<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>policy, including logo sign program, trunk highway routes, state-aid systems, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>contracting, motor vehicle registration, license plates, vehicle dealers, pupil <br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>transportation, traffic regulations, bicycles, parking, motor vehicle equipment, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>driver licensing, agency organization, commercial vehicle regulations, railroads, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>land conveyance, and snow removal; repealing laws;amending Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>Statutes 2012, sections 160.21, subdivision 6; 160.80, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>161.04, subdivision 5; 161.115, subdivision 229, by adding a subdivision; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>161.1231, subdivision 8; 161.14, by adding a subdivision; 161.32, by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>subdivision; 162.02, subdivision 3a; 162.09, subdivision 3a; 162.13, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>2; 168.017, subdivisions 2, 3; 168.053, subdivision 1; 168.123, subdivision 2; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>168.183, subdivision 1; 168.187, subdivision 17; 168.27, subdivisions 10, 11, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>by adding a subdivision; 169.011, subdivision 71; 169.04; 169.14, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>2; 169.18, subdivisions 4, 7; 169.19, subdivision 1; 169.222, subdivisions 2, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>4, 6; 169.34, subdivision 1; 169.346, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>169.443, subdivision 9; 169.447, subdivision 2; 169.454, subdivision 12; 169.68; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>169.824, subdivision 2; 171.01, subdivision 49b; 171.07, subdivisions 3a, 4; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>171.12, subdivision 6; 174.02, by adding a subdivision; 174.03, subdivision 1d; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>174.24, subdivision 5a; 174.632; 174.636; 219.17; 219.18; 219.20; 221.0314, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>subdivisions 2, 3a, 9a; 473.386, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for <br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 174; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>sections 168.094; 174.24, subdivision 5; Minnesota Rules, parts 8820.3300, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>subpart 2; 8835.0330, subpart 2.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 160.21, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Uncompleted subdivisions.</b> (a) A road authority, including a statutory or <br/>
<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>home rule charter city, may remove snow from unopened or private roads in uncompleted <br/>
<a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>subdivisions containing five or more lots, upon adoption of an annual resolution finding <br/>
<a id="pl.1.30"></a><var>1.30</var>that the subdivision developer, due to general insolvency or pending foreclosure, is unable <br/>
<a id="pl.1.31"></a><var>1.31</var>to maintain the roads and that public safety may be jeopardized if the access of school <br/>
<a id="pl.1.32"></a><var>1.32</var>buses, public works vehicles, or authorized emergency vehicles, as defined in section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>169.011, subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>, is obstructed. Snow removal activities are limited to streets <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>reasonably necessary for access by these buses or vehicles.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>(b) Snow removal under this subdivision does not constitute:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>(1) acceptance of the road from the developer by the road authority for public use;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>(2) the opening of the road to public use; nor<br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>(3) a use, repair, or maintenance of the road sufficient for the purposes of dedication <br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>of roads under section 
         <statute_ref>160.05</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>(c) The road authority may impose a reasonable and proportionate charge on all <br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>properties within the subdivision for services provided under this subdivision. These <br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>charges, if unpaid, may constitute a lien upon the properties within the subdivision and <br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>may be collected as a special assessment as provided by section 
         <statute_ref>429.101</statute_ref> or by charter.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>(d) Where a road has been maintained pursuant to this subdivision, the road authority <br/>
<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>with jurisdiction over the road, and its officers and employees, are exempt from liability <br/>
<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>for any tort claim for injury to person or property arising from plowing, maintaining, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>or otherwise working on the road and from traveling on the road and related to its <br/>
<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>maintenance or condition. This paragraph does not apply to a claim for injury that is <br/>
<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>affirmatively caused by a negligent act of the road authority or its officers and employees.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>(e) This subdivision expires May 2, 2013 2014.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 160.80, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Commissioner may establish program.</b> (a) The commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>transportation may establish a sign franchise program for the purpose of providing on the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>right-of-way of interstate and controlled-access trunk highways specific information on <br/>
<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>gas, food, camping, lodging, attractions, and 24-hour pharmacies for the benefit of the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>motoring public.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>    (b) The sign franchise program must include urban interstate highways.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 160.80, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>Eligibility criteria for business panels.</b> (a) To be eligible for a business <br/>
<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>panel on a logo sign panel, a business establishment must:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>    (1) be open for business;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>    (2) have a sign on site that both identifies the business and is visible to motorists;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>    (3) be open to everyone, regardless of race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>creed, marital status, sexual orientation, or disability; and<br/>
<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>    (4) not impose a cover charge or otherwise require customers to purchase additional <br/>
<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>products or services; and<br/>
<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>    (5) meet the appropriate criteria in paragraphs (b) to (f) (k).<br/>
<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>    (b) Gas businesses must provide vehicle services including fuel gas or alternative <br/>
<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>fuels and oil; restroom facilities and drinking water; continuous, staffed operation at least <br/>
<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>12 hours a day, seven days a week; and public access to a telephone.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>    (c) Food businesses must serve at least two meals a day during normal mealtimes <br/>
<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>of breakfast, lunch, and dinner; provide a continuous, staffed food service operation at <br/>
<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>least ten hours a day, seven days a six days per week except holidays as defined in section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>645.44, subdivision 5
         </statute_ref>, and except as provided for seasonal food service businesses; <br/>
<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>provide seating capacity for at least 20 people; provide restroom facilities; provide public <br/>
<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>access to a telephone; and possess any required state or local licensing or approval. <br/>
<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>Seasonal food service businesses must provide a continuous, staffed food service operation <br/>
<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>at least ten hours a day serving at least two meals per day six days per week, seven days a <br/>
<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>week, during their months of operation.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>    (d) Lodging businesses must include sleeping accommodations, provide public <br/>
<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>access to a telephone, provide restroom facilities, and possess any required state or local <br/>
<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>licensing or approval.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>    (e) Camping businesses must include sites for camping, include parking <br/>
<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>accommodations for each campsite, provide sanitary facilities and drinking water, and <br/>
<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>possess any required state or local licensing or approval.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>    (f) 24-hour pharmacy businesses must be continuously operated 24 hours per day, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>seven days per week, and must have a state-licensed pharmacist present and on duty at <br/>
<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>all times.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>(g) Attractions businesses must have regional significance with the primary purpose <br/>
<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>of providing amusement, historical, cultural, or leisure activities to the public; provide <br/>
<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>restroom facilities and drinking water; possess any required state or local licensing <br/>
<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>approval; and provide adequate bus and vehicle parking accommodations for normal <br/>
<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>attendance.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>    (g) (h) Seasonal businesses must indicate to motorists when they are open for business <br/>
<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>by either putting the full months of operation directly on the business panel or by having a <br/>
<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>"closed" plaque applied to the business panel when the business is closed for the season.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>    (h) (i) The maximum distance that an eligible business in Anoka, Carver, Dakota, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, or Washington County an urban area can be located from the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.35"></a><var>3.35</var>interchange is: for gas, food, lodging, attraction, and 24-hour pharmacy businesses, one <br/>
<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>mile three miles; for food businesses, two miles; for lodging businesses and 24-hour <br/>
<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>pharmacies, three miles; and for camping businesses, ten miles.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>    (i) (j) The maximum distance that an eligible business in any other county a rural <br/>
<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>area can be located from the interchange shall not exceed 15 miles in either direction, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>except the maximum distance that an eligible 24-hour pharmacy business can be located <br/>
<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>from the interchange shall not exceed three miles in either direction.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>    (j) Logo sign panels must be erected so that motorists approaching an interchange <br/>
<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>view the panels in the following order: 24-hour pharmacy, camping, lodging, food, gas.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>    (k) If there is insufficient space on a logo sign panel to display all eligible businesses <br/>
<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>for a specific type of service, the businesses closest to the interchange have priority over <br/>
<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>businesses farther away from the interchange.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>(k) If there is available space on a logo sign panel and no application has been <br/>
<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>received by the franchise from a fully eligible business, a substantially eligible business <br/>
<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>may be allowed the space.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.4.0"></a><a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 160.80, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Franchises.</b> The commissioner may, by public negotiation or bid, grant <br/>
<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>one or more franchises to qualified persons to erect and maintain, on the right-of-way of <br/>
<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>interstate and controlled-access trunk highways, signs informing the motoring public of <br/>
<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>gas, food, lodging, camping facilities, attractions, and 24-hour pharmacies. A franchisee <br/>
<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>shall furnish, install, maintain, and replace signs for the benefit of advertisers who provide <br/>
<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>gas, food, lodging, camping facilities, attractions, and 24-hour pharmacies for the general <br/>
<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>public, and lease advertising space on the signs to operators of these facilities.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.5.0"></a><a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 161.04, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Trunk highway emergency relief account.</b> (a) The trunk highway <br/>
<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>emergency relief account is created in the trunk highway fund. Money in the account is <br/>
<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>appropriated to the commissioner to be used to fund relief activities related to an emergency, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>161.32, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, or under section 12A.16, subdivision 1.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>(b) Reimbursements by the Federal Highway Administration for emergency relief <br/>
<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>payments made from the trunk highway emergency relief account must be credited to the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>account. Interest accrued on the account must be credited to the account. Notwithstanding <br/>
<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>section 
         <statute_ref>16A.28</statute_ref>, money in the account is available until spent. If the balance of the account <br/>
<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>at the end of a fiscal year is greater than $10,000,000, the amount above $10,000,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>must be canceled to the trunk highway fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>(c) By September 1, 2012, and in every subsequent even-numbered year by <br/>
<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>September 1, the commissioner shall submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority <br/>
<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>members of the senate and house of representatives committees having jurisdiction over <br/>
<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>transportation policy and finance. The report must include the balance, as well as details <br/>
<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>of payments made from and deposits made to the trunk highway emergency relief account <br/>
<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>since the last report.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.6.0"></a><a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 161.115, subdivision 229, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>    Subd. 229. <b>Route No. 298.</b> Beginning at a point on Route No. 21 in the city of <br/>
<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>Faribault; thence extending in a southerly and easterly direction through the grounds of <br/>
<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>the Minnesota State Academy for the Blind, the Faribault Regional Treatment Center, and <br/>
<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>the Minnesota Correctional Facility - Faribault to a point on Route No. 323.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.7.0"></a><a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 161.115, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>    Subd. 270. <b>Route No. 339.</b> Beginning at a point on Route No. 45, thence extending <br/>
<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>easterly to a point on the boundary line between the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.8.0"></a><a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 161.1231, subdivision 8, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Special account.</b> Fees collected by the commissioner under this section <br/>
<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to a special account. Money in the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>account is appropriated to the commissioner to construct, operate, repair, and maintain: (1) <br/>
<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var> the parking facilities and the high-occupancy vehicle, (2) managed lanes on I-394, and (3) <br/>
<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>related multimodal and technology improvements that serve users of the parking facilities.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.9.0"></a><a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 161.14, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>    Subd. 73. <b>Officer Tom Decker Memorial Highway.</b> That segment of marked <br/>
<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>Trunk Highway 23 from the east border of the township of Wakefield to the west border of <br/>
<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>the city of Richmond is designated as "Officer Tom Decker Memorial Highway." Subject <br/>
<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>to section 161.139, the commissioner shall adopt a suitable design to mark this highway <br/>
<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>and erect appropriate signs.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.10.0"></a><a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 161.32, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Addenda.</b> For a bid advertised under subdivision 1, 3, or 4, the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>commissioner may establish one or more addenda to the bid, but may not add an addendum <br/>
<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>less than 24 hours prior to the deadline for submission of a bid. The commissioner shall <br/>
<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>identify addenda on the department's Web site and as part of the bidding process.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.11.0"></a><a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 162.02, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>    Subd. 3a. <b>Variances from rules and engineering standards.</b> (a) The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>may grant variances from the rules and from the engineering standards developed pursuant <br/>
<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>to section 
         <statute_ref>162.021</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>162.07, subdivision 2</statute_ref>. A political subdivision in which a county <br/>
<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>state-aid highway is located or is proposed to be located may submit a written request to the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>commissioner for a variance for that highway. The commissioner shall comply with section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>174.75, subdivision 5
