1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; making miscellaneous policy changes, including but not 
1.3 	limited to provisions governing traffic regulations, school bus warning lights, 
1.4 	airport zoning, legislative route removals, and memorial highways and bridges;
1.5 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 161.115, subdivision 111; 161.14, 
1.6 	by adding subdivisions; 161.32, subdivision 2; 169.18, subdivision 7; 169.20, by 
1.7 	adding a subdivision; 169.442, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 169.448, 
1.8 	subdivision 1; 169.4503, subdivisions 5, 13, by adding a subdivision; 169.55, 
1.9 	subdivision 1; 169.57, subdivision 3; 169.64, subdivisions 3, 8, by adding a 
1.10 	subdivision; 169.81, by adding a subdivision; 169.8261, subdivision 2; 169.829, 
1.11 	subdivision 4; 171.041; 174.12, subdivision 8; 360.013, by adding a subdivision; 
1.12 	360.017, subdivision 1; 360.021, subdivision 1; 360.024; 360.062; 360.063, 
1.13 	subdivisions 1, 3; 360.064, subdivision 1; 360.065, subdivision 1; 360.066, 
1.14 	subdivision 1; 360.067, by adding a subdivision; 360.071, subdivision 2; 360.305, 
1.15 	subdivision 6; 394.22, by adding a subdivision; 394.23; 394.231; 394.25, 
1.16 	subdivision 3; 462.352, by adding a subdivision; 462.355, subdivision 1; 462.357, 
1.17 	subdivision 9, by adding a subdivision; 574.26, subdivision 1a; Laws 2014, chapter 
1.18 	312, article 11, section 38, subdivisions 5, 6; proposing coding for new law in 
1.19 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 360; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 
1.20 	360.063, subdivision 4; 360.065, subdivision 2; 360.066, subdivisions 1a, 1b.
1.21 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.22 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 161.115, subdivision 111, is amended to read:
1.23 		Subd. 111.Route No. 180. Beginning at a point on Route No. 392 southwest or west 
1.24 	of Ashby 3 at or near Erdahl, thence extending in a general northerly or northeasterly 
1.25 	direction to a point on Route No. 153 as herein established at or near Ashby, thence extending 
1.26 	in a northeasterly direction to a point on Route No. 181 as herein established at or near 
1.27 	Ottertail.

2.1 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 161.14, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
2.2 	read:
2.3 		Subd. 88.Trooper Ray Krueger Memorial Highway. That segment of marked Trunk 
2.4 	Highway 210 within Cass County is designated as "Trooper Ray Krueger Memorial 
2.5 	Highway." Subject to section 161.139, the commissioner shall adopt a suitable design to 
2.6 	mark this highway and erect appropriate signs in the vicinity of the location where Trooper 
2.7 	Krueger died.

2.8 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 161.14, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
2.9 	read:
2.10 		Subd. 89.Warrant Officer Dennis A. Groth Memorial Bridge. The bridge on marked 
2.11 	U.S. Highway 52 over Dakota County State-Aid Highway 42, known as 145th Street within 
2.12 	the city of Rosemount, is designated as "Warrant Officer Dennis A. Groth Memorial Bridge." 
2.13 	Subject to section 161.139, the commissioner shall adopt a suitable design to mark the 
2.14 	bridge and erect appropriate signs.

2.15 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 161.14, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
2.16 	read:
2.17 		Subd. 90.Specialist Noah Pierce Bridge. The bridge on marked U.S. Highway 53 over 
2.18 	marked Trunk Highway 37 in the city of Eveleth is designated as "Specialist Noah Pierce 
2.19 	Bridge." Subject to section 161.139, the commissioner shall adopt a suitable design to mark 
2.20 	this bridge and erect appropriate signs.

2.21 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 161.32, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.22 		Subd. 2.Direct negotiation. In cases where the estimated cost of construction work or 
2.23 	maintenance work does not exceed $150,000 $250,000, the commissioner may enter into 
2.24 	a contract for the work by direct negotiation, by obtaining two or more quotations for the 
2.25 	work, and without advertising for bids or otherwise complying with the requirements of 
2.26 	competitive bidding if the total contractual obligation of the state for the directly negotiated 
2.27 	contract or contracts on any single project does not exceed $150,000 $250,000. All quotations 
2.28 	obtained shall be kept on file for a period of at least one year after receipt of the quotation.

3.1 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 169.18, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
3.2 		Subd. 7.Laned highway. When any roadway has been divided into two or more clearly 
3.3 	marked lanes for traffic, the following rules, in addition to all others consistent herewith
3.4 	with this subdivision, shall apply:
3.5 	(a) (1) a vehicle shall be driven as nearly as practicable entirely within a single lane and 
3.6 	shall must not be moved from such the lane until the driver has first ascertained that such
3.7 	the movement can be made with safety.;
3.8 	(b) (2) upon a roadway which is not a one-way roadway and which is divided into three 
3.9 	lanes, a vehicle shall must not be driven in the center lane except when overtaking and 
3.10 	passing another vehicle where the roadway is clearly visible and such the center lane is 
3.11 	clear of traffic within a safe distance, or in preparation for a left turn or where such the
3.12 	center lane is at the time allocated exclusively to traffic moving in the direction the vehicle 
3.13 	is proceeding, and is signposted to give notice of such the allocation. The left lane of a 
3.14 	three-lane roadway which is not a one-way roadway shall must not be used for overtaking 
3.15 	and passing another vehicle.;
3.16 	(c) (3) official signs may be erected directing slow-moving traffic to use a designated 
3.17 	lane or allocating specified lanes to traffic moving in the same direction, and drivers of 
3.18 	vehicles shall must obey the directions of every such sign.;
3.19 	(d) (4) whenever a bicycle lane has been established on a roadway, any person operating 
3.20 	a motor vehicle on such the roadway shall must not drive in the bicycle lane except to 
3.21 	perform parking maneuvers in order to park where parking is permitted, to enter or leave 
3.22 	the highway, to prepare for a turn as provided in section 169.19, subdivision 1, or to stop 
3.23 	a school bus for the purpose of receiving or discharging any person provided the school bus 
3.24 	is equipped and identified as provided in sections 169.441 and 169.442, subdivision 1, and 
3.25 	the flashing red signals are activated and stop-signal arm is extended.; and
3.26 	(5) notwithstanding clause (1), the operator of a vehicle or combination of vehicles with 
3.27 	a total length exceeding 40 feet or a total width exceeding ten feet may, with due regard for 
3.28 	all other traffic, deviate from the lane in which the operator is driving to the extent necessary 
3.29 	to approach and drive through a roundabout.

3.30 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 169.20, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
3.31 	read:
3.32 		Subd. 8.Roundabouts. If two vehicles or combinations of vehicles each having a total 
3.33 	length exceeding 40 feet or a total width exceeding ten feet approach or drive through a 
4.1 	roundabout at approximately the same time or so closely as to constitute a hazard of collision, 
4.2 	the operator of the vehicle or combination of vehicles on the right must yield the right-of-way 
4.3 	to the vehicle or combination of vehicles on the left and, if necessary, must reduce speed 
4.4 	or stop in order to so yield.

4.5 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 169.442, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
4.6 		Subd. 5.White strobe lamps on certain buses transporting children. Notwithstanding 
4.7 	section 169.55, subdivision 1, or 169.57, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), or other law to the 
4.8 	contrary, A school bus that is subject to and complies with the equipment requirements of 
4.9 	subdivision 1 and section 169.441, subdivision 1, or a Head Start bus, may be equipped 
4.10 	with a flashing strobe lamp under section 169.64, subdivision 8.

4.11 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 169.442, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
4.12 	read:
4.13 		Subd. 6.Supplemental warning system. In addition to the signals required under 
4.14 	subdivision 1, a type A, B, C, or D school bus may be equipped with a supplemental warning 
4.15 	system under section 169.4503, subdivision 31.

4.16 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 169.448, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
4.17 		Subdivision 1.Restrictions on appearance; misdemeanor. (a) A bus that is not used 
4.18 	as a school bus may must not be operated on a street or highway unless it is painted a color 
4.19 	significantly different than national school bus glossy yellow.
4.20 	(b) A bus that is not used as a school bus or Head Start bus may not be operated if it is 
4.21 	equipped with school bus or Head Start bus-related equipment and printing.
4.22 	(c) A violation of this subdivision is a misdemeanor.
4.23 	(d) This subdivision does not apply to a school bus owned by or under contract to a 
4.24 	school district operated as a charter or leased bus.
4.25 	(e) This subdivision does not apply to a school bus operated by a licensed child care 
4.26 	provider if:
4.27 	(1) the stop stop-signal arm is removed;
4.28 	(2) the eight-light system is lighting systems for prewarning flashing amber signals, 
4.29 	flashing red signals, and supplemental warnings under section 169.4503, subdivision 31, 
4.30 	are deactivated;
5.1 	(3) the school bus is identified as a "child care bus" in letters at least eight inches high 
5.2 	on the front and rear top of the bus;
5.3 	(4) the name, address, and telephone number of the owner or operator of the bus is 
5.4 	identified on each front door of the bus in letters not less than three inches high; and
5.5 	(5) the conditions under section 171.02, subdivision 2a, paragraphs (a) through to (j),
5.6 	and (l), and (n), have been met.

5.7 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 169.4503, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
5.8 		Subd. 5.Colors. Fenderettes may be black. The beltline may be painted yellow over 
5.9 	black or black over yellow. The rub rails shall must be black or yellow. The area around 
5.10 	the lenses of alternately flashing signal lamps extending outward from the edge of the lamp 
5.11 	three inches, plus or minus one-quarter inch, to the sides and top and at least one inch to 
5.12 	the bottom, shall must be black. Visors or hoods, black in color, with a minimum of four 
5.13 	inches may be provided.

