relating to transportation; authorizing sale and issuance of trunk highway bonds;
         <br/>
<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>redistributing five percent set-aside from highway user tax distribution fund; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>rededicating certain tax proceeds; authorizing an additional sales and use tax; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>amending various transportation and transit policies; amending policies relating <br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>to the Department of Public Safety; requiring reports; establishing a task force;
         <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 85.016; 116.03, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>by adding a subdivision; 117.189; 160.02, subdivision 27, by adding subdivisions;
         <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>160.262, subdivisions 1, 3, 4; 160.266, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, by adding subdivisions;
         <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>161.081, subdivision 1; 161.088, subdivisions 4, 5, 7, by adding a subdivision; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>161.115, subdivision 190; 161.14, by adding a subdivision; 161.21, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>1; 161.321, subdivision 6; 161.44, subdivisions 5, 6a, by adding a subdivision; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>168.013, subdivision 1d; 168.021, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a; 168A.09, subdivision 1; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>168A.141; 168A.142; 169.14, by adding a subdivision; 169.345, subdivisions 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>3; 169.80, subdivision 1; 169.829, by adding a subdivision; 169.865, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>3; 171.06, subdivision 2a; 171.12, subdivision 6; 174.03, subdivisions 1a, 1c; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>221.031, by adding a subdivision; 256B.15, subdivision 1a; 297A.815, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>3; 297A.94; 297A.992, subdivision 2; 297B.01, subdivision 16; 473.388, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>subdivision 2; 473.4051, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
         <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>Statutes, chapters 168; 168A; 174; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections <br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>160.262, subdivision 2; 160.265; 160.266, subdivisions 1, 2; 161.115, subdivision
         <br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>32; Minnesota Rules, parts 8810.6000; 8810.6100; 8810.6300; 8810.6400; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>8810.6500; 8810.6600; 8810.6700; 8810.6800; 8810.6900; 8810.7000; 8810.9910; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>8810.9911; 8810.9912; 8810.9913.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.1.1.0"></a><table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="7">Section 1. <b>TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br/>
<b> </b>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies
         <br/>
<a id="pl.1.30"></a><var>1.30</var>and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the trunk
         highway <br/>
<a id="pl.1.31"></a><var>1.31</var>fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated for
         each purpose. <br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>The figures "2018" and "2019" used in this article mean that the appropriations listed
         under <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, or June 30, 2019, respectively.
         <br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>"The first year" is fiscal year 2018. "The second year" is fiscal year 2019. "The
         biennium" <br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>is fiscal years 2018 and 2019.<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td align="center" colspan="4"><b>APPROPRIATIONS</b><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td align="center" colspan="4"><b>Available for the Year</b><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td align="center" colspan="4"><b>Ending June 30</b><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td align="center"><b>2018</b><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td align="center"><b>2019</b><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><br/>
<a id="bill.1.2.0"></a><table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var><br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="3">Sec. 2. <b>DEPARTMENT OF </b><br/>
<b>TRANSPORTATION</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right"></td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="3">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center"><b>$</b><br/>
<b> </b>
</td>
<td align="right"><b>2,928,633,000</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center"><b>$</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="right"><b>2,917,420,000</b><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="126px"/>
<col width="95px"/>
<col width="96px"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td align="right">2018<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">2019<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td>General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">19,158,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">18,058,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Airports<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">31,812,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">22,609,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var><br/>
</td>
<td>C.S.A.H.<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">769,644,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">800,066,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var><br/>
</td>
<td>M.S.A.S.<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">195,858,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">203,463,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left">Special Revenue<br/>
</td>
<td>10,000,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">0<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Trunk Highway<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">1,902,161,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">1,873,224,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br/>
<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>purpose are specified in the following <br/>
<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>subdivisions.<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="3">Subd. 2.<b>Multimodal Systems</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right"></td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right"></td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>(a) <b>Aeronautics</b><br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="3">(1) <b>Airport Development and Assistance</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right">26,501,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right">17,298,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>This appropriation is from the state airports <br/>
<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>fund and must be spent according to <br/>
<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 
<statute_ref>360.305, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>subdivision 4
</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>$2,334,000 in the first year is for a grant to <br/>
<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>the city of Rochester to design, rehabilitate, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>demolish, and expand portions of the existing <br/>
<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>passenger terminal building at the Rochester <br/>
<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>International Airport, provided that this <br/>
<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>amount also includes money to remodel, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>construct, furnish, and equip the existing <br/>
<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>passenger terminal building and associated <br/>
<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>appurtenances to meet the United States <br/>
<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>Customs and Border Protection and <br/>
<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>Transportation Security Administration <br/>
<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>standards for safety, security, and processing <br/>
<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>time to accommodate domestic and <br/>
<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>international flights. The capital improvements <br/>
<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>paid for with this appropriation may be used <br/>
<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>as the local contribution required by <br/>
<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 360.305, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>subdivision 4. This appropriation may be used <br/>
<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>to reimburse the city for costs incurred after <br/>
<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>May 1, 2016. This appropriation is not <br/>
<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>available until the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>management and budget has determined that <br/>
<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>at least an equal amount has been committed <br/>
<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>to the project from nonstate sources. Work <br/>
<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>that may be completed with this appropriation <br/>
<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>includes but is not limited to (i) site <br/>
<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>preparation, including utilities, site civil work, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>testing, and construction administration <br/>
<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>services, (ii) the relocation, modification, and <br/>
<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>addition of airline ticket counters, baggage <br/>
<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>claim devices, public spaces, offices, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>restrooms, support space, break rooms, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>lockers, equipment storage, communications, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>hallways, building signage, medical visitor <br/>
<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>rooms, special needs accommodations, hold <br/>
<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>rooms, secure storage, equipment maintenance <br/>
<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>area, and building engineering and technology <br/>
<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>systems, (iii) improvements needed outside <br/>
<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>the terminal to remove, restore, and tie into <br/>
<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>adjacent utilities, sidewalks, driveways, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.35"></a><var>3.35</var>parking lots, and aircraft aprons, and (iv) the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>construction of covered exterior equipment <br/>
<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>storage. This is a onetime appropriation.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>$6,619,000 in the first year is to provide the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>federal match to design and construct runway <br/>
<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>infrastructure at the Duluth International and <br/>
<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>Sky Harbor Airports in accordance with <br/>
<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 360.017. For the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>purposes of this clause, the commissioner may <br/>
<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>waive the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>section 360.305, subdivision 4, paragraph (b). <br/>
<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>This appropriation is for costs incurred after <br/>
<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>March 1, 2016, and is available until and must <br/>
<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>be encumbered by June 30, 2017. This <br/>
<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>appropriation is not available until the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>commissioner of management and budget <br/>
<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>determines that an equal amount is committed <br/>
<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>from nonstate sources. This is a onetime <br/>
<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>appropriation.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>$250,000 in the first year is for an air transport <br/>
<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>optimization planning study for the St. Cloud <br/>
<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>Regional Airport, which must be <br/>
<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>comprehensive and market-based, using <br/>
<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>economic development and air service <br/>
<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>expertise to research, analyze, and develop <br/>
<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>models and strategies that maximize the return <br/>
<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>on investments made to enhance the use and <br/>
<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>impact of the St. Cloud Regional Airport. This <br/>
<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>is a onetime appropriation.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>The base appropriation in each of fiscal years <br/>
<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>2020 and 2021 is $15,298,000.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>16A.28, subdivision 6
</statute_ref>, and unless otherwise <br/>
<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>stated in this clause for a specific project, this <br/>
<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var>appropriation is available for five years after <br/>
<a id="pl.4.35"></a><var>4.35</var>appropriation. If the appropriation for either <br/>
<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>year is insufficient, the appropriation for the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>other year is available for it.<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="11.899999999999999"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(2)<b> Aviation Support and Services</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">6,790,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">6,934,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="126px"/>
<col width="96px"/>
<col width="96px"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td align="right">2018<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">2019<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Airports<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">5,311,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">5,311,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Trunk Highway<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,479,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,623,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>$80,000 in each year is from the state airports <br/>
<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>fund for the Civil Air Patrol.<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="3">(b) <b>Transit</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right">18,091,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right">18,118,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="126px"/>
<col width="91px"/>
<col width="96px"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td align="right">2018<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">2019<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td>General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">17,245,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">17,245,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Trunk Highway<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">846,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">873,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="11.899999999999999"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(c) <b>Safe Routes to School</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">500,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">500,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>This appropriation is from the general fund <br/>
<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>for the safe routes to school program under <br/>
<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 174.40.<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="11.899999999999999"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(d) <b>Freight</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">6,706,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">5,778,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="126px"/>
<col width="96px"/>
<col width="96px"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td align="right">2018<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">2019<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,356,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">256,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Trunk Highway<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">5,350,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">5,522,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>$1,100,000 in the first year is from the general <br/>
<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>fund for port development assistance program <br/>
<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>grants under Minnesota Statutes, chapter <br/>
<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>457A. Any improvements made with the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>proceeds of these grants must be publicly <br/>
<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>owned. This is a onetime appropriation and is <br/>
<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>available in the second year.<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>State Roads</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="11.899999999999999"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(a) <b>Operations and Maintenance</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">332,773,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">343,159,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="11.899999999999999"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(b)<b> Program Planning and Delivery</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">257,479,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">265,542,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>$130,000 in each year is available for <br/>
<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>administrative costs of the targeted group <br/>
<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>business program.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>$266,000 in each year is available for grants <br/>
<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>to metropolitan planning organizations outside <br/>
<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>the seven-county metropolitan area.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>$900,000 in each year is available for grants <br/>
<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>for transportation studies outside the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>metropolitan area to identify critical concerns, <br/>
<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>problems, and issues. These grants are <br/>
<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>available: (1) to regional development <br/>
<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>commissions; (2) in regions where no regional <br/>
<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>development commission is functioning, to <br/>
<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>joint powers boards established under <br/>
<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>agreement of two or more political <br/>
<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>subdivisions in the region to exercise the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>planning functions of a regional development <br/>
<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>commission; and (3) in regions where no <br/>
<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>regional development commission or joint <br/>
<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>powers board is functioning, to the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>department's district office for that region.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>$1,000,000 in each year is available for <br/>
<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>management of contaminated and regulated <br/>
<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>material on property owned by the Department <br/>
<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>of Transportation, including mitigation of <br/>
<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>property conveyances, facility acquisition or <br/>
<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>expansion, chemical release at maintenance <br/>
<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>facilities, and spills on the trunk highway <br/>
<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>system where there is no known responsible <br/>
<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>party. If the appropriation for either year is <br/>
<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>insufficient, the appropriation for the other <br/>
<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>year is available for it.<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="11.899999999999999"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(c)<b> State Road Construction</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,009,396,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">942,268,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var>This appropriation is for the actual <br/>
<a id="pl.6.35"></a><var>6.35</var>construction, reconstruction, and improvement <br/>
<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>of trunk highways, including design-build <br/>
<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>contracts, internal department costs associated <br/>
<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>with delivering the construction program, and <br/>
<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>consultant usage to support these activities. <br/>
<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>This includes the cost of actual payment to <br/>
<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>landowners for lands acquired for highway <br/>
<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>rights-of-way, payment to lessees, interest <br/>
<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>subsidies, and relocation expenses.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>This appropriation may be used for the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>restoration of former trunk highways that have <br/>
<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>reverted to counties or to statutory or home <br/>
<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>rule charter cities, or for trunk highways that <br/>
<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>will be restored and subsequently turned back <br/>
<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>by agreement between the commissioner and <br/>
<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>the local road authority, where "restoration" <br/>
<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>means the level of effort required to improve <br/>
<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>the route that will be turned back to an <br/>
<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>acceptable condition as determined by <br/>
<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>agreement made between the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>and the county or city before the route is <br/>
<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>turned back.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>The commissioner may expend up to one-half <br/>
<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>of one percent of the federal appropriations <br/>
<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>under this paragraph as grants to opportunity <br/>
<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>industrialization centers and other nonprofit <br/>
<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>job training centers for job training programs <br/>
<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>related to highway construction.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>The commissioner may transfer up to <br/>
<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>$15,000,000 each year to the transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>revolving loan fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>The commissioner may receive money <br/>
<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>covering other shares of the cost of partnership <br/>
<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>projects. These receipts are appropriated to <br/>
<a id="pl.7.34"></a><var>7.34</var>the commissioner for these projects.<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.7.35"></a><var>7.35</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="3">(d) <b>Highway Debt Service</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right"> 224,261,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right"> 241,828,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>$214,761,000 the first year and $232,328,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>the second year are for transfer to the state <br/>
<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>bond fund. If this amount is insufficient to <br/>
<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>make all transfers required in the year for <br/>
<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>which it is made, the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>management and budget shall transfer the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>deficiency amount under the statutory open <br/>
<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>appropriation, and notify the chairs and <br/>
<a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>ranking minority members of the legislative <br/>
<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>committees with jurisdiction over <br/>
<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>transportation finance and the chairs of the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>senate Committee on Finance and the house <br/>
<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>of representatives Committee on Ways and <br/>
<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>Means of the amount of the deficiency. Any <br/>
<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>excess appropriation cancels to the trunk <br/>
<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>highway fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>The base appropriations for debt service are <br/>
<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>$251,367,000 in fiscal year 2020 and <br/>
<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>$248,616,000 in fiscal year 2021.<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="3">(e) <b>Statewide Radio Communications</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right">5,648,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right">5,829,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="126px"/>
<col width="96px"/>
<col width="96px"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td align="right">2018<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">2019<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td>General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">3,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">3,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Trunk Highway<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">5,645,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">5,826,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>$3,000 in each year is from the general fund <br/>
<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>to equip and operate the Roosevelt signal <br/>
<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>tower for Lake of the Woods weather <br/>
<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>broadcasting.<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="3">Subd. 4.<b>Local Roads</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right"></td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="3">(a) <b>County State-Aid Roads</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right">769,644,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right">800,066,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>This appropriation is from the county state-aid <br/>
<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>highway fund under Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>section 161.081, and chapter 162, and is <br/>
<a id="pl.8.34"></a><var>8.34</var>available until June 30, 2027.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>If the commissioner of transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>determines that a balance remains in the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>county state-aid highway fund following the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>appropriations and transfers made in this <br/>
<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>paragraph, and that the appropriations made <br/>
<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>are insufficient for advancing county state-aid <br/>
<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>highway projects, an amount necessary to <br/>
<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>advance the projects, not to exceed the balance <br/>
<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>in the county state-aid highway fund, is <br/>
<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>appropriated in each year to the commissioner. <br/>
<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>Within two weeks of a determination under <br/>
<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>this contingent appropriation, the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>commissioner of transportation shall notify <br/>
<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>the commissioner of management and budget <br/>
<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>and the chairs and ranking minority members <br/>
<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>of the legislative committees with jurisdiction <br/>
<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>over transportation finance concerning funds <br/>
<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>appropriated. The commissioner shall identify <br/>
<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>in the next budget submission to the legislature <br/>
<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.11, any <br/>
<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>amount that is appropriated under this <br/>
<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>paragraph.<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="3">(b) <b>Municipal State-Aid Roads</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right">195,858,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right">203,463,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>This appropriation is from the municipal <br/>
<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>state-aid street fund under Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>chapter 162, and is available until June 30, <br/>
<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>2027.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>If the commissioner of transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>determines that a balance remains in the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>municipal state-aid street fund following the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>appropriations and transfers made in this <br/>
<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>paragraph, and that the appropriations made <br/>
<a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var>are insufficient for advancing municipal <br/>
<a id="pl.9.34"></a><var>9.34</var>state-aid street projects, an amount necessary <br/>
<a id="pl.9.35"></a><var>9.35</var>to advance the projects, not to exceed the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>balance in the municipal state-aid street fund, <br/>
<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>is appropriated in each year to the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>commissioner. Within two weeks of a <br/>
<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>determination under this contingent <br/>
<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>appropriation, the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>transportation shall notify the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>of management and budget and the chairs and <br/>
<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>ranking minority members of the legislative <br/>
<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>committees with jurisdiction over <br/>
<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>transportation finance concerning funds <br/>
<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>appropriated. The commissioner shall identify <br/>
<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>in the next budget submission to the legislature <br/>
<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.11, any <br/>
<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>amount that is appropriated under this <br/>
<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>paragraph.<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="3">(c) <b>Small Cities Assistance</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right">10,000,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right">0<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>This appropriation is from the small cities <br/>
<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>assistance account in the special revenue fund <br/>
<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 162.145. <br/>
<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>This is a onetime appropriation and is <br/>
<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>available in the second year.<br/>
 
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 5.<b>Agency Management</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="11.899999999999999"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(a) <b>Agency Services</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">44,316,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">45,206,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="3">(b) <b>Buildings</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right">20,085,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right">20,939,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="126px"/>
<col width="96px"/>
<col width="96px"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td align="right">2018<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">2019<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td>General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">54,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">54,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Trunk Highway<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">20,031,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">20,885,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>Any money appropriated to the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>of transportation for building construction for <br/>
<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>any fiscal year before the first year is available <br/>
<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>to the commissioner of transportation during <br/>
<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var>the biennium to the extent that the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.34"></a><var>10.34</var>commissioner spends the money on the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.35"></a><var>10.35</var>building construction projects for which the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>money was originally encumbered during the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>fiscal year for which it was appropriated.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>If the appropriation for either year is <br/>
<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>insufficient, the appropriation for the other <br/>
<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>year is available for it.<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="11.899999999999999"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(c) <b>Tort Claims</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">600,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">600,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>If the appropriation for either year is <br/>
<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>insufficient, the appropriation for the other <br/>
<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>year is available for it.<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="3">Subd. 6.<b>Transfers</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right"></td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right"></td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>With the approval of the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>management and budget, the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>of transportation may transfer unencumbered <br/>
<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>balances among the appropriations from the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>trunk highway fund and the state airports fund <br/>
<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>made in this section. No transfer may be made <br/>
<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>from the appropriations for state road <br/>
<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>construction or for debt service. Transfers <br/>
<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>under this subdivision may not be made <br/>
<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>between funds. Transfers under this <br/>
<a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>subdivision must be reported immediately to <br/>
<a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>the chairs and ranking minority members of <br/>
<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>the legislative committees with jurisdiction <br/>
<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>over transportation finance.<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var><br/>
<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 7.<b>Previous State Road Construction </b><br/>
<b>Appropriations</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>Any money appropriated to the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>of transportation for state road construction <br/>
<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>for any fiscal year before the first year is <br/>
<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>available to the commissioner during the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>biennium to the extent that the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>spends the money on the state road <br/>
<a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var>construction project for which the money was <br/>
<a id="pl.11.34"></a><var>11.34</var>originally encumbered during the fiscal year <br/>
<a id="pl.11.35"></a><var>11.35</var>for which it was appropriated.<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 8.<b>Contingent Appropriation</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>The commissioner of transportation, with the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>approval of the governor and the written <br/>
<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>approval of at least five members of a group <br/>
<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>consisting of the members of the Legislative <br/>
<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>Advisory Commission under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>Statutes, section 
<statute_ref>3.30</statute_ref>, and the ranking minority <br/>
<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>members of the legislative committees with <br/>
<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>jurisdiction over transportation finance, may <br/>
<a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>transfer all or part of the unappropriated <br/>
<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>balance in the trunk highway fund to an <br/>
<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>appropriation: (1) for trunk highway design, <br/>
<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>construction, or inspection in order to take <br/>
<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>advantage of an unanticipated receipt of <br/>
<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>income to the trunk highway fund or to take <br/>
<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>advantage of federal advanced construction <br/>
<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>funding; (2) for trunk highway maintenance <br/>
<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>in order to meet an emergency; or (3) to pay <br/>
<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>tort or environmental claims. Nothing in this <br/>
<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>subdivision authorizes the commissioner to <br/>
<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>increase the use of federal advanced <br/>
<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var>construction funding beyond amounts <br/>
<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>specifically authorized. Any transfer as a result <br/>
<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>of the use of federal advanced construction <br/>
<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>funding must include an analysis of the effects <br/>
<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>on the long-term trunk highway fund balance. <br/>
<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>The amount transferred is subject to the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>purpose of the account to which it is <br/>
<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>transferred.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.3.0"></a><table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="3">Sec. 3. <b>METROPOLITAN COUNCIL</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center"><b>$</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="right"><b>90,820,000</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center"><b>$</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="right"><b>89,820,000</b><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>This appropriation is from the general fund <br/>
<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>for transit system operations under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var>Statutes, sections 
<statute_ref>473.371</statute_ref> to 
<statute_ref>473.449</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2018 is for financial <br/>
<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>assistance to replacement service providers <br/>
<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 473.388, <br/>
<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>for the purposes of the suburb-to-suburb transit <br/>
<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>demonstration project authorized under Laws <br/>
<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>2015, chapter 75, article 1, section 4. The <br/>
<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>council must not retain any portion of the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>funds under this appropriation.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.4.0"></a><table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="3">Sec. 4. <b>DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right"></td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="3">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center"><b>$</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="right"><b>180,733,000</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center"><b>$</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="right"><b>180,733,000</b><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="126px"/>
<col width="95px"/>
<col width="96px"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td align="right">2018<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">2019<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td>General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">13,418,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">13,418,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Special Revenue<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">54,130,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">54,130,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td>H.U.T.D.<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">10,449,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">10,449,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Trunk Highway<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">102,736,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">102,736,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br/>
<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>purpose are specified in the following <br/>
<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>subdivisions.<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Administration and Related Services</b><br/>
<b> </b>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="11.899999999999999"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(a) <b>Office of Communications</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">530,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">530,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="126px"/>
<col width="96px"/>
<col width="96px"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td align="right">2018<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">2019<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">115,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">115,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Trunk Highway<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">415,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">415,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.6"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="11.899999999999999"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(b) <b>Public Safety Support</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">8,934,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">8,934,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="126px"/>
<col width="96px"/>
<col width="96px"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td align="right">2018<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">2019<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,797,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,797,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td>H.U.T.D.<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">1,366,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">1,366,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Trunk Highway<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,771,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,771,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>$640,000 each year is from the general fund <br/>
<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>for payment of public safety officer survivor <br/>
<a id="pl.13.34"></a><var>13.34</var>benefits under Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>299A.44
</statute_ref>. If the appropriation for either year <br/>
<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>is insufficient, the appropriation for the other <br/>
<a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>year is available for it.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>$1,367,000 each year is from the general fund <br/>
<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>to be deposited in the public safety officer's <br/>
<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>benefit account. This money is available for <br/>
<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>reimbursements under Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>section 
<statute_ref>299A.465</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>$600,000 each year is from the general fund <br/>
<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>and $100,000 in each year is from the trunk <br/>
<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>highway fund for soft body armor <br/>
<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>reimbursements under Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>section 
<statute_ref>299A.38</statute_ref>.<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="11.899999999999999"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(c) <b>Technology and Support Service</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,685,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,685,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="126px"/>
<col width="96px"/>
<col width="96px"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td align="right">2018<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">2019<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,322,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,322,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var><br/>
</td>
<td>H.U.T.D.<br/>
 
</td>
<td align="right">19,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">19,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Trunk Highway<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,344,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,344,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="3">Subd. 3.<b>State Patrol</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right"></td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="3">(a) <b>Patrolling Highways</b><br/>
<b> </b>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right">88,357,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right">88,357,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="126px"/>
<col width="96px"/>
<col width="96px"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td align="right">2018<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">2019<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td>General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">37,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">37,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td>H.U.T.D.<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">828,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">828,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Trunk Highway<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">87,492,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">87,492,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="3">(b) <b>Commercial Vehicle Enforcement</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right">8,257,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right">8,257,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="3">(c) <b>Capitol Security</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right">8,147,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right">8,147,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>This appropriation is from the general fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>The commissioner must not: (1) spend any <br/>
<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>money from the trunk highway fund for <br/>
<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>capitol security; or (2) permanently transfer <br/>
<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>any state trooper from the patrolling highways <br/>
<a id="pl.14.34"></a><var>14.34</var>activity to capitol security.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>The commissioner must not transfer any <br/>
<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>money appropriated to the commissioner under <br/>
<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>this section: (1) to capitol security; or (2) from <br/>
<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>capitol security.<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 4.<b>Driver and Vehicle Services</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="11.899999999999999"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(a) <b>Vehicle Services</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">30,082,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">30,082,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="126px"/>
<col width="96px"/>
<col width="96px"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td align="right">2018<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">2019<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Special Revenue<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">21,846,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">21,846,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td>H.U.T.D.<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">8,236,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">8,236,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="11.899999999999999"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(b) <b>Driver Services</b><br/>
<b> </b>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">30,896,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">30,896,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>This appropriation is from the driver services <br/>
<a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>operating account in the special revenue fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>$156,000 in each year is appropriated to <br/>
<a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>maintain the automated knowledge test <br/>
<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>system.<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 5.<b>Traffic Safety</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">457,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">457,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 6.<b>Pipeline Safety</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,388,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,388,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>This appropriation is from the pipeline safety <br/>
<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>account in the special revenue fund.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.5.0"></a><a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>    Sec. 5. <b>APPROPRIATION CANCELLATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>$1,100,000 of the appropriation for port development assistance under Laws 2015, <br/>
<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>chapter 75, article 1, section 3, subdivision 2, paragraph (e), is canceled to the
         general fund <br/>
