1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to highway construction; requiring a special slurry disposal provision 
1.3 	in certain highway construction, improvement, or repair contracts;proposing 
1.4 	coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 161.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [161.367] CONCRETE DIAMOND GRINDING AND SAW SLURRY.
1.7 	In any contract that includes concrete diamond grinding or concrete sawing 
1.8 	associated with the construction, improvement, or repair of a road, the commissioner 
1.9 	of transportation shall include a special provision relating to resulting concrete slurry. 
1.10 	The special provision must include language requiring removal of slurry by vacuuming; 
1.11 	allowing deposit of slurry along the in-slope of the roadway for diamond grinding; 
1.12 	prohibiting the contractor from allowing slurry to flow across lanes of traffic or into gutters 
1.13 	or other closed drainage facilities; and specifying that slurry shall not be placed closer 
1.14 	than 100 feet from natural streams and lakes, or three feet from water-filled ditches.