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

1.26 	ARTICLE 1
1.27 	TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

1.28	Section 1. TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.29 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies 
1.30 	and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the trunk highway 
1.31 	fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. 
2.1 	The figures "2018" and "2019" used in this article mean that the appropriations listed under 
2.2 	them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, or June 30, 2019, respectively. 
2.3 	"The first year" is fiscal year 2018. "The second year" is fiscal year 2019. "The biennium" 
2.4 	is fiscal years 2018 and 2019.

2.5				APPROPRIATIONS
	
2.6				Available for the Year
	
2.7				Ending June 30
	
2.8					2018
		2019

2.92.10
	Sec. 2. DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION

2.11	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	2,928,633,000
	$
	2,917,420,000

2.12	Appropriations by Fund
	
2.13		2018
	2019
	
2.14	General
	19,158,000
	18,058,000
	
2.15	Airports
	31,812,000
	22,609,000
	
2.16	C.S.A.H.
	769,644,000
	800,066,000
	
2.17	M.S.A.S.
	195,858,000
	203,463,000
	
2.18	Special Revenue
	10,000,000
	0
	
2.19	Trunk Highway
	1,902,161,000
	1,873,224,000
	
2.20 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
2.21 	purpose are specified in the following 
2.22 	subdivisions.

2.23	Subd. 2.Multimodal Systems
 					
2.24 	(a) Aeronautics

2.25	(1) Airport Development and Assistance
		26,501,000
		17,298,000
	
2.26 	This appropriation is from the state airports 
2.27 	fund and must be spent according to 
2.28 	Minnesota Statutes, section 360.305, 
2.29 	subdivision 4.
2.30 	$2,334,000 in the first year is for a grant to 
2.31 	the city of Rochester to design, rehabilitate, 
2.32 	demolish, and expand portions of the existing 
2.33 	passenger terminal building at the Rochester 
2.34 	International Airport, provided that this 
2.35 	amount also includes money to remodel, 
3.1 	construct, furnish, and equip the existing 
3.2 	passenger terminal building and associated 
3.3 	appurtenances to meet the United States 
3.4 	Customs and Border Protection and 
3.5 	Transportation Security Administration 
3.6 	standards for safety, security, and processing 
3.7 	time to accommodate domestic and 
3.8 	international flights. The capital improvements 
3.9 	paid for with this appropriation may be used 
3.10 	as the local contribution required by 
3.11 	Minnesota Statutes, section 360.305, 
3.12 	subdivision 4. This appropriation may be used 
3.13 	to reimburse the city for costs incurred after 
3.14 	May 1, 2016. This appropriation is not 
3.15 	available until the commissioner of 
3.16 	management and budget has determined that 
3.17 	at least an equal amount has been committed 
3.18 	to the project from nonstate sources. Work 
3.19 	that may be completed with this appropriation 
3.20 	includes but is not limited to (i) site 
3.21 	preparation, including utilities, site civil work, 
3.22 	testing, and construction administration 
3.23 	services, (ii) the relocation, modification, and 
3.24 	addition of airline ticket counters, baggage 
3.25 	claim devices, public spaces, offices, 
3.26 	restrooms, support space, break rooms, 
3.27 	lockers, equipment storage, communications, 
3.28 	hallways, building signage, medical visitor 
3.29 	rooms, special needs accommodations, hold 
3.30 	rooms, secure storage, equipment maintenance 
3.31 	area, and building engineering and technology 
3.32 	systems, (iii) improvements needed outside 
3.33 	the terminal to remove, restore, and tie into 
3.34 	adjacent utilities, sidewalks, driveways, 
3.35 	parking lots, and aircraft aprons, and (iv) the 
4.1 	construction of covered exterior equipment 
4.2 	storage. This is a onetime appropriation.
4.3 	$6,619,000 in the first year is to provide the 
4.4 	federal match to design and construct runway 
4.5 	infrastructure at the Duluth International and 
4.6 	Sky Harbor Airports in accordance with 
4.7 	Minnesota Statutes, section 360.017. For the 
4.8 	purposes of this clause, the commissioner may 
4.9 	waive the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, 
4.10 	section 360.305, subdivision 4, paragraph (b). 
4.11 	This appropriation is for costs incurred after 
4.12 	March 1, 2016, and is available until and must 
4.13 	be encumbered by June 30, 2017. This 
4.14 	appropriation is not available until the 
4.15 	commissioner of management and budget 
4.16 	determines that an equal amount is committed 
4.17 	from nonstate sources. This is a onetime 
4.18 	appropriation.
4.19 	$250,000 in the first year is for an air transport 
4.20 	optimization planning study for the St. Cloud 
4.21 	Regional Airport, which must be 
4.22 	comprehensive and market-based, using 
4.23 	economic development and air service 
4.24 	expertise to research, analyze, and develop 
4.25 	models and strategies that maximize the return 
4.26 	on investments made to enhance the use and 
4.27 	impact of the St. Cloud Regional Airport. This 
4.28 	is a onetime appropriation.
4.29 	The base appropriation in each of fiscal years 
4.30 	2020 and 2021 is $15,298,000.
4.31 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
4.32 	16A.28, subdivision 6, and unless otherwise 
4.33 	stated in this clause for a specific project, this 
4.34 	appropriation is available for five years after 
4.35 	appropriation. If the appropriation for either 
5.1 	year is insufficient, the appropriation for the 
5.2 	other year is available for it.

5.3	(2) Aviation Support and Services
		6,790,000
		6,934,000

5.4	Appropriations by Fund
	
5.5		2018
	2019
	
5.6	Airports
	5,311,000
	5,311,000
	
5.7	Trunk Highway
	1,479,000
	1,623,000
	
5.8 	$80,000 in each year is from the state airports 
5.9 	fund for the Civil Air Patrol.

5.10	(b) Transit
		18,091,000
		18,118,000

5.11	Appropriations by Fund
	
5.12		2018
	2019
	
5.13	General
	17,245,000
	17,245,000
	
5.14	Trunk Highway
	846,000
	873,000

5.15	(c) Safe Routes to School
		500,000
		500,000
	
5.16 	This appropriation is from the general fund 
5.17 	for the safe routes to school program under 
5.18 	Minnesota Statutes, section 174.40.

5.19	(d) Freight
		6,706,000
		5,778,000

5.20	Appropriations by Fund
	
5.21		2018
	2019
	
5.22	General
	1,356,000
	256,000
	
5.23	Trunk Highway
	5,350,000
	5,522,000
	
5.24 	$1,100,000 in the first year is from the general 
5.25 	fund for port development assistance program 
5.26 	grants under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
5.27 	457A. Any improvements made with the 
5.28 	proceeds of these grants must be publicly 
5.29 	owned. This is a onetime appropriation and is 
5.30 	available in the second year.

5.31	Subd. 3.State Roads

5.32	(a) Operations and Maintenance
		332,773,000
		343,159,000

5.33	(b) Program Planning and Delivery
		257,479,000
		265,542,000
	
6.1 	$130,000 in each year is available for 
6.2 	administrative costs of the targeted group 
6.3 	business program.
6.4 	$266,000 in each year is available for grants 
6.5 	to metropolitan planning organizations outside 
6.6 	the seven-county metropolitan area.
6.7 	$900,000 in each year is available for grants 
6.8 	for transportation studies outside the 
6.9 	metropolitan area to identify critical concerns, 
6.10 	problems, and issues. These grants are 
6.11 	available: (1) to regional development 
6.12 	commissions; (2) in regions where no regional 
6.13 	development commission is functioning, to 
6.14 	joint powers boards established under 
6.15 	agreement of two or more political 
6.16 	subdivisions in the region to exercise the 
6.17 	planning functions of a regional development 
6.18 	commission; and (3) in regions where no 
6.19 	regional development commission or joint 
6.20 	powers board is functioning, to the 
6.21 	department's district office for that region.
6.22 	$1,000,000 in each year is available for 
6.23 	management of contaminated and regulated 
6.24 	material on property owned by the Department 
6.25 	of Transportation, including mitigation of 
6.26 	property conveyances, facility acquisition or 
6.27 	expansion, chemical release at maintenance 
6.28 	facilities, and spills on the trunk highway 
6.29 	system where there is no known responsible 
6.30 	party. If the appropriation for either year is 
6.31 	insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
6.32 	year is available for it.

6.33	(c) State Road Construction
		1,009,396,000
		942,268,000
	
6.34 	This appropriation is for the actual 
6.35 	construction, reconstruction, and improvement 
7.1 	of trunk highways, including design-build 
7.2 	contracts, internal department costs associated 
7.3 	with delivering the construction program, and 
7.4 	consultant usage to support these activities. 
7.5 	This includes the cost of actual payment to 
7.6 	landowners for lands acquired for highway 
7.7 	rights-of-way, payment to lessees, interest 
7.8 	subsidies, and relocation expenses.
7.9 	This appropriation may be used for the 
7.10 	restoration of former trunk highways that have 
7.11 	reverted to counties or to statutory or home 
7.12 	rule charter cities, or for trunk highways that 
7.13 	will be restored and subsequently turned back 
7.14 	by agreement between the commissioner and 
7.15 	the local road authority, where "restoration" 
7.16 	means the level of effort required to improve 
7.17 	the route that will be turned back to an 
7.18 	acceptable condition as determined by 
7.19 	agreement made between the commissioner 
7.20 	and the county or city before the route is 
7.21 	turned back.
7.22 	The commissioner may expend up to one-half 
7.23 	of one percent of the federal appropriations 
7.24 	under this paragraph as grants to opportunity 
7.25 	industrialization centers and other nonprofit 
7.26 	job training centers for job training programs 
7.27 	related to highway construction.
7.28 	The commissioner may transfer up to 
7.29 	$15,000,000 each year to the transportation 
7.30 	revolving loan fund.
7.31 	The commissioner may receive money 
7.32 	covering other shares of the cost of partnership 
7.33 	projects. These receipts are appropriated to 
7.34 	the commissioner for these projects.

7.35	(d) Highway Debt Service
		224,261,000
		241,828,000
	
8.1 	$214,761,000 the first year and $232,328,000 
8.2 	the second year are for transfer to the state 
8.3 	bond fund. If this amount is insufficient to 
8.4 	make all transfers required in the year for 
8.5 	which it is made, the commissioner of 
8.6 	management and budget shall transfer the 
8.7 	deficiency amount under the statutory open 
8.8 	appropriation, and notify the chairs and 
8.9 	ranking minority members of the legislative 
8.10 	committees with jurisdiction over 
8.11 	transportation finance and the chairs of the 
8.12 	senate Committee on Finance and the house 
8.13 	of representatives Committee on Ways and 
8.14 	Means of the amount of the deficiency. Any 
8.15 	excess appropriation cancels to the trunk 
8.16 	highway fund.
8.17 	The base appropriations for debt service are 
8.18 	$251,367,000 in fiscal year 2020 and 
8.19 	$248,616,000 in fiscal year 2021.

8.20	(e) Statewide Radio Communications
		5,648,000
		5,829,000

8.21	Appropriations by Fund
	
8.22		2018
	2019
	
8.23	General
	3,000
	3,000
	
8.24	Trunk Highway
	5,645,000
	5,826,000
	
8.25 	$3,000 in each year is from the general fund 
8.26 	to equip and operate the Roosevelt signal 
8.27 	tower for Lake of the Woods weather 
8.28 	broadcasting.

8.29	Subd. 4.Local Roads

8.30	(a) County State-Aid Roads
		769,644,000
		800,066,000
	
8.31 	This appropriation is from the county state-aid 
8.32 	highway fund under Minnesota Statutes, 
8.33 	section 161.081, and chapter 162, and is 
8.34 	available until June 30, 2027.
9.1 	If the commissioner of transportation 
9.2 	determines that a balance remains in the 
9.3 	county state-aid highway fund following the 
9.4 	appropriations and transfers made in this 
9.5 	paragraph, and that the appropriations made 
9.6 	are insufficient for advancing county state-aid 
9.7 	highway projects, an amount necessary to 
9.8 	advance the projects, not to exceed the balance 
9.9 	in the county state-aid highway fund, is 
9.10 	appropriated in each year to the commissioner. 
9.11 	Within two weeks of a determination under 
9.12 	this contingent appropriation, the 
9.13 	commissioner of transportation shall notify 
9.14 	the commissioner of management and budget 
9.15 	and the chairs and ranking minority members 
9.16 	of the legislative committees with jurisdiction 
9.17 	over transportation finance concerning funds 
9.18 	appropriated. The commissioner shall identify 
9.19 	in the next budget submission to the legislature 
9.20 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.11, any 
9.21 	amount that is appropriated under this 
9.22 	paragraph.

9.23	(b) Municipal State-Aid Roads
		195,858,000
		203,463,000
	
9.24 	This appropriation is from the municipal 
9.25 	state-aid street fund under Minnesota Statutes, 
9.26 	chapter 162, and is available until June 30, 
9.27 	2027.
9.28 	If the commissioner of transportation 
9.29 	determines that a balance remains in the 
9.30 	municipal state-aid street fund following the 
9.31 	appropriations and transfers made in this 
9.32 	paragraph, and that the appropriations made 
9.33 	are insufficient for advancing municipal 
9.34 	state-aid street projects, an amount necessary 
9.35 	to advance the projects, not to exceed the 
10.1 	balance in the municipal state-aid street fund, 
10.2 	is appropriated in each year to the 
10.3 	commissioner. Within two weeks of a 
10.4 	determination under this contingent 
10.5 	appropriation, the commissioner of 
10.6 	transportation shall notify the commissioner 
10.7 	of management and budget and the chairs and 
10.8 	ranking minority members of the legislative 
10.9 	committees with jurisdiction over 
10.10 	transportation finance concerning funds 
10.11 	appropriated. The commissioner shall identify 
10.12 	in the next budget submission to the legislature 
10.13 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.11, any 
10.14 	amount that is appropriated under this 
10.15 	paragraph.

10.16	(c) Small Cities Assistance
		10,000,000
		0
	
10.17 	This appropriation is from the small cities 
10.18 	assistance account in the special revenue fund 
10.19 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 162.145. 
10.20 	This is a onetime appropriation and is 
10.21 	available in the second year.

10.22	Subd. 5.Agency Management

10.23	(a) Agency Services
		44,316,000
		45,206,000

10.24	(b) Buildings
		20,085,000
		20,939,000

10.25	Appropriations by Fund
	
10.26		2018
	2019
	
10.27	General
	54,000
	54,000
	
10.28	Trunk Highway
	20,031,000
	20,885,000
	
10.29 	Any money appropriated to the commissioner 
10.30 	of transportation for building construction for 
10.31 	any fiscal year before the first year is available 
10.32 	to the commissioner of transportation during 
10.33 	the biennium to the extent that the 
10.34 	commissioner spends the money on the 
10.35 	building construction projects for which the 
11.1 	money was originally encumbered during the 
11.2 	fiscal year for which it was appropriated.
11.3 	If the appropriation for either year is 
11.4 	insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
11.5 	year is available for it.

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

11.10	Subd. 6.Transfers
 					
11.11 	With the approval of the commissioner of 
11.12 	management and budget, the commissioner 
11.13 	of transportation may transfer unencumbered 
11.14 	balances among the appropriations from the 
11.15 	trunk highway fund and the state airports fund 
11.16 	made in this section. No transfer may be made 
11.17 	from the appropriations for state road 
11.18 	construction or for debt service. Transfers 
11.19 	under this subdivision may not be made 
11.20 	between funds. Transfers under this 
11.21 	subdivision must be reported immediately to 
11.22 	the chairs and ranking minority members of 
11.23 	the legislative committees with jurisdiction 
11.24 	over transportation finance.

11.25
11.26	Subd. 7.Previous State Road Construction 
Appropriations
 					
11.27 	Any money appropriated to the commissioner 
11.28 	of transportation for state road construction 
11.29 	for any fiscal year before the first year is 
11.30 	available to the commissioner during the 
11.31 	biennium to the extent that the commissioner 
11.32 	spends the money on the state road 
11.33 	construction project for which the money was 
11.34 	originally encumbered during the fiscal year 
11.35 	for which it was appropriated.

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

12.30	Sec. 3. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 	$
	90,820,000
	$
	89,820,000
	
12.31 	This appropriation is from the general fund 
12.32 	for transit system operations under Minnesota 
12.33 	Statutes, sections 473.371 to 473.449.
13.1 	$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2018 is for financial 
13.2 	assistance to replacement service providers 
13.3 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 473.388, 
13.4 	for the purposes of the suburb-to-suburb transit 
13.5 	demonstration project authorized under Laws 
13.6 	2015, chapter 75, article 1, section 4. The 
13.7 	council must not retain any portion of the 
13.8 	funds under this appropriation.

13.9	Sec. 4. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

13.10	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	180,733,000
	$
	180,733,000

13.11	Appropriations by Fund
	
13.12		2018
	2019
	
13.13	General
	13,418,000
	13,418,000
	
13.14	Special Revenue
	54,130,000
	54,130,000
	
13.15	H.U.T.D.
	10,449,000
	10,449,000
	
13.16	Trunk Highway
	102,736,000
	102,736,000
	
13.17 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
13.18 	purpose are specified in the following 
13.19 	subdivisions.

13.20	Subd. 2.Administration and Related Services

13.21	(a) Office of Communications
		530,000
		530,000

13.22	Appropriations by Fund
	
13.23		2018
	2019
	
13.24	General
	115,000
	115,000
	
13.25	Trunk Highway
	415,000
	415,000

13.26	(b) Public Safety Support
		8,934,000
		8,934,000

13.27	Appropriations by Fund
	
13.28		2018
	2019
	
13.29	General
	3,797,000
	3,797,000
	
13.30	H.U.T.D.
	1,366,000
	1,366,000
	
13.31	Trunk Highway
	3,771,000
	3,771,000
	
13.32 	$640,000 each year is from the general fund 
13.33 	for payment of public safety officer survivor 
13.34 	benefits under Minnesota Statutes, section 
14.1 	299A.44. If the appropriation for either year 
14.2 	is insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
14.3 	year is available for it.
14.4 	$1,367,000 each year is from the general fund 
14.5 	to be deposited in the public safety officer's 
14.6 	benefit account. This money is available for 
14.7 	reimbursements under Minnesota Statutes, 
14.8 	section 299A.465.
14.9 	$600,000 each year is from the general fund 
14.10 	and $100,000 in each year is from the trunk 
14.11 	highway fund for soft body armor 
14.12 	reimbursements under Minnesota Statutes, 
14.13 	section 299A.38.

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

14.15	Appropriations by Fund
	
14.16		2018
	2019
	
14.17	General
	1,322,000
	1,322,000
	
14.18	H.U.T.D.
	19,000
	19,000
	
14.19	Trunk Highway
	2,344,000
	2,344,000

14.20	Subd. 3.State Patrol

14.21	(a) Patrolling Highways
		88,357,000
		88,357,000

14.22	Appropriations by Fund
	
14.23		2018
	2019
	
14.24	General
	37,000
	37,000
	
14.25	H.U.T.D.
	828,000
	828,000
	
14.26	Trunk Highway
	87,492,000
	87,492,000

14.27	(b) Commercial Vehicle Enforcement
		8,257,000
		8,257,000

14.28	(c) Capitol Security
		8,147,000
		8,147,000
	
14.29 	This appropriation is from the general fund.
14.30 	The commissioner must not: (1) spend any 
14.31 	money from the trunk highway fund for 
14.32 	capitol security; or (2) permanently transfer 
14.33 	any state trooper from the patrolling highways 
14.34 	activity to capitol security.
15.1 	The commissioner must not transfer any 
15.2 	money appropriated to the commissioner under 
15.3 	this section: (1) to capitol security; or (2) from 
15.4 	capitol security.

15.5	Subd. 4.Driver and Vehicle Services

15.6	(a) Vehicle Services
		30,082,000
		30,082,000

15.7	Appropriations by Fund
	
15.8		2018
	2019
	
15.9	Special Revenue
	21,846,000
	21,846,000
	
15.10	H.U.T.D.
	8,236,000
	8,236,000

15.11	(b) Driver Services
		30,896,000
		30,896,000
	
15.12 	This appropriation is from the driver services 
15.13 	operating account in the special revenue fund.
15.14 	$156,000 in each year is appropriated to 
15.15 	maintain the automated knowledge test 
15.16 	system.

15.17	Subd. 5.Traffic Safety
 		457,000
		457,000

15.18	Subd. 6.Pipeline Safety
 		1,388,000
		1,388,000
	
15.19 	This appropriation is from the pipeline safety 
15.20 	account in the special revenue fund.

15.21 	Sec. 5. APPROPRIATION CANCELLATION.
 15.22 	$1,100,000 of the appropriation for port development assistance under Laws 2015, 
15.23 	chapter 75, article 1, section 3, subdivision 2, paragraph (e), is canceled to the general fund 
15.24 	on June 30, 2017.