         </statute_ref>, in evaluating a variance request related to a complete streets project.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>(b) The commissioner shall publish notice of the request in the State Register and <br/>
<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>give notice to all persons known to the commissioner to have an interest in the matter.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var> The commissioner may grant or deny the variance within 30 days of providing notice of<br/>
<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var> receiving the variance request. If a written objection to the request is received within <br/>
<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>seven days of providing notice, the variance shall be granted or denied only after a <br/>
<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>contested case hearing has been held on the request. If no timely objection is received and<br/>
<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var> the variance is denied without hearing, the political subdivision may request, within 30 <br/>
<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>days of receiving notice of denial, and shall be granted a contested case hearing.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>(c) For purposes of this subdivision, "political subdivision" includes (1) an agency of <br/>
<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>a political subdivision which has jurisdiction over parks, and (2) a regional park authority.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.12.0"></a><a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 162.09, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>    Subd. 3a. <b>Variances from rules and engineering standards.</b> (a) The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>may grant variances from the rules and from the engineering standards developed <br/>
<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>162.13, subdivision 2</statute_ref>. A political subdivision in which a municipal <br/>
<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>state-aid street is located or is proposed to be located may submit a written request to the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>commissioner for a variance for that street. The commissioner shall comply with section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>174.75, subdivision 5
         </statute_ref>, in evaluating a variance request related to a complete streets project.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>(b) The commissioner shall publish notice of the request in the State Register and <br/>
<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>give notice to all persons known to the commissioner to have an interest in the matter.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var> The commissioner may grant or deny the variance within 30 days of providing notice of<br/>
<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var> receiving the variance request. If a written objection to the request is received within <br/>
<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>seven days of providing notice, the variance shall be granted or denied only after a <br/>
<a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var>contested case hearing has been held on the request. If no timely objection is received and<br/>
<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var> the variance is denied without hearing, the political subdivision may request, within 30 <br/>
<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>days of receiving notice of denial, and shall be granted a contested case hearing.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>(c) For purposes of this subdivision, "political subdivision" includes (1) an agency of <br/>
<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>a political subdivision which has jurisdiction over parks, and (2) a regional park authority.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.13.0"></a><a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 162.13, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Money needs defined.</b> For the purpose of this section money needs of each <br/>
<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>city having a population of 5,000 or more are defined as the estimated cost of constructing <br/>
<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>and maintaining over a period of 25 years the municipal state-aid street system in such <br/>
<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>city. Right-of-way costs and drainage shall be included in money needs. Lighting costs <br/>
<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>and other costs incidental to construction and maintenance, or a specified portion of such <br/>
<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>costs, as set forth in the commissioner's rules, may be included in determining money <br/>
<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>needs. When a county locates a county state-aid highway over a portion of a street in any <br/>
<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>such city and the remaining portion is designated as a municipal state-aid street only the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>construction and maintenance costs of the portion of the street other than the portions taken <br/>
<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>over by the county shall be included in the money needs of the city. To avoid variances <br/>
<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>in costs due to differences in construction and maintenance policy, construction and <br/>
<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>maintenance costs shall be estimated on the basis of the engineering standards developed <br/>
<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>cooperatively by the commissioner and the engineers, or a committee thereof, of the cities.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.14.0"></a><a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 168.017, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>    Subd. 2. <b>12 uniform registration periods.</b> There are established 12 registration <br/>
<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>periods, each to be designated by a calendar month and to start on the first day of such <br/>
<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>month and end on the last day of the 12th month from the date of commencing. The <br/>
<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>registrar shall administer the monthly series system of registration to distribute the work <br/>
<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>of registering vehicles described in subdivision 1 as uniformly as practicable through the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>calendar year. The registrar shall register all vehicles subject to registration under the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>monthly series system for a minimum period of 12 consecutive calendar months.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.15.0"></a><a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 168.017, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Exceptions.</b> (a) The registrar shall register all vehicles subject to registration <br/>
<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>under the monthly series system for a period of 12 consecutive calendar months, unless:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>    (1) the application is an original rather than renewal application under section <br/>
<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>168.127; or<br/>
<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>    (2) the applicant is a licensed motor vehicle lessor under section 
         <statute_ref>168.27</statute_ref> and the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>vehicle is leased or rented for periods of time of not more than 28 days, in which case the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>applicant may apply for initial or renewed registration of a vehicle for a period of four <br/>
<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>or more months, the month of expiration to be designated by the applicant at the time of <br/>
<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>registration. To qualify for this exemption, the applicant must present the application to the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>registrar at St. Paul, or a designated deputy registrar office. Subsequent registration periods <br/>
<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>when the applicant is not a qualified motor vehicle lessor under this subdivision must be for <br/>
<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>a period of 12 months commencing from the last month for which registration was issued.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>    (b) In any instance except that of a licensed motor vehicle lessor, the registrar shall <br/>
<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>not approve registering the vehicle subject to the application for a period of less than three <br/>
<a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>months, except when the registrar determines that to do otherwise will help to equalize <br/>
<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>the registration and renewal work load of the department.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.16.0"></a><a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 168.053, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Application; fee; penalty.</b> Any person, firm, or corporation engaged <br/>
<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>in the business of transporting motor vehicles owned by another, by delivering, by <br/>
<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>drive-away or towing methods, either singly or by means of the full mount method, the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>saddle mount method, the tow bar method, or any other combination thereof, and under <br/>
<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>their own power, vehicles over the highways of the state from the manufacturer or any <br/>
<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>other point of origin, to any point of destination, within or without the state, shall make <br/>
<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>application to the registrar for a drive-away in-transit license. This application for annual <br/>
<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>license shall be accompanied by a registration fee of $250 and contain such information as<br/>
<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var> the registrar may require. Upon the filing of the application and the payment of the fee, <br/>
<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>the registrar shall issue to each drive-away operator a drive-away in-transit license plate, <br/>
<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>which must be carried and displayed on the power unit consistent with section 
         <statute_ref>169.79</statute_ref> and <br/>
<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>the plate shall remain on the vehicle while being operated within the state Minnesota. <br/>
<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>The license plate issued under this subdivision is not valid for the purpose of permanent <br/>
<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>vehicle registration and is not valid outside Minnesota. Additional drive-away in-transit <br/>
<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>license plates desired by any drive-away operator may be secured from the registrar of <br/>
<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>motor vehicles upon the payment of a fee of $5 for each set of additional license plates. <br/>
<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>Any person, firm, or corporation engaging in the business as a drive-away operator, of <br/>
<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>transporting and delivering by means of full mount method, the saddle mount method, the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>tow bar method, or any combination thereof, and under their own power, motor vehicles, <br/>
<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>who fails or refuses to file or cause to be filed an application, as is required by law, and to <br/>
<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>pay the fees therefor as the law requires, shall be found guilty of violating the provisions of <br/>
<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>168.053</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>168.057</statute_ref>; and, upon conviction, fined not less than $50, and not more <br/>
<a id="pl.8.34"></a><var>8.34</var>than $100, and all costs of court. Each day so operating without securing the license and <br/>
<a id="pl.8.35"></a><var>8.35</var>plates as required therein shall constitute a separate offense within the meaning thereof.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.17.0"></a><a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>    Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 168.123, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Design.</b> The commissioner of veterans affairs shall design the emblem for <br/>
<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>the veterans' special plates, subject to the approval of the commissioner, that satisfy the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>following requirements:<br/>
<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>(a) For a Vietnam veteran who served after July 1, 1961, and before July 1, 1978, <br/>
<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>in the active military service in a branch of the armed forces of the United States or a <br/>
<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>nation or society allied with the United States the special plates must bear the inscription <br/>
<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>"VIETNAM VET." and the letters "V" and "V" with the first letter directly above the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>second letter and both letters just preceding the first numeral of the special plate number.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>(b) For a veteran stationed on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, or offshore, during the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the special plates must bear the inscription <br/>
<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>"PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR." and the letters "P" and "H" with the first letter directly <br/>
<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>above the second letter and both letters just preceding the first numeral of the special <br/>
<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>plate number.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>(c) For a veteran who served during World War I or World War II, the plates must <br/>
<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>bear the inscription "WORLD WAR VET." and:<br/>
<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>(1) for a World War I veteran, the characters "W" and "I" with the first character <br/>
<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>directly above the second character and both characters just preceding the first numeral <br/>
<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>of the special plate number; or<br/>
<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>(2) for a World War II veteran, the characters "W" and "II" with the first character <br/>
<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>directly above the second character and both characters just preceding the first numeral of <br/>
<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>the special plate number.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>(d) For a veteran who served during the Korean Conflict, the special plates must <br/>
<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>bear the inscription "KOREAN VET." and the letters "K" and "V" with the first letter <br/>
<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>directly above the second letter and both letters just preceding the first numeral of the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>special plate number.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>(e) For a combat wounded veteran who is a recipient of the Purple Heart medal, the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>plates must bear the inscription "COMBAT WOUNDED VET" and have a facsimile or an <br/>
<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>emblem of the official Purple Heart medal and the letters "C" over "W" with the first letter <br/>
<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>directly over the second letter just preceding the first numeral of the special plate number.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>    A member of the United States armed forces who is serving actively in the military <br/>
<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>and who is a recipient of the Purple Heart medal is also eligible for this license plate. <br/>
<a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var>The commissioner of public safety shall ensure that information regarding the required <br/>
<a id="pl.9.34"></a><var>9.34</var>proof of eligibility for any applicant under this paragraph who has not yet been issued <br/>
<a id="pl.9.35"></a><var>9.35</var>military discharge papers is distributed to the public officials responsible for administering <br/>
<a id="pl.9.36"></a><var>9.36</var>this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>(f) For a Persian Gulf War veteran, the plates must bear the inscription "GULF <br/>
<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>WAR VET." and the letters "G" and "W" with the first letter directly above the second <br/>
<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>letter and both letters just preceding the first numeral of the special plate number. For <br/>
<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>the purposes of this section, "Persian Gulf War veteran" means a person who served on <br/>
<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>active duty after August 1, 1990, in a branch of the armed forces of the United States or <br/>
<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>a nation or society allied with the United States or the United Nations during Operation <br/>
<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm, or other military operation in the Persian Gulf <br/>
<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>area combat zone as designated in United States Presidential Executive Order No. 12744, <br/>
<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>dated January 21, 1991.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>(g) For a veteran who served in the Laos War after July 1, 1961, and before July 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>1978, the special plates must bear the inscription "LAOS WAR VET." and the letters "L" <br/>
<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>and "V" with the first letter directly above the second letter and both letters just preceding <br/>
<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>the first numeral of the special plate number.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>(h) For a veteran who is the recipient of:<br/>
<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>(1) the Iraq Campaign Medal, the special plates must be inscribed with a facsimile of <br/>
<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>that medal and must bear the inscription "IRAQ WAR VET" directly below the special <br/>
<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>plate number;<br/>
<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>(2) the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the special plates must be inscribed with a <br/>
<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>facsimile of that medal and must bear the inscription "AFGHAN WAR VET" directly <br/>
<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>below the special plate number;<br/>
<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>(3) the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the special plates must <br/>
<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>be inscribed with a facsimile of that medal and must bear the inscription "GWOT <br/>
<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>VETERAN" directly below the special plate number; or<br/>
<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>(4) the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the special plates must bear an <br/>
<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>appropriate inscription that includes a facsimile of that medal.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>(i) For a veteran who is the recipient of the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, <br/>
<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>the special plates must be inscribed with a facsimile of that medal and must bear the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>inscription "GWOT VETERAN" directly below the special plate number. In addition, <br/>
