1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; establishing a budget for transportation; appropriating 
1.3 	money for transportation, including Department of Transportation, Metropolitan 
1.4 	Council, and Department of Public Safety activities; amending various provisions 
1.5 	governing transportation policy and finance; establishing an account; requiring 
1.6 	reports;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 13.69, subdivision 1; 
1.7 	16E.15, subdivision 2; 117.036, subdivisions 2, 4; 160.20, subdivision 4; 160.27, 
1.8 	by adding a subdivision; 161.231; 161.321, subdivisions 2a, 2c, 4; 162.07, 
1.9 	subdivision 1a; 168.013, subdivisions 1d, 1g; 168.053, subdivision 1; 168.1299, 
1.10 	subdivision 1; 168.33, subdivision 7; 168A.07, by adding a subdivision; 
1.11 	168D.06; 169.18, subdivision 12; 169.475, subdivision 2; 169.49; 169.782, 
1.12 	subdivisions 1, 2, 4; 169.798, subdivision 4; 169.81, by adding a subdivision; 
1.13 	169.87, subdivision 6; 173.02, by adding a subdivision; 173.15; 174.40, by 
1.14 	adding a subdivision; 219.76; 219.761; 221.031, by adding a subdivision; 
1.15 	221.605, by adding a subdivision; 222.50, subdivision 7; 299A.465, subdivisions 
1.16 	2, 5, by adding subdivisions; 299D.085, subdivision 2; 299D.09; 360.305, 
1.17 	subdivision 4; 473.146, subdivision 4; Laws 2009, chapter 158, section 10, as 
1.18 	amended; Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 10, section 11, subdivision 2; article 
1.19 	11, section 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 160; 
1.20 	162; 299F; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299E.02.
1.21 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.22 	ARTICLE 1
1.23 	TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

1.24	Section 1.  SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.25 	The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations by fund made 
1.26 	in this act, and do not have legal effect.

1.27			2016
		2017
		Total
	
1.28	General
	$
	139,347,000
	$
	135,792,000
	$
	275,139,000
	
1.29	Airports
		25,109,000
		25,109,000
		50,218,000
	
1.30	C.S.A.H.
		670,768,000
		698,495,000
		1,369,263,000
	
2.1	M.S.A.S.
		170,743,000
		178,141,000
		348,884,000
	
2.2	Special Revenue
		61,475,000
		62,210,000
		123,685,000
	
2.3	H.U.T.D.
		2,192,000
		2,213,000
		4,405,000
	
2.4	Trunk Highway
		1,673,708,000
		1,672,006,000
		3,345,714,000
	
2.5	Total
	$
	2,743,342,000
	$
	2,773,966,000
	$
	5,517,308,000

2.6	Sec. 2. TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
2.7 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to 
2.8 	the agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from 
2.9 	the trunk highway fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years 
2.10 	indicated for each purpose. Amounts for "Total Appropriation" and sums shown in 
2.11 	the corresponding columns marked "Appropriations by Fund" are summary only and 
2.12 	do have legal effect. The figures "2016" and "2017" used in this article mean that the 
2.13 	appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, or 
2.14 	June 30, 2017, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2016. "The second year" is fiscal 
2.15 	year 2017. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2016 and 2017.

2.16				APPROPRIATIONS
	
2.17				Available for the Year
	
2.18				Ending June 30
	
2.19					2016
		2017

2.20
2.21	Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION

2.22	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$ 
	2,488,269,000
	$
	2,496,573,000

2.23	Appropriations by Fund
	
2.24		2016
	2017
	
2.25	General
	44,115,000
	21,058,000
	
2.26	Airports
	25,109,000
	25,109,000
	
2.27	C.S.A.H.
	670,768,000
	698,495,000
	
2.28	M.S.A.S.
	170,743,000
	178,141,000
	
2.29	Trunk Highway
	1,577,534,000
	1,573,770,000
	
2.30 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
2.31 	purpose are specified in the following 
2.32 	subdivisions.

2.33	Subd. 2.Multimodal Systems
 					
2.34 	(a) Aeronautics

2.35	(1) Airport Development and Assistance
		19,798,000
		19,798,000
	
3.1 	This appropriation is from the state 
3.2 	airports fund and must be spent according 
3.3 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 360.305, 
3.4 	subdivision 4.
3.5 	The base appropriation in each of fiscal years 
3.6 	2018 and 2019 is $14,298,000.
3.7 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.8 	16A.28, subdivision 6, this appropriation is 
3.9 	available for five years after appropriation. 
3.10 	If the appropriation for either year is 
3.11 	insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
3.12 	year is available for it.

3.13	(2) Aviation Support and Services
		6,661,000
		6,661,000

3.14	Appropriations by Fund
	
3.15		2016
	2017
	
3.16	Airports
	5,311,000
	5,311,000
	
3.17	Trunk Highway
	1,350,000
	1,350,000
	
3.18 	$80,000 in each year is from the state airports 
3.19 	fund for the Civil Air Patrol.
3.20 	The base appropriation from the trunk 
3.21 	highway fund in fiscal year 2018 is 
3.22 	$1,479,000 and in fiscal year 2019 is 
3.23 	$1,623,000.

3.24	(b) Transit
		20,543,000
		20,567,000

3.25	Appropriations by Fund
	
3.26		2016
	2017
	
3.27	General
	19,745,000
	19,745,000
	
3.28	Trunk Highway
	798,000
	822,000
	
3.29 	The base appropriation from the general 
3.30 	fund in each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019 
3.31 	is $17,245,000.
3.32 	The base appropriation from the trunk 
3.33 	highway fund in fiscal year 2018 is $846,000 
3.34 	and in fiscal year 2019 is $873,000.

4.1	(c) Safe Routes to School
		500,000
		500,000
	
4.2 	This appropriation is from the general fund 
4.3 	for the safe routes to school program under 
4.4 	Minnesota Statutes, section 174.40.

4.5	(d) Passenger Rail
		500,000
		500,000
	
4.6 	This appropriation is from the general 
4.7 	fund for passenger rail system planning, 
4.8 	alternatives analysis, environmental analysis, 
4.9 	design, and preliminary engineering under 
4.10 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 174.632 to 
4.11 	174.636.

4.12	(e) Freight
		13,445,000
		5,452,000

4.13	Appropriations by Fund
	
4.14		2016
	2017
	
4.15	General
	8,401,000
	256,000
	
4.16	Trunk Highway
	5,044,000
	5,196,000
	
4.17 	$145,000 in the first year is from the general 
4.18 	fund for a grant to the Minnesota Commercial 
4.19 	Railway for emergency temporary repairs 
4.20 	to approximately 6.5 miles of railroad track 
4.21 	described as that portion of the Minnesota 
4.22 	Commercial main running lead, between 
4.23 	M&D Junction in White Bear Lake and the 
4.24 	end of track in Hugo.
4.25 	$3,000,000 in the first year is from the 
4.26 	general fund for port development assistance 
4.27 	program grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
4.28 	chapter 457A. Any improvements made with 
4.29 	the proceeds of these grants must be publicly 
4.30 	owned. This is a onetime appropriation and 
4.31 	is available in the second year.
4.32 	$5,000,000 in the first year is from the 
4.33 	general fund for rail grade crossing 
4.34 	safety improvements. This is a onetime 
5.1 	appropriation and is available in the second 
5.2 	year.
5.3 	The base appropriation from the trunk 
5.4 	highway fund in fiscal year 2018 is 
5.5 	$5,350,000 and in fiscal year 2019 is 
5.6 	$5,522,000.

5.7	Subd. 3.State Roads

5.8	(a) Operations and Maintenance
		288,405,000
		290,916,000
	
5.9 	The base appropriation in fiscal year 2018 
5.10 	is $292,140,000 and in fiscal year 2019 is 
5.11 	$301,545,000.

5.12	(b) Program Planning and Delivery
		237,529,000
		231,252,000
	
5.13 	$130,000 in each year is available for 
5.14 	administrative costs of the targeted group 
5.15 	business program.
5.16 	$266,000 in each year is available for grants 
5.17 	to metropolitan planning organizations 
5.18 	outside the seven-county metropolitan area.
5.19 	$900,000 in each year is available for 
5.20 	grants for transportation studies outside 
5.21 	the metropolitan area to identify critical 
5.22 	concerns, problems, and issues. These 
5.23 	grants are available: (1) to regional 
5.24 	development commissions; (2) in regions 
5.25 	where no regional development commission 
5.26 	is functioning, to joint powers boards 
5.27 	established under agreement of two or 
5.28 	more political subdivisions in the region to 
5.29 	exercise the planning functions of a regional 
5.30 	development commission; and (3) in regions 
5.31 	where no regional development commission 
5.32 	or joint powers board is functioning, to the 
5.33 	department's district office for that region.
6.1 	$1,000,000 in each year is available 
6.2 	for management of contaminated and 
6.3 	regulated material on property owned by 
6.4 	the Department of Transportation, including 
6.5 	mitigation of property conveyances, facility 
6.6 	acquisition or expansion, chemical release at 
6.7 	maintenance facilities, and spills on the trunk 
6.8 	highway system where there is no known 
6.9 	responsible party. If the appropriation for 
6.10 	either year is insufficient, the appropriation 
6.11 	for the other year is available for it.
6.12 	$6,804,000 in the first year and $1,000,000 in 
6.13 	the second year are available for the purposes 
6.14 	stated in Minnesota Statutes, section 12A.16, 
6.15 	subdivision 2.
6.16 	The base appropriation for program 
6.17 	planning and delivery in fiscal year 2018 
6.18 	is $227,004,000 and in fiscal year 2019 is 
6.19 	$234,331,000.

6.20	(c) State Road Construction
		779,664,000
		744,166,000
	
6.21 	This appropriation is for the actual 
6.22 	construction, reconstruction, and 
6.23 	improvement of trunk highways, including 
6.24 	design-build contracts, internal department 
6.25 	costs associated with delivering the 
6.26 	construction program, and consultant usage 
6.27 	to support these activities. This includes the 
6.28 	cost of actual payment to landowners for 
6.29 	lands acquired for highway rights-of-way, 
6.30 	payment to lessees, interest subsidies, and 
6.31 	relocation expenses.
6.32 	$1,000,000 in the first year is to complete 
6.33 	projects using funds made available to 
6.34 	the commissioner of transportation under 
6.35 	title XII of the American Recovery and 
7.1 	Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 
7.2 	111-5, and implemented under Minnesota 
7.3 	Statutes, section 161.36, subdivision 7.
7.4 	$10,000,000 in each year is for the 
7.5 	transportation economic development 
7.6 	program under Minnesota Statutes, section 
7.7 	174.12.
7.8 	The commissioner may expend up to one-half 
7.9 	of one percent of the federal appropriations 
7.10 	under this paragraph as grants to opportunity 
7.11 	industrialization centers and other nonprofit 
7.12 	job training centers for job training programs 
7.13 	related to highway construction.
7.14 	The commissioner may transfer up to 
7.15 	$15,000,000 each year to the transportation 
7.16 	revolving loan fund.
7.17 	The commissioner may receive money 
7.18 	covering other shares of the cost of 
7.19 	partnership projects. These receipts are 
7.20 	appropriated to the commissioner for these 
7.21 	projects.
7.22 	The base appropriation for state road 
7.23 	construction in each of fiscal years 2018 and 
7.24 	2019 is $695,800,000.

7.25	(d) Highway Debt Service
		197,381,000
		231,199,000
	
7.26 	$187,881,000 the first year and $221,699,000 
7.27 	the second year are for transfer to the state 
7.28 	bond fund. If this appropriation is insufficient 
7.29 	to make all transfers required in the year 
7.30 	for which it is made, the commissioner 
7.31 	of management and budget shall transfer 
7.32 	the deficiency amount under the statutory 
7.33 	open appropriation, and notify the chairs 
7.34 	and ranking minority members of the 
8.1 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
8.2 	transportation finance and the chairs of the 
8.3 	senate Committee on Finance and the house 
8.4 	of representatives Committee on Ways and 
8.5 	Means of the amount of the deficiency. Any 
8.6 	excess appropriation cancels to the trunk 
8.7 	highway fund.

