1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; establishing a budget for transportation; appropriating 
1.3 	money for transportation purposes, including Department of Transportation, 
1.4 	Metropolitan Council, and Department of Public Safety activities; authorizing the 
1.5 	sale and issuance of state bonds; modifying prior appropriations; modifying various 
1.6 	fees and surcharges; modifying various transportation-related tax provisions; 
1.7 	establishing a transit sales and use tax; providing for noncompliant drivers' licenses 
1.8 	and identification cards; establishing advisory committees; establishing accounts; 
1.9 	modifying various provisions governing transportation policy and finance; making 
1.10 	technical changes; requiring reports;amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 
1.11 	13.6905, by adding a subdivision; 16A.88, subdivision 1a; 84.787, subdivision 7; 
1.12 	84.797, subdivision 7; 84.92, subdivision 8; 97A.055, subdivision 2; 117.075, 
1.13 	subdivisions 2, 3; 160.02, subdivision 1a; 160.262, subdivision 3; 160.266, 
1.14 	subdivisions 1b, as amended, 6, by adding a subdivision; 161.115, subdivision 27; 
1.15 	161.14, by adding subdivisions; 161.23, subdivisions 2, 2a; 161.44, subdivisions 
1.16 	6a, 6b; 162.145, subdivision 3; 163.07, subdivision 2; 168.002, subdivisions 10, 
1.17 	18; 168.013, subdivisions 1a, 1m; 168.12, subdivision 1; 168.183; 168.301, 
1.18 	subdivision 1; 168.31, subdivision 4; 168.327, subdivisions 1, 6, by adding 
1.19 	subdivisions; 168A.11, subdivisions 1, 2; 169.011, subdivisions 5, 9, 27, 42, by 
1.20 	adding subdivisions; 169.035, subdivision 3; 169.09, subdivision 13; 169.18, 
1.21 	subdivisions 3, 10; 169.222, subdivisions 1, 4, 6a, by adding a subdivision; 169.451, 
1.22 	subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; 169.522, subdivision 1; 169.58, by adding 
1.23 	a subdivision; 169.812, subdivision 2; 169.92, subdivision 4; 171.04, subdivision 
1.24 	5; 171.06, subdivisions 2a, 3, by adding subdivisions; 171.07, subdivisions 1, 3, 
1.25 	15; 171.071, by adding a subdivision; 171.12, subdivisions 7a, 7b, 9, by adding a 
1.26 	subdivision; 171.13, subdivisions 1, 6, 9; 171.16, subdivisions 2, 3, by adding a 
1.27 	subdivision; 171.18, subdivision 1; 171.20, subdivision 4; 171.27; 171.29, 
1.28 	subdivision 2; 174.01, by adding a subdivision; 174.03, subdivisions 1c, 12; 
1.29 	174.185, subdivision 3; 174.24, subdivision 7; 174.285, subdivision 5; 174.40, 
1.30 	subdivision 5; 174.42, subdivision 2; 174.50, subdivisions 6d, 7, by adding a 
1.31 	subdivision; 174.56, subdivision 1; 219.015, subdivisions 1, 2; 219.1651; 296A.07, 
1.32 	subdivision 3; 296A.08, subdivision 2; 296A.083, subdivision 2; 297A.64, 
1.33 	subdivision 5; 297A.94; 297A.99, subdivision 1; 297B.02, subdivision 1; 299A.55, 
1.34 	subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; 299D.03, subdivision 5; 325E.15; 360.012, 
1.35 	by adding a subdivision; 360.013, by adding subdivisions; 360.55, by adding a 
1.36 	subdivision; 360.59, subdivision 10; 473.39, by adding a subdivision; 473.391, 
1.37 	by adding a subdivision; 480.15, by adding a subdivision; 609.855, subdivisions 
1.38 	1, 7, by adding a subdivision; Laws 2012, chapter 287, article 3, sections 2; 3; 4; 
2.1 	Laws 2013, chapter 143, article 9, section 20; Laws 2019, First Special Session 
2.2 	chapter 3, article 1, section 4, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in 
2.3 	Minnesota Statutes, chapters 161; 168; 169; 171; 174; 297A; 345; 473; repealing 
2.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 168.327, subdivision 5; 169.09, subdivision 7; 
2.5 	171.015, subdivision 7; Minnesota Rules, parts 7410.2610, subparts 1, 2, 3, 3a, 
2.6 	5a, 5b, 6; 7414.1490; 7470.0300; 7470.0400; 7470.0500; 7470.0600; 7470.0700.
2.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.8 	ARTICLE 1
2.9 	TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

2.10	Section 1. TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
2.11 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies 
2.12 	and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the trunk highway 
2.13 	fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. 
2.14 	Amounts for "Total Appropriation" and sums shown in the corresponding columns marked 
2.15 	"Appropriations by Fund" are summary only and do not have legal effect. Unless specified 
2.16 	otherwise, the amounts in the second year under "Appropriations by Fund" show the base 
2.17 	within the meaning of Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.11, subdivision 3, by fund. The 
2.18 	figures "2022" and "2023" used in this article mean that the appropriations listed under them 
2.19 	are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, or June 30, 2023, respectively. "The 
2.20 	first year" is fiscal year 2022. "The second year" is fiscal year 2023. "The biennium" is 
2.21 	fiscal years 2022 and 2023. "C.S.A.H." is the county state-aid highway fund. "M.S.A.S." 
2.22 	is the municipal state-aid street fund. "H.U.T.D." is the highway user tax distribution fund.

2.23				APPROPRIATIONS
	
2.24				Available for the Year
	
2.25				Ending June 30
	
2.26					2022
		2023

2.27
2.28	Sec. 2. DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION

2.29	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	3,170,442,000
	$
	3,080,505,000

2.30	Appropriations by Fund
	
2.31		2022
	2023
	
2.32	General
	33,121,000
	19,565,000
	
2.33	Airports
	25,360,000
	25,368,000
	
2.34	C.S.A.H.
	865,933,000
	906,924,000
	
2.35	M.S.A.S.
	216,720,000
	227,421,000
	
2.36	Special Revenue
	11,937,000
	20,006,000
	
2.37	Trunk Highway
	2,017,371,000
	1,881,221,000
	
3.1 	The appropriations in this section are to the 
3.2 	commissioner of transportation.
3.3 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
3.4 	purpose are specified in the following 
3.5 	subdivisions.

3.6	Subd. 2.Multimodal Systems
 					
3.7 	(a) Aeronautics

3.8	(1) Airport Development and Assistance
		18,598,000
		18,598,000
	
3.9 	This appropriation is from the state airports 
3.10 	fund and must be spent according to 
3.11 	Minnesota Statutes, section 360.305, 
3.12 	subdivision 4.
3.13 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.14 	16A.28, subdivision 6, this appropriation is 
3.15 	available for five years after appropriation. If 
3.16 	the appropriation for either year is insufficient, 
3.17 	the appropriation for the other year is available 
3.18 	for it.
3.19 	If the commissioner of transportation 
3.20 	determines that a balance remains in the state 
3.21 	airports fund following the appropriations 
3.22 	made in this article and that the appropriations 
3.23 	made are insufficient for advancing airport 
3.24 	development and assistance projects, an 
3.25 	amount necessary to advance the projects, not 
3.26 	to exceed the balance in the state airports fund, 
3.27 	is appropriated in each year to the 
3.28 	commissioner and must be spent according to 
3.29 	Minnesota Statutes, section 360.305, 
3.30 	subdivision 4. Within two weeks of a 
3.31 	determination under this contingent 
3.32 	appropriation, the commissioner of 
3.33 	transportation must notify the commissioner 
3.34 	of management and budget and the chairs and 
4.1 	ranking minority members of the legislative 
4.2 	committees with jurisdiction over 
4.3 	transportation finance concerning funds 
4.4 	appropriated. Funds appropriated under this 
4.5 	contingent appropriation do not adjust the base 
4.6 	for fiscal years 2024 and 2025.

4.7	(2) Aviation Support Services
		8,332,000
		8,340,000

4.8	Appropriations by Fund
	
4.9		2022
	2023
	
4.10	Airports
	6,682,000
	6,690,000
	
4.11	Trunk Highway
	1,650,000
	1,650,000

4.12	(3) Civil Air Patrol
		80,000
		80,000
	
4.13 	This appropriation is from the state airports 
4.14 	fund for the Civil Air Patrol.

4.15	(b) Transit and Active Transportation
		21,601,000
		18,201,000

4.16	Appropriations by Fund
	
4.17		2022
	2023
	
4.18	General
	20,649,000
	17,249,000
	
4.19	Trunk Highway
	952,000
	952,000
	
4.20 	$3,400,000 in fiscal year 2022 from the 
4.21 	general fund is for the active transportation 
4.22 	program under Minnesota Statutes, section 
4.23 	174.38.

4.24	(c) Safe Routes to School
		2,000,000
		500,000
	
4.25 	This appropriation is from the general fund 
4.26 	for the safe routes to school program under 
4.27 	Minnesota Statutes, section 174.40.

4.28	(d) Passenger Rail
		3,000,000
		500,000
	
4.29 	This appropriation is from the general fund 
4.30 	for passenger rail activities under Minnesota 
4.31 	Statutes, sections 174.632 to 174.636.
4.32 	$2,500,000 in fiscal year 2022 is for final 
4.33 	design and construction to provide for a 
5.1 	second daily Amtrak train service between 
5.2 	Minneapolis and St. Paul and Chicago.

5.3	(e) Freight
		6,992,000
		7,036,000

5.4	Appropriations by Fund
	
5.5		2022
	2023
	
5.6	General
	1,114,000
	1,158,000
	
5.7	Trunk Highway
	5,878,000
	5,878,000

5.8	(f) Electric Vehicle Infrastructure
		2,470,000
		344,000
	
5.9 	This appropriation is from the electric vehicle 
5.10 	infrastructure account in the special revenue 
5.11 	fund under section 174.48, subdivision 3, for 
5.12 	the electric vehicle infrastructure development 
5.13 	program under that section.
5.14 	The base is $340,000 in fiscal year 2024 and 
5.15 	$537,000 in fiscal year 2025.

5.16	Subd. 3.State Roads

5.17	(a) Operations and Maintenance
		389,478,000
		399,645,000
	
5.18 	The base is $392,533,000 in fiscal year 2024 
5.19 	and $405,602,000 in fiscal year 2025.

5.20	(b) Program Planning and Delivery

5.21	(1) Planning and Research
		37,890,000
		31,190,000

5.22	Appropriations by Fund
	
5.23		2022
	2023
	
5.24	General
	6,200,000
	-0-
	
5.25	Trunk Highway
	31,690,000
	31,190,000
	
5.26 	If a balance remains of this appropriation, the 
5.27 	commissioner may transfer up to that amount 
5.28 	for program delivery under clause (2).
5.29 	$6,200,000 in fiscal year 2022 from the 
5.30 	general fund is for a grant to ReConnect 
5.31 	Rondo for project development of the Rondo 
5.32 	Land Bridge freeway lid over marked 
6.1 	Interstate Highway 94 in a portion of the 
6.2 	segment from Lexington Avenue to Rice 
6.3 	Street in St. Paul. Eligible uses of funds 
6.4 	include but are not limited to project 
6.5 	management, area planning and design, project 
6.6 	assessment and analysis, market research, 
6.7 	financial evaluation, community outreach, 
6.8 	fund-raising, redevelopment programming, 
6.9 	and organizational capacity activities. This is 
6.10 	a onetime appropriation and is available until 
6.11 	June 30, 2023. The commissioner must not 
6.12 	require an expenditure prior to making grant 
6.13 	funds available.
6.14 	Up to $500,000 in fiscal year 2022 from the 
6.15 	trunk highway fund is for safety improvements 
6.16 	in Department of Transportation District 1, to 
6.17 	perform cost estimating, environmental 
6.18 	permitting, and preliminary engineering on 
6.19 	trunk highway segments with a continuous 
6.20 	freeway or expressway gap.
6.21 	$130,000 in each year from the trunk highway 
6.22 	fund is available for administrative costs of 
6.23 	the targeted group business program.
6.24 	$266,000 in each year from the trunk highway 
6.25 	fund is available for grants to metropolitan 
6.26 	planning organizations outside the 
6.27 	seven-county metropolitan area.
6.28 	$900,000 in each year from the trunk highway 
6.29 	fund is available for grants for transportation 
6.30 	studies outside the metropolitan area to 
6.31 	identify critical concerns, problems, and 
6.32 	issues. These grants are available: (1) to 
6.33 	regional development commissions; (2) in 
6.34 	regions where no regional development 
6.35 	commission is functioning, to joint powers 
7.1 	boards established under agreement of two or 
7.2 	more political subdivisions in the region to 
7.3 	exercise the planning functions of a regional 
7.4 	development commission; and (3) in regions 
7.5 	where no regional development commission 
7.6 	or joint powers board is functioning, to the 
7.7 	Department of Transportation district office 
7.8 	for that region.

7.9	(2) Program Delivery
		244,480,000
		251,476,000
	
7.10 	This appropriation includes use of consultants 
7.11 	to support development and management of 
7.12 	projects.
7.13 	$1,000,000 in each year is available for 
7.14 	management of contaminated and regulated 
7.15 	material on property owned by the Department 
7.16 	of Transportation, including mitigation of 
7.17 	property conveyances, facility acquisition or 
7.18 	expansion, chemical release at maintenance 
7.19 	facilities, and spills on the trunk highway 
7.20 	system where there is no known responsible 
7.21 	party. If the appropriation for either year is 
7.22 	insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
7.23 	year is available for it.
7.24 	The base is $247,209,000 in fiscal year 2024 
7.25 	and $255,050,000 in fiscal year 2025.

7.26	(c) State Road Construction
		1,207,689,000
		1,054,676,000
	
7.27 	This appropriation is for the actual 
7.28 	construction, reconstruction, and improvement 
7.29 	of trunk highways, including design-build 
7.30 	contracts, internal department costs associated 
7.31 	with delivering the construction program, 
7.32 	consultant usage to support these activities, 
7.33 	and the cost of actual payments to landowners 
7.34 	for lands acquired for highway rights-of-way, 
8.1 	payment to lessees, interest subsidies, and 
8.2 	relocation expenses.
8.3 	The commissioner of transportation must 
8.4 	notify the chairs and ranking minority 
8.5 	members of the legislative committees with 
8.6 	jurisdiction over transportation finance of any 
8.7 	significant events that should cause the 
8.8 	estimate of federal aid to change.
8.9 	This appropriation includes federal highway 
8.10 	aid.
8.11 	The commissioner may expend up to one-half 
8.12 	of one percent of the federal appropriations 
8.13 	under this paragraph as grants to opportunity 
8.14 	industrialization centers and other nonprofit 
8.15 	job training centers for job training programs 
8.16 	related to highway construction.
8.17 	The commissioner may transfer up to 
8.18 	$15,000,000 in each year to the transportation 
8.19 	revolving loan fund.
8.20 	The commissioner may receive money 
8.21 	covering other shares of the cost of partnership 
8.22 	projects. These receipts are appropriated to 
8.23 	the commissioner for these projects.
8.24 	The base is $1,004,607,000 in fiscal year 2024 
8.25 	and $1,035,972,000 in fiscal year 2025.

8.26	(d) Corridors of Commerce
		25,000,000
		25,000,000
	
8.27 	This appropriation is for the corridors of 
8.28 	commerce program under Minnesota Statutes, 
8.29 	section 161.088. The commissioner may use 
8.30 	up to 17 percent of the amount in each year 
8.31 	for program delivery.

8.32	(e) Highway Debt Service
		225,773,000
		259,735,000
	
9.1 	$222,773,000 in fiscal year 2022 and 
9.2 	$256,735,000 in fiscal year 2023 are for 
9.3 	transfer to the state bond fund. If this 
9.4 	appropriation is insufficient to make all 
9.5 	transfers required in the year for which it is 
9.6 	made, the commissioner of management and 
9.7 	budget must transfer the deficiency amount 
9.8 	under the statutory open appropriation and 
9.9 	notify the chairs, ranking minority members, 
9.10 	and staff of the legislative committees with 
9.11 	jurisdiction over transportation finance and 
9.12 	the chairs of the senate Finance Committee 
9.13 	and the house of representatives Ways and 
9.14 	Means Committee of the amount of the 
9.15 	deficiency. Any excess appropriation cancels 
9.16 	to the trunk highway fund.

9.17	(f) Statewide Radio Communications
		6,236,000
		6,236,000

9.18	(g) Roosevelt Signal Tower
		3,000
		3,000
	
9.19 	This appropriation is from the general fund to 
9.20 	equip and operate the Roosevelt signal tower 
9.21 	for Lake of the Woods weather broadcasting.

9.22	Subd. 4.Local Roads
 					
9.23	(a) County State-Aid Highways
		865,933,000
		906,924,000
	
9.24 	This appropriation is from the county state-aid 
9.25 	highway fund under Minnesota Statutes, 
9.26 	section 161.081, and Minnesota Statutes, 
9.27 	chapter 162, and is available until June 30, 
9.28 	2031.
9.29 	If the commissioner of transportation 
9.30 	determines that a balance remains in the 
9.31 	county state-aid highway fund following the 
9.32 	appropriations and transfers made in this 
9.33 	paragraph and that the appropriations made 
9.34 	are insufficient for advancing county state-aid 
10.1 	highway projects, an amount necessary to 
10.2 	advance the projects, not to exceed the balance 
10.3 	in the county state-aid highway fund, is 
10.4 	appropriated in each year to the commissioner. 
10.5 	Within two weeks of a determination under 
10.6 	this contingent appropriation, the 
10.7 	commissioner of transportation must notify 
10.8 	the commissioner of management and budget 
10.9 	and the chairs, ranking minority members, and 
10.10 	staff of the legislative committees with 
10.11 	jurisdiction over transportation finance 
10.12 	concerning funds appropriated. The 
10.13 	commissioner must identify in the next budget 
10.14 	submission to the legislature under Minnesota 
10.15 	Statutes, section 16A.11, any amount that is 
10.16 	appropriated under this paragraph.

10.17	(b) Municipal State-Aid Streets
		216,720,000
		227,421,000
	
10.18 	This appropriation is from the municipal 
10.19 	state-aid street fund under Minnesota Statutes, 
10.20 	chapter 162, and is available until June 30, 
10.21 	2031.
10.22 	If the commissioner of transportation 
10.23 	determines that a balance remains in the 
10.24 	municipal state-aid street fund following the 
10.25 	appropriations and transfers made in this 
10.26 	paragraph and that the appropriations made 
10.27 	are insufficient for advancing municipal 
10.28 	state-aid street projects, an amount necessary 
10.29 	to advance the projects, not to exceed the 
10.30 	balance in the municipal state-aid street fund, 
10.31 	is appropriated in each year to the 
10.32 	commissioner. Within two weeks of a 
10.33 	determination under this contingent 
10.34 	appropriation, the commissioner of 
10.35 	transportation must notify the commissioner 
11.1 	of management and budget and the chairs, 
11.2 	ranking minority members, and staff of the 
11.3 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
11.4 	transportation finance concerning funds 
11.5 	appropriated. The commissioner must identify 
11.6 	in the next budget submission to the legislature 
11.7 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.11, any 
11.8 	amount that is appropriated under this 
11.9 	paragraph.

11.10	(c) Small Cities Assistance
		9,467,000
		19,662,000
	
11.11 	This appropriation is from the small cities 
11.12 	assistance account in the special revenue fund 
11.13 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 162.145, 
11.14 	subdivision 2, for the small cities assistance 
11.15 	program under that section.

11.16	Subd. 5.Agency Management

11.17	(a) Agency Services
		63,599,000
		63,599,000

11.18	Appropriations by Fund
	
11.19		2022
	2023
	
11.20	General
	100,000
	100,000
	
11.21	Trunk Highway
	63,499,000
	63,499,000
	
11.22 	$100,000 in each year from the general fund 
11.23 	is for facilitation of Tribal training for state 
11.24 	agencies.

11.25	(b) Buildings
		40,274,000
		40,474,000

11.26	Appropriations by Fund
	
11.27		2022
	2023
	
11.28	General
	55,000
	55,000
	
11.29	Trunk Highway
	40,219,000
	40,419,000
	
11.30 	Any money appropriated to the commissioner 
11.31 	of transportation for building construction for 
11.32 	any fiscal year before fiscal year 2022 is 
11.33 	available to the commissioner during the 
11.34 	biennium to the extent that the commissioner 
12.1 	spends the money on the building construction 
12.2 	projects for which the money was originally 
12.3 	encumbered during the fiscal year for which 
12.4 	it was appropriated. If the appropriation for 
12.5 	either year is insufficient, the appropriation 
12.6 	for the other year is available for it.

12.7	(c) Tort Claims
		600,000
		600,000
	
12.8 	If the appropriation for either year is 
12.9 	insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
12.10 	year is available for it.

12.11	Subd. 6.Transfers
 					
12.12 	(a) With the approval of the commissioner of 
12.13 	management and budget, the commissioner 
12.14 	of transportation may transfer unencumbered 
12.15 	balances among the appropriations from the 
12.16 	trunk highway fund and the state airports fund 
12.17 	made in this section. Transfers under this 
12.18 	paragraph must not be made: (1) between 
12.19 	funds; (2) from the appropriations for state 
12.20 	road construction or debt service; or (3) from 
12.21 	the appropriations for operations and 
12.22 	maintenance or program delivery, except for 
12.23 	a transfer to state road construction or debt 
12.24 	service.
12.25 	(b) The commissioner of transportation must 
12.26 	immediately report transfers under paragraph 
12.27 	(a) to the chairs, ranking minority members, 
12.28 	and staff of the legislative committees with 
12.29 	jurisdiction over transportation finance. The 
12.30 	authority for the commissioner of 
12.31 	transportation to make transfers under 
12.32 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.285, is 
12.33 	superseded by the authority and requirements 
12.34 	under this paragraph.
13.1 	(c) The commissioner shall transfer from the 
13.2 	flexible highway account in the county 
13.3 	state-aid highway fund: (1) $10,000,000 in 
13.4 	fiscal year 2022 to the trunk highway fund; 
13.5 	(2) $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2022 to the 
13.6 	municipal turnback account in the municipal 
13.7 	state-aid street fund; and (3) the remainder in 
13.8 	fiscal year 2022 to the county turnback 
13.9 	account in the county state-aid highway fund. 
13.10 	The funds transferred are for highway 
13.11 	turnback purposes as provided under 
13.12 	Minnesota Statutes, section 161.081, 
13.13 	subdivision 3.

13.14	Subd. 7.Contingent Appropriations
 					
13.15 	The commissioner of transportation, with the 
13.16 	approval of the governor and the written 
13.17 	approval of at least five members of a group 
13.18 	consisting of the members of the Legislative 
13.19 	Advisory Commission under Minnesota 
13.20 	Statutes, section 3.30, and the ranking minority 
13.21 	members of the legislative committees with 
13.22 	jurisdiction over transportation finance, may 
13.23 	transfer all or part of the unappropriated 
13.24 	balance in the trunk highway fund to an 
13.25 	appropriation: (1) for trunk highway design, 
13.26 	construction, or inspection in order to take 
13.27 	advantage of an unanticipated receipt of 
13.28 	income to the trunk highway fund or to take 
13.29 	advantage of federal advanced construction 
13.30 	funding; (2) for trunk highway maintenance 
13.31 	in order to meet an emergency; or (3) to pay 
13.32 	tort or environmental claims. Nothing in this 
13.33 	subdivision authorizes the commissioner to 
13.34 	increase the use of federal advanced 
13.35 	construction funding beyond amounts 
14.1 	specifically authorized. Any transfer as a result 
14.2 	of the use of federal advanced construction 
14.3 	funding must include an analysis of the effects 
14.4 	on the long-term trunk highway fund balance. 
14.5 	The amount transferred is appropriated for the 
14.6 	purpose of the account to which it is 
14.7 	transferred.

14.8	Sec. 3. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL

14.9	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	90,152,000
	$
	88,662,000
	
14.10 	The appropriations in this section are from the 
14.11 	general fund to the Metropolitan Council.
14.12 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
14.13 	purpose are specified in the following 
14.14 	subdivisions.

14.15	Subd. 2.Transit
 		33,736,000
		32,686,000
	
14.16 	This appropriation is for transit system 
14.17 	operations under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
14.18 	473.371 to 473.449.
14.19 	$32,000 in each year is for the bus deployment 
14.20 	analysis requirements under Minnesota 
14.21 	Statutes, section 473.391, subdivision 3.
14.22 	$500,000 in fiscal year 2022 is for the 
14.23 	zero-emission transit vehicle transition plan 
14.24 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 473.3927.
14.25 	$250,000 in fiscal year 2022 is for an analysis 
14.26 	of transit service improvements in the marked 
14.27 	Trunk Highway 55 corridor from Medina to 
14.28 	downtown Minneapolis. At a minimum, the 
14.29 	analysis must include options for highway bus 
14.30 	rapid transit service. The council must ensure 
14.31 	that the analysis is performed in a manner that 
14.32 	does not conflict with requirements for federal 
14.33 	transit or transitway grants. The council may 
15.1 	provide a grant to a local unit of government 
15.2 	to perform the analysis. This appropriation is 
15.3 	not available until the council determines that 
15.4 	at least an equal amount is committed from 
15.5 	nonstate sources.
15.6 	$300,000 in fiscal year 2022 is for a grant to 
15.7 	transportation management organizations that 
15.8 	provide services exclusively or primarily in 
15.9 	the city located along the marked Interstate 
15.10 	Highway 494 corridor having the highest 
15.11 	population as of July 1, 2021. The council 
15.12 	must not retain any portion of the funds under 
15.13 	this rider and must make grant payments in 
15.14 	full by July 31, 2021. Funds under this grant 
15.15 	are for programming and service expansion 
15.16 	to assist companies and commuters in 
15.17 	telecommuting efforts and promotion of best 
15.18 	practices. A grant recipient must provide 
15.19 	telework resources, assistance, information, 
15.20 	and related activities on a statewide basis.

15.21	Subd. 3.Metro Mobility
 		56,416,000
		55,976,000
	
15.22 	This appropriation is for Metro Mobility under 
15.23 	Minnesota Statutes, section 473.386.

15.24	Sec. 4. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

15.25	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	254,460,000
	$
	236,926,000

15.26	Appropriations by Fund
	
15.27		2021
	2022
	2023
	
15.28	General
	1,512,000
	30,067,000
	22,969,000
	
15.29	H.U.T.D.
	11,000
	9,304,000
	9,300,000
	
15.30	Special Revenue
	-0-
	74,830,000
	66,415,000
	
15.31	Trunk Highway
	1,166,000
	139,809,000
	137,792,000
	
15.32 	The appropriations in this section are to the 
15.33 	commissioner of public safety.
16.1 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
16.2 	purpose are specified in the following 
16.3 	subdivisions.

16.4	Subd. 2.Administration and Related Services

16.5	(a) Office of Communications
		575,000
		575,000

16.6	Appropriations by Fund
	
16.7		2022
	2023
	
16.8	General
	130,000
	130,000
	
16.9	Trunk Highway
	445,000
	445,000

16.10	(b) Public Safety Support
		5,809,000
		5,846,000

16.11	Appropriations by Fund
	
16.12		2022
	2023
	
16.13	General
	1,418,000
	1,455,000
	
16.14	Trunk Highway
	4,391,000
	4,391,000

16.15	(c) Public Safety Officer Benefits
		640,000
		640,000
	
16.16 	This appropriation is from the general fund 
16.17 	for payment of public safety officer survivor 
16.18 	benefits under Minnesota Statutes, section 
16.19 	299A.44. If the appropriation for either year 
16.20 	is insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
16.21 	year is available for it.

16.22	(d) Public Safety Officer Reimbursements
		1,367,000
		1,367,000
	
16.23 	This appropriation is from the general fund 
16.24 	for transfer to the public safety officer's benefit 
16.25 	account. This money is available for 
16.26 	reimbursements under Minnesota Statutes, 
16.27 	section 299A.465.

16.28	(e) Soft Body Armor Reimbursements
		745,000
		745,000

16.29	Appropriations by Fund
	
16.30		2022
	2023
	
16.31	General
	645,000
	645,000
	
16.32	Trunk Highway
	100,000
	100,000
	
17.1 	This appropriation is for soft body armor 
17.2 	reimbursements under Minnesota Statutes, 
17.3 	section 299A.38.

17.4	(f) Technology and Support Services
		6,299,000
		6,299,000

17.5	Appropriations by Fund
	
17.6		2022
	2023
	
17.7	General
	1,365,000
	1,365,000
	
17.8	H.U.T.D.
	19,000
	19,000
	
17.9	Trunk Highway
	4,915,000
	4,915,000

17.10	Subd. 3.State Patrol

17.11	(a) Patrolling Highways
		119,045,000
		117,162,000

17.12	Appropriations by Fund
	
17.13		2021
	2022
	2023
	
17.14	General
	-0-
	37,000
	37,000
	
17.15	H.U.T.D.
	-0-
	92,000
	92,000
	
17.16	Trunk Highway
	1,166,000
	118,916,000
	117,033,000
	
17.17 	$1,166,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated 
17.18 	from the trunk highway fund to the 
17.19 	commissioner of public safety for patrolling 
17.20 	highways. This amount is in addition to the 
17.21 	appropriation under Laws 2019, First Special 
17.22 	Session chapter 3, article 1, section 4, 
17.23 	subdivision 3, paragraph (a).

17.24	(b) Commercial Vehicle Enforcement
		10,548,000
		10,414,000

17.25	(c) Capitol Security
		20,795,000
		16,852,000
	
17.26 	This appropriation is from the general fund.
17.27 	$1,512,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated 
17.28 	from the general fund to the commissioner of 
17.29 	public safety for capitol security. This amount 
17.30 	is in addition to the appropriation under Laws 
17.31 	2019, First Special Session chapter 3, article 
17.32 	1, section 4, subdivision 3, paragraph (c).
18.1 	The commissioner must not (1) spend any 
18.2 	money from the trunk highway fund for 
18.3 	capitol security, or (2) permanently transfer 
18.4 	any state trooper from the patrolling highways 
18.5 	activity to capitol security.

18.6	(d) Vehicle Crimes Unit
		957,000
		953,000
	
18.7 	This appropriation is from the highway user 
18.8 	tax distribution fund for the vehicle crimes 
18.9 	unit to investigate:
18.10 	(1) registration tax and motor vehicle sales tax 
18.11 	liabilities from individuals and businesses that 
18.12 	currently do not pay all taxes owed; and
18.13 	(2) illegal or improper activity related to the 
18.14 	sale, transfer, titling, and registration of motor 
18.15 	vehicles.
18.16 	$11,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated 
18.17 	from the highway user tax distribution fund 
18.18 	to the commissioner of public safety for the 
18.19 	vehicle crimes unit.

18.20	Subd. 4.Driver and Vehicle Services
 					
18.21	(a) Driver Services
		41,964,000
		37,690,000
	
18.22 	This appropriation is from the driver services 
18.23 	operating account in the special revenue fund 
18.24 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.705, 
18.25 	subdivision 2.
18.26 	$1,140,000 in each year is for temporary staff 
18.27 	to implement  the requirements under article 
18.28 	4.
18.29 	The commissioner must maintain driver's 
18.30 	license examination stations so that, at a 
18.31 	minimum, an exam station is located in each 
18.32 	county or an adjacent county.
19.1 	The base is $37,964,000 in each of fiscal years 
19.2 	2024 and 2025.

19.3	(b) Vehicle Services
		37,259,000
		35,518,000

19.4	Appropriations by Fund
	
19.5		2022
	2023
	
19.6	Special Revenue
	29,023,000
	27,282,000
	
19.7	H.U.T.D.
	8,236,000
	8,236,000
	
19.8 	The special revenue fund appropriation is from 
19.9 	the vehicle services operating account under 
19.10 	Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.705, 
19.11 	subdivision 1.

19.12	(c) Temporary Staffing
		2,400,000
		-0-
	
19.13 	This appropriation is from the vehicle services 
19.14 	operating account in the special revenue fund 
19.15 	for staff and operating costs to hire temporary 
19.16 	or contract employees to process and issue 
19.17 	drivers' licenses and Minnesota identification 
19.18 	cards. This appropriation must not be spent 
19.19 	for permanent state employees.

19.20	Subd. 5.Traffic Safety
 		969,000
		972,000

19.21	Appropriations by Fund
	
19.22		2022
	2023
	
19.23	General
	475,000
	478,000
	
19.24	Trunk Highway
	494,000
	494,000
	
19.25 	The appropriation from the general fund each 
19.26 	year is for maintenance of the crash record 
19.27 	system.

19.28	Subd. 6.Pipeline Safety
 		1,443,000
		1,443,000
	
19.29 	This appropriation is from the pipeline safety 
19.30 	account in the special revenue fund.

19.31
19.32	Subd. 7.Hazardous Substances Transportation 
Incident Preparedness
 		3,195,000
		-0-
	
20.1 	This appropriation is from the general fund 
20.2 	for hazardous substances transportation 
20.3 	incident response preparedness under 
20.4 	Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.55, 
20.5 	subdivisions 3 and 3a.

20.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2021, except that subdivision 3 
20.7 	is effective the day following final enactment.

20.8 	Sec. 5. TRANSFERS.
 20.9 		Subdivision 1.Transfer to driver services account. The commissioner of public safety 
20.10 	must transfer $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2021 from the vehicle services operating account in 
20.11 	the special revenue fund to the driver services operating account in the special revenue fund.
20.12 		Subd. 2.Transfer to electric vehicle infrastructure account. The commissioner of 
20.13 	transportation must transfer $2,195,000 in fiscal year 2022 from the general fund to the 
20.14 	electric vehicle infrastructure account under Minnesota Statutes, section 174.48, subdivision 
20.15 	3.
20.16 		Subd. 3.Transfers to general fund. (a) The commissioner of public safety must transfer 
20.17 	$4,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 from the vehicle services operating account in the special 
20.18 	revenue fund to the general fund.
20.19 	(b) The commissioner of public safety must transfer $6,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 from 
20.20 	the vehicle services operating account in the special revenue fund to the general fund.

20.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. Subdivision 1 is effective the day following final enactment. 
20.22 	Subdivisions 2 and 3 are effective July 1, 2021.

20.23 	Sec. 6. ADMINISTRATIVE HOLDBACK CANCELLATIONS; FISCAL YEAR 
20.24 	2021.
 20.25 	(a) $271,000 of the fiscal year 2021 general fund appropriation under Laws 2019, First 
20.26 	Special Session chapter 3, article 1, section 2, is canceled.
20.27 	(b) $220,000 of the fiscal year 2021 general fund appropriation under Laws 2019, First 
20.28 	Special Session chapter 3, article 1, section 4, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), is canceled.