<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>any member of the National Guard or other military reserves who has been ordered to <br/>
<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>federally funded state active service under United States Code, title 32, as defined in <br/>
<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>section 
         <statute_ref>190.05, subdivision 5b</statute_ref>, and who is the recipient of the Global War on Terrorism <br/>
<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>Service Medal, is eligible for the license plate described in this paragraph, irrespective of <br/>
<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var>whether that person qualifies as a veteran under section 
         <statute_ref>197.447</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.34"></a><var>10.34</var>(j) For a veteran who is the recipient of the Korean Defense Service Medal, <br/>
<a id="pl.10.35"></a><var>10.35</var>the special plates must be inscribed with a facsimile of that medal and must bear the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.36"></a><var>10.36</var>inscription "KOREAN DEFENSE SERVICE" directly below the special plate number.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>(k) For a veteran who is a recipient of the Bronze Star medal, the plates must bear <br/>
<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>the inscription "BRONZE STAR VET" and have a facsimile or an emblem of the official <br/>
<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>Bronze Star medal.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>(l) For a veteran who is a recipient of the Silver Star medal, the plates must bear <br/>
<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>the inscription "SILVER STAR VET" and have a facsimile or an emblem of the official <br/>
<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>Silver Star medal.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.18.0"></a><a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 168.183, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Payment of taxes.</b> All trucks, truck-tractors, trailers and semitrailers,<br/>
<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var> trucks using combination, and buses which comply with all of the provisions of section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>168.181
         </statute_ref>, subdivision 1, clause (6), but are excluded from the exemptions provided therein<br/>
<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var> solely because of the intrastate temporary nature of their movement in this state, owned <br/>
<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>by nonresidents owning or operating circuses, carnivals or similar amusement attractions <br/>
<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>or concessions shall be required to comply with all laws and rules as to the payment of <br/>
<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>taxes applicable to like vehicles owned by Minnesota residents but such, except that<br/>
<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var> nonresidents may make application to pay such the tax for each vehicle proportionate <br/>
<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>to the number of months or fraction thereof such the vehicles are in this state. For the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>purposes of this subdivision, buses do not include charter buses that are considered <br/>
<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>proratable vehicles under section 168.187, subdivision 4.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.19.0"></a><a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>    Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 168.187, subdivision 17, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>    Subd. 17. <b>Trip permit.</b> Subject to agreements or arrangements made or entered into <br/>
<a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>pursuant to subdivision 7, the commissioner may issue trip permits for use of Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>highways by individual vehicles, on an occasional basis, for periods not to exceed 120 <br/>
<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>hours in compliance with rules promulgated pursuant to subdivision 23 and upon payment <br/>
<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>of a fee of $15. For the purposes of this subdivision, "on an occasional basis" means <br/>
<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>no more than one permit per vehicle within a 30-day period, which begins the day a <br/>
<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>permit is effective.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.20.0"></a><a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>    Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 168.27, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>    Subd. 3d. <b>Used vehicle parts dealer.</b> A used vehicle parts dealer licensee may sell, <br/>
<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>solicit, or advertise the sale of used parts and the remaining scrap metals, but is prohibited <br/>
<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>from selling any new or used motor vehicles for use at retail or for resale to a dealer.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.21.0"></a><a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>    Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 168.27, subdivision 10, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>    Subd. 10. <b>Place of business.</b> (a) All licensees under this section shall have an <br/>
<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>established place of business which shall include as a minimum:<br/>
<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>(1) For a new motor vehicle dealer, the following:<br/>
<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>(i) a commercial building owned or under lease by the licensee. The lease must <br/>
<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>be for a minimum term of one year. The building must contain office space where the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>books, records, and files necessary to conduct the business are kept and maintained with <br/>
<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>personnel available during normal business hours. Dealership business hours must be <br/>
<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>conspicuously posted on the place of doing business and readily viewable by the public;<br/>
<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>(ii) a bona fide contract or franchise (A) in effect with a manufacturer or distributor <br/>
<a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>of the new motor vehicles the dealer proposes to sell, broker, wholesale, or auction, or (B) <br/>
<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>in effect with the first-stage manufacturer or distributor of new motor vehicles purchased <br/>
<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>from a van converter or modifier which the dealer proposes to sell, broker, wholesale, or <br/>
<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>auction, or (C) in effect with the final-stage manufacturer of the new type A, B, or C motor <br/>
<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>homes which the dealer proposes to sell, broker, wholesale, or auction;<br/>
<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>(iii) a facility for the repair and servicing of motor vehicles and the storage of parts <br/>
<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>and accessories, not to exceed ten miles distance from the principal place of business. The <br/>
<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>service may be provided through contract with bona fide operators actually engaged <br/>
<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>in the services;<br/>
<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>(iv) an area either indoors or outdoors to display motor vehicles that is owned or <br/>
<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>under lease by the licensee; and<br/>
<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>(v) a sign readily viewable by the public that clearly identifies the dealership by name.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var>(2) For a used motor vehicle dealer, the following:<br/>
<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>(i) a commercial building owned or under lease by the licensee. The lease must <br/>
<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>be for a minimum term of one year. The building must contain office space where the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>books, records, and files necessary to conduct the business are kept and maintained with <br/>
<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>personnel available during normal business hours or automatic telephone answering <br/>
<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>service during normal business hours. Dealership business hours must be conspicuously <br/>
<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>posted on the place of doing business and readily viewable by the public;<br/>
<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>(ii) an area either indoors or outdoors to display motor vehicles which is owned or <br/>
<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>under lease by the licensee; and<br/>
<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>(iii) a sign readily viewable by the public that clearly identifies the dealership by <br/>
<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>name.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var>(3) For a motor vehicle lessor, the following: a commercial office space where the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.34"></a><var>12.34</var>books, records, and files necessary to conduct the business are kept and maintained with <br/>
<a id="pl.12.35"></a><var>12.35</var>personnel available during normal business hours or an automatic telephone answering <br/>
<a id="pl.12.36"></a><var>12.36</var>service during normal business hours. Business hours must be conspicuously posted on <br/>
<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>the place of doing business and readily viewable by the public. The office space must be <br/>
<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>owned or under lease for a minimum term of one year by the licensee.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>(4) For a motor vehicle wholesaler, the following: a commercial office space where <br/>
<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>the books, records, and files necessary to conduct the business are kept and maintained <br/>
<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>with personnel available during normal business hours or an automatic telephone <br/>
<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>answering service during normal business hours. The office space must be owned or under <br/>
<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>lease for a minimum term of one year by the licensee.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>(5) For a motor vehicle auctioneer, the following: a permanent enclosed commercial <br/>
<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>building, within or without the state, on a permanent foundation, owned or under lease <br/>
<a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>by the licensee. The lease must be for a minimum term of one year. The building must <br/>
<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>contain office space where the books, records, and files necessary to conduct the business <br/>
<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>are kept and maintained with personnel available during normal business hours or an <br/>
<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>automatic telephone answering service during normal business hours.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>(6) For a motor vehicle broker, the following: a commercial office space where <br/>
<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>books, records, and files necessary to conduct business are kept and maintained with <br/>
<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>personnel available during normal business hours, or an automatic telephone answering <br/>
<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>service available during normal business hours. A sign, clearly identifying the motor <br/>
<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>vehicle broker by name and listing the broker's business hours, must be posted in a location <br/>
<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>and manner readily viewable by a member of the public visiting the office space. The <br/>
<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>office space must be owned or under lease for a minimum term of one year by the licensee.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>(7) For a limited used vehicle license holder, the following: a commercial office <br/>
<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>space where books, records, and files necessary to conduct nonprofit charitable activities <br/>
<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>are kept and maintained with personnel available during normal business hours, or an <br/>
<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>automatic telephonic answering service available during normal business hours. The <br/>
<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>office space must be owned or under lease for a minimum term of one year by the licensee.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>(b) If a new or used motor vehicle dealer maintains more than one place of doing <br/>
<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>business in a county, the separate places must be listed on the application. If additional <br/>
<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>places of business are maintained outside of one county, separate licenses must be <br/>
<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>obtained for each county.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>(c) If a motor vehicle lessor, wholesaler, auctioneer, or motor vehicle broker <br/>
<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>maintains more than one permanent place of doing business, either in one or more <br/>
<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>counties, the separate places must be listed in the application, but only one license is <br/>
<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>required. If a lessor proposes to sell previously leased or rented vehicles or if a broker <br/>
<a id="pl.13.34"></a><var>13.34</var>proposes to establish an office at a location outside the seven-county metropolitan area, as <br/>
<a id="pl.13.35"></a><var>13.35</var>defined in section 
         <statute_ref>473.121, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, other than cities of the first class, the lessor or <br/>
<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>broker must obtain a license for each nonmetropolitan area county in which the lessor's <br/>
<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>sales are to take place or where the broker proposes to locate an office.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>(d) If a motor vehicle dealer, lessor, wholesaler, or motor vehicle broker does not <br/>
<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>have direct access to a public road or street, any privately owned roadway providing <br/>
<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>access to a public road or street must be clearly identified and adequately maintained.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>(e) A new or used motor vehicle dealer may establish a temporary place of business <br/>
<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>outside the county where it maintains its licensed location to sell horse trailers exclusively <br/>
<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>without obtaining an additional license.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>(f) A new or used motor vehicle dealer may establish a temporary place of business <br/>
<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>outside the county where it maintains its licensed location to sell recreational vehicles <br/>
<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>exclusively without obtaining an additional license if:<br/>
<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>(1) the dealer establishes a temporary place of business for the sale of recreational <br/>
<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>vehicles not more than four times during any calendar year;<br/>
<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>(2) each temporary place of business other than an official county fair or the <br/>
<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>Minnesota State Fair within the seven-county metropolitan area, as defined in section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>473.121, subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>, is established jointly with at least four other recreational vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>dealers;<br/>
<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>(3) each temporary place of business other than an official county fair outside <br/>
<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>the seven-county metropolitan area, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>473.121, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, is <br/>
<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>established jointly with at least one other recreational vehicle dealer;<br/>
<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>(4) each establishment of a temporary place of business for the sale of recreational <br/>
<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>vehicles is for no more than 12 consecutive days; and<br/>
<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>(5) the dealer notifies the registrar of motor vehicles of each temporary place of <br/>
<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>business for the sale of recreational vehicles.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.22.0"></a><a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>    Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 168.27, subdivision 11, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>    Subd. 11. <b>Dealers' licenses; location change notice; fee.</b> (a) Application for <br/>
<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>a dealer's license or notification of a change of location of the place of business on a <br/>
<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>dealer's license must include a street address, not a post office box, and is subject to the <br/>
<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>commissioner's approval.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>(b) Upon the filing of an application for a dealer's license and the proper fee, unless <br/>
<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>the application on its face appears to be invalid, the commissioner shall grant a 90-day <br/>
<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>temporary license. During the 90-day period following issuance of the temporary license, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>the commissioner shall inspect the place of business site and insure compliance with this <br/>
<a id="pl.14.34"></a><var>14.34</var>section and rules adopted under this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>(c) The commissioner may extend the temporary license 30 days to allow the <br/>
<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>temporarily licensed dealer to come into full compliance with this section and rules <br/>
<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>adopted under this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>(d) In no more than 120 days following issuance of the temporary license, the dealer <br/>
<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>license must either be granted or denied.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>(e) A license must be denied under the following conditions:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>(1) The license must be denied if within the previous ten years the applicant was <br/>
<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>enjoined due to a violation of section 
         <statute_ref>325F.69</statute_ref> or convicted of violating section 
         <statute_ref>325E.14</statute_ref>, <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>325E.15
         </statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>325E.16</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>325F.69</statute_ref>, or convicted under section 
         <statute_ref>609.53</statute_ref> of receiving or selling <br/>
<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>stolen vehicles, or convicted of violating United States Code, title 15, sections 1981 to <br/>
<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>1991 or pleaded guilty, entered a plea of nolo contendere or no contest, or has been found <br/>
<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>guilty in a court of competent jurisdiction of any charge of failure to pay state or federal <br/>