5.14 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 169.4503, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
5.15 		Subd. 13.Identification. (a) Each bus shall must, in the beltline, identify the school 
5.16 	district serviced, or company name, or owner of the bus. Numbers necessary for identification 
5.17 	must appear on the sides and rear of the bus. Symbols or letters may be used on the outside 
5.18 	of the bus near the entrance door for student identification. A manufacturer's nameplate or 
5.19 	logo may be placed on the bus.
5.20 	(b) Effective December 31, 1994, All type A, B, C, and D buses sold must display 
5.21 	lettering "Unlawful to pass when red lights are flashing" on the rear of the bus. The lettering 
5.22 	shall must be in two-inch black letters on school bus yellow background. This message shall
5.23 	must be displayed directly below the upper window of the rear door. On rear engine buses, 
5.24 	it shall must be centered at approximately the same location. Only signs and lettering 
5.25 	approved or required by state law may are permitted to be displayed.
5.26 	(c) The requirements of paragraph (b) do not apply to a type A, B, C, or D school bus 
5.27 	that is equipped with a changeable electronic message sign on the rear of the bus that:
5.28 	(1) displays one or more of the messages: "Caution / stopping," "Unlawful to pass," 
5.29 	"Stop / do not pass," or similar messages approved by the commissioner;
5.30 	(2) displays messages in conjunction with bus operation and activation of prewarning 
5.31 	flashing amber signals, flashing red signals, or stop-signal arm, as appropriate; and
6.1 	(3) is a supplemental warning system under section 169.4503, subdivision 31.

6.2 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 169.4503, is amended by adding a subdivision 
6.3 	to read:
6.4 		Subd. 31.Supplemental warning system; temporary authority. (a) Prior to August 
6.5 	1, 2022, the commissioner may approve a type A, B, C, or D school bus to be equipped 
6.6 	with a supplemental warning system. On and after that date, a school bus may continue to 
6.7 	be equipped with a previously approved supplemental warning system.
6.8 	(b) To determine approval of a supplemental warning system, the commissioner must 
6.9 	consider:
6.10 	(1) signal colors, which are limited to one or more of the colors white, amber, and red;
6.11 	(2) flashing patterns;
6.12 	(3) vehicle mounting and placement;
6.13 	(4) supplemental warning system activation in conjunction with activation of prewarning 
6.14 	flashing amber signals, stop-signal arm, and flashing red signals;
6.15 	(5) light intensity; and
6.16 	(6) permissible text, signage, and graphics, if any.
6.17 	(c) The commissioner must review relevant research findings and experience in other 
6.18 	jurisdictions, and must consult with interested stakeholders, including but not limited to 
6.19 	representatives from school district pupil transportation directors, private school bus 
6.20 	operators, and pupil transportation and traffic safety associations.

6.21 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 169.55, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
6.22 		Subdivision 1.Lights or reflectors required. At the times when lighted lamps on 
6.23 	vehicles are required each vehicle including an animal-drawn vehicle and any vehicle 
6.24 	specifically excepted in sections 169.47 to 169.79, with respect to equipment and not 
6.25 	hereinbefore specifically previously required to be equipped with lamps, shall must be 
6.26 	equipped with one or more lighted lamps or lanterns projecting a white light visible from 
6.27 	a distance of 500 feet to the front of the vehicle and with a lamp or lantern exhibiting a red 
6.28 	light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear, except that reflectors meeting the 
6.29 	maximum requirements of this chapter may be used in lieu of the lights required in this 
6.30 	subdivision. It shall be unlawful except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, to project 
6.31 	a white light to the rear of any such vehicle while traveling on any street or highway, unless 
7.1 	such vehicle is moving in reverse. A lighting device mounted on top of a vehicle engaged 
7.2 	in deliveries to residences may project a white light to the rear if the sign projects one or 
7.3 	more additional colors to the rear. An authorized emergency vehicle may display an 
7.4 	oscillating, alternating, or rotating white light used in connection with an oscillating, 
7.5 	alternating, or rotating red light when responding to emergency calls.

7.6 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 169.57, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
7.7 		Subd. 3.Maintenance. (a) When a vehicle is equipped with stop lamps or signal lamps, 
7.8 	such the lamps shall must at all times be maintained in good working condition.
7.9 	(b) No stop lamps or signal lamp shall project a glaring or dazzling light.
7.10 	(c) All mechanical signal devices shall must be self-illumined when in use at the times 
7.11 	when lighted lamps on vehicles are required.

7.12 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 169.64, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
7.13 		Subd. 3.Flashing lights; glaring lights. (a) Flashing lights are prohibited, except:
7.14 	(1) on an authorized emergency vehicle, school bus, bicycle as provided in section 
7.15 	169.222, subdivision 6, road maintenance equipment, tow truck or towing vehicle as provided 
7.16 	in section 168B.16, service vehicle, farm tractor, self-propelled farm equipment, rural mail 
7.17 	carrier vehicle, or funeral home vehicle, or;
7.18 	(2) on any vehicle as a means of indicating a right or left turn, or the presence of a 
7.19 	vehicular traffic hazard requiring unusual care in approaching, overtaking, or passing.; or
7.20 	(3) as otherwise provided in this section.
7.21 	(b) All flashing warning lights shall must be of the type authorized by section 169.59, 
7.22 	subdivision 4, unless otherwise permitted or required in this chapter.
7.23 	(c) A stop lamp or signal lamp is prohibited from projecting a glaring or dazzling light, 
7.24 	except for:
7.25 	(1) strobe lamps as provided under subdivision 8 or section 169.59, subdivision 4; or
7.26 	(2) a school bus equipped with a supplemental warning system under section 169.4503, 
7.27 	subdivision 31.

8.1 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 169.64, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
8.2 	read:
8.3 		Subd. 4a.White light. (a) It is unlawful to project a white light at the rear of a vehicle 
8.4 	while traveling on any street or highway, except:
8.5 	(1) for a vehicle moving in reverse;
8.6 	(2) for a school bus equipped with a supplemental warning system under section 
8.7 	169.4503, subdivision 31;
8.8 	(3) for a strobe lamp as provided under subdivision 8;
8.9 	(4) as required for license plate illumination under section 169.50, subdivision 2;
8.10 	(5) as provided in section 169.59, subdivision 4; and
8.11 	(6) as otherwise provided in this subdivision.
8.12 	(b) A lighting device mounted on top of a vehicle engaged in deliveries to residences 
8.13 	may project a white light to the rear if the sign projects one or more additional colors to the 
8.14 	rear.
8.15 	(c) An authorized emergency vehicle may display an oscillating, alternating, or rotating 
8.16 	white light used in connection with an oscillating, alternating, or rotating red light when 
8.17 	responding to emergency calls.

8.18 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 169.64, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
8.19 		Subd. 8.Strobe lamp. (a) Notwithstanding sections 169.55, subdivision 1; 169.57, 
8.20 	subdivision 3, paragraph (b); or any other law to the contrary, a vehicle may be equipped 
8.21 	with a 360-degree flashing strobe lamp that emits a white light with a flash rate of 60 to 
8.22 	120 flashes a minute, and the lamp may be used as provided in this subdivision, if the vehicle 
8.23 	is:
8.24 	(1) a school bus that is subject to and complies with the equipment requirements of
8.25 	sections 169.441, subdivision 1, and section169.442, subdivision 1, or a Head Start bus. 
8.26 	The lamp must operate from a separate switch containing an indicator lamp to show when 
8.27 	the strobe lamp is in use; or
8.28 	(2) a road maintenance vehicle owned or under contract to the Department of 
8.29 	Transportation or a road authority of a county, home rule or statutory city, or town, but the 
8.30 	strobe lamp may only be operated while the vehicle is actually engaged in snow removal 
8.31 	during daylight hours.
9.1 	(b) Notwithstanding sections 169.55, subdivision 1; 169.57, subdivision 3, paragraph 
9.2 	(b); or any other law to the contrary, a vehicle may be equipped with a 360-degree flashing 
9.3 	strobe lamp that emits an amber light with a flash rate of 60 to 120 flashes a minute, and 
9.4 	the lamp may be used as provided in this subdivision, if the vehicle is a rural mail carrier 
9.5 	vehicle, provided that the strobe lamp is mounted at the highest practicable point on the 
9.6 	vehicle. The strobe lamp may only be operated while the vehicle is actually engaged during 
9.7 	daylight hours in the delivery of mail to residents on a rural mail route.
9.8 	(c) A strobe lamp authorized by this section shall subdivision must be of a double flash 
9.9 	type certified to the commissioner of public safety by the manufacturer as being weatherproof 
9.10 	and having a minimum an effective light output of 200 candelas as measured by the 
9.11 	Blondel-Rey formula that meets or exceeds the most recent version of SAE International 
9.12 	standard J845, Class 2, or a subsequent standard.

9.13 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 169.81, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
9.14 	read:
9.15 		Subd. 11.Automobile transporter. (a) For purposes of this subdivision, the following 
9.16 	terms have the meanings given them:
9.17 	(1) "automobile transporter" means any vehicle combination designed and used to 
9.18 	transport assembled highway vehicles, including truck camper units;
9.19 	(2) "stinger-steered combination automobile transporter" means a truck tractor semitrailer 
9.20 	having the fifth wheel located on a drop frame located behind and below the rear-most axle 
9.21 	of the power unit; and
9.22 	(3) "backhaul" means the return trip of a vehicle transporting cargo or general freight, 
9.23 	including when carrying goods back over all or part of the same route.
9.24 	(b) Stinger-steered combination automobile transporters having a length of 80 feet or 
9.25 	less may be operated on interstate highways and other highways designated in this section, 
9.26 	and in addition may carry a load that extends the length by four feet or less in the front of 
9.27 	the vehicle and six feet or less in the rear of the vehicle.
9.28 	(c) An automobile transporter may transport cargo or general freight on a backhaul, 
9.29 	provided it complies with weight limitations for a truck tractor and semitrailer combination 
9.30 	under section 169.824.

10.1 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 169.8261, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
10.2 		Subd. 2.Conditions. (a) A vehicle or combination of vehicles described in subdivision 
10.3 	1 must:
10.4 	(1) comply with seasonal load restrictions in effect between the dates set by the 
10.5 	commissioner under section 169.87, subdivision 2;
10.6 	(2) comply with bridge load limits posted under section 169.84;
10.7 	(3) be equipped and operated with six or more axles and brakes on all wheels;
10.8 	(4) not exceed 90,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, or 99,000 pounds gross vehicle 
10.9 	weight during the time when seasonal increases are authorized under section 169.826;
10.10 	(5) not be operated on interstate highways;
10.11 	(6) obtain an annual permit from the commissioner of transportation;
10.12 	(7) obey all road postings; and
10.13 	(8) not exceed 20,000 pounds gross weight on any single axle.
10.14 	(b) A vehicle operated under this section may exceed the legal axle weight limits listed 
10.15 	in section 169.824 by not more than 12.5 percent; except that, the weight limits may be 
10.16 	exceeded by not more than 23.75 percent during the time when seasonal increases are 
10.17 	authorized under section 169.826, subdivision 1.
10.18 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), clause (5), a vehicle or combination of vehicles 
10.19 	hauling raw or unfinished forest products may operate on the segment of marked Interstate 
10.20 	Highway 35 provided under United States Code, title 23, section 127(q)(2)(D).

