duties.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.39.0"></a><a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>    Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.67, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Trailer, semitrailer.</b> (a) No trailer or semitrailer with a gross vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>weight of 3,000 or more pounds, or a gross weight that exceeds the empty weight of the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>towing vehicle, may be drawn on a highway unless it is equipped with brakes that are <br/>
<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>adequate to control the movement of and to stop and hold the trailer or semitrailer. A <br/>
<a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>surge brake on a trailer or semitrailer meets the requirement of this paragraph for brakes <br/>
<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>adequate to stop and hold the trailer or semitrailer.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>    (b) No trailer or semitrailer that is required to have brakes and that has with a gross <br/>
<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>vehicle weight of more than 6,000 3,000 pounds may be drawn on a highway unless it is <br/>
<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>equipped with brakes that are so constructed that they are adequate to stop and hold the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>trailer or semitrailer whenever it becomes detached from the towing vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>    (c) Except as provided in paragraph (d), paragraph (a) does not apply to:<br/>
<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>    (1) a trailer used by a farmer while transporting farm products produced on the user's <br/>
<a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>farm, or supplies back to the farm of the trailer's user;<br/>
<a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var>    (2) a towed custom service vehicle drawn by a motor vehicle that is equipped with <br/>
<a id="pl.21.33"></a><var>21.33</var>brakes that meet the standards of subdivision 5, provided that such a towed custom service <br/>
<a id="pl.21.34"></a><var>21.34</var>vehicle that exceeds 30,000 pounds gross weight may not be drawn at a speed of more <br/>
<a id="pl.21.35"></a><var>21.35</var>than 45 miles per hour;<br/>
<a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>    (3) a trailer or semitrailer operated or used by retail dealers of implements of <br/>
<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>husbandry while engaged exclusively in the delivery of implements of husbandry;<br/>
<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>    (4) (2) a motor vehicle drawn by another motor vehicle that is equipped with brakes <br/>
<a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>that meet the standards of subdivision 5; and<br/>
<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>    (5) a tank trailer of not more than 12,000 pounds gross weight owned by a distributor <br/>
<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>of liquid fertilizer while engaged exclusively in transporting liquid fertilizer, or gaseous <br/>
<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>fertilizer under pressure;<br/>
<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>    (6) a trailer of not more than 12,000 pounds gross weight owned by a distributor of <br/>
<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>dry fertilizer while engaged exclusively in the transportation of dry fertilizer; and<br/>
<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>    (7) (3) a disabled vehicle while being towed to a place of repair.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>    (d) Vehicles described in paragraph (c), clauses (1), (3), and (4) clause (2), may be <br/>
<a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>operated without complying with paragraph (a) only if the trailer or semitrailer does <br/>
<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>not exceed the following gross weights:<br/>
<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var>    (1) 3,000 pounds while being drawn by a vehicle registered as a passenger <br/>
<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>automobile, other than a pickup truck as defined in section  
         <statute_ref>168.011, subdivision 29</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>    (2) 12,000 pounds while being drawn by any other motor vehicle except a <br/>
<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>self-propelled implement of husbandry.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.40.0"></a><a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>    Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.781, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</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.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>    (a) "Commercial motor vehicle" means:<br/>
<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>    (1) a commercial motor vehicle as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>169.01, subdivision 75</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>paragraph (a); and <br/>
<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>    (2) each vehicle in a combination of more than 26,000 pounds.; and<br/>
<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>    (3) a spotter truck.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>"Commercial motor vehicle" does not include (1) a school bus or Head Start bus <br/>
<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>displaying a certificate under section 
         <statute_ref>169.451</statute_ref>, (2) a bus operated by the Metropolitan <br/>
<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>Council or by a local transit commission created in chapter 458A, or (3) a motor vehicle  <br/>
<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>that is required to be placarded under Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, parts 100-185. <br/>
<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>    (b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of public safety.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>    (c) "Owner" means a person who owns, or has control, under a lease of more than 30 <br/>
<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>days' duration, of one or more commercial motor vehicles.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var>    (d) "Storage semitrailer" means a semitrailer that (1) is used exclusively to store <br/>
<a id="pl.22.33"></a><var>22.33</var>property at a location not on a street or highway, (2) does not contain any load when <br/>
<a id="pl.22.34"></a><var>22.34</var>moved on a street or highway, (3) is operated only during daylight hours, and (4) is marked <br/>
<a id="pl.22.35"></a><var>22.35</var>on each side of the semitrailer "storage only" in letters at least six inches high.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>    (e) "Building mover vehicle" means a vehicle owned or leased by a building mover <br/>
<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>221.81, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, paragraph (a), and used exclusively for <br/>
<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>moving buildings. <br/>
<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br/>
<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>and expires June 30, 2013.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.41.0"></a><a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>    Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.781, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Inspection required.</b> It is unlawful for a person to operate or permit <br/>
<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>the operation of:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>    (1) a commercial motor vehicle registered in Minnesota or a spotter truck; or<br/>
<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>    (2) special mobile equipment as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>168.011, subdivision 22</statute_ref>, and <br/>
<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>which is self-propelled, if it is mounted on a commercial motor vehicle chassis, <br/>
<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>unless the vehicle displays a valid safety inspection decal issued by an inspector certified <br/>
<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>by the commissioner, or the vehicle carries (1) proof that the vehicle complies with <br/>
<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>federal motor vehicle inspection requirements for vehicles in interstate commerce, and <br/>
<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>(2) a certificate of compliance with federal requirements issued by the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>under subdivision 9.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br/>
<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>and expires on June 30, 2013.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.42.0"></a><a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>    Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.781, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Inspection decal</b><b>; violation, penalty</b><b>.</b> (a) A person inspecting a <br/>
<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>commercial motor vehicle shall issue an inspection decal for the vehicle if each inspected <br/>
<a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var>component of the vehicle complies with federal motor carrier safety regulations. The decal <br/>
<a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>must state that in the month specified on the decal the vehicle was inspected and each <br/>
<a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>inspected component complied with federal motor carrier safety regulations. The decal is <br/>
<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>valid for 12 months after the month specified on the decal. The commissioners of public <br/>
<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>safety and transportation shall make decals available, at a fee of not more than $2 for each <br/>
<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>decal, to persons certified to perform inspections under subdivision 3, paragraph (b).<br/>
<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>    (b) Minnesota inspection decals may be affixed only to:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>    (1) commercial motor vehicles bearing Minnesota-based license plates; or<br/>
<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>    (2) special mobile equipment, within the meaning of subdivision 2, clause (2).<br/>
<a id="pl.23.31"></a><var>23.31</var>    (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a person inspecting (1) a vehicle of less <br/>
<a id="pl.23.32"></a><var>23.32</var>than 57,000 pounds gross vehicle weight and registered as a farm truck, (2) a storage <br/>
<a id="pl.23.33"></a><var>23.33</var>semitrailer, or (3) a building mover vehicle must issue an inspection decal to the vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.23.34"></a><var>23.34</var>unless the vehicle has one or more defects that would result in the vehicle being declared <br/>
<a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>out of service under the North American Uniform Driver, Vehicle, and Hazardous <br/>
<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>Materials Out-of-Service Criteria issued by the Federal Highway Administration and the <br/>
<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var>Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance. A decal issued to a vehicle described in clause (1), <br/>
<a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</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.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var>must clearly indicate that it is valid for two years from the date of issuance.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var>    (d) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a commercial motor vehicle that (1) is registered <br/>
<a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>as a farm truck, (2) is not operated more than 75 miles from the owner's home post office, <br/>
<a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var>and (3) was manufactured before 1979 that has a dual transmission system, is not required <br/>
<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var>to comply with a requirement in an inspection standard that requires that the service brake <br/>
<a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>system and parking brake system be separate systems in the motor vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var>    (e) A person who, with the intent to defraud, falsely makes, duplicates, alters, or <br/>
<a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>forges a decal or other writing or thing purporting to be a Minnesota inspection decal <br/>
<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var>described in this subdivision is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. A person who, with the <br/>
<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var>intent to defraud, possesses a decal or other writing or thing falsely purporting to be a <br/>
<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>Minnesota inspection decal described in this subdivision is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.43.0"></a><a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>    Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.79, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var><b>169.79 VEHICLE REGISTRATION; DISPLAYING LICENSE PLATES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Registration required.</b> No person shall operate, drive, or park a <br/>
<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var>motor vehicle on any highway unless the vehicle is registered in accordance with the laws <br/>
<a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>of this state and has the number plates or permit confirming that valid registration or <br/>
<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>operating authority has been obtained, except as provided in sections 
         <statute_ref>168.10</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>168.12, <br/>
<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>subdivision 2f
         </statute_ref>, as assigned to it by the commissioner of public safety, conspicuously <br/>
<a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var>displayed thereon in a manner that the view of any plate or permit is not obstructed. A <br/>
<a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>plate issued under section 
         <statute_ref>168.27</statute_ref> or a permit issued under chapter 168 may be displayed <br/>
<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>on a vehicle in conjunction with expired registration whether or not it displays the license <br/>
<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>plate to which the last registration was issued. <br/>
<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Semitrailer.</b> If the vehicle is a semitrailer, the number plate displayed must <br/>
<a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var>be assigned to the registered owner and correlate to the certificate of title documentation <br/>
<a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var>on file with the department and shall not display a year indicator.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Rear display of single plate.</b> If the vehicle is a motorcycle, motor scooter, <br/>
<a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>motorized bicycle, motorcycle sidecar, trailer registered at greater than 3,000 pounds <br/>
<a id="pl.24.32"></a><var>24.32</var>gross vehicle weight (GVW), semitrailer, or vehicle displaying a dealer plate, then one <br/>
<a id="pl.24.33"></a><var>24.33</var>license plate must be displayed horizontally with the identifying numbers and letters <br/>
<a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>facing outward from the vehicle and must be mounted in the upright position on the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>rear of the vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var>    Subd. 3a. <b>Small trailer.</b> If the vehicle is a trailer with 3,000 pounds or less GVW <br/>
<a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var>with lifetime registration, the numbered plate or sticker must be adhered to the side of the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>trailer frame tongue near the hitch.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Collector's vehicle.</b> If the vehicle is (1) a collector's vehicle with a pioneer, <br/>
<a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var>classic car, collector, or street rod license; (2) a vehicle that meets the requirements <br/>
<a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>of a pioneer, classic, or street rod vehicle except that the vehicle is used for general <br/>
<a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>transportation purposes; or (3) a vehicle that is of model year 1972 or earlier, not registered <br/>
<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>168.10, subdivision 1c</statute_ref>, and is used for general transportation purposes, then <br/>
<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>one plate must be displayed on the rear of the vehicle, or one plate on the front and one <br/>
<a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>on the rear, at the discretion of the owner. <br/>
<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Truck-tractor, road-tractor, or farm truck.</b> If the vehicle is a <br/>
<a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var>truck-tractor, road-tractor, or farm truck, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>168.011, subdivision 17</statute_ref>, but <br/>
<a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var>excluding from that definition semitrailers and trailers, then one plate must be displayed <br/>
<a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>on the front of the vehicle. <br/>
<a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Other motor vehicles.</b> If the motor vehicle is any kind of motor vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>other than those provided for in subdivisions 2 to 4, one plate must be displayed on the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>front and one on the rear of the vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Plate fastened and visible.</b> All plates must be (1) securely fastened so as <br/>
<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>to prevent them from swinging, (2) displayed horizontally with the identifying numbers <br/>
<a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>and letters facing outward from the vehicle, and (3) mounted in the upright position. The <br/>
<a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>person driving the motor vehicle shall keep the plate legible and unobstructed and free <br/>
<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>from grease, dust, or other blurring material so that the lettering is plainly visible at all <br/>
<a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var>times. It is unlawful to cover any assigned letters and numbers or the name of the state <br/>
<a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var>of origin of a license plate with any material whatever, including any clear or colorless <br/>
<a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var>material that affects the plate's visibility or reflectivity.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Plate registration stickers.</b>  As viewed facing the plates:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var>    (a) License plates issued to vehicles registered under section 
         <statute_ref>168.017</statute_ref> must display <br/>
<a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>the month of expiration in the lower left corner as viewed facing the of each plate and the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var>year of expiration in the lower right corner as viewed facing the of each plate. <br/>
<a id="pl.25.32"></a><var>25.32</var>    (b) License plates issued to vehicles registered under section 
         <statute_ref>168.127</statute_ref> must display <br/>
<a id="pl.25.33"></a><var>25.33</var>either fleet registration validation stickers in the lower right corner as viewed facing the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.34"></a><var>25.34</var>plates of each plate or distinctive license plates, issued by the registrar, with "FLEET <br/>
