1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; making appropriations; authorizing the sale and 
1.3 	issuance of state bonds; modifying provisions governing transportation and 
1.4 	public safety policies, including bicycles and bikeways, highways and bridges, 
1.5 	motor vehicles, motor vehicle markings and equipment, traffic regulations, 
1.6 	driver education, driver licensing, driver's license exemptions, DWI violations, 
1.7 	alternative financing for transportation projects, contracting requirements, bus 
1.8 	operations, railroads, motor carriers and commercial drivers, aeronautics and 
1.9 	airports, state aid, traffic regulations and reports, vehicle titles, school buses, 
1.10 	overweight vehicles, fuel tax and motor vehicle sales tax exemptions, and agency 
1.11 	reporting and studies; providing for rulemaking; removing obsolete language; 
1.12 	making technical and clarifying changes; repealing certain provisions;amending 
1.13 	Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 85.015, by adding a subdivision; 85.018, 
1.14 	subdivisions 2, 4; 160.263, subdivision 2; 161.14, subdivision 66, by adding 
1.15 	subdivisions; 161.3212; 162.02, subdivisions 2, 3; 162.081, subdivision 4; 
1.16 	162.09, subdivisions 2, 3, 4; 162.13, subdivision 1; 162.155; 165.01; 165.03; 
1.17 	168.002, subdivisions 19, 20; 168.012, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 
1.18 	168.013, subdivisions 1e, 3, 12, by adding a subdivision; 168A.03, subdivision 
1.19 	1; 168A.07, subdivision 1; 168B.011, subdivision 12; 169.011, subdivisions 4, 
1.20 	27, 44, 45; 169.035, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 169.06, subdivisions 
1.21 	4, 5, 7; 169.09, subdivision 13; 169.19, subdivision 5; 169.222, subdivisions 
1.22 	4, 6, 7, by adding a subdivision; 169.223, subdivisions 1, 5; 169.306; 169.64, 
1.23 	subdivision 2; 169.685, subdivisions 6, 7; 169.72, subdivision 1; 169.85, 
1.24 	subdivision 2; 169.86, subdivisions 1, 4, by adding a subdivision; 169.865, 
1.25 	subdivision 4; 169.872, subdivision 1a; 169.98, subdivisions 1, 3; 169.99, 
1.26 	subdivision 1b; 169A.54, subdivisions 1, 6; 171.01, subdivision 41; 171.03; 
1.27 	171.061, subdivision 4; 171.12, subdivision 6; 171.30, subdivision 1; 171.306, 
1.28 	subdivision 4; 174.02, by adding a subdivision; 174.03, by adding a subdivision; 
1.29 	174.56; 221.0314, subdivision 3a; 221.091, subdivision 2; 222.50, subdivision 
1.30 	4; 222.51; 222.53; 222.63, subdivision 9; 296A.07, subdivision 4; 296A.08, 
1.31 	subdivision 3; 297A.68, subdivision 19; 299D.085, subdivision 2, by adding a 
1.32 	subdivision; 299D.09; 473.39, by adding a subdivision; 574.26, subdivisions 
1.33 	1a, 2; Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, sections 168.12, subdivision 5; 
1.34 	168.123, subdivision 1; 169.86, subdivision 5; 171.075, subdivision 1; 297B.03; 
1.35 	Laws 2009, chapter 158, section 10; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
1.36 	Statutes, chapters 160; 161; 171; 174; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, 
1.37 	sections 161.08, subdivision 2; 168.012, subdivision 1b; 169A.54, subdivision 
1.38 	5; 222.48, subdivision 3a; Minnesota Rules, parts 8810.9000; 8810.9100; 
1.39 	8810.9200; 8810.9300; 8810.9400; 8810.9500; 8810.9600; 8810.9700.
2.1 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.2 	ARTICLE 1
2.3 	TRUNK HIGHWAY FUND APPROPRIATIONS

2.4
2.5	Section 1. TRUNK HIGHWAY 
APPROPRIATIONS
 			$
	17,530,000

2.6
2.7	Subdivision 1.Appropriations for 
Transportation
 					
2.8 	These appropriations are to the commissioner 
2.9 	of transportation for the purposes specified in 
2.10 	this section.
2.11 	Unless otherwise specified, these 
2.12 	appropriations are for fiscal year 2013 from 
2.13 	the trunk highway fund and are available 
2.14 	until expended.

2.15	Subd. 2.Willmar District Headquarters
 				7,500,000
	
2.16 	To design, construct, furnish, and equip a 
2.17 	maintenance facility addition to the existing 
2.18 	Willmar district headquarters building, 
2.19 	and corresponding remodeling of the 
2.20 	headquarters building.

2.21	Subd. 3.Plymouth Truck Station
 				5,600,000
	
2.22 	To construct and equip a new truck station 
2.23 	and bridge crew building in Plymouth.

2.24	Subd. 4.Cambridge Truck Station
 				3,300,000
	
2.25 	To design, construct, furnish, and equip a new 
2.26 	truck station facility in Cambridge, including 
2.27 	ancillary buildings and site improvements.

2.28
2.29	Subd. 5.Crookston, Eden Prairie, and 
Mendota Truck Station Design
 				1,100,000
	
2.30 	To design new additions to the existing truck 
2.31 	station buildings in Crookston, Eden Prairie, 
2.32 	and Mendota.

3.1
3.2	Subd. 6.Overweight Motor Vehicle 
Registration Collection
 				30,000
	
3.3 	To modify Department of Transportation 
3.4 	permit system to allow the department 
3.5 	to collect additional registration taxes for 
3.6 	overweight motor vehicles.
3.7 	This appropriation is only available if 
3.8 	legislation is enacted in the 2012 legislative 
3.9 	session authorizing the commissioner to 
3.10 	collect a surcharge or additional registration 
3.11 	tax on motor vehicles.

3.12 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 3.13 	This article is effective the day following final enactment.

3.14 	ARTICLE 2
3.15 	TRUNK HIGHWAY BONDS

3.16 	Section 1. ROCHESTER MAINTENANCE FACILITY.
 3.17 	$16,100,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of transportation to design, 
3.18 	construct, furnish, and equip the maintenance facility in Rochester and corresponding 
3.19 	remodeling of the existing district headquarters building. This appropriation is from the 
3.20 	bond proceeds account in the trunk highway fund.

3.21 	Sec. 2. BOND SALE EXPENSES.
 3.22 	$20,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds account in the trunk highway fund 
3.23 	to the commissioner of management and budget for bond sale expenses under Minnesota 
3.24 	Statutes, section 167.50, subdivision 4.

3.25 	Sec. 3. TRUNK HIGHWAY FUND BOND PROCEEDS ACCOUNT.
 3.26 	To provide the money appropriated in this article from the bond proceeds account 
3.27 	in the trunk highway fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and 
3.28 	issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $16,120,000 in the manner, upon the terms, 
3.29 	and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 167.50 to 167.52, and 
3.30 	by the Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, section 11, at the times and in the amounts 
3.31 	requested by the commissioner of transportation. The proceeds of the bonds, except 
4.1 	accrued interest and any premium received from the sale of the bonds, must be credited 
4.2 	to the bond proceeds account in the trunk highway fund.

4.3 	Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 4.4 	This article is effective the day following final enactment.

4.5 	ARTICLE 3
4.6 	TRANSPORTATION POLICY

4.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 161.14, is amended by adding a 
4.8 	subdivision to read:
4.9 		Subd. 70.Black and Yellow Trail. Trunk Highway signed 14 as of the effective 
4.10 	date of this section, from the border with South Dakota to the border with Wisconsin, is 
4.11 	designated as the "Black and Yellow Trail." The commissioner shall adopt a suitable 
4.12 	design to mark this highway and erect appropriate signs, subject to section 161.139.

4.13 	Sec. 2. [161.3207] CONSTRUCTION MANAGER/GENERAL CONTRACTOR 
4.14 	CONTRACTS; DEFINITIONS.
4.15 		Subdivision 1.Scope. The terms used in sections 161.3207 to 161.3209 have the 
4.16 	meanings given them in this section.
4.17 		Subd. 2.Acceptance. "Acceptance" means an action of the commissioner 
4.18 	authorizing the execution of a construction manager/general contractor contract.
4.19 		Subd. 3.Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of 
4.20 	transportation.
4.21 		Subd. 4.Construction manager/general contractor. "Construction 
4.22 	manager/general contractor" means a proprietorship, partnership, limited liability 
4.23 	partnership, joint venture, corporation, any type of limited liability company, professional 
4.24 	corporation, or any legal entity selected by the commissioner to act as a construction 
4.25 	manager to manage the construction process, which includes, but is not limited to, 
4.26 	responsibility for the price, schedule, and execution of preconstruction services or the 
4.27 	workmanship of construction performed according to section 161.3209, or both.
4.28 		Subd. 5.Construction manager/general contractor contract. "Construction 
4.29 	manager/general contractor contract" means a contract for construction of a project 
4.30 	between a construction manager/general contractor and the commissioner, which 
4.31 	must include terms providing for a price, construction schedule, and workmanship of 
4.32 	the construction performed. The construction manager/general contractor contract 
4.33 	may include provisions for incremental price contracts for specific work packages, 
5.1 	additional work performed, contingencies, or other contract provisions that will allow the 
5.2 	commissioner to negotiate time and cost changes to the contract.
5.3 		Subd. 6.Past performance; experience. "Past performance" or "experience" does 
5.4 	not include the exercise or assertion of a person's legal rights.
5.5 		Subd. 7.Preconstruction services. "Preconstruction services" means all 
5.6 	non-construction-related services that a construction manager/general contractor is 
5.7 	allowed to perform before execution of a construction manager/general contractor contract 
5.8 	or work package.
5.9 		Subd. 8.Preconstruction services contract. "Preconstruction services contract" 
5.10 	means a contract under which a construction manager/general contractor is paid on the 
5.11 	basis of the actual cost to perform the work specified in the contract plus an amount for 
5.12 	overhead and profit for all preconstruction services.
5.13 		Subd. 9.Project. "Project" means any project selected by the commissioner as a 
5.14 	construction manager/general contractor project under section 161.3208.
5.15 		Subd. 10.Request for proposals; RFP. "Request for proposals" or "RFP" means 
5.16 	the document or publication soliciting proposals for a construction manager/general 
5.17 	contractor contract.
5.18 		Subd. 11.Request for qualifications; RFQ. "Request for qualifications" or "RFQ" 
5.19 	means a document or publication used to prequalify and short-list potential construction 
5.20 	managers/general contractors.
5.21 		Subd. 12.Work package. "Work package" means the scope of work for a defined 
5.22 	portion of a project. A defined portion includes construction services on any project 
5.23 	aspect, including procuring materials or services.

5.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
5.25 	and expires one year following the acceptance of ten construction manager/general 
5.26 	contractor contracts.

5.27 	Sec. 3. [161.3208] CONSTRUCTION MANAGER/GENERAL CONTRACTOR; 
5.28 	AUTHORITY.
5.29 		Subdivision 1.Selection authority; limitation. Notwithstanding sections 16C.25, 
5.30 	161.32, and 161.321, or any other law to the contrary, the commissioner may select a 
5.31 	construction manager/general contractor as provided in section 161.3209, and award a 
5.32 	construction manager/general contractor contract. The number of awarded contracts 
5.33 	shall not exceed four in any calendar year.
5.34 		Subd. 2.Determination. Final determination to use a construction manager/general 
5.35 	contractor contracting procedure may be made only by the commissioner.
6.1 		Subd. 3.Cancellation. The solicitation of construction manager/general contractor 
6.2 	requests for qualifications or proposals does not obligate the commissioner to enter into a 
6.3 	construction manager/general contractor contract. The commissioner may accept or reject 
6.4 	any or all responses received as a result of the request. The solicitation of proposals may 
6.5 	be canceled at any time at the commissioner's sole discretion if cancellation is considered 
6.6 	to be in the state's best interest. If the commissioner rejects all responses or cancels the 
6.7 	solicitation for proposals, the commissioner may resolicit a request for proposals using the 
6.8 	same or different requirements.
6.9 		Subd. 4.Reporting. The commissioner shall notify the chairs and ranking minority 
6.10 	members of the senate and house of representatives committees with jurisdiction over 
6.11 	transportation policy and transportation finance each time the commissioner decides to 
6.12 	use the construction manager/general contractor method of procurement and explain why 
6.13 	that method was chosen.

6.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
6.15 	and expires one year following the acceptance of ten construction manager/general 
6.16 	contractor contracts.

6.17 	Sec. 4. [161.3209] CONSTRUCTION MANAGER/GENERAL CONTRACTOR; 
6.18 	PROCEDURES.
6.19 		Subdivision 1.Solicitation of proposals. If the commissioner determines that 
6.20 	a construction manager/general contractor method of procurement is appropriate for 
6.21 	a project, the commissioner shall establish a two-phase procedure for awarding the 
6.22 	construction manager/general contractor contract, as described in subdivisions 2 and 3.
6.23 		Subd. 2.Phase 1 - request for proposals. (a) The commissioner shall prepare 
6.24 	or have prepared an RFP for each construction manager/general contractor contract as 
6.25 	provided in this section. The RFP must contain, at a minimum, the following elements:
6.26 	(1) the minimum qualifications of the construction manager/general contractor;
6.27 	(2) the procedures for submitting proposals and the criteria for evaluation of 
6.28 	qualifications and the relative weight for each criteria;
6.29 	(3) the form of the contract to be awarded;
6.30 	(4) the scope of intended construction work;
6.31 	(5) a listing of the types of preconstruction services that will be required;
6.32 	(6) an anticipated schedule for commencing and completing the project;
6.33 	(7) any applicable budget limits for the project;
6.34 	(8) the requirements for insurance, statutorily required performance, and payment 
6.35 	bonds;
7.1 	(9) the requirements that the construction manager/general contractor provide a 
7.2 	letter from a surety or insurance company stating that the construction manager/general 
7.3 	contractor is capable of obtaining a performance bond and payment bond covering the 
7.4 	estimated contract cost;
7.5 	(10) the method for how construction manager/general contractor fees for the 
7.6 	preconstruction services contract will be negotiated;
7.7 	(11) a statement that past performance or experience does not include the exercise 
7.8 	or assertion of a person's legal rights; and
7.9 	(12) any other information desired by the commissioner.
7.10 	(b) Before receiving any responses to the RFP:
7.11 	(1) the commissioner shall appoint a technical review committee of at least five 
7.12 	individuals, of which one is a Department of Transportation manager who is also a 
7.13 	licensed professional engineer in Minnesota;
7.14 	(2) the technical review committee shall evaluate the construction manager/general 
7.15 	contractor proposals according to criteria and subcriteria published in the RFP and 
7.16 	procedures established by the commissioner. The commissioner shall, as designated in 
7.17 	the RFP, evaluate construction manager/general contractor proposals on the basis of best 
7.18 	value as defined in section 16C.05, or using the qualifications-based selection process set 
7.19 	forth in section 16C.095, except that subdivision 1 of section 16C.095 shall not apply. If 
7.20 	the commissioner does not receive at least two proposals from construction managers, 
7.21 	the commissioner may:
7.22 	(i) solicit new proposals;
7.23 	(ii) revise the RFP and thereafter solicit new proposals using the revised RFP;
7.24 	(iii) select another allowed procurement method; or
7.25 	(iv) reject the proposals; and
7.26 	(3) the technical review committee shall evaluate the responses to the request for 
7.27 	proposals and rank the construction manager/general contractor based on the predefined 
7.28 	criteria set forth in the RFP in accordance with paragraph (a), clause (2).
7.29 	(c) Unless all proposals are rejected, the commissioner shall conduct contract 
7.30 	negotiations for a preconstruction services contract with the construction manager/general 
7.31 	contractor with the highest ranking. If the construction manager/general contractor with 
7.32 	the highest ranking declines or is unable to reach an agreement, the commissioner may 
7.33 	begin contract negotiations with the next highest ranked construction manager/general 
7.34 	contractor.
7.35 	(d) Before issuing the RFP, the commissioner may elect to issue a request for 
7.36 	qualifications (RFQ) and short-list the most highly qualified construction managers/general 
8.1 	contractors. The RFQ must include the procedures for submitting statements of 
8.2 	qualification, the criteria for evaluation of qualifications, and the relative weight for each 
8.3 	criterion. The statements of qualifications must be evaluated by the technical review 
8.4 	committee.
8.5 		Subd. 3.Phase 2 - construction manager/general contractor contract. (a) Before 
8.6 	conducting any construction-related services, the commissioner shall:
8.7 	(1) conduct an independent cost estimate for the project or each work package; and
8.8 	(2) conduct contract negotiations with the construction manager/general contractor 
8.9 	to develop a construction manager/general contractor contract. This contract must include 
8.10 	a minimum construction manager/general contractor self-performing requirement of 30 
8.11 	percent of the negotiated cost. Items designated in the construction manager/general 
8.12 	contractor contract as specialty items may be subcontracted and the cost of any specialty 
8.13 	item performed under the subcontract will be deducted from the cost before computing the 
8.14 	amount of work required to be performed by the contractor.
8.15 	(b) If the construction manager/general contractor and the commissioner are unable 
8.16 	to negotiate a contract, the commissioner may use other contract procurement processes or 
8.17 	may readvertise the construction manager/general contractor contract. The construction 
8.18 	manager/general contractor may (1) bid or propose on the project if advertised under 
8.19 	section 161.32 or 161.3206 or (2) join a design-build team if advertised under sections 
8.20 	161.3410 to 161.3428.
8.21 	(c) The commissioner shall provide to all bidders or design-build teams, all data 
8.22 	shared between the commissioner and the construction manager/general contractor during 
8.23 	the contract negotiations under this subdivision.

8.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
8.25 	and expires one year following the acceptance of ten construction manager/general 
8.26 	contractor contracts.

8.27 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 161.3212, is amended to read:
8.28 	161.3212 WORKING CAPITAL FUND.
8.29 	The commissioner, to the extent allowed by other law or contract, may grant 
8.30 	available money that has been appropriated for socially or economically disadvantaged 
8.31 	business programs to a guaranty fund administered by a nonprofit organization that makes 
8.32 	or guarantees working capital loans to businesses small business concerns owned and 
8.33 	operated by socially or and economically disadvantaged persons as defined individuals. 
8.34 	"Small business concern" and "socially and economically disadvantaged individual" have 
9.1 	the meanings given them in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 23.5 26.5. The 
9.2 	purpose of loans made or guaranteed by the organization must be to provide short-term 
9.3 	working capital to enable eligible businesses to be awarded contracts for goods and 
9.4 	services or for construction-related services from government agencies.
9.5 	Money contributed from a constitutionally or statutorily dedicated fund must be used 
9.6 	only for purposes consistent with the purposes of the dedicated fund.

9.7 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 162.02, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
9.8 		Subd. 2.Rules; advisory committee. (a) The rules shall be made and promulgated 
9.9 	by the commissioner acting with the advice of a committee selected by the several county 
9.10 	boards acting through the officers of the statewide association of county commissioners. 
9.11 	The committee shall be composed of nine members so selected that each member shall 
9.12 	be from a different state highway construction district. Not more than five of the nine 
9.13 	members of the committee shall be county commissioners. The remaining members shall 
9.14 	be county highway engineers. In the event that agreement cannot be reached on any rule, 
9.15 	the commissioner's determination shall be final. The rules shall be printed and copies 
9.16 	forwarded to the county engineers of the several counties. For the purposes of this section, 
9.17 	the expedited process for adopting rules established in section 14.389 may be used.
9.18 	(b) Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 5, the committee does not expire.

9.19 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 162.02, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
9.20 		Subd. 3.Rules have force of law. The rules shall have the force and effect of law 
9.21 	upon compliance with the provisions of sections 14.05 to 14.28 as provided in chapter 14.

9.22 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 162.09, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
9.23 		Subd. 2.Rules; advisory committee. (a) The rules shall be made and promulgated 
9.24 	by the commissioner acting with the advice of a committee selected by the governing 
9.25 	bodies of such cities, acting through the officers of the statewide association of municipal 
9.26 	officials. The committee shall be composed of 12 members, so selected that there shall be 
9.27 	one member from each state highway construction district and in addition one member 
9.28 	from each city of the first class. Not more than six members of the committee shall be 
9.29 	elected officials of the cities. The remaining members of the committee shall be city 
9.30 	engineers. In the event that agreement cannot be reached on any rule the commissioner's 
9.31 	determination shall be final. The rules shall be printed and copies forwarded to the clerks 
9.32 	and engineers of the cities. For the purposes of this section, the expedited process for 
9.33 	adopting rules established in section 14.389 may be used.
10.1 	(b) Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 5, the committee does not expire.

10.2 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 162.09, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
10.3 		Subd. 3.Rules have force of law. The rules shall have the force and effect of law 
10.4 	upon compliance with the provisions of sections 14.05 to 14.28 as provided in chapter 14.

10.5 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 162.09, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
10.6 		Subd. 4.Federal census is conclusive. (a) In determining whether any city has 
10.7 	a population of 5,000 or more, the last federal census shall be conclusive, except as 
10.8 	otherwise provided in this subdivision.
10.9 	(b) The governing body of a city may contract with the United States Bureau of the 
10.10 	Census to take a special census. A certified copy of the results of the census shall be filed 
10.11 	with the appropriate state authorities by the city. The result of the census shall be the 
10.12 	population of the city for the purposes of any law providing that population is a required 
10.13 	qualification for distribution of highway aids under chapter 162. The special census shall 
10.14 	remain in effect until the next federal census is completed and filed. The expense of taking 
10.15 	the special census shall be paid by the city.
10.16 	(c) If an entire area not heretofore incorporated as a city is incorporated as such 
10.17 	during the interval between federal censuses, its population shall be determined by its 
10.18 	incorporation census. The incorporation census shall be determinative of the population of 
10.19 	the city only until the next federal census.
10.20 	(d) The population of a city created by the consolidation of two or more previously 
10.21 	incorporated cities shall be determined by the most recent population estimate of the 
10.22 	Metropolitan Council or state demographer, until the first federal decennial census or 
10.23 	special census taken after the consolidation.
10.24 	(e) The population of a city that is not receiving a municipal state-aid street fund 
10.25 	apportionment shall be determined, upon request of the city, by the most recent population 
10.26 	estimate of the Metropolitan Council or state demographer. A municipal state-aid street 
10.27 	fund apportionment received by the city must be based on this population estimate until 
10.28 	the next federal decennial census or special census.
10.29 	(f) A city that is found in the most recent federal decennial census to have a 
10.30 	population of less than 5,000 is deemed for the purposes of this chapter and the Minnesota 
10.31 	Constitution, article XIV, to have a population of 5,000 or more under the following 
10.32 	circumstances: (1) immediately before the most recent federal decennial census, the city 
10.33 	was receiving municipal state-aid street fund distributions; and (2) the population of 
10.34 	the city was found in the most recent federal decennial census to be less than 5,000. 
11.1 	Following the end of the first calendar year that ends in "5" after the decennial census and 
11.2 	until the next decennial census, the population of any city must be determined under 
11.3 	paragraphs (a) to (e).

11.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2012.

11.5 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 162.13, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
11.6 		Subdivision 1.Factors in formula. After deducting for administrative costs and 
11.7 	for the disaster fund and research account as heretofore provided, and for any allocation 
11.8 	made under section 162.125, the remainder of the total sum provided for in subdivision 1 
11.9 	of section 162.12 shall be identified as the apportionment sum, and shall be apportioned 
11.10 	by the commissioner to the cities having a population of 5,000 or more, in accordance 
11.11 	with the following formula:
11.12 	(1) An amount equal to 50 percent of such apportionment sum shall be apportioned 
11.13 	among the cities having a population of 5,000 or more so that each such city shall receive 
11.14 	of such amount the percentage that its money needs bears to the total money needs of 
11.15 	all such cities.
11.16 	(2) An amount equal to 50 percent of such apportionment sum shall be apportioned 
11.17 	among the cities having a population of 5,000 or more so that each such city shall receive 
11.18 	of such amount the percentage that its population bears to the total population of all such 
11.19 	cities. For purposes of this subdivision, the population of a city is the greater of 5,000 
11.20 	or the number calculated under section 162.09, subdivision 4, paragraph (a), (b), (c), 
11.21 	(d), or (e).

11.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2012.

11.23 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 162.155, is amended to read:
11.24 	162.155 RULES FOR VARIANCES RULEMAKING.
11.25 	(a) The commissioner shall adopt rules, no later than January 1, 1980, in accordance 
11.26 	with sections 15.041 to 15.052, setting forth the criteria to be considered by the 
11.27 	commissioner in evaluating requests for variances under sections 162.02, subdivision 3a
11.28 	and 162.09, subdivision 3a. The rules shall must include, but are not limited to, economic, 
11.29 	engineering and safety guidelines.
11.30 	(b) The commissioner shall adopt rules establishing the engineering standards 
11.31 	adopted pursuant to section for cost estimation under sections162.07, subdivision 2, 
11.32 	or and162.13, subdivision 2, shall be adopted pursuant to the requirements of chapter 
11.33 	15 by July 1, 1980. 
12.1 	(c) The rules adopted by the commissioner under this section, and sections 
12.2 	162.02; 162.07, subdivision 2; 162.09; and 162.13, subdivision 2, are exempt from the 
12.3 	rulemaking provisions of chapter 14. The rules are subject to section 14.386, except that, 
12.4 	notwithstanding paragraph (b) of that section, the rules continue in effect until repealed or 
12.5 	superseded by other law or rule.

12.6 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 165.01, is amended to read:
12.7 	165.01 DEFINITIONS.
12.8 		Subdivision 1.Scope. For the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this 
12.9 	section and section 160.02 have the meanings given them.
12.10 		Subd. 2.AASHTO manual. "AASHTO manual" means the Manual for Condition 
12.11 	Evaluation of Bridges, published by the American Association of State Highway and 
12.12 	Transportation Officials. "The Manual for Bridge Evaluation," published by the American 
12.13 	Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, is incorporated by reference.
12.14 		Subd. 3.Bridge. "Bridge" is defined as a structure, including supports erected over 
12.15 	a depression or an obstruction, such as water, a highway, or a railway, having a track or 
12.16 	passageway for carrying traffic or other moving loads, and having an opening measured 
12.17 	horizontally along the center of the roadway of ten feet or more between undercopings of 
12.18 	abutments, between the spring line of arches, or between the extreme ends of openings 
12.19 	for multiple boxes. Bridge also includes multiple pipes where the clear distance between 
12.20 	openings is less than one-half of the smaller contiguous opening. This definition of a 
12.21 	bridge includes only those railroad and pedestrian bridges over a public highway or street.
12.22 		Subd. 4.National Bridge Inspection Standards (NBIS). "NBIS" means standards 
12.23 	established by the Federal Highway Administration in Code of Federal Regulations, title 
12.24 	23, part 650, subpart C, incorporated by reference.

