1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; modifying the special paper products vehicle permit;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.864, subdivision 1.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.864, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subdivision 1.Special three-unit vehicle permit. The commissioner may issue a permit 
1.7 	for a vehicle that meets the following requirements:
1.8 	(1) is a combination of vehicles, including a truck-tractor and a semitrailer drawing one 
1.9 	additional semitrailer, which may be equipped with an auxiliary dolly, and no semitrailer 
1.10 	used in the three-vehicle combination has an overall length in excess of 28-1/2 feet;
1.11 	(2) has a maximum gross vehicle weight of 108,000 pounds;
1.12 	(3) complies with the axle weight limits in section 169.824;
1.13 	(4) complies with the tire weight limits in section 169.823 or the tire manufacturers' 
1.14 	recommended load, whichever is less;
1.15 	(5) is operated only in this state on Trunk Highway marked 2 between Grand Rapids 
1.16 	and the port of Duluth; on Trunk Highway marked 169 between Grand Rapids and its 
1.17 	junction with Trunk Highway marked 53; on Trunk Highway marked 194 between Trunk 
1.18 	Highway marked 2 and Trunk Highway marked 53; and on Trunk Highway marked 53 
1.19 	between Virginia and the port of Duluth; and
1.20 	(6) the seasonal weight increases authorized under section 169.826, subdivision 1, do 
1.21 	not apply.