<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>on June 30, 2017.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.6.0"></a><a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>    Sec. 6. <b>DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; APPROPRIATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>$105,000,000 is appropriated from the trunk highway fund to the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>transportation in fiscal year 2017, as additional federal spending authority for state
         road <br/>
<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>construction.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.2.1.0"></a><a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>    Section 1. <b>BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>To provide the money appropriated in this article from the bond proceeds account in
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>trunk highway fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue
         bonds <br/>
<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>of the state in an amount up to $325,325,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 167.50 to 167.52, and by the Minnesota
         <br/>
<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>Constitution, article XIV, section 11, at the times and in the amounts requested by
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>commissioner of transportation. The proceeds of the bonds, except accrued interest
         and any <br/>
<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>premium received from the sale of the bonds, must be deposited in the bond proceeds
         account <br/>
<a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var>in the trunk highway fund.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.2.0"></a><table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width=""/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Sec. 2. <b>BOND APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>The sums shown in the column under "Appropriations" are appropriated from the bond
         <br/>
<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>proceeds account in the trunk highway fund to the state agencies or officials indicated,
         to <br/>
<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>be spent for public purposes. Appropriations of bond proceeds must be spent as authorized
         <br/>
<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>by the Minnesota Constitution, articles XI and XIV. Unless otherwise specified, money
         <br/>
<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>appropriated in this article for a capital program or project may be used to pay state
         agency <br/>
<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>staff costs that are attributed directly to the capital program or project in accordance
         with <br/>
<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>accounting policies adopted by the commissioner of management and budget.<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="50.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3"><b>SUMMARY</b><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Department of Transportation<br/>
</td>
<td align="center">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">325,000,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Department of Management and Budget<br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right">325,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"><b>TOTAL</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center"><b>$</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>325,325,000</b><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right" colspan="2"><b>APPROPRIATIONS</b><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><br/>
<a id="bill.2.3.0"></a><table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var><br/>
<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var><br/>
<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="3">Sec. 3. <b>DEPARTMENT OF </b><br/>
<b>TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS OF </b><br/>
<b>COMMERCE</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right"></td>
<td align="center"><b>$</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="right"><b>200,000,000</b><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>(a) The appropriation in this section is to the <br/>
<a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var>commissioner of transportation for the <br/>
<a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var>corridors of commerce program under <br/>
<a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 161.088, and is <br/>
<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var>available in the amounts of $50,000,000 in <br/>
<a id="pl.16.33"></a><var>16.33</var>each fiscal year from 2018 to 2021. The <br/>
<a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>commissioner may use up to 17 percent of the <br/>
<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>amount each year for program delivery.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>(b) In any fiscal year covered by this <br/>
<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>appropriation, the commissioner may identify <br/>
<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>projects based on previous selection processes <br/>
<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>or may perform a new selection.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>(c) The appropriation in this section cancels <br/>
<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>as specified under Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>16A.642, except that the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>management and budget shall count the start <br/>
<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>of authorization for issuance of state bonds as <br/>
<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>the first day of the fiscal year during which <br/>
<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>the bonds are available to be issued as <br/>
<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>specified under paragraph (a), and not as the <br/>
<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>date of enactment of this section.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.4.0"></a><table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="3">Sec. 4. <b>U.S. HIGHWAY 12 PROJECTS</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right"></td>
<td align="center"><b>$</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="right"><b>15,000,000</b><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>The appropriation in this section is in fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>year 2018 for projects, including preliminary <br/>
<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>and final design, engineering, environmental <br/>
<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>analysis, right-of-way acquisition, <br/>
<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>construction, and reconstruction, on marked <br/>
<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var>U.S. Highway 12 as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var>(1) realignment at the intersections with <br/>
<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var>Hennepin County State-Aid Highway 92;<br/>
<a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>(2) realignment and safety improvements at <br/>
<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>the intersection with Hennepin County <br/>
<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>State-Aid Highway 90; and<br/>
<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>(3) safety median improvements from the <br/>
<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>interchange with Wayzata Boulevard in <br/>
<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>Wayzata to approximately one-half mile east <br/>
<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>of the interchange with Hennepin County <br/>
<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>State-Aid Highway 6.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.5.0"></a><table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="3">Sec. 5. <b>MARKED TRUNK HIGHWAY 212</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right"></td>
<td align="center"><b>$</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="right"><b>20,000,000</b><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>The appropriation in this section is in fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>year 2018 for acquisition of right-of-way and <br/>
<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>construction or reconstruction of marked <br/>
<a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>Trunk Highway 212 as a four-lane divided <br/>
<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var>highway from County Road 11 in Carver <br/>
<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>County to County Road 43 in Carver County.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.6.0"></a><table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="3">Sec. 6. <b>MARKED TRUNK HIGHWAY 14</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right"></td>
<td align="center"><b>$</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="right"><b>90,000,000</b><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>The appropriation in this section is in fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>year 2018 for acquisition of right-of-way and <br/>
<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var>construction and reconstruction of marked <br/>
<a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>Trunk Highway 14 as a four-lane divided <br/>
<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>highway from the interchange with marked <br/>
<a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var>Interstate Highway 35 near the city of <br/>
<a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>Owatonna to the point near the city of Dodge <br/>
<a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>Center at which marked Trunk Highway 14 <br/>
<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>constitutes a four-lane divided highway <br/>
<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>southeast of the intersection with marked <br/>
<a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>Trunk Highway 56.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.7.0"></a><table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="3">Sec. 7. <b>BOND SALE EXPENSES</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right"></td>
<td align="center"><b>$</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="right"><b>325,000</b><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>This appropriation is to the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>management and budget for bond sale <br/>
<a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>expenses under Minnesota Statutes, sections <br/>
<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>16A.641, subdivision 8, and 167.50, <br/>
<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>subdivision 4, and is available in the amounts <br/>
<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>of $175,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $50,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>in each fiscal year from 2019 to 2021.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.8.0"></a><a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>    Sec. 8. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>This article is effective July 1, 2017.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.3.1.0"></a><a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.081, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Distribution of five percent.</b> (a) Pursuant to article 14, section 5, of the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>Constitution, five percent of the net highway user tax distribution fund is set aside,
         and <br/>
<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>apportioned to the county state-aid highway fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>(b) That apportionment is further distributed as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>(1) 30.5 percent to the town road account created in section 
<statute_ref>162.081</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>(2) 16 percent to the town bridge account, which is created in the state treasury 46.5 <br/>
<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>percent to the county state-aid highway fund, consisting of: (i) 30.5 percent to the
         town road <br/>
<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>account created in section 162.081; and (ii) 16 percent to the town bridge account
         created <br/>
<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>in the state treasury; and<br/>
<a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>(3) 53.5 percent to the flexible highway account created in subdivision 3 (2) 53.5 percent <br/>
<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>to the trunk highway fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2017.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.2.0"></a><a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 297A.815, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Motor vehicle lease sales tax revenue.</b> (a) For purposes of this subdivision, <br/>
<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>"net revenue" means an amount equal to the revenues, including interest and penalties,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>collected under this section, during the fiscal year; less $32,000,000 in each fiscal
         year.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>    (b) On or before June 30 of each fiscal year, the commissioner of revenue shall estimate
         <br/>
<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>the amount of the net revenue revenues, including interest and penalties, collected under <br/>
<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>this section for the current fiscal year.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var>    (c) On or after July 1 (b) By July 15 of the subsequent fiscal year, the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>management and budget shall must transfer the net revenue revenues as estimated in <br/>
<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>paragraph (b) (a) from the general fund, as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>    (1) $9,000,000 annually until January 1, 2015, and 50 percent annually thereafter<br/>
<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>    36 percent to the county state-aid highway fund. Notwithstanding any other law to the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>contrary, the commissioner of transportation shall allocate the funds transferred
         under this <br/>
<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>clause to the counties in the metropolitan area, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>473.121</statute_ref>, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>4, excluding the counties of Hennepin and Ramsey, so that each county shall receive
         of <br/>
<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>such amount the percentage that its population, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>477A.011</statute_ref>, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>3, estimated or established by July 15 of the year prior to the current calendar year,
         bears <br/>
<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>to the total population of the counties receiving funds under this clause; and<br/>
<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>    (2) the remainder 36 percent to the greater Minnesota transit account; and<br/>
<a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>    (3) the remainder to the highway user tax distribution fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>    (c) As part of the transfer that must occur by July 15, 2018, in addition to any amounts
         <br/>
<a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>transferred under paragraph (b), the commissioner of management and budget must transfer
         <br/>
<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>$10,000,000 of the revenues as estimated in paragraph (a) from the general fund to
         the small <br/>
<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>cities assistance account under section 162.145.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective beginning with the estimate that must <br/>
<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>be completed on or before June 30, 2018, for a transfer that occurs by July 15, 2018.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.3.0"></a><a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 297A.94, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var><b>297A.94 DEPOSIT OF REVENUES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>(a) Except as provided in this section, the commissioner shall deposit the revenues,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>including interest and penalties, derived from the taxes imposed by this chapter in
         the state <br/>
<a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>treasury and credit them to the general fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>(b) The commissioner shall deposit taxes in the Minnesota agricultural and economic
         <br/>
<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>account in the special revenue fund if:<br/>
<a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>(1) the taxes are derived from sales and use of property and services purchased for
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>construction and operation of an agricultural resource project; and<br/>
<a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var>(2) the purchase was made on or after the date on which a conditional commitment was
         <br/>
<a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>made for a loan guaranty for the project under section 
         <statute_ref>41A.04, subdivision 3</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>The commissioner of management and budget shall certify to the commissioner the date
         on <br/>
<a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>which the project received the conditional commitment. The amount deposited in the
         loan <br/>
<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>guaranty account must be reduced by any refunds and by the costs incurred by the Department
         <br/>
<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>of Revenue to administer and enforce the assessment and collection of the taxes.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>(c) The commissioner shall deposit the revenues, including interest and penalties,
         derived <br/>
<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>from the taxes imposed on sales and purchases included in section 
         <statute_ref>297A.61, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>paragraph (g), clauses (1) and (4), in the state treasury, and credit them as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>(1) first to the general obligation special tax bond debt service account in each
         fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>year the amount required by section 
         <statute_ref>16A.661, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, paragraph (b); and<br/>
<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>(2) after the requirements of clause (1) have been met, the balance to the general
         fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>(d) Beginning with sales taxes remitted after July 1, 2017, the commissioner shall deposit
         <br/>
<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>in the state treasury the revenues collected under section 297A.64, subdivision 1,
         and credit <br/>
<a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>them to the highway user tax distribution fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var>(e) The commissioner shall deposit the revenues, including interest and penalties, <br/>
<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>collected under section 
         <statute_ref>297A.64, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, in the state treasury and credit them to the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>general fund. By July 15 of each year the commissioner shall transfer to the highway
         user <br/>
<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>tax distribution fund an amount equal to the excess fees collected under section 
         <statute_ref>297A.64, <br/>
<a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>subdivision 5
         </statute_ref>, for the previous calendar year.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>(e) (f) Beginning with sales taxes remitted after July 1, 2017, in conjunction with the
         <br/>
<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>deposit of revenues under paragraph (d), the commissioner shall deposit into the state
         <br/>
<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>treasury and credit to the highway user tax distribution fund an amount equal to the
         estimated <br/>
<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>revenues derived from the tax rate imposed under section 297A.62, subdivision 1, on
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>lease or rental for not more than 28 days of rental motor vehicles subject to section
         297A.64. <br/>
<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>The commissioner shall estimate the amount of sales tax revenue deposited under this
         <br/>
<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>paragraph based on the amount of revenue deposited under paragraph (d).<br/>
<a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>(g) Starting after July 1, 2017, the commissioner shall deposit an amount of the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>remittances monthly into the state treasury and credit them to the highway user tax
         <br/>
<a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>distribution fund as a portion of the estimated amount of taxes collected from the
         sale and <br/>
<a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>purchase of motor vehicle repair parts in that month. For the remittances between
         July 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>2017, and June 30, 2019, the monthly deposit amount is $10,282,000. For remittances
         in <br/>
<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>each subsequent fiscal year, the monthly deposit amount is $13,957,000. For purposes
         of <br/>
<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>this paragraph, "motor vehicle" has the meaning given in section 297B.01, subdivision
         11, <br/>
<a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>and "motor vehicle repair and replacement parts" includes (i) all parts, tires, accessories,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>and equipment incorporated into or affixed to the motor vehicle as part of the motor
         vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>maintenance and repair, and (ii) paint, oil, and other fluids that remain on or in
         the motor <br/>
<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>vehicle as part of the motor vehicle maintenance or repair.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>(h) 72.43 percent of the revenues, including interest and penalties, transmitted to the
         <br/>
<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>commissioner under section 
         <statute_ref>297A.65</statute_ref>, must be deposited by the commissioner in the state <br/>
<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>treasury as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>(1) 50 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the heritage enhancement account
         in <br/>
<a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>the game and fish fund, and may be spent only on activities that improve, enhance,
         or protect <br/>
<a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var>fish and wildlife resources, including conservation, restoration, and enhancement
         of land, <br/>
<a id="pl.21.33"></a><var>21.33</var>water, and other natural resources of the state;<br/>
<a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>(2) 22.5 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund,
         and may <br/>
<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>be spent only for state parks and trails;<br/>
<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>(3) 22.5 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund,
         and may <br/>
<a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>be spent only on metropolitan park and trail grants;<br/>
<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>(4) three percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund,
         and <br/>
<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>may be spent only on local trail grants; and<br/>
<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>(5) two percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, and
         may <br/>
<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>be spent only for the Minnesota Zoological Garden, the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>and the Duluth Zoo.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>(f) (i)  The revenue dedicated under paragraph (e) (h) may not be used as a substitute <br/>
<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>for traditional sources of funding for the purposes specified, but the dedicated revenue
         shall <br/>
<a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>supplement traditional sources of funding for those purposes. Land acquired with money
         <br/>
<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>deposited in the game and fish fund under paragraph (e) (h) must be open to public hunting <br/>
<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var>and fishing during the open season, except that in aquatic management areas or on
         lands <br/>
<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>where angling easements have been acquired, fishing may be prohibited during certain
         times <br/>
<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>of the year and hunting may be prohibited. At least 87 percent of the money deposited
         in <br/>
<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>the game and fish fund for improvement, enhancement, or protection of fish and wildlife
         <br/>
<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>resources under paragraph (e) (h) must be allocated for field operations.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>(g) (j) The revenues deposited under paragraphs (a) to (f) (i) do not include the revenues, <br/>
<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>including interest and penalties, generated by the sales tax imposed under section
         
         <statute_ref>297A.62, <br/>
<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>subdivision 1a
         </statute_ref>, which must be deposited as provided under the Minnesota Constitution, <br/>
<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>article XI, section 15.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2017.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.4.0"></a><a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 297A.992, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Authorization; rates.</b> (a) Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>297A.99</statute_ref>, subdivisions 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>2, and 3, or 
         <statute_ref>477A.016</statute_ref>, or any other law, the board of a county participating in a joint powers <br/>
<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>agreement as specified in this section shall impose by resolution (1) a transportation
         sales <br/>
<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>and use tax at a rate of one-quarter of one percent on retail sales and uses taxable
         under this <br/>
<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>chapter, and (2) an excise tax of $20 per motor vehicle, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>297B.01, <br/>
<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>subdivision 11
         </statute_ref>, purchased or acquired from any person engaged in the business of selling <br/>
<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>motor vehicles at retail, occurring within the jurisdiction of the taxing authority.
         The taxes <br/>
<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var>authorized are to fund transportation improvements as specified in this section, including
         <br/>
<a id="pl.22.33"></a><var>22.33</var>debt service on obligations issued to finance such improvements pursuant to subdivision
         7.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>    (b) The tax imposed under this section is not included in determining if the total
         tax on <br/>
<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>lodging in the city of Minneapolis exceeds the maximum allowed tax under Laws 1986,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>chapter 396, section 5, as amended by Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 5,
         article <br/>
<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>12, section 87, or in determining a tax that may be imposed under any other limitations.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>(c) A county participating in a joint powers agreement as specified in this section
         may <br/>
<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>impose an additional transportation sales and use tax at a rate of one-fifth of one
         percent <br/>
<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>on retail sales and uses taxable under this chapter. Before imposing a tax authorized
         by this <br/>
<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>paragraph, the imposition of the tax must be approved by a majority of voters at a
         general <br/>
<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>election. The proceeds of the taxes imposed under this paragraph must be used for
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>purposes specified in section 297A.993, subdivision 2.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.4.1.0"></a><a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 85.016, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var><b>85.016 BICYCLE TRAIL PROGRAM.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>The commissioner of natural resources shall must establish a program for the development <br/>
<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>of bicycle trails utilizing the state trails authorized by section 
         <statute_ref>85.015</statute_ref>, other state parks and <br/>
<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>recreation land, and state forests. "Bicycle trail," as used in this section, has
         the meaning <br/>
<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>given in section 
         <statute_ref>169.011</statute_ref>. The program shall must be coordinated with the local park trail <br/>
<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>grant program established by the commissioner pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>85.019</statute_ref>, with the bikeway <br/>
<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>program state bicycle routes established by the commissioner of transportation pursuant to <br/>
<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>section 
         <statute_ref>160.265</statute_ref> 160.266, and with existing and proposed local bikeways. In the metropolitan <br/>
<a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var>area as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>473.121</statute_ref>, the program shall must be developed in accordance with <br/>
<a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>plans and priorities established by the Metropolitan Council. The commissioner shall must <br/>
<a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>provide technical assistance to local units of government in planning and developing
         bicycle <br/>
<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>trails in local parks. The bicycle trail program shall must, as a minimum, describe the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>location, design, construction, maintenance, and land acquisition needs of each component
         <br/>
<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>trail and shall give due consideration to the model standards for the establishment of <br/>
<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>recreational vehicle lanes promulgated by the commissioner of transportation pursuant
         to <br/>
<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>section 
<statute_ref>160.262</statute_ref>. The program shall must be developed after consultation with the state trail <br/>
<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>council and regional and local units of government and bicyclist organizations.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.2.0"></a><a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 116.03, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br/>
<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Clean Air Act settlement money.</b> "Clean Air Act settlement money" means <br/>
<a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var>money required to be paid to the state as a result of litigation or settlements of
         alleged <br/>
<a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var>violations of the federal Clean Air Act, United States Code, title 42, section 7401,
         et seq., <br/>
<a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var>or rules adopted thereunder, by an automobile manufacturer. The commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>management and budget must establish the Clean Air Act settlement account in the <br/>
<a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var>environmental fund. Notwithstanding sections 16A.013 to 16A.016, the commissioner
         of <br/>
<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var>management and budget must deposit Clean Air Act settlement money into the Clean Air
         <br/>
<a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>Act settlement account. Clean Air Act settlement money must not be spent until it
         is <br/>
<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var>specifically appropriated by law. The commissioner of management and budget must <br/>
<a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>eliminate the Clean Air Act settlement account in the environmental fund after all
         Clean <br/>
<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var>Air Act settlement money has been expended.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.3.0"></a><a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br/>
<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>Bikeway.</b> "Bikeway" means a bicycle lane, bicycle path, shared use path, <br/>
<a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var>bicycle route, or similar bicycle facility, regardless of whether designed for the
         exclusive <br/>
<a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>use of bicycles or for shared use with other transportation modes.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.4.0"></a><a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.02, subdivision 27, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>    Subd. 27. <b>Roadway; bicycle lane; bicycle route; bicycle path</b><b>; bikeway</b><b>.</b> The terms <br/>
<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>"roadway," "bicycle lane," "bicycle route," and "bicycle path," and "bikeway" have the <br/>
<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>meanings given in section 
         <statute_ref>169.011</statute_ref>.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.5.0"></a><a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br/>
<a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>    Subd. 27a. <b>Shared use path.</b> "Shared use path" means a bicycle facility that is (1) <br/>
<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>physically separated from motorized vehicular traffic by an open space or barrier,
         (2) located <br/>
<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>within either the highway right-of-way or an independent right-of-way, and (3) available
         <br/>
<a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var>for use by other nonmotorized users.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.6.0"></a><a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var>    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.262, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Model standards</b><b> Powers</b><b>.</b> (a) The legislature determines that it is in the <br/>
<a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>interests of the public health, safety and welfare, to provide for the addition of
         bicycle and <br/>
<a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>recreational vehicle lanes bikeways to proposed and existing public highways. The <br/>
<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>commissioner of transportation shall adopt, in the manner provided in chapter 14,
         model <br/>
<a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var>standards for the establishment of recreational vehicle lanes on and along proposed
         and <br/>
<a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var>existing public highways. The model standards shall include but not be limited to
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>following: (a) criteria for desirability of a lane in any given location, (b) provision
         for <br/>
<a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var>maintenance of the lanes, and (c) the placement of the lanes in relation to roads.
         The model <br/>
<a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var>standards shall govern state trunk highways. The commissioner of transportation is authorized <br/>
<a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>to plan, design, establish, and maintain bikeways on the right-of-way of any trunk
         highway. <br/>
<a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>The commissioner is responsible for the design and construction of all bikeway projects
         <br/>
<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>within the right-of-way of any trunk highway. The commissioner must consider the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>development of bikeways during the planning, design, construction, reconstruction,
         or <br/>
<a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>improvement of any trunk highway, or allow the establishment of such bikeways within
         <br/>
<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var>trunk highway right-of-way.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var>(b) The commissioner must maintain bikeway design guidelines consistent with the state
         <br/>
<a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var>transportation goals in section 174.01.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>(c) The commissioner must compile and maintain a map of bikeways in the state and
         <br/>
<a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>must publish and distribute the map's information at least once every two years in
         a form <br/>
<a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>and manner suitable to assist persons wishing to use the bikeways.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>(d) The commissioner must maintain bikeways within the limits of trunk highway <br/>
<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>right-of-way unless a written agreement or limited use permit provides otherwise.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.7.0"></a><a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.262, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Cooperation among agencies and governments.</b> The following departments <br/>
<a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>and agencies shall cooperate in providing on the nonmotorized transportation advisory <br/>
<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>committee identified in section 174.37 must provide information and advice for amendments <br/>
<a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var>to the model standards the bikeway design guidelines maintained by the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var>transportation: the Departments of Agriculture, Transportation, Natural Resources, <br/>
<a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var>Commerce, and Employment and Economic Development, and the Board of Water and Soil
         <br/>
<a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var>Resources. The commissioner may cooperate with and enter into agreements with the United <br/>
<a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var>States government, any department of the state of Minnesota, any unit of local government
         <br/>
<a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>and, any tribal government, or any public or private corporation in order to effect the purposes <br/>
<a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var>of this section.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.8.0"></a><a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.262, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Design-build bridges for nonmotorized vehicles.</b> For streets and highways, <br/>
<a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>the commissioner shall must allow for the acceptance of performance-specification bids, <br/>
<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>made by the lowest responsible bidder, for constructing design-build bridges for bicycle <br/>
<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>paths, bicycle trails, bikeways and pedestrian facilities that are:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var>(1) designed and used primarily for nonmotorized transportation, but may allow for
         <br/>
<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>motorized wheelchairs, golf carts, necessary maintenance vehicles and, when otherwise
         <br/>
<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>permitted by law, rule, or ordinance, snowmobiles; and<br/>
<a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>(2) located apart from any road or highway or protected by barriers, provided that
         a <br/>
<a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var>design-built bridge may cross over and above a road or highway.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.9.0"></a><a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.266, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br/>
<a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>State bicycle route; definition.</b> For the purposes of this section, "state bicycle <br/>
<a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var>route" means a linear series of one or more roads or bikeways that is designated for
         bicycle <br/>
<a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>travel, regardless of whether for exclusive use by bicycles or shared use with other
         modes <br/>
<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>of transportation.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.10.0"></a><a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.266, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>    Subd. 1b. <b>State bicycle routes.</b> The commissioner of transportation must identify state <br/>
<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var>bicycle routes primarily on existing road right-of-way and trails. State bicycle routes
         must <br/>
<a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>be identified in cooperation with road and trail authorities, including the commissioner
         of <br/>
<a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>natural resources, and with the advice of the advisory committee on nonmotorized <br/>
<a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var>transportation under section 174.37. In a metropolitan area, state bicycle routes
         must be <br/>
<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var>identified in coordination with the plans and priorities established by metropolitan
         planning <br/>
<a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>organizations, as defined in United States Code, title 23, section 134.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.11.0"></a><a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.266, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Connections with other bikeways.</b> (a) The commissioner, in cooperation with <br/>
<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>road and trail authorities including the commissioner of natural resources, shall must:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>(1) identify existing bikeways of regional significance that are in reasonable proximity
         <br/>
<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>but not connected to the bikeway state bicycle routes established in under this section, <br/>
<a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>including but not limited to the Lake Wobegon Trail in the counties of Stearns and
         Todd; <br/>
<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>and<br/>
<a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>(2) support development of linkages between bikeways identified under clause (1) and <br/>
<a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>the bikeway state bicycle routes established in under this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>(b) The requirements of this subdivision are a secondary priority for use of funds
         available <br/>
<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>under this section following establishment and enhancement of the bikeway state bicycle <br/>
<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>routes under subdivision 1 this section.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.12.0"></a><a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.266, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Cooperation with other entities.</b> The commissioner may contract and enter <br/>
<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>into agreements with federal agencies, other state agencies, local governments, and tribal <br/>
<a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>governments, or private entities to establish, develop, maintain, and operate the bikeway <br/>
<a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var>state bicycle routes and to interpret associated natural and cultural resources.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.13.0"></a><a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.266, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Funding.</b> Bicycle Shared use paths included within the bikeway state bicycle <br/>
<a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>routes and not administered by the commissioner of natural resources are eligible for funding
         <br/>
<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>from the environment and natural resources trust fund under chapter 116P, from the
         parks <br/>
<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>and trails grant program under section 
         <statute_ref>85.535</statute_ref>, from the local recreation grants program <br/>
<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>85.019, subdivision 4b</statute_ref>, and from other sources.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.14.0"></a><a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.266, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Mississippi River Trail.</b> The Mississippi River Trail bikeway must originate <br/>
<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>at Itasca State Park in Clearwater, Beltrami, and Hubbard Counties, then generally
         parallel <br/>
<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>the Mississippi River through the cities of Bemidji in Beltrami County, Grand Rapids
         in <br/>
<a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>Itasca County, Brainerd in Crow Wing County, Little Falls in Morrison County, Sauk
         Rapids <br/>
<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>in Benton County, St. Cloud in Stearns County, Minneapolis in Hennepin County, St.
         Paul <br/>
<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>in Ramsey County, Hastings in Dakota County, Red Wing in Goodhue County, Wabasha <br/>
<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>in Wabasha County, Winona in Winona County, and La Crescent in Houston County to <br/>
<a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>Minnesota's boundary with Iowa and there terminate. Where opportunities exist, the
         bikeway <br/>
<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var>may be designated on both sides of the Mississippi River.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.15.0"></a><a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.266, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var>    Subd. 7. <b>North Star Bicycle Route.</b> The North Star Bicycle Route must originate in the <br/>
<a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>city of St. Paul in Ramsey County, then proceed north through the cities of North
         Branch <br/>
<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>in Chisago County, Hinckley in Pine County, Carlton in Carlton County, Duluth in St.
         Louis <br/>
<a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>County, Two Harbors in Lake County, and Grand Marais in Cook County to Minnesota's
         <br/>
<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var>boundary with Canada and there terminate. Notwithstanding subdivision 5 or any law
         to <br/>
<a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>the contrary, the commissioner must not spend trunk highway funds on creating, constructing,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>marking, or maintaining this route.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.16.0"></a><a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.088, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Project eligibility.</b> (a) The commissioner shall establish eligibility requirements <br/>
<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var>for projects that can be funded under the program. Eligibility must include are:<br/>
<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>(1) consistency with the statewide multimodal transportation plan under section 
         <statute_ref>174.03</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>(2) location of the project on an interregional corridor, for a project located outside
         of <br/>
<a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>the Department of Transportation metropolitan district;<br/>
<a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>(3) placement into at least one project classification under subdivision 3;<br/>
<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var>(4) a maximum length of time, as determined by the commissioner, until commencement
         <br/>
<a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var>of construction work on the project; and<br/>
<a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>(5) for each type of project classification under subdivision 3, a maximum allowable
         <br/>
<a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>amount for the total project cost estimate, as determined by the commissioner with
         available <br/>
<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>data.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>(b) A project whose construction is programmed in the state transportation improvement
         <br/>
<a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var>program is not eligible for funding under the program. This paragraph does not apply
         to a <br/>
<a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var>project that is programmed as result of selection under this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>(c) A project may be, but is not required to be, identified in the 20-year state highway
         <br/>
<a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>capital investment plan under section 
         <statute_ref>174.03</statute_ref>.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.17.0"></a><a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>    Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.088, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Project selection process; criteria.</b> (a) The commissioner shall must establish <br/>
<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>a process for identification, evaluation, and selection of to identify, evaluate, and select <br/>
<a id="pl.28.30"></a><var>28.30</var>projects under the program. The process must be consistent with the requirements of this <br/>
<a id="pl.28.31"></a><var>28.31</var>subdivision and must not include any additional evaluation criteria.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>(b) As part of the project selection process, the commissioner shall must annually accept <br/>
<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>recommendations on candidate projects from area transportation partnerships and other
         <br/>
<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>interested stakeholders in each Department of Transportation district. The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>must determine the eligibility for each candidate project identified under this paragraph, <br/>
<a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>the commissioner shall determine eligibility, classify, and if appropriate, evaluate
         the project <br/>
<a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var>for the program. For each eligible project, the commissioner must classify and evaluate the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var>project for the program.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var>(c) Project evaluation and prioritization must be performed on the basis of objective
         <br/>
<a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var>criteria, which must include Projects must be evaluated using the following criteria:<br/>
<a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var>(1) a return on investment measure that provides for comparison across eligible projects;<br/>
<a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var>(2) measurable impacts on commerce and economic competitiveness;<br/>
<a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var>(3) efficiency in the movement of freight, including but not limited to:<br/>
<a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var>(i) measures of annual average daily traffic and commercial vehicle miles traveled,
         which <br/>
<a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var>may include data near the project location on that trunk highway or on connecting
         trunk <br/>
<a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>and local highways; and<br/>
<a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var>(ii) measures of congestion or travel time reliability, which may be within or near
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.17"></a><var>29.17</var>project limits, or both;<br/>
<a id="pl.29.18"></a><var>29.18</var>(4) improvements to traffic safety;<br/>
<a id="pl.29.19"></a><var>29.19</var>(5) connections to regional trade centers, local highway systems, and other transportation
         <br/>
<a id="pl.29.20"></a><var>29.20</var>modes;<br/>
<a id="pl.29.21"></a><var>29.21</var>(6) the extent to which the project addresses multiple transportation system policy
         <br/>
<a id="pl.29.22"></a><var>29.22</var>objectives and principles; and<br/>
<a id="pl.29.23"></a><var>29.23</var>(7) support and consensus for the project among members of the surrounding community; <br/>
<a id="pl.29.24"></a><var>29.24</var>and<br/>
<a id="pl.29.25"></a><var>29.25</var>(8) regional balance throughout the state.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.26"></a><var>29.26</var>(d) The commissioner must adopt a policy that assigns a weight to each criteria under
         <br/>
<a id="pl.29.27"></a><var>29.27</var>paragraph (c). This policy must be applied consistently to each project evaluated.
