<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>implement complete streets policy; providing for issuance of limited drivers' <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>licenses; providing for certain special license plates; requiring reports; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>appropriating money for trunk highways; authorizing sale of bonds; appropriating <br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>money and changing appropriations for certain transportation and public safety <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>programs and activities;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 162.02, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>subdivision 3a; 162.09, subdivision 3a; 168.1291, subdivisions 1, 2; 168.1293; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>171.30, subdivision 1, as amended if enacted; Laws 2009, chapter 36, article 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>sections 1; 5, subdivisions 1, 3, 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>Statutes, chapters 168; 174; repealing amendments to Minnesota Statutes 2008, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>section 168.1293, contained in section 23 of S.F. No. 2540, if enacted.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 162.02, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>    Subd. 3a. <b>Variances from rules and engineering standards.</b> (a) Subject to section <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>174.75, subdivision 6, the commissioner may grant variances from the rules and from the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>engineering standards developed pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>162.021</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>162.07, subdivision 2</statute_ref>. A <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>political subdivision in which a county state-aid highway is located or is proposed to be <br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>located may submit a written request to the commissioner for a variance for that highway. <br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>(b) The commissioner shall publish notice of the request in the State Register and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>give notice to all persons known to the commissioner to have an interest in the matter. The <br/>
<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>commissioner may grant or deny the variance within 30 days of providing notice of the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>request. If a written objection to the request is received within seven days of providing <br/>
<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>notice, the variance shall be granted or denied only after a contested case hearing has been <br/>
<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>held on the request. If no timely objection is received and the variance is denied without <br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>hearing, the political subdivision may request, within 30 days of receiving notice of denial, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>and shall be granted a contested case hearing.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>(c)  For purposes of this subdivision, "political subdivision" includes (1) an agency of <br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>a political subdivision which has jurisdiction over parks, and (2) a regional park authority.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 162.09, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>    Subd. 3a. <b>Variances from rules and engineering standards.</b> (a) Subject to section <br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>174.75, subdivision 6, the commissioner may grant variances from the rules and from the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>engineering standards developed pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>162.13, subdivision 2</statute_ref>. A political <br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>subdivision in which a municipal state-aid street is located or is proposed to be located <br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>may submit a written request to the commissioner for a variance for that street.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>(b) The commissioner shall publish notice of the request in the State Register and <br/>
<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>give notice to all persons known to the commissioner to have an interest in the matter. The <br/>
<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>commissioner may grant or deny the variance within 30 days of providing notice of the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>request. If a written objection to the request is received within seven days of providing <br/>
<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>notice, the variance shall be granted or denied only after a contested case hearing has been <br/>
<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>held on the request. If no timely objection is received and the variance is denied without <br/>
<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>hearing, the political subdivision may request, within 30 days of receiving notice of denial, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>and shall be granted a contested case hearing.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>(c) For purposes of this subdivision, "political subdivision" includes (1) an agency of <br/>
<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>a political subdivision which has jurisdiction over parks, and (2) a regional park authority.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.3.0"></a><a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>    Sec. 3. <b>[174.75] COMPLETE STREETS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definition.</b> "Complete streets" is the planning, scoping, design, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>implementation, operation, and maintenance of roads in order to reasonably address the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>safety and accessibility needs of users of all ages and abilities. Complete streets considers <br/>
<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>the needs of motorists, pedestrians, transit users and vehicles, bicyclists, and commercial <br/>
<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>and emergency vehicles moving along and across roads, intersections, and crossings in a <br/>
<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>manner that is sensitive to the local context and recognizes that the needs vary in urban, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>suburban, and rural settings.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Application.</b> Complete streets applies to every road construction, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>reconstruction, or rehabilitation project funded partially or completely by the state.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Implementation.</b> The commissioner shall implement a complete streets <br/>
<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>policy after consultation with stakeholders, state and regional agencies, local governments, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>and road authorities. The commissioner, after such consultation, shall address relevant <br/>
