<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>Lift Bridge.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>    Section 1. <b>PROHIBITION OF TRUCKS ON STILLWATER LIFT BRIDGE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>(a) For purposes of this section, "total length" means the overall length of the motor <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>vehicle including (1) bumpers and load, and (2) the length of any semitrailer, as defined <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>in Minnesota Statutes, section 168.002, subdivision 30, and any trailer, as defined in <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 168.002, subdivision 35.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>(b) The commissioner of transportation shall prohibit the operation of motor vehicles <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>that exceed a total length of 55 feet on that portion of marked Trunk Highway 36 from the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>intersection with marked Trunk Highway 95 and Washington County State-Aid Highway <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>23 in Stillwater, to the Stillwater Lift Bridge, located on marked Trunk Highway 36 over <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>the St. Croix River in Stillwater. The commissioner shall erect signs at appropriate <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>locations giving notice of this prohibition, and shall request that the state of Wisconsin <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>post similar signs on the Wisconsin side of the bridge.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>(c) The prohibition in paragraph (b) does not apply to emergency vehicles and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>motor vehicles while engaged in work on the bridge, including snow and ice removal <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>and flood control.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>(d) The prohibition in paragraph (b) does not apply to the Stillwater Lift Bridge.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day the commissioner erects <br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>signs giving notice of the prohibition established in this section.<br/>