12.25 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 165.03, is amended to read:
12.26 	165.03 STRENGTH OF BRIDGE; INSPECTION.
12.27 		Subdivision 1.Standards generally. Each bridge, including a privately owned 
12.28 	bridge, must conform to the strength, width, clearance, and safety standards imposed 
12.29 	by the commissioner for the connecting highway or street. This subdivision applies to 
12.30 	a bridge that is constructed after August 1, 1989, on any public highway or street. The 
12.31 	bridge must have sufficient strength to support with safety the maximum vehicle weights 
12.32 	allowed under sections 169.822 to 169.829 and must have the minimum width specified 
12.33 	in section 165.04, subdivision 3.
13.1 		Subd. 1a.Inspection. (a) Each bridge must be inspected annually, unless a longer 
13.2 	interval not to exceed two years 24 months for bridges or four years 48 months for bridges 
13.3 	classified as culverts is authorized by the commissioner. The commissioner's authorization 
13.4 	must be based on factors including, but not limited to, the age and condition of the 
13.5 	bridge, the rate of deterioration of the bridge, the type of structure, the susceptibility of 
13.6 	the bridge to failure, and the characteristics of traffic on the bridge. The commissioner 
13.7 	may require interim inspections at intervals of less than one year on bridges that are 
13.8 	posted, bridges subjected to extreme scour conditions, bridges subject to significant 
13.9 	substructure movement or settlement, and for other reasons as specified or inferred in the 
13.10 	AASHTO manual.
13.11 	(b) Additional requirements apply to structures meeting the NBIS definition of 
13.12 	a bridge:
13.13 	(1) Underwater structural elements must be inspected at regular intervals not to 
13.14 	exceed 60 months. The commissioner may require inspections at intervals of less than 
13.15 	60 months on certain underwater structural elements based on factors including, but not 
13.16 	limited to, construction material, environment, age, scour characteristics, the condition 
13.17 	ratings from past inspections, and any known deficiencies.
13.18 	(2) Fracture critical members, or FCMs, must receive a hands-on fracture critical 
13.19 	inspection at intervals not to exceed 24 months. The commissioner may require 
13.20 	inspections at intervals of less than 24 months on certain FCMs based on factors including, 
13.21 	but not limited to, age, traffic characteristics, and any known deficiencies.
13.22 	(3) The commissioner may establish criteria to determine the level and frequency of 
13.23 	these inspections. If warranted by special circumstances, the commissioner retains the 
13.24 	authority to determine the inspection type and required inspection frequency for any 
13.25 	bridge on the state inventory.
13.26 	(b) (c) The thoroughness of each inspection depends on such factors as age, traffic 
13.27 	characteristics, state of maintenance, and known deficiencies. The evaluation of these 
13.28 	factors is the responsibility of the engineer assigned the responsibility for inspection as 
13.29 	defined by rule adopted by the commissioner of transportation.
13.30 		Subd. 2.Inspection and inventory responsibilities; rules; forms. (a) The 
13.31 	commissioner of transportation will adopt the National Bridge Inspection Standards 
13.32 	(NBIS) established by the Federal Highway Administration in Code of Federal 
13.33 	Regulations, title 23, part 650, subpart C, or its successor documents, for structures 
13.34 	meeting the NBIS definition of a bridge. The commissioner shall establish inspection and 
13.35 	inventory standards for structures defined as bridges by section 165.01, subdivision 3.
14.1 	(a) (b) The commissioner of transportation shall adopt official inventory and bridge 
14.2 	inspection report forms for use in making bridge inspections by the owners or highway 
14.3 	authorities specified by this subdivision. Inspections must be made at regular intervals, 
14.4 	not to exceed two years for bridges and not to exceed four years for culverts the intervals 
14.5 	outlined in subdivision 1a, by the following owner or official:
14.6 	(1) the commissioner of transportation for all bridges located wholly or partially 
14.7 	within or over the right-of-way of a state trunk highway;
14.8 	(2) the county highway engineer for all bridges located wholly or partially within or 
14.9 	over the right-of-way of any county or town road, or any street within a municipality that 
14.10 	does not have a city engineer regularly employed;
14.11 	(3) the city engineer for all bridges located wholly or partially within or over the 
14.12 	right-of-way of any street located within or along municipal limits;
14.13 	(4) the commissioner of transportation in case of a toll bridge that is used by the 
14.14 	general public and that is not inspected and certified under subdivision 6; provided, that 
14.15 	the commissioner of transportation may assess the owner for the costs of the inspection;
14.16 	(5) the owner of a bridge over a public highway or street or that carries a roadway 
14.17 	designated for public use by a public authority, if not required to be inventoried and 
14.18 	inspected under clause (1), (2), (3), or (4).
14.19 	(b) (c) The commissioner of transportation shall prescribe the standards for bridge 
14.20 	inspection and inventory by rules inspection and inventory procedures required to 
14.21 	administer the bridge inspection program in Minnesota and has the authority to establish 
14.22 	and publish standards that describe the inspection and inventory requirements to ensure 
14.23 	compliance with paragraph (a). The owner or highway authority shall inspect and 
14.24 	inventory in accordance with these standards and furnish the commissioner with such data 
14.25 	as may be necessary to maintain a central inventory.
14.26 		Subd. 3.County inventory and inspection records and reports. The county 
14.27 	engineer shall maintain a complete inventory record of all bridges as set forth in 
14.28 	subdivision 2, paragraph (a) (b), clause (2), with the inspection reports thereof, and shall 
14.29 	certify annually to the commissioner, as prescribed by the commissioner, that inspections 
14.30 	have been made at regular intervals, not to exceed two years for bridges and not to 
14.31 	exceed four years for culverts the intervals outlined in subdivision 1a. A report of the 
14.32 	inspections must be filed annually, on or before February 15 of each year, with the county 
14.33 	auditor or town clerk, or the governing body of the municipality. The report must contain 
14.34 	recommendations for the correction of or legal posting of load limits on any bridge or 
14.35 	structure that is found to be understrength or unsafe.
15.1 		Subd. 4.Municipal inventory and inspection records and reports. The 
15.2 	city engineer shall maintain a complete inventory record of all bridges as set forth in 
15.3 	subdivision 2, paragraph (a) (b), clause (3), with the inspection reports thereof, and shall 
15.4 	certify annually to the commissioner, as prescribed by the commissioner, that inspections 
15.5 	have been made at regular intervals, not to exceed two years for bridges and not to exceed 
15.6 	four years for culverts the intervals outlined in subdivision 1a. A report of the inspections 
15.7 	must be filed annually, on or before February 15 of each year, with the governing body of 
15.8 	the municipality. The report must contain recommendations for the correction of or legal 
15.9 	posting of load limits on any bridge or structure that is found to be understrength or unsafe.
15.10 		Subd. 5.Agreement. Agreements may be made among the various units of 
15.11 	governments, or between governmental units and qualified engineering personnel to 
15.12 	carry out the responsibilities for the bridge inspections and reports, as established by 
15.13 	subdivision 2.
15.14 		Subd. 6.Other bridges. The owner of a toll bridge and the owner of a bridge 
15.15 	described in subdivision 2, paragraph (a) (b), clause (5), shall certify to the commissioner, 
15.16 	as prescribed by the commissioner, that inspections of the bridge or culvert have been 
15.17 	made at regular intervals, not to exceed two years for bridges and not to exceed four years 
15.18 	for culverts the intervals outlined in subdivision 1a. The certification must be accompanied 
15.19 	by a report of the inspection. The report must contain recommendations for the correction 
15.20 	of or legal posting of load limitations if the bridge is found to be understrength or unsafe.
15.21 		Subd. 6a.Bridge load rating and posting. (a) The term "posting" means the 
15.22 	placement of regulatory signs at a bridge indicating the safe load carrying capacity of 
15.23 	the bridge.
15.24 	(b) Each structure required to be inspected under subdivision 2, paragraph (a), must 
15.25 	be load rated to determine its safe load carrying capacity, and this rating must be reported 
15.26 	on a structure inventory sheet form provided by the commissioner of transportation. A 
15.27 	structure must be rerated when it is determined that a significant change has occurred in 
15.28 	the condition of the structure or due to additional dead load placed on the structure since 
15.29 	the last load rating. Load ratings must be reviewed and the structure rerated if necessary 
15.30 	when the allowable legal load using the structure is increased. Changes in the load rating 
15.31 	of a bridge must be indicated on the structure inventory sheet form.
15.32 	(c) If it is determined that the maximum legal load under state law exceeds the load 
15.33 	permitted on the structure under the operating rating stress level assigned, the bridge must 
15.34 	be posted. Posting signs adopted by the commissioner shall be used for the posting. The 
15.35 	owner or highway authority shall post the bridge in accordance with the posted load 
15.36 	assigned by the commissioner.
16.1 		Subd. 7.Department of Natural Resources bridge. (a) Notwithstanding 
16.2 	subdivision 2, the commissioners of transportation and natural resources shall negotiate a 
16.3 	memorandum of understanding that governs the inspection of bridges owned, operated, 
16.4 	or maintained by the commissioner of natural resources.
16.5 	(b) The memorandum of understanding must provide for:
16.6 	(1) the inspection and inventory of bridges subject to federal law or regulations;
16.7 	(2) the frequency of inspection of bridges described in paragraph (a) subdivision 
16.8 	1a; and
16.9 	(3) who may perform inspections required under the memorandum of understanding.
16.10 		Subd. 8.Biennial report on bridge inspection quality assurance. By February 
16.11 	1 of each odd-numbered year, the commissioner shall submit a report electronically to 
16.12 	the members of the senate and house of representatives committees with jurisdiction over 
16.13 	transportation policy and finance concerning quality assurance for bridge inspections. 
16.14 	At a minimum, the report must:
16.15 	(1) summarize the bridge inspection quality assurance and quality control procedures 
16.16 	used in Minnesota;
16.17 	(2) identify any substantive changes to quality assurance and quality control 
16.18 	procedures made in the previous two years;
16.19 	(3) summarize and provide a briefing on findings from bridge inspection quality 
16.20 	reviews performed in the previous two years;
16.21 	(4) identify actions taken and planned in response to findings from bridge inspection 
16.22 	quality reviews performed in the previous two years;
16.23 	(5) summarize the results of any bridge inspection compliance review by the Federal 
16.24 	Highway Administration; and
16.25 	(6) identify actions in response to the Federal Highway Administration compliance 
16.26 	review taken by the department in order to reach full compliance.

16.27 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168.002, subdivision 19, is amended to read:
16.28 		Subd. 19.Motorcycle. "Motorcycle" means every motor vehicle having a seat or 
16.29 	saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in 
16.30 	contact with the ground, including motor scooters and bicycles with motor attached, other 
16.31 	than those vehicles defined as motorized bicycles in subdivision 20, but excluding a tractor
16.32 	has the meaning given in section 169.011, subdivision 44.

16.33 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168.002, subdivision 20, is amended to read:
17.1 		Subd. 20.Motorized bicycle. "Motorized bicycle" means a bicycle that is propelled 
17.2 	by an electric or a liquid fuel motor of a piston displacement capacity of 50 cubic 
17.3 	centimeters or less, and a maximum of two brake horsepower, which is capable of a 
17.4 	maximum speed of not more than 30 miles per hour on a flat surface with not more than 
17.5 	one percent grade in any direction when the motor is engaged. "Motorized bicycle" 
17.6 	includes an electric-assisted bicycle as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 27 has the 
17.7 	meaning given in section 169.011, subdivision 45.

17.8 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168.012, is amended by adding a subdivision 
17.9 	to read:
17.10 		Subd. 2d.Electric-assisted bicycles. Electric-assisted bicycles must not be taxed as 
17.11 	motor vehicles using the public streets and highways, and are exempt from the provisions 
17.12 	of this chapter.

17.13 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168.013, is amended by adding a subdivision 
17.14 	to read:
17.15 		Subd. 22.Optional donation for education on anatomical gifts. As part of 
17.16 	procedures for payment of the vehicle registration tax under this section, the commissioner 
17.17 	shall allow a vehicle owner to add to the tax a $2 donation for the purposes of public 
17.18 	information and education on anatomical gifts under section 171.075, for in-person 
17.19 	transactions conducted by a deputy registrar appointed under section 168.33, subdivision 
17.20 	2. This subdivision applies to annual renewal registrations only, and does not apply to 
17.21 	registrations authorized under sections 168.053 to 168.057, 168.127, 168.187, and 168.27.

17.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2013.

17.23 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 168.12, subdivision 5, is 
17.24 	amended to read:
17.25 		Subd. 5.Additional fee. (a) In addition to any fee otherwise authorized or any tax 
17.26 	otherwise imposed upon any vehicle, the payment of which is required as a condition to 
17.27 	the issuance of any plate or plates, the commissioner shall impose the fee specified in 
17.28 	paragraph (b) that is calculated to cover the cost of manufacturing and issuing the plate 
17.29 	or plates, except for plates issued to disabled veterans as defined in section 168.031 and 
17.30 	plates issued pursuant to section 168.124, 168.125, or 168.27, subdivisions 16 and 17, 
17.31 	for passenger automobiles. The commissioner shall issue graphic design plates only 
17.32 	for vehicles registered pursuant to section 168.017 and recreational vehicles registered 
17.33 	pursuant to section 168.013, subdivision 1g.
18.1 	(b) Unless otherwise specified or exempted by statute, the following plate and 
18.2 	validation sticker fees apply for the original, duplicate, or replacement issuance of a 
18.3 	plate in a plate year:

18.4	License Plate
			Single
		Double
	
18.5		Regular and Disability
		$
	4.50
	$
	6.00
	
18.6		Special
		$
	8.50
	$
	10.00
	
18.7		Personalized (Replacement)
		$
	10.00
	$
	14.00
	
18.8		Collector Category
		$
	13.50
	$
	15.00
	
18.9		Emergency Vehicle Display
		$
	3.00
	$
	6.00
	
18.10		Utility Trailer Self-Adhesive
		$
	2.50
			
18.11		Vertical Motorcycle Plate
		$
	100.00
		NA
	
18.12	Stickers
						
18.13		Duplicate year
		$
	1.00
	$
	1.00
	
18.14		International Fuel Tax Agreement
		$
	2.50
			
18.15 	(c) For vehicles that require two of the categories above, the registrar shall only 
18.16 	charge the higher of the two fees and not a combined total.
18.17 	(d) As part of procedures for payment of the fee under paragraph (b), the 
18.18 	commissioner shall allow a vehicle owner to add to the fee, a $2 donation for the purposes 
18.19 	of public information and education on anatomical gifts under section 171.075.

18.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

18.21 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 168.123, subdivision 1, is 
18.22 	amended to read:
18.23 		Subdivision 1.General requirements; fees. (a) On payment of a fee of $10 for 
18.24 	each set of two plates, or for a single plate in the case of a motorcycle plate, payment of 
18.25 	the registration tax required by law, and compliance with other applicable laws relating to 
18.26 	vehicle registration and licensing, as applicable, the commissioner shall issue:
18.27 	(1) special veteran's plates to an applicant who served in the active military service 
18.28 	in a branch of the armed forces of the United States or of a nation or society allied with the 
18.29 	United States in conducting a foreign war, was discharged under honorable conditions, and 
18.30 	is a registered owner of a passenger automobile as defined in section 168.002, subdivision 
18.31 	24, recreational motor vehicle as defined in section 168.002, subdivision 27, or one-ton 
18.32 	pickup truck as defined in section 168.002, subdivision 21b, but which is not a commercial 
18.33 	motor vehicle as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 16; or
18.34 	(2) a veteran's special motorcycle plate as described in subdivision 2, paragraph (a), 
18.35 	(f), (h), (i), or (j), or another special plate designed by the commissioner to an applicant 
18.36 	who is a registered owner of a motorcycle as defined in section 168.002, subdivision 19, 
19.1 	and meets the criteria listed in this paragraph and in subdivision 2, paragraph (a), (f), (h), 
19.2 	(i), or (j). Plates issued under this clause must be the same size as regular motorcycle 
19.3 	plates. Special motorcycle license plates issued under this clause are not subject to 
19.4 	section 168.1293.
19.5 	(b) The additional fee of $10 is payable for each set of veteran's plates, is payable 
19.6 	only when the plates are issued, and is not payable in a year in which stickers are issued 
19.7 	instead of plates.
19.8 	(c) The veteran must have a certified copy of the veteran's discharge papers, 
19.9 	indicating character of discharge, at the time of application. If an applicant served in the 
19.10 	active military service in a branch of the armed forces of a nation or society allied with the 
19.11 	United States in conducting a foreign war and is unable to obtain a record of that service 
19.12 	and discharge status, the commissioner of veterans affairs may certify the applicant as 
19.13 	qualified for the veterans' plates provided under this section.
19.14 	(d) For license plates issued for one-ton trucks described in paragraph (a), clause 
19.15 	(1), the commissioner shall collect a surcharge of $5 on each $10 fee collected under 
19.16 	paragraph (a). The surcharge must be deposited in the vehicle services operating account 
19.17 	in the special revenue fund.

19.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

19.19 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168A.03, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
19.20 		Subdivision 1.No certificate issued. The registrar shall not issue a certificate of 
19.21 	title for:
19.22 	(1) a vehicle owned by the United States;
19.23 	(2) a vehicle owned by a nonresident and not required by law to be registered in 
19.24 	this state;
19.25 	(3) a vehicle owned by a nonresident and regularly engaged in the interstate 
19.26 	transportation of persons or property for which a currently effective certificate of title 
19.27 	has been issued in another state;
19.28 	(4) a vehicle moved solely by animal power;
19.29 	(5) an implement of husbandry;
19.30 	(6) special mobile equipment;
19.31 	(7) a self-propelled wheelchair or invalid tricycle;
19.32 	(8) a trailer (i) having a gross weight of 4,000 pounds or less unless a secured party 
19.33 	holds an interest in the trailer or a certificate of title was previously issued by this state or 
19.34 	any other state or (ii) designed primarily for agricultural purposes except a recreational 
20.1 	vehicle or a manufactured home, both as defined in section 168.002, subdivisions 16 
20.2 	and 27;
20.3 	(9) a snowmobile; and
20.4 	(10) a spotter truck, as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 77; and
20.5 	(11) an electric-assisted bicycle, as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 27.

20.6 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168A.07, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
20.7 		Subdivision 1.Ownership at issue; certificate withheld or bond filed. In the event 
20.8 	application is made in this state for a certificate of title on a vehicle and the department is 
20.9 	not satisfied as to the ownership of the vehicle or the existence of security interests therein, 
20.10 	the vehicle may be registered but the department, subject to subdivision 1a, shall either:
20.11 	(1) withhold issuance of a certificate of title until the applicant shall present 
20.12 	documents reasonably sufficient to satisfy the department of the applicant's ownership of 
20.13 	the vehicle and as to any security interest therein; or
20.14 	(2) as a condition to issuing a certificate of title, require the applicant to file a bond
20.15 	in the form and amount provided in subdivision 1b.
20.16 		Subd. 1a.Ownership at issue; requirements for certificate issuance. (a) In the 
20.17 	event application is made in this state for a certificate of title on a vehicle with a model 
20.18 	year designated by the manufacturer of more than five years prior to the year in which 
20.19 	application is made, and the applicant is unable to establish sole ownership of the vehicle 
20.20 	because one or more owners, prior owners, or lienholders cannot be found, the department 
20.21 	shall issue a certificate of title to the applicant if the applicant submits:
20.22 	(1) the application;
20.23 	(2) a bond in the form and amount provided in subdivision 1b;
20.24 	(3) an affidavit that identifies the make, model year, and vehicle identification 
20.25 	number of the vehicle, and includes a statement that:
20.26 	(i) the applicant is an owner of the vehicle;
20.27 	(ii) the applicant has physical possession of the vehicle; and
20.28 	(iii) in attempting to transfer interest in the vehicle or obtain a certificate of title or 
20.29 	lien release, the applicant was unable after using due diligence to (A) determine the names 
20.30 	or locations of one or more owners, prior owners, or lienholders; or (B) successfully 
20.31 	contact one or more owners, prior owners, or lienholders known to the applicant; and
20.32 	(4) payment for required taxes and fees.
20.33 	(b) Unless the department has been notified of the pendency of an action to recover 
20.34 	the bond under paragraph (a), clause (2), the department shall allow it to expire at the 
20.35 	end of three years.
21.1 		Subd. 1b.Bond requirements. A bond filed under this section must be in the form 
21.2 	prescribed by the department and executed by the applicant, and either accompanied by the 
21.3 	deposit of cash or executed by a surety company authorized to do business in this state, in 
21.4 	an amount equal to 1-1/2 times the value of the vehicle as determined by the department. 
21.5 	The bond shall be conditioned to indemnify any prior owner and secured party and any 
21.6 	subsequent purchaser of the vehicle or person acquiring any security interest therein, or the 
21.7 	successor in interest of any said person, against any expense, loss, or damage, including 
21.8 	reasonable attorneys' fees, by reason of the issuance of the certificate of title to the vehicle 
21.9 	or on account of any defect in or undisclosed security interest upon the right, title and 
21.10 	interest of the applicant in and to the vehicle. Any such interested person shall have a right 
21.11 	of action to recover on such bond for any breach of its conditions, but the aggregate 
21.12 	liability of the surety to all such persons shall in no event exceed the amount of the bond. 
21.13 	Unless the department has been notified of the pendency of an action to recover on the 
21.14 	bond and if all questions as to ownership and outstanding security interests have been 
21.15 	resolved to the satisfaction of the department, such bond, and any deposit accompanying 
21.16 	it, shall be returned at the end of three years or prior thereto in the event the vehicle is no 
21.17 	longer registered in this state and the currently valid certificate of title is surrendered.

21.18 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.011, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
21.19 		Subd. 4.Bicycle. (a) "Bicycle" means every device capable of being propelled 
21.20 	solely by human power upon which any person may ride, having two tandem wheels 
21.21 	except scooters and similar devices, and including any device generally recognized 
21.22 	as a bicycle though equipped with two front or rear wheels. Bicycle includes an 
21.23 	electric-assisted bicycle, as defined in subdivision 27.
21.24 	(b) "Bicycle" does not include scooters, motorized foot scooters, or similar devices.

21.25 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.011, subdivision 27, is amended to read:
21.26 		Subd. 27.Electric-assisted bicycle. "Electric-assisted bicycle" means a motor 
21.27 	vehicle bicycle with two or three wheels that:
21.28 	(1) has a saddle and fully operable pedals for human propulsion;
21.29 	(2) meets the requirements:
21.30 	(i) of federal motor vehicle safety standards for a motor-driven cycle in Code of 
21.31 	Federal Regulations, title 49, sections 571.1 et seq.; or
21.32 	(ii) for bicycles under Code of Federal Regulations, title 16, part 1512, or successor 
21.33 	requirements; and
22.1 	(3) has an electric motor that (i) has a power output of not more than 1,000 watts, (ii) 
22.2 	is incapable of propelling the vehicle at a speed of more than 20 miles per hour, (iii) is 
22.3 	incapable of further increasing the speed of the device when human power alone is used 
22.4 	to propel the vehicle at a speed of more than 20 miles per hour, and (iv) disengages or 
22.5 	ceases to function when the vehicle's brakes are applied.

22.6 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.011, subdivision 44, is amended to read:
22.7 		Subd. 44.Motorcycle. "Motorcycle" means every motor vehicle having a seat or 
22.8 	saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in 
22.9 	contact with the ground, including motor scooters and bicycles with motor attached, 
22.10 	other than those vehicles defined as. Motorcycle does not include (1)  motorized bicycles
22.11 	as defined in subdivision 45, but excluding (2) electric-assisted bicycles as defined in 
22.12 	subdivision 27, or (3) a tractor.

22.13 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.011, subdivision 45, is amended to read:
22.14 		Subd. 45.Motorized bicycle. "Motorized bicycle" means a bicycle that is propelled 
22.15 	by an electric or a liquid fuel motor of a piston displacement capacity of 50 cubic 
22.16 	centimeters or less, and a maximum of two brake horsepower, which is capable of a 
22.17 	maximum speed of not more than 30 miles per hour on a flat surface with not more than 
22.18 	one percent grade in any direction when the motor is engaged. "Motorized bicycle" 
22.19 	includes does not include an electric-assisted bicycle as defined in subdivision 27.

22.20 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.06, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
22.21 		Subd. 4.Obedience to traffic-control signal or flagger; presumptions. (a) The 
22.22 	driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-control device 
22.23 	applicable thereto placed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, unless 
22.24 	otherwise directed by a police officer or by a certified overdimensional load escort driver
22.25 	flagger authorized under this subdivision, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of 
22.26 	an authorized emergency vehicle in this chapter.
22.27 	(b) No provision of this chapter for which official traffic-control devices are required 
22.28 	shall be enforced against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged 
22.29 	violation an official device is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by 
22.30 	an ordinarily observant person. Whenever a particular section does not state that official 
22.31 	traffic-control devices are required, such section shall be effective even though no devices 
22.32 	are erected or in place.
23.1 	(c) Whenever official traffic-control devices are placed in position approximately 
23.2 	conforming to the requirements of this chapter, such devices shall be presumed to have 
23.3 	been so placed by the official act or direction of lawful authority, unless the contrary 
23.4 	shall be established by competent evidence.
23.5 	(d) Any official traffic-control device placed pursuant to the provisions of this 
23.6 	chapter and purporting to conform to the lawful requirements pertaining to such devices 
23.7 	shall be presumed to comply with the requirements of this chapter, unless the contrary 
23.8 	shall be established by competent evidence.
23.9 	(e) A flagger in a designated work zone may stop vehicles and hold vehicles in place 
23.10 	until it is safe for the vehicles to proceed. A person operating a motor vehicle that has 
23.11 	been stopped by a flagger in a designated work zone may proceed after stopping only on 
23.12 	instruction by the flagger.
23.13 	(f) An overdimensional load escort driver with a certificate issued under section 
23.14 	299D.085, while acting as a flagger escorting a legal overdimensional load, may stop 
23.15 	vehicles and hold vehicles in place until it is safe for the vehicles to proceed. A person 
23.16 	operating a motor vehicle that has been stopped by an escort driver acting as a flagger may 
23.17 	proceed only on instruction by the flagger or a police officer.
23.18 	(g) A person may stop and hold vehicles in place until it is safe for the vehicles to 
23.19 	proceed, if the person: (1) holds a motorcycle road guard certificate issued under section 
23.20 	171.60; (2) meets the safety and equipment standards for operating under the certificate; 
23.21 	(3) is acting as a flagger escorting a motorcycle group ride; (4) has notified each statutory 
23.22 	or home rule charter city through which the motorcycle group is proceeding; and (5) 
23.23 	has obtained consent from the chief of police, or the chief's designee, of any city of the 
23.24 	first class through which the group is proceeding. A flagger operating as provided under 
23.25 	this paragraph may direct operators of motorcycles within a motorcycle group ride or 
23.26 	other vehicle traffic, notwithstanding any contrary indication of a traffic-control device, 
23.27 	including stop signs or traffic-control signals. A person operating a vehicle that has been 
23.28 	stopped by a flagger under this paragraph may proceed only on instruction by the flagger 
23.29 	or a police officer.