<a id="pl.25.35"></a><var>25.35</var>REG" displayed on the bottom center portion of the each plate. <br/>
<a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>    (c) License plates issued after July 1, 2008, requiring validation must display the <br/>
<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var>month of expiration in the lower left corner of each plate and the year of expiration in the <br/>
<a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>lower right corner of the plate.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Tax-exempt vehicle marking.</b> Vehicles displaying tax-exempt plates <br/>
<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>issued under section 16B.581 or 168.012 must have vehicle markings that comply with <br/>
<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var>section 168.012, subdivision 1.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.44.0"></a><a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>    Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.801, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var><b>169.801 IMPLEMENT OF HUSBANDRY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Exemption from size, weight, load provisions.</b> Except as provided <br/>
<a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var>in this section and section 
         <statute_ref>169.82</statute_ref>, the provisions of sections 
         <statute_ref>169.80</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>169.88</statute_ref> that govern <br/>
<a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>size, weight, and load do not apply to: <br/>
<a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var>    (1) a horse-drawn wagon while carrying a load of loose straw or hay;<br/>
<a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>    (2) a specialized vehicle resembling a low-slung trailer having a short bed or <br/>
<a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var>platform, while transporting one or more implements of husbandry; or<br/>
<a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>    (3) an implement of husbandry while being driven or towed at a speed of not <br/>
<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>more than 30 miles per hour; provided that this exemption applies to an implement of <br/>
<a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>husbandry owned, leased, or under the control of a farmer or implement dealer only <br/>
<a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>while the implement of husbandry is being operated on noninterstate roads or highways <br/>
<a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>within 75 miles of any farmland or implement dealership: (i) owned, leased, or operated <br/>
<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var>by the farmer or implement dealer and (ii) on which the farmer or implement dealer <br/>
<a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>regularly uses or sells or leases the implement of husbandry while operated in compliance <br/>
<a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>with this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Weight </b><b>per inch of tire width</b><b> restrictions</b><b>.</b> (a) An implement of <br/>
<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var>husbandry that is not self-propelled and is equipped with pneumatic tires may not be <br/>
<a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>operated on a public highway with a maximum wheel load that exceeds 600 pounds <br/>
<a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>per inch of tire width before August 1, 1996, and 500 pounds per inch of tire width on <br/>
<a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var>and after August 1, 1996.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>    (b) After December 31, 2009, a person operating or towing an implement of <br/>
<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>husbandry on a bridge must comply with the gross weight limitations provided in section <br/>
<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>169.824.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.31"></a><var>26.31</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Hitches.</b> A towed implement of husbandry must be equipped with (1) <br/>
<a id="pl.26.32"></a><var>26.32</var>safety chains that meet the requirements of section 
         <statute_ref>169.82, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.26.33"></a><var>26.33</var>(b); (2) a regulation fifth wheel and kingpin assembly approved by the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>public safety; or (3) a hitch pin or other hitching device with a retainer that prevents <br/>
<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>accidental unhitching.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Bridge posting.</b> Despite subdivision 2, a person operating or towing <br/>
<a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>an implement of husbandry must comply with a sign that limits the maximum weight <br/>
<a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>allowed on a bridge.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Height and width.</b> A person operating, towing, or transporting an <br/>
<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>implement of husbandry that is higher than 13 feet six inches or wider than allowed under <br/>
<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>section 169.80, subdivision 2, must ensure that the operation or transportation does not <br/>
<a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>damage a highway structure, utility line or structure, or other fixture adjacent to or over <br/>
<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>a public highway.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Speed.</b> No person may operate or tow an implement of husbandry at <br/>
<a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var>a speed of more than 30 miles per hour.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Driving rules.</b> (a) An implement of husbandry may not be operated or <br/>
<a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var>towed on an interstate highway.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>    (b) An implement of husbandry may be operated or towed to the left of the center <br/>
<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>of a roadway only if it is escorted at the front by a vehicle displaying hazard warning <br/>
<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>lights visible in normal sunlight and the operation does not extend into the left half of the <br/>
<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>roadway more than is necessary.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Lights.</b> An implement of husbandry must be equipped with lights that <br/>
<a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>comply with section 169.55, subdivisions 2 and 3.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Slow moving vehicle emblem.</b> An implement of husbandry must comply <br/>
<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>with section 169.522.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>    Subd. 10. <b>Brakes.</b> Notwithstanding section 169.67:<br/>
<a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>    (a) A self-propelled implement of husbandry must be equipped with brakes adequate <br/>
<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>to control its movement and to stop and hold it and any vehicle it is towing.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>    (b) A towed implement of husbandry must be equipped with brakes adequate to <br/>
<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>control its movement and to stop and hold it if:<br/>
<a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>    (1) it has a gross vehicle weight of more than 24,000 pounds and was manufactured <br/>
<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var>and sold after January 1, 1994;<br/>
<a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>    (2) it has a gross vehicle weight of more than 12,000 pounds and is towed by a <br/>
<a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var>vehicle other than a self-propelled implement of husbandry; or<br/>
<a id="pl.27.32"></a><var>27.32</var>    (3) it has a gross vehicle weight of more than 3,000 pounds and is being towed by a <br/>
<a id="pl.27.33"></a><var>27.33</var>registered passenger automobile other than a pickup truck as defined in section 168.011, <br/>
<a id="pl.27.34"></a><var>27.34</var>subdivision 29.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>    (c) If a towed implement of husbandry with a gross vehicle weight of more than <br/>
<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>6,000 pounds is required under paragraph (b) to have brakes, it must also have brakes <br/>
<a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var>adequate to stop and hold it if it becomes detached from the towing vehicle.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.45.0"></a><a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>    Sec. 45. <b>INFRASTRUCTURE ADAPTATIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>    The commissioner of transportation shall investigate and recommend opportunities <br/>
<a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>for infrastructure adaptations to accommodate the implementation of manure application <br/>
<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var>technologies that lessen impacts on roads and bridges.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.46.0"></a><a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>    Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.82, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Hitch, chain, or cable.</b> (a) Every trailer or semitrailer must be hitched to <br/>
<a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>the towing motor vehicle by a device approved by the commissioner of public safety.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>    (b) Every trailer and semitrailer must be equipped with safety chains or cables <br/>
<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var>permanently attached to the trailer except in cases where the coupling device is a <br/>
<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>regulation fifth wheel and kingpin assembly approved by the commissioner of public <br/>
<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>safety. In towing, the chains or cables must be attached to the vehicles near the points of <br/>
<a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>bumper attachments to the chassis of each vehicle, and must be of sufficient strength to <br/>
<a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>control the trailer in the event of failure of the towing device. The length of chain or cable <br/>
<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var>must be no more than necessary to permit free turning of the vehicles. A minimum fine <br/>
<a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var>of $25 must be imposed for a violation of this paragraph.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>    (c) This subdivision does not apply to towed implements of husbandry.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>    (d) No person may be charged with a violation of this section solely by reason of <br/>
<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>violating a maximum speed prescribed in section 
         <statute_ref>169.145</statute_ref> or
<statute_ref>169.67  or 169.801</statute_ref>.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.47.0"></a><a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>    Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.826, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>Harvest season increase amount.</b> The limitations provided in sections <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var>169.822
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>169.829</statute_ref> are increased by ten percent from the beginning of harvest to <br/>
<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>November 30 each year for the movement of sugar beets, carrots, and potatoes from the <br/>
<a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>field of harvest to the point of the first unloading. Transfer of the product from a farm <br/>
<a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>vehicle or small farm trailer, within the meaning of chapter 168, to another vehicle is not <br/>
<a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>considered to be the first unloading. A permit issued under section 169.86, subdivision 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>paragraph (a), is required. The commissioner shall not issue permits under this subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.28.30"></a><var>28.30</var>if to do so will result in a loss of federal highway funding to the state.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.48.0"></a><a id="pl.28.31"></a><var>28.31</var>    Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.85, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Driver to stop for weighing.</b> (a) The driver of a vehicle that has <br/>
<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>been lawfully stopped may be required by an officer to submit the vehicle and load to a <br/>
<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>weighing by means of portable or stationary scales.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>    (b) In addition, the officer may require that the vehicle be driven to the nearest <br/>
<a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>available scales, but only if:<br/>
<a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var>    (1) the distance to the scales is no further than five miles, or if the distance from the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var>point where the vehicle is stopped to the vehicle's destination is not increased by more <br/>
<a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var>than ten miles as a result of proceeding to the nearest available scales; and<br/>
<a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var>    (2) if the vehicle is a commercial motor vehicle, no more than two other commercial <br/>
<a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var>motor vehicles are waiting to be inspected at the scale.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var>    (c) Official traffic control devices as authorized by section 
         <statute_ref>169.06</statute_ref> may be used to <br/>
<a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var>direct the driver to the nearest scale.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var>    (d) When a truck weight enforcement operation is conducted by means of portable or <br/>
<a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var>stationary scales, signs giving notice of the operation must be posted within the highway <br/>
<a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>right-of-way and adjacent to the roadway within two miles of the operation. The driver of <br/>
<a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var>a truck or combination of vehicles registered for or weighing in excess of 12,000 with a <br/>
<a id="pl.29.17"></a><var>29.17</var>gross vehicle weight exceeding 10,000 pounds shall proceed to the scale site and submit <br/>
<a id="pl.29.18"></a><var>29.18</var>the vehicle to weighing and inspection.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.49.0"></a><a id="pl.29.19"></a><var>29.19</var>    Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.86, subdivision 8, as added by Laws <br/>
<a id="pl.29.20"></a><var>29.20</var>2008, chapter 287, article 1, section 58, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.29.21"></a><var>29.21</var>    Subd. 8.  <b>Tow truck.</b> A tow truck or towing vehicle, when towing a disabled or <br/>
<a id="pl.29.22"></a><var>29.22</var>damaged vehicle to a place of repair or to a place of safekeeping, may exceed the length <br/>
<a id="pl.29.23"></a><var>29.23</var>and weight limitations of this chapter, subject to a $300 annual permit fee and other <br/>
<a id="pl.29.24"></a><var>29.24</var>conditions the commissioner may prescribe. The commissioner may issue permits to an <br/>
<a id="pl.29.25"></a><var>29.25</var>applicant who pays a single $300 annual fee to cover all tow trucks and towing vehicles <br/>
<a id="pl.29.26"></a><var>29.26</var>owned by the applicant and meets any other conditions prescribed by the commissioner. <br/>
<a id="pl.29.27"></a><var>29.27</var>The permit authorizes the tow truck or towing vehicle, when towing a disabled or damaged <br/>
<a id="pl.29.28"></a><var>29.28</var>vehicle to a place of repair or to a place of safekeeping, to exceed the length and weight <br/>
<a id="pl.29.29"></a><var>29.29</var>limitations of this chapter.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.30"></a><var>29.30</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.50.0"></a><a id="pl.29.31"></a><var>29.31</var>    Sec. 50. <b>[169.865] SPECIAL CANOLA HAULING VEHICLE PERMITS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.29.32"></a><var>29.32</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Special three-unit vehicle permit.</b> The commissioner may issue a <br/>
<a id="pl.29.33"></a><var>29.33</var>permit for a vehicle that meets the following requirements:<br/>
<a id="pl.30.1"></a><var>30.1</var>    (1) is a combination of vehicles, including a truck-tractor and a semitrailer <br/>
<a id="pl.30.2"></a><var>30.2</var>drawing one additional trailer or semitrailer, and no semitrailer used in the three-vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.30.3"></a><var>30.3</var>combination has an overall length in excess of 28-1/2 feet;<br/>
<a id="pl.30.4"></a><var>30.4</var>    (2) has a maximum gross vehicle weight of 105,500 pounds;<br/>
<a id="pl.30.5"></a><var>30.5</var>    (3) complies with the axle weight limits in section 169.824, or with the federal <br/>
<a id="pl.30.6"></a><var>30.6</var>bridge formula for axle groups not described in that section;<br/>
<a id="pl.30.7"></a><var>30.7</var>    (4) complies with the tire weight limits in section 169.823, or the tire manufacturers' <br/>
<a id="pl.30.8"></a><var>30.8</var>recommended load, whichever is less;<br/>
<a id="pl.30.9"></a><var>30.9</var>    (5) is operated only in this state on marked Trunk Highway 175 from Hallock to the <br/>
<a id="pl.30.10"></a><var>30.10</var>North Dakota border, on U.S. Highway 75 from Hallock to Donaldson, and on marked <br/>
<a id="pl.30.11"></a><var>30.11</var>Trunk Highway 11 from Donaldson to the North Dakota border; and<br/>
<a id="pl.30.12"></a><var>30.12</var>    (6) the seasonal weight increases authorized under section 169.826, subdivision 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.30.13"></a><var>30.13</var>do not apply.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.14"></a><var>30.14</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Restrictions.</b> Vehicles issued permits under subdivision 1 must comply <br/>
<a id="pl.30.15"></a><var>30.15</var>with the following restrictions:<br/>
<a id="pl.30.16"></a><var>30.16</var>    (1) the vehicle must be operated in compliance with seasonal load restrictions under <br/>
<a id="pl.30.17"></a><var>30.17</var>section 169.87;<br/>
<a id="pl.30.18"></a><var>30.18</var>    (2) the vehicle may not be operated on the interstate highway system or national <br/>
<a id="pl.30.19"></a><var>30.19</var>network highways; and<br/>
<a id="pl.30.20"></a><var>30.20</var>    (3) the vehicle may be operated on streets or highways under the control of local <br/>
<a id="pl.30.21"></a><var>30.21</var>authorities only upon the approval of the local authority; however, vehicles may have <br/>
<a id="pl.30.22"></a><var>30.22</var>reasonable access to terminals and facilities for food, fuel, repairs, and rest, and for <br/>
<a id="pl.30.23"></a><var>30.23</var>continuity of route within one mile of the national network as provided by section 169.81, <br/>
<a id="pl.30.24"></a><var>30.24</var>subdivision 3, and by the Code of Federal Regulations, title 23, part 658.19.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.25"></a><var>30.25</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Permit fee; appropriation.</b> Vehicle permits issued under subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.30.26"></a><var>30.26</var>1 must be annual permits. The fee is $850 for each vehicle and must be deposited <br/>
<a id="pl.30.27"></a><var>30.27</var>in the trunk highway fund. An amount sufficient to administer the permit program <br/>
<a id="pl.30.28"></a><var>30.28</var>is appropriated from the trunk highway fund to the commissioner for the costs of <br/>