8.8	(e) Statewide Radio Communications
		5,358,000
		5,486,000

8.9	Appropriations by Fund
	
8.10		2016
	2017
	
8.11	General
	35,000
	3,000
	
8.12	Trunk Highway
	5,323,000
	5,483,000
	
8.13 	$3,000 in each year is from the general fund to 
8.14 	equip and operate the Roosevelt signal tower 
8.15 	for Lake of the Woods weather broadcasting.
8.16 	$32,000 in the first year is from the general 
8.17 	fund for a weather transmitter in Lake of the 
8.18 	Woods County.
8.19 	The base appropriation from the trunk 
8.20 	highway fund in fiscal year 2018 is 
8.21 	$5,645,000 and in fiscal year 2019 is 
8.22 	$5,826,000.

8.23	Subd. 4.Local Roads

8.24	(a) County State-Aid Roads
		670,768,000
		698,495,000
	
8.25 	This appropriation is from the county 
8.26 	state-aid highway fund under Minnesota 
8.27 	Statutes, section 161.081, and chapter 162, 
8.28 	and is available until spent.
8.29 	If the commissioner of transportation 
8.30 	determines that a balance remains in the 
8.31 	county state-aid highway fund following 
8.32 	the appropriations and transfers made in 
8.33 	this paragraph, and that the appropriations 
8.34 	made are insufficient for advancing county 
9.1 	state-aid highway projects, an amount 
9.2 	necessary to advance the projects, not to 
9.3 	exceed the balance in the county state-aid 
9.4 	highway fund, is appropriated in each year 
9.5 	to the commissioner. Within two weeks 
9.6 	of a determination under this contingent 
9.7 	appropriation, the commissioner of 
9.8 	transportation shall notify the commissioner 
9.9 	of management and budget and the chairs 
9.10 	and ranking minority members of the 
9.11 	legislative committees with jurisdiction 
9.12 	over transportation finance concerning 
9.13 	funds appropriated. The commissioner shall 
9.14 	identify in the next budget submission to the 
9.15 	legislature under Minnesota Statutes, section 
9.16 	16A.11, any amount that is appropriated 
9.17 	under this paragraph.

9.18	(b) Municipal State-Aid Roads
		170,743,000
		178,141,000
	
9.19 	This appropriation is from the municipal 
9.20 	state-aid street fund under Minnesota 
9.21 	Statutes, chapter 162, and is available until 
9.22 	spent.
9.23 	If the commissioner of transportation 
9.24 	determines that a balance remains in the 
9.25 	municipal state-aid street fund following the 
9.26 	appropriations and transfers made in this 
9.27 	paragraph, and that the appropriations made 
9.28 	are insufficient for advancing municipal 
9.29 	state-aid street projects, an amount necessary 
9.30 	to advance the projects, not to exceed 
9.31 	the balance in the municipal state-aid 
9.32 	street fund, is appropriated in each year 
9.33 	to the commissioner. Within two weeks 
9.34 	of a determination under this contingent 
9.35 	appropriation, the commissioner of 
10.1 	transportation shall notify the commissioner 
10.2 	of management and budget and the chairs 
10.3 	and ranking minority members of the 
10.4 	legislative committees with jurisdiction 
10.5 	over transportation finance concerning 
10.6 	funds appropriated. The commissioner shall 
10.7 	identify in the next budget submission to the 
10.8 	legislature under Minnesota Statutes, section 
10.9 	16A.11, any amount that is appropriated 
10.10 	under this paragraph.

10.11	(c) Small Cities Assistance
		12,500,000
		0
	
10.12 	This appropriation is from the general fund 
10.13 	for small cities assistance under Minnesota 
10.14 	Statutes, section 162.145.

10.15	Subd. 5.Agency Management

10.16	(a) Agency Services
		42,722,000
		43,519,000
	
10.17 	The base appropriation in fiscal year 2018 
10.18 	is $44,316,000 and in fiscal year 2019 is 
10.19 	$45,206,000.

10.20	(b) Buildings
		18,772,000
		19,321,000

10.21	Appropriations by Fund
	
10.22		2016
	2017
	
10.23	General
	54,000
	54,000
	
10.24	Trunk Highway
	18,718,000
	19,267,000
	
10.25 	Any money appropriated to the commissioner 
10.26 	of transportation for building construction for 
10.27 	any fiscal year before the first year is available 
10.28 	to the commissioner of transportation 
10.29 	during the biennium to the extent that the 
10.30 	commissioner spends the money on the 
10.31 	building construction projects for which the 
10.32 	money was originally encumbered during the 
10.33 	fiscal year for which it was appropriated.
11.1 	If the appropriation for either year is 
11.2 	insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
11.3 	year is available for it.
11.4 	The base appropriation from the trunk 
11.5 	highway fund in fiscal year 2018 is 
11.6 	$20,031,000 and in fiscal year 2019 is 
11.7 	$20,885,000.

11.8	(c) Tort Claims
		600,000
		600,000
	
11.9 	If the appropriation for either year is 
11.10 	insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
11.11 	year is available for it.

11.12	Subd. 6.Transfers
 					
11.13 	With the approval of the commissioner of 
11.14 	management and budget, the commissioner 
11.15 	of transportation may transfer unencumbered 
11.16 	balances among the appropriations from the 
11.17 	trunk highway fund and the state airports 
11.18 	fund made in this section. No transfer 
11.19 	may be made from the appropriations for 
11.20 	state road construction or for debt service. 
11.21 	Transfers under this rider may not be made 
11.22 	between funds. Transfers under this rider 
11.23 	must be reported immediately to the chairs 
11.24 	and ranking minority members of the 
11.25 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
11.26 	transportation finance.
11.27 	The commissioner of transportation shall 
11.28 	transfer from the flexible highway account in 
11.29 	the county state-aid highway fund the entire 
11.30 	amount in each year to the county turnback 
11.31 	account in the county state-aid highway 
11.32 	fund. The funds transferred are for highway 
11.33 	turnback purposes under Minnesota Statutes, 
11.34 	section 161.081, subdivision 3.

12.1
12.2	Subd. 7.Previous State Road Construction 
Appropriations
 					
12.3 	Any money appropriated to the commissioner 
12.4 	of transportation for state road construction 
12.5 	for any fiscal year before the first year is 
12.6 	available to the commissioner during the 
12.7 	biennium to the extent that the commissioner 
12.8 	spends the money on the state road 
12.9 	construction project for which the money 
12.10 	was originally encumbered during the fiscal 
12.11 	year for which it was appropriated.

12.12	Subd. 8.Contingent Appropriation
 					
12.13 	The commissioner of transportation, with 
12.14 	the approval of the governor and the 
12.15 	written approval of at least five members 
12.16 	of a group consisting of the members of 
12.17 	the Legislative Advisory Commission 
12.18 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.30, 
12.19 	and the ranking minority members of the 
12.20 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
12.21 	transportation finance, may transfer all or 
12.22 	part of the unappropriated balance in the 
12.23 	trunk highway fund to an appropriation: 
12.24 	(1) for trunk highway design, construction, 
12.25 	or inspection in order to take advantage of 
12.26 	an unanticipated receipt of income to the 
12.27 	trunk highway fund or to take advantage 
12.28 	of federal advanced construction funding; 
12.29 	(2) for trunk highway maintenance in order 
12.30 	to meet an emergency; or (3) to pay tort 
12.31 	or environmental claims. Nothing in this 
12.32 	subdivision authorizes the commissioner 
12.33 	to increase the use of federal advanced 
12.34 	construction funding beyond amounts 
12.35 	specifically authorized. Any transfer as 
13.1 	a result of the use of federal advanced 
13.2 	construction funding must include an 
13.3 	analysis of the effects on the long-term 
13.4 	trunk highway fund balance. The amount 
13.5 	transferred is appropriated for the purpose of 
13.6 	the account to which it is transferred.

13.7	Sec. 4. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 	$
	81,626,000
	$
	101,126,000
	
13.8 	This appropriation is from the general fund 
13.9 	for transit system operations under Minnesota 
13.10 	Statutes, sections 473.371 to 473.449.
13.11 	Of this amount, $27,300,000 is available 
13.12 	through fiscal year 2018.
13.13 	Of this appropriation, $1,000,000 in 
13.14 	each year is for financial assistance to 
13.15 	replacement service providers under 
13.16 	Minnesota Statutes, section 473.388, to 
13.17 	implement a demonstration project that 
13.18 	provides regular route transit or express 
13.19 	bus service between municipalities in the 
13.20 	metropolitan area, as defined in Minnesota 
13.21 	Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 2, 
13.22 	excluding cities of the first class. The council 
13.23 	may not retain any portion of funds specified 
13.24 	in this rider. The replacement service 
13.25 	providers shall collectively identify one or 
13.26 	more demonstration projects for financial 
13.27 	assistance and submit a notification of the 
13.28 	allocation to the council. The council shall 
13.29 	allocate the appropriated funds as directed by 
13.30 	the replacement service providers. Criteria 
13.31 	for evaluating and identifying demonstration 
13.32 	projects must include but are not limited to: 
13.33 	(1) scope of service offering improvements; 
13.34 	(2) integration with transit facilities and 
13.35 	major business, retail, or suburban centers; 
14.1 	(3) extent to which a proposed route 
14.2 	complements existing transit service; and 
14.3 	(4) density of employment along a proposed 
14.4 	route. This is a onetime appropriation.
14.5 	Of this appropriation, $200,000 in the first 
14.6 	year is for grants payable by July 31, 2016, 
14.7 	to transportation management organizations 
14.8 	that provide services exclusively or primarily 
14.9 	in (1) each city of the first class, as provided 
14.10 	under section 410.01; and (2) the city having 
14.11 	the highest population as of the effective 
14.12 	date of this section located along the marked 
14.13 	Interstate Highway 494 corridor. Permissible 
14.14 	uses include administrative expenses and 
14.15 	programming and service expansion, 
14.16 	including but not limited to staffing, 
14.17 	communications, outreach and education 
14.18 	program development, and operations 
14.19 	management. The council may not retain any 
14.20 	portion of funds under this appropriation.
14.21 	The base appropriation in each of fiscal years 
14.22 	2018 and 2019 is $89,820,000.

14.23	Sec. 5. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

14.24	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	173,447,000
	$
	176,267,000

14.25	Appropriations by Fund
	
14.26		2016
	2017
	
14.27	General
	13,606,000
	13,608,000
	
14.28	Special Revenue
	61,475,000
	62,210,000
	
14.29	H.U.T.D.
	2,192,000
	2,213,000
	
14.30	Trunk Highway
	96,174,000
	98,236,000
	
14.31 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
14.32 	purpose are specified in the following 
14.33 	subdivisions.

14.34	Subd. 2.Administration and Related Services 

15.1	(a) Office of Communications
		517,000
		530,000

15.2	Appropriations by Fund
	
15.3		2016
	2017
	
15.4	General
	113,000
	115,000
	
15.5	Trunk Highway
	404,000
	415,000

15.6	(b) Public Safety Support
		9,035,000
		9,124,000

15.7	Appropriations by Fund
	
15.8		2016
	2017
	
15.9	General
	3,982,000
	3,987,000
	
15.10	H.U.T.D.
	1,366,000
	1,366,000
	
15.11	Trunk Highway
	3,687,000
	3,771,000
	
15.12 	The base appropriation from the general 
15.13 	fund in each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019 is 
15.14 	$3,537,000.
15.15 	$380,000 in each year is from the general 
15.16 	fund for payment of public safety officer 
15.17 	survivor benefits under Minnesota Statutes, 
15.18 	section 299A.44. If the appropriation for 
15.19 	either year is insufficient, the appropriation 
15.20 	for the other year is available for it.
15.21 	$1,367,000 in each year is from the general 
15.22 	fund to be deposited in the public safety 
15.23 	officer's benefit account. This money 
15.24 	is available for reimbursements under 
15.25 	Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.465.
15.26 	$600,000 in each year is from the general 
15.27 	fund and $100,000 in each year is from the 
15.28 	trunk highway fund for soft body armor 
15.29 	reimbursements under Minnesota Statutes, 
15.30 	section 299A.38.
15.31 	$450,000 in each year is from the general 
15.32 	fund for the creation of two emergency 
15.33 	response teams. One emergency response 
15.34 	team must be under the jurisdiction of the 
15.35 	St. Cloud Fire Department, or a similarly 
16.1 	located fire department if necessary, and one 
16.2 	emergency response team must be under the 
16.3 	jurisdiction of the Duluth Fire Department. 
16.4 	The commissioner shall allocate the funds 
16.5 	as needed to facilitate the creation and 
16.6 	maintenance of the emergency response 
16.7 	teams. This is a onetime appropriation.