<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>protocols, guidance, standards, requirements, training, and shall integrate related <br/>
<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>principles of context-sensitive solutions.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Report.</b> Beginning in 2011, the commissioner shall report on the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>implementation of the complete streets policy in the agency's biennial budget submission <br/>
<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>under section 174.02.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Local road authorities.</b> Local road authorities are encouraged, but not <br/>
<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>required, to create and adopt complete streets policies for their roads that reflect local <br/>
<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>context and goals. Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit a local road <br/>
<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>authority from adopting a complete streets policy that incorporates or exceeds statutory <br/>
<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>complete streets principles.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Variances from engineering standards.</b> (a) When evaluating a request <br/>
<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>for a variance from the engineering standards for state-aid projects under chapter 162 in <br/>
<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>which the variance request is related to complete streets, the commissioner shall consider <br/>
<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>the latest edition of: <br/>
<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>(1) A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets, from the American <br/>
<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; and<br/>
<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>(2) for projects in urban areas, the Context Sensitive Solutions in Designing Major <br/>
<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>Urban Thoroughfares for Walkable Communities, from the Institute of Transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>Engineers.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>(b) If the commissioner denies a variance request related to complete streets, the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>commissioner shall provide written reasons for the denial to the political subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>that submitted the request.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.4.0"></a><a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>    Sec. 4. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>This article is effective August 1, 2010.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.1.0"></a><a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>    Section 1. <b>COMPLETE STREETS REPORTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>The commissioner of transportation shall submit to the chairs and ranking minority <br/>
<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>members of the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over <br/>
<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>transportation policy and finance reports that:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>(1) by January 15, 2011, summarize the department's complete streets initiatives, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>summarize steps taken to expedite and improve the transparency of the state-aid variance <br/>
<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>process related to complete streets, outline plans to develop and implement a complete <br/>
<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>streets policy, and identify any statutory barriers to complete streets implementation;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>(2) by January 15, 2012, summarize the results of the collaboration under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>Statutes, section 174.75, subdivision 3; identify modifications made to or recommended <br/>
<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>for protocols, guidance, standards, or other requirements to facilitate complete streets <br/>
<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>implementation; report status of development of complete streets performance indicators; <br/>
<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>outline other work planned related to the complete streets policy; and identify statutory <br/>
<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>recommendations to facilitate complete streets policy implementation; and<br/>
<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>(3) by January 15, 2014, overview the department's implementation of complete <br/>
<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>streets policy; note updates to protocols, guidance, standards, or requirements; identify <br/>
<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>any recommendations for supporting local complete streets implementation under the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>state-aid standards variance process; and identify statutory recommendations to facilitate <br/>
<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>complete streets policy implementation.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>The reports in clauses (1), (2), and (3) must be made available electronically and <br/>
<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>made available in print only upon request.<br/>
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<a id="bill.3.1.0"></a><a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>    Section 1. <b>[168.121] SPECIAL PLATES REMEMBERING VICTIMS OF </b><br/>
<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var><b>IMPAIRED DRIVERS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Issuance and design.</b> Notwithstanding section 168.1293, the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>commissioner shall issue special plates remembering victims of impaired drivers to an <br/>
<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>applicant who:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>(1) is a registered owner of a passenger automobile;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>(2) pays a fee of $10 for each set of license plates applied for; and<br/>
<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>(3) complies with this chapter and rules governing registration of motor vehicles <br/>
<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>and licensing of drivers.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Design.</b> The commissioner shall design the special plate emblem so that it <br/>
<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>bears an inscription "Remembering Victims of Impaired Drivers" and displays an image <br/>
<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>of a broken heart.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Plates transfer.</b> On payment of a transfer fee of $5, plates issued under this <br/>
<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>section may be transferred to another passenger automobile registered to the individual <br/>
<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>to whom the special plates were issued.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Record.</b> The commissioner shall maintain a record of the number of <br/>