         Each <br/>
<a id="pl.29.28"></a><var>29.28</var>project must be assigned a score based on the evaluation. The projects must be prioritized
         <br/>
<a id="pl.29.29"></a><var>29.29</var>based on the score. The list of all projects evaluated must be made public and must
         include <br/>
<a id="pl.29.30"></a><var>29.30</var>the score of each project.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.1"></a><var>30.1</var>(e) As part of the project selection process, the commissioner may divide funding to be
         <br/>
<a id="pl.30.2"></a><var>30.2</var>separately available among projects within each classification under subdivision 3,
         and may <br/>
<a id="pl.30.3"></a><var>30.3</var>apply separate or modified criteria among those projects falling within each classification.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.18.0"></a><a id="pl.30.4"></a><var>30.4</var>    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.088, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.30.5"></a><var>30.5</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.30.6"></a><var>30.6</var>    Subd. 6a. <b>Corridors of commerce long-term plan.</b> The commissioner must create a <br/>
<a id="pl.30.7"></a><var>30.7</var>corridors of commerce long-term plan that includes all projects deemed eligible for
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.30.8"></a><var>30.8</var>program. The projects in the long-term plan must be prioritized based on the score
         assigned <br/>
<a id="pl.30.9"></a><var>30.9</var>under subdivision 5. The commissioner may create a plan for each district or for the
         entire <br/>
<a id="pl.30.10"></a><var>30.10</var>state.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.19.0"></a><a id="pl.30.11"></a><var>30.11</var>    Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.088, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.30.12"></a><var>30.12</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Legislative report; evaluation.</b> (a) Starting in 2014, annually By November <br/>
<a id="pl.30.13"></a><var>30.13</var>1 each year, the commissioner shall must electronically submit a report on the corridors of <br/>
<a id="pl.30.14"></a><var>30.14</var>commerce program to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees
         <br/>
<a id="pl.30.15"></a><var>30.15</var>with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance. At a minimum, the report
         must <br/>
<a id="pl.30.16"></a><var>30.16</var>include:<br/>
<a id="pl.30.17"></a><var>30.17</var>(1) a summary of the program, including a review of the project selection process,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.30.18"></a><var>30.18</var>eligibility and criteria the policy that provides the weight given each criteria, funds expended <br/>
<a id="pl.30.19"></a><var>30.19</var>in the previous selection cycle, and total funds expended since program inception;<br/>
<a id="pl.30.20"></a><var>30.20</var>(2) a listing list of projects funded under the program in the previous selection cycle, <br/>
<a id="pl.30.21"></a><var>30.21</var>including:<br/>
<a id="pl.30.22"></a><var>30.22</var>(i) project classification;<br/>
<a id="pl.30.23"></a><var>30.23</var>(ii) a breakdown of project costs and funding sources;<br/>
<a id="pl.30.24"></a><var>30.24</var>(iii) any future operating costs assigned under subdivision 6; and<br/>
<a id="pl.30.25"></a><var>30.25</var>(iv) a brief description that is comprehensible to a lay audience;<br/>
<a id="pl.30.26"></a><var>30.26</var>(3) a listing list of all candidate project recommendations required under subdivision 5, <br/>
<a id="pl.30.27"></a><var>30.27</var>paragraph (b), including the eligibility determination for each project and, for eligible <br/>
<a id="pl.30.28"></a><var>30.28</var>projects, the project classification and disposition in the selection process; and<br/>
<a id="pl.30.29"></a><var>30.29</var>(4) a list of all projects evaluated and the score for each project; and<br/>
<a id="pl.30.30"></a><var>30.30</var>(5) any recommendations for changes to statutory requirements of the program.<br/>
<a id="pl.31.1"></a><var>31.1</var>(b) Starting in 2016, and In every even-numbered year thereafter, the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.31.2"></a><var>31.2</var>shall must incorporate into the report the results of an independent evaluation of impacts <br/>
<a id="pl.31.3"></a><var>31.3</var>and effectiveness of the program. The evaluation must be performed by agency staff
         or a <br/>
<a id="pl.31.4"></a><var>31.4</var>consultant. The individual or individuals performing the evaluation must have experience
         <br/>
<a id="pl.31.5"></a><var>31.5</var>in program evaluation, but must not be regularly involved in the program's implementation.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.20.0"></a><a id="pl.31.6"></a><var>31.6</var>    Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.115, subdivision 190, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.31.7"></a><var>31.7</var>    Subd. 190. <b>Route No. 259.</b> Beginning at a point on Statutory Route No. 100, at or near <br/>
<a id="pl.31.8"></a><var>31.8</var>Henderson; thence extending in a general southeasterly direction to a point on Statutory <br/>
<a id="pl.31.9"></a><var>31.9</var>Route No. 123, at or near Le Sueur.<br/>
<a id="pl.31.10"></a><var>31.10</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day after the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.31.11"></a><var>31.11</var>transportation receives a copy of the agreement between the commissioner of transportation
         <br/>
<a id="pl.31.12"></a><var>31.12</var>and the governing body of Le Sueur County to transfer jurisdiction of Legislative
         Route <br/>
<a id="pl.31.13"></a><var>31.13</var>No. 123 and after the commissioner notifies the revisor of statutes under section
         43, paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.31.14"></a><var>31.14</var>(b).<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.21.0"></a><a id="pl.31.15"></a><var>31.15</var>    Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.14, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br/>
<a id="pl.31.16"></a><var>31.16</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.31.17"></a><var>31.17</var>    Subd. 83. <b>Senator Jim Metzen Memorial Highway.</b> That segment of marked Trunk <br/>
<a id="pl.31.18"></a><var>31.18</var>Highway 52 located within Dakota County is designated as "Senator Jim Metzen Memorial
         <br/>
<a id="pl.31.19"></a><var>31.19</var>Highway." Notwithstanding section 161.139, the commissioner shall adopt a suitable
         design <br/>
<a id="pl.31.20"></a><var>31.20</var>to mark this highway and erect appropriate signs.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.22.0"></a><a id="pl.31.21"></a><var>31.21</var>    Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.21, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.31.22"></a><var>31.22</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Location and design of highways.</b> The commissioner may make or <br/>
<a id="pl.31.23"></a><var>31.23</var>cause to be made such studies and investigations as the commissioner deems necessary
         for <br/>
<a id="pl.31.24"></a><var>31.24</var>the purpose of determining the most advantageous location and design of trunk highways
         <br/>
<a id="pl.31.25"></a><var>31.25</var>from the standpoint of both present and future traffic needs, and in making such <br/>
<a id="pl.31.26"></a><var>31.26</var>determinations the commissioner may take into consideration the probable future <br/>
<a id="pl.31.27"></a><var>31.27</var>development of both urban and rural areas and the effect of such development on future
         <br/>
<a id="pl.31.28"></a><var>31.28</var>traffic needs as indicated by such studies and investigations and the location and
         design <br/>
<a id="pl.31.29"></a><var>31.29</var>with respect to recreational vehicle lane bikeway establishment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.23.0"></a><a id="pl.32.1"></a><var>32.1</var>    Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.321, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.32.2"></a><var>32.2</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Rules; eligibility.</b> (a) The rules adopted by the commissioner of administration <br/>
<a id="pl.32.3"></a><var>32.3</var>to define small businesses and to set time and other eligibility requirements for
         participation <br/>
<a id="pl.32.4"></a><var>32.4</var>in programs under sections 
         <statute_ref>16C.16</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>16C.19</statute_ref> apply to this section. The commissioner may <br/>
<a id="pl.32.5"></a><var>32.5</var>promulgate other rules necessary to carry out this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.6"></a><var>32.6</var>(b) In addition to other eligibility requirements, a small targeted group business
         or <br/>
<a id="pl.32.7"></a><var>32.7</var>veteran-owned small business is eligible for the bid preferences under this section
         only for <br/>
<a id="pl.32.8"></a><var>32.8</var>eight years following the latest of:<br/>
<a id="pl.32.9"></a><var>32.9</var>(1) May 1, 2012;<br/>
<a id="pl.32.10"></a><var>32.10</var>(2) for a targeted group business, the date of initial certification by the commissioner
         of <br/>
<a id="pl.32.11"></a><var>32.11</var>administration, as provided under section 
<statute_ref>16C.19</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.32.12"></a><var>32.12</var>(3) for a veteran-owned small business, the date of initial certification by the United
         <br/>
<a id="pl.32.13"></a><var>32.13</var>States Department of Veterans Affairs, as provided under section 
<statute_ref>16C.19</statute_ref>, paragraph (d); <br/>
<a id="pl.32.14"></a><var>32.14</var>or<br/>
<a id="pl.32.15"></a><var>32.15</var>(4) for a veteran-owned small business, the release or discharge of any one of the
         owners <br/>
<a id="pl.32.16"></a><var>32.16</var>from military active service, as defined in section 
<statute_ref>190.05, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, lasting for a period <br/>
<a id="pl.32.17"></a><var>32.17</var>of 179 days or longer.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.24.0"></a><a id="pl.32.18"></a><var>32.18</var>    Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.44, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.32.19"></a><var>32.19</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Conveyance to highest bidder in certain cases.</b> If the larger tract has been <br/>
<a id="pl.32.20"></a><var>32.20</var>platted into lots or divided into smaller tracts and the commissioner elects to proceed
         under <br/>
<a id="pl.32.21"></a><var>32.21</var>this subdivision, or if the lands constituted an entire tract and the person from whom the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.22"></a><var>32.22</var>lands were acquired and the person's spouse are deceased, or if the offers as provided for <br/>
<a id="pl.32.23"></a><var>32.23</var>received are not accepted and the amount of money not tendered within the time prescribed,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.32.24"></a><var>32.24</var>the lands may be sold and conveyed to the owner of the land abutting upon the lands in the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.25"></a><var>32.25</var>same manner and under the same terms provided under subdivision 2, or the commissioner
         <br/>
<a id="pl.32.26"></a><var>32.26</var>may sell the lands to the highest responsible bidder upon three weeks' published notice of <br/>
<a id="pl.32.27"></a><var>32.27</var>such sale in a newspaper or other periodical of general circulation in the general
         area where <br/>
<a id="pl.32.28"></a><var>32.28</var>the lands are located. All bids may be rejected and new bids received upon like advertisement.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.25.0"></a><a id="pl.32.29"></a><var>32.29</var>    Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.44, subdivision 6a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.32.30"></a><var>32.30</var>    Subd. 6a. <b>Services of licensed real estate broker.</b> If the lands remain unsold after being <br/>
<a id="pl.32.31"></a><var>32.31</var>offered for sale to the highest bidder are withdrawn from sale under subdivision 6b, the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.32"></a><var>32.32</var>commissioner may retain the services of a licensed real estate broker to find a buyer.
         The <br/>
<a id="pl.33.1"></a><var>33.1</var>sale price may be negotiated by the broker, but must not be less than 90 percent of
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.33.2"></a><var>33.2</var>appraised market value as determined by the commissioner. The broker's fee must be
         <br/>
<a id="pl.33.3"></a><var>33.3</var>established by prior agreement between the commissioner and the broker, and must not
         <br/>
<a id="pl.33.4"></a><var>33.4</var>exceed ten percent of the sale price for sales of $10,000 or more. The broker's fee
         must be <br/>
<a id="pl.33.5"></a><var>33.5</var>paid to the broker from the proceeds of the sale.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.26.0"></a><a id="pl.33.6"></a><var>33.6</var>    Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.44, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br/>
<a id="pl.33.7"></a><var>33.7</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.33.8"></a><var>33.8</var>    Subd. 6b. <b>Unsold lands.</b> If lands remain unsold after being offered for sale to the highest <br/>
<a id="pl.33.9"></a><var>33.9</var>bidder, the commissioner may offer the remaining lands to any person who agrees to
         pay <br/>
<a id="pl.33.10"></a><var>33.10</var>the minimum bid established for the public sale. The sale must continue until all
         eligible <br/>
<a id="pl.33.11"></a><var>33.11</var>lands have been sold or the commissioner withdraws the remaining lands from sale.
         The <br/>
<a id="pl.33.12"></a><var>33.12</var>lands to be sold must be listed on the department's Unsold Property Inventory list.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.27.0"></a><a id="pl.33.13"></a><var>33.13</var>    Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.14, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br/>
<a id="pl.33.14"></a><var>33.14</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.33.15"></a><var>33.15</var>    Subd. 5h. <b>St. Louis County Road 128.</b> Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary <br/>
<a id="pl.33.16"></a><var>33.16</var>in this section, the speed limit on St. Louis County Road 128 in Eagles Nest Township
         <br/>
<a id="pl.33.17"></a><var>33.17</var>between Trunk Highway 169 and County Road 989 is 40 miles per hour. Notwithstanding
         <br/>
<a id="pl.33.18"></a><var>33.18</var>section 10.49, the segment of County Road 128 described in this subdivision shall
         be known <br/>
<a id="pl.33.19"></a><var>33.19</var>as the "Senator Scott Newman Scenic Byway." The commissioner must erect appropriate
         <br/>
<a id="pl.33.20"></a><var>33.20</var>signs displaying the 40 miles per hour speed limit and the designated name.<br/>
 <a id="pl.33.21"></a><var>33.21</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment and <br/>
<a id="pl.33.22"></a><var>33.22</var>the speed limit shall be effective when the required signs are erected.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.28.0"></a><a id="pl.33.23"></a><var>33.23</var>    Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.80, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.33.24"></a><var>33.24</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Limitations; misdemeanor.</b> (a) It is a misdemeanor for a person to drive <br/>
<a id="pl.33.25"></a><var>33.25</var>or move, or for the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved, on a
         highway <br/>
<a id="pl.33.26"></a><var>33.26</var>a vehicle or vehicles of a size or weight exceeding the limitations stated in sections
         
         <statute_ref>169.80</statute_ref> <br/>
<a id="pl.33.27"></a><var>33.27</var>to 
         <statute_ref>169.88</statute_ref>, or otherwise in violation of sections 
         <statute_ref>169.80</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>169.88</statute_ref>, other than section 
         <statute_ref>169.81, <br/>
<a id="pl.33.28"></a><var>33.28</var>subdivision 5a
         </statute_ref>, and the maximum size and weight of vehicles as prescribed in sections <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.33.29"></a><var>33.29</var>169.80
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>169.88</statute_ref> shall be lawful throughout this state, and local authorities shall have no <br/>
<a id="pl.33.30"></a><var>33.30</var>power or authority to alter these limitations except as express authority may be granted
         in <br/>
<a id="pl.33.31"></a><var>33.31</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>169.80</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>169.88</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.1"></a><var>34.1</var>(b) When all the axles of a vehicle or combination of vehicles are weighed separately
         <br/>
<a id="pl.34.2"></a><var>34.2</var>the sum of the weights of the axles so weighed shall be evidence of the total gross
         weight <br/>
<a id="pl.34.3"></a><var>34.3</var>of the vehicle or combination of vehicles so weighed.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.4"></a><var>34.4</var>(c) When each of the axles of any group that contains two or more consecutive axles
         of <br/>
<a id="pl.34.5"></a><var>34.5</var>a vehicle or combination of vehicles have been weighed separately the sum of the weights
         <br/>
<a id="pl.34.6"></a><var>34.6</var>of the axles so weighed shall be evidence of the total gross weight on the group of
         axles so <br/>
<a id="pl.34.7"></a><var>34.7</var>weighed.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.8"></a><var>34.8</var>(d) When, in any group of three or more consecutive axles of a vehicle or combination
         <br/>
<a id="pl.34.9"></a><var>34.9</var>of vehicles any axles have been weighed separately and two or more axles consecutive
         to <br/>
<a id="pl.34.10"></a><var>34.10</var>each other in the group have been weighed together, the sum of the weights of the
         axles <br/>
<a id="pl.34.11"></a><var>34.11</var>weighed separately and the axles weighed together shall be evidence of the total gross
         weight <br/>
<a id="pl.34.12"></a><var>34.12</var>of the group of axles so weighed.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.13"></a><var>34.13</var>(e) The provisions of sections 
         <statute_ref>169.80</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>169.88</statute_ref> governing size, weight, and load shall <br/>
<a id="pl.34.14"></a><var>34.14</var>do not apply to a fire apparatus, or to a vehicle operated under the terms of a special permit <br/>
<a id="pl.34.15"></a><var>34.15</var>issued as provided by law.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.16"></a><var>34.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.29.0"></a><a id="pl.34.17"></a><var>34.17</var>    Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.829, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.34.18"></a><var>34.18</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.34.19"></a><var>34.19</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Certain emergency vehicles.</b> The provisions of sections 169.80 to 169.88 <br/>
<a id="pl.34.20"></a><var>34.20</var>governing size, weight, and load do not apply to a fire apparatus, a police special
         response <br/>
<a id="pl.34.21"></a><var>34.21</var>vehicle, or a licensed land emergency ambulance service vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.22"></a><var>34.22</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.30.0"></a><a id="pl.34.23"></a><var>34.23</var>    Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.865, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.34.24"></a><var>34.24</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Requirements; restrictions.</b> (a) A vehicle or combination of vehicles operating <br/>
<a id="pl.34.25"></a><var>34.25</var>under this section:<br/>
<a id="pl.34.26"></a><var>34.26</var>    (1) is subject to axle weight limitations under section 
         <statute_ref>169.824, subdivision 1</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.34.27"></a><var>34.27</var>    (2) is subject to seasonal load restrictions under section 
         <statute_ref>169.87</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.34.28"></a><var>34.28</var>    (3) is subject to bridge load limits posted under section 
         <statute_ref>169.84</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.34.29"></a><var>34.29</var>    (4) may only be operated on paved streets and highways other than interstate highways;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.1"></a><var>35.1</var>    (5) may not be operated with loads that exceed the manufacturer's gross vehicle weight
         <br/>
<a id="pl.35.2"></a><var>35.2</var>rating as affixed to the vehicle, or other certification of gross vehicle weight rating
         complying <br/>
<a id="pl.35.3"></a><var>35.3</var>with Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, sections 567.4 to 567.7;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.4"></a><var>35.4</var>    (6) must be issued a permit from each road authority having jurisdiction over a road
         on <br/>
<a id="pl.35.5"></a><var>35.5</var>which the vehicle is operated, if required;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.6"></a><var>35.6</var>    (7) must comply with the requirements of section 
         <statute_ref>169.851, subdivision 4</statute_ref>; and<br/>
<a id="pl.35.7"></a><var>35.7</var>    (8) must have brakes on all wheels.<br/>
<a id="pl.35.8"></a><var>35.8</var>    (b) The percentage allowances for exceeding gross weights if transporting unfinished
         <br/>
<a id="pl.35.9"></a><var>35.9</var>forest products under section 
         <statute_ref>168.013, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, paragraph (b), or for the first haul of <br/>
<a id="pl.35.10"></a><var>35.10</var>unprocessed or raw farm products or unfinished forest products under section 
         <statute_ref>168.013, <br/>
<a id="pl.35.11"></a><var>35.11</var>subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (d), clause (3), do not apply to a vehicle or combination of vehicles
         <br/>
<a id="pl.35.12"></a><var>35.12</var>operated under this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.35.13"></a><var>35.13</var>(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), clause (4), a vehicle or combination of vehicles
         <br/>
<a id="pl.35.14"></a><var>35.14</var>hauling fluid milk under a permit issued by the commissioner of transportation may
         also <br/>
<a id="pl.35.15"></a><var>35.15</var>operate on interstate highways as provided under United States Code, title 23, section
         127.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.31.0"></a><a id="pl.35.16"></a><var>35.16</var>    Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 171.12, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.35.17"></a><var>35.17</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Certain convictions not recorded.</b> (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) <br/>
<a id="pl.35.18"></a><var>35.18</var>(d), the department shall must not keep on the record of a driver any conviction for a violation <br/>
<a id="pl.35.19"></a><var>35.19</var>of a speed limit of 55 miles per hour unless the violation consisted of a speed greater
         than <br/>
<a id="pl.35.20"></a><var>35.20</var>ten miles per hour in excess of the speed limit.<br/>
<a id="pl.35.21"></a><var>35.21</var>(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) (d), the department shall not keep on the record <br/>
<a id="pl.35.22"></a><var>35.22</var>of a driver any conviction for a violation of a speed limit of 60 miles per hour unless
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.35.23"></a><var>35.23</var>violation consisted of a speed greater than:<br/>
<a id="pl.35.24"></a><var>35.24</var>(1) ten miles per hour in excess of the speed limit, for any violation occurring on
         or after <br/>
<a id="pl.35.25"></a><var>35.25</var>August 1, 2012, and before August 1, 2014; or<br/>
<a id="pl.35.26"></a><var>35.26</var>(2) five miles per hour in excess of the speed limit, for any violation occurring
         on or <br/>
<a id="pl.35.27"></a><var>35.27</var>after August 1, 2014.<br/>
<a id="pl.35.28"></a><var>35.28</var>(c) Except as provided in paragraph (d), the department shall not keep on the record of
         <br/>
<a id="pl.35.29"></a><var>35.29</var>a driver any conviction for a violation of a speed limit of 45 miles per hour on marked
         <br/>
<a id="pl.35.30"></a><var>35.30</var>Interstate Highway 35E in the city of St. Paul, from its intersection with West Seventh
         Street <br/>
<a id="pl.35.31"></a><var>35.31</var>to its intersection with marked Interstate Highway 94, unless the violation consisted
         of a <br/>
<a id="pl.35.32"></a><var>35.32</var>speed greater than ten miles per hour in excess of the speed limit.<br/>
 <a id="pl.36.1"></a><var>36.1</var>(d) This subdivision does not apply to (1) a violation that occurs in a commercial motor
         <br/>
<a id="pl.36.2"></a><var>36.2</var>vehicle, or (2) a violation committed by a holder of a class A, B, or C commercial
         driver's <br/>
<a id="pl.36.3"></a><var>36.3</var>license or commercial driver learner's permit, without regard to whether the violation was <br/>
<a id="pl.36.4"></a><var>36.4</var>committed in a commercial motor vehicle or another vehicle.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.32.0"></a><a id="pl.36.5"></a><var>36.5</var>    Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 174.03, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.36.6"></a><var>36.6</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>Revision of statewide multimodal transportation plan.</b> (a) The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.36.7"></a><var>36.7</var>shall must revise the statewide multimodal transportation plan by January 15, 2013 2022, <br/>
<a id="pl.36.8"></a><var>36.8</var>and by January 15 of every four five years thereafter. Before final adoption of a revised <br/>
<a id="pl.36.9"></a><var>36.9</var>plan, the commissioner shall must hold a hearing to receive public comment on the <br/>
<a id="pl.36.10"></a><var>36.10</var>preliminary draft of the revised plan.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.11"></a><var>36.11</var>(b) Each revised statewide multimodal transportation plan must:<br/>
<a id="pl.36.12"></a><var>36.12</var>(1) incorporate the goals of the state transportation system in section 
         <statute_ref>174.01</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.13"></a><var>36.13</var>(2) establish objectives, policies, and strategies for achieving those goals; and<br/>
<a id="pl.36.14"></a><var>36.14</var>(3) identify performance targets for measuring progress and achievement of transportation
         <br/>
<a id="pl.36.15"></a><var>36.15</var>system goals, objectives, or policies.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.33.0"></a><a id="pl.36.16"></a><var>36.16</var>    Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 174.03, subdivision 1c, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.36.17"></a><var>36.17</var>    Subd. 1c. <b>Statewide highway 20-year capital investment plan.</b> By January 15, 2013, <br/>
<a id="pl.36.18"></a><var>36.18</var>and In conjunction with Within one year of each future revision of the statewide multimodal <br/>
<a id="pl.36.19"></a><var>36.19</var>transportation plan under subdivision 1a, the commissioner shall must prepare a 20-year <br/>
<a id="pl.36.20"></a><var>36.20</var>statewide highway capital investment plan that:<br/>
<a id="pl.36.21"></a><var>36.21</var>(1) incorporates performance measures and targets for assessing progress and achievement
         <br/>
<a id="pl.36.22"></a><var>36.22</var>of the state's transportation goals, objectives, and policies identified in this chapter
         for the <br/>
<a id="pl.36.23"></a><var>36.23</var>state trunk highway system, and those goals, objectives, and policies established
         in the <br/>
<a id="pl.36.24"></a><var>36.24</var>statewide multimodal transportation plan. Performance targets must be based on objectively
         <br/>
<a id="pl.36.25"></a><var>36.25</var>verifiable measures, and address, at a minimum, preservation and maintenance of the
         <br/>
<a id="pl.36.26"></a><var>36.26</var>structural condition of state highway bridges and pavements, safety, and mobility;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.27"></a><var>36.27</var>(2) summarizes trends and impacts for each performance target over the past five years;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.28"></a><var>36.28</var>(3) summarizes the amount and analyzes the impact of the department's capital <br/>
<a id="pl.36.29"></a><var>36.29</var>investments and priorities over the past five years on each performance target, including
         a <br/>
<a id="pl.36.30"></a><var>36.30</var>comparison of prior plan projected costs with actual costs;<br/>
<a id="pl.37.1"></a><var>37.1</var>(4) identifies the investments required to meet the established performance targets
         over <br/>
<a id="pl.37.2"></a><var>37.2</var>the next 20-year period;<br/>
<a id="pl.37.3"></a><var>37.3</var>(5) projects available state and federal funding over the 20-year period, including
         any <br/>
<a id="pl.37.4"></a><var>37.4</var>unique, competitive, time-limited, or focused funding opportunities;<br/>
<a id="pl.37.5"></a><var>37.5</var>(6) identifies strategies to ensure the most efficient use of existing transportation
         <br/>
<a id="pl.37.6"></a><var>37.6</var>infrastructure, and to maximize the performance benefits of projected available funding;<br/>
<a id="pl.37.7"></a><var>37.7</var>(7) establishes investment priorities for projected funding, including a schedule
         of major <br/>
<a id="pl.37.8"></a><var>37.8</var>projects or improvement programs for the 20-year period together with projected costs
         and <br/>
<a id="pl.37.9"></a><var>37.9</var>impact on performance targets; and<br/>
<a id="pl.37.10"></a><var>37.10</var>(8) identifies those performance targets identified under clause (1) not expected
         to meet <br/>
<a id="pl.37.11"></a><var>37.11</var>the target outcome over the 20-year period together with alternative strategies that
         could <br/>
<a id="pl.37.12"></a><var>37.12</var>be implemented to meet the targets.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.34.0"></a><a id="pl.37.13"></a><var>37.13</var>    Sec. 34. <b>[174.38] ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.37.14"></a><var>37.14</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have <br/>
<a id="pl.37.15"></a><var>37.15</var>the meanings given them.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.16"></a><var>37.16</var>(b) "Bond-eligible cost" means:<br/>
<a id="pl.37.17"></a><var>37.17</var>(1) expenditures under this section for acquisition of land or permanent easements,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.37.18"></a><var>37.18</var>predesign, design, preliminary and final engineering, environmental analysis, construction,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.37.19"></a><var>37.19</var>and reconstruction of publicly owned infrastructure for nonmotorized transportation
         in <br/>
<a id="pl.37.20"></a><var>37.20</var>Minnesota with a useful life of at least ten years;<br/>
<a id="pl.37.21"></a><var>37.21</var>(2) preparation of land for which a nonmotorized transportation route is established,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.37.22"></a><var>37.22</var>including demolition of structures and remediation of any hazardous conditions on
         the land; <br/>
<a id="pl.37.23"></a><var>37.23</var>and<br/>
<a id="pl.37.24"></a><var>37.24</var>(3) the unpaid principal on debt issued by a political subdivision for a nonmotorized
         <br/>
<a id="pl.37.25"></a><var>37.25</var>transportation project.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.26"></a><var>37.26</var>(c) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of transportation.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.27"></a><var>37.27</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Program established.</b> The commissioner must establish a program to support <br/>
<a id="pl.37.28"></a><var>37.28</var>bicycling, pedestrian activities, and other forms of nonmotorized transportation.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.29"></a><var>37.29</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Active transportation accounts.</b> (a) An active transportation account is <br/>
<a id="pl.37.30"></a><var>37.30</var>established in the bond proceeds fund. The account consists of state bond proceeds
         <br/>
<a id="pl.37.31"></a><var>37.31</var>appropriated to the commissioner. Money in the account must be expended only on <br/>
<a id="pl.38.1"></a><var>38.1</var>bond-eligible costs of a project receiving financial assistance under this section.