16.8	(c) Technology and Support Service
		3,685,000
		3,685,000

16.9	Appropriations by Fund
	
16.10		2016
	2017
	
16.11	General
	1,322,000
	1,322,000
	
16.12	H.U.T.D. 
	19,000
	19,000
	
16.13	Trunk Highway
	2,344,000
	2,344,000

16.14	Subd. 3.State Patrol

16.15	(a) Patrolling Highways 
		81,516,000
		83,121,000

16.16	Appropriations by Fund
	
16.17		2016
	2017
	
16.18	General
	154,000
	37,000
	
16.19	H.U.T.D.
	92,000
	92,000
	
16.20	Trunk Highway
	81,270,000
	82,992,000
	
16.21 	$858,000 from the trunk highway fund in the 
16.22 	first year and $117,000 from the general fund 
16.23 	in the first year is to purchase a single-engine 
16.24 	aircraft for the State Patrol.

16.25	(b) Commercial Vehicle Enforcement
		8,023,000
		8,257,000

16.26	(c) Capitol Security
		8,035,000
		8,147,000
	
16.27 	This appropriation is from the general fund.
16.28 	The commissioner may not: (1) spend 
16.29 	any money from the trunk highway fund 
16.30 	for capitol security; or (2) permanently 
16.31 	transfer any state trooper from the patrolling 
16.32 	highways activity to capitol security.
16.33 	The commissioner may not transfer any 
16.34 	money appropriated to the commissioner 
17.1 	under this section: (1) to capitol security; or 
17.2 	(2) from capitol security.

17.3	(d) Vehicle Crimes Unit
		715,000
		736,000
	
17.4 	This appropriation is from the highway user 
17.5 	tax distribution fund.
17.6 	This appropriation is to investigate: (1) 
17.7 	registration tax and motor vehicle sales tax 
17.8 	liabilities from individuals and businesses 
17.9 	that currently do not pay all taxes owed; 
17.10 	and (2) illegal or improper activity related 
17.11 	to sale, transfer, titling, and registration of 
17.12 	motor vehicles.

17.13	Subd. 4.Driver and Vehicle Services

17.14	(a) Vehicle Services
		29,818,000
		30,082,000
	
17.15 	This appropriation is from the vehicle 
17.16 	services operating account in the special 
17.17 	revenue fund.
17.18 	$59,000 in each year is for the creation of a 
17.19 	Data Services Unit within the Division of 
17.20 	Driver and Vehicle Services.
17.21 	The base appropriation from the special 
17.22 	revenue fund in each of fiscal years 2018 and 
17.23 	2019 is $21,846,000.
17.24 	The base appropriation from the highway 
17.25 	user tax distribution fund in each of fiscal 
17.26 	years 2018 and 2019 is $8,236,000.

17.27	(b) Driver Services 
		30,286,000
		30,740,000
	
17.28 	This appropriation is from the driver services 
17.29 	operating account in the special revenue fund.
17.30 	$31,000 in each year is for the creation of a 
17.31 	Data Services Unit within the Division of 
17.32 	Driver and Vehicle Services.

17.33	Subd. 5.Traffic Safety
 		446,000
		457,000

18.1	Subd. 6.Pipeline Safety
 		1,371,000
		1,388,000
	
18.2 	This appropriation is from the pipeline safety 
18.3 	account in the special revenue fund.

18.4 	Sec. 6. APPROPRIATION CANCELLATION.
 18.5 	$29,700,000 of the appropriation under Laws 2013, chapter 117, article 1, section 4, 
18.6 	is canceled to the general fund on the effective date of this section.

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

18.8 	Sec. 7. APPROPRIATION CANCELLATIONS.
 18.9 	All unspent funds, estimated to be $2,380,000, to provide the 20 percent local match 
18.10 	funding required to obtain Federal Highway Administration emergency relief funds to 
18.11 	repair local roads and bridges damaged by June 2014 flooding, under Laws 2015, chapter 
18.12 	2, section 3, are canceled to the general fund on June 30, 2015.

18.13 	Sec. 8. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; APPROPRIATION.
 18.14 	$2,380,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of 
18.15 	transportation in fiscal year 2016 to provide the 20 percent local match funding required to 
18.16 	obtain Federal Highway Administration emergency relief funds to repair local roads and 
18.17 	bridges damaged by flooding in June 2014. This is a onetime appropriation.

18.18 	ARTICLE 2
18.19 	TRANSPORTATION POLICY

18.20 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 13.69, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
18.21 		Subdivision 1.Classifications. (a) The following government data of the 
18.22 	Department of Public Safety are private data:
18.23 	(1) medical data on driving instructors, licensed drivers, and applicants for parking 
18.24 	certificates and special license plates issued to physically disabled persons;
18.25 	(2) other data on holders of a disability certificate under section 169.345, except 
18.26 	that (i) data that are not medical data may be released to law enforcement agencies, and 
18.27 	(ii) data necessary for enforcement of sections 169.345 and 169.346 may be released to 
18.28 	parking enforcement employees or parking enforcement agents of statutory or home rule 
18.29 	charter cities and towns;
19.1 	(3) Social Security numbers in driver's license and motor vehicle registration 
19.2 	records, except that Social Security numbers must be provided to the Department of 
19.3 	Revenue for purposes of tax administration, the Department of Labor and Industry for 
19.4 	purposes of workers' compensation administration and enforcement, and the Department 
19.5 	of Natural Resources for purposes of license application administration; and
19.6 	(4) data on persons listed as standby or temporary custodians under section 171.07, 
19.7 	subdivision 11, except that the data must be released to:
19.8 	(i) law enforcement agencies for the purpose of verifying that an individual is a 
19.9 	designated caregiver; or
19.10 	(ii) law enforcement agencies who state that the license holder is unable to 
19.11 	communicate at that time and that the information is necessary for notifying the designated 
19.12 	caregiver of the need to care for a child of the license holder.
19.13 	The department may release the Social Security number only as provided in clause 
19.14 	(3) and must not sell or otherwise provide individual Social Security numbers or lists of 
19.15 	Social Security numbers for any other purpose.
19.16 	(b) The following government data of the Department of Public Safety are 
19.17 	confidential data: data concerning an individual's driving ability when that data is received 
19.18 	from a member of the individual's family.

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

19.20 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 16E.15, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
19.21 		Subd. 2.Software sale fund. (a) Except as provided in paragraph paragraphs (b) 
19.22 	and (c), proceeds of from the sale or licensing of software products or services by the chief 
19.23 	information officer must be credited to the MN.IT services revolving fund. If a state 
19.24 	agency other than the Office of MN.IT Services has contributed to the development of 
19.25 	software sold or licensed under this section, the chief information officer may reimburse 
19.26 	the agency by discounting computer services provided to that agency.
19.27 	(b) Proceeds of from the sale or licensing of software products or services developed 
19.28 	by the Pollution Control Agency, or custom developed by a vendor for the agency, must be 
19.29 	credited to the environmental fund.
19.30 	(c) If the Department of Transportation develops software products or services using 
19.31 	trunk highway funds, proceeds from the subsequent sale or licensing of the software 
19.32 	products or services must be credited to the trunk highway fund. This paragraph also 
19.33 	applies to software products or services custom developed by a vendor for the department 
19.34 	using trunk highway funds.

20.1 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 117.036, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
20.2 		Subd. 2.Appraisal. (a) Before commencing an eminent domain proceeding under 
20.3 	this chapter for an acquisition greater than $25,000, the acquiring authority must obtain at 
20.4 	least one appraisal for the property proposed to be acquired. In making the appraisal, the 
20.5 	appraiser must confer with one or more of the owners of the property, if reasonably possible. 
20.6 	For acquisitions less than $25,000, the acquiring authority may obtain a minimum damage 
20.7 	acquisition report in lieu of an appraisal. In making the minimum damage acquisition 
20.8 	report, the qualified person with appraisal knowledge must confer with one or more of 
20.9 	the owners of the property, if reasonably possible. Notwithstanding section 13.44, the 
20.10 	acquiring authority must provide the owner with a copy of (1) each appraisal for property 
20.11 	acquisitions over $25,000, or (2) the minimum damage acquisition report for properties 
20.12 	under $25,000, the acquiring authority has obtained for the property at the time an offer is 
20.13 	made, but no later than 60 days before presenting a petition under section 117.055, and. 
20.14 	The acquiring authority must also inform the owner of the right to obtain an appraisal under 
20.15 	this section. Upon request, the acquiring authority must make available to the owner all 
20.16 	appraisals of the property for properties over $25,000, or the minimum damage acquisition 
20.17 	report for properties under $25,000. If the acquiring authority is considering both a full 
20.18 	and partial taking of the property, the acquiring authority shall obtain and provide the 
20.19 	owner with appraisals for both types of takings for properties over $25,000 for both types 
20.20 	of takings, or minimum damage acquisition reports for properties under $25,000.
20.21 	(b) The owner may obtain an appraisal by a qualified appraiser of the property 
20.22 	proposed to be acquired. The owner is entitled to reimbursement for the reasonable costs 
20.23 	of the appraisal from the acquiring authority up to a maximum of $1,500 for single family 
20.24 	and two-family residential property and minimum damage acquisitions and $5,000 for 
20.25 	other types of property, provided that the owner submits to the acquiring authority the 
20.26 	information necessary for reimbursement, including a copy of the owner's appraisal, 
20.27 	at least five days before a condemnation commissioners' hearing. For purposes of this 
20.28 	paragraph subdivision, a "minimum damage acquisition" means an interest in property 
20.29 	that a qualified person with appraisal knowledge having an understanding of the local real 
20.30 	estate market indicates can be acquired for a cost of $10,000 $25,000 or less.
20.31 	(c) The acquiring authority must pay the reimbursement to the owner within 30 
20.32 	days after receiving a copy of the appraisal and the reimbursement information. Upon 
20.33 	agreement between the acquiring authority and the owner, the acquiring authority may pay 
20.34 	the reimbursement directly to the appraiser.

20.35 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 117.036, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
21.1 		Subd. 4.Use of appraisal at commissioners' hearing.  An appraisal or 
21.2 	minimum damage acquisition report must not be used or considered in a condemnation 
21.3 	commissioners' hearing, nor may the appraiser who prepared the appraisal or the person 
21.4 	who prepared the minimum damage acquisition report testify, unless a copy of the 
21.5 	appraiser's written report or the minimum damage acquisition report is provided to the 
21.6 	opposing party at least five days before the hearing.

21.7 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 160.20, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
21.8 		Subd. 4.Conditions. (a) A road authority may accept applications for permits for 
21.9 	installation of drain tile along or across the right-of-way under its jurisdiction. The road 
21.10 	authority may adopt reasonable rules for the installations and may require a bond before 
21.11 	granting a permit. Permits for installation along a highway right-of-way must ensure that 
21.12 	the length of the installation is restricted to the minimum necessary to achieve the desired 
21.13 	agricultural benefits. A permit must not allow open trenches to be left on the right-of-way 
21.14 	after installation of the drain tile is completed. A road authority that grants a permit for 
21.15 	tile drain installation is not responsible for damage to that installation resulting from the 
21.16 	action of the authority or any other permittee utilizing the right-of-way.
21.17 	(b) A person who installs drain tile along or across a highway right-of-way without 
21.18 	obtaining a permit as provided in this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
21.19 	(c) The commissioner shall take no action under this section which will result in the 
21.20 	loss of federal aid for highway construction in the state.
21.21 	(d) For the purpose of this section subdivisions 2 to 4, "highway" means any 
21.22 	highway as defined in section 160.02 which is located outside the corporate limits of a 
21.23 	home rule charter or statutory city.

21.24 	Sec. 6. [160.235] TRAFFIC SIGNAL TIMING OPTIMIZATION.
21.25 	(a) A road authority that has ownership of a traffic signal on a principal arterial 
21.26 	roadway or roadway with an average daily traffic greater than 20,000 vehicles per day 
21.27 	must complete an inventory of all traffic signals under its ownership and submit it to the 
21.28 	Department of Transportation district engineer. The inventory must include age of all 
21.29 	signals, control equipment, communications, detection type, timing plans in operation, 
21.30 	and date of last timing optimization.
21.31 	(b) Based on the information from the inventory, a road authority subject to 
21.32 	paragraph (a) must develop and implement a traffic signal system optimization plan, which 
21.33 	must include re-evaluation of traffic signal timing at least once every five years. Each road 
22.1 	authority with a traffic signal optimization plan must annually certify compliance with its 
22.2 	plan and submit the certification as part of its annual maintenance expenditure report.
22.3 	(c) Upon request of a local road authority, the commissioner shall provide reasonable 
22.4 	technical assistance to meet the requirements under this section.