<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>special plates issued under this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Fees credited.</b> Fees collected under this section must be credited to the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var>vehicle services operating account in the special revenue fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.3.2.0"></a><a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 168.1291, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definition.</b> For purposes of this section "special plates" means plates <br/>
<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>issued under sections 
         <statute_ref>168.12, subdivisions 2b and 2e</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>168.121; 168.1235</statute_ref>; and 
         <statute_ref>168.129</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.3.3.0"></a><a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 168.1291, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Uniform design of special plates.</b> (a) The commissioner shall design a <br/>
<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>single special plate that will contain a unique number and a space for a unique emblem <br/>
<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>for plates issued under sections 
         <statute_ref>168.12, subdivisions 2b and 2e</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>168.121; 168.1235</statute_ref>; and <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>168.129
         </statute_ref>. The commissioner shall design a unique emblem related to the purpose of each <br/>
<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>special plate.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>(b) Any provision of sections 
         <statute_ref>168.12, subdivisions 2b to 2e</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>168.121; 168.123</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>and 
         <statute_ref>168.129</statute_ref>, that requires the placement of a specified letter or letters on a special plate <br/>
<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>applies to those plates only to the extent that the commissioner includes the letter or <br/>
<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>letters in the design.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>(c) If a law authorizing a special plate contains a specific requirement for graphic <br/>
<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>design of that plate, that requirement applies to the appropriate unique emblem.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.3.4.0"></a><a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 168.1293, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var><b>168.1293 CERTAIN SPECIAL PLATES; AUTHORIZATION, </b><br/>
<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var><b>DISCONTINUANCE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definition.</b> For purposes of this section and section 
<statute_ref>168.1297</statute_ref>, the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>following terms have the meanings given them:<br/>
<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>(1) "new special plate" or "proposed special plate" means a special plate authorized <br/>
<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>by sections 
<statute_ref>168.12, subdivisions 2b and 2e</statute_ref>; 
<statute_ref>168.1235</statute_ref>; and 
<statute_ref>168.129</statute_ref>, to have wording and <br/>
<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>graphics that differ from a Minnesota passenger vehicle plate. that is not authorized under <br/>
<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>this chapter and for which legislation authorizing the plate, including but not limited to a <br/>
<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>bill or amendment, is introduced or presented to the legislature; and<br/>
<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>(2) "proximate special plate" means a special plate (i) authorized under section <br/>
<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var><statute_ref>168.12, subdivisions 2b and 2e</statute_ref>; or 
<statute_ref>168.129</statute_ref>; or (ii) authorized in law on or after August <br/>
<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>1, 2010.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>Establishment of plate.</b> The commissioner may only establish a special <br/>
<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>plate as authorized under this chapter. This requirement does not apply to alternative <br/>
<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>or additional designs for a special plate.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Submissions to commissioner.</b> (a) A person, legal entity, or other <br/>
<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>requester, however organized, that plans to seek legislation establishing a new special <br/>
<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>plate, or is a proponent of a new special plate, shall submit the following information and <br/>
<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>fee to the commissioner:<br/>
<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>(1) The requester shall submit a request for the special plate being sought, describing <br/>
<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>the proposed special plate in general terms, the purpose of the plate, and the proposed fee <br/>
<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>or minimum contribution required for the plate.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>(2) The requester shall submit the results of a scientific sample survey of Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>motor vehicle owners that indicates that at least 10,000 motor vehicle owners intend <br/>
<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>to purchase the proposed plate with the proposed fee or minimum contribution. The <br/>
<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>requester's plan to undertake the survey must be reported to the commissioner before the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>survey is undertaken. The survey must be performed independently of the requester by <br/>
<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>another person or legal entity, however organized, that conducts similar sample surveys <br/>
<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>in the normal course of business.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>(3) The requester shall submit an application fee of $20,000, to cover the cost of <br/>
<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>reviewing the application for a new plate and developing the new special plate if authorized <br/>
<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>by law. State funds may not be used to pay the application fee. This requirement does not <br/>
<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>apply if legislation or a bill introduced to the legislature proposing the new special plate <br/>
<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>contains a mechanism by which all costs incurred by the commissioner for development <br/>
<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>and implementation of the plate are covered, provided that the application fee subsequently <br/>