10.21 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 169.829, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
10.22 		Subd. 4.Certain emergency vehicles. (a) The provisions of sections 169.80 to 169.88 
10.23 	governing size, weight, and load do not apply to a fire apparatus, a law enforcement special 
10.24 	response vehicle, or a licensed land emergency ambulance service vehicle.
10.25 	(b) Emergency vehicles designed to transport personnel and equipment to support the 
10.26 	suppression of fires and to mitigate other hazardous situations are subject to the following 
10.27 	weight limitations when operated on an interstate highway: (1) 24,000 pounds on a single 
10.28 	steering axle; (2) 33,500 pounds on a single drive axle; (3) 52,000 pounds on a tandem rear 
10.29 	drive steer axle; and (4) 62,000 pounds on a tandem axle. The gross weight of an emergency 
10.30 	vehicle operating on an interstate highway must not exceed 86,000 pounds.

11.1 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 171.041, is amended to read:
11.2 	171.041 RESTRICTED LICENSE FOR FARM WORK.
11.3 	(a) Notwithstanding any provisions of section 171.04 relating to the age of an applicant 
11.4 	to the contrary, the commissioner may issue a restricted farm work license to operate a 
11.5 	motor vehicle to a person who has attained the age of 15 years and who, except for age, is 
11.6 	qualified to hold a driver's license. The applicant is not required to comply with the six-month 
11.7 	instruction permit possession provisions of sections 171.04, subdivision 1, clause (2), and 
11.8 	171.05, subdivision 2a, or with the 12-month provisional license possession provision of 
11.9 	section 171.04, subdivision 1, clause (1), item (i).
11.10 	(b) The restricted license shall must be issued solely for the purpose of authorizing the 
11.11 	person to whom the restricted license is issued to assist the person's parents or guardians 
11.12 	with farm work. An individual may perform farm work under the restricted license for any 
11.13 	entity authorized to farm under section 500.24. A person holding this restricted license may 
11.14 	operate a motor vehicle only during daylight hours and only within a radius of 20 40 miles 
11.15 	of the parent's or guardian's farmhouse; however, in no case may a person holding the 
11.16 	restricted license operate a motor vehicle in a city of the first class.
11.17 	(c) An applicant for a restricted license shall must apply to the commissioner for the 
11.18 	license on forms prescribed by the commissioner. The application shall must be accompanied 
11.19 	by:
11.20 	(1) a copy of a property tax statement showing that the applicant's parent or guardian 
11.21 	owns land that is classified as agricultural land or a copy of a rental statement or agreement 
11.22 	showing that the applicant's parent or guardian rents land classified as agricultural land; and
11.23 	(2) a written verified statement by the applicant's parent or guardian setting forth the 
11.24 	necessity for the license.

11.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2019.

11.26 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 174.12, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
11.27 		Subd. 8.Legislative report. (a) By February 1 of each odd-numbered year, the 
11.28 	commissioner of transportation, with assistance from the commissioner of employment and 
11.29 	economic development, shall must submit a report on the transportation economic 
11.30 	development program to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative 
11.31 	committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance and economic 
11.32 	development policy and finance.
12.1 	(b) At a minimum, the report must:
12.2 	(1) summarize the requirements and implementation of the transportation economic 
12.3 	development program established in this section;
12.4 	(2) review the criteria and economic impact performance measures used for evaluation, 
12.5 	prioritization, and selection of projects;
12.6 	(3) provide a brief overview of each project that received financial assistance under the 
12.7 	program, which must at a minimum identify:
12.8 	(i) basic project characteristics, such as funding recipient, geographic location, and type 
12.9 	of transportation modes served;
12.10 	(ii) sources and respective amounts of project funding; and
12.11 	(iii) the degree of economic benefit anticipated or observed, following the economic 
12.12 	impact performance measures established under subdivision 4;
12.13 	(4) identify the allocation of funds, including but not limited to a breakdown of total 
12.14 	project funds by transportation mode, the amount expended for administrative costs, and 
12.15 	the amount transferred to the transportation economic development assistance account;
12.16 	(5) evaluate the overall economic impact of the program; and
12.17 	(6) provide recommendations for any legislative changes related to the program.
12.18 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a report is not required in an odd-numbered year if 
12.19 	no project received financial assistance during the preceding 24 months.

12.20 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 360.013, is amended by adding a subdivision 
12.21 	to read:
12.22 		Subd. 46a.Comprehensive plan. "Comprehensive plan" has the meaning given in 
12.23 	section 394.22, subdivision 9, or 462.352, subdivision 5.

12.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective August 1, 2019.

12.25 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 360.017, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
12.26 		Subdivision 1.Creation; authorized disbursements.  (a) There is hereby created a fund 
12.27 	to be known as the state airports fund. The fund shall consist of all money appropriated to 
12.28 	it, or directed to be paid into it, by the legislature.
12.29 	(b) The state airports fund shall be paid out on authorization of the commissioner and 
12.30 	shall be used:
13.1 	(1) to acquire, construct, improve, maintain, and operate airports and other air navigation 
13.2 	facilities;
13.3 	(2) to assist municipalities in the planning, acquisition, construction, improvement, and 
13.4 	maintenance of airports and other air navigation facilities;
13.5 	(3) to assist municipalities to initiate, enhance, and market scheduled air service at their 
13.6 	airports;
13.7 	(4) to promote interest and safety in aeronautics through education and information; and
13.8 	(5) to pay the salaries and expenses of the Department of Transportation related to 
13.9 	aeronautic planning, administration, and operation. All allotments of money from the state 
13.10 	airports fund for salaries and expenses shall be approved by the commissioner of management 
13.11 	and budget.
13.12 	(c) A municipality that adopts a comprehensive plan that the commissioner finds is 
13.13 	incompatible with the state aviation plan is not eligible for assistance from the state airports 
13.14 	fund.

13.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and 
13.16 	applies to airport sponsors that make or plan to make changes to runway lengths or 
13.17 	configurations on or after that date. Airport safety zoning ordinances that were approved 
13.18 	by the commissioner and effective before August 1, 2019, remain valid until or unless the 
13.19 	airport sponsor (1) makes or plans to make changes to runway lengths or configurations, 
13.20 	or (2) is required to update airport safety zoning ordinances.

13.21 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 360.021, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
13.22 		Subdivision 1.Authority to establish. The commissioner is authorized and empowered, 
13.23 	on behalf of and in the name of this state, within the limitation of available appropriations, 
13.24 	to acquire, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, condemnation proceedings, or otherwise, property, 
13.25 	real or personal, for the purpose of establishing and constructing restricted landing areas 
13.26 	and other air navigation facilities and to acquire in like manner, own, control, establish, 
13.27 	construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, equip, operate, regulate, and police such restricted 
13.28 	landing areas and other air navigation facilities, either within or without this state; and to 
13.29 	make, prior to any such acquisition, investigations, surveys, and plans. The commissioner 
13.30 	may maintain, equip, operate, regulate, and police airports, either within or without this 
13.31 	state. The operation and maintenance of airports is an essential public service. The 
13.32 	commissioner may maintain at such airports facilities for the servicing of aircraft and for 
13.33 	the comfort and accommodation of air travelers. The commissioner may dispose of any 
14.1 	such property, airport, restricted landing area, or any other air navigation facility, by sale, 
14.2 	lease, or otherwise, in accordance with the laws of this state governing the disposition of 
14.3 	other like property of the state. The commissioner may not acquire or take over any restricted 
14.4 	landing area, or other air navigation facility without the consent of the owner. The 
14.5 	commissioner shall not acquire any additional state airports nor establish any additional 
14.6 	state-owned airports. The commissioner may erect, equip, operate, and maintain on any 
14.7 	airport buildings and equipment necessary and proper to maintain, and conduct such airport 
14.8 	and air navigation facilities connected therewith. The commissioner shall not expend money 
14.9 	for land acquisition, or for the construction, improvement, or maintenance of airports, or 
14.10 	for air navigation facilities for an airport, unless the governmental unit municipality, county, 
14.11 	or joint airport zoning board involved has or is establishing a zoning authority for that 
14.12 	airport, and the authority has made a good-faith showing that it is in the process of and will 
14.13 	complete with due diligence, an airport zoning ordinance in accordance with sections 360.061
14.14 	to 360.074. The commissioner may provide funds to support airport safety projects that 
14.15 	maintain existing infrastructure, regardless of a zoning authority's efforts to complete a 
14.16 	zoning regulation. The commissioner may withhold funding from only the airport subject 
14.17 	to the proposed zoning ordinance. Notwithstanding the foregoing prohibition, the 
14.18 	commissioner may continue to maintain the state-owned airport at Pine Creek.

14.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and 
14.20 	applies to airport sponsors that make or plan to make changes to runway lengths or 
14.21 	configurations on or after that date. Airport safety zoning ordinances that were approved 
14.22 	by the commissioner and effective before August 1, 2019, remain valid until or unless the 
14.23 	airport sponsor (1) makes or plans to make changes to runway lengths or configurations, 
14.24 	or (2) is required to update airport safety zoning ordinances.

14.25 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 360.024, is amended to read:
14.26 	360.024 AIR TRANSPORTATION SERVICE CHARGE.
14.27 		Subdivision 1.Charges. (a) The commissioner shall must charge users of air 
14.28 	transportation services provided by the commissioner for direct operating costs, excluding 
14.29 	pilot salary and.
14.30 	(b) The commissioner must charge users for a portion of aircraft acquisition, replacement, 
14.31 	or leasing costs.
14.32 		Subd. 2.Accounts; appropriation. (a) An air transportation services account is 
14.33 	established in the state airports fund. The account consists of money collected under 
14.34 	subdivision 1, paragraph (a), and any other money donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise 
15.1 	provided to the account.All receipts for these services shall be deposited in the air 
15.2 	transportation services account in the state airports fund and are Money in the account is 
15.3 	annually appropriated to the commissioner to pay these direct air service operating costs.
15.4 	(b) An aircraft capital account is established in the state airports fund. The account 
15.5 	consists of collections under subdivision 1, paragraph (b), proceeds from the sale of aircraft 
15.6 	under jurisdiction of the department, and any other money donated, allotted, transferred, or 
15.7 	otherwise provided to the account. Money in the account must be used for aircraft acquisition, 
15.8 	replacement, or leasing costs. Except as provided by law, the commissioner must not transfer 
15.9 	money into or out of the account.

