1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; providing for placement of automated license plate 
1.3 	readers in trunk highway rights-of-way;amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 
1.4 	161.434.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 161.434, is amended to read:
1.7 	161.434 INTERSTATE AND USE OF TRUNK HIGHWAY RIGHTS-OF-WAY; 
1.8 	LIMITED USE.
1.9 		Subdivision 1.Limited use. The commissioner may also make such arrangements and 
1.10 	agreements as the commissioner deems necessary in the public interest for the limited use 
1.11 	of land owned as interstate or trunk highway right-of-way, which. The use shall must be 
1.12 	for highway purposes, including aesthetic purposes, but not including the erection of 
1.13 	permanent buildings, except buildings or structures erected for the purpose of providing 
1.14 	information to travelers through commercial and public service advertising pursuant to 
1.15 	agreements as provided in sections 160.272 to 160.276. The commissioner shall must secure 
1.16 	the approval of the appropriate federal agency where such approval is required.
1.17 		Subd. 2.Automated license plate readers. (a) For purposes of this subdivision, 
1.18 	"automated license plate reader" has the meaning given in section 13.824, subdivision 1.
1.19 	(b) The commissioner may establish a process to issue a permit for a local unit of 
1.20 	government to place automated license plate readers within trunk highway rights-of-way 
1.21 	and may specify requirements as determined necessary to protect public safety and ensure 
1.22 	the proper function of the trunk highway.

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