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

21.1 	Sec. 7. APPROPRIATIONS BUDGET.
 21.2 	(a) In the budget submission to the legislature under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.11, 
21.3 	for fiscal years 2024 and 2025, the commissioner of transportation, and the commissioner 
21.4 	of public safety with respect to the transportation portion of the public safety budget, must 
21.5 	present budget narratives and proposed appropriations for each appropriation established 
21.6 	in sections 2 and 4.
21.7 	(b) In the budget submission to the legislature under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.11, 
21.8 	for fiscal years 2024 and 2025, the Metropolitan Council must present budget narratives 
21.9 	and the proposed appropriations for each appropriation established in section 3, and proposed 
21.10 	appropriations, if any, for each of the following categories: metro mobility, contracted bus 
21.11 	service, regular route bus service, light rail transit, commuter rail, transportation planning, 
21.12 	and allocation to the regional administration.

21.13 	Sec. 8. Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 3, article 1, section 4, subdivision 3, is 
21.14 	amended to read:

21.15	Subd. 3.State Patrol

21.16	(a) Patrolling Highways
		95,252,000
		96,083,000

21.17	Appropriations by Fund
	
21.18		2020
	2021
	
21.19	General
	37,000
	37,000
	
21.20	H.U.T.D.
	92,000
	92,000
	
21.21	Trunk Highway
	95,123,000
	95,954,000
	
21.22 	To account for base adjustments provided in 
21.23 	Laws 2018, chapter 211, article 21, section 2, 
21.24 	paragraph (a), the base from the trunk highway 
21.25 	fund for fiscal years 2022 and 2023 is 
21.26 	$96,784,000.
21.27 	Of the appropriation from the trunk highway 
21.28 	fund in fiscal year 2021, up to $1,718,000 is 
21.29 	available until December 30, 2021, for costs 
21.30 	associated with the 2021 State Patrol Trooper 
21.31 	Academy.

21.32	(b) Commercial Vehicle Enforcement
		8,948,000
		8,993,000
	
22.1 	To account for base adjustments provided in 
22.2 	Laws 2018, chapter 211, article 21, section 2, 
22.3 	paragraph (a), the base from the trunk highway 
22.4 	fund for fiscal years 2022 and 2023 is 
22.5 	$9,038,000.

22.6	(c) Capitol Security
		9,164,000
		9,207,000
	
22.7 	This appropriation is from the general fund.
22.8 	To account for base adjustments provided in 
22.9 	Laws 2018, chapter 211, article 21, section 2, 
22.10 	paragraph (a), the base from the general fund 
22.11 	for fiscal years 2022 and 2023 is $9,250,000.
22.12 	The commissioner must not:
22.13 	(1) spend any money from the trunk highway 
22.14 	fund for capitol security; or
22.15 	(2) permanently transfer any state trooper from 
22.16 	the patrolling highways activity to capitol 
22.17 	security.
22.18 	The commissioner must not transfer any 
22.19 	money appropriated to the commissioner under 
22.20 	this section:
22.21 	(1) to capitol security; or
22.22 	(2) from capitol security.

22.23	(d) Vehicle Crimes Unit
		832,000
		866,000
	
22.24 	This appropriation is from the highway user 
22.25 	tax distribution fund to investigate:
22.26 	(1) registration tax and motor vehicle sales tax 
22.27 	liabilities from individuals and businesses that 
22.28 	currently do not pay all taxes owed; and
22.29 	(2) illegal or improper activity related to the 
22.30 	sale, transfer, titling, and registration of motor 
22.31 	vehicles.

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

23.2 	ARTICLE 2
23.3 	TRUNK HIGHWAY BONDS

23.4 	Section 1. BOND APPROPRIATIONS.
 23.5 	The sums shown in the column under "Appropriations" are appropriated from the bond 
23.6 	proceeds account in the trunk highway fund to the state agencies or officials indicated to 
23.7 	be spent for public purposes. Appropriations of bond proceeds must be spent as authorized 
23.8 	by the Minnesota Constitution, articles XI and XIV. Unless otherwise specified, money 
23.9 	appropriated in this article for a capital program or project may be used to pay state agency 
23.10 	staff costs that are attributed directly to the capital program or project in accordance with 
23.11 	accounting policies adopted by the commissioner of management and budget.

23.12	SUMMARY
	
23.13	Department of Transportation
	$
	400,000,000
	
23.14	Department of Management and Budget
		400,000
	
23.15	TOTAL
	$
	400,400,000

23.16						APPROPRIATIONS

23.17
23.18	Sec. 2. DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION

23.19	Subdivision 1.Corridors of Commerce
 			$
	175,000,000
	
23.20 	(a) This appropriation is in fiscal year 2024 to 
23.21 	the commissioner of transportation for the 
23.22 	corridors of commerce program under 
23.23 	Minnesota Statutes, section 161.088.
23.24 	(b) The commissioner may use up to 17 
23.25 	percent of the amount for program delivery.

23.26	Subd. 2.State Road Construction
 				225,000,000
	
23.27 	(a) This appropriation is in fiscal year 2024 to 
23.28 	the commissioner of transportation for 
23.29 	construction, reconstruction, and improvement 
23.30 	of trunk highways, including design-build 
23.31 	contracts and use of consultants to support 
23.32 	these activities. This includes the cost of actual 
23.33 	payment to landowners for lands acquired for 
24.1 	highway rights-of-way, payment to lessees, 
24.2 	interest subsidies, and relocation expenses.
24.3 	(b) The commissioner may use up to 17 
24.4 	percent of the amount for program delivery.

24.5	Sec. 3. BOND SALE EXPENSES
 			$
	400,000
	
24.6 	This appropriation is in fiscal year 2024 to the 
24.7 	commissioner of management and budget for 
24.8 	bond sale expenses under Minnesota Statutes, 
24.9 	sections 16A.641, subdivision 8, and 167.50, 
24.10 	subdivision 4.

24.11	Sec. 4. BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.
 					
24.12 	To provide the money appropriated in this article from the bond proceeds account in the 
24.13 	trunk highway fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds 
24.14 	of the state in an amount up to $400,400,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the 
24.15 	effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 167.50 to 167.52, and by the Minnesota 
24.16 	Constitution, article XIV, section 11, at the times and in the amounts requested by the 
24.17 	commissioner of transportation. The proceeds of the bonds, except accrued interest and any 
24.18 	premium received from the sale of the bonds, must be deposited in the bond proceeds account 
24.19 	in the trunk highway fund.

24.20 	ARTICLE 3
24.21 	TRANSPORTATION-RELATED TAXES

24.22 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97A.055, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
24.23 		Subd. 2.Receipts. The commissioner of management and budget shall credit to the 
24.24 	game and fish fund all money received under the game and fish laws and all income from 
24.25 	state lands acquired by purchase or gift for game or fish purposes, including receipts from:
24.26 	(1) licenses and permits issued;
24.27 	(2) fines and forfeited bail;
24.28 	(3) sales of contraband, wild animals, and other property under the control of the division, 
24.29 	except as provided in section 97A.225, subdivision 8, clause (2);
24.30 	(4) fees from advanced education courses for hunters and trappers;
24.31 	(5) reimbursements of expenditures by the division;
25.1 	(6) contributions to the division; and
25.2 	(7) revenue credited to the game and fish fund under section 297A.94, subdivision 2,
25.3 	paragraph (h), clause (1).

25.4 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 168.002, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
25.5 		Subd. 10.First year of life. "First year of life" or "first year of vehicle life" means the 
25.6 	year of model designation of the vehicle, or, if there be no year of model designation, it 
25.7 	shall mean means the year of manufacture.

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

25.9 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 168.013, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
25.10 		Subd. 1a.Passenger automobile; hearse. (a) On passenger automobiles as defined in 
25.11 	section 168.002, subdivision 24, and hearses, except as otherwise provided, the registration 
25.12 	tax is calculated as $10 plus:
25.13 	(1) for a vehicle initially registered in Minnesota prior to November 16, 2020, 1.25 
25.14 	percent of the manufacturer's suggested retail price of the vehicle and the destination charge, 
25.15 	subject to the adjustments in paragraphs (f) and (g); or
25.16 	(2) for a vehicle initially registered in Minnesota on or after November 16, 2020, 1.285 
25.17 	percent of the manufacturer's suggested retail price of the vehicle, subject to the adjustments 
25.18 	in paragraphs (f) and (g).
25.19 	(b) The registration tax calculation must not include the cost of each accessory or item 
25.20 	of optional equipment separately added to the vehicle and the manufacturer's suggested 
25.21 	retail price. The registration tax calculation must not include a destination charge, except 
25.22 	for a vehicle previously registered in Minnesota prior to November 16, 2020.
25.23 	(c) In the case of the first registration of a new vehicle sold or leased by a licensed dealer, 
25.24 	the dealer may elect to individually determine the registration tax on the vehicle using 
25.25 	manufacturer's suggested retail price information provided by the manufacturer. The registrar 
25.26 	must use the manufacturer's suggested retail price determined by the dealer as provided in 
25.27 	paragraph (d). A dealer that elects to make the determination must retain a copy of the 
25.28 	manufacturer's suggested retail price label or other supporting documentation with the 
25.29 	vehicle transaction records maintained under Minnesota Rules, part 7400.5200.
25.30 	(d) The registrar must determine the manufacturer's suggested retail price:
26.1 	(1) using list price information published by the manufacturer or any nationally 
26.2 	recognized firm or association compiling such data for the automotive industry;
26.3 	(2) if the list price information is unavailable, using the amount determined by a licensed 
26.4 	dealer under paragraph (c);
26.5 	(3) if a dealer does not determine the amount, using the retail price label as provided by 
26.6 	the manufacturer under United States Code, title 15, section 1232; or
26.7 	(4) if the retail price label is not available, using the actual sales price of the vehicle.
26.8 	If the registrar is unable to ascertain the manufacturer's suggested retail price of any registered 
26.9 	vehicle in the foregoing manner, the registrar may use any other available source or method.
26.10 	(e) The registrar must calculate the registration tax using information available to dealers 
26.11 	and deputy registrars at the time the initial application for registration is submitted.
26.12 	(f) The amount under paragraph (a), clauses (1) and (2), must be calculated based on a 
26.13 	percentage of the manufacturer's suggested retail price, as follows: during the first year of 
26.14 	vehicle life, upon 100 percent of the price; for the second year, 90 95 percent of the price; 
26.15 	for the third year, 80 90 percent of the price; for the fourth year, 70 84 percent of the price; 
26.16 	for the fifth year, 60 68 percent of the price; for the sixth year, 50 percent of the price; for 
26.17 	the seventh year, 40 percent of the price; for the eighth year, 30 percent of the price; for the 
26.18 	ninth year, 20 percent of the price; and for the tenth year, ten percent of the price.
26.19 	(g) For the 11th and each succeeding year, the amount under paragraph (a), clauses (1) 
26.20 	and (2), must be calculated as $25.
26.21 	(h) Except as provided in subdivision 23, for any vehicle previously registered in 
26.22 	Minnesota and regardless of prior ownership, the total amount due under this subdivision 
26.23 	and subdivision 1m must not exceed the smallest total amount previously paid or due on 
26.24 	the vehicle.

26.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and 
26.26 	applies to taxes payable for a registration period starting on or after October 1, 2021.

26.27 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 168.013, subdivision 1m, is amended to read:
26.28 		Subd. 1m.Electric vehicle. In addition to the tax under subdivision 1a, a surcharge of 
26.29 	$75 is imposed for an all-electric vehicle, as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 1a. 
26.30 	Notwithstanding subdivision 8, revenue from the fee imposed under this subdivision must 
26.31 	be deposited:
27.1 	(1) the lesser of 50 percent or $1,000,000, in the electric vehicle infrastructure account 
27.2 	under section 174.48; and
27.3 	(2) the remainder in the highway user tax distribution fund.

27.4 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 296A.07, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
27.5 		Subd. 3.Rate of tax. (a) The gasoline excise tax is imposed at the following rates:
27.6 	(1) E85 is taxed at the rate of 17.75 cents per gallon;
27.7 	(2) M85 is taxed at the rate of 14.25 cents per gallon; and
27.8 	(3) all other gasoline is taxed at the rate of 25 cents per gallon.
27.9 	(b) On or before September 1 annually, the commissioner must determine the tax rate 
27.10 	applicable to the sale of E85, M85, and all other gasoline subject to tax under this section 
27.11 	for the upcoming 12-month period, beginning October 1, by adding to the current fiscal 
27.12 	year tax rate the percentage increase, if any, in the National Highway Construction Cost 
27.13 	Index for the previous calendar year. The tax rate must be rounded to the nearest tenth of 
27.14 	a cent. The tax rates for E85, M85, and all other gasoline must not be lower than the 
27.15 	respective rates specified in paragraph (a).
27.16 	(c) For purposes of this subdivision, the National Highway Construction Cost Index is 
27.17 	as determined by the United States Department of Transportation.

27.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2021, and applies for taxes imposed 
27.19 	on or after October 1, 2021.

27.20 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 296A.08, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
27.21 		Subd. 2.Rate of tax. (a) The special fuel excise tax is imposed at the following rates:
27.22 	(a) (1) liquefied petroleum gas or propane is taxed at the rate of 18.75 cents per gallon.;
27.23 	(b) (2) liquefied natural gas is taxed at the rate of 15 cents per gallon.;
27.24 	(c) (3) compressed natural gas is taxed at the rate of $1.974 per thousand cubic feet; or 
27.25 	25 cents per gasoline equivalent. For purposes of this paragraph, "gasoline equivalent," as 
27.26 	defined by the National Conference on Weights and Measures, is 5.66 pounds of natural 
27.27 	gas or 126.67 cubic feet.; and
27.28 	(d) (4) all other special fuel is taxed at the same rate as the gasoline excise tax as specified 
27.29 	in section 296A.07, subdivision 2.
28.1 	(b) On or before September 1 annually, the commissioner must determine the tax rate 
28.2 	applicable to the sale of special fuels subject to tax under this section for the upcoming 
28.3 	12-month period, beginning October 1, by adding to the current fiscal year tax rate the 
28.4 	percentage increase, if any, calculated under section 296A.07, subdivision 3, paragraph (b). 
28.5 	The tax rate must be rounded to the nearest tenth of a cent. The tax rates for liquefied natural 
28.6 	gas or propane, liquefied natural gas, compressed natural gas, and all other special fuel must 
28.7 	not be lower than the respective rates specified in paragraph (a).
28.8 	(c) The tax is payable in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner.
28.9 	(d) For purposes of this paragraph, "gasoline equivalent," as defined by the National 
28.10 	Conference on Weights and Measures, is 5.66 pounds of natural gas or 126.67 cubic feet.

28.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2021, and applies for taxes imposed 
28.12 	on or after October 1, 2021.

28.13 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 297A.94, is amended to read:
28.14 	297A.94 DEPOSIT OF REVENUES.
28.15 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, "motor vehicle repair and 
28.16 	replacement parts" includes: (1) all parts, tires, accessories, and equipment incorporated 
28.17 	into or affixed to the motor vehicle as part of the motor vehicle maintenance and repair; 
28.18 	and (2) paint, oil, and other fluids that remain on or in the motor vehicle as part of the motor 
28.19 	vehicle maintenance or repair.
28.20 	(b) For purposes of paragraph (a), "motor vehicle" has the meaning given in section 
28.21 	297B.01, subdivision 11; and "tire" means any tire of the type used on highway vehicles, 
28.22 	if wholly or partially made of rubber and if marked according to federal regulations for 
28.23 	highway use.
28.24 		Subd. 2.Deposits. (a) Except as provided in this section, the commissioner shall deposit 
28.25 	the revenues, including interest and penalties, derived from the taxes imposed by this chapter 
28.26 	in the state treasury and credit them to the general fund.
28.27 	(b) The commissioner shall deposit taxes in the Minnesota agricultural and economic 
28.28 	account in the special revenue fund if:
28.29 	(1) the taxes are derived from sales and use of property and services purchased for the 
28.30 	construction and operation of an agricultural resource project; and
28.31 	(2) the purchase was made on or after the date on which a conditional commitment was 
28.32 	made for a loan guaranty for the project under section 41A.04, subdivision 3.
29.1 	The commissioner of management and budget shall certify to the commissioner the date on 
29.2 	which the project received the conditional commitment. The amount deposited in the loan 
29.3 	guaranty account must be reduced by any refunds and by the costs incurred by the Department 
29.4 	of Revenue to administer and enforce the assessment and collection of the taxes.
29.5 	(c) The commissioner shall deposit the revenues, including interest and penalties, derived 
29.6 	from the taxes imposed on sales and purchases included in section 297A.61, subdivision 3, 
29.7 	paragraph (g), clauses (1) and (4), in the state treasury, and credit them as follows:
29.8 	(1) first to the general obligation special tax bond debt service account in each fiscal 
29.9 	year the amount required by section 16A.661, subdivision 3, paragraph (b); and
29.10 	(2) after the requirements of clause (1) have been met, the balance to the general fund.
29.11 	(d) Beginning with sales taxes remitted after July 1, 2017, the commissioner shall deposit 
29.12 	in the state treasury the revenues collected under section 297A.64, subdivision 1, including 
29.13 	interest and penalties and minus refunds, and credit them to the highway user tax distribution 
29.14 	fund.
29.15 	(e) The commissioner shall deposit the revenues, including interest and penalties, 
29.16 	collected under section 297A.64, subdivision 5, in the state treasury and credit them to the 
29.17 	general fund. By July 15 of each year the commissioner shall transfer to the highway user 
29.18 	tax distribution fund an amount equal to the excess fees collected under section 297A.64, 
29.19 	subdivision 5, for the previous calendar year.
29.20 	(f) Beginning with sales taxes remitted after July 1, 2017, in conjunction with the deposit 
29.21 	of revenues under paragraph (d), the commissioner shall deposit into the state treasury and 
29.22 	credit to the highway user tax distribution fund an amount equal to the estimated revenues 
29.23 	derived from the tax rate imposed under section 297A.62, subdivision 1, on the lease or 
29.24 	rental for not more than 28 days of rental motor vehicles subject to section 297A.64. The 
29.25 	commissioner shall estimate the amount of sales tax revenue deposited under this paragraph 
29.26 	based on the amount of revenue deposited under paragraph (d).
29.27 	(g) Starting after July 1, 2017, The commissioner shall deposit an amount of the 
29.28 	remittances monthly into the state treasury and credit them to the highway user tax 
29.29 	distribution fund as a portion of an amount related to the estimated amount of taxes collected 
29.30 	from the sale and purchase of motor vehicle repair and replacement parts in that month. For 
29.31 	the remittances Between July 1, 2017, and June 30, 2019, the monthly deposit amount is 
29.32 	$2,628,000. For remittances In each subsequent fiscal year, the monthly deposit amount is 
29.33 	$12,137,000, which must be credited:
30.1 	(1) 74 percent to the highway user tax distribution fund;
30.2 	(2) 13.5 percent to the small cities assistance account under section 162.145, subdivision 
30.3 	2;
30.4 	(3) 7.5 percent to the town road account in the county state-aid highway fund under 
30.5 	section 162.081; and
30.6 	(4) 5 percent to the greater Minnesota transit account in the transit assistance fund under 
30.7 	section 16A.88.
30.8 	For purposes of this paragraph, "motor vehicle" has the meaning given in section 297B.01, 
30.9 	subdivision 11, and "motor vehicle repair and replacement parts" includes (i) all parts, tires, 
30.10 	accessories, and equipment incorporated into or affixed to the motor vehicle as part of the 
30.11 	motor vehicle maintenance and repair, and (ii) paint, oil, and other fluids that remain on or 
30.12 	in the motor vehicle as part of the motor vehicle maintenance or repair. For purposes of this 
30.13 	paragraph, "tire" means any tire of the type used on highway vehicles, if wholly or partially 
30.14 	made of rubber and if marked according to federal regulations for highway use.
30.15 	(h) 72.43 percent of the revenues, including interest and penalties, transmitted to the 
30.16 	commissioner under section 297A.65, must be deposited by the commissioner in the state 
30.17 	treasury as follows:
30.18 	(1) 50 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the heritage enhancement account in 
30.19 	the game and fish fund, and may be spent only on activities that improve, enhance, or protect 
30.20 	fish and wildlife resources, including conservation, restoration, and enhancement of land, 
30.21 	water, and other natural resources of the state;
30.22 	(2) 22.5 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, and may 
30.23 	be spent only for state parks and trails;
30.24 	(3) 22.5 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, and may 
30.25 	be spent only on metropolitan park and trail grants;
30.26 	(4) three percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, and 
30.27 	may be spent only on local trail grants; and
30.28 	(5) two percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, and may 
30.29 	be spent only for the Minnesota Zoological Garden, the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, 
30.30 	and the Duluth Zoo.
30.31 	(i) The revenue dedicated under paragraph (h) may not be used as a substitute for 
30.32 	traditional sources of funding for the purposes specified, but the dedicated revenue shall 
31.1 	supplement traditional sources of funding for those purposes. Land acquired with money 
31.2 	deposited in the game and fish fund under paragraph (h) must be open to public hunting 
31.3 	and fishing during the open season, except that in aquatic management areas or on lands 
31.4 	where angling easements have been acquired, fishing may be prohibited during certain times 
31.5 	of the year and hunting may be prohibited. At least 87 percent of the money deposited in 
31.6 	the game and fish fund for improvement, enhancement, or protection of fish and wildlife 
31.7 	resources under paragraph (h) must be allocated for field operations.
31.8 	(j) The commissioner must deposit the revenues, including interest and penalties minus 
31.9 	any refunds, derived from the sale of items regulated under section 624.20, subdivision 1, 
31.10 	that may be sold to persons 18 years old or older and that are not prohibited from use by 
31.11 	the general public under section 624.21, in the state treasury and credit:
31.12 	(1) 25 percent to the volunteer fire assistance grant account established under section 
31.13 	88.068;
31.14 	(2) 25 percent to the fire safety account established under section 297I.06, subdivision 
31.15 	3; and
31.16 	(3) the remainder to the general fund.
31.17 	For purposes of this paragraph, the percentage of total sales and use tax revenue derived 
31.18 	from the sale of items regulated under section 624.20, subdivision 1, that are allowed to be 
31.19 	sold to persons 18 years old or older and are not prohibited from use by the general public 
31.20 	under section 624.21, is a set percentage of the total sales and use tax revenues collected in 
31.21 	the state, with the percentage determined under Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 
31.22 	1, article 3, section 39.
31.23 		Subd. 3.Application. (k) The revenues deposited under paragraphs (a) to (j) this section
31.24 	do not include the revenues, including interest and penalties, generated by the sales tax 
31.25 	imposed under section 297A.62, subdivision 1a, which must be deposited as provided under 
31.26 	the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 15.

31.27 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 297A.99, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
31.28 		Subdivision 1.Authorization; scope. (a) A political subdivision of this state may impose 
31.29 	a general sales tax (1) under section 297A.992, (2) under section 297A.9925, (3) under 
31.30 	section 297A.993, (3) (4) if permitted by special law, or (4) (5) if the political subdivision 
31.31 	enacted and imposed the tax before January 1, 1982, and its predecessor provision.
31.32 	(b) This section governs the imposition of a general sales tax by the political subdivision. 
31.33 	The provisions of this section preempt the provisions of any special law:
32.1 	(1) enacted before June 2, 1997, or
32.2 	(2) enacted on or after June 2, 1997, that does not explicitly exempt the special law 
32.3 	provision from this section's rules by reference.
32.4 	(c) This section does not apply to or preempt a sales tax on motor vehicles. Beginning 
32.5 	July 1, 2019, no political subdivision may impose a special excise tax on motor vehicles 
32.6 	unless it is imposed under section 297A.993.
32.7 	(d) A political subdivision may not advertise or expend funds for the promotion of a 
32.8 	referendum to support imposing a local sales tax and may only spend funds related to 
32.9 	imposing a local sales tax to:
32.10 	(1) conduct the referendum;
32.11 	(2) disseminate information included in the resolution adopted under subdivision 2, but 
32.12 	only if the disseminated information includes a list of specific projects and the cost of each 
32.13 	individual project;
32.14 	(3) provide notice of, and conduct public forums at which proponents and opponents on 
32.15 	the merits of the referendum are given equal time to express their opinions on the merits of 
32.16 	the referendum;
32.17 	(4) provide facts and data on the impact of the proposed local sales tax on consumer 
32.18 	purchases; and
32.19 	(5) provide facts and data related to the individual programs and projects to be funded 
32.20 	with the local sales tax.

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

32.22 	Sec. 9. [297A.9925] TRANSIT SALES AND USE TAX.
32.23 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have 
32.24 	the meanings given.
32.25 	(b) "Metropolitan area" has the meaning given in section 473.121, subdivision 2.
32.26 	(c) "Metropolitan Council" or "council" means the Metropolitan Council established 
32.27 	under section 473.123.
32.28 	(d) "Transit sales tax" means the sales and use tax imposed under this section.
32.29 	(e) "Transit taxing district" means the transit taxing district as determined under sections 
32.30 	473.446, subdivision 2, and 473.4461.
33.1 		Subd. 2.Sales and use tax imposition; rate. (a) Notwithstanding sections 297A.99, 
33.2 	subdivisions 2 and 3, and 477A.016, or any other law to the contrary, the Metropolitan 
33.3 	Council must impose a transit sales and use tax at a rate of one-half of one percent on retail 
33.4 	sales and uses taxable under this chapter occurring within the transit taxing district.
33.5 	(b) The tax imposed under this section is not included in determining if the total tax on 
33.6 	lodging in the city of Minneapolis exceeds the maximum allowed tax under Laws 1986, 
33.7 	chapter 396, section 5, as amended by Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 5, article 
33.8 	12, section 87, and Laws 2012, chapter 299, article 3, section 3, or in determining a tax that 
33.9 	may be imposed under any other limitations.
33.10 		Subd. 3.Tax administration; collection; enforcement. Except as otherwise provided 
33.11 	in this section, the provisions of section 297A.99, subdivisions 4 and 6 to 12a, govern the 
33.12 	administration, collection, and enforcement of the tax imposed under this section.
33.13 		Subd. 4.Use of funds. (a) The council may use the transit sales tax proceeds for transit 
33.14 	system operations, maintenance, development, and improvements, including but not limited 
33.15 	to expansion of arterial bus rapid transit.
33.16 	(b) Transit operations and projects funded with transit sales tax proceeds must be 
33.17 	consistent with the long-range transportation policy plan under section 473.146 and the 
33.18 	transit capital improvement program under section 473.39.
33.19 		Subd. 5.Administrative requirements. (a) The council must establish policies that 
33.20 	govern allocation of a portion of transit sales tax revenue to replacement service providers.
33.21 	(b) The council must maintain an overview of the transit sales tax on a website, including 
33.22 	information that identifies annual transit sales tax revenue, details on uses of funds, and the 
33.23 	policies under paragraph (a).
33.24 		Subd. 6.Revenue bonds. (a) Notwithstanding section 473.39, subdivision 7, or any 
33.25 	other law to the contrary, the council may, by resolution, authorize the sale and issuance of 
33.26 	revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations to provide funds (1) for the purposes specified 
33.27 	in subdivision 4, and (2) to refund bonds issued under this subdivision.
33.28 	(b) The bonds are payable from and secured by a pledge of the revenues received under 
33.29 	this section, and associated investment earnings on debt proceeds. The council may, by 
33.30 	resolution, authorize the issuance of the bonds as general obligations of the council. The 
33.31 	bonds must be sold, issued, and secured in the manner provided in chapter 475, and the 
33.32 	council has the same powers and duties as a municipality and its governing body in issuing 
33.33 	bonds under chapter 475, except that no election is required and the net debt limitations in 
34.1 	chapter 475 do not apply to such bonds. The proceeds of the bonds may also be used to 
34.2 	fund necessary reserves and to pay credit enhancement fees, issuance costs, and other 
34.3 	financing costs during the life of the debt.
34.4 	(c) The bonds may be secured by a bond resolution, or a trust indenture entered into by 
34.5 	the council with a corporate trustee within or outside the state, which must define the 
34.6 	revenues and bond proceeds pledged for the payment and security of the bonds. The pledge 
34.7 	must be a valid charge on the revenues received under section 297A.99, subdivision 11. 
34.8 	Neither the state, nor any municipality or political subdivision except the council, nor any 
34.9 	member or officer or employee of the council, is liable on the obligations. No mortgage or 
34.10 	security interest in any tangible real or personal property is granted to the bondholders or 
34.11 	the trustee, but they shall have a valid security interest in the revenues and bond proceeds 
34.12 	received by the council and pledged to the payment of the bonds. In the bond resolution or 
34.13 	trust indenture, the council may make such covenants as it determines to be reasonable for 
34.14 	the protection of the bondholders.

34.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective the day following 
34.16 	final enactment for sales and purchases made on or after January 1, 2022, and applies in 
34.17 	the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.

34.18 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 297B.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
34.19 		Subdivision 1.Rate. There is imposed an excise tax of 6.5 6.875 percent on the purchase 
34.20 	price of any motor vehicle purchased or acquired, either in or outside of the state of 
34.21 	Minnesota, which is required to be registered under the laws of this state.
34.22 	The excise tax is also imposed on the purchase price of motor vehicles purchased or 
34.23 	acquired on Indian reservations when the tribal council has entered into a sales tax on motor 
34.24 	vehicles refund agreement with the state of Minnesota.

34.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for sales and purchases on or after January 
34.26 	1, 2022.

34.27 	Sec. 11. GENERAL SALES TAX REALLOCATION PHASE-IN.
 34.28 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, subdivision 2, paragraph (g), the 
34.29 	monthly deposit under that paragraph is as follows:
34.30 	(1) from July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2022:
34.31 	(i) 91 percent to the highway user tax distribution fund;
35.1 	(ii) 6.5 percent to the small cities assistance account under Minnesota Statutes, section 
35.2 	162.145, subdivision 2;
35.3 	(iii) 2 percent to the town road account in the county state-aid highway fund under 
35.4 	Minnesota Statutes, section 162.081; and
35.5 	(iv) 0.5 percent to the greater Minnesota transit account in the transit assistance fund 
35.6 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.88; and
35.7 	(2) from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023:
35.8 	(i) 80.5 percent to the highway user tax distribution fund;
35.9 	(ii) 13.5 percent to the small cities assistance account;
35.10 	(iii) 5.5 percent to the town road account; and
35.11 	(iv) 0.5 percent to the greater Minnesota transit account.

35.12 	ARTICLE 4
35.13 	DRIVERS' LICENSES AND IDENTIFICATION CARDS

35.14 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 13.6905, is amended by adding a subdivision 
35.15 	to read:
35.16 		Subd. 36.Noncompliant license or identification card; lawful status. Data on certain 
35.17 	noncompliant drivers' licenses or identification cards are governed by section 171.12, 
35.18 	subdivision 11.

35.19 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.04, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
35.20 		Subd. 5.Temporary lawful admission. The commissioner is prohibited from issuing 
35.21 	a driver's license or Minnesota identification card to an applicant whose having a lawful 
35.22 	temporary admission period, as demonstrated under section 171.06, subdivision 3, paragraph 
35.23 	(b), clause (2), that expires within 30 days of the date of the application.

35.24 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.06, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
35.25 		Subd. 3.Contents of application; other information. (a) An application must:
35.26 	(1) state the full name, date of birth, sex, and either (i) the residence address of the 
35.27 	applicant, or (ii) designated address under section 5B.05;
36.1 	(2) as may be required by the commissioner, contain a description of the applicant and 
36.2 	any other facts pertaining to the applicant, the applicant's driving privileges, and the 
36.3 	applicant's ability to operate a motor vehicle with safety;
36.4 	(3) state:
36.5 	(i) the applicant's Social Security number; or
36.6 	(ii) if the applicant does not have a Social Security number and is applying for a 
36.7 	Minnesota identification card, instruction permit, or class D provisional or driver's license, 
36.8 	that the applicant certifies that the applicant is not eligible for a Social Security number;
36.9 	(4) contain a notification to the applicant of the availability of a living will/health care 
36.10 	directive designation on the license under section 171.07, subdivision 7; and
36.11 	(5) include a method for the applicant to:
36.12 	(i) request a veteran designation on the license under section 171.07, subdivision 15, 
36.13 	and the driving record under section 171.12, subdivision 5a;
36.14 	(ii) indicate a desire to make an anatomical gift under paragraph (d);
36.15 	(iii) as applicable, designate document retention as provided under section 171.12, 
36.16 	subdivision 3c; and
36.17 	(iv) indicate emergency contacts as provided under section 171.12, subdivision 5b.
36.18 	(b) Applications must be accompanied by satisfactory evidence demonstrating:
36.19 	(1) identity, date of birth, and any legal name change if applicable; and
36.20 	(2) for driver's licenses and Minnesota identification cards that meet all requirements of 
36.21 	the REAL ID Act:
36.22 	(i) principal residence address in Minnesota, including application for a change of address, 
36.23 	unless the applicant provides a designated address under section 5B.05;
36.24 	(ii) Social Security number, or related documentation as applicable; and
36.25 	(iii) lawful status, as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 6, section 37.3.
36.26 	(c) An application for an enhanced driver's license or enhanced identification card must 
36.27 	be accompanied by:
36.28 	(1) satisfactory evidence demonstrating the applicant's full legal name and United States 
36.29 	citizenship; and
36.30 	(2) a photographic identity document.

37.1 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.06, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
37.2 	read:
37.3 		Subd. 7.Noncompliant license or identification card; lawful status. (a) A person is 
37.4 	not required to demonstrate United States citizenship or lawful presence in the United States 
37.5 	in order to obtain a noncompliant driver's license or identification card.
37.6 	(b) Minnesota Rules, part 7410.0410, or any successor rule, does not apply for a 
37.7 	noncompliant driver's license or identification card.

37.8 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.06, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
37.9 	read:
37.10 		Subd. 8.Noncompliant license or identification card; general requirements. (a) A 
37.11 	document submitted under this subdivision or subdivision 9 or 10 must include the applicant's 
37.12 	name and must be:
37.13 	(1) issued to or provided for the applicant;
37.14 	(2) legible and unaltered;
37.15 	(3) an original or a copy certified by the issuing agency; and
37.16 	(4) accompanied by a certified translation or an affidavit of translation into English, if 
37.17 	the document is not in English.
37.18 	(b) If the applicant's current legal name is different from the name on a document 
37.19 	submitted under subdivision 9 or 10, the applicant must submit:
37.20 	(1) a certified copy of a court order that specifies the applicant's name change;
37.21 	(2) a certified copy of the applicant's certificate of marriage;
37.22 	(3) a certified copy of a divorce decree or dissolution of marriage that specifies the 
37.23 	applicant's name change, issued by a court; or
37.24 	(4) similar documentation of a lawful change of name, as determined by the 
37.25 	commissioner.
37.26 	(c) The commissioner must establish a process to grant a waiver from the requirements 
37.27 	under this subdivision and subdivisions 9 and 10.
37.28 	(d) The same document must not be submitted as both a primary document under 
37.29 	subdivision 9 and a secondary document under subdivision 10.