15.25 	Sec. 6. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; APPROPRIATION.
 15.26 	$105,000,000 is appropriated from the trunk highway fund to the commissioner of 
15.27 	transportation in fiscal year 2017, as additional federal spending authority for state road 
15.28 	construction.

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

16.1 	ARTICLE 2
16.2 	TRUNK HIGHWAY BONDING

16.3 	Section 1. BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.
 16.4 	To provide the money appropriated in this article from the bond proceeds account in the 
16.5 	trunk highway fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds 
16.6 	of the state in an amount up to $325,325,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the 
16.7 	effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 167.50 to 167.52, and by the Minnesota 
16.8 	Constitution, article XIV, section 11, at the times and in the amounts requested by the 
16.9 	commissioner of transportation. The proceeds of the bonds, except accrued interest and any 
16.10 	premium received from the sale of the bonds, must be deposited in the bond proceeds account 
16.11 	in the trunk highway fund.

16.12	Sec. 2. BOND APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
16.13 	The sums shown in the column under "Appropriations" are appropriated from the bond 
16.14 	proceeds account in the trunk highway fund to the state agencies or officials indicated, to 
16.15 	be spent for public purposes. Appropriations of bond proceeds must be spent as authorized 
16.16 	by the Minnesota Constitution, articles XI and XIV. Unless otherwise specified, money 
16.17 	appropriated in this article for a capital program or project may be used to pay state agency 
16.18 	staff costs that are attributed directly to the capital program or project in accordance with 
16.19 	accounting policies adopted by the commissioner of management and budget.

16.20	SUMMARY
	
16.21	Department of Transportation
	$
	325,000,000
	
16.22	Department of Management and Budget
		325,000
	
16.23	TOTAL
	$
	325,325,000

16.24						APPROPRIATIONS

16.25
16.26
16.27	Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS OF 
COMMERCE
 			$
	200,000,000
	
16.28 	(a) The appropriation in this section is to the 
16.29 	commissioner of transportation for the 
16.30 	corridors of commerce program under 
16.31 	Minnesota Statutes, section 161.088, and is 
16.32 	available in the amounts of $50,000,000 in 
16.33 	each fiscal year from 2018 to 2021. The 
17.1 	commissioner may use up to 17 percent of the 
17.2 	amount each year for program delivery.
17.3 	(b) In any fiscal year covered by this 
17.4 	appropriation, the commissioner may identify 
17.5 	projects based on previous selection processes 
17.6 	or may perform a new selection.
17.7 	(c) The appropriation in this section cancels 
17.8 	as specified under Minnesota Statutes, section 
17.9 	16A.642, except that the commissioner of 
17.10 	management and budget shall count the start 
17.11 	of authorization for issuance of state bonds as 
17.12 	the first day of the fiscal year during which 
17.13 	the bonds are available to be issued as 
17.14 	specified under paragraph (a), and not as the 
17.15 	date of enactment of this section.

17.16	Sec. 4. U.S. HIGHWAY 12 PROJECTS
 			$
	15,000,000
	
17.17 	The appropriation in this section is in fiscal 
17.18 	year 2018 for projects, including preliminary 
17.19 	and final design, engineering, environmental 
17.20 	analysis, right-of-way acquisition, 
17.21 	construction, and reconstruction, on marked 
17.22 	U.S. Highway 12 as follows:
17.23 	(1) realignment at the intersections with 
17.24 	Hennepin County State-Aid Highway 92;
17.25 	(2) realignment and safety improvements at 
17.26 	the intersection with Hennepin County 
17.27 	State-Aid Highway 90; and
17.28 	(3) safety median improvements from the 
17.29 	interchange with Wayzata Boulevard in 
17.30 	Wayzata to approximately one-half mile east 
17.31 	of the interchange with Hennepin County 
17.32 	State-Aid Highway 6.

18.1	Sec. 5. MARKED TRUNK HIGHWAY 212
 			$
	20,000,000
	
18.2 	The appropriation in this section is in fiscal 
18.3 	year 2018 for acquisition of right-of-way and 
18.4 	construction or reconstruction of marked 
18.5 	Trunk Highway 212 as a four-lane divided 
18.6 	highway from County Road 11 in Carver 
18.7 	County to County Road 43 in Carver County.

18.8	Sec. 6. MARKED TRUNK HIGHWAY 14
 			$
	90,000,000
	
18.9 	The appropriation in this section is in fiscal 
18.10 	year 2018 for acquisition of right-of-way and 
18.11 	construction and reconstruction of marked 
18.12 	Trunk Highway 14 as a four-lane divided 
18.13 	highway from the interchange with marked 
18.14 	Interstate Highway 35 near the city of 
18.15 	Owatonna to the point near the city of Dodge 
18.16 	Center at which marked Trunk Highway 14 
18.17 	constitutes a four-lane divided highway 
18.18 	southeast of the intersection with marked 
18.19 	Trunk Highway 56.

18.20	Sec. 7. BOND SALE EXPENSES
 			$
	325,000
	
18.21 	This appropriation is to the commissioner of 
18.22 	management and budget for bond sale 
18.23 	expenses under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
18.24 	16A.641, subdivision 8, and 167.50, 
18.25 	subdivision 4, and is available in the amounts 
18.26 	of $175,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $50,000 
18.27 	in each fiscal year from 2019 to 2021.

18.28 	Sec. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 18.29 	This article is effective July 1, 2017.

19.1 	ARTICLE 3
19.2 	TRANSPORTATION FINANCE

19.3 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.081, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
19.4 		Subdivision 1.Distribution of five percent. (a) Pursuant to article 14, section 5, of the 
19.5 	Constitution, five percent of the net highway user tax distribution fund is set aside, and 
19.6 	apportioned to the county state-aid highway fund.
19.7 	(b) That apportionment is further distributed as follows:
19.8 	(1) 30.5 percent to the town road account created in section 162.081;
19.9 	(2) 16 percent to the town bridge account, which is created in the state treasury 46.5 
19.10 	percent to the county state-aid highway fund, consisting of: (i) 30.5 percent to the town road 
19.11 	account created in section 162.081; and (ii) 16 percent to the town bridge account created 
19.12 	in the state treasury; and
19.13 	(3) 53.5 percent to the flexible highway account created in subdivision 3 (2) 53.5 percent 
19.14 	to the trunk highway fund.

19.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2017.

19.16 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 297A.815, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
19.17 		Subd. 3.Motor vehicle lease sales tax revenue. (a) For purposes of this subdivision, 
19.18 	"net revenue" means an amount equal to the revenues, including interest and penalties, 
19.19 	collected under this section, during the fiscal year; less $32,000,000 in each fiscal year.
19.20 	(b) On or before June 30 of each fiscal year, the commissioner of revenue shall estimate 
19.21 	the amount of the net revenuerevenues, including interest and penalties, collected under 
19.22 	this section for the current fiscal year.
19.23 	(c) On or after July 1(b) By July 15 of the subsequent fiscal year, the commissioner of 
19.24 	management and budget shallmust transfer the net revenuerevenues as estimated in 
19.25 	paragraph (b) (a) from the general fund, as follows:
19.26 	(1) $9,000,000 annually until January 1, 2015, and 50 percent annually thereafter
19.27 	36 percent to the county state-aid highway fund. Notwithstanding any other law to the 
19.28 	contrary, the commissioner of transportation shall allocate the funds transferred under this 
19.29 	clause to the counties in the metropolitan area, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 
19.30 	4, excluding the counties of Hennepin and Ramsey, so that each county shall receive of 
19.31 	such amount the percentage that its population, as defined in section 477A.011, subdivision 
20.1 	3, estimated or established by July 15 of the year prior to the current calendar year, bears 
20.2 	to the total population of the counties receiving funds under this clause; and
20.3 	(2) the remainder36 percent to the greater Minnesota transit account; and
20.4 	(3) the remainder to the highway user tax distribution fund.
20.5 	(c) As part of the transfer that must occur by July 15, 2018, in addition to any amounts 
20.6 	transferred under paragraph (b), the commissioner of management and budget must transfer 
20.7 	$10,000,000 of the revenues as estimated in paragraph (a) from the general fund to the small 
20.8 	cities assistance account under section 162.145.

20.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective beginning with the estimate that must 
20.10 	be completed on or before June 30, 2018, for a transfer that occurs by July 15, 2018.

20.11 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 297A.94, is amended to read:
20.12 	297A.94 DEPOSIT OF REVENUES.
20.13 	(a) Except as provided in this section, the commissioner shall deposit the revenues, 
20.14 	including interest and penalties, derived from the taxes imposed by this chapter in the state 
20.15 	treasury and credit them to the general fund.
20.16 	(b) The commissioner shall deposit taxes in the Minnesota agricultural and economic 
20.17 	account in the special revenue fund if:
20.18 	(1) the taxes are derived from sales and use of property and services purchased for the 
20.19 	construction and operation of an agricultural resource project; and
20.20 	(2) the purchase was made on or after the date on which a conditional commitment was 
20.21 	made for a loan guaranty for the project under section 41A.04, subdivision 3.
20.22 	The commissioner of management and budget shall certify to the commissioner the date on 
20.23 	which the project received the conditional commitment. The amount deposited in the loan 
20.24 	guaranty account must be reduced by any refunds and by the costs incurred by the Department 
20.25 	of Revenue to administer and enforce the assessment and collection of the taxes.
20.26 	(c) The commissioner shall deposit the revenues, including interest and penalties, derived 
20.27 	from the taxes imposed on sales and purchases included in section 297A.61, subdivision 3, 
20.28 	paragraph (g), clauses (1) and (4), in the state treasury, and credit them as follows:
20.29 	(1) first to the general obligation special tax bond debt service account in each fiscal 
20.30 	year the amount required by section 16A.661, subdivision 3, paragraph (b); and
20.31 	(2) after the requirements of clause (1) have been met, the balance to the general fund.
21.1 	(d) Beginning with sales taxes remitted after July 1, 2017, the commissioner shall deposit 
21.2 	in the state treasury the revenues collected under section 297A.64, subdivision 1, and credit 
21.3 	them to the highway user tax distribution fund.
21.4 	(e) The commissioner shall deposit the revenues, including interest and penalties, 
21.5 	collected under section 297A.64, subdivision 5, in the state treasury and credit them to the 
21.6 	general fund. By July 15 of each year the commissioner shall transfer to the highway user 
21.7 	tax distribution fund an amount equal to the excess fees collected under section 297A.64, 
21.8 	subdivision 5, for the previous calendar year.
21.9 	(e) (f) Beginning with sales taxes remitted after July 1, 2017, in conjunction with the 
21.10 	deposit of revenues under paragraph (d), the commissioner shall deposit into the state 
21.11 	treasury and credit to the highway user tax distribution fund an amount equal to the estimated 
21.12 	revenues derived from the tax rate imposed under section 297A.62, subdivision 1, on the 
21.13 	lease or rental for not more than 28 days of rental motor vehicles subject to section 297A.64. 
21.14 	The commissioner shall estimate the amount of sales tax revenue deposited under this 
21.15 	paragraph based on the amount of revenue deposited under paragraph (d).
21.16 	(g) Starting after July 1, 2017, the commissioner shall deposit an amount of the 
21.17 	remittances monthly into the state treasury and credit them to the highway user tax 
21.18 	distribution fund as a portion of the estimated amount of taxes collected from the sale and 
21.19 	purchase of motor vehicle repair parts in that month. For the remittances between July 1, 
21.20 	2017, and June 30, 2019, the monthly deposit amount is $10,282,000. For remittances in 
21.21 	each subsequent fiscal year, the monthly deposit amount is $13,957,000. For purposes of 
21.22 	this paragraph, "motor vehicle" has the meaning given in section 297B.01, subdivision 11, 
21.23 	and "motor vehicle repair and replacement parts" includes (i) all parts, tires, accessories, 
21.24 	and equipment incorporated into or affixed to the motor vehicle as part of the motor vehicle 
21.25 	maintenance and repair, and (ii) paint, oil, and other fluids that remain on or in the motor 
21.26 	vehicle as part of the motor vehicle maintenance or repair.
21.27 	(h) 72.43 percent of the revenues, including interest and penalties, transmitted to the 
21.28 	commissioner under section 297A.65, must be deposited by the commissioner in the state 
21.29 	treasury as follows:
21.30 	(1) 50 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the heritage enhancement account in 
21.31 	the game and fish fund, and may be spent only on activities that improve, enhance, or protect 
21.32 	fish and wildlife resources, including conservation, restoration, and enhancement of land, 
21.33 	water, and other natural resources of the state;
22.1 	(2) 22.5 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, and may 
22.2 	be spent only for state parks and trails;
22.3 	(3) 22.5 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, and may 
22.4 	be spent only on metropolitan park and trail grants;
22.5 	(4) three percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, and 
22.6 	may be spent only on local trail grants; and
22.7 	(5) two percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, and may 
22.8 	be spent only for the Minnesota Zoological Garden, the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, 
22.9 	and the Duluth Zoo.
22.10 	(f) (i)  The revenue dedicated under paragraph (e) (h) may not be used as a substitute 
22.11 	for traditional sources of funding for the purposes specified, but the dedicated revenue shall 
22.12 	supplement traditional sources of funding for those purposes. Land acquired with money 
22.13 	deposited in the game and fish fund under paragraph (e) (h) must be open to public hunting 
22.14 	and fishing during the open season, except that in aquatic management areas or on lands 
22.15 	where angling easements have been acquired, fishing may be prohibited during certain times 
22.16 	of the year and hunting may be prohibited. At least 87 percent of the money deposited in 
22.17 	the game and fish fund for improvement, enhancement, or protection of fish and wildlife 
22.18 	resources under paragraph (e) (h) must be allocated for field operations.
22.19 	(g)(j) The revenues deposited under paragraphs (a) to (f) (i) do not include the revenues, 
22.20 	including interest and penalties, generated by the sales tax imposed under section 297A.62, 
22.21 	subdivision 1a, which must be deposited as provided under the Minnesota Constitution, 
22.22 	article XI, section 15.

22.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2017.

22.24 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 297A.992, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
22.25 		Subd. 2.Authorization; rates. (a) Notwithstanding section 297A.99, subdivisions 1, 
22.26 	2, and 3, or 477A.016, or any other law, the board of a county participating in a joint powers 
22.27 	agreement as specified in this section shall impose by resolution (1) a transportation sales 
22.28 	and use tax at a rate of one-quarter of one percent on retail sales and uses taxable under this 
22.29 	chapter, and (2) an excise tax of $20 per motor vehicle, as defined in section 297B.01, 
22.30 	subdivision 11, purchased or acquired from any person engaged in the business of selling 
22.31 	motor vehicles at retail, occurring within the jurisdiction of the taxing authority. The taxes 
22.32 	authorized are to fund transportation improvements as specified in this section, including 
22.33 	debt service on obligations issued to finance such improvements pursuant to subdivision 7.
23.1 	(b) The tax imposed under this section is not included in determining if the total tax on 
23.2 	lodging in the city of Minneapolis exceeds the maximum allowed tax under Laws 1986, 
23.3 	chapter 396, section 5, as amended by Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 5, article 
23.4 	12, section 87, or in determining a tax that may be imposed under any other limitations.
23.5 	(c) A county participating in a joint powers agreement as specified in this section may 
23.6 	impose an additional transportation sales and use tax at a rate of one-fifth of one percent 
23.7 	on retail sales and uses taxable under this chapter. Before imposing a tax authorized by this 
23.8 	paragraph, the imposition of the tax must be approved by a majority of voters at a general 
23.9 	election. The proceeds of the taxes imposed under this paragraph must be used for the 
23.10 	purposes specified in section 297A.993, subdivision 2.

23.11 	ARTICLE 4
23.12 	TRANSPORTATION POLICY

23.13 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 85.016, is amended to read:
23.14 	85.016 BICYCLE TRAIL PROGRAM.
23.15 	The commissioner of natural resources shallmust establish a program for the development 
23.16 	of bicycle trails utilizing the state trails authorized by section 85.015, other state parks and 
23.17 	recreation land, and state forests. "Bicycle trail," as used in this section, has the meaning 
23.18 	given in section 169.011. The program shallmust be coordinated with the local park trail 
23.19 	grant program established by the commissioner pursuant to section 85.019, with the bikeway 
23.20 	program state bicycle routes established by the commissioner of transportation pursuant to 
23.21 	section 160.265 160.266, and with existing and proposed local bikeways. In the metropolitan 
23.22 	area as defined in section 473.121, the program shallmust be developed in accordance with 
23.23 	plans and priorities established by the Metropolitan Council. The commissioner shallmust 
23.24 	provide technical assistance to local units of government in planning and developing bicycle 
23.25 	trails in local parks. The bicycle trail program shall must, as a minimum, describe the 
23.26 	location, design, construction, maintenance, and land acquisition needs of each component 
23.27 	trail and shall give due consideration to the model standards for the establishment of 
23.28 	recreational vehicle lanes promulgated by the commissioner of transportation pursuant to 
23.29 	section 160.262. The program shallmust be developed after consultation with the state trail 
23.30 	council and regional and local units of government and bicyclist organizations.

24.1 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 116.03, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
24.2 	read:
24.3 		Subd. 7.Clean Air Act settlement money. "Clean Air Act settlement money" means 
24.4 	money required to be paid to the state as a result of litigation or settlements of alleged 
24.5 	violations of the federal Clean Air Act, United States Code, title 42, section 7401, et seq., 
24.6 	or rules adopted thereunder, by an automobile manufacturer. The commissioner of 
24.7 	management and budget must establish the Clean Air Act settlement account in the 
24.8 	environmental fund. Notwithstanding sections 16A.013 to 16A.016, the commissioner of 
24.9 	management and budget must deposit Clean Air Act settlement money into the Clean Air 
24.10 	Act settlement account. Clean Air Act settlement money must not be spent until it is 
24.11 	specifically appropriated by law. The commissioner of management and budget must 
24.12 	eliminate the Clean Air Act settlement account in the environmental fund after all Clean 
24.13 	Air Act settlement money has been expended.

24.14 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
24.15 	read:
24.16 		Subd. 1a.Bikeway. "Bikeway" means a bicycle lane, bicycle path, shared use path, 
24.17 	bicycle route, or similar bicycle facility, regardless of whether designed for the exclusive 
24.18 	use of bicycles or for shared use with other transportation modes.

24.19 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.02, subdivision 27, is amended to read:
24.20 		Subd. 27.Roadway; bicycle lane; bicycle route; bicycle path; bikeway. The terms 
24.21 	"roadway," "bicycle lane," "bicycle route," and "bicycle path," and "bikeway" have the 
24.22 	meanings given in section 169.011.

24.23 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
24.24 	read:
24.25 		Subd. 27a.Shared use path. "Shared use path" means a bicycle facility that is (1) 
24.26 	physically separated from motorized vehicular traffic by an open space or barrier, (2) located 
24.27 	within either the highway right-of-way or an independent right-of-way, and (3) available 
24.28 	for use by other nonmotorized users.

24.29 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.262, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
24.30 		Subdivision 1.Model standards Powers. (a) The legislature determines that it is in the 
24.31 	interests of the public health, safety and welfare, to provide for the addition of bicycle and 
25.1 	recreational vehicle lanes bikeways to proposed and existing public highways. The 
25.2 	commissioner of transportation shall adopt, in the manner provided in chapter 14, model 
25.3 	standards for the establishment of recreational vehicle lanes on and along proposed and 
25.4 	existing public highways. The model standards shall include but not be limited to the 
25.5 	following: (a) criteria for desirability of a lane in any given location, (b) provision for 
25.6 	maintenance of the lanes, and (c) the placement of the lanes in relation to roads. The model 
25.7 	standards shall govern state trunk highways. The commissioner of transportation is authorized 
25.8 	to plan, design, establish, and maintain bikeways on the right-of-way of any trunk highway. 
25.9 	The commissioner is responsible for the design and construction of all bikeway projects 
25.10 	within the right-of-way of any trunk highway. The commissioner must consider the 
25.11 	development of bikeways during the planning, design, construction, reconstruction, or 
25.12 	improvement of any trunk highway, or allow the establishment of such bikeways within 
25.13 	trunk highway right-of-way.
25.14 	(b) The commissioner must maintain bikeway design guidelines consistent with the state 
25.15 	transportation goals in section 174.01.
25.16 	(c) The commissioner must compile and maintain a map of bikeways in the state and 
25.17 	must publish and distribute the map's information at least once every two years in a form 
25.18 	and manner suitable to assist persons wishing to use the bikeways.
25.19 	(d) The commissioner must maintain bikeways within the limits of trunk highway 
25.20 	right-of-way unless a written agreement or limited use permit provides otherwise.

25.21 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.262, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
25.22 		Subd. 3.Cooperation among agencies and governments. The following departments 
25.23 	and agencies shall cooperate in providing on the nonmotorized transportation advisory 
25.24 	committee identified in section 174.37 must provide information and advice for amendments 
25.25 	to the model standards the bikeway design guidelines maintained by the commissioner of 
25.26 	transportation: the Departments of Agriculture, Transportation, Natural Resources, 
25.27 	Commerce, and Employment and Economic Development, and the Board of Water and Soil 
25.28 	Resources. The commissioner may cooperate with and enter into agreements with the United 
25.29 	States government, any department of the state of Minnesota, any unit of local government 
25.30 	and, any tribal government, or any public or private corporation in order to effect the purposes 
25.31 	of this section.