23.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective one year after publication in the State 
23.31 	Register of rules adopted under section 171.60, subdivision 5.

23.32 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.09, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
23.33 		Subd. 13.Reports confidential; evidence, fee, penalty, appropriation. (a) All 
23.34 	reports and supplemental information required under this section must be for the use of the 
24.1 	commissioner of public safety and other appropriate state, federal, county, and municipal 
24.2 	governmental agencies for accident analysis purposes, except:
24.3 	(1) the commissioner of public safety or any law enforcement agency shall, upon 
24.4 	written request of any individual involved in an accident or upon written request of the 
24.5 	representative of the individual's estate, surviving spouse, or one or more surviving next 
24.6 	of kin, or a trustee appointed under section 573.02, or other person injured in person, 
24.7 	property, or means of support, or who incurs other pecuniary loss by virtue of the accident, 
24.8 	disclose to the requester, the requester's legal counsel, or a representative of the requester's 
24.9 	insurer the report required under subdivision 8;
24.10 	(2) the commissioner of public safety shall, upon written request, provide the driver 
24.11 	filing a report under subdivision 7 with a copy of the report filed by the driver;
24.12 	(3) the commissioner of public safety may verify with insurance companies vehicle 
24.13 	insurance information to enforce sections 65B.48, 169.792, 169.793, 169.796, and 
24.14 	169.797;
24.15 	(4) the commissioner of public safety shall provide the commissioner of 
24.16 	transportation the information obtained for each traffic accident involving a commercial 
24.17 	motor vehicle, for purposes of administering commercial vehicle safety regulations; and
24.18 	(5) upon specific request, the commissioner of public safety shall provide the 
24.19 	commissioner of transportation the information obtained regarding each traffic accident 
24.20 	involving damage to identified state-owned infrastructure, for purposes of debt collection 
24.21 	under section 161.20, subdivision 4; and
24.22 	(5)(6) the commissioner of public safety may give to the United States Department 
24.23 	of Transportation commercial vehicle accident information in connection with federal 
24.24 	grant programs relating to safety.
24.25 	(b) Accident reports and data contained in the reports are not discoverable under any 
24.26 	provision of law or rule of court. No report shall be used as evidence in any trial, civil or 
24.27 	criminal, or any action for damages or criminal proceedings arising out of an accident. 
24.28 	However, the commissioner of public safety shall furnish, upon the demand of any person 
24.29 	who has or claims to have made a report or upon demand of any court, a certificate 
24.30 	showing that a specified accident report has or has not been made to the commissioner 
24.31 	solely to prove compliance or failure to comply with the requirements that the report be 
24.32 	made to the commissioner.
24.33 	(c) Nothing in this subdivision prevents any individual who has made a report under 
24.34 	this section from providing information to any individuals involved in an accident or their 
24.35 	representatives or from testifying in any trial, civil or criminal, arising out of an accident, 
24.36 	as to facts within the individual's knowledge. It is intended by this subdivision to render 
25.1 	privileged the reports required, but it is not intended to prohibit proof of the facts to 
25.2 	which the reports relate.
25.3 	(d) Disclosing any information contained in any accident report, except as provided 
25.4 	in this subdivision, section 13.82, subdivision 3 or 6, or other statutes, is a misdemeanor.
25.5 	(e) The commissioner of public safety shall charge authorized persons as described 
25.6 	in paragraph (a) a $5 fee for a copy of an accident report. Ninety percent of the $5 fee 
25.7 	collected under this paragraph must be deposited in the special revenue fund and credited 
25.8 	to the driver services operating account established in section 299A.705 and ten percent 
25.9 	must be deposited in the general fund. The commissioner may also furnish an electronic 
25.10 	copy of the database of accident records, which must not contain personal or private data 
25.11 	on an individual, to private agencies as provided in paragraph (g), for not less than the cost 
25.12 	of preparing the copies on a bulk basis as provided in section 13.03, subdivision 3.
25.13 	(f) The fees specified in paragraph (e) notwithstanding, the commissioner and law 
25.14 	enforcement agencies shall charge commercial users who request access to response or 
25.15 	incident data relating to accidents a fee not to exceed 50 cents per record. "Commercial 
25.16 	user" is a user who in one location requests access to data in more than five accident 
25.17 	reports per month, unless the user establishes that access is not for a commercial purpose. 
25.18 	Of the money collected by the commissioner under this paragraph, 90 percent must be 
25.19 	deposited in the special revenue fund and credited to the driver services operating account 
25.20 	established in section 299A.705 and ten percent must be deposited in the general fund.
25.21 	(g) The fees in paragraphs (e) and (f) notwithstanding, the commissioner shall 
25.22 	provide an electronic copy of the accident records database to the public on a case-by-case 
25.23 	basis using the cost-recovery charges provided for under section 13.03, subdivision 
25.24 	3. The database provided must not contain personal or private data on an individual. 
25.25 	However, unless the accident records database includes the vehicle identification number, 
25.26 	the commissioner shall include the vehicle registration plate number if a private agency 
25.27 	certifies and agrees that the agency:
25.28 	(1) is in the business of collecting accident and damage information on vehicles;
25.29 	(2) will use the vehicle registration plate number only for identifying vehicles that 
25.30 	have been involved in accidents or damaged, to provide this information to persons 
25.31 	seeking access to a vehicle's history and not for identifying individuals or for any other 
25.32 	purpose; and
25.33 	(3) will be subject to the penalties and remedies under sections 13.08 and 13.09.

25.34 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.222, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
26.1 		Subd. 6.Bicycle equipment. (a) No person shall operate a bicycle at nighttime 
26.2 	unless the bicycle or its operator is equipped with (1) a lamp which shall emit emits
26.3 	a white light visible from a distance of at least 500 feet to the front; and with (2) a red 
26.4 	reflector of a type approved by the Department of Public Safety which is visible from all 
26.5 	distances from 100 feet to 600 feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful lower 
26.6 	beams of headlamps on a motor vehicle.
26.7 	(b) No person may operate a bicycle at any time when there is not sufficient light to 
26.8 	render persons and vehicles on the highway clearly discernible at a distance of 500 feet 
26.9 	ahead unless the bicycle or its operator is equipped with reflective surfaces that shall be 
26.10 	visible during the hours of darkness from 600 feet when viewed in front of lawful lower 
26.11 	beams of headlamps on a motor vehicle. The reflective surfaces shall include reflective 
26.12 	materials on each side of each pedal to indicate their presence from the front or the rear and 
26.13 	with a minimum of 20 square inches of reflective material on each side of the bicycle or its 
26.14 	operator. Any bicycle equipped with side reflectors as required by regulations for new 
26.15 	bicycles prescribed by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission shall be 
26.16 	considered to meet the requirements for side reflectorization contained in this subdivision.
26.17 	(c) A bicycle may be equipped with a front lamp that emits a white flashing signal, 
26.18 	or a rear lamp that emits a red flashing signal, or both.
26.19 	(d) A bicycle may be equipped with tires having studs, spikes, or other protuberances 
26.20 	designed to increase traction.
26.21 	(b) (e) No person shall operate a bicycle unless it is equipped with a brake which 
26.22 	will enable the operator to make the braked wheels skid on dry, level, clean pavement.
26.23 	(c) (f) No person shall operate upon a highway any two-wheeled bicycle equipped 
26.24 	with handlebars so raised that the operator must elevate the hands above the level of the 
26.25 	shoulders in order to grasp the normal steering grip area.
26.26 	(d) (g) No person shall operate upon a highway any bicycle which is of such a size 
26.27 	as to prevent the operator from stopping the bicycle, supporting it with at least one foot 
26.28 	on the highway surface and restarting in a safe manner.

26.29 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.222, is amended by adding a subdivision 
26.30 	to read:
26.31 		Subd. 6b.Operator age. No person under the age of 15 shall operate an 
26.32 	electric-assisted bicycle.

26.33 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.222, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
27.1 		Subd. 7.Sale with reflectors and other equipment. No person shall sell or offer for 
27.2 	sale any new bicycle unless it is equipped with reflectors and other equipment as required 
27.3 	by subdivision 6, clauses (a) and paragraphs (b) and (e) and by the applicable regulations 
27.4 	for new bicycles prescribed by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission.

27.5 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.223, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
27.6 		Subdivision 1.Safety equipment; parking. Except as otherwise provided in this 
27.7 	section, Section 169.974 relating to motorcycles is applicable to motorized bicycles,
27.8 	except as otherwise provided in this section and except that:
27.9 	(1) protective headgear includes headgear that meets the American National 
27.10 	Standard for Protective Headgear for Bicyclists, ANSI Z90.4-1984, approved by the 
27.11 	American National Standards Institute, Inc. standards under Code of Federal Regulations, 
27.12 	title 16, part 1203, or successor requirements;
27.13 	(2) a motorized bicycle equipped with a headlight and taillight meeting the 
27.14 	requirements of lighting for motorcycles may be operated during nighttime hours;
27.15 	(3) except as provided in clause (5), protective headgear is not required for operators 
27.16 	18 years of age or older; and
27.17 	(4) the provisions of section 169.222, subdivision 9, governing the parking of 
27.18 	bicycles apply to motorized bicycles;.
27.19 	(5) the operator of an electric-assisted bicycle must wear properly fitted and 
27.20 	fastened headgear that meets the American National Standard for Protective Headgear for 
27.21 	Bicyclists, ANSI Z90.4-1984, approved by the American National Standards Institute, 
27.22 	Inc., when operating the electric-assisted bicycle on a street or highway; and
27.23 	(6) eye protection devices are not required for operators of electric-assisted bicycles.

27.24 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.223, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
27.25 		Subd. 5.Other operation requirements and prohibitions. (a) A person operating 
27.26 	a motorized bicycle on a roadway shall ride as close as practicable to the right-hand curb 
27.27 	or edge of the roadway except in one of the following situations:
27.28 	(1) when overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction;
27.29 	(2) when preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or 
27.30 	driveway; or
27.31 	(3) when reasonably necessary to avoid conditions, including fixed or moving 
27.32 	objects, vehicles, pedestrians, animals, surface hazards, or narrow width lanes, that make 
27.33 	it unsafe to continue along the right-hand curb or edge.
28.1 	(b) Persons operating motorized bicycles on a roadway may not ride more than two 
28.2 	abreast and may not impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic. On a laned 
28.3 	roadway, a person operating a motorized bicycle shall ride within a single lane.
28.4 	(c) This section does not permit the operation of a motorized bicycle on a bicycle 
28.5 	path or bicycle lane that is reserved for the exclusive use of nonmotorized traffic.
28.6 	(d) Subject to the provisions of section 160.263, subdivision 3, a person may operate 
28.7 	an electric-assisted bicycle on a bicycle lane. A person may operate an electric-assisted 
28.8 	bicycle on the shoulder of a roadway if the electric-assisted bicycle is traveling in the same 
28.9 	direction as the adjacent vehicular traffic.

28.10 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.72, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
28.11 		Subdivision 1.Solid rubber, metal, and studded tires; exceptions; permits. (a) 
28.12 	Every solid rubber tire on a vehicle shall must have rubber on its entire traction surface at 
28.13 	least one inch thick above the edge of the flange of the entire periphery.
28.14 	(b) No person shall operate or move on any highway any motor vehicle, trailer, or 
28.15 	semitrailer, having any metal tire in contact with the roadway, except in case of emergency.
28.16 	(c) Except as provided in this section, no tire on a vehicle moved on a highway shall 
28.17 	have on its periphery any block, stud, flange, cleat, or spike or any other protuberances 
28.18 	of any material other than rubber which projects beyond the tread of the traction surface 
28.19 	of the tire.
28.20 	(d) It shall be is permissible to use any of the following on highways:
28.21 	(1) implements of husbandry with tires having protuberances which will not injure 
28.22 	the highway, and;
28.23 	(2) tire chains of reasonable proportions upon any vehicle when required for safety 
28.24 	because of snow, ice, or other conditions tending to cause a vehicle to skid; and
28.25 	(3) tires on a bicycle as provided in section 169.222, subdivision 6.
28.26 	(d) (e) The commissioner and local authorities in their respective jurisdictions may, 
28.27 	in their discretion, issue special permits authorizing the operation upon a highway of 
28.28 	traction engines or tractors having movable tracks with transverse corrugations upon the 
28.29 	periphery of such movable tracks or farm tractors or other farm machinery, the operation 
28.30 	of which upon a highway would otherwise be prohibited under this chapter.

28.31 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 169.86, subdivision 5, is 
28.32 	amended to read:
28.33 		Subd. 5.Fees; proceeds deposited; appropriation. The commissioner, with 
28.34 	respect to highways under the commissioner's jurisdiction, may charge a fee for each 
29.1 	permit issued. Unless otherwise specified, all such fees for permits issued by the 
29.2 	commissioner of transportation shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to 
29.3 	the trunk highway fund. Except for those annual permits for which the permit fees are 
29.4 	specified elsewhere in this chapter, the fees shall be:
29.5 	(a) $15 for each single trip permit.
29.6 	(b) $36 for each job permit. A job permit may be issued for like loads carried on 
29.7 	a specific route for a period not to exceed two months. "Like loads" means loads of the 
29.8 	same product, weight, and dimension.
29.9 	(c) $60 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 consecutive 
29.10 	months. Annual permits may be issued for:
29.11 	(1) motor vehicles used to alleviate a temporary crisis adversely affecting the safety 
29.12 	or well-being of the public;
29.13 	(2) motor vehicles which travel on interstate highways and carry loads authorized 
29.14 	under subdivision 1a;
29.15 	(3) motor vehicles operating with gross weights authorized under section 169.826, 
29.16 	subdivision 1a;
29.17 	(4) special pulpwood vehicles described in section 169.863;
29.18 	(5) motor vehicles bearing snowplow blades not exceeding ten feet in width;
29.19 	(6) noncommercial transportation of a boat by the owner or user of the boat;
29.20 	(7) motor vehicles carrying bales of agricultural products authorized under section 
29.21 	169.862; and
29.22 	(8) special milk-hauling vehicles authorized under section 169.867.
29.23 	(d) $120 for an oversize annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 
29.24 	consecutive months. Annual permits may be issued for:
29.25 	(1) mobile cranes;
29.26 	(2) construction equipment, machinery, and supplies;
29.27 	(3) manufactured homes and manufactured storage buildings;
29.28 	(4) implements of husbandry;
29.29 	(5) double-deck buses;
29.30 	(6) commercial boat hauling and transporting waterfront structures, including, but 
29.31 	not limited to, portable boat docks and boat lifts;
29.32 	(7) three-vehicle combinations consisting of two empty, newly manufactured trailers 
29.33 	for cargo, horses, or livestock, not to exceed 28-1/2 feet per trailer; provided, however, 
29.34 	the permit allows the vehicles to be moved from a trailer manufacturer to a trailer dealer 
29.35 	only while operating on twin-trailer routes designated under section 169.81, subdivision 3, 
29.36 	paragraph (c); and
30.1 	(8) vehicles operating on that portion of marked Trunk Highway 36 described in 
30.2 	section 169.81, subdivision 3, paragraph (e).
30.3 	(e) For vehicles which have axle weights exceeding the weight limitations of 
30.4 	sections 169.823 to 169.829, an additional cost added to the fees listed above. However, 
30.5 	this paragraph applies to any vehicle described in section 168.013, subdivision 3, 
30.6 	paragraph (b), but only when the vehicle exceeds its gross weight allowance set forth in 
30.7 	that paragraph, and then the additional cost is for all weight, including the allowance 
30.8 	weight, in excess of the permitted maximum axle weight. The additional cost is equal 
30.9 	to the product of the distance traveled times the sum of the overweight axle group cost 
30.10 	factors shown in the following chart:

30.11		Overweight Axle Group Cost Factors
		
30.12	Weight (pounds)
		Cost Per Mile For Each Group Of:
	
30.13
30.14
30.15
30.16
30.17	exceeding weight 
limitations on axles
		Two 
consecutive 
axles spaced 
within 8 feet 
or less
		Three 
consecutive 
axles spaced 
within 9 feet 
or less
		Four consecutive 
axles spaced within 
14 feet or less
	
30.18	0-2,000
		.12
		.05
		.04
	
30.19	2,001-4,000
		.14
		.06
		.05
	
30.20	4,001-6,000
		.18
		.07
		.06
	
30.21	6,001-8,000
		.21
		.09
		.07
	
30.22	8,001-10,000
		.26
		.10
		.08
	
30.23	10,001-12,000
		.30
		.12
		.09
	
30.24
30.25	12,001-14,000
		Not 
permitted
		.14
		.11
	
30.26
30.27	14,001-16,000
		Not 
permitted
		.17
		.12
	
30.28
30.29	16,001-18,000
		Not 
permitted
		.19
		.15
	
30.30
30.31	18,001-20,000
		Not 
permitted
		Not 
permitted
		.16
	
30.32
30.33	20,001-22,000
		Not 
permitted
		Not 
permitted
		.20
	
30.34 	The amounts added are rounded to the nearest cent for each axle or axle group. The 
30.35 	additional cost does not apply to paragraph (c), clauses (1) and (3).
30.36 	For a vehicle found to exceed the appropriate maximum permitted weight, a cost-per-mile 
30.37 	fee of 22 cents per ton, or fraction of a ton, over the permitted maximum weight is imposed 
30.38 	in addition to the normal permit fee. Miles must be calculated based on the distance 
30.39 	already traveled in the state plus the distance from the point of detection to a transportation 
30.40 	loading site or unloading site within the state or to the point of exit from the state.
31.1 	(f) As an alternative to paragraph (e), an annual permit may be issued for overweight, 
31.2 	or oversize and overweight, mobile cranes; construction equipment, machinery, and 
31.3 	supplies; implements of husbandry; and commercial boat hauling. The fees for the permit 
31.4 	are as follows:

31.5	Gross Weight (pounds) of Vehicle
	Annual Permit Fee 
	
31.6	90,000
	or less 
	$200
	
31.7	90,001
	- 100,000
	$300
	
31.8	100,001
	- 110,000
	$400
	
31.9	110,001
	- 120,000
	$500
	
31.10	120,001
	- 130,000
	$600
	
31.11	130,001
	- 140,000
	$700
	
31.12	140,001
	- 145,000
	$800
	
31.13 	If the gross weight of the vehicle is more than 145,000 pounds the permit fee is determined 
31.14 	under paragraph (e).
31.15 	(g) For vehicles which exceed the width limitations set forth in section 169.80 by 
31.16 	more than 72 inches, an additional cost equal to $120 added to the amount in paragraph (a) 
31.17 	when the permit is issued while seasonal load restrictions pursuant to section 169.87 are 
31.18 	in effect.
31.19 	(h) $85 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 months, for 
31.20 	refuse-compactor vehicles that carry a gross weight of not more than: 22,000 pounds on 
31.21 	a single rear axle; 38,000 pounds on a tandem rear axle; or, subject to section 169.828, 
31.22 	subdivision 2, 46,000 pounds on a tridem rear axle. A permit issued for up to 46,000 
31.23 	pounds on a tridem rear axle must limit the gross vehicle weight to not more than 62,000 
31.24 	pounds.
31.25 	(i) $300 for a motor vehicle described in section 169.8261. The fee under this 
31.26 	paragraph must be deposited as follows:
31.27 	(1) in fiscal years 2005 through 2010:
31.28 	(i) (1) the first $50,000 in each fiscal year must be deposited in the trunk highway 
31.29 	fund for costs related to administering the permit program and inspecting and posting 
31.30 	bridges; and
31.31 	(ii) (2) all remaining money in each fiscal year must be deposited in a the bridge 
31.32 	inspection and signing account in the special revenue fund as provided under subdivision 
31.33 	5a. Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner for:
31.34 	(A) inspection of local bridges and identification of local bridges to be posted, 
31.35 	including contracting with a consultant for some or all of these functions; and
31.36 	(B) erection of weight-posting signs on local bridges; and
32.1 	(2) in fiscal year 2011 and subsequent years must be deposited in the trunk highway 
32.2 	fund.
32.3 	(j) Beginning August 1, 2006, $200 for an annual permit for a vehicle operating 
32.4 	under authority of section 169.824, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (2).

32.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2012.

32.6 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.86, is amended by adding a subdivision 
32.7 	to read:
32.8 		Subd. 5a.Bridge inspection and signing account; appropriation. (a) A bridge 
32.9 	inspection and signing account is established in the special revenue fund. The account 
32.10 	consists of fees for special permits as specified under this chapter, and any other money 
32.11 	donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise provided to the account.
32.12 	(b) The revenue in the bridge inspection and signing account under this subdivision 
32.13 	is annually appropriated to the commissioner for:
32.14 	(1) inspection of local bridges and identification of local bridges to be posted, 
32.15 	including contracting with a consultant for some or all of these functions; and
32.16 	(2) erection of weight-posting signs on local bridges.

32.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2012.

32.18 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.865, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
32.19 		Subd. 4.Deposit of revenues; appropriation. (a) Revenue from the permits issued 
32.20 	by the commissioner under this section must be deposited:
32.21 	(1) in fiscal years 2008 through 2011, in the bridge inspection and signing account 
32.22 	in the special revenue fund; and
32.23 	(2) in fiscal year 2012 and subsequent years, in the trunk highway fund as provided 
32.24 	under section 169.86, subdivision 5a.
32.25 	(b) The revenue in the bridge inspection and signing account under this section is 
32.26 	annually appropriated to the commissioner for:
32.27 	(1) inspection of local bridges and identification of local bridges to be posted, 
32.28 	including contracting with a consultant for some or all of these functions; and
32.29 	(2) erection of weight-posting signs on local bridges.

32.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2012.

32.31 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.872, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
33.1 		Subd. 1a.Limit on civil penalties. A civil penalty for excessive weight under 
33.2 	section 169.871 may be imposed based on a record of a shipment under this section only if 
33.3 	a state law enforcement officer or motor transportation representative: (1)  has inspected 
33.4 	and copied the record within 14 days of the date the shipment was received by the person 
33.5 	keeping the record; and (2) has assessed the penalty within 90 days of the date the officer 
33.6 	or representative inspected and copied the record.

33.7 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.98, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
33.8 		Subdivision 1.Colors and markings. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions 2 and 
33.9 	2a, all motor vehicles which are primarily used in the enforcement of highway traffic rules 
33.10 	by the State Patrol or for general uniform patrol assignment by any municipal police 
33.11 	department or other law enforcement agency, except conservation officers, shall have 
33.12 	uniform colors and markings as provided in this subdivision. Motor vehicles of:
33.13 	(1) municipal police departments, including the University of Minnesota Police 
33.14 	Department and park police units, shall be predominantly blue, brown, green, black, 
33.15 	or white;
33.16 	(2) the State Patrol shall be predominantly maroon; and
33.17 	(3) the county sheriff's office shall be predominantly brown, black, gold,  or white.
33.18 	(b) The identity of the governmental unit operating the vehicle shall be displayed on 
33.19 	both front door panels and on the rear of the vehicle. The identity may be in the form of 
33.20 	a shield or emblem, or may be the word "police," "sheriff," or the words "State Patrol" 
33.21 	or "conservation officer," as appropriate, with letters not less than 2-1/2 inches high, 
33.22 	one-inch wide and of a three-eighths inch brush stroke. The identity shall be of a color 
33.23 	contrasting with the background color so that the motor vehicle is easily identifiable as 
33.24 	belonging to a specific type of law enforcement agency. Each vehicle shall be marked 
33.25 	with its own identifying number on the rear of the vehicle. The number shall be printed 
33.26 	in the same size and color required pursuant to this subdivision for identifying words 
33.27 	which may be displayed on the vehicle.

33.28 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.98, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
33.29 		Subd. 3.Security guard vehicle. (a) All motor vehicles which are used by security 
33.30 	guards in the course of their employment may have any color other than those specified in 
33.31 	subdivision 1 for law enforcement vehicles. The identity of the security service shall be 
33.32 	displayed on the motor vehicle as required for law enforcement vehicles.
34.1 	(b) Notwithstanding subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1), a security guard may 
34.2 	continue to use a motor vehicle that is predominantly black in the course of the guard's 
34.3 	employment if the vehicle was being used in this manner before August 1, 2002.
34.4 	(c) Notwithstanding subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (3), a security guard may 
34.5 	continue to use a motor vehicle that is predominantly gold in the course of the guard's 
34.6 	employment if the vehicle was being used in this manner before August 1, 2012.

34.7 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 171.01, subdivision 41, is amended to read:
34.8 		Subd. 41.Motorized bicycle. "Motorized bicycle" means a bicycle that is propelled 
34.9 	by an electric or a liquid fuel motor of a piston displacement capacity of 50 cubic 
34.10 	centimeters or less, and a maximum of two brake horsepower, which is capable of a 
34.11 	maximum speed of not more than 30 miles per hour on a flat surface with not more than 
34.12 	one percent grade in any direction when the motor is engaged. "Motorized bicycle" 
34.13 	includes an electric-assisted bicycle as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 27 has the 
34.14 	meaning given in section 169.011, subdivision 45.