         All uses <br/>
<a id="pl.38.2"></a><var>38.2</var>of funds from the account must be for publicly owned property.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.3"></a><var>38.3</var>(b) An active transportation account is established in the special revenue fund. The
         <br/>
<a id="pl.38.4"></a><var>38.4</var>account consists of funds provided by law and any other money donated, allotted, transferred,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.38.5"></a><var>38.5</var>or otherwise provided to the account. Money in the account must be expended only on
         a <br/>
<a id="pl.38.6"></a><var>38.6</var>project that receives financial assistance under this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.7"></a><var>38.7</var>(c) In each federal fiscal year, the commissioner must transfer $16,000,000 of the
         National <br/>
<a id="pl.38.8"></a><var>38.8</var>Highway Performance Program funds to the active transportation account.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.9"></a><var>38.9</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Program administration.</b> (a) The commissioner must establish program <br/>
<a id="pl.38.10"></a><var>38.10</var>requirements, including:<br/>
<a id="pl.38.11"></a><var>38.11</var>(1) assistance eligibility, subject to the requirements under paragraph (b);<br/>
<a id="pl.38.12"></a><var>38.12</var>(2) a solicitation and application process that minimizes the burden on applicants;
         and<br/>
<a id="pl.38.13"></a><var>38.13</var>(3) procedures to award and pay financial assistance.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.14"></a><var>38.14</var>(b) Eligible recipients of financial assistance under this section are:<br/>
<a id="pl.38.15"></a><var>38.15</var>(1) a political subdivision; and<br/>
<a id="pl.38.16"></a><var>38.16</var>(2) a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code,
         as <br/>
<a id="pl.38.17"></a><var>38.17</var>amended.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.18"></a><var>38.18</var>(c) The commissioner must make reasonable efforts to publicize each application <br/>
<a id="pl.38.19"></a><var>38.19</var>solicitation among all eligible recipients. The commissioner must assist applicants
         to create <br/>
<a id="pl.38.20"></a><var>38.20</var>and submit applications, with an emphasis on providing assistance in communities that
         are <br/>
<a id="pl.38.21"></a><var>38.21</var>historically and currently underrepresented in local or regional planning, including
         <br/>
<a id="pl.38.22"></a><var>38.22</var>communities of color, low-income households, people with disabilities, and people
         with <br/>
<a id="pl.38.23"></a><var>38.23</var>limited English proficiency.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.24"></a><var>38.24</var>(d) The commissioner may provide grants or other financial assistance for a project.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.25"></a><var>38.25</var>(e) The commissioner is prohibited from expending more than one percent of available
         <br/>
<a id="pl.38.26"></a><var>38.26</var>funds in a fiscal year under this section on program administration.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.27"></a><var>38.27</var>    Subd. 5. <b>State general obligation bond funds.</b> Minnesota Constitution, article XI, <br/>
<a id="pl.38.28"></a><var>38.28</var>section 5, clause (a), requires that state general obligation bonds be issued to finance
         only <br/>
<a id="pl.38.29"></a><var>38.29</var>the acquisition or betterment of public land, buildings, and other public improvements
         of a <br/>
<a id="pl.38.30"></a><var>38.30</var>capital nature. The legislature has determined that many nonmotorized transportation
         <br/>
<a id="pl.38.31"></a><var>38.31</var>infrastructure projects constitute betterments and capital improvements within the
         meaning <br/>
<a id="pl.38.32"></a><var>38.32</var>of the Minnesota Constitution and capital expenditures under generally accepted accounting
         <br/>
<a id="pl.39.1"></a><var>39.1</var>principles, and will be financed more efficiently and economically under this section
         than <br/>
<a id="pl.39.2"></a><var>39.2</var>by direct appropriations for specific projects.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.3"></a><var>39.3</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Use of funds.</b> (a) For a project funded by state bond proceeds under this section, <br/>
<a id="pl.39.4"></a><var>39.4</var>financial assistance is limited to bond-eligible costs.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.5"></a><var>39.5</var>(b) Subject to paragraph (a), the commissioner must determine permissible uses of
         <br/>
<a id="pl.39.6"></a><var>39.6</var>financial assistance under this section, which must include:<br/>
<a id="pl.39.7"></a><var>39.7</var>(1) construction and maintenance of bicycle, trail, and pedestrian infrastructure,
         including <br/>
<a id="pl.39.8"></a><var>39.8</var>but not limited to safe routes to school infrastructure and bicycle facilities and
         centers; and<br/>
<a id="pl.39.9"></a><var>39.9</var>(2) noninfrastructure programming, including activities as specified in section 174.40,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.39.10"></a><var>39.10</var>subdivision 7a, paragraph (b).<br/>
<a id="pl.39.11"></a><var>39.11</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Project evaluation and selection.</b> (a) The commissioner must establish a <br/>
<a id="pl.39.12"></a><var>39.12</var>project evaluation and selection process that is competitive, criteria-based, and
         objective.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.13"></a><var>39.13</var>(b) The process must include criteria and prioritization of projects based on:<br/>
<a id="pl.39.14"></a><var>39.14</var>(1) the project's inclusion in a municipal or regional nonmotorized transportation
         system <br/>
<a id="pl.39.15"></a><var>39.15</var>plan;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.16"></a><var>39.16</var>(2) the project's location in a jurisdiction with a complete streets policy, as provided
         <br/>
<a id="pl.39.17"></a><var>39.17</var>under section 174.75, either in effect or under development with estimated enactment
         within <br/>
<a id="pl.39.18"></a><var>39.18</var>six months of the grant award date;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.19"></a><var>39.19</var>(3) the extent to which the project supports development of continuous and convenient
         <br/>
<a id="pl.39.20"></a><var>39.20</var>safe routes to school;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.21"></a><var>39.21</var>(4) the extent to which the project supports development of routes to and connections
         <br/>
<a id="pl.39.22"></a><var>39.22</var>with educational facilities, centers of employment, governmental services, health
         care <br/>
<a id="pl.39.23"></a><var>39.23</var>facilities, food sources, transit facilities, and other community destinations;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.24"></a><var>39.24</var>(5) the project's general benefits to public health and safety;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.25"></a><var>39.25</var>(6) geographic equity in project benefits, with an emphasis on communities that are
         <br/>
<a id="pl.39.26"></a><var>39.26</var>historically and currently underrepresented in local or regional planning, including
         <br/>
<a id="pl.39.27"></a><var>39.27</var>communities of color, low-income households, people with disabilities, and people
         with <br/>
<a id="pl.39.28"></a><var>39.28</var>limited English proficiency; and<br/>
<a id="pl.39.29"></a><var>39.29</var>(7) benefits in areas or locations experiencing high rates of pedestrian or bicycle
         <br/>
<a id="pl.39.30"></a><var>39.30</var>collisions.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.1"></a><var>40.1</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Grant cancellation.</b> If, five years after execution of a grant agreement, the <br/>
<a id="pl.40.2"></a><var>40.2</var>commissioner determines that the grantee has not proceeded in a timely manner with
         <br/>
<a id="pl.40.3"></a><var>40.3</var>implementation of the funded project, the commissioner must cancel the grant. The
         grantee <br/>
<a id="pl.40.4"></a><var>40.4</var>must repay to the commissioner all grant money received under the program. Section
         <br/>
<a id="pl.40.5"></a><var>40.5</var>16A.642 applies to any appropriation made from the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner
         <br/>
<a id="pl.40.6"></a><var>40.6</var>under this section that has not been awarded as financial assistance.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.7"></a><var>40.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.35.0"></a><a id="pl.40.8"></a><var>40.8</var>    Sec. 35. <b>[174.95] PROJECT SELECTION REQUIREMENTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.40.9"></a><var>40.9</var>(a) The commissioner, after consultation with the Federal Highway Administration,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.40.10"></a><var>40.10</var>metropolitan planning organizations, regional development commissions, area transportation
         <br/>
<a id="pl.40.11"></a><var>40.11</var>partnerships, local governments, the Metropolitan Council, and transportation stakeholders,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.40.12"></a><var>40.12</var>must develop, adopt, and implement a project evaluation and selection policy to apply
         to <br/>
<a id="pl.40.13"></a><var>40.13</var>the standard project selection process. The commissioner may update the policy only
         after <br/>
<a id="pl.40.14"></a><var>40.14</var>consultation with the Federal Highway Administration, metropolitan planning organizations,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.40.15"></a><var>40.15</var>regional development commissions, area transportation partnerships, local governments,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.40.16"></a><var>40.16</var>the Metropolitan Council, and transportation stakeholders. The commissioner must publicize
         <br/>
<a id="pl.40.17"></a><var>40.17</var>the policy and updates on the department's Web site and through other effective means
         <br/>
<a id="pl.40.18"></a><var>40.18</var>selected by the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.19"></a><var>40.19</var>(b) The policy adopted under this section must include:<br/>
<a id="pl.40.20"></a><var>40.20</var>(1) a ranking system that assigns scores to each project, the criteria that will be
         considered, <br/>
<a id="pl.40.21"></a><var>40.21</var>and the weight of each criterion; the ranking system may consider project readiness
         as a <br/>
<a id="pl.40.22"></a><var>40.22</var>criterion for evaluation, but project readiness must not be a major factor in determining
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.40.23"></a><var>40.23</var>final score;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.24"></a><var>40.24</var>(2) a process to inform the stakeholders and the general public of the score for each
         <br/>
<a id="pl.40.25"></a><var>40.25</var>project considered, which projects were selected, and which projects were not selected;
         and<br/>
<a id="pl.40.26"></a><var>40.26</var>(3) a process that requires the involvement of area transportation partnerships and
         other <br/>
<a id="pl.40.27"></a><var>40.27</var>local authorities in the process of ranking and scoring projects.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.28"></a><var>40.28</var>(c) The projects in the state transportation improvement program must include the
         score <br/>
<a id="pl.40.29"></a><var>40.29</var>assigned to the project under this section. The projects must be prioritized based
         on the <br/>
<a id="pl.40.30"></a><var>40.30</var>score assigned and executed in that priority order.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.31"></a><var>40.31</var>(d) The policy required by this section must be adopted by October 1, 2018, and must
         <br/>
<a id="pl.40.32"></a><var>40.32</var>be applied to project evaluation and selection that occurs on or after that date.
         The assigned <br/>
<a id="pl.41.1"></a><var>41.1</var>scores must first appear in the first state transportation improvement program update
         that <br/>
<a id="pl.41.2"></a><var>41.2</var>is completed on or after October 1, 2018.<br/>
<a id="pl.41.3"></a><var>41.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.36.0"></a><a id="pl.41.4"></a><var>41.4</var>    Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 221.031, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.41.5"></a><var>41.5</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.41.6"></a><var>41.6</var>    Subd. 2e. <b>Exemptions for pipeline welding trucks.</b> A pipeline welding truck, as defined <br/>
<a id="pl.41.7"></a><var>41.7</var>in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 390.38, paragraph (b), including
         an individual <br/>
<a id="pl.41.8"></a><var>41.8</var>operating a pipeline welding truck and the employer of the individual, is exempt from
         any <br/>
<a id="pl.41.9"></a><var>41.9</var>requirement relating to:<br/>
<a id="pl.41.10"></a><var>41.10</var>(1) registration as a motor carrier, including the requirement to obtain and display
         a <br/>
<a id="pl.41.11"></a><var>41.11</var>United States Department of Transportation number under subdivision 6 and section
         168.185;<br/>
<a id="pl.41.12"></a><var>41.12</var>(2) driver qualifications under section 221.0314, subdivision 2;<br/>
<a id="pl.41.13"></a><var>41.13</var>(3) driving of commercial motor vehicles under section 221.0314, subdivision 6;<br/>
<a id="pl.41.14"></a><var>41.14</var>(4) parts, accessories, and inspection, repair, and maintenance of commercial motor
         <br/>
<a id="pl.41.15"></a><var>41.15</var>vehicles under section 221.0314, subdivisions 7 and 10; and<br/>
<a id="pl.41.16"></a><var>41.16</var>(5) hours of service of drivers, including maximum driving and on-duty time under
         <br/>
<a id="pl.41.17"></a><var>41.17</var>section 221.0314, subdivision 9.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.37.0"></a><a id="pl.41.18"></a><var>41.18</var>    Sec. 37. <b>ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.41.19"></a><var>41.19</var>(a) By October 1, 2017, the Advisory Committee on Nonmotorized Transportation under
         <br/>
<a id="pl.41.20"></a><var>41.20</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 174.37, must develop and submit recommendations to the
         <br/>
<a id="pl.41.21"></a><var>41.21</var>commissioner of transportation regarding the project evaluation and selection processes
         <br/>
<a id="pl.41.22"></a><var>41.22</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 174.38, subdivision 7.<br/>
 <a id="pl.41.23"></a><var>41.23</var>(b) The advisory committee is encouraged to consult with representatives from the
         <br/>
<a id="pl.41.24"></a><var>41.24</var>Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota; Minnesota Chamber of Commerce; Metropolitan Council
         <br/>
<a id="pl.41.25"></a><var>41.25</var>Transportation Accessibility Advisory Committee; Minnesota Department of Transportation
         <br/>
<a id="pl.41.26"></a><var>41.26</var>district area transportation partnerships; organizations representing elderly populations;
         <br/>
<a id="pl.41.27"></a><var>41.27</var>public health organizations with experience in active transportation; the Minnesota
         State <br/>
<a id="pl.41.28"></a><var>41.28</var>Council on Disability and other Minnesota state councils and commissions, including
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.41.29"></a><var>41.29</var>Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans, the Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs, the
         Council <br/>
<a id="pl.41.30"></a><var>41.30</var>for Minnesotans of African Heritage, the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, the Office
         on <br/>
<a id="pl.42.1"></a><var>42.1</var>the Economic Status of Women, and the Cultural and Ethnic Communities Leadership <br/>
<a id="pl.42.2"></a><var>42.2</var>Council; and other stakeholders with expertise in equitable active transportation.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.3"></a><var>42.3</var>(c) In its next annual report under Minnesota Statutes, section 174.37, subdivision
         4, the <br/>
<a id="pl.42.4"></a><var>42.4</var>advisory committee must include a summary of the recommendations under this section
         <br/>
<a id="pl.42.5"></a><var>42.5</var>and submit a copy of the report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the
         legislative <br/>
<a id="pl.42.6"></a><var>42.6</var>committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance. The report is
         subject <br/>
<a id="pl.42.7"></a><var>42.7</var>to Minnesota Statutes, section 3.195.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.8"></a><var>42.8</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.38.0"></a><a id="pl.42.9"></a><var>42.9</var>    Sec. 38. <b>CONVEYANCE FOR HISTORICAL PURPOSES; MCKINSTRY SURPLUS </b><br/>
<a id="pl.42.10"></a><var>42.10</var><b>LANDS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.42.11"></a><var>42.11</var>(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the commissioner may convey as
         <br/>
<a id="pl.42.12"></a><var>42.12</var>provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 161.44, land described in paragraph (b), including
         <br/>
<a id="pl.42.13"></a><var>42.13</var>any improvements on the lands, owned in fee by the state for trunk highway purposes,
         but <br/>
<a id="pl.42.14"></a><var>42.14</var>no longer needed, to the Minnesota Historical Society for historical purposes. The
         conveyance <br/>
<a id="pl.42.15"></a><var>42.15</var>must be without financial consideration. The lands conveyed must become a part of
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.42.16"></a><var>42.16</var>state's historic sites program under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 138.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.17"></a><var>42.17</var>(b) The lands that may be conveyed are specifically related to the properties of the
         <br/>
<a id="pl.42.18"></a><var>42.18</var>McKinstry Mounds and portions of the McKinstry Village site owned by the Department
         <br/>
<a id="pl.42.19"></a><var>42.19</var>of Transportation, located along Trunk Highway 11 in Koochiching County.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.39.0"></a><a id="pl.42.20"></a><var>42.20</var>    Sec. 39. <b>HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION COSTS STUDY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.42.21"></a><var>42.21</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Construction costs study; report.</b> (a) The commissioner of transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.42.22"></a><var>42.22</var>must enter into an agreement to conduct a study with an organization or entity having
         <br/>
<a id="pl.42.23"></a><var>42.23</var>relevant expertise.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.24"></a><var>42.24</var>(b) At a minimum, the study must include:<br/>
<a id="pl.42.25"></a><var>42.25</var>(1) an overview of highway construction cost issues;<br/>
<a id="pl.42.26"></a><var>42.26</var>(2) comparison of costs in Minnesota relative to other states and regions;<br/>
<a id="pl.42.27"></a><var>42.27</var>(3) identification of factors specific to Minnesota, if any, that contribute to cost
         <br/>
<a id="pl.42.28"></a><var>42.28</var>differences;<br/>
<a id="pl.42.29"></a><var>42.29</var>(4) evaluation of the methodology used for highway construction cost calculation and
         <br/>
<a id="pl.42.30"></a><var>42.30</var>indexing in Minnesota, including review of associated best practices; and<br/>
<a id="pl.43.1"></a><var>43.1</var>(5) specific recommendations for road authorities and legislative changes to reduce
         <br/>
<a id="pl.43.2"></a><var>43.2</var>highway construction costs.<br/>
<a id="pl.43.3"></a><var>43.3</var>(c) By February 15, 2018, the commissioner must submit a report on the study to the
         <br/>
<a id="pl.43.4"></a><var>43.4</var>chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees
         <br/>
<a id="pl.43.5"></a><var>43.5</var>with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance.<br/>
<a id="pl.43.6"></a><var>43.6</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Project cost comparison report.</b> By February 15, 2018, the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.43.7"></a><var>43.7</var>transportation must report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate
         and <br/>
<a id="pl.43.8"></a><var>43.8</var>house of representatives committees and divisions with jurisdiction over transportation
         <br/>
<a id="pl.43.9"></a><var>43.9</var>policy and finance comparing the estimated cost of projects and the actual cost of
         projects. <br/>
<a id="pl.43.10"></a><var>43.10</var>The report must include all projects completed in whole or in part by MnDOT from July
         1, <br/>
<a id="pl.43.11"></a><var>43.11</var>2007, to July 1, 2017. For each project, the report must list the estimated cost of
         the project <br/>
<a id="pl.43.12"></a><var>43.12</var>prior to starting the project and the total actual cost for the project after completion.
         For <br/>
<a id="pl.43.13"></a><var>43.13</var>each project, if the actual cost was less than the estimated cost, the report must
         explain how <br/>
<a id="pl.43.14"></a><var>43.14</var>the excess funds were expended.<br/>
<a id="pl.43.15"></a><var>43.15</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.40.0"></a><a id="pl.43.16"></a><var>43.16</var>    Sec. 40. <b>INTERSTATE 94/494/694 INTERCHANGE SAFETY IMPROVEMENT </b><br/>
<a id="pl.43.17"></a><var>43.17</var><b>AND CONGESTION RELIEF STUDY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.43.18"></a><var>43.18</var>The commissioner of transportation must conduct a safety improvement and congestion
         <br/>
<a id="pl.43.19"></a><var>43.19</var>relief study for the interchange of signed Interstate Highways 94, 494, and 694 in
         the cities <br/>
<a id="pl.43.20"></a><var>43.20</var>of Oakdale and Woodbury. At a minimum, the study must (1) provide specific <br/>
<a id="pl.43.21"></a><var>43.21</var>recommendations to improve the safety of the interchange and reduce congestion at
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.43.22"></a><var>43.22</var>interchange and on associated arterial roads, and (2) include cost estimates for each
         <br/>
<a id="pl.43.23"></a><var>43.23</var>recommended improvement. The commissioner must report the findings and <br/>
<a id="pl.43.24"></a><var>43.24</var>recommendations of the study to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate
         <br/>
<a id="pl.43.25"></a><var>43.25</var>and house of representatives committees having jurisdiction over transportation policy
         and <br/>
<a id="pl.43.26"></a><var>43.26</var>finance within 180 days after the effective date of this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.43.27"></a><var>43.27</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.41.0"></a><a id="pl.43.28"></a><var>43.28</var>    Sec. 41. <b>LEGISLATIVE ROUTE NO. 123 REMOVED.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.43.29"></a><var>43.29</var>(a) Minnesota Statutes, section 161.115, subdivision 54, is repealed effective the
         day <br/>
<a id="pl.43.30"></a><var>43.30</var>after the commissioner of transportation receives a copy of the agreement between
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.43.31"></a><var>43.31</var>commissioner and the governing body of Le Sueur County to transfer jurisdiction of
         <br/>
<a id="pl.44.1"></a><var>44.1</var>Legislative Route No. 123 and after the commissioner notifies the revisor of statutes
         under <br/>
<a id="pl.44.2"></a><var>44.2</var>paragraph (b).<br/>
<a id="pl.44.3"></a><var>44.3</var>(b) The revisor of statutes must delete the route identified in paragraph (a) from
         Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.44.4"></a><var>44.4</var>Statutes when the commissioner of transportation sends notice to the revisor electronically
         <br/>
<a id="pl.44.5"></a><var>44.5</var>or in writing that the conditions required to transfer the route have been satisfied.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.42.0"></a><a id="pl.44.6"></a><var>44.6</var>    Sec. 42. <b>LEGISLATIVE ROUTE NO. 225 REMOVED.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.44.7"></a><var>44.7</var>(a) Minnesota Statutes, section 161.115, subdivision 156, is repealed effective the
         day <br/>
<a id="pl.44.8"></a><var>44.8</var>after the commissioner of transportation receives a copy of the agreement between
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.44.9"></a><var>44.9</var>commissioner and the governing body of Becker County to transfer jurisdiction of Legislative
         <br/>
<a id="pl.44.10"></a><var>44.10</var>Route No. 225 and after the commissioner notifies the revisor of statutes under paragraph
         <br/>
<a id="pl.44.11"></a><var>44.11</var>(b).<br/>
<a id="pl.44.12"></a><var>44.12</var>(b) The revisor of statutes must delete the route identified in paragraph (a) from
         Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.44.13"></a><var>44.13</var>Statutes when the commissioner of transportation sends notice to the revisor electronically
         <br/>
<a id="pl.44.14"></a><var>44.14</var>or in writing that the conditions required to transfer the route have been satisfied.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.43.0"></a><a id="pl.44.15"></a><var>44.15</var>    Sec. 43. <b>MARKED TRUNK HIGHWAY 316 SPEED LIMIT IN HASTINGS; </b><br/>
<a id="pl.44.16"></a><var>44.16</var><b>MORATORIUM AND REPORT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.44.17"></a><var>44.17</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Moratorium.</b> The commissioner of transportation is prohibited from <br/>
<a id="pl.44.18"></a><var>44.18</var>adjusting or requiring adjustment to the speed on marked Trunk Highway 316, known
         as <br/>
<a id="pl.44.19"></a><var>44.19</var>Red Wing Boulevard, from the intersection with marked U.S. Highway 61 to Tuttle Drive,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.44.20"></a><var>44.20</var>in the city of Hastings. The prohibition in this subdivision does not apply to (1)
         a local road <br/>
<a id="pl.44.21"></a><var>44.21</var>authority that is authorized to adjust a speed limit without a traffic and engineering
         study <br/>
<a id="pl.44.22"></a><var>44.22</var>as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 169.14; or (2) establishment of a work
         zone speed <br/>
<a id="pl.44.23"></a><var>44.23</var>limit under Minnesota Statutes, section 169.14, subdivision 5d.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.24"></a><var>44.24</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Legislative report.</b> (a) By March 1, 2018, the commissioner of transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.44.25"></a><var>44.25</var>must submit a report on speed limits in the segment of marked Trunk Highway 316 specified
         <br/>
<a id="pl.44.26"></a><var>44.26</var>in subdivision 1, to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees
         <br/>
<a id="pl.44.27"></a><var>44.27</var>with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance. As part of developing the
         report, <br/>
<a id="pl.44.28"></a><var>44.28</var>the commissioner must hold at least two hearings at a location within the city of
         Hastings <br/>
<a id="pl.44.29"></a><var>44.29</var>regarding proposed speed limit adjustments. This report shall be made within existing
         funds.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.30"></a><var>44.30</var>(b) At a minimum, the report must provide details on the decision making process for
         <br/>
<a id="pl.44.31"></a><var>44.31</var>proposed speed limit adjustments, summarize and respond to comments from the hearings
         <br/>
<a id="pl.45.1"></a><var>45.1</var>required under paragraph (a), and include copies of recent traffic and engineering
         studies <br/>
<a id="pl.45.2"></a><var>45.2</var>on adjusting speed limits in Hastings.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.3"></a><var>45.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective retroactively from January 1, 2017.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.44.0"></a><a id="pl.45.4"></a><var>45.4</var>    Sec. 44. <b>REPORT TO LEGISLATURE ON PROJECT SELECTION POLICY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.45.5"></a><var>45.5</var>By February 15, 2018, the commissioner of transportation must report to the chairs
         and <br/>
<a id="pl.45.6"></a><var>45.6</var>ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees having
         <br/>
<a id="pl.45.7"></a><var>45.7</var>jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance concerning the policy adopted
         pursuant <br/>
<a id="pl.45.8"></a><var>45.8</var>to Minnesota Statutes, section 174.95, and how the policy is anticipated to improve
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.45.9"></a><var>45.9</var>consistency, objectivity, and transparency of the selection process. The report must
         include <br/>
<a id="pl.45.10"></a><var>45.10</var>information on input from members of the public and the organizations identified in
         <br/>
<a id="pl.45.11"></a><var>45.11</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 174.95, paragraph (a). The report must also include proposed
         <br/>
<a id="pl.45.12"></a><var>45.12</var>legislation to codify the ranking system established in the policy.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.13"></a><var>45.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.45.0"></a><a id="pl.45.14"></a><var>45.14</var>    Sec. 45. <b>REPORT BY COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION ON MNPASS </b><br/>
<a id="pl.45.15"></a><var>45.15</var><b>LANES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.45.16"></a><var>45.16</var>On or before January 2, 2018, the commissioner of transportation must report to the