<a id="pl.30.29"></a><var>30.29</var>administering the permit program.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.51.0"></a><a id="pl.30.30"></a><var>30.30</var>    Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.99, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.30.31"></a><var>30.31</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.30.32"></a><var>30.32</var>    Subd. 1c. <b>Notice of surcharge.</b> All parts of the uniform traffic ticket must give <br/>
<a id="pl.30.33"></a><var>30.33</var>conspicuous notice of the fact that, if convicted, the person to whom it was issued must <br/>
<a id="pl.30.34"></a><var>30.34</var>pay a state imposed surcharge under section 357.021, subdivision 6, and the current <br/>
<a id="pl.30.35"></a><var>30.35</var>amount of the required surcharge.<br/>
<a id="pl.31.1"></a><var>31.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2008. However, law <br/>
<a id="pl.31.2"></a><var>31.2</var>enforcement agencies may continue to issue nonconforming tickets until the supply of <br/>
<a id="pl.31.3"></a><var>31.3</var>those tickets has been exhausted.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.52.0"></a><a id="pl.31.4"></a><var>31.4</var>    Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.01, subdivision 35, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.31.5"></a><var>31.5</var>    Subd. 35. <b>Hazardous materials.</b> "Hazardous materials" means those materials <br/>
<a id="pl.31.6"></a><var>31.6</var>found to be hazardous for the purposes of the federal Hazardous Materials Transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.31.7"></a><var>31.7</var>Act and that require the motor vehicle any material that has been designated as hazardous <br/>
<a id="pl.31.8"></a><var>31.8</var>under United States Code, title 49, section 5103, and is required to be placarded under <br/>
<a id="pl.31.9"></a><var>31.9</var>Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, parts 100-185 part 172, subpart F, or any quantity of <br/>
<a id="pl.31.10"></a><var>31.10</var>a material listed as a select agent or toxin in Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, part 73.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.53.0"></a><a id="pl.31.11"></a><var>31.11</var>    Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.01, subdivision 46, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.31.12"></a><var>31.12</var>    Subd. 46. <b>School bus.</b> "School bus" means a motor vehicle used to transport pupils <br/>
<a id="pl.31.13"></a><var>31.13</var>to or from a school defined in section 
<statute_ref>120A.22</statute_ref>, or to or from school-related activities, <br/>
<a id="pl.31.14"></a><var>31.14</var>by the school or a school district or by someone under an agreement with the school or a <br/>
<a id="pl.31.15"></a><var>31.15</var>school district. A school bus does not include a motor vehicle transporting children to or <br/>
<a id="pl.31.16"></a><var>31.16</var>from school for which parents or guardians receive direct compensation from a school <br/>
<a id="pl.31.17"></a><var>31.17</var>district, a motor coach operating under charter carrier authority, a transit bus providing <br/>
<a id="pl.31.18"></a><var>31.18</var>services as defined in section 
<statute_ref>174.22, subdivision 7</statute_ref>, or a vehicle otherwise qualifying as <br/>
<a id="pl.31.19"></a><var>31.19</var>a type III vehicle under section 
<statute_ref>169.01, subdivision 6</statute_ref>, paragraph (5), when the vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.31.20"></a><var>31.20</var>is properly registered and insured and being driven by an employee or agent of a school <br/>
<a id="pl.31.21"></a><var>31.21</var>district for nonscheduled transportation. has the meaning given in section 169.01, <br/>
<a id="pl.31.22"></a><var>31.22</var>subdivision 6. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.54.0"></a><a id="pl.31.23"></a><var>31.23</var>    Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 171.02, subdivision 2, is <br/>
<a id="pl.31.24"></a><var>31.24</var>amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.31.25"></a><var>31.25</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Driver's license classifications, endorsements, exemptions.</b> (a) Drivers' <br/>
<a id="pl.31.26"></a><var>31.26</var>licenses are classified according to the types of vehicles that may be driven by the holder <br/>
<a id="pl.31.27"></a><var>31.27</var>of each type or class of license. The commissioner may, as appropriate, subdivide the <br/>
<a id="pl.31.28"></a><var>31.28</var>classes listed in this subdivision and issue licenses classified accordingly.<br/>
<a id="pl.31.29"></a><var>31.29</var>    (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), clauses (1) and (2), and subdivision 2a, no <br/>
<a id="pl.31.30"></a><var>31.30</var>class of license is valid to operate a motorcycle, school bus, tank vehicle, double-trailer <br/>
<a id="pl.31.31"></a><var>31.31</var>or triple-trailer combination, vehicle transporting hazardous materials, or bus, unless <br/>
<a id="pl.31.32"></a><var>31.32</var>so endorsed. There are four general classes of licenses as described in paragraphs (c) <br/>
<a id="pl.31.33"></a><var>31.33</var>through (f).<br/>
<a id="pl.32.1"></a><var>32.1</var>    (c) Class D drivers' licenses are valid for:<br/>
<a id="pl.32.2"></a><var>32.2</var>    (1) operating all farm trucks if the farm truck is:<br/>
<a id="pl.32.3"></a><var>32.3</var>    (i) controlled and operated by a farmer, including operation by an immediate family <br/>
<a id="pl.32.4"></a><var>32.4</var>member or an employee of the farmer;<br/>
<a id="pl.32.5"></a><var>32.5</var>    (ii) used to transport agricultural products, farm machinery, or farm supplies, <br/>
<a id="pl.32.6"></a><var>32.6</var>including hazardous materials, to or from a farm;<br/>
<a id="pl.32.7"></a><var>32.7</var>    (iii) not used in the operations of a common or contract motor carrier as governed by <br/>
<a id="pl.32.8"></a><var>32.8</var>Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 365; and<br/>
<a id="pl.32.9"></a><var>32.9</var>    (iv) used within 150 miles of the farm;<br/>
<a id="pl.32.10"></a><var>32.10</var>    (2) notwithstanding paragraph (b), operating an authorized emergency vehicle, <br/>
<a id="pl.32.11"></a><var>32.11</var>as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>169.01, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, whether or not in excess of 26,000 pounds <br/>
<a id="pl.32.12"></a><var>32.12</var>gross vehicle weight;<br/>
<a id="pl.32.13"></a><var>32.13</var>    (3) operating a recreational vehicle as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>168.011, subdivision 25</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.32.14"></a><var>32.14</var>that is operated for personal use;<br/>
<a id="pl.32.15"></a><var>32.15</var>    (4) operating all single-unit vehicles except vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of <br/>
<a id="pl.32.16"></a><var>32.16</var>more than 26,000 pounds, vehicles designed to carry more than 15 passengers including <br/>
<a id="pl.32.17"></a><var>32.17</var>the driver, and vehicles that carry hazardous materials;<br/>
<a id="pl.32.18"></a><var>32.18</var>    (5) notwithstanding paragraph (d), operating a type A school bus or a multifunctional <br/>
<a id="pl.32.19"></a><var>32.19</var>school activity bus without a school bus endorsement if:<br/>
<a id="pl.32.20"></a><var>32.20</var>    (i) the bus has a gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or less;<br/>
<a id="pl.32.21"></a><var>32.21</var>    (ii) the bus is designed to transport 15 or fewer passengers, including the driver; and<br/>
<a id="pl.32.22"></a><var>32.22</var>    (iii) the requirements of subdivision 2a are satisfied, as determined by the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.23"></a><var>32.23</var>commissioner;<br/>
<a id="pl.32.24"></a><var>32.24</var>    (6) operating any vehicle or combination of vehicles when operated by a licensed <br/>
<a id="pl.32.25"></a><var>32.25</var>peace officer while on duty; and<br/>
<a id="pl.32.26"></a><var>32.26</var>    (7) towing vehicles if:<br/>
<a id="pl.32.27"></a><var>32.27</var>    (i) the towed vehicles have a gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or less; or<br/>
<a id="pl.32.28"></a><var>32.28</var>    (ii) the towed vehicles have a gross vehicle weight of more than 10,000 pounds and <br/>
<a id="pl.32.29"></a><var>32.29</var>the combination of vehicles has a gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.30"></a><var>32.30</var>    (d) Class C drivers' licenses are valid for:<br/>
<a id="pl.32.31"></a><var>32.31</var>    (1) operating class D motor vehicles;<br/>
<a id="pl.32.32"></a><var>32.32</var>    (2) with a hazardous materials endorsement, transporting hazardous materials in <br/>
<a id="pl.32.33"></a><var>32.33</var>operating class D vehicles to transport hazardous materials; and<br/>
<a id="pl.32.34"></a><var>32.34</var>    (3) with a passenger endorsement, operating buses; and <br/>
<a id="pl.32.35"></a><var>32.35</var>    (3) (4) with a passenger endorsement and school bus endorsement, operating school <br/>
<a id="pl.32.36"></a><var>32.36</var>buses designed to transport 15 or fewer passengers, including the driver.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.1"></a><var>33.1</var>    (e) Class B drivers' licenses are valid for:<br/>
<a id="pl.33.2"></a><var>33.2</var>    (1) operating all class C motor vehicles, class D motor vehicles, and all other <br/>
<a id="pl.33.3"></a><var>33.3</var>single-unit motor vehicles including, with a passenger endorsement, buses; and<br/>
<a id="pl.33.4"></a><var>33.4</var>    (2) towing only vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.5"></a><var>33.5</var>    (f) Class A drivers' licenses are valid for operating any vehicle or combination of <br/>
<a id="pl.33.6"></a><var>33.6</var>vehicles.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.55.0"></a><a id="pl.33.7"></a><var>33.7</var>    Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.03, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.33.8"></a><var>33.8</var><b>171.03 PERSONS EXEMPT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.33.9"></a><var>33.9</var>    The following persons are exempt from license hereunder:<br/>
<a id="pl.33.10"></a><var>33.10</var>    (a) A person in the employ or service of the United States federal government is <br/>
<a id="pl.33.11"></a><var>33.11</var>exempt while driving or operating a motor vehicle owned by or leased to the United <br/>
<a id="pl.33.12"></a><var>33.12</var>States federal government.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.13"></a><var>33.13</var>    (b) A person in the employ or service of the United States federal government is <br/>
<a id="pl.33.14"></a><var>33.14</var>exempt from the requirement to possess a valid class A, class B, or class C commercial <br/>
<a id="pl.33.15"></a><var>33.15</var>driver's license while driving or operating for military purposes a commercial motor <br/>
<a id="pl.33.16"></a><var>33.16</var>vehicle owned by or leased to for the United States federal government if the person is:<br/>
<a id="pl.33.17"></a><var>33.17</var>    (1) on active duty in the U. S. Coast Guard;<br/>
<a id="pl.33.18"></a><var>33.18</var>    (2) on active duty in a branch of the U. S. Armed Forces, which includes the Army, <br/>
<a id="pl.33.19"></a><var>33.19</var>Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps;<br/>
<a id="pl.33.20"></a><var>33.20</var>    (3) a member of a reserve component of the U. S. Armed Forces; or<br/>
<a id="pl.33.21"></a><var>33.21</var>    (4) on active duty in the Army National Guard or Air National Guard, which <br/>
<a id="pl.33.22"></a><var>33.22</var>includes (i) a member on full-time National Guard duty, (ii) a member undergoing <br/>
<a id="pl.33.23"></a><var>33.23</var>part-time National Guard training, and (iii) a National Guard military technician, who is a <br/>
<a id="pl.33.24"></a><var>33.24</var>civilian required to wear a military uniform.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.25"></a><var>33.25</var>The exemption provided under this paragraph does not apply to a U. S. Armed Forces <br/>
<a id="pl.33.26"></a><var>33.26</var>Reserve technician.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.27"></a><var>33.27</var>    (c) Any person while driving or operating any farm tractor or implement of <br/>
<a id="pl.33.28"></a><var>33.28</var>husbandry temporarily on a highway is exempt. For purposes of this section, an all-terrain <br/>
<a id="pl.33.29"></a><var>33.29</var>vehicle, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>84.92, subdivision 8</statute_ref>, an off-highway motorcycle, as defined <br/>
<a id="pl.33.30"></a><var>33.30</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>84.787, subdivision 7</statute_ref>, and an off-road vehicle, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>84.797, <br/>
<a id="pl.33.31"></a><var>33.31</var>subdivision 7
         </statute_ref>, are not implements of husbandry.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.32"></a><var>33.32</var>    (d) A nonresident who is at least 15 years of age and who has in immediate <br/>
<a id="pl.33.33"></a><var>33.33</var>possession a valid driver's license issued to the nonresident in the home state or country <br/>
<a id="pl.33.34"></a><var>33.34</var>may operate a motor vehicle in this state only as a driver.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.1"></a><var>34.1</var>    (e) A nonresident who has in immediate possession a valid commercial driver's <br/>
<a id="pl.34.2"></a><var>34.2</var>license issued by a state or jurisdiction in accordance with the standards of Code of <br/>
<a id="pl.34.3"></a><var>34.3</var>Federal Regulations, title 49, part 383, and who is operating in Minnesota the class of <br/>
<a id="pl.34.4"></a><var>34.4</var>commercial motor vehicle authorized by the issuing state or jurisdiction is exempt.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.5"></a><var>34.5</var>    (f) Any nonresident who is at least 18 years of age, whose home state or country does <br/>
<a id="pl.34.6"></a><var>34.6</var>not require the licensing of drivers may operate a motor vehicle as a driver, but only for a <br/>
<a id="pl.34.7"></a><var>34.7</var>period of not more than 90 days in any calendar year, if the motor vehicle so operated is <br/>
<a id="pl.34.8"></a><var>34.8</var>duly registered for the current calendar year in the home state or country of the nonresident.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.9"></a><var>34.9</var>    (g) Any person who becomes a resident of the state of Minnesota and who has in <br/>
<a id="pl.34.10"></a><var>34.10</var>possession a valid driver's license issued to the person under and pursuant to the laws of <br/>
<a id="pl.34.11"></a><var>34.11</var>some other state or jurisdiction or by military authorities of the United States may operate <br/>
<a id="pl.34.12"></a><var>34.12</var>a motor vehicle as a driver, but only for a period of not more than 60 days after becoming <br/>
<a id="pl.34.13"></a><var>34.13</var>a resident of this state, without being required to have a Minnesota driver's license as <br/>
<a id="pl.34.14"></a><var>34.14</var>provided in this chapter.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.15"></a><var>34.15</var>    (h) Any person who becomes a resident of the state of Minnesota and who has in <br/>
<a id="pl.34.16"></a><var>34.16</var>possession a valid commercial driver's license issued by another state or jurisdiction in <br/>
<a id="pl.34.17"></a><var>34.17</var>accordance with the standards of Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 383, is exempt <br/>
<a id="pl.34.18"></a><var>34.18</var>for not more than 30 days after becoming a resident of this state.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.19"></a><var>34.19</var>    (i) Any person operating a snowmobile, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>84.81</statute_ref>, is exempt.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.56.0"></a><a id="pl.34.20"></a><var>34.20</var>    Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.055, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.34.21"></a><var>34.21</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Use of provisional license.</b> (a) A provisional license holder may operate a <br/>
<a id="pl.34.22"></a><var>34.22</var>motor vehicle only when every occupant under the age of 18 has a seat belt or child <br/>
<a id="pl.34.23"></a><var>34.23</var>passenger restraint system properly fastened. A person who violates this paragraph is <br/>
<a id="pl.34.24"></a><var>34.24</var>subject to a fine of $25. A peace officer may not issue a citation for a violation of this <br/>
<a id="pl.34.25"></a><var>34.25</var>paragraph unless the officer lawfully stopped or detained the driver of the motor vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.34.26"></a><var>34.26</var>for a moving violation as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>171.04</statute_ref>. The commissioner shall not record a <br/>
<a id="pl.34.27"></a><var>34.27</var>violation of this paragraph on a person's driving record.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.28"></a><var>34.28</var>    (b) A provisional license holder may not operate a vehicle while communicating <br/>
<a id="pl.34.29"></a><var>34.29</var>over, or otherwise operating, a cellular or wireless telephone, whether handheld or <br/>
<a id="pl.34.30"></a><var>34.30</var>hands free, when the vehicle is in motion. The provisional license holder may assert <br/>
<a id="pl.34.31"></a><var>34.31</var>as an affirmative defense that the violation was made for the sole purpose of obtaining <br/>
<a id="pl.34.32"></a><var>34.32</var>emergency assistance to prevent a crime about to be committed, or in the reasonable <br/>
<a id="pl.34.33"></a><var>34.33</var>belief that a person's life or safety was in danger. Violation of this paragraph is a petty <br/>
<a id="pl.34.34"></a><var>34.34</var>misdemeanor subject to section 
         <statute_ref>169.89</statute_ref>, subdivision 2.<br/>
<a id="pl.35.1"></a><var>35.1</var>    (c) If the holder of a provisional license during the period of provisional licensing <br/>
<a id="pl.35.2"></a><var>35.2</var>incurs (1) a conviction for a violation of section 
         <statute_ref>169A.20</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>169A.33</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>169A.35</statute_ref>, or sections <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.35.3"></a><var>35.3</var>169A.50
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>169A.53</statute_ref>, (2) a conviction for a crash-related moving violation, or (3) more <br/>
<a id="pl.35.4"></a><var>35.4</var>than one conviction for a moving violation that is not crash related, the person may not be <br/>
<a id="pl.35.5"></a><var>35.5</var>issued a driver's license until 12 consecutive months have expired since the date of the <br/>
<a id="pl.35.6"></a><var>35.6</var>conviction or until the person reaches the age of 18 years, whichever occurs first.<br/>
<a id="pl.35.7"></a><var>35.7</var>    (d) For the first six months of provisional licensure, a provisional license holder may <br/>
<a id="pl.35.8"></a><var>35.8</var>not operate a motor vehicle carrying more than one passenger under the age of 20 years <br/>
<a id="pl.35.9"></a><var>35.9</var>who is not a member of the holder's immediate family. For the second six months, the <br/>
<a id="pl.35.10"></a><var>35.10</var>holder of the license may not operate a motor vehicle that is carrying more than three <br/>
<a id="pl.35.11"></a><var>35.11</var>passengers who are under the age of 20 years and who are not members of the holder's <br/>
<a id="pl.35.12"></a><var>35.12</var>immediate family. This paragraph does not apply if the provisional license holder is <br/>
<a id="pl.35.13"></a><var>35.13</var>accompanied by a parent or guardian.<br/>
<a id="pl.35.14"></a><var>35.14</var>    (e) For the first six months of provisional licensure, a provisional license holder <br/>
<a id="pl.35.15"></a><var>35.15</var>may operate a motor vehicle between the hours of midnight and 5:00 a.m. only when <br/>
<a id="pl.35.16"></a><var>35.16</var>the license holder is:<br/>
<a id="pl.35.17"></a><var>35.17</var>    (1) driving between the license holder's home and place of employment;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.18"></a><var>35.18</var>    (2) driving between the license holder's home and a school event for which the <br/>
<a id="pl.35.19"></a><var>35.19</var>school has not provided transportation;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.20"></a><var>35.20</var>    (3) driving for employment purposes; or<br/>
<a id="pl.35.21"></a><var>35.21</var>    (4) accompanied by a licensed driver at least 25 years of age.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.57.0"></a><a id="pl.35.22"></a><var>35.22</var>    Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.0701, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.35.23"></a><var>35.23</var><b>171.0701 DRIVER EDUCATION</b><b>; ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION</b><b> </b><br/>