34.15 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 171.075, subdivision 1, is 
34.16 	amended to read:
34.17 		Subdivision 1.Anatomical gift account. An anatomical gift account is established 
34.18 	in the special revenue fund. The account consist of funds donated under sections 168.12
34.19 	168.013, subdivision 5 22, and 171.06, subdivision 2, and any other money donated, 
34.20 	allotted, transferred, or otherwise provided to the account. Money in the account is 
34.21 	annually appropriated to the commissioner for (1) grants under subdivision 2, and (2) 
34.22 	administrative expenses in implementing the donation and grant program.

34.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2013.

34.24 	Sec. 43. [171.60] MOTORCYCLE ROAD GUARD CERTIFICATE.
34.25 		Subdivision 1.Certificate required. No person may perform traffic control as a 
34.26 	motorcycle road guard as provided under chapter 169 without a valid motorcycle road 
34.27 	guard certificate issued by the commissioner.
34.28 		Subd. 2.Certification qualifications and standards. Through the Minnesota 
34.29 	Motorcycle Safety Center, the commissioner of public safety shall:
34.30 	(1) establish qualifications and requirements for a person to obtain a motorcycle road 
34.31 	guard certificate under this section, which must include:
34.32 	(i) a minimum 18 years of age;
34.33 	(ii) possession of a valid driver's license; and
35.1 	(iii) successful completion of a motorcycle road guard certification course;
35.2 	(2) develop and offer, whether by the Minnesota Motorcycle Safety Center or 
35.3 	authorized agents, a motorcycle road guard certification course; and
35.4 	(3) establish safety and equipment standards for a person who operates under a 
35.5 	motorcycle road guard certificate, including but not limited to specifying requirements 
35.6 	for a reflective safety vest.
35.7 		Subd. 3.Fee. The commissioner of public safety shall assess a fee for each applicant 
35.8 	for a motorcycle road guard certificate, calculated to cover the commissioner's cost of 
35.9 	establishing and administering the program.
35.10 		Subd. 4.Penalty. A person who violates any provision of this section is guilty 
35.11 	of a petty misdemeanor.
35.12 		Subd. 5.Rulemaking. The commissioner of public safety shall adopt rules to carry 
35.13 	out the provisions of this section. Notwithstanding section 16A.1283, the rules must 
35.14 	specify the fee to be assessed under subdivision 3.

35.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. Subdivisions 1 to 4 are effective one year after publication 
35.16 	in the State Register of rules adopted under subdivision 5. Subdivision 5 is effective the 
35.17 	day following final enactment.

35.18 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 174.03, is amended by adding a subdivision 
35.19 	to read:
35.20 		Subd. 1d.Freight rail economic development study. (a) The commissioner of 
35.21 	transportation, in cooperation with the commissioner of the Department of Employment 
35.22 	and Economic Development, shall conduct a freight rail economic development study. 
35.23 	The study will assess the economic impact of freight railroads in the state and identify 
35.24 	opportunities to expand business development and enhance economic competitiveness 
35.25 	through improved utilization of freight rail options. Findings from the study shall be 
35.26 	incorporated as an amendment to the statewide freight and passenger rail plan.
35.27 	(b) The commissioner of transportation shall provide an interim progress report on 
35.28 	the study by January 15, 2013, and a final report on September 1, 2013, to the chairs 
35.29 	and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
35.30 	transportation policy and finance and over employment and economic development. The 
35.31 	reports shall include any recommended legislative initiatives.
35.32 	(c) The commissioner of transportation may expend up to $216,000 in fiscal year 
35.33 	2013 under section 222.50, subdivision 7, to pay the costs of this study and report.

35.34 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

36.1 	Sec. 45. [174.40] SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM.
36.2 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms 
36.3 	have the meanings given them.
36.4 	(b) "Bond eligible cost" means expenditures under this section for acquisition of 
36.5 	land or permanent easements, predesign, design, preliminary and final engineering, 
36.6 	environmental analysis, construction, and reconstruction of publicly owned infrastructure 
36.7 	in this state with a useful life of at least ten years that provides for nonmotorized 
36.8 	transportation to and from a school; preparation of land for which a route to school 
36.9 	is established, including demolition of structures and remediation of any hazardous 
36.10 	conditions on the land; and the unpaid principal on debt issued by a political subdivision 
36.11 	for a safe routes to school project.
36.12 	(c) "Federal program" means the safe routes to school program under Title I, section 
36.13 	1404 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy 
36.14 	for Users (SAFETEA-LU) of 2005, Public Law 109-59.
36.15 	(d) "School" means a school, as defined in section 120A.22, subdivision 4, excluding 
36.16 	a home school.
36.17 		Subd. 2.Program creation. (a) A safe routes to school program is established 
36.18 	to provide assistance in capital investments for safe and appealing nonmotorized 
36.19 	transportation to and from a school. The commissioner shall develop and implement the 
36.20 	safe routes to school program as provided in this section. Financial assistance under 
36.21 	this section is to supplement or replace aid for infrastructure projects under the federal 
36.22 	program.
36.23 	(b) The commissioner may provide grants or other financial assistance for a safe 
36.24 	routes to school project at the commissioner's discretion, subject to the requirements 
36.25 	of this section.
36.26 		Subd. 3.Safe routes to school accounts. (a) A safe routes to school account is 
36.27 	established in the bond proceeds fund. The account consists of state bond proceeds 
36.28 	appropriated to the commissioner. Money in the account may only be expended on 
36.29 	bond-eligible costs of a project receiving financial assistance as provided under this 
36.30 	section. All uses of funds from the account must be for publicly owned property.
36.31 	(b) A safe routes to school account is established in the general fund. The account 
36.32 	consists of funds as provided by law, and any other money donated, allotted, transferred, 
36.33 	or otherwise provided to the account. Money in the account may only be expended on a 
36.34 	project receiving financial assistance as provided under this section.
36.35 		Subd. 4.State general obligation bond funds. Minnesota Constitution, article XI, 
36.36 	section 5, clause (a), requires that state general obligation bonds be issued to finance only 
37.1 	the acquisition or betterment of public land, buildings, and other public improvements 
37.2 	of a capital nature. The legislature has determined that many school transportation 
37.3 	infrastructure projects will constitute betterments and capital improvements within the 
37.4 	meaning of the Minnesota Constitution and capital expenditures under generally accepted 
37.5 	accounting principles, and will be financed more efficiently and economically under this 
37.6 	section than by direct appropriations for specific projects.
37.7 		Subd. 5.Program administration. (a) The commissioner shall establish general 
37.8 	program requirements and a competitive process for financial assistance, including but 
37.9 	not limited to eligibility requirements for grant recipients and projects; procedures for 
37.10 	solicitation of grants; application requirements; procedures for payment of financial 
37.11 	assistance awards; and a schedule for application, evaluation, and award of financial 
37.12 	assistance.
37.13 	(b) An application must include:
37.14 	(1) a detailed and specific description of the project;
37.15 	(2) an estimate, along with necessary supporting evidence, of the total costs for the 
37.16 	project and the allocation of identified and proposed funding sources for the project;
37.17 	(3) an assessment of the need for and benefits of the project;
37.18 	(4) a resolution adopted by the governing body of the school for which a safe routes 
37.19 	to school grant is requested, certifying that: (i) the governing body of the school supports 
37.20 	the project; and (ii) funds, if any, required to be supplied by the school to complete the 
37.21 	project are available and committed;
37.22 	(5) a timeline indicating the major milestones of the project and their anticipated 
37.23 	completion dates; and
37.24 	(6) any additional information or material the commissioner prescribes.
37.25 	(c) The commissioner shall make reasonable efforts to (1) publicize each solicitation 
37.26 	for applications among all eligible recipients, and (2) provide technical and informational 
37.27 	assistance in creating and submitting applications.
37.28 	(d) By January 1, 2013, the commissioner of transportation shall publish and 
37.29 	maintain a manual on the safe routes to school program that assists applicants for and 
37.30 	recipients of financial assistance. The manual must include a list of eligibility and general 
37.31 	program requirements, an explanation of the application process, and a review of the 
37.32 	criteria used to evaluate projects.
37.33 		Subd. 6.Evaluation criteria. The commissioner shall establish criteria for 
37.34 	evaluation of applications and selection of projects. The criteria must include:
37.35 	(1) establishment or capital improvement of transportation infrastructure that 
37.36 	improves safety and encourages nonmotorized transportation to and from a school;
38.1 	(2) compliance with all applicable requirements for capital infrastructure projects 
38.2 	established by the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 
38.3 	for the federal program; and
38.4 	(3) other components as determined by the commissioner.
38.5 		Subd. 7.Grant cancellation. If, five years after execution of a grant agreement, 
38.6 	the commissioner determines that the grantee has not proceeded in a timely manner 
38.7 	with implementation of the project funded, the commissioner must cancel the grant 
38.8 	and the grantee must repay to the commissioner all grant money paid to the grantee. 
38.9 	Section 16A.642 applies to any appropriations made from the bond proceeds fund to the 
38.10 	commissioner under this section that have not been awarded as financial assistance.
38.11 		Subd. 8.Legislative report. By November 1 annually, the commissioner shall 
38.12 	submit a report on the safe routes to school program to the chairs and ranking minority 
38.13 	members of the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over 
38.14 	transportation policy and finance. The report must at a minimum:
38.15 	(1) summarize program implementation;
38.16 	(2) provide an overview of grant evaluation and criteria used in project selection;
38.17 	(3) provide a brief description of each project funded in the previous fiscal year, 
38.18 	including the amount of money provided from each safe routes to school account under 
38.19 	this section and the amount provided under the federal program;
38.20 	(4) summarize the status of the federal program or successor legislation; and
38.21 	(5) identify any recommendations for legislative changes, including proposals to 
38.22 	improve program effectiveness.

38.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

38.24 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 221.091, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
38.25 		Subd. 2.Small vehicle passenger service. (a) A city that licenses and regulates 
38.26 	small vehicle passenger service must do so by ordinance. The ordinance must, at a 
38.27 	minimum, provide for driver qualifications, insurance, vehicle safety, and periodic vehicle 
38.28 	inspections. A city that has adopted an ordinance complying with this subdivision may 
38.29 	enforce the registration requirement in section 221.021.
38.30 	(b) A person who provides small vehicle passenger service to an individual for the 
38.31 	purpose of obtaining nonemergency medical care and who receives reimbursement under 
38.32 	section 256B.0625, subdivision 17, for providing the service, must comply with the rules 
38.33 	of the commissioner adopted under section 174.30.

38.34 	Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 222.63, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
39.1 		Subd. 9.Rail bank property use; petty misdemeanors penalties. (a) Except 
39.2 	for the actions of road authorities and their agents, employees, and contractors, and of 
39.3 	utilities, in carrying out their duties imposed by permit, law, or contract, and except 
39.4 	as otherwise provided in this section, it is unlawful to knowingly perform any of the 
39.5 	following activities on rail bank property:
39.6 	(1) obstruct any trail;
39.7 	(2) deposit snow or ice;
39.8 	(3) remove or place any earth, vegetation, gravel, or rock without authorization;
39.9 	(4) obstruct or remove any ditch-draining device, or drain any harmful or dangerous 
39.10 	materials;
39.11 	(5) erect a fence, or place or maintain any advertising, sign, or memorial, except 
39.12 	upon authorization by the commissioner of transportation;
39.13 	(6) remove, injure, displace, or destroy right-of-way markers or reference or witness 
39.14 	monuments or markers placed to preserve section or quarter-section corners defining 
39.15 	rail bank property limits;
39.16 	(7) drive upon any portion of rail bank property, except at approved crossings, and 
39.17 	except where authorized for snowmobiles, emergency vehicles, maintenance vehicles, or 
39.18 	other vehicles authorized to use rail bank property;
39.19 	(8) deface, mar, damage, or tamper with any structure, work, material, sign, marker, 
39.20 	paving, guardrail, drain, or any other rail bank appurtenance; or
39.21 	(9) park, overhang, or abandon any unauthorized vehicle or implement of husbandry 
39.22 	on, across, or over the limits of rail bank property.;
39.23 	(10) plow, disc, or perform any other detrimental operation; or
39.24 	(11) place or maintain any permanent structure.
39.25 	(b) Unless a greater penalty is provided elsewhere in statute, any a violation of this 
39.26 	subdivision is a petty misdemeanor. A second or subsequent violation is a misdemeanor.
39.27 	(c) The cost to remove, repair, or perform any other corrective action necessitated by 
39.28 	a violation of this subdivision may be charged to the violator.

39.29 	Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 296A.07, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
39.30 		Subd. 4.Exemptions. The provisions of subdivision 1 do not apply to gasoline or 
39.31 	denatured ethanol purchased by:
39.32 	(1) a transit system or transit provider receiving financial assistance or 
39.33 	reimbursement under section 174.24, 256B.0625, subdivision 17, or 473.384;
39.34 	(2) providers of transportation to recipients of medical assistance home and 
39.35 	community-based services waivers enrolled in day programs, including adult day care, 
40.1 	family adult day care, day treatment and habilitation, prevocational services, and 
40.2 	structured day services;
40.3 	(3) an ambulance service licensed under chapter 144E; or
40.4 	(4) providers of medical or dental services by a federally qualified health center, 
40.5 	as defined under title 19 of the Social Security Act, as amended by Section 4161 of the 
40.6 	Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, with a motor vehicle used exclusively as a 
40.7 	mobile medical unit; or
40.8 	(3) (5) a licensed distributor to be delivered to a terminal for use in blending.

40.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. Clause (2) is effective retroactively from January 1, 2012, 
40.10 	and clause (4) is effective retroactively from January 1, 2011.

40.11 	Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 296A.08, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
40.12 		Subd. 3.Exemptions. The provisions of subdivisions 1 and 2 do not apply to 
40.13 	special fuel or alternative fuels purchased by:
40.14 	(1) a transit system or transit provider receiving financial assistance or 
40.15 	reimbursement under section 174.24, 256B.0625, subdivision 17, or 473.384;
40.16 	(2) providers of transportation to recipients of medical assistance home and 
40.17 	community-based services waivers enrolled in day programs, including adult day care, 
40.18 	family adult day care, day treatment and habilitation, prevocational services, and 
40.19 	structured day services;
40.20 	(3) an ambulance service licensed under chapter 144E; or
40.21 	(4) providers of medical or dental services by a federally qualified health center, 
40.22 	as defined under title 19 of the Social Security Act, as amended by Section 4161 of the 
40.23 	Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, with a motor vehicle used exclusively as a 
40.24 	mobile medical unit; or
40.25 	(3) (5) a licensed distributor to be delivered to a terminal for use in blending.

40.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. Clause (2) is effective retroactively from January 1, 2012, 
40.27 	and clause (4) is effective retroactively from January 1, 2011.

40.28 	Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.68, subdivision 19, is amended to read:
40.29 		Subd. 19.Petroleum products. The following petroleum products are exempt:
40.30 	(1) products upon which a tax has been imposed and paid under chapter 296A, 
40.31 	and for which no refund has been or will be allowed because the buyer used the fuel 
40.32 	for nonhighway use;
41.1 	(2) products that are used in the improvement of agricultural land by constructing, 
41.2 	maintaining, and repairing drainage ditches, tile drainage systems, grass waterways, water 
41.3 	impoundment, and other erosion control structures;
41.4 	(3) products purchased by a transit system receiving financial assistance under 
41.5 	section 174.24, 256B.0625, subdivision 17, or 473.384;
41.6 	(4) products purchased by an ambulance service licensed under chapter 144E;
41.7 	(5) products used in a passenger snowmobile, as defined in section 296A.01, 
41.8 	subdivision 39, for off-highway business use as part of the operations of a resort as 
41.9 	provided under section 296A.16, subdivision 2, clause (2); or
41.10 	(6) products purchased by a state or a political subdivision of a state for use in motor 
41.11 	vehicles exempt from registration under section 168.012, subdivision 1, paragraph (b);
41.12 	(7) products purchased by providers of transportation to recipients of medical 
41.13 	assistance home and community-based services waivers enrolled in day programs, 
41.14 	including adult day care, family adult day care, day treatment and habilitation, 
41.15 	prevocational services, and structured day services; or
41.16 	(8) products used in a motor vehicle used exclusively as a mobile medical unit 
41.17 	for the provision of medical or dental services by a federally qualified health center, as 
41.18 	defined under title 19 of the federal Social Security Act, as amended by Section 4161 of 
41.19 	the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990.

41.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. Clause (7) is effective retroactively from January 1, 2012, 
41.21 	and clause (8) is effective retroactively from January 1, 2011.

41.22 	Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 297B.03, is amended to read:
41.23 	297B.03 EXEMPTIONS.
41.24 	There is specifically exempted from the provisions of this chapter and from 
41.25 	computation of the amount of tax imposed by it the following:
41.26 	(1) purchase or use, including use under a lease purchase agreement or installment 
41.27 	sales contract made pursuant to section 465.71, of any motor vehicle by the United States 
41.28 	and its agencies and instrumentalities and by any person described in and subject to the 
41.29 	conditions provided in section 297A.67, subdivision 11;
41.30 	(2) purchase or use of any motor vehicle by any person who was a resident of 
41.31 	another state or country at the time of the purchase and who subsequently becomes a 
41.32 	resident of Minnesota, provided the purchase occurred more than 60 days prior to the date 
41.33 	such person began residing in the state of Minnesota and the motor vehicle was registered 
41.34 	in the person's name in the other state or country;
42.1 	(3) purchase or use of any motor vehicle by any person making a valid election to be 
42.2 	taxed under the provisions of section 297A.90;
42.3 	(4) purchase or use of any motor vehicle previously registered in the state of 
42.4 	Minnesota when such transfer constitutes a transfer within the meaning of section 118, 
42.5 	331, 332, 336, 337, 338, 351, 355, 368, 721, 731, 1031, 1033, or 1563(a) of the Internal 
42.6 	Revenue Code;
42.7 	(5) purchase or use of any vehicle owned by a resident of another state and leased 
42.8 	to a Minnesota-based private or for-hire carrier for regular use in the transportation of 
42.9 	persons or property in interstate commerce provided the vehicle is titled in the state of 
42.10 	the owner or secured party, and that state does not impose a sales tax or sales tax on 
42.11 	motor vehicles used in interstate commerce;
42.12 	(6) purchase or use of a motor vehicle by a private nonprofit or public educational 
42.13 	institution for use as an instructional aid in automotive training programs operated by the 
42.14 	institution. "Automotive training programs" includes motor vehicle body and mechanical 
42.15 	repair courses but does not include driver education programs;
42.16 	(7) purchase of a motor vehicle by an ambulance service licensed under section 
42.17 	144E.10 when that vehicle is equipped and specifically intended for emergency response 
42.18 	or for providing ambulance service;
42.19 	(8) purchase of a motor vehicle by or for a public library, as defined in section 
42.20 	134.001, subdivision 2, as a bookmobile or library delivery vehicle;
42.21 	(9) purchase of a ready-mixed concrete truck;
42.22 	(10) purchase or use of a motor vehicle by a town for use exclusively for road 
42.23 	maintenance, including snowplows and dump trucks, but not including automobiles, 
42.24 	vans, or pickup trucks;
42.25 	(11) purchase or use of a motor vehicle by a corporation, society, association, 
42.26 	foundation, or institution organized and operated exclusively for charitable, religious, 
42.27 	or educational purposes, except a public school, university, or library, but only if the 
42.28 	vehicle is:
42.29 	(i) a truck, as defined in section 168.002, a bus, as defined in section 168.002, or a 
42.30 	passenger automobile, as defined in section 168.002, if the automobile is designed and 
42.31 	used for carrying more than nine persons including the driver; and
42.32 	(ii) intended to be used primarily to transport tangible personal property or 
42.33 	individuals, other than employees, to whom the organization provides service in 
42.34 	performing its charitable, religious, or educational purpose;
42.35 	(12) purchase of a motor vehicle for use by a transit provider exclusively to provide 
42.36 	transit service is exempt if the transit provider is either (i) receiving financial assistance or 
43.1 	reimbursement under section 174.24 or 473.384, or (ii) operating under section 174.29, 
43.2 	473.388, or 473.405;
43.3 	(13) purchase or use of a motor vehicle by a qualified business, as defined in section 
43.4 	469.310, located in a job opportunity building zone, if the motor vehicle is principally 
43.5 	garaged in the job opportunity building zone and is primarily used as part of or in direct 
43.6 	support of the person's operations carried on in the job opportunity building zone. The 
43.7 	exemption under this clause applies to sales, if the purchase was made and delivery 
43.8 	received during the duration of the job opportunity building zone. The exemption under 
43.9 	this clause also applies to any local sales and use tax; and
43.10 	(14) purchase of a leased vehicle by the lessee who was a participant in a 
43.11 	lease-to-own program from a charitable organization that is:
43.12 	(i) described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; and
43.13 	(ii) licensed as a motor vehicle lessor under section 168.27, subdivision 4; and
43.14 	(15) purchase of a motor vehicle used exclusively as a mobile medical unit for the 
43.15 	provision of medical or dental services by a federally qualified health center, as defined 
43.16 	under title 19 of the Social Security Act, as amended by section 4161 of the Omnibus 
43.17 	Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990.

43.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively for sales and purchases 
43.19 	made on and after January 1, 2011.

43.20 	Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 299D.085, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
43.21 		Subd. 2.Certificate. Except as provided in subdivision 2a, no person may operate 
43.22 	as an overdimensional load escort driver in this state without a certificate issued by the 
43.23 	commissioner, or by a state with which the commissioner has entered into a reciprocal 
43.24 	agreement. The commissioner shall assess a fee for each certificate applicant, calculated 
43.25 	to cover the commissioner's cost of establishing and administering the program.

43.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
43.27 	and expires on the December 31 that occurs immediately after two years following the 
43.28 	publication in the State Register of rules adopted under Laws 2010, chapter 311, section 3, 
43.29 	subdivision 5.

43.30 	Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 299D.085, is amended by adding a 
43.31 	subdivision to read:
43.32 		Subd. 2a.Exceptions. A person who is a minimum of 18 years of age, possesses a 
43.33 	valid operator's license for the type of vehicle being operated, and meets vehicle and safety 
44.1 	equipment standards specified by the commissioner may operate without a certificate as an 
44.2 	overdimensional load escort driver when: (1) the load consists of manufactured homes, 
44.3 	as defined in section 327.31, subdivision 6, or modular homes, as defined in section 
44.4 	272.02, subdivision 85, paragraph (c); (2) the load does not extend over the centerline of a 
44.5 	roadway; and (3) the vehicle carrying the overdimensional load is not routed to travel the 
44.6 	wrong way on a roadway.

44.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
44.8 	and expires on the December 31 that occurs immediately after two years following the 
44.9 	publication in the State Register of rules adopted under Laws 2010, chapter 311, section 3, 
44.10 	subdivision 5.

44.11 	Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 299D.09, is amended to read:
44.12 	299D.09 ESCORT SERVICE; APPROPRIATION; RECEIPTS.
44.13 	Fees charged for escort services provided by the State Patrol are annually 
44.14 	appropriated to the commissioner of public safety to administer and provide these services.
44.15 	The feesfee charged for services provided by the State Patrol with a vehicle are 
44.16 	$73.60is $79.28 an hour in fiscal year 2008 and $75.76 an hour in fiscal year 2009 and 
44.17 	thereafter. The feesfee charged for services provided without a vehicle are $54is $59.28 
44.18 	an hour in fiscal year 2008 and $56.16 an hour in fiscal year 2009 and thereafter.
44.19 	The fees charged for State Patrol flight services are $140 an hour for a fixed wing 
44.20 	aircraft, $490 an hour for a helicopter, and $600 an hour for the Queen Air in fiscal year 
44.21 	2012; and $139.64 an hour for a fixed wing aircraft, $560.83 an hour for a helicopter, and 
44.22 	$454.84 an hour for the Queen Air in fiscal year 2013 and thereafter.

44.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2012.

44.24 	Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 473.39, is amended by adding a subdivision 
44.25 	to read:
44.26 		Subd. 1r.Obligations. After July 1, 2012, in addition to other authority under this 
44.27 	section, the council may issue certificates of indebtedness, bonds, or other obligations 
44.28 	under this section in an amount not exceeding $39,600,000 for capital expenditures as 
44.29 	prescribed in the council's transit capital improvement program and for related costs, 
44.30 	including the costs of issuance and sale of the obligations. Of this authorization, up to 
44.31 	$4,200,000 may be made available to fund capital projects in amounts that would have 
44.32 	otherwise been funded using replacement transit service provider reserves that were 
45.1 	reduced in 2012 as a result of Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 3, article 1, 
45.2 	section 4.

45.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective the day following 
45.4 	final enactment, and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, 
45.5 	Scott, and Washington.

45.6 	Sec. 56. Laws 2009, chapter 158, section 10, is amended to read:
45.7 	Sec. 10. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 45.8 	Sections 2 and 3 are effective August 1, 2009, and the amendments made in sections 
45.9 	2 and 3 to Minnesota Statutes, sections 169.011 and 169.045, expire July 31, 2012 2014.

45.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

45.11 	Sec. 57. LEGISLATIVE ROUTE NO. 227 REMOVED.
 45.12 	(a) Minnesota Statutes, section 161.115, subdivision 158, is repealed effective the 
45.13 	day after the commissioner of transportation receives a copy of the agreement between 
45.14 	the commissioner and the governing body of Wadena County to transfer jurisdiction of 
45.15 	Legislative Route No. 227 and notifies the revisor of statutes under paragraph (b).
45.16 	(b) The revisor of statutes shall delete the route identified in paragraph (a) from 
45.17 	Minnesota Statutes when the commissioner of transportation sends notice to the revisor 
45.18 	electronically or in writing that the conditions required to transfer the route have been 
45.19 	satisfied.

45.20 	Sec. 58. LEGISLATIVE ROUTE NO. 258 REMOVED.
 45.21 	(a) Minnesota Statutes, section 161.115, subdivision 189, is repealed effective the 
45.22 	day after the commissioner of transportation receives a copy of the agreement between 
45.23 	the commissioner and the governing body of Brown County to transfer jurisdiction of 
45.24 	Legislative Route No. 258 and notifies the revisor of statutes under paragraph (b).
45.25 	(b) The revisor of statutes shall delete the route identified in paragraph (a) from 
45.26 	Minnesota Statutes when the commissioner of transportation sends notice to the revisor 
45.27 	electronically or in writing that the conditions required to transfer the route have been 
45.28 	satisfied.