26.1 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.262, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
26.2 		Subd. 4.Design-build bridges for nonmotorized vehicles. For streets and highways, 
26.3 	the commissioner shallmust allow for the acceptance of performance-specification bids, 
26.4 	made by the lowest responsible bidder, for constructing design-build bridges for bicycle 
26.5 	paths, bicycle trails, bikeways and pedestrian facilities that are:
26.6 	(1) designed and used primarily for nonmotorized transportation, but may allow for 
26.7 	motorized wheelchairs, golf carts, necessary maintenance vehicles and, when otherwise 
26.8 	permitted by law, rule, or ordinance, snowmobiles; and
26.9 	(2) located apart from any road or highway or protected by barriers, provided that a 
26.10 	design-built bridge may cross over and above a road or highway.

26.11 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.266, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
26.12 	read:
26.13 		Subd. 1a.State bicycle route; definition. For the purposes of this section, "state bicycle 
26.14 	route" means a linear series of one or more roads or bikeways that is designated for bicycle 
26.15 	travel, regardless of whether for exclusive use by bicycles or shared use with other modes 
26.16 	of transportation.

26.17 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.266, is amended by adding a subdivision 
26.18 	to read:
26.19 		Subd. 1b.State bicycle routes. The commissioner of transportation must identify state 
26.20 	bicycle routes primarily on existing road right-of-way and trails. State bicycle routes must 
26.21 	be identified in cooperation with road and trail authorities, including the commissioner of 
26.22 	natural resources, and with the advice of the advisory committee on nonmotorized 
26.23 	transportation under section 174.37. In a metropolitan area, state bicycle routes must be 
26.24 	identified in coordination with the plans and priorities established by metropolitan planning 
26.25 	organizations, as defined in United States Code, title 23, section 134.

26.26 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.266, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
26.27 		Subd. 3.Connections with other bikeways. (a) The commissioner, in cooperation with 
26.28 	road and trail authorities including the commissioner of natural resources, shall must:
26.29 	(1) identify existing bikeways of regional significance that are in reasonable proximity 
26.30 	but not connected to the bikeway state bicycle routes established in under this section, 
27.1 	including but not limited to the Lake Wobegon Trail in the counties of Stearns and Todd; 
27.2 	and
27.3 	(2) support development of linkages between bikeways identified under clause (1) and 
27.4 	the bikeway state bicycle routes established in under this section.
27.5 	(b) The requirements of this subdivision are a secondary priority for use of funds available 
27.6 	under this section following establishment and enhancement of the bikewaystate bicycle 
27.7 	routes under subdivision 1 this section.

27.8 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.266, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
27.9 		Subd. 4.Cooperation with other entities. The commissioner may contract and enter 
27.10 	into agreements with federal agencies, other state agencies, local governments, andtribal 
27.11 	governments, or private entities to establish, develop, maintain, and operate the bikeway
27.12 	state bicycle routes and to interpret associated natural and cultural resources.

27.13 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.266, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
27.14 		Subd. 5.Funding. Bicycle Shared use paths included within the bikeway state bicycle 
27.15 	routes and not administered by the commissioner of natural resources are eligible for funding 
27.16 	from the environment and natural resources trust fund under chapter 116P, from the parks 
27.17 	and trails grant program under section 85.535, from the local recreation grants program 
27.18 	under section 85.019, subdivision 4b, and from other sources.

27.19 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.266, is amended by adding a subdivision 
27.20 	to read:
27.21 		Subd. 6.Mississippi River Trail. The Mississippi River Trail bikeway must originate 
27.22 	at Itasca State Park in Clearwater, Beltrami, and Hubbard Counties, then generally parallel 
27.23 	the Mississippi River through the cities of Bemidji in Beltrami County, Grand Rapids in 
27.24 	Itasca County, Brainerd in Crow Wing County, Little Falls in Morrison County, Sauk Rapids 
27.25 	in Benton County, St. Cloud in Stearns County, Minneapolis in Hennepin County, St. Paul 
27.26 	in Ramsey County, Hastings in Dakota County, Red Wing in Goodhue County, Wabasha 
27.27 	in Wabasha County, Winona in Winona County, and La Crescent in Houston County to 
27.28 	Minnesota's boundary with Iowa and there terminate. Where opportunities exist, the bikeway 
27.29 	may be designated on both sides of the Mississippi River.

28.1 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.266, is amended by adding a subdivision 
28.2 	to read:
28.3 		Subd. 7.North Star Bicycle Route. The North Star Bicycle Route must originate in the 
28.4 	city of St. Paul in Ramsey County, then proceed north through the cities of North Branch 
28.5 	in Chisago County, Hinckley in Pine County, Carlton in Carlton County, Duluth in St. Louis 
28.6 	County, Two Harbors in Lake County, and Grand Marais in Cook County to Minnesota's 
28.7 	boundary with Canada and there terminate. Notwithstanding subdivision 5 or any law to 
28.8 	the contrary, the commissioner must not spend trunk highway funds on creating, constructing, 
28.9 	marking, or maintaining this route.

28.10 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.088, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
28.11 		Subd. 4.Project eligibility. (a) The commissioner shall establish eligibility requirements 
28.12 	for projects that can be funded under the program. Eligibility must include are:
28.13 	(1) consistency with the statewide multimodal transportation plan under section 174.03;
28.14 	(2) location of the project on an interregional corridor, for a project located outside of 
28.15 	the Department of Transportation metropolitan district;
28.16 	(3) placement into at least one project classification under subdivision 3;
28.17 	(4) a maximum length of time, as determined by the commissioner, until commencement 
28.18 	of construction work on the project; and
28.19 	(5) for each type of project classification under subdivision 3, a maximum allowable 
28.20 	amount for the total project cost estimate, as determined by the commissioner with available 
28.21 	data.
28.22 	(b) A project whose construction is programmed in the state transportation improvement 
28.23 	program is not eligible for funding under the program. This paragraph does not apply to a 
28.24 	project that is programmed as result of selection under this section.
28.25 	(c) A project may be, but is not required to be, identified in the 20-year state highway 
28.26 	capital investment plan under section 174.03.

28.27 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.088, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
28.28 		Subd. 5.Project selection process; criteria. (a) The commissioner shallmust establish 
28.29 	a process for identification, evaluation, and selection of to identify, evaluate, and select
28.30 	projects under the program. The process must be consistent with the requirements of this 
28.31 	subdivision and must not include any additional evaluation criteria.
29.1 	(b) As part of the project selection process, the commissioner shallmust annually accept 
29.2 	recommendations on candidate projects from area transportation partnerships and other 
29.3 	interested stakeholders in each Department of Transportation district. The commissioner 
29.4 	must determine the eligibility for each candidate project identified under this paragraph, 
29.5 	the commissioner shall determine eligibility, classify, and if appropriate, evaluate the project 
29.6 	for the program. For each eligible project, the commissioner must classify and evaluate the 
29.7 	project for the program.
29.8 	(c) Project evaluation and prioritization must be performed on the basis of objective 
29.9 	criteria, which must include Projects must be evaluated using the following criteria:
29.10 	(1) a return on investment measure that provides for comparison across eligible projects;
29.11 	(2) measurable impacts on commerce and economic competitiveness;
29.12 	(3) efficiency in the movement of freight, including but not limited to:
29.13 	(i) measures of annual average daily traffic and commercial vehicle miles traveled, which 
29.14 	may include data near the project location on that trunk highway or on connecting trunk 
29.15 	and local highways; and
29.16 	(ii) measures of congestion or travel time reliability, which may be within or near the 
29.17 	project limits, or both;
29.18 	(4) improvements to traffic safety;
29.19 	(5) connections to regional trade centers, local highway systems, and other transportation 
29.20 	modes;
29.21 	(6) the extent to which the project addresses multiple transportation system policy 
29.22 	objectives and principles; and
29.23 	(7) support and consensus for the project among members of the surrounding community; 
29.24 	and
29.25 	(8) regional balance throughout the state.
29.26 	(d) The commissioner must adopt a policy that assigns a weight to each criteria under 
29.27 	paragraph (c). This policy must be applied consistently to each project evaluated. Each 
29.28 	project must be assigned a score based on the evaluation. The projects must be prioritized 
29.29 	based on the score. The list of all projects evaluated must be made public and must include 
29.30 	the score of each project.
30.1 	(e) As part of the project selection process, the commissioner may divide funding to be 
30.2 	separately available among projects within each classification under subdivision 3, and may 
30.3 	apply separate or modified criteria among those projects falling within each classification.

30.4 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.088, is amended by adding a subdivision 
30.5 	to read:
30.6 		Subd. 6a.Corridors of commerce long-term plan. The commissioner must create a 
30.7 	corridors of commerce long-term plan that includes all projects deemed eligible for the 
30.8 	program. The projects in the long-term plan must be prioritized based on the score assigned 
30.9 	under subdivision 5. The commissioner may create a plan for each district or for the entire 
30.10 	state.

30.11 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.088, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
30.12 		Subd. 7.Legislative report; evaluation. (a) Starting in 2014, annually By November 
30.13 	1 each year, the commissioner shallmust electronically submit a report on the corridors of 
30.14 	commerce program to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees 
30.15 	with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance. At a minimum, the report must 
30.16 	include:
30.17 	(1) a summary of the program, including a review of the project selection process, 
30.18 	eligibility and criteria the policy that provides the weight given each criteria, funds expended 
30.19 	in the previous selection cycle, and total funds expended since program inception;
30.20 	(2) a listing list of projects funded under the program in the previous selection cycle, 
30.21 	including:
30.22 	(i) project classification;
30.23 	(ii) a breakdown of project costs and funding sources;
30.24 	(iii) any future operating costs assigned under subdivision 6; and
30.25 	(iv) a brief description that is comprehensible to a lay audience;
30.26 	(3) a listing list of all candidate project recommendations required under subdivision 5, 
30.27 	paragraph (b), including the eligibility determination for each project and, for eligible 
30.28 	projects, the project classification and disposition in the selection process; and
30.29 	(4) a list of all projects evaluated and the score for each project; and
30.30 	(5) any recommendations for changes to statutory requirements of the program.
31.1 	(b) Starting in 2016, and In every even-numbered year thereafter, the commissioner 
31.2 	shallmust incorporate into the report the results of an independent evaluation of impacts 
31.3 	and effectiveness of the program. The evaluation must be performed by agency staff or a 
31.4 	consultant. The individual or individuals performing the evaluation must have experience 
31.5 	in program evaluation, but must not be regularly involved in the program's implementation.

31.6 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.115, subdivision 190, is amended to read:
31.7 		Subd. 190.Route No. 259. Beginning at a point on Statutory Route No. 100, at or near 
31.8 	Henderson; thence extending in a general southeasterly direction to a point on Statutory 
31.9 	Route No. 123, at or near Le Sueur.

31.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day after the commissioner of 
31.11 	transportation receives a copy of the agreement between the commissioner of transportation 
31.12 	and the governing body of Le Sueur County to transfer jurisdiction of Legislative Route 
31.13 	No. 123 and after the commissioner notifies the revisor of statutes under section 43, paragraph 
31.14 	(b).

31.15 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.14, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
31.16 	read:
31.17 		Subd. 83.Senator Jim Metzen Memorial Highway. That segment of marked Trunk 
31.18 	Highway 52 located within Dakota County is designated as "Senator Jim Metzen Memorial 
31.19 	Highway." Notwithstanding section 161.139, the commissioner shall adopt a suitable design 
31.20 	to mark this highway and erect appropriate signs.

31.21 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.21, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
31.22 		Subdivision 1.Location and design of highways. The commissioner may make or 
31.23 	cause to be made such studies and investigations as the commissioner deems necessary for 
31.24 	the purpose of determining the most advantageous location and design of trunk highways 
31.25 	from the standpoint of both present and future traffic needs, and in making such 
31.26 	determinations the commissioner may take into consideration the probable future 
31.27 	development of both urban and rural areas and the effect of such development on future 
31.28 	traffic needs as indicated by such studies and investigations and the location and design 
31.29 	with respect to recreational vehicle lane bikeway establishment.

32.1 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.321, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
32.2 		Subd. 6.Rules; eligibility. (a) The rules adopted by the commissioner of administration 
32.3 	to define small businesses and to set time and other eligibility requirements for participation 
32.4 	in programs under sections 16C.16 to 16C.19 apply to this section. The commissioner may 
32.5 	promulgate other rules necessary to carry out this section.
32.6 	(b) In addition to other eligibility requirements, a small targeted group business or 
32.7 	veteran-owned small business is eligible for the bid preferences under this section only for 
32.8 	eight years following the latest of:
32.9 	(1) May 1, 2012;
32.10 	(2) for a targeted group business, the date of initial certification by the commissioner of 
32.11 	administration, as provided under section 16C.19;
32.12 	(3) for a veteran-owned small business, the date of initial certification by the United 
32.13 	States Department of Veterans Affairs, as provided under section 16C.19, paragraph (d); 
32.14 	or
32.15 	(4) for a veteran-owned small business, the release or discharge of any one of the owners 
32.16 	from military active service, as defined in section 190.05, subdivision 5, lasting for a period 
32.17 	of 179 days or longer.

32.18 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.44, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
32.19 		Subd. 5.Conveyance to highest bidder in certain cases. If the larger tract has been 
32.20 	platted into lots or divided into smaller tracts and the commissioner elects to proceed under 
32.21 	this subdivision, or if the lands constituted an entire tract and the person from whom the 
32.22 	lands were acquired and the person's spouse are deceased, or if the offers as provided for
32.23 	received are not accepted and the amount of money not tendered within the time prescribed, 
32.24 	the lands may be sold and conveyed to the owner of the land abutting upon the lands in the 
32.25 	same manner and under the same terms provided under subdivision 2, or the commissioner 
32.26 	may sell the lands to the highest responsible bidder upon three weeks' published notice of 
32.27 	such sale in a newspaper or other periodical of general circulation in the general area where 
32.28 	the lands are located. All bids may be rejected and new bids received upon like advertisement.

32.29 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.44, subdivision 6a, is amended to read:
32.30 		Subd. 6a.Services of licensed real estate broker. If the lands remain unsold after being 
32.31 	offered for sale to the highest bidder are withdrawn from sale under subdivision 6b, the 
32.32 	commissioner may retain the services of a licensed real estate broker to find a buyer. The 
33.1 	sale price may be negotiated by the broker, but must not be less than 90 percent of the 
33.2 	appraised market value as determined by the commissioner. The broker's fee must be 
33.3 	established by prior agreement between the commissioner and the broker, and must not 
33.4 	exceed ten percent of the sale price for sales of $10,000 or more. The broker's fee must be 
33.5 	paid to the broker from the proceeds of the sale.

33.6 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.44, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
33.7 	read:
33.8 		Subd. 6b.Unsold lands. If lands remain unsold after being offered for sale to the highest 
33.9 	bidder, the commissioner may offer the remaining lands to any person who agrees to pay 
33.10 	the minimum bid established for the public sale. The sale must continue until all eligible 
33.11 	lands have been sold or the commissioner withdraws the remaining lands from sale. The 
33.12 	lands to be sold must be listed on the department's Unsold Property Inventory list.

33.13 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.14, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
33.14 	read:
33.15 		Subd. 5h.St. Louis County Road 128. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary 
33.16 	in this section, the speed limit on St. Louis County Road 128 in Eagles Nest Township 
33.17 	between Trunk Highway 169 and County Road 989 is 40 miles per hour. Notwithstanding 
33.18 	section 10.49, the segment of County Road 128 described in this subdivision shall be known 
33.19 	as the "Senator Scott Newman Scenic Byway." The commissioner must erect appropriate 
33.20 	signs displaying the 40 miles per hour speed limit and the designated name.

33.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and 
33.22 	the speed limit shall be effective when the required signs are erected.

33.23 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.80, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
33.24 		Subdivision 1.Limitations; misdemeanor. (a) It is a misdemeanor for a person to drive 
33.25 	or move, or for the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved, on a highway 
33.26 	a vehicle or vehicles of a size or weight exceeding the limitations stated in sections 169.80
33.27 	to 169.88, or otherwise in violation of sections 169.80 to 169.88, other than section 169.81, 
33.28 	subdivision 5a, and the maximum size and weight of vehicles as prescribed in sections 
33.29 	169.80 to 169.88 shall be lawful throughout this state, and local authorities shall have no 
33.30 	power or authority to alter these limitations except as express authority may be granted in 
33.31 	sections 169.80 to 169.88.
34.1 	(b) When all the axles of a vehicle or combination of vehicles are weighed separately 
34.2 	the sum of the weights of the axles so weighed shall be evidence of the total gross weight 
34.3 	of the vehicle or combination of vehicles so weighed.
34.4 	(c) When each of the axles of any group that contains two or more consecutive axles of 
34.5 	a vehicle or combination of vehicles have been weighed separately the sum of the weights 
34.6 	of the axles so weighed shall be evidence of the total gross weight on the group of axles so 
34.7 	weighed.
34.8 	(d) When, in any group of three or more consecutive axles of a vehicle or combination 
34.9 	of vehicles any axles have been weighed separately and two or more axles consecutive to 
34.10 	each other in the group have been weighed together, the sum of the weights of the axles 
34.11 	weighed separately and the axles weighed together shall be evidence of the total gross weight 
34.12 	of the group of axles so weighed.
34.13 	(e) The provisions of sections 169.80 to 169.88 governing size, weight, and load shall
34.14 	do not apply to a fire apparatus, or to a vehicle operated under the terms of a special permit 
34.15 	issued as provided by law.

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

34.17 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.829, is amended by adding a subdivision 
34.18 	to read:
34.19 		Subd. 4.Certain emergency vehicles. The provisions of sections 169.80 to 169.88 
34.20 	governing size, weight, and load do not apply to a fire apparatus, a police special response 
34.21 	vehicle, or a licensed land emergency ambulance service vehicle.

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

34.23 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.865, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
34.24 		Subd. 3.Requirements; restrictions. (a) A vehicle or combination of vehicles operating 
34.25 	under this section:
34.26 	(1) is subject to axle weight limitations under section 169.824, subdivision 1;
34.27 	(2) is subject to seasonal load restrictions under section 169.87;
34.28 	(3) is subject to bridge load limits posted under section 169.84;
34.29 	(4) may only be operated on paved streets and highways other than interstate highways;
35.1 	(5) may not be operated with loads that exceed the manufacturer's gross vehicle weight 
35.2 	rating as affixed to the vehicle, or other certification of gross vehicle weight rating complying 
35.3 	with Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, sections 567.4 to 567.7;
35.4 	(6) must be issued a permit from each road authority having jurisdiction over a road on 
35.5 	which the vehicle is operated, if required;
35.6 	(7) must comply with the requirements of section 169.851, subdivision 4; and
35.7 	(8) must have brakes on all wheels.
35.8 	(b) The percentage allowances for exceeding gross weights if transporting unfinished 
35.9 	forest products under section 168.013, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), or for the first haul of 
35.10 	unprocessed or raw farm products or unfinished forest products under section 168.013, 
35.11 	subdivision 3, paragraph (d), clause (3), do not apply to a vehicle or combination of vehicles 
35.12 	operated under this section.
35.13 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), clause (4), a vehicle or combination of vehicles 
35.14 	hauling fluid milk under a permit issued by the commissioner of transportation may also 
35.15 	operate on interstate highways as provided under United States Code, title 23, section 127.

35.16 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 171.12, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
35.17 		Subd. 6.Certain convictions not recorded. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c)
35.18 	(d), the department shall must not keep on the record of a driver any conviction for a violation 
35.19 	of a speed limit of 55 miles per hour unless the violation consisted of a speed greater than 
35.20 	ten miles per hour in excess of the speed limit.
35.21 	(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) (d), the department shall not keep on the record 
35.22 	of a driver any conviction for a violation of a speed limit of 60 miles per hour unless the 
35.23 	violation consisted of a speed greater than:
35.24 	(1) ten miles per hour in excess of the speed limit, for any violation occurring on or after 
35.25 	August 1, 2012, and before August 1, 2014; or
35.26 	(2) five miles per hour in excess of the speed limit, for any violation occurring on or 
35.27 	after August 1, 2014.
35.28 	(c) Except as provided in paragraph (d), the department shall not keep on the record of 
35.29 	a driver any conviction for a violation of a speed limit of 45 miles per hour on marked 
35.30 	Interstate Highway 35E in the city of St. Paul, from its intersection with West Seventh Street 
35.31 	to its intersection with marked Interstate Highway 94, unless the violation consisted of a 
35.32 	speed greater than ten miles per hour in excess of the speed limit.
36.1 	(d) This subdivision does not apply to (1) a violation that occurs in a commercial motor 
36.2 	vehicle, or (2) a violation committed by a holder of a class A, B, or C commercial driver's 
36.3 	license or commercial driver learner's permit, without regard to whether the violation was 
36.4 	committed in a commercial motor vehicle or another vehicle.