<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>does apply if such a mechanism is not enacted in the law authorizing the new special plate.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>(4) The requester shall submit a marketing strategy that contains (i) short-term and <br/>
<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>long-term marketing plans for the requested plate, and (ii) a financial analysis showing <br/>
<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>the anticipated revenues and the planned expenditures of any fee or contribution derived <br/>
<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>from the requested plate.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>(b) The requester shall submit the information required under paragraph (a) to the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>commissioner at least 120 days before the convening of the next regular legislative session <br/>
<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>at which the requester will submit the proposal.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>    Subd. 2a. <b>Information for legislature.</b> (a) Within 15 days of the introduction of a <br/>
<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>bill proposing a new special plate, the commissioner shall submit a briefing to the chairs <br/>
<a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var>and ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees to <br/>
<a id="pl.6.35"></a><var>6.35</var>which the bill was referred. At a minimum, the briefing must:<br/>
<a id="pl.6.36"></a><var>6.36</var>(1) summarize the requirements for a special plate under this section; and<br/>
<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>(2) identify which of the requirements have been met for the proposed special plate.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>(b) If a proposed special plate is a topic of discussion at a legislative committee <br/>
<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>hearing, the commissioner shall make every reasonable effort to provide testimony. The <br/>
<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>testimony must include the information required in the briefing under paragraph (a).<br/>
<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>(c) Notwithstanding section 3.195, the commissioner may submit the briefing under <br/>
<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>paragraph (a) by submitting an electronic version rather than a printed version.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Design; redesign.</b> (a) If the proposed new special plate sought by the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>requester is approved by law, the requester shall submit the proposed design for the plate <br/>
<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>to the commissioner as soon as practicable, but not later than 120 days after the effective <br/>
<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>date of the law authorizing issuance of the plate. The commissioner is responsible for <br/>
<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>selecting the final design for the special plate.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>(b) The requester that originally requested a new special plate subsequently approved <br/>
<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>by law may not submit a new design for the plate within the five years following the date <br/>
<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>of first issuance of the plate unless the inventory of those plates has been exhausted. <br/>
<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>The requester may deplete the remaining inventory of the plates by reimbursing the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>commissioner for the cost of the plates.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Refund of fee.</b> If the special plate requested is not authorized in the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>legislative session at which authorization was sought, the commissioner shall, if <br/>
<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>applicable, refund $17,500 of the application fee to the requester.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Discontinuance of plate.</b> (a) The commissioner shall discontinue the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>issuance or renewal of any proximate special plate authorized by sections 
<statute_ref>168.12, <br/>
<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>subdivisions 2b and 2e
</statute_ref>; 
<statute_ref>168.1235</statute_ref>; and 
<statute_ref>168.129</statute_ref>, if (1) fewer than 1,000 sets of those <br/>
<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>plates are currently registered at the end of the first six years during which the plates are <br/>
<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>available, or (2) fewer than 1,000 sets of those plates are currently registered at the end of <br/>
<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>any subsequent two-year period following the first six years of availability.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>(b) The commissioner shall discontinue the issuance or renewal of any proximate <br/>
<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>special plate authorized by sections 
<statute_ref>168.12, subdivisions 2b and 2e</statute_ref>; 
<statute_ref>168.1235</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>and 
<statute_ref>168.129</statute_ref>, and distribution of any contributions resulting from that plate, if the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>commissioner determines that (1) the fund or requester receiving the contributions no <br/>
<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>longer exists, (2) the requester has stopped providing services that are authorized to be <br/>
<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>funded from the contribution proceeds, (3) the requester has requested discontinuance, or <br/>
<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>(4) contributions have been used in violation of subdivision 6.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>(c) Nothing in this subdivision applies to plates issued under section 
         <statute_ref>168.123</statute_ref>, <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.7.34"></a><var>7.34</var>168.1235, 168.124
         </statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>168.125</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>168.1251</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>168.1255</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.35"></a><var>7.35</var>(d) Upon commencing discontinuance of a proximate special plate under this <br/>
<a id="pl.7.36"></a><var>7.36</var>subdivision, the commissioner (1) shall not issue the plate, including as a duplicate; and <br/>
<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>(2) shall allow retention of any existing plate for the regular period. For purposes of this <br/>
<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>paragraph, "regular period" may be, as appropriate, the period specified under section <br/>
<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>168.12, subdivision 1; the time until issuance of a duplicate plate for that vehicle; or as <br/>
<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>otherwise provided by law.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Use of contributions.</b> Contributions made as a condition of obtaining a <br/>