<a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>income or sales taxes or felony charge of forgery, embezzlement, obtaining money under <br/>
<a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>false pretenses, theft by swindle, extortion, conspiracy to defraud, or bribery.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>(2) The license must also be denied if within the previous year the applicant has been <br/>
<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>denied a dealer license.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>(3) (2) A license must also be denied if the applicant has had a dealer license <br/>
<a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>revoked within the previous ten years.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>(f) If the application is approved, the commissioner shall license the applicant as a <br/>
<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>dealer for one year from the date the temporary license is granted and issue a certificate <br/>
<a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>of license that must include a distinguishing number of identification of the dealer. The <br/>
<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>license must be displayed in a prominent place in the dealer's licensed place of business.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>(g) Each initial application for a license must be accompanied by a fee of $100 in <br/>
<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>addition to the annual fee. The annual fee is $150. The initial fees and annual fees must <br/>
<a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>be paid into the state treasury and credited to the general fund except that $50 of each <br/>
<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>initial and annual fee must be paid into the vehicle services operating account in the <br/>
<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>special revenue fund under section 
         <statute_ref>299A.705</statute_ref>.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.23.0"></a><a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>    Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 169.011, subdivision 71, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>    Subd. 71. <b>School bus.</b> (a) "School bus" means a motor vehicle used to transport <br/>
<a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var>pupils to or from a school defined in section 
         <statute_ref>120A.22</statute_ref>, or to or from school-related <br/>
<a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>activities, by the school or a school district, or by someone under an agreement with the <br/>
<a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>school or a school district. A school bus does not include a motor vehicle transporting <br/>
<a id="pl.15.33"></a><var>15.33</var>children to or from school for which parents or guardians receive direct compensation <br/>
<a id="pl.15.34"></a><var>15.34</var>from a school district, a motor coach operating under charter carrier authority, a transit <br/>
<a id="pl.15.35"></a><var>15.35</var>bus providing services as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>174.22, subdivision 7</statute_ref>, or a vehicle otherwise <br/>
<a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>qualifying as a type III vehicle under paragraph (h), when the vehicle is properly <br/>
<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>registered and insured and being driven by an employee or agent of a school district for <br/>
<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>nonscheduled or nonregular transportation.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>(b) A school bus may be type A, type B, type C, or type D, multifunction school <br/>
<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>activity bus, or type III as provided in paragraphs (c) to (h).<br/>
<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>(c) A "type A school bus" is a van conversion or bus constructed utilizing a <br/>
<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>cutaway front section vehicle with a left-side driver's door. This definition includes two <br/>
<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>classifications: type A-I, with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) less than or equal <br/>
<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>to 14,500 pounds; and type A-II, with a GVWR greater than 14,500 pounds and less <br/>
<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>than or equal to 21,500 pounds.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var>(d) A "type B school bus" is constructed utilizing a stripped chassis. The entrance <br/>
<a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>door is behind the front wheels. This definition includes two classifications: type B-I, <br/>
<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>with a GVWR less than or equal to 10,000 pounds; and type B-II, with a GVWR greater <br/>
<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>than 10,000 pounds.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>(e) A "type C school bus" is constructed utilizing a chassis with a hood and front <br/>
<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>fender assembly. The entrance door is behind the front wheels. A "type C school bus" also <br/>
<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>includes a cutaway truck chassis or truck chassis with cab, with or without a left side door, <br/>
<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>and with a GVWR greater than 21,500 pounds.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>(f) A "type D school bus" is constructed utilizing a stripped chassis. The entrance <br/>
<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>door is ahead of the front wheels.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>(g) A "multifunction school activity bus" is a school bus that meets the definition <br/>
<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>of a multifunction school activity bus in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section <br/>
<a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>571.3. A vehicle that meets the definition of a type III vehicle is not a multifunction <br/>
<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>school activity bus.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>(h) A "type III vehicle" is restricted to passenger cars, station wagons, vans, vehicles<br/>
<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var> and buses having a maximum manufacturer's rated seating capacity of ten or fewer people, <br/>
<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>including the driver, and a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less. A "type <br/>
<a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>III vehicle" must not be outwardly equipped and identified as a type A, B, C, or D school <br/>
<a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var>bus or type A, B, C, or D Head Start bus. A van or bus converted to a seating capacity of <br/>
<a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var>ten or fewer and placed in service on or after August 1, 1999, must have been originally <br/>
<a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>manufactured to comply with the passenger safety standards.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var>(i) In this subdivision, "gross vehicle weight rating" means the value specified by <br/>
<a id="pl.16.33"></a><var>16.33</var>the manufacturer as the loaded weight of a single vehicle.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.24.0"></a><a id="pl.16.34"></a><var>16.34</var>    Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 169.04, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.16.35"></a><var>16.35</var><b>169.04 LOCAL AUTHORITY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>(a) The provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to prevent local authorities, <br/>
<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>with respect to streets and highways under their jurisdiction, and with the consent of <br/>
<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>the commissioner, with respect to state trunk highways, within the corporate limits of a <br/>
<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>municipality, or within the limits of a town in a county in this state now having or which <br/>
<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>may hereafter have, a population of 500,000 or more, and a land area of not more than 600 <br/>
<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>square miles, and within the reasonable exercise of the police power from:<br/>
<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>(1) regulating the standing or parking of vehicles;<br/>
<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>(2) regulating traffic by means of police officers or traffic-control signals;<br/>
<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>(3) regulating or prohibiting processions or assemblages on the highways;<br/>
<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>(4) designating particular highways as one-way roadways and requiring that all <br/>
<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>vehicles, except emergency vehicles, when on an emergency run, thereon be moved in one <br/>
<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>specific direction;<br/>
<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>(5) designating any highway as a through highway and requiring that all vehicles stop <br/>
<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>before entering or crossing the same, or designating any intersection as a stop intersection, <br/>
<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>and requiring all vehicles to stop at one or more entrances to such intersections;<br/>
<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>(6) restricting the use of highways as authorized in sections 
         <statute_ref>169.80</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>169.88</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>(b) No ordinance or regulation enacted under paragraph (a), clause (4), (5), or (6), <br/>
<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>shall be effective until signs giving notice of such local traffic regulations are posted <br/>
<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>upon and kept posted upon or at the entrance to the highway or part thereof affected as <br/>
<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>may be most appropriate.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>(c) No ordinance or regulation enacted under paragraph (a), clause (3), or any other <br/>
<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var>provision of law shall prohibit:<br/>
<a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var>(1) the use of motorcycles or vehicles utilizing flashing red lights for the purpose of <br/>
<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var>escorting funeral processions, oversize buildings, heavy equipment, parades or similar <br/>
<a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>processions or assemblages on the highways; or<br/>
<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>(2) the use of motorcycles or vehicles that are owned by the funeral home and that <br/>
<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>utilize flashing red lights for the purpose of escorting funeral processions.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.25.0"></a><a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>    Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 169.14, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Speed limits.</b> (a) Where no special hazard exists the following speeds <br/>
<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>shall be lawful, but any speeds in excess of such limits shall be prima facie evidence <br/>
<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>that the speed is not reasonable or prudent and that it is unlawful; except that the speed <br/>
<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>limit within any municipality shall be a maximum limit and any speed in excess thereof <br/>
<a id="pl.17.33"></a><var>17.33</var>shall be unlawful:<br/>
<a id="pl.17.34"></a><var>17.34</var>    (1) 30 miles per hour in an urban district;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>    (2) 65 miles per hour on noninterstate expressways, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>160.02</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>subdivision 18b, and noninterstate freeways, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>160.02, subdivision 19</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>    (3) 55 60 miles per hour in locations other than those specified in this section;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>    (4) 70 miles per hour on interstate highways outside the limits of any urbanized area <br/>
<a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>with a population of greater than 50,000 as defined by order of the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var>transportation;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>    (5) 65 miles per hour on interstate highways inside the limits of any urbanized area <br/>
<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>with a population of greater than 50,000 as defined by order of the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>transportation;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>    (6) ten miles per hour in alleys;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var>    (7) 25 miles per hour in residential roadways if adopted by the road authority having <br/>
<a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>jurisdiction over the residential roadway; and<br/>
<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>(8) 35 miles per hour in a rural residential district if adopted by the road authority <br/>
<a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var>having jurisdiction over the rural residential district.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>    (b) A speed limit adopted under paragraph (a), clause (7), is not effective unless the <br/>
<a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>road authority has erected signs designating the speed limit and indicating the beginning <br/>
<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>and end of the residential roadway on which the speed limit applies.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>    (c) A speed limit adopted under paragraph (a), clause (8), is not effective unless the <br/>
<a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>road authority has erected signs designating the speed limit and indicating the beginning <br/>
<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var>and end of the rural residential district for the roadway on which the speed limit applies.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>    (d) Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>609.0331</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>609.101</statute_ref> or other law to the contrary, <br/>
<a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>a person who violates a speed limit established in this subdivision, or a speed limit <br/>
<a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>designated on an appropriate sign under subdivision 4, 5, 5b, 5c, or 5e, by driving 20 miles <br/>
<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>per hour or more in excess of the applicable speed limit, is assessed an additional surcharge <br/>
<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>equal to the amount of the fine imposed for the speed violation, but not less than $25.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective upon the placement of conforming <br/>
<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>signs designating the speed specified in this section by the commissioner of transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>on affected trunk highways and by local authorities on affected streets and highways under <br/>
<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>their jurisdictions. The placement of conforming signs must occur during the ordinary <br/>
<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>course of placement and replacement of signs, but must be completed before January <br/>
<a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>1, 2025.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.26.0"></a><a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var>    Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 169.18, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.18.33"></a><var>18.33</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Passing on the right.</b> The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass upon <br/>
<a id="pl.18.34"></a><var>18.34</var>the right of another vehicle only upon the following conditions:<br/>
<a id="pl.18.35"></a><var>18.35</var>(1) when the vehicle overtaken is making or about to make a left turn;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>(2) upon a street or highway with unobstructed pavement not occupied by parked <br/>
<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>vehicles of sufficient width for two or more lines of moving vehicles in each direction;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>(3) upon a one-way street, or upon any roadway on which traffic is restricted to one <br/>
<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>direction of movement, where the roadway is free from obstructions and of sufficient <br/>
<a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>width for two or more lines of moving vehicles;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>(4) when the driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass another vehicle upon the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>right only under conditions permitting such movement in safety. In no event shall such <br/>
<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>movement be made by driving in a bicycle lane or onto the shoulder, whether paved or <br/>
<a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>unpaved, or off the pavement or main-traveled portion of the roadway.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.27.0"></a><a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>    Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 169.18, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Laned highway.</b> When any roadway has been divided into two or more <br/>
<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>clearly marked lanes for traffic, the following rules, in addition to all others consistent <br/>
<a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>herewith, shall apply:<br/>
<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>(a) A vehicle shall be driven as nearly as practicable entirely within a single lane <br/>
<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var>and shall not be moved from such lane until the driver has first ascertained that such <br/>
<a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>movement can be made with safety.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>(b) Upon a roadway which is not a one-way roadway and which is divided into three <br/>
<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>lanes, a vehicle shall not be driven in the center lane except when overtaking and passing <br/>
<a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>another vehicle where the roadway is clearly visible and such center lane is clear of traffic <br/>
<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>within a safe distance, or in preparation for a left turn or where such center lane is at the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>time allocated exclusively to traffic moving in the direction the vehicle is proceeding, and <br/>
<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>is signposted to give notice of such allocation. The left lane of a three-lane roadway which <br/>
<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var>is not a one-way roadway shall not be used for overtaking and passing another vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>(c) Official signs may be erected directing slow-moving traffic to use a designated <br/>
<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>lane or allocating specified lanes to traffic moving in the same direction, and drivers of <br/>
<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>vehicles shall obey the directions of every such sign.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>(d) Whenever a bicycle lane has been established on a roadway, any person <br/>
<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>operating a motor vehicle on such roadway shall not drive in the bicycle lane except to<br/>
<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var> perform parking maneuvers in order to park where parking is permitted, to enter or leave <br/>
<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>the highway, or to prepare for a turn as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>169.19, subdivision 1</statute_ref>.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.28.0"></a><a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>    Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 169.19, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Turning at intersection.</b> The driver of a vehicle intending to turn <br/>