36.5 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 174.03, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
36.6 		Subd. 1a.Revision of statewide multimodal transportation plan. (a) The commissioner 
36.7 	shall must revise the statewide multimodal transportation plan by January 15, 2013 2022, 
36.8 	and by January 15 of every four five years thereafter. Before final adoption of a revised 
36.9 	plan, the commissioner shall must hold a hearing to receive public comment on the 
36.10 	preliminary draft of the revised plan.
36.11 	(b) Each revised statewide multimodal transportation plan must:
36.12 	(1) incorporate the goals of the state transportation system in section 174.01;
36.13 	(2) establish objectives, policies, and strategies for achieving those goals; and
36.14 	(3) identify performance targets for measuring progress and achievement of transportation 
36.15 	system goals, objectives, or policies.

36.16 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 174.03, subdivision 1c, is amended to read:
36.17 		Subd. 1c.Statewide highway 20-year capital investment plan. By January 15, 2013, 
36.18 	and In conjunction with Within one year of each future revision of the statewide multimodal 
36.19 	transportation plan under subdivision 1a, the commissioner shall must prepare a 20-year 
36.20 	statewide highway capital investment plan that:
36.21 	(1) incorporates performance measures and targets for assessing progress and achievement 
36.22 	of the state's transportation goals, objectives, and policies identified in this chapter for the 
36.23 	state trunk highway system, and those goals, objectives, and policies established in the 
36.24 	statewide multimodal transportation plan. Performance targets must be based on objectively 
36.25 	verifiable measures, and address, at a minimum, preservation and maintenance of the 
36.26 	structural condition of state highway bridges and pavements, safety, and mobility;
36.27 	(2) summarizes trends and impacts for each performance target over the past five years;
36.28 	(3) summarizes the amount and analyzes the impact of the department's capital 
36.29 	investments and priorities over the past five years on each performance target, including a 
36.30 	comparison of prior plan projected costs with actual costs;
37.1 	(4) identifies the investments required to meet the established performance targets over 
37.2 	the next 20-year period;
37.3 	(5) projects available state and federal funding over the 20-year period, including any 
37.4 	unique, competitive, time-limited, or focused funding opportunities;
37.5 	(6) identifies strategies to ensure the most efficient use of existing transportation 
37.6 	infrastructure, and to maximize the performance benefits of projected available funding;
37.7 	(7) establishes investment priorities for projected funding, including a schedule of major 
37.8 	projects or improvement programs for the 20-year period together with projected costs and 
37.9 	impact on performance targets; and
37.10 	(8) identifies those performance targets identified under clause (1) not expected to meet 
37.11 	the target outcome over the 20-year period together with alternative strategies that could 
37.12 	be implemented to meet the targets.

37.13 	Sec. 34. [174.38] ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.
37.14 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have 
37.15 	the meanings given them.
37.16 	(b) "Bond-eligible cost" means:
37.17 	(1) expenditures under this section for acquisition of land or permanent easements, 
37.18 	predesign, design, preliminary and final engineering, environmental analysis, construction, 
37.19 	and reconstruction of publicly owned infrastructure for nonmotorized transportation in 
37.20 	Minnesota with a useful life of at least ten years;
37.21 	(2) preparation of land for which a nonmotorized transportation route is established, 
37.22 	including demolition of structures and remediation of any hazardous conditions on the land; 
37.23 	and
37.24 	(3) the unpaid principal on debt issued by a political subdivision for a nonmotorized 
37.25 	transportation project.
37.26 	(c) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of transportation.
37.27 		Subd. 2.Program established. The commissioner must establish a program to support 
37.28 	bicycling, pedestrian activities, and other forms of nonmotorized transportation.
37.29 		Subd. 3.Active transportation accounts. (a) An active transportation account is 
37.30 	established in the bond proceeds fund. The account consists of state bond proceeds 
37.31 	appropriated to the commissioner. Money in the account must be expended only on 
38.1 	bond-eligible costs of a project receiving financial assistance under this section. All uses 
38.2 	of funds from the account must be for publicly owned property.
38.3 	(b) An active transportation account is established in the special revenue fund. The 
38.4 	account consists of funds provided by law and any other money donated, allotted, transferred, 
38.5 	or otherwise provided to the account. Money in the account must be expended only on a 
38.6 	project that receives financial assistance under this section.
38.7 	(c) In each federal fiscal year, the commissioner must transfer $16,000,000 of the National 
38.8 	Highway Performance Program funds to the active transportation account.
38.9 		Subd. 4.Program administration. (a) The commissioner must establish program 
38.10 	requirements, including:
38.11 	(1) assistance eligibility, subject to the requirements under paragraph (b);
38.12 	(2) a solicitation and application process that minimizes the burden on applicants; and
38.13 	(3) procedures to award and pay financial assistance.
38.14 	(b) Eligible recipients of financial assistance under this section are:
38.15 	(1) a political subdivision; and
38.16 	(2) a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, as 
38.17 	amended.
38.18 	(c) The commissioner must make reasonable efforts to publicize each application 
38.19 	solicitation among all eligible recipients. The commissioner must assist applicants to create 
38.20 	and submit applications, with an emphasis on providing assistance in communities that are 
38.21 	historically and currently underrepresented in local or regional planning, including 
38.22 	communities of color, low-income households, people with disabilities, and people with 
38.23 	limited English proficiency.
38.24 	(d) The commissioner may provide grants or other financial assistance for a project.
38.25 	(e) The commissioner is prohibited from expending more than one percent of available 
38.26 	funds in a fiscal year under this section on program administration.
38.27 		Subd. 5.State general obligation bond funds. Minnesota Constitution, article XI, 
38.28 	section 5, clause (a), requires that state general obligation bonds be issued to finance only 
38.29 	the acquisition or betterment of public land, buildings, and other public improvements of a 
38.30 	capital nature. The legislature has determined that many nonmotorized transportation 
38.31 	infrastructure projects constitute betterments and capital improvements within the meaning 
38.32 	of the Minnesota Constitution and capital expenditures under generally accepted accounting 
39.1 	principles, and will be financed more efficiently and economically under this section than 
39.2 	by direct appropriations for specific projects.
39.3 		Subd. 6.Use of funds. (a) For a project funded by state bond proceeds under this section, 
39.4 	financial assistance is limited to bond-eligible costs.
39.5 	(b) Subject to paragraph (a), the commissioner must determine permissible uses of 
39.6 	financial assistance under this section, which must include:
39.7 	(1) construction and maintenance of bicycle, trail, and pedestrian infrastructure, including 
39.8 	but not limited to safe routes to school infrastructure and bicycle facilities and centers; and
39.9 	(2) noninfrastructure programming, including activities as specified in section 174.40, 
39.10 	subdivision 7a, paragraph (b).
39.11 		Subd. 7.Project evaluation and selection. (a) The commissioner must establish a 
39.12 	project evaluation and selection process that is competitive, criteria-based, and objective.
39.13 	(b) The process must include criteria and prioritization of projects based on:
39.14 	(1) the project's inclusion in a municipal or regional nonmotorized transportation system 
39.15 	plan;
39.16 	(2) the project's location in a jurisdiction with a complete streets policy, as provided 
39.17 	under section 174.75, either in effect or under development with estimated enactment within 
39.18 	six months of the grant award date;
39.19 	(3) the extent to which the project supports development of continuous and convenient 
39.20 	safe routes to school;
39.21 	(4) the extent to which the project supports development of routes to and connections 
39.22 	with educational facilities, centers of employment, governmental services, health care 
39.23 	facilities, food sources, transit facilities, and other community destinations;
39.24 	(5) the project's general benefits to public health and safety;
39.25 	(6) geographic equity in project benefits, with an emphasis on communities that are 
39.26 	historically and currently underrepresented in local or regional planning, including 
39.27 	communities of color, low-income households, people with disabilities, and people with 
39.28 	limited English proficiency; and
39.29 	(7) benefits in areas or locations experiencing high rates of pedestrian or bicycle 
39.30 	collisions.
40.1 		Subd. 8.Grant cancellation. If, five years after execution of a grant agreement, the 
40.2 	commissioner determines that the grantee has not proceeded in a timely manner with 
40.3 	implementation of the funded project, the commissioner must cancel the grant. The grantee 
40.4 	must repay to the commissioner all grant money received under the program. Section 
40.5 	16A.642 applies to any appropriation made from the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner 
40.6 	under this section that has not been awarded as financial assistance.

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

40.8 	Sec. 35. [174.95] PROJECT SELECTION REQUIREMENTS.
40.9 	(a) The commissioner, after consultation with the Federal Highway Administration, 
40.10 	metropolitan planning organizations, regional development commissions, area transportation 
40.11 	partnerships, local governments, the Metropolitan Council, and transportation stakeholders, 
40.12 	must develop, adopt, and implement a project evaluation and selection policy to apply to 
40.13 	the standard project selection process. The commissioner may update the policy only after 
40.14 	consultation with the Federal Highway Administration, metropolitan planning organizations, 
40.15 	regional development commissions, area transportation partnerships, local governments, 
40.16 	the Metropolitan Council, and transportation stakeholders. The commissioner must publicize 
40.17 	the policy and updates on the department's Web site and through other effective means 
40.18 	selected by the commissioner.
40.19 	(b) The policy adopted under this section must include:
40.20 	(1) a ranking system that assigns scores to each project, the criteria that will be considered, 
40.21 	and the weight of each criterion; the ranking system may consider project readiness as a 
40.22 	criterion for evaluation, but project readiness must not be a major factor in determining the 
40.23 	final score;
40.24 	(2) a process to inform the stakeholders and the general public of the score for each 
40.25 	project considered, which projects were selected, and which projects were not selected; and
40.26 	(3) a process that requires the involvement of area transportation partnerships and other 
40.27 	local authorities in the process of ranking and scoring projects.
40.28 	(c) The projects in the state transportation improvement program must include the score 
40.29 	assigned to the project under this section. The projects must be prioritized based on the 
40.30 	score assigned and executed in that priority order.
40.31 	(d) The policy required by this section must be adopted by October 1, 2018, and must 
40.32 	be applied to project evaluation and selection that occurs on or after that date. The assigned 
41.1 	scores must first appear in the first state transportation improvement program update that 
41.2 	is completed on or after October 1, 2018.

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

41.4 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 221.031, is amended by adding a subdivision 
41.5 	to read:
41.6 		Subd. 2e.Exemptions for pipeline welding trucks. A pipeline welding truck, as defined 
41.7 	in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 390.38, paragraph (b), including an individual 
41.8 	operating a pipeline welding truck and the employer of the individual, is exempt from any 
41.9 	requirement relating to:
41.10 	(1) registration as a motor carrier, including the requirement to obtain and display a 
41.11 	United States Department of Transportation number under subdivision 6 and section 168.185;
41.12 	(2) driver qualifications under section 221.0314, subdivision 2;
41.13 	(3) driving of commercial motor vehicles under section 221.0314, subdivision 6;
41.14 	(4) parts, accessories, and inspection, repair, and maintenance of commercial motor 
41.15 	vehicles under section 221.0314, subdivisions 7 and 10; and
41.16 	(5) hours of service of drivers, including maximum driving and on-duty time under 
41.17 	section 221.0314, subdivision 9.

41.18 	Sec. 37. ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS.
 41.19 	(a) By October 1, 2017, the Advisory Committee on Nonmotorized Transportation under 
41.20 	Minnesota Statutes, section 174.37, must develop and submit recommendations to the 
41.21 	commissioner of transportation regarding the project evaluation and selection processes 
41.22 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 174.38, subdivision 7.
41.23 	(b) The advisory committee is encouraged to consult with representatives from the 
41.24 	Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota; Minnesota Chamber of Commerce; Metropolitan Council 
41.25 	Transportation Accessibility Advisory Committee; Minnesota Department of Transportation 
41.26 	district area transportation partnerships; organizations representing elderly populations; 
41.27 	public health organizations with experience in active transportation; the Minnesota State 
41.28 	Council on Disability and other Minnesota state councils and commissions, including the 
41.29 	Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans, the Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs, the Council 
41.30 	for Minnesotans of African Heritage, the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, the Office on 
42.1 	the Economic Status of Women, and the Cultural and Ethnic Communities Leadership 
42.2 	Council; and other stakeholders with expertise in equitable active transportation.
42.3 	(c) In its next annual report under Minnesota Statutes, section 174.37, subdivision 4, the 
42.4 	advisory committee must include a summary of the recommendations under this section 
42.5 	and submit a copy of the report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative 
42.6 	committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance. The report is subject 
42.7 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 3.195.

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

42.9 	Sec. 38. CONVEYANCE FOR HISTORICAL PURPOSES; MCKINSTRY SURPLUS 
42.10 	LANDS.
 42.11 	(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the commissioner may convey as 
42.12 	provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 161.44, land described in paragraph (b), including 
42.13 	any improvements on the lands, owned in fee by the state for trunk highway purposes, but 
42.14 	no longer needed, to the Minnesota Historical Society for historical purposes. The conveyance 
42.15 	must be without financial consideration. The lands conveyed must become a part of the 
42.16 	state's historic sites program under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 138.
42.17 	(b) The lands that may be conveyed are specifically related to the properties of the 
42.18 	McKinstry Mounds and portions of the McKinstry Village site owned by the Department 
42.19 	of Transportation, located along Trunk Highway 11 in Koochiching County.

42.20 	Sec. 39. HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION COSTS STUDY.
 42.21 		Subdivision 1.Construction costs study; report. (a) The commissioner of transportation 
42.22 	must enter into an agreement to conduct a study with an organization or entity having 
42.23 	relevant expertise.
42.24 	(b) At a minimum, the study must include:
42.25 	(1) an overview of highway construction cost issues;
42.26 	(2) comparison of costs in Minnesota relative to other states and regions;
42.27 	(3) identification of factors specific to Minnesota, if any, that contribute to cost 
42.28 	differences;
42.29 	(4) evaluation of the methodology used for highway construction cost calculation and 
42.30 	indexing in Minnesota, including review of associated best practices; and
43.1 	(5) specific recommendations for road authorities and legislative changes to reduce 
43.2 	highway construction costs.
43.3 	(c) By February 15, 2018, the commissioner must submit a report on the study to the 
43.4 	chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees 
43.5 	with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance.
43.6 		Subd. 2.Project cost comparison report. By February 15, 2018, the commissioner of 
43.7 	transportation must report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and 
43.8 	house of representatives committees and divisions with jurisdiction over transportation 
43.9 	policy and finance comparing the estimated cost of projects and the actual cost of projects. 
43.10 	The report must include all projects completed in whole or in part by MnDOT from July 1, 
43.11 	2007, to July 1, 2017. For each project, the report must list the estimated cost of the project 
43.12 	prior to starting the project and the total actual cost for the project after completion. For 
43.13 	each project, if the actual cost was less than the estimated cost, the report must explain how 
43.14 	the excess funds were expended.

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

43.16 	Sec. 40. INTERSTATE 94/494/694 INTERCHANGE SAFETY IMPROVEMENT 
43.17 	AND CONGESTION RELIEF STUDY.
 43.18 	The commissioner of transportation must conduct a safety improvement and congestion 
43.19 	relief study for the interchange of signed Interstate Highways 94, 494, and 694 in the cities 
43.20 	of Oakdale and Woodbury. At a minimum, the study must (1) provide specific 
43.21 	recommendations to improve the safety of the interchange and reduce congestion at the 
43.22 	interchange and on associated arterial roads, and (2) include cost estimates for each 
43.23 	recommended improvement. The commissioner must report the findings and 
43.24 	recommendations of the study to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate 
43.25 	and house of representatives committees having jurisdiction over transportation policy and 
43.26 	finance within 180 days after the effective date of this section.

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

43.28 	Sec. 41. LEGISLATIVE ROUTE NO. 123 REMOVED.
 43.29 	(a) Minnesota Statutes, section 161.115, subdivision 54, is repealed effective the day 
43.30 	after the commissioner of transportation receives a copy of the agreement between the 
43.31 	commissioner and the governing body of Le Sueur County to transfer jurisdiction of 
44.1 	Legislative Route No. 123 and after the commissioner notifies the revisor of statutes under 
44.2 	paragraph (b).
44.3 	(b) The revisor of statutes must delete the route identified in paragraph (a) from Minnesota 
44.4 	Statutes when the commissioner of transportation sends notice to the revisor electronically 
44.5 	or in writing that the conditions required to transfer the route have been satisfied.

44.6 	Sec. 42. LEGISLATIVE ROUTE NO. 225 REMOVED.
 44.7 	(a) Minnesota Statutes, section 161.115, subdivision 156, is repealed effective the day 
44.8 	after the commissioner of transportation receives a copy of the agreement between the 
44.9 	commissioner and the governing body of Becker County to transfer jurisdiction of Legislative 
44.10 	Route No. 225 and after the commissioner notifies the revisor of statutes under paragraph 
44.11 	(b).
44.12 	(b) The revisor of statutes must delete the route identified in paragraph (a) from Minnesota 
44.13 	Statutes when the commissioner of transportation sends notice to the revisor electronically 
44.14 	or in writing that the conditions required to transfer the route have been satisfied.

44.15 	Sec. 43. MARKED TRUNK HIGHWAY 316 SPEED LIMIT IN HASTINGS; 
44.16 	MORATORIUM AND REPORT.
 44.17 		Subdivision 1.Moratorium. The commissioner of transportation is prohibited from 
44.18 	adjusting or requiring adjustment to the speed on marked Trunk Highway 316, known as 
44.19 	Red Wing Boulevard, from the intersection with marked U.S. Highway 61 to Tuttle Drive, 
44.20 	in the city of Hastings. The prohibition in this subdivision does not apply to (1) a local road 
44.21 	authority that is authorized to adjust a speed limit without a traffic and engineering study 
44.22 	as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 169.14; or (2) establishment of a work zone speed 
44.23 	limit under Minnesota Statutes, section 169.14, subdivision 5d.
44.24 		Subd. 2.Legislative report. (a) By March 1, 2018, the commissioner of transportation 
44.25 	must submit a report on speed limits in the segment of marked Trunk Highway 316 specified 
44.26 	in subdivision 1, to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees 
44.27 	with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance. As part of developing the report, 
44.28 	the commissioner must hold at least two hearings at a location within the city of Hastings 
44.29 	regarding proposed speed limit adjustments. This report shall be made within existing funds.
44.30 	(b) At a minimum, the report must provide details on the decision making process for 
44.31 	proposed speed limit adjustments, summarize and respond to comments from the hearings 
45.1 	required under paragraph (a), and include copies of recent traffic and engineering studies 
45.2 	on adjusting speed limits in Hastings.

45.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from January 1, 2017.

45.4 	Sec. 44. REPORT TO LEGISLATURE ON PROJECT SELECTION POLICY.
 45.5 	By February 15, 2018, the commissioner of transportation must report to the chairs and 
45.6 	ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees having 
45.7 	jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance concerning the policy adopted pursuant 
45.8 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 174.95, and how the policy is anticipated to improve the 
45.9 	consistency, objectivity, and transparency of the selection process. The report must include 
45.10 	information on input from members of the public and the organizations identified in 
45.11 	Minnesota Statutes, section 174.95, paragraph (a). The report must also include proposed 
45.12 	legislation to codify the ranking system established in the policy.

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

45.14 	Sec. 45. REPORT BY COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION ON MNPASS 
45.15 	LANES.
 45.16 	On or before January 2, 2018, the commissioner of transportation must report to the 
45.17 	chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees 
45.18 	and divisions with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance concerning MnPASS 
45.19 	lanes to reduce congestion and raise revenue. The report must be prepared with existing 
45.20 	appropriations. At a minimum, the report must:
45.21 	(1) for each lane, state the capital costs, maintenance and repair costs, and operation 
45.22 	costs;
45.23 	(2) for each lane, indicate the current condition and the projected life expectancy;
45.24 	(3) for each lane, list and explain the cost recovery ratio;
45.25 	(4) list the amounts of the deposit of revenues made each year since pursuant to Minnesota 
45.26 	Statutes, section 160.93, subdivisions 2 and 2a, including a breakdown of deposits for each 
45.27 	lane for each year the lane has been in existence;
45.28 	(5) list the cost to participate in the MnPASS program, broken down by each year a lane 
45.29 	has been in existence;
45.30 	(6) for each lane, list the total number of users, including a breakdown of the total number 
45.31 	of each type of user; and
46.1 	(7) provide an explanation of how MnPASS lane regulations are enforced.