         <br/>
<a id="pl.45.17"></a><var>45.17</var>chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees
         <br/>
<a id="pl.45.18"></a><var>45.18</var>and divisions with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance concerning
         MnPASS <br/>
<a id="pl.45.19"></a><var>45.19</var>lanes to reduce congestion and raise revenue. The report must be prepared with existing
         <br/>
<a id="pl.45.20"></a><var>45.20</var>appropriations. At a minimum, the report must:<br/>
<a id="pl.45.21"></a><var>45.21</var>(1) for each lane, state the capital costs, maintenance and repair costs, and operation
         <br/>
<a id="pl.45.22"></a><var>45.22</var>costs;<br/>
 <a id="pl.45.23"></a><var>45.23</var>(2) for each lane, indicate the current condition and the projected life expectancy;<br/>
 <a id="pl.45.24"></a><var>45.24</var>(3) for each lane, list and explain the cost recovery ratio;<br/>
 <a id="pl.45.25"></a><var>45.25</var>(4) list the amounts of the deposit of revenues made each year since pursuant to Minnesota
         <br/>
<a id="pl.45.26"></a><var>45.26</var>Statutes, section 160.93, subdivisions 2 and 2a, including a breakdown of deposits
         for each <br/>
<a id="pl.45.27"></a><var>45.27</var>lane for each year the lane has been in existence;<br/>
<a id="pl.45.28"></a><var>45.28</var>(5) list the cost to participate in the MnPASS program, broken down by each year a
         lane <br/>
<a id="pl.45.29"></a><var>45.29</var>has been in existence;<br/>
<a id="pl.45.30"></a><var>45.30</var>(6) for each lane, list the total number of users, including a breakdown of the total
         number <br/>
<a id="pl.45.31"></a><var>45.31</var>of each type of user; and<br/>
<a id="pl.46.1"></a><var>46.1</var>(7) provide an explanation of how MnPASS lane regulations are enforced.<br/>
 <a id="pl.46.2"></a><var>46.2</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.46.0"></a><a id="pl.46.3"></a><var>46.3</var>    Sec. 46. <b>REPORT BY COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION ON TOLLING.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.46.4"></a><var>46.4</var>On or before January 2, 2018, the commissioner of transportation must report to the
         <br/>
<a id="pl.46.5"></a><var>46.5</var>chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees
         <br/>
<a id="pl.46.6"></a><var>46.6</var>and divisions with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance concerning
         expanding <br/>
<a id="pl.46.7"></a><var>46.7</var>the use of tolling in Minnesota in order to reduce congestion and raise revenue. The
         report <br/>
<a id="pl.46.8"></a><var>46.8</var>must be prepared with existing appropriations. At a minimum, the report must:<br/>
<a id="pl.46.9"></a><var>46.9</var>(1) summarize current state and federal laws that affect the use of tolling in this
         state;<br/>
<a id="pl.46.10"></a><var>46.10</var>(2) identify any federal pilot projects for which this state is eligible to participate;<br/>
<a id="pl.46.11"></a><var>46.11</var>(3) discuss the feasibility and cost of expanding use of tolling, the possibility
         of private <br/>
<a id="pl.46.12"></a><var>46.12</var>investment in toll roads, and projected costs and cost recovery in establishing, operating,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.46.13"></a><var>46.13</var>and maintaining toll roads;<br/>
<a id="pl.46.14"></a><var>46.14</var>(4) review tolling models and technology options;<br/>
<a id="pl.46.15"></a><var>46.15</var>(5) summarize the experience of other states that have widely implemented tolling;<br/>
<a id="pl.46.16"></a><var>46.16</var>(6) identify and evaluate the feasibility of toll implementation for specific corridors;<br/>
<a id="pl.46.17"></a><var>46.17</var>(7) project the likely range of revenues that could be generated by wider implementation
         <br/>
<a id="pl.46.18"></a><var>46.18</var>of tolling and identify the percentage of revenues that are projected to be paid by
         nonresidents <br/>
<a id="pl.46.19"></a><var>46.19</var>of the state;<br/>
<a id="pl.46.20"></a><var>46.20</var>(8) discuss options for use of tolling revenue and measures to ensure compliance with
         <br/>
<a id="pl.46.21"></a><var>46.21</var>laws governing operation of toll roads and use of revenues;<br/>
<a id="pl.46.22"></a><var>46.22</var>(9) recommend and discuss possible ways to reduce cost to Minnesotans, such as tax
         <br/>
<a id="pl.46.23"></a><var>46.23</var>deductions or credits, or types of discounts; and<br/>
<a id="pl.46.24"></a><var>46.24</var>(10) provide recommendations for needed statutory or rule changes that would facilitate
         <br/>
<a id="pl.46.25"></a><var>46.25</var>wider implementation of tolling and achieve maximum revenues for the state and equity
         <br/>
<a id="pl.46.26"></a><var>46.26</var>for its residents.<br/>
<a id="pl.46.27"></a><var>46.27</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.47.0"></a><a id="pl.47.1"></a><var>47.1</var>    Sec. 47. <b>REPORT BY COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION ON </b><br/>
<a id="pl.47.2"></a><var>47.2</var><b>TURNBACKS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.47.3"></a><var>47.3</var>(a) By February 15, 2018, the commissioner of transportation must report to the chairs
         <br/>
<a id="pl.47.4"></a><var>47.4</var>and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees
         having <br/>
<a id="pl.47.5"></a><var>47.5</var>jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance concerning turnbacks. At a minimum,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.47.6"></a><var>47.6</var>the report must include:<br/>
<a id="pl.47.7"></a><var>47.7</var>(1) a current list of proposed turnback projects, including a description of each
         segment <br/>
<a id="pl.47.8"></a><var>47.8</var>of highway that is to be turned back; a description of the restoration work to be
         completed; <br/>
<a id="pl.47.9"></a><var>47.9</var>estimated cost of restoration work; to which entity the highway will be turned back;
         and <br/>
<a id="pl.47.10"></a><var>47.10</var>the total estimated cost related to all aspects of the turnback;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.11"></a><var>47.11</var>(2) the amount that the commissioner of transportation anticipates will be needed
         for <br/>
<a id="pl.47.12"></a><var>47.12</var>turnbacks during the next two fiscal years and a list of the turnbacks that will be
         accomplished <br/>
<a id="pl.47.13"></a><var>47.13</var>with the anticipated funds;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.14"></a><var>47.14</var>(3) a description of the turnback process, including an explanation of how turnback
         <br/>
<a id="pl.47.15"></a><var>47.15</var>projects are selected; and<br/>
 <a id="pl.47.16"></a><var>47.16</var>(4) for each of the past five years:<br/>
<a id="pl.47.17"></a><var>47.17</var>(i) the amount of money that accrued to the county turnback account and to the municipal
         <br/>
<a id="pl.47.18"></a><var>47.18</var>turnback account;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.19"></a><var>47.19</var>(ii) a description of each segment of highway that was restored and turned back, including
         <br/>
<a id="pl.47.20"></a><var>47.20</var>what restoration work was completed; total cost of restoration work; to which entity
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.47.21"></a><var>47.21</var>highway was turned back; and the total cost related to all aspects of the turnback;
         and<br/>
<a id="pl.47.22"></a><var>47.22</var>(iii) the amount of surplus funds, if any, that were transferred to the county state-aid
         <br/>
<a id="pl.47.23"></a><var>47.23</var>highway fund or to the municipal state-aid street fund pursuant to Minnesota Statutes,
         section <br/>
<a id="pl.47.24"></a><var>47.24</var>161.084.<br/>
<a id="pl.47.25"></a><var>47.25</var>(b) By February 15, 2019, and each year thereafter, the commissioner of transportation
         <br/>
<a id="pl.47.26"></a><var>47.26</var>must report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of
         <br/>
<a id="pl.47.27"></a><var>47.27</var>representatives committees having jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance
         <br/>
<a id="pl.47.28"></a><var>47.28</var>concerning turnbacks. At a minimum, the report must include:<br/>
<a id="pl.47.29"></a><var>47.29</var>(1) a current list of proposed turnback projects, including a description of each
         segment <br/>
<a id="pl.47.30"></a><var>47.30</var>of highway that is to be turned back; a description of the restoration work to be
         completed; <br/>
<a id="pl.47.31"></a><var>47.31</var>estimated cost of restoration work; to which entity the highway will be turned back;
         and <br/>
<a id="pl.47.32"></a><var>47.32</var>the total estimated cost related to all aspects of the turnback;<br/>
<a id="pl.48.1"></a><var>48.1</var>(2) the amount that the commissioner of transportation anticipates will be needed
         for <br/>
<a id="pl.48.2"></a><var>48.2</var>turnbacks during the next two fiscal years and a list of the turnbacks that will be
         accomplished <br/>
<a id="pl.48.3"></a><var>48.3</var>with the anticipated funds; and<br/>
<a id="pl.48.4"></a><var>48.4</var>(3) for the past calendar year, a description of each segment of highway that was
         restored <br/>
<a id="pl.48.5"></a><var>48.5</var>and turned back, including what restoration work was completed; total cost of restoration
         <br/>
<a id="pl.48.6"></a><var>48.6</var>work; to which entity the highway was turned back; and the total cost related to all
         aspects <br/>
<a id="pl.48.7"></a><var>48.7</var>of the turnback.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.8"></a><var>48.8</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.48.0"></a><a id="pl.48.9"></a><var>48.9</var>    Sec. 48. <b>SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AT THE INTERSECTION OF </b><br/>
<a id="pl.48.10"></a><var>48.10</var><b>HIGHWAY 55 AND WILKIN COUNTY ROAD 19.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.48.11"></a><var>48.11</var>(a) By September 1, 2017, the commissioner of transportation must report to the chairs
         <br/>
<a id="pl.48.12"></a><var>48.12</var>and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees
         and <br/>
<a id="pl.48.13"></a><var>48.13</var>divisions with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance concerning the
         issue of <br/>
<a id="pl.48.14"></a><var>48.14</var>trucks stopping on Wilkin County Road 19 between Highway 55 and the railroad tracks
         <br/>
<a id="pl.48.15"></a><var>48.15</var>north of Highway 55. The commissioner must identify project options that would allow
         <br/>
<a id="pl.48.16"></a><var>48.16</var>trucks to safely stop at this intersection, including an option to add a turn lane
         on County <br/>
<a id="pl.48.17"></a><var>48.17</var>Road 19. For each identified project, the commissioner must include an estimated cost
         and <br/>
<a id="pl.48.18"></a><var>48.18</var>the estimated time to complete the project. In preparing the report, the commissioner
         must <br/>
<a id="pl.48.19"></a><var>48.19</var>consult with the Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative, the city of Nashua, the town of Champion,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.48.20"></a><var>48.20</var>and Wilkin County.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.21"></a><var>48.21</var>(b) Within 14 days after submitting the report required in paragraph (a), the commissioner
         <br/>
<a id="pl.48.22"></a><var>48.22</var>must convene a working group consisting of the commissioner and one representative
         from <br/>
<a id="pl.48.23"></a><var>48.23</var>each of the following: Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative, Nashua city council, Champion
         <br/>
<a id="pl.48.24"></a><var>48.24</var>town board, and Wilkin County board. The working group must consider the options <br/>
<a id="pl.48.25"></a><var>48.25</var>identified in the report submitted pursuant to paragraph (a). If the working group
         reaches <br/>
<a id="pl.48.26"></a><var>48.26</var>consensus on a proposed option, MnDOT must pursue that option.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.27"></a><var>48.27</var>(c) If the working group does not reach a consensus by January 1, 2018, the commissioner
         <br/>
<a id="pl.48.28"></a><var>48.28</var>must (1) design and construct a turn lane on the north side of the intersection of
         Wilkin <br/>
<a id="pl.48.29"></a><var>48.29</var>County Road 19 with Highway 55, or (2) install a four-way traffic light at the intersection.
         <br/>
<a id="pl.48.30"></a><var>48.30</var>The project must be designed so that a school bus or semitrailer is able to stop at
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.48.31"></a><var>48.31</var>intersection without extending into cross-traffic or over the railroad tracks.<br/>
 <a id="pl.49.1"></a><var>49.1</var>(d) The commissioner must begin planning and construction of a project required in
         this <br/>
<a id="pl.49.2"></a><var>49.2</var>section during the 2018 construction season. A project required under this section
         must be <br/>
<a id="pl.49.3"></a><var>49.3</var>completed with the existing funds allocated for the district.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.4"></a><var>49.4</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.49.0"></a><a id="pl.49.5"></a><var>49.5</var>    Sec. 49. <b> REPEALER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.49.6"></a><var>49.6</var>(a) Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 160.262, subdivision 2; 160.265; 160.266, <br/>
<a id="pl.49.7"></a><var>49.7</var>subdivisions 1 and 2; and 161.115, subdivision 32, are repealed.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.8"></a><var>49.8</var>(b) Minnesota Rules, parts 8810.6000; 8810.6100; 8810.6300; 8810.6400; 8810.6500; <br/>
<a id="pl.49.9"></a><var>49.9</var>8810.6600; 8810.6700; 8810.6800; 8810.6900; 8810.7000; 8810.9910; 8810.9911; <br/>
<a id="pl.49.10"></a><var>49.10</var>8810.9912; and 8810.9913, are repealed.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.5.1.0"></a><a id="pl.49.13"></a><var>49.13</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 117.189, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.49.14"></a><var>49.14</var><b>117.189 PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION EXCEPTIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.49.15"></a><var>49.15</var>(a) Sections 
         <statute_ref>117.031</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>117.036</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>117.055</statute_ref>, subdivision 2, paragraph (b); 
         <statute_ref>117.186</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>117.187</statute_ref>; <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.49.16"></a><var>49.16</var>117.188
         </statute_ref>; and 
         <statute_ref>117.52</statute_ref>, subdivisions 1a and 4, do not apply to the use of eminent domain <br/>
<a id="pl.49.17"></a><var>49.17</var>authority by public service corporations for any purpose other than construction or
         expansion <br/>
<a id="pl.49.18"></a><var>49.18</var>of:<br/>
<a id="pl.49.19"></a><var>49.19</var>(1) a high-voltage transmission line of 100 kilovolts or more, or ancillary substations;
         <br/>
<a id="pl.49.20"></a><var>49.20</var>or<br/>
<a id="pl.49.21"></a><var>49.21</var>(2) a natural gas, petroleum, or petroleum products pipeline, or ancillary compressor
         <br/>
<a id="pl.49.22"></a><var>49.22</var>stations or pumping stations; or<br/>
<a id="pl.49.23"></a><var>49.23</var>(3) a light rail transit or bus rapid transit line.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.24"></a><var>49.24</var>    (b) For purposes of an award of appraisal fees under section 
         <statute_ref>117.085</statute_ref>, the fees awarded <br/>
<a id="pl.49.25"></a><var>49.25</var>may not exceed $1,500 for all types of property except for a public service corporation's
         <br/>
<a id="pl.49.26"></a><var>49.26</var>use of eminent domain for a high-voltage transmission line, where the award may not
         exceed <br/>
<a id="pl.49.27"></a><var>49.27</var>$3,000.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.28"></a><var>49.28</var>(c) For purposes of this section, "pipeline" does not include a natural gas distribution
         <br/>
<a id="pl.49.29"></a><var>49.29</var>line transporting gas to an end user.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.30"></a><var>49.30</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective retroactively from January 1, 2017.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.2.0"></a><a id="pl.50.1"></a><var>50.1</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 473.388, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.50.2"></a><var>50.2</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Replacement service; eligibility.</b> (a) The council may provide assistance under <br/>
<a id="pl.50.3"></a><var>50.3</var>the program to a statutory or home rule charter city or town or combination thereof,
         that:<br/>
<a id="pl.50.4"></a><var>50.4</var>(a) (1) is located in the metropolitan transit taxing district;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.5"></a><var>50.5</var>(b) (2) is not served by the council bus service or is served only with council bus routes
         <br/>
<a id="pl.50.6"></a><var>50.6</var>which begin or end within the applying city or town or combination thereof; and<br/>
<a id="pl.50.7"></a><var>50.7</var>(c) (3) has fewer than four scheduled runs of council bus service during off-peak hours <br/>
<a id="pl.50.8"></a><var>50.8</var>as defined by the Metropolitan Council.<br/>
<a id="pl.50.9"></a><var>50.9</var>(b) Eligible cities or towns or combinations thereof may apply on behalf of a transit
         <br/>
<a id="pl.50.10"></a><var>50.10</var>operator with whom they propose to contract for service.<br/>
<a id="pl.50.11"></a><var>50.11</var>(c) The council may not provide assistance under this section to a statutory or home rule
         <br/>
<a id="pl.50.12"></a><var>50.12</var>charter city or town unless:<br/>
<a id="pl.50.13"></a><var>50.13</var>(1) the city or town,:<br/>
<a id="pl.50.14"></a><var>50.14</var>(i) was receiving assistance under Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 
         <statute_ref>174.265,</statute_ref> by July 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.50.15"></a><var>50.15</var>1984,;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.16"></a><var>50.16</var>(ii) had submitted an application for assistance under that section by July 1, 1984,; or<br/>
<a id="pl.50.17"></a><var>50.17</var>(iii) had submitted a letter of intent to apply for assistance under that section
         by July 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.50.18"></a><var>50.18</var>1984, and submits an application for assistance under this section by July 1, 1988.
         A statutory <br/>
<a id="pl.50.19"></a><var>50.19</var>or home rule charter city or town has an additional 12-month extension if it notified
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.50.20"></a><var>50.20</var>former regional transit board before July 1, 1988, that the city or town is in the
         process of <br/>
<a id="pl.50.21"></a><var>50.21</var>completing a transportation evaluation study that includes an assessment of the local
         transit <br/>
<a id="pl.50.22"></a><var>50.22</var>needs of the city or town; or<br/>
<a id="pl.50.23"></a><var>50.23</var>(2) the city or town submits an application for assistance under this section between
         July <br/>
<a id="pl.50.24"></a><var>50.24</var>1, 2017, and December 31, 2017.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.3.0"></a><a id="pl.50.25"></a><var>50.25</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 473.4051, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.50.26"></a><var>50.26</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Operating costs.</b> (a) After operating revenue and federal money have been <br/>
<a id="pl.50.27"></a><var>50.27</var>used to pay for light rail transit operations, 50 percent of the remaining operating costs for <br/>
<a id="pl.50.28"></a><var>50.28</var>a light rail transit line must be paid by the state if:<br/>
<a id="pl.50.29"></a><var>50.29</var>(1) the light rail transit line is in revenue operations as of the effective date
         of this section; <br/>
<a id="pl.50.30"></a><var>50.30</var>or<br/>
<a id="pl.51.1"></a><var>51.1</var>(2) a law is enacted on or after the effective date of this section making an appropriation
         <br/>
<a id="pl.51.2"></a><var>51.2</var>that (i) is from state sources, (ii) specifies the light rail transit project, and
         (iii) is for a portion <br/>
<a id="pl.51.3"></a><var>51.3</var>of project capital costs.<br/>
<a id="pl.51.4"></a><var>51.4</var>(b) For a light rail transit line that does not meet the requirements in paragraph
         (a), all <br/>
<a id="pl.51.5"></a><var>51.5</var>operating and ongoing capital maintenance costs must be paid from nonstate sources.<br/>
<a id="pl.51.6"></a><var>51.6</var>(c) For purposes of this subdivision, a light rail transit extension that adds additional
         <br/>
<a id="pl.51.7"></a><var>51.7</var>stops is a separate project or light rail transit line.<br/>
<a id="pl.51.8"></a><var>51.8</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.</b>This section is effective the day following <br/>
<a id="pl.51.9"></a><var>51.9</var>final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.51.10"></a><var>51.10</var>Scott, and Washington.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.4.0"></a><a id="pl.51.11"></a><var>51.11</var>    Sec. 4. <b>METRO MOBILITY ENHANCEMENT TASK FORCE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.51.12"></a><var>51.12</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Task force established.</b> A Metro Mobility Enhancement Task Force is <br/>
<a id="pl.51.13"></a><var>51.13</var>established to examine options to enhance Metro Mobility program service under Minnesota
         <br/>
<a id="pl.51.14"></a><var>51.14</var>Statutes, section 473.386. The goal of the task force is to partner with taxi services
         and <br/>
<a id="pl.51.15"></a><var>51.15</var>transportation network companies, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 65B.472,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.51.16"></a><var>51.16</var>subdivision 1, paragraph (e), to increase program service levels and efficiency.<br/>
<a id="pl.51.17"></a><var>51.17</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Membership.</b> (a) The task force consists of the following members:<br/>
<a id="pl.51.18"></a><var>51.18</var>(1) one representative from Metro Mobility, appointed by the Metropolitan Council;<br/>
<a id="pl.51.19"></a><var>51.19</var>(2) one elected official from each metropolitan county, as defined in Minnesota Statutes,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.51.20"></a><var>51.20</var>section 473.121, subdivision 4, each of whom must be from a district or unit of government
         <br/>
<a id="pl.51.21"></a><var>51.21</var>that is located within the Metro Mobility service area, appointed by the respective
         county <br/>
<a id="pl.51.22"></a><var>51.22</var>board in consultation with cities in that county;<br/>
<a id="pl.51.23"></a><var>51.23</var>(3) at least one and no more than three individuals representing transportation network
         <br/>
<a id="pl.51.24"></a><var>51.24</var>companies, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 65B.472, subdivision 1, appointed
         as <br/>
<a id="pl.51.25"></a><var>51.25</var>provided under paragraph (b);<br/>
<a id="pl.51.26"></a><var>51.26</var>(4) at least one and no more than three individuals representing taxi service providers,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.51.27"></a><var>51.27</var>appointed as provided in paragraph (c);<br/>
<a id="pl.51.28"></a><var>51.28</var>(5) one representative appointed by the Transportation Accessibility Advisory Committee
         <br/>
<a id="pl.51.29"></a><var>51.29</var>established under Minnesota Statutes, section 473.375, subdivision 9a;<br/>
<a id="pl.51.30"></a><var>51.30</var>(6) one representative appointed by the Council on Disability;<br/>
<a id="pl.51.31"></a><var>51.31</var>(7) one individual appointed by the Association of Residential Resources of Minnesota;<br/>
<a id="pl.52.1"></a><var>52.1</var>(8) one individual, who must reside in a metropolitan county, appointed by the Best
         <br/>
<a id="pl.52.2"></a><var>52.2</var>Choice Alliance; and<br/>
<a id="pl.52.3"></a><var>52.3</var>(9) one individual appointed by the Center for Transportation Studies at the University
         <br/>
<a id="pl.52.4"></a><var>52.4</var>of Minnesota.<br/>
<a id="pl.52.5"></a><var>52.5</var>(b) An interested transportation network company may appoint no more than one person
         <br/>
<a id="pl.52.6"></a><var>52.6</var>as a task force member. Appointment under this paragraph is on a first-come, first-appointed
         <br/>
<a id="pl.52.7"></a><var>52.7</var>basis by written notification to the Metropolitan Council.<br/>
<a id="pl.52.8"></a><var>52.8</var>(c) An interested taxi service provider may appoint no more than one person as a task
         <br/>
<a id="pl.52.9"></a><var>52.9</var>force number. Appointment under this paragraph is on a first-come, first-appointed
         basis <br/>
<a id="pl.52.10"></a><var>52.10</var>by written notification to the Metropolitan Council.<br/>
<a id="pl.52.11"></a><var>52.11</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Task force duties.</b> (a) The task force must evaluate the Metro Mobility program, <br/>
<a id="pl.52.12"></a><var>52.12</var>which must include but is not limited to analysis of customer service, program costs
         and <br/>
<a id="pl.52.13"></a><var>52.13</var>expenditures, service coverage area and hours, reservation and scheduling, and buses
         and <br/>
<a id="pl.52.14"></a><var>52.14</var>equipment.<br/>
<a id="pl.52.15"></a><var>52.15</var>(b) The task force must analyze approaches to improve Metro Mobility program service
         <br/>
<a id="pl.52.16"></a><var>52.16</var>by using partnerships with transportation network companies. At a minimum, the analysis
         <br/>
<a id="pl.52.17"></a><var>52.17</var>must consider:<br/>
<a id="pl.52.18"></a><var>52.18</var>(1) geographic service areas of transportation network companies;<br/>
<a id="pl.52.19"></a><var>52.19</var>(2) demand responsiveness and service levels of transportation network companies;<br/>
<a id="pl.52.20"></a><var>52.20</var>(3) the share of trips in which specially equipped vehicles that comply with the Americans
         <br/>
<a id="pl.52.21"></a><var>52.21</var>with Disabilities Act are necessary;<br/>
<a id="pl.52.22"></a><var>52.22</var>(4) technology accessibility for Metro Mobility customers;<br/>
<a id="pl.52.23"></a><var>52.23</var>(5) liability considerations; and<br/>
<a id="pl.52.24"></a><var>52.24</var>(6) integration of billing systems of transportation network companies with current
         Metro <br/>
<a id="pl.52.25"></a><var>52.25</var>Mobility fare collection.<br/>
<a id="pl.52.26"></a><var>52.26</var>(c) The task force must analyze approaches to improve Metro Mobility program service
         <br/>
<a id="pl.52.27"></a><var>52.27</var>by incorporating the use of taxi service. At a minimum, the analysis must consider:<br/>
<a id="pl.52.28"></a><var>52.28</var>(1) availability of taxi service throughout the Metro Mobility service area;<br/>
<a id="pl.52.29"></a><var>52.29</var>(2) demand responsiveness and service levels of taxi services;<br/>
<a id="pl.52.30"></a><var>52.30</var>(3) the share of trips in which specially equipped vehicles that comply with the Americans
         <br/>
<a id="pl.52.31"></a><var>52.31</var>with Disabilities Act are necessary;<br/>
<a id="pl.53.1"></a><var>53.1</var>(4) technology accessibility for Metro Mobility customers;<br/>
<a id="pl.53.2"></a><var>53.2</var>(5) liability considerations;<br/>
<a id="pl.53.3"></a><var>53.3</var>(6) options for contracting with taxi providers or other methods of billing for taxi
         rides; <br/>
<a id="pl.53.4"></a><var>53.4</var>and<br/>
<a id="pl.53.5"></a><var>53.5</var>(7) the potential to use taxi service to provide an enhanced service option where
         riders <br/>
<a id="pl.53.6"></a><var>53.6</var>pay a higher fare than other users of Metro Mobility Services.<br/>
<a id="pl.53.7"></a><var>53.7</var>(d) The task force must review proposals and models for incorporating transportation
         <br/>
<a id="pl.53.8"></a><var>53.8</var>network companies and taxi service providers into transit systems in other service
         areas.<br/>
<a id="pl.53.9"></a><var>53.9</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Administration.</b> (a) Each appointing entity under subdivision 2 must make <br/>
<a id="pl.53.10"></a><var>53.10</var>appointments and notify the Metropolitan Council by August 1, 2017.<br/>
<a id="pl.53.11"></a><var>53.11</var>(b) The Metropolitan Council representative appointed to the task force must convene
         <br/>
<a id="pl.53.12"></a><var>53.12</var>the initial meeting of the task force no later than September 1, 2017. At the initial
         meeting, <br/>
<a id="pl.53.13"></a><var>53.13</var>the members of the task force must elect a chair or cochairs from among the task force
         <br/>
<a id="pl.53.14"></a><var>53.14</var>members.<br/>
<a id="pl.53.15"></a><var>53.15</var>(c) Upon request of the task force, the council must use existing resources to provide
         <br/>
<a id="pl.53.16"></a><var>53.16</var>data, information, meeting space, and administrative services.<br/>
<a id="pl.53.17"></a><var>53.17</var>(d) Members of the task force serve without compensation or payment of expenses.<br/>
<a id="pl.53.18"></a><var>53.18</var>(e) The task force may accept gifts and grants, which are accepted on behalf of the
         state <br/>
<a id="pl.53.19"></a><var>53.19</var>and constitute donations to the Metropolitan Council. Funds received under this paragraph
         <br/>
<a id="pl.53.20"></a><var>53.20</var>are appropriated to the Metropolitan Council for purposes of the task force.<br/>