22.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment. The 
22.6 	initial inventory under paragraph (a) must be submitted on or before December 30, 2015.

22.7 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 160.27, is amended by adding a subdivision 
22.8 	to read:
22.9 		Subd. 10.Temporary permit for field application. (a) In connection with 
22.10 	the use of the road right-of-way of a road authority, excluding on controlled-access 
22.11 	highways under section 160.08, a property owner or occupant of property abutting the 
22.12 	road right-of-way may apply for a permit for temporary placement, for up to 14 days, of a 
22.13 	pressurized flexible force main for the transport of manure for field application.
22.14 	(b) The property owner or occupant must:
22.15 	(1) identify the entire length of the right-of-way for use under the permit;
22.16 	(2) place the force main within the backslope of the road authority's right-of-way 
22.17 	where possible;
22.18 	(3) place pumping equipment outside the road authority's right-of-way; and
22.19 	(4) meet all of the permit requirements identified by the road authority.
22.20 	(c) Once the road authority has issued a permit, the property owner or occupant may 
22.21 	install the force main over the length of the right-of-way from the permittee's property to 
22.22 	where the manure will be applied, irrespective of whether the permittee is the owner or 
22.23 	occupant of all property abutting the portion of the right-of-way where the force main is 
22.24 	to be installed.

22.25 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 161.231, is amended to read:
22.26 	161.231 APPROPRIATION; PROCEEDS FROM LEASED STATE 
22.27 	PROPERTY.
22.28 	There is appropriated annually from the fund or account in the state treasury to which 
22.29 	the rental money from the sale, lease, conveyance, or disposal of state leased property 
22.30 	is credited a sufficient amount of money to carry out the state's obligations under the 
22.31 	provisions of sections 15.16, 117.135, 117.226, 161.16, 161.202,161.23, subdivision 3, 
22.32 	161.24, 161.241, 161.43, 161.433, 161.44, 161.442, and 272.68, subdivision 3, including 
22.33 	the inventorying, marketing, and property management activities required to sell, lease, 
23.1 	rent, permit, convey, or otherwise dispose of the land or the interest in the land. At the 
23.2 	discretion of the commissioner of transportation, money in the account at the end of each 
23.3 	biennium may cancel to the trunk highway fund.

23.4 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 161.321, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
23.5 		Subd. 2a.Small targeted group business; subcontracting goals. (a) The 
23.6 	commissioner, as a condition of awarding a construction contract, may set goals that 
23.7 	require the for targeted group business participation in contracts. As a condition of award, 
23.8 	the prime contractor is required to subcontract portions of the contract to small targeted 
23.9 	group businesses. Prime contractors must demonstrate good faith efforts to meet the 
23.10 	project goals.The commissioner shall establish a procedure for granting waivers from 
23.11 	the subcontracting requirement when qualified small targeted group businesses are not 
23.12 	reasonably available either meet the goal or demonstrate good faith efforts to meet the 
23.13 	goal. The commissioner must establish a procedure for evaluating the good faith efforts 
23.14 	of contractors that do not meet the goal. The commissioner may establish (1) financial 
23.15 	incentives for prime contractors who exceed the goals set for the use of subcontractors 
23.16 	under this subdivision; and (2) sanctions for prime contractors who fail to make good faith 
23.17 	efforts to meet the goals set under this subdivision.
23.18 	(b) The small targeted group business subcontracting requirements of this 
23.19 	subdivision do not apply to prime contractors who are small targeted group businesses.

23.20 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 161.321, subdivision 2c, is amended to read:
23.21 		Subd. 2c.Veteran-owned small business; subcontracting goals. (a) The 
23.22 	commissioner, as a condition of awarding a construction contract, may set goals that 
23.23 	require the prime contractor to subcontract portions of the contract to veteran-owned small 
23.24 	businesses for veteran-owned small business participation in contracts, except when 
23.25 	prohibited by federal law or rule as a condition of receiving federal funds.  As a condition 
23.26 	of award, the prime contractors contractor must either meet the goal or demonstrate good 
23.27 	faith efforts to meet the project goals. The commissioner shall must establish a procedure 
23.28 	for granting waivers from the subcontracting requirement when qualified veteran-owned 
23.29 	small businesses are not reasonably available evaluating the good faith efforts of 
23.30 	contractors that do not meet the goal. The commissioner may establish (1) financial 
23.31 	incentives for prime contractors who exceed the goals set for the use of subcontractors 
23.32 	under this subdivision; and (2) sanctions for prime contractors who have not been granted 
23.33 	a waiver and fail to make good faith efforts to meet goals set under this subdivision.
24.1 	(b) The subcontracting requirements of this subdivision do not apply to prime 
24.2 	contractors who are veteran-owned small businesses.

24.3 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 161.321, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
24.4 		Subd. 4.Contract awards, limitations. Contracts awarded pursuant to this section 
24.5 	are subject to all limitations contained in rules adopted by The commissioner may elect to 
24.6 	subject contracts awarded under this section to limitations contained in rules adopted by 
24.7 	the commissioner of administration.

24.8 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 162.07, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
24.9 		Subd. 1a.Apportionment sum and excess sum. (a) For purposes of this 
24.10 	subdivision, "distribution amount" means the amount identified in section 162.06, 
24.11 	subdivision 1, after the deductions provided for in section 162.06 for administrative costs, 
24.12 	disaster account, research account, and state park road account.
24.13 	(b) The apportionment sum is calculated by subtracting the excess sum, as calculated 
24.14 	in paragraph (c), from as 68 percent of the distribution amount.
24.15 	(c) The excess sum is calculated as the sum of revenue within 32 percent of the 
24.16 	distribution amount:.
24.17 	(1) attributed to that portion of the gasoline excise tax rate under section 296A.07, 
24.18 	subdivision 3, in excess of 20 cents per gallon, and to that portion of the excise tax rates 
24.19 	in excess of the energy equivalent of a gasoline excise tax rate of 20 cents per gallon 
24.20 	for E85 and M85 under section 296A.07, subdivision 3, and special fuel under section 
24.21 	296A.08, subdivision 2;
24.22 	(2) attributed to a change in the passenger vehicle registration tax under section 
24.23 	168.013, imposed on or after July 1, 2008, that exceeds (i) the amount collected in fiscal 
24.24 	year 2008, multiplied by (ii) the annual average United States Consumer Price Index for 
24.25 	the calendar year previous to the current calendar year, divided by the annual average 
24.26 	United States Consumer Price Index for calendar year 2007; and
24.27 	(3) attributed to that portion of the motor vehicle sales tax revenue in excess of the 
24.28 	percentage allocated to the county state-aid highway fund in fiscal year 2007.
24.29 	(d) For purposes of this subdivision, the United States Consumer Price Index 
24.30 	identified in paragraph (c) is for all urban consumers, United States city average, as 
24.31 	determined by the United States Department of Labor.

24.32 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2015, for distribution 
24.33 	calculations on or after that date.

25.1 	Sec. 13. [162.145] SMALL CITIES ASSISTANCE.
25.2 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms 
25.3 	have the meanings given them.
25.4 	(b) "Eligible city" means a statutory or home rule charter city that does not receive 
25.5 	municipal state aid under sections 162.09 to 162.14 in the calendar year in which funds 
25.6 	are distributed under this section.
25.7 	(c) "Maximum aid" means 3.5 multiplied by the unweighted average amount of 
25.8 	assistance to a city in a fiscal year.
25.9 	(d) "Population" means the most recent population estimated or established as of 30 
25.10 	days before the date of an allocation under subdivision 4, of (i) the most recent federal 
25.11 	census, (ii) a special census conducted under contract with the United States Bureau of 
25.12 	the Census, (iii) a population estimate made by the Metropolitan Council pursuant to 
25.13 	section 473.24, or (iv) a population estimate of the state demographer made pursuant to 
25.14 	section 4A.02.
25.15 	(e) "State-aid adjustment factor" means the greater of zero, or:
25.16 	(1) 0.005; minus
25.17 	(2) the number of lane miles of county state-aid highway in a city, divided by the 
25.18 	total number of lane miles of county state-aid highway in all eligible cities.
25.19 	(f) "Total population" means the sum of populations of all eligible cities.
25.20 		Subd. 2.Small cities assistance account. A small cities assistance account is 
25.21 	created in the special revenue fund. The account consists of funds as provided by law, 
25.22 	and any other money donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise provided to the account. 
25.23 	Money in the account may only be expended as provided under this section.
25.24 		Subd. 3.Administration. (a) Subject to funds made available by law, the 
25.25 	commissioner shall allocate all funds as provided in subdivision 4 and shall notify the 
25.26 	commissioner of revenue.
25.27 	(b) Following notification from the commissioner of transportation, the 
25.28 	commissioner of revenue shall distribute the specified funds to cities in the same manner 
25.29 	as local government aid under chapter 477A. An appropriation to the commissioner of 
25.30 	transportation under this section is available to the commissioner of revenue for the 
25.31 	purposes specified in this paragraph.
25.32 	(c) Notwithstanding other law to the contrary, in order to receive distributions under 
25.33 	this section, a city must conform to the standards in section 477A.017, subdivision 2. A 
25.34 	city that receives funds under this section must make and preserve records necessary to 
25.35 	show that the funds are spent in compliance with subdivision 4.
26.1 		Subd. 4.Distribution formula. (a) In each fiscal year in which funds are available 
26.2 	under this section, the commissioner shall allocate funds to eligible cities.
26.3 	(b) The preliminary aid to each city is calculated as follows:
26.4 	(1) 5 percent of funds allocated equally among all eligible cities;
26.5 	(2) 35 percent of funds allocated proportionally based on each city's share of lane 
26.6 	miles of municipal streets compared to total lane miles of municipal streets of all eligible 
26.7 	cities;
26.8 	(3) 35 percent of funds allocated proportionally based on each city's share of 
26.9 	population compared to total population of all eligible cities; and
26.10 	(4) 25 percent of funds allocated proportionally based on each city's share of state-aid 
26.11 	adjustment factor compared to the sum of state-aid adjustment factors of all eligible cities.
26.12 	(c) The final aid to each city is calculated as the lesser of:
26.13 	(1) the preliminary aid to the city multiplied by an aid factor; or
26.14 	(2) the maximum aid.
26.15 	(d) The commissioner shall set the aid factor under paragraph (c), which must be the 
26.16 	same for all eligible cities, so that the total funds allocated under this subdivision equals 
26.17 	the total amount available for the fiscal year.
26.18 		Subd. 5.Use of funds. (a) Funds distributed under this section are available only for 
26.19 	construction and maintenance of roads located within the city, including:
26.20 	(1) land acquisition, environmental analysis, design, engineering, construction, 
26.21 	reconstruction, and maintenance;
26.22 	(2) road projects partially located within the city;
26.23 	(3) projects on county state-aid highways located within the city; and
26.24 	(4) cost participation on road projects under the jurisdiction of another unit of 
26.25 	government.
26.26 	(b) Except for projects under paragraph (a), clause (3), funds distributed under this 
26.27 	section are not subject to state-aid requirements under this chapter, including but not 
26.28 	limited to engineering standards adopted by the commissioner in rules.