45.29 	Sec. 59. LEGISLATIVE ROUTE NO. 291 REMOVED.
 45.30 	(a) Minnesota Statutes, section 161.115, subdivision 222, is repealed effective the 
45.31 	day after the commissioner of transportation receives a copy of the agreement between the 
46.1 	commissioner and the governing body of the city of Hastings to transfer jurisdiction of 
46.2 	Legislative Route No. 291 and notifies the revisor of statutes under paragraph (b).
46.3 	(b) The revisor of statutes shall delete the route identified in paragraph (a) from 
46.4 	Minnesota Statutes when the commissioner of transportation sends notice to the revisor 
46.5 	electronically or in writing that the conditions required to transfer the route have been 
46.6 	satisfied.

46.7 	Sec. 60. I-94 NOISE IMPACTS STAKEHOLDER GROUP.
 46.8 	(a) The commissioner of transportation shall establish a noise impacts stakeholder 
46.9 	group in conjunction with all trunk highway projects on marked Interstate Highway 
46.10 	94, at or near the interchange with marked Trunk Highway 280 in St. Paul, for which 
46.11 	preliminary engineering or preliminary design commences prior to January 1, 2018. 
46.12 	(b) At a minimum, membership of the stakeholder group consists of Department of 
46.13 	Transportation project team representatives and interested community stakeholders.
46.14 	(c) As part of the project development process for any project identified under 
46.15 	paragraph (a), the commissioner shall consult with the stakeholder group to provide 
46.16 	background information and data on noise impacts, review practices and evaluation 
46.17 	options for noise mitigation, and obtain recommendations from the stakeholder group for 
46.18 	noise mitigation components of the project design.

46.19 	Sec. 61. MUNICIPAL STATE-AID STREET FUND 2013 ALLOCATION.
 46.20 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 162.13, subdivision 1, the 
46.21 	commissioner of transportation shall allocate the apportionment sum available in the 
46.22 	municipal state-aid street fund, following the deductions under Minnesota Statutes, section 
46.23 	162.12, as provided in this section.
46.24 	(b) The commissioner shall identify a remuneration sum for each city that:
46.25 	(1) qualifies for municipal state-aid street funds under Minnesota Statutes, section 
46.26 	162.09, subdivision 4a; and
46.27 	(2) was not allocated municipal state-aid street funds for calendar year 2012.
46.28 	(c) The remuneration sum for each city equals the amount the city received under 
46.29 	the allocation of municipal state-aid street funds for calendar year 2011.
46.30 	(d) For the calendar year 2013 allocation only, the commissioner shall:
46.31 	(1) allocate to the appropriate city an amount from the apportionment sum equal 
46.32 	to the remuneration sum calculated in paragraph (c); and
46.33 	(2) allocate the remaining apportionment sum as provided under Minnesota Statutes, 
46.34 	section 162.13, subdivision 1.

47.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

47.2 	Sec. 62. REPORTS ON USE OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGER/GENERAL 
47.3 	CONTRACTOR METHOD.
 47.4 		Subdivision 1.Submission of reports. The commissioner shall report on experience 
47.5 	with and evaluation of the construction manager/general contractor method of contracting 
47.6 	authorized in Minnesota Statutes, sections 161.3207 to 161.3209. The reports must be 
47.7 	submitted to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with 
47.8 	jurisdiction over transportation policy or transportation finance and in compliance with 
47.9 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 3.195 and 3.197. An interim report must be submitted 
47.10 	no later than 12 months following the commissioner's acceptance of five construction 
47.11 	manager/general contractor contracts. A final report must be submitted no later than 12 
47.12 	months following the commissioner's acceptance of ten construction manager/general 
47.13 	contractor contracts. 
47.14 		Subd. 2.Content of reports. The reports must include: (1) a description of 
47.15 	circumstances of any projects as to which construction manager/general contractor 
47.16 	requests for qualifications or requests for proposals were solicited, followed by a 
47.17 	cancellation of the solicitation; (2) a description of projects as to which construction 
47.18 	manager/general contractor method was utilized; (3) a comparison of project cost 
47.19 	estimates with final project costs, if available; and (4) evaluation of the construction 
47.20 	manager/general contractor method of procurement with respect to implications for 
47.21 	project cost, use of innovative techniques, completion time, and obtaining maximum 
47.22 	value. The final report must also include recommendations as to continued use of the 
47.23 	program and desired modifications to the program, and recommended legislation to 
47.24 	continue, discontinue, or modify the program.

47.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
47.26 	and expires one year following the acceptance of ten construction manager/general 
47.27 	contractor contracts.

47.28 	Sec. 63. REPORT ON WATER PERMITTING PROCESSES FOR 
47.29 	TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.
 47.30 	By January 15, 2013, the commissioners of transportation, natural resources, and the 
47.31 	Pollution Control Agency, in consultation with local road authorities and the Board of 
47.32 	Water and Soil Resources, shall submit recommendations to the house of representatives 
47.33 	and senate committees and divisions with primary jurisdiction over environment and 
47.34 	natural resources policy and finance and transportation policy and finance on how 
48.1 	water-related permitting for transportation projects can best be streamlined through 
48.2 	creation of a single point of issuance system. The recommendations shall:
48.3 	(1) outline a single point of issuance system in which road authorities applying 
48.4 	for state water permits would interact with a single state agency serving as the sole 
48.5 	intermediary on behalf of all state agencies with an interest in a road authority's water 
48.6 	permit application;
48.7 	(2) provide a goal for the maximum number of days the state believes are necessary 
48.8 	to issue final water permitting decisions; 
48.9 	(3) identify how state entities with current oversight authority over water permitting 
48.10 	decisions would allocate resources to accommodate a single point of issuance system; and
48.11 	(4) suggest strategies to enhance the coordination of federal and state water 
48.12 	permitting information gathering and decision-making.

48.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

48.14 	Sec. 64. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 48.15 	The revisor of statutes shall renumber the provisions of Minnesota Statutes listed 
48.16 	in column A to the references listed in column B. The revisor shall also make necessary 
48.17 	cross-reference changes in Minnesota Statutes consistent with the renumbering.

48.18		Column A
	Column B
	
48.19		169.011, subdivision 83
	168B.011, subdivision 12a
	
48.20		169.041
	168B.035
	
48.21		169.64, subdivision 5
	168B.16
	
48.22		169.86, subdivision 8
	168B.15
	
48.23		465.75
	168B.14
	
48.24		514.18, subdivision 1a
	168B.045

48.25 	Sec. 65.  RULES REPEALER.
 48.26 	Minnesota Rules, parts 8810.9000; 8810.9100; 8810.9200; 8810.9300; 8810.9400; 
48.27 	8810.9500; 8810.9600; and 8810.9700, are repealed.

48.28 	Sec. 66. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 48.29 	Unless otherwise specified, this article is effective August 1, 2012.

49.1 	ARTICLE 4
49.2 	TRANSPORTATION POLICY

49.3 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 85.015, is amended by adding a 
49.4 	subdivision to read:
49.5 		Subd. 1d.Bicycle use of trails. The commissioner may not prohibit or otherwise 
49.6 	restrict operation of an electric-assisted bicycle, as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 
49.7 	27, on any trail under this section for which bicycle use is permitted, unless the 
49.8 	commissioner determines that operation of the electric-assisted bicycle is not consistent 
49.9 	with (1) the safety or general welfare of trail users; or (2) the terms of any property 
49.10 	conveyance.

49.11 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 85.018, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
49.12 		Subd. 2.Authority of local government. (a) A local government unit that receives 
49.13 	state grants-in-aid for any trail, with the concurrence of the commissioner, and the 
49.14 	landowner or land lessee, may:
49.15 	(1) designate the trail for use by snowmobiles or for nonmotorized use from 
49.16 	December 1 to April 1 of any year; and
49.17 	(2) issue any permit required under subdivisions 3 to 5.
49.18 	(b) A local government unit that receives state grants-in-aid under section 84.794, 
49.19 	subdivision 2, 84.803, subdivision 2, or 84.927, subdivision 2, for any trail, with the 
49.20 	concurrence of the commissioner, and landowner or land lessee, may:
49.21 	(1) designate the trail specifically for use at various times of the year by all-terrain or 
49.22 	off-road vehicles or off-highway motorcycles, for nonmotorized use such as ski touring, 
49.23 	snowshoeing, and hiking, and for multiple use, but not for motorized and nonmotorized 
49.24 	use at the same time; and
49.25 	(2) issue any permit required under subdivisions 3 to 5.
49.26 	(c) A local unit of government that receives state grants-in-aid for any trail, with the 
49.27 	concurrence of the commissioner and landowner or land lessee, may designate certain 
49.28 	trails for joint use by snowmobiles, off-highway motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, and 
49.29 	off-road vehicles.
49.30 	(d) A local unit of government may not prohibit or otherwise restrict operation of an 
49.31 	electric-assisted bicycle, as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 27, on any trail under 
49.32 	this section designated for bicycle use or nonmotorized use that includes bicycles, unless 
49.33 	the local unit of government determines that operation of the electric-assisted bicycle is 
50.1 	not consistent with (1) the safety or general welfare of trail users; or (2) the terms of 
50.2 	any property conveyance.

50.3 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 85.018, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
50.4 		Subd. 4.Nonmotorized use trails. No motorized vehicle shall be operated on a 
50.5 	trail designated for nonmotorized use. This subdivision does not apply to (1) motorized 
50.6 	wheelchairs or other motorized devices operated by an individual who is physically 
50.7 	disabled; or (2) electric-assisted bicycles, as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 27.

50.8 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 160.263, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
50.9 		Subd. 2.Powers of political subdivisions. (a) The governing body of any political 
50.10 	subdivision may by ordinance or resolution:
50.11 	(1) designate any roadway or shoulder or portion thereof under its jurisdiction as 
50.12 	a bicycle lane or bicycle route;
50.13 	(2) designate any sidewalk or portion thereof under its jurisdiction as a bicycle path 
50.14 	provided that the designation does not destroy a pedestrian way or pedestrian access;
50.15 	(3) develop and designate bicycle paths;
50.16 	(4) designate as bikeways all bicycle lanes, bicycle routes, and bicycle paths.
50.17 	(b) A governing body may not prohibit or otherwise restrict operation of an 
50.18 	electric-assisted bicycle, as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 27, on any bikeway, 
50.19 	roadway, or shoulder, unless the governing body determines that operation of the 
50.20 	electric-assisted bicycle is not consistent with (1) the safety or general welfare of bikeway, 
50.21 	roadway, or shoulder users; or (2) the terms of any property conveyance.

50.22 	Sec. 5. [160.266] MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRAIL.
50.23 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of this section:
50.24 	(1) "bicycle path" has the meaning given in section 169.011, subdivision 6; and
50.25 	(2) "bikeway" has the meaning given in section 169.011, subdivision 9.
50.26 		Subd. 2.Creation. The commissioner, in cooperation with road and trail authorities 
50.27 	including the commissioner of natural resources, shall identify a bikeway that originates at 
50.28 	Itasca State Park in Clearwater, Beltrami, and Hubbard Counties, then generally parallels 
50.29 	the Mississippi River through the cities of Bemidji in Beltrami County, Grand Rapids in 
50.30 	Itasca County, Brainerd in Crow Wing County, Little Falls in Morrison County, Sauk 
50.31 	Rapids in Benton County, St. Cloud in Stearns County, Minneapolis in Hennepin County, 
50.32 	St. Paul in Ramsey County, Hastings in Dakota County, Red Wing in Goodhue County, 
50.33 	Wabasha in Wabasha County, Winona in Winona County, and La Crescent in Houston 
51.1 	County to Minnesota's boundary with Iowa and there terminates. Where opportunities 
51.2 	exist, the bikeway may be designated on both sides of the Mississippi River.
51.3 		Subd. 3.Connections with other bikeways. (a) The commissioner, in cooperation 
51.4 	with road and trail authorities including the commissioner of natural resources, shall:
51.5 	(1) identify existing bikeways of regional significance that are in reasonable 
51.6 	proximity but not connected to the bikeway established in this section, including but not 
51.7 	limited to the Lake Wobegon Trail in the counties of Stearns and Todd; and
51.8 	(2) support development of linkages between bikeways identified under clause (1) 
51.9 	and the bikeway established in this section.
51.10 	(b) The requirements of this subdivision are a secondary priority for use of funds 
51.11 	available under this section following establishment and enhancement of the bikeway 
51.12 	under subdivision 1.
51.13 		Subd. 4.Cooperation with other entities. The commissioner may contract and 
51.14 	enter into agreements with federal agencies, other state agencies, local governments, and 
51.15 	private entities to establish, develop, maintain, and operate the bikeway and to interpret 
51.16 	associated natural and cultural resources.
51.17 		Subd. 5.Funding. Bicycle paths included within the bikeway and not administered 
51.18 	by the commissioner of natural resources are eligible for funding from the environment 
51.19 	and natural resources trust fund under chapter 116P, from the parks and trails grant 
51.20 	program under section 85.535, from the local recreation grants program under section 
51.21 	85.019, subdivision 4b, and from other sources.

51.22 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 161.14, subdivision 66, is amended to read:
51.23 		Subd. 66.Veterans Memorial Highway. Legislative Route No. 31, signed as
51.24 	Trunk Highway marked 200 as of July 1, 2010, from the border with North Dakota to the 
51.25 	city of Mahnomen, is designated as the "Veterans Memorial Highway." The commissioner 
51.26 	shall adopt a suitable design to mark this highway and erect appropriate signs, subject 
51.27 	to section 161.139.

51.28 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 161.14, is amended by adding a subdivision 
51.29 	to read:
51.30 		Subd. 70.Arianna Celeste Macnamara Memorial Bridge. The pedestrian 
51.31 	bridge over Route No. 7, signed as Trunk Highway 14 on the effective date of this 
51.32 	section, located in the city of Rochester west of Route No. 20, signed as U.S. Highway 
51.33 	52 on the effective date of this section, is designated as "Arianna Celeste Macnamara 
51.34 	Memorial Bridge." Subject to section 161.139, the commissioner shall adopt a suitable 
52.1 	marking design to memorialize the bridge and shall erect the appropriate signs as close as 
52.2 	practicable to the bridge.

52.3 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 161.14, is amended by adding a subdivision 
52.4 	to read:
52.5 		Subd. 71.Deputy John W. Liebenstein Memorial Highway. (a) That segment of 
52.6 	Route No. 390, signed as Interstate Highway 35 on the effective date of this section and 
52.7 	located in Rice County, is designated as "Deputy John W. Liebenstein Memorial Highway." 
52.8 	Subject to section 161.139, the commissioner shall adopt a suitable marking design to 
52.9 	mark this highway and shall erect the appropriate signs as provided in paragraph (b).
52.10 	(b) The commissioner of transportation shall erect suitable signs on marked 
52.11 	Interstate Highway 35 as close as practicable to the following locations:
52.12 	(1) one sign on the southbound entrance ramp of the interchange with Rice County 
52.13 	State-Aid Highway 1; and 
52.14 	(2) one sign on the northbound entrance ramp of the interchange with Rice County 
52.15 	State-Aid Highway 1.

52.16 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 162.081, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
52.17 		Subd. 4.Formula for distribution to towns; purposes. (a) Money apportioned to a 
52.18 	county from the town road account must be distributed to the treasurer of each town within 
52.19 	the county, according to a distribution formula adopted by the county board. The formula 
52.20 	must take into account each town's levy for road and bridge purposes, its population and 
52.21 	town road mileage, and other factors the county board deems advisable in the interests 
52.22 	of achieving equity among the towns. Distribution of town road funds to each town 
52.23 	treasurer must be made by March 1, annually, or within 30 days after receipt of payment 
52.24 	from the commissioner. Distribution of funds to town treasurers in a county which has 
52.25 	not adopted a distribution formula under this subdivision must be made according to a 
52.26 	formula prescribed by the commissioner by rule. A formula adopted by a county board or 
52.27 	by the commissioner must provide that a town, in order to be eligible for distribution of 
52.28 	funds from the town road account in a calendar year, must have levied for taxes payable in 
52.29 	the previous year for road and bridge purposes at least 0.04835 percent of taxable market 
52.30 	value. For purposes of this eligibility requirement, taxable market value means taxable 
52.31 	market value for taxes payable two years prior to the aid distribution year.
52.32 	(b) Money distributed to a town under this subdivision may be expended by the 
52.33 	town only for the construction, reconstruction, and gravel maintenance of town roads 
52.34 	within the town.

53.1 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168.012, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
53.2 		Subdivision 1.Vehicles exempt from tax, fees, or plate display. (a) The following 
53.3 	vehicles are exempt from the provisions of this chapter requiring payment of tax and 
53.4 	registration fees, except as provided in subdivision 1c:
53.5 	(1) vehicles owned and used solely in the transaction of official business by the 
53.6 	federal government, the state, or any political subdivision;
53.7 	(2) vehicles owned and used exclusively by educational institutions and used solely 
53.8 	in the transportation of pupils to and from those institutions;
53.9 	(3) vehicles used solely in driver education programs at nonpublic high schools;
53.10 	(4) vehicles owned by nonprofit charities and used exclusively to transport disabled 
53.11 	persons for charitable, religious, or educational purposes;
53.12 	(5) vehicles owned by nonprofit charities and used exclusively for disaster response 
53.13 	and related activities;
53.14 	(6) vehicles owned by ambulance services licensed under section 144E.10 that 
53.15 	are equipped and specifically intended for emergency response or providing ambulance 
53.16 	services; and
53.17 	(7) vehicles owned by a commercial driving school licensed under section 171.34, 
53.18 	or an employee of a commercial driving school licensed under section 171.34, and the 
53.19 	vehicle is used exclusively for driver education and training.
53.20 	(b) Provided the general appearance of the vehicle is unmistakable, the following 
53.21 	vehicles are not required to register or display number plates:
53.22 	(1) vehicles owned by the federal government;
53.23 	(2) fire apparatuses, including fire-suppression support vehicles, owned or leased by 
53.24 	the state or a political subdivision;
53.25 	(3) police patrols owned or leased by the state or a political subdivision; and
53.26 	(4) ambulances owned or leased by the state or a political subdivision.
53.27 	(c) Unmarked vehicles used in general police work, liquor investigations, or arson 
53.28 	investigations, and passenger automobiles, pickup trucks, and buses owned or operated by 
53.29 	the Department of Corrections or by conservation officers of the Division of Enforcement 
53.30 	and Field Service of the Department of Natural Resources, must be registered and must 
53.31 	display appropriate license number plates, furnished by the registrar at cost. Original and 
53.32 	renewal applications for these license plates authorized for use in general police work and 
53.33 	for use by the Department of Corrections or by conservation officers must be accompanied 
53.34 	by a certification signed by the appropriate chief of police if issued to a police vehicle, 
53.35 	the appropriate sheriff if issued to a sheriff's vehicle, the commissioner of corrections if 
53.36 	issued to a Department of Corrections vehicle, or the appropriate officer in charge if 
54.1 	issued to a vehicle of any other law enforcement agency. The certification must be on a 
54.2 	form prescribed by the commissioner and state that the vehicle will be used exclusively 
54.3 	for a purpose authorized by this section.
54.4 	(d) Unmarked vehicles used by the Departments of Revenue and Labor and Industry, 
54.5 	fraud unit, in conducting seizures or criminal investigations must be registered and must 
54.6 	display passenger vehicle classification license number plates, furnished at cost by the 
54.7 	registrar. Original and renewal applications for these passenger vehicle license plates 
54.8 	must be accompanied by a certification signed by the commissioner of revenue or the 
54.9 	commissioner of labor and industry. The certification must be on a form prescribed by 
54.10 	the commissioner and state that the vehicles will be used exclusively for the purposes 
54.11 	authorized by this section.
54.12 	(e) Unmarked vehicles used by the Division of Disease Prevention and Control of the 
54.13 	Department of Health must be registered and must display passenger vehicle classification 
54.14 	license number plates. These plates must be furnished at cost by the registrar. Original 
54.15 	and renewal applications for these passenger vehicle license plates must be accompanied 
54.16 	by a certification signed by the commissioner of health. The certification must be on a 
54.17 	form prescribed by the commissioner and state that the vehicles will be used exclusively 
54.18 	for the official duties of the Division of Disease Prevention and Control.
54.19 	(f) Unmarked vehicles used by staff of the Gambling Control Board in gambling 
54.20 	investigations and reviews must be registered and must display passenger vehicle 
54.21 	classification license number plates. These plates must be furnished at cost by the 
54.22 	registrar. Original and renewal applications for these passenger vehicle license plates must 
54.23 	be accompanied by a certification signed by the board chair. The certification must be on a 
54.24 	form prescribed by the commissioner and state that the vehicles will be used exclusively 
54.25 	for the official duties of the Gambling Control Board.
54.26 	(g) Unmarked vehicles used in general investigation, surveillance, supervision, 
54.27 	and monitoring by the staff of the Department of Human Services Office of Special 
54.28 	Investigations and the executive director of the Minnesota sex offender program must 
54.29 	be registered and must display passenger vehicle classification license number plates, 
54.30 	furnished by the registrar at cost. Original and renewal applications for passenger vehicle 
54.31 	license plates must be accompanied by a certification signed by the commissioner of 
54.32 	human services. The certification must be on a form prescribed by the commissioner and 
54.33 	state that the vehicles must be used exclusively for the official duties of the Office of 
54.34 	Special Investigations and the executive director of the Minnesota sex offender program.
54.35 	(h) Each state hospital and institution for persons who are mentally ill and 
54.36 	developmentally disabled may have one vehicle without the required identification on 
55.1 	the sides of the vehicle. The vehicle must be registered and must display passenger 
55.2 	vehicle classification license number plates. These plates must be furnished at cost by the 
55.3 	registrar. Original and renewal applications for these passenger vehicle license plates must 
55.4 	be accompanied by a certification signed by the hospital administrator. The certification 
55.5 	must be on a form prescribed by the commissioner and state that the vehicles will be used 
55.6 	exclusively for the official duties of the state hospital or institution.
55.7 	(i) Each county social service agency may have vehicles used for child and 
55.8 	vulnerable adult protective services without the required identification on the sides of the 
55.9 	vehicle. The vehicles must be registered and must display passenger vehicle classification 
55.10 	license number plates. These plates must be furnished at cost by the registrar. Original 
55.11 	and renewal applications for these passenger vehicle license plates must be accompanied 
55.12 	by a certification signed by the agency administrator. The certification must be on a form 
55.13 	prescribed by the commissioner and state that the vehicles will be used exclusively for the 
55.14 	official duties of the social service agency.
55.15 	(j) All other motor vehicles must be registered and display tax-exempt number 
55.16 	plates, furnished by the registrar at cost, except as provided in subdivision 1c. All 
55.17 	vehicles required to display tax-exempt number plates must have the name of the state 
55.18 	department or political subdivision, nonpublic high school operating a driver education 
55.19 	program, licensed commercial driving school, or other qualifying organization or entity, 
55.20 	plainly displayed on both sides of the vehicle. This identification must be in a color 
55.21 	giving contrast with that of the part of the vehicle on which it is placed and must endure 
55.22 	throughout the term of the registration. The identification must not be on a removable 
55.23 	plate or placard and must be kept clean and visible at all times; except that a removable 
55.24 	plate or placard may be utilized on vehicles leased or loaned to a political subdivision or 
55.25 	to a nonpublic high school driver education program.

55.26 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168.013, subdivision 1e, is amended to read:
55.27 		Subd. 1e.Truck; tractor; combination; exceptions. (a) On trucks and tractors 
55.28 	except those in this chapter defined as farm trucks, on truck-tractor and semitrailer 
55.29 	combinations except those defined as farm combinations, and on commercial zone 
55.30 	vehicles, the tax based on total gross weight shall be graduated according to the Minnesota 
55.31 	base rate schedule prescribed in this subdivision, but in no event less than $120.
55.32 	Minnesota Base Rate Schedule
55.33 	Scheduled taxes include five percent
55.34 	surtax provided for in subdivision 14

56.1		TOTAL GROSS WEIGHT IN POUNDS
		TAX
		
56.2		A
	0
	-
	1,500
	$
	15
		
56.3		B
	1,501
	-
	3,000
		20
		
56.4		C
	3,001
	-
	4,500
		25
		
56.5		D
	4,501
	-
	6,000
		35
		
56.6		E
	6,001
	-
	10,000
		45
		
56.7		F
	10,001
	-
	12,000
		70
		
56.8		G
	12,001
	-
	15,000
		105
		
56.9		H
	15,001
	-
	18,000
		145
		
56.10		I
	18,001
	-
	21,000
		190
		
56.11		J
	21,001
	-
	26,000
		270
		
56.12		K
	26,001
	-
	33,000
		360
		
56.13		L
	33,001
	-
	39,000
		475
		
56.14		M
	39,001
	-
	45,000
		595
		
56.15		N
	45,001
	-
	51,000
		715
		
56.16		O
	51,001
	-
	57,000
		865
		
56.17		P
	57,001
	-
	63,000
		1015
		
56.18		Q
	63,001
	-
	69,000
		1185
		
56.19		R
	69,001
	-
	73,280
		1325
		
56.20		S
	73,281
	-
	78,000
		1595
		
56.21		T
	78,001
	-
	80,000
		1760
		
56.22 	(b) For purposes of the Minnesota base rate schedule, for vehicles with six or more 
56.23 	axles in the "S" and "T" categories, the base rates are $1,520 and $1,620 respectively.
56.24 	(c) For each vehicle with a gross weight in excess of 80,000 pounds an additional 
56.25 	tax of $50 is imposed for each ton or fraction thereof in excess of 80,000 pounds, subject 
56.26 	to subdivision 12 or section 169.86, subdivision 5a, as applicable.
56.27 	(d) For purposes of registration identification, for vehicles registered in the "O" 
56.28 	category, the owner must declare at the time of registration whether the vehicle will carry 
56.29 	a weight of 55,000 pounds or more and therefore be subject to the federal heavy vehicle 
56.30 	use tax. For those owners who declare a weight less than 55,000 pounds, a distinctive 
56.31 	weight sticker must be issued and the owner is restricted to a gross vehicle weight of 
56.32 	less than 55,000 pounds.
56.33 	(e) Truck-tractors except those herein defined as farm and commercial zone vehicles 
56.34 	shall be taxed in accord with the foregoing gross weight tax schedule on the basis of the 
56.35 	combined gross weight of the truck-tractor and any semitrailer or semitrailers which the 
56.36 	applicant proposes to combine with the truck-tractor.
56.37 	(f) Commercial zone trucks include only trucks, truck-tractors, and semitrailer 
56.38 	combinations which are operated by an interstate carrier registered under section 221.60, 
57.1 	or by a carrier receiving operating authority under chapter 221, and operated solely within 
57.2 	a zone exempt from regulation pursuant to United States Code, title 49, section 13506.
57.3 	(g) The license plates issued for commercial zone vehicles shall be plainly marked. 
57.4 	A person operating a commercial zone vehicle outside the zone or area in which its 
57.5 	operation is authorized is guilty of a misdemeanor and, in addition to the misdemeanor 
57.6 	penalty, the registrar shall revoke the registration of the vehicle as a commercial zone 
57.7 	vehicle and shall require that the vehicle be registered at 100 percent of the full annual tax 
57.8 	prescribed in the Minnesota base rate schedule, and no part of this tax may be refunded 
57.9 	during the balance of the registration year.
57.10 	(h) On commercial zone trucks the tax shall be based on the total gross weight of 
57.11 	the vehicle and during each of the first eight years of vehicle life is 75 percent of the 
57.12 	Minnesota base rate schedule. During the ninth and succeeding years of vehicle life the 
57.13 	tax is 50 percent of the Minnesota base rate schedule.
57.14 	(i) On trucks, truck-tractors and semitrailer combinations, except those defined 
57.15 	as farm trucks and farm combinations, and except for those commercial zone vehicles 
57.16 	specifically provided for in this subdivision, the tax for each of the first eight years of 
57.17 	vehicle life is 100 percent of the tax imposed in the Minnesota base rate schedule, and 
57.18 	during the ninth and succeeding years of vehicle life, the tax is 75 percent of the Minnesota 
57.19 	base rate prescribed by this subdivision.
57.20 	(j) For the purpose of registration, trailers coupled with a truck-tractor, semitrailer 
57.21 	combination are semitrailers.