15.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.

15.11 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 360.062, is amended to read:
15.12 	360.062 AIRPORT HAZARD PREVENTION; PROTECTING EXISTING 
15.13 	NEIGHBORHOOD LAND USES.
15.14 	(a) It is hereby found that an airport hazard endangers the lives and property of users of 
15.15 	the airport and of occupants of land in its vicinity, and may reduce the size of the area 
15.16 	available for the landing, takeoff, and maneuvering of aircraft, thereby impairing the utility 
15.17 	of the airport and the public investment therein. It is also found that the social and financial 
15.18 	costs of disrupting existing land uses around airports in built up urban areas, particularly 
15.19 	established residential neighborhoods, often outweigh the benefits of a reduction in airport 
15.20 	hazards that might result from the elimination or removal of those uses.
15.21 	(b) Accordingly, it is hereby declared: (1) that the creation or establishment of an airport 
15.22 	hazard is a public nuisance and an injury to the community served by the airport in question; 
15.23 	(2) that it is therefor necessary in the interest of the public health, public safety, and general 
15.24 	welfare that the creation or establishment of airport hazards be prevented and that this should 
15.25 	be accomplished to the extent legally possible, by exercise of the police power, without 
15.26 	compensation; and (3) that the elimination or removal of existing land uses, particularly 
15.27 	established residential neighborhoods in built-up urban areas, or their designation as 
15.28 	nonconforming uses is not in the public interest and should be avoided whenever possible 
15.29 	consistent with reasonable standards of safety.
15.30 	(c) It is further declared that the prevention of the creation or establishment of airport 
15.31 	hazards and the elimination, removal, alteration, mitigation, or marking and lighting of 
15.32 	existing airport hazards are essential public purposes services for which political subdivisions 
15.33 	may raise and expend public funds and acquire land or property interests therein.

16.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and 
16.2 	applies to airport sponsors that make or plan to make changes to runway lengths or 
16.3 	configurations on or after that date. Airport safety zoning ordinances that were approved 
16.4 	by the commissioner and effective before August 1, 2019, remain valid until or unless the 
16.5 	airport sponsor (1) makes or plans to make changes to runway lengths or configurations, 
16.6 	or (2) is required to update airport safety zoning ordinances.

16.7 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 360.063, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
16.8 		Subdivision 1.Enforcement under police power. (a) In order to prevent the creation 
16.9 	or establishment of airport hazards, every municipality having an airport hazard area within 
16.10 	its territorial limits may, unless a joint airport zoning board is permitted under subdivision 
16.11 	3, adopt, amend from time to time, administer, and enforce, under the police power and in 
16.12 	the manner and upon the conditions hereinafter prescribed, airport zoning regulations for 
16.13 	such airport hazard area, which regulations may divide such area into zones, and, within 
16.14 	such zones, specify the land uses permitted and regulate and restrict the height to which 
16.15 	structures and trees may be erected or allowed to grow.
16.16 	(b) For the purpose of promoting In order to promote health, safety, order, convenience, 
16.17 	prosperity, general welfare and for conserving to conserve property values and encouraging
16.18 	encourage the most appropriate use of land, the municipality may regulate the location, size 
16.19 	and use of buildings and the density of population in that portion of an airport hazard area 
16.20 	under approach zones for a distance not to exceed two miles from the airport boundary and 
16.21 	in other portions of an in airport hazard area may regulate by land use zoning for a distance 
16.22 	not to exceed one mile from the airport boundary, and by height-restriction zoning for a 
16.23 	distance not to exceed 1-1/2 miles from the airport boundary areas: (1) land use; (2) height 
16.24 	restrictions; (3) the location, size, and use of buildings; and (4) the density of population.
16.25 	(c) The powers granted by this subdivision may be exercised by metropolitan airports 
16.26 	commissions in contiguous cities of the first class in and for which they have been created.
16.27 	(d) In the case of airports owned or operated by the state of Minnesota such powers shall 
16.28 	be exercised by the state airport zoning boards or by the commissioner of transportation as 
16.29 	authorized herein.

16.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and 
16.31 	applies to airport sponsors that make or plan to make changes to runway lengths or 
16.32 	configurations on or after that date. Airport safety zoning ordinances that were approved 
16.33 	by the commissioner and effective before August 1, 2019, remain valid until or unless the 
17.1 	airport sponsor (1) makes or plans to make changes to runway lengths or configurations, 
17.2 	or (2) is required to update airport safety zoning ordinances.

17.3 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 360.063, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
17.4 		Subd. 3.Joint airport zoning board. (a) Where an airport is owned or controlled by a 
17.5 	municipality and an airport hazard area appertaining to the airport is located within the 
17.6 	territorial limits of another county or municipality, the municipality owning or controlling 
17.7 	the airport may request a county or municipality in which an airport hazard area is located:
17.8 	(1) to adopt and enforce airport zoning regulations for the area in question that conform 
17.9 	to standards prescribed by the commissioner pursuant to subdivision 4 under sections 
17.10 	360.0655 and 360.0656; or
17.11 	(2) to join in creating a joint airport zoning board pursuant to paragraph (b). The owning 
17.12 	or controlling municipality shall determine which of these actions it shall request, except 
17.13 	as provided in paragraph (e) for the Metropolitan Airports Commission. The request shall 
17.14 	be made by certified mail to the governing body of each county and municipality in which 
17.15 	an airport hazard area is located.
17.16 	(b) Where an airport is owned or controlled by a municipality and an airport hazard area 
17.17 	appertaining to the airport is located within the territorial limits of another county or 
17.18 	municipality, the municipality owning or controlling the airport and the county or other 
17.19 	municipality within which the airport hazard area is located may, by ordinance or resolution 
17.20 	duly adopted, create a joint airport zoning board, which board shall have the same power 
17.21 	to adopt, administer, and enforce airport zoning regulations applicable to the airport hazard 
17.22 	area in question as that vested by subdivision 1 in the municipality within which the area 
17.23 	is located. A joint board shall have as members two representatives appointed by the 
17.24 	municipality owning or controlling the airport and two from the county or municipality, or 
17.25 	in case more than one county or municipality is involved two from each county or 
17.26 	municipality, in which the airport hazard is located, and in addition a chair elected by a 
17.27 	majority of the members so appointed. All members shall serve at the pleasure of their 
17.28 	respective appointing authority. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 
17.29 	if the owning and controlling municipality is a city of the first class it shall appoint four 
17.30 	members to the board, and the chair of the board shall be elected from the membership of 
17.31 	the board.
17.32 	(c) If a county or municipality, within 60 days of receiving a request from an owning 
17.33 	or controlling municipality pursuant to paragraph (a), fails to adopt, or thereafter fails to 
17.34 	enforce, the zoning regulations or fails to join in creating a joint airport zoning board, the 
18.1 	owning or controlling municipality, or a joint airport zoning board created without 
18.2 	participation by the subdivisions which fail to join the board, may itself adopt, administer, 
18.3 	and enforce airport zoning regulations for the airport hazard area in question. In the event 
18.4 	of conflict between the regulations and airport zoning regulations adopted by the county or 
18.5 	municipality within which the airport hazard area is located, section 360.064, subdivision 
18.6 	2, applies.
18.7 	(d) "Owning or controlling municipality," as used in this subdivision, includes:
18.8 	(1) a joint airport operating board created pursuant to section 360.042 that has been 
18.9 	granted all the powers of a municipality in zoning matters under the agreement creating the 
18.10 	board;
18.11 	(2) a joint airport operating board created pursuant to section 360.042 that has not been 
18.12 	granted zoning powers under the agreement creating the board; provided that the board shall 
18.13 	not itself adopt zoning regulations nor shall a joint airport zoning board created at its request 
18.14 	adopt zoning regulations unless all municipalities that created the joint operating board join 
18.15 	to create the joint zoning board; and
18.16 	(3) the Metropolitan Airports Commission established and operated pursuant to chapter 
18.17 	473.
18.18 	(e) The Metropolitan Airports Commission shall request creation of one joint airport 
18.19 	zoning board for each airport operated under its authority.

18.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and 
18.21 	applies to airport sponsors that make or plan to make changes to runway lengths or 
18.22 	configurations on or after that date. Airport safety zoning ordinances that were approved 
18.23 	by the commissioner and effective before August 1, 2019, remain valid until or unless the 
18.24 	airport sponsor (1) makes or plans to make changes to runway lengths or configurations, 
18.25 	or (2) is required to update airport safety zoning ordinances.

18.26 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 360.064, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
18.27 		Subdivision 1.Comprehensive regulations. In the event that a municipality has adopted, 
18.28 	or hereafter adopts, a comprehensive zoning ordinance regulating, among other things the 
18.29 	height of buildings, any airport zoning regulations applicable to the same area or portion 
18.30 	thereof may must be incorporated by reference or incorporated in and made a part of such 
18.31 	comprehensive zoning regulations and be administered and enforced in connection therewith.

18.32 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and 
18.33 	applies to airport sponsors that make or plan to make changes to runway lengths or 
19.1 	configurations on or after that date. Airport safety zoning ordinances that were approved 
19.2 	by the commissioner and effective before August 1, 2019, remain valid until or unless the 
19.3 	airport sponsor (1) makes or plans to make changes to runway lengths or configurations, 
19.4 	or (2) is required to update airport safety zoning ordinances.