38.1 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.06, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
38.2 	read:
38.3 		Subd. 9.Noncompliant license or identification card; primary documents. (a) For 
38.4 	a noncompliant driver's license or identification card, primary documents under Minnesota 
38.5 	Rules, part 7410.0400, subpart 2, or successor rules, include the following:
38.6 	(1) a noncompliant driver's license or identification card that is current or has been 
38.7 	expired for five years or less;
38.8 	(2) an unexpired foreign passport or a foreign consular identification document that 
38.9 	bears a photograph of the applicant; and
38.10 	(3) a certified birth certificate issued by a foreign jurisdiction.
38.11 	(b) A document submitted under this subdivision must contain security features that 
38.12 	make the document as impervious to alteration as is reasonably practicable in its design and 
38.13 	quality of material and technology.
38.14 	(c) For purposes of this subdivision and subdivision 10, "foreign" means a jurisdiction 
38.15 	that is not, and is not within, the United States, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
38.16 	Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, or a 
38.17 	territory of the United States.
38.18 	(d) Submission of more than one primary document is not required under this subdivision.

38.19 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.06, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
38.20 	read:
38.21 		Subd. 10.Noncompliant license or identification card; secondary documents. (a) 
38.22 	For a noncompliant driver's license or identification card, secondary documents under 
38.23 	Minnesota Rules, part 7410.0400, subpart 3, or successor rules, include the following:
38.24 	(1) a second document listed under subdivision 9, paragraph (a);
38.25 	(2) a notice of action on or proof of submission of a completed Application for Asylum 
38.26 	and for Withholding of Removal issued by the United States Department of Homeland 
38.27 	Security, Form I-589;
38.28 	(3) a Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant Student Status issued by the United 
38.29 	States Department of Homeland Security, Form I-20;
38.30 	(4) a Certificate of Eligibility for Exchange Visitor Status issued by the United States 
38.31 	Department of State, Form DS-2019;
39.1 	(5) a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival approval notice issued by the United States 
39.2 	Department of Homeland Security;
39.3 	(6) an employment authorization document issued by the United States Department of 
39.4 	Homeland Security, Form I-688, Form I-688A, Form I-688B, or Form I-766;
39.5 	(7) a document issued by the Social Security Administration with an individual taxpayer 
39.6 	identification number;
39.7 	(8) mortgage documents for the applicant's residence;
39.8 	(9) a filed property deed or title for the applicant's residence;
39.9 	(10) a United States high school student identification card with a certified transcript 
39.10 	from the school;
39.11 	(11) a Minnesota college or university identification card with a certified transcript from 
39.12 	the college or university;
39.13 	(12) a Social Security card;
39.14 	(13) a Minnesota unemployment insurance benefit statement issued no more than 90 
39.15 	days before the application;
39.16 	(14) a valid identification card for health benefits or an assistance or social services 
39.17 	program;
39.18 	(15) a Minnesota vehicle certificate of title issued no more than 12 months before the 
39.19 	application;
39.20 	(16) an unexpired Selective Service card;
39.21 	(17) military orders that are still in effect at the time of application;
39.22 	(18) a certified copy of the applicant's certificate of marriage;
39.23 	(19) a certified copy of a court order that specifies the applicant's name change;
39.24 	(20) a certified copy of a divorce decree or dissolution of marriage that specifies the 
39.25 	applicant's name change, issued by a court;
39.26 	(21) any of the following documents issued by a foreign jurisdiction:
39.27 	(i) a driver's license that is current or has been expired for five years or less;
39.28 	(ii) a high school, college, or university student identification card with a certified 
39.29 	transcript from the school;
40.1 	(iii) an official high school, college, or university transcript that includes the applicant's 
40.2 	date of birth and a photograph of the applicant at the age the record was issued; and
40.3 	(iv) a federal electoral photographic card issued on or after January 1, 1991; and
40.4 	(22) additional documents as determined by the commissioner.
40.5 	(b) Submission of more than one secondary document is not required under this 
40.6 	subdivision.

40.7 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.07, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
40.8 		Subdivision 1.License; contents and design. (a) Upon the payment of the required fee, 
40.9 	the department shall issue to every qualifying applicant a license designating the type or 
40.10 	class of vehicles the applicant is authorized to drive as applied for. This license must bear: 
40.11 	(1) a distinguishing number assigned to the licensee; (2) the licensee's full name and date 
40.12 	of birth; (3) either (i) the licensee's residence address, or (ii) the designated address under 
40.13 	section 5B.05; (4) a description of the licensee in a manner as the commissioner deems 
40.14 	necessary; (5) the usual signature of the licensee; and (6) designations and markings as 
40.15 	provided in this section. No license is valid unless it bears the usual signature of the licensee. 
40.16 	Every license must bear a colored photograph or an electronically produced image of the 
40.17 	licensee.
40.18 	(b) If the United States Postal Service will not deliver mail to the applicant's residence 
40.19 	address as listed on the license, then the applicant shall provide verification from the United 
40.20 	States Postal Service that mail will not be delivered to the applicant's residence address and 
40.21 	that mail will be delivered to a specified alternate mailing address. When an applicant 
40.22 	provides an alternate mailing address under this subdivision, the commissioner shall use 
40.23 	the alternate mailing address in lieu of the applicant's residence address for all notices and 
40.24 	mailings to the applicant.
40.25 	(c) Every license issued to an applicant under the age of 21 must be of a distinguishing 
40.26 	color and plainly marked "Under-21."
40.27 	(d) A license issued to an applicant age 65 or over must be plainly marked "senior" if 
40.28 	requested by the applicant.
40.29 	(e) Except for a noncompliant license, a license must bear a distinguishing indicator for 
40.30 	compliance with requirements of the REAL ID Act.
40.31 	(f) A noncompliant license must:
41.1 	(1) be marked "not for federal identification" on the face and in the machine-readable 
41.2 	portion; and
41.3 	(2) have a unique design or color indicator for purposes of the REAL ID Act.
41.4 	(g) A license must be marked "not for federal purposes or voting" on the front side in a 
41.5 	manner commensurate with other text, if it is issued under any of the following 
41.6 	circumstances:
41.7 	(1) the application is for first-time issuance of a license in Minnesota, and the applicant 
41.8 	has not demonstrated United States citizenship;
41.9 	(2) the applicant's most recently issued license or Minnesota identification card is marked 
41.10 	as required under this paragraph or subdivision 3, paragraph (g), and the applicant has not 
41.11 	demonstrated United States citizenship; or
41.12 	(3) the applicant submits a document that identifies a temporary lawful status or admission 
41.13 	period.
41.14 	(h) A REAL ID compliant license issued to a person with temporary lawful status or 
41.15 	admission period must be marked "temporary" on the face and in the machine-readable 
41.16 	portion.
41.17 	(h) (i) A license must display the licensee's full name or no fewer than 39 characters of 
41.18 	the name. Any necessary truncation must begin with the last character of the middle name 
41.19 	and proceed through the second letter of the middle name, followed by the last character of 
41.20 	the first name and proceeding through the second letter of the first name.

41.21 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.07, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
41.22 		Subd. 3.Identification card; content and design; fee. (a) Upon payment of the required 
41.23 	fee, the department shall issue to every qualifying applicant a Minnesota identification card. 
41.24 	The department may not issue a Minnesota identification card to an individual who has a 
41.25 	driver's license, other than a limited license. The department may not issue an enhanced 
41.26 	identification card to an individual who is under 16 years of age, not a resident of this state, 
41.27 	or not a citizen of the United States of America. The card must bear: (1) a distinguishing 
41.28 	number assigned to the applicant; (2) a colored photograph or an electronically produced 
41.29 	image of the applicant; (3) the applicant's full name and date of birth; (4) either (i) the 
41.30 	licensee's residence address, or (ii) the designated address under section 5B.05; (5) a 
41.31 	description of the applicant in the manner as the commissioner deems necessary; (6) the 
41.32 	usual signature of the applicant; and (7) designations and markings provided under this 
41.33 	section.
42.1 	(b) If the United States Postal Service will not deliver mail to the applicant's residence 
42.2 	address as listed on the Minnesota identification card, then the applicant shall provide 
42.3 	verification from the United States Postal Service that mail will not be delivered to the 
42.4 	applicant's residence address and that mail will be delivered to a specified alternate mailing 
42.5 	address. When an applicant provides an alternate mailing address under this subdivision, 
42.6 	the commissioner shall use the alternate mailing address in lieu of the applicant's residence 
42.7 	address for all notices and mailings to the applicant.
42.8 	(c) Each identification card issued to an applicant under the age of 21 must be of a 
42.9 	distinguishing color and plainly marked "Under-21."
42.10 	(d) Each Minnesota identification card must be plainly marked "Minnesota identification 
42.11 	card - not a driver's license."
42.12 	(e) Except for a noncompliant identification card, a Minnesota identification card must 
42.13 	bear a distinguishing indicator for compliance with requirements of the REAL ID Act.
42.14 	(f) A noncompliant identification card must:
42.15 	(1) be marked "not for federal identification" on the face and in the machine-readable 
42.16 	portion; and
42.17 	(2) have a unique design or color indicator for purposes of the REAL ID Act.
42.18 	(g) A Minnesota identification card must be marked "not for federal purposes or voting" 
42.19 	on the front side in a manner commensurate with other text, if it is issued under any of the 
42.20 	following circumstances:
42.21 	(1) the application is for first-time issuance of a Minnesota identification card, and the 
42.22 	applicant has not demonstrated United States citizenship;
42.23 	(2) the applicant's most recently issued noncompliant license or identification card is 
42.24 	marked as required under this paragraph or subdivision 1, paragraph (g), and the applicant 
42.25 	has not demonstrated United States citizenship; or
42.26 	(3) the applicant submits a document that identifies a temporary lawful status or admission 
42.27 	period.
42.28 	(h) A Minnesota REAL ID compliant identification card issued to a person with temporary 
42.29 	lawful status or admission period must be marked "temporary" on the face and in the 
42.30 	machine-readable portion.
42.31 	(h) (i) A Minnesota identification card must display the cardholder's full name or no 
42.32 	fewer than 39 characters of the name. Any necessary truncation must begin with the last 
43.1 	character of the middle name and proceed through the second letter of the middle name, 
43.2 	followed by the last character of the first name and proceeding through the second letter of 
43.3 	the first name.
43.4 	(i) (j) The fee for a Minnesota identification card is 50 cents when issued to a person 
43.5 	who is developmentally disabled, as defined in section 252A.02, subdivision 2; a physically 
43.6 	disabled person, as defined in section 169.345, subdivision 2; or, a person with mental 
43.7 	illness, as described in section 245.462, subdivision 20, paragraph (c).

43.8 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.12, subdivision 7a, is amended to read:
43.9 		Subd. 7a.Disclosure of personal information. (a) The commissioner shall disclose 
43.10 	personal information where the use is related to the operation of a motor vehicle or to public 
43.11 	safety. The use of personal information is related to public safety if it concerns the physical 
43.12 	safety or security of drivers, vehicles, pedestrians, or property. The commissioner may 
43.13 	refuse to disclose data under this subdivision when the commissioner concludes that the 
43.14 	requester is likely to use the data for illegal, improper, or noninvestigative purposes. Nothing 
43.15 	in this paragraph authorizes disclosure of data restricted under subdivision 11.
43.16 	(b) The commissioner shall disclose personal information to the secretary of state for 
43.17 	the purpose of increasing voter registration and improving the accuracy of voter registration 
43.18 	records in the statewide voter registration system. The secretary of state may not retain data 
43.19 	provided by the commissioner under this subdivision for more than 60 days.

43.20 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.12, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
43.21 		Subd. 9.Driving record disclosure to law enforcement. Except as restricted under 
43.22 	subdivision 11, the commissioner shall also furnish driving records, without charge, to 
43.23 	chiefs of police, county sheriffs, prosecuting attorneys, and other law enforcement agencies 
43.24 	with the power to arrest.

43.25 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.12, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
43.26 	read:
43.27 		Subd. 11.Certain data on noncompliant license or identification card; department 
43.28 	and agents. (a) The commissioner must not share or disseminate outside of the division of 
43.29 	the department administering driver licensing any data on individuals indicating or otherwise 
43.30 	having the effect of identifying that the individual applied for, was denied, or was issued a 
43.31 	noncompliant driver's license or identification card without demonstrating United States 
43.32 	citizenship or lawful presence in the United States.
44.1 	(b) A driver's license agent must not share or disseminate, other than to the division of 
44.2 	the department administering driver licensing, any data on individuals indicating or otherwise 
44.3 	having the effect of identifying that the individual applied for, was denied, or was issued a 
44.4 	noncompliant driver's license or identification card without demonstrating United States 
44.5 	citizenship or lawful presence in the United States.
44.6 	(c) Data under paragraphs (a) and (b) include but are not limited to information related 
44.7 	to documents submitted under section 171.06, subdivision 8, 9, or 10.
44.8 	(d) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, this subdivision prohibits the commissioner 
44.9 	and a driver's license agent from sharing or disseminating the data described in paragraphs 
44.10 	(a) to (c) with any entity otherwise authorized to obtain data under subdivision 7; any 
44.11 	political subdivision; any state agency as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 17; or any 
44.12 	federal entity.

44.13 	Sec. 13. REPEALER.
 44.14 	Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.015, subdivision 7, is repealed.

44.15 	Sec. 14. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 44.16 	Unless provided otherwise, this article is effective October 1, 2021, for driver's license 
44.17 	and Minnesota identification card applications and issuance on or after that date.

44.18 	ARTICLE 5
44.19 	ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

44.20 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 84.787, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
44.21 		Subd. 7.Off-highway motorcycle. (a) "Off-highway motorcycle" means a motorized, 
44.22 	off-highway vehicle traveling on two wheels and having a seat or saddle designed to be 
44.23 	straddled by the operator and handlebars for steering control, including a vehicle that is 
44.24 	registered under chapter 168 for highway use if it is also used for off-highway operation on 
44.25 	trails or unimproved terrain.
44.26 	(b) Off-highway motorcycle does not include an electric-assisted bicycle as defined in 
44.27 	section 169.011, subdivision 27.

45.1 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 84.797, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
45.2 		Subd. 7.Off-road vehicle. (a) "Off-road vehicle" or "vehicle" means a motor-driven 
45.3 	recreational vehicle capable of cross-country travel on natural terrain without benefit of a 
45.4 	road or trail.
45.5 	(b) Off-road vehicle does not include a snowmobile; an all-terrain vehicle; a motorcycle;
45.6 	an electric-assisted bicycle as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 27; a watercraft; a 
45.7 	farm vehicle being used for farming; a vehicle used for military, fire, emergency, or law 
45.8 	enforcement purposes; a construction or logging vehicle used in the performance of its 
45.9 	common function; a motor vehicle owned by or operated under contract with a utility, 
45.10 	whether publicly or privately owned, when used for work on utilities; a commercial vehicle 
45.11 	being used for its intended purpose; snow-grooming equipment when used for its intended 
45.12 	purpose; or an aircraft.

45.13 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 84.92, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
45.14 		Subd. 8.All-terrain vehicle or vehicle. (a) "All-terrain vehicle" or "vehicle" means a 
45.15 	motorized vehicle with: (1) not less than three, but not more than six low pressure or 
45.16 	non-pneumatic tires; (2) a total dry weight of 2,000 pounds or less; and (3) a total width 
45.17 	from outside of tire rim to outside of tire rim that is 65 inches or less. All-terrain vehicle 
45.18 	includes a class 1 all-terrain vehicle and class 2 all-terrain vehicle.
45.19 	(b) All-terrain vehicle does not include aan electric-assisted bicycle as defined in section 
45.20 	169.011, subdivision 27, golf cart, mini-truck, dune buggy, or go-cart or a vehicle designed 
45.21 	and used specifically for lawn maintenance, agriculture, logging, or mining purposes.

45.22 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 160.02, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
45.23 		Subd. 1a.Bikeway. "Bikeway" means a bicycle lane, bicycle path, shared use path, 
45.24 	bicycle route, or similar bicycle facility, regardless of whether designed for the exclusive 
45.25 	use of bicycles or for shared use with other transportation modes has the meaning given in 
45.26 	section 169.011, subdivision 9.

45.27 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 160.262, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
45.28 		Subd. 3.Cooperation among agencies and governments. (a) The departments and 
45.29 	agencies on the active transportation advisory committee identified in section 174.375 must 
45.30 	provide information and advice for the bikeway design guidelines maintained by the 
45.31 	commissioner.
46.1 	(b) The commissioner must provide technical assistance to local units of government 
46.2 	in:
46.3 	(1) local planning and development of bikeways;
46.4 	(2) establishing connections to state bicycle routes; and
46.5 	(3) implementing statewide bicycle plans maintained by the commissioner.
46.6 	(c) The commissioner may cooperate with and enter into agreements with the United 
46.7 	States government, any department of the state of Minnesota, any unit of local government, 
46.8 	any tribal government, or any public or private corporation in order to effect the purposes 
46.9 	of this section.

46.10 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 160.266, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:
46.11 		Subd. 1b.State bicycle routes. The commissioner of transportation must identify state 
46.12 	bicycle routes primarily on existing road right-of-way and trails. State bicycle routes must 
46.13 	be identified in cooperation with road and trail authorities, including the commissioner of 
46.14 	natural resources, and with the advice of the active transportation advisory committee under 
46.15 	section 174.375. In a metropolitan area, state bicycle routes must be identified in coordination 
46.16 	with the plans and priorities established by metropolitan planning organizations, as defined 
46.17 	in United States Code, title 23, section 134.

46.18 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 160.266, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
46.19 		Subd. 6.Mississippi River Trail. The Mississippi River Trail bikeway is designated as 
46.20 	a state bicycle route. It must originate at Itasca State Park in Clearwater, Beltrami, and 
46.21 	Hubbard Counties, then generally parallel the Mississippi River through the cities of Bemidji 
46.22 	in Beltrami County, Grand Rapids in Itasca County, Brainerd in Crow Wing County, Little 
46.23 	Falls in Morrison County, Sauk Rapids in Benton County, St. Cloud in Stearns County, 
46.24 	Minneapolis in Hennepin County, St. Paul in Ramsey County, Hastings in Dakota County, 
46.25 	Red Wing in Goodhue County, Wabasha in Wabasha County, Winona in Winona County, 
46.26 	and La Crescent in Houston County to Minnesota's boundary with Iowa and there terminate. 
46.27 	Where opportunities exist, the bikeway may be designated on both sides of the Mississippi 
46.28 	River.

47.1 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 160.266, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
47.2 	read:
47.3 		Subd. 7.Jim Oberstar Bikeway. The Jim Oberstar Bikeway is designated as a state 
47.4 	bicycle route. It must originate in the city of St. Paul in Ramsey County, then proceed north 
47.5 	and east to Duluth in St. Louis County, then proceed north and east along the shore of Lake 
47.6 	Superior through Grand Marais in Cook County to Minnesota's boundary with Canada, and 
47.7 	there terminate.

47.8 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 168.002, subdivision 18, is amended to read:
47.9 		Subd. 18.Motor vehicle. (a) "Motor vehicle" means any self-propelled vehicle designed 
47.10 	and originally manufactured to operate primarily on highways, and not operated exclusively 
47.11 	upon railroad tracks. It includes any vehicle propelled or drawn by a self-propelled vehicle 
47.12 	and includes vehicles known as trackless trolleys that are propelled by electric power obtained 
47.13 	from overhead trolley wires but not operated upon rails. It does not include snowmobiles, 
47.14 	manufactured homes, or park trailers.
47.15 	(b) "Motor vehicle" includes an all-terrain vehicle only if the all-terrain vehicle (1) has 
47.16 	at least four wheels, (2) is owned and operated by a physically disabled person, and (3) 
47.17 	displays both disability plates and a physically disabled certificate issued under section 
47.18 	169.345.
47.19 	(c) "Motor vehicle" does not include an all-terrain vehicle except (1) an all-terrain vehicle 
47.20 	described in paragraph (b), or (2) an all-terrain vehicle licensed as a motor vehicle before 
47.21 	August 1, 1985. The owner may continue to license an all-terrain vehicle described in clause 
47.22 	(2) as a motor vehicle until it is conveyed or otherwise transferred to another owner, is 
47.23 	destroyed, or fails to comply with the registration and licensing requirements of this chapter.
47.24 	(d) "Motor vehicle" does not include a snowmobile; a manufactured home; a park trailer;
47.25 	an electric personal assistive mobility device as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 26.;
47.26 	(e) "Motor vehicle" does not include a motorized foot scooter as defined in section 
47.27 	169.011, subdivision 46; or an electric-assisted bicycle as defined in section 169.011, 
47.28 	subdivision 27.
47.29 	(f) (e) "Motor vehicle" includes an off-highway motorcycle modified to meet the 
47.30 	requirements of chapter 169 according to section 84.788, subdivision 12.

48.1 	Sec. 10. [168.1287] PEDAL MINNESOTA PLATES.
48.2 		Subdivision 1.Issuance. The commissioner must issue Pedal Minnesota special plates 
48.3 	or a single motorcycle plate to an applicant who:
48.4 	(1) is a registered owner of a passenger automobile, noncommercial one-ton pickup 
48.5 	truck, motorcycle, or recreational vehicle;
48.6 	(2) pays an additional fee in the amount specified under section 168.12, subdivision 5, 
48.7 	for each set of plates;
48.8 	(3) pays the registration tax as required under section 168.013, along with any other fees 
48.9 	required by this chapter;
48.10 	(4) contributes a minimum of $20 annually to the active transportation account; and
48.11 	(5) complies with this chapter and rules governing registration of motor vehicles and 
48.12 	licensing of drivers.
48.13 		Subd. 2.Design. In consultation with interested groups, the commissioner must adopt 
48.14 	a suitable plate design that includes the inscription "Pedal Minnesota."
48.15 		Subd. 3.Plates transfer. On application to the commissioner and payment of a transfer 
48.16 	fee of $5, special plates under this section may be transferred to another qualified motor 
48.17 	vehicle that is registered to the same individual to whom the special plates were originally 
48.18 	issued.
48.19 		Subd. 4.Exemption. Special plates issued under this section are not subject to section 
48.20 	168.1293, subdivision 2.
48.21 		Subd. 5.Contribution; appropriation. (a) The application for a special plate under 
48.22 	this section must indicate that the contribution specified under subdivision 1, clause (4), is 
48.23 	a minimum annual contribution to receive the plates and that the applicant may make 
48.24 	additional contributions.
48.25 	(b) Funds from the contribution under subdivision 1, clause (4), must be deposited in 
48.26 	the active transportation account in section 174.38, subdivision 3.
48.27 	(c) The amount necessary for costs of administering the special plate is annually 
48.28 	appropriated from the active transportation account to the commissioner.

48.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2022, for Pedal Minnesota 
48.30 	special plates issued on or after that date.

49.1 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.011, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
49.2 		Subd. 5.Bicycle lane. "Bicycle lane" means a portion of a roadway or shoulder designed 
49.3 	for exclusive or preferential use by persons using bicycles. Bicycle lanes are to be 
49.4 	distinguished from the portion of the roadway or shoulder used for motor vehicle traffic by 
49.5 	physical barrier, striping, marking, or other similar device.

49.6 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.011, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
49.7 		Subd. 9.Bikeway. "Bikeway" means a bicycle lane, bicycle path, or bicycle route, shared 
49.8 	use path, or similar bicycle facility, regardless of whether it is designed for the exclusive 
49.9 	use of bicycles or is to be for shared use with other transportation modes.

49.10 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.011, is amended by adding a subdivision 
49.11 	to read:
49.12 		Subd. 15a.Class 1 electric-assisted bicycle. "Class 1 electric-assisted bicycle" means 
49.13 	an electric-assisted bicycle equipped with an electric motor that provides assistance only 
49.14 	when the rider is pedaling and ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the 
49.15 	speed of 20 miles per hour.

49.16 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.011, is amended by adding a subdivision 
49.17 	to read:
49.18 		Subd. 15b.Class 2 electric-assisted bicycle. "Class 2 electric-assisted bicycle" means 
49.19 	an electric-assisted bicycle equipped with an electric motor that is capable of propelling the 
49.20 	bicycle without the rider pedaling and ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches 
49.21 	the speed of 20 miles per hour.

49.22 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.011, is amended by adding a subdivision 
49.23 	to read:
49.24 		Subd. 15c.Class 3 electric-assisted bicycle. "Class 3 electric-assisted bicycle" means 
49.25 	an electric-assisted bicycle equipped with an electric motor that provides assistance only 
49.26 	when the rider is pedaling and ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the 
49.27 	speed of 28 miles per hour.

49.28 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.011, subdivision 27, is amended to read:
49.29 		Subd. 27.Electric-assisted bicycle. "Electric-assisted bicycle" means a bicycle with 
49.30 	two or three wheels that:
50.1 	(1) has a saddle and fully operable pedals for human propulsion;
50.2 	(2) meets the requirements:
50.3 	(i) of federal motor vehicle safety standards for a motor-driven cycle in Code of Federal 
50.4 	Regulations, title 49, sections 571.1 et seq.; or
50.5 	(ii) for bicycles under Code of Federal Regulations, title 16, part 1512, or successor 
50.6 	requirements; and
50.7 	(3) has is equipped with an electric motor that (i) has a power output of not more than 
50.8 	1,000 750 watts, (ii) is incapable of propelling the vehicle at a speed of more than 20 miles 
50.9 	per hour, (iii) is incapable of further increasing the speed of the device when human power 
50.10 	alone is used to propel the vehicle at a speed of more than 20 miles per hour, and (iv) 
50.11 	disengages or ceases to function when the vehicle's brakes are applied; and
50.12 	(4) meets the requirements of a class 1, class 2, or class 3 electric-assisted bicycle.

50.13 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.011, subdivision 42, is amended to read:
50.14 		Subd. 42.Motor vehicle. (a) "Motor vehicle" means every vehicle which is self-propelled 
50.15 	and every vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires.
50.16 	(b) Motor vehicle does not include an electric-assisted bicycle; an electric personal 
50.17 	assistive mobility device; or a vehicle moved solely by human power.

50.18 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.011, is amended by adding a subdivision 
50.19 	to read:
50.20 		Subd. 46b.Narrow-width lane. "Narrow-width lane" means a traffic lane that is too 
50.21 	narrow to allow persons operating a bicycle and persons operating a motor vehicle within 
50.22 	the same lane to operate side-by-side in compliance with the minimum safe passing clearance 
50.23 	set forth in section 169.18.

50.24 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.18, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
50.25 		Subd. 3.Passing. The following rules shall govern the overtaking and passing of vehicles 
50.26 	proceeding in the same direction, subject to the limitations, exceptions, and special rules 
50.27 	hereinafter stated:
50.28 	(1) (a) The driver of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle proceeding in the same direction 
50.29 	shall must pass to the left thereof of the other vehicle at a safe distance and shall not again 
51.1 	drive is prohibited from returning to the right side of the roadway until safely clear of the 
51.2 	overtaken vehicle;.
51.3 	(2) (b) Except when overtaking and passing on the right is permitted, the driver of an 
51.4 	overtaken vehicle shall must give way to the right in favor of the overtaking vehicle on 
51.5 	audible warning, and shall must not increase the speed of the overtaken vehicle until 
51.6 	completely passed by the overtaking vehicle; and.
51.7 	(3) (c) The operator of a motor vehicle overtaking a bicycle or individual proceeding in 
51.8 	the same direction on the roadway shall leave or shoulder must:
51.9 	(1) either:
51.10 	(i) maintain a safe clearance distance while passing, but in no case less than which must 
51.11 	be at least the greater of three feet clearance, when passing the bicycle or individual or 
51.12 	one-half the width of the motor vehicle; or
51.13 	(ii) completely enter another lane of the roadway while passing; and shall
51.14 	(2) maintain clearance until the motor vehicle has safely past passed the overtaken bicycle 
51.15 	or individual.

51.16 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.222, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
51.17 		Subdivision 1.Traffic laws apply. (a) Every person operating a bicycle shall have has
51.18 	all of the rights and duties applicable to the driver of any other vehicle by this chapter, 
51.19 	except in respect to those provisions in this chapter relating expressly to bicycles and in 
51.20 	respect to those provisions of this chapter which by their nature cannot reasonably be applied 
51.21 	to bicycles. This subdivision applies to a bicycle operating on the shoulder of a roadway.
51.22 	(b) A person lawfully operating a bicycle (1) on a sidewalk, or (2) across a roadway or 
51.23 	shoulder while using a crosswalk, has all the rights and duties applicable to a pedestrian 
51.24 	under the same circumstances.

51.25 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.222, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
51.26 		Subd. 4.Riding rules. (a) Every person operating a bicycle upon a roadway shall on a 
51.27 	road must ride as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway except 
51.28 	under any of the following situations road as the bicycle operator determines is safe. A 
51.29 	person operating a bicycle is not required to ride as close to the right-hand curb or edge 
51.30 	when:
51.31 	(1) when overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction;
52.1 	(2) when preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway;
52.2 	(3) when reasonably necessary to avoid conditions that make it unsafe to continue along 
52.3 	the right-hand curb or edge, including fixed or moving objects, vehicles, pedestrians, animals, 
52.4 	surface hazards, or narrow widthnarrow-width lanes, that make it unsafe to continue along 
52.5 	the right-hand curb or edge; or;
52.6 	(4) when operating on the shoulder of a roadway or in a bicycle lane.; or
52.7 	(5) operating in a right-hand turn lane before entering an intersection.
52.8 	(b) If a bicycle is traveling on a shoulder of a roadway, the bicycle shall operator must
52.9 	travel in the same direction as adjacent vehicular traffic.
52.10 	(c) Persons riding bicycles upon a roadway or shoulder shall must not ride more than 
52.11 	two abreast and shall not impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic and, on a 
52.12 	laned roadway, shall ride within a single lane.
52.13 	(d) A person operating a bicycle upon a sidewalk, or across a roadway or shoulder on a 
52.14 	crosswalk, shall must yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian and shall give an audible 
52.15 	signal when necessary before overtaking and passing any pedestrian. No A person shall
52.16 	must not ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk within a business district unless permitted by local 
52.17 	authorities. Local authorities may prohibit the operation of bicycles on any sidewalk or 
52.18 	crosswalk under their jurisdiction.
52.19 	(e) An individual operating a bicycle or other vehicle on a bikeway shall must (1) give 
52.20 	an audible signal a safe distance prior to overtaking a bicycle or individual, (2) leave a safe 
52.21 	clearance distance when overtaking a bicycle or individual proceeding in the same direction 
52.22 	on the bikeway, and shall(3) maintain clearance until safely past the overtaken bicycle or 
52.23 	individual.
52.24 	(f) A person lawfully operating a bicycle on a sidewalk, or across a roadway or shoulder 
52.25 	on a crosswalk, shall have all the rights and duties applicable to a pedestrian under the same 
52.26 	circumstances. Notwithstanding section 169.06, subdivision 4, a bicycle operator may cross 
52.27 	an intersection proceeding from the leftmost one-third of a dedicated right-hand turn lane 
52.28 	without turning right.
52.29 	(g) A person may operate an electric-assisted bicycle on the shoulder of a roadway, on 
52.30 	a bikeway, or on a bicycle trail if not otherwise prohibited under section 85.015, subdivision 
52.31 	1d; 85.018, subdivision 2, paragraph (d); or 160.263, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), as 
52.32 	applicable.

53.1 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.222, subdivision 6a, is amended to read:
53.2 		Subd. 6a.Operator age Electric-assisted bicycle; riding rules. (a) A person may 
53.3 	operate an electric-assisted bicycle in the same manner as provided for operation of other 
53.4 	bicycles, including but not limited to operation on the shoulder of a roadway, a bicycle lane, 
53.5 	and a bicycle route, and operation without the motor engaged on a bikeway or bicycle trail.
53.6 	(b) A person may operate a class 1 or class 2 electric-assisted bicycle with the motor 
53.7 	engaged on a bicycle path, bicycle trail, or shared use path unless prohibited under section 
53.8 	85.015, subdivision 1d; 85.018, subdivision 2, paragraph (d); or 160.263, subdivision 2, 
53.9 	paragraph (b), as applicable.
53.10 	(c) A person may operate a class 3 electric-assisted bicycle with the motor engaged on 
53.11 	a bicycle path, bicycle trail, or shared use path unless the local authority or state agency 
53.12 	having jurisdiction over the bicycle path or trail prohibits the operation.
53.13 	(d) The local authority or state agency having jurisdiction over a trail that is designated 
53.14 	as nonmotorized, and that has a natural surface tread made by clearing and grading the 
53.15 	native soil with no added surfacing materials, may regulate the operation of an 
53.16 	electric-assisted bicycle.
53.17 	(e) No person under the age of 15 shall operate an electric-assisted bicycle.

53.18 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.222, is amended by adding a subdivision 
53.19 	to read:
53.20 		Subd. 6b.Electric-assisted bicycle; equipment. (a) The manufacturer or distributor of 
53.21 	an electric-assisted bicycle must apply a label to the bicycle that is permanently affixed in 
53.22 	a prominent location. The label must contain the classification number, top assisted speed, 
53.23 	and motor wattage of the electric-assisted bicycle, and must be printed in a legible font with 
53.24 	at least 9-point type.
53.25 	(b) A person must not modify an electric-assisted bicycle to change the motor-powered 
53.26 	speed capability or motor engagement unless the person replaces the label required in 
53.27 	paragraph (a) with revised information.
53.28 	(c) An electric-assisted bicycle must operate in a manner so that the electric motor is 
53.29 	disengaged or ceases to function when the rider stops pedaling or when the brakes are 
53.30 	applied.
53.31 	(d) A class 3 electric-assisted bicycle must be equipped with a speedometer that displays 
53.32 	the speed at which the bicycle is traveling in miles per hour.

54.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. Paragraph (a) is effective January 1, 2022. Paragraphs (b) to (d) 
54.2 	are effective August 1, 2021.