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

26.30 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168.013, subdivision 1d, is amended to read:
26.31 		Subd. 1d.Trailer. (a) On trailers registered at a gross vehicle weight of greater 
26.32 	than 3,000 pounds, the annual tax is based on total gross weight and is 30 percent of the 
26.33 	Minnesota base rate prescribed in subdivision 1e, when the gross weight is 15,000 pounds 
26.34 	or less, and when the gross weight of a trailer is more than 15,000 pounds, the tax for the 
26.35 	first eight years of vehicle life is 100 percent of the tax imposed in the Minnesota base rate 
27.1 	schedule, and during the ninth and succeeding years of vehicle life the tax is 75 percent of 
27.2 	the Minnesota base rate prescribed by subdivision 1e. A trailer registered at a gross vehicle 
27.3 	weight greater than 3,000 pounds but no greater than 7,200 pounds may be taxed either: 
27.4 	(1) annually as provided in this paragraph; or (2) once every three years on the basis of 
27.5 	total gross weight and is 90 percent of the Minnesota base rate prescribed in subdivision 
27.6 	1e, provided that the filing fee under section 168.33, subdivision 7, paragraph (a), is 
27.7 	multiplied by three, with funds collected by the commissioner allocated proportionally in 
27.8 	the same manner as provided in section 168.33, subdivision 7, paragraph (e).
27.9 	(b) Farm trailers with a gross weight in excess of 10,000 pounds and as described in 
27.10 	section 168.002, subdivision 8, are taxed as farm trucks as prescribed in subdivision 1c.
27.11 	(c) Effective on and after July 1, 2001, trailers registered at a gross vehicle weight 
27.12 	of 3,000 pounds or less must display a distinctive plate. The registration on the license 
27.13 	plate is valid for the life of the trailer only if it remains registered at the same gross vehicle 
27.14 	weight. The onetime registration tax for trailers registered for the first time in Minnesota 
27.15 	is $55. For trailers registered in Minnesota before July 1, 2001, and for which:
27.16 	(1) registration is desired for the remaining life of the trailer, the registration tax 
27.17 	is $25; or
27.18 	(2) permanent registration is not desired, the biennial registration tax is $10 for the 
27.19 	first renewal if registration is renewed between and including July 1, 2001, and June 30, 
27.20 	2003. These trailers must be issued permanent registration at the first renewal on or after 
27.21 	July 1, 2003, and the registration tax is $20.
27.22 	For trailers registered at a gross weight of 3,000 pounds or less before July 1, 2001, 
27.23 	but not renewed until on or after July 1, 2003, the registration tax is $20 and permanent 
27.24 	registration must be issued.

27.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
27.26 	and applies to taxes payable for a registration period starting on or after January 1, 2016.

27.27 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168.013, subdivision 1g, is amended to read:
27.28 		Subd. 1g.Recreational vehicle. (a) Self-propelled recreational vehicles shall must 
27.29 	be separately licensed and taxed annually on the basis of total gross weight and. The 
27.30 	tax shall must be graduated according to the Minnesota base rate schedule prescribed 
27.31 	in subdivision 1e, but in no event less than $20, except as otherwise provided in this 
27.32 	subdivision.
27.33 	(b) For all self-propelled recreational vehicles, the tax for the ninth and succeeding 
27.34 	years of vehicle life shall be is 75 percent of the tax imposed in the Minnesota base rate 
27.35 	schedule.
28.1 	(c) Towed recreational vehicles shall must be separately licensed and taxed under 
28.2 	either one of the following, as determined by the vehicle owner: (1) annually on the basis 
28.3 	of total gross weight at 30 percent of the Minnesota base rate prescribed in subdivision 1e 
28.4 	but; or (2) once every three years on the basis of total gross weight at 90 percent of the 
28.5 	Minnesota base rate prescribed in subdivision 1e, provided that the filing fee under section 
28.6 	168.33, subdivision 7, paragraph (a), is multiplied by three, with funds collected by the 
28.7 	commissioner allocated proportionally in the same manner as provided in section 168.33, 
28.8 	subdivision 7, paragraph (e). In no event is the tax under this paragraph less than $5.
28.9 	(d) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, all trailers and semitrailers taxed 
28.10 	pursuant to this section shall be are exempt from any wheelage tax now or hereafter 
28.11 	imposed by any political subdivision or political subdivisions.

28.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment, 
28.13 	and applies to taxes payable for a registration period starting on or after January 1, 2016.

28.14 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168.053, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
28.15 		Subdivision 1.Application; fee; penalty. Any person, firm, or corporation with 
28.16 	a business located in Minnesota engaged in the business of transporting motor vehicles 
28.17 	owned by another, by delivering, by drive-away or towing methods, either singly or by 
28.18 	means of the full mount method, the saddle mount method, the tow bar method, or any other 
28.19 	combination thereof, and under their own power, vehicles over the highways of the state 
28.20 	from the manufacturer or any other point of origin, to any point of destination, within or 
28.21 	without the state, shall make application to the registrar for a drive-away in-transit license. 
28.22 	This application for annual license shall be accompanied by a registration fee of $250 and 
28.23 	contain information the registrar may require. Upon the filing of the application and the 
28.24 	payment of the fee, the registrar shall issue to each drive-away operator a drive-away 
28.25 	in-transit license plate, which must be carried and displayed on the power unit consistent 
28.26 	with section 169.79 and the plate shall remain on the vehicle while being operated within 
28.27 	Minnesota transported. The license plate issued under this subdivision is not valid for the 
28.28 	purpose of permanent vehicle registration and is not valid outside Minnesota. Additional 
28.29 	drive-away in-transit license plates desired by any drive-away operator may be secured 
28.30 	from the registrar of motor vehicles upon the payment of a fee of $5 for each set of 
28.31 	additional license plates. Any person, firm, or corporation engaging in the business as a 
28.32 	drive-away operator, of transporting and delivering by means of full mount method, the 
28.33 	saddle mount method, the tow bar method, or any combination thereof, and under their 
28.34 	own power, motor vehicles, who fails or refuses to file or cause to be filed an application, 
28.35 	as is required by law, and to pay the fees therefor as the law requires, shall be found guilty 
29.1 	of violating the provisions of sections 168.053 to 168.057; and, upon conviction, fined 
29.2 	not less than $50, and not more than $100, and all costs of court. Each day so operating 
29.3 	without securing the license and plates as required shall constitute a separate offense.

29.4 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168.1299, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
29.5 		Subdivision 1.Issuance. Notwithstanding section 168.1293, the commissioner shall 
29.6 	issue special Minnesota golf plates or a single motorcycle plate to an applicant who:
29.7 	(1) is a registered owner of a passenger automobile, one-ton pickup truck, 
29.8 	motorcycle, or recreational vehicle;
29.9 	(2) pays a fee of $10 and any other fees required by this chapter;
29.10 	(3) contributes a minimum of $30 annually after January 1, 2017, to the Minnesota 
29.11 	Section PGA Foundation account; and
29.12 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing registration of motor vehicles 
29.13 	and licensing of drivers.

29.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2015, and applies to plates 
29.15 	issued on or after that date.

29.16 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168.33, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
29.17 		Subd. 7.Filing fees; allocations. (a) In addition to all other statutory fees and 
29.18 	taxes, a filing fee of:
29.19 	(1) $6 is imposed on every vehicle registration renewal, excluding pro rate 
29.20 	transactions; and
29.21 	(2) $10 is imposed on every other type of vehicle transaction, including motor 
29.22 	carrier fuel licenses under sections 168D.05 and 168D.06, and pro rate transactions.
29.23 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a):
29.24 	(1) a filing fee may not be charged for a document returned for a refund or for 
29.25 	a correction of an error made by the Department of Public Safety, a dealer, or a deputy 
29.26 	registrar; and
29.27 	(2) no filing fee or other fee may be charged for the permanent surrender of a title 
29.28 	for a vehicle.
29.29 	(c) The filing fee must be shown as a separate item on all registration renewal 
29.30 	notices sent out by the commissioner.
29.31 	(d) The statutory fees and taxes, and the filing fees imposed under paragraph (a) 
29.32 	may be paid by credit card or debit card. The deputy registrar may collect a surcharge 
29.33 	on the statutory fees, taxes, and filing fee not greater than the cost of processing a credit 
29.34 	card or debit card transaction, in accordance with emergency rules established by the 
30.1 	commissioner of public safety. The surcharge must be used to pay the cost of processing 
30.2 	credit and debit card transactions.
30.3 	(e) The fees collected under this subdivision by the department must be allocated 
30.4 	as follows:
30.5 	(1) of the fees collected under paragraph (a), clause (1):
30.6 	(i) $4.50 must be deposited in the vehicle services operating account; and
30.7 	(ii) $1.50 must be deposited:
30.8 	(A) in the driver and vehicle services technology account until sufficient funds have 
30.9 	been deposited in that account to cover all costs of administration, development, and 
30.10 	initial full deployment of the driver and vehicle services information system; and
30.11 	(B) after completion of the deposit of funds under subitem (A) in the vehicle 
30.12 	services operating account; and
30.13 	(2) of the fees collected under paragraph (a), clause (2):
30.14 	(i) $3.50 must be deposited in the general fund;
30.15 	(ii) $5.00 must be deposited in the vehicle services operating account; and
30.16 	(iii) $1.50 must be deposited:
30.17 	(A) in the driver and vehicle services technology account until sufficient funds have 
30.18 	been deposited in that account to cover all costs of administration, development, and 
30.19 	initial full deployment of the driver and vehicle services information system; and
30.20 	(B) after completion of the deposit of funds under subitem (A) in the vehicle services 
30.21 	operating account.

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

30.23 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168A.07, is amended by adding a 
30.24 	subdivision to read:
30.25 		Subd. 3.Fees. The filing fee to create a conditional registration shall conform with 
30.26 	the fee provided in section 168.33, subdivision 7, paragraph (a), clause (3). A subsequent 
30.27 	removal and clearing of a conditional registration is considered a separate transaction and 
30.28 	requires payment of an additional filing fee of the same amount, provided the removal and 
30.29 	clearing was initiated by a motor vehicle dealer licensed under section 168.27.

30.30 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168D.06, is amended to read:
30.31 	168D.06 FUEL LICENSE FEES.
30.32 	License fees paid to the commissioner under the International Fuel Tax Agreement 
30.33 	must be deposited in the vehicle services operating account in the special revenue fund 
31.1 	under section 299A.705. The commissioner shall charge an annual fuel license fee of 
31.2 	$15, and an annual application filing fee of $13 for quarterly reporting of fuel tax, and a 
31.3 	reinstatement fee of $100 to reinstate a revoked International Fuel Tax Agreement license.

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

31.5 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.18, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
31.6 		Subd. 12.Passing certain parked vehicles. (a) When approaching and before 
31.7 	passing a freeway service patrol vehicle, road maintenance vehicle, utility company 
31.8 	vehicle, or construction vehicle with its warning lights activated that is parked or otherwise 
31.9 	stopped on or next to a street or highway having two lanes in the same direction, the driver 
31.10 	of a vehicle shall safely move the vehicle to the lane farthest away from the parked or 
31.11 	stopped vehicle, if it is possible to do so.
31.12 	(b) When approaching and before passing a freeway service patrol vehicle, road 
31.13 	maintenance vehicle, utility company vehicle, or construction vehicle with its warning 
31.14 	lights activated that is parked or otherwise stopped on or next to a street or highway 
31.15 	having more than two lanes in the same direction, the driver of a vehicle shall safely move 
31.16 	the vehicle so as to leave a full lane vacant between the driver and any lane in which the 
31.17 	vehicle is completely or partially parked or otherwise stopped, if it is possible to do so.

31.18 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.475, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
31.19 		Subd. 2.Prohibition on use; penalty. (a) No person may operate a motor vehicle 
31.20 	while using a wireless communications device to compose, read, or send an electronic 
31.21 	message, when the vehicle is in motion or a part of traffic.
31.22 	(b) A person who violates paragraph (a) a second or subsequent time must pay a 
31.23 	fine of $225, plus the amount specified in the uniform fine schedule established by the 
31.24 	Judicial Council.

31.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2015, and applies to 
31.26 	violations committed on or after that date.

31.27 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.49, is amended to read:
31.28 	169.49 HEADLAMPS.
31.29 	(a) Every motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, shall must be equipped with at 
31.30 	least two headlamps, with including at least one on each side of the front of the motor 
31.31 	vehicle, which. Headlamps shall must comply with the requirements and limitations set 
31.32 	forth in sections 169.47 to 169.79 169.66.
32.1 	(b) Every motorcycle shall must be equipped with at least one and not more than 
32.2 	two four headlamps, which shall must comply with the requirements and limitations of 
32.3 	sections 169.47 to 169.79 169.66.