<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>proximate special plate authorized by sections 
<statute_ref>168.12, subdivisions 2b and 2e</statute_ref>; 
<statute_ref>168.1235</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>and 
<statute_ref>168.129</statute_ref>, and interest earned on the contributions, may not be spent for commercial or <br/>
<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>for-profit purposes.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Deposit of fee; appropriation.</b> The commissioner shall deposit the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>application fee under subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (3), in the vehicle services <br/>
<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>operating account of the special revenue fund under section 
         <statute_ref>299A.705</statute_ref>. An amount <br/>
<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>sufficient to pay the department's cost in implementing and administering this section, <br/>
<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>including payment of refunds under subdivision 4, is appropriated to the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2010.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.5.0"></a><a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>    Sec. 5. <b> REPEALER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>The amendments to Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 168.1293, contained in section <br/>
<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>23 of 2010 S.F. No. 2540, if enacted, are repealed and the provisions it amended are <br/>
<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>revived, effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.4.1.0"></a><a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>    Section 1. <b>STATE ROAD CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>$30,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds account in the trunk highway <br/>
<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>fund in fiscal year 2011 to the commissioner of transportation for the actual construction, <br/>
<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>reconstruction, and improvement of trunk highways, including design-build contracts and <br/>
<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>consultant usage to support these activities. This includes the cost of actual payments to <br/>
<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>landowners for lands acquired for highway rights-of-way, payments to lessees, interest <br/>
<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>subsidies, and relocation expenses. The commissioner may use up to $5,100,000 of this <br/>
<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>amount for program delivery.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.2.0"></a><a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>    Sec. 2. <b>INTERCHANGE ACCOUNT APPROPRIATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>$70,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds account in the trunk highway <br/>
<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>fund in fiscal year 2011 to the commissioner of transportation for construction of <br/>
<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>interchanges involving a trunk highway, where the interchange will promote economic <br/>
<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>development, increase employment, relieve growing traffic congestion, and promote traffic <br/>
<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>safety. The amount under this paragraph must be allocated 50 percent to the department's <br/>
<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>metropolitan district, and 50 percent to districts in greater Minnesota.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.3.0"></a><a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>    Sec. 3. <b>BOND SALE EXPENSES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>$100,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds account in the trunk highway fund <br/>
<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>to the commissioner of finance for bond sale expenses under Minnesota Statutes, sections <br/>
<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>16A.641, subdivision 8, and 167.50, subdivision 4.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.4.0"></a><a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>    Sec. 4. <b>TRUNK HIGHWAY BONDS AUTHORIZATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>To provide the money appropriated in sections 1, 2, and 3 from the bond proceeds <br/>
<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>account in the trunk highway fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall <br/>
<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $100,100,000 in the manner, upon the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 167.50 to 167.52, <br/>
<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, section 11, at the times and in the amounts <br/>
<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>requested by the commissioner of transportation. The proceeds of the bonds, except <br/>
<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>accrued interest and any premium received from the sale of the bonds, must be deposited <br/>
<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>in the bond proceeds account in the trunk highway fund.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.5.0"></a><a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>    Sec. 5. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>This article is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.5.1.0"></a><a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>    Section 1. Laws 2009, chapter 36, article 1, section 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="7" valign="bottom">Section 1. <b>SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>    The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made <br/>
<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>in this article.<br/>
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<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>2010</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>2011</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>Total</b><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var><br/>
<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">98,385,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">95,885,000<br/>
95,897,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">194,270,000<br/>
194,282,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Airports<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">21,909,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">19,659,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">41,568,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">C.S.A.H.<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">496,786,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">524,478,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,021,264,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">M.S.A.S.<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">134,003,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">141,400,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">275,403,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var><br/>
<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Special Revenue<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">49,038,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">49,038,000<br/>