19.5 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 360.065, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
19.6 		Subdivision 1.Notice of proposed zoning regulations, hearing. (a) No airport zoning 
19.7 	regulations shall be adopted, amended, or changed under sections 360.011 to 360.076, 
19.8 	except by action of the governing body of the municipality or, county in question, or joint 
19.9 	airport zoning board under section 360.0655 or 360.0656, or the boards provided for in 
19.10 	section 360.063, subdivisions 3 and 7, or by the commissioner as provided in subdivisions 
19.11 	6 and 8, after public hearings, at which parties in interest and citizens shall have an 
19.12 	opportunity to be heard.
19.13 	(b) A public hearing shall must be held on the proposed airport zoning regulations 
19.14 	proposed by a municipality, county, or joint airport zoning board before they are submitted 
19.15 	for approval to the commissioner and after that approval but before final adoption by the 
19.16 	local zoning authority for approval. If any changes that alter the regulations placed on a 
19.17 	parcel of land are made to the proposed airport zoning regulations after the initial public 
19.18 	hearing, the municipality, county, or joint airport zoning board must hold a second public 
19.19 	hearing before final adoption of the regulation. The commissioner may require a second 
19.20 	hearing as determined necessary.
19.21 	(c) Notice of a hearing required pursuant to this subdivision shall must be published by 
19.22 	the local zoning authority municipality, county, or joint airport zoning board at least three 
19.23 	times during the period between 15 days and five days before the hearing in an official 
19.24 	newspaper and in a second newspaper designated by that authority which has a wide general 
19.25 	circulation in the area affected by the proposed regulations.and posted on the municipality's, 
19.26 	county's, or joint airport zoning board's website. If there is not a second newspaper of wide 
19.27 	general circulation in the area that the municipality, county, or joint airport zoning board 
19.28 	can designate for the notice, the municipality, county, or joint airport zoning board is only 
19.29 	required to publish the notice once in the official newspaper of the jurisdiction. The notice 
19.30 	shall not be published in the legal notice section of a newspaper. The notice must specify 
19.31 	the time, location, and purpose of the hearing, and must identify any additional location and 
19.32 	time the proposed regulations will be available for public inspection. A copy of the published 
19.33 	notice must be added to the record of the proceedings.
20.1 	(d) Notice of a hearing shall also be mailed to the governing body of each political 
20.2 	subdivision in which property affected by the regulations is located. Notice shall must be 
20.3 	given by mail at least 15 ten days before each hearing to any persons in municipalities that 
20.4 	own land proposed to be included in safety zone A or B as provided in the rules of the 
20.5 	Department of Transportation and landowners where the location or size of a building, or 
20.6 	the density of population, will be regulated. Mailed notice must also be provided at least 
20.7 	ten days before each hearing to persons or municipalities that have previously requested 
20.8 	such notice from the authority.municipality, county, or joint airport zoning board. The 
20.9 	notice must specify the time, location, and purpose of the hearing, and must identify any 
20.10 	additional location and time the proposed regulations will be made available for public 
20.11 	inspection. Mailed notice must also identify the property affected by the regulations. For 
20.12 	the purpose of giving providing mailed notice, the authority municipality, county, or joint 
20.13 	airport zoning board may use any appropriate records to determine the names and addresses 
20.14 	of owners. A copy of the notice and a list of the owners and addresses to which the notice 
20.15 	was sent shall be attested to by the responsible person and shall must be made a part of
20.16 	added to the records of the proceedings. The Failure to give provide mailed notice to 
20.17 	individual property owners, or defects a defect in the notice, shall does not invalidate the 
20.18 	proceedings; provided if a bona fide attempt to comply with this subdivision has been was
20.19 	made. A notice shall describe the property affected by the proposed regulations and the 
20.20 	restrictions to be imposed on the property by the regulations and shall state the place and 
20.21 	time at which the proposed regulations are available for public inspection.

20.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and 
20.23 	applies to airport sponsors that make or plan to make changes to runway lengths or 
20.24 	configurations on or after that date. Airport safety zoning ordinances that were approved 
20.25 	by the commissioner and effective before August 1, 2019, remain valid until or unless the 
20.26 	airport sponsor (1) makes or plans to make changes to runway lengths or configurations, 
20.27 	or (2) is required to update airport safety zoning ordinances.

20.28 	Sec. 33. [360.0655] AIRPORT ZONING REGULATIONS BASED ON 
20.29 	COMMISSIONER'S STANDARDS; SUBMISSION PROCESS.
20.30 		Subdivision 1.Submission to commissioner; review. (a) Except as provided in section 
20.31 	360.0656, prior to adopting zoning regulations the municipality, county, or joint airport 
20.32 	zoning board must submit the proposed regulations to the commissioner for the commissioner 
20.33 	to determine whether the regulations conform to the standards prescribed by the 
20.34 	commissioner. The municipality, county, or joint airport zoning board may elect to complete 
21.1 	custom airport zoning under section 360.0656 instead of using the commissioner's standard, 
21.2 	but only after providing written notice to the commissioner.
21.3 	(b) Notwithstanding section 15.99, the commissioner must examine the proposed 
21.4 	regulations within 90 days of receipt of the regulations and report to the municipality, county, 
21.5 	or joint airport zoning board the commissioner's approval or objections, if any. Failure to 
21.6 	respond within 90 days is deemed an approval. The commissioner may request additional 
21.7 	information from the municipality, county, or joint airport zoning board within the 90-day 
21.8 	review period. If the commissioner requests additional information, the 90-day review period 
21.9 	is tolled until the commissioner receives information and deems the information satisfactory.
21.10 	(c) If the commissioner objects on the grounds that the regulations do not conform to 
21.11 	the standards prescribed by the commissioner, the municipality, county, or joint airport 
21.12 	zoning board must make amendments necessary to resolve the objections or provide written 
21.13 	notice to the commissioner that the municipality, county, or joint airport zoning board has 
21.14 	elected to proceed with zoning under section 360.0656.
21.15 	(d) If the municipality, county, or joint airport zoning board makes revisions to the 
21.16 	proposed regulations after its initial public hearing, the municipality, county, or joint airport 
21.17 	zoning board must conduct a second public hearing on the revisions and resubmit the revised 
21.18 	proposed regulations to the commissioner for review. The commissioner must examine the 
21.19 	revised proposed regulations within 90 days of receipt to determine whether the revised 
21.20 	proposed regulations conform to the standards prescribed by the commissioner.
21.21 	(e) If, after a second review period, the commissioner determines that the municipality, 
21.22 	county, or joint airport zoning board failed to submit proposed regulations that conform to 
21.23 	the commissioner's standards, the commissioner must provide a final written decision to 
21.24 	the municipality, county, or joint airport zoning board.
21.25 	(f) The municipality, county, or joint airport zoning board must not adopt regulations 
21.26 	or take other action until the proposed regulations are approved by the commissioner.
21.27 	(g) The commissioner may approve local zoning ordinances that are more stringent than 
21.28 	the commissioner's standards.
21.29 	(h) If the commissioner approves the proposed regulations, the municipality, county, or 
21.30 	joint airport zoning board may adopt the regulations.
21.31 	(i) A copy of the adopted regulations must be filed with the county recorder in each 
21.32 	county that contains a zoned area subject to the regulations.
22.1 	(j) Substantive rights that existed and had been exercised prior to August 1, 2019, are 
22.2 	not affected by the filing of the regulations.
22.3 		Subd. 2.Protection of existing land uses. (a) In order to ensure minimum disruption 
22.4 	of existing land uses, the commissioner's airport zoning standards and local airport zoning 
22.5 	ordinances or regulations adopted under this section must distinguish between the creation 
22.6 	or establishment of a use and the elimination of an existing use, and must avoid the 
22.7 	elimination, removal, or reclassification of existing uses to the extent consistent with 
22.8 	reasonable safety standards. The commissioner's standards must include criteria for 
22.9 	determining when an existing land use may constitute an airport hazard so severe that public 
22.10 	safety considerations outweigh the public interest in preventing disruption to that land use.
22.11 	(b) Airport zoning regulations that classify as a nonconforming use or require 
22.12 	nonconforming use classification with respect to any existing low-density structure or 
22.13 	existing isolated low-density building lots must be adopted under sections 360.061 to 
22.14 	360.074.
22.15 	(c) A local airport zoning authority may classify a land use described in paragraph (b) 
22.16 	as an airport hazard if the authority finds that the classification is justified by public safety 
22.17 	considerations and is consistent with the commissioner's airport zoning standards. Any land 
22.18 	use described in paragraph (b) that is classified as an airport hazard must be acquired, altered, 
22.19 	or removed at public expense.
22.20 	(d) This subdivision must not be construed to affect the classification of any land use 
22.21 	under any zoning ordinances or regulations not adopted under sections 360.061 to 360.074.

22.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and 
22.23 	applies to airport sponsors that make or plan to make changes to runway lengths or 
22.24 	configurations on or after that date. Airport safety zoning ordinances that were approved 
22.25 	by the commissioner and effective before August 1, 2019, remain valid until or unless the 
22.26 	airport sponsor (1) makes or plans to make changes to runway lengths or configurations, 
22.27 	or (2) is required to update airport safety zoning ordinances.