54.3 	Sec. 24. [174.375] ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
54.4 		Subdivision 1.Committee established; duties. (a) The commissioner of transportation 
54.5 	must establish an active transportation advisory committee. The advisory committee must 
54.6 	make recommendations to the commissioner on items related to:
54.7 	(1) active transportation, including safety, education, and development programs;
54.8 	(2) the active transportation program under section 174.38; and
54.9 	(3) the safe routes to school program under section 174.40.
54.10 	(b) The committee must review and analyze issues and needs relating to active 
54.11 	transportation on public rights-of-way and identify solutions and goals for addressing 
54.12 	identified issues and needs.
54.13 	(c) For purposes of this section, "active transportation" includes bicycling, pedestrian 
54.14 	activities, and other forms of nonmotorized transportation.
54.15 		Subd. 2.Membership. (a) The advisory committee consists of the members specified 
54.16 	in this subdivision.
54.17 	(b) The commissioner of transportation must appoint up to 18 public members, as follows: 
54.18 	one member from each of the department's seven greater Minnesota districts; four members 
54.19 	from the department's metropolitan district; and no more than seven members at large. Each 
54.20 	of the members at large must represent nonmotorized interests or organizations.
54.21 	(c) The commissioners of each of the following state agencies must appoint an employee 
54.22 	of the agency to serve as a member: administration, education, health, natural resources, 
54.23 	public safety, transportation, and pollution control. The chair of the Metropolitan Council 
54.24 	must appoint an employee of the council to serve as a member. The director of Explore 
54.25 	Minnesota Tourism must appoint an employee of the agency to serve as a member.
54.26 	(d) The division administrator of the Federal Highway Administration may appoint an 
54.27 	employee of the agency to serve as a member.
54.28 	(e) Each member of the committee serves a four-year term at the pleasure of the 
54.29 	appointing authority.
54.30 	(f) The committee must select a chair from its membership.
55.1 		Subd. 3.Meetings; staffing. (a) The advisory committee must establish a meeting 
55.2 	schedule and meet at least annually.
55.3 	(b) The commissioner of transportation must provide department staff support to the 
55.4 	advisory committee.
55.5 		Subd. 4.Expenses. (a) Members of the advisory committee serve without compensation, 
55.6 	but members who are not employees of government agencies must be reimbursed for 
55.7 	expenses in the same manner and amount as authorized by the commissioner's plan adopted 
55.8 	under section 43A.18, subdivision 2.
55.9 	(b) To provide compensation under paragraph (a), the commissioner of transportation 
55.10 	may expend the amount necessary from general fund appropriations.
55.11 		Subd. 5.Reports. The advisory committee must submit an annual report to the 
55.12 	commissioner of transportation.
55.13 		Subd. 6.Expiration. The advisory committee expires June 30, 2031.

55.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment. The 
55.15 	commissioner of transportation must convene the first meeting by October 15, 2021.

55.16 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 174.42, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
55.17 		Subd. 2.Funding requirement. In each federal fiscal year, the commissioner shall 
55.18 	obtain a total amount in federal authorizations for reimbursement on transportation 
55.19 	alternatives projects that is equal to or greater than 110 percent of the annual average of 
55.20 	federal authorizations on transportation alternatives projects calculated over federal fiscal 
55.21 	years 2010 to 2012 2017 to 2020.

55.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective October 1, 2022.

55.23 	Sec. 26. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 55.24 	The revisor of statutes must renumber Minnesota Statutes, section 160.02, subdivision 
55.25 	27a, as Minnesota Statutes, section 169.011, subdivision 73a. The revisor must correct any 
55.26 	cross-references made necessary by this renumbering.

55.27 	Sec. 27. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 55.28 	Unless otherwise specified, this article is effective August 1, 2021.

56.1 	ARTICLE 6
56.2 	TRANSPORTATION FINANCE AND POLICY

56.3 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 16A.88, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
56.4 		Subd. 1a.Greater Minnesota transit account. The greater Minnesota transit account 
56.5 	is established within the transit assistance fund in the state treasury. Money in the account 
56.6 	is annually appropriated to the commissioner of transportation for assistance to transit 
56.7 	systems outside the metropolitan area under section 174.24. The commissioner may use up 
56.8 	to $408,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $416,000 in fiscal year 2009 and thereafter two percent 
56.9 	of the available revenues in the account in each fiscal year for administration of the transit 
56.10 	program. The commissioner shall use the account for transit operations as provided in section 
56.11 	174.24 and related program administration.

56.12 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 117.075, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
56.13 		Subd. 2.Appoint commissioners for damages. (a) If the proposed taking shall appear 
56.14 	to be necessary and such as is authorized by law, the court by an order shall appoint three 
56.15 	disinterested commissioners, and at least two alternates, to ascertain and report the amount 
56.16 	of damages that will be sustained by the several owners on account of such taking.
56.17 	(b) All disinterested commissioners or alternates appointed under this subdivision must 
56.18 	reside in Minnesota.

56.19 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 117.075, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
56.20 		Subd. 3.Commissioner qualifications. Before appointing a commissioner, The court 
56.21 	shall inquire whether each prospective commissioner has any relationship, business or 
56.22 	otherwise, to any of the parties in the proceeding, or any interest in the proceeding which 
56.23 	may constitute a conflict of interest, or which may create the appearance of impropriety 
56.24 	should that person be appointed. Responses to this inquiry must be either written or on the 
56.25 	record and made available by the court to any party in the proceeding before and after 
56.26 	appointment. No person who might have difficulty in rendering an unbiased decision may 
56.27 	be appointed to serve. The court, in its discretion, may appoint one registered, practicing 
56.28 	attorney to the commission who is knowledgeable in eminent domain matters. All other 
56.29 	commissioners appointed must be persons actively engaged in the occupation of real estate 
56.30 	sales or real estate appraising or persons knowledgeable in real estate values.

57.1 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 161.115, subdivision 27, is amended to read:
57.2 		Subd. 27.Route No. 96. Beginning at a point on Route No. 95 244 as herein established 
57.3 	at or near Stillwater Dellwood City, thence extending in a westerly direction to a point on 
57.4 	Route No. 63 1 at or near New Brighton White Bear Lake.

57.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day after the commissioner of 
57.6 	transportation receives a copy of the agreement between the commissioner and the governing 
57.7 	body of Washington County to transfer jurisdiction of Legislative Route No. 96 and after 
57.8 	the commissioner sends notice to the revisor of statutes electronically or in writing that the 
57.9 	conditions required to transfer the route have been satisfied.

57.10 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 161.14, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
57.11 	read:
57.12 		Subd. 97.Corporal Caleb L. Erickson Memorial Highway. That segment of marked 
57.13 	Trunk Highway 13 in Waseca County from the southern border of Woodville Township to 
57.14 	the northern border of Blooming Grove Township is designated as "Corporal Caleb L. 
57.15 	Erickson Memorial Highway." Subject to section 161.139, the commissioner must adopt a 
57.16 	suitable design to mark this highway and erect appropriate signs.

57.17 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 161.14, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
57.18 	read:
57.19 		Subd. 98.Private Joseph Marthaler Memorial Bridge. The bridge on marked U.S. 
57.20 	Highway 52 over Dakota County State-Aid Highway 8, known as Wentworth Avenue, in 
57.21 	the city of West Saint Paul, is designated as "Private Joseph Marthaler Memorial Bridge." 
57.22 	Subject to section 161.139, the commissioner must adopt a suitable design to mark the 
57.23 	bridge and erect appropriate signs.

57.24 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 161.14, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
57.25 	read:
57.26 		Subd. 99.Patrol Inspector Robert H. Lobdell Memorial Highway. The segment of 
57.27 	marked Trunk Highway 11 from Roseau to Warroad is designated as "Patrol Inspector 
57.28 	Robert H. Lobdell Memorial Highway." Subject to section 161.139, the commissioner must 
57.29 	adopt a suitable design to mark this highway and erect appropriate signs.

58.1 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 161.14, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
58.2 	read:
58.3 		Subd. 100.Deputy Richard K. Magnuson Memorial Highway. The segment of marked 
58.4 	Trunk Highway 310 from Roseau to the border with Canada is designated as "Deputy 
58.5 	Richard K. Magnuson Memorial Highway." Subject to section 161.139, the commissioner 
58.6 	must adopt a suitable design to mark this highway and erect appropriate signs.

58.7 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 161.23, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
58.8 		Subd. 2.Conveyance of excess. (a) On acquiring real estate in excess of what is needed 
58.9 	for trunk highway purposes as authorized in subdivision 1, the commissioner of transportation 
58.10 	shall, within one year after the completion of the construction, reconstruction, or improvement 
58.11 	of the highway for which a portion of the real estate was needed and required, convey and 
58.12 	quitclaim the excess real estate.
58.13 	(b) The excess real estate may be sold and conveyed to the owner of the land abutting 
58.14 	upon the excess real estate in the same manner and under the same terms provided under 
58.15 	section 161.44, subdivision 2, or to the highest responsible bidder, after receipt of sealed 
58.16 	bids following mailed notice to adjacent landowners and published notice of the sale for 
58.17 	three successive weeks in a newspaper or trade journal of general circulation in the territory 
58.18 	from which bids are likely to be received. All bids may be rejected and new bids received 
58.19 	upon like advertisement.
58.20 	(c) If the lands remain unsold after being offered for sale, the commissioner may offer 
58.21 	the remaining lands to any person who agrees to pay the minimum bid established for the 
58.22 	public sale. The sale must continue until all eligible lands have been sold or the commissioner 
58.23 	withdraws the remaining lands from the sale. The lands to be sold must be listed on the 
58.24 	department's unsold property inventory list.
58.25 	(d) The deed may contain restrictive clauses limiting the use of such real estate in the 
58.26 	interests of safety and convenient public travel when the commissioner finds that the 
58.27 	restrictions are reasonably necessary.

58.28 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 161.23, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
58.29 		Subd. 2a.Services of licensed real estate broker. If the lands remain unsold after being 
58.30 	offered for sale to the highest bidder, the commissioner may retain the services of a licensed 
58.31 	real estate broker to find a buyer. The sale price may be negotiated by the broker, but must 
58.32 	not be less than 90 80 percent of the appraised market value as determined by the 
59.1 	commissioner. The broker's fee must be established by prior agreement between the 
59.2 	commissioner and the broker, and must not exceed ten percent of the sale price for sales of 
59.3 	$10,000 or more. The broker's fee must be paid to the broker from the proceeds of the sale.

59.4 	Sec. 11. [161.369] INDIAN EMPLOYMENT PREFERENCE.
59.5 	As authorized by United States Code, title 23, section 140, paragraph (d), the 
59.6 	commissioner may implement an Indian employment preference for members of federally 
59.7 	recognized Tribes on projects carried out under United States Code, title 23, within 60 miles 
59.8 	of an Indian reservation.

59.9 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 161.44, subdivision 6a, is amended to read:
59.10 		Subd. 6a.Services of licensed real estate broker. If the lands are withdrawn from sale 
59.11 	under subdivision 6b, the commissioner may retain the services of a licensed real estate 
59.12 	broker to find a buyer. The sale price may be negotiated by the broker, but must not be less 
59.13 	than 90 80 percent of the appraised market value as determined by the commissioner. The 
59.14 	broker's fee must be established by prior agreement between the commissioner and the 
59.15 	broker, and must not exceed ten percent of the sale price for sales of $10,000 or more. The 
59.16 	broker's fee must be paid to the broker from the proceeds of the sale.

59.17 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 161.44, subdivision 6b, is amended to read:
59.18 		Subd. 6b.Unsold lands. If lands remain unsold after being offered for sale to the highest 
59.19 	bidder, the commissioner may offer the remaining lands to any person who agrees to pay
59.20 	at least 80 percent of the minimum bid established for the public sale. Any offers less than 
59.21 	100 percent of the minimum bid must be approved by the commissioner prior to a sale. The 
59.22 	sale must continue until all eligible lands have been sold or the commissioner withdraws 
59.23 	the remaining lands from sale. The lands to be sold must be listed on the department's Unsold 
59.24 	Property Inventory list.

59.25 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 162.145, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
59.26 		Subd. 3.Administration. (a) Subject to funds made available by law, the commissioner 
59.27 	shall allocate all funds as provided in subdivision 4 and shall, by June 1, certify to the 
59.28 	commissioner of revenue the amounts to be paid.
59.29 	(b) Following certification from the commissioner, the commissioner of revenue shall 
59.30 	distribute the specified funds to cities in the same manner as local government aid under 
60.1 	chapter 477A. An appropriation to the commissioner under this section is available to the 
60.2 	commissioner of revenue for the purposes specified in this paragraph.
60.3 	(c) Notwithstanding other law to the contrary, in order to receive distributions under 
60.4 	this section, a city must conform to the standards in section 477A.017, subdivision 2. A city 
60.5 	that receives funds under this section must make and preserve records necessary to show 
60.6 	that the funds are spent in compliance with subdivision 4 5.

60.7 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 163.07, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
60.8 		Subd. 2.Qualifications, salary, and term. The county highway engineer shall be a 
60.9 	registered highway or civil engineer, registered under the laws of the state of Minnesota. 
60.10 	The county board may appoint a new county engineer for a term of only one year. All 
60.11 	reappointments shall be for a term of four years, and shall be made in May of the year in 
60.12 	which the term expires. The county highway engineer shall be a citizen and resident of this 
60.13 	state. The county highway engineer's salary shall be fixed by the county board and shall be 
60.14 	payable the same as other county officers are paid. The salary shall not be reduced during 
60.15 	the county highway engineer's term of office.

60.16 	Sec. 16. [168.0135] MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION SELF-SERVICE KIOSKS.
60.17 		Subdivision 1.Authorization. (a) The commissioner, in consultation with deputy 
60.18 	registrars, must establish a process to implement, locate, and install self-service kiosks that 
60.19 	may be used for motor vehicle registration renewals. The commissioner must establish 
60.20 	reasonable performance, security, technical, and financial standards to approve a vendor. 
60.21 	Self-service kiosks authorized by this section must:
60.22 	(1) allow a customer to renew a motor vehicle registration pursuant to section 168.013, 
60.23 	without assistance of a deputy registrar;
60.24 	(2) dispense license plate tabs to the applicant at the time of the application; and
60.25 	(3) display the contact phone number and e-mail address of the deputy registrar's office 
60.26 	that is responsible for the self-service kiosk.
60.27 	(b) This section only applies to deputy registrars appointed pursuant to section 168.33, 
60.28 	subdivision 2.
60.29 		Subd. 2.Administration. (a) The commissioner must contract with a vendor to provide 
60.30 	the hardware and software necessary to implement the self-service kiosk program. The 
60.31 	commissioner must provide fair and reasonable access to department facilities, staff, and 
60.32 	technology. The vendor is responsible for the maintenance and installation of all self-service 
61.1 	kiosks. The vendor must provide training to deputy registrars on how to operate and 
61.2 	troubleshoot issues with a self-service kiosk.
61.3 	(b) A deputy registrar must make a request to the commissioner to have a self-service 
61.4 	kiosk placed in the deputy registrar's service area. The commissioner may approve the 
61.5 	placement.
61.6 	(c) The deputy registrar that requested the placement of the self-service kiosk is 
61.7 	responsible for the kiosk. The deputy registrar may coordinate with the vendor for 
61.8 	administration and to ensure that all registration materials contained within the self-service 
61.9 	kiosks are properly handled and accounted for.
61.10 		Subd. 3.Fees. (a) The commissioner may assess a convenience fee of $5 or less for each 
61.11 	transaction completed using a self-service kiosk. The vendor must retain the revenue from 
61.12 	any convenience fee that is assessed.
61.13 	(b) The filing fees in section 168.33, subdivision 7, apply to transactions conducted at 
61.14 	a self-service kiosk. The deputy registrar must retain the filing fees.
61.15 	(c) The fees authorized in this subdivision are in addition to any transaction fees, 
61.16 	convenience fees, or other fees charged by a financial institution for use of a debit or credit 
61.17 	card.

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

61.19 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 168.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
61.20 		Subdivision 1.Plates; design, visibility, periods of issuance. (a) The commissioner, 
61.21 	upon approval and payment, shall issue to the applicant the plates required by this chapter, 
61.22 	bearing the state name and an assigned vehicle registration number. The number assigned 
61.23 	by the commissioner may be a combination of a letter or sign with figures. The color of the 
61.24 	plates and the color of the abbreviation of the state name and the number assigned must be 
61.25 	in marked contrast. The plates must be lettered, spaced, or distinguished to suitably indicate 
61.26 	the registration of the vehicle according to the rules of the commissioner.
61.27 	(b) When a vehicle is registered on the basis of total gross weight, the plates issued must 
61.28 	clearly indicate by letters or other suitable insignia the maximum gross weight for which 
61.29 	the tax has been paid.
61.30 	(c) Plates issued to a noncommercial vehicle must bear the inscription "noncommercial" 
61.31 	unless the vehicle is displaying a special plate authorized and issued under this chapter.
62.1 	(d) A one-ton pickup truck that is used for commercial purposes and is subject to section 
62.2 	168.185, is eligible to display special plates as authorized and issued under this chapter.
62.3 	(e) The plates must be so treated as to be at least 100 times brighter than the conventional 
62.4 	painted number plates. When properly mounted on an unlighted vehicle, the plates, when 
62.5 	viewed from a vehicle equipped with standard headlights, must be visible for a distance of 
62.6 	not less than 1,500 feet and readable for a distance of not less than 110 feet.
62.7 	(f) The commissioner shall issue plates for the following periods:
62.8 	(1) New plates issued pursuant to section 168.012, subdivision 1, must be issued to a 
62.9 	vehicle for as long as the vehicle is owned by the exempt agency and the plate shall not be 
62.10 	transferable from one vehicle to another but the plate may be transferred with the vehicle 
62.11 	from one tax-exempt agency to another.
62.12 	(2) Plates issued for passenger automobiles must be issued for a seven-year period. All 
62.13 	plates issued under this paragraph must be replaced if they are seven years old or older at 
62.14 	the time of registration renewal or will become so during the registration period.
62.15 	(3) Plates issued under sections 168.053 and 168.27, subdivisions 16 and 17, must be 
62.16 	for a seven-year period.
62.17 	(4) Plates issued under subdivisions 2c and 2d and section sections 168.123, 168.1235, 
62.18 	and 168.1255 must be issued for the life of the veteran under section 169.79.
62.19 	(5) Plates for any vehicle not specified in clauses (1) to (3) must be issued for the life 
62.20 	of the vehicle.
62.21 	(g) In a year in which plates are not issued, the commissioner shall issue for each 
62.22 	registration a sticker to designate the year of registration. This sticker must show the year 
62.23 	or years for which the sticker is issued, and is valid only for that period. The plates and 
62.24 	stickers issued for a vehicle may not be transferred to another vehicle during the period for 
62.25 	which the sticker is issued, except when issued for a vehicle registered under section 168.187.
62.26 	(h) Despite any other provision of this subdivision, plates issued to a vehicle used for 
62.27 	behind-the-wheel instruction in a driver education course in a public school may be 
62.28 	transferred to another vehicle used for the same purpose without payment of any additional 
62.29 	fee. The public school shall notify the commissioner of each transfer of plates under this 
62.30 	paragraph. The commissioner may prescribe a format for notification.

63.1 	Sec. 18. [168.1284] MINNESOTA 100 CLUB PLATES.
63.2 		Subdivision 1.Issuance of plates. The commissioner must issue Minnesota 100 Club 
63.3 	special plates or a single motorcycle plate to an applicant who:
63.4 	(1) is a registered owner of a passenger automobile, noncommercial one-ton pickup 
63.5 	truck, motorcycle, or recreational vehicle;
63.6 	(2) pays the registration tax as required under section 168.013;
63.7 	(3) pays a fee in the amount specified under section 168.12, subdivision 5, for each set 
63.8 	of plates, along with any other fees required by this chapter;
63.9 	(4) contributes a minimum of $40 annually to the Minnesota 100 Club account; and
63.10 	(5) complies with this chapter and rules governing registration of motor vehicles and 
63.11 	licensing of drivers.
63.12 		Subd. 2.Design. The commissioner must adopt a suitable design for the plate in 
63.13 	consultation with representatives from the Minnesota 100 Club.
63.14 		Subd. 3.Plates transfer. On application to the commissioner and payment of a transfer 
63.15 	fee of $5, special plates issued under this section may be transferred to another motor vehicle 
63.16 	if the subsequent vehicle is:
63.17 	(1) qualified under subdivision 1, clause (1), to bear the special plates; and
63.18 	(2) registered to the same individual to whom the special plates were originally issued.
63.19 		Subd. 4.Exemption. Special plates issued under this section are not subject to section 
63.20 	168.1293, subdivision 2.
63.21 		Subd. 5.Contributions; account; appropriation. Contributions collected under 
63.22 	subdivision 1, clause (4), must be deposited in the Minnesota 100 Club account, which is 
63.23 	established in the special revenue fund. Money in the account is annually appropriated to 
63.24 	the commissioner. This appropriation is first for the annual cost of administering the account 
63.25 	funds, and the remaining funds are for distribution to the Minnesota 100 Club to further the 
63.26 	organization's mission and purpose of providing charitable gifts and contributions.

63.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2022, for Minnesota 100 Club 
63.28 	special plates issued on or after that date.

63.29 	Sec. 19. [168.1285] MINNESOTA AGRICULTURE PLATES.
63.30 		Subdivision 1.Issuance of plates. The commissioner must issue Minnesota agriculture 
63.31 	special plates or a single motorcycle plate to an applicant who:
64.1 	(1) is a registered owner of a passenger automobile, noncommercial one-ton pickup 
64.2 	truck, motorcycle, or recreational vehicle;
64.3 	(2) pays a fee in the amount specified under section 168.12, subdivision 5, for each set 
64.4 	of plates, along with any other fees required by this chapter;
64.5 	(3) pays the registration tax as required under section 168.013;
64.6 	(4) contributes a minimum of $20 annually to the Minnesota agriculture account; and
64.7 	(5) complies with this chapter and rules governing registration of motor vehicles and 
64.8 	licensing of drivers.
64.9 		Subd. 2.Design. In consultation with the commissioner of agriculture, the commissioner 
64.10 	must adopt a suitable plate design that includes a depiction of lands and activity related to 
64.11 	agriculture.
64.12 		Subd. 3.Plates transfer. On application to the commissioner and payment of a transfer 
64.13 	fee of $5, special plates issued under this section may be transferred to another motor vehicle 
64.14 	if the subsequent vehicle is:
64.15 	(1) qualified under subdivision 1, clause (1), to bear the special plates; and
64.16 	(2) registered to the same individual to whom the special plates were originally issued.
64.17 		Subd. 4.Exemption. Special plates issued under this section are not subject to section 
64.18 	168.1293, subdivision 2.
64.19 		Subd. 5.Contributions; account; appropriation. Contributions collected under 
64.20 	subdivision 1, clause (4), must be deposited in the Minnesota agriculture account, which is 
64.21 	established in the special revenue fund. Money in the account is appropriated to the 
64.22 	commissioner of public safety. This appropriation is first for the annual cost of administering 
64.23 	the account funds, and the remaining funds are for distribution to (1) the Minnesota FFA 
64.24 	Foundation to support the mission of the foundation, and (2) the University of Minnesota 
64.25 	Extension Service to support Minnesota 4-H programming and activities. The commissioner 
64.26 	must annually consult with the Minnesota FFA Foundation and the University of Minnesota 
64.27 	Extension Service for recommendations regarding how to allocate funds.

64.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2022, for Minnesota agriculture 
64.29 	special plates issued on or after that date.

65.1 	Sec. 20. [168.1286] HONORARY CONSUL PLATES.
65.2 		Subdivision 1.Issuance of plates. The commissioner must issue honorary consul special 
65.3 	plates or a single motorcycle plate to an applicant who:
65.4 	(1) is a registered owner of a passenger automobile, noncommercial one-ton pickup 
65.5 	truck, motorcycle, or recreational vehicle;
65.6 	(2) is recognized as an honorary consular official appointed by the respective government 
65.7 	to serve in Minnesota, and who provides a letter from the Minnesota Consular Corps;
65.8 	(3) pays a fee in the amount specified for special plates under section 168.12, subdivision 
65.9 	5, for each set of plates, along with any other fees required by this chapter;
65.10 	(4) pays the registration tax as required under section 168.013; and
65.11 	(5) complies with this chapter and rules governing registration of motor vehicles and 
65.12 	licensing of drivers.
65.13 		Subd. 2.Design. In consultation with the Minnesota Consular Corps, the commissioner 
65.14 	must adopt a suitable plate design that includes an emblem and the inscription "Honorary 
65.15 	Consul." The unique registration number for each set of special plates issued must contain 
65.16 	the International Olympic Committee three-letter country code for the represented country 
65.17 	followed by the lowest available sequential number.
65.18 		Subd. 3.Plates transfer. On application to the commissioner and payment of a transfer 
65.19 	fee of $5, special plates issued under this section may be transferred to another motor vehicle 
65.20 	if the subsequent vehicle is:
65.21 	(1) qualified under subdivision 1, clause (1), to bear the special plates; and
65.22 	(2) registered to the same individual to whom the special plates were originally issued.
65.23 		Subd. 4.Plates surrender. A person must return to the commissioner special plates 
65.24 	issued under this section if (1) the plates are no longer in use, or (2) the person is no longer 
65.25 	recognized as an honorary consular official by the appointing government.
65.26 		Subd. 5.Exemption. Special plates issued under this section are not subject to section 
65.27 	168.1293, subdivision 2.

65.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2022, for honorary consul 
65.29 	special plates issued on or after that date.

66.1 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 168.183, is amended to read:
66.2 	168.183 MOTOR VEHICLES OF CERTAIN NONRESIDENTS.
66.3 		Subdivision 1.Payment of taxes. All trucks, truck-tractors, trucks using combination, 
66.4 	and buses which comply with all of the provisions of section 168.181, subdivision 1, clause 
66.5 	(6), but are excluded from the exemptions solely because of the temporary nature of their 
66.6 	movement in this state, shall be required to comply with all laws and rules as to the payment 
66.7 	of taxes applicable to like vehicles owned by Minnesota residents, except that nonresidents 
66.8 	may make application to pay the tax for each vehicle proportionate to the number of months 
66.9 	or fraction thereof the vehicles are in this state. For the purposes of this subdivision, buses 
66.10 	do not include charter buses that are considered proratable vehicles under section 168.187, 
66.11 	subdivision 4. Fees are determined by section 168.013, subdivision 1e.
66.12 		Subd. 2.Contents of application. The application shall contain such information and 
66.13 	shall be executed in such manner as the registrar may require and shall include a complete 
66.14 	itinerary of the applicant and shall be accompanied by such evidence of ownership as the 
66.15 	registrar shall deem necessary.
66.16 		Subd. 3.Permit. Upon payment of the required tax the registrar shall issue, in lieu of 
66.17 	registration plates, a permit for each vehicle so taxed. The permit shall contain the name 
66.18 	and address of the owner, the make, type, serial number and year model of the vehicle, the 
66.19 	expiration date and any other information deemed necessary by the registrar. The permit 
66.20 	must be carried in the vehicle at all timesavailable in a format prescribed by the registrar 
66.21 	while the vehicle is being operated in this state.

66.22 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 168.301, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
66.23 		Subdivision 1.Surrender plates and credit tax paid. (a) On transferring a motor 
66.24 	vehicle, the transferor shall surrender the registration plates and assign the registration tax 
66.25 	paid to the credit of the transferee.
66.26 	(b) As specified in section 115A.908, the commissioner must impose a $10 fee on each 
66.27 	transfer of title within the state, other than transfers for resale purposes, of every motor 
66.28 	vehicle weighing more than 1,000 pounds.

66.29 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 168.31, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
66.30 		Subd. 4.Installments; registration generally. (a) If the tax for a vehicle assessed under 
66.31 	section 168.013, subdivision 1c, 1d, 1e, or 1g, amounts to more than $400, the owner may 
66.32 	pay the tax by installments.
67.1 	(b) The owner shall tender with the application for registration one-third of the annual 
67.2 	tax due or $400, whichever is greater, plus any penalties or arrears, plus a fee of $10. Instead 
67.3 	of this fee, the applicant may furnish a bond, bank letter of credit, or certificate of deposit 
67.4 	approved by the registrar of motor vehicles, for the total of the tax still due. The amount of 
67.5 	the bond, letter of credit, or certificate of deposit may include any penalties assessed. The 
67.6 	bond, letter of credit, or certificate of deposit must be for the benefit of the state for monetary 
67.7 	loss caused by failure of the vehicle owner to pay delinquent license fees and penalties.
67.8 	(c) The remainder of the tax due must be paid in two equal installments;. The due date 
67.9 	of the first installment is the first day of the fifth month of the registration period for which
67.10 	the tax is assessed July 1, and the second installment is due on the first day of the ninth 
67.11 	month of the registration period for which the tax is assessed November 1.
67.12 	(d) When the applicant elects to pay the administrative fee, the registrar shall issue to 
67.13 	the applicant validation stickers indicating the expiration date of a registration. When the 
67.14 	applicant elects to furnish a bond, bank letter, or letter of deposit, the registrar shall issue 
67.15 	regular validation stickers for the registration year.
67.16 	(e) If an owner of a vehicle fails to pay an installment on or before its due date, the 
67.17 	vehicle must not be used on the public streets or highways in this state until the installment 
67.18 	or installments of the tax remaining due on the vehicle have been paid in full for the licensed 
67.19 	year together with a penalty at the rate of $1 per day for the remainder of the month in which 
67.20 	the balance of the tax becomes due and $4 a month for each succeeding month or fraction 
67.21 	of a month during which the balance of the tax remains unpaid. Upon the payment of the 
67.22 	balance of the tax and the penalties, the registrar shall issue a registration certificate to the 
67.23 	owner of the vehicle in the manner provided by law. The registrar shall deny installment 
67.24 	payment privileges provided in this subdivision in the subsequent year to any owner on any 
67.25 	or all vehicles of the owner who during the current year fails to pay any installment due 
67.26 	within one month after the due date.

67.27 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 168.327, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
67.28 		Subdivision 1.Records and fees. (a) Upon request by any person authorized in this 
67.29 	section, the commissioner shall furnish a certified copy of any driver's license record, 
67.30 	instruction permit record, Minnesota identification card record, vehicle registration record, 
67.31 	vehicle title record, or accident record.
67.32 	(b) Except as provided in subdivisions 4, 5a, and 5 5b, and other than accident records 
67.33 	governed under section 169.09, subdivision 13, the requester shall pay a fee of $10 for each 
67.34 	certified record specified in paragraph (a) or a fee of $9 for each record that is not certified.
68.1 	(c) Except as provided in subdivisions 4, 5a, and 5 5b, in addition to the record fee in 
68.2 	paragraph (b), the fee for a copy of the history of any vehicle title not in electronic format 
68.3 	is $1 for each page of the historical record.
68.4 	(d) Fees collected under paragraph (b) for driver's license, instruction permit, and 
68.5 	Minnesota identification card records must be paid into the state treasury with 50 cents of 
68.6 	each fee credited to the general fund. The remainder of the fees collected must be credited 
68.7 	to the driver services operating account in the special revenue fund under section 299A.705.
68.8 	(e) Fees collected under paragraphs (b) and (c) for vehicle registration or title records 
68.9 	must be paid into the state treasury with 50 cents of each fee credited to the general fund. 
68.10 	The remainder of the fees collected must be credited to the vehicle services operating account 
68.11 	in the special revenue fund specified in section 299A.705.
68.12 	(f) Except as provided in subdivisions 4, 5a, and 5 5b, the commissioner shall permit a 
68.13 	person to inquire into a record by the person's own electronic means for a fee of $4.50 for 
68.14 	each inquiry, except that no fee may be charged when the requester is the subject of the 
68.15 	data. Of the fee:
68.16 	(1) Of the $4.50 fee, $2.70 must be deposited in the general fund.;
68.17 	(2) for driver's license, instruction permit, or Minnesota identification card records, the 
68.18 	remainder must be deposited in the driver services operating account in the special revenue 
68.19 	fund under section 299A.705.; and
68.20 	(3) for vehicle title or registration records, the remainder must be deposited in the vehicle 
68.21 	services operating account in the special revenue fund under section 299A.705.
68.22 	(g) Fees and the deposit of the fees for accident records and reports are governed by 
68.23 	section 169.09, subdivision 13.

68.24 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 168.327, is amended by adding a subdivision 
68.25 	to read:
68.26 		Subd. 5a.Vehicle records subscription service. (a) The commissioner may implement 
68.27 	a vehicle records subscription service to provide information concerning access to motor 
68.28 	vehicle records, including regular notice of records that have changed, to subscribers who:
68.29 	(1) pay applicable fees; and
68.30 	(2) are approved by the commissioner in accordance with section 168.346 and United 
68.31 	States Code, title 18, section 2721.
69.1 	(b) If a vehicle records subscription service is implemented, the commissioner must 
69.2 	establish a fee that does not exceed $3,680 per month for a subscription to the service. Fees 
69.3 	collected under this paragraph must be credited to the vehicle services operating account 
69.4 	under section 299A.705, subdivision 1, and are appropriated to the commissioner for the 
69.5 	purposes in this paragraph and paragraph (a).
69.6 	(c) If a motor vehicle records subscription service is implemented, the commissioner 
69.7 	must charge a fee of $0.02 per motor vehicle record requested. Of the fees collected, 20 
69.8 	percent must be credited to the vehicle services operating account under section 299A.705, 
69.9 	subdivision 1, and is appropriated to the commissioner for the purposes of this subdivision; 
69.10 	30 percent must be credited to the data security account in the special revenue fund under 
69.11 	section 3.9741, subdivision 5; and 50 percent must be credited to the driver and vehicle 
69.12 	services technology account under section 299A.705, subdivision 3.

69.13 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 168.327, is amended by adding a subdivision 
69.14 	to read:
69.15 		Subd. 5b.Custom data request record fees. (a) For purposes of this subdivision, 
69.16 	"custom data request records" means a total of 1,000 or more (1) vehicle title records, (2) 
69.17 	vehicle registration records, or (3) driver's license records.
69.18 	(b) The commissioner must charge a fee of $0.02 per record for custom data request 
69.19 	records.
69.20 	(c) Of the fees collected for custom data request records:
69.21 	(1) 20 percent must be credited:
69.22 	(i) for vehicle title or registration records, to the vehicle services operating account under 
69.23 	section 299A.705, subdivision 1, and is appropriated to the commissioner for the purposes 
69.24 	of this subdivision; and
69.25 	(ii) for driver's license records, to the driver services operating account under section 
69.26 	299A.705, subdivision 2, and is appropriated to the commissioner for the purposes of this 
69.27 	subdivision;
69.28 	(2) 30 percent must be credited to the data security account in the special revenue fund 
69.29 	under section 3.9741, subdivision 5; and
69.30 	(3) 50 percent must be credited to the driver and vehicle services technology account 
69.31 	under section 299A.705, subdivision 3.
70.1 	(d) The commissioner may impose an additional fee for technical staff to create a custom 
70.2 	set of data under this subdivision.