49,088,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">98,076,000<br/>
98,126,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var><br/>
<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">H.U.T.D.<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">9,538,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">9,838,000<br/>
10,017,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">19,376,000<br/>
19,555,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var><br/>
<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Trunk Highway<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,264,921,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,372,687,000<br/>
1,372,496,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,637,608,000<br/>
2,637,417,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var><br/>
<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"><b>Total</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>2,074,580,000</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>2,212,985,000</b><b> </b><br/>
<b>2,213,035,000</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>4,287,565,000</b><b> </b><br/>
<b>4,287,615,000</b><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2010.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.2.0"></a><a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>    Sec. 2. Laws 2009, chapter 36, article 1, section 5, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
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<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var><br/>
<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>152,478,000</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>152,578,000</b><b> </b><br/>
<b>152,628,000</b><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="126px"/>
<col width="95px"/>
<col width="96px"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2010<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2011<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var><br/>
<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">7,959,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">7,959,000<br/>
7,971,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var><br/>
<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Special Revenue <br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">49,038,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">49,038,000<br/>
49,088,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var><br/>
<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var><br/>
</td>
<td>H.U.T.D.<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">9,413,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">9,713,000<br/>
9,892,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var><br/>
<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Trunk Highway<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">86,068,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">85,868,000<br/>
85,677,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br/>
<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>purpose are specified in the following <br/>
<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>subdivisions.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2010.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.3.0"></a><a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>    Sec. 3. Laws 2009, chapter 36, article 1, section 5, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
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<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd.  3.<b>State Patrol</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="11.899999999999999"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var><br/>
<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(a) <b>Patrolling Highways</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">71,522,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">71,522,000<br/>
71,331,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="126px"/>
<col width="96px"/>
<col width="96px"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">37,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">37,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var><br/>
</td>
<td>H.U.T.D. <br/>
</td>
<td align="right">92,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">92,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var><br/>
<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Trunk Highway<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">71,393,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">71,393,000<br/>
71,202,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.10.34"></a><var>10.34</var>The base appropriation from the trunk <br/>
<a id="pl.10.35"></a><var>10.35</var>highway fund in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 <br/>
<a id="pl.10.36"></a><var>10.36</var>is $71,393,000 for each fiscal year.<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="11.899999999999999"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(b) <b>Commercial Vehicle Enforcement</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">7,996,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">7,796,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>This appropriation is from the trunk highway <br/>
<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>$800,000 the first year and $600,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>second year are for the Office of Pupil <br/>
<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>Transportation Safety.<br/>
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<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="11.899999999999999"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(c) <b>Capitol Security</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,113,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,113,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>This appropriation is from the general fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>The commissioner may not: (1) spend <br/>
<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>any money from the trunk highway fund <br/>
<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>for capitol security; or (2) permanently <br/>
<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>transfer any state trooper from the patrolling <br/>
<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>highways activity to capitol security.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>The commissioner may not transfer any <br/>
<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>money: (1) appropriated for Department of <br/>
<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>Public Safety administration, the patrolling of <br/>
<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>highways, commercial vehicle enforcement, <br/>
<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>or driver and vehicle services to capitol <br/>
<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>security; or (2) from capitol security.<br/>
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<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="11.899999999999999"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(d) <b>Vehicle Crimes Unit</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">-0-<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">191,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="126px"/>
<col width="96px"/>