22.28 	Sec. 34. [360.0656] CUSTOM AIRPORT ZONING STANDARDS.
22.29 		Subdivision 1.Custom airport zoning standards; factors. (a) Notwithstanding section 
22.30 	360.0655, a municipality, county, or joint airport zoning board must provide notice to the 
22.31 	commissioner when the municipality, county, or joint airport zoning board intends to establish 
22.32 	and adopt custom airport zoning regulations under this section.
23.1 	(b) Airport zoning regulations submitted to the commissioner under this subdivision are 
23.2 	not subject to the commissioner's zoning regulations under section 360.0655 or Minnesota 
23.3 	Rules, part 8800.2400.
23.4 	(c) When developing and adopting custom airport zoning regulations under this section, 
23.5 	the municipality, county, or joint airport zoning board must include in the record a detailed 
23.6 	analysis that explains how the proposed custom airport zoning regulations addressed the 
23.7 	following factors to ensure a reasonable level of safety:
23.8 	(1) the location of the airport, the surrounding land uses, and the character of 
23.9 	neighborhoods in the vicinity of the airport, including:
23.10 	(i) the location of vulnerable populations, including schools, hospitals, and nursing 
23.11 	homes, in the airport hazard area;
23.12 	(ii) the location of land uses that attract large assemblies of people in the airport hazard 
23.13 	area;
23.14 	(iii) the availability of contiguous open spaces in the airport hazard area;
23.15 	(iv) the location of wildlife attractants in the airport hazard area;
23.16 	(v) airport ownership or control of the federal Runway Protection Zone and the 
23.17 	department's Clear Zone;
23.18 	(vi) land uses that create or cause interference with the operation of radio or electronic 
23.19 	facilities used by the airport or aircraft;
23.20 	(vii) land uses that make it difficult for pilots to distinguish between airport lights and 
23.21 	other lights, result in glare in the eyes of pilots using the airport, or impair visibility in the 
23.22 	vicinity of the airport;
23.23 	(viii) land uses that otherwise inhibit a pilot's ability to land, take off, or maneuver the 
23.24 	aircraft;
23.25 	(ix) airspace protection to prevent the creation of air navigation hazards in the airport 
23.26 	hazard area; and
23.27 	(x) the social and economic costs of restricting land uses;
23.28 	(2) the airport's type of operations and how the operations affect safety surrounding the 
23.29 	airport;
23.30 	(3) the accident rate at the airport compared to a statistically significant sample, including 
23.31 	an analysis of accident distribution based on the rate with a higher accident incidence;
24.1 	(4) the planned land uses within an airport hazard area, including any applicable platting, 
24.2 	zoning, comprehensive plan, or transportation plan; and
24.3 	(5) any other information relevant to safety or the airport.
24.4 		Subd. 2.Submission to commissioner; review. (a) Except as provided in section 
24.5 	360.0655, prior to adopting zoning regulations, the municipality, county, or joint airport 
24.6 	zoning board must submit its proposed regulations and the supporting record to the 
24.7 	commissioner for review. The commissioner must determine whether the proposed custom 
24.8 	airport zoning regulations and supporting record (1) evaluate the criteria under subdivision 
24.9 	1, and (2) provide a reasonable level of safety.
24.10 	(b) Notwithstanding section 15.99, the commissioner must examine the proposed 
24.11 	regulations within 90 days of receipt of the regulations and report to the municipality, county, 
24.12 	or joint airport zoning board the commissioner's approval or objections, if any. Failure to 
24.13 	respond within 90 days is deemed an approval. The commissioner may request additional 
24.14 	information from the municipality, county, or joint airport zoning board within the 90-day 
24.15 	review period.
24.16 	(c) If the commissioner objects on the grounds that the regulations do not provide a 
24.17 	reasonable level of safety, the municipality, county, or joint airport zoning board must 
24.18 	review, consider, and provide a detailed explanation demonstrating how it evaluated the 
24.19 	objections and what action it took or did not take in response to the objections. If the 
24.20 	municipality, county, or joint airport zoning board submits amended regulations after its 
24.21 	initial public hearing, the municipality, county, or joint airport zoning board must conduct 
24.22 	a second public hearing on the revisions and resubmit the revised proposed regulations to 
24.23 	the commissioner for review. The commissioner must examine the revised proposed 
24.24 	regulations within 90 days of receipt of the regulations. If the commissioner requests 
24.25 	additional information, the 90-day review period is tolled until satisfactory information is 
24.26 	received by the commissioner. Failure to respond within 90 days is deemed an approval.
24.27 	(d) If, after the second review period, the commissioner determines that the municipality, 
24.28 	county, or joint airport zoning board failed to submit proposed regulations that provide a 
24.29 	reasonable safety level, the commissioner must provide a final written decision to the 
24.30 	municipality, county, or joint airport zoning board.
24.31 	(e) A municipality, county, or joint airport zoning board is prohibited from adopting 
24.32 	custom regulations or taking other action until the proposed regulations are approved by 
24.33 	the commissioner.
25.1 	(f) If the commissioner approves the proposed regulations, the municipality, county, or 
25.2 	joint airport zoning board may adopt the regulations.
25.3 	(g) A copy of the adopted regulations must be filed with the county recorder in each 
25.4 	county that contains a zoned area subject to the regulations.
25.5 	(h) Substantive rights that existed and had been exercised prior to August 1, 2019, are 
25.6 	not affected by the filing of the regulations.

25.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and 
25.8 	applies to airport sponsors that make or plan to make changes to runway lengths or 
25.9 	configurations on or after that date. Airport safety zoning ordinances that were approved 
25.10 	by the commissioner and effective before August 1, 2019, remain valid until or unless the 
25.11 	airport sponsor (1) makes or plans to make changes to runway lengths or configurations, 
25.12 	or (2) is required to update airport safety zoning ordinances.

25.13 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 360.066, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
25.14 		Subdivision 1.Reasonableness. Standards of the commissioner Zoning standards defining 
25.15 	airport hazard areas and the categories of uses permitted and airport zoning regulations 
25.16 	adopted under sections 360.011 to 360.076, shall must be reasonable, and none shall impose 
25.17 	a requirement or restriction which that is not reasonably necessary to effectuate the purposes 
25.18 	of sections 360.011 to 360.076. In determining what minimum airport zoning regulations 
25.19 	may be adopted, the commissioner and a local airport zoning authority shall consider, among 
25.20 	other things, the character of the flying operations expected to be conducted at the airport, 
25.21 	the location of the airport, the nature of the terrain within the airport hazard area, the existing 
25.22 	land uses and character of the neighborhood around the airport, the uses to which the property 
25.23 	to be zoned are planned and adaptable, and the social and economic costs of restricting land 
25.24 	uses versus the benefits derived from a strict application of the standards of the commissioner.

25.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and 
25.26 	applies to airport sponsors that make or plan to make changes to runway lengths or 
25.27 	configurations on or after that date. Airport safety zoning ordinances that were approved 
25.28 	by the commissioner and effective before August 1, 2019, remain valid until or unless the 
25.29 	airport sponsor (1) makes or plans to make changes to runway lengths or configurations, 
25.30 	or (2) is required to update airport safety zoning ordinances.

26.1 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 360.067, is amended by adding a subdivision 
26.2 	to read:
26.3 		Subd. 5.Federal no hazard determination. (a) Notwithstanding subdivisions 1 and 2, 
26.4 	a municipality, county, or joint airport zoning board may include in its custom airport zoning 
26.5 	regulations adopted under section 360.0656 an option to permit construction of a structure, 
26.6 	an increase or alteration of the height of a structure, or the growth of an existing tree without 
26.7 	a variance from height restrictions if the Federal Aviation Administration has analyzed the 
26.8 	proposed construction, alteration, or growth under Code of Federal Regulations, title 14, 
26.9 	part 77, and has determined the proposed construction, alteration, or growth does not:
26.10 	(1) pose a hazard to air navigation;
26.11 	(2) require changes to airport or aircraft operations; or
26.12 	(3) require any mitigation conditions by the Federal Aviation Administration that cannot 
26.13 	be satisfied by the landowner.
26.14 	(b) A municipality, county, or joint airport zoning board that permits an exception to 
26.15 	height restrictions under this subdivision must require the applicant to file the Federal 
26.16 	Aviation Administration's no hazard determination with the applicable zoning administrator. 
26.17 	The applicant must obtain written approval of the zoning administrator before construction, 
26.18 	alteration, or growth may occur. Failure of the administrator to respond within 60 days to 
26.19 	a filing under this subdivision is deemed a denial. The Federal Aviation Administration's 
26.20 	no hazard determination does not apply to requests for variation from land use, density, or 
26.21 	any other requirement unrelated to the height of structures or the growth of trees.

26.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and 
26.23 	applies to airport sponsors that make or plan to make changes to runway lengths or 
26.24 	configurations on or after that date. Airport safety zoning ordinances that were approved 
26.25 	by the commissioner and effective before August 1, 2019, remain valid until or unless the 
26.26 	airport sponsor (1) makes or plans to make changes to runway lengths or configurations, 
26.27 	or (2) is required to update airport safety zoning ordinances.

26.28 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 360.071, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
26.29 		Subd. 2.Membership. (a) Where a zoning board of appeals or adjustment already exists, 
26.30 	it may be appointed as the board of adjustment. Otherwise, the board of adjustment shall 
26.31 	consist of five members, each to be appointed for a term of three years by the authority 
26.32 	adopting the regulations and to be removable by the appointing authority for cause, upon 
26.33 	written charges and after public hearing. The length of initial appointments may be staggered.
27.1 	(b) In the case of a Metropolitan Airports Commission, five members shall be appointed 
27.2 	by the commission chair from the area in and for which the commission was created, any 
27.3 	of whom may be members of the commission. In the case of an airport owned or operated 
27.4 	by the state of Minnesota, the board of commissioners of the county, or counties, in which 
27.5 	the airport hazard area is located shall constitute the airport board of adjustment and shall 
27.6 	exercise the powers and duties of such board as provided herein.

27.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and 
27.8 	applies to airport sponsors that make or plan to make changes to runway lengths or 
27.9 	configurations on or after that date. Airport safety zoning ordinances that were approved 
27.10 	by the commissioner and effective before August 1, 2019, remain valid until or unless the 
27.11 	airport sponsor (1) makes or plans to make changes to runway lengths or configurations, 
27.12 	or (2) is required to update airport safety zoning ordinances.

27.13 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 360.305, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
27.14 		Subd. 6.Zoning required. The commissioner shall must not expend money for planning 
27.15 	or land acquisition, or for the construction, improvement, or maintenance of airports, or for 
27.16 	air navigation facilities for an airport, unless the governmental unit municipality, county, 
27.17 	or joint airport zoning board involved has or is establishing a zoning authority for that 
27.18 	airport, and the authority has made a good-faith showing that it is in the process of and will 
27.19 	complete with due diligence, an airport zoning ordinance in accordance with sections 360.061
27.20 	to 360.074. The commissioner may provide funds to support airport safety projects that 
27.21 	maintain existing infrastructure, regardless of a zoning authority's efforts to complete a 
27.22 	zoning regulation. The commissioner shall must make maximum use of zoning and easements 
27.23 	to eliminate runway and other potential airport hazards rather than land acquisition in fee.

27.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and 
27.25 	applies to airport sponsors that make or plan to make changes to runway lengths or 
27.26 	configurations on or after that date. Airport safety zoning ordinances that were approved 
27.27 	by the commissioner and effective before August 1, 2019, remain valid until or unless the 
27.28 	airport sponsor (1) makes or plans to make changes to runway lengths or configurations, 
27.29 	or (2) is required to update airport safety zoning ordinances.

28.1 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 394.22, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
28.2 	read:
28.3 		Subd. 1a.Airport safety zone. "Airport safety zone" means an area subject to land use 
28.4 	zoning controls adopted under sections 360.061 to 360.074 if the zoning controls regulate 
28.5 	(1) the size or location of buildings, or (2) the density of population.

28.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective August 1, 2019.

28.7 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 394.23, is amended to read:
28.8 	394.23 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
28.9 	The board has the power and authority to prepare and adopt by ordinance, a 
28.10 	comprehensive plan. A comprehensive plan or plans when adopted by ordinance must be 
28.11 	the basis for official controls adopted under the provisions of sections 394.21 to 394.37. 
28.12 	The commissioner of natural resources must provide the natural heritage data from the 
28.13 	county biological survey, if available, to each county for use in the comprehensive plan. 
28.14 	When adopting or updating the comprehensive plan, the board must, if the data is available 
28.15 	to the county, consider natural heritage data resulting from the county biological survey. In 
28.16 	a county that is not a greater than 80 percent area, as defined in section 103G.005, subdivision 
28.17 	10b, the board must consider adopting goals and objectives that will protect open space and 
28.18 	the environment. The board must consider the location and dimensions of airport safety 
28.19 	zones in any portion of the county, and of any airport improvements, identified in the airport's 
28.20 	most recent approved airport layout plan.

