3E Relating to transportation; specifying certain duties of the commissioner of transportation (DOT) relating to contractor data; modifying the definition of solid waste to exempt concrete diamond grinding and saw slurry in road construction, improvements or repair activities under certain conditions; designating legislative route #7, signed as trunk highway #14, as the Black and Yellow Trail; establishing a contingent appropriation to fund state road operation, maintenance, planning, and construction; establishing and providing for construction manager/general contractor contracts for transportation projects; modifying provisions relating to contract bid preferences for highway construction projects and certain small business contract requirements; amending the rulemaking authority for the state aid road program; modifying allocation of funds from certain over-dimension motor vehicle permits; establishing bridge inspection and signing account and specifying the deposit of revenues; authorizing special overweight permits for motor vehicles hauling farm supplies; modifying the city apportionment formula population factor; modifying certain motor vehicle excessive weight first haul regulations relating to agricultural transportation; modifying civil penalty limitations; defining restored pioneer vehicle; expanding the class of eligible buyers for junked vehicles to include vehicle parts dealers licensed as scrap metal processors; regulating motor vehicle salvage titles; specifying conditions for restored pioneer vehicle replacement titles; regulating motor vehicle salvage titles; expanding the class of eligible buyers for junked vehicles to include vehicle parts dealers licensed as scrap metal processors; modifying bicycle equipment requirements; modifying provisions relating to school bus safety and standards; clarifying the placement of certain motor vehicle license plates; modifying allocation of funds from certain over-dimension motor vehicle permits; establishing bridge inspection and signing account and specifying the deposit of revenues; expanding the list of colors for vehicles operated by county sheriffs; establishing a motorcycle road guard certificate to be issued by the commissioner of public safety; directing the commissioners of transportation (DOT) and employment and economic development (DEED) to study and report to the legislature about economic development related to freight railroad operation; establishing a safe routes to school program and to be developed and implemented by the commissioner of transportation (DOT); modifying city ordinance requirements for small vehicle passenger service; providing for fuel tax and motor vehicle sales tax exemptions, transit fares, and studies; providing an exemption to the gasoline excise tax for day training and habilitation services providers providing transportation services under medical assistance (MA) home and community-based services waivers; exempting mobile medical units from motor vehicle sales tax and expanding business exemptions; increasing the service rates for the department of public safety state patrol escort service and enhancing the fee charges for state patrol flight services; modifying certain disclosure of motor vehicle damage requirements; specifying title branding provisions do not apply to pioneer vehicles; eliminating the design-build project selection council and transferring duties to the commissioner of transportation (DOT) to select, evaluate, and support county and municipal transportation projects on the state-aid system using the design-build method of contracting; authorizing the commissioner of transportation (DOT) to consider and utilize public-private partnership procurement methods (contracts) for a certain number of pilot projects under a pilot program; allowing replacement service transit providers to establish a pilot program adding a distance-based surcharge to standard transit fares; requiring construction manager/general contractor method use reports; modifying the municipal state-aid street funds eligibility and allocation; providing a money transfer from municipal state-aid street fund for municipal bond debt service; requiring a legislative report on the water permitting process for transportation projects; requiring a rule change and a revisor renumbering; repealing school bus optional markings, cooperation with law enforcement information and rules, and type III vehicle standards warning device
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