<a id="pl.35.24"></a><var>35.24</var><b>CONTENT</b><b>.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.35.25"></a><var>35.25</var>    (a) The commissioner shall adopt rules requiring a minimum of 30 minutes of <br/>
<a id="pl.35.26"></a><var>35.26</var>instruction, beginning January 1, 2007, relating to organ and tissue donations and the <br/>
<a id="pl.35.27"></a><var>35.27</var>provisions of section 
         <statute_ref>171.07, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, for persons enrolled in driver education <br/>
<a id="pl.35.28"></a><var>35.28</var>programs offered at public schools, private schools, and commercial driver training <br/>
<a id="pl.35.29"></a><var>35.29</var>schools. <br/>
<a id="pl.35.30"></a><var>35.30</var>    (b) The commissioner shall adopt rules for persons enrolled in driver education <br/>
<a id="pl.35.31"></a><var>35.31</var>programs offered at public schools, private schools, and commercial driver training <br/>
<a id="pl.35.32"></a><var>35.32</var>schools, requiring inclusion in the course of instruction, by January 1, 2009, a section on <br/>
<a id="pl.35.33"></a><var>35.33</var>awareness and safe interaction with commercial motor vehicle traffic. The rules must <br/>
<a id="pl.35.34"></a><var>35.34</var>require classroom instruction and behind-the-wheel training that includes, but is not <br/>
<a id="pl.36.1"></a><var>36.1</var>limited to, truck stopping distances, proper distances for following trucks, identification of <br/>
<a id="pl.36.2"></a><var>36.2</var>truck blind spots, and avoidance of driving in truck blind spots.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.3"></a><var>36.3</var>    (c) The rules adopted by the commissioner under paragraph (b) are exempt from <br/>
<a id="pl.36.4"></a><var>36.4</var>the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14. The rules are subject to section 14.386, except <br/>
<a id="pl.36.5"></a><var>36.5</var>that notwithstanding paragraph (b) of section 14.386, the rules continue in effect until <br/>
<a id="pl.36.6"></a><var>36.6</var>repealed or superseded by other law or rule.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.58.0"></a><a id="pl.36.7"></a><var>36.7</var>    Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.13, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.36.8"></a><var>36.8</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Examination subjects and locations; provisions for color </b><br/>
<a id="pl.36.9"></a><var>36.9</var><b>blindness, disabled veterans.</b> Except as otherwise provided in this section, the <br/>
<a id="pl.36.10"></a><var>36.10</var>commissioner shall examine each applicant for a driver's license by such agency as the <br/>
<a id="pl.36.11"></a><var>36.11</var>commissioner directs. This examination must include a test of applicant's eyesight; ability <br/>
<a id="pl.36.12"></a><var>36.12</var>to read and understand highway signs regulating, warning, and directing traffic; knowledge <br/>
<a id="pl.36.13"></a><var>36.13</var>of traffic laws; knowledge of the effects of alcohol and drugs on a driver's ability to operate <br/>
<a id="pl.36.14"></a><var>36.14</var>a motor vehicle safely and legally, and of the legal penalties and financial consequences <br/>
<a id="pl.36.15"></a><var>36.15</var>resulting from violations of laws prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle while under <br/>
<a id="pl.36.16"></a><var>36.16</var>the influence of alcohol or drugs; knowledge of railroad grade crossing safety; knowledge <br/>
<a id="pl.36.17"></a><var>36.17</var>of slow-moving vehicle safety; knowledge of laws relating to pupil transportation safety, <br/>
<a id="pl.36.18"></a><var>36.18</var>including the significance of school bus lights, signals, stop arm, and passing a school <br/>
<a id="pl.36.19"></a><var>36.19</var>bus; knowledge of traffic laws related to bicycles; an actual demonstration of ability to <br/>
<a id="pl.36.20"></a><var>36.20</var>exercise ordinary and reasonable control in the operation of a motor vehicle; and other <br/>
<a id="pl.36.21"></a><var>36.21</var>physical and mental examinations as the commissioner finds necessary to determine the <br/>
<a id="pl.36.22"></a><var>36.22</var>applicant's fitness to operate a motor vehicle safely upon the highways, provided, further <br/>
<a id="pl.36.23"></a><var>36.23</var>however, no driver's license shall be denied an applicant on the exclusive grounds that the <br/>
<a id="pl.36.24"></a><var>36.24</var>applicant's eyesight is deficient in color perception. Provided, however, that war veterans <br/>
<a id="pl.36.25"></a><var>36.25</var>operating motor vehicles especially equipped for disabled persons, shall, if otherwise <br/>
<a id="pl.36.26"></a><var>36.26</var>entitled to a license, be granted such license. The commissioner shall make provision for <br/>
<a id="pl.36.27"></a><var>36.27</var>giving these examinations either in the county where the applicant resides or at a place <br/>
<a id="pl.36.28"></a><var>36.28</var>adjacent thereto reasonably convenient to the applicant.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.59.0"></a><a id="pl.36.29"></a><var>36.29</var>    Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.13, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.36.30"></a><var>36.30</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.36.31"></a><var>36.31</var>    Subd. 1i. <b>Pupil transportation safety.</b> The commissioner shall include in each <br/>
<a id="pl.36.32"></a><var>36.32</var>edition of the driver's manual a section relating to pupil transportation safety laws.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.60.0"></a><a id="pl.37.1"></a><var>37.1</var>    Sec. 60. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.13, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.37.2"></a><var>37.2</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.37.3"></a><var>37.3</var>    Subd. 1j. <b>Driver's manual; interaction with commercial motor vehicle.</b> The <br/>
<a id="pl.37.4"></a><var>37.4</var>commissioner shall include in each edition of the driver's manual published by the <br/>
<a id="pl.37.5"></a><var>37.5</var>department after August 1, 2008, a section that includes information on awareness and <br/>
<a id="pl.37.6"></a><var>37.6</var>safe interaction with commercial motor vehicle traffic.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.61.0"></a><a id="pl.37.7"></a><var>37.7</var>    Sec. 61. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.165, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.37.8"></a><var>37.8</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Implied consent revocation.</b> The commissioner shall disqualify a person <br/>
<a id="pl.37.9"></a><var>37.9</var>from operating commercial motor vehicles for a revocation under section 
         <statute_ref>169A.52</statute_ref> or a <br/>
<a id="pl.37.10"></a><var>37.10</var>statute or ordinance from another state or jurisdiction in conformity with it, in accordance <br/>
<a id="pl.37.11"></a><var>37.11</var>with for a period that is equivalent in duration under the driver disqualifications and <br/>
<a id="pl.37.12"></a><var>37.12</var>penalties in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 383, subpart D, that pertain to a <br/>
<a id="pl.37.13"></a><var>37.13</var>conviction of being under the influence of alcohol or refusal to be tested.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.62.0"></a><a id="pl.37.14"></a><var>37.14</var>    Sec. 62. <b>[171.168] NOTIFICATION OF CONVICTION FOR VIOLATION BY </b><br/>
<a id="pl.37.15"></a><var>37.15</var><b>COMMERCIAL DRIVER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.37.16"></a><var>37.16</var>    (a) Each person who operates a commercial motor vehicle, who has a commercial <br/>
<a id="pl.37.17"></a><var>37.17</var>driver's license issued by this state, and who is convicted of a criminal offense; of a serious <br/>
<a id="pl.37.18"></a><var>37.18</var>traffic violation, as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 383.5; or of <br/>
<a id="pl.37.19"></a><var>37.19</var>violating any other state or local law relating to motor vehicle traffic control, other than a <br/>
<a id="pl.37.20"></a><var>37.20</var>parking violation, in any type of motor vehicle in another state or jurisdiction, shall notify <br/>
<a id="pl.37.21"></a><var>37.21</var>the department's Division of Driver and Vehicle Services of the conviction. The person <br/>
<a id="pl.37.22"></a><var>37.22</var>shall notify the division within 30 days after the date that the person was convicted.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.23"></a><var>37.23</var>    (b) Each person who operates a commercial motor vehicle, who has a commercial <br/>
<a id="pl.37.24"></a><var>37.24</var>driver's license issued by this state, and who is convicted of violating, in any type of <br/>
<a id="pl.37.25"></a><var>37.25</var>motor vehicle, a Minnesota state or local law relating to motor vehicle traffic control, <br/>
<a id="pl.37.26"></a><var>37.26</var>other than a parking violation, shall notify the person's employer of the conviction. The <br/>
<a id="pl.37.27"></a><var>37.27</var>person shall notify the person's employer within 30 days after the date that the person was <br/>
<a id="pl.37.28"></a><var>37.28</var>convicted. If the person is not currently employed, the person shall notify the division <br/>
<a id="pl.37.29"></a><var>37.29</var>according to paragraph (a).<br/>
<a id="pl.37.30"></a><var>37.30</var>    (c) Notification to the division must be made in writing and contain the following <br/>
<a id="pl.37.31"></a><var>37.31</var>information:<br/>
<a id="pl.37.32"></a><var>37.32</var>    (1) the driver's full name; <br/>
<a id="pl.37.33"></a><var>37.33</var>    (2) the driver's license number; <br/>
<a id="pl.37.34"></a><var>37.34</var>    (3) the date of conviction; <br/>
<a id="pl.38.1"></a><var>38.1</var>    (4) the specific criminal or other offense; serious traffic violation, as defined in Code <br/>
<a id="pl.38.2"></a><var>38.2</var>of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 383.5; and any other violation of state or local <br/>
<a id="pl.38.3"></a><var>38.3</var>law relating to motor vehicle traffic control, for which the person was convicted and <br/>
<a id="pl.38.4"></a><var>38.4</var>any suspension, revocation, or cancellation of certain driving privileges that resulted <br/>
<a id="pl.38.5"></a><var>38.5</var>from the conviction; <br/>
<a id="pl.38.6"></a><var>38.6</var>    (5) an indication whether the violation was in a commercial motor vehicle; <br/>
<a id="pl.38.7"></a><var>38.7</var>    (6) the location of the offense; and <br/>
<a id="pl.38.8"></a><var>38.8</var>    (7) the driver's signature. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.63.0"></a><a id="pl.38.9"></a><var>38.9</var>    Sec. 63. <b>[171.169] NOTIFICATION OF SUSPENSION OF LICENSE OF </b><br/>
<a id="pl.38.10"></a><var>38.10</var><b>COMMERCIAL DRIVER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.38.11"></a><var>38.11</var>    Each employee, as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 383.5, <br/>
<a id="pl.38.12"></a><var>38.12</var>who has a Minnesota-issued driver's license suspended, revoked, or canceled by this <br/>
<a id="pl.38.13"></a><var>38.13</var>state or another state or jurisdiction, who loses the right to operate a commercial motor <br/>
<a id="pl.38.14"></a><var>38.14</var>vehicle in this state or another state or jurisdiction for any period, or who is disqualified <br/>
<a id="pl.38.15"></a><var>38.15</var>from operating a commercial motor vehicle for any period, shall notify the person's <br/>
<a id="pl.38.16"></a><var>38.16</var>employer of the suspension, revocation, cancellation, lost privilege, or disqualification. <br/>
<a id="pl.38.17"></a><var>38.17</var>The employee shall notify the employer before the end of the business day following <br/>
<a id="pl.38.18"></a><var>38.18</var>the day the employee received notice of the suspension, revocation, cancellation, lost <br/>
<a id="pl.38.19"></a><var>38.19</var>privilege, or disqualification. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.64.0"></a><a id="pl.38.20"></a><var>38.20</var>    Sec. 64. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.321, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.38.21"></a><var>38.21</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Endorsement.</b> No person shall drive a school bus when transporting <br/>
<a id="pl.38.22"></a><var>38.22</var>school children to or from school or upon a school-related trip or activity without having a <br/>
<a id="pl.38.23"></a><var>38.23</var>valid class A, class B, or class C driver's license with a school bus endorsement except <br/>
<a id="pl.38.24"></a><var>38.24</var>that a person possessing a valid driver's license but not a school bus endorsement may <br/>
<a id="pl.38.25"></a><var>38.25</var>drive a vehicle with a seating capacity of ten or less persons used as a school bus but not <br/>
<a id="pl.38.26"></a><var>38.26</var>outwardly equipped or identified as a school bus type III vehicle.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.65.0"></a><a id="pl.38.27"></a><var>38.27</var>    Sec. 65. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.03, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.38.28"></a><var>38.28</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Statewide transportation plan; priorities; schedule of </b><br/>
<a id="pl.38.29"></a><var>38.29</var><b>expenditures.</b> In order to best meet the present and future transportation needs of <br/>
<a id="pl.38.30"></a><var>38.30</var>the public, to insure a strong state economy, to make most efficient use of public and <br/>
<a id="pl.38.31"></a><var>38.31</var>private funds, and to promote the more efficient use of energy and other resources for <br/>
<a id="pl.38.32"></a><var>38.32</var>transportation purposes, the commissioner shall:<br/>
<a id="pl.39.1"></a><var>39.1</var>    (1) three months after notification that the department is ready to commence <br/>
<a id="pl.39.2"></a><var>39.2</var>operations and prior to the drafting of the statewide transportation plan, hold public <br/>
<a id="pl.39.3"></a><var>39.3</var>hearings as may be appropriate solely for the purpose of receiving suggestions for future <br/>
<a id="pl.39.4"></a><var>39.4</var>transportation alternatives and priorities for the state. The Metropolitan Council, regional <br/>
<a id="pl.39.5"></a><var>39.5</var>development commissions, and port authorities shall appear at the hearings and submit <br/>
<a id="pl.39.6"></a><var>39.6</var>information concerning transportation-related planning undertaken and accomplished by <br/>
<a id="pl.39.7"></a><var>39.7</var>these agencies. Other political subdivisions may appear and submit such information at <br/>
<a id="pl.39.8"></a><var>39.8</var>the hearings. These hearings shall be completed no later than six months from the date of <br/>
<a id="pl.39.9"></a><var>39.9</var>the commissioner's notification;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.10"></a><var>39.10</var>    (2) develop, adopt, revise, and monitor a statewide transportation plan, taking into <br/>
<a id="pl.39.11"></a><var>39.11</var>account the suggestions and information submitted at the public hearings held pursuant <br/>
<a id="pl.39.12"></a><var>39.12</var>to clause (1). The plan shall incorporate all modes of transportation and provide for the <br/>
<a id="pl.39.13"></a><var>39.13</var>interconnection and coordination of different modes of transportation. The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.39.14"></a><var>39.14</var>shall evaluate alternative transportation programs and facilities proposed for inclusion <br/>
<a id="pl.39.15"></a><var>39.15</var>in the plan in terms of economic costs and benefits, safety aspects, impact on present <br/>
<a id="pl.39.16"></a><var>39.16</var>and planned land uses, environmental effects, energy efficiency, national transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.39.17"></a><var>39.17</var>policies and priorities, and availability of federal and other financial assistance;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.18"></a><var>39.18</var>    (3) based upon the statewide transportation plan, develop statewide transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.39.19"></a><var>39.19</var>priorities and schedule authorized public capital improvements and other authorized <br/>
<a id="pl.39.20"></a><var>39.20</var>public transportation expenditures pursuant to the priorities. As permitted by the federal <br/>
<a id="pl.39.21"></a><var>39.21</var>surface transportation program and subject to available funding, the commissioner shall <br/>
<a id="pl.39.22"></a><var>39.22</var>give serious consideration to prioritizing for funding those trunk highway projects in <br/>
<a id="pl.39.23"></a><var>39.23</var>the metropolitan area, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2, that are consistent <br/>
<a id="pl.39.24"></a><var>39.24</var>with policies included in the Metropolitan Council's metropolitan development guide, <br/>
<a id="pl.39.25"></a><var>39.25</var>transportation policy plan, and regional development framework, and that have been <br/>
<a id="pl.39.26"></a><var>39.26</var>awarded funding through the federal surface transportation program. In responding to an <br/>
<a id="pl.39.27"></a><var>39.27</var>unforeseen, catastrophic event affecting the state transportation system, the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.39.28"></a><var>39.28</var>may, upon written notification to the chairs of the senate and house of representatives <br/>
<a id="pl.39.29"></a><var>39.29</var>committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance, prioritize projects <br/>
<a id="pl.39.30"></a><var>39.30</var>without regard to availability of federal funding; and<br/>
<a id="pl.39.31"></a><var>39.31</var>    (4) complete the plan and priorities required by this subdivision no later than July <br/>
<a id="pl.39.32"></a><var>39.32</var>1, 1978. Upon completion of the plan and priorities, the commissioner shall prepare <br/>
<a id="pl.39.33"></a><var>39.33</var>and periodically revise, as necessary, the schedule of authorized public transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.39.34"></a><var>39.34</var>expenditures. The plan, priorities, and schedule are exempt from the provisions of the <br/>
<a id="pl.39.35"></a><var>39.35</var>Administrative Procedure Act.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.36"></a><var>39.36</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2009.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.66.0"></a><a id="pl.40.1"></a><var>40.1</var>    Sec. 66. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.03, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.40.2"></a><var>40.2</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.40.3"></a><var>40.3</var>    Subd. 1b. <b>Statewide freight and passenger rail plan.</b> (a) The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.40.4"></a><var>40.4</var>shall develop a comprehensive statewide freight and passenger rail plan to be included <br/>
<a id="pl.40.5"></a><var>40.5</var>and revised as a part of the statewide transportation plan.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.6"></a><var>40.6</var>    (b) Before the initial version of the plan is adopted, the commissioner shall provide a <br/>
<a id="pl.40.7"></a><var>40.7</var>copy for review and comment to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate <br/>
<a id="pl.40.8"></a><var>40.8</var>and house of representatives committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy and <br/>
<a id="pl.40.9"></a><var>40.9</var>finance. Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the commissioner may adopt the next revision <br/>
<a id="pl.40.10"></a><var>40.10</var>of the statewide transportation plan, scheduled to be completed in calendar year 2009, <br/>
<a id="pl.40.11"></a><var>40.11</var>prior to completion of the initial version of the comprehensive statewide freight and <br/>
<a id="pl.40.12"></a><var>40.12</var>passenger rail plan.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.67.0"></a><a id="pl.40.13"></a><var>40.13</var>    Sec. 67. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.24, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.40.14"></a><var>40.14</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.40.15"></a><var>40.15</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>Transit service needs implementation plan.</b> The commissioner shall <br/>
<a id="pl.40.16"></a><var>40.16</var>develop a transit service needs implementation plan that contains a goal of meeting at <br/>
<a id="pl.40.17"></a><var>40.17</var>least 80 percent of unmet transit service needs in greater Minnesota by July 1, 2015, <br/>
<a id="pl.40.18"></a><var>40.18</var>and meeting at least 90 percent of unmet transit service needs in greater Minnesota by <br/>
<a id="pl.40.19"></a><var>40.19</var>July 1, 2025. The plan must include, but is not limited to, the following: an analysis of <br/>