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

32.5 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.782, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
32.6 		Subdivision 1.Driver; daily inspection, report. (a) The driver of a commercial 
32.7 	motor vehicle shall report in writing at the completion of each day's work oninspect daily 
32.8 	each commercial motor vehicle the driver has operated. A person who owns one or more 
32.9 	commercial motor vehicles and who employs drivers for those commercial motor vehicles 
32.10 	must require each driver to submit a written report at the completion of each day's work 
32.11 	as required by this section. The driver of a commercial motor vehicle subject to this 
32.12 	section is not required to prepare and submit a written report if no defect or deficiency 
32.13 	is discovered by or reported to the driver, except that the driver of a passenger-carrying 
32.14 	commercial motor vehicle shall prepare and submit a written report regardless of whether 
32.15 	any defect or deficiency is discovered by or reported to the driver.
32.16 	(b) The inspection and report must cover the following parts and accessories: service 
32.17 	brakes, including trailer and semitrailer brake connections; parking (hand) brake; steering 
32.18 	mechanism; lighting devices and reflectors; tires; horn; windshield wiper or wipers; rear 
32.19 	vision mirror or mirrors; coupling devices; wheels and rims; and emergency equipment.
32.20 	(b) (c) The report must identify the vehicle and list any defect or deficiency 
32.21 	discovered by or reported to the driver that would affect the safe operation of the vehicle or 
32.22 	result in its mechanical breakdown. If no defect or deficiency is discovered by or reported 
32.23 	to the driver, the report must so indicate. The driver must sign the report after completing 
32.24 	it. In the case of a commercial motor vehicle operated by two drivers, the signature of one 
32.25 	of the drivers satisfies the requirements of this subdivision if both drivers agree concerning 
32.26 	the defects or deficiencies. If a driver operates more than one commercial motor vehicle 
32.27 	during a day's work, a report must be prepared for each vehicle operated.
32.28 	(c) (d) Before operating or allowing the operation of a commercial motor vehicle 
32.29 	on which a report has been prepared under this subdivision, the owner of the vehicle or 
32.30 	the owner's agent must repair defects or deficiencies listed on the report that would likely 
32.31 	affect the safe operation of the vehicle. Before allowing the commercial motor vehicle to 
32.32 	be operated again, the owner or the owner's agent must certify, on the report listing the 
32.33 	defect or deficiency, that the defect or deficiency has been corrected or that correction is 
32.34 	unnecessary. A motor carrier must keep the original vehicle inspection report for at least 
33.1 	three months after the date of inspection. The report must be available for inspection by 
33.2 	an authorized federal, state, or local official at any time during this period.
33.3 	(d) (e) A copy of the vehicle inspection report, including a certification of corrections 
33.4 	resulting from the report, must be carried in the commercial motor vehicle, or in the power 
33.5 	unit of a commercial motor vehicle combination, at all times when the vehicle or power 
33.6 	unit is operated until the next inspection report is completed under this subdivision. The 
33.7 	copy must be made available on demand to (1) a peace officer, (2) a person authorized 
33.8 	under section 221.221, and (3) a person described in section 299D.06.

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

33.10 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.782, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
33.11 		Subd. 2.Driver; pretrip inspection. (a) Before driving Prior to the first operation 
33.12 	of a commercial motor vehicle following completion of a daily inspection report under 
33.13 	subdivision 1, a driver must:
33.14 	(1) review the most recent vehicle inspection report on the vehicle;
33.15 	(2) determine that the vehicle is in safe operating condition; and
33.16 	(3) sign the inspection report in the vehicle.
33.17 	(b) The driver shall sign the report only if all defects and deficiencies listed in the 
33.18 	report have been certified as having been corrected or as not requiring correction.
33.19 	(b) If the commercial motor vehicle does not contain the previous day's inspection 
33.20 	report, the driver must make the inspection and complete the report required under 
33.21 	subdivision 1.

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

33.23 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.782, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
33.24 		Subd. 4.Exceptions. (a) With the exception of subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause 
33.25 	(2), This section does not apply to a commercial motor vehicle that is a farm truck that may 
33.26 	be operated by a person not holding a commercial driver's license, provided that before 
33.27 	driving the vehicle, a driver must determine that the vehicle is in safe operating condition.
33.28 	(b) This section does not apply to a commercial motor vehicle held for resale by a 
33.29 	motor vehicle dealer licensed under section 168.27.
33.30 	(c) This section does not apply to a covered farm vehicle as defined in Code of 
33.31 	Federal Regulations, title 49, section 390.5, that is not carrying hazardous materials of 
33.32 	a type or quantity that requires the vehicle to be placarded in accordance with Code of 
33.33 	Federal Regulations, title 49, section 172.504.

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

34.2 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.798, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
34.3 		Subd. 4.Attestation of Insurance information required. Every owner, when 
34.4 	applying for motor vehicle or motorcycle registration, reregistration, or transfer of 
34.5 	ownership, must attestprovide information showing that the motor vehicle or motorcycle 
34.6 	is covered by an insurance policy. Information required under this subdivision consists 
34.7 	of the insurance company's name, the policy number, and the policy expiration date for 
34.8 	the subject motor vehicle or motorcycle.

34.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2016, and applies to 
34.10 	registrations, reregistrations, and transfers of ownership occurring on or after that date.

34.11 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.81, is amended by adding a subdivision 
34.12 	to read:
34.13 		Subd. 3f.Length limits exclusion; aerodynamic device. An aerodynamic device 
34.14 	that meets the requirements under Code of Federal Regulations, title 23, section 658.16 
34.15 	(b)(4), is excluded from each calculation of length under subdivision 2, 3, or 3c, including 
34.16 	(1) total vehicle length; and (2) length of a semitrailer or trailer, whether in a vehicle 
34.17 	combination or not.

34.18 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.87, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
34.19 		Subd. 6.Recycling and garbage vehicles. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), 
34.20 	weight restrictions imposed under subdivisions 1 and 2 do not apply to a vehicle that 
34.21 	does not exceed 20,000 pounds per single axle and is designed and used exclusively for 
34.22 	recycling, while engaged in recycling in a political subdivision that mandates curbside 
34.23 	recycling pickup.
34.24 	(b) Weight restrictions imposed under subdivisions 1 and 2 do not apply to: (1) a 
34.25 	vehicle that does not exceed 14,000 pounds per single axle and is used exclusively for 
34.26 	recycling as described in paragraph (a), or; (2) a vehicle that does not exceed 14,000 
34.27 	pounds per single axle and is designed and used exclusively for collecting mixed municipal 
34.28 	solid waste, as defined in section 115A.03, subdivision 21, while engaged in such 
34.29 	collection; or (3) a portable toilet service vehicle that does not exceed 14,000 pounds per 
34.30 	single axle or 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, and is designed and used exclusively 
34.31 	for collecting liquid waste from portable toilets, while engaged in such collection.
34.32 	(c) Notwithstanding section 169.80, subdivision 1, a violation of weight restrictions 
34.33 	imposed under subdivisions 1 and 2 by a vehicle designed and used exclusively for 
35.1 	recycling while engaged in recycling in a political subdivision that mandates curbside 
35.2 	recycling pickup while engaged in such collection, or by a vehicle that is designed and 
35.3 	used exclusively for collecting mixed municipal solid waste as defined in section 115A.03, 
35.4 	subdivision 21, while engaged in such collection, or by a portable toilet service vehicle 
35.5 	that is designed and used exclusively for collecting liquid waste from portable toilets, 
35.6 	while engaged in such collection, is not subject to criminal penalties but is subject to a 
35.7 	civil penalty for excess weight under section 169.871.

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

35.9 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 173.02, is amended by adding a subdivision 
35.10 	to read:
35.11 		Subd. 18a.Electronic advertising device. (a) "Electronic advertising device" 
35.12 	means an advertising device capable of displaying digital content that can be changed 
35.13 	through messaging or electronic communications technology.
35.14 	(b) Digital content consists of static text and images only, and does not include 
35.15 	animation, flashing or moving lights, video, or other content having the appearance of 
35.16 	movement.

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

35.18 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 173.15, is amended to read:
35.19 	173.15 PROHIBITED ADVERTISING DEVICES.
35.20 	(a) After June 8, 1971 no advertising device shall be erected or maintained:
35.21 	(1) which purports to be or resembles an official traffic-control device, sign, or 
35.22 	signal, or railroad sign or signal; or which hides from view or interferes in any material 
35.23 	degree with the effectiveness of any traffic-control device, sign, or signal, or railroad sign 
35.24 	or signal, or which obstructs or interferes with the driver's view of approaching, merging, 
35.25 	or intersecting traffic for a distance not to exceed 500 feet;
35.26 	(2) which prominently displays the word "stop" or "danger";
35.27 	(3) which contains statements, words, or pictures of an obscene, indecent, or 
35.28 	immoral character, or such as would offend public morals or decency;
35.29 	(4) on any right-of-way of the interstate system of highways, except as otherwise 
35.30 	provided by law or allowed by the commissioner;
35.31 	(5) on private land without the consent of the owner or occupant thereof;
35.32 	(6) on trees, shrubs, or which are painted or drawn upon rocks or natural features, 
35.33 	or on public utility poles;
36.1 	(7) which has distracting flashing or moving lights so designed or lighted as to 
36.2 	be a traffic hazard;
36.3 	(8) to which access can be obtained only from an interstate main-traveled way but 
36.4 	excluding frontage roads adjacent thereto;
36.5 	(9) which are structurally unsafe, are in disrepair, or are abandoned.
36.6 	(b) The prohibition under paragraph (a), clause (7), does not include an electronic 
36.7 	advertising device that changes displayed digital content no more frequently than once 
36.8 	every six seconds.

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

36.10 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 174.40, is amended by adding a subdivision 
36.11 	to read:
36.12 		Subd. 4a.Eligibility. A statutory or home rule charter city, county, or town is 
36.13 	eligible to receive funding under this section only if it has adopted subdivision regulations 
36.14 	that require safe routes to school infrastructure in developments authorized on or after 
36.15 	June 1, 2016.

36.16 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 219.76, is amended to read:
36.17 	219.76 FIREDAMAGE CAUSED BY ENGINE TRAIN OR CONTENTS; 
36.18 	INSURABLE INTEREST.
36.19 	A railroad corporation owning or operating a railroad in this state is responsible in 
36.20 	damages to every person who is injured and corporationpublic or private entity or person 
36.21 	whose property is injured, damaged, or destroyed by fire communicatedspread directly 
36.22 	or indirectly by the locomotive engines or rolling stock  in use upon its railroad line, or 
36.23 	contents of the rolling stock, or caused directly or indirectly by spill, tear, discharge, or 
36.24 	combustion of train contents. Each railroad corporation shall have an insurable interest 
36.25 	in the property upon the route of its railroad line and may procure insurance in its own 
36.26 	behalf for its protection against the damages.

36.27 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 219.761, is amended to read:
36.28 	219.761 EXTINGUISHING LOCOMOTIVE RESPONSE TO 
36.29 	TRAIN-RELATED FIRE OR OTHER EMERGENCY; REIMBURSEMENT.
36.30 		Subdivision 1.Reimbursement. (a) A railroad operating in Minnesota is liable for 
36.31 	all reasonable expenses of extinguishment when a fire or fire hazard other emergency that 
36.32 	is proximately caused by a railroad locomotive, rolling stock or its contents, or employees 
37.1 	on a railroad right-of-way or, operating property, or other property. If the fire department 
37.2 	of a local government or nonprofit firefighting corporation extinguishes an emergency 
37.3 	responder, local government entity, or nonprofit firefighting corporation responds to a 
37.4 	fire arising from one occurrenceor responds to another emergency and deems that it is 
37.5 	entitled to reimbursement for its expenses, it shall, within 60 days after the first full day 
37.6 	after extinguishment the emergency response, give the railroad, by mail, written notice 
37.7 	stating the circumstances of the fire or other emergency as then known. The notice 
37.8 	may be given to the railroad at any address at which the owner has an office, agent, or 
37.9 	other place of business in this state. The date of the mailing is the date or service of the 
37.10 	notice. For purposes of this paragraph, reasonable response expenses include all expenses 
37.11 	incurred by a fire department or other emergency responder in supplying mutual aid 
37.12 	assistance, regardless of whether the fire department or emergency responder is entitled 
37.13 	to reimbursement from the entity requesting assistance.
37.14 	(b) If after notice and claim for reimbursement, the railroad working the right-of-way 
37.15 	refuses to reimburse the local government, or nonprofit firefighting corporation, or other 
37.16 	emergency responders  for expenses incurred, the claimant may recover by civil action 
37.17 	reasonable expenses, costs, disbursements, and attorney's fees.
37.18 		Subd. 2.Information in claim. All claims must set forth the basis of the claim 
37.19 	including the time, date, place, and circumstances of the claim. A claim must also include 
37.20 	an itemization of costs incurred to extinguish the fire or respond to the emergency. The 
37.21 	state Fire Marshal, in consultation with fire department chiefs and, representatives of the 
37.22 	interested railroads, representatives of local government entities, nonprofit firefighting 
37.23 	corporations, and other emergency responders, may recommend that additional 
37.24 	information be included in a claim.
37.25 		Subd. 3.Other costs, remedies. (a) If the railroads are required to pay property 
37.26 	taxes pursuant to chapter 272 or any other law, they shall also pay the fees and assessments 
37.27 	required of property owners situated within the same political subdivision for firefighting 
37.28 	and protection expenses.
37.29 	(b) Neither the enactment of this section nor its subsequent repeal or termination 
37.30 	alters the statutory or common law rights, duties, or obligations of railroad companies 
37.31 	with regard to fires and other emergencies caused directly or indirectly by a railroad 
37.32 	locomotive, rolling stock, contents, or railroad employees on a railroad right-of-way 
37.33 	or,  operating property, or other property, or caused directly or indirectly by spill, tear, 
37.34 	discharge, or combustion of train contents.