70.3 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 168.327, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
70.4 		Subd. 6.Review and audit of purchases of bulk driver and motor vehicle records
70.5 	subscription services. Each subscriber and each requester of bulk vehicle records shall
70.6 	under subdivision 4 or 5a must annually engage an independent professional organization 
70.7 	to audit its uses of bulk data and its information technology security procedures, including 
70.8 	the methods and practices employed in the processing and use of driver and vehicle services 
70.9 	data. Within 30 days of the date of the audit report, each subscriber and requester must 
70.10 	submit each report to the legislative auditor and the commissioner.

70.11 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 168A.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
70.12 		Subdivision 1.Requirements upon subsequent transfer; service fee. (a) A dealer who 
70.13 	buys a vehicle and holds it for resale need not apply for a certificate of title. Upon transferring 
70.14 	the vehicle to another person, other than by the creation of a security interest, the dealer 
70.15 	shall promptly execute the assignment and warranty of title by a dealer, showing the names 
70.16 	and addresses of the transferee and of any secured party holding a security interest created 
70.17 	or reserved at the time of the resale, and the date of the security agreement in the spaces 
70.18 	provided therefor on the certificate of title or secure reassignment.
70.19 	(b) If a dealer elects to apply for a certificate of title on a vehicle held for resale, the 
70.20 	dealer need not register the vehicle but shall pay one month's registration tax. If a dealer 
70.21 	elects to apply for a certificate of title on a vehicle held for resale, the department shall not 
70.22 	place any legend on the title that no motor vehicle sales tax was paid by the dealer, but may 
70.23 	indicate on the title whether the vehicle is a new or used vehicle.
70.24 	(c) With respect to motor vehicles subject to the provisions of section 325E.15, the dealer 
70.25 	shall also, in the space provided therefor on the certificate of title or secure reassignment, 
70.26 	state the true cumulative mileage registered on the odometer or that the exact mileage is 
70.27 	unknown if the odometer reading is known by the transferor to be different from the true 
70.28 	mileage.
70.29 	(d) The transferee shall complete the application for title section on the certificate of 
70.30 	title or separate title application form prescribed by the department. The dealer shall mail 
70.31 	or deliver the certificate to the registrar or deputy registrar with the transferee's application 
70.32 	for a new certificate and appropriate taxes and fees, within ten business days.
71.1 	(e) With respect to vehicles sold to buyers who will remove the vehicle from this state, 
71.2 	the dealer shall remove any license plates from the vehicle, issue a 31-day temporary permit 
71.3 	pursuant to section 168.091, and notify the registrar within 48 hours of the sale that the 
71.4 	vehicle has been removed from this state. The notification must be made in an electronic 
71.5 	format prescribed by the registrar. The dealer may contract with a deputy registrar for the 
71.6 	notification of sale to an out-of-state buyer. The deputy registrar may charge a fee not to 
71.7 	exceed of $7 per transaction to provide this service.

71.8 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 168A.11, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
71.9 		Subd. 2.Notification on vehicle held for resale; service fee. Within 48 hours of 
71.10 	acquiring a vehicle titled and registered in Minnesota, a dealer shall notify the registrar that 
71.11 	the dealership is holding the vehicle for resale. The notification must be made electronically 
71.12 	as prescribed by the registrar. The dealer may contract this service to a deputy registrar and 
71.13 	the registrar may charge a fee not to exceed of $7 per transaction to provide this service.

71.14 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.035, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
71.15 		Subd. 3.Transportation by animal. Every (a) A person riding an animal or driving 
71.16 	any animal drawing a operating an animal-drawn vehicle upon a roadway shall be is subject 
71.17 	to the provisions of this chapter applicable to the driver of a vehicle, except those provisions 
71.18 	which by their nature can have no application.
71.19 	(b) A person operating an animal-drawn vehicle must comply with sections 169.18, 
71.20 	subdivision 10; 169.522; and 169.58, subdivision 6.

71.21 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.09, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
71.22 		Subd. 13.Reports confidential; evidence, fee, penalty, appropriation. (a) All reports 
71.23 	and supplemental information required under this section must be for the use of the 
71.24 	commissioner of public safety and other appropriate state, federal, county, and municipal 
71.25 	governmental agencies for accident analysis purposes, except:
71.26 	(1) upon written request, the commissioner of public safety or any law enforcement 
71.27 	agency shall disclose the report required under subdivision 8 to:
71.28 	(i) any individual involved in the accident, the representative of the individual's estate, 
71.29 	or the surviving spouse, or one or more surviving next of kin, or a trustee appointed under 
71.30 	section 573.02;
72.1 	(ii) any other person injured in person, property, or means of support, or who incurs 
72.2 	other pecuniary loss by virtue of the accident;
72.3 	(iii) legal counsel of a person described in item (i) or (ii); or
72.4 	(iv) a representative of the insurer of any person described in item (i) or (ii); or
72.5 	(v) a city or county attorney or an attorney representing the state in an implied consent 
72.6 	action who is charged with the prosecution of a traffic or criminal offense that is the result 
72.7 	of a traffic crash investigation conducted by law enforcement;
72.8 	(2) the commissioner of public safety shall, upon written request, provide the driver 
72.9 	filing a report under subdivision 7 with a copy of the report filed by the driver;
72.10 	(3) the commissioner of public safety may verify with insurance companies vehicle 
72.11 	insurance information to enforce sections 65B.48, 169.792, 169.793, 169.796, and 169.797;
72.12 	(4) the commissioner of public safety shall provide the commissioner of transportation 
72.13 	the information obtained for each traffic accident involving a commercial motor vehicle, 
72.14 	for purposes of administering commercial vehicle safety regulations;
72.15 	(5) upon specific request, the commissioner of public safety shall provide the 
72.16 	commissioner of transportation the information obtained regarding each traffic accident 
72.17 	involving damage to identified state-owned infrastructure, for purposes of debt collection 
72.18 	under section 161.20, subdivision 4; and
72.19 	(6) the commissioner of public safety may give to the United States Department of 
72.20 	Transportation commercial vehicle accident information in connection with federal grant 
72.21 	programs relating to safety.
72.22 	(b) Accident reports and data contained in the reports are not discoverable under any 
72.23 	provision of law or rule of court. No report shall be used as evidence in any trial, civil or 
72.24 	criminal, or any action for damages or criminal proceedings arising out of an accident. 
72.25 	However, the commissioner of public safety shall furnish, upon the demand of any person 
72.26 	who has or claims to have made a report or upon demand of any court, a certificate showing 
72.27 	that a specified accident report has or has not been made to the commissioner solely to prove 
72.28 	compliance or failure to comply with the requirements that the report be made to the 
72.29 	commissioner.
72.30 	(c) Nothing in this subdivision prevents any individual who has made a report under 
72.31 	this section from providing information to any individuals involved in an accident or their 
72.32 	representatives or from testifying in any trial, civil or criminal, arising out of an accident, 
72.33 	as to facts within the individual's knowledge. It is intended by this subdivision to render 
73.1 	privileged the reports required, but it is not intended to prohibit proof of the facts to which 
73.2 	the reports relate.
73.3 	(d) Disclosing any information contained in any accident report, except as provided in 
73.4 	this subdivision, section 13.82, subdivision 3 or 6, or other statutes, is a misdemeanor.
73.5 	(e) The commissioner of public safety shall charge authorized persons as described in 
73.6 	paragraph (a) a $5 fee for a copy of an accident report. Ninety percent of the $5 fee collected 
73.7 	under this paragraph must be deposited in the special revenue fund and credited to the driver 
73.8 	services operating account established in section 299A.705 and ten percent must be deposited 
73.9 	in the general fund. The commissioner may also furnish an electronic copy of the database 
73.10 	of accident records, which must not contain personal or private data on an individual, to 
73.11 	private agencies as provided in paragraph (g), for not less than the cost of preparing the 
73.12 	copies on a bulk basis as provided in section 13.03, subdivision 3.
73.13 	(f) The fees specified in paragraph (e) notwithstanding, the commissioner and law 
73.14 	enforcement agencies shall charge commercial users who request access to response or 
73.15 	incident data relating to accidents a fee not to exceed 50 cents per record. "Commercial 
73.16 	user" is a user who in one location requests access to data in more than five accident reports 
73.17 	per month, unless the user establishes that access is not for a commercial purpose. Of the 
73.18 	money collected by the commissioner under this paragraph, 90 percent must be deposited 
73.19 	in the special revenue fund and credited to the driver services operating account established 
73.20 	in section 299A.705 and ten percent must be deposited in the general fund.
73.21 	(g) The fees in paragraphs (e) and (f) notwithstanding, the commissioner shall provide 
73.22 	an electronic copy of the accident records database to the public on a case-by-case basis 
73.23 	using the cost-recovery charges provided for under section 13.03, subdivision 3. The database 
73.24 	provided must not contain personal or private data on an individual. However, unless the 
73.25 	accident records database includes the vehicle identification number, the commissioner 
73.26 	shall include the vehicle registration plate number if a private agency certifies and agrees 
73.27 	that the agency:
73.28 	(1) is in the business of collecting accident and damage information on vehicles;
73.29 	(2) will use the vehicle registration plate number only for identifying vehicles that have 
73.30 	been involved in accidents or damaged, to provide this information to persons seeking access 
73.31 	to a vehicle's history and not for identifying individuals or for any other purpose; and
73.32 	(3) will be subject to the penalties and remedies under sections 13.08 and 13.09.

74.1 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.18, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
74.2 		Subd. 10.Slower vehicles. (a) Upon a roadway with one lane in the direction of travel, 
74.3 	a person proceeding at a speed that is sufficiently low as to create a traffic hazard, including 
74.4 	when operating an animal-drawn vehicle upon a roadway or shoulder of a roadway, must 
74.5 	operate the vehicle as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway.
74.6 	(b) Upon a roadway with more than one lane in the same direction of travel, a person 
74.7 	must move out of the left-most lane to allow another vehicle to pass, when practicable under 
74.8 	existing conditions. A left-most lane under this paragraph is the lane adjacent to one 
74.9 	designated and posted for a specific type of traffic, including as provided under section 
74.10 	160.93. This paragraph does not apply when:
74.11 	(1) overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction;
74.12 	(2) preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway;
74.13 	(3) preparing to exit a controlled-access highway on the left side of the road;
74.14 	(4) the lane is designated and posted for a specific type of traffic; or
74.15 	(5) the vehicle is an authorized emergency vehicle.

74.16 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.451, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
74.17 		Subd. 3.Rules of commissioner Inspection criteria. (a) The commissioner of public 
74.18 	safety shall provide by rule for the issuance and display of distinctive inspection certificates.
74.19 	(b) The commissioner of public safety shall provide by rule a point system for evaluating 
74.20 	the effect on safety operation of any variance from law detected during inspections conducted 
74.21 	pursuant to subdivision 1.
74.22 	(a) The commissioner of public safety must inspect school buses in accordance with the 
74.23 	School Bus Inspection Manual as prescribed in section 169.4501, subdivision 3. Upon 
74.24 	completion of an inspection, the commissioner must provide a printed or electronic vehicle 
74.25 	examination report to the carrier or school district.
74.26 	(b) A school bus displaying a defect as defined in the "School Bus Recommended 
74.27 	Out-of-Service Criteria" in the most recent edition of the "National School Transportation 
74.28 	Specification and Procedures" adopted by the National Congress on School Transportation 
74.29 	is deemed unsafe for student transportation. A member of the State Patrol must affix a 
74.30 	rejection sticker to the lower left corner of the windshield. A person may remove the rejection 
74.31 	sticker only upon authorization from a member of the State Patrol who has determined that 
74.32 	all defects have been corrected. Pending reinspection and certification of the vehicle by a 
75.1 	member of the State Patrol, a bus bearing a rejection sticker may be used to transport students 
75.2 	if the defects have been corrected and the vehicle examination report is signed by the owner 
75.3 	or a designee certifying that all defects have been corrected. The signed report must be 
75.4 	carried in the first aid kit on the bus.
75.5 	(c) A school bus that has had an inspection completed in which no out-of-service defects 
75.6 	were identified has passed the inspection and a member of the State Patrol must affix an 
75.7 	inspection certificate to the lower left corner of the windshield. All defects identified must 
75.8 	be repaired within 14 days of the inspection. The person completing the repairs must sign 
75.9 	and date the inspection report indicating the repairs were made. The inspection report must 
75.10 	be retained at the principal place of business of the carrier or school district for 12 months 
75.11 	following the inspection and must be available for review by a representative of the 
75.12 	commissioner of public safety.
75.13 	(d) A defect discovered during an inspection that was identified by a member of the 
75.14 	State Patrol during a previous inspection but has not been corrected results in a failed 
75.15 	inspection. A member of the State Patrol must affix a rejection sticker to the lower left 
75.16 	corner of the windshield.

75.17 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.451, is amended by adding a subdivision 
75.18 	to read:
75.19 		Subd. 6.Member of the State Patrol. For purposes of this section, a member of the 
75.20 	State Patrol includes an employee of the Department of Public Safety described in section 
75.21 	299D.06.

75.22 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.522, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
75.23 		Subdivision 1.Displaying emblem; rules. (a) All animal-drawn vehicles, motorized 
75.24 	golf carts when operated on designated roadways pursuant to section 169.045, implements 
75.25 	of husbandry, and other machinery, including all road construction machinery, which are 
75.26 	designed for operation at a speed of 30 miles per hour or less, must display a triangular 
75.27 	slow-moving vehicle emblem, except (1) when being used in actual construction and 
75.28 	maintenance work and traveling within the limits of a construction area marked in accordance 
75.29 	with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, as set forth in section 169.06, or (2) 
75.30 	for a towed implement of husbandry that is empty and that is not self-propelled, in which 
75.31 	case it may be towed at lawful speeds greater than 30 miles per hour without removing the 
75.32 	slow-moving vehicle emblem. The emblem must consist of a fluorescent or illuminated 
75.33 	red-orange triangle with a dark red reflective border and be mounted so as to be visible from 
76.1 	a distance of not less than 600 feet to the rear. When a primary power unit towing an 
76.2 	implement of husbandry or other machinery displays a slow-moving vehicle emblem visible 
76.3 	from a distance of 600 feet to the rear, it is not necessary to display a similar emblem on 
76.4 	the secondary unit. All slow-moving vehicle emblems sold in this state must be so designed 
76.5 	that when properly mounted they are visible from a distance of not less than 600 feet to the 
76.6 	rear when directly in front of lawful lower beam of headlamps on a motor vehicle. The 
76.7 	commissioner of public safety shall adopt standards and specifications for the design and 
76.8 	position of mounting the slow-moving vehicle emblem. Such standards and specifications 
76.9 	must be adopted by rule in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
76.10 	(b) An alternate slow-moving vehicle emblem consisting of a dull black triangle with a 
76.11 	white reflective border may be used after obtaining a permit from the commissioner under 
76.12 	rules of the commissioner. A person with a permit to use an alternate slow-moving vehicle 
76.13 	emblem must:
76.14 	(1) carry in the vehicle a regular slow-moving vehicle emblem and display the emblem 
76.15 	when operating a vehicle between sunset and sunrise, and at any other time when visibility 
76.16 	is impaired by weather, smoke, fog, or other conditions; and
76.17 	(2) permanently affix to the rear of the slow-moving vehicle at least 72 square inches 
76.18 	of reflective tape that reflects the color red.
76.19 	(c) In addition to the emblem requirement under this subdivision, an animal-drawn 
76.20 	vehicle must comply with section 169.58, subdivision 6.

76.21 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.58, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
76.22 	read:
76.23 		Subd. 6.Animal-drawn vehicles. (a) An animal-drawn vehicle must be equipped with 
76.24 	an identification lamp or lamps that indicate the vehicle's presence and are visible from a 
76.25 	distance of at least 500 feet from both the front and the rear. The lighting requirement under 
76.26 	this subdivision may be met using a lamp powered by energy generated from the vehicle's 
76.27 	movement.
76.28 	(b) This subdivision does not apply to an animal-drawn vehicle that: (1) operates 
76.29 	exclusively between the hours of sunrise and sunset and never during periods of reduced 
76.30 	visibility, inclement weather, or insufficient light; or (2) never operates on a public roadway.

77.1 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.812, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
77.2 		Subd. 2.Escort vehicles required; width. (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (d) and 
77.3 	(e), no escort vehicle is required if the width of an overdimensional load is 15 feet or less 
77.4 	as measured at the bottom of the load or is 16 feet or less as measured at the top of the load.
77.5 	(b) Only one rear escort vehicle is required on a multilane divided roadway if the width 
77.6 	of an overdimensional load is more than 15 feet as measured at the bottom of the load or is 
77.7 	more than 16 feet as measured at the top of the load.
77.8 	(c) Only one lead escort vehicle and one rear escort vehicle is required on any undivided 
77.9 	roadway if the width of an overdimensional load is more than 15 feet as measured at the 
77.10 	bottom of the load or is more than 16 feet as measured at the top of the load.
77.11 	(d) Only One lead escort vehicle, one rear escort vehicle, and one lead licensed peace 
77.12 	officer is required when any part of an overdimensional load or a vehicle transporting an 
77.13 	overdimensional load extends beyond the left of the centerline on an undivided roadway.
77.14 	(e) The commissioner may require additional escorts when deemed necessary to protect 
77.15 	public safety or to ensure against undue damage to the road foundations, surfaces, or 
77.16 	structures. The commissioner must specify in the permit (1) the number of additional escorts 
77.17 	required; and (2) whether the operators of the escort vehicles must be licensed peace officers 
77.18 	or may be escort drivers, as defined in subdivision 1.

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

77.20 	Sec. 38. [169.8665] SPECIAL SOYBEAN MEAL-HAULING VEHICLE PERMIT.
77.21 		Subdivision 1.Special three-unit vehicle permit. The commissioner may issue a permit 
77.22 	for a vehicle that transports soybean meal and meets the following requirements:
77.23 	(1) is a combination of vehicles, including a truck-tractor and a semitrailer drawing one 
77.24 	additional semitrailer, and no semitrailer used in the three-vehicle combination has an overall 
77.25 	length in excess of 28-1/2 feet;
77.26 	(2) does not exceed a maximum gross vehicle weight of 106,000 pounds; and
77.27 	(3) is operated only in this state on marked U.S. Highway 75 in Crookston to marked 
77.28 	U.S. Highway 2, and on marked U.S. Highway 2 from Crookston to the North Dakota 
77.29 	border.
77.30 		Subd. 2.Special two-unit vehicle permit. The commissioner may issue a permit for a 
77.31 	vehicle that transports soybean meal and meets the following requirements:
78.1 	(1) is a combination of vehicles consisting of a truck-tractor and a single semitrailer that 
78.2 	may exceed 48 feet, but not 53 feet, if the distance from the kingpin to the centerline of the 
78.3 	rear axle group of the semitrailer does not exceed 43 feet;
78.4 	(2) does not exceed a maximum gross vehicle weight of 106,000 pounds; and
78.5 	(3) is operated only on the highways specified in subdivision 1, clause (3).
78.6 		Subd. 3.Restrictions. (a) A vehicle issued a permit under subdivision 1 or 2:
78.7 	(1) is subject to the axle weight limits in section 169.824;
78.8 	(2) is subject to bridge load limits posted pursuant to section 169.84;
78.9 	(3) is subject to seasonal load restrictions under section 169.87;
78.10 	(4) may not be operated with a load that exceeds the tire manufacturer's recommended 
78.11 	load under section 169.823, the manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating as affixed to the 
78.12 	vehicle, or other certification of gross weight rating under Code of Federal Regulations, 
78.13 	title 49, sections 567.4 to 567.7;
78.14 	(5) may not be operated on the interstate highway system; and
78.15 	(6) may be operated on streets or highways under the control of a local authority only 
78.16 	upon the approval of the local authority. However, vehicles may have reasonable access to 
78.17 	terminals and facilities for food, fuel, repairs, and rest, and for continuity of route within 
78.18 	one mile of the national network as provided by section 169.81, subdivision 3, and Code 
78.19 	of Federal Regulations, title 23, section 658.19.
78.20 	(b) The seasonal weight increases authorized under section 169.829 do not apply to 
78.21 	permits issued under this section.
78.22 		Subd. 4.Permit fee; appropriation. Vehicle permits issued under subdivision 1 must 
78.23 	be annual permits. The fee is $850 for each vehicle, or a proportional amount as provided 
78.24 	in section 169.86, subdivision 5, and must be deposited in the trunk highway fund. An 
78.25 	amount sufficient to administer the permit program is appropriated from the trunk highway 
78.26 	fund to the commissioner for the costs of administering the permit program.
78.27 		Subd. 5.Expiration date. Upon request of the permit applicant, the expiration date for 
78.28 	a permit issued under this section must be the same as the expiration date of the permitted 
78.29 	vehicle's registration.

79.1 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.92, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
79.2 		Subd. 4.Suspension of driver's licenseFailure to appear. (a) Upon receiving a report 
79.3 	from the court, or from the driver licensing authority of a state, district, territory, or 
79.4 	possession of the United States or a province of a foreign country which has an agreement 
79.5 	in effect with this state pursuant to section 169.91, that a resident of this state or a person 
79.6 	licensed as a driver in this state did not appear in court in compliance with the terms of a 
79.7 	citation, the commissioner of public safety shall notify the driver that the driver's license 
79.8 	will be suspended unless the commissioner receives notice within 30 days that the driver 
79.9 	has appeared in the appropriate court or, if the offense is a petty misdemeanor for which a 
79.10 	guilty plea was entered under section 609.491, that the person has paid any fine imposed 
79.11 	by the court. If the commissioner does not receive notice of the appearance in the appropriate 
79.12 	court or payment of the fine within 30 days of the date of the commissioner's notice to the 
79.13 	driver, the commissioner may suspend the driver's license, subject to the notice requirements 
79.14 	of section 171.18, subdivision 2. Notwithstanding the requirements in this subdivision, the 
79.15 	commissioner is prohibited from suspending the driver's license of a person based solely 
79.16 	on the fact that the person did not appear in court (1) in compliance with the terms of a 
79.17 	citation for a petty misdemeanor, or (2) for a violation of section 171.24, subdivision 1.
79.18 	(b) The order of suspension shall indicate the reason for the order and shall notify the 
79.19 	driver that the driver's license shall remain remains suspended until the driver has furnished 
79.20 	evidence, satisfactory to the commissioner, of compliance with any order entered by the 
79.21 	court.
79.22 	(c) Suspension shall be ordered under this subdivision only when the report clearly 
79.23 	identifies the person arrested; describes the violation, specifying the section of the traffic 
79.24 	law, ordinance or rule violated; indicates the location and date of the offense; and describes 
79.25 	the vehicle involved and its registration number.

79.26 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.06, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
79.27 		Subd. 2a.Two-wheeled vehicle endorsement fee. (a) In addition to the appropriate fee 
79.28 	under subdivision 2, the fee for any duplicate driver's license obtained for the purpose of 
79.29 	adding a two-wheeled vehicle endorsement on a driver's license is increased by $18.50:
79.30 	(1) $26.50 for each first such an initial endorsement or a duplicate license obtained for 
79.31 	the purpose of adding the endorsement; and
79.32 	$13 (2) $17 for each license renewal thereof with the endorsement.
79.33 	(b) The additional fee must be paid into the state treasury and credited as follows:
80.1 	(1) $11 $19 of the additional fee for each first duplicate license under paragraph (a), 
80.2 	clause (1), and $7 $11 of the additional fee for each renewal under paragraph (a), clause 
80.3 	(2), must be credited to the motorcycle safety fund, which is hereby created; and
80.4 	(2) the remainder of the additional fee must be credited to the general fund.
80.5 	(b) (c) All application forms prepared by the commissioner for two-wheeled vehicle 
80.6 	endorsements must clearly state the amount of the total fee that is dedicated to the motorcycle 
80.7 	safety fund.

80.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2021, for driver's license 
80.9 	application and issuance on or after that date.

80.10 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.06, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
80.11 		Subd. 3.Contents of application; other information. (a) An application must:
80.12 	(1) state the full name, date of birth, sex, and either (i) the residence address of the 
80.13 	applicant, or (ii) designated address under section 5B.05;
80.14 	(2) as may be required by the commissioner, contain a description of the applicant and 
80.15 	any other facts pertaining to the applicant, the applicant's driving privileges, and the 
80.16 	applicant's ability to operate a motor vehicle with safety;
80.17 	(3) state:
80.18 	(i) the applicant's Social Security number; or
80.19 	(ii) if the applicant does not have a Social Security number and is applying for a 
80.20 	Minnesota identification card, instruction permit, or class D provisional or driver's license, 
80.21 	that the applicant certifies that the applicant is not eligible for a Social Security number;
80.22 	(4) contain a notification to the applicant of the availability of a living will/health care 
80.23 	directive designation on the license under section 171.07, subdivision 7; and
80.24 	(5) include a method for the applicant to:
80.25 	(i) request a veteran designation on the license under section 171.07, subdivision 15, 
80.26 	and the driving record under section 171.12, subdivision 5a;
80.27 	(ii) indicate a desire to make an anatomical gift under paragraph (d) subdivision 3b, 
80.28 	paragraph (e);
80.29 	(iii) as applicable, designate document retention as provided under section 171.12, 
80.30 	subdivision 3c; and
81.1 	(iv) indicate emergency contacts as provided under section 171.12, subdivision 5b.
81.2 	(b) Applications must be accompanied by satisfactory evidence demonstrating:
81.3 	(1) identity, date of birth, and any legal name change if applicable; and
81.4 	(2) for driver's licenses and Minnesota identification cards that meet all requirements of 
81.5 	the REAL ID Act:
81.6 	(i) principal residence address in Minnesota, including application for a change of address, 
81.7 	unless the applicant provides a designated address under section 5B.05;
81.8 	(ii) Social Security number, or related documentation as applicable; and
81.9 	(iii) lawful status, as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 6, section 37.3.
81.10 	(c) An application for an enhanced driver's license or enhanced identification card must 
81.11 	be accompanied by:
81.12 	(1) satisfactory evidence demonstrating the applicant's full legal name and United States 
81.13 	citizenship; and
81.14 	(2) a photographic identity document.

81.15 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.06, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
81.16 	read:
81.17 		Subd. 11.Remote application. (a) The commissioner must establish a process for a 
81.18 	person to apply remotely for a driver's license or Minnesota identification card, whether 
81.19 	through a website or other means, as provided in this subdivision.
81.20 	(b) The commissioner may issue or reinstate an expired driver's license or Minnesota 
81.21 	identification card and may renew a driver's license or Minnesota identification card for a 
81.22 	person who does not apply in-person if:
81.23 	(1) the applicant submits documentation, as prescribed by the commissioner, that an 
81.24 	eligible family member is an employee of a federal department or agency who is assigned 
81.25 	to foreign service outside of the United States;
81.26 	(2) there is not a material change to the applicant's name, date of birth, signature, and 
81.27 	driver's license or identification number since the most recent driver's license or Minnesota 
81.28 	identification card issuance;
81.29 	(3) the application is not for a different type or class of driver's license or Minnesota 
81.30 	identification card, as identified in sections 171.019, subdivision 2, and 171.02, subdivision 
81.31 	2;
82.1 	(4) one of the following requirements is met:
82.2 	(i) the commissioner has a previous photograph of the applicant on file that was taken 
82.3 	within the last five years or in conjunction with the most recent issuance; or
82.4 	(ii) for a noncompliant license or identification card, the applicant submits a photograph 
82.5 	that meets the requirements of sections 171.07 and 171.071, Minnesota Rules, part 
82.6 	7410.1810, subpart 1, and any other technical requirements established by the commissioner, 
82.7 	which may include but are not limited to background color, lighting and visibility standards, 
82.8 	and electronic file size;
82.9 	(5) for a driver's license, the commissioner has a record that the applicant has undergone 
82.10 	an examination of the applicant's eyesight within the last two years, or the applicant submits 
82.11 	a vision examination certificate that:
82.12 	(i) has been completed within the last two years;
82.13 	(ii) is signed by a licensed physician or an optometrist, including one who holds a similar 
82.14 	license in a jurisdiction outside the United States; and
82.15 	(iii) is in a form as prescribed by the commissioner;
82.16 	(6) for an expired driver's license or Minnesota identification card:
82.17 	(i) expiration was within the past five years;
82.18 	(ii) expiration was due to driver's license or identification card issuance by another 
82.19 	jurisdiction; and
82.20 	(iii) the application includes surrender or invalidation of a valid driver's license or 
82.21 	identification card issued by another jurisdiction; and
82.22 	(7) the most recent issuance, reinstatement, or renewal was not performed under this 
82.23 	subdivision.
82.24 	(c) A person who applies for a driver's license or Minnesota identification card under 
82.25 	this subdivision is not required to:
82.26 	(1) take a knowledge examination;
82.27 	(2) take a road examination to demonstrate ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable 
82.28 	control in the operation of a motor vehicle; and
82.29 	(3) appear in-person for an updated photograph upon return to Minnesota.
82.30 	(d) For purposes of this subdivision, "eligible family member" means the applicant for 
82.31 	a driver's license or Minnesota identification card under this subdivision, the applicant's 
83.1 	spouse or domestic partner, and the applicant's parent or guardian if the applicant is a 
83.2 	dependent under age 26.

83.3 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.07, subdivision 15, is amended to read:
83.4 		Subd. 15.Veteran designation. (a) At the request of an eligible applicant and on payment 
83.5 	of the required fee, the department shall issue, renew, or reissue to the applicant a driver's 
83.6 	license or Minnesota identification card bearing a graphic or written designation of:
83.7 	(1) Veteran; or
83.8 	(2) Veteran 100% T&P.
83.9 	(b) At the time of the initial application for the designation provided under this 
83.10 	subdivision, the applicant must:
83.11 	(1) either:
83.12 	(i) be a veteran, as defined in section 197.447;
83.13 	(2) have, who provides a certified copy of the veteran's federal form DD-214 or other 
83.14 	official discharge papers that describes the honorable service of the veteran; or
83.15 	(ii) be a current or former member of the National Guard or a reserve component of the 
83.16 	United States armed forces, who provides a certified copy of the person's federal form 
83.17 	DD-214, form NGB-22, or official orders, showing that the person has honorably completed 
83.18 	the first full term of service; and
83.19 	(3)(2) if the applicant is seeking the disability designation under paragraph (a), clause 
83.20 	(2), provide satisfactory evidence of a 100 percent total and permanent service-connected 
83.21 	disability as determined by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
83.22 	(c) The commissioner of public safety is required to issue drivers' licenses and Minnesota 
83.23 	identification cards with the veteran designation only after entering a new contract or in 
83.24 	coordination with producing a new card design with modifications made as required by 
83.25 	law. A driver's license or Minnesota identification card bearing the graphic or written 
83.26 	designation under paragraph (a) does not entitle the license or identification card holder to 
83.27 	state benefits not otherwise afforded under section 197.447.

83.28 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.071, is amended by adding a subdivision 
83.29 	to read:
83.30 		Subd. 4.Variance for homebound individuals. (a) Notwithstanding section 171.07 or 
83.31 	Minnesota Rules, part 7410.1810, the commissioner may grant a variance from the 
84.1 	photograph requirements for a noncompliant identification card if: (1) the individual is 
84.2 	homebound as defined in paragraph (b); (2) the individual has submitted proof of homebound 
84.3 	status; and (3) the department has a photograph of the applicant on file that was taken within 
84.4 	the last four years or during the most recent renewal cycle or the applicant has submitted a 
84.5 	photograph to the department that meets the requirements of section 171.07, Minnesota 
84.6 	Rules, part 7410.1810, subpart 1, and other technical requirements established by the 
84.7 	commissioner, such as background color and electronic file size, to ensure the image can 
84.8 	be used on a credential and conforms with images taken by the department. Applicants 
84.9 	granted a photograph variance under this subdivision are not required to appear in person 
84.10 	to have a new photograph taken.
84.11 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "homebound" means the individual is unable to 
84.12 	leave the individual's residence due to a medical, physical, or mental health condition or 
84.13 	infirmity as documented in writing by a physician, case worker, or social worker.

84.14 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.12, subdivision 7b, is amended to read:
84.15 		Subd. 7b.Data privacy; noncompliant license or identification card. (a) With respect 
84.16 	to noncompliant licenses or identification cards, the commissioner is prohibited from:
84.17 	(1) electronically disseminating outside the state data that is not disseminated as of May 
84.18 	19, 2017; or
84.19 	(2) utilizing any electronic validation or verification system accessible from or maintained 
84.20 	outside the state that is not in use as of May 19, 2017.
84.21 	(b) The limitations in paragraph (a) do not apply to the extent necessary to: (1) maintain 
84.22 	compliance with the driver's license compact under section 171.50 and applicable federal 
84.23 	law governing commercial driver's licenses; and (2) perform identity verification as part of 
84.24 	an application for a replacement Social Security card issued by the Social Security 
84.25 	Administration.
84.26 	(c) For purposes of this subdivision, "outside the state" includes federal agencies, states 
84.27 	other than Minnesota, organizations operating under agreement among the states, and private 
84.28 	entities.

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

84.30 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.13, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
84.31 		Subdivision 1.Examination subjects and locations; provisions for color blindness, 
84.32 	disabled veterans. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the commissioner shall 
85.1 	examine each applicant for a driver's license by such agency as the commissioner directs. 
85.2 	This examination must include:
85.3 	(1) a test of the applicant's eyesight, provided that this requirement is met by submission 
85.4 	of a vision examination certificate under section 171.06, subdivision 11;
85.5 	(2) a test of the applicant's ability to read and understand highway signs regulating, 
85.6 	warning, and directing traffic;
85.7 	(3) a test of the applicant's knowledge of (i) traffic laws; (ii) the effects of alcohol and 
85.8 	drugs on a driver's ability to operate a motor vehicle safely and legally, and of the legal 
85.9 	penalties and financial consequences resulting from violations of laws prohibiting the 
85.10 	operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs; (iii) railroad 
85.11 	grade crossing safety; (iv) slow-moving vehicle safety; (v) laws relating to pupil 
85.12 	transportation safety, including the significance of school bus lights, signals, stop arm, and 
85.13 	passing a school bus; (vi) traffic laws related to bicycles; and (vii) the circumstances and 
85.14 	dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning;
85.15 	(4) an actual demonstration of ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control in the 
85.16 	operation of a motor vehicle; and
85.17 	(5) other physical and mental examinations as the commissioner finds necessary to 
85.18 	determine the applicant's fitness to operate a motor vehicle safely upon the highways.
85.19 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), no driver's license may be denied an applicant on 
85.20 	the exclusive grounds that the applicant's eyesight is deficient in color perception. War 
85.21 	veterans operating motor vehicles especially equipped for disabled persons, if otherwise 
85.22 	entitled to a license, must be granted such license.
85.23 	(c) The commissioner shall make provision for giving the examinations under this 
85.24 	subdivision either in the county where the applicant resides or at a place adjacent thereto 
85.25 	reasonably convenient to the applicant.
85.26 	(d) The commissioner shall ensure that an applicant is able to obtain an appointment for 
85.27 	an examination to demonstrate ability under paragraph (a), clause (4), within 14 days of the 
85.28 	applicant's request if, under the applicable statutes and rules of the commissioner, the 
85.29 	applicant is eligible to take the examination.