<a id="pl.19.33"></a><var>19.33</var>at an intersection shall do so as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>(a) Both the approach for a right turn and a right turn shall be made as close as <br/>
<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>(b) Approach for a left turn on other than one-way roadways shall be made in that <br/>
<a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>portion of the right half of the roadway nearest the centerline thereof, and after entering <br/>
<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>the intersection the left turn shall be made so as to leave the intersection to the right of the <br/>
<a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>centerline of the roadway being entered. Whenever practicable the left turn shall be made <br/>
<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>in that portion of the intersection to the left of the center of the intersection.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>(c) Approach for a left turn from a two-way roadway into a one-way roadway shall <br/>
<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var>be made in that portion of the right half of the roadway nearest the centerline thereof and <br/>
<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>by passing to the right of such centerline where it enters the intersection.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>(d) A left turn from a one-way roadway into a two-way roadway shall be made <br/>
<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>from the left-hand lane and by passing to the right of the centerline of the roadway being <br/>
<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>entered upon leaving the intersection.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>(e) Where both streets or roadways are one way, both the approach for a left turn and <br/>
<a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>a left turn shall be made as close as practicable to the left-hand curb or edge of the roadway.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>(f) Local authorities in their respective jurisdictions may cause markers, buttons, or <br/>
<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>signs to be placed within or adjacent to intersections and thereby require and direct that a <br/>
<a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>different course from that specified in this section be traveled by vehicles turning at an <br/>
<a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>intersection, and when markers, buttons, or signs are so placed no driver of a vehicle shall <br/>
<a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var>turn a vehicle at an intersection other than as directed and required by such markers, <br/>
<a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>buttons, or signs.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>(g) Whenever it is necessary for the driver of a motor vehicle to cross a bicycle lane <br/>
<a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>adjacent to the driver's lane of travel to make a turn, the driver shall drive the motor <br/>
<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>vehicle into the bicycle lane prior to making the turn, and shall make the turn, yielding the <br/>
<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>right-of-way to any vehicles approaching so close thereto as to constitute an immediate <br/>
<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>hazard. first signal the movement and then yield the right-of-way to any approaching <br/>
<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>bicycles before crossing the bicycle lane. The driver shall cross the bicycle lane in the <br/>
<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>manner indicated by any associated pavement markings and signs.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.29.0"></a><a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>    Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 169.222, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Manner and number riding.</b> No bicycle, including a tandem bicycle, <br/>
<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>cargo or utility bicycle, or trailer, shall be used to carry more persons at one time than the <br/>
<a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var>number for which it is designed and equipped, except (1) on a baby seat attached to the <br/>
<a id="pl.20.33"></a><var>20.33</var>bicycle, provided that the baby seat is equipped with a harness to hold the child securely in <br/>
<a id="pl.20.34"></a><var>20.34</var>the seat and that protection is provided against the child's feet hitting the spokes of the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>wheel or (2) in a seat attached to the bicycle operator an adult rider may carry a child in a <br/>
<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>seat designed for carrying children that is securely attached to the bicycle.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.30.0"></a><a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>    Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 169.222, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Riding rules.</b> (a) Every person operating a bicycle upon a roadway shall <br/>
<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>ride as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway except under <br/>
<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>any of the following situations:<br/>
<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>(1) when overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction;<br/>
<a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>(2) when preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway;<br/>
<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>(3) when reasonably necessary to avoid conditions, including fixed or moving <br/>
<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>objects, vehicles, pedestrians, animals, surface hazards, or narrow width lanes, that make <br/>
<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>it unsafe to continue along the right-hand curb or edge.; or<br/>
<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>(4) when operating on the shoulder of a roadway or in a bicycle lane.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>(b) If a bicycle is traveling on a shoulder of a roadway, the bicycle shall travel in the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>same direction as adjacent vehicular traffic.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>(c) Persons riding bicycles upon a roadway or shoulder shall not ride more than two <br/>
<a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>abreast and shall not impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic and, on a <br/>
<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>laned roadway, shall ride within a single lane.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>(d) A person operating a bicycle upon a sidewalk, or across a roadway or shoulder <br/>
<a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>on a crosswalk, shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian and shall give an audible <br/>
<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>signal when necessary before overtaking and passing any pedestrian. No person shall ride <br/>
<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>a bicycle upon a sidewalk within a business district unless permitted by local authorities. <br/>
<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>Local authorities may prohibit the operation of bicycles on any sidewalk or crosswalk <br/>
<a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>under their jurisdiction.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>(e) An individual operating a bicycle or other vehicle on a bikeway shall leave a safe <br/>
<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>distance when overtaking a bicycle or individual proceeding in the same direction on the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>bikeway, and shall maintain clearance until safely past the overtaken bicycle or individual.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>(f) A person lawfully operating a bicycle on a sidewalk, or across a roadway or <br/>
<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>shoulder on a crosswalk, shall have all the rights and duties applicable to a pedestrian <br/>
<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>under the same circumstances.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>(g) A person may operate an electric-assisted bicycle on the shoulder of a roadway, <br/>
<a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>on a bikeway, or on a bicycle trail if not otherwise prohibited under section 
         <statute_ref>85.015</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var>subdivision 1d; 
         <statute_ref>85.018, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, paragraph (d); or 
         <statute_ref>160.263, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.21.33"></a><var>21.33</var>(b), as applicable.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.31.0"></a><a id="pl.21.34"></a><var>21.34</var>    Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 169.222, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Bicycle equipment.</b> (a) No person shall operate a bicycle at nighttime <br/>
<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>unless the bicycle or its operator is equipped with (1) a lamp which emits a white light <br/>
<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>visible from a distance of at least 500 feet to the front; and (2) a red reflector of a type <br/>
<a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>approved by the Department of Public Safety which is visible from all distances from 100 <br/>
<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>feet to 600 feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful lower beams of headlamps on a <br/>
<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>motor vehicle. A bicycle equipped with lamps that are visible from a distance of at least <br/>
<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>500 feet from both the front and the rear is deemed to fully comply with this paragraph.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>(b) No person may operate a bicycle at any time when there is not sufficient light to <br/>
<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>render persons and vehicles on the highway clearly discernible at a distance of 500 feet <br/>
<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>ahead unless the bicycle or its operator is equipped with reflective surfaces that shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>visible during the hours of darkness from 600 feet when viewed in front of lawful lower <br/>
<a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>beams of headlamps on a motor vehicle. The reflective surfaces shall include reflective <br/>
<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>materials on each side of each pedal to indicate their presence from the front or the rear and <br/>
<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var>with a minimum of 20 square inches of reflective material on each side of the bicycle or its <br/>
<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>operator. Any bicycle equipped with side reflectors as required by regulations for new <br/>
<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>bicycles prescribed by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>considered to meet the requirements for side reflectorization contained in this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>(c) A bicycle may be equipped with a front lamp that emits a white flashing signal, <br/>
<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>or a rear lamp that emits a red flashing signal, or both.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>(d) A bicycle may be equipped with tires having studs, spikes, or other protuberances <br/>
<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>designed to increase traction.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>(e) No person shall operate a bicycle unless it is equipped with a rear brake or <br/>
<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>front and rear brakes which will enable the operator to make the a braked wheels wheel<br/>
<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var> skid on dry, level, clean pavement. A bicycle equipped with a direct or fixed gear that <br/>
<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>can make the rear wheel skid on dry, level, clean pavement shall be deemed to fully <br/>
<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>comply with this paragraph.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>(f) A bicycle may be equipped with a horn or bell designed to alert motor vehicles, <br/>
<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>other bicycles, and pedestrians of the bicycle's presence.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>(f) (g) No person shall operate upon a highway any two-wheeled bicycle equipped <br/>
<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>with handlebars so raised that the operator must elevate the hands above the level of the <br/>
<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>shoulders in order to grasp the normal steering grip area.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var>(g) (h) No person shall operate upon a highway any bicycle which is of such a size <br/>
<a id="pl.22.33"></a><var>22.33</var>as to prevent the operator from stopping the bicycle, supporting it with at least one foot <br/>
<a id="pl.22.34"></a><var>22.34</var>on the highway surface and restarting in a safe manner.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.32.0"></a><a id="pl.22.35"></a><var>22.35</var>    Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 169.34, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Prohibitions.</b> (a) No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle, <br/>
<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>directions of a police officer or traffic-control device, in any of the following places:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>    (1) on a sidewalk;<br/>
<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>    (2) in front of a public or private driveway;<br/>
<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>    (3) within an intersection;<br/>
<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>    (4) within ten feet of a fire hydrant;<br/>
<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>    (5) on a crosswalk;<br/>
<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>    (6) within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;<br/>
<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>    (7) within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign, or <br/>
<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway;<br/>
<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>    (8) between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated <br/>
<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>by signs or markings;<br/>
<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>    (9) within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;<br/>
<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>    (10) within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of <br/>
<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of said entrance when <br/>
<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>properly signposted;<br/>
<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>    (11) alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such stopping, <br/>
<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>standing, or parking would obstruct traffic;<br/>
<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>    (12) on the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a <br/>
<a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var>street;<br/>
<a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>    (13) upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway <br/>
<a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>tunnel, except as otherwise provided by ordinance;<br/>
<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>(14) within a bicycle lane, except when posted signs permit parking; or<br/>
<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>    (14) (15) at any place where official signs prohibit stopping.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>    (b) No person shall move a vehicle not owned by such person into any prohibited <br/>
<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>    (c) No person shall, for camping purposes, leave or park a travel trailer on or within <br/>
<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>the limits of any highway or on any highway right-of-way, except where signs are erected <br/>
<a id="pl.23.31"></a><var>23.31</var>designating the place as a campsite.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.32"></a><var>23.32</var>    (d) No person shall stop or park a vehicle on a street or highway when directed or <br/>
<a id="pl.23.33"></a><var>23.33</var>ordered to proceed by any peace officer invested by law with authority to direct, control, <br/>
<a id="pl.23.34"></a><var>23.34</var>or regulate traffic.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.33.0"></a><a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>    Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 169.346, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>Disability parking when designated spaces occupied or unavailable.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var>In the event the designated disability parking spaces are either occupied or unavailable, <br/>
<a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var>a vehicle bearing a valid disability parking certificate issued under section 169.345 or <br/>
<a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var>license plates for physically disabled persons under section 168.021 may park at an angle <br/>
<a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>and occupy two standard parking spaces.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.34.0"></a><a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var>    Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 169.346, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Disability parking space signs.</b> (a) Parking spaces reserved for physically <br/>
<a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>disabled persons must be designated and identified by the posting of signs incorporating <br/>
<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var>the international symbol of access in white on blue and indicating that violators are subject <br/>
<a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>to a fine of up to $200. These parking spaces are reserved for disabled persons with motor <br/>
<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var>vehicles displaying the required certificate, plates, permit valid for 30 days, or insignia.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var>(b) For purposes of this subdivision, a parking space that is clearly identified as <br/>
<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>reserved for physically disabled persons by a permanently posted sign that does not <br/>
<a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>meet all design standards, is considered designated and reserved for physically disabled <br/>
<a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var>persons. A sign posted for the purpose of this section must be visible from inside a motor <br/>
<a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>vehicle parked in the space, be kept clear of snow or other obstructions which block its <br/>
<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var>visibility, and be nonmovable or only movable by authorized persons.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.35.0"></a><a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>    Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 169.443, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Personal cellular phone call prohibition.</b> (a) As used in this subdivision, <br/>
<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>"school bus" has the meaning given in section 
         <statute_ref>169.011, subdivision 71</statute_ref>. In addition, the <br/>
<a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var>term includes type III vehicles as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>169.011, subdivision 71</statute_ref>, when driven <br/>
<a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>by employees or agents of school districts.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>    (b) A school bus driver may not operate a school bus while communicating over, or <br/>
<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>otherwise operating, a cellular phone for personal reasons, whether handheld or hands <br/>
<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>free, when the vehicle is in motion or a part of traffic.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.36.0"></a><a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var>    Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 169.447, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Driver seat belt.</b>  School buses and Head Start buses must be equipped <br/>