38.1 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 221.031, is amended by adding a subdivision 
38.2 	to read:
38.3 		Subd. 9a.Federal out-of-service order; operation prohibited. No intrastate 
38.4 	carrier, private carrier engaged in intrastate commerce, or person providing intrastate 
38.5 	transportation service described in section 221.025 shall operate a commercial motor 
38.6 	vehicle in Minnesota while a motor carrier out-of-service order issued by the Federal 
38.7 	Motor Carrier Safety Administration under Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 
38.8 	385 or 386, is in effect.

38.9 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 221.605, is amended by adding a subdivision 
38.10 	to read:
38.11 		Subd. 4.Federal out-of-service order; operation prohibited. No interstate carrier 
38.12 	or private carrier engaged in interstate commerce shall operate a commercial motor 
38.13 	vehicle in Minnesota while a motor carrier out-of-service order issued by the Federal 
38.14 	Motor Carrier Safety Administration under Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 
38.15 	385 or 386, is in effect.

38.16 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 222.50, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
38.17 		Subd. 7.Expenditures. (a) The commissioner may expend money from the rail 
38.18 	service improvement account for the following purposes:
38.19 	(1) to make transfers as provided under section 222.57 or to pay interest adjustments 
38.20 	on loans guaranteed under the state rail user and rail carrier loan guarantee program;
38.21 	(2) to pay a portion of the costs of capital improvement projects designed to improve 
38.22 	rail service of a rail user or a rail carrier;
38.23 	(3) to pay a portion of the costs of rehabilitation projects designed to improve rail 
38.24 	service of a rail user or a rail carrier;
38.25 	(4) to acquire, maintain, manage, and dispose of railroad right-of-way pursuant to 
38.26 	the state rail bank program;
38.27 	(5) to provide for aerial photography survey of proposed and abandoned railroad 
38.28 	tracks for the purpose of recording and reestablishing by analytical triangulation the 
38.29 	existing alignment of the inplace track;
38.30 	(6) to pay a portion of the costs of acquiring a rail line by a regional railroad 
38.31 	authority established pursuant to chapter 398A;
38.32 	(7) to pay the state matching portion of federal grants for rail-highway grade 
38.33 	crossing improvement projects;
39.1 	(8) for expenditures made before July 1, 2017, to pay the state matching portion 
39.2 	of grants under the federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery 
39.3 	(TIGER) program of the United States Department of Transportation; and
39.4 	(9) to fund rail planning studies; and
39.5 	(10) to pay a portion of the costs of capital improvement projects designed to 
39.6 	improve capacity or safety at rail yards.
39.7 	(b) All money derived by the commissioner from the disposition of railroad 
39.8 	right-of-way or of any other property acquired pursuant to sections 222.46 to 222.62 shall 
39.9 	be deposited in the rail service improvement account.

39.10 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299A.465, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
39.11 		Subd. 2.Officer or firefighter killed in line of duty. (a) This subdivision applies 
39.12 	when a peace officer or, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter  is killed while on duty and 
39.13 	discharging the officer's or, firefighter's, or volunteer firefighter's  duties as a peace officer 
39.14 	or, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter.
39.15 	(b) The officer's or firefighter's employer shall continue to cover the deceased 
39.16 	officer's or firefighter's dependents, including the officer's or firefighter's spouse:
39.17 	(1) if the officer or, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter  was receiving dependent 
39.18 	coverage at the time of the officer's or, firefighter's, or volunteer firefighter's  death under 
39.19 	the employer's group health plan; or
39.20 	(2) if the officer's or, firefighter's, or volunteer firefighter's  spouse was not covered 
39.21 	as a dependent at the time of the officer's or, firefighter's, or volunteer firefighter's  death, 
39.22 	but at that time was eligible, or afterward becomes eligible, to be a dependent on the 
39.23 	employer's group health plan.
39.24 	(c) The employer is responsible for the employer's contribution for the coverage of 
39.25 	the officer's or, firefighter's, or volunteer firefighter's  dependents. Subject to subdivision 
39.26 	5, paragraph (b), clause (2), coverage must continue for a dependent of the officer or, 
39.27 	firefighter for the period of time that the person is a dependent up to the age of 65, or 
39.28 	volunteer firefighter as follows: (1) for a surviving spouse, until the surviving spouse 
39.29 	reaches the age of 65; and (2) for each other dependent, until the dependent reaches the 
39.30 	age of 26, except as otherwise provided in section 62L.02, subdivision 11.

39.31 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2016, and applies to 
39.32 	officer, firefighter, and volunteer firefighter deaths that occur on and after the effective date.

39.33 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299A.465, is amended by adding a 
39.34 	subdivision to read:
40.1 		Subd. 2a.Volunteer firefighter killed in line of duty. (a) This subdivision 
40.2 	applies when a volunteer firefighter is killed while on duty and discharging the volunteer 
40.3 	firefighter's duties as a volunteer firefighter and the municipality or municipalities that 
40.4 	operate the fire department did not offer a group health insurance policy to which a 
40.5 	volunteer firefighter was eligible to subscribe.
40.6 	(b) The municipality or municipalities that operate the fire department that the 
40.7 	volunteer firefighter served with shall, until coverage terminates as provided under 
40.8 	subdivision 2, paragraph (c), either: (1) provide health insurance coverage for the 
40.9 	volunteer firefighter's dependents that is equivalent to the average benefit provided by the 
40.10 	municipality or municipalities to dependents of its employees who are covered by the 
40.11 	plan; or (2) reimburse the dependents, if the municipality or municipalities do not offer a 
40.12 	group health insurance plan for any employees, for a minimum of 50 percent of the cost of 
40.13 	health insurance premiums for coverage selected by the dependents.

40.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2016, and applies to 
40.15 	volunteer firefighter deaths that occur on and after the effective date.

40.16 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299A.465, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
40.17 		Subd. 5.Definition. For purposes of this section:
40.18 	(a) "Peace officer" or "officer" has the meaning given in section 626.84, subdivision 
40.19 	1, paragraph (c).
40.20 	(b) "Dependent" means a person who: (1)  meets the definition of dependent in 
40.21 	section 62L.02, subdivision 11, at the time of the officer's or firefighter's injury or death. a 
40.22 	person , or at the time of the volunteer firefighter's death; and (2) is not a dependent for 
40.23 	purposes of this section during the period of time the person is covered under another 
40.24 	group health plan. For purposes of this section, the term "eligible employee" as defined 
40.25 	under section 62L.02, subdivision 13, includes a volunteer firefighter.
40.26 	(c) "Firefighter" has the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 424.03, 
40.27 	but does not include volunteer firefighters.
40.28 	(d) "Volunteer firefighter" has the meaning given in section 299N.03, subdivision 7, 
40.29 	and includes paid per call.
40.30 	(e) "Fire department" has the meaning given in section 299N.03, subdivision 4.
40.31 	(f) For purposes of subdivisions 2 to 5a, "employer" includes a municipality or 
40.32 	municipalities that operate the fire department in which a volunteer firefighter serves.

40.33 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2016, and applies to 
40.34 	officer and firefighter deaths that occur on and after the effective date.

41.1 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299A.465, is amended by adding a 
41.2 	subdivision to read:
41.3 		Subd. 5a.Minimum benefit. Nothing in this section prohibits an employer from 
41.4 	providing benefits to survivors of deceased volunteer firefighters that are greater than the 
41.5 	benefits required under this section.

41.6 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299D.085, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
41.7 		Subd. 2.Certificate. No person may operate as an overdimensional load escort 
41.8 	driver in this state without a certificate issued by the commissioner, or by a state with 
41.9 	which the commissioner has entered into a reciprocal agreement. The commissioner shall 
41.10 	assess a fee for each certificate applicant, calculated to cover the commissioner's cost of 
41.11 	establishing and administering the program. No other certification is required to escort 
41.12 	an overdimensional load.

41.13 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299D.09, is amended to read:
41.14 	299D.09 ESCORT SERVICE; APPROPRIATION; RECEIPTS.
41.15 	(a) Fees charged for escort services provided by the State Patrol are annually 
41.16 	appropriated to the commissioner of public safety to administer and provide these services.
41.17 	(b) The fee charged for services provided by the State Patrol with a vehicle is $79.28 
41.18 	an hour. The fee charged for services provided without a vehicle is $59.28 an hour 
41.19 	shall be set to recover actual costs as determined by the commissioner of public safety 
41.20 	by July 1 each year.
41.21 	(c) The fees charged for State Patrol flight services are $140 an hour for a fixed wing 
41.22 	aircraft, $490 an hour for a helicopter, and $600 an hour for the Queen Air in fiscal year 
41.23 	2012; and $139.64 an hour for a fixed wing aircraft, $560.83 an hour for a helicopter, and 
41.24 	$454.84 an hour for the Queen Air in fiscal year 2013 and thereafter.

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

41.26 	Sec. 44. [299F.037] REPORTING FIREFIGHTER DEATHS.
41.27 	Whenever an active firefighter dies, whether or not the death is presumed to be in the 
41.28 	line of duty, the fire chief of the deceased firefighter must report, without undue delay, 
41.29 	the death to the state fire marshal. The notification shall identify the cause of death and 
41.30 	contain information concerning the circumstances of the death.

41.31 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 360.305, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
42.1 		Subd. 4.Costs allocated; local contribution; hangar construction account. (a) 
42.2 	Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision Annually by June 1, the commissioner 
42.3 	of transportation shall require as a condition of assistance by the state that the establish 
42.4 	local contribution rates which will apply to a political subdivision, municipality, or public 
42.5 	corporation make a substantial contribution to the cost of the construction, improvement, 
42.6 	maintenance, or operation of the airport, in connection with which the assistance of the 
42.7 	state is sought. These costs are referred to as project costs when applying for state or 
42.8 	federal funding assistance to construct, improve, maintain, or operate an airport, or to 
42.9 	acquire land for airport facilities or clear zones. If the commissioner does not establish 
42.10 	local contribution rates by June 1, the previous rates apply.
42.11 	(b) For any airport, whether key, intermediate, or landing strip, where only state and 
42.12 	local funds are to be used, the contribution shall be not less than one-fifth of the sum of:
42.13 	(1) the project costs;
42.14 	(2) acquisition costs of the land and clear zones, which are referred to as acquisition 
42.15 	costs. The commissioner may pay all costs beyond the local contribution. Local 
42.16 	contribution rates shall not be less than five percent of the total cost of the activity or 
42.17 	acquisition, except that the commissioner may require less than five percent for research 
42.18 	projects, radio or navigational aids, activities, or acquisitions for which federal funds are 
42.19 	available to cover more than 90 percent of the total cost, or as otherwise necessary to 
42.20 	respond to an emergency.
42.21 	(c) For any airport where federal, state, and local funds are to be used, the 
42.22 	contribution shall not be less than five percent of the sum of the project costs and 
42.23 	acquisition costs. The commissioner's establishment of local contribution rates is not 
42.24 	subject to the rulemaking requirements of chapter 14.
42.25 	(d) The commissioner may pay the total cost of radio and navigational aids.
42.26 	(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (b) or (c), the commissioner may pay all of the 
42.27 	project costs of a new landing strip, but not an intermediate airport or key airport, or may 
42.28 	pay an amount equal to the federal funds granted and used for a new landing strip plus 
42.29 	all of the remaining project costs; but the total amount paid by the commissioner for the 
42.30 	project costs of a new landing strip, unless specifically authorized by an act appropriating 
42.31 	funds for the new landing strip, shall not exceed $200,000.
42.32 	(f) Notwithstanding paragraph (b) or (c), the commissioner may pay all the project 
42.33 	costs for research and development projects, including, but not limited to noise abatement; 
42.34 	provided that in no event shall the sums expended under this paragraph exceed five 
42.35 	percent of the amount appropriated for construction grants.
43.1 	(g) (d) To receive aid under this section for project costs or for acquisition costs, the 
43.2 	municipality must enter into an agreement with the commissioner giving assurance that 
43.3 	the airport will be operated and maintained in a safe, serviceable manner for aeronautical 
43.4 	purposes only for the use and benefit of the public:
43.5 	(1) for 20 years after the date thatthe municipality receives any state funds for 
43.6 	project construction or improvement costs are received by the municipality; and
43.7 	(2) for 99 years after the date thatthe municipality receives any state funds for land 
43.8 	acquisition costs are received by the municipality. If any land acquired with state funds 
43.9 	ceases to be used for aviation purposes, the municipality shall repay the state airports fund 
43.10 	the same percentage of the appraised value of the property as that percentage of the costs 
43.11 	of acquisition and participation provided by the state to acquire the land.
43.12 	The agreement may contain other conditions as the commissioner deems reasonable.
43.13 	(h) (e) The commissioner shall establish a hangar construction revolving account, 
43.14 	which shall be used for the purpose of financing the construction of hangar buildings to 
43.15 	be constructed by municipalities owning airports. All municipalities owning airports are 
43.16 	authorized to enter into contracts for the construction of hangars, and contracts with 
43.17 	the commissioner for the financing of hangar construction for an amount and period of 
43.18 	time as may be determined by the commissioner and municipality. All receipts from the 
43.19 	financing contracts shall be deposited in the hangar construction revolving account and 
43.20 	are reappropriated for the purpose of financing construction of hangar buildings. The 
43.21 	commissioner may pay from the hangar construction revolving account 80 percent of the 
43.22 	cost of financing construction of hangar buildings. For purposes of this paragraph, the 
43.23 	construction of hangars shall include their design. The commissioner shall transfer up to 
43.24 	$4,400,000 from the state airports fund to the hangar construction revolving account.
43.25 	(i) (f) The commissioner may pay a portion of the purchase price of any contribute 
43.26 	to costs incurred by any municipality for airport maintenance and operations, safety 
43.27 	equipment, and of the actual airport snow removal costs incurred by any municipality. 
43.28 	The portion to be paid by the state shall not exceed two-thirds of the cost of the purchase 
43.29 	price or snow removal. To receive aid a municipality must enter into an agreement of the 
43.30 	type referred to in paragraph (g).
43.31 	(j) (g) This subdivision applies only to project costs or acquisition costs of 
43.32 	municipally owned airports incurred after June 1, 1971.

