1E Relating to transportation; modifying certain provisions regulating the use of off highway vehicles electric-assisted bicycles and permitting operation on bikeways and bicycle trails; establishing Mississippi River Trail bikeway; modifying provisions relating to toll facilities; changing the description of the veterans memorial highway; designating the Arianna Celeste MacNamara memorial pedestrian bridge over trunk highway #14 near county Road #22 in Rochester; designating a portion of I-35 in Rice County as deputy John W. Liebenstein memorial highway; modifying formula requirements in allocating state aid for town roads; providing for unmarked vehicle plates for natural resources conservation officers; authorizing a special permit for vehicles exceeding the gross weight and the imposition of a surcharge on the special permit fee under certain conditions, requiring deposit of the proceeds in the highway user tax distribution fund, modifying certain provisions relating to overweight vehicle permits; modifying the definition of a public impound lot; modifying special vehicle use on roadways; clarifying drivers license requirements for train crews; clarifying traffic laws regarding flashing yellow lights and arrows controlled by traffic-control signals, regulating flashing signal left turns; expanding authority for bus operation on highway shoulders; requiring crossing control arms on school buses; allowing collector emergency vehicles to display and use nonconforming colored lights; removing certain exceptions from the child passenger restraint law, expanding the use of the Minnesota child passenger restraint and education account funds; modifying overweight vehicle display and inspection of permits requirements and specifying fee proceeds deposit requirements; clarifying and conforming provisions regarding drivers license revocation periods for DWI convictions; exempting railroad locomotive (train) engineers, assistant engineers, conductors, and crew members from the motor vehicle drivers license requirement; modifying driver education requirements for obtaining an instruction permit, authorizing drivers education online component, authorizing the use of credit or debit cards as an acceptable method of payment of drivers license, permit, and identification cards statutory and filing fees, authorizing a drivers license agent to collect a convenience fee for processing costs, specifying internet-based theory driver education programs administrative rule requirements; providing for alternative financing and investment in a pilot transportation project on the truck highway system; allowing the commissioner of transportation (DOT) to enter agreements with governmental or nongovernmental entities to finance and invest in the transportation project; requiring department of transportation report on trunk highway fund expenditures and specifying report content requirements, modifying major highway projects report content requirements; modifying the governing medical waiver to operate commercial vehicles in intrastate commerce provision; prohibiting certain activities on rail bank property, imposing misdemeanor penalty; requiring the commissioner of transportation (DOT) to grant a variance for Elbow Lake Municipal-Pride of the Prairie airport to be licensed as a public seaplane base on Flekkefjord Lake; allowing the use of certain state funds for airport improvements and other aeronautical purposes at the Paynesville airport; requiring results of evaluations of management systems currently used by the department to be included in the 2012 and 2013 reports of major highway projects and trunk highway fund expenditures; revisors instructions; repealing certain provisions relating to the I-35W high occupancy vehicle and dynamic shoulder lane account, trunk highway fund biennially reporting requirements, conservation officers vehicle markings requirements, DWI convictions, and the definition of federal rail service continuation program
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