28.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and 
28.22 	applies to airport sponsors that make or plan to make changes to runway lengths or 
28.23 	configurations on or after that date. Airport safety zoning ordinances that were approved 
28.24 	by the commissioner and effective before August 1, 2019, remain valid until or unless the 
28.25 	airport sponsor (1) makes or plans to make changes to runway lengths or configurations, 
28.26 	or (2) is required to update airport safety zoning ordinances.

28.27 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 394.231, is amended to read:
28.28 	394.231 COMPREHENSIVE PLANS IN GREATER MINNESOTA; OPEN SPACE.
28.29 	A county adopting or updating a comprehensive plan in a county outside the metropolitan 
28.30 	area as defined by section 473.121, subdivision 2, and that is not a greater than 80 percent 
28.31 	area, as defined in section 103G.005, subdivision 10b, shall consider adopting goals and 
28.32 	objectives for the preservation of agricultural, forest, wildlife, and open space land, and 
29.1 	minimizing development in sensitive shoreland areas. Within three years of updating the 
29.2 	comprehensive plan, the county shall consider adopting ordinances as part of the county's 
29.3 	official controls that encourage the implementation of the goals and objectives. The county 
29.4 	shall consider the following goals and objectives:
29.5 	(1) minimizing the fragmentation and development of agricultural, forest, wildlife, and 
29.6 	open space lands, including consideration of appropriate minimum lot sizes;
29.7 	(2) minimizing further development in sensitive shoreland areas;
29.8 	(3) minimizing development near wildlife management areas, scientific and natural 
29.9 	areas, and nature centers;
29.10 	(4) encouraging land uses in airport safety zones that are compatible with the safe 
29.11 	operation of the airport and the safety of people in the vicinity of the airport;
29.12 	(4) (5) identification of areas of preference for higher density, including consideration 
29.13 	of existing and necessary water and wastewater services, infrastructure, other services, and 
29.14 	to the extent feasible, encouraging full development of areas previously zoned for 
29.15 	nonagricultural uses;
29.16 	(5) (6) encouraging development close to places of employment, shopping centers, 
29.17 	schools, mass transit, and other public and private service centers;
29.18 	(6) (7) identification of areas where other developments are appropriate; and
29.19 	(7) (8) other goals and objectives a county may identify.

29.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and 
29.21 	applies to airport sponsors that make or plan to make changes to runway lengths or 
29.22 	configurations on or after that date. Airport safety zoning ordinances that were approved 
29.23 	by the commissioner and effective before August 1, 2019, remain valid until or unless the 
29.24 	airport sponsor (1) makes or plans to make changes to runway lengths or configurations, 
29.25 	or (2) is required to update airport safety zoning ordinances.

29.26 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 394.25, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
29.27 		Subd. 3.In district zoning, maps. Within each such district zoning ordinances or maps 
29.28 	may also be adopted designating or limiting the location, height, width, bulk, type of 
29.29 	foundation, number of stories, size of, and the specific uses for which dwellings, buildings, 
29.30 	and structures may be erected or altered; the minimum and maximum size of yards, courts, 
29.31 	or other open spaces; setback from existing roads and highways and roads and highways 
29.32 	designated on an official map; protective measures necessary to protect the public interest 
30.1 	including but not limited to controls relating to appearance, signs, lighting, hours of operation 
30.2 	and other aesthetic performance characteristics including but not limited to noise, heat, 
30.3 	glare, vibrations and smoke; the area required to provide for off street loading and parking 
30.4 	facilities; heights of trees and structures near airports; and to avoid too great concentration 
30.5 	or scattering of the population. All such provisions shall be uniform for each class of land 
30.6 	or building throughout each district, but the provisions in one district may differ from those 
30.7 	in other districts. No provision may prohibit earth sheltered construction as defined in section 
30.8 	216C.06, subdivision 14, or manufactured homes built in conformance with sections 327.31
30.9 	to 327.35 that comply with all other zoning ordinances promulgated pursuant to this section.
30.10 	Airport safety zones must be included on maps that illustrate boundaries of zoning districts 
30.11 	and that are adopted as official controls.

30.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and applies to maps 
30.13 	created or updated under this section on or after that date.

30.14 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 462.352, is amended by adding a subdivision 
30.15 	to read:
30.16 		Subd. 1a.Airport safety zone. "Airport safety zone" has the meaning given in section 
30.17 	394.22, subdivision 1a.

30.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective August 1, 2019.

30.19 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 462.355, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
30.20 		Subdivision 1.Preparation and review. The planning agency shall prepare the 
30.21 	comprehensive municipal plan. In discharging this duty the planning agency shall consult 
30.22 	with and coordinate the planning activities of other departments and agencies of the 
30.23 	municipality to insure conformity with and to assist in the development of the comprehensive 
30.24 	municipal plan. In its planning activities the planning agency shall take due cognizance of 
30.25 	the planning activities of adjacent units of government and other affected public agencies. 
30.26 	The planning agency shall periodically review the plan and recommend amendments 
30.27 	whenever necessary. When preparing or recommending amendments to the comprehensive 
30.28 	plan, the planning agency of a municipality located within a county that is not a greater than 
30.29 	80 percent area, as defined in section 103G.005, subdivision 10b, must consider adopting 
30.30 	goals and objectives that will protect open space and the environment. When preparing or 
30.31 	recommending amendments to the comprehensive plan, the planning agency must consider 
30.32 	(1) the location and dimensions of airport safety zones in any portion of the municipality, 
31.1 	and (2) any airport improvements identified in the airport's most recent approved airport 
31.2 	layout plan.

31.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and 
31.4 	applies to airport sponsors that make or plan to make changes to runway lengths or 
31.5 	configurations on or after that date. Airport safety zoning ordinances that were approved 
31.6 	by the commissioner and effective before August 1, 2019, remain valid until or unless the 
31.7 	airport sponsor (1) makes or plans to make changes to runway lengths or configurations, 
31.8 	or (2) is required to update airport safety zoning ordinances.

31.9 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 462.357, is amended by adding a subdivision 
31.10 	to read:
31.11 		Subd. 1i.Airport safety zones on zoning maps. Airport safety zones must be included 
31.12 	on maps that illustrate boundaries of zoning districts and that are adopted as official controls.

31.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and applies to maps 
31.14 	created or updated under this section on or after that date.

31.15 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 462.357, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
31.16 		Subd. 9.Development goals and objectives. In adopting official controls after July 1, 
31.17 	2008, in a municipality outside the metropolitan area, as defined by section 473.121, 
31.18 	subdivision 2, the municipality shall consider restricting new residential, commercial, and 
31.19 	industrial development so that the new development takes place in areas subject to the 
31.20 	following goals and objectives:
31.21 	(1) minimizing the fragmentation and development of agricultural, forest, wildlife, and 
31.22 	open space lands, including consideration of appropriate minimum lot sizes;
31.23 	(2) minimizing further development in sensitive shoreland areas;
31.24 	(3) minimizing development near wildlife management areas, scientific and natural 
31.25 	areas, and nature centers;
31.26 	(4) encouraging land uses in airport safety zones that are compatible with the safe 
31.27 	operation of the airport and the safety of people in the vicinity of the airport;
31.28 	(4) (5) identification of areas of preference for higher density, including consideration 
31.29 	of existing and necessary water and wastewater services, infrastructure, other services, and 
31.30 	to the extent feasible, encouraging full development of areas previously zoned for 
31.31 	nonagricultural uses;
32.1 	(5) (6) encouraging development close to places of employment, shopping centers, 
32.2 	schools, mass transit, and other public and private service centers;
32.3 	(6) (7) identification of areas where other developments are appropriate; and
32.4 	(7) (8) other goals and objectives a municipality may identify.

32.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and 
32.6 	applies to airport sponsors that make or plan to make changes to runway lengths or 
32.7 	configurations on or after that date. Airport safety zoning ordinances that were approved 
32.8 	by the commissioner and effective before August 1, 2019, remain valid until or unless the 
32.9 	airport sponsor (1) makes or plans to make changes to runway lengths or configurations, 
32.10 	or (2) is required to update airport safety zoning ordinances.

32.11 	Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 574.26, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
32.12 		Subd. 1a.Exemptions: certain manufacturers; commissioner of transportation; 
32.13 	road maintenance. (a) Sections 574.26 to 574.32 do not apply to a manufacturer of public 
32.14 	transit buses that manufactures at least 100 public transit buses in a calendar year. For 
32.15 	purposes of this section, "public transit bus" means a motor vehicle designed to transport 
32.16 	people, with a design capacity for carrying more than 40 passengers, including the driver. 
32.17 	The term "public transit bus" does not include a school bus, as defined in section 169.011, 
32.18 	subdivision 71.
32.19 	(b) At the discretion of the commissioner of transportation, sections 574.26 to 574.32
32.20 	do not apply to any projects of the Department of Transportation (1) costing less than the 
32.21 	amount in section 471.345, subdivision 3, or (2) involving the permanent or semipermanent 
32.22 	installation of heavy machinery, fixtures, or other capital equipment to be used primarily 
32.23 	for maintenance or repair, or (3) awarded under section 161.32, subdivision 2.
32.24 	(c) Sections 574.26 to 574.32 do not apply to contracts for snow removal, ice removal, 
32.25 	grading, or other similar routine road maintenance on town roads.

32.26 	Sec. 48. Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 11, section 38, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
32.27 		Subd. 5.Pilot program evaluation. In coordination with the city, the commissioner of 
32.28 	transportation shall evaluate effectiveness of the pilot program under this section, which 
32.29 	must include analysis of traffic safety impacts, utility to motorists and tourists, costs and 
32.30 	expenditures, extent of community support, and pilot program termination or continuation. 
32.31 	By January 15, 2021 2025, the commissioner shall submit a report on the evaluation to the 
33.1 	chairs and ranking minority members and staff of the legislative committees with jurisdiction 
33.2 	over transportation policy and finance.

33.3 	Sec. 49. Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 11, section 38, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
33.4 		Subd. 6.Expiration. The pilot program under this section expires January 1, 2022 2026.