43.33 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 473.146, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
43.34 		Subd. 4.Transportation planning. (a) The Metropolitan Council is the designated 
43.35 	planning agency for any long-range comprehensive transportation planning required by 
44.1 	section 134 of the Federal Highway Act of 1962, Section 4 of Urban Mass Transportation 
44.2 	Act of 1964 and Section 112 of Federal Aid Highway Act of 1973 and other federal 
44.3 	transportation laws. The council shall assure administration and coordination of 
44.4 	transportation planning with appropriate state, regional and other agencies, counties, 
44.5 	and municipalities.
44.6 	(b) The council shall establish an advisory body consisting of citizens and 
44.7 	representatives of municipalities, counties, and state agencies in fulfillment of the planning 
44.8 	responsibilities of the council. The membership of the advisory body must consist of:
44.9 	(1) the commissioner of transportation or the commissioner's designee;
44.10 	(2) the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency or the commissioner's 
44.11 	designee;
44.12 	(3) one member of the Metropolitan Airports Commission appointed by the 
44.13 	commission;
44.14 	(4) one person appointed by the council to represent nonmotorized transportation;
44.15 	(5) one person appointed by the commissioner of transportation to represent the 
44.16 	freight transportation industry;
44.17 	(6) two persons appointed by the council to represent public transit;
44.18 	(7) ten elected officials of cities within the metropolitan area, including one 
44.19 	representative from each first-class city, appointed by the Association of Metropolitan 
44.20 	Municipalities;
44.21 	(8) one member of the county board of each county in the seven-county metropolitan 
44.22 	area, appointed by the respective county boards;
44.23 	(9) eight citizens appointed by the council, one from each council precinct; and
44.24 	(10) one elected official from a city participating in the replacement service program 
44.25 	under section 473.388, appointed by the Suburban Transit Association; and
44.26 	(11) one member of the council, appointed by the council.
44.27 	(c) The council shall appoint a chair from among the members of the advisory body.

44.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment, 
44.29 	and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and 
44.30 	Washington.

44.31 	Sec. 47. Laws 2009, chapter 158, section 10, as amended by Laws 2012, chapter 287, 
44.32 	article 3, section 56, and Laws 2014, chapter 255, section 20, is amended to read:
44.33 	Sec. 10. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 44.34 	Sections 2 and 3 are effective August 1, 2009, and the amendments made in sections 
44.35 	2 and 3 to Minnesota Statutes, sections 169.011 and 169.045, expire July 31, 2015.

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

45.2 	Sec. 48. Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 10, section 11, subdivision 2, is amended to 
45.3 	read:
45.4 		Subd. 2.Evaluation of response preparedness and funding. By January 15, 2017, 
45.5 	the commissioner of public safety shall submit an evaluation of safety preparedness and 
45.6 	funding related to incidents involving transportation of oil and other hazardous materials 
45.7 	to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction 
45.8 	over transportation and public safety policy and finance. At a minimum, the evaluation 
45.9 	must:
45.10 	(1) provide an update to the report under subdivision 1 that identifies notable 
45.11 	changes and provides updated information as appropriate;
45.12 	(2) analyze preparedness and impacts to public safety from ethanol transportation by 
45.13 	rail, which must provide the same information with respect to ethanol as is required for oil 
45.14 	under subdivision 1, clauses (1) to (3) and (6);
45.15 	(3) evaluate the effectiveness of training and response preparedness activities under 
45.16 	Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.55, using the criteria established under subdivision 
45.17 	1, clause (5);
45.18 	(3)(4) identify current sources of funds, funding levels, and any unfunded needs for 
45.19 	preparedness activities;
45.20 	(4)(5) analyze equity in the distribution of funding sources for preparedness 
45.21 	activities, which must include but is not limited to (i) examination of the public-private 
45.22 	partnership financing model, and (ii) review of balance across industries involved in 
45.23 	storage and distribution of oil; and
45.24 	(5)(6) make recommendations for any programmatic or legislative changes.

45.25 	Sec. 49. Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 11, section 3, the effective date, is amended to 
45.26 	read:

45.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. Subdivisions 1 to 4 are effective January 1, 2015, for special 
45.28 	Minnesota golf plates issued on or after that date. Subdivision 5 is effective January 1, 
45.29 	2017 July 1, 2015.

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

45.31 	Sec. 50. LEGISLATIVE ROUTE NO. 228 REMOVED.
 46.1 	(a) Minnesota Statutes, section 161.115, subdivision 159, is repealed effective the 
46.2 	day after the commissioner of transportation receives a copy of the agreement between 
46.3 	the commissioner and the governing body of Otter Tail County to transfer jurisdiction of 
46.4 	Legislative Route No. 228 and after the commissioner notifies the revisor of statutes 
46.5 	under paragraph (b).
46.6 	(b) The revisor of statutes shall delete the route identified in paragraph (a) from 
46.7 	Minnesota Statutes when the commissioner of transportation sends notice to the revisor 
46.8 	electronically or in writing that the conditions required to transfer the route have been 
46.9 	satisfied.

46.10 	Sec. 51. LEGISLATIVE ROUTE NO. 275 REMOVED.
 46.11 	(a) Minnesota Statutes, section 161.115, subdivision 206, is repealed effective the 
46.12 	day after the commissioner of transportation receives a copy of the agreement between the 
46.13 	commissioner and the governing body of Lac qui Parle County to transfer jurisdiction 
46.14 	of Legislative Route No. 275 and after the commissioner notifies the revisor of statutes 
46.15 	under paragraph (b).
46.16 	(b) The revisor of statutes shall delete the route identified in paragraph (a) from 
46.17 	Minnesota Statutes when the commissioner of transportation sends notice to the revisor 
46.18 	electronically or in writing that the conditions required to transfer the route have been 
46.19 	satisfied.

46.20 	Sec. 52. COST PARTICIPATION POLICY.
 46.21 	The commissioner of transportation, in consultation with representatives of local 
46.22 	units of government, shall create and adopt a policy concerning cost participation 
46.23 	for cooperative construction projects and maintenance responsibilities between the 
46.24 	Department of Transportation and local units of government. The policy must minimize 
46.25 	the share of cooperative project costs to be funded by the local units of government, while 
46.26 	complying in all respects with the state constitutional requirements concerning allowable 
46.27 	uses of the trunk highway fund. The policy should provide and include sufficient flexibility 
46.28 	for unique projects and locations if doing so results in a lower total project cost. The 
46.29 	policy must be completed and adopted by the commissioner no later than March 1, 2016.

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

46.31 	Sec. 53. ENGINE BRAKES; REGULATION BY ST. PAUL.
 46.32 	Notwithstanding any other law or charter provision, the governing body of the city 
46.33 	of St. Paul may by ordinance restrict or prohibit the use of an engine brake on motor 
47.1 	vehicles along Legislative Route No. 392, also known as marked Interstate Highway 94, 
47.2 	between Johnson Parkway and marked Trunk Highway 52. Upon notification by the city 
47.3 	of St. Paul to the commissioner of transportation of the city's adoption of the ordinance, 
47.4 	the commissioner of transportation shall erect the appropriate signs, with the cost of 
47.5 	the signs to be paid by the city. For purposes of this section, "engine brake" means any 
47.6 	device that uses the engine and transmission to impede the forward motion of the motor 
47.7 	vehicle by compression of the engine.

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

47.9 	Sec. 54. CONCRETE DIAMOND GRINDING SLURRY.
 47.10 	The commissioner of transportation shall not engage in a study, including under any 
47.11 	agreement with a consultant, related to the deposit of slurry generated from highway 
47.12 	diamond grinding on the side of roadways, unless the commissioner consults with 
47.13 	interested representatives of the road construction and maintenance industry regarding the 
47.14 	methodology and specifications for the study. The commissioner or a consultant operating 
47.15 	under an agreement with the commissioner shall consult with interested representatives 
47.16 	of the road construction and maintenance industry to evaluate methods of determining 
47.17 	best management practices.

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

47.19 	Sec. 55. LEGISLATIVE REPORT ON VEHICLE TITLE TRANSFER FEE 
47.20 	FUNDS.
 47.21 	By November 1, 2015, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall 
47.22 	submit a report on motor vehicle title transfer fee funds to the chairs and ranking 
47.23 	minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over transportation and 
47.24 	environment policy and finance. At a minimum, the report must (1) identify the annual 
47.25 	amount of revenue from the motor vehicle title transfer fee under Minnesota Statutes, 
47.26 	section 115A.908, over fiscal years 2012 to 2015; (2) evaluate the policy rationale for 
47.27 	allocation of revenue from the title transfer fee; and (3) specify uses of funds from the 
47.28 	title transfer fee, including identification of any motor vehicle, road, or bridge purposes 
47.29 	for which funds are used.

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

47.31 	Sec. 56. REPORT ON DEDICATED FUND EXPENDITURES. 
 48.1 	By January 15, 2016, the commissioners of transportation and public safety, in 
48.2 	consultation with the commissioner of management and budget, shall jointly submit 
48.3 	a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with 
48.4 	jurisdiction over transportation finance. The report must list detailed expenditures and 
48.5 	transfers from the trunk highway fund and highway user tax distribution fund for fiscal 
48.6 	years 2010 through 2015, and shall include information on the purpose of each expenditure.

48.7 	Sec. 57. ROAD DESIGN STANDARDS.
 48.8 	By August 15, 2016, the commissioner of transportation shall, in collaboration 
48.9 	with city and county engineers, establish and adopt design standards and guidelines to 
48.10 	be applied consistently to trunk highways, county state-aid highways, and municipal 
48.11 	state-aid streets with similar characteristics. The standards and guidelines must align the 
48.12 	state-aid standards with the Department of Transportation trunk highway standards and 
48.13 	technical memoranda as appropriate. The commissioner shall report the adopted standards 
48.14 	and guidelines to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of 
48.15 	representatives committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy by August 15, 
48.16 	2016, and present an interim report by March 15, 2016.

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

48.18 	Sec. 58.  REPEALER.
 48.19 	Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299E.02, is repealed.