<a id="pl.53.21"></a><var>53.21</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Legislative report.</b> (a) By February 15, 2018, the task force must submit a <br/>
<a id="pl.53.22"></a><var>53.22</var>report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with
         <br/>
<a id="pl.53.23"></a><var>53.23</var>jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance.<br/>
<a id="pl.53.24"></a><var>53.24</var>(b) At a minimum the report must:<br/>
<a id="pl.53.25"></a><var>53.25</var>(1) summarize the work of the task force and its findings;<br/>
<a id="pl.53.26"></a><var>53.26</var>(2) describe the current Metro Mobility program;<br/>
<a id="pl.53.27"></a><var>53.27</var>(3) identify at least three potential service level approaches that involve partnering
         with <br/>
<a id="pl.53.28"></a><var>53.28</var>and incorporating transportation network companies, taxi service providers, or both;
         and<br/>
<a id="pl.53.29"></a><var>53.29</var>(4) provide any recommendations for program and legislative changes.<br/>
<a id="pl.53.30"></a><var>53.30</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Expiration.</b> The task force under this section expires February 15, 2018, or <br/>
<a id="pl.53.31"></a><var>53.31</var>upon submission of the report required under subdivision 5, whichever is earlier.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.5.0"></a><a id="pl.54.1"></a><var>54.1</var>    Sec. 5. <b>VIBRATION SUSCEPTIBILITY STUDY ON CALHOUN ISLES </b><br/>
<a id="pl.54.2"></a><var>54.2</var><b>PROPERTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.54.3"></a><var>54.3</var>Within 21 days of the effective date of this act, the Metropolitan Council must enter
         into <br/>
<a id="pl.54.4"></a><var>54.4</var>a contract with an engineering group for the engineering group to conduct a vibration
         <br/>
<a id="pl.54.5"></a><var>54.5</var>susceptibility study on Calhoun Isles property, including the high-rise building,
         townhomes, <br/>
<a id="pl.54.6"></a><var>54.6</var>and parking ramp. The study must:<br/>
<a id="pl.54.7"></a><var>54.7</var>(1) evaluate the susceptibility of the Calhoun Isles property to vibration during
         <br/>
<a id="pl.54.8"></a><var>54.8</var>construction and during operations of a light rail train;<br/>
<a id="pl.54.9"></a><var>54.9</var>(2) categorize the Calhoun Isles property based on the susceptibility evaluation;
         and<br/>
<a id="pl.54.10"></a><var>54.10</var>(3) address mitigation measures and operational changes required to protect the Calhoun
         <br/>
<a id="pl.54.11"></a><var>54.11</var>Isles property from vibratory damage.<br/>
<a id="pl.54.12"></a><var>54.12</var>The Calhoun Isles Condominium Association must select the engineering group and notify
         <br/>
<a id="pl.54.13"></a><var>54.13</var>the Metropolitan Council of the selection within seven days of the effective date
         of this act. <br/>
<a id="pl.54.14"></a><var>54.14</var>The Metropolitan Council must bear the entire cost of the study.<br/>
<a id="pl.54.15"></a><var>54.15</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.6.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.6.1.0"></a><a id="pl.54.18"></a><var>54.18</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168.013, subdivision 1d, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.54.19"></a><var>54.19</var>    Subd. 1d. <b>Trailer.</b> (a) On trailers registered at a gross vehicle weight of greater than <br/>
<a id="pl.54.20"></a><var>54.20</var>3,000 pounds, the annual tax is based on total gross weight and is 30 percent of the
         Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.54.21"></a><var>54.21</var>base rate prescribed in subdivision 1e, when the gross weight is 15,000 pounds or
         less, and <br/>
<a id="pl.54.22"></a><var>54.22</var>when the gross weight of a trailer is more than 15,000 pounds, the tax for the first
         eight <br/>
<a id="pl.54.23"></a><var>54.23</var>years of vehicle life is 100 percent of the tax imposed in the Minnesota base rate
         schedule, <br/>
<a id="pl.54.24"></a><var>54.24</var>and during the ninth and succeeding years of vehicle life the tax is 75 percent of
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.54.25"></a><var>54.25</var>Minnesota base rate prescribed by subdivision 1e. A trailer registered at a gross
         vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.54.26"></a><var>54.26</var>weight greater than 3,000 pounds but no greater than 7,200 pounds may be taxed either:
         (1) <br/>
<a id="pl.54.27"></a><var>54.27</var>annually as provided in this paragraph; or (2) once every three years on the basis
         of total <br/>
<a id="pl.54.28"></a><var>54.28</var>gross weight and is 90 percent of the Minnesota base rate prescribed in subdivision
         1e, <br/>
<a id="pl.54.29"></a><var>54.29</var>provided that the filing fee under section 
<statute_ref>168.33, subdivision 7</statute_ref>, paragraph (a), is multiplied <br/>
<a id="pl.54.30"></a><var>54.30</var>by three, with funds collected by the commissioner allocated proportionally in the
         same <br/>
<a id="pl.54.31"></a><var>54.31</var>manner as provided in section 
<statute_ref>168.33, subdivision 7</statute_ref>, paragraph (e).<br/>
<a id="pl.55.1"></a><var>55.1</var>(b) Farm trailers with a gross weight in excess of 10,000 pounds and as described
         in <br/>
<a id="pl.55.2"></a><var>55.2</var>section 
         <statute_ref>168.002, subdivision 8</statute_ref>, are taxed as farm trucks as prescribed in subdivision 1c.<br/>
<a id="pl.55.3"></a><var>55.3</var>(c) Effective on and after July 1, 2001, trailers registered at a gross vehicle weight
         of <br/>
<a id="pl.55.4"></a><var>55.4</var>3,000 pounds or less must display a distinctive plate. The registration on the license
         plate <br/>
<a id="pl.55.5"></a><var>55.5</var>is valid for the life of the trailer only if it remains registered at the same gross
         vehicle weight. <br/>
<a id="pl.55.6"></a><var>55.6</var>The onetime registration tax for trailers registered for the first time in Minnesota
         is $55. <br/>
<a id="pl.55.7"></a><var>55.7</var>For trailers registered in Minnesota before July 1, 2001, and for which:<br/>
<a id="pl.55.8"></a><var>55.8</var>(1) registration is desired for the remaining life of the trailer, the registration
         tax is $25; <br/>
<a id="pl.55.9"></a><var>55.9</var>or<br/>
<a id="pl.55.10"></a><var>55.10</var>(2) permanent registration is not desired, the biennial registration tax is $10 for
         the first <br/>
<a id="pl.55.11"></a><var>55.11</var>renewal if registration is renewed between and including July 1, 2001, and June 30,
         2003. <br/>
<a id="pl.55.12"></a><var>55.12</var>These trailers must be issued permanent registration at the first renewal on or after
         July 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.55.13"></a><var>55.13</var>2003, and the registration tax is $20.<br/>
<a id="pl.55.14"></a><var>55.14</var>    For trailers registered at a gross weight of 3,000 pounds or less before July 1, 2001,
         but <br/>
<a id="pl.55.15"></a><var>55.15</var>not renewed until on or after July 1, 2003, the registration tax is $20 and permanent
         <br/>
<a id="pl.55.16"></a><var>55.16</var>registration must be issued.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.6.2.0"></a><a id="pl.55.17"></a><var>55.17</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168.021, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.55.18"></a><var>55.18</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Disability plates; application.</b> (a) When a motor vehicle registered under <br/>
<a id="pl.55.19"></a><var>55.19</var>section 
         <statute_ref>168.017</statute_ref>, a motorcycle, a motorized bicycle, a one-ton pickup truck, or a self-propelled <br/>
<a id="pl.55.20"></a><var>55.20</var>recreational vehicle is owned or primarily operated by a permanently physically disabled
         <br/>
<a id="pl.55.21"></a><var>55.21</var>person or a custodial parent or guardian of a permanently physically disabled minor,
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.55.22"></a><var>55.22</var>owner may apply for and secure from the commissioner (1) immediately, a temporary
         permit <br/>
<a id="pl.55.23"></a><var>55.23</var>valid for 30 days if the applicant is eligible for the disability plates issued under
         this section <br/>
<a id="pl.55.24"></a><var>55.24</var>and (2) two disability plates with attached emblems, one plate to be attached to the
         front, <br/>
<a id="pl.55.25"></a><var>55.25</var>and one to the rear of the motor vehicle, truck, or recreational vehicle, or, in the
         case of a <br/>
<a id="pl.55.26"></a><var>55.26</var>motorcycle or a motorized bicycle, one disability plate the same size as a regular motorcycle <br/>
<a id="pl.55.27"></a><var>55.27</var>plate.<br/>
<a id="pl.55.28"></a><var>55.28</var>    (b) The commissioner shall not issue more than one plate to the owner of a motorcycle
          <br/>
<a id="pl.55.29"></a><var>55.29</var>or a motorized bicycle and not more than one set of plates to any owner of another vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.55.30"></a><var>55.30</var>described in paragraph (a) at the same time unless the state Council on Disability
         approves <br/>
<a id="pl.55.31"></a><var>55.31</var>the issuance of a second plate or set of plates to an owner.<br/>
<a id="pl.56.1"></a><var>56.1</var>    (c) When the owner first applies for the disability plate or plates, the owner must
         submit <br/>
<a id="pl.56.2"></a><var>56.2</var>a medical statement in a format approved by the commissioner under section 
         <statute_ref>169.345</statute_ref>, or <br/>
<a id="pl.56.3"></a><var>56.3</var>proof of physical disability provided for in that section.<br/>
<a id="pl.56.4"></a><var>56.4</var>    (d) No medical statement or proof of disability is required when an owner applies
         for a <br/>
<a id="pl.56.5"></a><var>56.5</var>plate or plates for one or more vehicles listed in paragraph (a) that are specially
         modified <br/>
<a id="pl.56.6"></a><var>56.6</var>for and used exclusively by permanently physically disabled persons.<br/>
<a id="pl.56.7"></a><var>56.7</var>    (e) The owner of a vehicle listed in paragraph (a) may apply for and secure (i) <br/>
<a id="pl.56.8"></a><var>56.8</var>immediately, a permit valid for 30 days, if the applicant is eligible to receive the
         disability <br/>
<a id="pl.56.9"></a><var>56.9</var>plate or plates issued under this section, and (ii) a disability plate or plates for
         the vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.56.10"></a><var>56.10</var>if:<br/>
<a id="pl.56.11"></a><var>56.11</var>    (1) the owner employs a permanently physically disabled person who would qualify for
         <br/>
<a id="pl.56.12"></a><var>56.12</var>the disability plate or plates under this section; and<br/>
<a id="pl.56.13"></a><var>56.13</var>    (2) the owner furnishes the motor vehicle to the physically disabled person for the
         <br/>
<a id="pl.56.14"></a><var>56.14</var>exclusive use of that person in the course of employment.<br/>
<a id="pl.56.15"></a><var>56.15</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.6.3.0"></a><a id="pl.56.16"></a><var>56.16</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168.021, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.56.17"></a><var>56.17</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Plate design; furnished by commissioner.</b> The commissioner shall design <br/>
<a id="pl.56.18"></a><var>56.18</var>and furnish two disability plates, or one disability plate for a motorcycle or a motorized <br/>
<a id="pl.56.19"></a><var>56.19</var>bicycle that is the same size as a regular motorcycle plate, with attached emblem or emblems
         <br/>
<a id="pl.56.20"></a><var>56.20</var>to an eligible owner. The emblem must bear the internationally accepted wheelchair
         symbol, <br/>
<a id="pl.56.21"></a><var>56.21</var>as designated in section 
         <statute_ref>326B.106, subdivision 9</statute_ref>, approximately three inches square. The <br/>
<a id="pl.56.22"></a><var>56.22</var>emblem must be large enough to be visible plainly from a distance of 50 feet. An applicant
         <br/>
<a id="pl.56.23"></a><var>56.23</var>eligible for a disability plate or plates shall pay the motor vehicle registration
         fee authorized <br/>
<a id="pl.56.24"></a><var>56.24</var>by sections 
         <statute_ref>168.013</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>168.09</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.56.25"></a><var>56.25</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.6.4.0"></a><a id="pl.56.26"></a><var>56.26</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168.021, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.56.27"></a><var>56.27</var>    Subd. 2a. <b>Plate transfer.</b> (a) When ownership of a vehicle described in subdivision 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.56.28"></a><var>56.28</var>is transferred, the owner of the vehicle shall remove the disability plate or plates.
         The buyer <br/>
<a id="pl.56.29"></a><var>56.29</var>of the motor vehicle is entitled to receive a regular plate or plates for the vehicle
         without <br/>
<a id="pl.56.30"></a><var>56.30</var>further cost for the remainder of the registration period.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.1"></a><var>57.1</var>(b) Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>168.12, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, the disability plate or plates may be <br/>
<a id="pl.57.2"></a><var>57.2</var>transferred to a replacement vehicle on notification to the commissioner. However,
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.57.3"></a><var>57.3</var>disability plate or plates may not be transferred unless the replacement vehicle (1)
         is listed <br/>
<a id="pl.57.4"></a><var>57.4</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>168.012, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, and, in case of a single plate for a motorcycle or a <br/>
<a id="pl.57.5"></a><var>57.5</var>motorized bicycle, the replacement vehicle is a motorcycle or a motorized bicycle, and (2) <br/>
<a id="pl.57.6"></a><var>57.6</var>is owned or primarily operated by the permanently physically disabled person.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.7"></a><var>57.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.6.5.0"></a><a id="pl.57.8"></a><var>57.8</var>    Sec. 5. <b>[168.1294] LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL PLATES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.57.9"></a><var>57.9</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Issuance of plates.</b> The commissioner must issue special law enforcement <br/>
<a id="pl.57.10"></a><var>57.10</var>memorial license plates or a single motorcycle plate to an applicant who:<br/>
<a id="pl.57.11"></a><var>57.11</var>(1) is a registered owner of a passenger automobile, noncommercial one-ton pickup
         <br/>
<a id="pl.57.12"></a><var>57.12</var>truck, motorcycle, or recreational motor vehicle;<br/>
<a id="pl.57.13"></a><var>57.13</var>(2) pays an additional fee of $10 for each set of plates;<br/>
<a id="pl.57.14"></a><var>57.14</var>(3) pays the registration tax as required under section 168.013, along with any other
         fees <br/>
<a id="pl.57.15"></a><var>57.15</var>required by this chapter;<br/>
<a id="pl.57.16"></a><var>57.16</var>(4) contributes $25 upon initial application and a minimum of $5 annually to the law
         <br/>
<a id="pl.57.17"></a><var>57.17</var>enforcement memorial account; and<br/>
<a id="pl.57.18"></a><var>57.18</var>(5) complies with this chapter and rules governing registration of motor vehicles
         and <br/>
<a id="pl.57.19"></a><var>57.19</var>licensing of drivers.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.20"></a><var>57.20</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Design.</b> The commissioner, in consultation with representatives from the <br/>
<a id="pl.57.21"></a><var>57.21</var>Minnesota Law Enforcement Memorial Association, must adopt a suitable design for the
         <br/>
<a id="pl.57.22"></a><var>57.22</var>plate that must include a blue line with a black line of equal proportion above and
         below <br/>
<a id="pl.57.23"></a><var>57.23</var>the blue line, representing the thin blue line.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.24"></a><var>57.24</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Plates transfer.</b> On application to the commissioner and payment of a transfer <br/>
<a id="pl.57.25"></a><var>57.25</var>fee of $5, special plates may be transferred to another qualified motor vehicle that
         is <br/>
<a id="pl.57.26"></a><var>57.26</var>registered to the same individual to whom the special plates were originally issued.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.27"></a><var>57.27</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Exemption.</b> Special plates issued under this section are not subject to section <br/>
<a id="pl.57.28"></a><var>57.28</var>168.1293, subdivision 2.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.29"></a><var>57.29</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Fees.</b> Fees collected under subdivision 1, clauses (2) and (3), and subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.57.30"></a><var>57.30</var>3 are credited to the vehicle services operating account in the special revenue fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.58.1"></a><var>58.1</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Contributions; memorial account; appropriation.</b> Contributions collected <br/>
<a id="pl.58.2"></a><var>58.2</var>under subdivision 1, clause (4), must be deposited in the Minnesota law enforcement
         <br/>
<a id="pl.58.3"></a><var>58.3</var>memorial account, which is established in the special revenue fund. Money in the account
         <br/>
<a id="pl.58.4"></a><var>58.4</var>is appropriated to the commissioner of public safety. This appropriation is first
         for the annual <br/>
<a id="pl.58.5"></a><var>58.5</var>cost of administering the account funds, and the remaining funds are for distribution
         to the <br/>
<a id="pl.58.6"></a><var>58.6</var>Minnesota Law Enforcement Memorial Association to be used to further the mission of
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.58.7"></a><var>58.7</var>association in assisting the families and home agencies of Minnesota law enforcement
         <br/>
<a id="pl.58.8"></a><var>58.8</var>officers who have died in the line of duty.<br/>
<a id="pl.58.9"></a><var>58.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018, for special law <br/>
<a id="pl.58.10"></a><var>58.10</var>enforcement memorial plates issued on or after that date.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.6.6.0"></a><a id="pl.58.11"></a><var>58.11</var>    Sec. 6. <b>[168.1295] "START SEEING MOTORCYCLES" PLATES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.58.12"></a><var>58.12</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Issuance of plates.</b> The commissioner must issue special "Start Seeing <br/>
<a id="pl.58.13"></a><var>58.13</var>Motorcycles" license plates or a single motorcycle plate to an applicant who:<br/>
<a id="pl.58.14"></a><var>58.14</var>(1) is a registered owner of a passenger automobile, noncommercial one-ton pickup
         <br/>
<a id="pl.58.15"></a><var>58.15</var>truck, motorcycle, or recreational motor vehicle;<br/>
<a id="pl.58.16"></a><var>58.16</var>(2) pays a fee of $10 for each set of plates;<br/>
<a id="pl.58.17"></a><var>58.17</var>(3) pays the registration tax as required under section 168.013, along with any other
         fees <br/>
<a id="pl.58.18"></a><var>58.18</var>required by this chapter;<br/>
<a id="pl.58.19"></a><var>58.19</var>(4) contributes a minimum of $10 annually to the motorcycle safety fund, created under
         <br/>
<a id="pl.58.20"></a><var>58.20</var>section 171.06, subdivision 2a, paragraph (a), clause (1); and<br/>
<a id="pl.58.21"></a><var>58.21</var>(5) complies with this chapter and rules governing registration of motor vehicles
         and <br/>
<a id="pl.58.22"></a><var>58.22</var>licensing of drivers.<br/>
<a id="pl.58.23"></a><var>58.23</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Design.</b> The representatives of American Bikers for Awareness, Training, and <br/>
<a id="pl.58.24"></a><var>58.24</var>Education of Minnesota must design the special plate to contain the inscription "Start
         Seeing <br/>
<a id="pl.58.25"></a><var>58.25</var>Motorcycles" between the bolt holes on the bottom of the plate with a design area
         on the <br/>
<a id="pl.58.26"></a><var>58.26</var>left side of the plate, subject to the approval of the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.58.27"></a><var>58.27</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Plates transfer.</b> On application to the commissioner and payment of a transfer <br/>
<a id="pl.58.28"></a><var>58.28</var>fee of $5, special plates issued under this section may be transferred to another
         motor vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.58.29"></a><var>58.29</var>if the subsequent vehicle is:<br/>
<a id="pl.58.30"></a><var>58.30</var>(1) qualified under subdivision 1, clause (1), to bear the special plates; and<br/>
<a id="pl.58.31"></a><var>58.31</var>(2) registered to the same individual to whom the special plates were originally issued.<br/>
<a id="pl.59.1"></a><var>59.1</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Exemption.</b> Special plates issued under this section are not subject to section <br/>
<a id="pl.59.2"></a><var>59.2</var>168.1293, subdivision 2.<br/>
<a id="pl.59.3"></a><var>59.3</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Fees.</b> Fees collected under subdivision 1, clause (2), and subdivision 3 are <br/>
<a id="pl.59.4"></a><var>59.4</var>credited to the vehicle services operating account in the special revenue fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.59.5"></a><var>59.5</var>    Subd. 6. <b>No refund.</b> Contributions under this section must not be refunded.<br/>
<a id="pl.59.6"></a><var>59.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018, for special "Start Seeing <br/>
<a id="pl.59.7"></a><var>59.7</var>Motorcycles" plates issued on or after that date.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.6.7.0"></a><a id="pl.59.8"></a><var>59.8</var>    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168A.09, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.59.9"></a><var>59.9</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Application, issuance, form, bond, and notice.</b> In the event a certificate <br/>
<a id="pl.59.10"></a><var>59.10</var>of title is lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed, or becomes illegible, the owner or legal <br/>
<a id="pl.59.11"></a><var>59.11</var>representative of the owner named in the certificate may make submit an application to the <br/>
<a id="pl.59.12"></a><var>59.12</var>department or a deputy registrar for a duplicate in a format prescribed by the department.
         <br/>
<a id="pl.59.13"></a><var>59.13</var>The department shall or deputy registrar must issue a duplicate certificate of title if satisfied <br/>
<a id="pl.59.14"></a><var>59.14</var>that the applicant is entitled thereto to the duplicate certificate of title. The duplicate certificate <br/>
<a id="pl.59.15"></a><var>59.15</var>of title shall must be plainly marked as a duplicate and mailed or delivered to the owner. <br/>
<a id="pl.59.16"></a><var>59.16</var>The department shall or deputy registrar must indicate in its the driver and vehicle information <br/>
<a id="pl.59.17"></a><var>59.17</var>system records that a duplicate certificate of title has been issued. As a condition to issuing <br/>
<a id="pl.59.18"></a><var>59.18</var>a duplicate certificate of title, the department may require a bond from the applicant
         in the <br/>
<a id="pl.59.19"></a><var>59.19</var>manner and format prescribed in section 
         <statute_ref>168A.07, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, clause (2). The duplicate <br/>
<a id="pl.59.20"></a><var>59.20</var>certificate of title shall must contain the legend: "This duplicate certificate of title may be <br/>
<a id="pl.59.21"></a><var>59.21</var>subject to the rights of a person under the original certificate."<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.6.8.0"></a><a id="pl.59.22"></a><var>59.22</var>    Sec. 8. <b>[168A.125] TRANSFER-ON-DEATH TITLE TO MOTOR VEHICLE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.59.23"></a><var>59.23</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Titled as transfer-on-death.</b> A natural person who is the owner of a <br/>
<a id="pl.59.24"></a><var>59.24</var>motor vehicle may have the motor vehicle titled in transfer-on-death or TOD form by
         <br/>
<a id="pl.59.25"></a><var>59.25</var>including in the application for the certificate of title a designation of a beneficiary
         or <br/>
<a id="pl.59.26"></a><var>59.26</var>beneficiaries to whom the motor vehicle must be transferred on death of the owner
         or the <br/>
<a id="pl.59.27"></a><var>59.27</var>last survivor of joint owners with rights of survivorship, subject to the rights of
         secured <br/>
<a id="pl.59.28"></a><var>59.28</var>parties.<br/>
<a id="pl.59.29"></a><var>59.29</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Designation of beneficiary.</b> A motor vehicle is registered in transfer-on-death <br/>
<a id="pl.59.30"></a><var>59.30</var>form by designating on the certificate of title the name of the owner and the names
         of joint <br/>
<a id="pl.59.31"></a><var>59.31</var>owners with identification of rights of survivorship, followed by the words "transfer-on-death
         <br/>
<a id="pl.59.32"></a><var>59.32</var>to (name of beneficiary or beneficiaries)." The designation "TOD" may be used instead
         of <br/>
<a id="pl.60.1"></a><var>60.1</var>"transfer-on-death." A title in transfer-on-death form is not required to be supported
         by <br/>
<a id="pl.60.2"></a><var>60.2</var>consideration, and the certificate of title in which the designation is made is not
         required to <br/>
<a id="pl.60.3"></a><var>60.3</var>be delivered to the beneficiary or beneficiaries in order for the designation to be
         effective. <br/>
<a id="pl.60.4"></a><var>60.4</var>If the owner of the motor vehicle is married at the time of the designation, the designation
         <br/>
<a id="pl.60.5"></a><var>60.5</var>of a beneficiary other than the owner's spouse requires the spouse's written consent.<br/>
<a id="pl.60.6"></a><var>60.6</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Interest of beneficiary.</b> The transfer-on-death beneficiary or beneficiaries have <br/>
<a id="pl.60.7"></a><var>60.7</var>no interest in the motor vehicle until the death of the owner or the last survivor
         of joint <br/>
<a id="pl.60.8"></a><var>60.8</var>owners with rights of survivorship. A beneficiary designation may be changed at any
         time <br/>
<a id="pl.60.9"></a><var>60.9</var>by the owner or by all joint owners with rights of survivorship, without the consent
         of the <br/>
<a id="pl.60.10"></a><var>60.10</var>beneficiary or beneficiaries, by filing an application for a new certificate of title.<br/>
<a id="pl.60.11"></a><var>60.11</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Vesting of ownership in beneficiary.</b> Ownership of a motor vehicle titled in <br/>
<a id="pl.60.12"></a><var>60.12</var>transfer-on-death form vests in the designated beneficiary or beneficiaries on the
         death of <br/>
<a id="pl.60.13"></a><var>60.13</var>the owner or the last of the joint owners with rights of survivorship, subject to
         the rights of <br/>
<a id="pl.60.14"></a><var>60.14</var>secured parties. The transfer-on-death beneficiary or beneficiaries who survive the
         owner <br/>
<a id="pl.60.15"></a><var>60.15</var>may apply for a new certificate of title to the motor vehicle upon submitting a certified
         death <br/>
<a id="pl.60.16"></a><var>60.16</var>record of the owner of the motor vehicle. If no transfer-on-death beneficiary or beneficiaries
         <br/>
<a id="pl.60.17"></a><var>60.17</var>survive the owner of a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle must be included in the probate
         <br/>
<a id="pl.60.18"></a><var>60.18</var>estate of the deceased owner. A transfer of a motor vehicle to a transfer-on-death
         beneficiary <br/>
<a id="pl.60.19"></a><var>60.19</var>or beneficiaries is not a testamentary transfer.<br/>
<a id="pl.60.20"></a><var>60.20</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Rights of creditors.</b> (a) This section does not limit the rights of any secured <br/>
<a id="pl.60.21"></a><var>60.21</var>party or creditor of the owner of a motor vehicle against a transfer-on-death beneficiary
         or <br/>
<a id="pl.60.22"></a><var>60.22</var>beneficiaries.<br/>
<a id="pl.60.23"></a><var>60.23</var>(b) The state or a county agency with a claim or lien authorized by section 246.53,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.60.24"></a><var>60.24</var>256B.15, 261.04, or 270C.63 is a creditor for purposes of this subdivision. A claim
         authorized <br/>
<a id="pl.60.25"></a><var>60.25</var>by section 256B.15 against the estate of an owner of a motor vehicle titled in <br/>
<a id="pl.60.26"></a><var>60.26</var>transfer-on-death form voids any transfer-on-death conveyance of a motor vehicle as
         <br/>
<a id="pl.60.27"></a><var>60.27</var>described in this section. A claim or lien under section 246.53, 261.04, or 270C.63
         continues <br/>
<a id="pl.60.28"></a><var>60.28</var>to apply against the designated beneficiary or beneficiaries after the transfer under
         this <br/>
<a id="pl.60.29"></a><var>60.29</var>section if other assets of the deceased owner's estate are insufficient to pay the
         amount of <br/>
<a id="pl.60.30"></a><var>60.30</var>the claim. The claim or lien continues to apply to the motor vehicle until the designated
         <br/>
<a id="pl.60.31"></a><var>60.31</var>beneficiary sells or transfers it to a person against whom the claim or lien does
         not apply <br/>