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

46.3 	Sec. 46. REPORT BY COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION ON TOLLING.
 46.4 	On or before January 2, 2018, the commissioner of transportation must report to the 
46.5 	chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees 
46.6 	and divisions with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance concerning expanding 
46.7 	the use of tolling in Minnesota in order to reduce congestion and raise revenue. The report 
46.8 	must be prepared with existing appropriations. At a minimum, the report must:
46.9 	(1) summarize current state and federal laws that affect the use of tolling in this state;
46.10 	(2) identify any federal pilot projects for which this state is eligible to participate;
46.11 	(3) discuss the feasibility and cost of expanding use of tolling, the possibility of private 
46.12 	investment in toll roads, and projected costs and cost recovery in establishing, operating, 
46.13 	and maintaining toll roads;
46.14 	(4) review tolling models and technology options;
46.15 	(5) summarize the experience of other states that have widely implemented tolling;
46.16 	(6) identify and evaluate the feasibility of toll implementation for specific corridors;
46.17 	(7) project the likely range of revenues that could be generated by wider implementation 
46.18 	of tolling and identify the percentage of revenues that are projected to be paid by nonresidents 
46.19 	of the state;
46.20 	(8) discuss options for use of tolling revenue and measures to ensure compliance with 
46.21 	laws governing operation of toll roads and use of revenues;
46.22 	(9) recommend and discuss possible ways to reduce cost to Minnesotans, such as tax 
46.23 	deductions or credits, or types of discounts; and
46.24 	(10) provide recommendations for needed statutory or rule changes that would facilitate 
46.25 	wider implementation of tolling and achieve maximum revenues for the state and equity 
46.26 	for its residents.

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

47.1 	Sec. 47. REPORT BY COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION ON 
47.2 	TURNBACKS.
 47.3 	(a) By February 15, 2018, the commissioner of transportation must report to the chairs 
47.4 	and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees having 
47.5 	jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance concerning turnbacks. At a minimum, 
47.6 	the report must include:
47.7 	(1) a current list of proposed turnback projects, including a description of each segment 
47.8 	of highway that is to be turned back; a description of the restoration work to be completed; 
47.9 	estimated cost of restoration work; to which entity the highway will be turned back; and 
47.10 	the total estimated cost related to all aspects of the turnback;
47.11 	(2) the amount that the commissioner of transportation anticipates will be needed for 
47.12 	turnbacks during the next two fiscal years and a list of the turnbacks that will be accomplished 
47.13 	with the anticipated funds;
47.14 	(3) a description of the turnback process, including an explanation of how turnback 
47.15 	projects are selected; and
47.16 	(4) for each of the past five years:
47.17 	(i) the amount of money that accrued to the county turnback account and to the municipal 
47.18 	turnback account;
47.19 	(ii) a description of each segment of highway that was restored and turned back, including 
47.20 	what restoration work was completed; total cost of restoration work; to which entity the 
47.21 	highway was turned back; and the total cost related to all aspects of the turnback; and
47.22 	(iii) the amount of surplus funds, if any, that were transferred to the county state-aid 
47.23 	highway fund or to the municipal state-aid street fund pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 
47.24 	161.084.
47.25 	(b) By February 15, 2019, and each year thereafter, the commissioner of transportation 
47.26 	must report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of 
47.27 	representatives committees having jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance 
47.28 	concerning turnbacks. At a minimum, the report must include:
47.29 	(1) a current list of proposed turnback projects, including a description of each segment 
47.30 	of highway that is to be turned back; a description of the restoration work to be completed; 
47.31 	estimated cost of restoration work; to which entity the highway will be turned back; and 
47.32 	the total estimated cost related to all aspects of the turnback;
48.1 	(2) the amount that the commissioner of transportation anticipates will be needed for 
48.2 	turnbacks during the next two fiscal years and a list of the turnbacks that will be accomplished 
48.3 	with the anticipated funds; and
48.4 	(3) for the past calendar year, a description of each segment of highway that was restored 
48.5 	and turned back, including what restoration work was completed; total cost of restoration 
48.6 	work; to which entity the highway was turned back; and the total cost related to all aspects 
48.7 	of the turnback.

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

48.9 	Sec. 48. SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AT THE INTERSECTION OF 
48.10 	HIGHWAY 55 AND WILKIN COUNTY ROAD 19.
 48.11 	(a) By September 1, 2017, the commissioner of transportation must report to the chairs 
48.12 	and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees and 
48.13 	divisions with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance concerning the issue of 
48.14 	trucks stopping on Wilkin County Road 19 between Highway 55 and the railroad tracks 
48.15 	north of Highway 55. The commissioner must identify project options that would allow 
48.16 	trucks to safely stop at this intersection, including an option to add a turn lane on County 
48.17 	Road 19. For each identified project, the commissioner must include an estimated cost and 
48.18 	the estimated time to complete the project. In preparing the report, the commissioner must 
48.19 	consult with the Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative, the city of Nashua, the town of Champion, 
48.20 	and Wilkin County.
48.21 	(b) Within 14 days after submitting the report required in paragraph (a), the commissioner 
48.22 	must convene a working group consisting of the commissioner and one representative from 
48.23 	each of the following: Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative, Nashua city council, Champion 
48.24 	town board, and Wilkin County board. The working group must consider the options 
48.25 	identified in the report submitted pursuant to paragraph (a). If the working group reaches 
48.26 	consensus on a proposed option, MnDOT must pursue that option.
48.27 	(c) If the working group does not reach a consensus by January 1, 2018, the commissioner 
48.28 	must (1) design and construct a turn lane on the north side of the intersection of Wilkin 
48.29 	County Road 19 with Highway 55, or (2) install a four-way traffic light at the intersection. 
48.30 	The project must be designed so that a school bus or semitrailer is able to stop at the 
48.31 	intersection without extending into cross-traffic or over the railroad tracks.
49.1 	(d) The commissioner must begin planning and construction of a project required in this 
49.2 	section during the 2018 construction season. A project required under this section must be 
49.3 	completed with the existing funds allocated for the district.

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

49.5 	Sec. 49.  REPEALER.
 49.6 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 160.262, subdivision 2; 160.265; 160.266, 
49.7 	subdivisions 1 and 2; and 161.115, subdivision 32, are repealed.
49.8 	(b) Minnesota Rules, parts 8810.6000; 8810.6100; 8810.6300; 8810.6400; 8810.6500; 
49.9 	8810.6600; 8810.6700; 8810.6800; 8810.6900; 8810.7000; 8810.9910; 8810.9911; 
49.10 	8810.9912; and 8810.9913, are repealed.

49.11 	ARTICLE 5
49.12 	TRANSIT

49.13 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 117.189, is amended to read:
49.14 	117.189 PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION EXCEPTIONS.
49.15 	(a) Sections 117.031; 117.036; 117.055, subdivision 2, paragraph (b); 117.186; 117.187; 
49.16 	117.188; and 117.52, subdivisions 1a and 4, do not apply to the use of eminent domain 
49.17 	authority by public service corporations for any purpose other than construction or expansion 
49.18 	of:
49.19 	(1) a high-voltage transmission line of 100 kilovolts or more, or ancillary substations; 
49.20 	or
49.21 	(2) a natural gas, petroleum, or petroleum products pipeline, or ancillary compressor 
49.22 	stations or pumping stations; or
49.23 	(3) a light rail transit or bus rapid transit line.
49.24 	(b) For purposes of an award of appraisal fees under section 117.085, the fees awarded 
49.25 	may not exceed $1,500 for all types of property except for a public service corporation's 
49.26 	use of eminent domain for a high-voltage transmission line, where the award may not exceed 
49.27 	$3,000.
49.28 	(c) For purposes of this section, "pipeline" does not include a natural gas distribution 
49.29 	line transporting gas to an end user.

49.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from January 1, 2017.

50.1 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 473.388, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
50.2 		Subd. 2.Replacement service; eligibility. (a) The council may provide assistance under 
50.3 	the program to a statutory or home rule charter city or town or combination thereof, that:
50.4 	(a)(1) is located in the metropolitan transit taxing district;
50.5 	(b)(2) is not served by the council bus service or is served only with council bus routes 
50.6 	which begin or end within the applying city or town or combination thereof; and
50.7 	(c) (3) has fewer than four scheduled runs of council bus service during off-peak hours 
50.8 	as defined by the Metropolitan Council.
50.9 	(b) Eligible cities or towns or combinations thereof may apply on behalf of a transit 
50.10 	operator with whom they propose to contract for service.
50.11 	(c) The council may not provide assistance under this section to a statutory or home rule 
50.12 	charter city or town unless:
50.13 	(1) the city or town,:
50.14 	(i) was receiving assistance under Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 174.265, by July 1, 
50.15 	1984,;
50.16 	(ii) had submitted an application for assistance under that section by July 1, 1984,; or
50.17 	(iii) had submitted a letter of intent to apply for assistance under that section by July 1, 
50.18 	1984, and submits an application for assistance under this section by July 1, 1988. A statutory 
50.19 	or home rule charter city or town has an additional 12-month extension if it notified the 
50.20 	former regional transit board before July 1, 1988, that the city or town is in the process of 
50.21 	completing a transportation evaluation study that includes an assessment of the local transit 
50.22 	needs of the city or town; or
50.23 	(2) the city or town submits an application for assistance under this section between July 
50.24 	1, 2017, and December 31, 2017.

50.25 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 473.4051, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
50.26 		Subd. 2.Operating costs. (a) After operating revenue and federal money have been 
50.27 	used to pay for light rail transit operations, 50 percent of the remaining operating costs for 
50.28 	a light rail transit line must be paid by the state if:
50.29 	(1) the light rail transit line is in revenue operations as of the effective date of this section; 
50.30 	or
51.1 	(2) a law is enacted on or after the effective date of this section making an appropriation 
51.2 	that (i) is from state sources, (ii) specifies the light rail transit project, and (iii) is for a portion 
51.3 	of project capital costs.
51.4 	(b) For a light rail transit line that does not meet the requirements in paragraph (a), all 
51.5 	operating and ongoing capital maintenance costs must be paid from nonstate sources.
51.6 	(c) For purposes of this subdivision, a light rail transit extension that adds additional 
51.7 	stops is a separate project or light rail transit line.

51.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY. This section is effective the day following 
51.9 	final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, 
51.10 	Scott, and Washington.

51.11 	Sec. 4. METRO MOBILITY ENHANCEMENT TASK FORCE.
 51.12 		Subdivision 1.Task force established. A Metro Mobility Enhancement Task Force is 
51.13 	established to examine options to enhance Metro Mobility program service under Minnesota 
51.14 	Statutes, section 473.386. The goal of the task force is to partner with taxi services and 
51.15 	transportation network companies, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 65B.472, 
51.16 	subdivision 1, paragraph (e), to increase program service levels and efficiency.
51.17 		Subd. 2.Membership. (a) The task force consists of the following members:
51.18 	(1) one representative from Metro Mobility, appointed by the Metropolitan Council;
51.19 	(2) one elected official from each metropolitan county, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, 
51.20 	section 473.121, subdivision 4, each of whom must be from a district or unit of government 
51.21 	that is located within the Metro Mobility service area, appointed by the respective county 
51.22 	board in consultation with cities in that county;
51.23 	(3) at least one and no more than three individuals representing transportation network 
51.24 	companies, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 65B.472, subdivision 1, appointed as 
51.25 	provided under paragraph (b);
51.26 	(4) at least one and no more than three individuals representing taxi service providers, 
51.27 	appointed as provided in paragraph (c);
51.28 	(5) one representative appointed by the Transportation Accessibility Advisory Committee 
51.29 	established under Minnesota Statutes, section 473.375, subdivision 9a;
51.30 	(6) one representative appointed by the Council on Disability;
51.31 	(7) one individual appointed by the Association of Residential Resources of Minnesota;
52.1 	(8) one individual, who must reside in a metropolitan county, appointed by the Best 
52.2 	Choice Alliance; and
52.3 	(9) one individual appointed by the Center for Transportation Studies at the University 
52.4 	of Minnesota.
52.5 	(b) An interested transportation network company may appoint no more than one person 
52.6 	as a task force member. Appointment under this paragraph is on a first-come, first-appointed 
52.7 	basis by written notification to the Metropolitan Council.
52.8 	(c) An interested taxi service provider may appoint no more than one person as a task 
52.9 	force number. Appointment under this paragraph is on a first-come, first-appointed basis 
52.10 	by written notification to the Metropolitan Council.
52.11 		Subd. 3.Task force duties. (a) The task force must evaluate the Metro Mobility program, 
52.12 	which must include but is not limited to analysis of customer service, program costs and 
52.13 	expenditures, service coverage area and hours, reservation and scheduling, and buses and 
52.14 	equipment.
52.15 	(b) The task force must analyze approaches to improve Metro Mobility program service 
52.16 	by using partnerships with transportation network companies. At a minimum, the analysis 
52.17 	must consider:
52.18 	(1) geographic service areas of transportation network companies;
52.19 	(2) demand responsiveness and service levels of transportation network companies;
52.20 	(3) the share of trips in which specially equipped vehicles that comply with the Americans 
52.21 	with Disabilities Act are necessary;
52.22 	(4) technology accessibility for Metro Mobility customers;
52.23 	(5) liability considerations; and
52.24 	(6) integration of billing systems of transportation network companies with current Metro 
52.25 	Mobility fare collection.
52.26 	(c) The task force must analyze approaches to improve Metro Mobility program service 
52.27 	by incorporating the use of taxi service. At a minimum, the analysis must consider:
52.28 	(1) availability of taxi service throughout the Metro Mobility service area;
52.29 	(2) demand responsiveness and service levels of taxi services;
52.30 	(3) the share of trips in which specially equipped vehicles that comply with the Americans 
52.31 	with Disabilities Act are necessary;
53.1 	(4) technology accessibility for Metro Mobility customers;
53.2 	(5) liability considerations;
53.3 	(6) options for contracting with taxi providers or other methods of billing for taxi rides; 
53.4 	and
53.5 	(7) the potential to use taxi service to provide an enhanced service option where riders 
53.6 	pay a higher fare than other users of Metro Mobility Services.
53.7 	(d) The task force must review proposals and models for incorporating transportation 
53.8 	network companies and taxi service providers into transit systems in other service areas.
53.9 		Subd. 4.Administration. (a) Each appointing entity under subdivision 2 must make 
53.10 	appointments and notify the Metropolitan Council by August 1, 2017.
53.11 	(b) The Metropolitan Council representative appointed to the task force must convene 
53.12 	the initial meeting of the task force no later than September 1, 2017. At the initial meeting, 
53.13 	the members of the task force must elect a chair or cochairs from among the task force 
53.14 	members.
53.15 	(c) Upon request of the task force, the council must use existing resources to provide 
53.16 	data, information, meeting space, and administrative services.
53.17 	(d) Members of the task force serve without compensation or payment of expenses.
53.18 	(e) The task force may accept gifts and grants, which are accepted on behalf of the state 
53.19 	and constitute donations to the Metropolitan Council. Funds received under this paragraph 
53.20 	are appropriated to the Metropolitan Council for purposes of the task force.
53.21 		Subd. 5.Legislative report. (a) By February 15, 2018, the task force must submit a 
53.22 	report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with 
53.23 	jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance.
53.24 	(b) At a minimum the report must:
53.25 	(1) summarize the work of the task force and its findings;
53.26 	(2) describe the current Metro Mobility program;
53.27 	(3) identify at least three potential service level approaches that involve partnering with 
53.28 	and incorporating transportation network companies, taxi service providers, or both; and
53.29 	(4) provide any recommendations for program and legislative changes.
53.30 		Subd. 6.Expiration. The task force under this section expires February 15, 2018, or 
53.31 	upon submission of the report required under subdivision 5, whichever is earlier.

54.1 	Sec. 5. VIBRATION SUSCEPTIBILITY STUDY ON CALHOUN ISLES 
54.2 	PROPERTY.
 54.3 	Within 21 days of the effective date of this act, the Metropolitan Council must enter into 
54.4 	a contract with an engineering group for the engineering group to conduct a vibration 
54.5 	susceptibility study on Calhoun Isles property, including the high-rise building, townhomes, 
54.6 	and parking ramp. The study must:
54.7 	(1) evaluate the susceptibility of the Calhoun Isles property to vibration during 
54.8 	construction and during operations of a light rail train;
54.9 	(2) categorize the Calhoun Isles property based on the susceptibility evaluation; and
54.10 	(3) address mitigation measures and operational changes required to protect the Calhoun 
54.11 	Isles property from vibratory damage.
54.12 	The Calhoun Isles Condominium Association must select the engineering group and notify 
54.13 	the Metropolitan Council of the selection within seven days of the effective date of this act. 
54.14 	The Metropolitan Council must bear the entire cost of the study.

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

54.16 	ARTICLE 6
54.17 	DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

54.18 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168.013, subdivision 1d, is amended to read:
54.19 		Subd. 1d.Trailer. (a) On trailers registered at a gross vehicle weight of greater than 
54.20 	3,000 pounds, the annual tax is based on total gross weight and is 30 percent of the Minnesota 
54.21 	base rate prescribed in subdivision 1e, when the gross weight is 15,000 pounds or less, and 
54.22 	when the gross weight of a trailer is more than 15,000 pounds, the tax for the first eight 
54.23 	years of vehicle life is 100 percent of the tax imposed in the Minnesota base rate schedule, 
54.24 	and during the ninth and succeeding years of vehicle life the tax is 75 percent of the 
54.25 	Minnesota base rate prescribed by subdivision 1e. A trailer registered at a gross vehicle 
54.26 	weight greater than 3,000 pounds but no greater than 7,200 pounds may be taxed either: (1) 
54.27 	annually as provided in this paragraph; or (2) once every three years on the basis of total 
54.28 	gross weight and is 90 percent of the Minnesota base rate prescribed in subdivision 1e, 
54.29 	provided that the filing fee under section 168.33, subdivision 7, paragraph (a), is multiplied 
54.30 	by three, with funds collected by the commissioner allocated proportionally in the same 
54.31 	manner as provided in section 168.33, subdivision 7, paragraph (e).
55.1 	(b) Farm trailers with a gross weight in excess of 10,000 pounds and as described in 
55.2 	section 168.002, subdivision 8, are taxed as farm trucks as prescribed in subdivision 1c.
55.3 	(c) Effective on and after July 1, 2001, trailers registered at a gross vehicle weight of 
55.4 	3,000 pounds or less must display a distinctive plate. The registration on the license plate 
55.5 	is valid for the life of the trailer only if it remains registered at the same gross vehicle weight. 
55.6 	The onetime registration tax for trailers registered for the first time in Minnesota is $55. 
55.7 	For trailers registered in Minnesota before July 1, 2001, and for which:
55.8 	(1) registration is desired for the remaining life of the trailer, the registration tax is $25; 
55.9 	or
55.10 	(2) permanent registration is not desired, the biennial registration tax is $10 for the first 
55.11 	renewal if registration is renewed between and including July 1, 2001, and June 30, 2003. 
55.12 	These trailers must be issued permanent registration at the first renewal on or after July 1, 
55.13 	2003, and the registration tax is $20.
55.14 	For trailers registered at a gross weight of 3,000 pounds or less before July 1, 2001, but 
55.15 	not renewed until on or after July 1, 2003, the registration tax is $20 and permanent 
55.16 	registration must be issued.

55.17 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168.021, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
55.18 		Subdivision 1.Disability plates; application. (a) When a motor vehicle registered under 
55.19 	section 168.017, a motorcycle, a motorized bicycle, a one-ton pickup truck, or a self-propelled 
55.20 	recreational vehicle is owned or primarily operated by a permanently physically disabled 
55.21 	person or a custodial parent or guardian of a permanently physically disabled minor, the 
55.22 	owner may apply for and secure from the commissioner (1) immediately, a temporary permit 
55.23 	valid for 30 days if the applicant is eligible for the disability plates issued under this section 
55.24 	and (2) two disability plates with attached emblems, one plate to be attached to the front, 
55.25 	and one to the rear of the motor vehicle, truck, or recreational vehicle, or, in the case of a 
55.26 	motorcycle or a motorized bicycle, one disability plate the same size as a regular motorcycle 
55.27 	plate.
55.28 	(b) The commissioner shall not issue more than one plate to the owner of a motorcycle 
55.29 	or a motorized bicycle and not more than one set of plates to any owner of another vehicle 
55.30 	described in paragraph (a) at the same time unless the state Council on Disability approves 
55.31 	the issuance of a second plate or set of plates to an owner.
56.1 	(c) When the owner first applies for the disability plate or plates, the owner must submit 
56.2 	a medical statement in a format approved by the commissioner under section 169.345, or 
56.3 	proof of physical disability provided for in that section.
56.4 	(d) No medical statement or proof of disability is required when an owner applies for a 
56.5 	plate or plates for one or more vehicles listed in paragraph (a) that are specially modified 
56.6 	for and used exclusively by permanently physically disabled persons.
56.7 	(e) The owner of a vehicle listed in paragraph (a) may apply for and secure (i) 
56.8 	immediately, a permit valid for 30 days, if the applicant is eligible to receive the disability 
56.9 	plate or plates issued under this section, and (ii) a disability plate or plates for the vehicle 
56.10 	if:
56.11 	(1) the owner employs a permanently physically disabled person who would qualify for 
56.12 	the disability plate or plates under this section; and
56.13 	(2) the owner furnishes the motor vehicle to the physically disabled person for the 
56.14 	exclusive use of that person in the course of employment.