85.30 	Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.13, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
85.31 		Subd. 6.Initial motorcycle Two-wheeled vehicle endorsement examination fee. A 
85.32 	person applying for an initial motorcycle two-wheeled vehicle endorsement on a driver's 
86.1 	license shall pay at the place of examination a total fee of $21, which includes the a $2.50
86.2 	examination fee and, an endorsement fee, but does not include the fee for a duplicate driver's 
86.3 	license as prescribed in section 171.06, subdivision 2a, and the appropriate driver's license 
86.4 	fee as prescribed in section 171.06, subdivision 2. Of this amount, $11 must be credited as 
86.5 	provided in section 171.06, subdivision 2a, paragraph (a), clause (1), $2.50 must be credited 
86.6 	to the driver services operating account in the special revenue fund specified under section 
86.7 	299A.705, and the remainder must be credited to the general fund.

86.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2021, for driver's license 
86.9 	application and issuance on or after that date.

86.10 	Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.13, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
86.11 		Subd. 9.Online driver's license knowledge testing authorization. (a) The commissioner 
86.12 	must implement online knowledge testing as provided in this subdivision. The commissioner 
86.13 	must not charge a fee to a driver education program or an authorized entity for access to 
86.14 	the online knowledge testing system or for administering the online knowledge test. The 
86.15 	commissioner must administer the fourth or subsequent knowledge test for a person.
86.16 	(b) Upon written request from a driver education program licensed by the department, 
86.17 	the commissioner must grant access to the department's web-based knowledge testing system 
86.18 	to the driver education program. Once granted access to the online knowledge testing system, 
86.19 	a driver education program may administer the online knowledge test to a student of the 
86.20 	program.
86.21 	(c) An entity other than a driver education program may apply to the commissioner for 
86.22 	authority to administer online knowledge tests. The commissioner may approve or disapprove 
86.23 	an application for administering the online knowledge tests under this paragraph. Upon 
86.24 	approving an application of an entity, the commissioner must grant access to the department's 
86.25 	web-based knowledge testing system to that authorized entity. Once granted access to the 
86.26 	online knowledge testing system, the authorized entity may administer the online knowledge 
86.27 	test.
86.28 	(d) A driver education program or authorized entity:
86.29 	(1) must provide all computers and equipment for persons that take the online knowledge 
86.30 	test;
86.31 	(2) must provide appropriate proctors to monitor persons taking the online knowledge 
86.32 	test; and
86.33 	(3) may charge a fee of no more than $10 for administering the online knowledge test.
87.1 	(e) For purposes of paragraph (d), clause (2), a proctor must be an employee of the driver 
87.2 	education program, authorized entity, school, charter school, or state or local government. 
87.3 	The proctor must be physically present at the location where the test is being administered. 
87.4 	A proctor must not be a relative of the person taking the test. For purposes of this paragraph, 
87.5 	a relative is a spouse, fiancee, fiance, grandparent, parent, child, sibling, or legal guardian, 
87.6 	including adoptive, half, step, and in-law relationships.

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

87.8 	Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.16, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
87.9 		Subd. 2.Commissioner shall suspendSuspension on conviction. (a) The court may 
87.10 	recommend the suspension of the driver's license of the person so convicted, and, subject 
87.11 	to the limitations in this section, the commissioner shall suspend such license as 
87.12 	recommended by the court, without a hearing as provided herein.
87.13 	(b) The commissioner is prohibited from suspending a person's driver's license if the 
87.14 	person was convicted only under section 171.24, subdivision 1 or 2.

87.15 	Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.16, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
87.16 		Subd. 3.Suspension for Failure to pay fine. When any court reports to The 
87.17 	commissioner is prohibited from suspending a person's driver's license based solely on the 
87.18 	fact that a person: (1) has been convicted of violating a law of this state or an ordinance of 
87.19 	a political subdivision which regulates the operation or parking of motor vehicles, (2) has 
87.20 	been sentenced to the payment of a fine or had a surcharge levied against that person, or 
87.21 	sentenced to a fine upon which a surcharge was levied, and (3) has refused or failed to 
87.22 	comply with that sentence or to pay the surcharge, notwithstanding the fact that the court 
87.23 	has determined that the person has the ability to pay the fine or surcharge, the commissioner 
87.24 	shall suspend the driver's license of such person for 30 days for a refusal or failure to pay 
87.25 	or until notified by the court that the fine or surcharge, or both if a fine and surcharge were 
87.26 	not paid, has been paid.

87.27 	Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.16, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
87.28 	read:
87.29 		Subd. 7.Suspension under reciprocal agreement. (a) For purposes of this subdivision:
87.30 	(1) "issuing jurisdiction" means a state, district, territory, or possession of the United 
87.31 	States or a province of a foreign country which has an agreement in effect with this state 
87.32 	pursuant to the nonresident violator compact; and
88.1 	(2) "traffic violation" means a violation of a traffic regulation relating to the operation 
88.2 	of a motor vehicle and excludes a parking, vehicle equipment, or vehicle weight limit 
88.3 	violation.
88.4 	(b) Notwithstanding subdivisions 3 and 3a, the commissioner may suspend the driver's 
88.5 	license of a person licensed in this state upon receiving a report from an issuing jurisdiction 
88.6 	that the person:
88.7 	(1) did not appear in court in compliance with the terms of a citation for a traffic violation 
88.8 	that, if committed in this state, is a petty misdemeanor or a violation under section 171.24, 
88.9 	subdivision 1; or
88.10 	(2) is convicted of a traffic violation, is subject to a fine or surcharge, and has failed to 
88.11 	pay the fine or surcharge.
88.12 	(c) A suspension is authorized under this subdivision only as necessary to conform with 
88.13 	the requirements of the nonresident violator compact.
88.14 	(d) A suspension under this subdivision is subject to the notice requirements under 
88.15 	section 171.18, subdivision 2.

88.16 	Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.18, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
88.17 		Subdivision 1.Offenses. (a) Subject to section 171.16, the commissioner may suspend 
88.18 	the license of a driver without preliminary hearing upon a showing by department records 
88.19 	or other sufficient evidence that the licensee:
88.20 	(1) has committed an offense for which mandatory revocation of license is required upon 
88.21 	conviction;
88.22 	(2) has been convicted by a court for violating a provision of chapter 169 or an ordinance 
88.23 	regulating traffic, other than a conviction for a petty misdemeanor, and department records 
88.24 	show that the violation contributed in causing an accident resulting in the death or personal 
88.25 	injury of another, or serious property damage;
88.26 	(3) is an habitually reckless or negligent driver of a motor vehicle;
88.27 	(4) is an habitual violator of the traffic laws;
88.28 	(5) is incompetent to drive a motor vehicle as determined in a judicial proceeding;
88.29 	(6) has permitted an unlawful or fraudulent use of the license;
88.30 	(7) has committed an offense in another state that, if committed in this state, would be 
88.31 	grounds for suspension;
89.1 	(8) has committed a violation of section 169.444, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), within 
89.2 	five years of a prior conviction under that section;
89.3 	(9) has committed a violation of section 171.22, except that the commissioner may not 
89.4 	suspend a person's driver's license based solely on the fact that the person possessed a 
89.5 	fictitious or fraudulently altered Minnesota identification card;
89.6 	(10) has failed to appear in court as provided in section 169.92, subdivision 4;
89.7 	(11) has failed to report a medical condition that, if reported, would have resulted in 
89.8 	cancellation of driving privileges;
89.9 	(12) has been found to have committed an offense under section 169A.33; or
89.10 	(13) has paid or attempted to pay a fee required under this chapter for a license or permit 
89.11 	by means of a dishonored check issued to the state or a driver's license agent, which must 
89.12 	be continued until the registrar determines or is informed by the agent that the dishonored 
89.13 	check has been paid in full.
89.14 	However, an action taken by the commissioner under clause (2) or (5) must conform to the 
89.15 	recommendation of the court when made in connection with the prosecution of the licensee.
89.16 	(b) The commissioner may not suspend is prohibited from suspending the driver's license 
89.17 	of an individual under paragraph (a) who was convicted ofwho meets any of the conditions 
89.18 	described in paragraph (a) due to a conviction for a violation of section 171.24, subdivision 
89.19 	1, whose license was under suspension at the time solely because of the individual's failure 
89.20 	to appear in court or failure to pay a fine or 2.

89.21 	Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.20, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
89.22 		Subd. 4.Reinstatement fee. (a) Before the license is reinstated, a single $20 reinstatement 
89.23 	fee is imposed for:
89.24 	(1) an individual whose driver's license has been suspended under section 171.16, 
89.25 	subdivisions subdivision 2 and 3; 171.175; 171.18; or 171.182, or who has been disqualified 
89.26 	from holding a commercial driver's license under section 171.165, and;
89.27 	(2) an individual whose driver's license has been suspended under section 171.186 and 
89.28 	who is not exempt from such a fee, must pay a fee of $20.; and
89.29 	(b) Before the license is reinstated, (3) an individual whose license has been suspended 
89.30 	under sections 169.791 to 169.798must pay a $20 reinstatement fee.
90.1 	(b) An individual whose driver's license is subject to more than one suspension and who 
90.2 	is otherwise eligible for reinstatement must pay a single reinstatement fee and a single filing 
90.3 	fee. An individual whose driver's license has been suspended and revoked and who is 
90.4 	otherwise eligible for reinstatement must pay a single reinstatement fee as provided in 
90.5 	section 171.29.
90.6 	(c) When fees are collected by a licensing driver's license agent appointed under section 
90.7 	171.061, a handling charge filing fee is imposed in the amount specified under section 
90.8 	171.061, subdivision 4. The reinstatement fee and surcharge filing fee must be deposited 
90.9 	in an approved state depository as directed under section 171.061, subdivision 4.
90.10 	(d) Reinstatement fees collected under paragraph (a) for suspensions under sections 
90.11 	171.16, subdivision 3, and section171.18, subdivision 1, clause (10), must be deposited in 
90.12 	the general fund.
90.13 	(e) A suspension may be rescinded without fee for good cause.

90.14 	Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.27, is amended to read:
90.15 	171.27 EXPIRATION OF LICENSE EXPIRATION AND RENEWAL; MILITARY 
90.16 	EXCEPTION EXCEPTIONS.
90.17 		Subdivision 1.Expiration. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the expiration 
90.18 	date for each driver's license is the birthday of the driver in the fourth year following the 
90.19 	date of issuance of the license. The birthday of the driver shall be as indicated on the 
90.20 	application for a driver's license. A license may be renewed on or before expiration or within 
90.21 	one year after expiration upon application, payment of the required fee, and passing the 
90.22 	examination required of all drivers for renewal. Driving privileges shall be extended or 
90.23 	renewed on or preceding the expiration date of an existing driver's license unless the 
90.24 	commissioner believes that the licensee is no longer qualified as a driver.
90.25 	(b) The expiration date for each under-21 license shall be the 21st birthday of the licensee. 
90.26 	Upon the licensee attaining the age of 21 and upon the application, payment of the required 
90.27 	fee, and passing the examination required of all drivers for renewal, a driver's license shall 
90.28 	be issued unless the commissioner determines that the licensee is no longer qualified as a 
90.29 	driver.
90.30 	(c) The expiration date for each provisional license is two years after the date of 
90.31 	application for the provisional license.
91.1 	(d) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) to (c), the expiration date for a license issued to a 
91.2 	person with temporary lawful status is the last day of the person's legal stay in the United 
91.3 	States, or one year after issuance if the last day of the person's legal stay is not identified.
91.4 		Subd. 2.Extension of expiration. (e) Any valid Minnesota driver's license issued to (a) 
91.5 	For purposes of this subdivision, "eligible individual" means:
91.6 	(1) a person then or subsequently serving outside Minnesota in active military service, 
91.7 	as defined in section 190.05, subdivision 5, in any branch or unit of the armed forces of the 
91.8 	United States,;
91.9 	(2) a person then or subsequently serving outside Minnesota as a volunteer in the Peace 
91.10 	Corps;
91.11 	(3) a person who is an employee of a federal department or agency and is assigned to 
91.12 	foreign service outside of the United States; or
91.13 	(4) the person's spouse, shall continue domestic partner, or dependent under age 26 of 
91.14 	a person in clause (1), (2), or (3).
91.15 	(b) A valid Minnesota driver's license issued to an eligible individual continues in full 
91.16 	force and effect without requirement for renewal until the date one year following the service 
91.17 	member's person's separation or discharge from active military or volunteer service, or 
91.18 	following the conclusion of assignment to foreign service outside the United States, and 
91.19 	until the license holder's birthday in the fourth full year following the person's most recent 
91.20 	license renewal or, in the case of a provisional license, until the person's birthday in the 
91.21 	third full year following the renewal.

91.22 	Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.29, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
91.23 		Subd. 2.Reinstatement fees and surcharges allocated and appropriated. (a) An 
91.24 	individual whose driver's license has been revoked as provided in subdivision 1, except 
91.25 	under section 169A.52, 169A.54, 171.177, 609.2112, 609.2113, or 609.2114, or Minnesota 
91.26 	Statutes 2012, section 609.21, by reason of one or more convictions, pleas of guilty, 
91.27 	forfeitures of bail not vacated, or mandatory revocations under section 169.791, 169.792, 
91.28 	169.797, 171.17, or 171.172, and who is otherwise eligible for reinstatement must pay a 
91.29 	single $30 fee before the driver's license is reinstated. An individual whose driver's license 
91.30 	has been revoked under provisions specified in both this paragraph and paragraph (b) must 
91.31 	pay a single reinstatement fee as provided in paragraph (b).
91.32 	(b) A person whose driver's license has been revoked as provided in subdivision 1 under
91.33 	one or more provisions of section 169A.52, 169A.54, 171.177, 609.2112, 609.2113, or 
92.1 	609.2114, or Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 609.21, must pay a single $250 fee plus a
92.2 	single $430 surcharge before the driver's license is reinstated, except as provided in paragraph 
92.3 	(f). The $250 fee is to must be credited as follows:
92.4 	(1) twenty20 percent must be credited to the driver services operating account in the 
92.5 	special revenue fund as specified in section 299A.705.;
92.6 	(2) sixty-seven67 percent must be credited to the general fund.;
92.7 	(3) eight percent must be credited to a separate account to be known as the Bureau of 
92.8 	Criminal Apprehension account. Money in this account is annually appropriated to the 
92.9 	commissioner of public safety and the appropriated amount must be apportioned 80 percent 
92.10 	for laboratory costs and 20 percent for carrying out the provisions of section 299C.065.; 
92.11 	and
92.12 	(4) five percent must be credited to a separate account to be known as the vehicle 
92.13 	forfeiture account, which is created in the special revenue fund. The money in the account 
92.14 	is annually appropriated to the commissioner for costs of handling vehicle forfeitures.
92.15 	(c) The revenue from $50 of the surcharge must be credited to a separate account to be 
92.16 	known as the traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury account. The revenue from $50 
92.17 	of the surcharge on a reinstatement under paragraph (f) is credited from the first installment 
92.18 	payment to the traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury account. The money in the 
92.19 	account is annually appropriated to the commissioner of health to be used as follows: 83 
92.20 	percent for contracts with a qualified community-based organization to provide information, 
92.21 	resources, and support to assist persons with traumatic brain injury and their families to 
92.22 	access services, and 17 percent to maintain the traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury 
92.23 	registry created in section 144.662. For the purposes of this paragraph, a "qualified 
92.24 	community-based organization" is a private, not-for-profit organization of consumers of 
92.25 	traumatic brain injury services and their family members. The organization must be registered 
92.26 	with the United States Internal Revenue Service under section 501(c)(3) as a tax-exempt 
92.27 	organization and must have as its purposes:
92.28 	(1) the promotion of public, family, survivor, and professional awareness of the incidence 
92.29 	and consequences of traumatic brain injury;
92.30 	(2) the provision of a network of support for persons with traumatic brain injury, their 
92.31 	families, and friends;
92.32 	(3) the development and support of programs and services to prevent traumatic brain 
92.33 	injury;
93.1 	(4) the establishment of education programs for persons with traumatic brain injury; and
93.2 	(5) the empowerment of persons with traumatic brain injury through participation in its 
93.3 	governance.
93.4 	A patient's name, identifying information, or identifiable medical data must not be disclosed 
93.5 	to the organization without the informed voluntary written consent of the patient or patient's 
93.6 	guardian or, if the patient is a minor, of the parent or guardian of the patient.
93.7 	(d) The remainder of the surcharge must be credited to a separate account to be known 
93.8 	as the remote electronic alcohol-monitoring program account. The commissioner shall 
93.9 	transfer the balance of this account to the commissioner of management and budget on a 
93.10 	monthly basis for deposit in the general fund.
93.11 	(e) When these fees are collected by a licensing driver's license agent, appointed under 
93.12 	section 171.061, a handling charge filing fee is imposed in the amount specified under 
93.13 	section 171.061, subdivision 4. The reinstatement fees and, surcharge, and filing fee must 
93.14 	be deposited in an approved depository as directed under section 171.061, subdivision 4.
93.15 	(f) A person whose driver's license has been revoked as provided in subdivision 1 under 
93.16 	section 169A.52, 169A.54, or 171.177and who the court certifies as being financially 
93.17 	eligible for a public defender under section 611.17, may choose to pay 50 percent and an 
93.18 	additional $25 of the total amount of the surcharge and 50 percent of the fee required under 
93.19 	paragraph (b) to reinstate the person's driver's license, provided the person meets all other 
93.20 	requirements of reinstatement. If a person chooses to pay 50 percent of the total and an 
93.21 	additional $25, the driver's license must expire after two years. The person must pay an 
93.22 	additional 50 percent less $25 of the total to extend the license for an additional two years, 
93.23 	provided the person is otherwise still eligible for the license. After this final payment of the 
93.24 	surcharge and fee, the license may be renewed on a standard schedule, as provided under 
93.25 	section 171.27. A handling charge filing fee may be imposed for each installment payment. 
93.26 	Revenue from the handling charge filing fee is credited to the driver services operating 
93.27 	account in the special revenue fund and is appropriated to the commissioner.
93.28 	(g) Any person making installment payments under paragraph (f), whose driver's license 
93.29 	subsequently expires, or is canceled, revoked, or suspended before payment of 100 percent 
93.30 	of the surcharge and fee, must pay the outstanding balance due for the initial reinstatement 
93.31 	before the driver's license is subsequently reinstated. Upon payment of the outstanding 
93.32 	balance due for the initial reinstatement, the person may pay any new surcharge and fee 
93.33 	imposed under paragraph (b) in installment payments as provided under paragraph (f).

94.1 	Sec. 56. [171.325] DRIVER'S LICENSE SUSPENSIONS AND REVOCATIONS; 
94.2 	REPORTS.
94.3 		Subdivision 1.Issuance, suspensions, and revocations. (a) Annually by February 15, 
94.4 	the commissioner of public safety must report to the chairs and ranking minority members 
94.5 	of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over public safety and transportation on the 
94.6 	status of drivers' licenses issued, suspended, and revoked. The commissioner must make 
94.7 	the report available on the department's website.
94.8 	(b) At a minimum, the report must include:
94.9 	(1) the total number of drivers' licenses issued, suspended, and revoked as of January 1 
94.10 	of the year the report is submitted, broken down by county;
94.11 	(2) for each of the previous eight calendar years, the total number of drivers' licenses 
94.12 	suspended and the number of suspended licenses reinstated; and
94.13 	(3) for each of the previous eight calendar years, the total number of drivers' licenses 
94.14 	revoked and the number of revoked licenses reinstated.
94.15 	(c) For purposes of paragraph (b), clauses (1), (2), and (3), the report must identify each 
94.16 	type of suspension or revocation authorized by statute or rule and include the number of 
94.17 	licenses suspended or revoked for each type.
94.18 		Subd. 2.Charges, convictions, and fines. (a) Annually by February 15, the state court 
94.19 	administrator must report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative 
94.20 	committees with jurisdiction over public safety and transportation on (1) charges and 
94.21 	convictions for driving after suspension or revocation, and (2) payment of fines for violations 
94.22 	related to operation of a motor vehicle. The administrator must make the report available 
94.23 	on the state court's website.
94.24 	(b) At a minimum, the report must include:
94.25 	(1) for each of the previous eight calendar years, the number of charges under section 
94.26 	171.24, subdivisions 1 and 2, broken down by the charges for each subdivision and indicating 
94.27 	whether the court appointed the public defender to represent the defendant;
94.28 	(2) for each of the previous eight calendar years, the number of convictions under section 
94.29 	171.24, subdivisions 1 and 2, broken down by the convictions for each subdivision and 
94.30 	indicating whether the court appointed the public defender to represent the defendant; and
94.31 	(3) for the past calendar year, for all charges on violations related to the operation of a 
94.32 	motor vehicle and included on the uniform fine schedule authorized under section 609.101, 
95.1 	subdivision 4, the percentage of fines, broken down by whether the court appointed the 
95.2 	public defender to represent the defendant, that:
95.3 	(i) were paid in full by the due date on the citation;
95.4 	(ii) were paid in full through a payment plan;
95.5 	(iii) accrued late charges;
95.6 	(iv) were sent to court collections; and
95.7 	(v) were sent to the Department of Revenue for collection.

95.8 	Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 174.01, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
95.9 	read:
95.10 		Subd. 3.Vehicle miles traveled reduction goal. (a) It is the goal of the state to reduce 
95.11 	vehicle miles traveled by at least 20 percent by 2050 on a statewide basis.
95.12 	(b) For the goal specified in paragraph (a), the commissioner must:
95.13 	(1) establish a baseline amount or year;
95.14 	(2) establish separate goals for metropolitan and rural areas of the state in a manner that 
95.15 	accounts for differences in transportation options and patterns;
95.16 	(3) analyze establishment of goal components for regions of the state, per capita vehicle 
95.17 	miles traveled, interim years, or a combination;
95.18 	(4) incorporate the goal as appropriate into the department's planning and project 
95.19 	development activities;
95.20 	(5) perform annual tracking and analysis; and
95.21 	(6) provide information to the general public regarding each of the requirements specified 
95.22 	in this subdivision, which may be in the form of reporting on sustainability, inclusion in the 
95.23 	statewide multimodal transportation plan under section 174.03, subdivision 1a, or other 
95.24 	means.

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

95.26 	Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 174.03, subdivision 1c, is amended to read:
95.27 		Subd. 1c.Statewide Minnesota state highway investment plan. Within one year of 
95.28 	each revision of the statewide multimodal transportation plan under subdivision 1a, the 
96.1 	commissioner must prepare a 20-year statewide Minnesota state highway investment plan 
96.2 	that:
96.3 	(1) incorporates performance measures and targets for assessing progress and achievement 
96.4 	of the state's transportation goals, objectives, and policies identified in this chapter for the 
96.5 	state trunk highway system, and those goals, objectives, and policies established in the 
96.6 	statewide multimodal transportation plan. Performance targets must be based on objectively 
96.7 	verifiable measures, and address, at a minimum,:
96.8 	(i) preservation and maintenance of the structural condition of state highway roadways,
96.9 	bridges and, pavements, roadside infrastructure, and traveler-related facilities;
96.10 	(ii) safety,; and
96.11 	(iii) mobility;
96.12 	(2) summarizes trends and impacts for each performance target over the past five years;
96.13 	(3) summarizes the amount and analyzes the impact of the department's capital 
96.14 	investments and priorities over the past five years on each performance target, including a 
96.15 	comparison of prior plan projected costs with actual costs;
96.16 	(4) identifies the investments required to meet the established performance targets over 
96.17 	the next 20-year period;
96.18 	(5) projects available state and federal funding over the 20-year period, including any 
96.19 	unique, competitive, time-limited, or focused funding opportunities;
96.20 	(6) identifies strategies to ensure the most efficient use of existing transportation 
96.21 	infrastructure, and to maximize the performance benefits of projected available funding;
96.22 	(7) establishes investment priorities for projected funding, including which must:
96.23 	(i) provide for cost-effective preservation, maintenance, and repair to address the goal 
96.24 	under section 174.01, subdivision 2, clause (9), in a manner that aligns with other goals in 
96.25 	that section;
96.26 	(ii) as appropriate, provide a schedule of major projects or improvement programs for 
96.27 	the 20-year period together with; and
96.28 	(iii) identify resulting projected costs and impact on performance targets; and
96.29 	(8) identifies those performance targets identified under clause (1) not expected to meet 
96.30 	the target outcome over the 20-year period together with alternative strategies that could 
96.31 	be implemented to meet the targets.

97.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and 
97.2 	applies starting with the next update to the plan under this section.

97.3 	Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 174.03, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
97.4 		Subd. 12.Asset management Trunk highway performance, resiliency, and 
97.5 	sustainability. (a) The commissioner must maintain implement performance measures and 
97.6 	annual targets for the trunk highway system in order to construct resilient infrastructure, 
97.7 	enhance the project selection for all transportation modes, improve economic security, and 
97.8 	achieve the state transportation goals established in section 174.01.
97.9 	(b) At a minimum, the transportation planning process must include:
97.10 	(1) an inventory of transportation assets, including but not limited to bridge, pavement, 
97.11 	geotechnical, pedestrian, bicycle, and transit asset categories;
97.12 	(2) lag (resulting), and where practicable lead (predictive), performance measures and 
97.13 	annual targets that are:
97.14 	(i) statewide and district-specific;
97.15 	(ii) for assets in each asset category specified in clause (1) for a period of up to 60 years; 
97.16 	and
97.17 	(iii) identified in collaboration with the public;
97.18 	(3) gap identification and an explanation of the difference between performance targets 
97.19 	and current status; and
97.20 	(4) life cycle assessment and corridor risk assessment as part of asset management 
97.21 	programs in each district of the department.
97.22 	(c) At a minimum, the ten-year capital highway investment plan in each district of the 
97.23 	department must:
97.24 	(1) be based on expected funding during the plan period;
97.25 	(2) identify investments within each of the asset categories specified in paragraph (b), 
97.26 	clause (1);
97.27 	(3) recommend specific trunk highway segments to be removed from the trunk highway 
97.28 	system; and
97.29 	(4) deliver annual progress toward achieving the state transportation goals established 
97.30 	in section 174.01.
98.1 	(d) Annually by December 15, the commissioner must report trunk highway performance 
98.2 	measures and annual targets and identify gaps, including information detailing the 
98.3 	department's progress on achieving the state transportation goals, to the chairs and ranking 
98.4 	minority members of the legislative committees having jurisdiction over transportation 
98.5 	policy and finance. The report must be signed by the department's chief engineer.

98.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2021. The initial performance 
98.7 	implementation report under this section is due December 15, 2022.

98.8 	Sec. 60. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 174.185, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
98.9 		Subd. 3.Report. The commissioner shall report annually to the chairs and ranking 
98.10 	minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees with jurisdiction 
98.11 	over transportation finance beginning on January 1, 2012, the results of the analyses required 
98.12 	in subdivision 2.

98.13 	Sec. 61. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 174.24, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
98.14 		Subd. 7.Transit service for disabled veterans. On and after July 1, 2009, An eligible 
98.15 	recipient of operating assistance under this section, who contracts or has contracted to 
98.16 	provide fixed route public transit, shall provide fixed route public transit service free of 
98.17 	charge for veterans, as defined in section 197.447, certified as disabled. For purposes of 
98.18 	this section, "certified as disabled" means certified in writing by the United States Department 
98.19 	of Veterans Affairs or the state commissioner of veterans affairs as having a permanent 
98.20 	service-connected disability.

98.21 	Sec. 62. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 174.285, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
98.22 		Subd. 5.Report. By January 15 of each year, beginning in 2012, the council shall report 
98.23 	its findings, recommendations, and activities to the governor's office and to the chairs and 
98.24 	ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over transportation, 
98.25 	health, and human services, and to the legislature as provided under section 3.195.

98.26 	Sec. 63. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 174.40, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
98.27 		Subd. 5.Program administration. (a) The commissioner shall establish general program 
98.28 	requirements and a competitive process for financial assistance, including but not limited 
98.29 	to eligibility requirements for grant recipients and projects; procedures for solicitation of 
98.30 	grants; application requirements; procedures for payment of financial assistance awards; 
98.31 	and a schedule for application, evaluation, and award of financial assistance.
99.1 	(b) An application must include:
99.2 	(1) a detailed and specific description of the project;
99.3 	(2) an estimate, along with necessary supporting evidence, of the total costs for the 
99.4 	project and the allocation of identified and proposed funding sources for the project;
99.5 	(3) an assessment of the need for and benefits of the project;
99.6 	(4) a resolution adopted by the governing body of the school for which a safe routes to 
99.7 	school grant is requested, certifying that: (i) the governing body of the school supports the 
99.8 	project; and (ii) funds, if any, required to be supplied by the school to complete the project 
99.9 	are available and committed;
99.10 	(5) a timeline indicating the major milestones of the project and their anticipated 
99.11 	completion dates; and
99.12 	(6) any additional information or material the commissioner prescribes.
99.13 	(c) The commissioner shall make reasonable efforts to (1) publicize each solicitation 
99.14 	for applications among all eligible recipients, and (2) provide technical and informational 
99.15 	assistance in creating and submitting applications.
99.16 	(d) By January 1, 2013, The commissioner of transportation shall publish and maintain 
99.17 	a manual on the safe routes to school program that assists applicants for and recipients of 
99.18 	financial assistance. The manual must include a list of eligibility and general program 
99.19 	requirements, an explanation of the application process, and a review of the criteria used 
99.20 	to evaluate projects.

99.21 	Sec. 64. [174.48] ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT 
99.22 	PROGRAM.
99.23 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have 
99.24 	the meanings given.
99.25 	(b) "Battery exchange station" means infrastructure that enables a used electric vehicle 
99.26 	battery to be removed and exchanged for a fresh electric vehicle battery.
99.27 	(c) "Charging station" means infrastructure that (1) transfers electricity to an electric 
99.28 	vehicle battery; or (2) dispenses hydrogen into an electric vehicle that uses a fuel cell to 
99.29 	convert the chemical energy of hydrogen directly into electricity through electrochemical 
99.30 	reactions.
99.31 	(d) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of transportation.
100.1 	(e) "Electric vehicle" has the meaning given in section 169.011, subdivision 26a.
100.2 	(f) "Electric vehicle infrastructure" means charging stations, battery exchange stations, 
100.3 	and any associated equipment and infrastructure necessary to support the operation of electric 
100.4 	vehicles and to make electricity available to the charging station or battery exchange station.
100.5 	(g) "Financial assistance" includes authorization to expend funds on a Department of 
100.6 	Transportation project.
100.7 	(h) "Program" means the electric vehicle infrastructure development program established 
100.8 	in this section.
100.9 		Subd. 2.Program established. Subject to available funds, the commissioner must 
100.10 	implement a program that provides financial assistance to expand electric vehicle 
100.11 	infrastructure and electric vehicle adoption statewide on a geographically balanced basis. 
100.12 	In implementing the program, the commissioner must consult with the commissioners of 
100.13 	the Pollution Control Agency and commerce.
100.14 		Subd. 3.Electric vehicle infrastructure account. An electric vehicle infrastructure 
100.15 	account is established in the special revenue fund. The account consists of funds provided 
100.16 	by law and any other money donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise provided to the 
100.17 	account. Money in the account must be expended only for the program under this section.
100.18 		Subd. 4.Program administration. (a) The commissioner must establish program 
100.19 	requirements, including but not limited to: eligibility of recipients and projects, subject to 
100.20 	subdivisions 5 and 8; solicitation procedures; application requirements that minimize 
100.21 	applicant burdens; procedures for awards and payment of financial assistance; and a schedule 
100.22 	for application, evaluation, and award of financial assistance.
100.23 	(b) The commissioner may provide grants or other financial assistance for a project at 
100.24 	the commissioner's discretion.
100.25 	(c) The commissioner must maintain, on a website, information regarding the program, 
100.26 	including an overview of the program, application requirements, project evaluation criteria, 
100.27 	and historical details on annual awards of financial assistance.
100.28 	(d) The commissioner may use up to two percent of expended funds in a fiscal year for 
100.29 	administrative costs of the program.
100.30 		Subd. 5.Eligibility. The following entities are eligible to receive financial assistance 
100.31 	under this section:
100.32 	(1) a state agency, including the Department of Transportation;
101.1 	(2) a political subdivision; and
101.2 	(3) a Tribal government of a Tribe recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, United 
101.3 	States Department of the Interior.
101.4 		Subd. 6.Project selection; criteria and priorities. The commissioner must establish 
101.5 	a competitive project evaluation and selection process. The process must include criteria 
101.6 	and prioritization of projects based on:
101.7 	(1) the extent to which the project addresses gaps, deficiencies, or barriers in a statewide 
101.8 	electric vehicle network or in electric vehicle adoption, including but not limited to:
101.9 	(i) highway corridors that provide connections between rural communities and from 
101.10 	rural communities to metropolitan areas; and
101.11 	(ii) key destinations within a community;
101.12 	(2) the extent of predicted use of the electric vehicle infrastructure or electric vehicles;
101.13 	(3) partnerships with private entities;
101.14 	(4) the commitment of funds or in-kind assistance for the project, or for a directly related 
101.15 	project, from private sources;
101.16 	(5) for an electric vehicle infrastructure project, coordination with other anticipated 
101.17 	private electric vehicle infrastructure development;
101.18 	(6) benefits to communities that are:
101.19 	(i) historically or currently underrepresented in transportation planning or infrastructure 
101.20 	development and maintenance; or
101.21 	(ii) disproportionately impacted by environmental impacts from the transportation sector;
101.22 	(7) geographic balance as required under subdivision 7, paragraph (b);
101.23 	(8) alignment with industry technical standards and protocols; and
101.24 	(9) criteria as determined by the commissioner.
101.25 		Subd. 7.Award requirements. (a) A financial assistance award may not exceed 80 
101.26 	percent of a project's total estimated costs.
101.27 	(b) The commissioner must ensure that financial assistance is provided in a manner that 
101.28 	is balanced and equitable throughout the state, including with respect to (1) the number of 
101.29 	projects funded in a particular geographic location or region of the state, and (2) the total 
102.1 	amount of financial assistance provided for projects in a particular geographic location or 
102.2 	region of the state.
102.3 		Subd. 8.Use of funds. (a) The following are permissible uses of financial assistance 
102.4 	awarded under the program:
102.5 	(1) planning, market assessment, and other analysis activities related to electric vehicle 
102.6 	infrastructure or electric vehicles;
102.7 	(2) project development, environmental analysis, property acquisition, construction, and 
102.8 	capital maintenance of electric vehicle infrastructure; and
102.9 	(3) incremental costs for passenger and light-duty electric vehicles, including procurement 
102.10 	and ongoing maintenance.
102.11 	(b) Electric vehicle infrastructure and electric vehicles for which financial assistance is 
102.12 	awarded must be owned by an eligible recipient under the program, support an electric 
102.13 	vehicle fleet of an eligible recipient, or support publicly available charging stations or battery 
102.14 	exchange stations.