57.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective October 1, 2012, and applies to 
57.23 	all registrations that are effective on or after that date and special permits issued on or 
57.24 	after that date.

57.25 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168.013, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
57.26 		Subd. 3.Application; cancellation; excessive gross weight forbidden. (a) The 
57.27 	applicant for all licenses based on gross weight shall state the unloaded weight of the 
57.28 	motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer and the maximum load the applicant proposes to carry 
57.29 	on it, the sum of which constitutes the gross weight upon which the license tax must be 
57.30 	paid. However, the declared gross weight upon which the tax is paid must not be less than 
57.31 	1-1/4 times the declared unloaded weight of the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer 
57.32 	to be registered, except recreational vehicles taxed under subdivision 1g, school buses 
57.33 	taxed under subdivision 18, and tow trucks or towing vehicles defined in section 169.011, 
57.34 	subdivision 83. The gross weight of a tow truck or towing vehicle is the actual weight 
58.1 	of the tow truck or towing vehicle fully equipped, but does not include the weight of a 
58.2 	wrecked or disabled vehicle towed or drawn by the tow truck or towing vehicle.
58.3 	(b) Except as provided by special permit issued under section 169.86, the gross 
58.4 	weight of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer must not exceed the gross weight upon 
58.5 	which the license tax has been paid by more than four percent or 1,000 pounds, whichever 
58.6 	is greater; provided that, a vehicle transporting unfinished forest products on a highway, 
58.7 	other than a highway that is part of the system of interstate and defense highways, unless a 
58.8 	federal exemption is granted, in accordance with paragraph (d)(3):
58.9 	(1) shall not exceed its gross vehicle weight upon which the license tax has been 
58.10 	paid, or gross axle weight on any axle, by more than five percent and, notwithstanding 
58.11 	other law to the contrary, is not subject to any fee, fine, or other assessment or penalty for 
58.12 	exceeding a gross vehicle or axle weight by up to five percent; and
58.13 	(2) between the dates set by the commissioner in accordance with section 169.826, 
58.14 	subdivision 1, is not subject to any provision of paragraph (d) or chapter 169 limiting 
58.15 	the gross axle weight of any individual axle unless the entire vehicle also exceeds its 
58.16 	gross vehicle weight plus its weight allowance allowed in clause (1) and plus any weight 
58.17 	allowance permitted under section 169.826, in which case the vehicle is subject to all 
58.18 	applicable penalties for excess weight violations.
58.19 	(c) The gross weight of the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer for which the license 
58.20 	tax is paid must be indicated by a distinctive character on the license plate or plates except 
58.21 	as provided in subdivision 12 or section 169.86, subdivision 5a, as applicable,  and the 
58.22 	plate or plates must be kept clean and clearly visible at all times.
58.23 	(d) The owner, driver, or user of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer, upon 
58.24 	conviction for transporting a gross weight in excess of the gross weight for which it was 
58.25 	registered or for operating a vehicle with an axle weight exceeding the maximum lawful 
58.26 	axle load weight, is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to increased registration or 
58.27 	reregistration according to the following schedule:
58.28 	(1) Upon conviction for transporting a gross weight in excess of the gross weight 
58.29 	for which a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer is registered by more than the allowance 
58.30 	set forth in paragraph (b) but less than 25 percent, or for operating or using a motor 
58.31 	vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer with an axle weight exceeding the maximum lawful axle 
58.32 	load as provided in sections 169.822 to 169.829 by more than the allowance set forth in 
58.33 	paragraph (b) but less than 25 percent, the owner, driver, or user of the motor vehicle, 
58.34 	trailer, or semitrailer used to commit the violation, in addition to any penalty imposed for 
58.35 	the misdemeanor, shall apply to the registrar to increase the authorized gross weight to 
58.36 	be carried on the vehicle to a weight equal to or greater than the gross weight the owner, 
59.1 	driver, or user was convicted of carrying. The increase is computed for the balance of 
59.2 	the calendar year on the basis of 1/12 of the annual tax for each month remaining in the 
59.3 	calendar year beginning with the first day of the month in which the violation occurred. 
59.4 	If the additional registration tax computed upon that weight, plus the tax already paid, 
59.5 	amounts to more than the regular tax for the maximum gross weight permitted for the 
59.6 	vehicle under sections 169.822 to 169.829, that additional amount must nevertheless be 
59.7 	paid into the highway fund, but the additional tax thus paid does not authorize or permit 
59.8 	any person to operate the vehicle with a gross weight in excess of the maximum legal 
59.9 	weight as provided by sections 169.822 to 169.829. Unless the owner within 30 days 
59.10 	after a conviction applies to increase the authorized weight and pays the additional tax 
59.11 	as provided in this section, the registrar shall revoke the registration on the vehicle and 
59.12 	demand the return of the registration card and plates issued on that registration.
59.13 	(2) Upon conviction of an owner, driver, or user of a motor vehicle, trailer, or 
59.14 	semitrailer for transporting a gross weight in excess of the gross weight for which the 
59.15 	motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer was registered by 25 percent or more or for operating 
59.16 	or using the vehicle or trailer with an axle weight exceeding the maximum lawful axle load 
59.17 	as provided in sections 169.822 to 169.829 by 25 percent or more, and in addition to any 
59.18 	penalty imposed for the misdemeanor, the registrar shall either (i) cancel the reciprocity 
59.19 	privileges on the vehicle involved if the vehicle is being operated under reciprocity 
59.20 	or (ii) if the vehicle is not being operated under reciprocity, cancel the certificate of 
59.21 	registration on the vehicle operated and demand the return of the registration certificate 
59.22 	and registration plates. The registrar may not cancel the registration or reciprocity 
59.23 	privileges for any vehicle found in violation of seasonal load restrictions imposed under 
59.24 	section 169.87 unless the axle weight exceeds the year-round weight limit for the highway 
59.25 	on which the violation occurred. The registrar may investigate any allegation of gross 
59.26 	weight violations and demand that the operator show cause why all future operating 
59.27 	privileges in the state should not be revoked unless the additional tax assessed is paid.
59.28 	(3) Clause (1) does not apply to the first haul of unprocessed or raw farm products 
59.29 	or unfinished forest products, when the registered gross weight is not exceeded by more 
59.30 	than ten percent. For purposes of this clause, "first haul" means (i) the first, continuous 
59.31 	transportation of unprocessed or raw farm products from the place of production or 
59.32 	on-farm storage site to any other location within 50 100 miles of the place of production or 
59.33 	on-farm storage site, or (ii) the continuous or noncontinuous transportation of unfinished 
59.34 	forest products from the place of production to the place of final processing or manufacture 
59.35 	located within 200 miles of the place of production.
60.1 	(4) When the registration on a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer is revoked by the 
60.2 	registrar according to this section, the vehicle must not be operated on the highways of the 
60.3 	state until it is registered or reregistered, as the case may be, and new plates issued, and 
60.4 	the registration fee is the annual tax for the total gross weight of the vehicle at the time of 
60.5 	violation. The reregistration pursuant to this subdivision of any vehicle operating under 
60.6 	reciprocity agreements pursuant to section 168.181 or 168.187 must be at the full annual 
60.7 	registration fee without regard to the percentage of vehicle miles traveled in this state.

60.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective October 1, 2012, and applies to 
60.9 	all registrations that are effective on or after that date and special permits issued on or 
60.10 	after that date.

60.11 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168.013, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
60.12 		Subd. 12.Additional tax for excessive gross weight. (a) Whenever an owner has 
60.13 	registered a vehicle and paid the tax as provided in subdivisions 1 to 1g, on the basis of 
60.14 	a selected gross weight of the vehicle and thereafter such owner desires to operate such 
60.15 	vehicle with a greater gross weight than that for which the tax has been paid, such owner 
60.16 	shall be permitted to reregister such vehicle by paying the additional tax due thereon 
60.17 	for the remainder of the calendar year for which such vehicle has been reregistered, the 
60.18 	additional tax computed pro rata by the month, 1/12 of the annual tax due for each month 
60.19 	of the year remaining in the calendar year, beginning with the first day of the month in 
60.20 	which such owner desires to operate the vehicle with the greater weight. In computing 
60.21 	the additional tax as aforesaid, the owner shall be given credit for the unused portion of 
60.22 	the tax previously paid computed pro rata by the month, 1/12 of the annual tax paid for 
60.23 	each month of the year remaining in the calendar year beginning with the first day of the 
60.24 	month in which such owner desires to operate the vehicle with the greater weight. An 
60.25 	owner will be permitted one reduction of gross weight or change of registration per year, 
60.26 	which will result in a refund. This refund will be prorated monthly beginning with the 
60.27 	first day of the month after such owner applies to amend the registration. The application 
60.28 	for amendment shall be accompanied by a fee of $3, and all fees shall be deposited in 
60.29 	the highway user tax distribution fund. Provided, however, the owner of a vehicle may 
60.30 	reregister the vehicle for a weight of more than 81,000 pounds for one or more 30-day 
60.31 	periods. For each 30-day period, the additional tax shall be equal to 1/12 of the difference 
60.32 	between the annual tax for the weight at which the vehicle is registered and reregistered. 
60.33 	When a vehicle is reregistered in accordance with this provision, a distinctive windshield 
60.34 	sticker provided by the commissioner of public safety shall be permanently displayed.
61.1 	(b) This subdivision does not apply to the owner of a vehicle who pays the additional 
61.2 	tax for excessive gross weight under section 169.86, subdivision 5a, when buying a permit 
61.3 	to operate with the greater gross weight.

61.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective with the registration period beginning 
61.5 	October 1, 2012, and applies to all registrations that are effective on or after that date and 
61.6 	special permits issued on or after that date.

61.7 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168B.011, subdivision 12, is amended to 
61.8 	read:
61.9 		Subd. 12.Public impound lot. "Public impound lot" means an impound lot owned 
61.10 	by or contracting with exclusively contracted solely for public use by a unit of government 
61.11 	under section 168B.09.

61.12 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.035, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
61.13 		Subdivision 1.Working on highway. (a) The provisions of this chapter shall not 
61.14 	apply to persons, motor vehicles, and other equipment while actually engaged in work 
61.15 	upon the highway, except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c).
61.16 	(b) This chapter shall apply to those persons and vehicles when traveling to or 
61.17 	from such work, except that persons operating equipment owned, rented or hired by 
61.18 	road authorities shall be exempt from the width, height and length provisions of sections 
61.19 	169.80 and 169.81 and shall be exempt from the weight limitations of this chapter while 
61.20 	performing the following actions on behalf of the state or a local governmental unit:
61.21 	(1) while loading, readying, or moving the vehicles or equipment in preparation for 
61.22 	combating anticipated slippery road conditions or removing snow or ice; 
61.23 	(2) while actually engaged in snow or ice removal and or combating slippery road 
61.24 	conditions, including but not limited to pretreatment and anti-icing activities; or
61.25 	(3) while engaged in flood control operations on behalf of the state or a local 
61.26 	governmental unit.
61.27 	(c) Chapter 169A and section 169.444 apply to persons while actually engaged in 
61.28 	work upon the highway.

61.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment. 

61.30 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.035, is amended by adding a subdivision 
61.31 	to read:
62.1 		Subd. 4.Trains. (a) For purposes of this subdivision, "railroad operator" means 
62.2 	a person who is a locomotive engineer, conductor, member of the crew of a railroad 
62.3 	locomotive or train, or an operator of on-track equipment.
62.4 	(b) A peace officer may not issue a citation for violation of this chapter or chapter 
62.5 	171 to a railroad operator involving the operation of a railroad locomotive or train, or 
62.6 	on-track equipment while being operated upon rails.
62.7 	(c) Notwithstanding section 171.08, a railroad operator is not required to display or 
62.8 	furnish a driver's license to a peace officer in connection with the operation of a railroad 
62.9 	locomotive or train, or on-track equipment while being operated upon rails.

62.10 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.06, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
62.11 		Subd. 5.Traffic-control signal. (a) Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic-control 
62.12 	signals exhibiting different colored lights, or colored lighted arrows, successively one at a 
62.13 	time or in combination, only the colors Green, Red, and Yellow shall be used, except for 
62.14 	special pedestrian signals carrying a word or legend. The traffic-control signal lights or 
62.15 	colored lighted arrows indicate and apply to drivers of vehicles and pedestrians as follows:
62.16 	(1) Green indication:
62.17 	(i) Vehicular traffic facing a circular green signal may proceed straight through or 
62.18 	turn right or left unless a sign at such place prohibits either turn. But vehicular traffic, 
62.19 	including vehicles turning right or left, shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles and to 
62.20 	pedestrians lawfully within the intersection or adjacent crosswalk at the time this signal 
62.21 	is exhibited. Vehicular traffic turning left or making a U-turn to the left shall yield the 
62.22 	right-of-way to other vehicles approaching from the opposite direction so closely as to 
62.23 	constitute an immediate hazard.
62.24 	(ii) Vehicular traffic facing a green arrow signal, shown alone or in combination with 
62.25 	another indication, may cautiously enter the intersection only to make the movement 
62.26 	indicated by the arrow, or other movement as permitted by other indications shown at the 
62.27 	same time. Such Vehicular traffic shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully 
62.28 	within an adjacent crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully using the intersection.
62.29 	(iii) Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control signal as provided in 
62.30 	subdivision 6, pedestrians facing any green signal, except when the sole green signal is a 
62.31 	turn arrow, may proceed across the roadway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk. 
62.32 	Every driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to such pedestrian, except that the 
62.33 	pedestrian shall yield the right-of-way to vehicles lawfully within the intersection at the 
62.34 	time that the green signal indication is first shown.
62.35 	(2) Steady yellow indication:
63.1 	(i) Vehicular traffic facing a steady circular yellow or yellow arrow signal is thereby 
63.2 	warned that the related green movement is being terminated or that a red indication will be 
63.3 	exhibited immediately thereafter when vehicular traffic must not enter the intersection, 
63.4 	except for the continued movement allowed by any green arrow indication simultaneously 
63.5 	exhibited.
63.6 	(ii) Pedestrians facing a circular yellow signal, unless otherwise directed by a 
63.7 	pedestrian-control signal as provided in subdivision 6, are thereby advised that there is 
63.8 	insufficient time to cross the roadway before a red indication is shown and no pedestrian 
63.9 	shall then start to cross the roadway.
63.10 	(3) Steady red indication:
63.11 	(i) Vehicular traffic facing a circular red signal alone must stop at a clearly marked 
63.12 	stop line but, if none, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection 
63.13 	or, if none, then before entering the intersection and shall remain standing until a green 
63.14 	indication is shown, except as follows: (A) the driver of a vehicle stopped as close 
63.15 	as practicable at the entrance to the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, 
63.16 	if none, then at the entrance to the intersection in obedience to a red or stop signal, 
63.17 	and with the intention of making a right turn may make the right turn, after stopping, 
63.18 	unless an official sign has been erected prohibiting such movement, but shall yield the 
63.19 	right-of-way to pedestrians and other traffic lawfully proceeding as directed by the signal 
63.20 	at that intersection; or (B) the driver of a vehicle on a one-way street intersecting another 
63.21 	one-way street on which traffic moves to the left shall stop in obedience to a red or stop 
63.22 	signal and may then make a left turn into the one-way street, unless an official sign has 
63.23 	been erected prohibiting the movement, but shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and 
63.24 	other traffic lawfully proceeding as directed by the signal at that intersection.
63.25 	(ii) Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control signal as provided in 
63.26 	subdivision 6, pedestrians facing a steady red signal alone shall not enter the roadway.
63.27 	(iii) Vehicular traffic facing a steady red arrow signal, with the intention of making a 
63.28 	movement indicated by the arrow, must stop at a clearly marked stop line but, if none, 
63.29 	before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if none, then before 
63.30 	entering the intersection and must remain standing until a permissive signal indication 
63.31 	permitting the movement indicated by the red arrow is displayed, except as follows: when 
63.32 	an official sign has been erected permitting a turn on a red arrow signal, the vehicular 
63.33 	traffic facing a red arrow signal indication is permitted to enter the intersection to turn 
63.34 	right, or to turn left from a one-way street into a one-way street on which traffic moves 
63.35 	to the left, after stopping, but must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and other traffic 
63.36 	lawfully proceeding as directed by the signal at that intersection.
64.1 	(b) In the event an official traffic-control signal is erected and maintained at a place 
64.2 	other than an intersection, the provisions of this section are applicable except those which 
64.3 	can have no application. Any stop required must be made at a sign or marking on the 
64.4 	pavement indicating where the stop must be made, but in the absence of any such sign or 
64.5 	marking the stop must be made at the signal.
64.6 	(c) When a traffic-control signal indication or indications placed to control a certain 
64.7 	movement or lane are so identified by placing a sign near the indication or indications, 
64.8 	no other traffic-control signal indication or indications within the intersection controls 
64.9 	vehicular traffic for that movement or lane.

64.10 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.06, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
64.11 		Subd. 7.Flashing signal. When flashing red or yellow signals are used they shall 
64.12 	require obedience by vehicular traffic as follows:
64.13 	(a) When a circular red lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of 
64.14 	vehicles shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, before entering the crosswalk 
64.15 	on the near side of the intersection, or if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting 
64.16 	roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway 
64.17 	before entering the intersection, and the right to proceed shall be subject to the rules 
64.18 	applicable after making a stop at a stop sign.
64.19 	(b) When a red arrow lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes drivers of 
64.20 	vehicles with the intention of making a movement indicated by the arrow shall stop at a 
64.21 	clearly marked stop line, but if none, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of 
64.22 	the intersection, or if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the 
64.23 	driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the 
64.24 	intersection, and the right to proceed shall be subject to the rules applicable after making a 
64.25 	stop at a stop sign.
64.26 	(c) When a circular yellow lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, drivers 
64.27 	of vehicles may proceed through the intersection or past the signals only with caution.
64.28 	Vehicular traffic, including vehicles turning right or left, shall yield the right-of-way to 
64.29 	other vehicles and to pedestrians lawfully within the intersection or adjacent crosswalk at 
64.30 	the time this signal is exhibited. Vehicular traffic turning left or making a U-turn to the left 
64.31 	shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles approaching from the opposite direction so 
64.32 	closely as to constitute an immediate hazard.
64.33 	(d) When a yellow arrow indication is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, 
64.34 	drivers of vehicles with the intention of making a movement indicated by the arrow may 
64.35 	proceed through the intersection or past the signals only with caution., but shall yield 
65.1 	the right-of-way to other vehicles and to pedestrians lawfully within the intersection or 
65.2 	adjacent crosswalk at the time this signal is exhibited. Vehicular traffic turning left or 
65.3 	making a U-turn to the left shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles approaching from 
65.4 	the opposite direction so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard.

65.5 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.19, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
65.6 		Subd. 5.Signal to turn. A signal of intention to turn right or left shall be given 
65.7 	continuously during not less than the last 100 feet traveled by the vehicle before turning.
65.8 	A person whose vehicle is exiting a roundabout is exempt from this subdivision.

65.9 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.222, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
65.10 		Subd. 4.Riding on roadway or shoulder rules. (a) Every person operating a 
65.11 	bicycle upon a roadway shall ride as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of 
65.12 	the roadway except under any of the following situations:
65.13 	(1) when overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction;
65.14 	(2) when preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway;
65.15 	(3) when reasonably necessary to avoid conditions, including fixed or moving 
65.16 	objects, vehicles, pedestrians, animals, surface hazards, or narrow width lanes, that make 
65.17 	it unsafe to continue along the right-hand curb or edge.
65.18 	(b) If a bicycle is traveling on a shoulder of a roadway, the bicycle shall travel in the 
65.19 	same direction as adjacent vehicular traffic.
65.20 	(c) Persons riding bicycles upon a roadway or shoulder shall not ride more than two 
65.21 	abreast and shall not impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic and, on a 
65.22 	laned roadway, shall ride within a single lane.
65.23 	(d) A person operating a bicycle upon a sidewalk, or across a roadway or shoulder 
65.24 	on a crosswalk, shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian and shall give an audible 
65.25 	signal when necessary before overtaking and passing any pedestrian. No person shall ride 
65.26 	a bicycle upon a sidewalk within a business district unless permitted by local authorities. 
65.27 	Local authorities may prohibit the operation of bicycles on any sidewalk or crosswalk 
65.28 	under their jurisdiction.
65.29 	(e) An individual operating a bicycle or other vehicle on a bikeway shall leave a safe 
65.30 	distance when overtaking a bicycle or individual proceeding in the same direction on the 
65.31 	bikeway, and shall maintain clearance until safely past the overtaken bicycle or individual.
65.32 	(f) A person lawfully operating a bicycle on a sidewalk, or across a roadway or 
65.33 	shoulder on a crosswalk, shall have all the rights and duties applicable to a pedestrian 
65.34 	under the same circumstances.
66.1 	(g) A person may operate an electric-assisted bicycle on the shoulder of a roadway, 
66.2 	on a bikeway, or on a bicycle trail if not otherwise prohibited under section 85.015, 
66.3 	subdivision 1d; 85.018, subdivision 2, paragraph (d); or 160.263, subdivision 2, paragraph 
66.4 	(b), as applicable.

66.5 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.306, is amended to read:
66.6 	169.306 USE OF SHOULDERS BY BUSES.
66.7 	(a) The commissioner of transportationA road authority, as defined in section 
66.8 	160.02, subdivision 25, is authorized to permit the use by transit buses and Metro Mobility 
66.9 	buses use of a shoulder, as designated by the commissioner road authority, of a freeway or 
66.10 	expressway, as defined in section 160.02, in Minnesota.
66.11 	(b) If the commissionera road authority permits the use of a freeway or expressway 
66.12 	shoulder by transit buses, the commissionerroad authority shall permit the use on that 
66.13 	shoulder of a bus (1) with a seating capacity of 40 passengers or more operated by a motor 
66.14 	carrier of passengers, as defined in section 221.012, subdivision 26, while operating in 
66.15 	intrastate commerce or (2) providing regular route transit service, as defined in section 
66.16 	174.22, subdivision 8, or Metro Mobility services, and operated by or under contract 
66.17 	with the Metropolitan Council, a local transit authority, or a transit authority created by 
66.18 	the legislature. Drivers of these buses must have adequate training in the requirements of 
66.19 	paragraph (c), as determined by the commissioner.
66.20 	(c) Buses authorized to use the shoulder under this section may be operated on 
66.21 	the shoulder only when main-line traffic speeds are less than 35 miles per hour, except 
66.22 	as provided for in paragraph (f). Drivers of buses being operated on the shoulder may 
66.23 	not exceed the speed of main-line traffic by more than 15 miles per hour and may never 
66.24 	exceed 35 miles per hour, except as provided for in paragraph (f). Drivers of buses being 
66.25 	operated on the shoulder must yield to merging, entering, and exiting traffic and must yield 
66.26 	to other vehicles on the shoulder. Buses operated on the shoulder must be registered with 
66.27 	the Department of Transportation.
66.28 	(d) For the purposes of this section, the term "Metro Mobility bus" means a motor 
66.29 	vehicle of not less than 20 feet in length engaged in providing special transportation 
66.30 	services under section 473.386 that is:
66.31 	(1) operated by or under contract with a public or private entity receiving financial 
66.32 	assistance to provide transit services from the Metropolitan Council or the commissioner 
66.33 	of transportation; and
66.34 	(2) authorized by the commissionera road authority to use freeway or expressway 
66.35 	shoulders.
67.1 	(e) This section does not apply to the operation of buses on dynamic shoulder lanes.
67.2 	(f) The commissioner may authorize different operating conditions and maximum 
67.3 	speeds, not to exceed the posted speed limit, based upon an engineering study and 
67.4 	recommendation by the road authority. The engineering study must be conducted by the 
67.5 	road authority and must conform with the manual and specifications adopted under section 
67.6 	169.06, subdivision 1, and applicable state and federal standards. The road authority shall 
67.7 	consult the public transit operator before recommending operating conditions different 
67.8 	from those authorized by law.

67.9 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.64, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
67.10 		Subd. 2.Colored light. (a) Unless otherwise authorized by the commissioner of 
67.11 	public safety, no vehicle shall be equipped, nor shall any person drive or move any vehicle 
67.12 	or equipment upon any highway with any lamp or device displaying a red light or any 
67.13 	colored light other than those required or permitted in this chapter.
67.14 	(b) A vehicle manufactured for use as an emergency vehicle may display and use 
67.15 	colored lights that are not otherwise required or permitted in this chapter, provided that 
67.16 	the vehicle is owned and operated according to section 168.10, is owned and operated 
67.17 	solely as a collector's item and not for general transportation purposes, and is registered 
67.18 	under section 168.10, subdivision 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1g, or 1h. A person may not activate the 
67.19 	colored lights authorized under this paragraph on streets or highways except as part of 
67.20 	a parade or other special event.