<a id="pl.40.20"></a><var>40.20</var>ridership and transit service needs throughout greater Minnesota; a calculation of unmet <br/>
<a id="pl.40.21"></a><var>40.21</var>needs; an assessment of the level and type of service required to meet unmet needs; an <br/>
<a id="pl.40.22"></a><var>40.22</var>analysis of costs and revenue options; and, a plan to reduce unmet transit service needs as <br/>
<a id="pl.40.23"></a><var>40.23</var>specified in this subdivision. The plan must specifically address special transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.40.24"></a><var>40.24</var>service ridership and needs. The commissioner may amend the plan as necessary, and <br/>
<a id="pl.40.25"></a><var>40.25</var>may use all or part of the 2001 greater Minnesota public transportation plan created by the <br/>
<a id="pl.40.26"></a><var>40.26</var>Minnesota Department of Transportation.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.27"></a><var>40.27</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.68.0"></a><a id="pl.40.28"></a><var>40.28</var>    Sec. 68. <b>[174.247] ANNUAL TRANSIT REPORT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.40.29"></a><var>40.29</var>    (a) By February 15 annually, the commissioner shall submit a report to the legislature <br/>
<a id="pl.40.30"></a><var>40.30</var>on transit services outside the metropolitan area. The Metropolitan Council and any <br/>
<a id="pl.40.31"></a><var>40.31</var>public transit system receiving assistance under section 174.24 shall provide assistance <br/>
<a id="pl.40.32"></a><var>40.32</var>in creating the report, as requested by the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.33"></a><var>40.33</var>    (b) The report must include, at a minimum, the following:<br/>
<a id="pl.40.34"></a><var>40.34</var>    (1) a descriptive overview of public transit in Minnesota;<br/>
<a id="pl.41.1"></a><var>41.1</var>    (2) a descriptive summary of funding sources and assistance programs;<br/>
<a id="pl.41.2"></a><var>41.2</var>    (3) a summary of each public transit system receiving assistance under section <br/>
<a id="pl.41.3"></a><var>41.3</var>174.24;<br/>
<a id="pl.41.4"></a><var>41.4</var>    (4) data that identifies use of volunteers in providing transit service;<br/>
<a id="pl.41.5"></a><var>41.5</var>    (5) financial data that identifies operating and capital costs, and funding sources, <br/>
<a id="pl.41.6"></a><var>41.6</var>for each public transit system and for each transit system classification under section <br/>
<a id="pl.41.7"></a><var>41.7</var>174.24, subdivision 3b; and<br/>
<a id="pl.41.8"></a><var>41.8</var>    (6) in each odd-numbered year, beginning in 2009, a calculation of the amounts of <br/>
<a id="pl.41.9"></a><var>41.9</var>surplus or insufficient funds available for (i) paying the state share of transit operating <br/>
<a id="pl.41.10"></a><var>41.10</var>costs under section 174.24, subdivision 3b, and (ii) paying capital and operating costs to <br/>
<a id="pl.41.11"></a><var>41.11</var>fully implement the transit service needs implementation plan under section 147.24, <br/>
<a id="pl.41.12"></a><var>41.12</var>subdivision 1a.<br/>
<a id="pl.41.13"></a><var>41.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2009.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.69.0"></a><a id="pl.41.14"></a><var>41.14</var>    Sec. 69. <b>[174.37] ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON NONMOTORIZED </b><br/>
<a id="pl.41.15"></a><var>41.15</var><b>TRANSPORTATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.41.16"></a><var>41.16</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Purpose.</b> (a) The commissioner of transportation shall establish <br/>
<a id="pl.41.17"></a><var>41.17</var>an advisory committee on nonmotorized transportation. The committee shall make <br/>
<a id="pl.41.18"></a><var>41.18</var>recommendations to the commissioner on items related to nonmotorized transportation, <br/>
<a id="pl.41.19"></a><var>41.19</var>including safety, education, and development programs. The committee shall review and <br/>
<a id="pl.41.20"></a><var>41.20</var>analyze issues and needs relating to operating nonmotorized transportation on public <br/>
<a id="pl.41.21"></a><var>41.21</var>rights-of-way, and identify solutions and goals for addressing identified issues and needs. <br/>
<a id="pl.41.22"></a><var>41.22</var>    (b) For purposes of this section, "nonmotorized transportation" includes bicycling, <br/>
<a id="pl.41.23"></a><var>41.23</var>pedestrian activities, and other forms of nonmotorized transportation.<br/>
<a id="pl.41.24"></a><var>41.24</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Members.</b> The advisory committee must consist of the following members:<br/>
<a id="pl.41.25"></a><var>41.25</var>    (a) The commissioner of transportation shall appoint up to 18 public members, as <br/>
<a id="pl.41.26"></a><var>41.26</var>follows: one member from each of the department's seven greater Minnesota districts; <br/>
<a id="pl.41.27"></a><var>41.27</var>four members from the department's metropolitan district; and no more than seven <br/>
<a id="pl.41.28"></a><var>41.28</var>members at large. Each of the members at large must represent nonmotorized interests or <br/>
<a id="pl.41.29"></a><var>41.29</var>organizations.<br/>
<a id="pl.41.30"></a><var>41.30</var>    (b) The commissioners of each of the following state agencies shall appoint <br/>
<a id="pl.41.31"></a><var>41.31</var>an employee of the agency to serve as a member: administration, education, health, <br/>
<a id="pl.41.32"></a><var>41.32</var>natural resources, public safety, transportation, and pollution control. The chair of the <br/>
<a id="pl.41.33"></a><var>41.33</var>Metropolitan Council shall appoint an employee of the council to serve as a member. The <br/>
<a id="pl.41.34"></a><var>41.34</var>director of Explore Minnesota Tourism shall appoint an employee of the agency to serve <br/>
<a id="pl.42.1"></a><var>42.1</var>as a member. The division administrator of the Federal Highway Administration may <br/>
<a id="pl.42.2"></a><var>42.2</var>appoint an employee of the agency to serve as a member.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.3"></a><var>42.3</var>    (c) Members of the committee shall serve four-year terms.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.4"></a><var>42.4</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Meetings.</b> The commissioner of transportation's designee shall convene the <br/>
<a id="pl.42.5"></a><var>42.5</var>first meeting by January 15, 2009. The committee shall elect a chair from its membership, <br/>
<a id="pl.42.6"></a><var>42.6</var>and shall establish a meeting schedule and meet at least annually.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.7"></a><var>42.7</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Reports.</b> The committee shall issue an annual report to the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.42.8"></a><var>42.8</var>of transportation.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.9"></a><var>42.9</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Expenses.</b> Members of the advisory committee serve without <br/>
<a id="pl.42.10"></a><var>42.10</var>compensation, but members who are not employees of government agencies must <br/>
<a id="pl.42.11"></a><var>42.11</var>be reimbursed for expenses in the same manner and amount as authorized by the <br/>
<a id="pl.42.12"></a><var>42.12</var>commissioner's plan adopted under section 43A.18, subdivision 2. The commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.42.13"></a><var>42.13</var>transportation shall provide department staff support to the committee.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.14"></a><var>42.14</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Expiration.</b> Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 5, the committee <br/>
<a id="pl.42.15"></a><var>42.15</var>expires June 30, 2014.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.70.0"></a><a id="pl.42.16"></a><var>42.16</var>    Sec. 70. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.011, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.42.17"></a><var>42.17</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.42.18"></a><var>42.18</var>    Subd. 50. <b>Out-of-service order.</b> "Out-of-service order" has the meaning given it in <br/>
<a id="pl.42.19"></a><var>42.19</var>Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 383.5.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.71.0"></a><a id="pl.42.20"></a><var>42.20</var>    Sec. 71. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.031, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.42.21"></a><var>42.21</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Powers, duties, reports, limitations.</b> (a) This subdivision applies to <br/>
<a id="pl.42.22"></a><var>42.22</var>motor carriers engaged in intrastate commerce.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.23"></a><var>42.23</var>    (b) The commissioner shall prescribe rules for the operation of motor carriers, <br/>
<a id="pl.42.24"></a><var>42.24</var>including their facilities; accounts; leasing of vehicles and drivers; service; safe operation <br/>
<a id="pl.42.25"></a><var>42.25</var>of vehicles; equipment, parts, and accessories; hours of service of drivers; driver <br/>
<a id="pl.42.26"></a><var>42.26</var>qualifications; accident reporting; identification of vehicles; installation of safety devices; <br/>
<a id="pl.42.27"></a><var>42.27</var>inspection, repair, and maintenance; and proper automatic speed regulators if, in the <br/>
<a id="pl.42.28"></a><var>42.28</var>opinion of the commissioner, there is a need for the rules.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.29"></a><var>42.29</var>    (c) The commissioner shall direct the repair and reconstruction or replacement of <br/>
<a id="pl.42.30"></a><var>42.30</var>an inadequate or unsafe motor carrier vehicle or facility. The commissioner may require <br/>
<a id="pl.42.31"></a><var>42.31</var>the construction and maintenance or furnishing of suitable and proper freight terminals, <br/>
<a id="pl.42.32"></a><var>42.32</var>passenger depots, waiting rooms, and accommodations or shelters in a city in this state or <br/>
<a id="pl.43.1"></a><var>43.1</var>at a point on the highway traversed which the commissioner, after investigation by the <br/>
<a id="pl.43.2"></a><var>43.2</var>department, may deem just and proper for the protection of passengers or property.<br/>
<a id="pl.43.3"></a><var>43.3</var>    (d) The commissioner shall require holders of household goods mover permits to file <br/>
<a id="pl.43.4"></a><var>43.4</var>annual and other reports including annual accounts of motor carriers, schedules of rates <br/>
<a id="pl.43.5"></a><var>43.5</var>and charges, or other data by motor carriers, regulate motor carriers in matters affecting <br/>
<a id="pl.43.6"></a><var>43.6</var>the relationship between them and the traveling and shipping public, and prescribe other <br/>
<a id="pl.43.7"></a><var>43.7</var>rules as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.<br/>
<a id="pl.43.8"></a><var>43.8</var>    (e) A motor carrier subject to paragraph (d) but having gross revenues from for-hire <br/>
<a id="pl.43.9"></a><var>43.9</var>transportation in a calendar year of less than $200,000 may, at the discretion of the <br/>
<a id="pl.43.10"></a><var>43.10</var>commissioner, be exempted from the filing of an annual report, if instead the motor carrier <br/>
<a id="pl.43.11"></a><var>43.11</var>files an abbreviated annual report, in a form as may be prescribed by the commissioner, <br/>
<a id="pl.43.12"></a><var>43.12</var>attesting that the motor carrier's gross revenues did not exceed $200,000 in the previous <br/>
<a id="pl.43.13"></a><var>43.13</var>calendar year. Motor carrier gross revenues from for-hire transportation, for the purposes <br/>
<a id="pl.43.14"></a><var>43.14</var>of this subdivision only, do not include gross revenues received from the operation of <br/>
<a id="pl.43.15"></a><var>43.15</var>school buses as defined in section 
<statute_ref>169.01, subdivision 6</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.43.16"></a><var>43.16</var>    (f) The commissioner shall enforce sections 
         <statute_ref>169.781</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>169.783</statute_ref>. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.72.0"></a><a id="pl.43.17"></a><var>43.17</var>    Sec. 72. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.036, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.43.18"></a><var>43.18</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Order.</b> The commissioner may issue an order requiring violations <br/>
<a id="pl.43.19"></a><var>43.19</var>to be corrected and administratively assessing monetary penalties for a violation of <br/>
<a id="pl.43.20"></a><var>43.20</var>(1) section 
         <statute_ref>221.021</statute_ref>; (2) section 
         <statute_ref>221.033, subdivision 2b</statute_ref>; (3) section 
         <statute_ref>221.151</statute_ref>; (4) <br/>
<a id="pl.43.21"></a><var>43.21</var>section 
         <statute_ref>221.171</statute_ref>; (5) section 
         <statute_ref>221.141</statute_ref>; (6) a federal, state, or local law, regulation, rule, <br/>
<a id="pl.43.22"></a><var>43.22</var>or ordinance pertaining to railroad-highway grade crossings; or (6) (7) rules of the <br/>
<a id="pl.43.23"></a><var>43.23</var>commissioner relating to the transportation of hazardous waste, motor carrier operations, <br/>
<a id="pl.43.24"></a><var>43.24</var>insurance, or tariffs and accounting. An order must be issued as provided in this section. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.73.0"></a><a id="pl.43.25"></a><var>43.25</var>    Sec. 73. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.036, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.43.26"></a><var>43.26</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Amount of penalty; considerations.</b> (a) The commissioner may issue an <br/>
<a id="pl.43.27"></a><var>43.27</var>order assessing a penalty of up to $5,000 for all violations of section 
         <statute_ref>221.021</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>221.141</statute_ref>; <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.43.28"></a><var>43.28</var>221.151
         </statute_ref>; or 
         <statute_ref>221.171</statute_ref>, or rules of the commissioner relating to motor carrier operations, <br/>
<a id="pl.43.29"></a><var>43.29</var>insurance, or tariffs and accounting, identified during a single inspection, audit, or <br/>
<a id="pl.43.30"></a><var>43.30</var>investigation. <br/>
<a id="pl.43.31"></a><var>43.31</var>    (b) The commissioner may issue an order assessing a penalty up to a maximum of <br/>
<a id="pl.43.32"></a><var>43.32</var>$10,000 for all violations of section 
         <statute_ref>221.033, subdivision 2b</statute_ref>, identified during a single <br/>
<a id="pl.43.33"></a><var>43.33</var>inspection or audit. <br/>
<a id="pl.43.34"></a><var>43.34</var>    (c) In determining the amount of a penalty, the commissioner shall consider:<br/>
<a id="pl.44.1"></a><var>44.1</var>    (1) the willfulness of the violation;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.2"></a><var>44.2</var>    (2) the gravity of the violation, including damage to humans, animals, air, water, <br/>
<a id="pl.44.3"></a><var>44.3</var>land, or other natural resources of the state;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.4"></a><var>44.4</var>    (3) the history of past violations, including the similarity of the most recent violation <br/>
<a id="pl.44.5"></a><var>44.5</var>and the violation to be penalized, the time elapsed since the last violation, the number of <br/>
<a id="pl.44.6"></a><var>44.6</var>previous violations, and the response of the person to the most recent violation identified;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.7"></a><var>44.7</var>    (4) the economic benefit gained by the person by allowing or committing the <br/>
<a id="pl.44.8"></a><var>44.8</var>violation; and<br/>
<a id="pl.44.9"></a><var>44.9</var>    (5) other factors as justice may require, if the commissioner specifically identifies <br/>
<a id="pl.44.10"></a><var>44.10</var>the additional factors in the commissioner's order.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.11"></a><var>44.11</var>    (d) The commissioner shall assess a penalty of not less than $1,000 against a driver <br/>
<a id="pl.44.12"></a><var>44.12</var>who is convicted of a violation of an out-of-service order. The commissioner shall assess <br/>
<a id="pl.44.13"></a><var>44.13</var>a penalty of not more than $10,000 against an employer who knowingly allows or requires <br/>
<a id="pl.44.14"></a><var>44.14</var>an employee to operate a commercial motor vehicle in violation of an out-of-service order. <br/>
<a id="pl.44.15"></a><var>44.15</var>in accordance with Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 383.53 against:<br/>
<a id="pl.44.16"></a><var>44.16</var>    (1) a driver who is convicted of a violation of an out-of-service order; <br/>
<a id="pl.44.17"></a><var>44.17</var>    (2) an employer who knowingly allows or requires an employee to operate a <br/>
<a id="pl.44.18"></a><var>44.18</var>commercial motor vehicle in violation of an out-of-service order; or<br/>
<a id="pl.44.19"></a><var>44.19</var>    (3) an employer who knowingly allows or requires an employee to operate a <br/>
<a id="pl.44.20"></a><var>44.20</var>commercial motor vehicle in violation of a federal, state, or local law or regulation <br/>
<a id="pl.44.21"></a><var>44.21</var>pertaining to railroad-highway grade crossings.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.74.0"></a><a id="pl.44.22"></a><var>44.22</var>    Sec. 74. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.121, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.44.23"></a><var>44.23</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Petition; </b><b>notice and hearing;</b><b> scope.</b> (a) A person desiring to operate <br/>
<a id="pl.44.24"></a><var>44.24</var>as a permit carrier, except as provided in subdivision 5 or section 
         <statute_ref>221.296</statute_ref>, shall file a <br/>
<a id="pl.44.25"></a><var>44.25</var>petition with the commissioner specifying the kind of permit desired, the name and address <br/>
<a id="pl.44.26"></a><var>44.26</var>of the petitioner and the names and addresses of the officers, if a corporation, and other <br/>
<a id="pl.44.27"></a><var>44.27</var>information as the commissioner may require. Letters of shipper support must be filed with <br/>
<a id="pl.44.28"></a><var>44.28</var>the petition. No person shall knowingly make a false or misleading statement in a petition. <br/>
<a id="pl.44.29"></a><var>44.29</var>    (b) The commissioner, after notice to interested parties and a hearing, shall issue the <br/>
<a id="pl.44.30"></a><var>44.30</var>permit upon compliance with the laws and rules relating to it, if it finds that petitioner is <br/>
<a id="pl.44.31"></a><var>44.31</var>fit and able to conduct the proposed operations, that petitioner's vehicles meet the safety <br/>
<a id="pl.44.32"></a><var>44.32</var>standards established by the department, that the area to be served has a need for the <br/>
<a id="pl.44.33"></a><var>44.33</var>transportation services requested in the petition, and that existing permit and certificated <br/>
<a id="pl.44.34"></a><var>44.34</var>carriers in the area to be served have failed to demonstrate that they offer sufficient <br/>
<a id="pl.44.35"></a><var>44.35</var>transportation services to meet fully and adequately those needs, provided that no person <br/>
<a id="pl.45.1"></a><var>45.1</var>who holds a permit at the time sections 
         <statute_ref>221.011</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>221.291</statute_ref> take effect may be denied <br/>
<a id="pl.45.2"></a><var>45.2</var>a renewal of the permit upon compliance with other provisions of sections 
         <statute_ref>221.011</statute_ref> to <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.45.3"></a><var>45.3</var>221.291
         </statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.45.4"></a><var>45.4</var>    (c) A permit once granted continues in full force and effect until abandoned or unless <br/>
<a id="pl.45.5"></a><var>45.5</var>suspended or revoked, subject to compliance by the permit holder with the applicable <br/>
<a id="pl.45.6"></a><var>45.6</var>provisions of law and the rules of the commissioner governing permit carriers.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.7"></a><var>45.7</var>    (d) No permit may be issued to a common carrier by rail permitting the common <br/>
<a id="pl.45.8"></a><var>45.8</var>carrier to operate trucks for hire within this state, nor may a common carrier by rail be <br/>
<a id="pl.45.9"></a><var>45.9</var>permitted to own, lease, operate, control, or have an interest in a permit carrier by truck, <br/>