33.5 	Sec. 50. LEGISLATIVE ROUTE NO. 222 REMOVED.
 33.6 	(a) Minnesota Statutes, section 161.115, subdivision 153, is repealed effective the day 
33.7 	after the commissioner of transportation receives a copy of the agreement between the 
33.8 	commissioner and the governing body of Red Lake County to transfer jurisdiction of 
33.9 	Legislative Route No. 222 and after the commissioner notifies the revisor of statutes under 
33.10 	paragraph (b).
33.11 	(b) The revisor of statutes shall delete the route identified in paragraph (a) from Minnesota 
33.12 	Statutes when the commissioner of transportation sends notice to the revisor electronically 
33.13 	or in writing that the conditions required to transfer the route have been satisfied.

33.14 	Sec. 51. LEGISLATIVE ROUTE NO. 253 REMOVED.
 33.15 	(a) Minnesota Statutes, section 161.115, subdivision 184, is repealed effective the day 
33.16 	after the commissioner of transportation receives a copy of the agreement between the 
33.17 	commissioner and the governing body of Faribault County to transfer jurisdiction of 
33.18 	Legislative Route No. 253 and after the commissioner notifies the revisor of statutes under 
33.19 	paragraph (b).
33.20 	(b) The revisor of statutes shall delete the route identified in paragraph (a) from Minnesota 
33.21 	Statutes when the commissioner of transportation sends notice to the revisor electronically 
33.22 	or in writing that the conditions required to transfer the route have been satisfied.

33.23 	Sec. 52. LEGISLATIVE ROUTE NO. 254 REMOVED.
 33.24 	(a) Minnesota Statutes, section 161.115, subdivision 185, is repealed effective the day 
33.25 	after the commissioner of transportation receives a copy of the agreement between the 
33.26 	commissioner and the governing body of Faribault County to transfer jurisdiction of 
33.27 	Legislative Route No. 254 and after the commissioner notifies the revisor of statutes under 
33.28 	paragraph (b).
34.1 	(b) The revisor of statutes shall delete the route identified in paragraph (a) from Minnesota 
34.2 	Statutes when the commissioner of transportation sends notice to the revisor electronically 
34.3 	or in writing that the conditions required to transfer the route have been satisfied.

34.4 	Sec. 53. LEGISLATIVE ROUTE NO. 277 REMOVED.
 34.5 	(a) Minnesota Statutes, section 161.115, subdivision 208, is repealed effective June 1, 
34.6 	2019, or the day after the commissioner of transportation receives a copy of the agreement 
34.7 	between the commissioner and the governing body of Chippewa County to transfer 
34.8 	jurisdiction of Legislative Route No. 277 and after the commissioner notifies the revisor of 
34.9 	statutes under paragraph (b), whichever is later.
34.10 	(b) The revisor of statutes shall delete the route identified in paragraph (a) from Minnesota 
34.11 	Statutes when the commissioner of transportation sends notice to the revisor electronically 
34.12 	or in writing that the conditions required to transfer the route have been satisfied.

34.13 	Sec. 54. LEGISLATIVE ROUTE NO. 298 REMOVED.
 34.14 	(a) Minnesota Statutes, section 161.115, subdivision 229, is repealed effective the day 
34.15 	after the commissioner of transportation receives a copy of the agreement between the 
34.16 	commissioner and the governing body of the city of Faribault to transfer jurisdiction of 
34.17 	Legislative Route No. 298 and after the commissioner notifies the revisor of statutes under 
34.18 	paragraph (b).
34.19 	(b) The revisor of statutes shall delete the route identified in paragraph (a) from Minnesota 
34.20 	Statutes when the commissioner of transportation sends notice to the revisor electronically 
34.21 	or in writing that the conditions required to transfer the route have been satisfied.

34.22 	Sec. 55. LEGISLATIVE ROUTE NO. 299 REMOVED.
 34.23 	(a) Minnesota Statutes, section 161.115, subdivision 230, is repealed effective the day 
34.24 	after the commissioner of transportation receives a copy of the agreement between the 
34.25 	commissioner and the governing body of the city of Faribault to transfer jurisdiction of 
34.26 	Legislative Route No. 299 and after the commissioner notifies the revisor of statutes under 
34.27 	paragraph (b).
34.28 	(b) The revisor of statutes shall delete the route identified in paragraph (a) from Minnesota 
34.29 	Statutes when the commissioner of transportation sends notice to the revisor electronically 
34.30 	or in writing that the conditions required to transfer the route have been satisfied.

35.1 	Sec. 56. LEGISLATIVE ROUTE NO. 323 REMOVED.
 35.2 	(a) Minnesota Statutes, section 161.115, subdivision 254, is repealed effective the day 
35.3 	after the commissioner of transportation receives a copy of the agreement between the 
35.4 	commissioner and the governing body of the city of Faribault to transfer jurisdiction of 
35.5 	Legislative Route No. 323 and after the commissioner notifies the revisor of statutes under 
35.6 	paragraph (b).
35.7 	(b) The revisor of statutes shall delete the route identified in paragraph (a) from Minnesota 
35.8 	Statutes when the commissioner of transportation sends notice to the revisor electronically 
35.9 	or in writing that the conditions required to transfer the route have been satisfied.

35.10 	Sec. 57. COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE FEDERAL REGULATION WAIVER 
35.11 	REQUEST.
 35.12 	For the sole purpose of authorizing a person to drive a bus with no passengers to deliver 
35.13 	the bus to the purchaser, the commissioner of public safety must apply to the Federal Motor 
35.14 	Carrier Safety Administration for a waiver from Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, 
35.15 	section 383.93, and any other federal rule or regulation that requires a person to have a 
35.16 	passenger endorsement.

35.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2019.

35.18 	Sec. 58. NORTHSTAR COMMUTER RAIL OPERATING COSTS; EXCEPTION.
 35.19 	(a) Minnesota Statutes, section 398A.10, subdivision 2, does not apply for reserve funds 
35.20 	available to the Anoka County Regional Railroad Authority as of June 30, 2019, that are 
35.21 	used to pay operating and maintenance costs of Northstar Commuter Rail.
35.22 	(b) This section expires on January 1, 2022.

35.23 	Sec. 59. REPEALER.
 35.24 	Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 360.063, subdivision 4; 360.065, subdivision 2; and 
35.25 	360.066, subdivisions 1a and 1b, are repealed.

35.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and 
35.27 	applies to airport sponsors that make or plan to make changes to runway lengths or 
35.28 	configurations on or after that date. Airport safety zoning ordinances that were approved 
35.29 	by the commissioner and effective before August 1, 2019, remain valid until or unless the 
35.30 	airport sponsor (1) makes or plans to make changes to runway lengths or configurations, 
35.31 	or (2) is required to update airport safety zoning ordinances.

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: DIVH1623-1 

360.063 AIRPORT ZONING; AUTHORITY, PROCEDURE.Subd. 4.Airport approach. 
The commissioner may recommend an airport approach plan for each publicly owned airport in the state and for each privately owned airport of the publicly owned class and from time to time recommend revisions of the plan. A plan shall indicate the circumstances in which structures or trees are or would be airport hazards, the airport hazard area, and what measures should be taken to eliminate airport hazards. The commissioner shall prescribe airport approach and turning standards for airports of various classes, and airport zoning regulations adopted by a municipality, county, or joint airport zoning board shall conform to the standards, except as provided in sections 360.065 and 360.066. 

360.065 AIRPORT ZONING; ADOPTION AND APPROVAL OF PROPOSED REGULATIONS.Subd. 2.Regulations submitted to commissioner. 
Prior to adopting zoning regulations for an airport hazard area under sections 360.011 to 360.076, the municipality, county, or joint airport zoning board which is to adopt the regulations shall submit its proposed regulations to the commissioner in order that the commissioner may determine whether it conforms to the standards prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner shall immediately examine the proposed regulations and report to the municipality, county, or joint airport zoning board the commissioner's approval, or objections, if any. If objections are made by the commissioner on the ground that the regulations do not conform to the standards prescribed by the commissioner for the class of airport involved, the municipality, county, or joint zoning board shall make amendments as are necessary to meet the objections unless it demonstrates that the social and economic costs of restricting land uses in accordance with the standards outweigh the benefits of a strict application of the standards. The governing body of the municipality or county or the joint airport zoning board shall not adopt the regulations or take other action until the proposed regulations are approved by the commissioner. The commissioner may approve local zoning ordinances that are more stringent than the standards. A copy of the regulations as adopted shall be filed with the county recorder in each county in which the zoned area is located. 

Substantive rights existing prior to the passage of this subdivision and previously exercised are not affected by the filing of the regulations. 

360.066 AIRPORT ZONING; MINIMUM STANDARDS, LAND USES.Subd. 1a.Protection of existing neighborhood. 
(a) In order to ensure the minimum disruption of existing land uses, particularly established residential neighborhoods in built-up urban areas, the airport zoning standards of the commissioner and the local airport zoning ordinances or regulations adopted under sections 360.061 to 360.074 shall distinguish between the creation or establishment of a use and the elimination of an existing use, and shall avoid the elimination, removal, or reclassification of existing uses to the extent consistent with reasonable standards of safety. The standards of the commissioner shall include criteria for determining when an existing land use may constitute an airport hazard so severe that considerations of public safety outweigh the public interest in preventing disruption to that land use. 

(b) No airport zoning standards or local airport zoning ordinances or regulations shall be adopted pursuant to sections 360.061 to 360.074 that classify as a nonconforming use or require such classification with respect to any low-density residential structure or isolated low-density residential building lots existing on January 1, 1978, in an established residential neighborhood. 

(c) A local airport zoning authority may classify a land use described in paragraph (b) as an airport hazard if that authority finds that this classification is justified by considerations of public safety and is consistent with the airport zoning standards of the commissioner. Any land use described in paragraph (b) which is classified as an airport hazard shall be acquired, altered, or removed at public expense. 

(d) The provisions of this subdivision shall not be construed to affect the classification of any land use under any zoning ordinances or regulations not adopted pursuant to sections 360.061 to 360.074. 

Subd. 1b.Amendment of standards. 
Within nine months after March 29, 1978, the commissioner shall amend the standards defining airport hazard areas and categories of uses permitted therein to conform with the requirements of Laws 1978, chapter 654. Until the commissioner adopts amended standards as required by this subdivision the unamended standards, insofar as they require classification of any residential property as a nonconforming use contrary to the provisions of subdivision 1a, paragraph (b), shall be without force or effect.