67.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

67.22 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.685, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
67.23 		Subd. 6.Exceptions. (a) This section does not apply to:
67.24 	(1) a person transporting a child in an emergency medical vehicle while in the 
67.25 	performance of official duties and when the physical or medical needs of the child make 
67.26 	the use of a child passenger restraint system unreasonable or when a child passenger 
67.27 	restraint system is not available;
67.28 	(2) a peace officer transporting a child while in the performance of official duties 
67.29 	and when a child passenger restraint system is not available, provided that a seat belt 
67.30 	must be substituted;
67.31 	(3) a person while operating a motor vehicle for hire, including a taxi, airport 
67.32 	limousine, and bus, but excluding a rented, leased, or borrowed motor vehicle; and
67.33 	(4) a person while operating a school bus; and that has a gross vehicle weight rating 
67.34 	of greater than 10,000 pounds.
68.1 	(5) a person while operating a type III vehicle described in section 169.011, 
68.2 	subdivision 71, paragraph (h), if the vehicle meets the seating and crash protection 
68.3 	requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 222, Code of Federal Regulations, 
68.4 	title 49, part 571.
68.5 	(b) A child passenger restraint system is not required for a child who cannot, in the 
68.6 	judgment of a licensed physician, be safely transported in a child passenger restraint 
68.7 	system because of a medical condition, body size, or physical disability. A motor vehicle 
68.8 	operator claiming exemption for a child under this paragraph must possess a typewritten 
68.9 	statement from the physician stating that the child cannot be safely transported in a child 
68.10 	passenger restraint system. The statement must give the name and birth date of the child, 
68.11 	be dated within the previous six months, and be made on the physician's letterhead or 
68.12 	contain the physician's name, address, and telephone number. A person charged with 
68.13 	violating subdivision 5 may not be convicted if the person produces the physician's 
68.14 	statement in court or in the office of the arresting officer.
68.15 	(c) A person offering a motor vehicle for rent or lease shall provide a child passenger 
68.16 	restraint device to a customer renting or leasing the motor vehicle who requests the device. 
68.17 	A reasonable rent or fee may be charged for use of the child passenger restraint device.

68.18 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.685, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
68.19 		Subd. 7.Appropriation; special account; legislative report. The Minnesota child 
68.20 	passenger restraint and education account is created in the state treasury, consisting of 
68.21 	fines collected under subdivision 5 and other money appropriated or donated. The money 
68.22 	in the account is annually appropriated to the commissioner of public safety, to be used to 
68.23 	provide child passenger restraint systems to families in financial need and, school districts 
68.24 	and child care providers that provide for the transportation of pupils to and from school 
68.25 	using type III vehicles or school buses with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds 
68.26 	or less, and  to provide an educational program on the need for and proper use of child 
68.27 	passenger restraint systems. The commissioner shall report to the legislature by February 
68.28 	1 of each odd-numbered year on the commissioner's activities and expenditure of funds 
68.29 	under this section.

68.30 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.85, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
68.31 		Subd. 2.Unloading. (a) Upon weighing a vehicle and load, as provided in this 
68.32 	section, an officer may require the driver to stop the vehicle in a suitable place and remain 
68.33 	standing until a portion of the load is removed that is sufficient to reduce the gross weight 
68.34 	of the vehicle to the limit permitted under either section 168.013, subdivision 3, paragraph 
69.1 	(b), or sections 169.823 to 169.829, whichever is the lesser violation, if any. A suitable 
69.2 	place is a location where loading or tampering with the load is not prohibited by federal, 
69.3 	state, or local law, rule, or ordinance.
69.4 	(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), a driver may be required to unload a 
69.5 	vehicle only if the weighing officer determines that (1) on routes subject to the provisions 
69.6 	of sections 169.823 to 169.829, the weight on an axle exceeds the lawful gross weight 
69.7 	prescribed by sections 169.823 to 169.829, by 2,000 pounds or more, or the weight on a 
69.8 	group of two or more consecutive axles in cases where the distance between the centers 
69.9 	of the first and last axles of the group under consideration is ten feet or less exceeds the 
69.10 	lawful gross weight prescribed by sections 169.823 to 169.829, by 4,000 pounds or more; 
69.11 	or (2) the weight is unlawful on an axle or group of consecutive axles on a road restricted 
69.12 	in accordance with section 169.87. Material unloaded must be cared for by the owner or 
69.13 	driver of the vehicle at the risk of the owner or driver.
69.14 	(c) If The driver is not required to unload under paragraph (b) when the gross weight 
69.15 	of the vehicle does not exceed:
69.16 	(1) the sum of the vehicle's registered gross weight plus, the weight allowance set 
69.17 	forth in section 168.013, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), and plus, if applicable, the weight 
69.18 	allowance permitted under section 169.826, then the driver is not required to unload 
69.19 	under paragraph (b); or
69.20 	(2) the weight allowed by special permit issued under section 169.86 for a vehicle 
69.21 	that is operated in conformity with the limitations and conditions of the permit.

69.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective October 1, 2012, and applies to 
69.23 	all registrations that are effective on or after that date and special permits issued on or 
69.24 	after that date.

69.25 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.86, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
69.26 		Subdivision 1.Permit authorities; restrictions. (a) The commissioner, with respect 
69.27 	to highways under the commissioner's jurisdiction, and local authorities, with respect to 
69.28 	highways under their jurisdiction, may, in their discretion, upon application in writing 
69.29 	and good cause being shown therefor, issue a special permit, in writing, authorizing the 
69.30 	applicant to move a vehicle or combination of vehicles of a size or weight of vehicle or 
69.31 	load exceeding the maximum specified in this chapter, exceeding the gross weight for 
69.32 	which the vehicle is registered under chapter 168, or otherwise not in conformity with the 
69.33 	provisions of this chapter, upon any highway under the jurisdiction of the party granting 
69.34 	such permit and for the maintenance of which such party is responsible.
70.1 	(b) Permits relating to over-width, over-length manufactured homes shall not be 
70.2 	issued to persons other than manufactured home dealers or manufacturers for movement 
70.3 	of new units owned by the manufactured home dealer or manufacturer, until the person 
70.4 	has presented a statement from the county auditor and treasurer where the unit is presently 
70.5 	located, stating that all personal and real property taxes have been paid. Upon payment of 
70.6 	the most recent single year delinquent personal property or current year taxes only, the 
70.7 	county auditor or treasurer must issue a taxes paid statement to a manufactured home 
70.8 	dealer or a financial institution desiring to relocate a manufactured home that has been 
70.9 	repossessed. This statement must be dated within 30 days of the contemplated move. The 
70.10 	statement from the county auditor and treasurer where the unit is presently located, stating 
70.11 	that all personal and real property taxes have been paid, may be made by telephone. If 
70.12 	the statement is obtained by telephone, the permit shall contain the date and time of the 
70.13 	telephone call and the names of the persons in the auditor's office and treasurer's office 
70.14 	who verified that all personal and real property taxes had been paid.
70.15 	(c) The commissioner may not grant a permit authorizing the movement, in a 
70.16 	three-vehicle combination, of a semitrailer or trailer that exceeds 28-1/2 feet, except that 
70.17 	the commissioner (1) may renew a permit that was granted before April 16, 1984, for the 
70.18 	movement of a semitrailer or trailer that exceeds the length limitation in section 169.81, 
70.19 	subdivision 2, or (2) may grant a permit authorizing the transportation of empty trailers 
70.20 	that exceed 28-1/2 feet when using a B-train hitching mechanism as defined in Code of 
70.21 	Federal Regulations, title 23, section 658.5, paragraph (o), from a point of manufacture in 
70.22 	the state to the state border.
70.23 	(d) The state as to state trunk highways, a statutory or home rule charter city as 
70.24 	to streets in the city, or a town as to roads in the town, may issue permits authorizing 
70.25 	the transportation of combinations of vehicles exceeding the limitations in section 
70.26 	169.81, subdivisions 2a and 3, over highways, streets, or roads within its boundaries. 
70.27 	Combinations of vehicles authorized by this paragraph may be restricted as to the use of 
70.28 	state trunk highways by the commissioner, to the use of streets by the city road authority, 
70.29 	and to the use of roads by the town road authority. Nothing in this paragraph or section 
70.30 	169.81, subdivisions 2a and 3, alters or changes the authority vested in local authorities 
70.31 	under section 169.04.

70.32 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective October 1, 2012, and applies to 
70.33 	all registrations that are effective on or after that date and special permits issued on or 
70.34 	after that date.

70.35 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.86, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
71.1 		Subd. 4.Display and inspection of permit. Every such A permit shall must be 
71.2 	carried in the vehicle or combination of vehicles to which it refers and shall must be open 
71.3 	to inspection by any police peace officer or authorized agent of any authority granting 
71.4 	such the permit, and. A permit may be carried in electronic format if it is easily read. No 
71.5 	person shall violate any of the terms or conditions of such a special permit.

71.6 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 169.86, subdivision 5, is 
71.7 	amended to read:
71.8 		Subd. 5.Fees; proceeds deposited; appropriation. The commissioner, with 
71.9 	respect to highways under the commissioner's jurisdiction, may charge a fee for each 
71.10 	permit issued. All such fees for permits issued by the commissioner of transportation shall
71.11 	must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the trunk highway fund. Except 
71.12 	for those annual permits for which the permit fees are specified elsewhere in this chapter, 
71.13 	the fees shall be are:
71.14 	(a) $15 for each single trip permit.
71.15 	(b) $36 for each job permit. A job permit may be issued for like loads carried on 
71.16 	a specific route for a period not to exceed two months. "Like loads" means loads of the 
71.17 	same product, weight, and dimension.
71.18 	(c) $60 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 consecutive 
71.19 	months. Annual permits may be issued for:
71.20 	(1) motor vehicles used to alleviate a temporary crisis adversely affecting the safety 
71.21 	or well-being of the public;
71.22 	(2) motor vehicles which that travel on interstate highways and carry loads 
71.23 	authorized under subdivision 1a;
71.24 	(3) motor vehicles operating with gross weights authorized under section 169.826, 
71.25 	subdivision 1a;
71.26 	(4) special pulpwood vehicles described in section 169.863;
71.27 	(5) motor vehicles bearing snowplow blades not exceeding ten feet in width;
71.28 	(6) noncommercial transportation of a boat by the owner or user of the boat;
71.29 	(7) motor vehicles carrying bales of agricultural products authorized under section 
71.30 	169.862; and
71.31 	(8) special milk-hauling vehicles authorized under section 169.867.
71.32 	(d) $120 for an oversize annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 
71.33 	consecutive months. Annual permits may be issued for:
71.34 	(1) mobile cranes;
71.35 	(2) construction equipment, machinery, and supplies;
72.1 	(3) manufactured homes and manufactured storage buildings;
72.2 	(4) implements of husbandry;
72.3 	(5) double-deck buses;
72.4 	(6) commercial boat hauling and transporting waterfront structures, including, but 
72.5 	not limited to, portable boat docks and boat lifts;
72.6 	(7) three-vehicle combinations consisting of two empty, newly manufactured trailers 
72.7 	for cargo, horses, or livestock, not to exceed 28-1/2 feet per trailer; provided, however, 
72.8 	the permit allows the vehicles to be moved from a trailer manufacturer to a trailer dealer 
72.9 	only while operating on twin-trailer routes designated under section 169.81, subdivision 3, 
72.10 	paragraph (c); and
72.11 	(8) vehicles operating on that portion of marked Trunk Highway 36 described in 
72.12 	section 169.81, subdivision 3, paragraph (e).
72.13 	(e) For vehicles which that have axle weights exceeding the weight limitations of 
72.14 	sections 169.823 to 169.829, an additional cost added to the fees listed above. However, 
72.15 	this paragraph applies to any vehicle described in section 168.013, subdivision 3, 
72.16 	paragraph (b), but only when the vehicle exceeds its gross weight allowance set forth in 
72.17 	that paragraph, and then the additional cost is for all weight, including the allowance 
72.18 	weight, in excess of the permitted maximum axle weight. The additional cost is equal 
72.19 	to the product of the distance traveled times the sum of the overweight axle group cost 
72.20 	factors shown in the following chart:

72.21		Overweight Axle Group Cost Factors
		
72.22	Weight (pounds)
		Cost Per Mile For Each Group Of:
	
72.23
72.24
72.25
72.26
72.27	exceeding weight 
limitations on axles
		Two 
consecutive 
axles spaced 
within 8 feet 
or less
		Three 
consecutive 
axles spaced 
within 9 feet 
or less
		Four consecutive 
axles spaced within 
14 feet or less
	
72.28	0-2,000
		.12
		.05
		.04
	
72.29	2,001-4,000
		.14
		.06
		.05
	
72.30	4,001-6,000
		.18
		.07
		.06
	
72.31	6,001-8,000
		.21
		.09
		.07
	
72.32	8,001-10,000
		.26
		.10
		.08
	
72.33	10,001-12,000
		.30
		.12
		.09
	
72.34
72.35	12,001-14,000
		Not 
permitted
		.14
		.11
	
72.36
72.37	14,001-16,000
		Not 
permitted
		.17
		.12
	
72.38
72.39	16,001-18,000
		Not 
permitted
		.19
		.15
	
73.1
73.2	18,001-20,000
		Not 
permitted
		Not 
permitted
		.16
	
73.3
73.4	20,001-22,000
		Not 
permitted
		Not 
permitted
		.20
	
73.5 	The amounts added are rounded to the nearest cent for each axle or axle group. The 
73.6 	additional cost does not apply to paragraph (c), clauses (1) and (3).
73.7 	For a vehicle found to exceed the appropriate maximum permitted weight, a cost-per-mile 
73.8 	fee of 22 cents per ton, or fraction of a ton, over the permitted maximum weight is imposed 
73.9 	in addition to the normal permit fee. Miles must be calculated based on the distance 
73.10 	already traveled in the state plus the distance from the point of detection to a transportation 
73.11 	loading site or unloading site within the state or to the point of exit from the state.
73.12 	(f) As an alternative to paragraph (e), an annual permit may be issued for overweight, 
73.13 	or oversize and overweight, mobile cranes; construction equipment, machinery, and 
73.14 	supplies; implements of husbandry; and commercial boat hauling. The fees for the permit 
73.15 	are as follows:

73.16	Gross Weight (pounds) of Vehicle
	Annual Permit Fee 
	
73.17	90,000
	or less 
	$200
	
73.18	90,001
	- 100,000
	$300
	
73.19	100,001
	- 110,000
	$400
	
73.20	110,001
	- 120,000
	$500
	
73.21	120,001
	- 130,000
	$600
	
73.22	130,001
	- 140,000
	$700
	
73.23	140,001
	- 145,000
	$800
	
73.24	145,001
	- 155,000
	$900
	
73.25 	If the gross weight of the vehicle is more than 145,000 155,000 pounds the permit fee is 
73.26 	determined under paragraph (e).
73.27 	(g) For vehicles which exceed the width limitations set forth in section 169.80 by 
73.28 	more than 72 inches, an additional cost equal to $120 added to the amount in paragraph (a) 
73.29 	when the permit is issued while seasonal load restrictions pursuant to section 169.87 are 
73.30 	in effect.
73.31 	(h) $85 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 months, for 
73.32 	refuse-compactor vehicles that carry a gross weight of not more than: 22,000 pounds on 
73.33 	a single rear axle; 38,000 pounds on a tandem rear axle; or, subject to section 169.828, 
73.34 	subdivision 2, 46,000 pounds on a tridem rear axle. A permit issued for up to 46,000 
73.35 	pounds on a tridem rear axle must limit the gross vehicle weight to not more than 62,000 
73.36 	pounds.
74.1 	(i) $300 for a motor vehicle described in section 169.8261. The fee under this 
74.2 	paragraph must be deposited as follows:
74.3 	(1) in fiscal years 2005 through 2010:
74.4 	(i) the first $50,000 in each fiscal year must be deposited in the trunk highway fund 
74.5 	for costs related to administering the permit program and inspecting and posting bridges;
74.6 	(ii) all remaining money in each fiscal year must be deposited in a bridge inspection 
74.7 	and signing account in the special revenue fund. Money in the account is appropriated 
74.8 	to the commissioner for:
74.9 	(A) inspection of local bridges and identification of local bridges to be posted, 
74.10 	including contracting with a consultant for some or all of these functions; and
74.11 	(B) erection of weight-posting signs on local bridges; and
74.12 	(2) in fiscal year 2011 and subsequent years must be deposited in the trunk highway 
74.13 	fund.
74.14 	(j) Beginning August 1, 2006, $200 for an annual permit for a vehicle operating 
74.15 	under authority of section 169.824, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (2).

74.16 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.86, is amended by adding a subdivision 
74.17 	to read:
74.18 		Subd. 5a.Additional tax for excessive gross weight. When a special permit is 
74.19 	issued under this chapter, the commissioner shall collect in addition to the permit fee an 
74.20 	additional tax for excessive gross weight, if the weight allowed under the permit is greater 
74.21 	than the gross weight for which the vehicle is registered under section 168.013. The 
74.22 	tax shall be calculated as the difference between the registration tax paid under section 
74.23 	168.013, subdivision 1e, and the additional tax that would be due under section 168.013, 
74.24 	subdivision 1e, at the gross weight allowed under the permit, prorated by the number of 
74.25 	days for which the permit is effective. Proceeds of the surcharge must be deposited in the 
74.26 	state treasury and credited to the highway user tax distribution fund.

74.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective with the registration period beginning 
74.28 	October 1, 2012, and applies to all registrations that are effective on or after that date and 
74.29 	special permits issued on or after that date.

74.30 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.99, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:
74.31 		Subd. 1b.Speed. (a) For a citation issued before August 1, 2014, the uniform 
74.32 	traffic ticket must provide a blank or space wherein an officer who issues a citation for a 
74.33 	violation of a speed limit of 55 or 60 miles per hour must specify whether the speed was 
74.34 	greater than ten miles per hour in excess of the speed limit.
75.1 	(b) For a citation issued on or after August 1, 2014, the uniform traffic ticket must 
75.2 	provide a blank or space wherein an officer who issues a citation for a violation of a speed 
75.3 	limit of 55 or 60 miles per hour must specify whether the speed was greater than ten miles 
75.4 	per hour in excess of a 55 miles per hour speed limit, or more than five miles per hour in 
75.5 	excess of a 60 miles per hour speed limit.

75.6 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169A.54, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
75.7 		Subdivision 1.Revocation periods for DWI convictions. Except as provided in 
75.8 	subdivision 7, the commissioner shall revoke the driver's license of a person convicted 
75.9 	of violating section 169A.20 (driving while impaired) or an ordinance in conformity 
75.10 	with it, as follows:
75.11 	(1) not less than 30 days for an offense under section 169A.20, subdivision 1
75.12 	(driving while impaired crime), not less than 30 days;
75.13 	(2) not less than 90 days for an offense under section 169A.20, subdivision 2 (refusal 
75.14 	to submit to chemical test crime), not less than 90 days;
75.15 	(3) not less than one year for: 
75.16 	(i)  an offense occurring within ten years of a qualified prior impaired driving 
75.17 	incident, or;
75.18 	(ii) an offense occurring after two qualified prior impaired driving incidents, not 
75.19 	less than one year,; or if
75.20 	(iii) an offense occurring when a person has an alcohol concentration of twice the 
75.21 	legal limit or more as measured at the time or within two hours of the time of the offense 
75.22 	and the person has no qualified prior impaired driving incident within ten years;
75.23 	(4) not less than two years for an offense occurring under clause (3), item (i) 
75.24 	or (ii), and where the test results indicate an alcohol concentration of twice the legal 
75.25 	limit or more, not less than two years and until the court has certified that treatment or 
75.26 	rehabilitation has been successfully completed where prescribed in accordance with 
75.27 	section 169A.70 (chemical use assessments);
75.28 	(4) (5) not less than three years for an offense occurring within ten years of the 
75.29 	first of two qualified prior impaired driving incidents or occurring after three qualified 
75.30 	prior impaired driving incidents, not less than three years, together and  with denial under 
75.31 	section 171.04, subdivision 1, clause (10), until rehabilitation is established according to 
75.32 	standards established by the commissioner; and
75.33 	(5) (6) not less than four years for an offense occurring within ten years of the first of 
75.34 	three qualified prior impaired driving incidents, not less than four years, together and with 
76.1 	denial under section 171.04, subdivision 1, clause (10), until rehabilitation is established 
76.2 	according to standards established by the commissioner; or
76.3 	(6) (7) not less than six years for an offense occurring after four or more qualified 
76.4 	prior impaired driving incidents, not less than six years, together and with denial under 
76.5 	section 171.04, subdivision 1, clause (10), until rehabilitation is established according to 
76.6 	standards established by the commissioner.

76.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2012.

76.8 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169A.54, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
76.9 		Subd. 6.Applicability of implied consent revocation. (a) Any person whose 
76.10 	license has been revoked pursuant to section 169A.52 (license revocation for test failure 
76.11 	or refusal) as the result of the same incident, and who does not have a qualified prior 
76.12 	impaired driving incident, is subject to the mandatory revocation provisions of subdivision 
76.13 	1, clause (1) or (2), in lieu of the mandatory revocation provisions of section 169A.52.
76.14 	(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to:
76.15 	(1) a person whose license has been revoked under subdivision 2 (driving while 
76.16 	impaired by person under age 21); or
76.17 	(2) a person whose driver's license has been revoked for, or who is charged with,
76.18 	(i) an alcohol concentration of twice the legal limit or more as measured at the time or 
76.19 	within two hours of the time of the offense; or (ii)  a violation of section 169A.20 (driving 
76.20 	while impaired) with an aggravating factor described in section 169A.03, subdivision 
76.21 	3, clause (2) or (3).

76.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2012.

76.23 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 171.03, is amended to read:
76.24 	171.03 PERSONS EXEMPT.
76.25 	The following persons are exempt from license hereunder:
76.26 	(a) A person in the employ or service of the United States federal government is 
76.27 	exempt while driving or operating a motor vehicle owned by or leased to the United 
76.28 	States federal government.
76.29 	(b) A person in the employ or service of the United States federal government is 
76.30 	exempt from the requirement to possess a valid class A, class B, or class C commercial 
76.31 	driver's license while driving or operating for military purposes a commercial motor 
76.32 	vehicle for the United States federal government if the person is:
76.33 	(1) on active duty in the U. S. Coast Guard;
77.1 	(2) on active duty in a branch of the U. S. armed forces, which includes the Army, 
77.2 	Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps;
77.3 	(3) a member of a reserve component of the U. S. armed forces; or
77.4 	(4) on active duty in the Army National Guard or Air National Guard, which 
77.5 	includes (i) a member on full-time National Guard duty, (ii) a member undergoing 
77.6 	part-time National Guard training, and (iii) a National Guard military technician, who is a 
77.7 	civilian required to wear a military uniform.
77.8 	The exemption provided under this paragraph does not apply to a U. S. armed forces 
77.9 	reserve technician.
77.10 	(c) Any person while driving or operating any farm tractor or implement of 
77.11 	husbandry temporarily on a highway is exempt. For purposes of this section, an all-terrain 
77.12 	vehicle, as defined in section 84.92, subdivision 8, an off-highway motorcycle, as defined 
77.13 	in section 84.787, subdivision 7, and an off-road vehicle, as defined in section 84.797, 
77.14 	subdivision 7, are not implements of husbandry.
77.15 	(d) A nonresident who is at least 15 years of age and who has in immediate 
77.16 	possession a valid driver's license issued to the nonresident in the home state or country 
77.17 	may operate a motor vehicle in this state only as a driver.
77.18 	(e) A nonresident who has in immediate possession a valid commercial driver's 
77.19 	license issued by a state or jurisdiction in accordance with the standards of Code of 
77.20 	Federal Regulations, title 49, part 383, and who is operating in Minnesota the class of 
77.21 	commercial motor vehicle authorized by the issuing state or jurisdiction is exempt.
77.22 	(f) Any nonresident who is at least 18 years of age, whose home state or country does 
77.23 	not require the licensing of drivers may operate a motor vehicle as a driver, but only for a 
77.24 	period of not more than 90 days in any calendar year, if the motor vehicle so operated is 
77.25 	duly registered for the current calendar year in the home state or country of the nonresident.
77.26 	(g) Any person who becomes a resident of the state of Minnesota and who has in 
77.27 	possession a valid driver's license issued to the person under and pursuant to the laws of 
77.28 	some other state or jurisdiction or by military authorities of the United States may operate 
77.29 	a motor vehicle as a driver, but only for a period of not more than 60 days after becoming 
77.30 	a resident of this state, without being required to have a Minnesota driver's license as 
77.31 	provided in this chapter.
77.32 	(h) Any person who becomes a resident of the state of Minnesota and who has in 
77.33 	possession a valid commercial driver's license issued by another state or jurisdiction in 
77.34 	accordance with the standards of Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 383, is exempt 
77.35 	for not more than 30 days after becoming a resident of this state.
77.36 	(i) Any person operating a snowmobile, as defined in section 84.81, is exempt.
78.1 	(j) A railroad operator, as defined in section 169.035, subdivision 4, paragraph (a), 
78.2 	is exempt while operating a railroad locomotive or train, or on-track equipment while 
78.3 	being operated upon rails. This exemption includes operation while crossing a street or 
78.4 	highway, whether public or private.