<a id="pl.45.10"></a><var>45.10</var>either by stock ownership or otherwise, directly, indirectly, through a holding company, <br/>
<a id="pl.45.11"></a><var>45.11</var>or by stockholders or directors in common, or in any other manner. Nothing in sections <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.45.12"></a><var>45.12</var>221.011
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>221.291</statute_ref> prevents the commissioner from issuing a permit to a common carrier <br/>
<a id="pl.45.13"></a><var>45.13</var>by rail authorizing the carrier to operate trucks wholly within the limits of a municipality or <br/>
<a id="pl.45.14"></a><var>45.14</var>within adjacent or contiguous municipalities or a common rate point served by the railroad <br/>
<a id="pl.45.15"></a><var>45.15</var>and only as a service supplementary to the rail service now established by the carriers. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.75.0"></a><a id="pl.45.16"></a><var>45.16</var>    Sec. 75. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.121, subdivision 6a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.45.17"></a><var>45.17</var>    Subd. 6a. <b>Household goods carrier.</b> A person who desires to hold out or to operate <br/>
<a id="pl.45.18"></a><var>45.18</var>as a carrier of household goods shall follow the procedure established in subdivision 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.45.19"></a><var>45.19</var>and shall specifically request a household goods mover permit. The permit granted by <br/>
<a id="pl.45.20"></a><var>45.20</var>the commissioner to a person who meets the criteria established in this subdivision and <br/>
<a id="pl.45.21"></a><var>45.21</var>subdivision 1 shall authorize the person to hold out and to operate as a household goods <br/>
<a id="pl.45.22"></a><var>45.22</var>mover. A person who provides or offers to provide household goods packing services <br/>
<a id="pl.45.23"></a><var>45.23</var>and who makes any arrangement directly or indirectly by lease, rental, referral, or by <br/>
<a id="pl.45.24"></a><var>45.24</var>other means to provide or to obtain drivers, vehicles, or transportation service for moving <br/>
<a id="pl.45.25"></a><var>45.25</var>household goods, must have a household goods mover permit file an application with <br/>
<a id="pl.45.26"></a><var>45.26</var>the commissioner on a form the commissioner prescribes. Notwithstanding this or any <br/>
<a id="pl.45.27"></a><var>45.27</var>other section or rule to the contrary, the commissioner must not provide public notice <br/>
<a id="pl.45.28"></a><var>45.28</var>or hearing when reviewing the application or before granting the requested operating <br/>
<a id="pl.45.29"></a><var>45.29</var>authority. All permits granted to household goods carriers must allow statewide operation. <br/>
<a id="pl.45.30"></a><var>45.30</var>Notwithstanding any geographical restrictions imposed upon a permit at the time it was <br/>
<a id="pl.45.31"></a><var>45.31</var>granted or any section or rule to the contrary, the holder of a household goods permit may <br/>
<a id="pl.45.32"></a><var>45.32</var>operate statewide.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.76.0"></a><a id="pl.45.33"></a><var>45.33</var>    Sec. 76. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.151, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.46.1"></a><var>46.1</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Petition.</b> (a) Permits, except livestock permits, issued under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.46.2"></a><var>46.2</var>221.121
         </statute_ref> may be assigned or transferred but only upon the order of the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.46.3"></a><var>46.3</var>approving the transfer or assignment after notice and hearing. <br/>
<a id="pl.46.4"></a><var>46.4</var>    (b) The proposed seller and buyer or lessor and lessee of a permit, except for <br/>
<a id="pl.46.5"></a><var>46.5</var>livestock carrier permits, shall file a joint notarized petition with the commissioner setting <br/>
<a id="pl.46.6"></a><var>46.6</var>forth the name and address of the parties, the identifying number of the permit, and the <br/>
<a id="pl.46.7"></a><var>46.7</var>description of the authority which the parties seek to sell or lease, a short statement of <br/>
<a id="pl.46.8"></a><var>46.8</var>the reasons for the proposed sale or lease, a statement of outstanding claims of creditors <br/>
<a id="pl.46.9"></a><var>46.9</var>which are directly attributable to the operation to be conducted under the permit, a copy of <br/>
<a id="pl.46.10"></a><var>46.10</var>the contract of sale or lease, and a financial statement with a balance sheet and an income <br/>
<a id="pl.46.11"></a><var>46.11</var>statement, if existent, of the buyer or lessee. If it appears to the commissioner, after notice <br/>
<a id="pl.46.12"></a><var>46.12</var>to interested parties and a hearing, from the contents of the petition, from the evidence <br/>
<a id="pl.46.13"></a><var>46.13</var>produced at the hearing, and from the department's records, files, and investigation that <br/>
<a id="pl.46.14"></a><var>46.14</var>the approval of the sale or lease of the permit will not adversely affect the rights of the <br/>
<a id="pl.46.15"></a><var>46.15</var>users of the service and will not have an adverse effect upon other competing carriers, <br/>
<a id="pl.46.16"></a><var>46.16</var>the commissioner may make an order granting the sale or lease. Provided, however, that <br/>
<a id="pl.46.17"></a><var>46.17</var>the commissioner shall make no order granting the sale or lease of a permit to a person <br/>
<a id="pl.46.18"></a><var>46.18</var>or corporation or association which holds a certificate or permit other than local cartage <br/>
<a id="pl.46.19"></a><var>46.19</var>carrier permit from the commissioner under this chapter or to a common carrier by rail.<br/>
<a id="pl.46.20"></a><var>46.20</var>    Provided further that the commissioner shall make no order approving the sale or <br/>
<a id="pl.46.21"></a><var>46.21</var>lease of a permit if the commissioner finds that the price paid for the sale or lease of a <br/>
<a id="pl.46.22"></a><var>46.22</var>permit is disproportionate to the reasonable value of the permit considering the assets and <br/>
<a id="pl.46.23"></a><var>46.23</var>goodwill involved. The commissioner shall approve the sale or lease of a permit only after <br/>
<a id="pl.46.24"></a><var>46.24</var>a finding that the transferee is fit and able to conduct the operations authorized under the <br/>
<a id="pl.46.25"></a><var>46.25</var>permit and that the vehicles the transferee proposes to use in conducting the operations <br/>
<a id="pl.46.26"></a><var>46.26</var>meet the safety standards of the commissioner. In determining the extent of the operating <br/>
<a id="pl.46.27"></a><var>46.27</var>authority to be conducted by the transferee under the sale or lease of the permit, the past <br/>
<a id="pl.46.28"></a><var>46.28</var>operations of the transferor within the two-year period immediately preceding the transfer <br/>
<a id="pl.46.29"></a><var>46.29</var>must be considered. Only such operating authority may be granted to the transferee as was <br/>
<a id="pl.46.30"></a><var>46.30</var>actually exercised by the transferor under the transferor's authority within the two-year <br/>
<a id="pl.46.31"></a><var>46.31</var>period immediately preceding the transfer as evidenced by bills of lading, company <br/>
<a id="pl.46.32"></a><var>46.32</var>records, operation records, or other relevant evidence. For purposes of determining the <br/>
<a id="pl.46.33"></a><var>46.33</var>two-year period, the date of divesting of interest or control is the date of the sale.<br/>
<a id="pl.46.34"></a><var>46.34</var>    (c) The commissioner shall look to the substance of the transaction rather than the <br/>
<a id="pl.46.35"></a><var>46.35</var>form. An agreement for the transfer or sale of a permit must be reported and filed with the <br/>
<a id="pl.46.36"></a><var>46.36</var>commissioner within 30 days of the agreement.<br/>
<a id="pl.47.1"></a><var>47.1</var>    (d) If an authority to operate as a permit carrier is held by a corporation, a sale, <br/>
<a id="pl.47.2"></a><var>47.2</var>assignment, pledge, or other transfer of the stock interest in the corporation which will <br/>
<a id="pl.47.3"></a><var>47.3</var>accomplish a substantial or material change or transfer of the majority ownership of <br/>
<a id="pl.47.4"></a><var>47.4</var>the corporation, as exercised through its stockholders, must be reported in the manner <br/>
<a id="pl.47.5"></a><var>47.5</var>prescribed in the rules of the commissioner within 30 days after the sale, assignment, <br/>
<a id="pl.47.6"></a><var>47.6</var>pledge, or other transfer of stock. The commissioner shall then make a finding whether or <br/>
<a id="pl.47.7"></a><var>47.7</var>not the stock transfer does, in fact, constitute a sale, lease, or other transfer of the permit of <br/>
<a id="pl.47.8"></a><var>47.8</var>the corporation to a new party or parties and, if they so find, then the continuance of the <br/>
<a id="pl.47.9"></a><var>47.9</var>permit issued to the corporation may only be upon the corporation's complying with the <br/>
<a id="pl.47.10"></a><var>47.10</var>standards and procedures otherwise imposed by this section.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.77.0"></a><a id="pl.47.11"></a><var>47.11</var>    Sec. 77. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.221, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.47.12"></a><var>47.12</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Enforcement powers.</b> (a) Transportation program specialists and <br/>
<a id="pl.47.13"></a><var>47.13</var>hazardous material program specialists of the department, for the purpose of enforcing are <br/>
<a id="pl.47.14"></a><var>47.14</var>authorized to enforce  (1) this chapter, sections 
         <statute_ref>169.781</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>169.783</statute_ref> relating to commercial <br/>
<a id="pl.47.15"></a><var>47.15</var>vehicle inspections, and sections 
         <statute_ref>168D.05</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>168D.12</statute_ref> relating to motor carrier licenses <br/>
<a id="pl.47.16"></a><var>47.16</var>and trip permits, (2) Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, parts 40 and 382, and (3) <br/>
<a id="pl.47.17"></a><var>47.17</var>the applicable rules, orders, or directives of the commissioner of transportation and the <br/>
<a id="pl.47.18"></a><var>47.18</var>commissioner of revenue, issued under this chapter and chapter 168D or 296A, but for <br/>
<a id="pl.47.19"></a><var>47.19</var>no other purpose, have the powers conferred by law upon police officers. The powers <br/>
<a id="pl.47.20"></a><var>47.20</var>include the authority to and (4) the North American Uniform Out-Of-Service Criteria, <br/>
<a id="pl.47.21"></a><var>47.21</var>including issuing out-of-service orders, as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, <br/>
<a id="pl.47.22"></a><var>47.22</var>section 383.5, and they may conduct inspections at designated highway weigh stations <br/>
<a id="pl.47.23"></a><var>47.23</var>or under other appropriate circumstances. <br/>
<a id="pl.47.24"></a><var>47.24</var>    (b) Transportation program specialists and hazardous material program specialists <br/>
<a id="pl.47.25"></a><var>47.25</var>of the department must not be armed and, except as provided in this section, have none <br/>
<a id="pl.47.26"></a><var>47.26</var>of the other powers and privileges reserved to peace officers, including the power to <br/>
<a id="pl.47.27"></a><var>47.27</var>enforce traffic laws and regulations.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.78.0"></a><a id="pl.47.28"></a><var>47.28</var>    Sec. 78. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 222.50, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.47.29"></a><var>47.29</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Expenditures.</b> (a) The commissioner may expend money from the rail <br/>
<a id="pl.47.30"></a><var>47.30</var>service improvement account for the following purposes:<br/>
<a id="pl.47.31"></a><var>47.31</var>    (1) to make transfers as provided under section 
         <statute_ref>222.57</statute_ref> or to pay interest adjustments <br/>
<a id="pl.47.32"></a><var>47.32</var>on loans guaranteed under the state rail user and rail carrier loan guarantee program; <br/>
<a id="pl.47.33"></a><var>47.33</var>    (2) to pay a portion of the costs of capital improvement projects designed to improve <br/>
<a id="pl.47.34"></a><var>47.34</var>rail service including construction or improvement of short segments of rail line such <br/>
<a id="pl.48.1"></a><var>48.1</var>as side track, team track, and connections between existing lines, and construction and <br/>
<a id="pl.48.2"></a><var>48.2</var>improvement of loading, unloading, storage, and transfer facilities of a rail user;<br/>
<a id="pl.48.3"></a><var>48.3</var>    (3) to acquire, maintain, manage, and dispose of railroad right-of-way pursuant to <br/>
<a id="pl.48.4"></a><var>48.4</var>the state rail bank program;<br/>
<a id="pl.48.5"></a><var>48.5</var>    (4) to provide for aerial photography survey of proposed and abandoned railroad <br/>
<a id="pl.48.6"></a><var>48.6</var>tracks for the purpose of recording and reestablishing by analytical triangulation the <br/>
<a id="pl.48.7"></a><var>48.7</var>existing alignment of the inplace track;<br/>
<a id="pl.48.8"></a><var>48.8</var>    (5) to pay a portion of the costs of acquiring a rail line by a regional railroad <br/>
<a id="pl.48.9"></a><var>48.9</var>authority established pursuant to chapter 398A;<br/>
<a id="pl.48.10"></a><var>48.10</var>    (6) to pay the state matching portion of federal grants for rail-highway grade <br/>
<a id="pl.48.11"></a><var>48.11</var>crossing improvement projects; and<br/>
<a id="pl.48.12"></a><var>48.12</var>    (7) to fund rail planning studies.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.13"></a><var>48.13</var>    (b) All money derived by the commissioner from the disposition of railroad <br/>
<a id="pl.48.14"></a><var>48.14</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.48.15"></a><var>48.15</var>be deposited in the rail service improvement account. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.79.0"></a><a id="pl.48.16"></a><var>48.16</var>    Sec. 79. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 239.791, subdivision 10, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.48.17"></a><var>48.17</var>    Subd. 10. <b>Exemption for airport</b><b>, marina, mooring facility, and resort</b><b>.</b> A person <br/>
<a id="pl.48.18"></a><var>48.18</var>responsible for the product may offer for sale, sell, or dispense at an airport, marina, <br/>
<a id="pl.48.19"></a><var>48.19</var>mooring facility, or resort, for use in airplanes or for purposes listed under subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.48.20"></a><var>48.20</var>12, paragraph (a), gasoline that is not oxygenated in accordance with subdivision 1 if the <br/>
<a id="pl.48.21"></a><var>48.21</var>gasoline is unleaded premium grade as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>239.751, subdivision 4</statute_ref>. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.80.0"></a><a id="pl.48.22"></a><var>48.22</var>    Sec. 80. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 239.791, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.48.23"></a><var>48.23</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.48.24"></a><var>48.24</var>    Subd. 10a. <b>Exemption for resorts, marinas, and houseboat rental companies.</b> A <br/>
<a id="pl.48.25"></a><var>48.25</var>person responsible for the product may offer for sale, sell, or dispense at a resort, marina, or <br/>
<a id="pl.48.26"></a><var>48.26</var>houseboat rental company gasoline that is not oxygenated in accordance with subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.48.27"></a><var>48.27</var>1 if the gasoline: has an octane rating of 87 or higher; is delivered into onsite bulk storage; <br/>
<a id="pl.48.28"></a><var>48.28</var>and is not used for a licensed motor vehicle as defined in section 168.011, subdivision 4.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.81.0"></a><a id="pl.48.29"></a><var>48.29</var>    Sec. 81. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 299D.03, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.48.30"></a><var>48.30</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Members, powers, and duties.</b> (a) The commissioner is hereby <br/>
<a id="pl.48.31"></a><var>48.31</var>authorized to employ and designate a chief supervisor, a chief assistant supervisor, and <br/>
<a id="pl.48.32"></a><var>48.32</var>such assistant supervisors, sergeants and officers as are provided by law, who shall <br/>
<a id="pl.48.33"></a><var>48.33</var>comprise the Minnesota State Patrol.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.1"></a><var>49.1</var>    (b) The members of the Minnesota State Patrol shall have the power and authority:<br/>
<a id="pl.49.2"></a><var>49.2</var>    (1) as peace officers to enforce the provisions of the law relating to the protection of <br/>
<a id="pl.49.3"></a><var>49.3</var>and use of trunk highways;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.4"></a><var>49.4</var>    (2) at all times to direct all traffic on trunk highways in conformance with law, and in <br/>
<a id="pl.49.5"></a><var>49.5</var>the event of a fire or other emergency, or to expedite traffic or to insure safety, to direct <br/>
<a id="pl.49.6"></a><var>49.6</var>traffic on other roads as conditions may require notwithstanding the provisions of law;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.7"></a><var>49.7</var>    (3) to serve search warrants related to criminal motor vehicle and traffic violations <br/>
<a id="pl.49.8"></a><var>49.8</var>and arrest warrants, and legal documents anywhere in the state;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.9"></a><var>49.9</var>    (4) to serve orders of the commissioner of public safety or the commissioner's duly <br/>
<a id="pl.49.10"></a><var>49.10</var>authorized agents issued under the provisions of the Driver's License Law, the Safety <br/>
<a id="pl.49.11"></a><var>49.11</var>Responsibility Act, or relating to authorized brake- and light-testing stations, anywhere <br/>
<a id="pl.49.12"></a><var>49.12</var>in the state and to take possession of any license, permit, or certificate ordered to be <br/>
<a id="pl.49.13"></a><var>49.13</var>surrendered;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.14"></a><var>49.14</var>    (5) to inspect official brake and light adjusting stations;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.15"></a><var>49.15</var>    (6) to make appearances anywhere within the state for the purpose of conducting <br/>
<a id="pl.49.16"></a><var>49.16</var>traffic safety educational programs and school bus clinics;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.17"></a><var>49.17</var>    (7) to exercise upon all trunk highways the same powers with respect to the <br/>
<a id="pl.49.18"></a><var>49.18</var>enforcement of laws relating to crimes, as sheriffs and police officers;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.19"></a><var>49.19</var>    (8) to cooperate, under instructions and rules of the commissioner of public <br/>
<a id="pl.49.20"></a><var>49.20</var>safety, with all sheriffs and other police officers anywhere in the state, provided that <br/>
<a id="pl.49.21"></a><var>49.21</var>said employees shall have no power or authority in connection with strikes or industrial <br/>
<a id="pl.49.22"></a><var>49.22</var>disputes;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.23"></a><var>49.23</var>    (9) to assist and aid any peace officer whose life or safety is in jeopardy;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.24"></a><var>49.24</var>    (10) as peace officers to provide security and protection to the governor, governor <br/>
<a id="pl.49.25"></a><var>49.25</var>elect, either or both houses of the legislature, and state buildings or property in the manner <br/>
<a id="pl.49.26"></a><var>49.26</var>and to the extent determined to be necessary after consultation with the governor, or a <br/>
<a id="pl.49.27"></a><var>49.27</var>designee. Pursuant to this clause, members of the State Patrol, acting as peace officers <br/>
<a id="pl.49.28"></a><var>49.28</var>have the same powers with respect to the enforcement of laws relating to crimes, as <br/>
<a id="pl.49.29"></a><var>49.29</var>sheriffs and police officers have within their respective jurisdictions;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.30"></a><var>49.30</var>    (11) to inspect school buses anywhere in the state for the purposes of determining <br/>
<a id="pl.49.31"></a><var>49.31</var>compliance with vehicle equipment, pollution control, and registration requirements;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.32"></a><var>49.32</var>    (12) as peace officers to make arrests for public offenses committed in their presence <br/>