<a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>with driver seat belts and seat belt assemblies of the type described in section 
         <statute_ref>169.685, <br/>
<a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>. School bus drivers and Head Start bus drivers must use these seat belts. A <br/>
<a id="pl.24.32"></a><var>24.32</var>properly adjusted and fastened seat belt, including both the shoulder and lap belt when the <br/>
<a id="pl.24.33"></a><var>24.33</var>vehicle is so equipped, shall be worn by the driver.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.37.0"></a><a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>    Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 169.454, subdivision 12, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>    Subd. 12. <b>Option.</b> Passenger cars and station wagons Type III vehicles may carry <br/>
<a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var>fire extinguisher, first aid kit, and warning triangles in the trunk or trunk area of the vehicle, <br/>
<a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var>if a label in the driver and front passenger area clearly indicates the location of these items.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.38.0"></a><a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>    Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 169.68, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var><b>169.68 HORN, SIREN.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var>(a) Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway must be equipped with <br/>
<a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>a horn in good working order and capable of emitting sound audible under normal <br/>
<a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>conditions from a distance of not less than 200 feet. However, the horn or other warning <br/>
<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>device must not emit an unreasonably loud or harsh sound or a whistle. The driver of a <br/>
<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>motor vehicle shall, when reasonably necessary to insure safe operation, give audible <br/>
<a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>warning with the horn, but shall not otherwise use the horn when upon a highway.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var>(b) A vehicle must not be equipped with, and a person shall not use upon a vehicle, <br/>
<a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var>any siren, whistle, or bell, except as otherwise permitted in this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var>(c) It is permissible, but not required, for any commercial vehicle to be equipped <br/>
<a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>with a theft alarm signal device, so arranged that it cannot be used by the driver as an <br/>
<a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>ordinary warning signal.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>(d) All authorized emergency vehicles must be equipped with a siren capable of <br/>
<a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than 500 feet <br/>
<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>and of a type conforming to the federal certification standards for sirens, as determined by <br/>
<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>the General Services Administration. However, the siren must not be used except when the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>vehicle is operated in response to an emergency call or in the immediate pursuit of an actual <br/>
<a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>or suspected violator of the law, in which latter events the driver of the vehicle shall sound <br/>
<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>the siren when necessary to warn pedestrians and other drivers of the vehicle's approach.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var>(e) It is permissible, but not required, for a bicycle to be equipped with a horn or bell <br/>
<a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var>designed to alert motor vehicles, other bicycles, and pedestrians of the bicycle's presence.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.39.0"></a><a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var>    Sec. 39.  Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 169.824, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Gross vehicle weight of all axles; credit for idle reduction technology.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var>    (a) The gross vehicle weight of all axles of a vehicle or combination of vehicles must <br/>
<a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>not exceed:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var>    (1) 80,000 pounds for any vehicle or combination of vehicles on all streets and <br/>
<a id="pl.25.32"></a><var>25.32</var>highways, unless posted at a lower axle weight under section 
         <statute_ref>169.87, subdivision 1</statute_ref>; and<br/>
<a id="pl.25.33"></a><var>25.33</var>    (2) 88,000 pounds for any vehicle or combination of vehicles with six or more <br/>
<a id="pl.25.34"></a><var>25.34</var>axles while exclusively engaged in hauling livestock on all state trunk highways other <br/>
<a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>than interstate highways, if the vehicle has a permit under section 
         <statute_ref>169.86, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var>paragraph (j).<br/>
<a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>    (b) Notwithstanding the maximum weight provisions of this section, and in order to <br/>
<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>promote the reduction of fuel use and emissions, the maximum gross vehicle weight limits <br/>
<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>and the axle weight limits for any motor vehicle subject to sections 
         <statute_ref>169.80</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>169.88</statute_ref> and <br/>
<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var>equipped with idle reduction technology or emissions-reduction technology must be <br/>
<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>increased by the amount of weight necessary to compensate for the weight of the idle <br/>
<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>reduction technology or emissions-reduction technology, not to exceed 400 550 pounds. <br/>
<a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>At the request of an authorized representative of the Department of Transportation or the <br/>
<a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var>Department of Public Safety, the vehicle operator shall provide proof that the vehicle is <br/>
<a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>equipped with this technology through documentation or demonstration.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.40.0"></a><a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>    Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 171.01, subdivision 49b, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var>    Subd. 49b. <b>Valid medical examiner's certificate.</b> (a) "Valid medical examiner's <br/>
<a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>certificate" means a record, on a form prescribed by the department:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>(1) of a medical examiner's examination of a person who holds or is applying for a <br/>
<a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>class A, class B, or class C commercial driver's license;<br/>
<a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>(2) upon which the medical examiner attests that the applicant or license holder is <br/>
<a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>physically qualified to drive a commercial motor vehicle; and<br/>
<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var>(3) that is not expired.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>(b) A valid medical examiner's certificate must be issued by a medical examiner <br/>
<a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>who is certified by the Federal Motor Carrier Administration and listed on the National <br/>
<a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var>Registry of Certified Medical Examiners.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>The section is effective May 1, 2014.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.41.0"></a><a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>    Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 171.07, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>    Subd. 3a. <b>Identification cards for seniors.</b> A Minnesota identification card issued <br/>
<a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var>to an applicant 65 years of age or over shall be of a distinguishing color and plainly <br/>
<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>marked "senior." The fee for the card issued to an applicant 65 years of age or over shall <br/>
<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>be one-half the required fee for a class D driver's license rounded down to the nearest <br/>
<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>quarter dollar. A Minnesota identification card or a Minnesota driver's license issued to a <br/>
<a id="pl.26.31"></a><var>26.31</var>person 65 years of age or over shall be valid identification for the purpose of qualifying <br/>
<a id="pl.26.32"></a><var>26.32</var>for reduced rates, free licenses or services provided by any board, commission, agency or <br/>
<a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>institution that is wholly or partially funded by state appropriations. This subdivision does <br/>
<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>not apply to an enhanced identification card issued to an applicant age 65 or older.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.42.0"></a><a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>    Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 171.07, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Expiration.</b> (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, the <br/>
<a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>expiration date of Minnesota identification cards of applicants under the age of 65 shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>the birthday of the applicant in the fourth year following the date of issuance of the card.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>(b) A Minnesota identification cards card issued to applicants an applicant age 65 or <br/>
<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>over older shall be valid for the lifetime of the applicant, except that for the purposes of <br/>
<a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>this paragraph, "Minnesota identification card" does not include an enhanced identification <br/>
<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>card issued to an applicant age 65 or older.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>(c) The expiration date for an Under-21 identification card is the cardholder's 21st <br/>
<a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var>birthday. The commissioner shall issue an identification card to a holder of an Under-21 <br/>
<a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>identification card who applies for the card, pays the required fee, and presents proof of <br/>
<a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var>identity and age, unless the commissioner determines that the applicant is not qualified <br/>
<a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>for the identification card.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.43.0"></a><a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>    Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 171.12, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Certain convictions not recorded.</b> (a) Except as provided in paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>(c), the department shall not keep on the record of a driver any conviction for a violation <br/>
<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>of a speed limit of 55 miles per hour unless the violation consisted of a speed greater than <br/>
<a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>ten miles per hour in excess of the speed limit.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), the department shall not keep on the record <br/>
<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>of a driver any conviction for a violation of a speed limit of 60 miles per hour unless the <br/>
<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>violation consisted of a speed greater than:<br/>
<a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>(1) ten miles per hour in excess of the speed limit, for any violation occurring on or <br/>
<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>after August 1, 2012, and before August 1, 2014 2015; or<br/>
<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>(2) five miles per hour in excess of the speed limit, for any violation occurring <br/>
<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>on or after August 1, 2014 2015.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>(c) This subdivision does not apply to (1) a violation that occurs in a commercial <br/>
<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var>motor vehicle, or (2) a violation committed by a holder of a class A, B, or C commercial <br/>
<a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>driver's license, without regard to whether the violation was committed in a commercial <br/>
<a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var>motor vehicle or another vehicle.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.44.0"></a><a id="pl.27.32"></a><var>27.32</var>    Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.02, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.27.33"></a><var>27.33</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>    Subd. 2a. <b>Transportation ombudsperson.</b> (a) The commissioner shall appoint a <br/>
<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>person to the position of transportation ombudsperson. The transportation ombudsperson <br/>
<a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var>reports directly to the commissioner. The ombudsperson must be selected without regard to <br/>
<a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>political affiliation and must be qualified to perform the duties specified in this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>(b) Powers and duties of the transportation ombudsperson include, but are not <br/>
<a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>limited to:<br/>
<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var>(1) providing a neutral, independent resource for dispute and issue resolution between <br/>
<a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>the department and the general public where another mechanism or forum is not available;<br/>
<a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>(2) gathering information about decisions, acts, and other matters of the department;<br/>
<a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>(3) providing information to the general public;<br/>
<a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>(4) facilitating discussions or arranging mediation when appropriate; and<br/>
<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var>(5) maintaining and monitoring performance measures for the ombudsperson <br/>
<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>program.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>(c) The transportation ombudsperson may not hold another formal position within <br/>
<a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>the department. The transportation ombudsperson may not impose a complaint fee.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.45.0"></a><a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>    Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.03, subdivision 1d, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var>    Subd. 1d. <b>Freight rail economic development study.</b> (a) The commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var>transportation, in cooperation with the commissioner of the Department of Employment <br/>
<a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>and Economic Development, shall conduct a freight rail economic development study. <br/>
<a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>The study will assess the economic impact of freight railroads in the state and identify <br/>
<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>opportunities to expand business development and enhance economic competitiveness <br/>
<a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>through improved utilization of freight rail options. Findings from the study shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var>incorporated as an amendment to the statewide freight and passenger rail plan.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var>(b) The commissioner of transportation shall provide an interim progress report on <br/>
<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>the study by January 15, 2013, and a final report on September 1 November 15, 2013, to <br/>
<a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction <br/>
<a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>over transportation policy and finance and over employment and economic development. <br/>
<a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>The reports shall include any recommended legislative initiatives.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>(c) The commissioner of transportation may expend up to $216,000 in fiscal year <br/>
<a id="pl.28.30"></a><var>28.30</var>2013 under section 
         <statute_ref>222.50, subdivision 7</statute_ref>, to pay the costs of this study and report.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.31"></a><var>28.31</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.46.0"></a><a id="pl.28.32"></a><var>28.32</var>    Sec. 46. <b>[174.187] MADE IN MINNESOTA SOLAR INSTALLATIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.28.33"></a><var>28.33</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definition.</b> (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms <br/>
<a id="pl.28.34"></a><var>28.34</var>have the meanings given.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>(b) "Made in Minnesota"  means the manufacture in this state of solar photovoltaic <br/>
<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>modules:<br/>
<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>(1) at a manufacturing facility located in Minnesota that is registered and authorized <br/>
<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>to manufacture and apply the UL 1703 certification mark to solar photovoltaic modules by <br/>
<a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>Underwriters Laboratory (UL), CSA International, Intertek, or an equivalent UL-approved <br/>
<a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var>independent certification agency;<br/>
<a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var>(2) that bear UL 1703 certification marks from UL, CSA International, Intertek, or <br/>
<a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var>an equivalent UL-approved independent certification agency, which must be physically <br/>
<a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var>applied to the modules at a manufacturing facility described in clause (1); and<br/>
<a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var>(3) that are manufactured in Minnesota:<br/>
<a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var>(i) via manufacturing processes that must include tabbing, stringing, and lamination; <br/>
<a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var>or<br/>
<a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var>(ii) by interconnecting low-voltage direct current photovoltaic elements that produce <br/>
<a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var>the final useful photovoltaic output of the modules.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>(c) "Solar photovoltaic module" has the meaning given in section 116C.7791, <br/>
<a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var>subdivision 1, paragraph (e).<br/>
<a id="pl.29.17"></a><var>29.17</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Made in Minnesota solar energy system requirement.</b> Notwithstanding <br/>
<a id="pl.29.18"></a><var>29.18</var>any other law to the contrary, if the commissioner engages in any project for the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.19"></a><var>29.19</var>construction, improvement, maintenance, or repair of any building, highway, road, bridge, <br/>
<a id="pl.29.20"></a><var>29.20</var>or land owned or controlled by the department and the construction, improvement, <br/>
<a id="pl.29.21"></a><var>29.21</var>maintenance, or repair involves installation of one or more solar photovoltaic modules, the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.22"></a><var>29.22</var>commissioner must ensure that the solar photovoltaic modules purchased and installed are <br/>
<a id="pl.29.23"></a><var>29.23</var>made in Minnesota as defined in subdivision 1, paragraph (b).<br/>