102.15 	Sec. 65. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 174.50, subdivision 6d, is amended to read:
102.16 		Subd. 6d.Major local bridges. For an appropriation made specifically for purposes of 
102.17 	this subdivision,(a) The commissioner may make grants pursuant to this subdivision only 
102.18 	if an enacted appropriation specifically references this specific subdivision. The commissioner 
102.19 	must not make grants pursuant to this subdivision if an enacted appropriation references 
102.20 	this section generally.
102.21 	(b) When authorized as provided in paragraph (a), the commissioner may make a grant 
102.22 	under this section to any political subdivision for replacement or rehabilitation of a major 
102.23 	local bridge in which the grant award iswith a total bridge cost estimate of $7,000,000 or 
102.24 	more. If in any year money appropriated for local bridge replacement and rehabilitation 
102.25 	projects under this subdivision remains available after all identified and eligible projects 
102.26 	under this subdivision have been funded, the commissioner may use remaining funds to 
102.27 	make grants under this section for replacement or rehabilitation projects with a total bridge 
102.28 	cost estimate of less than $7,000,000.

102.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2021, and applies to grants made 
102.30 	on or after that date.

103.1 	Sec. 66. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 174.50, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
103.2 		Subd. 7.Bridge grant program; rulemaking. (a) The commissioner of transportation 
103.3 	shall develop rules, procedures for application for grants, conditions of grant administration, 
103.4 	standards, and criteria as provided under subdivision 6, including bridge specifications, in 
103.5 	cooperation with road authorities of political subdivisions, for use in the administration of 
103.6 	funds appropriated to the commissioner and for the administration of grants to subdivisions. 
103.7 	Grants under this section are subject to the procedures and criteria established in this 
103.8 	subdivision and in subdivisions 5 and 6.
103.9 	(b) The maximum use of standardized bridges is encouraged. Regardless of the size of 
103.10 	the existing bridge, a bridge or replacement bridge is eligible for assistance from the state 
103.11 	transportation fund if a hydrological survey indicates that the bridge or replacement bridge 
103.12 	must be ten feet or more in length.
103.13 	(c) As part of the standards or rules, the commissioner shall, in consultation with local 
103.14 	road authorities, establish a minimum distance between any two bridges that cross over the 
103.15 	same river, stream, or waterway, so that only one of the bridges is eligible for a grant under 
103.16 	this section. As appropriate, the commissioner may establish exceptions from the minimum 
103.17 	distance requirement or procedures for obtaining a variance.
103.18 	(d) Political subdivisions may use grants made under this section to construct or 
103.19 	reconstruct bridges, including but not limited to:
103.20 	(1) matching federal aid grants to construct or reconstruct key bridges;
103.21 	(2) paying the costs to abandon an existing bridge that is deficient and in need of 
103.22 	replacement but where no replacement will be made; and
103.23 	(3) paying the costs to construct a road or street to facilitate the abandonment of an 
103.24 	existing bridge if the commissioner determines that the bridge is deficient, and that 
103.25 	construction of the road or street is more economical than replacement of the existing bridge.
103.26 	(e) Funds appropriated to the commissioner from the Minnesota state transportation 
103.27 	fund shall be segregated from the highway tax user distribution fund and other funds created 
103.28 	by article XIV of the Minnesota Constitution.
103.29 	(f) Except as provided in subdivision 6d, the commissioner is prohibited from awarding 
103.30 	a grant under this section for a local bridge replacement or rehabilitation project with a total 
103.31 	project cost estimate of $7,000,000 or more. The commissioner must maintain a local bridge 
103.32 	project list that includes every local bridge replacement or rehabilitation project which has 
103.33 	approved plans.
104.1 	The list must include the total bridge cost estimate for each project. The commissioner must 
104.2 	update this list annually. The commissioner must publish the list on the department's website.
104.3 	(g) Notwithstanding paragraph (f), the commissioner may award a grant under this 
104.4 	section for a portion of a local bridge replacement or rehabilitation project with a total 
104.5 	project cost estimate of $7,000,000 or more if every other local bridge replacement or 
104.6 	rehabilitation project on the commissioner's priority list with a total project cost estimate 
104.7 	of less than $7,000,000 has been fully funded. The commissioner is prohibited from awarding 
104.8 	a grant of $7,000,000 or more under this section for a local bridge replacement or 
104.9 	rehabilitation project, except:
104.10 	(1) for major local bridges as provided in subdivision 6d; or
104.11 	(2) if every other local bridge replacement or rehabilitation project with a total bridge 
104.12 	cost estimate of $7,000,000 or less on the local bridge project list required in paragraph (f) 
104.13 	has been fully funded.

104.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2021, and applies to grants made 
104.15 	on or after that date.

104.16 	Sec. 67. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 174.50, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
104.17 	read:
104.18 		Subd. 8.Total bridge cost estimate; definition. For purposes of this section, a "total 
104.19 	bridge cost estimate" includes the costs for the work directly relating only to the bridge 
104.20 	itself.

104.21 	Sec. 68. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 174.56, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
104.22 		Subdivision 1.Report required. (a) The commissioner of transportation shall submit 
104.23 	a report by December 15 of each year on (1) the status of major highway projects completed 
104.24 	during the previous two years or under construction or planned during the year of the report 
104.25 	and for the ensuing 15 years, (2) trunk highway fund expenditures, and (3) beginning with 
104.26 	the report due in 2016, efficiencies achieved during the previous two fiscal years.
104.27 	(b) For purposes of this section, a "major highway project" is a highway project that has 
104.28 	a total cost for all segments that the commissioner estimates at the time of the report to be 
104.29 	at least (1) $15,000,000 in the metropolitan highway construction district, or (2) $5,000,000 
104.30 	in any nonmetropolitan highway construction district.

105.1 	Sec. 69. [174.58] STATE ROAD CONSTRUCTION PRIOR APPROPRIATIONS.
105.2 	(a) For purposes of this section, "biennium" has the meaning given in section 16A.011, 
105.3 	subdivision 6.
105.4 	(b) An appropriation to the commissioner of transportation for the state road construction 
105.5 	budget activity in any prior fiscal year is available to the commissioner in the current fiscal 
105.6 	year only to the extent that the commissioner spends the money on the state road construction 
105.7 	project for which the money was first encumbered during the biennium in which it was 
105.8 	originally appropriated.

105.9 	Sec. 70. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 219.015, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
105.10 		Subdivision 1.Positions Program established; inspector powers and duties. (a) The 
105.11 	commissioner of transportation shall must establish three a state rail safety inspector positions 
105.12 	in the Office of Freight and Commercial Vehicle Operations of the Minnesota Department 
105.13 	of Transportation. On or after July 1, 2015, the commissioner may establish a fourth state 
105.14 	rail safety inspector position following consultation with railroad companies inspection 
105.15 	program that may include state rail safety inspectors and supervision as determined by the 
105.16 	commissioner. The commissioner shall apply to and enter into agreements with the Federal 
105.17 	Railroad Administration (FRA) of the United States Department of Transportation to 
105.18 	participate in the federal State Rail Safety Participation Program for training and certification 
105.19 	of an inspector to train and certify inspectors under authority of United States Code, title 
105.20 	49, sections 20103, 20105, 20106, and 20113, and Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, 
105.21 	part 212.
105.22 	(b) A state rail safety inspector shall may:
105.23 	(1) inspect mainline track, secondary track, and yard and industry track;
105.24 	(2) inspect railroad right-of-way, including adjacent or intersecting drainage, culverts, 
105.25 	bridges, overhead structures, and traffic and other public crossings;
105.26 	(3) inspect yards and physical plants;
105.27 	(4) inspect train equipment;
105.28 	(5) inspect railroad operations;
105.29 	(6) inspect railroad-highway grade crossings;
105.30 	(7) inspect railroad signal and train control systems;
105.31 	(8) review and enforce safety requirements;
106.1 	(9) review maintenance and repair records; and
106.2 	(10) review railroad security measures.
106.3 	(c) A state rail safety inspector may perform, but is not limited to, the duties described 
106.4 	in the federal State Rail Safety Participation Program. An inspector may train, be certified, 
106.5 	and participate in any of the federal State Rail Safety Participation Program disciplines, 
106.6 	including: track, signal and train control, motive power and equipment, operating practices 
106.7 	compliance, hazardous materials, and highway-rail grade crossings.
106.8 	(d) To the extent delegated by the Federal Railroad Administration and authorized by 
106.9 	the commissioner, an inspector may issue citations for violations of this chapter, or to ensure 
106.10 	railroad employee and public safety and welfare.

106.11 	Sec. 71. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 219.015, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
106.12 		Subd. 2.Railroad company assessment; account; appropriation. (a) As provided in 
106.13 	this subdivision, the commissioner shall annually assess railroad companies that are (1) 
106.14 	defined as common carriers under section 218.011; (2) classified by federal law or regulation 
106.15 	as Class I Railroads, Class I Rail Carriers, Class II Railroads, or Class II Carriers; and (3) 
106.16 	operating in this state.
106.17 	(b) The assessment must be by a division of calculated to allocate state rail safety 
106.18 	inspector inspection program costs in equal proportion between proportionally among
106.19 	carriers based on route miles operated in Minnesota, assessed in equal amounts for 365 days 
106.20 	of the calendar year at the time of assessment. The commissioner shall assess must include 
106.21 	in the assessment calculation all start-up or re-establishment costs, all related costs of 
106.22 	initiating the state rail safety inspector inspection program costs to support up to six rail 
106.23 	safety inspector positions, including but not limited to salary, administration, supervision, 
106.24 	travel, equipment, training, and ongoing state rail inspector duties.
106.25 	(c) The assessments collected under this subdivision must be deposited in a special 
106.26 	account in the special revenue fund, to be known as the state rail safety inspection account, 
106.27 	which is established in the special revenue fund. The account consists of funds provided by 
106.28 	this subdivision and any other money donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise provided 
106.29 	to the account. Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner for the 
106.30 	establishment and ongoing responsibilities of to administer the state rail safety inspector
106.31 	inspection program.

107.1 	Sec. 72. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 219.1651, is amended to read:
107.2 	219.1651 GRADE CROSSING SAFETY ACCOUNT.
107.3 	A Minnesota grade crossing safety account is created in the special revenue fund, 
107.4 	consisting of money credited to the account by law. Money in the account is appropriated 
107.5 	to the commissioner of transportation for rail-highway grade crossing safety projects on 
107.6 	public streets and highways, including engineering costs and other costs associated with 
107.7 	administration and delivery of grade crossing safety projects. At the discretion of the 
107.8 	commissioner of transportation, money in the account at the end of each biennium may 
107.9 	cancel to the trunk highway fund.

107.10 	Sec. 73. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 296A.083, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
107.11 		Subd. 2.Debt service forecast. On June 30, 2008, and each March 1 thereafter April 1 
107.12 	each year, the commissioner of management and budget shall report to the commissioner 
107.13 	of revenue on trunk highway debt service. The report must include the annual amount of 
107.14 	revenue from the surcharge previously deposited in the trunk highway fund, and a forecast 
107.15 	of the total and annual amounts necessary to pay the remaining debt service.

107.16 	Sec. 74. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 297A.64, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
107.17 		Subd. 5.Payment of excess fees. (a) On the first sales tax return due following the end 
107.18 	of a calendar year during which a lessor has imposed a fee under subdivision 2, the lessor 
107.19 	shall report to the commissioner of revenue, in the form required by the commissioner, the 
107.20 	amount of the fee collected during the previous year and the amount of motor vehicle 
107.21 	registration taxes paid during the previous year by the lessor under chapter 168 on vehicles 
107.22 	subject to the fee under this section.
107.23 	(b) If the amount of the fees collected exceeds the amount of motor vehicle registration 
107.24 	taxes paid, the lessor shall remit the excess to the commissioner of revenue at the time the 
107.25 	report is submitted.
107.26 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), for fee collections in calendar years 2021 through 
107.27 	2025, the lessor may retain any excess fees collected such that the total retained under this 
107.28 	paragraph does not exceed the shortfall amount. For purposes of this paragraph, "shortfall 
107.29 	amount" means the greater of (1) zero, or (2) the total motor vehicle registration taxes paid 
107.30 	in calendar year 2020, less the total collected by the lessor in 2020 from the fee imposed 
107.31 	under subdivision 2.

108.1 	Sec. 75. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 299A.55, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
108.2 		Subd. 3.Allocation of funds. (a) Subject to funding appropriated for this subdivision, 
108.3 	the commissioner shall provide funds for training and response preparedness related to (1) 
108.4 	derailments, discharge incidents, or spills involving trains carrying oil or other hazardous 
108.5 	substances, and (2) pipeline discharge incidents or spills involving oil or other hazardous 
108.6 	substances.
108.7 	(b) The commissioner shall allocate available funds as follows:
108.8 	(1) $100,000 annually for emergency response teams; and
108.9 	(2) the remaining amount to the Board of Firefighter Training and Education under 
108.10 	section 299N.02 and the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
108.11 	(c) Prior to making allocations under paragraph (b), the commissioner shall consult with 
108.12 	the Fire Service Advisory Committee under section 299F.012, subdivision 2.
108.13 	(d) The commissioner and the entities identified in paragraph (b), clause (2), shall 
108.14 	prioritize uses of funds based on:
108.15 	(1) firefighter training needs;
108.16 	(2) community risk from discharge incidents or spills;
108.17 	(3) geographic balance; and
108.18 	(4) risks to the general public; and
108.19 	(5) recommendations of the Fire Service Advisory Committee.
108.20 	(e) The following are permissible uses of funds provided under this subdivision:
108.21 	(1) training costs, which may include, but are not limited to, training curriculum, trainers, 
108.22 	trainee overtime salary, other personnel overtime salary, and tuition;
108.23 	(2) costs of gear and equipment related to hazardous materials readiness, response, and 
108.24 	management, which may include, but are not limited to, original purchase, maintenance, 
108.25 	and replacement;
108.26 	(3) supplies related to the uses under clauses (1) and (2); and
108.27 	(4) emergency preparedness planning and coordination;
108.28 	(5) grants to local community organizations as provided in subdivision 3a; and
108.29 	(6) community education and outreach.
109.1 	(f) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), clause (2), from funds in the railroad and pipeline 
109.2 	safety account provided for the purposes under this subdivision, the commissioner may 
109.3 	retain a balance in the account for budgeting in subsequent fiscal years.

109.4 	Sec. 76. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 299A.55, is amended by adding a subdivision 
109.5 	to read:
109.6 		Subd. 3a.Community-based preparedness. A local community organization or entity, 
109.7 	however organized, may receive a grant under this section to engage in community-based 
109.8 	emergency preparedness and response planning activities. Eligible uses of the funds include 
109.9 	but are not limited to:
109.10 	(1) incident response or readiness planning that is community-specific and focused on 
109.11 	response actions by the general public;
109.12 	(2) stakeholder engagement on derailments and hazardous substance discharge incidents; 
109.13 	and
109.14 	(3) entering into an agreement with a technical adviser for informational, planning, or 
109.15 	other technical assistance to the local community organization or entity.

109.16 	Sec. 77. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 299D.03, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
109.17 		Subd. 5.Traffic fines and forfeited bail money. (a) All fines and forfeited bail money 
109.18 	collected from persons apprehended or arrested by officers of the State Patrol shall be 
109.19 	transmitted by the person or officer collecting the fines, forfeited bail money, or installments 
109.20 	thereof, on or before the tenth day after the last day of the month in which these moneys 
109.21 	were collected, to the commissioner of management and budget. Except where a different 
109.22 	disposition is required in this subdivision or section 387.213, or otherwise provided by law, 
109.23 	three-eighths of these receipts must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the 
109.24 	state general fund. The other five-eighths of these receipts must be deposited in the state 
109.25 	treasury and credited as follows: (1) the first $1,000,000 $2,500,000 in each fiscal year must 
109.26 	be credited to the Minnesota grade crossing safety account in the special revenue fund, and 
109.27 	(2) remaining receipts must be credited to the state trunk highway fund. If, however, the 
109.28 	violation occurs within a municipality and the city attorney prosecutes the offense, and a 
109.29 	plea of not guilty is entered, one-third of the receipts shall be deposited in the state treasury 
109.30 	and credited to the state general fund, one-third of the receipts shall be paid to the 
109.31 	municipality prosecuting the offense, and one-third shall be deposited in the state treasury 
109.32 	and credited to the Minnesota grade crossing safety account or the state trunk highway fund 
109.33 	as provided in this paragraph. When section 387.213 also is applicable to the fine, section 
110.1 	387.213 shall be applied before this paragraph is applied. All costs of participation in a 
110.2 	nationwide police communication system chargeable to the state of Minnesota shall be paid 
110.3 	from appropriations for that purpose.
110.4 	(b) All fines and forfeited bail money from violations of statutes governing the maximum 
110.5 	weight of motor vehicles, collected from persons apprehended or arrested by employees of 
110.6 	the state of Minnesota, by means of stationary or portable scales operated by these employees, 
110.7 	shall be transmitted by the person or officer collecting the fines or forfeited bail money, on 
110.8 	or before the tenth day after the last day of the month in which the collections were made, 
110.9 	to the commissioner of management and budget. Five-eighths of these receipts shall be 
110.10 	deposited in the state treasury and credited to the state highway user tax distribution fund. 
110.11 	Three-eighths of these receipts shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the 
110.12 	state general fund.

110.13 	Sec. 78. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 325E.15, is amended to read:
110.14 	325E.15 TRANSFER OF MOTOR VEHICLE; MILEAGE DISCLOSURE.
110.15 	No person shall transfer a motor vehicle without disclosing in writing to the transferee 
110.16 	the true mileage registered on the odometer reading or that the actual mileage is unknown 
110.17 	if the odometer reading is known by the transferor to be different from the true mileage. 
110.18 	The regulations contained in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, sections 580.1 to 580.17, 
110.19 	as amended through October 1, 1998, implementing title IV of the Federal Motor Vehicle 
110.20 	Information and Cost Savings Act that implement odometer disclosure requirements and
110.21 	prescribe the manner in which electronic or written disclosure must be made in this state 
110.22 	and are adopted by reference. No transferor shall violate any regulations adopted under this 
110.23 	section or knowingly give a false statement to a transferee in making any disclosure required 
110.24 	by the regulations.

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

110.26 	Sec. 79. [345.16] STATE; UNCLAIMED PROPERTY; DISPOSITION; DUTY OF 
110.27 	STATE PATROL.
110.28 		Subdivision 1.State Patrol seizure. A State Patrol trooper may seize and retain any 
110.29 	personal property abandoned upon any public highway right-of-way, other public premises, 
110.30 	or other state-owned property.
110.31 		Subd. 2.Notice. Notice by the State Patrol of lost or abandoned property in its possession 
110.32 	must be made to the rightful owner, if the owner is known, by certified mail. The rightful 
111.1 	owner may reclaim the property within 90 days of notice after paying any expenses incurred 
111.2 	by the agency for processing and retaining such property.
111.3 		Subd. 3.Disposal. Unclaimed property may be sold at public sale, disposed of as state 
111.4 	surplus property, or destroyed based on the agency's judgment of the property's condition 
111.5 	and value.
111.6 		Subd. 4.Money. All lost or abandoned money and the proceeds from the sale of other 
111.7 	abandoned or lost property retained by the State Patrol pursuant to this section must be 
111.8 	deposited into the general fund.

111.9 	Sec. 80. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 360.012, is amended by adding a subdivision 
111.10 	to read:
111.11 		Subd. 1a.Ordinances of political subdivisions. A political subdivision must: (1) allow 
111.12 	the commissioner to review a proposed ordinance affecting the operation of an unmanned 
111.13 	aircraft; and (2) notify the commissioner whenever the political subdivision adopts an 
111.14 	ordinance affecting the operation of unmanned aircraft.

111.15 	Sec. 81. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 360.013, is amended by adding a subdivision 
111.16 	to read:
111.17 		Subd. 57a.Small unmanned aircraft. "Small unmanned aircraft" means an aircraft, as 
111.18 	defined in subdivision 37, that weighs less than 55 pounds and is operated without the 
111.19 	possibility of human intervention from within or on the aircraft.

111.20 	Sec. 82. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 360.013, is amended by adding a subdivision 
111.21 	to read:
111.22 		Subd. 57b.Small unmanned aircraft system. "Small unmanned aircraft system" means 
111.23 	a small unmanned aircraft and all of its associated elements, including components and 
111.24 	communication links, that are required to control and operate the aircraft.

111.25 	Sec. 83. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 360.55, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
111.26 	read:
111.27 		Subd. 9.Small unmanned aircraft systems. (a) Any small unmanned aircraft system 
111.28 	in which the unmanned aircraft weighs less than 55 pounds at takeoff, including payload 
111.29 	and anything affixed to the aircraft, either:
111.30 	(1) must be registered in the state for an annual fee of $25; or
112.1 	(2) is not subject to registration or an annual fee if the unmanned aircraft system is owned 
112.2 	and operated solely for recreational purposes.
112.3 	(b) An unmanned aircraft system that meets the requirements under paragraph (a) is 
112.4 	exempt from aircraft registration tax under sections 360.511 to 360.67.

112.5 	Sec. 84. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 360.59, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
112.6 		Subd. 10.Certificate of insurance. (a) Every owner of aircraft in this state when applying 
112.7 	for registration, reregistration, or transfer of ownership shall supply any information the 
112.8 	commissioner reasonably requires to determine that the aircraft during the period of its 
112.9 	contemplated operation is covered by an insurance policy with limits of not less than 
112.10 	$100,000 per passenger seat liability both for passenger bodily injury or death and for 
112.11 	property damage; not less than $100,000 for bodily injury or death to each nonpassenger 
112.12 	in any one accident; and not less than $300,000 per occurrence for bodily injury or death 
112.13 	to nonpassengers in any one accident. The insurance must comply with section 60A.081, 
112.14 	unless that section is inapplicable under section 60A.081, subdivision 3.
112.15 	The information supplied to the commissioner must include but is not limited to the 
112.16 	name and address of the owner, the period of contemplated use or operation, if any, and, if 
112.17 	insurance coverage is then presently required, the name of the insurer, the insurance policy 
112.18 	number, the term of the coverage, policy limits, and any other data the commissioner requires. 
112.19 	No certificate of registration shall be issued pursuant to subdivision 3 in the absence of the 
112.20 	information required by this subdivision.
112.21 	(b) In the event of cancellation of aircraft insurance by the insurer, the insurer shall 
112.22 	notify the Department of Transportation at least ten days prior to the date on which the 
112.23 	insurance coverage is to be terminated. Unless proof of a new policy of insurance is filed 
112.24 	with the department meeting the requirements of this subdivision during the period of the 
112.25 	aircraft's contemplated use or operation, the registration certificate for the aircraft shall be 
112.26 	revoked forthwith.
112.27 	(c) Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to require an owner of aircraft to 
112.28 	maintain passenger seat liability coverage on aircraft for which an experimental certificate 
112.29 	has been issued by the administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration pursuant to 
112.30 	Code of Federal Regulations, title 14, sections 21.191 to 21.195 and 91.42 91.319, 
112.31 	whereunder persons operating the aircraft are prohibited from carrying passengers in the 
112.32 	aircraft or for an unmanned aircraft. Whenever the aircraft becomes certificated to carry 
112.33 	passengers, passenger seat liability coverage shall be required as provided in this subdivision.
113.1 	(d) The requirements of this subdivision shall not apply to any aircraft built by the 
113.2 	original manufacturer prior to December 31, 1939, and owned and operated solely as a 
113.3 	collector's item, if the owner files an affidavit with the commissioner. The affidavit shall 
113.4 	state the owner's name and address, the name and address of the person from whom the 
113.5 	aircraft was purchased, the make, year, and model number of the aircraft, the federal aircraft 
113.6 	registration number, the manufacturer's identification number, and that the aircraft is owned 
113.7 	and operated solely as a collector's item and not for general transportation purposes.
113.8 	(e) A small unmanned aircraft system that meets the requirements of section 360.55, 
113.9 	subdivision 9, is not subject to the requirements under paragraphs (a) and (b). Owners of 
113.10 	small unmanned aircraft systems that meet the requirements of section 360.55, subdivision 
113.11 	9, must, at the time of registration, provide proof of insurability in a form acceptable to the 
113.12 	commissioner. Additionally, such operators must maintain records and proof that each flight 
113.13 	was insured for the limits established in paragraph (a).

113.14 	Sec. 85. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 473.39, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
113.15 	read:
113.16 		Subd. 1w.Obligations. In addition to other authority in this section, the council may 
113.17 	issue certificates of indebtedness, bonds, or other obligations under this section in an amount 
113.18 	not exceeding $98,400,000 for capital expenditures as prescribed in the council's transit 
113.19 	capital improvement program and for related costs, including the costs of issuance and sale 
113.20 	of the obligations. Of this authorization, after July 1, 2021, the council may issue certificates 
113.21 	of indebtedness, bonds, or other obligations in an amount not exceeding $48,400,000, and 
113.22 	after July 1, 2022, the council may issue certificates of indebtedness, bonds, or other 
113.23 	obligations in an additional amount not exceeding $50,000,000.

113.24 	Sec. 86. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 473.391, is amended by adding a subdivision 
113.25 	to read:
113.26 		Subd. 3.Air quality, emissions, and bus deployment. (a) The council must coordinate 
113.27 	with the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency to identify locales in the metropolitan 
113.28 	area with poor air quality. The analysis may use modeling based on air quality monitoring 
113.29 	data and must use the highest level of detail available. The council must categorize each 
113.30 	bus in its fleet based on estimated or measured air quality impacts from vehicle emissions.
113.31 	(b) For regular route bus service, excluding arterial or highway bus rapid transit, the 
113.32 	council must deploy buses with the lowest emissions on routes that serve locales with poor 
113.33 	air quality.
114.1 	(c) Analysis under this subdivision must be revised at least once every three years.

114.2 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective the day following 
114.3 	final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, 
114.4 	Scott, and Washington.

114.5 	Sec. 87. [473.3927] ZERO-EMISSION TRANSIT VEHICLES.
114.6 		Subdivision 1.Transition plan required. (a) The council must develop and maintain 
114.7 	a zero-emission transit vehicle transition plan that contains a goal of deploying zero-emission 
114.8 	vehicles in 100 percent of the council's transit fleet by 2040.
114.9 	(b) The council must complete the initial plan by February 15, 2022, and revise the plan 
114.10 	at least once every five years.
114.11 		Subd. 2.Plan development. At a minimum, the plan must:
114.12 	(1) establish implementation policies and guidance;
114.13 	(2) set transition milestones or performance measures, or both, which may include vehicle 
114.14 	procurement goals over the transition period;
114.15 	(3) identify barriers, constraints, and risks, and determine objectives and strategies to 
114.16 	address the issues identified;
114.17 	(4) consider findings and best practices from other transit agencies;
114.18 	(5) analyze zero-emission transit vehicle technology impacts, including cold weather 
114.19 	operation and emerging technologies;
114.20 	(6) provide detailed estimates of implementation costs; and
114.21 	(7) summarize updates to the plan from the most recent version.
114.22 		Subd. 3.Copy to legislature. Upon completion or revision of the plan, the council must 
114.23 	provide a copy to the chairs, ranking minority members, and staff of the legislative 
114.24 	committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance.

114.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective the day following 
114.26 	final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, 
114.27 	Scott, and Washington.

115.1 	Sec. 88. [473.4075] TRANSIT SAFETY REPORTING.
115.2 	(a) By February 15 annually, the council must submit a report on transit safety and 
115.3 	administrative citations to the members and staff of the legislative committees with 
115.4 	jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance.
115.5 	(b) At a minimum, the report must:
115.6 	(1) provide an overview of transit safety issues and actions taken by the council to 
115.7 	improve safety;
115.8 	(2) provide an overview of administrative citations under section 609.855, subdivision 
115.9 	8, including a summary of implementation and analysis of impacts of the program on fare 
115.10 	compliance and customer experience for riders;
115.11 	(3) for each of the previous three calendar years, provide data and statistics on:
115.12 	(i) crime rates occurring on public transit vehicles and at transit stops and stations;
115.13 	(ii) the number of warnings and criminal citations issued by the Metropolitan Transit 
115.14 	Police, with a breakout by categorized reasons for a warning or citation; and
115.15 	(iii) the number of administrative citations issued, with a breakout by issuance by peace 
115.16 	officers, community service officers, and other authorized nonsworn personnel;
115.17 	(4) for each of the previous three calendar years, state the number of peace officers 
115.18 	employed by the Metropolitan Transit Police Department;
115.19 	(5) state the average number of peace officers employed by the Metropolitan Transit 
115.20 	Police Department for the previous three calendar years; and
115.21 	(6) make recommendations on how to improve safety on public transit and transit stops 
115.22 	and stations, and for legislative changes, if any.

115.23 	Sec. 89. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 480.15, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
115.24 	read:
115.25 		Subd. 8a.Motor vehicle charges and conviction data; report. The court administrator 
115.26 	shall collect, compile, and report the data on (1) charges and convictions for driving after 
115.27 	suspension or revocation, and (2) payment of fines for violations related to operation of a 
115.28 	motor vehicle, as required under section 171.325.

116.1 	Sec. 90. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 609.855, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
116.2 		Subdivision 1.Unlawfully obtaining services; misdemeanor. (a) A person is guilty 
116.3 	of a misdemeanor who intentionally obtains or attempts to obtain service for himself, herself, 
116.4 	or another person from a provider of public transit or from a public conveyance by doing 
116.5 	any of the following:
116.6 	(1) occupies or rides in any public transit vehicle without paying the applicable fare or 
116.7 	otherwise obtaining the consent of the transit provider including:
116.8 	(i) the use of a reduced fare when a person is not eligible for the fare; or
116.9 	(ii) the use of a fare medium issued solely for the use of a particular individual by another 
116.10 	individual;
116.11 	(2) presents a falsified, counterfeit, photocopied, or other deceptively manipulated fare 
116.12 	medium as fare payment or proof of fare payment;
116.13 	(3) sells, provides, copies, reproduces, or creates any version of any fare medium without 
116.14 	the consent of the transit provider; or
116.15 	(4) puts or attempts to put any of the following into any fare box, pass reader, ticket 
116.16 	vending machine, or other fare collection equipment of a transit provider:
116.17 	(i) papers, articles, instruments, or items other than fare media or currency; or
116.18 	(ii) a fare medium that is not valid for the place or time at, or the manner in, which it is 
116.19 	used.
116.20 	(b) Where self-service barrier-free fare collection is utilized by a public transit provider, 
116.21 	it is a violation of this subdivision to intentionally fail to exhibit proof of fare payment upon 
116.22 	the request of an authorized transit representative when entering, riding upon, or leaving a 
116.23 	transit vehicle or when present in a designated paid fare zone located in a transit facility.

116.24 	Sec. 91. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 609.855, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
116.25 		Subd. 7.Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply in this section.
116.26 	(b) "Public transit" or "transit" has the meaning given in section 174.22, subdivision 7.
116.27 	(c) "Public transit vehicle" or "transit vehicle" means any vehicle used for the purpose 
116.28 	of providing public transit, whether or not the vehicle is owned or operated by a public 
116.29 	entity.
116.30 	(d) "Public transit facilities" or "transit facilities" means any vehicles, equipment, 
116.31 	property, structures, stations, improvements, plants, parking or other facilities, or rights that 
117.1 	are owned, leased, held, or used for the purpose of providing public transit, whether or not 
117.2 	the facility is owned or operated by a public entity.
117.3 	(e) "Fare medium" means a ticket, smart card, pass, coupon, token, transfer, or other 
117.4 	medium sold or distributed by a public transit provider, or its authorized agents, for use in 
117.5 	gaining entry to or use of the public transit facilities or vehicles of the provider.
117.6 	(f) "Proof of fare payment" means a fare medium valid for the place or time at, or the 
117.7 	manner in, which it is used. If using a reduced-fare medium, proof of fare payment also 
117.8 	includes proper identification demonstrating a person's eligibility for the reduced fare. If 
117.9 	using a fare medium issued solely for the use of a particular individual, proof of fare payment 
117.10 	also includes an identification document bearing a photographic likeness of the individual 
117.11 	and demonstrating that the individual is the person to whom the fare medium is issued.
117.12 	(g) "Authorized transit representative" means the person authorized by the transit provider 
117.13 	to operate the transit vehicle, a peace officer, or any other person designated by the transit 
117.14 	provider as an authorized transit provider representative under this section.

117.15 	Sec. 92. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 609.855, is amended by adding a subdivision 
117.16 	to read:
117.17 		Subd. 8.Administrative citations. (a) Subject to requirements established by the 
117.18 	Metropolitan Council, the council may issue an administrative citation to a person who 
117.19 	commits a violation under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1), if the violation occurs 
117.20 	in a council transit vehicle or transit facility in the metropolitan area, as defined in section 
117.21 	473.121, subdivision 2, or, in the case of commuter rail service, the violation occurs in a 
117.22 	council commuter vehicle or commuter facility in any corridor that is located in whole or 
117.23 	in part in the metropolitan area.
117.24 	(b) Transit fare compliance may be enforced and administrative citations may be issued 
117.25 	by peace officers of the council's Metropolitan Transit Police and by community service 
117.26 	officers or other nonsworn personnel as authorized by the council.
117.27 	(c) Issuance of an administrative citation prevents imposition of a misdemeanor citation 
117.28 	under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1).
117.29 	(d) A person who is issued an administrative citation under this subdivision must, within 
117.30 	90 days of issuance, pay a fine as determined by the council. The council must set the amount 
117.31 	of the fine at no less than $35. The council may establish an escalating fine structure for 
117.32 	persons who fail to pay administrative fines or repeatedly violate subdivision 1, paragraph 
117.33 	(a), clause (1).
118.1 	(e) The council may adopt an alternative resolution procedure under which a person 
118.2 	may resolve an administrative citation in lieu of paying a fine by complying with terms 
118.3 	established by the council for community service, prepayment of future transit fares, or 
118.4 	both. The alternative resolution procedure must be available only to a person who has 
118.5 	committed a violation under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1), for the first time, unless 
118.6 	the person demonstrates financial hardship under criteria established by the council.
118.7 	(f) A person who fails to either pay the fine or contest the citation within the specified 
118.8 	period is considered to have waived the contested citation process and is subject to 
118.9 	collections, including collection costs.
118.10 	(g) The council must provide a civil process that allows a person to contest an 
118.11 	administrative citation before a neutral third party. The council may employ a person not 
118.12 	associated with its transit operations or enter into an agreement with another unit of 
118.13 	government to hear and rule on challenges to administrative citations.
118.14 	(h) The council must collect and maintain fines under this subdivision in a separate 
118.15 	account that is only used to cover costs under this section.
118.16 	(i) An administrative citation must include notification that the person has the right to 
118.17 	contest the citation, basic procedures for contesting the citation, and information on the 
118.18 	timeline and consequences related to the citation.
118.19 	(j) The council must not mandate or suggest a quota for the issuance of administrative 
118.20 	citations under this section.