<a id="pl.49.33"></a><var>49.33</var>anywhere within the state. Persons arrested for violations other than traffic violations <br/>
<a id="pl.49.34"></a><var>49.34</var>shall be referred forthwith to the appropriate local law enforcement agency for further <br/>
<a id="pl.49.35"></a><var>49.35</var>investigation or disposition.; and<br/>
<a id="pl.50.1"></a><var>50.1</var>    (13) to enforce the North American uniform out-of-service criteria and issue <br/>
<a id="pl.50.2"></a><var>50.2</var>out-of-service orders, as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 383.5.<br/>
<a id="pl.50.3"></a><var>50.3</var>    (c) The state may contract for State Patrol members to render the services described <br/>
<a id="pl.50.4"></a><var>50.4</var>in this section in excess of their regularly scheduled duty hours and patrol members <br/>
<a id="pl.50.5"></a><var>50.5</var>rendering such services shall be compensated in such amounts, manner and under such <br/>
<a id="pl.50.6"></a><var>50.6</var>conditions as the agreement provides.<br/>
<a id="pl.50.7"></a><var>50.7</var>    (d) Employees thus employed and designated shall subscribe an oath.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.82.0"></a><a id="pl.50.8"></a><var>50.8</var>    Sec. 82. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 299D.06, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.50.9"></a><var>50.9</var><b>299D.06 PATROL EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NOT TROOPERS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.50.10"></a><var>50.10</var>    (a) Department personnel must be classified employees assigned to the Division of <br/>
<a id="pl.50.11"></a><var>50.11</var>State Patrol if they are employed to enforce:<br/>
<a id="pl.50.12"></a><var>50.12</var>    (1) laws relating to motor vehicle equipment; school bus equipment; drivers' <br/>
<a id="pl.50.13"></a><var>50.13</var>licenses; motor vehicle registration; motor vehicle size and weight; motor carrier <br/>
<a id="pl.50.14"></a><var>50.14</var>insurance, registration, and safety; and motor vehicle petroleum taxes;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.15"></a><var>50.15</var>    (2) Pollution Control Agency rules relating to motor vehicle noise abatement; and<br/>
<a id="pl.50.16"></a><var>50.16</var>    (3) laws relating to directing the movement of vehicles.; and<br/>
<a id="pl.50.17"></a><var>50.17</var>    (4) the North American uniform out-of-service criteria and issue out-of-service <br/>
<a id="pl.50.18"></a><var>50.18</var>orders, as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 383.5.<br/>
<a id="pl.50.19"></a><var>50.19</var>    (b) Employees engaged in these duties, while actually on the job during their <br/>
<a id="pl.50.20"></a><var>50.20</var>working hours only, shall have power to:<br/>
<a id="pl.50.21"></a><var>50.21</var>    (1) issue citations in lieu of arrest and continued detention; and<br/>
<a id="pl.50.22"></a><var>50.22</var>    (2) prepare notices to appear in court for violation of these laws and rules, in the <br/>
<a id="pl.50.23"></a><var>50.23</var>manner provided in section 
         <statute_ref>169.91, subdivision 3</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.50.24"></a><var>50.24</var>    (c) They shall not be armed and, except as provided in this section, shall have none <br/>
<a id="pl.50.25"></a><var>50.25</var>of the other powers and privileges reserved to peace officers including the power to <br/>
<a id="pl.50.26"></a><var>50.26</var>enforce traffic laws and regulations.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.83.0"></a><a id="pl.50.27"></a><var>50.27</var>    Sec. 83. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 465.74, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.50.28"></a><var>50.28</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.50.29"></a><var>50.29</var>    Subd. 10. <b>Facility relocation costs.</b> Notwithstanding any contrary provisions <br/>
<a id="pl.50.30"></a><var>50.30</var>in section 237.163, and rules adopted under that section, public right-of-way users <br/>
<a id="pl.50.31"></a><var>50.31</var>under Minnesota Rules, chapter 7819, including, but not limited to, district heating and <br/>
<a id="pl.50.32"></a><var>50.32</var>district cooling nonprofit corporations organized under chapter 317A that are exempt <br/>
<a id="pl.50.33"></a><var>50.33</var>organizations under section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, are <br/>
<a id="pl.50.34"></a><var>50.34</var>eligible to receive grants and federal money for costs of relocating facilities from public <br/>
<a id="pl.51.1"></a><var>51.1</var>rights-of-way to prevent interference with public light rail projects, unless eligibility <br/>
<a id="pl.51.2"></a><var>51.2</var>would impact the project's Federal Transit Authority required cost effectiveness index.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.84.0"></a><a id="pl.51.3"></a><var>51.3</var>    Sec. 84. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.13, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.51.4"></a><var>51.4</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>Program evaluation.</b> The budget procedure of the council must include a <br/>
<a id="pl.51.5"></a><var>51.5</var>substantive assessment and evaluation of the effectiveness of each significant program of <br/>
<a id="pl.51.6"></a><var>51.6</var>the council, with, to the extent possible, quantitative information on the status, progress, <br/>
<a id="pl.51.7"></a><var>51.7</var>costs, benefits, and effects of each program.  An assessment of progress towards meeting <br/>
<a id="pl.51.8"></a><var>51.8</var>transit goals for people with disabilities must be included, with required elements <br/>
<a id="pl.51.9"></a><var>51.9</var>including, but not limited to:<br/>
<a id="pl.51.10"></a><var>51.10</var>    (1) a description of proposed program enhancements;<br/>
<a id="pl.51.11"></a><var>51.11</var>    (2) an assessment of progress;<br/>
<a id="pl.51.12"></a><var>51.12</var>    (3) identification of the estimated total number of potential and actual riders who are <br/>
<a id="pl.51.13"></a><var>51.13</var>disabled;<br/>
<a id="pl.51.14"></a><var>51.14</var>    (4) an assessment of the level and type of service required to meet unmet ridership <br/>
<a id="pl.51.15"></a><var>51.15</var>needs; and<br/>
<a id="pl.51.16"></a><var>51.16</var>    (5) an analysis of costs and revenue options, including a calculation of the amounts <br/>
<a id="pl.51.17"></a><var>51.17</var>of surplus or insufficient funds available for achieving paratransit needs.<br/>
<a id="pl.51.18"></a><var>51.18</var>The council shall transmit the evaluation to the legislature annually.<br/>
<a id="pl.51.19"></a><var>51.19</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.51.20"></a><var>51.20</var>    Sec. 85. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.399, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.51.21"></a><var>51.21</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.51.22"></a><var>51.22</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Availability of light rail transit information.</b> The Metropolitan Council <br/>
<a id="pl.51.23"></a><var>51.23</var>shall maintain in a centralized location on an Internet Web site, for each light rail transit <br/>
<a id="pl.51.24"></a><var>51.24</var>line operated by the council and for each year of operation of the line:<br/>
<a id="pl.51.25"></a><var>51.25</var>    (1) financial data, including revenue by source and operating and capital expenses; <br/>
<a id="pl.51.26"></a><var>51.26</var>and<br/>
<a id="pl.51.27"></a><var>51.27</var>    (2) ridership information, including ridership and passenger miles.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.86.0"></a><a id="pl.51.28"></a><var>51.28</var>    Sec. 86. Laws 1976, chapter 199, section 14, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 1984, <br/>
<a id="pl.51.29"></a><var>51.29</var>chapter 572, section 3, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.51.30"></a><var>51.30</var>    Subdivision 1.  <b>Safety regulation study.</b> The commissioner of transportation, with <br/>
<a id="pl.51.31"></a><var>51.31</var>the cooperation of representatives of regional and local units of government and law <br/>
<a id="pl.51.32"></a><var>51.32</var>enforcement agencies, the state trail council, the Governor's trail advisory committee, the <br/>
<a id="pl.51.33"></a><var>51.33</var>commissioner of public safety, highway user groups and associations, and cycling groups <br/>
<a id="pl.52.1"></a><var>52.1</var>and associations shall review and analyze problems relating to the operation of bicycles on <br/>
<a id="pl.52.2"></a><var>52.2</var>the public roads and ways. <br/>
<a id="pl.52.3"></a><var>52.3</var>    As part of this review and analysis the commissioner shall review the Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.52.4"></a><var>52.4</var>motor vehicle code to identify provisions which give motorists and bicyclists inadequate <br/>
<a id="pl.52.5"></a><var>52.5</var>guidelines where such traffic conflicts or which may be inconsistent or ambiguous when <br/>
<a id="pl.52.6"></a><var>52.6</var>applied to traffic situations involving special bicycle facilities within or adjacent to public <br/>
<a id="pl.52.7"></a><var>52.7</var>streets and highways. <br/>
<a id="pl.52.8"></a><var>52.8</var>    No later than January 15, 1977 the commissioner shall report the results of this <br/>
<a id="pl.52.9"></a><var>52.9</var>review and analysis and recommendations for any necessary action to the legislative <br/>
<a id="pl.52.10"></a><var>52.10</var>committees having jurisdiction over the subject. <br/>
<a id="pl.52.11"></a><var>52.11</var>    Following the completion of the study the advisory committee on bicycling formed <br/>
<a id="pl.52.12"></a><var>52.12</var>by the commissioner under this subdivision shall continue to function under that name in <br/>
<a id="pl.52.13"></a><var>52.13</var>an advisory capacity to make recommendations to the commissioners of transportation and <br/>
<a id="pl.52.14"></a><var>52.14</var>public safety and the legislature on bicycle safety and bicycle education and development <br/>
<a id="pl.52.15"></a><var>52.15</var>programs.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.87.0"></a><a id="pl.52.16"></a><var>52.16</var>    Sec. 87. <b>ENGINE BRAKES; REGULATION BY MINNEAPOLIS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.52.17"></a><var>52.17</var>    Notwithstanding any other law or charter provision, the governing body of the city <br/>
<a id="pl.52.18"></a><var>52.18</var>of Minneapolis may by ordinance restrict or prohibit the use of an engine brake on motor <br/>
<a id="pl.52.19"></a><var>52.19</var>vehicles along Legislative Route No. 107, also known as marked Interstate Highway 394, <br/>
<a id="pl.52.20"></a><var>52.20</var>beginning at the South Penn Avenue interchange in the city of Minneapolis and thence <br/>
<a id="pl.52.21"></a><var>52.21</var>extending easterly to the terminus of marked Interstate Highway 394. Upon notification <br/>
<a id="pl.52.22"></a><var>52.22</var>to the commissioner of transportation by the city of Minneapolis, the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.52.23"></a><var>52.23</var>transportation shall erect the appropriate signs, with the cost of the signs to be paid by the <br/>
<a id="pl.52.24"></a><var>52.24</var>city. For purposes of this section, "engine brake" means any device that uses the engine <br/>
<a id="pl.52.25"></a><var>52.25</var>and transmission to impede the forward motion of the motor vehicle by compression <br/>
<a id="pl.52.26"></a><var>52.26</var>of the engine.<br/>
<a id="pl.52.27"></a><var>52.27</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.88.0"></a><a id="pl.52.28"></a><var>52.28</var>    Sec. 88. <b>LITTLE CROW TRANSIT WAY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.52.29"></a><var>52.29</var>    The commissioner of transportation and the Metropolitan Council shall reference in <br/>
<a id="pl.52.30"></a><var>52.30</var>planning or study documents any commuter rail or other transit service proposal along <br/>
<a id="pl.52.31"></a><var>52.31</var>or near marked Trunk Highway 12 between Willmar and downtown Minneapolis as the <br/>
<a id="pl.52.32"></a><var>52.32</var>Little Crow transit way.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.89.0"></a><a id="pl.52.33"></a><var>52.33</var>    Sec. 89. <b>HIGHWAY CHANGES; REPEALERS; EFFECTIVE DATES; </b><br/>
<a id="pl.52.34"></a><var>52.34</var><b>REVISOR INSTRUCTIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.53.1"></a><var>53.1</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Legislative Route No. 295 removed.</b> (a) Minnesota Statutes 2006, <br/>
<a id="pl.53.2"></a><var>53.2</var>section 161.115, subdivision 226, is repealed effective the day after the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.53.3"></a><var>53.3</var>transportation receives a copy of the agreement between the commissioner and the city of <br/>
<a id="pl.53.4"></a><var>53.4</var>St. Peter to transfer jurisdiction of Legislative Route No. 295 to the city of St. Peter and <br/>
<a id="pl.53.5"></a><var>53.5</var>notifies the revisor of statutes under paragraph (b).<br/>
<a id="pl.53.6"></a><var>53.6</var>    (b) The revisor of statutes shall delete the route identified in paragraph (a) from <br/>
<a id="pl.53.7"></a><var>53.7</var>Minnesota Statutes when the commissioner of transportation sends notice to the revisor in <br/>
<a id="pl.53.8"></a><var>53.8</var>writing that the conditions required to transfer the route are satisfied.<br/>
<a id="pl.53.9"></a><var>53.9</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Legislative Route No. 335 removed.</b> (a) Minnesota Statutes 2006, <br/>
<a id="pl.53.10"></a><var>53.10</var>section 161.115, subdivision 266, is repealed effective the day after the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.53.11"></a><var>53.11</var>transportation receives a copy of the agreement between the commissioner and the city of <br/>
<a id="pl.53.12"></a><var>53.12</var>St. Peter to transfer jurisdiction of Legislative Route No. 335 to the city of St. Peter and <br/>
<a id="pl.53.13"></a><var>53.13</var>notifies the revisor of statutes under paragraph (b).<br/>
<a id="pl.53.14"></a><var>53.14</var>    (b) The revisor of statutes shall delete the route identified in paragraph (a) from <br/>
<a id="pl.53.15"></a><var>53.15</var>Minnesota Statutes when the commissioner of transportation sends notice to the revisor in <br/>
<a id="pl.53.16"></a><var>53.16</var>writing that the conditions required to transfer the route are satisfied.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.90.0"></a><a id="pl.53.17"></a><var>53.17</var>    Sec. 90. <b>RIGHT-OF-WAY TRANSFERRED TO STATE RAIL BANK.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.53.18"></a><var>53.18</var>    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.281, 16B.282, 92.45, or any <br/>
<a id="pl.53.19"></a><var>53.19</var>other law to the contrary, the trunk highway right-of-way described in paragraph (b) is <br/>
<a id="pl.53.20"></a><var>53.20</var>hereby transferred to the state rail bank under Minnesota Statutes, section 222.63, being <br/>
<a id="pl.53.21"></a><var>53.21</var>a certain parcel of land located in the county of Otter Tail, state of Minnesota, being <br/>
<a id="pl.53.22"></a><var>53.22</var>more particularly described in paragraph (b).<br/>
<a id="pl.53.23"></a><var>53.23</var>    (b) All of Tracts A, B, and C described below:<br/>

<a id="pl.53.26"></a><var>53.26</var>43 West, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, lying Northeasterly of the former <br/>
<a id="pl.53.27"></a><var>53.27</var>Southwesterly right-of-way line of the BNSF Railway Company (formerly the <br/>
<a id="pl.53.28"></a><var>53.28</var>St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company);<br/>

<a id="pl.53.31"></a><var>53.31</var>centerline of the BNSF Railway Company (formerly the St. Paul, Minneapolis <br/>
<a id="pl.53.32"></a><var>53.32</var>and Manitoba Railway Company) across the SW1/4NW1/4 of Section 12, <br/>
<a id="pl.53.33"></a><var>53.33</var>Township 132 North, Range 43 West, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, said strip <br/>
<a id="pl.53.34"></a><var>53.34</var>extending from the South line to the West line of said SW1/4NW1/4; together <br/>
<a id="pl.53.35"></a><var>53.35</var>with that part of said SW1/4NW1/4 adjoining and Westerly of the above <br/>
<a id="pl.54.1"></a><var>54.1</var>described strip and Easterly of the Easterly right-of-way line of said railroad <br/>
<a id="pl.54.2"></a><var>54.2</var>company as located prior to 1888;<br/>

<a id="pl.54.5"></a><var>54.5</var>centerline of the BNSF Railway Company (formerly the St. Paul, Minneapolis <br/>
<a id="pl.54.6"></a><var>54.6</var>and Manitoba Railway Company) across the E1/2NE1/4 of Section 11, <br/>
<a id="pl.54.7"></a><var>54.7</var>Township 132 North, Range 43 West, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, said strip <br/>
<a id="pl.54.8"></a><var>54.8</var>extending from the East to the North line of said E1/2NE1/4;<br/>
<a id="pl.54.9"></a><var>54.9</var>together with that part of Tract D described below:<br/>

<a id="pl.54.12"></a><var>54.12</var>centerline of the BNSF Railway Company (formerly the St. Paul, Minneapolis <br/>
<a id="pl.54.13"></a><var>54.13</var>and Manitoba Railway Company) across the E1/2 of Section 2, Township 132 <br/>
<a id="pl.54.14"></a><var>54.14</var>North, Range 43 West, Otter Tail County, Minnesota;<br/>
<a id="pl.54.15"></a><var>54.15</var>which lies Southeasterly of a line run parallel with and distant 135 feet Southeasterly of <br/>
<a id="pl.54.16"></a><var>54.16</var>Line 1 described below:<br/>

<a id="pl.54.19"></a><var>54.19</var>distant 1,060.11 feet North of the South Quarter corner thereof; thence run <br/>
<a id="pl.54.20"></a><var>54.20</var>Northeasterly at an angle of 72��36'15" (measured from North to East) from said <br/>
<a id="pl.54.21"></a><var>54.21</var>North and South Quarter line for 1,600 feet and there terminating;<br/>
<a id="pl.54.22"></a><var>54.22</var>together with all right of access, being the right of ingress to and egress from that part of <br/>
<a id="pl.54.23"></a><var>54.23</var>Tract D hereinbefore described, not acquired herein, to the above described strip.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.91.0"></a><a id="pl.54.24"></a><var>54.24</var>    Sec. 91. <b>BRIDGE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.54.25"></a><var>54.25</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Trunk highway bridge improvements.</b> In conjunction with the <br/>
<a id="pl.54.26"></a><var>54.26</var>planning or design for construction, reconstruction, or replacement of a trunk highway <br/>
<a id="pl.54.27"></a><var>54.27</var>bridge in the metropolitan area, within the meaning of Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, <br/>
<a id="pl.54.28"></a><var>54.28</var>the commissioner of transportation shall consult with the chair of the Metropolitan Council <br/>
<a id="pl.54.29"></a><var>54.29</var>to identify necessary or feasible transit infrastructure and improvements in the corridor.<br/>
<a id="pl.54.30"></a><var>54.30</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Planning and development.</b> The commissioner and the chair shall <br/>
<a id="pl.54.31"></a><var>54.31</var>develop a process to coordinate planning and development of highway and transit projects <br/>
<a id="pl.54.32"></a><var>54.32</var>to enhance the efficient use of resources, facilitate selection of appropriate infrastructure <br/>
<a id="pl.54.33"></a><var>54.33</var>choices, and provide a balanced transportation system for the metropolitan area.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.92.0"></a><a id="pl.54.34"></a><var>54.34</var>    Sec. 92. <b>CREATION OF PLAN, REPORTS, AND ASSESSMENTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.55.1"></a><var>55.1</var>    The Department of Transportation and the Metropolitan Council shall create the <br/>
<a id="pl.55.2"></a><var>55.2</var>plan, reports, and assessments required in Minnesota Statutes, sections 174.24, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.55.3"></a><var>55.3</var>1a; 174.247; and 473.13, subdivision 1a, within current appropriation levels.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.93.0"></a><a id="pl.55.4"></a><var>55.4</var>    Sec. 93. <b>REPORT ON OFFICE OF PUPIL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.55.5"></a><var>55.5</var>    By January 15, 2009, the commissioner of public safety and the director of pupil <br/>
<a id="pl.55.6"></a><var>55.6</var>transportation safety must report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the <br/>
<a id="pl.55.7"></a><var>55.7</var>senate and house of representatives committees with jurisdiction over transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.55.8"></a><var>55.8</var>and education policy and finance concerning the Office of Pupil Transportation Safety, <br/>