<a id="pl.60.32"></a><var>60.32</var>and who did not have actual notice or knowledge of the claim or lien.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.6.9.0"></a><a id="pl.60.33"></a><var>60.33</var>    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168A.141, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.60.34"></a><var>60.34</var><b>168A.141 MANUFACTURED HOME AFFIXED TO REAL PROPERTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.61.1"></a><var>61.1</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Certificates surrendered for cancellation.</b> (a) When a manufactured <br/>
<a id="pl.61.2"></a><var>61.2</var>home is to be affixed or is affixed, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>273.125, subdivision 8</statute_ref>, paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.61.3"></a><var>61.3</var>(b), to real property, and financed by the giving of a mortgage on the real property, the <br/>
<a id="pl.61.4"></a><var>61.4</var>owner of the manufactured home shall may surrender the manufacturer's certificate of origin <br/>
<a id="pl.61.5"></a><var>61.5</var>or certificate of title to the department for cancellation. The owner of so that the manufactured <br/>
<a id="pl.61.6"></a><var>61.6</var>home shall give the department the address and legal description of the becomes an <br/>
<a id="pl.61.7"></a><var>61.7</var>improvement to real property. The department may require the filing of other information <br/>
<a id="pl.61.8"></a><var>61.8</var>and is no longer titled as personal property. The department must not issue a certificate of <br/>
<a id="pl.61.9"></a><var>61.9</var>title for a manufactured home under chapter 168A if the manufacturer's certificate
         of origin <br/>
<a id="pl.61.10"></a><var>61.10</var>is or has been surrendered under this subdivision, except as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>168A.142</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.61.11"></a><var>61.11</var>Upon surrender of the manufacturer's certificate of origin or the certificate of title,
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.61.12"></a><var>61.12</var>department shall issue notice of surrender to the owner, and upon recording an affidavit of <br/>
<a id="pl.61.13"></a><var>61.13</var>affixation, which the county recorder or registrar of titles, as applicable, shall
         accept, the <br/>
<a id="pl.61.14"></a><var>61.14</var>manufactured home is deemed to be an improvement to real property. The notice of surrender <br/>
<a id="pl.61.15"></a><var>61.15</var>may be recorded in the office of the county recorder or with the registrar of titles
         if the land <br/>
<a id="pl.61.16"></a><var>61.16</var>is registered but need not contain an acknowledgment. An affidavit of affixation by the <br/>
<a id="pl.61.17"></a><var>61.17</var>owner of the manufactured home must include the following information:<br/>
<a id="pl.61.18"></a><var>61.18</var>(1) the name, residence address, and mailing address of owner or owners of the <br/>
<a id="pl.61.19"></a><var>61.19</var>manufactured home;<br/>
<a id="pl.61.20"></a><var>61.20</var>(2) the legal description of the real property in which the manufactured home is,
         or will <br/>
<a id="pl.61.21"></a><var>61.21</var>be, located;<br/>
<a id="pl.61.22"></a><var>61.22</var>(3) a copy of the surrendered manufacturer's certificate of origin or certificate
         of title <br/>
<a id="pl.61.23"></a><var>61.23</var>and the notice of surrender;<br/>
<a id="pl.61.24"></a><var>61.24</var>(4) a written statement from the county auditor or county treasurer of the county
         where <br/>
<a id="pl.61.25"></a><var>61.25</var>the manufactured home is located stating that all property taxes payable in the current
         year, <br/>
<a id="pl.61.26"></a><var>61.26</var>as provided under section 273.125, subdivision 8, paragraph (b), have been paid, or
         are not <br/>
<a id="pl.61.27"></a><var>61.27</var>applicable;<br/>
<a id="pl.61.28"></a><var>61.28</var>(5) the name and address of the person designated by the applicant to record the original
         <br/>
<a id="pl.61.29"></a><var>61.29</var>affidavit of affixation with the county recorder or registrar of titles for the county
         where the <br/>
<a id="pl.61.30"></a><var>61.30</var>real property is located;<br/>
<a id="pl.61.31"></a><var>61.31</var>(6) the signature of the person who executes the affidavit, properly executed before
         a <br/>
<a id="pl.61.32"></a><var>61.32</var>person authorized to authenticate an affidavit in this state;<br/>
<a id="pl.62.1"></a><var>62.1</var>(7) the person designated in clause (5) shall record, or arrange for the recording
         of, the <br/>
<a id="pl.62.2"></a><var>62.2</var>affidavit of affixation, accompanied by the fees for recording and for issuing a certified
         <br/>
<a id="pl.62.3"></a><var>62.3</var>copy of the notice, including all attachments, showing the recording date; and<br/>
<a id="pl.62.4"></a><var>62.4</var>(8) upon obtaining the certified copy of the notice under clause (7), the person designated
         <br/>
<a id="pl.62.5"></a><var>62.5</var>in the affidavit shall deliver the certified copy to the county auditor of the county
         in which <br/>
<a id="pl.62.6"></a><var>62.6</var>the real property to which the manufactured home was affixed is located.<br/>
<a id="pl.62.7"></a><var>62.7</var>    (b) The department is not liable for any errors, omissions, misstatements, or other
         <br/>
<a id="pl.62.8"></a><var>62.8</var>deficiencies or inaccuracies in documents presented to the department under this section,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.62.9"></a><var>62.9</var>if the documents presented appear to satisfy the requirements of this section. The
         department <br/>
<a id="pl.62.10"></a><var>62.10</var>has no obligation to investigate the accuracy of statements contained in the documents.<br/>
<a id="pl.62.11"></a><var>62.11</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>Affidavit form.</b> The affidavit referred to in subdivision 1 shall be in <br/>
<a id="pl.62.12"></a><var>62.12</var>substantially the following form and shall contain the following information.<br/>

<a id="pl.62.16"></a><var>62.16</var>1. Homeowner owns the manufactured home ("home") described as follows:<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="9.3"/>
<col width="6.2"/>
<col width="11.200000000000001"/>
<col width="11.200000000000001"/>
<col width="13.799999999999999"/>
<col width="8.7"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.62.17"></a><var>62.17</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="6"><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.62.18"></a><var>62.18</var><br/>
<a id="pl.62.19"></a><var>62.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td>New/Used<br/>
</td>
<td>Year<br/>
</td>
<td>Manufacturer's <br/>
Name<br/>
</td>
<td>Model Name or <br/>
Model No.<br/>
</td>
<td>Manufacturer's <br/>
Serial No.<br/>
</td>
<td>Length/Width<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.62.20"></a><var>62.20</var>2. A copy of the surrendered manufacturer's certificate of origin or certificate of
         title is <br/>
<a id="pl.62.21"></a><var>62.21</var>attached hereto.<br/>
<a id="pl.62.22"></a><var>62.22</var>3. A copy of the notice of surrender issued from the Minnesota Department of Public
         Safety <br/>
<a id="pl.62.23"></a><var>62.23</var>Driver and Vehicle Services is attached hereto.<br/>
<a id="pl.62.24"></a><var>62.24</var>4. The home is or will be located at the following "Property Address":<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="12.5"/>
<col width="10.700000000000001"/>
<col width="10.8"/>
<col width="8"/>
<col width="8"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.62.25"></a><var>62.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="5"><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.62.26"></a><var>62.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Street or Route <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td>City <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td>County <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td>State <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td>Zip Code <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.62.27"></a><var>62.27</var>5. The legal description of the property address ("land") is as follows or as attached
         hereto:<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width=""/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.62.28"></a><var>62.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.62.29"></a><var>62.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.62.30"></a><var>62.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.62.31"></a><var>62.31</var>6. The homeowner is the owner of the land.<br/>
<a id="pl.63.1"></a><var>63.1</var>7. The home is, or shall be promptly upon delivery, anchored to the land by attachment
         to <br/>
<a id="pl.63.2"></a><var>63.2</var>a permanent foundation and connected to appropriate residential utilities (e.g., water,
         gas, <br/>
<a id="pl.63.3"></a><var>63.3</var>electricity, sewer).<br/>
<a id="pl.63.4"></a><var>63.4</var>8. The homeowner intends that the home be an immovable permanent improvement to the
         <br/>
<a id="pl.63.5"></a><var>63.5</var>land, free of any personal property security interest.<br/>
<a id="pl.63.6"></a><var>63.6</var>9. A copy of the written statement from the county auditor or county treasurer of
         the county <br/>
<a id="pl.63.7"></a><var>63.7</var>in which the manufactured home is then located, stating that all property taxes payable
         in <br/>
<a id="pl.63.8"></a><var>63.8</var>the current year (pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 273.125, subdivision 8,
         paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.63.9"></a><var>63.9</var>(b)), have been paid, or are not applicable, is attached hereto.<br/>
<a id="pl.63.10"></a><var>63.10</var>10. The home shall be assessed and taxed as an improvement to the land.<br/>
<a id="pl.63.11"></a><var>63.11</var>11. The name and address of the person designated by the homeowner to record the original
         <br/>
<a id="pl.63.12"></a><var>63.12</var>affidavit of surrender with the county recorder or registrar of titles of the county
         in which <br/>
<a id="pl.63.13"></a><var>63.13</var>the real estate is located is:<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width=""/>
<col width=""/>
<col width=""/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.14"></a><var>63.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="2">Name <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.15"></a><var>63.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="2">Street Address <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.16"></a><var>63.16</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="2">City, State, Zip Code <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.17"></a><var>63.17</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="2">Phone <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.18"></a><var>63.18</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="2">E-mail <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.63.19"></a><var>63.19</var>IN WITNESS WHEREOF, homeowner(s) have executed this affidavit on this ....... day
         of <br/>
<a id="pl.63.20"></a><var>63.20</var>......., 20...<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width=""/>
<col width=""/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.21"></a><var>63.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.22"></a><var>63.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Homeowner Signature<br/>
</td>
<td>Address<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.23"></a><var>63.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.24"></a><var>63.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Printed Name<br/>
</td>
<td>City, State<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.25"></a><var>63.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.26"></a><var>63.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Homeowner Signature (if applicable)<br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.27"></a><var>63.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.28"></a><var>63.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Printed Name<br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.63.29"></a><var>63.29</var>This instrument was drafted by, and when recorded return to:<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width=""/>
<col width=""/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.30"></a><var>63.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.31"></a><var>63.31</var><br/>
</td>
<td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.32"></a><var>63.32</var><br/>
</td>
<td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.63.33"></a><var>63.33</var>Subscribed and sworn to before me this ....... day of ......., .......<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width=""/>
<col width=""/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.34"></a><var>63.34</var><br/>
</td>
<td>......................................................................<br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.64.1"></a><var>64.1</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Signature of Notary Public or Other Official<br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.64.2"></a><var>64.2</var>Notary Stamp or Seal<br/>
<a id="pl.64.3"></a><var>64.3</var>(optional)<br/>
<a id="pl.64.4"></a><var>64.4</var>Lender's Statement of Intent:<br/>
<a id="pl.64.5"></a><var>64.5</var>The undersigned ("lender") intends that the home be immovable and a permanent <br/>
<a id="pl.64.6"></a><var>64.6</var>improvement to the land free of any personal property security interest.<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width=""/>
<col width=""/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.64.7"></a><var>64.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.64.8"></a><var>64.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Lender<br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.64.9"></a><var>64.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td>By: <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.64.10"></a><var>64.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Authorized Signature<br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.64.11"></a><var>64.11</var><br/>
</td>
<td>STATE OF <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span>)<br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.64.12"></a><var>64.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span>) ss:<br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.64.13"></a><var>64.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td>COUNTY OF <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span>)<br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.64.14"></a><var>64.14</var>On the ....... day of ....... in the year ....... before me, the undersigned, a Notary
         Public in and <br/>
<a id="pl.64.15"></a><var>64.15</var>for said state, personally appeared<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width=""/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.64.16"></a><var>64.16</var><br/>
</td>
<td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.64.17"></a><var>64.17</var>personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.64.18"></a><var>64.18</var>individual(s) whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged
         <br/>
<a id="pl.64.19"></a><var>64.19</var>to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their capacity(ies), and that
         by <br/>
<a id="pl.64.20"></a><var>64.20</var>his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument, the individual(s), or the person on
         behalf of <br/>
<a id="pl.64.21"></a><var>64.21</var>which the individual(s) acted, executed the instrument.<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width=""/>
<col width=""/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.64.22"></a><var>64.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.64.23"></a><var>64.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Notary Signature<br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.64.24"></a><var>64.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.64.25"></a><var>64.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Notary Printed Name<br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.64.26"></a><var>64.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Notary Public, State of <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.64.27"></a><var>64.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Qualified in the County of <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.64.28"></a><var>64.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td>My commission expires <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.64.29"></a><var>64.29</var>Official seal:<br/>
<a id="pl.64.30"></a><var>64.30</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Perfected security interest </b><b>avoids cancellation</b><b> prevents surrender</b><b>.</b> The <br/>
<a id="pl.64.31"></a><var>64.31</var>department may not cancel a certificate of title if, under this chapter, a security interest has <br/>
<a id="pl.64.32"></a><var>64.32</var>been perfected on the manufactured home. If a security interest has been perfected,
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.64.33"></a><var>64.33</var>department shall notify the owner and that each secured party that the must release or satisfy <br/>
<a id="pl.64.34"></a><var>64.34</var>the security interest prior to proceeding with surrender of the manufacturer's certificate
         of <br/>
<a id="pl.65.1"></a><var>65.1</var>origin or certificate of title and a description of the security interest have been surrendered <br/>
<a id="pl.65.2"></a><var>65.2</var>to the department and that the department will not cancel the certificate of title until the <br/>
<a id="pl.65.3"></a><var>65.3</var>security interest is satisfied for cancellation. Permanent attachment to real property or the <br/>
<a id="pl.65.4"></a><var>65.4</var>recording of an affidavit of affixation does not extinguish an otherwise valid security interest <br/>
<a id="pl.65.5"></a><var>65.5</var>in or tax lien on the manufactured home, unless the requirements of section 168A.141, <br/>
<a id="pl.65.6"></a><var>65.6</var>subdivisions 1, 1a, and 2, including the release of any security interest, have been
         satisfied.<br/>
<a id="pl.65.7"></a><var>65.7</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Notice of security interest </b><b>avoids surrender</b><b>.</b> The manufacturer's certificate <br/>
<a id="pl.65.8"></a><var>65.8</var>of origin or the certificate of title need not be surrendered to the department under
         subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.65.9"></a><var>65.9</var>1 When a perfected security interest exists, or will exist, on the manufactured home at the <br/>
<a id="pl.65.10"></a><var>65.10</var>time the manufactured home is affixed to real property, if and the owner has not satisfied <br/>
<a id="pl.65.11"></a><var>65.11</var>the requirements of section 168A.141, subdivision 1, the owner of the manufactured home <br/>
<a id="pl.65.12"></a><var>65.12</var>files, or its secured party, may record a notice with the county recorder, or with the registrar <br/>
<a id="pl.65.13"></a><var>65.13</var>of titles, if the land is registered, stating that the manufactured home located on
         the property <br/>
<a id="pl.65.14"></a><var>65.14</var>is encumbered by a perfected security interest and is not an improvement to real property. <br/>
<a id="pl.65.15"></a><var>65.15</var>The notice must state the name and address of the secured party as set forth on the
         certificate <br/>
<a id="pl.65.16"></a><var>65.16</var>of title, the legal description of the real property, and the name and address of
         the record <br/>
<a id="pl.65.17"></a><var>65.17</var>fee owner of the real property on which the manufactured home is affixed. When the
         security <br/>
<a id="pl.65.18"></a><var>65.18</var>interest is released or satisfied, the secured party shall attach a copy of the release
         or <br/>
<a id="pl.65.19"></a><var>65.19</var>satisfaction to a notice executed by the secured party containing the county recorder
         or <br/>
<a id="pl.65.20"></a><var>65.20</var>registrar of titles document number of the notice of security interest. The notice
         of release <br/>
<a id="pl.65.21"></a><var>65.21</var>or satisfaction must be filed recorded with the county recorder, or registrar of titles, if the <br/>
<a id="pl.65.22"></a><var>65.22</var>land is registered. Neither the notice described in this subdivision nor the security
         interest <br/>
<a id="pl.65.23"></a><var>65.23</var>on the certificate of title is deemed to be an encumbrance on the real property. The
         notices <br/>
<a id="pl.65.24"></a><var>65.24</var>provided for in this subdivision need not be acknowledged.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.6.10.0"></a><a id="pl.65.25"></a><var>65.25</var>    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168A.142, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.65.26"></a><var>65.26</var><b>168A.142 MANUFACTURED HOME UNAFFIXED FROM REALTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.65.27"></a><var>65.27</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Certificate of title requirements.</b> The department shall issue an initial <br/>
<a id="pl.65.28"></a><var>65.28</var>certificate of title or reissue a previously surrendered certificate of title for
         a manufactured <br/>
<a id="pl.65.29"></a><var>65.29</var>home to an applicant if:<br/>
<a id="pl.65.30"></a><var>65.30</var>(1) for the purpose of affixing the manufactured home to real property, the owner of the <br/>
<a id="pl.65.31"></a><var>65.31</var>manufactured home, or a previous owner, surrendered the manufacturer's certificate
         of <br/>
<a id="pl.65.32"></a><var>65.32</var>origin or certificate of title to the department as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>168A.141</statute_ref>, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.65.33"></a><var>65.33</var>1 or 2;<br/>
<a id="pl.66.1"></a><var>66.1</var>(2) the applicant provides the written proof evidence specified in subdivision 2 that the <br/>
<a id="pl.66.2"></a><var>66.2</var>applicant owns (i) the manufactured home and (ii) the real property to which the <br/>
<a id="pl.66.3"></a><var>66.3</var>manufactured home was affixed as provided under section 
<statute_ref>273.125, subdivision 8</statute_ref>, paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.66.4"></a><var>66.4</var>(b);<br/>
<a id="pl.66.5"></a><var>66.5</var>(3) the applicant provides proof that no liens exist on the manufactured home, including
         <br/>
<a id="pl.66.6"></a><var>66.6</var>liens on the real property to which it is affixed; and<br/>
<a id="pl.66.7"></a><var>66.7</var>(4) (3) the owner of the manufactured home meets fulfills the applicable application <br/>
<a id="pl.66.8"></a><var>66.8</var>requirements of section 
         <statute_ref>168A.04</statute_ref>,; and<br/>
<a id="pl.66.9"></a><var>66.9</var>(4) the application is accompanied by a written statement from the county auditor or
         <br/>
<a id="pl.66.10"></a><var>66.10</var>county treasurer of the county in which the manufactured home is then located and
         affixed, <br/>
<a id="pl.66.11"></a><var>66.11</var>stating that all property taxes payable in the current year, as provided under section
         
         <statute_ref>273.125, <br/>
<a id="pl.66.12"></a><var>66.12</var>subdivision 8
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (b), have been paid.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.13"></a><var>66.13</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Proof</b><b> Evidence</b><b> of eligibility for reissuance.</b> (a) The proof evidence required <br/>
<a id="pl.66.14"></a><var>66.14</var>under subdivision 1, clauses clause (2) and (3), is as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.66.15"></a><var>66.15</var>(1) an affidavit of severance recorded in the office of the county recorder or registrar
         of <br/>
<a id="pl.66.16"></a><var>66.16</var>titles, which they shall accept, and whichever applies to the real property, of the county in <br/>
<a id="pl.66.17"></a><var>66.17</var>which where the affidavit of affixation or notice of surrender was recorded under as required <br/>
<a id="pl.66.18"></a><var>66.18</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>168A.141, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, and the affidavit of severance contains:<br/>
<a id="pl.66.19"></a><var>66.19</var>(i) the name, residence address, and mailing address of the owner or owners of the
         <br/>
<a id="pl.66.20"></a><var>66.20</var>manufactured home;<br/>
<a id="pl.66.21"></a><var>66.21</var>(ii) a description of the manufactured home being severed, including the name of the <br/>
<a id="pl.66.22"></a><var>66.22</var>manufacturer; the make, model number, model year, and dimensions, and if available, the <br/>
<a id="pl.66.23"></a><var>66.23</var>make, model year, and manufacturer's serial number of the manufactured home; and whether <br/>
<a id="pl.66.24"></a><var>66.24</var>the manufactured home is new or used, such information as may be available from the <br/>
<a id="pl.66.25"></a><var>66.25</var>previously recorded affidavit of affixation or notice of surrender as required in
         section <br/>
<a id="pl.66.26"></a><var>66.26</var>168A.141, subdivision 1; and<br/>
<a id="pl.66.27"></a><var>66.27</var>(iii) a statement of any facts or information known to the person executing the affidavit
         <br/>
<a id="pl.66.28"></a><var>66.28</var>that could affect the validity of the title of the manufactured home or, the existence or <br/>
<a id="pl.66.29"></a><var>66.29</var>nonexistence of a security interest in the manufactured home or a lien on it, or, and a <br/>
<a id="pl.66.30"></a><var>66.30</var>statement that no such facts or information are known to the person executing the
         affidavit;<br/>
<a id="pl.66.31"></a><var>66.31</var>(2) as an attachment to the affidavit of severance, an opinion by an attorney admitted
         to <br/>
<a id="pl.66.32"></a><var>66.32</var>practice law in this state, stating:<br/>
<a id="pl.67.1"></a><var>67.1</var>(i) the nature of the examination of title performed prior to giving this opinion
         by the <br/>
<a id="pl.67.2"></a><var>67.2</var>person signing the opinion;<br/>
<a id="pl.67.3"></a><var>67.3</var>(ii) that the manufactured home and the real property on which it is located is not
         subject <br/>
<a id="pl.67.4"></a><var>67.4</var>to, or pending completion of a refinance, purchase, or sale transaction, and will not
         be <br/>
<a id="pl.67.5"></a><var>67.5</var>subject to any recorded mortgages, security interests, liens, or other encumbrances of any <br/>
<a id="pl.67.6"></a><var>67.6</var>kind;<br/>
<a id="pl.67.7"></a><var>67.7</var>(iii) that the person signing the opinion knows of no facts or circumstances that
         could <br/>
<a id="pl.67.8"></a><var>67.8</var>affect the validity of the title of the manufactured home or the existence or nonexistence
         of <br/>
<a id="pl.67.9"></a><var>67.9</var>any recorded mortgages, security interests, or other encumbrances of any kind, other
         than <br/>
<a id="pl.67.10"></a><var>67.10</var>property taxes payable in the year the affidavit is signed;<br/>
<a id="pl.67.11"></a><var>67.11</var>(iv) the person or persons owning record title to the real property to which the <br/>
<a id="pl.67.12"></a><var>67.12</var>manufactured home has been affixed and the nature and extent of the title owned by
         each <br/>
<a id="pl.67.13"></a><var>67.13</var>of these persons; and<br/>
<a id="pl.67.14"></a><var>67.14</var>(v) that the person signing the opinion has reviewed all provisions of the affidavit
         of <br/>
<a id="pl.67.15"></a><var>67.15</var>severance and certifies that they are correct and complete to the best of the knowledge
         of <br/>
<a id="pl.67.16"></a><var>67.16</var>the person signing the opinion;<br/>
<a id="pl.67.17"></a><var>67.17</var>(3) the name and address of the person or, persons designated by the applicant to file a <br/>
<a id="pl.67.18"></a><var>67.18</var>certified copy of the original affidavit of severance with the county auditor of the county <br/>
<a id="pl.67.19"></a><var>67.19</var>in which the real estate is located, after the affidavit has been properly recorded
         in the office <br/>
<a id="pl.67.20"></a><var>67.20</var>of the county recorder or county registrar of titles, whichever applies to the real
         property; <br/>
<a id="pl.67.21"></a><var>67.21</var>and<br/>
<a id="pl.67.22"></a><var>67.22</var>(4) the signature of the person who executes the affidavit, properly executed before
         a <br/>
<a id="pl.67.23"></a><var>67.23</var>person authorized to authenticate an affidavit in this state.<br/>
<a id="pl.67.24"></a><var>67.24</var>(b) The person designated in paragraph (a), clause (3), shall record, or arrange for
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.67.25"></a><var>67.25</var>recording of, the affidavit of severance as referenced in that item, accompanied by
         the fees <br/>
<a id="pl.67.26"></a><var>67.26</var>for recording and for issuing a certified copy of the affidavit, including all attachments,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.67.27"></a><var>67.27</var>showing the recording date.<br/>
<a id="pl.67.28"></a><var>67.28</var>(c) Upon obtaining the certified copy under paragraph (b), the person designated in
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.67.29"></a><var>67.29</var>affidavit shall deliver the certified copy to the county auditor of the county in
         which the <br/>
<a id="pl.67.30"></a><var>67.30</var>real estate to which it was affixed is located.<br/>
<a id="pl.67.31"></a><var>67.31</var>(d) The department is not liable for any errors, omissions, misstatements, or other
         <br/>
<a id="pl.67.32"></a><var>67.32</var>deficiencies or inaccuracies in documents presented to the department under this section,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.67.33"></a><var>67.33</var>so long as the documents presented appear to satisfy the requirements of this section.