118.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective the day following 
118.22 	final enactment and applies to violations committed on or after that date. This act applies 
118.23 	in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Sherburne, and 
118.24 	Washington.

118.25 	Sec. 93. Laws 2012, chapter 287, article 3, section 2, the effective date, is amended to 
118.26 	read:

118.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and 
118.28 	expires one year following the acceptance of ten 20 construction manager/general contractor 
118.29 	contracts.

119.1 	Sec. 94. Laws 2012, chapter 287, article 3, section 3, the effective date, is amended to 
119.2 	read:

119.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and 
119.4 	expires one year following the acceptance of ten 20 construction manager/general contractor 
119.5 	contracts.

119.6 	Sec. 95. Laws 2012, chapter 287, article 3, section 4, the effective date, is amended to 
119.7 	read:

119.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and 
119.9 	expires one year following the acceptance of ten 20 construction manager/general contractor 
119.10 	contracts.

119.11 	Sec. 96. Laws 2013, chapter 143, article 9, section 20, is amended to read:
119.12 	Sec. 20. CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS; STREETCAR TRANSIT PROJECT
119.13 	FINANCING.
 119.14 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have 
119.15 	the meanings given them.
119.16 	(b) "City" means the city of Minneapolis.
119.17 	(c) "County" means Hennepin County.
119.18 	(d) "District" means the areas certified by the city under subdivision 2 for collection of 
119.19 	value capture taxes.
119.20 	(e) "Project area" means the area including one city block on either side of a streetcar
119.21 	transit line designated by the city to serve the downtown and adjacent neighborhoods of the 
119.22 	city.
119.23 	(f) "Transit line" includes any of the following: a busway and a guideway, as the terms 
119.24 	are defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 473.4485, subdivision 1, and regular route bus 
119.25 	service.
119.26 		Subd. 2.Authority to establish district. (a) The governing body of the city may, by 
119.27 	resolution, establish a value capture district consisting of some or all of the taxable parcels 
119.28 	located within one or more of the following areas of the city, as described in the resolution:
119.29 	(1) the area bounded by Nicollet Avenue on the west, 16th Street East on the south, First 
119.30 	Avenue South on the east, and 14th Street East on the north;
120.1 	(2) the area bounded by Spruce Place on the west, 14th Street West on the south, LaSalle 
120.2 	Avenue on the east, and Grant Street West on the north;
120.3 	(3) the area bounded by Nicollet Avenue or Mall on the west, Fifth Street South on the 
120.4 	south, Marquette Avenue on the east, and Fourth Street South on the north;
120.5 	(4) the area bounded by First Avenue North on the west, Washington Avenue on the 
120.6 	south, Hennepin Avenue on the east, and Second Street North on the north; and
120.7 	(5) the area bounded by Fifth Street North East on the west, Central Avenue North East 
120.8 	on the southeast, Sixth Street North East on the east, Hennepin Avenue East on the south, 
120.9 	and First Avenue North East on the north.
120.10 	(b) The city may establish the district and the project area only after holding a public 
120.11 	hearing on its proposed creation after publishing notice of the hearing and the proposal at 
120.12 	least once not less than ten days nor more than 30 days before the date of the hearing.
120.13 		Subd. 3.Calculation of value capture district; administrative provisions. (a) If the 
120.14 	city establishes a value capture district under subdivision 2, the city shall request the county 
120.15 	auditor to certify the district for calculation of the district's tax revenues.
120.16 	(b) For purposes of calculating the tax revenues of the district, the county auditor shall 
120.17 	treat the district as if it were a request for certification of a tax increment financing district 
120.18 	under the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 469.177, subdivision 1, and shall calculate 
120.19 	the tax revenues of the district for each year of its duration under subdivision 5 as equaling 
120.20 	the amount of tax increment that would be computed by applying the provisions of Minnesota 
120.21 	Statutes, section 469.177, subdivisions 1, 2, and 3, to determine captured tax capacity and 
120.22 	multiplying by the current tax rate, excluding the state general tax rate. The city shall provide 
120.23 	the county auditor with the necessary information to certify the district, including the option 
120.24 	for calculating revenues derived from the areawide tax rate under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
120.25 	473F.
120.26 	(c) The county auditor shall pay to the city at the same times provided for settlement of 
120.27 	taxes and payment of tax increments the tax revenues of the district. The city must use the 
120.28 	tax revenues as provided under subdivision 4.
120.29 		Subd. 4.Permitted uses of district tax revenues. (a) In addition to paying for reasonable 
120.30 	administrative costs of the district, the city may spend tax revenues of the district for property 
120.31 	acquisition, improvements, and equipment to be used for operations within the project area, 
120.32 	along with related costs, for:
121.1 	(1) planning, design, and engineering services related to the construction of the streetcar
121.2 	transit line;
121.3 	(2) acquiring property for, constructing, and installing a streetcar the transit line;
121.4 	(3) acquiring and maintaining equipment and rolling stock and related facilities, such 
121.5 	as maintenance facilities, which need not be located in the project area;
121.6 	(4) acquiring, constructing, or improving transit stations; and
121.7 	(5) acquiring or improving public space, including the construction and installation of 
121.8 	improvements to streets and sidewalks, decorative lighting and surfaces, and plantings 
121.9 	related to the streetcar transit line.
121.10 	(b) The city may issue bonds or other obligations under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
121.11 	475, without an election, to fund acquisition or improvement of property of a capital nature 
121.12 	authorized by this section, including any costs of issuance. The city may also issue bonds 
121.13 	or other obligations to refund those bonds or obligations. Payment of principal and interest 
121.14 	on the bonds or other obligations issued under this paragraph is a permitted use of the 
121.15 	district's tax revenues.
121.16 	(c) Tax revenues of the district may not be used for the operation of the streetcar transit
121.17 	line.
121.18 		Subd. 5.Duration of the district. A district established under this section is limited to 
121.19 	the lesser of (1) 25 years of tax revenues, or (2) the time necessary to collect tax revenues 
121.20 	equal to the amount of the capital costs permitted under subdivision 4 or the amount needed 
121.21 	to pay or defease bonds or other obligations issued under subdivision 4, whichever is later.

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

121.23 	Sec. 97. WORK ZONE SAFETY; ASSESSMENT AND PILOT PROGRAM 
121.24 	DEVELOPMENT.
 121.25 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have 
121.26 	the meanings given.
121.27 	(b) "Automated enforcement system" means an electronic system of cameras or other 
121.28 	sensors that is designed to automatically produce recorded images of a motor vehicle operated 
121.29 	in violation of traffic regulations under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 169.
121.30 	(c) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of transportation.
122.1 	(d) "Commissioners" means the commissioner of transportation as the lead in coordination 
122.2 	with the commissioner of public safety.
122.3 	(e) "Work zone" has the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes, section 169.011, 
122.4 	subdivision 95.
122.5 		Subd. 2.Pilot program development. (a) The commissioner of transportation, in 
122.6 	coordination with the commissioner of public safety, must perform initial development of 
122.7 	a pilot program to enforce speeding violations through the use of automated enforcement 
122.8 	systems in work zones and in locations where work is performed within the highway 
122.9 	right-of-way.
122.10 	(b) As provided in subdivision 5, the commissioners must submit a pilot program 
122.11 	implementation proposal for consideration in the 2022 legislative session.
122.12 		Subd. 3.Advisory group. (a) The commissioners must establish and collaborate with 
122.13 	an advisory group to perform the work zone speed management assessment under subdivision 
122.14 	4 and develop the implementation proposal under subdivision 5.
122.15 	(b) The advisory group must include representatives from appropriate labor organizations, 
122.16 	contractors who operate in highway rights-of-way, law enforcement agencies, traffic safety 
122.17 	organizations, traffic safety research entities, the League of Minnesota Cities, and the 
122.18 	Association of Minnesota Counties.
122.19 		Subd. 4.Work zone speed management assessment. (a) The commissioners must 
122.20 	perform a work zone speed management assessment.
122.21 	(b) At a minimum, the assessment must:
122.22 	(1) evaluate existing legal authority for strategies, practices, and methods to reduce 
122.23 	vehicle speeds and enhance worker safety in work zones, which may include but is not 
122.24 	limited to use of traffic control devices, use of barriers, traffic control design modifications, 
122.25 	and speed enforcement actions;
122.26 	(2) propose a process for contractors operating in a work zone that:
122.27 	(i) allows contractors to request modifications to a project's traffic control plan, in order 
122.28 	to reduce vehicle speeds or improve worker safety in a work zone; and
122.29 	(ii) establishes standards for further review by another party; and
122.30 	(3) make recommendations for immediate changes in work zone safety, to be implemented 
122.31 	starting with the remainder of the 2021 construction season.
123.1 	(c) By July 31, 2021, the commissioners must complete the assessment and submit it to 
123.2 	the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction 
123.3 	over transportation policy and finance.
123.4 		Subd. 5.Implementation proposal. (a) The commissioners must develop an 
123.5 	implementation proposal for the pilot program.
123.6 	(b) At a minimum, the implementation proposal must:
123.7 	(1) establish a plan for the pilot program, including program design, requirements, and 
123.8 	procedures;
123.9 	(2) analyze and propose recommendations on implementation, including:
123.10 	(i) reviewing legal barriers and authority;
123.11 	(ii) proposing a fine or assessment and the disposition of revenue, for violations identified 
123.12 	by automated enforcement systems;
123.13 	(iii) specifying how the general public will be notified about automated speed enforcement 
123.14 	activities prior to and during use of automated enforcement equipment; and
123.15 	(iv) addressing other policy considerations;
123.16 	(3) identify resources that are needed and available to implement the pilot program and 
123.17 	propose methods to address any resource gaps;
123.18 	(4) determine how automated enforcement will augment ongoing traffic and speed 
123.19 	compliance efforts;
123.20 	(5) identify and assess locations for automated enforcement, which must include work 
123.21 	zones and other locations where work is scheduled to be performed within the highway 
123.22 	right-of-way;
123.23 	(6) develop performance measures to evaluate traffic safety impacts;
123.24 	(7) identify a pilot program evaluation process as provided in subdivision 6; and
123.25 	(8) propose enabling legislation as necessary for pilot program implementation.
123.26 	(c) By February 1, 2022, the commissioners must complete the implementation proposal 
123.27 	and submit it to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with 
123.28 	jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance.
123.29 		Subd. 6.Evaluation process. (a) As part of the implementation proposal under 
123.30 	subdivision 5, the commissioners must prepare for an independent evaluation of pilot 
123.31 	program operations and impacts. The evaluation must be performed by a nonprofit 
124.1 	transportation research entity from outside the Departments of Transportation and Public 
124.2 	Safety.
124.3 	(b) At a minimum, the evaluation must:
124.4 	(1) analyze the effectiveness of automated enforcement systems in lowering travel speeds, 
124.5 	reducing speed differentials, and meeting any other safety or performance measures identified 
124.6 	in the pilot program plan;
124.7 	(2) perform statistical analysis of traffic speeds, intrusions, crashes, near miss incidents, 
124.8 	injuries, and fatalities;
124.9 	(3) identify any changes in traffic congestion attributable to automated enforcement 
124.10 	systems; and
124.11 	(4) analyze financial impacts of (i) the pilot program, and (ii) potential ongoing 
124.12 	implementation of automated enforcement systems.
124.13 	(c) If a pilot program is implemented, the commissioner must complete preliminary 
124.14 	evaluations by November 1 annually in each year of field operations and must complete 
124.15 	the final evaluation by November 1 in the concluding year of field operations. Upon 
124.16 	completion of each preliminary evaluation and the final evaluation, the commissioner must 
124.17 	submit a copy to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees 
124.18 	with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance.

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

124.20 	Sec. 98. SPEED LIMIT ON PARK ROAD.
 124.21 	Notwithstanding the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 169.14, subdivision 5e, 
124.22 	or any other law to the contrary, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board may establish 
124.23 	a speed limit on a parkway or road under its jurisdiction that is located within a park. The 
124.24 	speed limit must not be lower than 20 miles per hour. A speed limit established under this 
124.25 	section is effective on erection of appropriate signs designating the speed limit and indicating 
124.26 	the beginning and end of the reduced speed zone. Any speed in excess of the posted speed 
124.27 	is unlawful.

124.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day after the governing body of the 
124.29 	Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board and its chief clerical officer comply with Minnesota 
124.30 	Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.

125.1 	Sec. 99. ANIMAL-DRAWN VEHICLES; SAFETY MANUAL.
 125.2 	(a) The commissioner of public safety, in collaboration with the Department of 
125.3 	Transportation, State Patrol, traffic safety organizations, and other interested parties, must 
125.4 	develop and publish an animal-drawn vehicles safety manual. When developing the manual, 
125.5 	the commissioner must evaluate similar manuals already published by other states.
125.6 	(b) At a minimum, the safety manual must discuss and provide specific guidance with 
125.7 	respect to:
125.8 	(1) animal-drawn vehicle courtesy and conduct;
125.9 	(2) relevant traffic regulations, including traffic signs, traffic signals, pavement markings, 
125.10 	driving rules, and equipment requirements;
125.11 	(3) an overview of how other vehicles and motorists interact with animal-drawn vehicles 
125.12 	on the roadway;
125.13 	(4) safety best practices;
125.14 	(5) travel information; and
125.15 	(6) any other information the commissioner deems necessary.
125.16 	(c) The commissioner must publish the manual under this section on or before January 
125.17 	1, 2022.
125.18 	(d) The manual under this section is not an administrative rule under Minnesota Statutes, 
125.19 	chapter 14, including section 14.386. The commissioner is exempt from provisions of 
125.20 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 14,  with respect to any activities taken under this section.

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

125.22 	Sec. 100. RETROACTIVE DRIVER'S LICENSE REINSTATEMENT.
 125.23 	(a) The commissioner of public safety must make an individual's driver's license eligible 
125.24 	for reinstatement if the license is solely suspended pursuant to:
125.25 	(1) Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.92, subdivision 4;
125.26 	(2) Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.16, subdivision 2, if the person was convicted 
125.27 	only under Minnesota Statutes, section 171.24, subdivision 1 or 2;
125.28 	(3) Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.16, subdivision 3; or
125.29 	(4) any combination of clauses (1), (2), and (3).
126.1 	(b) By December 1, 2021, the commissioner must provide written notice to an individual 
126.2 	whose license has been made eligible for reinstatement under paragraph (a), addressed to 
126.3 	the licensee at the licensee's last known address.
126.4 	(c) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, before the license is reinstated, an individual 
126.5 	whose driver's license is eligible for reinstatement under paragraph (a) must pay a single 
126.6 	reinstatement fee of $20.
126.7 	(d) The following applies for an individual who is eligible for reinstatement under 
126.8 	paragraph (a) and whose license was suspended, revoked, or canceled under any other 
126.9 	provision in Minnesota Statutes:
126.10 	(1) the suspension, revocation, or cancellation under any other provision in Minnesota 
126.11 	Statutes remains in effect;
126.12 	(2) subject to clause (1), the individual may become eligible for reinstatement under 
126.13 	paragraph (a); and
126.14 	(3) the commissioner is not required to send the notice described in paragraph (b).
126.15 	(e) Paragraph (a) applies notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 169.92, 
126.16 	subdivision 4; and 171.16, subdivision 2 or 3; or any other law to the contrary.

126.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2021.

126.18 	Sec. 101. RULEMAKING; MEDICAL PROVIDERS.
 126.19 	(a) The commissioner of public safety must amend Minnesota Rules, parts 7410.2500 
126.20 	and 7410.2800, to include a licensed physician assistant and an advanced practice registered 
126.21 	nurse as among the medical providers authorized to complete any required medical statement 
126.22 	or report.
126.23 	(b) The commissioner may use the expedited rulemaking process under Minnesota 
126.24 	Statutes, section 14.389, for rulemaking under this section.

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

126.26 	Sec. 102. LEGISLATIVE ROUTE NO. 263 REMOVED.
 126.27 	(a) Minnesota Statutes, section 161.115, subdivision 194, is repealed effective the day 
126.28 	after the commissioner of transportation receives a copy of the agreement between the 
126.29 	commissioner and the governing body of Martin County to transfer jurisdiction of Legislative 
126.30 	Route No. 263 and notifies the revisor of statutes under paragraph (b).
127.1 	(b) The revisor of statutes shall delete the route identified in paragraph (a) from Minnesota 
127.2 	Statutes when the commissioner of transportation sends notice to the revisor electronically 
127.3 	or in writing that the conditions required to transfer the route have been satisfied.

127.4 	Sec. 103. LEGISLATIVE ROUTE NO. 267 REMOVED.
 127.5 	(a) Minnesota Statutes, section 161.115, subdivision 198, is repealed effective the day 
127.6 	after the commissioner of transportation receives a copy of the agreement between the 
127.7 	commissioner and the governing body of Murray County to transfer jurisdiction of Legislative 
127.8 	Route No. 267 and notifies the revisor of statutes under paragraph (b).
127.9 	(b) The revisor of statutes shall delete the route identified in paragraph (a) from Minnesota 
127.10 	Statutes when the commissioner of transportation sends notice to the revisor electronically 
127.11 	or in writing that the conditions required to transfer the route have been satisfied.

127.12 	Sec. 104. VEHICLE REGISTRATION SELF-SERVICE KIOSK REPORT.
 127.13 	By December 1, 2022, the commissioner of public safety must submit to the legislative 
127.14 	committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance a report on self-service 
127.15 	kiosks authorized in Minnesota Statutes, section 168.0135. At a minimum, the report must 
127.16 	include the following information:
127.17 	(1) the number of completed transactions at self-service kiosks;
127.18 	(2) the number of failed or canceled transactions at self-service kiosks;
127.19 	(3) the location of each self-service kiosk and the name of the business or entity that is 
127.20 	operating at that address; and
127.21 	(4) any recommendations to the legislature to improve the use of self-service kiosks, 
127.22 	including proposed legislation.

127.23 	Sec. 105. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 127.24 	The revisor of statutes shall recodify Minnesota Statutes, section 169.92, subdivision 4, 
127.25 	as Minnesota Statutes, section 171.16, subdivision 3a. The revisor shall correct any 
127.26 	cross-references made necessary by this recodification.

127.27 	Sec. 106. REPEALER.
 127.28 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 168.327, subdivision 5; and 169.09, subdivision 
127.29 	7, are repealed.
128.1 	(b) Minnesota Rules, parts 7410.2610, subparts 1, 2, 3, 3a, 5a, 5b, and 6; and 7414.1490,
128.2 	are repealed.
128.3 	(c) Minnesota Rules, parts 7470.0300; 7470.0400; 7470.0500; 7470.0600; and 7470.0700,
128.4 	are repealed.

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: H1684-1 

168.327 DRIVER AND VEHICLE RECORD FEES.Subd. 5.Bulk vehicle records requests. 
(a) "Bulk vehicle records" in this section is a total of 1,000 or more vehicle title records and vehicle registration records. 

(b) The commissioner shall charge a fee of $0.02 per record for a request of bulk vehicle records. 

(c) Of the fees collected, 20 percent must be credited to the vehicle services operating account under section 299A.705 and is appropriated to the commissioner for the purposes in this subdivision; 30 percent must be credited to the data security account in the special revenue fund under section 3.9741, subdivision 5; and 50 percent must be credited to the driver and vehicle services technology account under section 299A.705. 

169.09 COLLISIONS.Subd. 7.Accident report to commissioner. 
(a) The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in bodily injury to or death of any individual or total property damage to an apparent extent of $1,000 or more, shall forward a written report of the accident to the commissioner of public safety within ten days of the accident. On the required report, the driver shall provide the commissioner with the name and policy number of the insurer providing vehicle liability insurance coverage at the time of the accident. 

(b) On determining that the original report of any driver of a vehicle involved in an accident of which report must be made as provided in this section is insufficient, the commissioner of public safety may require the driver to file supplementary information. 

171.015 DRIVER'S LICENSE DIVISION.Subd. 7.Rulemaking limitation. 
(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commissioner is prohibited from adopting any final rule that amends, conflicts with, or has the effect of modifying requirements in Minnesota Rules, parts 7410.0100 to 7410.0800. 

(b) This subdivision does not constitute authorization for the commissioner to adopt rules absent authority otherwise provided by other law. 

7410.2610INSULIN-TREATED DIABETES MELLITUS. Subpart 1.Scope.  
This part applies to drivers and applicants for drivers' licenses who have diabetes and are treated with insulin. 

Subp. 2.Definitions.  
The terms in this part have the meanings given them in this subpart. 

A.
 "Applying" means the completion of a department initial application, renewal, or duplicate driver's license form. 

B.
 "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Public Safety, acting directly or through authorized officers and agents. 

C.
 "Department" means the Department of Public Safety. 

D.
 "Driving-related episode" means an episode that occurs while a person is driving, operating, or in physical control of a motor vehicle. 

E.
 "Episode" means loss of consciousness or voluntary control due to hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia. 

F.
 "Loss of consciousness or voluntary control" means the inability to assume and retain an upright posture without support or the inability to overcome diabetic symptoms without the assistance of another. 

Subp. 3.Reporting diagnosis of insulin-treated diabetes or episode.  
A person shall report a diagnosis of insulin-treated diabetes or an episode, in writing, to the department as follows: 

A.
 after a diagnosis of insulin-treated diabetes: 

(1)
 at the time of applying for a driver's license; and 

(2)
 within 30 days after the diagnosis; 

B.
 for a driving-related episode: 

(1)
 within 30 days after the episode; and 

(2)
 on a regularly scheduled physician's statement as required in subpart 3a; and 

C.
 for a non-driving-related episode, on a regularly scheduled physician's statement as required in subpart 3a. 

If a person has reason to know the requirements of items A and B, and willfully fails to report or willfully makes a material misrepresentation to the department concerning the person's diabetic condition, the commissioner shall suspend the person's driver's license for six months. The six-month suspension period will begin within 30 days from the date the department discovers the failure to report or misrepresentation. 

Subp. 3a.Physician's statement required.  
A physician's statement, on a form prescribed by the commissioner, is required: 

A.
 after the person: 

(1)
 is diagnosed as having insulin-treated diabetes; or 

(2)
 has a driving-related episode under subpart 3; and 

B.
 every six months until the person has been episode free for a year; and then 

C.
 annually until the person has been episode free for four years; and then 

D.
 every four years; and additionally 

E.
 as recommended by the physician or by the department. 

The six-month, one-year, or four-year period will begin from the date the most recent physician's statement has been received and approved by the department. During a period of cancellation or suspension under this part, the department shall not require a physician's statement until the end of the cancellation or suspension period. 

If a person fails to return a physician's statement to the department within 30 days from the date of mailing, the commissioner shall cancel the person's driver's license until the physician's statement is submitted to the department and accepted. 

The physician's statement must indicate, at least, the date of each of the person's episodes since the previous physician's statement, whether the person is cooperating in the treatment of the condition, the person's prognosis for control of the person's diabetic condition, and whether the person is medically qualified to exercise reasonable and ordinary control over a motor vehicle on the public roads. 

Subp. 5a.Cancellation or denial.  
After a review of a person's physician's statement, the commissioner shall cancel or deny a person's driver's license under the conditions and for the periods stated as follows: 

A.
 If the commissioner receives a physician's statement that indicates that the person is not medically qualified to exercise reasonable and ordinary control over a motor vehicle, the period of cancellation or denial will be based on the recommendation of the physician and the department unless the cancellation period in item B or C applies. If the department and the treating physician do not agree on the cancellation period, the physician's statement and the person's medical history will be submitted to the Medical Review Board for its recommendation upon the request of the individual, the physician, or the department. 

B.
 If a person has a driving-related episode, the person's driver's license will be canceled for a period of six months from the date of the episode. 

C.
 If a person has a driving-related episode that resulted from the use of alcohol or a controlled substance, the person's driver's license will be canceled for a period of one year from the date of the episode. 

Subp. 5b.Notice.  
The commissioner shall notify a person whose driver's license has been or is subject to cancellation, suspension, or denial. The notification must be in writing and be personally served or sent by first-class mail to the person's last known address shown on department records. The notice must contain: 

A.
 the reason for the cancellation, suspension, or denial; 

B.
 the length of withdrawal; 

C.
 a statement that a person has a right to an administrative review; and 

D.
 the requirements for reinstatement of the person's driver's license. 

The notice is deemed received three days after mailing by the department to the last known address of the person shown on department records. 

Subp. 6.Reinstatement or issuance.  
The commissioner shall reinstate or issue the driver's license of a person whose license has been suspended, canceled, or denied when: 

A.
 the period of suspension, if any, has expired; 

B.
 the person has paid the suspension reinstatement fee as required by statute; 

C.
 no withdrawal of the person's driver's license is outstanding; 

D.
 the requirements that resulted in suspension, cancellation, or denial have been completed; and 

E.
 the person submits a physician's statement, on a form prescribed by the commissioner, indicating: 

(1)
 the date of each of the person's episodes since the previous physician's statement; 

(2)
 the person is cooperating in the treatment of the condition; 

(3)
 a favorable prognosis for the control of the person's diabetic condition; and 

(4)
 the person is medically qualified to exercise reasonable and ordinary control over a motor vehicle on the public roads. 

7414.1490GRANTING WAIVER FOR DIABETES MELLITUS. 
A waiver that is granted to the applicant who fails to meet the physical requirement in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 391.41, paragraph (b)(3), relating to diabetes mellitus currently requiring insulin for control, must require the applicant to: 

A.
 carry, use, and record in a log the readings from a portable, self-monitoring blood glucose device equipped with a computerized memory or, if the device is capable of printing paper tape reports, the paper tape reports may be used instead of a log; 

B.
 monitor blood glucose one hour before going on duty and approximately every four hours while on duty; 

C.
 make log records or tapes available to any authorized enforcement official on request; 

D.
 carry and use when on duty a source of rapidly absorbable glucose; 

E.
 carry insulin and the equipment of materials necessary to administer this medication; 

F.
 report in writing within 15 calendar days to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Driver and Vehicle Services Division: 

(1)
 any citation for a moving traffic violation involving the operation of a school bus along with a photocopy of the citation; 

(2)
 the judicial or administrative disposition of a citation for a moving violation involving a school bus along with a photocopy of the notice of disposition; and 

(3)
 the involvement in any accident whatever while operating a school bus and include any state, insurance company, or motor carrier accident reports and any attending physician's and laboratory reports of treatment arising from the accident; 

G.
 submit a signed statement from an ophthalmologist no later than 15 days before the renewal date of the waiver and endorsement that indicates the applicant: 

(1)
 was examined within the six-week period immediately preceding the renewal date of the waiver; 

(2)
 was found not to have unstable proliferative diabetic retinopathy; and 

(3)
 has a stable visual acuity of at least 20/40 Snellen in each eye, corrected or uncorrected; and 

H.
 comply with the provisions of part 7410.2610 for reporting a diabetes-related episode involving the loss of consciousness or voluntary control due to hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia. 

7470.0300ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE. 
The certificate shall be issued for an individual bus on an annual basis when the state patrol has inspected the vehicle and the inspection indicates that the school bus adequately complies with laws and rules relating to construction, design, equipment, and color of school bus. 

7470.0400DISPLAY OF CERTIFICATE. Subpart 1.Certificate to be affixed.  
The certificate issued for each individual school bus shall be immediately affixed to the school bus by the inspecting state patrol trooper or LCR II. 

Subp. 2.Certificate must be current.  
Only the certificate that is valid for the current time period may be displayed. 

Subp. 3.Where displayed.  
The certificate shall be affixed in the lower left corner of the main windshield of the school bus. 

Subp. 4.Rejection sticker; display; removal.  
A rejection sticker shall be affixed to the lower left corner of the windshield of a school bus that fails a school bus inspection. The sticker shall be removed only upon authorization from an LCR II or trooper who has determined that the defects that caused the rejection have been corrected. 

7470.0500TIMES OF INSPECTION. Subpart 1.Scheduled inspection.  
All school buses shall be inspected for compliance with applicable laws and with rules of the Department of Public Safety.  

Subp. 2.Other inspections.  
In addition to scheduled annual inspections and reinspections scheduled for the purpose of verifying that deficiencies have been corrected, a trooper or LCR II may conduct an unannounced inspection of any school bus at the location where the bus is kept when not in operation. This subpart shall not be construed to limit the right or duty of any law enforcement officer to inspect any vehicle upon reasonable cause. 

7470.0600SCORING FOR INSPECTIONS. Subpart 1.Point system.  
The point system contained in part 7470.0700 shall be used to assess the safety operation of all types of school buses. Each bus will start with 100 points and each defect shall be cause for points to be deducted in accordance with point values established in part 7470.0700. 

Subp. 2.Score of 96 to 100.  
Any school bus with an inspection score of 96 to 100 shall be identified by affixing a distinctive school bus inspection certificate to the windshield. Where an inspection score of 96 is achieved, no inspection certificate shall be affixed to the bus at the next annual inspection unless the inadequacies from the previous inspection have been corrected. 

Subp. 3.Score of 80 to 95.  
Any school bus with an inspection score of 80 to 95 points shall pass the inspection and receive a temporary bus inspection certificate of contrasting color or design or both. This temporary certificate will be valid for 14 days following inspection and all defects must be corrected. Pending reinspection and certification of the bus by a trooper or LCR II, a bus bearing a temporary certificate may be used to transport pupils beyond the 14-day period if the inspection sheet is signed by the owner or a designee certifying that all of the defects are corrected. The signed inspection sheet shall be carried in the first aid kit in the bus. 

Subp. 4.Score below 80.  
Any school bus with less than 80 points shall be deemed unsafe for the transportation of school children. Any school bus which fails the inspection shall not be used to transport school children until the defects are corrected and an inspection certificate is issued and affixed to the bus. Pending reinspection and certification of the bus by a trooper or LCR II, a bus bearing a rejection sticker may be used to transport pupils if the inspection sheet is signed by the owner or a designee certifying that all of the defects are corrected. The signed inspection sheet shall be carried in the first aid kit in the bus. 

7470.0700TABLE OF POINTS TO BE DEDUCTED. 
In accordance with part 7470.0600, subparts 1 to 3, defects in the equipment of a school bus listed in the left column will cause the number of points specified in the right column to be deducted from the starting score of 100. 

	Equipment Defect	Points	
			
	Tires, front	each 25	
	Tires, rear	each 25	
	Exhaust		
	Inadequate pipe	25	
	Leak in system	5	
	Muffler defective (treat like leak in system)	5	
	School bus color (multifunctional school activity buses are exempt)		
	Not basic yellow	25	
	Improper trim color	2	
	Required lettering		
	No school bus sign (type A, B, C, or D)	25	
	Other lettering - nicknames	2	
	Stop arm (octagonal)	25	
	Reflective material cracked, scratched, or separated	5	
	Optional lamps on stop arm	2	
	Crossover mirror		
	Missing or inoperable	25	
	If only line of vision is distorted, flaking or cracked	5	
	Headlamps out of adjustment (allow mechanic time to adjust)	5	
	Headlamp out	5	
	Both low beams out	25	
	One low beam out or either or both high beams out 	each 5	
	Dimmer switch inoperable	5	
	Turn signals inoperable	25	
	Eight lamp warning lamp system		
	Lamp system not working	25	
	Eight lamp indicator malfunctioning	10	
	Indicator lamps		
	High beam	2	
	Turn signals	5	
	Clearance lamps or optional white strobe lamp	each 1	
	Rear lamps		
	One out	5	
	Both out	25	
	Stop lamps (minimum of 2 required)		
	Not working	each 15	
	Auxiliary stop lamp not working	each 2	
	Backup lamps	5	
	Brakes - service (foot)		
	Not working	25	
	Hose blistered but no fluid leakage	each hose 5	
	Brakes - emergency (auxiliary)	25	
	Defective or no warning horn	25	
	Rear view mirror		
	Interior	15	
	Exterior	25	
	Slight crack, discolored or flaking	5	
	Windshield wipers (not working at all)	25	
	Wiper blade only	5	
	One speed not working on left side or the right side not working	10	
	Windshield glass	10	
	Steering	25	
	One kingpin bad (more than 1/2 inch)	15	
	Two kingpins bad (more than 1/2 inch)	25	
	Driver seat belt, missing or not usable	25	
	Entrance door, out of adjustment	5	
	Interior lamps		
	Step-well	2	
	Other interior lamps (mention only)	0	
	First aid kit		
	Missing	25	
	Short supply - per unit missing	1	
	Fire extinguisher, missing or in inoperable range	15	
	Flags and flares (electric or reflector) (for up to three missing)	5	
	Side glass and rear glass - each defect	5	
	Loose objects interior	each 2	
	Seats loose (floor mount)	each 5	
	Seat condition	each 2	
	Bus interior (cleanliness)	2	
	Carbon monoxide	25	
	Emergency exit, inoperable	25	
	Emergency lettering missing	2	
	Bad door gasket	5	
	Speedometer	10	
	Suspension, main leaf	25	
	Other than main leaf, 25 percent or more of the remaining leaves broken	25	
	Other than main leaf, less than 25 percent broken	10	
	Loose or leaking shocks	10	
	Wheels	25	
	One stud nut missing if less than 20 percent of stud nuts on wheel	10	
	20 percent or more of stud nuts are missing on wheel	25	
	Body condition	2	
	Hazardous protuberance or sharp edge	25	
	Two cross members bad, must be replaced	2	
	Cross members rusted, to be written up	0	
	Drive shaft guard	25	
	Frame	25	
	Defroster fan or heaters in excess of one in multiple heater buses	each 5	
	Battery	10	
	Body mounting	10	
	Fuel system	10