<col width="96px"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td>General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">-0-<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">12,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td>H.U.T.D.<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">-0-<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">179,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>This appropriation is to investigate: (1) <br/>
<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>registration tax and motor vehicle sales tax <br/>
<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>liabilities from individuals and businesses <br/>
<a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>that currently do not pay all taxes owed; <br/>
<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>and (2) illegal or improper activity related <br/>
<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>to sale, transfer, titling, and registration of <br/>
<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>motor vehicles.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>This initiative is expected to result in new <br/>
<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>revenues for the biennium as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>(1) $114,000 for the highway user tax <br/>
<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>distribution fund;<br/>
<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>(2) $75,000 for the transit assistance fund; <br/>
<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>and<br/>
<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>(3) $13,000 for the general fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>The general fund appropriation for fiscal year <br/>
<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>2011 is a onetime appropriation.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>The base appropriation from the highway <br/>
<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>user tax distribution fund in fiscal years 2012 <br/>
<a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>and 2013 is $693,000 for each fiscal year.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>By February 1, 2015, the commissioner shall <br/>
<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>submit a report to the house of representatives <br/>
<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>and senate committees having jurisdiction <br/>
<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>over transportation finance on the revenues <br/>
<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>generated by the Vehicle Crimes Unit. This <br/>
<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>report must be made available electronically <br/>
<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>and made available in print only upon <br/>
<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>request.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2010.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.4.0"></a><a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>    Sec. 4. Laws 2009, chapter 36, article 1, section 5, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 4.<b>Driver and Vehicle Services</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="11.899999999999999"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var><br/>
<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(a) <b>Vehicle Services</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">26,909,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">27,209,000<br/>
27,259,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="126px"/>
<col width="96px"/>
<col width="95px"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var><br/>
<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Special Revenue<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">18,973,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">18,973,000<br/>
19,023,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">H.U.T.D. <br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">7,936,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">8,236,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>The special revenue fund appropriation is <br/>
<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>from the vehicle services operating account.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>Of the appropriation for fiscal year 2011 <br/>
<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>from the special revenue fund, $50,000 is <br/>
<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>for assistance to the Vehicle Crimes Unit in <br/>
<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>investigations as provided under subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>3, paragraph (d).<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="11.899999999999999"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(b) <b>Driver Services</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">28,712,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">28,712,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="126px"/>
<col width="96px"/>
<col width="96px"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Special Revenue<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">28,711,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">28,711,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Trunk Highway<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>The special revenue fund appropriation is <br/>
<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>from the driver services operating account.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2010.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.6.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.6.1.0"></a><a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 171.30, subdivision 1, as amended by 2010 <br/>
<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>H.F. No. 3106, section 11, if enacted, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Conditions of issuance.</b> (a) The commissioner may issue a limited <br/>
<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>license to the driver under the conditions in paragraph (b) in any case where a person's <br/>
<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>license has been:<br/>
<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>(1) suspended under section 
         <statute_ref>171.18</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>171.173</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>171.186</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>(2) revoked, canceled, or denied under section:<br/>
<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>(i)
<statute_ref>169.792</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>(ii)
<statute_ref>169.797</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>(iii)
<statute_ref>169A.52</statute_ref>,:<br/>
<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>(A) subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (1), or (2),;<br/>
<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>(B) subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (4), (5), or (6), or if in compliance with <br/>
<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>section 171.306;<br/>
<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>(C) subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clause (1) or (2), if the test results indicate an <br/>