         The <br/>
<a id="pl.68.1"></a><var>68.1</var>department has no obligation to investigate the accuracy of statements contained in
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.68.2"></a><var>68.2</var>documents.<br/>
<a id="pl.68.3"></a><var>68.3</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Affidavit form.</b> The affidavit referred to in subdivision 2 shall be in substantially <br/>
<a id="pl.68.4"></a><var>68.4</var>the following form and shall contain the following information.<br/>

<a id="pl.68.8"></a><var>68.8</var>1. Homeowner owns the manufactured home ("home") described as follows:<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="9.3"/>
<col width="6.2"/>
<col width="11.200000000000001"/>
<col width="11.200000000000001"/>
<col width="13.799999999999999"/>
<col width="8.7"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.68.9"></a><var>68.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="6"><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.68.10"></a><var>68.10</var><br/>
<a id="pl.68.11"></a><var>68.11</var><br/>
</td>
<td>New/Used<br/>
</td>
<td>Year<br/>
</td>
<td>Manufacturer's <br/>
Name<br/>
</td>
<td>Model Name or <br/>
Model No.<br/>
</td>
<td>Manufacturer's <br/>
Serial No.<br/>
</td>
<td>Length/Width<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.68.12"></a><var>68.12</var>2. A copy of the previously surrendered manufacturer's certificate of origin or certificate
         of <br/>
<a id="pl.68.13"></a><var>68.13</var>title is attached hereto (if available).<br/>
<a id="pl.68.14"></a><var>68.14</var>3. A copy of the notice of surrender issued from the Minnesota Department of Public
         Safety <br/>
<a id="pl.68.15"></a><var>68.15</var>Driver and Vehicle Services is attached hereto (if available).<br/>
<a id="pl.68.16"></a><var>68.16</var>4. The home is or will be located at the following "Property Address":<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="12.4"/>
<col width="10.9"/>
<col width="10.2"/>
<col width="7.7"/>
<col width="9.3"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.68.17"></a><var>68.17</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="5"><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.68.18"></a><var>68.18</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Street or Route <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td>City <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td>County <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td>State <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td>Zip Code <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.68.19"></a><var>68.19</var>5. The legal description of the property address ("land") is as follows or as attached
         hereto:<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width=""/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.68.20"></a><var>68.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.68.21"></a><var>68.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.68.22"></a><var>68.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.68.23"></a><var>68.23</var>6. The homeowner does not know of any facts or information that could affect the validity
         <br/>
<a id="pl.68.24"></a><var>68.24</var>of title of the manufactured home, except:<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width=""/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.68.25"></a><var>68.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.68.26"></a><var>68.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.68.27"></a><var>68.27</var>7. The homeowner does not know of any such security interest in the manufactured home
         <br/>
<a id="pl.68.28"></a><var>68.28</var>which has not been satisfied or released.<br/>
<a id="pl.68.29"></a><var>68.29</var>8. A copy of an opinion by an attorney admitted to practice law in Minnesota is attached,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.68.30"></a><var>68.30</var>which provides for the required title evidence as set forth in Minnesota Statutes,
         section <br/>
<a id="pl.68.31"></a><var>68.31</var>168A.142, subdivision 2, clause (2), items (i) to (v).<br/>
<a id="pl.69.1"></a><var>69.1</var>9. A copy of the written statement from the county auditor or county treasurer of
         the county <br/>
<a id="pl.69.2"></a><var>69.2</var>in which the manufactured home is then located, stating that all property taxes payable
         in <br/>
<a id="pl.69.3"></a><var>69.3</var>the current year (pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 273.125, subdivision 8,
         paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.69.4"></a><var>69.4</var>(b)), have been paid, or are not applicable, is attached hereto.<br/>
<a id="pl.69.5"></a><var>69.5</var>10. The name and address of the person designated by the homeowner to record  the
         original <br/>
<a id="pl.69.6"></a><var>69.6</var>affidavit of surrender with the county recorder or registrar of titles of the county
         in which <br/>
<a id="pl.69.7"></a><var>69.7</var>the real estate is located is:<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width=""/>
<col width=""/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.69.8"></a><var>69.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Name <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.69.9"></a><var>69.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Street Address <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.69.10"></a><var>69.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td>City, State, Zip Code <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.69.11"></a><var>69.11</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Phone <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.69.12"></a><var>69.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td>E-mail <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.69.13"></a><var>69.13</var>IN WITNESS WHEREOF, homeowner(s) have executed this affidavit on this ....... day
         of <br/>
<a id="pl.69.14"></a><var>69.14</var>......., 20...<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width=""/>
<col width=""/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.69.15"></a><var>69.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.69.16"></a><var>69.16</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Homeowner Signature<br/>
</td>
<td>Address<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.69.17"></a><var>69.17</var><br/>
</td>
<td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.69.18"></a><var>69.18</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Printed Name<br/>
</td>
<td>City, State<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.69.19"></a><var>69.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.69.20"></a><var>69.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Homeowner Signature (if applicable)<br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.69.21"></a><var>69.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.69.22"></a><var>69.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Printed Name<br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.69.23"></a><var>69.23</var>This instrument was drafted by, and  when recorded return to:<br/>
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<tr>
<td><a id="pl.69.24"></a><var>69.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td><span>
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<td></td>
</tr>
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<td><a id="pl.69.25"></a><var>69.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.69.26"></a><var>69.26</var>Subscribed and sworn to before me this ....... day of ......., .......<br/>
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<tr>
<td><a id="pl.69.27"></a><var>69.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td>......................................................................<br/>
</td>
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<tr>
<td><a id="pl.69.28"></a><var>69.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Signature of Notary Public or Other Official<br/>
</td>
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</table><a id="pl.69.29"></a><var>69.29</var>Notary Stamp or Seal<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.6.11.0"></a><a id="pl.69.30"></a><var>69.30</var>    Sec. 11. <b>[168A.143] MANUFACTURED HOMES; OWNERSHIP AT ISSUE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.69.31"></a><var>69.31</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Requirements for certificate issuance or reissuance.</b> When an applicant <br/>
<a id="pl.69.32"></a><var>69.32</var>is unable to obtain from or locate previous owners no longer holding an interest in
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.69.33"></a><var>69.33</var>manufactured home based on a certificate of title, or to locate, obtain, or produce
         the original <br/>
<a id="pl.70.1"></a><var>70.1</var>certificate of origin or certificate of title for a manufactured home, and there is
         no evidence <br/>
<a id="pl.70.2"></a><var>70.2</var>of a surrendered certificate of title or manufacturer's statement of origin as provided
         in <br/>
<a id="pl.70.3"></a><var>70.3</var>section 168A.141, subdivision 1, which has not otherwise been unaffixed or is being
         <br/>
<a id="pl.70.4"></a><var>70.4</var>unaffixed as provided in section 168A.142, the department must issue or reissue a
         certificate <br/>
<a id="pl.70.5"></a><var>70.5</var>of title to a manufactured home when the applicant submits:<br/>
<a id="pl.70.6"></a><var>70.6</var>(1) the application, pursuant to the requirements of section 168A.04, in a form prescribed
         <br/>
<a id="pl.70.7"></a><var>70.7</var>by the department;<br/>
<a id="pl.70.8"></a><var>70.8</var>(2) an affidavit that:<br/>
<a id="pl.70.9"></a><var>70.9</var>(i) identifies the name of the manufacturer and dimensions, and if available, the
         make, <br/>
<a id="pl.70.10"></a><var>70.10</var>model number, model year, and manufacturer's serial number of the manufactured home;
         <br/>
<a id="pl.70.11"></a><var>70.11</var>and<br/>
<a id="pl.70.12"></a><var>70.12</var>(ii) certifies the applicant is the owner of the manufactured home, has physical possession
         <br/>
<a id="pl.70.13"></a><var>70.13</var>of the manufactured home, knows of no facts or circumstances that materially affect
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.70.14"></a><var>70.14</var>validity of the title of the manufactured home as represented in the application,
         and provides <br/>
<a id="pl.70.15"></a><var>70.15</var>copies of such ownership documents, so far as the documents exist, including by way
         of <br/>
<a id="pl.70.16"></a><var>70.16</var>example:<br/>
<a id="pl.70.17"></a><var>70.17</var>(A) bill of sale;<br/>
<a id="pl.70.18"></a><var>70.18</var>(B) financing, replevin, or foreclosure documents;<br/>
<a id="pl.70.19"></a><var>70.19</var>(C) appraisal;<br/>
<a id="pl.70.20"></a><var>70.20</var>(D) insurance certification;<br/>
<a id="pl.70.21"></a><var>70.21</var>(E) personal property tax bill;<br/>
<a id="pl.70.22"></a><var>70.22</var>(F) landlord certification;<br/>
<a id="pl.70.23"></a><var>70.23</var>(G) affidavit of survivorship or estate documents;<br/>
<a id="pl.70.24"></a><var>70.24</var>(H) divorce decree; or<br/>
<a id="pl.70.25"></a><var>70.25</var>(I) court order;<br/>
<a id="pl.70.26"></a><var>70.26</var>(3) an affidavit by an attorney admitted to practice law in this state stating:<br/>
<a id="pl.70.27"></a><var>70.27</var>(i) the attorney has performed a search of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety
         <br/>
<a id="pl.70.28"></a><var>70.28</var>Driver and Vehicles Services records within 120 days of the date of application to
         obtain a <br/>
<a id="pl.70.29"></a><var>70.29</var>certificate of origin or certificate of title on behalf of the applicant, but was
         unable to <br/>
<a id="pl.70.30"></a><var>70.30</var>determine the names or locations of one or more owners or prior owners of the manufactured
         <br/>
<a id="pl.70.31"></a><var>70.31</var>home;<br/>
<a id="pl.71.1"></a><var>71.1</var>(ii) if applicable, the attorney was unable to successfully contact one or more owners,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.71.2"></a><var>71.2</var>or prior owners, after providing written notice 45 days prior to the registered and
         last known <br/>
<a id="pl.71.3"></a><var>71.3</var>owner  by certified mail at the address shown on Driver and Vehicles Services records,
         or <br/>
<a id="pl.71.4"></a><var>71.4</var>if the last known address if different from Driver and Vehicles Services records,
         then also <br/>
<a id="pl.71.5"></a><var>71.5</var>the last known address as known to the applicant;<br/>
<a id="pl.71.6"></a><var>71.6</var>(iii) if the attorney is unable to contact one or more owners, or previous owners,
         by <br/>
<a id="pl.71.7"></a><var>71.7</var>sending a letter by certified mail, then the attorney must present to the department,
         as an <br/>
<a id="pl.71.8"></a><var>71.8</var>attachment to its affidavit, the returned letter as evidence of the attempted contact,
         or the <br/>
<a id="pl.71.9"></a><var>71.9</var>acknowledgement of receipt of the letter, together with an affidavit of nonresponse;
         and<br/>
<a id="pl.71.10"></a><var>71.10</var>(iv) the attorney knows of no facts or circumstances that materially affect the validity
         <br/>
<a id="pl.71.11"></a><var>71.11</var>of the title of the manufactured home as represented in the application, other than
         property <br/>
<a id="pl.71.12"></a><var>71.12</var>taxes payable in the year the affidavit is signed; and<br/>
<a id="pl.71.13"></a><var>71.13</var>(4) payment for required current year taxes and fees as prescribed by the department.<br/>
<a id="pl.71.14"></a><var>71.14</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Satisfaction of manufactured home security lien; release.</b> A security interest <br/>
<a id="pl.71.15"></a><var>71.15</var>perfected under this chapter may be canceled seven years from the perfection date
         for a <br/>
<a id="pl.71.16"></a><var>71.16</var>manufactured home, upon the request of the owner of the manufactured home, if the
         owner <br/>
<a id="pl.71.17"></a><var>71.17</var>has paid the lien in full or the lien has been abandoned and the owner is unable to
         locate <br/>
<a id="pl.71.18"></a><var>71.18</var>the lienholder to obtain a lien release. The owner must send a letter to the lienholder
         by <br/>
<a id="pl.71.19"></a><var>71.19</var>certified mail, return receipt requested, stating the reason for the release and requesting
         a <br/>
<a id="pl.71.20"></a><var>71.20</var>lien release. If the owner is unable to obtain a lien release by sending a letter
         by certified <br/>
<a id="pl.71.21"></a><var>71.21</var>mail, then the owner must present to the department the returned letter as evidence
         of the <br/>
<a id="pl.71.22"></a><var>71.22</var>attempted contact, or the acknowledgement of receipt of the letter, together with
         a copy of <br/>
<a id="pl.71.23"></a><var>71.23</var>the letter and an owner affidavit of nonresponse.<br/>
<a id="pl.71.24"></a><var>71.24</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Suspension or revocation of certificate.</b> (a) Pursuant to section 168A.23, the <br/>
<a id="pl.71.25"></a><var>71.25</var>department may revoke a previously issued certificate of title issued under this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.71.26"></a><var>71.26</var>(b) The department is not liable for any errors, omissions, misstatements, or other
         <br/>
<a id="pl.71.27"></a><var>71.27</var>deficiencies or inaccuracies in documents submitted to the department under this section,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.71.28"></a><var>71.28</var>provided the documents submitted appear to satisfy the requirements of this section.
         The <br/>
<a id="pl.71.29"></a><var>71.29</var>department is not required to investigate the accuracy of statements contained in
         submitted <br/>
<a id="pl.71.30"></a><var>71.30</var>documents.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.6.12.0"></a><a id="pl.71.31"></a><var>71.31</var>    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.345, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.71.32"></a><var>71.32</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Scope of privilege.</b> (a) A vehicle described in section 
         <statute_ref>168.021</statute_ref>, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.71.33"></a><var>71.33</var>1, paragraph (a), that prominently displays the certificate authorized by this section
         or that <br/>
<a id="pl.72.1"></a><var>72.1</var>bears the disability plate or plates issued under section 
         <statute_ref>168.021</statute_ref> may be parked by or solely <br/>
<a id="pl.72.2"></a><var>72.2</var>for the benefit of a physically disabled person:<br/>
<a id="pl.72.3"></a><var>72.3</var>(1) in a designated parking space for disabled persons, as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>169.346</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.72.4"></a><var>72.4</var>(2) in a metered parking space without obligation to pay the meter fee and without
         time <br/>
<a id="pl.72.5"></a><var>72.5</var>restrictions unless time restrictions are separately posted on official signs; and<br/>
<a id="pl.72.6"></a><var>72.6</var>(3) without time restrictions in a nonmetered space where parking is otherwise allowed
         <br/>
<a id="pl.72.7"></a><var>72.7</var>for passenger vehicles but restricted to a maximum period of time and that does not
         <br/>
<a id="pl.72.8"></a><var>72.8</var>specifically prohibit the exercise of disabled parking privileges in that space.<br/>
<a id="pl.72.9"></a><var>72.9</var>A person may park the vehicle for a physically disabled person in a parking space
         described <br/>
<a id="pl.72.10"></a><var>72.10</var>in clause (1) or (2) only when actually transporting the physically disabled person
         for the <br/>
<a id="pl.72.11"></a><var>72.11</var>sole benefit of that person and when the parking space is within a reasonable distance
         from <br/>
<a id="pl.72.12"></a><var>72.12</var>the drop-off point.<br/>
<a id="pl.72.13"></a><var>72.13</var>(b) For purposes of this subdivision, a certificate is prominently displayed if it
         is displayed <br/>
<a id="pl.72.14"></a><var>72.14</var>so that it may be viewed from the front and rear of the motor vehicle by hanging it
         from the <br/>
<a id="pl.72.15"></a><var>72.15</var>rearview mirror attached to the front windshield of the motor vehicle or, in the case
         of a <br/>
<a id="pl.72.16"></a><var>72.16</var>motorcycle  or a motorized bicycle, is secured to the vehicle. If there is no rearview mirror <br/>
<a id="pl.72.17"></a><var>72.17</var>or if the certificate holder's disability precludes placing the certificate on the
         mirror, the <br/>
<a id="pl.72.18"></a><var>72.18</var>certificate must be displayed on the dashboard of the vehicle. No part of the certificate
         may <br/>
<a id="pl.72.19"></a><var>72.19</var>be obscured.<br/>
<a id="pl.72.20"></a><var>72.20</var>(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), clauses (1), (2), and (3), this section does not
         permit <br/>
<a id="pl.72.21"></a><var>72.21</var>parking in areas prohibited by sections 
         <statute_ref>169.32</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>169.34</statute_ref>, in designated no parking spaces, <br/>
<a id="pl.72.22"></a><var>72.22</var>or in parking spaces reserved for specified purposes or vehicles. A local governmental
         unit <br/>
<a id="pl.72.23"></a><var>72.23</var>may, by ordinance, prohibit parking on any street or highway to create a fire lane,
         or to <br/>
<a id="pl.72.24"></a><var>72.24</var>accommodate heavy traffic during morning and afternoon rush hours and these ordinances
         <br/>
<a id="pl.72.25"></a><var>72.25</var>also apply to physically disabled persons.<br/>
<a id="pl.72.26"></a><var>72.26</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.6.13.0"></a><a id="pl.72.27"></a><var>72.27</var>    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.345, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.72.28"></a><var>72.28</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Identifying certificate.</b> (a) The commissioner shall issue (1) immediately, a <br/>
<a id="pl.72.29"></a><var>72.29</var>permit valid for 30 days if the person is eligible for the certificate issued under
         this section <br/>
<a id="pl.72.30"></a><var>72.30</var>and (2) an identifying certificate for a vehicle described in section 
         <statute_ref>168.021</statute_ref>, subdivision 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.72.31"></a><var>72.31</var>paragraph (a), when a physically disabled applicant submits proof of physical disability
         <br/>
<a id="pl.72.32"></a><var>72.32</var>under subdivision 2a. The commissioner shall design separate certificates for persons
         with <br/>
<a id="pl.72.33"></a><var>72.33</var>permanent and temporary disabilities that can be readily distinguished from each other
         from <br/>
<a id="pl.73.1"></a><var>73.1</var>outside a vehicle at a distance of 25 feet or, in the case of a motorcycle or a motorized <br/>
<a id="pl.73.2"></a><var>73.2</var>bicycle, can be readily secured to the motorcycle or motorized bicycle. An applicant may <br/>
<a id="pl.73.3"></a><var>73.3</var>be issued up to two certificates if the applicant has not been issued disability plates
         under <br/>
<a id="pl.73.4"></a><var>73.4</var>section 
         <statute_ref>168.021</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.73.5"></a><var>73.5</var>(b) The operator of a vehicle displaying a certificate has the parking privileges
         provided <br/>
<a id="pl.73.6"></a><var>73.6</var>in subdivision 1 only while the vehicle is actually parked while transporting a physically
         <br/>
<a id="pl.73.7"></a><var>73.7</var>disabled person.<br/>
<a id="pl.73.8"></a><var>73.8</var>(c) The commissioner shall cancel all certificates issued to an applicant who fails
         to <br/>
<a id="pl.73.9"></a><var>73.9</var>comply with the requirements of this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.73.10"></a><var>73.10</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.6.14.0"></a><a id="pl.73.11"></a><var>73.11</var>    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 171.06, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.73.12"></a><var>73.12</var>    Subd. 2a. <b>Two-wheeled vehicle endorsement fee.</b> (a) The fee for any duplicate driver's <br/>
<a id="pl.73.13"></a><var>73.13</var>license obtained for the purpose of adding a two-wheeled vehicle endorsement is increased
         <br/>
<a id="pl.73.14"></a><var>73.14</var>by $18.50 for each first such duplicate license and $13 for each renewal thereof.
         The <br/>
<a id="pl.73.15"></a><var>73.15</var>additional fee must be paid into the state treasury and credited as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.73.16"></a><var>73.16</var>(1) $11 of the additional fee for each first duplicate license, and $7 of the additional
         fee <br/>
<a id="pl.73.17"></a><var>73.17</var>for each renewal, must be credited to the motorcycle safety fund, which is hereby
         created; <br/>
<a id="pl.73.18"></a><var>73.18</var>provided that ten percent of fee receipts in excess of $750,000 in a fiscal year must
         be <br/>
<a id="pl.73.19"></a><var>73.19</var>credited to the general fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.73.20"></a><var>73.20</var>(2) The remainder of the additional fee must be credited to the general fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.73.21"></a><var>73.21</var>(b) All application forms prepared by the commissioner for two-wheeled vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.73.22"></a><var>73.22</var>endorsements must clearly state the amount of the total fee that is dedicated to the
         motorcycle <br/>
<a id="pl.73.23"></a><var>73.23</var>safety fund.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.6.15.0"></a><a id="pl.73.24"></a><var>73.24</var>    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 256B.15, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.73.25"></a><var>73.25</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>Estates subject to claims.</b> (a) If a person receives medical assistance hereunder, <br/>
<a id="pl.73.26"></a><var>73.26</var>on the person's death, if single, or on the death of the survivor of a married couple,
         either <br/>
<a id="pl.73.27"></a><var>73.27</var>or both of whom received medical assistance, or as otherwise provided for in this
         section, <br/>
<a id="pl.73.28"></a><var>73.28</var>the amount paid for medical assistance as limited under subdivision 2 for the person
         and <br/>
<a id="pl.73.29"></a><var>73.29</var>spouse shall be filed as a claim against the estate of the person or the estate of
         the surviving <br/>
<a id="pl.73.30"></a><var>73.30</var>spouse in the court having jurisdiction to probate the estate or to issue a decree
         of descent <br/>
<a id="pl.73.31"></a><var>73.31</var>according to sections 
         <statute_ref>525.31</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>525.313</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.74.1"></a><var>74.1</var>(b) For the purposes of this section, the person's estate must consist of:<br/>
<a id="pl.74.2"></a><var>74.2</var>(1) the person's probate estate;<br/>
<a id="pl.74.3"></a><var>74.3</var>(2) all of the person's interests or proceeds of those interests in real property
         the person <br/>
<a id="pl.74.4"></a><var>74.4</var>owned as a life tenant or as a joint tenant with a right of survivorship at the time
         of the <br/>
<a id="pl.74.5"></a><var>74.5</var>person's death;<br/>
<a id="pl.74.6"></a><var>74.6</var>(3) all of the person's interests or proceeds of those interests in securities the
         person <br/>
<a id="pl.74.7"></a><var>74.7</var>owned in beneficiary form as provided under sections 
         <statute_ref>524.6-301</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>524.6-311</statute_ref> at the time <br/>
<a id="pl.74.8"></a><var>74.8</var>of the person's death, to the extent the interests or proceeds of those interests
         become part <br/>
<a id="pl.74.9"></a><var>74.9</var>of the probate estate under section 
         <statute_ref>524.6-307</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.74.10"></a><var>74.10</var>(4) all of the person's interests in joint accounts, multiple-party accounts, and
         pay-on-death <br/>
<a id="pl.74.11"></a><var>74.11</var>accounts, brokerage accounts, investment accounts, or the proceeds of those accounts,
         as <br/>
<a id="pl.74.12"></a><var>74.12</var>provided under sections 
         <statute_ref>524.6-201</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>524.6-214</statute_ref> at the time of the person's death to the <br/>
<a id="pl.74.13"></a><var>74.13</var>extent the interests become part of the probate estate under section 
         <statute_ref>524.6-207</statute_ref>; and<br/>
<a id="pl.74.14"></a><var>74.14</var>(5) assets conveyed to a survivor, heir, or assign of the person through survivorship,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.74.15"></a><var>74.15</var>living trust, transfer-on-death of title or deed, or other arrangements.<br/>
<a id="pl.74.16"></a><var>74.16</var>(c) For the purpose of this section and recovery in a surviving spouse's estate for
         medical <br/>
<a id="pl.74.17"></a><var>74.17</var>assistance paid for a predeceased spouse, the estate must consist of all of the legal
         title and <br/>
<a id="pl.74.18"></a><var>74.18</var>interests the deceased individual's predeceased spouse had in jointly owned or marital
         <br/>
<a id="pl.74.19"></a><var>74.19</var>property at the time of the spouse's death, as defined in subdivision 2b, and the
         proceeds of <br/>
<a id="pl.74.20"></a><var>74.20</var>those interests, that passed to the deceased individual or another individual, a survivor,
         an <br/>
<a id="pl.74.21"></a><var>74.21</var>heir, or an assign of the predeceased spouse through a joint tenancy, tenancy in common,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.74.22"></a><var>74.22</var>survivorship, life estate, living trust, or other arrangement. A deceased recipient
         who, at <br/>
<a id="pl.74.23"></a><var>74.23</var>death, owned the property jointly with the surviving spouse shall have an interest
         in the <br/>
<a id="pl.74.24"></a><var>74.24</var>entire property.<br/>
<a id="pl.74.25"></a><var>74.25</var>(d) For the purpose of recovery in a single person's estate or the estate of a survivor
         of <br/>
<a id="pl.74.26"></a><var>74.26</var>a married couple, "other arrangement" includes any other means by which title to all
         or any <br/>
<a id="pl.74.27"></a><var>74.27</var>part of the jointly owned or marital property or interest passed from the predeceased
         spouse <br/>
<a id="pl.74.28"></a><var>74.28</var>to another including, but not limited to, transfers between spouses which are permitted,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.74.29"></a><var>74.29</var>prohibited, or penalized for purposes of medical assistance.<br/>
<a id="pl.74.30"></a><var>74.30</var>(e) A claim shall be filed if medical assistance was rendered for either or both persons
         <br/>
<a id="pl.74.31"></a><var>74.31</var>under one of the following circumstances:<br/>
<a id="pl.74.32"></a><var>74.32</var>(1) the person was over 55 years of age, and received services under this chapter
         prior <br/>
<a id="pl.74.33"></a><var>74.33</var>to January 1, 2014;<br/>
<a id="pl.75.1"></a><var>75.1</var>(2) the person resided in a medical institution for six months or longer, received
         services <br/>
<a id="pl.75.2"></a><var>75.2</var>under this chapter, and, at the time of institutionalization or application for medical
         assistance, <br/>
<a id="pl.75.3"></a><var>75.3</var>whichever is later, the person could not have reasonably been expected to be discharged
         <br/>
<a id="pl.75.4"></a><var>75.4</var>and returned home, as certified in writing by the person's treating physician. For
         purposes <br/>
<a id="pl.75.5"></a><var>75.5</var>of this section only, a "medical institution" means a skilled nursing facility, intermediate
         <br/>
<a id="pl.75.6"></a><var>75.6</var>care facility, intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities,
         nursing <br/>
<a id="pl.75.7"></a><var>75.7</var>facility, or inpatient hospital;<br/>
<a id="pl.75.8"></a><var>75.8</var>(3) the person received general assistance medical care services under the program
         <br/>
<a id="pl.75.9"></a><var>75.9</var>formerly codified under chapter 256D; or<br/>
<a id="pl.75.10"></a><var>75.10</var>(4) the person was 55 years of age or older and received medical assistance services
         on <br/>
<a id="pl.75.11"></a><var>75.11</var>or after January 1, 2014, that consisted of nursing facility services, home and <br/>
<a id="pl.75.12"></a><var>75.12</var>community-based services, or related hospital and prescription drug benefits.<br/>
<a id="pl.75.13"></a><var>75.13</var>(f) The claim shall be considered an expense of the last illness of the decedent for
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.75.14"></a><var>75.14</var>purpose of section 
         <statute_ref>524.3-805</statute_ref>. Notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, a state or <br/>
<a id="pl.75.15"></a><var>75.15</var>county agency with a claim under this section must be a creditor under section 
         <statute_ref>524.6-307</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.75.16"></a><var>75.16</var>Any statute of limitations that purports to limit any county agency or the state agency,
         or <br/>
<a id="pl.75.17"></a><var>75.17</var>both, to recover for medical assistance granted hereunder shall not apply to any claim
         made <br/>
<a id="pl.75.18"></a><var>75.18</var>hereunder for reimbursement for any medical assistance granted hereunder. Notice of
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.75.19"></a><var>75.19</var>claim shall be given to all heirs and devisees of the decedent, and to other persons
         with an <br/>
<a id="pl.75.20"></a><var>75.20</var>ownership interest in the real property owned by the decedent at the time of the decedent's
         <br/>
<a id="pl.75.21"></a><var>75.21</var>death, whose identity can be ascertained with reasonable diligence. The notice must
         include <br/>
<a id="pl.75.22"></a><var>75.22</var>procedures and instructions for making an application for a hardship waiver under
         subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.75.23"></a><var>75.23</var>5; time frames for submitting an application and determination; and information regarding
         <br/>
<a id="pl.75.24"></a><var>75.24</var>appeal rights and procedures. Counties are entitled to one-half of the nonfederal
         share of <br/>
<a id="pl.75.25"></a><var>75.25</var>medical assistance collections from estates that are directly attributable to county
         effort. <br/>
<a id="pl.75.26"></a><var>75.26</var>Counties are entitled to ten percent of the collections for alternative care directly
         attributable <br/>
<a id="pl.75.27"></a><var>75.27</var>to county effort.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.6.16.0"></a><a id="pl.75.28"></a><var>75.28</var>    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 297B.01, subdivision 16, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.75.29"></a><var>75.29</var>    Subd. 16. <b>Sale, sells, selling, purchase, purchased, or acquired.</b> (a) "Sale," "sells," <br/>
<a id="pl.75.30"></a><var>75.30</var>"selling," "purchase," "purchased," or "acquired" means any transfer of title of any
         motor <br/>
<a id="pl.75.31"></a><var>75.31</var>vehicle, whether absolutely or conditionally, for a consideration in money or by exchange
         <br/>
<a id="pl.75.32"></a><var>75.32</var>or barter for any purpose other than resale in the regular course of business.<br/>
<a id="pl.75.33"></a><var>75.33</var>    (b) Any motor vehicle utilized by the owner only by leasing such vehicle to others
         or <br/>
<a id="pl.75.34"></a><var>75.34</var>by holding it in an effort to so lease it, and which is put to no other use by the
         owner other <br/>
<a id="pl.76.1"></a><var>76.1</var>than resale after such lease or effort to lease, shall be considered property purchased
         for <br/>
<a id="pl.76.2"></a><var>76.2</var>resale.<br/>
<a id="pl.76.3"></a><var>76.3</var>    (c) The terms also shall include any transfer of title or ownership of a motor vehicle
         by <br/>
<a id="pl.76.4"></a><var>76.4</var>other means, for or without consideration, except that these terms shall not include:<br/>
<a id="pl.76.5"></a><var>76.5</var>    (1) the acquisition of a motor vehicle by inheritance from or by bequest of, or <br/>
<a id="pl.76.6"></a><var>76.6</var>transfer-on-death of title by, a decedent who owned it;<br/>
<a id="pl.76.7"></a><var>76.7</var>    (2) the transfer of a motor vehicle which was previously licensed in the names of
         two <br/>
<a id="pl.76.8"></a><var>76.8</var>or more joint tenants and subsequently transferred without monetary consideration
         to one <br/>
<a id="pl.76.9"></a><var>76.9</var>or more of the joint tenants;<br/>
<a id="pl.76.10"></a><var>76.10</var>    (3) the transfer of a motor vehicle by way of gift from a limited used vehicle dealer
         <br/>
<a id="pl.76.11"></a><var>76.11</var>licensed under section 
         <statute_ref>168.27, subdivision 4a</statute_ref>, to an individual, when the transfer is with <br/>
<a id="pl.76.12"></a><var>76.12</var>no monetary or other consideration or expectation of consideration and the parties
         to the <br/>
<a id="pl.76.13"></a><var>76.13</var>transfer submit an affidavit to that effect at the time the title transfer is recorded;<br/>
<a id="pl.76.14"></a><var>76.14</var>    (4) the transfer of a motor vehicle by gift between:<br/>
<a id="pl.76.15"></a><var>76.15</var>(i) spouses;<br/>
<a id="pl.76.16"></a><var>76.16</var>(ii) parents and a child; or<br/>
<a id="pl.76.17"></a><var>76.17</var>(iii) grandparents and a grandchild;<br/>
<a id="pl.76.18"></a><var>76.18</var>(5) the voluntary or involuntary transfer of a motor vehicle between a husband and
         wife <br/>
<a id="pl.76.19"></a><var>76.19</var>in a divorce proceeding; or<br/>
<a id="pl.76.20"></a><var>76.20</var>    (6) the transfer of a motor vehicle by way of a gift to an organization that is exempt
         from <br/>
<a id="pl.76.21"></a><var>76.21</var>federal income taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code when
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.76.22"></a><var>76.22</var>motor vehicle will be used exclusively for religious, charitable, or educational purposes.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.6.17.0"></a><a id="pl.76.23"></a><var>76.23</var>    Sec. 17. <b>DRIVER'S LICENSE AGENT IN NEW BRIGHTON.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.76.24"></a><var>76.24</var>(a) The commissioner of public safety must revise the appointment of the city of New
         <br/>
<a id="pl.76.25"></a><var>76.25</var>Brighton as a driver's license agent to provide authority to operate as a full-service
         driver <br/>
<a id="pl.76.26"></a><var>76.26</var>licensing office located in New Brighton city hall. This paragraph applies notwithstanding:
         <br/>
<a id="pl.76.27"></a><var>76.27</var>(1) Minnesota Statutes, section 171.061, subdivision 2; (2) requirements under Minnesota
         <br/>
<a id="pl.76.28"></a><var>76.28</var>Rules, part 7404.0300, subpart 3; and (3) procedures for county board appointment
         of a <br/>
<a id="pl.76.29"></a><var>76.29</var>driver's license agent, including under Minnesota Rules, part 7404.0350. All other
         provisions <br/>
<a id="pl.76.30"></a><var>76.30</var>regarding the appointment and operation of a driver's license agent under Minnesota
         Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.76.31"></a><var>76.31</var>section 171.061, and Minnesota Rules, chapter 7404, apply.<br/>
<a id="pl.77.1"></a><var>77.1</var>(b) The commissioner must make the appointment under this section within two weeks
         <br/>
<a id="pl.77.2"></a><var>77.2</var>of receipt of an appointment application pursuant to the commissioner's procedures
         under <br/>
<a id="pl.77.3"></a><var>77.3</var>Minnesota Rules.<br/>