1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to motor vehicles; amending certain weight limitations for vehicles 
1.3 	transporting milk;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.871, subdivision 
1.4 	1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 169.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [169.8295] WEIGHT LIMITS; VEHICLES TRANSPORTING MILK.
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Weight limits increase. (a) The weight limitations under sections 169.823 
1.8 	to 169.829 are increased by ten percent for a single-unit vehicle transporting fluid milk from 
1.9 	the point of production to (1) another point of production for additional loading, or (2) the 
1.10 	point of first processing.
1.11 	(b) Notwithstanding sections 169.824, subdivision 1, paragraph (d); 169.826, subdivision 
1.12 	3; or other law to the contrary, a permit is not required to operate a vehicle under this section.
1.13 	(c) The seasonal weight increases under section 169.826, subdivision 1, do not apply to 
1.14 	a vehicle operated under this section.
1.15 		Subd. 2.Requirements; restrictions. A vehicle operated under this section:
1.16 	(1) is subject to seasonal load restrictions under section 169.87, except as otherwise 
1.17 	provided under section 169.87, subdivision 4;
1.18 	(2) is subject to bridge load limits posted under section 169.84; and
1.19 	(3) must not be operated with a load that exceeds the tire manufacturer's recommended 
1.20 	load, the manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating as affixed to the vehicle, or other 
1.21 	certification of gross vehicle weight rating under Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, 
1.22 	sections 567.4 to 567.7.

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

2.2 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.871, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.3 		Subdivision 1.Civil liability. (a) The owner or lessee of a vehicle that is operated with 
2.4 	a gross weight in excess of a weight limit imposed under sections 169.823 to 169.829
2.5 	169.8295, 169.84 to 169.851, and 169.87 or a shipper who ships or tenders goods for 
2.6 	shipment in a single truck or combination vehicle that exceeds a weight limit imposed under 
2.7 	sections 169.823 to 169.829 169.8295, 169.84 to 169.851, and 169.87 is liable for a civil 
2.8 	penalty as follows:
2.9 	(1) if the total gross excess weight is not more than 1,000 pounds, one cent per pound 
2.10 	for each pound in excess of the legal limit;
2.11 	(2) if the total gross excess weight is more than 1,000 pounds but not more than 3,000 
2.12 	pounds, $10 plus five cents per pound for each pound in excess of 1,000 pounds;
2.13 	(3) if the total gross excess weight is more than 3,000 pounds but not more than 5,000 
2.14 	pounds, $110 plus ten cents per pound for each pound in excess of 3,000 pounds;
2.15 	(4) if the total gross excess weight is more than 5,000 pounds but not more than 7,000 
2.16 	pounds, $310 plus 15 cents per pound for each pound in excess of 5,000 pounds;
2.17 	(5) if the total gross excess weight is more than 7,000 pounds, $610 plus 20 cents per 
2.18 	pound for each pound in excess of 7,000 pounds.
2.19 	(b) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, if a person found guilty of a violation 
2.20 	of a weight limit imposed under this section or sections 169.823 to 169.829 169.8295, 
2.21 	169.84 to 169.851, or 169.87 is also found by the court to have knowingly and 
2.22 	contemporaneously attempted to evade a fixed weigh station or to otherwise avoid weighing 
2.23 	by means of stationary scales under section 169.85 or other law, the court shall must impose 
2.24 	a penalty of twice the amount otherwise authorized under paragraph (a).
2.25 	(c) Any penalty imposed upon a defendant under this subdivision shall must not exceed 
2.26 	the penalty prescribed by this subdivision. Any fine paid by the defendant in a criminal 
2.27 	overweight action that arose from the same overweight violation shall be is applied toward 
2.28 	payment of the civil penalty under this subdivision. A peace officer or Department of Public 
2.29 	Safety employee described in section 299D.06 who cites a driver for a violation of the 
2.30 	weight limitations established by sections 169.81 to 169.851 and 169.87shall must give 
2.31 	written notice to the driver that the driver or another may also be liable for the civil penalties 
2.32 	provided herein in the same or separate proceedings.
3.1 	(d) A penalty imposed upon the owner or lessee of a vehicle that is based on violations 
3.2 	identified by the use of shippers' weight records under section 169.872 must not exceed an 
3.3 	aggregate of $10,000.

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