56.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2018.

56.16 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168.021, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
56.17 		Subd. 2.Plate design; furnished by commissioner. The commissioner shall design 
56.18 	and furnish two disability plates, or one disability plate for a motorcycle or a motorized 
56.19 	bicycle that is the same size as a regular motorcycle plate, with attached emblem or emblems 
56.20 	to an eligible owner. The emblem must bear the internationally accepted wheelchair symbol, 
56.21 	as designated in section 326B.106, subdivision 9, approximately three inches square. The 
56.22 	emblem must be large enough to be visible plainly from a distance of 50 feet. An applicant 
56.23 	eligible for a disability plate or plates shall pay the motor vehicle registration fee authorized 
56.24 	by sections 168.013 and 168.09.

56.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2018.

56.26 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168.021, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
56.27 		Subd. 2a.Plate transfer. (a) When ownership of a vehicle described in subdivision 1, 
56.28 	is transferred, the owner of the vehicle shall remove the disability plate or plates. The buyer 
56.29 	of the motor vehicle is entitled to receive a regular plate or plates for the vehicle without 
56.30 	further cost for the remainder of the registration period.
57.1 	(b) Notwithstanding section 168.12, subdivision 1, the disability plate or plates may be 
57.2 	transferred to a replacement vehicle on notification to the commissioner. However, the 
57.3 	disability plate or plates may not be transferred unless the replacement vehicle (1) is listed 
57.4 	under section 168.012, subdivision 1, and, in case of a single plate for a motorcycle or a 
57.5 	motorized bicycle, the replacement vehicle is a motorcycle or a motorized bicycle, and (2) 
57.6 	is owned or primarily operated by the permanently physically disabled person.

57.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2018.

57.8 	Sec. 5. [168.1294] LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL PLATES.
57.9 		Subdivision 1.Issuance of plates. The commissioner must issue special law enforcement 
57.10 	memorial license plates or a single motorcycle plate to an applicant who:
57.11 	(1) is a registered owner of a passenger automobile, noncommercial one-ton pickup 
57.12 	truck, motorcycle, or recreational motor vehicle;
57.13 	(2) pays an additional fee of $10 for each set of plates;
57.14 	(3) pays the registration tax as required under section 168.013, along with any other fees 
57.15 	required by this chapter;
57.16 	(4) contributes $25 upon initial application and a minimum of $5 annually to the law 
57.17 	enforcement memorial account; and
57.18 	(5) complies with this chapter and rules governing registration of motor vehicles and 
57.19 	licensing of drivers.
57.20 		Subd. 2.Design. The commissioner, in consultation with representatives from the 
57.21 	Minnesota Law Enforcement Memorial Association, must adopt a suitable design for the 
57.22 	plate that must include a blue line with a black line of equal proportion above and below 
57.23 	the blue line, representing the thin blue line.
57.24 		Subd. 3.Plates transfer. On application to the commissioner and payment of a transfer 
57.25 	fee of $5, special plates may be transferred to another qualified motor vehicle that is 
57.26 	registered to the same individual to whom the special plates were originally issued.
57.27 		Subd. 4.Exemption. Special plates issued under this section are not subject to section 
57.28 	168.1293, subdivision 2.
57.29 		Subd. 5.Fees. Fees collected under subdivision 1, clauses (2) and (3), and subdivision 
57.30 	3 are credited to the vehicle services operating account in the special revenue fund.
58.1 		Subd. 6.Contributions; memorial account; appropriation. Contributions collected 
58.2 	under subdivision 1, clause (4), must be deposited in the Minnesota law enforcement 
58.3 	memorial account, which is established in the special revenue fund. Money in the account 
58.4 	is appropriated to the commissioner of public safety. This appropriation is first for the annual 
58.5 	cost of administering the account funds, and the remaining funds are for distribution to the 
58.6 	Minnesota Law Enforcement Memorial Association to be used to further the mission of the 
58.7 	association in assisting the families and home agencies of Minnesota law enforcement 
58.8 	officers who have died in the line of duty.

58.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2018, for special law 
58.10 	enforcement memorial plates issued on or after that date.

58.11 	Sec. 6. [168.1295] "START SEEING MOTORCYCLES" PLATES.
58.12 		Subdivision 1.Issuance of plates. The commissioner must issue special "Start Seeing 
58.13 	Motorcycles" license plates or a single motorcycle plate to an applicant who:
58.14 	(1) is a registered owner of a passenger automobile, noncommercial one-ton pickup 
58.15 	truck, motorcycle, or recreational motor vehicle;
58.16 	(2) pays a fee of $10 for each set of plates;
58.17 	(3) pays the registration tax as required under section 168.013, along with any other fees 
58.18 	required by this chapter;
58.19 	(4) contributes a minimum of $10 annually to the motorcycle safety fund, created under 
58.20 	section 171.06, subdivision 2a, paragraph (a), clause (1); and
58.21 	(5) complies with this chapter and rules governing registration of motor vehicles and 
58.22 	licensing of drivers.
58.23 		Subd. 2.Design. The representatives of American Bikers for Awareness, Training, and 
58.24 	Education of Minnesota must design the special plate to contain the inscription "Start Seeing 
58.25 	Motorcycles" between the bolt holes on the bottom of the plate with a design area on the 
58.26 	left side of the plate, subject to the approval of the commissioner.
58.27 		Subd. 3.Plates transfer. On application to the commissioner and payment of a transfer 
58.28 	fee of $5, special plates issued under this section may be transferred to another motor vehicle 
58.29 	if the subsequent vehicle is:
58.30 	(1) qualified under subdivision 1, clause (1), to bear the special plates; and
58.31 	(2) registered to the same individual to whom the special plates were originally issued.
59.1 		Subd. 4.Exemption. Special plates issued under this section are not subject to section 
59.2 	168.1293, subdivision 2.
59.3 		Subd. 5.Fees. Fees collected under subdivision 1, clause (2), and subdivision 3 are 
59.4 	credited to the vehicle services operating account in the special revenue fund.
59.5 		Subd. 6.No refund. Contributions under this section must not be refunded.

59.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2018, for special "Start Seeing 
59.7 	Motorcycles" plates issued on or after that date.

59.8 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168A.09, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
59.9 		Subdivision 1.Application, issuance, form, bond, and notice. In the event a certificate 
59.10 	of title is lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed, or becomes illegible, the owner or legal 
59.11 	representative of the owner named in the certificate may make submit an application to the 
59.12 	department or a deputy registrar for a duplicate in a format prescribed by the department. 
59.13 	The department shall or deputy registrar must issue a duplicate certificate of title if satisfied 
59.14 	that the applicant is entitled thereto to the duplicate certificate of title. The duplicate certificate 
59.15 	of title shall must be plainly marked as a duplicate and mailed or delivered to the owner. 
59.16 	The department shall or deputy registrar must indicate in its the driver and vehicle information 
59.17 	system records that a duplicate certificate of title has been issued. As a condition to issuing 
59.18 	a duplicate certificate of title, the department may require a bond from the applicant in the 
59.19 	manner and format prescribed in section 168A.07, subdivision 1, clause (2). The duplicate 
59.20 	certificate of title shallmust contain the legend: "This duplicate certificate of title may be 
59.21 	subject to the rights of a person under the original certificate."

59.22 	Sec. 8. [168A.125] TRANSFER-ON-DEATH TITLE TO MOTOR VEHICLE.
59.23 		Subdivision 1.Titled as transfer-on-death. A natural person who is the owner of a 
59.24 	motor vehicle may have the motor vehicle titled in transfer-on-death or TOD form by 
59.25 	including in the application for the certificate of title a designation of a beneficiary or 
59.26 	beneficiaries to whom the motor vehicle must be transferred on death of the owner or the 
59.27 	last survivor of joint owners with rights of survivorship, subject to the rights of secured 
59.28 	parties.
59.29 		Subd. 2.Designation of beneficiary. A motor vehicle is registered in transfer-on-death 
59.30 	form by designating on the certificate of title the name of the owner and the names of joint 
59.31 	owners with identification of rights of survivorship, followed by the words "transfer-on-death 
59.32 	to (name of beneficiary or beneficiaries)." The designation "TOD" may be used instead of 
60.1 	"transfer-on-death." A title in transfer-on-death form is not required to be supported by 
60.2 	consideration, and the certificate of title in which the designation is made is not required to 
60.3 	be delivered to the beneficiary or beneficiaries in order for the designation to be effective. 
60.4 	If the owner of the motor vehicle is married at the time of the designation, the designation 
60.5 	of a beneficiary other than the owner's spouse requires the spouse's written consent.
60.6 		Subd. 3.Interest of beneficiary. The transfer-on-death beneficiary or beneficiaries have 
60.7 	no interest in the motor vehicle until the death of the owner or the last survivor of joint 
60.8 	owners with rights of survivorship. A beneficiary designation may be changed at any time 
60.9 	by the owner or by all joint owners with rights of survivorship, without the consent of the 
60.10 	beneficiary or beneficiaries, by filing an application for a new certificate of title.
60.11 		Subd. 4.Vesting of ownership in beneficiary. Ownership of a motor vehicle titled in 
60.12 	transfer-on-death form vests in the designated beneficiary or beneficiaries on the death of 
60.13 	the owner or the last of the joint owners with rights of survivorship, subject to the rights of 
60.14 	secured parties. The transfer-on-death beneficiary or beneficiaries who survive the owner 
60.15 	may apply for a new certificate of title to the motor vehicle upon submitting a certified death 
60.16 	record of the owner of the motor vehicle. If no transfer-on-death beneficiary or beneficiaries 
60.17 	survive the owner of a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle must be included in the probate 
60.18 	estate of the deceased owner. A transfer of a motor vehicle to a transfer-on-death beneficiary 
60.19 	or beneficiaries is not a testamentary transfer.
60.20 		Subd. 5.Rights of creditors. (a) This section does not limit the rights of any secured 
60.21 	party or creditor of the owner of a motor vehicle against a transfer-on-death beneficiary or 
60.22 	beneficiaries.
60.23 	(b) The state or a county agency with a claim or lien authorized by section 246.53, 
60.24 	256B.15, 261.04, or 270C.63 is a creditor for purposes of this subdivision. A claim authorized 
60.25 	by section 256B.15 against the estate of an owner of a motor vehicle titled in 
60.26 	transfer-on-death form voids any transfer-on-death conveyance of a motor vehicle as 
60.27 	described in this section. A claim or lien under section 246.53, 261.04, or 270C.63 continues 
60.28 	to apply against the designated beneficiary or beneficiaries after the transfer under this 
60.29 	section if other assets of the deceased owner's estate are insufficient to pay the amount of 
60.30 	the claim. The claim or lien continues to apply to the motor vehicle until the designated 
60.31 	beneficiary sells or transfers it to a person against whom the claim or lien does not apply 
60.32 	and who did not have actual notice or knowledge of the claim or lien.

60.33 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168A.141, is amended to read:
60.34 	168A.141 MANUFACTURED HOME AFFIXED TO REAL PROPERTY.
61.1 		Subdivision 1.Certificates surrendered for cancellation. (a) When a manufactured 
61.2 	home is to be affixed or is affixed, as defined in section 273.125, subdivision 8, paragraph 
61.3 	(b), to real property, and financed by the giving of a mortgage on the real property, the 
61.4 	owner of the manufactured home shall may surrender the manufacturer's certificate of origin 
61.5 	or certificate of title to the department for cancellation. The owner of so that the manufactured 
61.6 	home shall give the department the address and legal description of the becomes an 
61.7 	improvement to real property. The department may require the filing of other information
61.8 	and is no longer titled as personal property. The department must not issue a certificate of 
61.9 	title for a manufactured home under chapter 168A if the manufacturer's certificate of origin 
61.10 	is or has been surrendered under this subdivision, except as provided in section 168A.142. 
61.11 	Upon surrender of the manufacturer's certificate of origin or the certificate of title, the 
61.12 	department shall issue notice of surrender to the owner, and upon recording an affidavit of 
61.13 	affixation, which the county recorder or registrar of titles, as applicable, shall accept, the 
61.14 	manufactured home is deemed to be an improvement to real property. The notice of surrender 
61.15 	may be recorded in the office of the county recorder or with the registrar of titles if the land 
61.16 	is registered but need not contain an acknowledgment. An affidavit of affixation by the 
61.17 	owner of the manufactured home must include the following information:
61.18 	(1) the name, residence address, and mailing address of owner or owners of the 
61.19 	manufactured home;
61.20 	(2) the legal description of the real property in which the manufactured home is, or will 
61.21 	be, located;
61.22 	(3) a copy of the surrendered manufacturer's certificate of origin or certificate of title 
61.23 	and the notice of surrender;
61.24 	(4) a written statement from the county auditor or county treasurer of the county where 
61.25 	the manufactured home is located stating that all property taxes payable in the current year, 
61.26 	as provided under section 273.125, subdivision 8, paragraph (b), have been paid, or are not 
61.27 	applicable;
61.28 	(5) the name and address of the person designated by the applicant to record the original 
61.29 	affidavit of affixation with the county recorder or registrar of titles for the county where the 
61.30 	real property is located;
61.31 	(6) the signature of the person who executes the affidavit, properly executed before a 
61.32 	person authorized to authenticate an affidavit in this state;
62.1 	(7) the person designated in clause (5) shall record, or arrange for the recording of, the 
62.2 	affidavit of affixation, accompanied by the fees for recording and for issuing a certified 
62.3 	copy of the notice, including all attachments, showing the recording date; and
62.4 	(8) upon obtaining the certified copy of the notice under clause (7), the person designated 
62.5 	in the affidavit shall deliver the certified copy to the county auditor of the county in which 
62.6 	the real property to which the manufactured home was affixed is located.
62.7 	(b) The department is not liable for any errors, omissions, misstatements, or other 
62.8 	deficiencies or inaccuracies in documents presented to the department under this section, 
62.9 	if the documents presented appear to satisfy the requirements of this section. The department 
62.10 	has no obligation to investigate the accuracy of statements contained in the documents.
62.11 		Subd. 1a.Affidavit form. The affidavit referred to in subdivision 1 shall be in 
62.12 	substantially the following form and shall contain the following information.
62.13 	MANUFACTURED HOME AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION
62.14 	PURSUANT TO MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 168A.141
62.15 	Homeowner, being duly sworn, on his or her oath, states as follows:
62.16 	1. Homeowner owns the manufactured home ("home") described as follows:

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Serial No.
	Length/Width
	
62.20 	2. A copy of the surrendered manufacturer's certificate of origin or certificate of title is 
62.21 	attached hereto.
62.22 	3. A copy of the notice of surrender issued from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety 
62.23 	Driver and Vehicle Services is attached hereto.
62.24 	4. The home is or will be located at the following "Property Address":

62.25	........
	
62.26	Street or Route ........
	City ........
	County ........
	State ........
	Zip Code ........
	
62.27 	5. The legal description of the property address ("land") is as follows or as attached hereto:

62.28	........
	
62.29	........
	
62.30	........
	
62.31 	6. The homeowner is the owner of the land.
63.1 	7. The home is, or shall be promptly upon delivery, anchored to the land by attachment to 
63.2 	a permanent foundation and connected to appropriate residential utilities (e.g., water, gas, 
63.3 	electricity, sewer).
63.4 	8. The homeowner intends that the home be an immovable permanent improvement to the 
63.5 	land, free of any personal property security interest.
63.6 	9. A copy of the written statement from the county auditor or county treasurer of the county 
63.7 	in which the manufactured home is then located, stating that all property taxes payable in 
63.8 	the current year (pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 273.125, subdivision 8, paragraph 
63.9 	(b)), have been paid, or are not applicable, is attached hereto.
63.10 	10. The home shall be assessed and taxed as an improvement to the land.
63.11 	11. The name and address of the person designated by the homeowner to record the original 
63.12 	affidavit of surrender with the county recorder or registrar of titles of the county in which 
63.13 	the real estate is located is:

63.14	Name ........
		
63.15	Street Address ........
		
63.16	City, State, Zip Code ........
		
63.17	Phone ........
		
63.18	E-mail ........
		
63.19 	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, homeowner(s) have executed this affidavit on this ....... day of 
63.20 	......., 20...

63.21	........
	........
	
63.22	Homeowner Signature
	Address
	
63.23	........
	........
	
63.24	Printed Name
	City, State
	
63.25	........
		
63.26	Homeowner Signature (if applicable)
		
63.27	........
		
63.28	Printed Name
		
63.29 	This instrument was drafted by, and when recorded return to:

63.30	........
		
63.31	........
		
63.32	........
		
63.33 	Subscribed and sworn to before me this ....... day of ......., .......

63.34	......................................................................
		
64.1	Signature of Notary Public or Other Official
		
64.2 	Notary Stamp or Seal
64.3 	(optional)
64.4 	Lender's Statement of Intent:
64.5 	The undersigned ("lender") intends that the home be immovable and a permanent 
64.6 	improvement to the land free of any personal property security interest.

64.7	........
		
64.8	Lender
		
64.9	By: ........
		
64.10	Authorized Signature
		
64.11	STATE OF ........)
		
64.12	........) ss:
		
64.13	COUNTY OF ........)
		
64.14 	On the ....... day of ....... in the year ....... before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and 
64.15 	for said state, personally appeared

64.16	........
	
64.17 	personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the 
64.18 	individual(s) whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged 
64.19 	to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their capacity(ies), and that by 
64.20 	his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument, the individual(s), or the person on behalf of 
64.21 	which the individual(s) acted, executed the instrument.

64.22	........
		
64.23	Notary Signature
		
64.24	........
		
64.25	Notary Printed Name
		
64.26	Notary Public, State of ........
		
64.27	Qualified in the County of ........
		
64.28	My commission expires ........
		
64.29 	Official seal:
64.30 		Subd. 2.Perfected security interest avoids cancellation prevents surrender. The 
64.31 	department may not cancel a certificate of title if, under this chapter, a security interest has 
64.32 	been perfected on the manufactured home. If a security interest has been perfected, the 
64.33 	department shall notify the owner and that each secured party that the must release or satisfy 
64.34 	the security interest prior to proceeding with surrender of the manufacturer's certificate of 
65.1 	origin or certificate of title and a description of the security interest have been surrendered
65.2 	to the department and that the department will not cancel the certificate of title until the 
65.3 	security interest is satisfied for cancellation. Permanent attachment to real property or the 
65.4 	recording of an affidavit of affixation does not extinguish an otherwise valid security interest 
65.5 	in or tax lien on the manufactured home, unless the requirements of section 168A.141, 
65.6 	subdivisions 1, 1a, and 2, including the release of any security interest, have been satisfied.
65.7 		Subd. 3.Notice of security interest avoids surrender. The manufacturer's certificate 
65.8 	of origin or the certificate of title need not be surrendered to the department under subdivision 
65.9 	1 When a perfected security interest exists, or will exist, on the manufactured home at the 
65.10 	time the manufactured home is affixed to real property, if and the owner has not satisfied 
65.11 	the requirements of section 168A.141, subdivision 1, the owner of the manufactured home 
65.12 	files, or its secured party, may record a notice with the county recorder, or with the registrar 
65.13 	of titles, if the land is registered, stating that the manufactured home located on the property 
65.14 	is encumbered by a perfected security interest and is not an improvement to real property. 
65.15 	The notice must state the name and address of the secured party as set forth on the certificate 
65.16 	of title, the legal description of the real property, and the name and address of the record 
65.17 	fee owner of the real property on which the manufactured home is affixed. When the security 
65.18 	interest is released or satisfied, the secured party shall attach a copy of the release or 
65.19 	satisfaction to a notice executed by the secured party containing the county recorder or 
65.20 	registrar of titles document number of the notice of security interest. The notice of release 
65.21 	or satisfaction must be filed recorded with the county recorder, or registrar of titles, if the 
65.22 	land is registered. Neither the notice described in this subdivision nor the security interest 
65.23 	on the certificate of title is deemed to be an encumbrance on the real property. The notices 
65.24 	provided for in this subdivision need not be acknowledged.