<a id="pl.55.9"></a><var>55.9</var>including adequacy of funding, staffing levels, available technology to carry out the <br/>
<a id="pl.55.10"></a><var>55.10</var>requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 169.435, and any recommended legislation to <br/>
<a id="pl.55.11"></a><var>55.11</var>improve the ability of the pupil transportation safety director to perform statutory duties.<br/>
<a id="pl.55.12"></a><var>55.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.94.0"></a><a id="pl.55.13"></a><var>55.13</var>    Sec. 94. <b>COMPLETE STREETS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.55.14"></a><var>55.14</var>    The commissioner of transportation, in cooperation with the Metropolitan Council <br/>
<a id="pl.55.15"></a><var>55.15</var>and representatives of counties, statutory and home rule charter cities, and towns, shall <br/>
<a id="pl.55.16"></a><var>55.16</var>study the benefits, feasibility, and cost of adopting a complete streets policy applicable to <br/>
<a id="pl.55.17"></a><var>55.17</var>plans to construct, reconstruct, and relocate streets and roads that includes the following <br/>
<a id="pl.55.18"></a><var>55.18</var>elements:<br/>
<a id="pl.55.19"></a><var>55.19</var>    (1) safe access for all users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, and transit <br/>
<a id="pl.55.20"></a><var>55.20</var>riders;<br/>
<a id="pl.55.21"></a><var>55.21</var>    (2) bicycle and pedestrian ways in urbanized areas except where bicyclists and <br/>
<a id="pl.55.22"></a><var>55.22</var>pedestrians are prohibited by law, where costs would be excessively disproportionate, and <br/>
<a id="pl.55.23"></a><var>55.23</var>where there is no need for bicycle and pedestrian ways;<br/>
<a id="pl.55.24"></a><var>55.24</var>    (3) paved shoulders on rural roads;<br/>
<a id="pl.55.25"></a><var>55.25</var>    (4) safe pedestrian travel, including for people with disabilities, on sidewalks and <br/>
<a id="pl.55.26"></a><var>55.26</var>street crossings;<br/>
<a id="pl.55.27"></a><var>55.27</var>    (5) utilization of the latest and best design standards; and<br/>
<a id="pl.55.28"></a><var>55.28</var>    (6) consistency of complete streets plan with community context.<br/>
<a id="pl.55.29"></a><var>55.29</var>    The commissioner shall report findings, conclusions, and recommendations to <br/>
<a id="pl.55.30"></a><var>55.30</var>the senate Transportation Budget and Policy Division and the house of representatives <br/>
<a id="pl.55.31"></a><var>55.31</var>Transportation Finance Division and Transportation and Transit Policy Subcommittee by <br/>
<a id="pl.55.32"></a><var>55.32</var>December 5, 2009.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.95.0"></a><a id="pl.55.33"></a><var>55.33</var>    Sec. 95. <b>APPROPRIATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.56.1"></a><var>56.1</var>    $575,000 is appropriated from the trunk highway fund to the commissioner of public <br/>
<a id="pl.56.2"></a><var>56.2</var>safety in fiscal year 2009 to implement and operate the Office of Pupil Transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.56.3"></a><var>56.3</var>Safety.<br/>
<a id="pl.56.4"></a><var>56.4</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.56.5"></a><var>56.5</var>    Sec. 96. <b>REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.56.6"></a><var>56.6</var>    The revisor of statutes shall change the terms "type III school bus," "type III bus," and <br/>
<a id="pl.56.7"></a><var>56.7</var>"type III Head Start bus" to "type III vehicle," and the terms "type III school buses," "type <br/>
<a id="pl.56.8"></a><var>56.8</var>III buses," and "type III Head Start buses" to "type III vehicles," in Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.56.9"></a><var>56.9</var>chapters 169, 169A, and 171, and in Minnesota Rules, parts 7470.1400 and 7470.1500.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.97.0"></a><a id="pl.56.10"></a><var>56.10</var>    Sec. 97. <b> REPEALER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.56.11"></a><var>56.11</var>Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 168.123, subdivision 2a; 168B.087, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.56.12"></a><var>56.12</var>2; 169.145; 169.446, subdivision 3; and 221.121, subdivision 4, are repealed.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.2.1.0"></a><a id="pl.56.15"></a><var>56.15</var>    Section 1. <b>[219.501] RAIL CARRIER WALKWAYS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.56.16"></a><var>56.16</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Duty to provide walkways.</b> (a) Rail carriers must provide walkways <br/>
<a id="pl.56.17"></a><var>56.17</var>adjacent to those portions of yard tracks where rail carrier employees frequently work on <br/>
<a id="pl.56.18"></a><var>56.18</var>the ground performing switching activities. For purposes of this section, "frequently <br/>
<a id="pl.56.19"></a><var>56.19</var>work" means at least five days per week, one shift per day.<br/>
<a id="pl.56.20"></a><var>56.20</var>    (b) This section applies to reconstruction and new construction of yard track <br/>
<a id="pl.56.21"></a><var>56.21</var>completed after July 1, 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.56.22"></a><var>56.22</var>    (c) This section does not apply to an entity that owns or operates track in this state <br/>
<a id="pl.56.23"></a><var>56.23</var>other than class one and class two rail carriers as classified by the Federal Railroad <br/>
<a id="pl.56.24"></a><var>56.24</var>Administration.<br/>
<a id="pl.56.25"></a><var>56.25</var>    Subd. 2. <b>General requirements.</b> (a) Walkways constructed pursuant to this section <br/>
<a id="pl.56.26"></a><var>56.26</var>may be surfaced with asphalt, concrete, planking, grating, native material, crushed <br/>
<a id="pl.56.27"></a><var>56.27</var>material, or other similar nonrevenue material. When crushed material is used, 100 <br/>
<a id="pl.56.28"></a><var>56.28</var>percent of the material must be capable of passing through a 1-1/2-inch square sieve <br/>
<a id="pl.56.29"></a><var>56.29</var>opening, and at least 90 percent of the material must be capable of passing through <br/>
<a id="pl.56.30"></a><var>56.30</var>a one-inch square sieve opening provided, however, a de minimus variation is not a <br/>
<a id="pl.56.31"></a><var>56.31</var>violation of this section where the rail carrier has made a good faith effort to comply with <br/>
<a id="pl.56.32"></a><var>56.32</var>the percentage requirements. Smaller crushed material is preferable, where drainage <br/>
<a id="pl.57.1"></a><var>57.1</var>and durability issues do not arise. Material that is three-quarter inch or less in size is <br/>
<a id="pl.57.2"></a><var>57.2</var>recommended for switching lead tracks.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.3"></a><var>57.3</var>    (b) Walkways must have a reasonably uniform surface and must be maintained in a <br/>
<a id="pl.57.4"></a><var>57.4</var>safe condition without compromising track drainage.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.5"></a><var>57.5</var>    (c) Cross slopes for walkways must not exceed one inch of elevation for each eight <br/>
<a id="pl.57.6"></a><var>57.6</var>inches of horizontal length in any direction.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.7"></a><var>57.7</var>    (d) Walkways must be a minimum width of two feet.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.8"></a><var>57.8</var>    (e) Walkways regulated under this section must be kept reasonably clear of spilled <br/>
<a id="pl.57.9"></a><var>57.9</var>fuel, oil, sand, posts, rocks, and other hazards or obstructions.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.10"></a><var>57.10</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Allowances for unusual conditions.</b> Rail carriers are not required to <br/>
<a id="pl.57.11"></a><var>57.11</var>comply with the requirements of this section during (1) maintenance activities or any <br/>
<a id="pl.57.12"></a><var>57.12</var>period of heavy rain or snow, derailments, rock and earth slides, washouts, and similar <br/>
<a id="pl.57.13"></a><var>57.13</var>weather or seismic conditions, and (2) during a reasonable period after any occurrences <br/>
<a id="pl.57.14"></a><var>57.14</var>identified in clause (1) in order to allow a return to compliance.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.15"></a><var>57.15</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Waiver of requirements.</b> Upon written request of a rail carrier, the <br/>
<a id="pl.57.16"></a><var>57.16</var>commissioner may waive any portion of this section where conditions do not reasonably <br/>
<a id="pl.57.17"></a><var>57.17</var>allow compliance. A decision of the commissioner is subject to the requirements under <br/>
<a id="pl.57.18"></a><var>57.18</var>section 218.041.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.2.0"></a><a id="pl.57.19"></a><var>57.19</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 219.51, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.57.20"></a><var>57.20</var><b>219.51 </b><b>CLEARANCE</b><b> VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.57.21"></a><var>57.21</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Clearance</b><b> Violation.</b> A common carrier, corporation, or person <br/>
<a id="pl.57.22"></a><var>57.22</var>subject to sections 
         <statute_ref>219.45</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>219.53</statute_ref> violating any of the provisions of those sections, is <br/>
<a id="pl.57.23"></a><var>57.23</var>liable to a penalty of not more than $500 for each violation. <br/>
<a id="pl.57.24"></a><var>57.24</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Failure to correct.</b> If a common carrier, person, or corporation (1) fails <br/>
<a id="pl.57.25"></a><var>57.25</var>to correct a violation of sections 
         <statute_ref>219.45</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>219.53</statute_ref> when ordered by the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.57.26"></a><var>57.26</var>transportation within the time provided in the order, and (2) does not appeal the order, <br/>
<a id="pl.57.27"></a><var>57.27</var>then failure to correct the violation as ordered by the commissioner constitutes a new and <br/>
<a id="pl.57.28"></a><var>57.28</var>separate offense distinct from the original violation of sections 
         <statute_ref>219.45</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>219.53</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.57.29"></a><var>57.29</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Duties of attorney general.</b> The penalty must be recovered in a suit <br/>
<a id="pl.57.30"></a><var>57.30</var>brought in the name of the state by the attorney general in a court having jurisdiction in <br/>
<a id="pl.57.31"></a><var>57.31</var>the locality where the violation was committed. Under the direction of the commissioner, <br/>
<a id="pl.57.32"></a><var>57.32</var>the attorney general shall bring suit upon receipt of duly verified information from any <br/>
<a id="pl.57.33"></a><var>57.33</var>person of a violation being committed. The commissioner shall lodge with the attorney <br/>
<a id="pl.57.34"></a><var>57.34</var>general information of any violation as may come to their knowledge.<br/>
<a id="pl.58.1"></a><var>58.1</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Walkway orders.</b> When the commissioner finds that rail carrier employees <br/>
<a id="pl.58.2"></a><var>58.2</var>who frequently work adjacent to a portion of track performing switching activities are <br/>
<a id="pl.58.3"></a><var>58.3</var>exposed to safety hazards due to the lack of a walkway or to the condition of a walkway <br/>
<a id="pl.58.4"></a><var>58.4</var>constructed before July 1, 2008, the commissioner may, under the provisions of this <br/>
<a id="pl.58.5"></a><var>58.5</var>section, order a rail carrier to construct a walkway adjacent to a portion of track where <br/>
<a id="pl.58.6"></a><var>58.6</var>employees are performing switching activities, or require a rail carrier to modify an <br/>
<a id="pl.58.7"></a><var>58.7</var>existing walkway in conformance with the standards set forth in section 219.501, within a <br/>
<a id="pl.58.8"></a><var>58.8</var>reasonable period of time.<br/>
<a id="pl.58.9"></a><var>58.9</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Filing of complaints.</b> No formal complaint of an alleged violation of <br/>
<a id="pl.58.10"></a><var>58.10</var>sections 219.45 to 219.53 may be filed until the filing party has attempted to address <br/>
<a id="pl.58.11"></a><var>58.11</var>the alleged violations with the rail carrier. Any complaint of an alleged violation must <br/>
<a id="pl.58.12"></a><var>58.12</var>contain a written statement that the filing party has made a reasonable, good faith attempt <br/>
<a id="pl.58.13"></a><var>58.13</var>to address the alleged violation.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.3.0"></a><a id="pl.58.14"></a><var>58.14</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 609.85, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.58.15"></a><var>58.15</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Trespass; </b><b>allowing animals on track</b><b> exception</b><b>.</b> Whoever intentionally <br/>
<a id="pl.58.16"></a><var>58.16</var>trespasses, or who permits animals under the person's control to trespass on a railroad <br/>
<a id="pl.58.17"></a><var>58.17</var>track, yard, or bridge  is guilty of a misdemeanor. This subdivision does not apply to an <br/>
<a id="pl.58.18"></a><var>58.18</var>elected union official's access to those facilities when acting in an official capacity, to an <br/>
<a id="pl.58.19"></a><var>58.19</var>employee acting within the scope of employment, or to a person with written permission <br/>
<a id="pl.58.20"></a><var>58.20</var>from the railroad company to enter upon the railroad facility."<br/>
<a id="pl.58.21"></a><var>58.21</var>Delete the title and insert:<br/>

<a id="pl.58.24"></a><var>58.24</var>motor vehicles, vehicle registration, traffic regulations and surcharges, <br/>
<a id="pl.58.25"></a><var>58.25</var>commercial vehicles and vehicle combinations and permits, pupil transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.58.26"></a><var>58.26</var>and school bus drivers, drivers' licenses, driver training, motor fuels, the <br/>
<a id="pl.58.27"></a><var>58.27</var>State Patrol, transit and paratransit planning, the transfer of right-of-way to <br/>
<a id="pl.58.28"></a><var>58.28</var>state rail bank, nonmotorized transportation, transportation finance, and other <br/>
<a id="pl.58.29"></a><var>58.29</var>transportation-related programs or practices; requiring studies and reports; <br/>
<a id="pl.58.30"></a><var>58.30</var>imposing penalties; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, <br/>
<a id="pl.58.31"></a><var>58.31</var>sections 86B.825, subdivision 5; 161.14, by adding a subdivision; 162.02, <br/>
<a id="pl.58.32"></a><var>58.32</var>by adding a subdivision; 163.051, subdivision 1; 168.011, subdivisions 7, <br/>
<a id="pl.58.33"></a><var>58.33</var>22; 168.012, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 168.013, by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.58.34"></a><var>58.34</var>subdivision; 168.021, subdivisions 1, 2; 168.09, subdivision 7; 168.185; 168.28; <br/>
<a id="pl.58.35"></a><var>58.35</var>168A.01, subdivision 21; 168A.03, subdivision 1; 168A.05, subdivision 9; <br/>
<a id="pl.58.36"></a><var>58.36</var>168B.051, subdivision 2; 168B.06, subdivisions 1, 3; 168B.07, by adding <br/>
<a id="pl.58.37"></a><var>58.37</var>subdivisions; 168B.08, subdivision 1; 169.01, subdivisions 55, 76, by <br/>
<a id="pl.58.38"></a><var>58.38</var>adding subdivisions; 169.18, subdivisions 1, 5, by adding a subdivision; <br/>
<a id="pl.58.39"></a><var>58.39</var>169.21, by adding a subdivision; 169.224; 169.435; 169.446, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.58.40"></a><var>58.40</var>2; 169.67, subdivision 3; 169.781, subdivisions 1, 2, 5; 169.79; 169.801; <br/>
<a id="pl.58.41"></a><var>58.41</var>169.82, subdivision 3; 169.826, subdivision 1a; 169.85, subdivision 1; 169.86, <br/>
<a id="pl.58.42"></a><var>58.42</var>subdivision 8, as added; 169.99, by adding a subdivision; 171.01, subdivisions <br/>
<a id="pl.59.1"></a><var>59.1</var>35, 46; 171.03; 171.055, subdivision 2; 171.0701; 171.13, subdivision 1, by <br/>
<a id="pl.59.2"></a><var>59.2</var>adding subdivisions; 171.165, subdivision 2; 171.321, subdivision 1; 174.03, <br/>
<a id="pl.59.3"></a><var>59.3</var>subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 174.24, by adding a subdivision; 219.51; <br/>
<a id="pl.59.4"></a><var>59.4</var>221.011, by adding a subdivision; 221.031, subdivision 1; 221.036, subdivisions <br/>
<a id="pl.59.5"></a><var>59.5</var>1, 3; 221.121, subdivisions 1, 6a; 221.151, subdivision 1; 221.221, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.59.6"></a><var>59.6</var>2; 222.50, subdivision 7; 239.791, subdivision 10, by adding a subdivision; <br/>
<a id="pl.59.7"></a><var>59.7</var>299D.03, subdivision 1; 299D.06; 465.74, by adding a subdivision; 473.13, <br/>
<a id="pl.59.8"></a><var>59.8</var>subdivision 1a; 473.399, by adding a subdivision; 609.85, subdivision 6; <br/>
<a id="pl.59.9"></a><var>59.9</var>Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 171.02, subdivision 2; Laws 1976, <br/>
<a id="pl.59.10"></a><var>59.10</var>chapter 199, section 14, subdivision 1, as amended; proposing coding for new <br/>
<a id="pl.59.11"></a><var>59.11</var>law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 168; 169; 171; 174; 219; repealing Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.59.12"></a><var>59.12</var>Statutes 2006, sections 168.123, subdivision 2a; 168B.087, subdivision 2; <br/>
<a id="pl.59.13"></a><var>59.13</var>169.145; 169.446, subdivision 3; 221.121, subdivision 4."<br/>
         		We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill.House Conferees: (Signed) Melissa Hortman, Terry Morrow, Alice Hausman, Michael V. Nelson, Ron ErhardtSenate Conferees: (Signed) Steve Murphy, D. Scott Dibble, Katie Sieben, Michael J. Jungbauer, Rick E. Olseen
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<td><a id="pl.60.1"></a><var>60.1</var><br/>
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<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill.<br/>
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<td><a id="pl.60.2"></a><var>60.2</var><br/>
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<td align="left" valign="bottom">House Conferees:<span width="2em"></span>(Signed)<br/>
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<td><a id="pl.60.3"></a><var>60.3</var><br/>
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<td><a id="pl.60.4"></a><var>60.4</var><br/>
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<td align="left" valign="bottom">Melissa Hortman<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Terry Morrow<br/>
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<td><a id="pl.60.5"></a><var>60.5</var><br/>
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<td><a id="pl.60.6"></a><var>60.6</var><br/>
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<td align="left" valign="bottom">Alice Hausman<br/>
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<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Michael V. Nelson<br/>
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<td><a id="pl.60.7"></a><var>60.7</var><br/>
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<td><a id="pl.60.8"></a><var>60.8</var><br/>
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<td align="left" valign="bottom">Ron Erhardt<br/>
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<td><a id="pl.60.9"></a><var>60.9</var><br/>
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<td align="left" valign="bottom">Senate Conferees:<span width="2em"></span>(Signed)<br/>
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<td><a id="pl.60.10"></a><var>60.10</var><br/>
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<td><a id="pl.60.11"></a><var>60.11</var><br/>
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<td align="left" valign="bottom">Steve Murphy<br/>
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<td align="left" valign="bottom">D. Scott Dibble<br/>
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<td><a id="pl.60.12"></a><var>60.12</var><br/>
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<td><a id="pl.60.13"></a><var>60.13</var><br/>
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<td align="left" valign="bottom">Katie Sieben<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Michael J. Jungbauer<br/>
</td>
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<td><a id="pl.60.14"></a><var>60.14</var><br/>
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<td><a id="pl.60.15"></a><var>60.15</var><br/>
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<td align="left" valign="bottom">Rick E. Olseen<br/>
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