<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>alcohol concentration of less than twice the legal limit, (2) if the test results indicate an <br/>
<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>alcohol concentration of less than twice the legal limit,; or<br/>
<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>(D) subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clause (4), (5), or (6), if in compliance with section <br/>
<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>171.306;<br/>
<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>(iv)
<statute_ref>171.17</statute_ref>; or<br/>
<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>(v)
<statute_ref>171.172</statute_ref>; or<br/>
<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>(3) revoked, canceled, or denied under section 169A.54,:<br/>
<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>(i) subdivision 1, clause (1), if the test results indicate an alcohol concentration <br/>
<a id="pl.13.34"></a><var>13.34</var>of less than twice the legal limit;<br/>
<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>(ii) subdivision 1, clause (2),;<br/>
<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>(iii) subdivision 1, clause (4), (5), or (6), if in compliance with section 171.306; or<br/>
<a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>(iv) subdivision 2, if the person does not have a qualified prior impaired driving <br/>
<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>incident as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>169A.03, subdivision 22</statute_ref>, on the person's record, the <br/>
<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>commissioner may issue a limited license to the driver including under the following <br/>
<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>conditions: and the test results indicate an alcohol concentration of less than twice the <br/>
<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>legal limit.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>(b) The following conditions for a limited license under paragraph (a) include:<br/>
<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>(1) if the driver's livelihood or attendance at a chemical dependency treatment or <br/>
<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>counseling program depends upon the use of the driver's license;<br/>
<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>(2) if the use of a driver's license by a homemaker is necessary to prevent the <br/>
<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>substantial disruption of the education, medical, or nutritional needs of the family of <br/>
<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>the homemaker; or<br/>
<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>(3) if attendance at a postsecondary institution of education by an enrolled student of <br/>
<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>that institution depends upon the use of the driver's license.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>(b (c) The commissioner in issuing a limited license may impose such conditions and <br/>
<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>limitations as in the commissioner's judgment are necessary to the interests of the public <br/>
<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>safety and welfare including reexamination as to the driver's qualifications. The license <br/>
<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>may be limited to the operation of particular vehicles, to particular classes and times of <br/>
<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>operation, and to particular conditions of traffic. The commissioner may require that an <br/>
<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>applicant for a limited license affirmatively demonstrate that use of public transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>or carpooling as an alternative to a limited license would be a significant hardship.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>(c) (d) For purposes of this subdivision: (1) "homemaker" refers to the person <br/>
<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>primarily performing the domestic tasks in a household of residents consisting of at least <br/>
<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>the person and the person's dependent child or other dependents; and (2) "twice the legal <br/>
<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>limit" means an alcohol concentration of two times the limit specified in section 
         <statute_ref>169A.20, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>, clause (5).<br/>
<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>(d) (e) The limited license issued by the commissioner shall clearly indicate the <br/>
<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>limitations imposed and the driver operating under the limited license shall have the <br/>
<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>license in possession at all times when operating as a driver.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>(e) (f) In determining whether to issue a limited license, the commissioner shall <br/>
<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>consider the number and the seriousness of prior convictions and the entire driving record <br/>
<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>of the driver and shall consider the number of miles driven by the driver annually.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.34"></a><var>14.34</var>(f) (g) If the person's driver's license or permit to drive has been revoked under <br/>
<a id="pl.14.35"></a><var>14.35</var>section 
         <statute_ref>169.792</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>169.797</statute_ref>, the commissioner may only issue a limited license to the <br/>
<a id="pl.14.36"></a><var>14.36</var>person after the person has presented an insurance identification card, policy, or written <br/>
<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>statement indicating that the driver or owner has insurance coverage satisfactory to <br/>
<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>the commissioner of public safety. The commissioner of public safety may require <br/>
<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>the insurance identification card provided to satisfy this subdivision be certified by the <br/>
<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>insurance company to be noncancelable for a period not to exceed 12 months.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>(g) (h) The limited license issued by the commissioner to a person under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>171.186, subdivision 4
         </statute_ref>, must expire 90 days after the date it is issued. The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>must not issue a limited license to a person who previously has been issued a limited <br/>
<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>license under section 
         <statute_ref>171.186, subdivision 4</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>(h) (i) The commissioner shall not issue a limited driver's license to any person <br/>
<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>described in section 
         <statute_ref>171.04, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, clause (6), (7), (8), (11), or (14).<br/>
<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>(i) (j) The commissioner shall not issue a class A, class B, or class C limited license.<br/>