65.25 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168A.142, is amended to read:
65.26 	168A.142 MANUFACTURED HOME UNAFFIXED FROM REALTY.
65.27 		Subdivision 1.Certificate of title requirements. The department shall issue an initial 
65.28 	certificate of title or reissue a previously surrendered certificate of title for a manufactured 
65.29 	home to an applicant if:
65.30 	(1) for the purpose of affixing the manufactured home to real property, the owner of the 
65.31 	manufactured home, or a previous owner, surrendered the manufacturer's certificate of 
65.32 	origin or certificate of title to the department as provided in section 168A.141, subdivision 
65.33 	1 or 2;
66.1 	(2) the applicant provides the written proof evidence specified in subdivision 2 that the 
66.2 	applicant owns (i) the manufactured home and (ii) the real property to which the 
66.3 	manufactured home was affixed as provided under section 273.125, subdivision 8, paragraph 
66.4 	(b);
66.5 	(3) the applicant provides proof that no liens exist on the manufactured home, including 
66.6 	liens on the real property to which it is affixed; and
66.7 	(4) (3) the owner of the manufactured home meets fulfills the applicable application 
66.8 	requirements of section 168A.04,; and
66.9 	(4) the application is accompanied by a written statement from the county auditor or 
66.10 	county treasurer of the county in which the manufactured home is then located and affixed, 
66.11 	stating that all property taxes payable in the current year, as provided under section 273.125, 
66.12 	subdivision 8, paragraph (b), have been paid.
66.13 		Subd. 2.Proof Evidence of eligibility for reissuance. (a) The proof evidence required 
66.14 	under subdivision 1, clauses clause (2) and (3), is as follows:
66.15 	(1) an affidavit of severance recorded in the office of the county recorder or registrar of 
66.16 	titles, which they shall accept, and whichever applies to the real property, of the county in 
66.17 	which where the affidavit of affixation or notice of surrender was recorded under as required 
66.18 	in section 168A.141, subdivision 1, and the affidavit of severance contains:
66.19 	(i) the name, residence address, and mailing address of the owner or owners of the 
66.20 	manufactured home;
66.21 	(ii) a description of the manufactured home being severed, including the name of the 
66.22 	manufacturer; the make, model number, model year, and dimensions, and if available, the 
66.23 	make, model year, and manufacturer's serial number of the manufactured home; and whether 
66.24 	the manufactured home is new or used, such information as may be available from the 
66.25 	previously recorded affidavit of affixation or notice of surrender as required in section 
66.26 	168A.141, subdivision 1; and
66.27 	(iii) a statement of any facts or information known to the person executing the affidavit 
66.28 	that could affect the validity of the title of the manufactured home or, the existence or
66.29 	nonexistence of a security interest in the manufactured home or a lien on it, or, and a 
66.30 	statement that no such facts or information are known to the person executing the affidavit;
66.31 	(2) as an attachment to the affidavit of severance, an opinion by an attorney admitted to 
66.32 	practice law in this state, stating:
67.1 	(i) the nature of the examination of title performed prior to giving this opinion by the 
67.2 	person signing the opinion;
67.3 	(ii) that the manufactured home and the real property on which it is located is not subject 
67.4 	to, or pending completion of a refinance, purchase, or sale transaction, and will not be 
67.5 	subject to any recorded mortgages, security interests, liens, or other encumbrances of any 
67.6 	kind;
67.7 	(iii) that the person signing the opinion knows of no facts or circumstances that could 
67.8 	affect the validity of the title of the manufactured home or the existence or nonexistence of 
67.9 	any recorded mortgages, security interests, or other encumbrances of any kind, other than 
67.10 	property taxes payable in the year the affidavit is signed;
67.11 	(iv) the person or persons owning record title to the real property to which the 
67.12 	manufactured home has been affixed and the nature and extent of the title owned by each 
67.13 	of these persons; and
67.14 	(v) that the person signing the opinion has reviewed all provisions of the affidavit of 
67.15 	severance and certifies that they are correct and complete to the best of the knowledge of 
67.16 	the person signing the opinion;
67.17 	(3) the name and address of the person or, persons designated by the applicant to file a 
67.18 	certified copy of the original affidavit of severance with the county auditor of the county 
67.19 	in which the real estate is located, after the affidavit has been properly recorded in the office 
67.20 	of the county recorder or county registrar of titles, whichever applies to the real property; 
67.21 	and
67.22 	(4) the signature of the person who executes the affidavit, properly executed before a 
67.23 	person authorized to authenticate an affidavit in this state.
67.24 	(b) The person designated in paragraph (a), clause (3), shall record, or arrange for the 
67.25 	recording of, the affidavit of severance as referenced in that item, accompanied by the fees 
67.26 	for recording and for issuing a certified copy of the affidavit, including all attachments, 
67.27 	showing the recording date.
67.28 	(c) Upon obtaining the certified copy under paragraph (b), the person designated in the 
67.29 	affidavit shall deliver the certified copy to the county auditor of the county in which the 
67.30 	real estate to which it was affixed is located.
67.31 	(d) The department is not liable for any errors, omissions, misstatements, or other 
67.32 	deficiencies or inaccuracies in documents presented to the department under this section, 
67.33 	so long as the documents presented appear to satisfy the requirements of this section. The 
68.1 	department has no obligation to investigate the accuracy of statements contained in the 
68.2 	documents.
68.3 		Subd. 3.Affidavit form. The affidavit referred to in subdivision 2 shall be in substantially 
68.4 	the following form and shall contain the following information.
68.5 	MANUFACTURED HOME AFFIDAVIT OF SEVERANCE
68.6 	PURSUANT TO MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 168A.142
68.7 	Homeowner, being duly sworn, on his or her oath, states as follows:
68.8 	1. Homeowner owns the manufactured home ("home") described as follows:

68.9	........
	
68.1168.10
	New/Used
	Year
	Manufacturer's 
Name
	Model Name or 
Model No.
	Manufacturer's 
Serial No.
	Length/Width
	
68.12 	2. A copy of the previously surrendered manufacturer's certificate of origin or certificate of 
68.13 	title is attached hereto (if available).
68.14 	3. A copy of the notice of surrender issued from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety 
68.15 	Driver and Vehicle Services is attached hereto (if available).
68.16 	4. The home is or will be located at the following "Property Address":

68.17	........
	
68.18	Street or Route ........
	City ........
	County ........
	State ........
	Zip Code ........
	
68.19 	5. The legal description of the property address ("land") is as follows or as attached hereto:

68.20	........
	
68.21	........
	
68.22	........
	
68.23 	6. The homeowner does not know of any facts or information that could affect the validity 
68.24 	of title of the manufactured home, except:

68.25	........
	
68.26	........
	
68.27 	7. The homeowner does not know of any such security interest in the manufactured home 
68.28 	which has not been satisfied or released.
68.29 	8. A copy of an opinion by an attorney admitted to practice law in Minnesota is attached, 
68.30 	which provides for the required title evidence as set forth in Minnesota Statutes, section 
68.31 	168A.142, subdivision 2, clause (2), items (i) to (v).
69.1 	9. A copy of the written statement from the county auditor or county treasurer of the county 
69.2 	in which the manufactured home is then located, stating that all property taxes payable in 
69.3 	the current year (pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 273.125, subdivision 8, paragraph 
69.4 	(b)), have been paid, or are not applicable, is attached hereto.
69.5 	10. The name and address of the person designated by the homeowner to record  the original 
69.6 	affidavit of surrender with the county recorder or registrar of titles of the county in which 
69.7 	the real estate is located is:

69.8	Name ........
		
69.9	Street Address ........
		
69.10	City, State, Zip Code ........
		
69.11	Phone ........
		
69.12	E-mail ........
		
69.13 	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, homeowner(s) have executed this affidavit on this ....... day of 
69.14 	......., 20...

69.15	........
	........
	
69.16	Homeowner Signature
	Address
	
69.17	........
	........
	
69.18	Printed Name
	City, State
	
69.19	........
		
69.20	Homeowner Signature (if applicable)
		
69.21	........
		
69.22	Printed Name
		
69.23 	This instrument was drafted by, and  when recorded return to:

69.24	........
		
69.25	........
		
69.26 	Subscribed and sworn to before me this ....... day of ......., .......

69.27	......................................................................
	
69.28	Signature of Notary Public or Other Official
	
69.29 	Notary Stamp or Seal

69.30 	Sec. 11. [168A.143] MANUFACTURED HOMES; OWNERSHIP AT ISSUE.
69.31 		Subdivision 1.Requirements for certificate issuance or reissuance. When an applicant 
69.32 	is unable to obtain from or locate previous owners no longer holding an interest in the 
69.33 	manufactured home based on a certificate of title, or to locate, obtain, or produce the original 
70.1 	certificate of origin or certificate of title for a manufactured home, and there is no evidence 
70.2 	of a surrendered certificate of title or manufacturer's statement of origin as provided in 
70.3 	section 168A.141, subdivision 1, which has not otherwise been unaffixed or is being 
70.4 	unaffixed as provided in section 168A.142, the department must issue or reissue a certificate 
70.5 	of title to a manufactured home when the applicant submits:
70.6 	(1) the application, pursuant to the requirements of section 168A.04, in a form prescribed 
70.7 	by the department;
70.8 	(2) an affidavit that:
70.9 	(i) identifies the name of the manufacturer and dimensions, and if available, the make, 
70.10 	model number, model year, and manufacturer's serial number of the manufactured home; 
70.11 	and
70.12 	(ii) certifies the applicant is the owner of the manufactured home, has physical possession 
70.13 	of the manufactured home, knows of no facts or circumstances that materially affect the 
70.14 	validity of the title of the manufactured home as represented in the application, and provides 
70.15 	copies of such ownership documents, so far as the documents exist, including by way of 
70.16 	example:
70.17 	(A) bill of sale;
70.18 	(B) financing, replevin, or foreclosure documents;
70.19 	(C) appraisal;
70.20 	(D) insurance certification;
70.21 	(E) personal property tax bill;
70.22 	(F) landlord certification;
70.23 	(G) affidavit of survivorship or estate documents;
70.24 	(H) divorce decree; or
70.25 	(I) court order;
70.26 	(3) an affidavit by an attorney admitted to practice law in this state stating:
70.27 	(i) the attorney has performed a search of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety 
70.28 	Driver and Vehicles Services records within 120 days of the date of application to obtain a 
70.29 	certificate of origin or certificate of title on behalf of the applicant, but was unable to 
70.30 	determine the names or locations of one or more owners or prior owners of the manufactured 
70.31 	home;
71.1 	(ii) if applicable, the attorney was unable to successfully contact one or more owners, 
71.2 	or prior owners, after providing written notice 45 days prior to the registered and last known 
71.3 	owner  by certified mail at the address shown on Driver and Vehicles Services records, or 
71.4 	if the last known address if different from Driver and Vehicles Services records, then also 
71.5 	the last known address as known to the applicant;
71.6 	(iii) if the attorney is unable to contact one or more owners, or previous owners, by 
71.7 	sending a letter by certified mail, then the attorney must present to the department, as an 
71.8 	attachment to its affidavit, the returned letter as evidence of the attempted contact, or the 
71.9 	acknowledgement of receipt of the letter, together with an affidavit of nonresponse; and
71.10 	(iv) the attorney knows of no facts or circumstances that materially affect the validity 
71.11 	of the title of the manufactured home as represented in the application, other than property 
71.12 	taxes payable in the year the affidavit is signed; and
71.13 	(4) payment for required current year taxes and fees as prescribed by the department.
71.14 		Subd. 2.Satisfaction of manufactured home security lien; release. A security interest 
71.15 	perfected under this chapter may be canceled seven years from the perfection date for a 
71.16 	manufactured home, upon the request of the owner of the manufactured home, if the owner 
71.17 	has paid the lien in full or the lien has been abandoned and the owner is unable to locate 
71.18 	the lienholder to obtain a lien release. The owner must send a letter to the lienholder by 
71.19 	certified mail, return receipt requested, stating the reason for the release and requesting a 
71.20 	lien release. If the owner is unable to obtain a lien release by sending a letter by certified 
71.21 	mail, then the owner must present to the department the returned letter as evidence of the 
71.22 	attempted contact, or the acknowledgement of receipt of the letter, together with a copy of 
71.23 	the letter and an owner affidavit of nonresponse.
71.24 		Subd. 3.Suspension or revocation of certificate. (a) Pursuant to section 168A.23, the 
71.25 	department may revoke a previously issued certificate of title issued under this section.
71.26 	(b) The department is not liable for any errors, omissions, misstatements, or other 
71.27 	deficiencies or inaccuracies in documents submitted to the department under this section, 
71.28 	provided the documents submitted appear to satisfy the requirements of this section. The 
71.29 	department is not required to investigate the accuracy of statements contained in submitted 
71.30 	documents.

71.31 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.345, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
71.32 		Subdivision 1.Scope of privilege. (a) A vehicle described in section 168.021, subdivision 
71.33 	1, paragraph (a), that prominently displays the certificate authorized by this section or that 
72.1 	bears the disability plate or plates issued under section 168.021 may be parked by or solely 
72.2 	for the benefit of a physically disabled person:
72.3 	(1) in a designated parking space for disabled persons, as provided in section 169.346;
72.4 	(2) in a metered parking space without obligation to pay the meter fee and without time 
72.5 	restrictions unless time restrictions are separately posted on official signs; and
72.6 	(3) without time restrictions in a nonmetered space where parking is otherwise allowed 
72.7 	for passenger vehicles but restricted to a maximum period of time and that does not 
72.8 	specifically prohibit the exercise of disabled parking privileges in that space.
72.9 	A person may park the vehicle for a physically disabled person in a parking space described 
72.10 	in clause (1) or (2) only when actually transporting the physically disabled person for the 
72.11 	sole benefit of that person and when the parking space is within a reasonable distance from 
72.12 	the drop-off point.
72.13 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, a certificate is prominently displayed if it is displayed 
72.14 	so that it may be viewed from the front and rear of the motor vehicle by hanging it from the 
72.15 	rearview mirror attached to the front windshield of the motor vehicle or, in the case of a 
72.16 	motorcycle  or a motorized bicycle, is secured to the vehicle. If there is no rearview mirror 
72.17 	or if the certificate holder's disability precludes placing the certificate on the mirror, the 
72.18 	certificate must be displayed on the dashboard of the vehicle. No part of the certificate may 
72.19 	be obscured.
72.20 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), clauses (1), (2), and (3), this section does not permit 
72.21 	parking in areas prohibited by sections 169.32 and 169.34, in designated no parking spaces, 
72.22 	or in parking spaces reserved for specified purposes or vehicles. A local governmental unit 
72.23 	may, by ordinance, prohibit parking on any street or highway to create a fire lane, or to 
72.24 	accommodate heavy traffic during morning and afternoon rush hours and these ordinances 
72.25 	also apply to physically disabled persons.

72.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2018.

72.27 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.345, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
72.28 		Subd. 3.Identifying certificate. (a) The commissioner shall issue (1) immediately, a 
72.29 	permit valid for 30 days if the person is eligible for the certificate issued under this section 
72.30 	and (2) an identifying certificate for a vehicle described in section 168.021, subdivision 1, 
72.31 	paragraph (a), when a physically disabled applicant submits proof of physical disability 
72.32 	under subdivision 2a. The commissioner shall design separate certificates for persons with 
72.33 	permanent and temporary disabilities that can be readily distinguished from each other from 
73.1 	outside a vehicle at a distance of 25 feet or, in the case of a motorcycle or a motorized 
73.2 	bicycle, can be readily secured to the motorcycle or motorized bicycle. An applicant may 
73.3 	be issued up to two certificates if the applicant has not been issued disability plates under 
73.4 	section 168.021.
73.5 	(b) The operator of a vehicle displaying a certificate has the parking privileges provided 
73.6 	in subdivision 1 only while the vehicle is actually parked while transporting a physically 
73.7 	disabled person.
73.8 	(c) The commissioner shall cancel all certificates issued to an applicant who fails to 
73.9 	comply with the requirements of this subdivision.

73.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2018.

73.11 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 171.06, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
73.12 		Subd. 2a.Two-wheeled vehicle endorsement fee. (a) The fee for any duplicate driver's 
73.13 	license obtained for the purpose of adding a two-wheeled vehicle endorsement is increased 
73.14 	by $18.50 for each first such duplicate license and $13 for each renewal thereof. The 
73.15 	additional fee must be paid into the state treasury and credited as follows:
73.16 	(1) $11 of the additional fee for each first duplicate license, and $7 of the additional fee 
73.17 	for each renewal, must be credited to the motorcycle safety fund, which is hereby created; 
73.18 	provided that ten percent of fee receipts in excess of $750,000 in a fiscal year must be 
73.19 	credited to the general fund.
73.20 	(2) The remainder of the additional fee must be credited to the general fund.
73.21 	(b) All application forms prepared by the commissioner for two-wheeled vehicle 
73.22 	endorsements must clearly state the amount of the total fee that is dedicated to the motorcycle 
73.23 	safety fund.

73.24 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 256B.15, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
73.25 		Subd. 1a.Estates subject to claims. (a) If a person receives medical assistance hereunder, 
73.26 	on the person's death, if single, or on the death of the survivor of a married couple, either 
73.27 	or both of whom received medical assistance, or as otherwise provided for in this section, 
73.28 	the amount paid for medical assistance as limited under subdivision 2 for the person and 
73.29 	spouse shall be filed as a claim against the estate of the person or the estate of the surviving 
73.30 	spouse in the court having jurisdiction to probate the estate or to issue a decree of descent 
73.31 	according to sections 525.31 to 525.313.
74.1 	(b) For the purposes of this section, the person's estate must consist of:
74.2 	(1) the person's probate estate;
74.3 	(2) all of the person's interests or proceeds of those interests in real property the person 
74.4 	owned as a life tenant or as a joint tenant with a right of survivorship at the time of the 
74.5 	person's death;
74.6 	(3) all of the person's interests or proceeds of those interests in securities the person 
74.7 	owned in beneficiary form as provided under sections 524.6-301 to 524.6-311 at the time 
74.8 	of the person's death, to the extent the interests or proceeds of those interests become part 
74.9 	of the probate estate under section 524.6-307;
74.10 	(4) all of the person's interests in joint accounts, multiple-party accounts, and pay-on-death 
74.11 	accounts, brokerage accounts, investment accounts, or the proceeds of those accounts, as 
74.12 	provided under sections 524.6-201 to 524.6-214 at the time of the person's death to the 
74.13 	extent the interests become part of the probate estate under section 524.6-207; and
74.14 	(5) assets conveyed to a survivor, heir, or assign of the person through survivorship, 
74.15 	living trust, transfer-on-death of title or deed, or other arrangements.
74.16 	(c) For the purpose of this section and recovery in a surviving spouse's estate for medical 
74.17 	assistance paid for a predeceased spouse, the estate must consist of all of the legal title and 
74.18 	interests the deceased individual's predeceased spouse had in jointly owned or marital 
74.19 	property at the time of the spouse's death, as defined in subdivision 2b, and the proceeds of 
74.20 	those interests, that passed to the deceased individual or another individual, a survivor, an 
74.21 	heir, or an assign of the predeceased spouse through a joint tenancy, tenancy in common, 
74.22 	survivorship, life estate, living trust, or other arrangement. A deceased recipient who, at 
74.23 	death, owned the property jointly with the surviving spouse shall have an interest in the 
74.24 	entire property.
74.25 	(d) For the purpose of recovery in a single person's estate or the estate of a survivor of 
74.26 	a married couple, "other arrangement" includes any other means by which title to all or any 
74.27 	part of the jointly owned or marital property or interest passed from the predeceased spouse 
74.28 	to another including, but not limited to, transfers between spouses which are permitted, 
74.29 	prohibited, or penalized for purposes of medical assistance.
74.30 	(e) A claim shall be filed if medical assistance was rendered for either or both persons 
74.31 	under one of the following circumstances:
74.32 	(1) the person was over 55 years of age, and received services under this chapter prior 
74.33 	to January 1, 2014;
75.1 	(2) the person resided in a medical institution for six months or longer, received services 
75.2 	under this chapter, and, at the time of institutionalization or application for medical assistance, 
75.3 	whichever is later, the person could not have reasonably been expected to be discharged 
75.4 	and returned home, as certified in writing by the person's treating physician. For purposes 
75.5 	of this section only, a "medical institution" means a skilled nursing facility, intermediate 
75.6 	care facility, intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities, nursing 
75.7 	facility, or inpatient hospital;
75.8 	(3) the person received general assistance medical care services under the program 
75.9 	formerly codified under chapter 256D; or
75.10 	(4) the person was 55 years of age or older and received medical assistance services on 
75.11 	or after January 1, 2014, that consisted of nursing facility services, home and 
75.12 	community-based services, or related hospital and prescription drug benefits.
75.13 	(f) The claim shall be considered an expense of the last illness of the decedent for the 
75.14 	purpose of section 524.3-805. Notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, a state or 
75.15 	county agency with a claim under this section must be a creditor under section 524.6-307. 
75.16 	Any statute of limitations that purports to limit any county agency or the state agency, or 
75.17 	both, to recover for medical assistance granted hereunder shall not apply to any claim made 
75.18 	hereunder for reimbursement for any medical assistance granted hereunder. Notice of the 
75.19 	claim shall be given to all heirs and devisees of the decedent, and to other persons with an 
75.20 	ownership interest in the real property owned by the decedent at the time of the decedent's 
75.21 	death, whose identity can be ascertained with reasonable diligence. The notice must include 
75.22 	procedures and instructions for making an application for a hardship waiver under subdivision 
75.23 	5; time frames for submitting an application and determination; and information regarding 
75.24 	appeal rights and procedures. Counties are entitled to one-half of the nonfederal share of 
75.25 	medical assistance collections from estates that are directly attributable to county effort. 
75.26 	Counties are entitled to ten percent of the collections for alternative care directly attributable 
75.27 	to county effort.