78.5 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 171.061, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
78.6 		Subd. 4.Fee; equipment. (a) The agent may charge and retain a filing fee of $5 for 
78.7 	each application. Except as provided in paragraph (b) (c), the fee shall cover all expenses 
78.8 	involved in receiving, accepting, or forwarding to the department the applications and 
78.9 	fees required under sections 171.02, subdivision 3; 171.06, subdivisions 2 and 2a; and 
78.10 	171.07, subdivisions 3 and 3a.
78.11 	(b) The statutory fees and the filing fees imposed under paragraph (a) may be paid 
78.12 	by credit card or debit card. The driver's license agent may collect a convenience fee on 
78.13 	the statutory fees and filing fees not greater than the cost of processing a credit card or 
78.14 	debit card transaction. The convenience fee must be used to pay the cost of processing 
78.15 	credit card and debit card transactions. The commissioner shall adopt rules to administer 
78.16 	this paragraph using the exempt procedures of section 14.386, except that section 14.386, 
78.17 	paragraph (b), does not apply.
78.18 	(b) (c) The department shall maintain the photo identification equipment for all 
78.19 	agents appointed as of January 1, 2000. Upon the retirement, resignation, death, or 
78.20 	discontinuance of an existing agent, and if a new agent is appointed in an existing office 
78.21 	pursuant to Minnesota Rules, chapter 7404, and notwithstanding the above or Minnesota 
78.22 	Rules, part 7404.0400, the department shall provide and maintain photo identification 
78.23 	equipment without additional cost to a newly appointed agent in that office if the office 
78.24 	was provided the equipment by the department before January 1, 2000. All photo 
78.25 	identification equipment must be compatible with standards established by the department.
78.26 	(c) (d) A filing fee retained by the agent employed by a county board must be paid 
78.27 	into the county treasury and credited to the general revenue fund of the county. An 
78.28 	agent who is not an employee of the county shall retain the filing fee in lieu of county 
78.29 	employment or salary and is considered an independent contractor for pension purposes, 
78.30 	coverage under the Minnesota State Retirement System, or membership in the Public 
78.31 	Employees Retirement Association.
78.32 	(d) (e) Before the end of the first working day following the final day of the 
78.33 	reporting period established by the department, the agent must forward to the department 
78.34 	all applications and fees collected during the reporting period except as provided in 
78.35 	paragraph (c) (d).

79.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

79.2 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 171.12, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
79.3 		Subd. 6.Certain convictions not recorded. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b)
79.4 	(c), the department shall not keep on the record of a driver any conviction for a violation 
79.5 	of a speed limit of 55 or 60 miles per hour unless the violation consisted of a speed greater 
79.6 	than ten miles per hour in excess of a 55 miles per hour the speed limit, or more than five 
79.7 	miles per hour in excess of a 60 miles per hour speed limit.
79.8 	(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), the department shall not keep on the record 
79.9 	of a driver any conviction for a violation of a speed limit of 60 miles per hour unless the 
79.10 	violation consisted of a speed greater than:
79.11 	(1) ten miles per hour in excess of the speed limit, for any violation occurring on or 
79.12 	after August 1, 2012, and before August 1, 2014; or
79.13 	(2) five miles per hour in excess of the speed limit, for any violation occurring on 
79.14 	or after August 1, 2014.
79.15 	(c) This subdivision does not apply to (1) a violation that occurs in a commercial 
79.16 	motor vehicle, or (2) a violation committed by a holder of a class A, B, or C commercial 
79.17 	driver's license, without regard to whether the violation was committed in a commercial 
79.18 	motor vehicle or another vehicle.

79.19 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 171.30, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
79.20 		Subdivision 1.Conditions of issuance. (a) The commissioner may issue a limited 
79.21 	license to the driver under the conditions in paragraph (b) in any case where a person's 
79.22 	license has been:
79.23 	(1) suspended under section 171.18, 171.173, or 171.186;
79.24 	(2) revoked, canceled, or denied under section:
79.25 	(i) 169.792;
79.26 	(ii) 169.797;
79.27 	(iii) 169A.52:
79.28 	(A) subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (1) or (2);
79.29 	(B) subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (4), (5), or (6), if in compliance with section 
79.30 	171.306;
79.31 	(C) subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clause (1) or (2), if the test results indicate an 
79.32 	alcohol concentration of less than twice the legal limit;
79.33 	(D) subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clause (4), (5), or (6), if in compliance with section 
79.34 	171.306;
80.1 	(iv) 171.17; or
80.2 	(v) 171.172; or
80.3 	(3) revoked, canceled, or denied under section 169A.54:
80.4 	(i) subdivision 1, clause (1), if the test results indicate an alcohol concentration 
80.5 	of less than twice the legal limit;
80.6 	(ii) subdivision 1, clause (2);
80.7 	(iii) subdivision 1, clause (4), (5), or (6), or (7), if in compliance with section 
80.8 	171.306; or
80.9 	(iv) subdivision 2, if the person does not have a qualified prior impaired driving 
80.10 	incident as defined in section 169A.03, subdivision 22, on the person's record, and the test 
80.11 	results indicate an alcohol concentration of less than twice the legal limit.
80.12 	(b) The following conditions for a limited license under paragraph (a) include:
80.13 	(1) if the driver's livelihood or attendance at a chemical dependency treatment or 
80.14 	counseling program depends upon the use of the driver's license;
80.15 	(2) if the use of a driver's license by a homemaker is necessary to prevent the 
80.16 	substantial disruption of the education, medical, or nutritional needs of the family of 
80.17 	the homemaker; or
80.18 	(3) if attendance at a postsecondary institution of education by an enrolled student of 
80.19 	that institution depends upon the use of the driver's license.
80.20 	(c) The commissioner in issuing a limited license may impose such conditions and 
80.21 	limitations as in the commissioner's judgment are necessary to the interests of the public 
80.22 	safety and welfare including reexamination as to the driver's qualifications. The license 
80.23 	may be limited to the operation of particular vehicles, to particular classes and times of 
80.24 	operation, and to particular conditions of traffic. The commissioner may require that an 
80.25 	applicant for a limited license affirmatively demonstrate that use of public transportation 
80.26 	or carpooling as an alternative to a limited license would be a significant hardship.
80.27 	(d) For purposes of this subdivision:
80.28 	(1) "homemaker" refers to the person primarily performing the domestic tasks in a 
80.29 	household of residents consisting of at least the person and the person's dependent child 
80.30 	or other dependents; and
80.31 	(2) "twice the legal limit" means an alcohol concentration of two times the limit 
80.32 	specified in section 169A.20, subdivision 1, clause (5).
80.33 	(e) The limited license issued by the commissioner shall clearly indicate the 
80.34 	limitations imposed and the driver operating under the limited license shall have the 
80.35 	license in possession at all times when operating as a driver.
81.1 	(f) In determining whether to issue a limited license, the commissioner shall consider 
81.2 	the number and the seriousness of prior convictions and the entire driving record of the 
81.3 	driver and shall consider the number of miles driven by the driver annually.
81.4 	(g) If the person's driver's license or permit to drive has been revoked under 
81.5 	section 169.792 or 169.797, the commissioner may only issue a limited license to the 
81.6 	person after the person has presented an insurance identification card, policy, or written 
81.7 	statement indicating that the driver or owner has insurance coverage satisfactory to 
81.8 	the commissioner of public safety. The commissioner of public safety may require 
81.9 	the insurance identification card provided to satisfy this subdivision be certified by the 
81.10 	insurance company to be noncancelable for a period not to exceed 12 months.
81.11 	(h) The limited license issued by the commissioner to a person under section 
81.12 	171.186, subdivision 4, must expire 90 days after the date it is issued. The commissioner 
81.13 	must not issue a limited license to a person who previously has been issued a limited 
81.14 	license under section 171.186, subdivision 4.
81.15 	(i) The commissioner shall not issue a limited driver's license to any person 
81.16 	described in section 171.04, subdivision 1, clause (6), (7), (8), (11), or (14).
81.17 	(j) The commissioner shall not issue a class A, class B, or class C limited license.

81.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2012.

81.19 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 171.306, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
81.20 		Subd. 4.Issuance of restricted license. (a) The commissioner shall issue a class 
81.21 	D driver's license, subject to the applicable limitations and restrictions of this section, 
81.22 	to a program participant who meets the requirements of this section and the program 
81.23 	guidelines. The commissioner shall not issue a license unless the program participant has 
81.24 	provided satisfactory proof that:
81.25 	(1) a certified ignition interlock device has been installed on the participant's motor 
81.26 	vehicle at an installation service center designated by the device's manufacturer; and
81.27 	(2) the participant has insurance coverage on the vehicle equipped with the ignition 
81.28 	interlock device. The commissioner shall require the participant to present an insurance 
81.29 	identification card, policy, or written statement as proof of insurance coverage, and may 
81.30 	require the insurance identification card provided be certified by the insurance company to 
81.31 	be noncancelable for a period not to exceed 12 months.
81.32 	(b) A license issued under authority of this section must contain a restriction 
81.33 	prohibiting the program participant from driving, operating, or being in physical control of 
81.34 	any motor vehicle not equipped with a functioning ignition interlock device certified by 
81.35 	the commissioner. A participant may drive an employer-owned vehicle not equipped with 
82.1 	an interlock device while in the normal course and scope of employment duties pursuant 
82.2 	to the program guidelines established by the commissioner and with the employer's 
82.3 	written consent.
82.4 	(c) A program participant whose driver's license has been revoked under section 
82.5 	169A.52, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (1), (2), or (3), or subdivision 4, paragraph 
82.6 	(a), clause (1), (2), or (3), or section 169A.54, subdivision 1, clause (1), (2), or (3), or (4), 
82.7 	may apply for conditional reinstatement of the driver's license, subject to the ignition 
82.8 	interlock restriction.
82.9 	(d) A program participant whose driver's license has been revoked, canceled, or 
82.10 	denied under section 169A.52, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (4), (5), or (6), or 
82.11 	subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clause (4), (5), or (6), or section 169A.54, subdivision 1, 
82.12 	clause (4), (5), or (6), or (7), may apply for a limited license, subject to the ignition 
82.13 	interlock restriction, if the program participant is enrolled in a licensed chemical 
82.14 	dependency treatment or rehabilitation program as recommended in a chemical use 
82.15 	assessment, and if the participant meets the other applicable requirements of section 
82.16 	171.30. After completing a licensed chemical dependency treatment or rehabilitation 
82.17 	program and one year of limited license use without violating the ignition interlock 
82.18 	restriction, the conditions of limited license use, or program guidelines, the participant 
82.19 	may apply for conditional reinstatement of the driver's license, subject to the ignition 
82.20 	interlock restriction. If the program participant's ignition interlock device subsequently 
82.21 	registers a positive breath alcohol concentration of 0.02 or higher, the commissioner shall 
82.22 	cancel the driver's license, and the program participant may apply for another limited 
82.23 	license according to this paragraph.
82.24 	(e) Notwithstanding any statute or rule to the contrary, the commissioner has 
82.25 	authority to determine when a program participant is eligible for restoration of full driving 
82.26 	privileges, except that the commissioner shall not reinstate full driving privileges until the 
82.27 	program participant has met all applicable prerequisites for reinstatement under section 
82.28 	169A.55 and until the program participant's device has registered no positive breath 
82.29 	alcohol concentrations of 0.02 or higher during the preceding 90 days.

82.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2012.

82.31 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 174.02, is amended by adding a subdivision 
82.32 	to read:
82.33 		Subd. 9.Pilot transportation project; alternative financing and investment. (a) 
82.34 	The commissioner may select one pilot transportation project on the trunk highway system 
82.35 	to implement the authority granted in this subdivision. In connection with the pilot project, 
83.1 	the commissioner may enter into agreements with governmental or nongovernmental 
83.2 	entities, including private and nonprofit entities, to finance or invest in the transportation 
83.3 	project, including repayment agreements. An agreement under this subdivision is subject 
83.4 	to (1) the availability of state money or other dedicated revenue or resources; and (2) the 
83.5 	approval of the commissioner of management and budget.
83.6 	(b) The commissioner shall submit to the chairs and ranking minority members of 
83.7 	the house of representatives and senate committees having jurisdiction over transportation 
83.8 	policy and finance a report detailing agreements executed under this subdivision. The 
83.9 	listing must identify each agreement, the contracting entities, the contract amounts and 
83.10 	duration, and any repayment requirements. The listing may be submitted electronically, 
83.11 	and is subject to section 3.195, subdivision 1.
83.12 	(c) The pilot project is subject to transportation planning, programming, and 
83.13 	procurement requirements. Use of this subdivision must not result in the delay of any 
83.14 	project programmed in the statewide transportation improvement program.
83.15 	(d) This subdivision does not preempt any other statute or provide new toll facility 
83.16 	authority or design-build contracting authority.
83.17 	(e) Any repayment agreement under this subdivision must comply with all applicable 
83.18 	debt and other financial policies and requirements.

83.19 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 174.56, is amended to read:
83.20 	174.56 REPORT ON MAJOR HIGHWAY PROJECTS AND TRUNK 
83.21 	HIGHWAY FUND EXPENDITURES.
83.22 		Subdivision 1.Report required. (a) The commissioner of transportation shall 
83.23 	submit a report on January 15, 2009, and on Januaryby December 15 of each year 
83.24 	thereafter, on (1)  the status of major highway projects completed during the previous two 
83.25 	years or under construction or planned during the year of the report and for the ensuing 15 
83.26 	years; and (2) trunk highway fund expenditures.
83.27 	(b) For purposes of this section, a "major highway project" is a highway project that 
83.28 	has a total cost for all segments that the commissioner estimates at the time of the report to 
83.29 	be at least (1) $25,000,000$15,000,000 in the metropolitan highway construction district, 
83.30 	or (2) $10,000,000$5,000,000 in any nonmetropolitan highway construction district.
83.31 		Subd. 2.Report contents; major highway projects. For each major highway 
83.32 	project the report must include:
83.33 	(1) a description of the project sufficient to specify its scope and location;
83.34 	(2) a history of the project, including, but not limited to, previous official actions 
83.35 	by the department or the appropriate area transportation partnership, or both, the date on 
84.1 	which the project was first included in the state transportation improvement plan, the cost 
84.2 	of the project at that time, the planning estimate for the project, the engineer's estimate, the 
84.3 	award price, the final cost as of six months after substantial completion, including any 
84.4 	supplemental agreements and cost overruns or cost savings, the dates of environmental 
84.5 	approval, the dates of municipal approval, the date of final geometric layout, and the date 
84.6 	of establishment of any construction limits;
84.7 	(3) the project's priority listing or rank within its construction district, if any, as 
84.8 	well as the reasons for that listing or rank, the criteria used in prioritization or rank, any 
84.9 	changes in that prioritization or rank since the project was first included in a department 
84.10 	work plan, and the reasons for those changes; and
84.11 	(4) past and potential future reasons for delay in letting or completing the project, 
84.12 	details of all project cost changes that exceed $500,000, and specific modifications to the 
84.13 	overall program that are made as a result of delays and project cost changes;
84.14 	(5) two representative trunk highway construction projects, one each from the 
84.15 	department's metropolitan district and from greater Minnesota, and for each project report 
84.16 	the cost of environmental mitigation and compliance; and
84.17 	(6) the annual budget for products and services for each Department of 
84.18 	Transportation district and office, with comparison to actual spending and including 
84.19 	measures of productivity for the previous fiscal year.
84.20 		Subd. 2a.Report contents; trunk highway fund expenditures. The commissioner 
84.21 	shall include in the report information on the total expenditures from the trunk highway 
84.22 	fund during the previous fiscal year, for each Department of Transportation district, in 
84.23 	the following categories: road construction; planning; design and engineering; labor; 
84.24 	compliance with environmental regulations; administration; acquisition of right-of-way, 
84.25 	including costs for attorney fees and other compensation for property owners; litigation 
84.26 	costs, including payment of claims, settlements, and judgments; maintenance; and road 
84.27 	operations.
84.28 		Subd. 3.Department resources. The commissioner shall prepare and submit the 
84.29 	report with existing department staff and resources.

84.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2012, except that (1) the 
84.31 	changes in subdivision 2, clause (2), apply to projects that are substantially completed 
84.32 	on or after July 1, 2012; and (2) subdivision 2, clause (6), is effective beginning with the 
84.33 	report due by December 15, 2013.

84.34 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 221.0314, subdivision 3a, is amended to 
84.35 	read:
85.1 		Subd. 3a.Waiver for other medical condition. (a) The commissioner may grant 
85.2 	a waiver to a person who is not physically qualified to drive under Code of Federal 
85.3 	Regulations, title 49, section 391.41, paragraph (b)(3) to (b)(13). A waiver granted under 
85.4 	this subdivision applies to intrastate transportation only.
85.5 	(b) A person who wishes to obtain a waiver under this subdivision must give the 
85.6 	commissioner the following information:
85.7 	(1) the applicant's name, address, and telephone number;
85.8 	(2) the name, address, and telephone number of an employer coapplicant, if any;
85.9 	(3) a description of the applicant's experience in driving the type of vehicle to be 
85.10 	operated under the waiver;
85.11 	(4) a description of the type of driving to be done under the waiver;
85.12 	(5) a description of any modifications to the vehicle the applicant intends to drive 
85.13 	under the waiver that are designed to accommodate the applicant's medical condition or 
85.14 	disability;
85.15 	(6) whether the applicant has been granted another waiver under this subdivision;
85.16 	(7) a copy of the applicant's current driver's license;
85.17 	(8) a copy of a medical examiner's certificate showing that the applicant is medically 
85.18 	unqualified to drive unless a waiver is granted;
85.19 	(9) a statement from the applicant's treating physician that includes:
85.20 	(i) the extent to which the physician is familiar with the applicant's medical history;
85.21 	(ii) a description of the applicant's medical condition for which a waiver is necessary;
85.22 	(iii) assurance that the applicant has the ability and willingness to follow any course 
85.23 	of treatment prescribed by the physician, including the ability to self-monitor or manage 
85.24 	the medical condition; and
85.25 	(iv) the physician's professional opinion that the applicant's condition will not 
85.26 	adversely affect the applicant's ability to operate a motor vehicle safely; and
85.27 	(10) any other information considered necessary by the commissioner including 
85.28 	requiring a physical examination or medical report from a physician who specializes 
85.29 	in a particular field of medical practice.
85.30 	(c) In granting a waiver under this subdivision, the commissioner may impose 
85.31 	conditions the commissioner considers necessary to ensure that an applicant is able to 
85.32 	operate a motor vehicle safely and that the safety of the general public is protected.
85.33 	(d) A person who is granted a waiver under this subdivision must:
85.34 	(1) at intervals specified in the waiver, give the commissioner periodic reports from 
85.35 	the person's treating physician, or a medical specialist if the commissioner so requires in 
85.36 	the waiver, that contain the information described in paragraph (b), clause (9), together 
86.1 	with a description of any episode that involved the person's loss of consciousness or loss 
86.2 	of ability to operate a motor vehicle safely; and
86.3 	(2) immediately report the person's involvement in an accident for which a report is 
86.4 	required under section 169.09, subdivision 7.
86.5 	(e) The commissioner shall deny an application if, during the three years preceding 
86.6 	the application:
86.7 	(1) the applicant's driver's license has been suspended under section 171.18, 
86.8 	paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (9), (11), and (12), canceled under section 171.14, or revoked 
86.9 	under section 171.17, 171.172, or 171.174; or
86.10 	(2) the applicant has been convicted of a violation under section 171.24; or
86.11 	(2) (3) the applicant has been convicted of a disqualifying offense, as defined in 
86.12 	Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 383.51, paragraph (b), which is incorporated 
86.13 	by reference.
86.14 	(f) The commissioner may deny an application or may immediately revoke a 
86.15 	waiver granted under this subdivision. Notice of the commissioner's reasons for denying 
86.16 	an application or for revoking a waiver must be in writing and must be mailed to 
86.17 	the applicant's or waiver holder's last known address by certified mail, return receipt 
86.18 	requested. A person whose application is denied or whose waiver is revoked is entitled to 
86.19 	a hearing under chapter 14.
86.20 	(g) A waiver granted under this subdivision expires on the date of expiration shown 
86.21 	on the medical examiner's certificate described in paragraph (b), clause (8).

86.22 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 222.50, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
86.23 		Subd. 4.Contract. The commissioner may negotiate and enter into contracts for the 
86.24 	purpose of rail service improvement and may incorporate funds available from the federal 
86.25 	rail service continuation program government. The participants in these contracts shall be 
86.26 	railroads, rail users, and the department, and may be political subdivisions of the state and 
86.27 	the federal government. In such contracts, participation by all parties shall be voluntary. 
86.28 	The commissioner may provide a portion of the money required to carry out the terms of 
86.29 	any such contract by expenditure from the rail service improvement account.

86.30 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 222.51, is amended to read:
86.31 	222.51 PARTICIPATION BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.
86.32 	The governing body of any political subdivision of the state may, with the approval 
86.33 	of the commissioner, appropriate money for rail service improvement and may participate 
87.1 	in the state rail service improvement program and the federal rail service continuation 
87.2 	program programs.

87.3 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 222.53, is amended to read:
87.4 	222.53 ACCEPTANCE OF FEDERAL MONEY.
87.5 	The commissioner may exercise those powers necessary for the state to qualify 
87.6 	for, accept, and disburse any federal money that may be made available pursuant to the 
87.7 	provisions of the federal rail service continuation program, including the power to:
87.8 	(1) establish an adequate plan for rail service in the state as part of an overall 
87.9 	planning process for all transportation services in the state, including a suitable process for 
87.10 	updating, revising, and amending the plan;
87.11 	(2) administer and coordinate the plan with other state agencies, and provide for the 
87.12 	equitable distribution of resources;
87.13 	(3) develop, promote, and support safe, adequate, and efficient rail transportation 
87.14 	services; employ qualified personnel; maintain adequate programs of investigation, 
87.15 	research, promotion, and development, with provisions for public participation; and take 
87.16 	all practical steps to improve transportation safety and reduce transportation-related 
87.17 	energy utilization and pollution;
87.18 	(4) adopt and maintain adequate procedures for financial control, accounting, and 
87.19 	performance evaluation in order to assure proper use of state and federal money; and
87.20 	(5) do all things otherwise necessary to maximize federal assistance to the state 
87.21 	under the federal rail service continuation program.

87.22 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 574.26, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
87.23 		Subd. 1a.Exemptions: certain manufacturers; commissioner of transportation; 
87.24 	road maintenance. (a) Sections 574.26 to 574.32 do not apply to a manufacturer of 
87.25 	public transit buses that manufactures at least 100 public transit buses in a calendar year. 
87.26 	For purposes of this section, "public transit bus" means a motor vehicle designed to 
87.27 	transport people, with a design capacity for carrying more than 40 passengers, including 
87.28 	the driver. The term "public transit bus" does not include a school bus, as defined in 
87.29 	section 169.011, subdivision 71.
87.30 	(b) At the discretion of the commissioner of transportation, sections 574.26 to 
87.31 	574.32 do not apply to any projects of the Department of Transportation (1) costing less 
87.32 	than $75,000 the amount in section 471.345, subdivision 3, or (2) involving the permanent 
87.33 	or semipermanent installation of heavy machinery, fixtures, or other capital equipment to 
87.34 	be used primarily for maintenance or repair.
88.1 	(c) Sections 574.26 to 574.32 do not apply to contracts for snow removal, ice 
88.2 	removal, grading, or other similar routine road maintenance on town roads.

88.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

88.4 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 574.26, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
88.5 		Subd. 2.Terms. Except as provided in sections 574.263 and 574.264 or if the 
88.6 	amount of the contract is $75,000 or less than the amount in section 471.345, subdivision 
88.7 	3, a contract with a public body for the doing of any public work is not valid unless the 
88.8 	contractor gives (1) a performance bond to the public body with whom the contractor 
88.9 	entered into the contract, for the use and benefit of the public body to complete the 
88.10 	contract according to its terms, and conditioned on saving the public body harmless from 
88.11 	all costs and charges that may accrue on account of completing the specified work, and 
88.12 	(2) a payment bond for the use and benefit of all persons furnishing labor and materials 
88.13 	engaged under, or to perform the contract, conditioned for the payment, as they become 
88.14 	due, of all just claims for the labor and materials. Reasonable attorneys' fees, costs, and 
88.15 	disbursements may be awarded in an action to enforce claims under the act if the action is 
88.16 	successfully maintained or successfully appealed.

88.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

88.18 	Sec. 46. VARIANCE; SEAPLANE BASE.
 88.19 	The commissioner of transportation shall grant a variance for Elbow Lake 
88.20 	Municipal-Pride of the Prairie Airport, airport code Y63, to be licensed as a public 
88.21 	seaplane base on Flekkefjord Lake. The commissioner shall establish conditions or 
88.22 	limitations as may be necessary.

88.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

88.24 	Sec. 47. PAYNESVILLE AIRPORT.
 88.25 	(a) Notwithstanding any law, rule, or agreement to the contrary, the commissioner of 
88.26 	transportation may enter into an agreement with the city of Paynesville to allow funds 
88.27 	granted by the state to the city for land acquisition purposes for the marked Trunk 
88.28 	Highway 23 bypass project to instead be used by June 30, 2015, as the state's share of 
88.29 	funds for airport improvements and other aeronautical purposes at the city's airport.
88.30 	(b) Funds not spent pursuant to paragraph (a) by June 30, 2015, must be paid to the 
88.31 	commissioner of transportation and deposited in the state airports fund. 

89.1 	Sec. 48. ADDITIONS TO REPORTS ON MAJOR HIGHWAY PROJECTS AND 
89.2 	TRUNK HIGHWAY FUND EXPENDITURES.
 89.3 	For 2013 and 2014 reports required under Minnesota Statutes, section 174.56, the 
89.4 	commissioner of transportation shall include the results of evaluations of management 
89.5 	systems currently used by the Department of Transportation. The evaluations must specify 
89.6 	the extent to which the management of data in these systems is consistent with existing 
89.7 	policies and the need for statewide, reliable, and verifiable information. The evaluations 
89.8 	must be performed either by the department's office of internal audit or by an independent 
89.9 	external auditor. The 2013 report must include the evaluation of construction management 
89.10 	systems and the program and project management system. The 2014 report must include 
89.11 	the evaluation of pavement management systems and bridge management systems.

89.12 	Sec. 49. LEGISLATIVE REPORT ON SPEED VIOLATIONS ON DRIVING 
89.13 	RECORD.
 89.14 	By January 15, 2015, the commissioners of transportation and public safety shall 
89.15 	jointly submit a report on recording speed limit violations on a person's driver record to the 
89.16 	chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
89.17 	transportation policy and finance. The report must include analysis based on empirical 
89.18 	data of impacts on public safety, frequency of speeding, crash rates, travel time efficiency, 
89.19 	travel time reliability, and data privacy that are directly or reasonably attributable to the 
89.20 	change to Minnesota Statutes, section 171.12, subdivision 6, made by this act.

89.21 	Sec. 50.  REPEALER.
 89.22 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 161.08, subdivision 2; 168.012, subdivision 
89.23 	1b; and 222.48, subdivision 3a, are repealed.
89.24 	(b) Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169A.54, subdivision 5, is repealed effective 
89.25 	July 1, 2012.

89.26 	Sec. 51. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 89.27 	Unless otherwise specified, this article is effective August 1, 2012.