<a id="pl.29.24"></a><var>29.24</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Application.</b> Subdivision 2 does not apply if, as a condition of the receipt <br/>
<a id="pl.29.25"></a><var>29.25</var>of federal financial assistance for a specific project, the commissioner is required to use a <br/>
<a id="pl.29.26"></a><var>29.26</var>procurement method that might result in the award of a contract to a manufacturer that <br/>
<a id="pl.29.27"></a><var>29.27</var>does not meet the "Made in Minnesota" criteria established in subdivision 1, paragraph (b).<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.47.0"></a><a id="pl.29.28"></a><var>29.28</var>    Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.24, subdivision 5a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.29.29"></a><var>29.29</var>    Subd. 5a. <b>Method of payment, </b><b>nonoperating</b><b> assistance.</b> (a) Payments for <br/>
<a id="pl.29.30"></a><var>29.30</var>planning and engineering design, eligible capital assistance, operating assistance, and <br/>
<a id="pl.29.31"></a><var>29.31</var>other eligible assistance for public transit services furthering the purposes of section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.29.32"></a><var>29.32</var>174.21
         </statute_ref>, excluding operating assistance, shall be made as provided in paragraph (b) and in <br/>
<a id="pl.29.33"></a><var>29.33</var>an appropriate manner as determined by the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.1"></a><var>30.1</var>(b) The commissioner shall make payments for operating assistance quarterly. <br/>
<a id="pl.30.2"></a><var>30.2</var>The first quarterly payment for operating assistance must be made no later than the last <br/>
<a id="pl.30.3"></a><var>30.3</var>business day of the first month of the contract.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.48.0"></a><a id="pl.30.4"></a><var>30.4</var>    Sec. 48. <b>[174.45] PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS; JOINT PROGRAM </b><br/>
<a id="pl.30.5"></a><var>30.5</var><b>OFFICE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.30.6"></a><var>30.6</var>The commissioner may establish a joint program office to oversee and coordinate <br/>
<a id="pl.30.7"></a><var>30.7</var>activities to develop, evaluate, and implement public-private partnerships involving public <br/>
<a id="pl.30.8"></a><var>30.8</var>infrastructure investments. At the request of the commissioner of transportation, the <br/>
<a id="pl.30.9"></a><var>30.9</var>commissioner of Minnesota Management and Budget, the commissioner of employment <br/>
<a id="pl.30.10"></a><var>30.10</var>and economic development, the executive director of the Public Facilities Authority, and <br/>
<a id="pl.30.11"></a><var>30.11</var>other state agencies shall cooperate with and provide assistance to the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.30.12"></a><var>30.12</var>of transportation for activities related to public-private partnerships involving public <br/>
<a id="pl.30.13"></a><var>30.13</var>infrastructure investments.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.49.0"></a><a id="pl.30.14"></a><var>30.14</var>    Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.632, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.30.15"></a><var>30.15</var><b>174.632 PASSENGER RAIL; COMMISSIONER'S DUTIES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.30.16"></a><var>30.16</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definition.</b> "Passenger rail" means intercity rail passenger <br/>
<a id="pl.30.17"></a><var>30.17</var>transportation as defined in United States Code, title 49, section 24102 (4).<br/>
<a id="pl.30.18"></a><var>30.18</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Responsibilities.</b> (a) The planning, design, development, construction, <br/>
<a id="pl.30.19"></a><var>30.19</var>operation, and maintenance of passenger rail track, facilities, and services are <br/>
<a id="pl.30.20"></a><var>30.20</var>governmental functions, serve a public purpose, and are a matter of public necessity.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.21"></a><var>30.21</var>(b) The commissioner is responsible for all aspects of planning, designing, <br/>
<a id="pl.30.22"></a><var>30.22</var>developing, constructing, equipping, operating, and maintaining passenger rail, including <br/>
<a id="pl.30.23"></a><var>30.23</var>system planning, alternatives analysis, environmental studies, preliminary engineering, <br/>
<a id="pl.30.24"></a><var>30.24</var>final design, construction, negotiating with railroads, and developing financial and <br/>
<a id="pl.30.25"></a><var>30.25</var>operating plans.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.26"></a><var>30.26</var>(c) The commissioner may enter into a memorandum of understanding or agreement <br/>
<a id="pl.30.27"></a><var>30.27</var>with a public or private entity, including Amtrak, a regional railroad authority, a joint <br/>
<a id="pl.30.28"></a><var>30.28</var>powers board, and a railroad, to carry out these activities.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.50.0"></a><a id="pl.30.29"></a><var>30.29</var>    Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.636, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.30.30"></a><var>30.30</var><b>174.636 PASSENGER RAIL; EXERCISE OF POWER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.30.31"></a><var>30.31</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Powers.</b> (a) The commissioner has all powers necessary to carry out <br/>
<a id="pl.30.32"></a><var>30.32</var>the duties specified in section 
         <statute_ref>174.632</statute_ref>. In the exercise of those powers, the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.30.33"></a><var>30.33</var>may:<br/>
<a id="pl.31.1"></a><var>31.1</var>(1) acquire by purchase, gift, or by eminent domain proceedings as provided by law, <br/>
<a id="pl.31.2"></a><var>31.2</var>all land and property necessary to preserve future passenger rail corridors or to construct, <br/>
<a id="pl.31.3"></a><var>31.3</var>maintain, and improve passenger rail corridors;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.4"></a><var>31.4</var>(2) let all necessary contracts as provided by law; and<br/>
<a id="pl.31.5"></a><var>31.5</var>(3) make agreements with and cooperate with any governmental authority public or <br/>
<a id="pl.31.6"></a><var>31.6</var>private entity, including Amtrak, to carry out statutory duties related to passenger rail.<br/>
<a id="pl.31.7"></a><var>31.7</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Consultation.</b> (b) The commissioner shall consult with metropolitan <br/>
<a id="pl.31.8"></a><var>31.8</var>planning organizations and regional rail authorities in areas where passenger rail corridors <br/>
<a id="pl.31.9"></a><var>31.9</var>are under consideration to ensure that passenger rail services are integrated with existing <br/>
<a id="pl.31.10"></a><var>31.10</var>rail and transit services and other transportation facilities to provide as nearly as possible <br/>
<a id="pl.31.11"></a><var>31.11</var>connected, efficient, and integrated services.<br/>
<a id="pl.31.12"></a><var>31.12</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Authority to contract; liability.</b> (a) The commissioner, or a public entity <br/>
<a id="pl.31.13"></a><var>31.13</var>contracting with the commissioner, may contract with a railroad as defined in Code of <br/>
<a id="pl.31.14"></a><var>31.14</var>Federal Regulations, title 49, section 200.3(i), for the joint or shared use of the railroad's <br/>
<a id="pl.31.15"></a><var>31.15</var>right-of-way or the construction, operation, or maintenance of rail track, facilities, or <br/>
<a id="pl.31.16"></a><var>31.16</var>services for passenger rail purposes. Notwithstanding section 3.732, subdivision 1, clause <br/>
<a id="pl.31.17"></a><var>31.17</var>(2), or 466.01, subdivision 6, sections 466.04 and 466.06 govern the liability of a Class I <br/>
<a id="pl.31.18"></a><var>31.18</var>railroad and its employees arising from the joint or shared use of the railroad right-of-way <br/>
<a id="pl.31.19"></a><var>31.19</var>or the provision of passenger rail construction, operation, or maintenance services <br/>
<a id="pl.31.20"></a><var>31.20</var>pursuant to the contract. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a contract with a Class I <br/>
<a id="pl.31.21"></a><var>31.21</var>railroad for any passenger rail service, or joint or shared use of the railroad's right-of-way, <br/>
<a id="pl.31.22"></a><var>31.22</var>may also provide for the allocation of financial responsibility, indemnification, and the <br/>
<a id="pl.31.23"></a><var>31.23</var>procurement of insurance for the parties for all types of claims or damages.<br/>
<a id="pl.31.24"></a><var>31.24</var>(b) State passenger rail operations or a contract entered into under this section shall <br/>
<a id="pl.31.25"></a><var>31.25</var>be subject to the Federal Employers Liability Act, United States Code, title 45, section <br/>
<a id="pl.31.26"></a><var>31.26</var>51 et seq.; federal railroad safety laws under United States Code, title 49, section 20101 <br/>
<a id="pl.31.27"></a><var>31.27</var>et seq.; the Railway Labor Act, United States Code, title 45, section 151 et seq.; and the <br/>
<a id="pl.31.28"></a><var>31.28</var>Railroad Retirement Act, United States Code, title 45, section 231 et seq. <br/>
<a id="pl.31.29"></a><var>31.29</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Public hearings.</b> The commissioner shall hold public hearings as required <br/>
<a id="pl.31.30"></a><var>31.30</var>by federal requirements.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.51.0"></a><a id="pl.31.31"></a><var>31.31</var>    Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 219.17, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.31.32"></a><var>31.32</var><b>219.17 UNIFORM WARNING SIGNS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.31.33"></a><var>31.33</var>The commissioner by rule shall require that uniform warning signs be placed at <br/>
<a id="pl.31.34"></a><var>31.34</var>grade crossings. There must be at least three are four distinct types of uniform warning <br/>
<a id="pl.31.35"></a><var>31.35</var>signs: a home crossing crossbuck sign, for use in the immediate vicinity of the crossing; <br/>
<a id="pl.32.1"></a><var>32.1</var>an approach crossing advance warning sign, to indicate the approach to a grade crossing; a <br/>
<a id="pl.32.2"></a><var>32.2</var>yield sign with the word "yield" plainly appearing on it; and, when deemed necessary and <br/>
<a id="pl.32.3"></a><var>32.3</var>instead of a yield sign, a stop sign with the word "stop" plainly appearing on it, to indicate <br/>
<a id="pl.32.4"></a><var>32.4</var>that persons on the highway approaching the crossing, whether in vehicles or otherwise, <br/>
<a id="pl.32.5"></a><var>32.5</var>must come to a stop before proceeding over the grade crossing.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.52.0"></a><a id="pl.32.6"></a><var>32.6</var>    Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 219.18, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.32.7"></a><var>32.7</var><b>219.18 RAILROAD TO ERECT SIGN.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.32.8"></a><var>32.8</var>At each grade crossing established after April 23, 1925 and where and when crossing <br/>
<a id="pl.32.9"></a><var>32.9</var>signs existing as of April 24, 1925 are replaced, the railway company operating the railroad <br/>
<a id="pl.32.10"></a><var>32.10</var>at that crossing shall erect and maintain one or more uniform home crossing crossbuck<br/>
<a id="pl.32.11"></a><var>32.11</var> signs. The signs must be on each side of the railroad tracks and within 75 50 feet from the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.12"></a><var>32.12</var>nearest rail, or at a distance greater than 50 feet as determined by the commissioner.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.53.0"></a><a id="pl.32.13"></a><var>32.13</var>    Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 219.20, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.32.14"></a><var>32.14</var><b>219.20 STOP SIGN</b><b>; YIELD SIGN</b><b>.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.32.15"></a><var>32.15</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>When installation required; procedure.</b> At each grade crossing not <br/>
<a id="pl.32.16"></a><var>32.16</var>equipped with flashing lights or flashing lights and gates where, because of the dangers <br/>
<a id="pl.32.17"></a><var>32.17</var>attendant upon its use, the reasonable protection of life and property makes it necessary <br/>
<a id="pl.32.18"></a><var>32.18</var>for persons approaching the crossing to stop or yield before crossing the railroad tracks, <br/>
<a id="pl.32.19"></a><var>32.19</var>stop signs or yield signs must be installed. When the government entity responsible for a <br/>
<a id="pl.32.20"></a><var>32.20</var>road that crosses a railroad track deems it necessary to install stop signs or yield signs<br/>
<a id="pl.32.21"></a><var>32.21</var> at that crossing, it shall petition the commissioner to order the installation of the stop <br/>
<a id="pl.32.22"></a><var>32.22</var>signs or yield signs. The commissioner shall respond to the petition by investigating <br/>
<a id="pl.32.23"></a><var>32.23</var>the conditions at the crossing to determine whether stop signs or yield signs should be <br/>
<a id="pl.32.24"></a><var>32.24</var>installed at the crossing. On determining, after an investigation following a petition from <br/>
<a id="pl.32.25"></a><var>32.25</var>a governmental agency or subdivision or on the commissioner's own motion, that stop <br/>
<a id="pl.32.26"></a><var>32.26</var>signs or yield signs should be installed at a crossing, the commissioner shall designate <br/>
<a id="pl.32.27"></a><var>32.27</var>the crossing as a stop crossing or yield crossing and shall notify the railway company <br/>
<a id="pl.32.28"></a><var>32.28</var>operating the railroad at the crossing of this designation. Within 30 days after notification, <br/>
<a id="pl.32.29"></a><var>32.29</var>the railway company shall erect the uniform stop crossing signs or yield crossing signs in <br/>
<a id="pl.32.30"></a><var>32.30</var>accordance with the commissioner's order.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.31"></a><var>32.31</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Stopping distances.</b> When a stop sign or a yield sign has been erected at <br/>
<a id="pl.32.32"></a><var>32.32</var>a railroad crossing, the driver of a vehicle approaching a railroad crossing shall stop or <br/>
<a id="pl.32.33"></a><var>32.33</var>yield within 50 feet, but not less than ten feet, from the nearest track of the crossing and <br/>
<a id="pl.32.34"></a><var>32.34</var>shall proceed only upon exercising due care.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.54.0"></a><a id="pl.33.1"></a><var>33.1</var>    Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 221.0314, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.33.2"></a><var>33.2</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Qualification of driver.</b> Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part <br/>
<a id="pl.33.3"></a><var>33.3</var>391 and appendixes D and E, are incorporated by reference except for sections 391.2; <br/>
<a id="pl.33.4"></a><var>33.4</var>391.11, paragraph (b)(1); 391.47; 391.49; 391.62; 391.64; 391.67; 391.68; and 391.69. In <br/>
<a id="pl.33.5"></a><var>33.5</var>addition, cross-references to sections or paragraphs not incorporated in this subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.33.6"></a><var>33.6</var>are not incorporated by reference. For medical examinations conducted on and after May <br/>
<a id="pl.33.7"></a><var>33.7</var>21, 2014, the term "medical examiner" as used in this section and in the rules adopted <br/>
<a id="pl.33.8"></a><var>33.8</var>under this section means an individual certified by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety <br/>
<a id="pl.33.9"></a><var>33.9</var>Administration and listed on the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.55.0"></a><a id="pl.33.10"></a><var>33.10</var>    Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 221.0314, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.33.11"></a><var>33.11</var>    Subd. 3a. <b>Waiver for other medical condition.</b> (a) The commissioner may grant <br/>
<a id="pl.33.12"></a><var>33.12</var>a waiver to a person who is not physically qualified to drive under Code of Federal <br/>
<a id="pl.33.13"></a><var>33.13</var>Regulations, title 49, section 391.41, paragraph (b)(3) to (b)(13) paragraph (b)(3), (b)(10), <br/>
<a id="pl.33.14"></a><var>33.14</var>or (b)(11). A waiver granted under this subdivision applies to intrastate transportation only.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.15"></a><var>33.15</var>(b) A person who wishes to obtain a waiver under this subdivision must give the <br/>
<a id="pl.33.16"></a><var>33.16</var>commissioner the following information:<br/>
<a id="pl.33.17"></a><var>33.17</var>(1) the applicant's name, address, and telephone number;<br/>
<a id="pl.33.18"></a><var>33.18</var>(2) the name, address, and telephone number of an employer coapplicant, if any;<br/>
<a id="pl.33.19"></a><var>33.19</var>(3) a description of the applicant's experience in driving the type of vehicle to be <br/>
<a id="pl.33.20"></a><var>33.20</var>operated under the waiver;<br/>
<a id="pl.33.21"></a><var>33.21</var>(4) a description of the type of driving to be done under the waiver;<br/>
<a id="pl.33.22"></a><var>33.22</var>(5) a description of any modifications to the vehicle the applicant intends to drive <br/>
<a id="pl.33.23"></a><var>33.23</var>under the waiver that are designed to accommodate the applicant's medical condition or <br/>
<a id="pl.33.24"></a><var>33.24</var>disability;<br/>
<a id="pl.33.25"></a><var>33.25</var>(6) whether the applicant has been granted another waiver under this subdivision;<br/>
<a id="pl.33.26"></a><var>33.26</var>(7) a copy of the applicant's current driver's license;<br/>
<a id="pl.33.27"></a><var>33.27</var>(8) a copy of a medical examiner's report and medical examiner's certificate showing <br/>
<a id="pl.33.28"></a><var>33.28</var>that the applicant is medically unqualified to drive unless a waiver is granted;<br/>
<a id="pl.33.29"></a><var>33.29</var>(9) a statement from the applicant's treating physician that includes:<br/>
<a id="pl.33.30"></a><var>33.30</var>(i) the extent to which the physician is familiar with the applicant's medical history;<br/>
<a id="pl.33.31"></a><var>33.31</var>(ii) a description of the applicant's medical condition for which a waiver is necessary;<br/>
<a id="pl.33.32"></a><var>33.32</var>(iii) assurance that the applicant has the ability and willingness to follow any course <br/>
<a id="pl.33.33"></a><var>33.33</var>of treatment prescribed by the physician, including the ability to self-monitor or manage <br/>
<a id="pl.33.34"></a><var>33.34</var>the medical condition; and<br/>
<a id="pl.34.1"></a><var>34.1</var>(iv) the physician's professional opinion that the applicant's condition will not <br/>
<a id="pl.34.2"></a><var>34.2</var>adversely affect the applicant's ability to operate a commercial motor vehicle safely; and<br/>
<a id="pl.34.3"></a><var>34.3</var>(10) any other information considered necessary by the commissioner including <br/>
<a id="pl.34.4"></a><var>34.4</var>requiring a physical examination or medical report from a physician who specializes <br/>
<a id="pl.34.5"></a><var>34.5</var>in a particular field of medical practice.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.6"></a><var>34.6</var>(c) In granting a waiver under this subdivision, the commissioner may impose <br/>
<a id="pl.34.7"></a><var>34.7</var>conditions the commissioner considers necessary to ensure that an applicant is able to <br/>
<a id="pl.34.8"></a><var>34.8</var>operate a motor vehicle safely and that the safety of the general public is protected.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.9"></a><var>34.9</var>(d) A person who is granted a waiver under this subdivision must:<br/>
<a id="pl.34.10"></a><var>34.10</var>(1) at intervals specified in the waiver, give the commissioner periodic reports from <br/>
<a id="pl.34.11"></a><var>34.11</var>the person's treating physician, or a medical specialist if the commissioner so requires in <br/>
<a id="pl.34.12"></a><var>34.12</var>the waiver, that contain the information described in paragraph (b), clause (9), together <br/>
<a id="pl.34.13"></a><var>34.13</var>with a description of any episode that involved the person's loss of consciousness or loss <br/>
<a id="pl.34.14"></a><var>34.14</var>of ability to operate a motor vehicle safely; and<br/>
<a id="pl.34.15"></a><var>34.15</var>(2) immediately report the person's involvement in an accident for which a report is <br/>
<a id="pl.34.16"></a><var>34.16</var>required under section 
         <statute_ref>169.09, subdivision 7</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.17"></a><var>34.17</var>(e) The commissioner shall deny an application if, during the three years preceding <br/>
<a id="pl.34.18"></a><var>34.18</var>the application:<br/>
<a id="pl.34.19"></a><var>34.19</var>(1) the applicant's driver's license has been suspended under section 
<statute_ref>171.18</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.34.20"></a><var>34.20</var>paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (9), (11), and (12), canceled under section 
<statute_ref>171.14</statute_ref>, or revoked <br/>
<a id="pl.34.21"></a><var>34.21</var>under section 