75.28 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 297B.01, subdivision 16, is amended to read:
75.29 		Subd. 16.Sale, sells, selling, purchase, purchased, or acquired. (a) "Sale," "sells," 
75.30 	"selling," "purchase," "purchased," or "acquired" means any transfer of title of any motor 
75.31 	vehicle, whether absolutely or conditionally, for a consideration in money or by exchange 
75.32 	or barter for any purpose other than resale in the regular course of business.
75.33 	(b) Any motor vehicle utilized by the owner only by leasing such vehicle to others or 
75.34 	by holding it in an effort to so lease it, and which is put to no other use by the owner other 
76.1 	than resale after such lease or effort to lease, shall be considered property purchased for 
76.2 	resale.
76.3 	(c) The terms also shall include any transfer of title or ownership of a motor vehicle by 
76.4 	other means, for or without consideration, except that these terms shall not include:
76.5 	(1) the acquisition of a motor vehicle by inheritance from or by bequest of, or 
76.6 	transfer-on-death of title by, a decedent who owned it;
76.7 	(2) the transfer of a motor vehicle which was previously licensed in the names of two 
76.8 	or more joint tenants and subsequently transferred without monetary consideration to one 
76.9 	or more of the joint tenants;
76.10 	(3) the transfer of a motor vehicle by way of gift from a limited used vehicle dealer 
76.11 	licensed under section 168.27, subdivision 4a, to an individual, when the transfer is with 
76.12 	no monetary or other consideration or expectation of consideration and the parties to the 
76.13 	transfer submit an affidavit to that effect at the time the title transfer is recorded;
76.14 	(4) the transfer of a motor vehicle by gift between:
76.15 	(i) spouses;
76.16 	(ii) parents and a child; or
76.17 	(iii) grandparents and a grandchild;
76.18 	(5) the voluntary or involuntary transfer of a motor vehicle between a husband and wife 
76.19 	in a divorce proceeding; or
76.20 	(6) the transfer of a motor vehicle by way of a gift to an organization that is exempt from 
76.21 	federal income taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code when the 
76.22 	motor vehicle will be used exclusively for religious, charitable, or educational purposes.

76.23 	Sec. 17. DRIVER'S LICENSE AGENT IN NEW BRIGHTON.
 76.24 	(a) The commissioner of public safety must revise the appointment of the city of New 
76.25 	Brighton as a driver's license agent to provide authority to operate as a full-service driver 
76.26 	licensing office located in New Brighton city hall. This paragraph applies notwithstanding: 
76.27 	(1) Minnesota Statutes, section 171.061, subdivision 2; (2) requirements under Minnesota 
76.28 	Rules, part 7404.0300, subpart 3; and (3) procedures for county board appointment of a 
76.29 	driver's license agent, including under Minnesota Rules, part 7404.0350. All other provisions 
76.30 	regarding the appointment and operation of a driver's license agent under Minnesota Statutes, 
76.31 	section 171.061, and Minnesota Rules, chapter 7404, apply.
77.1 	(b) The commissioner must make the appointment under this section within two weeks 
77.2 	of receipt of an appointment application pursuant to the commissioner's procedures under 
77.3 	Minnesota Rules.

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: S1060-5 

160.262 RECREATIONAL VEHICLE LANES.Subd. 2.Local regulations; approval for state funding. 
Each county and municipality including towns having statutory city powers may adopt the model standards to govern highways under its jurisdiction and may adapt them to local circumstances. Such local regulations shall be submitted to the commissioner of transportation who shall approve them within 60 days after receipt upon finding that they meet the minimum standards established pursuant to this section. Approved local regulations shall qualify the submitting unit of government for state or state-approved funding of recreational vehicle lane projects undertaken pursuant to such regulations. 

160.265 BIKEWAY PROGRAM.Subdivision 1.State bikeways. 
The commissioner of transportation shall establish a program for the development of bikeways primarily on existing road rights-of-way. The program shall include a system of bikeways to be established, developed, maintained, and operated by the commissioner of transportation and a system of state grants for the development of local bikeways primarily on existing road rights-of-way. The program shall be coordinated with the local park trail grant program pursuant to section 85.019, with the bicycle trail program established by the commissioner of natural resources pursuant to section 85.016, with the development of the statewide transportation plan pursuant to section 174.03, and with existing and proposed local bikeways. In the metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121, the program shall be developed in accordance with plans and priorities established by the Metropolitan Council. The program shall be developed after consultation with the State Trail Council, local units of government, and bicyclist organizations. The program shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of sections 160.262 to 160.264 and standards promulgated pursuant thereto. The commissioner shall compile and maintain a current registry of bikeways in the state and shall publish and distribute the information contained in the registry in a form and manner suitable to assist persons wishing to use the bikeways. The Metropolitan Council, the commissioner of natural resources, the commissioner of employment and economic development, the Minnesota Historical Society, and local units of government shall cooperate with and assist the commissioner of transportation in preparing the registry. The commissioner shall have all powers necessary and convenient to establish the program pursuant to this section including but not limited to the authority to adopt rules pursuant to chapter 14. 

Subd. 2.Local bikeway grants. 
The commissioner shall provide technical assistance to local units of government in planning and developing bikeways. The commissioner shall make grants to units of government as defined in section 85.019, subdivision 1, for the betterment of public land and improvements needed for local bikeways. In making grants the commissioner shall consider, among other factors, the number of bicycles in the localities. A grant shall not exceed 75 percent of the costs of the betterment of the bikeway. To be eligible for a grant, a unit of government must provide at least 25 percent of the costs of the betterment of the bikeway. 

160.266 MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRAIL.Subdivision 1.Definitions. 
For the purposes of this section: 

(1) "bicycle path" has the meaning given in section 169.011, subdivision 6; and 

(2) "bikeway" has the meaning given in section 169.011, subdivision 9. 

Subd. 2.Creation. 
The commissioner, in cooperation with road and trail authorities including the commissioner of natural resources, shall identify a bikeway that originates at Itasca State Park in Clearwater, Beltrami, and Hubbard Counties, then generally parallels the Mississippi River through the cities of Bemidji in Beltrami County, Grand Rapids in Itasca County, Brainerd in Crow Wing County, Little Falls in Morrison County, Sauk Rapids in Benton County, St. Cloud in Stearns County, Minneapolis in Hennepin County, St. Paul in Ramsey County, Hastings in Dakota County, Red Wing in Goodhue County, Wabasha in Wabasha County, Winona in Winona County, and La Crescent in Houston County to Minnesota's boundary with Iowa and there terminates. Where opportunities exist, the bikeway may be designated on both sides of the Mississippi River. 

161.115 ADDITIONAL TRUNK HIGHWAYS.Subd. 32.Route No. 101. 
Beginning at a point on Route No. 1 at or near Faribault, thence extending in a northerly direction to a point on Route No. 50. 

8810.6000DEFINITIONS. Subpart 1.Scope.  
For purposes of these rules and the implementation thereof, the following terms shall have the meanings here given them. 

Subp. 2.Average bicycle traffic volume.  
"Average bicycle traffic volume" means the amount of bicycle traffic passing a given point on an average daily basis computed over 180 days during the months of April through September. 

Subp. 3.Average daily traffic.  
"Average daily traffic" means the total volume of traffic during a specified but arbitrary time period given in whole days (24 hours), greater than one day, but less than one year, divided by the number of days in the time period; abbreviated ADT. 

Subp. 4.Bicycle.  
"Bicycle" means a device propelled by human power upon which a person or persons may ride, having two tandem wheels either of which is over 16 inches in diameter, and including any device generally recognized as a bicycle though equipped with two front or rear wheels. 

Subp. 5.Bicycle lane.  
"Bicycle lane" means a portion of a roadway designed for preferential use by persons using bicycles. Bicycle lanes may be designed with or without physical barriers to separate or channel bicycle traffic from motor vehicles or pedestrian traffic. 

Subp. 6.Bicycle lane with barrier.  
"Bicycle lane with barrier" means a portion of a roadway which has been designated for preferential or exclusive use by bicycles, separated from but a part of that portion of the roadway designed for motor vehicle traffic by a physical barrier such as a curb or a guardrail. 

Subp. 7.Bicycle lane without barrier.  
"Bicycle lane without barrier" means a portion of a roadway which has been designated for preferential use by bicycles through pavement markings or other traffic control measures. 

Subp. 8.Bicycle path.  
"Bicycle path" means a bicycle facility designed for exclusive use by persons using bicycles and constructed or developed separately from the roadway. 

Subp. 9.Bicycle route.  
"Bicycle route" means a roadway signed to encourage bicycle use when no preferential lane is provided. Signing shall be in accordance with the Minnesota Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Such signing also indicates that safety precautions must be taken by all forms of traffic. 

Subp. 10.Clearway.  
"Clearway" is a clear recovery area extending 30 feet outward from the edge of the outside through lane of the roadway where all physical obstacles to out-of-control motor vehicles are eliminated. 

Subp. 11.Controlled access highway.  
"Controlled access highway" means every highway, street, or roadway in respect to which the right of access of the owners or occupants of abutting lands and other persons has been acquired and to which the owners or occupants of abutting lands and other persons have no legal right of access to or from the same except at such points only and in such manner as may be determined by the public authority having jurisdiction over such highway, street, or roadway. 

Subp. 12.Department.  
Unless stated otherwise, "department" means the Department of Transportation of this state. Regardless of the department referred to, however, it is to be considered as acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents. 

Subp. 13.Driver.  
"Driver" means every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle, or other device upon which a person or property may be transported. 

Subp. 14.Intersection.  
"Intersection" means the area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines, or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of two highways which join one another, at, or approximately at, right angles, or the area within which vehicles traveling upon different highways joining at any other angle may come in conflict. Where a highway includes two roadways 30 feet or more apart, then every crossing of each roadway of such divided highway by an intersecting highway shall be regarded as a separate intersection. In the event such intersecting highway also includes two roadways 30 feet or more apart, then every crossing of two roadways of such highways shall be regarded as a separate intersection. 

Subp. 15.One-way roadway.  
"One-way roadway" means a street or roadway designated and signposted for one-way traffic and on which all vehicles are required to move in one indicated direction. 

Subp. 16.Pedestrian walkway; sidewalk.  
"Pedestrian walkway" means that portion of the street or highway between curb lines, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines intended for the use of pedestrians. An alternate term that may be used is "sidewalk," as defined in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 169. For purposes of these rules a pedestrian walkway may be construed to be a bicycle or recreational vehicle lane but is controlled as to the forms of traffic it may carry other than pedestrians. 

Subp. 17.Recreational vehicle.  
"Recreational vehicle" means a special purpose mobile and motive equipment or device not qualifying under the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168 for the purposes of taxation in the state of Minnesota, and includes but is not limited to all-terrain vehicles (ATV) and snowmobiles. 

Subp. 18.Recreational vehicle lane.  
"Recreational vehicle lane" means that portion of a street or highway or road or way outside of the roadway, improved, designed, or ordinarily used for recreational vehicular travel by the public and placed and maintained by state or local authorities in their respective jurisdictions. 

Subp. 19.Roadway.  
"Roadway" means that portion of a highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for motor vehicular travel. In the event a highway includes two or more separate roadways the term "roadway" as used herein shall refer to any such roadway separately but not to all such roadways collectively. 

Subp. 20. Rural section.  
"Rural section" is a highway design that has wide rights-of-way, open ditches for drainage, and a clearway of 30 feet from the edge of the outside lane. 

Subp. 21.Shoulder.  
"Shoulder" means that part of the roadway which is contiguous to the regularly traveled portion of the roadway and is on the same level as the roadway. The shoulder may be pavement, gravel, or earth. 

Subp. 22.Sidewalk.  
"Sidewalk" means that portion of a street between the curb lines, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines intended for the use of pedestrians. 

Subp. 23.Street or highway.  
"Street or highway" means the entire width between the boundary lines of any way or place when any part thereof is open to the use of the public, as a matter of right, for the purposes of vehicular traffic. 

Subp. 24.Through highway.  
"Through highway" means every highway or portion thereof at the entrances to which vehicular traffic from intersecting highways is required by law to stop before entering or crossing the same and when stop signs are erected. 

Subp. 25.Urban district.  
"Urban district" means the territory contiguous to and including any street which is built up with structures devoted to business, industry, or dwelling houses situated at intervals of less than 100 feet for a distance of a quarter of a mile or more. 

Subp. 26.Urban section.  
"Urban section" means a roadway design used in urban districts where the right-of-way width is restricted. Because of the restricted right-of-way, there is not enough room for ditches, thus necessitating curbs and gutters. 

Subp. 27.Vehicle.  
"Vehicle" means a bicycle or recreational vehicle. 

8810.6100PURPOSE AND SCOPE. Subpart 1.Purpose.  
The purpose of parts 8810.6000 to 8810.7000 is to carry out the mandate of the legislature and to effectuate that mandate as set forth in Minnesota Statutes, section 160.262, as amended by Laws of Minnesota 1973, chapter 620, section 1, with reference to the establishment of model standards for bicycle and recreational vehicle lanes on and along proposed and existing public roadways and governing state trunk highways. 

Subp. 2.Scope.  
The scope of parts 8810.6000 to 8810.7000 is intended to be confined within the framework of and consistent with Minnesota Statutes, section 160.262, and responsive to United States Code, title 23, section 217, as amended by Public Law numbers 93 to 410, the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1973 (bicycle transportation and pedestrian walkways). 

8810.6300CRITERIA FOR DESIRABILITY OF LANES. Subpart 1.Design and construction.  
The Department of Transportation will have sole jurisdiction to establish bicycle or recreational vehicle lanes on the right-of-way of any state trunk highway. The Department of Transportation will be responsible for all designs and construction on all lane facility projects within the right-of-way of any state trunk highway. Any such services performed for other state agencies or local governmental units will be done on a reimbursable basis. The Department of Transportation may provide services for the development of lane facilities for other agencies and local units of government upon request and upon such terms as may be mutually agreed upon. The Department of Transportation will consider building bicycle or recreational vehicle lane facilities during the construction, reconstruction, or improvement of any trunk highway or permit the establishment of such facilities within state trunk highway right-of-way when: 

A.
 a proposed highway project destroys an existing lane of demonstrated or potential use and no desirable alternative is available to the user; or 

B.
 there is no pedestrian or nonmotorized access along or across an existing or proposed grade separated or through trunk highway or intersection in an urban area (example: access to the four quadrants created by two intersecting freeways); or 

C.
 there are fringe development areas not meeting the urban district definition along trunk highways that have no nonmotorized access (example: residential or commercial development along trunk highways on the outskirts of town); or 

D.
 the facility is part of a comprehensive trail planning process on a local, regional, or statewide basis, and the facility must materially benefit the safety of the traveling public; such as, the elimination of a potential safety hazard caused by anticipated bicycle or recreational vehicle traffic on or near the roadways of a trunk highway (example: heavy bicycle travel along a trunk highway between a town and an outlying school); 

E.
 the highway right-of-way can safely accommodate the facility; 

F.
 there is sufficient projected bicycle or recreational vehicle traffic; 

G.
 the facility cannot be safely and feasibly constructed and utilized outside of the right-of-way (example: no suitable network of adjacent residential streets or existing parallel facilities exist); 

H.
 the facility use does not conflict with existing utilities located on highway right-of-way or adjacent land use; 

I.
 the facility provides commuter transportation; or connects existing or proposed facilities; or connects areas or points of natural, scientific, cultural, historical, educational, or economic interest; 

J.
 multiuse facilities do not conflict with each other or use during more than one season is feasible. 

Subp. 2.Traffic volume criteria.  
Based upon part 8810.9910, the department will consider the establishment of bicycle or recreational vehicle lanes by use and type in accordance with the traffic volumes and other limitations shown. Exceptions to these traffic volume criteria may be made if good cause can be shown and upon approval of the commissioner of transportation. 

As motor vehicle traffic volumes increase the form that a bicycle or recreational vehicle lane may take and traffic control measures (or other physical safety precautions built into the facility) will also increase in physical design and safety standards. 

Subp. 3.Bicycle traffic.  
The provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 169.222 shall apply for all persons driving or operating a bicycle upon a roadway. The provisions of Minnesota Statutes, sections 169.09 to 169.13 shall also apply in substance and effect insofar as applicable and consistent with reference to bicycle lanes on trunk highways. 

Subp. 4.Bicycle recreational vehicle traffic.  
The provisions of Minnesota Statutes, sections 169.09 to 169.13 shall also apply in substance and effect insofar as applicable and consistent with reference to drivers or operators of bicycle or recreational vehicles on controlled access trunk highways. Minnesota Statutes, sections 169.13 and 169.18shall also apply. 

8810.6400MAINTENANCE CRITERIA. 
The responsibility for maintaining bicycle and recreational vehicle lanes within the limits of trunk highway rights-of-way shall be the responsibility of the department of transportation when the facility is located immediately adjacent to the roadway (highway shoulder); or the responsibility of the appropriate local or other governmental unit when the facility is separate from the roadway. 

Normal maintenance activities shall be provided for the maintenance of lanes established within trunk highway rights-of-way. These activities shall include, when applicable, but not be limited to: maintenance of drainage; debris removal; sweeping of lane surfaces; mowing and brush removal; surface maintenance; surface grading; snowplowing, when applicable; painting of stripes and stencils. 

8810.6500PLACEMENT OF BICYCLE OR RECREATIONAL VEHICLE LANES. 
Bicycle or recreational vehicle lanes built subsequent to the date of adoption of these rules will be placed outside of a 30-foot (9.1 meters) clearway when located within the right-of-way of any state trunk highway with fully controlled access. Exceptions may be made at structure locations including but not limited to bridges. 

Bicycle facilities built within the right-of-way of any state trunk highway shall be classified as a route; lane, no barrier; lane with barrier or path as defined in part 8810.6000, subparts 5 to 8. Desirable configurations are indicated in: part 8810.9911 for lane, no barrier; part 8810.9912 for lane with barrier; and part 8810.9913 for path (design for new facilities). 

8810.6600MINIMUM DESIGN STANDARDS. Subpart 1.Minimum criteria.  
The following standards are minimum criteria which may not be reduced to lesser values and constitute the lowest design limits. The values are not to be used as general design standards, but should generally be exceeded. 

Subp. 2.Vertical clearance.  
The vertical clearance between an overhead obstruction and the surface of bicycle or recreational vehicle lanes shall be not less than ten feet (three meters). 

Subp. 3.Lane width.  
Bicycle facilities shall have a minimum surfaced width of four feet (1.2 meters) for one-way and six feet (1.8 meters) for two-way travel. 

Subp. 4.Design speed.  
The design speed for bicycle facilities shall not be less than ten mph. For downgrades, design speeds may be in the range of 25 mph or greater. 

Subp. 5.Sight distance.  
The sight distance to any hazard or potential hazard for a bicycle facility shall be a minimum of 50 feet (15.2 meters). 

Subp. 6.Grades.  
Bikeway grades should not exceed five percent except for short distances. 

Subp. 7. Radius of curvature.  
The minimum radius of curvature for bikeways is figured by the formula: R = 1.25 V + 1.5 

R = radius of curvature in feet 

V = velocity in miles per hour. 

8810.6700BICYCLE OR RECREATIONAL VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY. 
No provision within these rules shall be deemed to be in conflict with the provisions of Minnesota law with respect to the operations on trunk highway right-of-way of any form of bicycle or recreational vehicle now or hereafter defined. Particular reference is made to Minnesota Statutes, sections 84.81 to 84.87 in this regard. 

8810.6800PUBLIC USE OF TRUNK HIGHWAYS. 
No prohibition is intended or implied within these rules as to the rights of the public to use, occupy, traverse, or travel the trunk highways of the state of Minnesota except where such prohibition is established by law or other promulgated rule not a part of these rules. 

8810.6900PRIVATE ROADWAYS. 
Nothing in these rules shall be construed to prevent the owner of real property used by the public for purposes of bicycle or recreational vehicular travel by permission of the owner and not as a matter of right, from prohibiting such use, or from requiring other or different or additional conditions than those specified in these rules, or otherwise regulating such use as may seem best to such owner. 

8810.7000GRADE RAILROAD CROSSINGS. 
In the event a proposed bicycle or recreational vehicle lane intersects at grade the right-of-way and tracks of a railroad, the approval of the Minnesota Transportation Department with respect to the public safety aspects of the crossing shall be first secured. 

8810.9910TRAFFIC CRITERIA: BICYCLE, RECREATIONAL VEHICLE LANE. 
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8810.9911BIKE LANE WITH NO BARRIER. 
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8810.9912BIKE LANE WITH BARRIER. 
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8810.9913DESIRABLE BIKE PATH DESIGN. 
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