<statute_ref>171.17</statute_ref>, 
<statute_ref>171.172</statute_ref>, or 
<statute_ref>171.174</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.34.22"></a><var>34.22</var>(2) the applicant has been convicted of a violation under section 
<statute_ref>171.24</statute_ref>; or<br/>
<a id="pl.34.23"></a><var>34.23</var>(3) the applicant has been convicted of a disqualifying offense, as defined in Code <br/>
<a id="pl.34.24"></a><var>34.24</var>of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 383.51, paragraph (b), which is incorporated <br/>
<a id="pl.34.25"></a><var>34.25</var>by reference.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.26"></a><var>34.26</var>(f) (e) The commissioner may deny an application or may immediately revoke <br/>
<a id="pl.34.27"></a><var>34.27</var>a waiver granted under this subdivision. Notice of the commissioner's reasons for <br/>
<a id="pl.34.28"></a><var>34.28</var>denying an application or for revoking a waiver must be in writing and must be mailed <br/>
<a id="pl.34.29"></a><var>34.29</var>to the applicant's or waiver holder's last known address by certified mail, return receipt <br/>
<a id="pl.34.30"></a><var>34.30</var>requested. A person whose application is denied or whose waiver is revoked is entitled to <br/>
<a id="pl.34.31"></a><var>34.31</var>a hearing under chapter 14.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.32"></a><var>34.32</var>(g) (f) A waiver granted under this subdivision expires on the date of expiration <br/>
<a id="pl.34.33"></a><var>34.33</var>shown on the medical examiner's certificate described in paragraph (b), clause (8).<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.56.0"></a><a id="pl.34.34"></a><var>34.34</var>    Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 221.0314, subdivision 9a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.35.1"></a><var>35.1</var>    Subd. 9a. <b>Hours of service exemptions.</b> The federal regulations incorporated in <br/>
<a id="pl.35.2"></a><var>35.2</var>subdivision 9 for maximum driving and on-duty time do not apply to drivers engaged in <br/>
<a id="pl.35.3"></a><var>35.3</var>the interstate or intrastate transportation of:<br/>
<a id="pl.35.4"></a><var>35.4</var>(1) agricultural commodities or farm supplies for agricultural purposes in Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.35.5"></a><var>35.5</var>during the planting and harvesting seasons from March 15 to December 15 of each year; or<br/>
<a id="pl.35.6"></a><var>35.6</var>(2) sugar beets during the harvesting season for sugar beets from September 1 to <br/>
<a id="pl.35.7"></a><var>35.7</var>May 15 of each year;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.8"></a><var>35.8</var>if the transportation is limited to an area within a 100-air-mile 150-air-mile radius from <br/>
<a id="pl.35.9"></a><var>35.9</var>the source of the commodities or from the retail or wholesale distribution point for of <br/>
<a id="pl.35.10"></a><var>35.10</var>the farm supplies.<br/>
<a id="pl.35.11"></a><var>35.11</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.57.0"></a><a id="pl.35.12"></a><var>35.12</var>    Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 473.386, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.35.13"></a><var>35.13</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.35.14"></a><var>35.14</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Metro Mobility ombudsperson.</b> (a) The council shall establish, as part <br/>
<a id="pl.35.15"></a><var>35.15</var>of the duties of existing personnel, a Metro Mobility ombudsperson. The ombudsperson <br/>
<a id="pl.35.16"></a><var>35.16</var>reports directly to the council. The ombudsperson must be selected without regard to <br/>
<a id="pl.35.17"></a><var>35.17</var>political affiliation and must be qualified to perform the duties specified in this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.35.18"></a><var>35.18</var>(b) Powers and duties of the ombudsperson include, but are not limited to:<br/>
<a id="pl.35.19"></a><var>35.19</var>(1) providing a neutral, independent resource for dispute and issue resolution <br/>
<a id="pl.35.20"></a><var>35.20</var>between the council and the general public concerning the Metro Mobility program where <br/>
<a id="pl.35.21"></a><var>35.21</var>another mechanism or forum is not available;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.22"></a><var>35.22</var>(2) gathering information about decisions, acts, and other matters of the council;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.23"></a><var>35.23</var>(3) providing information to the general public;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.24"></a><var>35.24</var>(4) facilitating discussions or arranging mediation when appropriate; and<br/>
<a id="pl.35.25"></a><var>35.25</var>(5) maintaining and monitoring performance measures for the ombudsperson <br/>
<a id="pl.35.26"></a><var>35.26</var>program.<br/>
<a id="pl.35.27"></a><var>35.27</var>(c) The ombudsperson may not impose a complaint fee.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.58.0"></a><a id="pl.35.28"></a><var>35.28</var>    Sec. 58. <b>CONVEYANCE OF STATE LAND; KOOCHICHING COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.35.29"></a><var>35.29</var>(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 16B.281 to 16B.287, 92.45, <br/>
<a id="pl.35.30"></a><var>35.30</var>161.43, 161.44 and 222.63, or any other law to the contrary, the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.35.31"></a><var>35.31</var>transportation may convey and quitclaim to a private party all right, title, and interest of <br/>
<a id="pl.35.32"></a><var>35.32</var>the state of Minnesota, in the land described in paragraph (d).<br/>
<a id="pl.36.1"></a><var>36.1</var>(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.36.2"></a><var>36.2</var>attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure <br/>
<a id="pl.36.3"></a><var>36.3</var>accuracy. The conveyance may take place only upon conditions as determined by the <br/>
<a id="pl.36.4"></a><var>36.4</var>commissioner of transportation.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.5"></a><var>36.5</var>(c) No direct access shall be permitted between marked Trunk Highway 71 and <br/>
<a id="pl.36.6"></a><var>36.6</var>the lands to be conveyed.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.7"></a><var>36.7</var>(d) The land to be conveyed is located in Koochiching County and is described <br/>
<a id="pl.36.8"></a><var>36.8</var>as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.36.9"></a><var>36.9</var>That part of Tract A described below:<br/>
<a id="pl.36.10"></a><var>36.10</var>Tract A. All that portion of the Burlington Northern Railroad Company's (formerly <br/>
<a id="pl.36.11"></a><var>36.11</var>Northern Pacific Railway Company) former 400.0 foot wide Station Ground Property <br/>
<a id="pl.36.12"></a><var>36.12</var>at Grand Falls, Minnesota, lying within a distance of 300.0 feet northwesterly of said <br/>
<a id="pl.36.13"></a><var>36.13</var>Railroad Company's former main track centerline upon, over, and across the Northwest <br/>
<a id="pl.36.14"></a><var>36.14</var>Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the <br/>
<a id="pl.36.15"></a><var>36.15</var>Southwest Quarter, the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest <br/>
<a id="pl.36.16"></a><var>36.16</var>Quarter, and the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 36, Township 155 <br/>
<a id="pl.36.17"></a><var>36.17</var>North, Range 25 West, Koochiching County, Minnesota;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.18"></a><var>36.18</var>which lies southerly of Line 1 described below:<br/>
<a id="pl.36.19"></a><var>36.19</var>Line 1. Commencing at a point on the north line of the Northeast Quarter of <br/>
<a id="pl.36.20"></a><var>36.20</var>said Section 36, distant 466.0 feet easterly of the northwest corner thereof; thence <br/>
<a id="pl.36.21"></a><var>36.21</var>southwesterly at an angle of 56 degrees 41 minutes from said north line (measured from <br/>
<a id="pl.36.22"></a><var>36.22</var>west to south) for 458.6 feet; thence deflect to the right on a 01 degree 00 minute curve, <br/>
<a id="pl.36.23"></a><var>36.23</var>delta angle 13 degrees 08 minutes, for 1313.3 feet; thence on tangent to said curve for <br/>
<a id="pl.36.24"></a><var>36.24</var>1500.0 feet; thence deflect to the left at an angle of 90 degrees 00 minutes for 200 feet to <br/>
<a id="pl.36.25"></a><var>36.25</var>the point of beginning of Line 1 to be described; thence deflect to the left at an angle of 90 <br/>
<a id="pl.36.26"></a><var>36.26</var>degrees 00 minutes for 1500.0 feet; thence deflect to the right at an angle of 90 degrees 00 <br/>
<a id="pl.36.27"></a><var>36.27</var>minutes for 200 feet and there terminating;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.28"></a><var>36.28</var>containing 16.45 acres, more or less, of which 0.55 acres is contained within a <br/>
<a id="pl.36.29"></a><var>36.29</var>public road (Koochiching County State-Aid Highway 31).<br/>
<a id="pl.36.30"></a><var>36.30</var>(e) The conveyance in this section is subject to the following restrictions:<br/>
<a id="pl.36.31"></a><var>36.31</var>(1) the right of way of the public road (Koochiching County State-Aid Highway <br/>
<a id="pl.36.32"></a><var>36.32</var>31 as now located and established) running along the east and west quarter line of said <br/>
<a id="pl.36.33"></a><var>36.33</var>Section 36; and<br/>
<a id="pl.36.34"></a><var>36.34</var>(2) no access shall be permitted to marked Trunk Highway 71 or to remaining rail <br/>
<a id="pl.36.35"></a><var>36.35</var>bank lands in said Section 36 from the lands conveyed in this section; except that access <br/>
<a id="pl.36.36"></a><var>36.36</var>shall be permitted by way of said Koochiching County State-Aid Highway 31.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.59.0"></a><a id="pl.37.1"></a><var>37.1</var>    Sec. 59. <b>CONVEYANCE OF STATE LAND; LE SUEUR COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.37.2"></a><var>37.2</var>(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 16B.281 to 16B.287, 92.45, <br/>
<a id="pl.37.3"></a><var>37.3</var>161.43, and 161.44, or any other law to the contrary, the commissioner of transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.37.4"></a><var>37.4</var>may convey and quitclaim to a private party all right, title, and interest of the state of <br/>
<a id="pl.37.5"></a><var>37.5</var>Minnesota, in the land described in paragraph (e). The consideration for a conveyance <br/>
<a id="pl.37.6"></a><var>37.6</var>shall be the cost of planning, designing, acquiring, constructing, and equipping a <br/>
<a id="pl.37.7"></a><var>37.7</var>comparable rest area facility.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.8"></a><var>37.8</var>(b) Proceeds from the sale of real estate or buildings under this section shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.37.9"></a><var>37.9</var>deposited in the safety rest area account established in Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.37.10"></a><var>37.10</var>160.2745.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.11"></a><var>37.11</var>(c) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.37.12"></a><var>37.12</var>attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure <br/>
<a id="pl.37.13"></a><var>37.13</var>accuracy. The conveyance may take place only upon conditions determined by the <br/>
<a id="pl.37.14"></a><var>37.14</var>commissioner of transportation.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.15"></a><var>37.15</var>(d) No direct access shall be permitted between marked Trunk Highway 169 and the <br/>
<a id="pl.37.16"></a><var>37.16</var>land conveyed under this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.17"></a><var>37.17</var>(e) The land to be conveyed is located in Le Sueur County and is described as <br/>
<a id="pl.37.18"></a><var>37.18</var>tracts A, B, and C:<br/>
<a id="pl.37.19"></a><var>37.19</var>    Tract A consists of that part of the West Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 19, <br/>
<a id="pl.37.20"></a><var>37.20</var>Township 112 North, Range 25 West, Le Sueur County, Minnesota, lying southeasterly of <br/>
<a id="pl.37.21"></a><var>37.21</var>the southeasterly right-of-way line of marked Trunk Highway 169 as the same was located <br/>
<a id="pl.37.22"></a><var>37.22</var>prior to January 1, 1990, and northerly of the northerly right-of-way line of old marked <br/>
<a id="pl.37.23"></a><var>37.23</var>Trunk Highway 169 (now known as County State-Aid Highway 28); excepting therefrom <br/>
<a id="pl.37.24"></a><var>37.24</var>that part thereof lying southwesterly of the following described line: From a point on the <br/>
<a id="pl.37.25"></a><var>37.25</var>east line of said Section 19, distant 1273 feet north of the east quarter corner thereof, run <br/>
<a id="pl.37.26"></a><var>37.26</var>southwesterly at an angle of 37 degrees 47 minutes 00 seconds from said east section line <br/>
<a id="pl.37.27"></a><var>37.27</var>(measured from south to west) for 3332.5 feet; thence deflect to the right on a 01 degree <br/>
<a id="pl.37.28"></a><var>37.28</var>00 minute 00 second curve (delta angle 40 degrees 11 minutes 00 seconds) having a length <br/>
<a id="pl.37.29"></a><var>37.29</var>of 4018.3 feet for 133.6 feet to the point of beginning of the line to be described; thence <br/>
<a id="pl.37.30"></a><var>37.30</var>deflect to the left at an angle of 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds to the tangent of said <br/>
<a id="pl.37.31"></a><var>37.31</var>curve at said point for 1000 feet and there terminating.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.32"></a><var>37.32</var>    Tract B consists of that part of the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 19, <br/>
<a id="pl.37.33"></a><var>37.33</var>Township 112 North, Range 25 West, Le Sueur County, Minnesota, lying southerly of the <br/>
<a id="pl.37.34"></a><var>37.34</var>southeasterly right-of-way line of marked Trunk Highway 169 as located prior to January <br/>
<a id="pl.37.35"></a><var>37.35</var>1, 1990, northerly of the northerly right-of-way line of old marked Trunk Highway 169 <br/>
<a id="pl.37.36"></a><var>37.36</var>(now known as County State-Aid Highway 28) and westerly of the following described <br/>
<a id="pl.38.1"></a><var>38.1</var>line: From a point on the east line of said Section 19, distant 1273 feet north of the East <br/>
<a id="pl.38.2"></a><var>38.2</var>Quarter corner thereof, run southwesterly at an angle of 37 degrees 47 minutes 00 seconds <br/>
<a id="pl.38.3"></a><var>38.3</var>from said east section line (measured from south to west) for 2318 feet to the point of <br/>
<a id="pl.38.4"></a><var>38.4</var>beginning of the line to be described; thence deflect to the left at an angle of 90 degrees 00 <br/>
<a id="pl.38.5"></a><var>38.5</var>minutes 00 seconds for 400 feet; thence deflect to the right at an angle of 43 degrees 00 <br/>
<a id="pl.38.6"></a><var>38.6</var>minutes 00 seconds for 1100 feet and there terminating.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.7"></a><var>38.7</var>    Tract C consists of that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of <br/>
<a id="pl.38.8"></a><var>38.8</var>Section 19, Township 112 North, Range 25 West, Le Sueur County, Minnesota, lying <br/>
<a id="pl.38.9"></a><var>38.9</var>southeasterly of marked Trunk Highway 169 as located prior to January 1, 1971, and <br/>
<a id="pl.38.10"></a><var>38.10</var>northwesterly of old marked Trunk Highway 169 (now known as County State-Aid <br/>
<a id="pl.38.11"></a><var>38.11</var>Highway 28) and southwesterly of the following described line: From a point on the east <br/>
<a id="pl.38.12"></a><var>38.12</var>line of said Section 19, distant 1273 feet north of the East Quarter corner thereof, run <br/>
<a id="pl.38.13"></a><var>38.13</var>southwesterly at an angle of 37 degrees 47 minutes 00 seconds with said east section line <br/>
<a id="pl.38.14"></a><var>38.14</var>for 3332.5 feet; thence deflect to the right on a 01 degree 00 minute 00 second curve <br/>
<a id="pl.38.15"></a><var>38.15</var>(delta angle 40 degrees 11 minutes 00 seconds) having a length of 4018.3 feet for 133.6 <br/>
<a id="pl.38.16"></a><var>38.16</var>feet to the point of beginning of the line to be described; thence deflect to the left at an <br/>
<a id="pl.38.17"></a><var>38.17</var>angle of 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds with the tangent of said curve at said point for <br/>
<a id="pl.38.18"></a><var>38.18</var>1000 feet and there terminating.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.19"></a><var>38.19</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.60.0"></a><a id="pl.38.20"></a><var>38.20</var>    Sec. 60. <b>LEGISLATIVE ROUTE NO. 235 REMOVED.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.38.21"></a><var>38.21</var>(a) Minnesota Statutes, section 161.115, subdivision 166, is repealed effective the <br/>
<a id="pl.38.22"></a><var>38.22</var>day after the commissioner of transportation receives a copy of the agreement between <br/>
<a id="pl.38.23"></a><var>38.23</var>the commissioner and the governing body of Otter Tail County to transfer jurisdiction of <br/>
<a id="pl.38.24"></a><var>38.24</var>Legislative Route No. 235 and notifies the revisor of statutes under paragraph (b).<br/>
<a id="pl.38.25"></a><var>38.25</var>(b) The revisor of statutes shall delete the route identified in paragraph (a) from <br/>
<a id="pl.38.26"></a><var>38.26</var>Minnesota Statutes when the commissioner of transportation sends notice to the revisor <br/>
<a id="pl.38.27"></a><var>38.27</var>electronically or in writing that the conditions required to transfer the route have been <br/>
<a id="pl.38.28"></a><var>38.28</var>satisfied.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.61.0"></a><a id="pl.38.29"></a><var>38.29</var>    Sec. 61. <b>LEGISLATIVE ROUTE NO. 256 REMOVED.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.38.30"></a><var>38.30</var>(a) Minnesota Statutes, section 161.115, subdivision 187, is repealed effective the <br/>
<a id="pl.38.31"></a><var>38.31</var>day after the commissioner of transportation receives a copy of the agreement between the <br/>
<a id="pl.38.32"></a><var>38.32</var>commissioner and the governing body of Blue Earth County to transfer jurisdiction of <br/>
<a id="pl.38.33"></a><var>38.33</var>Legislative Route No. 256 and notifies the revisor of statutes under paragraph (b).<br/>
<a id="pl.39.1"></a><var>39.1</var>(b) The revisor of statutes shall delete the route identified in paragraph (a) from <br/>
<a id="pl.39.2"></a><var>39.2</var>Minnesota Statutes when the commissioner of transportation sends notice to the revisor <br/>
<a id="pl.39.3"></a><var>39.3</var>electronically or in writing that the conditions required to transfer the route have been <br/>
<a id="pl.39.4"></a><var>39.4</var>satisfied.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.62.0"></a><a id="pl.39.5"></a><var>39.5</var>    Sec. 62. <b>INTERSECTION SIGNAGE; MARKED TRUNK HIGHWAY 47.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.39.6"></a><var>39.6</var>By August 1, 2013, the commissioner of transportation shall erect additional <br/>
<a id="pl.39.7"></a><var>39.7</var>signage on marked Trunk Highway 47 at the intersection with McKinley Street in Anoka <br/>
<a id="pl.39.8"></a><var>39.8</var>indicating the turning and through lane requirements for the intersection. The city of <br/>
<a id="pl.39.9"></a><var>39.9</var>Anoka shall reimburse the commissioner for the signage.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.10"></a><var>39.10</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.63.0"></a><a id="pl.39.11"></a><var>39.11</var>    Sec. 63. <b>ORIGINAL IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE PROGRAM; USE </b><br/>
<a id="pl.39.12"></a><var>39.12</var><b>OF EMPLOYER-OWNED VEHICLES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.39.13"></a><var>39.13</var>A person participating in the ignition interlock device program under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.39.14"></a><var>39.14</var>Statutes 2009, section 171.305, may drive an employer-owned vehicle not equipped with <br/>
<a id="pl.39.15"></a><var>39.15</var>an interlock device while in the normal course and scope of employment duties pursuant to <br/>
<a id="pl.39.16"></a><var>39.16</var>the program guidelines established by the commissioner referenced in Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.39.17"></a><var>39.17</var>section 171.306, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), and with the employer's written consent.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.18"></a><var>39.18</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.64.0"></a><a id="pl.39.19"></a><var>39.19</var>    Sec. 64. <b> REPEALER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.39.20"></a><var>39.20</var>(a) Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 168.094, is repealed.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.21"></a><var>39.21</var>(b) Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.24, subdivision 5, is repealed.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.22"></a><var>39.22</var>(c) Minnesota Rules, part 8820.3300, subpart 2, is repealed.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.23"></a><var>39.23</var>(d) Minnesota Rules, part 8835.0330, subpart 2, is repealed.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.65.0"></a><a id="pl.39.24"></a><var>39.24</var>    Sec. 65. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.39.25"></a><var>39.25</var>Except as provided otherwise, this act is effective August 1, 2013.<br/>